1978 Los Angeles Rams: 12-4-0
Previous Season Next SeasonHome record: 6-2-0 (153 points scored, 98 allowed) Road record: 6-2-0 (163 points scored, 147 allowed) Head Coach: Ray Malavasi 316 points scored (9th of 28 teams), 245 points allowed (4th) NFL Averages: 18.3 points/game (293.3 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: 236 466 2,874 ( 7) 5.75 13 22 609 2,308 (12) 3.8 12 5,182 ( 6) 44 Defense: 188 399 2,048 ( 2) 4.59 15 28 505 1,845 ( 3) 3.7 11 3,893 ( 1) 43
Team roster (starters in bold): # Player Pos GP Hgt Wgt Age Exp College 3 Frank Corral K 16 6'2 220 23 R UCLA 11 Pat Haden QB 16 5'11 182 25 3 Southern California 15 Vince Ferragamo QB 9 6'3 208 24 2 Nebraska 19 Glen Walker P 16 6'1 210 26 2 Southern California 20 Jackie Wallace DB 14 6'3 198 27 5 Arizona 21 Nolan Cromwell DB 16 6'1 197 23 2 Kansas 22 John Cappelletti RB 14 6'1 220 26 5 Penn State 23 Anthony Davis RB 2 5'10 190 26 2 Southern California 25 Eddie Brown DB 1 5'11 190 26 5 Tennessee 26 Wendell Tyler RB 2 5'10 188 23 2 UCLA 27 Pat Thomas DB 16 5'9 180 24 3 Texas A&M 30 Lawrence McCutcheon RB 8 6'1 205 28 7 Colorado State 32 Cullen Bryant RB 16 6'1 234 27 6 Colorado 33 Dwayne O'Steen DB 13 6'1 190 23 1 San Jose State 36 Jerry Latin RB 14 5'10 186 25 4 Northern Illinois 39 Rod Phillips RB 15 6'0 220 25 4 Jackson State 42 Dave Elmendorf DB 16 6'1 195 29 8 Texas A&M 43 Jim Jodat RB 16 5'11 210 24 2 Carthage 44 Larry Marshall RB 3 5'10 195 28 7 Maryland 48 Bill Simpson DB 16 6'1 180 26 5 Michigan State 49 Rod Perry DB 16 5'9 170 25 4 Colorado 50 Kevin McLain LB 16 6'2 227 24 3 Colorado State 53 Jim Youngblood LB 16 6'3 239 28 6 Tennessee Tech 54 Dan Ryczek C 16 6'3 250 29 6 Virginia 55 Carl Ekern LB 16 6'3 220 24 3 San Jose State 56 Doug Smith C 16 6'3 250 21 R Bowling Green 58 Isiah Robertson LB 13 6'3 225 29 8 Southern 59 Bob Brudzinski LB 16 6'4 231 23 2 Ohio State 60 Dennis Harrah OG 15 6'5 257 25 4 Miami 61 Rich Saul C 16 6'3 250 30 9 Michigan State 63 Greg Horton OG 2 6'4 245 27 3 Colorado 64 Jack Reynolds LB 16 6'1 232 30 9 Tennessee 65 Tom Mack OG 16 6'3 250 34 13 Michigan 68 Ed Fulton OG 4 6'3 250 23 1 Maryland 71 Reggie Doss DE 16 6'4 267 21 R Hampton 75 John Williams OT 16 6'3 265 33 11 Minnesota 76 Cody Jones DT 16 6'5 240 27 5 San Jose State 77 Doug France OT 16 6'5 272 25 4 Ohio State 78 Jackie Slater OT 16 6'4 270 24 3 Jackson State 79 Mike Fanning DT 16 6'6 260 25 4 Notre Dame 80 Billy Waddy WR 11 5'11 185 24 2 Colorado 81 Ron Jessie WR 16 6'0 185 30 8 Kansas 82 Willie Miller WR 16 5'9 172 31 3 Colorado State 83 Terry Nelson TE 13 6'2 230 27 6 Arkansas-Pine Bluff 84 Ron Smith WR 16 6'0 185 21 R San Diego State 85 Jack Youngblood DE 16 6'4 242 28 8 Florida 86 Charle Young TE 16 6'4 235 27 6 Southern California 87 Dwight Scales WR 13 6'2 170 25 3 Grambling 88 Preston Dennard WR 11 6'1 185 22 R New Mexico 89 Fred Dryer DE 16 6'6 240 32 10 San Diego State 90 Larry Brooks DT 14 6'3 255 28 7 Virginia State
Per Per Passing Att Cmp Pct Yards Att Cmp TD TD% Int Int% Sack Loss Rating Pat Haden 444 229 51.6 2,995 6.75 13.1 13 2.9 19 4.3 32 216 65.1 Vince Ferragamo 20 7 35.0 114 5.70 16.3 0 0.0 2 10.0 2 19 15.4 Lawrence McCutcheon 1 0 0.0 0 0.00 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 39.6 Glen Walker 1 0 0.0 0 0.00 0.0 0 0.0 1 100.0 0 0 0.0
Receiving Rec Yards Avg TD Willie Miller 50 767 15.3 5 Ron Jessie 49 752 15.3 4 John Cappelletti 41 382 9.3 1 Terry Nelson 23 344 15.0 0 Charle Young 18 213 11.8 0 Billy Waddy 14 258 18.4 1 Lawrence McCutcheon 12 76 6.3 2 Cullen Bryant 8 76 9.5 0 Rod Phillips 7 48 6.9 0 Dwight Scales 5 105 21.0 0 Preston Dennard 3 35 11.7 0 Jim Jodat 3 21 7.0 0 Wendell Tyler 2 17 8.5 0 Ron Smith 1 15 15.0 0 | Rushing Att Yards Avg TD Cullen Bryant 178 658 3.7 7 John Cappelletti 174 604 3.5 3 Lawrence McCutcheon 118 420 3.6 0 Pat Haden 33 206 6.2 0 Jim Jodat 26 100 3.8 0 Rod Phillips 28 81 2.9 0 Terry Nelson 6 67 11.2 1 Jerry Latin 18 64 3.6 0 Wendell Tyler 14 45 3.2 0 Billy Waddy 5 31 6.2 0 Nolan Cromwell 1 16 16.0 1 Vince Ferragamo 2 10 5.0 0 Anthony Davis 3 7 2.3 0 Charle Young 2 6 3.0 0 Willie Miller 1 -7 -7.0 0 |
