1972 Los Angeles Rams: 6-7-1
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Home record: 4-3-0 (168 points scored, 135 allowed) Road record: 2-4-1 (123 points scored, 151 allowed) Head Coach: Tommy Prothro
291 points scored (14th of 26 teams), 286 points allowed (16th) NFL Averages: 20.3 points/game (283.5 points/team)
Team stats and rankings:
---------------- PASSING ---------------- ----------- RUSHING ---------- --- TOTAL ---
Cmp Att Yards (Rank) Yd/Att TD Int Att Yards (Rank) Yd/Att TD Yards (Rank) Turnovers
Offense: 184 371 2,146 (13) 5.55 13 22 472 2,209 ( 5) 4.7 17 4,355 ( 7) 31
Defense: 181 363 2,145 (12) 5.30 20 16 438 1,762 ( 9) 4.0 9 3,907 (11) 27
Team roster (starters in bold):
# Player Pos GP Hgt Wgt Age Exp College 5 Dick Gordon WR 4 5'11 190 28 8 Michigan State 10 Dave Chapple P 14 6'0 180 25 2 California-Santa Barbara 12 Pete Beathard QB 14 6'2 200 30 9 Southern California 13 Lance Rentzel WR 14 6'2 202 29 8 Oklahoma 18 Roman Gabriel QB 14 6'4 220 32 11 North Carolina State 19 Jim Nettles DB 14 5'9 177 30 8 Wisconsin 21 Gene Howard DB 13 6'0 190 25 5 Langston 24 Clancy Williams DB 9 6'2 194 30 8 Washington State 27 David Ray K 14 6'0 195 28 4 Alabama 30 Lawrence McCutcheon RB 3 6'1 205 22 R Colorado State 33 Willie Ellison RB 13 6'1 200 26 6 Texas Southern 34 Les Josephson RB 8 6'0 207 30 8 Augustana (SD) 35 Bob Thomas RB 14 5'10 200 24 2 Arizona State 36 Ken Geddes LB 2 6'3 235 26 2 Nebraska 38 Larry Smith RB 14 6'3 220 25 4 Florida 42 Dave Elmendorf DB 14 6'1 195 23 2 Texas A&M 44 Al Clark DB 14 6'0 180 24 2 Eastern Michigan 45 Jim Bertelsen RB 14 5'11 205 22 R Texas 46 Roger Williams DB 14 5'10 180 27 2 Grambling 49 John Love WR 5 5'11 185 28 2 North Texas State 50 Ken Iman C 14 6'1 240 33 12 Southeast Missouri State 52 John Pergine LB 12 6'1 225 26 4 Notre Dame 53 Jim Purnell LB 13 6'2 238 30 9 Wisconsin 56 Dean Halverson LB 14 6'2 212 26 4 Washington 58 Isiah Robertson LB 14 6'3 225 23 2 Southern 61 Rich Saul C 14 6'3 235 24 3 Michigan State 64 Jack Reynolds LB 14 6'1 232 24 3 Tennessee 65 Tom Mack OG 14 6'3 250 28 7 Michigan 67 Bill Nelson DT 7 6'7 270 24 2 Oregon State 68 Mike LaHood OG 14 6'3 250 27 4 Wyoming 71 Joe Scibelli OG 13 6'1 255 33 12 American International 72 Phil Olsen DT 14 6'5 265 24 2 Utah State 73 Charley Cowan OT 13 6'4 250 34 12 New Mexico Highlands 74 Merlin Olsen DT 14 6'5 270 32 11 Utah State 75 John Williams OT 14 6'3 256 27 5 Minnesota 76 Harry Schuh OT 14 6'2 260 30 8 Memphis 79 Coy Bacon DE 14 6'4 270 30 5 Jackson State 80 Bob Klein TE 14 6'5 235 25 4 Southern California 82 Joe Sweet WR 11 6'2 196 24 1 Tennessee State 84 Jack Snow WR 14 6'2 190 29 8 Notre Dame 85 Jack Youngblood DE 14 6'4 250 22 2 Florida 86 Marlin McKeever LB 14 6'1 235 32 12 Southern California 88 Pat Curran TE 10 6'3 238 27 4 Lakeland 89 Fred Dryer DE 14 6'6 240 26 4 San Diego State 90 Larry Brooks DT 8 6'3 255 22 R Virginia State
Per Per
Passing Att Cmp Pct Yards Att Cmp TD TD% Int Int% Sack Loss Rating
Roman Gabriel 323 165 51.1 2,027 6.28 12.3 12 3.7 15 4.6 12 102 63.8
Pete Beathard 48 19 39.6 255 5.31 13.4 1 2.1 7 14.6 4 34 24.6
Receiving Rec Yards Avg TD Jack Snow 30 590 19.7 4 Jim Bertelsen 29 331 11.4 1 Bob Klein 29 330 11.4 1 Lance Rentzel 27 365 13.5 1 Willie Ellison 23 141 6.1 1 Larry Smith 15 186 12.4 1 Les Josephson 14 170 12.1 1 Bob Thomas 11 95 8.6 0 Dick Gordon 3 29 9.7 1 Joe Sweet 2 26 13.0 1 John Love 1 19 19.0 1 | Rushing Att Yards Avg TD Willie Ellison 170 764 4.5 5 Jim Bertelsen 123 581 4.7 5 Bob Thomas 77 433 5.6 3 Larry Smith 60 276 4.6 2 Les Josephson 18 75 4.2 0 Lance Rentzel 7 71 10.1 1 Roman Gabriel 14 16 1.1 1 Joe Sweet 1 1 1.0 0 Pete Beathard 1 -1 -1.0 0 Bob Klein 1 -7 -7.0 0 |
Kickoff Returns Att Yards Avg TD Willie Ellison 14 345 24.6 0 Bob Thomas 8 212 26.5 0 John Love 8 167 20.9 0 Roger Williams 6 141 23.5 0 Dick Gordon 4 141 35.2 0 Jim Bertelsen 4 88 22.0 0 Pat Curran 4 37 9.2 0 Al Clark 3 59 19.7 0 John Pergine 3 46 15.3 0 Gene Howard 2 51 25.5 0 | Punt Returns Att Yards Avg FC TD Jim Bertelsen 16 232 14.5 3 0 John Love 10 39 3.9 4 0 Dick Gordon 4 20 5.0 0 0 Dave Elmendorf 3 56 18.7 9 0 |
