1977 Los Angeles Rams: 10-4-0
Previous Season Next SeasonHome record: 7-0-0 (177 points scored, 45 allowed) Road record: 3-4-0 (125 points scored, 101 allowed) Head Coach: Chuck Knox 302 points scored (4th of 28 teams), 146 points allowed (2nd) NFL Averages: 17.2 points/game (240.5 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: 182 339 2,016 (13) 5.54 16 11 621 2,575 ( 3) 4.1 19 4,591 ( 5) 28 Defense: 180 370 1,877 ( 9) 4.62 11 25 462 1,698 ( 4) 3.7 7 3,575 ( 4) 41
Team roster (starters in bold): # Player Pos GP Hgt Wgt Age Exp College 1 Rafael Septien K 14 5'9 171 23 R Southwestern Louisiana 11 Pat Haden QB 12 5'11 182 24 2 Southern California 12 Joe Namath QB 4 6'2 200 34 13 Alabama 15 Vince Ferragamo QB 3 6'3 208 23 R Nebraska 19 Glen Walker P 14 6'1 210 25 1 Southern California 20 Jackie Wallace DB 10 6'3 198 26 4 Arizona 21 Nolan Cromwell DB 14 6'1 196 22 R Kansas 22 John Cappelletti RB 14 6'1 217 25 4 Penn State 26 Wendell Tyler RB 14 5'10 188 22 R UCLA 27 Pat Thomas DB 14 5'9 180 23 2 Texas A&M 28 Monte Jackson DB 14 5'11 189 24 3 San Diego State 29 Harold Jackson WR 14 5'10 175 31 10 Jackson State 30 Lawrence McCutcheon RB 14 6'1 205 27 6 Colorado State 32 Cullen Bryant RB 14 6'1 235 26 5 Colorado 39 Rod Phillips RB 14 6'0 220 24 3 Jackson State 42 Dave Elmendorf DB 14 6'1 195 28 7 Texas A&M 43 Jim Jodat RB 14 5'11 210 23 1 Carthage 48 Bill Simpson DB 14 6'1 180 25 4 Michigan State 49 Rod Perry DB 5 5'9 170 24 3 Colorado 50 Kevin McLain LB 8 6'2 227 23 2 Colorado State 51 Rick Nuzum C 14 6'4 238 25 1 Kentucky 52 Rick Kay LB 5 6'4 235 27 4 Colorado 53 Jim Youngblood LB 14 6'3 239 27 5 Tennessee Tech 54 Bob Pifferini LB 5 6'2 226 27 5 UCLA 55 Carl Ekern LB 14 6'3 220 23 2 San Jose State 58 Isiah Robertson LB 14 6'3 225 28 7 Southern 59 Bob Brudzinski LB 14 6'4 230 22 R Ohio State 60 Dennis Harrah OG 8 6'5 257 24 3 Miami 61 Rich Saul C 14 6'3 250 29 8 Michigan State 62 Jeff Williams OT 1 6'4 256 22 R Rhode Island 63 Greg Horton OG 14 6'4 245 26 2 Colorado 64 Jack Reynolds LB 9 6'1 232 29 8 Tennessee 65 Tom Mack OG 14 6'3 250 33 12 Michigan 70 Al Cowlings DE 14 6'5 245 30 8 Southern California 73 Winston Hill OT 3 6'4 272 36 15 Texas Southern 75 John Williams OT 14 6'3 265 32 10 Minnesota 76 Cody Jones DE 14 6'5 240 26 4 San Jose State 77 Doug France OT 13 6'5 272 24 3 Ohio State 78 Jackie Slater OG 14 6'4 270 23 2 Jackson State 79 Mike Fanning DT 14 6'6 260 24 3 Notre Dame 80 Billy Waddy WR 14 5'11 185 23 R Colorado 81 Ron Jessie WR 3 6'0 185 29 7 Kansas 83 Terry Nelson TE 14 6'2 230 26 5 Arkansas-Pine Bluff 85 Jack Youngblood DE 14 6'4 242 27 7 Florida 86 Charle Young TE 14 6'4 235 26 5 Southern California 87 Dwight Scales WR 12 6'2 170 24 2 Grambling 88 Freeman Johns WR 5 6'1 175 23 2 Southern Methodist 89 Fred Dryer DE 14 6'6 240 31 9 San Diego State 90 Larry Brooks DT 14 6'3 255 27 6 Virginia State
Per Per Passing Att Cmp Pct Yards Att Cmp TD TD% Int Int% Sack Loss Rating Pat Haden 216 122 56.5 1,551 7.18 12.7 11 5.1 6 2.8 17 151 84.5 Joe Namath 107 50 46.7 606 5.66 12.1 3 2.8 5 4.7 7 76 54.5 Vince Ferragamo 15 9 60.0 83 5.53 9.2 2 13.3 0 0.0 1 10 114.7 Glen Walker 1 1 100.0 13 13.00 13.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 118.8
