1973 Los Angeles Rams: 12-2-0
Previous Season Next SeasonHome record: 7-0-0 (222 points scored, 81 allowed) Road record: 5-2-0 (166 points scored, 97 allowed) Head Coach: Chuck Knox 388 points scored (1st of 26 teams), 178 points allowed (4th) NFL Averages: 19.5 points/game (272.3 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: 144 271 1,981 (13) 6.88 22 11 659 2,925 ( 2) 4.4 18 4,906 ( 1) 20 Defense: 179 328 1,681 ( 7) 4.51 10 20 368 1,270 ( 1) 3.5 5 2,951 ( 1) 38
Team roster (starters in bold): # Player Pos GP Hgt Wgt Age Exp College 5 Dick Gordon WR 5 5'11 190 29 9 Michigan State 10 Dave Chapple P 14 6'0 180 26 3 California-Santa Barbara 12 James Harris QB 8 6'3 210 26 4 Grambling 20 Steve Preece DB 14 6'1 195 26 5 Oregon State 21 John Hadl QB 14 6'2 214 33 12 Kansas 27 David Ray K 14 6'0 195 29 5 Alabama 29 Harold Jackson WR 14 5'10 175 27 6 Jackson State 30 Lawrence McCutcheon RB 12 6'1 205 23 2 Colorado State 32 Cullen Bryant RB 13 6'1 218 22 R Colorado 33 Rob Scribner RB 10 6'0 200 22 R UCLA 34 Les Josephson RB 14 6'0 207 31 9 Augustana (SD) 35 Tony Baker RB 14 5'11 225 28 6 Iowa State 36 Ken Geddes LB 14 6'3 235 27 3 Nebraska 37 Bill Drake DB 4 6'1 195 23 1 Oregon 38 Larry Smith RB 12 6'3 220 26 5 Florida 41 Eddie McMillan DB 14 6'0 180 21 R Florida State 42 Dave Elmendorf DB 14 6'1 195 24 3 Texas A&M 44 Al Clark DB 14 6'0 180 25 3 Eastern Michigan 45 Jim Bertelsen RB 14 5'11 205 23 2 Texas 47 Charlie Stukes DB 14 6'3 212 30 7 Maryland Eastern Shore 50 Ken Iman C 14 6'1 240 34 13 Southeast Missouri State 52 Rick Kay LB 14 6'4 235 23 1 Colorado 53 Jim Youngblood LB 14 6'3 240 23 R Tennessee Tech 58 Isiah Robertson LB 14 6'3 225 24 3 Southern 61 Rich Saul C 14 6'3 235 25 4 Michigan State 64 Jack Reynolds LB 14 6'1 232 25 4 Tennessee 65 Tom Mack OG 14 6'3 250 29 8 Michigan 66 Bob Stein LB 13 6'2 235 25 5 Minnesota 67 Bill Nelson DT 12 6'7 270 25 3 Oregon State 71 Joe Scibelli OG 14 6'1 255 34 13 American International 72 Phil Olsen DT 14 6'5 265 25 3 Utah State 73 Charley Cowan OT 14 6'4 265 35 13 New Mexico Highlands 74 Merlin Olsen DT 14 6'5 270 33 12 Utah State 75 John Williams OT 14 6'3 256 28 6 Minnesota 79 Harry Schuh OT 14 6'2 260 31 9 Memphis 80 Bob Klein TE 14 6'5 235 26 5 Southern California 82 Joe Sweet WR 8 6'2 196 25 2 Tennessee State 83 Terry Nelson TE 2 6'2 230 22 R Arkansas-Pine Bluff 84 Jack Snow WR 14 6'2 190 30 9 Notre Dame 85 Jack Youngblood DE 14 6'4 250 23 3 Florida 86 Rod Sherman WR 3 6'0 190 28 7 Southern California 88 Pat Curran TE 14 6'3 238 28 5 Lakeland 89 Fred Dryer DE 14 6'6 240 27 5 San Diego State 90 Larry Brooks DT 14 6'3 255 23 2 Virginia State
