1975 Los Angeles Rams: 12-2-0
Previous Season Next SeasonHome record: 6-1-0 (177 points scored, 76 allowed) Road record: 6-1-0 (135 points scored, 59 allowed) Head Coach: Chuck Knox 312 points scored (11th of 26 teams), 135 points allowed (1st) NFL Averages: 20.6 points/game (288.3 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: 181 334 2,195 (15) 6.03 14 17 585 2,371 ( 7) 4.1 18 4,566 ( 9) 25 Defense: 187 387 1,789 ( 3) 4.16 11 22 423 1,533 ( 2) 3.6 4 3,322 ( 2) 39
Team roster (starters in bold): # Player Pos GP Hgt Wgt Age Exp College 10 Tom Dempsey K 14 6'1 260 34 7 Palomar J.C. (CA) 12 James Harris QB 13 6'3 210 28 6 Grambling 16 Ron Jaworski QB 14 6'2 185 24 2 Youngstown State 17 Duane Carrell P 14 5'10 185 26 2 Florida State 20 Steve Preece DB 14 6'1 195 28 7 Oregon State 22 John Cappelletti RB 13 6'1 217 23 2 Penn State 24 Willie McGee WR 14 5'11 178 25 3 Alcorn State 28 Monte Jackson DB 14 5'11 190 22 R San Diego State 29 Harold Jackson WR 14 5'10 175 29 8 Jackson State 30 Lawrence McCutcheon RB 13 6'1 205 25 4 Colorado State 32 Cullen Bryant RB 14 6'1 240 24 3 Colorado 33 Rob Scribner RB 14 6'0 200 24 3 UCLA 36 Ken Geddes LB 14 6'3 235 29 5 Nebraska 39 Rod Phillips RB 14 6'0 220 22 R Jackson State 41 Eddie McMillan DB 14 6'0 190 23 3 Florida State 42 Dave Elmendorf DB 14 6'1 195 26 5 Texas A&M 44 Al Clark DB 4 6'0 185 27 5 Eastern Michigan 45 Jim Bertelsen RB 13 5'11 205 25 4 Texas 48 Bill Simpson DB 14 6'1 180 23 2 Michigan State 49 Rod Perry DB 9 5'9 170 22 R Colorado 52 Rick Kay LB 14 6'4 235 25 2 Colorado 53 Jim Youngblood LB 14 6'3 240 25 3 Tennessee Tech 55 Bob DeMarco C 14 6'3 245 37 15 Dayton 57 Jim Peterson LB 14 6'5 240 25 2 San Diego State 58 Isiah Robertson LB 14 6'3 225 26 5 Southern 60 Dennis Harrah OG 14 6'5 257 22 R Miami 61 Rich Saul C 14 6'3 235 27 6 Michigan State 64 Jack Reynolds LB 14 6'1 232 27 6 Tennessee 65 Tom Mack OG 14 6'3 250 31 10 Michigan 67 Bill Nelson DT 8 6'7 270 27 5 Oregon State 70 Al Cowlings DE 5 6'5 245 28 6 Southern California 71 Joe Scibelli OG 14 6'1 255 36 15 American International 73 Charley Cowan OT 13 6'4 265 37 15 New Mexico Highlands 74 Merlin Olsen DT 14 6'5 270 35 14 Utah State 75 John Williams OT 14 6'3 256 30 8 Minnesota 76 Cody Jones DT 14 6'5 240 24 2 San Jose State 77 Doug France OT 14 6'5 260 22 R Ohio State 79 Mike Fanning DT 8 6'6 260 22 R Notre Dame 80 Bob Klein TE 11 6'5 235 28 7 Southern California 81 Ron Jessie WR 14 6'0 185 27 5 Kansas 83 Terry Nelson TE 14 6'2 230 24 3 Arkansas-Pine Bluff 84 Jack Snow WR 10 6'2 190 32 11 Notre Dame 85 Jack Youngblood DE 14 6'4 255 25 5 Florida 89 Fred Dryer DE 14 6'6 240 29 7 San Diego State 90 Larry Brooks DT 8 6'3 255 25 4 Virginia State
Per Per Passing Att Cmp Pct Yards Att Cmp TD TD% Int Int% Sack Loss Rating James Harris 285 157 55.1 2,148 7.54 13.7 14 4.9 15 5.3 21 180 73.8 Ron Jaworski 48 24 50.0 302 6.29 12.6 0 0.0 2 4.2 9 75 52.6 Lawrence McCutcheon 1 0 0.0 0 0.00 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 39.6
Receiving Rec Yards Avg TD Harold Jackson 43 786 18.3 7 Ron Jessie 41 547 13.3 3 Lawrence McCutcheon 31 230 7.4 1 Cullen Bryant 20 229 11.4 0 Bob Klein 16 237 14.8 2 Jim Bertelsen 14 208 14.9 0 Willie McGee 6 83 13.8 0 Jack Snow 4 86 21.5 1 Rob Scribner 2 28 14.0 0 Rod Phillips 2 10 5.0 0 Terry Nelson 1 5 5.0 0 Charley Cowan 1 1 1.0 0 | Rushing Att Yards Avg TD Lawrence McCutcheon 213 911 4.3 2 Cullen Bryant 117 467 4.0 2 Jim Bertelsen 116 457 3.9 3 Rob Scribner 42 216 5.1 2 John Cappelletti 48 158 3.3 6 Rod Phillips 17 69 4.1 0 James Harris 18 45 2.5 1 Ron Jaworski 12 33 2.8 2 Ron Jessie 2 15 7.5 0 |