Kickoff Returns Att Yards Avg TD Jerry Latin 22 467 21.2 0 Jim Jodat 22 447 20.3 0 Rod Phillips 3 52 17.3 0 Larry Marshall 2 50 25.0 0 Wendell Tyler 2 31 15.5 0 Doug Smith 1 8 8.0 0 | Punt Returns Att Yards Avg FC TD Jackie Wallace 52 618 11.9 5 0 Billy Waddy 10 45 4.5 0 0 Cullen Bryant 3 27 9.0 0 0 Eddie Brown 1 13 13.0 0 0 Nolan Cromwell 1 8 8.0 2 0 |
1978 Draft: NFL Rnd Ovr Pos Player Games College 1 20 RB Elvis Peacock 27 Oklahoma [pick acquired from CHI via CLE] 2 46 DT Stan Johnson 10 Tennessee State [pick acquired from WAS] 2 53 WR Ron Smith 66 San Diego State 3 78 K Frank Corral 64 UCLA [pick acquired from WAS] 3 80 C Leon White Colorado 4 105 QB Mark Manges 1 Maryland 7 189 DE Reggie Doss 149 Hampton 9 246 DE Andre Anderson New Mexico State 10 273 OT Charles Peal Indiana 11 303 LB Ron Hostetler Penn State 12 330 OT Gus Coppens 9 UCLA
Traded draft picks: #1 to CLE (Ozzie Newsome), #5 to SD (John Choma), #6 to TB (Elijah Marshall), #8 to WAS (Don Hover)
Transactions:
| 01-25-1978 | Joe Namath retired |
| 04-19-1978 | traded future considerations to Buccaneers for Dan Ryczek |
| 04-25-1978 | traded a #3 pick in the 1978 draft and a #3 pick in the 1979 draft (trade voided when Skladany did not sign) to Browns for Tom Skladany |
| 05-02-1978 | traded Los Angeles' #1 pick and Washington's #4 pick in the 1978 draft to Browns for Chicago's #1 pick in the 1978 draft |
| 07-10-1978 | claimed Windlan Hall on waivers from 49ers |
| 07-24-1978 | traded Donnie Hickman, Jeff Williams, Los Angeles' #3 pick in the 1979 draft and their #2 and #5 picks in the 1980 draft to Redskins for Eddie Brown and Washington's #7 pick in the 1981 draft |
| 08-03-1978 | traded future considerations to Raiders for Lon Boyett |
| 08-08-1978 | Sonny Collins retired |
| 08-15-1978 | traded Rick Nuzum to Packers for Green Bay's #5 pick in the 1980 draft |
| 08-16-1978 | traded Andre Anderson to Jets for an undisclosed 1979 draft pick |
| 08-16-1978 | traded Harold Jackson to Patriots for New England's #3 pick in the 1979 draft and #4 pick in the 1980 draft |
| 08-21-1978 | traded Monte Jackson to Raiders for Oakland's #1 pick in the 1979 draft, #3 pick in the 1980 draft and #2 pick in the 1981 draft |
| 08-27-1978 | traded George Johnson to Chiefs for Kansas City's #3 pick in the 1979 draft |
| 08-30-1978 | placed Dave Morton on injured reserve |
| 08-30-1978 | placed Gus Coppens on injured reserve |
| 09-11-1978 | traded Greg Horton to Buccaneers for Tampa's #3 pick in the 1981 draft |
| 09-12-1978 | traded Los Angeles' #8 pick in the 1979 draft to Cardinals for Jerry Latin |
Playoff Results: Click on the date to view the game summary. Date Opponent Result 12/31/78 vs Minnesota Vikings W 34-10 01/07/79 vs Dallas Cowboys L 0-28
1978 Regular Season Game Log: Click on the date to view the game summary. Date Opponent Result Record 09/03/78 at Philadelphia Eagles W 16-14 1-0-0 09/10/78 vs Atlanta Falcons W 10-0 2-0-0 09/17/78 vs Dallas Cowboys W 27-14 3-0-0 09/24/78 at Houston Oilers W 10-6 4-0-0 10/01/78 at New Orleans Saints W 26-20 5-0-0 10/08/78 vs San Francisco 49ers W 27-10 6-0-0 10/15/78 at Minnesota Vikings W 34-17 7-0-0 10/22/78 vs New Orleans Saints L 3-10 7-1-0 10/30/78 at Atlanta Falcons L 7-15 7-2-0 11/05/78 vs Tampa Bay Buccaneers W 26-23 8-2-0 11/12/78 vs Pittsburgh Steelers W 10-7 9-2-0 11/19/78 at San Francisco 49ers W 31-28 10-2-0 11/26/78 at Cleveland Browns L 19-30 10-3-0 12/03/78 at New York Giants W 20-17 11-3-0 12/11/78 vs Cincinnati Bengals L 19-20 11-4-0 12/17/78 vs Green Bay Packers W 31-14 12-4-0