Per Per Passing Att Cmp Pct Yards Att Cmp TD TD% Int Int% Sack Loss Rating John Hadl 258 135 52.3 2,008 7.78 14.9 22 8.5 11 4.3 17 126 88.8 James Harris 11 7 63.6 68 6.18 9.7 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 80.9 Larry Smith 2 2 100.0 31 15.50 15.5 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 118.8
Receiving Rec Yards Avg TD Harold Jackson 40 874 21.9 13 Lawrence McCutcheon 30 289 9.6 3 Bob Klein 21 277 13.2 2 Jim Bertelsen 19 267 14.1 1 Jack Snow 16 252 15.8 2 Larry Smith 10 65 6.5 0 Pat Curran 5 56 11.2 1 Rob Scribner 2 19 9.5 0 Rod Sherman 1 8 8.0 0 | Rushing Att Yards Avg TD Lawrence McCutcheon 210 1,097 5.2 2 Jim Bertelsen 206 854 4.1 4 Tony Baker 85 344 4.0 7 Larry Smith 79 291 3.7 2 Les Josephson 36 174 4.8 2 Rob Scribner 20 109 5.5 0 James Harris 4 29 7.2 0 Dick Gordon 1 19 19.0 0 Steve Preece 1 11 11.0 1 John Hadl 14 5 0.4 0 Dave Chapple 1 0 0.0 0 Harold Jackson 2 -8 -4.0 0 |
Kickoff Returns Att Yards Avg TD Cullen Bryant 13 369 28.4 1 Rob Scribner 11 314 28.5 0 Dick Gordon 3 68 22.7 0 Al Clark 2 80 40.0 0 Dave Elmendorf 2 23 11.5 0 Pat Curran 1 24 24.0 0 Larry Smith 1 16 16.0 0 Jim Bertelsen 1 15 15.0 0 Lawrence McCutcheon 1 6 6.0 0 Bob Klein 1 0 0.0 0 | Punt Returns Att Yards Avg FC TD Jim Bertelsen 26 259 10.0 10 0 Dave Elmendorf 22 187 8.5 3 0 Rob Scribner 3 32 10.7 1 0 |
1973 Draft: NFL Rnd Ovr Pos Player Games College 2 31 RB Cullen Bryant 153 Colorado [pick acquired from SD] 2 37 QB Ron Jaworski 188 Youngstown State 2 42 LB Jim Youngblood 156 Tennessee Tech [pick acquired from KC] 3 60 OT Tim Stokes 105 Oregon [pick acquired from SD] 4 95 DB Eddie McMillan 84 Florida State [pick acquired from KC] 4 99 TE Terry Nelson 87 Arkansas AM&N [pick acquired from GB] 5 115 RB Steve Jones 77 Duke 5 129 DE Cody Jones 110 San Jose State [pick acquired from WAS] 6 133 DE Jim Peterson 31 San Diego State [pick acquired from NO via WAS] 6 141 WR Jason Caldwell North Carolina Central 7 161 LB Steve Brown Oregon State [pick acquired from CHI] 7 167 OG Bill Dulac 26 Eastern Michigan 9 219 OT Jim Nicholson 72 Michigan State 11 271 RB Jeff Inmon North Carolina Central 11 285 WR Willie Jackson Florida [pick acquired from WAS] 12 297 DT Robert Storck Wisconsin 13 323 WR Rod Milburn Southern 13 335 LB Clinton Spearman Michigan [pick acquired from OAK] 14 349 DB Walter Rhone Central Missouri 15 375 DB Jerry Bond Weber State 15 390 DE Kurt Matter Washington [pick acquired from WAS] 16 401 DB Fuller Cherry Arkansas-Monticello 17 427 RB Fred Henry New Mexico
Traded draft picks: #1 to NE (Sam Cunningham), #3 to STL (Terry Metcalf), #4 to OAK (Perry Smith), #8 to WAS (Mike Hancock), #10 to WAS (Ken Stone)
Transactions:
| 01-1973 | traded Dale Hackbart to Broncos for Buffalo's #10 pick in the 1974 draft |
| 01-25-1973 | traded Coy Bacon and Bob Thomas to Chargers for John Hadl |