1972 Draft:NFL Rnd Ovr Pos Player Games College 2 30 RB Jim Bertelsen 68 Texas [pick acquired from DEN via SD] 3 70 RB Lawrence McCutcheon 109 Colorado State [pick acquired from CLE] 4 87 DB John Saunders 9 Toledo [pick acquired from CHI] 4 95 DB Eddie Phillips Texas 5 120 OG Bob Childs Kansas [pick acquired from DET] 5 125 TE Bob Christiansen 4 UCLA [pick acquired from WAS] 6 151 DT Eddie Herbert Texas Southern [pick acquired from WAS] 8 199 WR Tom Graham Baldwin-Wallace 9 225 DB Harry Howard 1 Ohio State 10 251 DB Jim Massey 15 Linfield 11 280 RB Albert Schmidt Pittsburg St. (Kan.) [pick acquired from OAK] 12 303 DB Dave Hoot Texas A&M 13 329 K Jaime Nunez Weber State 14 355 DE Larry Brooks 131 Virginia State 15 381 LB Kenny Page Kansas 16 407 WR Jim Kirby Long Beach State 17 433 TE Luther Palmer Virginia Union 17 436 C John McKean Oregon [pick acquired from OAK]
Traded draft picks: #1 to NYG via NE (Eldridge Small), #2 to OAK (John Vella), #3 to NYG (Tommy Mozisek), #5 to NYG via WAS (Larry Edwards), #6 to GB (Bob Hudson), #7 to OAK (Ray Jamieson), #11 to OAK (Joe Carroll)
Transactions:
| 01-29-1972 | traded Deacon Jones, Greg Wojcik and Lee White to Chargers for Jeff Staggs, Denver's #2 pick in the 1972 draft, and San Diego's #2 and #3 picks in the 1973 draft |
| 04-26-1972 | traded Rick Cash and Los Angeles' #1 pick in the 1973 draft to Patriots for Fred Dryer |
| 07-19-1972 | traded Jay Anderson to Raiders for Oakland's #3 pick in the 1973 draft |
| 07-19-1972 | traded Alvin Haymond to Redskins for Washington's #5 pick in the 1973 draft (?) |
| 07-21-1972 | Oilers claimed David Hoot on waivers |
| 07-27-1972 | Giants claimed Jay Anderson on waivers |
| 07-31-1972 | traded Jesse Taylor and Los Angeles' #8 pick in the 1974 draft to Chargers for San Diego's #7 pick in the 1974 draft |
| 07-31-1972 | traded Luther Palmer to Chargers for cash |
| 07-31-1972 | traded a #7 pick in the 1973 draft to Colts for Tom Curtis |
| 07-31-1972 | traded Otis Sistrunk and a draft pick to Raiders for a draft pick |
| 08-03-1972 | claimed Jerry Brown on waivers from 49ers |
| 08-08-1972 | traded Rich Buzin to Bears for Chicago's #7 pick in the 1973 draft |
| 08-17-1972 | Dolphins claimed Tom Curtis on waivers |
| 08-19-1972 | traded Jeff Staggs and Los Angeles' #3 pick in the 1973 draft to Cardinals for Pete Beathard |
| 08-22-1972 | traded Oakland's #3 pick in the 1973 draft to Lions for Al Clark |
| 08-24-1972 | traded a 1973 draft pick to Saints for Larry Estes |
| 09-03-1972 | Cardinals claimed Don Parish on waivers |
| 09-06-1972 | Patriots claimed Pat Studstill on waivers |
| 09-07-1972 | Bears claimed Matt Maslowski on waivers |
| 09-07-1972 | claimed Ron Acks on waivers from Falcons |
| 09-13-1972 | claimed Leo Hart on waivers from Falcons |
| 09-13-1972 | claimed Willie Parker on waivers from 49ers |
| 09-14-1972 | Bills claimed John Saunders on waivers |
| 09-14-1972 | Bills claimed Ron Acks on waivers |
| 10-12-1972 | sent Los Angeles' #1 pick in the 1974 draft to Bears as compensation for free agent Dick Gordon |
1972 Regular Season Game Log:
Click on the date to view the game summary. Date Opponent Result Record 09/17/72 vs New Orleans Saints W 34-14 1-0-0 09/24/72 at Chicago Bears T 13-13 1-0-1 10/01/72 at Atlanta Falcons L 3-31 1-1-1 10/08/72 vs San Francisco 49ers W 31-7 2-1-1 10/15/72 at Philadelphia Eagles W 34-3 3-1-1 10/22/72 vs Cincinnati Bengals W 15-12 4-1-1 10/29/72 at Oakland Raiders L 17-45 4-2-1 11/05/72 vs Atlanta Falcons W 20-7 5-2-1 11/12/72 vs Denver Broncos L 10-16 5-3-1 11/19/72 vs Minnesota Vikings L 41-45 5-4-1 11/26/72 at New Orleans Saints L 16-19 5-5-1 12/04/72 at San Francisco 49ers W 26-16 6-5-1 12/10/72 at St. Louis Cardinals L 14-24 6-6-1 12/17/72 vs Detroit Lions L 17-34 6-7-1
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