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1976 Los Angeles Rams: 10-3-1
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Home record: 5-2-0 (209 points scored, 88 allowed) Road record: 5-1-1 (142 points scored, 102 allowed) Head Coach: Chuck Knox 351 points scored (3rd of 28 teams), 190 points allowed (4th) NFL Averages: 19.2 points/game (268.1 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: 171 315 2,341 ( 9) 6.75 17 15 613 2,528 ( 4) 4.1 23 4,869 ( 5) 36 Defense: 199 397 2,092 (14) 4.73 11 32 429 1,564 ( 2) 3.6 11 3,656 ( 4) 48


Team roster (starters in bold): # Player Pos GP Hgt Wgt Age Exp College 9 Rusty Jackson P 14 6'2 190 25 1 Louisiana State 10 Tom Dempsey K 14 6'1 260 35 8 Palomar J.C. (CA) 11 Pat Haden QB 10 5'11 182 23 1 Southern California 12 James Harris QB 7 6'3 210 29 7 Grambling 16 Ron Jaworski QB 5 6'2 185 25 3 Youngstown State 20 Steve Preece DB 14 6'1 195 29 8 Oregon State 22 John Cappelletti RB 14 6'1 217 24 3 Penn State 27 Pat Thomas DB 14 5'9 180 22 R Texas A&M 28 Monte Jackson DB 14 5'11 189 23 2 San Diego State 29 Harold Jackson WR 14 5'10 175 30 9 Jackson State 30 Lawrence McCutcheon RB 14 6'1 205 26 5 Colorado State 32 Cullen Bryant RB 14 6'1 235 25 4 Colorado 33 Rob Scribner RB 14 6'0 200 25 4 UCLA 39 Rod Phillips RB 14 6'0 220 23 2 Jackson State 42 Dave Elmendorf DB 14 6'1 195 27 6 Texas A&M 45 Jim Bertelsen RB 14 5'11 205 26 5 Texas 48 Bill Simpson DB 14 6'1 180 24 3 Michigan State 49 Rod Perry DB 14 5'9 170 23 2 Colorado 50 Kevin McLain LB 14 6'2 238 22 R Colorado State 52 Rick Kay LB 3 6'4 235 26 3 Colorado 53 Jim Youngblood LB 14 6'3 239 26 4 Tennessee Tech 54 Geoff Reece C 14 6'4 247 24 1 Washington State 55 Carl Ekern LB 14 6'3 220 22 R San Jose State 57 Mel Rogers LB 11 6'2 230 29 4 Florida A&M 58 Isiah Robertson LB 14 6'3 225 27 6 Southern 60 Dennis Harrah OG 14 6'5 257 23 2 Miami 61 Rich Saul C 14 6'3 250 28 7 Michigan State 63 Greg Horton OG 14 6'4 245 25 1 Colorado 64 Jack Reynolds LB 14 6'1 232 28 7 Tennessee 65 Tom Mack OG 14 6'3 250 32 11 Michigan 74 Merlin Olsen DT 14 6'5 270 36 15 Utah State 75 John Williams OT 14 6'3 256 31 9 Minnesota 76 Cody Jones DT 14 6'5 240 25 3 San Jose State 77 Doug France OT 14 6'5 260 23 2 Ohio State 78 Jackie Slater OT 14 6'4 252 22 R Jackson State 79 Mike Fanning DE 14 6'5 260 23 2 Notre Dame 80 Bob Klein TE 14 6'5 235 29 8 Southern California 81 Ron Jessie WR 14 6'0 185 28 6 Kansas 83 Terry Nelson TE 14 6'2 230 25 4 Arkansas-Pine Bluff 85 Jack Youngblood DE 14 6'4 255 26 6 Florida 87 Tom Geredine WR 10 6'2 189 26 3 Northeast Missouri State 87 Dwight Scales WR 14 6'2 170 23 R Grambling 88 Freeman Johns WR 2 6'1 175 22 R Southern Methodist 89 Fred Dryer DE 14 6'6 240 30 8 San Diego State 90 Larry Brooks DT 14 6'3 255 26 5 Virginia State
Per Per Passing Att Cmp Pct Yards Att Cmp TD TD% Int Int% Sack Loss Rating James Harris 158 91 57.6 1,460 9.24 16.0 8 5.1 6 3.8 14 151 89.6 Pat Haden 105 60 57.1 896 8.53 14.9 8 7.6 4 3.8 13 86 94.8 Ron Jaworski 52 20 38.5 273 5.25 13.7 1 1.9 5 9.6 5 51 22.8
Receiving             Rec  Yards    Avg   TD
Harold Jackson         39    751   19.3    5
Ron Jessie             34    779   22.9    6
John Cappelletti       30    302   10.1    1
Lawrence McCutcheon    28    305   10.9    2
Bob Klein              20    229   11.4    1
Jim Bertelsen           6     33    5.5    0
Terry Nelson            4     48   12.0    0
Rod Phillips            4     23    5.8    0
Dwight Scales           3    105   35.0    1
Cullen Bryant           2     28   14.0    0
Tom Geredine            1     23   23.0    1
Dennis Harrah           0      3      ?    0
Rushing               Att  Yards    Avg   TD
Lawrence McCutcheon   291  1,168    4.0    9
John Cappelletti      177    688    3.9    1
Rod Phillips           34    206    6.1    1
Jim Bertelsen          42    155    3.7    2
Pat Haden              25     84    3.4    4
James Harris           12     76    6.3    2
Cullen Bryant          21     64    3.0    2
Ron Jessie              4     37    9.2    0
Harold Jackson          1     15   15.0    0
Ron Jaworski            2     15    7.5    1
Rob Scribner            2     12    6.0    1
Tom Geredine            1      8    8.0    0
Steve Preece            1      0    0.0    0
Kickoff Returns       Att  Yards    Avg   TD
Cullen Bryant          16    459   28.7    1
Tom Geredine            9    181   20.1    0
Pat Thomas              7    140   20.0    0
Dwight Scales           7    136   19.4    0
Rob Scribner            3     54   18.0    0
Freeman Johns           2     56   28.0    0
Terry Nelson            0      1      ?    0
Punt Returns          Att  Yards    Avg   FC   TD
Cullen Bryant          29    321   11.1    2    0
Jim Bertelsen          10     55    5.5    0    0
Rob Scribner            8     54    6.8    1    0
Dwight Scales           4     46   11.5    0    0
Freeman Johns           1      0    0.0    0    0
Punting Punts Yards Avg TB In20 Blk Ret Yards Net Rusty Jackson 77 3,006 39.0 6 16 2 39 281 33.0 Kicking 0-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50+ Total PAT Pts Tom Dempsey 2/2 5/8 4/5 6/10 0/1 17/26 36/44 87 Defense Sacks Ints Yards TD Larry Brooks 14.5 Fred Dryer 5.0 Dave Elmendorf 2 0 0 Mike Fanning 4.0 Monte Jackson 10 173 3 Rick Kay 1 0 0 Merlin Olsen 3.0 Rod Perry 8 79 0 Steve Preece 1 6 0 Jack Reynolds 2.0 Isiah Robertson 1.0 4 28 0 Bill Simpson 4 62 0 Jack Youngblood 14.5 Jim Youngblood 1.0 2 28 0
1976 Draft: NFL Rnd Ovr Pos Player Games College 1 26 LB Kevin McLain 48 Colorado State 2 39 DB Pat Thomas 87 Texas A&M [pick acquired from GB] 2 53 LB Ron McCartney 45 Tennessee 3 86 OT Jackie Slater 259 Jackson State 4 94 WR Gerald Taylor Texas A&I [pick acquired from TB] 5 128 LB Carl Ekern 166 San Jose State [pick acquired from SD] 5 150 DE Ken Bordelon 82 LSU 5 155 WR Dwight Scales 90 Grambling [pick acquired from TB] 7 207 DB Larry Buie Mississippi State 9 263 DB Jeb Church Stanford 10 288 WR Freeman Johns 7 SMU 11 317 TE Brian Nemeth South Carolina 12 344 RB Jim Jodat 87 Carthage 13 373 QB Steve Hamilton Emporia State 14 400 DB Al Burleson Washington 15 429 WR Malcolm Campbell Cal State-Los Angeles 16 456 WR Rick Gage Arkansas Tech 17 485 DB Gary Shaw Brigham Young