| 01-29-1973 | traded Willie Ellison and Pete Beathard to Chiefs for Bob Stein and Kansas City's #2 and #4 picks in the 1973 draft |
| 01-31-1973 | traded Los Angeles' #10 pick in the 1974 draft to Colts for Jerry Logan |
| 01-31-1973 | traded Jim Purnell to Raiders for Oakland's #13 pick in the 1973 draft |
| 01-31-1973 | traded Clancy Williams to Redskins for Washington's #15 pick in the 1973 draft |
| 01-31-1973 | traded John Pergine to Redskins for Washington's #11 pick in the 1973 draft |
| 06-08-1973 | traded Roman Gabriel to Eagles for Harold Jackson, Tony Baker, Philadelphia's #1 pick in the 1974 draft and Philadelphia's #1 and #3 picks in the 1975 draft |
| 06-19-1973 | claimed Joe Williams on waivers from Saints |
| 07-1973 | traded Los Angeles' #6 pick in the 1974 draft to Oilers for Bob Crum |
| 07-21-1973 | traded Brian Goodman to Lions for Detroit's #9 pick in the 1974 draft |
| 07-25-1973 | traded Bill Dulac and a #7 pick in the 1974 draft to Patriots for Herb Adderley and Jeff Lyman |
| 08-02-1973 | traded Eddie Richardson to Oilers for a draft pick |
| 08-02-1973 | traded an undisclosed 1974 draft pick to Oilers for Edesel Garrison |
| 08-03-1973 | traded a draft pick to Vikings for Greg Slough |
| 08-07-1973 | traded a #5 pick in the 1974 draft to Chargers for Bill McClard |
| 08-08-1973 | traded a draft pick to Redskins for Steve Boekholder |
| 08-10-1973 | Bears claimed Willie Jackson on waivers |
| 08-28-1973 | traded Los Angeles' #5 pick in the 1974 draft to Vikings for Charlie Stukes |
| 08-29-1973 | traded Steve Jones to Cardinals for an undisclosed draft pick |
| 08-29-1973 | Marlin McKeever retired |
| 09-04-1973 | traded Gene Howard to Lions for a 1974 draft pick |
| 09-10-1973 | traded Willie Parker to Bills for an undisclosed draft pick |
| 09-11-1973 | placed Tim Stokes on injured reserve |
| 10-19-1973 | claimed Leon Garror on waivers from Bills |
| 11-07-1973 | Packers claimed Dick Gordon on waivers |
Playoff Results: Click on the date to view the game summary. Date Opponent Result 12/23/73 at Dallas Cowboys L 16-27
1973 Regular Season Game Log: Click on the date to view the game summary. Date Opponent Result Record 09/16/73 at Kansas City Chiefs W 23-13 1-0-0 09/23/73 vs Atlanta Falcons W 31-0 2-0-0 09/30/73 at San Francisco 49ers W 40-20 3-0-0 10/07/73 at Houston Oilers W 31-26 4-0-0 10/14/73 vs Dallas Cowboys W 37-31 5-0-0 10/21/73 vs Green Bay Packers W 24-7 6-0-0 10/28/73 at Minnesota Vikings L 9-10 6-1-0 11/04/73 at Atlanta Falcons L 13-15 6-2-0 11/11/73 vs New Orleans Saints W 29-7 7-2-0 11/18/73 vs San Francisco 49ers W 31-13 8-2-0 11/25/73 at New Orleans Saints W 24-13 9-2-0 12/02/73 at Chicago Bears W 26-0 10-2-0 12/10/73 vs New York Giants W 40-6 11-2-0 12/16/73 vs Cleveland Browns W 30-17 12-2-0