Kickoff Returns Att Yards Avg TD Willie McGee 17 404 23.8 0 Cullen Bryant 12 280 23.3 0 John Cappelletti 3 39 13.0 0 Rob Scribner 1 24 24.0 0 Jim Bertelsen 1 17 17.0 0 | Punt Returns Att Yards Avg FC TD Rob Scribner 26 205 7.9 1 0 Dave Elmendorf 15 125 8.3 0 0 Jim Bertelsen 11 143 13.0 1 0 Cullen Bryant 2 47 23.5 0 0 Bill Simpson 1 -3 -3.0 0 0 |
1975 Draft: NFL Rnd Ovr Pos Player Games College 1 9 DT Mike Fanning 137 Notre Dame [pick acquired from GB] 1 11 OT Dennis Harrah 168 Miami [pick acquired from PHI] 1 20 OT Doug France 110 Ohio State 2 28 DB Monte Jackson 112 San Diego State [pick acquired from BAL via GB] 2 48 DE Leroy Jones 111 Norfolk State 3 61 C Geoff Reece 17 Washington State [pick acquired from GB] 3 67 TE Dan Nugent 58 Auburn [pick acquired from PHI] 4 98 DB Rod Perry 118 Colorado 5 112 DT Wayne Hammond 5 Montana State [pick acquired from KC] 5 126 C Rick Nuzum 30 Kentucky 6 140 WR Darius McCarthy South Carolina State [pick acquired from GB] 7 176 QB Pat Haden 65 USC 8 204 DB John Washington Tulane 9 229 LB Gordy Riegal Stanford 11 281 RB Howard Strickland California 12 307 WR Chandler Williams Lincoln 13 332 DB A.J. Jacobs Louisville 14 360 WR Arthur Allen Clark Atlanta 15 385 QB Alvin White Oregon State 16 410 RB Francis Reynolds Alcorn State 17 438 P Skip Boyd Washington
Traded draft picks: #3 to SD via CHI (Mike Fuller), #6 to CHI via SD (Tom Hicks), #10 to CHI (Mike Julius)
Transactions:
| 01-1975 | traded Phil Olsen to Broncos for Otto Stowe, Denver's #3 pick in the 1976 draft and #6 pick in the 1977 draft |
| 01-28-1975 | traded Washington's #5 pick in the 1975 draft to Bills for Donnie Walker |
| 04-22-1975 | traded Los Angeles' #4 pick in the 1976 draft to Eagles for Tom Dempsey |
| 07-1975 | Lance Rentzel retired |
| 07-08-1975 | signed Ron Jessie from Lions as a free agent |
| 07-13-1975 | traded Pat Curran and Howard Strickland to Chargers for San Diego's #3 pick in the 1977 draft |
| 08-01-1975 | sent Green Bay's #1 pick in the 1976 draft to Lions as compensation for free agent Ron Jessie |
| 08-11-1975 | placed Rod Perry on injured reserve |
| 09-01-1975 | traded Derrick Williams to Patriots for an undisclosed draft pick |
| 09-02-1975 | traded an undisclosed draft pick to Chiefs for Jim McCann |
| 09-04-1975 | traded Tim Stokes and Los Angeles' #6 and #8 picks in the 1976 draft to Redskins for Washington's #2, #3 and #4 picks in the 1978 draft and their #5 pick in the 1979 draft |
| 09-15-1975 | traded Tony Baker to Chargers for a #5 pick in the 1977 draft |
Playoff Results: Click on the date to view the game summary. Date Opponent Result 12/27/75 vs St. Louis Cardinals W 35-23 01/04/76 vs Dallas Cowboys L 7-37
1975 Regular Season Game Log: Click on the date to view the game summary. Date Opponent Result Record 09/21/75 at Dallas Cowboys L 7-18 0-1-0 09/28/75 at San Francisco 49ers W 23-14 1-1-0 10/05/75 vs Baltimore Colts W 24-13 2-1-0 10/12/75 at San Diego Chargers W 13-10 (OT) 3-1-0 10/19/75 vs Atlanta Falcons W 22-7 4-1-0 10/26/75 vs New Orleans Saints W 38-14 5-1-0 11/03/75 at Philadelphia Eagles W 42-3 6-1-0 11/09/75 vs San Francisco 49ers L 23-24 6-2-0 11/16/75 at Atlanta Falcons W 16-7 7-2-0 11/23/75 vs Chicago Bears W 38-10 8-2-0 11/27/75 at Detroit Lions W 20-0 9-2-0 12/07/75 at New Orleans Saints W 14-7 10-2-0 12/14/75 vs Green Bay Packers W 22-5 11-2-0 12/20/75 vs Pittsburgh Steelers W 10-3 12-2-0