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1979 Los Angeles Rams: 9-7-0
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Home record: 4-4-0 (156 points scored, 172 allowed) Road record: 5-3-0 (167 points scored, 137 allowed) Head Coach: Ray Malavasi 323 points scored (15th of 28 teams), 309 points allowed (11th) NFL Averages: 20.1 points/game (321.0 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: 242 456 2,673 (17) 5.40 19 29 592 2,460 ( 7) 4.2 16 5,133 (13) 49 Defense: 220 454 2,556 ( 9) 5.05 24 25 548 1,997 (10) 3.6 13 4,553 ( 7) 41


Team roster (starters in bold): # Player Pos GP Hgt Wgt Age Exp College 3 Frank Corral K 16 6'2 220 24 2 UCLA 8 Jeff Rutledge QB 3 6'1 200 22 R Alabama 11 Pat Haden QB 10 5'11 180 26 4 Southern California 13 Ken Clark P 16 6'2 197 31 1 St. Mary's (Canada) 15 Vince Ferragamo QB 8 6'3 207 25 3 Nebraska 19 Bob Lee QB 3 6'2 195 34 11 Pacific 20 Jackie Wallace DB 4 6'3 196 28 6 Arizona 21 Nolan Cromwell DB 16 6'1 197 24 3 Kansas 23 Ricky Odom DB 3 6'0 183 23 2 Southern California 24 Eddie Hill RB 16 6'2 197 22 R Memphis 25 Eddie Brown DB 16 5'11 190 27 6 Tennessee 26 Wendell Tyler RB 16 5'10 188 24 3 UCLA 27 Pat Thomas DB 8 5'9 184 25 4 Texas A&M 28 Ken Ellis DB 3 5'10 180 32 9 Southern 29 Sidney Justin DB 13 5'10 170 25 1 Long Beach State 30 Lawrence McCutcheon RB 11 6'1 205 29 8 Colorado State 32 Cullen Bryant RB 16 6'1 234 28 7 Colorado 33 Dwayne O'Steen DB 16 6'1 190 24 2 San Jose State 34 Elvis Peacock RB 11 6'1 220 22 1 Oklahoma 37 Ivory Sully DB 8 6'0 193 22 R Delaware 42 Dave Elmendorf DB 16 6'1 196 30 9 Texas A&M 43 Jim Jodat RB 7 5'11 207 25 3 Carthage 45 Jeff Severson DB 1 6'1 185 30 7 Long Beach State 49 Rod Perry DB 9 5'9 177 26 5 Colorado 50 Kevin McLain LB 10 6'2 227 25 4 Colorado State 51 Joe Harris LB 13 6'1 225 26 3 Georgia Tech 52 George Andrews LB 16 6'3 226 23 R Nebraska 53 Jim Youngblood LB 16 6'3 231 29 7 Tennessee Tech 54 Dan Ryczek C 16 6'3 245 30 7 Virginia 56 Doug Smith C 4 6'3 250 22 2 Bowling Green 57 Greg Westbrooks LB 5 6'3 215 26 5 Colorado 59 Bob Brudzinski LB 16 6'4 231 24 3 Ohio State 60 Dennis Harrah OG 13 6'5 251 26 5 Miami 61 Rich Saul C 16 6'3 243 31 10 Michigan State 62 Bill Bain OG 8 6'4 270 27 4 Southern California 64 Jack Reynolds LB 16 6'1 231 31 10 Tennessee 66 Bill Dunstan DT 10 6'4 250 30 6 Utah State 70 Jerry Wilkinson DE 16 6'9 255 23 R Oregon State 71 Reggie Doss DE 16 6'4 267 22 2 Hampton 72 Kent Hill OG 16 6'5 260 22 R Georgia Tech 73 Gordon Gravelle OT 8 6'5 252 30 8 Brigham Young 75 John Williams OT 11 6'3 256 34 12 Minnesota 77 Doug France OT 16 6'5 288 26 5 Ohio State 78 Jackie Slater OT 16 6'4 269 25 4 Jackson State 79 Mike Fanning DT 16 6'6 248 26 5 Notre Dame 80 Billy Waddy WR 13 5'11 180 25 3 Colorado 81 Ron Jessie WR 6 6'0 181 31 9 Kansas 82 Willie Miller WR 3 5'9 172 32 4 Colorado State 83 Terry Nelson TE 16 6'2 241 28 7 Arkansas-Pine Bluff 84 Ron Smith WR 12 6'0 185 22 2 San Diego State 85 Jack Youngblood DE 16 6'4 243 29 9 Florida 86 Charle Young TE 15 6'4 234 28 7 Southern California 87 Drew Hill WR 16 5'9 170 23 R Georgia Tech 88 Preston Dennard WR 15 6'1 185 23 2 New Mexico 89 Fred Dryer DE 16 6'6 230 33 11 San Diego State 90 Larry Brooks DT 16 6'3 255 29 8 Virginia State