Receiving Rec Yards Avg TD Harold Jackson 48 666 13.9 6 Terry Nelson 31 401 12.9 3 John Cappelletti 28 228 8.1 1 Lawrence McCutcheon 25 274 11.0 2 Billy Waddy 23 355 15.4 1 Ron Jessie 9 139 15.4 0 Dwight Scales 5 104 20.8 1 Charle Young 5 35 7.0 1 Cullen Bryant 4 28 7.0 0 Jackie Wallace 1 13 13.0 0 Rod Phillips 1 5 5.0 0 Wendell Tyler 1 3 3.0 0 Jim Jodat 1 2 2.0 1 | Rushing Att Yards Avg TD Lawrence McCutcheon 294 1,238 4.2 7 John Cappelletti 178 598 3.4 5 Wendell Tyler 61 317 5.2 3 Rod Phillips 37 183 4.9 1 Pat Haden 29 106 3.7 2 Cullen Bryant 6 42 7.0 0 Billy Waddy 2 34 17.0 0 Terry Nelson 3 31 10.3 0 Jim Jodat 5 15 3.0 1 Harold Jackson 1 6 6.0 0 Joe Namath 4 5 1.2 0 Vince Ferragamo 1 0 0.0 0 |
Kickoff Returns Att Yards Avg TD Wendell Tyler 24 523 21.8 0 Jim Jodat 5 129 25.8 0 Cullen Bryant 2 35 17.5 0 Rod Phillips 1 10 10.0 0 Carl Ekern 1 8 8.0 0 | Punt Returns Att Yards Avg FC TD Billy Waddy 31 219 7.1 5 0 Cullen Bryant 20 141 7.0 1 0 |
1977 Draft: NFL Rnd Ovr Pos Player Games College 1 23 LB Bob Brudzinski 180 Ohio State 2 31 DB Nolan Cromwell 161 Kansas [pick acquired from SEA] 2 50 RB Billy Waddy 75 Colorado [pick acquired from WAS via SD] 3 68 OG Ed Fulton 9 Maryland [pick acquired from SD] 3 79 RB Wendell Tyler 108 UCLA 4 91 QB Vince Ferragamo 75 Nebraska [pick acquired from NO] 4 107 DE Earl Jones Memphis 5 130 OG Donnie Hickman 10 USC [pick acquired from WAS] 5 134 OG Jeff Williams 56 Rhode Island 6 156 RB Art Best 31 Kent State [pick acquired from DEN] 8 218 DB Rod Bockwoldt Weber State 10 274 TE Don Petersen Boston College 11 302 K Carson Long 9 Pittsburgh 12 330 C Barry Caudill Southern Mississippi
Traded draft picks: #2 to SEA (Pete Cronan), #6 to NO (Tom Schick), #7 to WAS (Reggie Haynes), #9 to WAS (Mike Northington)
Transactions:
| 03-09-1977 | traded the rights to Ron Jaworski to Eagles for the rights to Charle Young |
| 04-23-1977 | Bob Klein retired |
| 05-02-1977 | traded a pick in the 1978 draft to Eagles for Cliff Frazier |
| 05-03-1977 | traded Los Angeles' #7 and #9 picks in the 1977 draft and their #8 pick in the 1978 draft to Redskins for Washington's #3 pick in the 1981 draft |
| 05-03-1977 | traded Geoff Reece and Los Angeles' #2 pick in the 1977 draft to Seahawks for Seattle's #2 pick in the 1977 draft |
| 06-07-1977 | traded James Harris to Chargers for San Diego's #4 pick in the 1979 draft |
| 07-14-1977 | traded Los Angeles' #5 pick in the 1978 draft to Chargers for Ed Flanagan |
| 08-11-1977 | traded Gregg Butler to Chargers for a #11 pick in the 1978 draft |
| 08-17-1977 | traded the rights to Bob Klein to Chargers for San Diego's #2 pick in the 1980 draft |
| 09-11-1977 | placed Donnie Hickman on injured reserve |
Playoff Results: Click on the date to view the game summary. Date Opponent Result 12/26/77 vs Minnesota Vikings L 7-14
1977 Regular Season Game Log: Click on the date to view the game summary. Date Opponent Result Record 09/18/77 at Atlanta Falcons L 6-17 0-1-0 09/25/77 vs Philadelphia Eagles W 20-0 1-1-0 10/02/77 vs San Francisco 49ers W 34-14 2-1-0 10/10/77 at Chicago Bears L 23-24 2-2-0 10/16/77 vs New Orleans Saints W 14-7 3-2-0 10/24/77 vs Minnesota Vikings W 35-3 4-2-0 10/30/77 at New Orleans Saints L 26-27 4-3-0 11/06/77 vs Tampa Bay Buccaneers W 31-0 5-3-0 11/13/77 at Green Bay Packers W 24-6 6-3-0 11/20/77 at San Francisco 49ers W 23-10 7-3-0 11/27/77 at Cleveland Browns W 9-0 8-3-0 12/04/77 vs Oakland Raiders W 20-14 9-3-0 12/11/77 vs Atlanta Falcons W 23-7 10-3-0 12/17/77 at Washington Redskins L 14-17 10-4-0