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