Per Per Passing Att Cmp Pct Yards Att Cmp TD TD% Int Int% Sack Loss Rating Pat Haden 290 163 56.2 1,854 6.39 11.4 11 3.8 14 4.8 21 178 68.1 Vince Ferragamo 110 53 48.2 778 7.07 14.7 5 4.5 10 9.1 11 115 49.0 Jeff Rutledge 32 13 40.6 125 3.91 9.6 1 3.1 4 12.5 3 27 23.0 Bob Lee 22 11 50.0 243 11.05 22.1 2 9.1 1 4.5 4 39 101.1 Ken Clark 2 2 100.0 32 16.00 16.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 118.8
Receiving             Rec  Yards    Avg   TD
Preston Dennard        43    766   17.8    4
Wendell Tyler          32    308    9.6    1
Cullen Bryant          31    227    7.3    0
Terry Nelson           25    293   11.7    3
Elvis Peacock          21    261   12.4    0
Lawrence McCutcheon    19    101    5.3    0
Ron Smith              16    300   18.8    1
Billy Waddy            14    220   15.7    3
Charle Young           13    144   11.1    2
Ron Jessie             11    169   15.4    2
Willie Miller           8    111   13.9    1
Drew Hill               4     94   23.5    1
Eddie Hill              4     36    9.0    1
George Andrews          1      2    2.0    0
Rushing               Att  Yards    Avg   TD
Wendell Tyler         218  1,109    5.1    9
Cullen Bryant         177    619    3.5    5
Lawrence McCutcheon    73    243    3.3    0
Elvis Peacock          52    224    4.3    0
Eddie Hill             29    114    3.9    1
Pat Haden              16     97    6.1    0
Preston Dennard         4     32    8.0    0
Jeff Rutledge           5     27    5.4    0
Jim Jodat               6      6    1.0    0
Nolan Cromwell          1      5    5.0    1
Willie Miller           1      4    4.0    0
Ken Clark               1      3    3.0    0
Vince Ferragamo         3     -2   -0.7    0
Bob Lee                 4     -5   -1.2    0
Terry Nelson            2    -16   -8.0    0
Kickoff Returns       Att  Yards    Avg   TD
Drew Hill              40    803   20.1    0
Eddie Hill             15    305   20.3    0
Eddie Brown             5    103   20.6    0
Elvis Peacock           3     46   15.3    0
Jim Jodat               2     19    9.5    0
Wendell Tyler           1     16   16.0    0
Punt Returns          Att  Yards    Avg   FC   TD
Eddie Brown            56    332    5.9   19    0
Drew Hill               1      0    0.0    0    0
Sidney Justin           1     -2   -2.0    0    0
Punting Punts Yards Avg TB In20 Blk Ret Yards Net Ken Clark 93 3,731 40.1 7 17 2 59 405 33.5 Kicking 0-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50+ Total PAT Pts Frank Corral 1/1 5/5 2/6 5/12 0/1 13/25 36/39 75 Defense Sacks Ints Yards TD Larry Brooks 6.0 Eddie Brown 3 32 0 Bob Brudzinski 4.0 1 26 0 Nolan Cromwell 5 109 0 Reggie Doss 2.0 Fred Dryer 10.0 Dave Elmendorf 3.0 3 39 0 Mike Fanning 7.0 Sidney Justin 1 13 0 Dwayne O'Steen 4 42 0 Pat Thomas 3 5 0 Jerry Wilkinson 0.5 Jack Youngblood 18.0 Jim Youngblood 1.5 5 89 2
1979 Draft: NFL Rnd Ovr Pos Player Games College 1 19 LB George Andrews 80 Nebraska [pick acquired from OAK] 1 26 OT Kent Hill 132 Georgia Tech 2 54 RB Eddie Hill 75 Memphis 3 58 WR Jeff Moore 24 Tennessee [pick acquired from KC] 3 81 C Mike Wellman 20 Kansas [pick acquired from NE] 4 99 DB Derwin Tucker Illinois [pick acquired from SD] 4 108 DT Jerry Wilkinson 29 Oregon State 5 122 TE Victor Hicks 16 Oklahoma [pick acquired from CLE] 7 190 DB Jeff Delaney 42 Pittsburgh 9 246 QB Jeff Rutledge 117 Alabama 10 268 WR Larry Willis Alcorn State [pick acquired from OAK via KC] 10 273 DT Grady Ebensberger Houston 11 301 DT Jesse Deramus Tennessee State 12 328 WR Drew Hill 211 Georgia Tech