Traded draft picks: #4 to HOU via PHI, GB (Steve Largent), #6 to WAS (Tommy Marvaso), #8 to WAS (Bryan Fryer)


Transactions:
03-30-1976Buccaneers selected Willie McGee in expansion draft
03-30-1976Seahawks selected Eddie McMillan in expansion draft
03-30-1976Seahawks selected Ken Geddes in expansion draft
04-08-1976traded Jim Peterson to Buccaneers for Tampa's #4 and #5 picks in the 1976 draft
07-1976traded Larry Smith to Redskins for Washington's #5 pick in the 1977 draft
07-1976traded Ken Bordelon to Saints for New Orleans' #4 pick in the 1977 draft
08-08-1976traded Los Angeles' #6 pick in the 1977 draft to Saints for Bivian Lee
08-25-1976traded Ron Kecman and Gregg Butler to Eagles for ?
09-06-1976traded Dan Nugent to Redskins for Washington's #2 pick in the 1980 draft and another pick


Playoff Results:   Click on the date to view the game summary.

Date        Opponent                   Result
12/19/76    at Dallas Cowboys          W 14-12
12/26/76    at Minnesota Vikings       L 13-24


1976 Regular Season Game Log:   Click on the date to view the game summary.

Date        Opponent                   Result        Record
09/12/76    at Atlanta Falcons         W 30-14       1-0-0
09/19/76    at Minnesota Vikings       T 10-10 (OT)  1-0-1
09/26/76    vs New York Giants         W 24-10       2-0-1
10/03/76    at Miami Dolphins          W 31-28       3-0-1
10/11/76    vs San Francisco 49ers     L 0-16        3-1-1
10/17/76    vs Chicago Bears           W 20-12       4-1-1
10/24/76    at New Orleans Saints      W 16-10       5-1-1
10/31/76    vs Seattle Seahawks        W 45-6        6-1-1
11/08/76    at Cincinnati Bengals      L 12-20       6-2-1
11/14/76    vs St. Louis Cardinals     L 28-30       6-3-1
11/21/76    at San Francisco 49ers     W 23-3        7-3-1
11/28/76    vs New Orleans Saints      W 33-14       8-3-1
12/04/76    vs Atlanta Falcons         W 59-0        9-3-1
12/11/76    at Detroit Lions           W 20-17       10-3-1

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