Traded draft picks: #3 to TB via WAS, MIA, OAK (Rick Berns), #6 to CLE (Jim Ronan), #8 to KC via STL (Robert Brewer)


Transactions:
01-23-1979Tom Mack retired
05-16-1979traded Bill Simpson to Bills for a draft pick
05-30-1979traded Washington's #5 pick and Los Angeles' #6 pick in the 1979 draft to Browns for Oscar Roan and Cleveland's #5 pick in the 1979 draft
07-11-1979traded Isiah Robertson to Bills for Buffalo's #4 pick in the 1981 draft
08-14-1979traded Mike Wellman to Packers for Green Bay's #5 pick in the 1981 draft
08-14-1979placed Ivory Sully on injured reserve
08-14-1979placed Jeff Moore on injured reserve
08-21-1979placed Jeff Delaney on injured reserve
08-27-1979placed Cody Jones on injured reserve
08-28-1979Giants claimed Gus Coppens on waivers
10-25-1979placed Rod Perry on injured reserve
11-20-1979placed John Williams on injured reserve


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

Date        Opponent                   Result
12/30/79    at Dallas Cowboys          W 21-19
01/06/80    at Tampa Bay Buccaneers    W 9-0
Super Bowl XIV
01/20/80    vs Pittsburgh Steelers     L 19-31


1979 Regular Season Game Log:   Click on the date to view the game summary.

Date        Opponent                   Result        Record
09/02/79    vs Oakland Raiders         L 17-24       0-1-0
09/06/79    at Denver Broncos          W 13-9        1-1-0
09/16/79    vs San Francisco 49ers     W 27-24       2-1-0
09/23/79    at Tampa Bay Buccaneers    L 6-21        2-2-0
09/30/79    vs St. Louis Cardinals     W 21-0        3-2-0
10/07/79    at New Orleans Saints      W 35-17       4-2-0
10/14/79    at Dallas Cowboys          L 6-30        4-3-0
10/21/79    vs San Diego Chargers      L 16-40       4-4-0
10/28/79    vs New York Giants         L 14-20       4-5-0
11/04/79    at Seattle Seahawks        W 24-0        5-5-0
11/11/79    at Chicago Bears           L 23-27       5-6-0
11/19/79    vs Atlanta Falcons         W 20-14       6-6-0
11/25/79    at San Francisco 49ers     W 26-20       7-6-0
12/02/79    vs Minnesota Vikings       W 27-21 (OT)  8-6-0
12/09/79    at Atlanta Falcons         W 34-13       9-6-0
12/16/79    vs New Orleans Saints      L 14-29       9-7-0

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