1980 Los Angeles Rams: 11-5-0
Previous Season Next SeasonHome record: 6-2-0 (274 points scored, 198 allowed) Road record: 5-3-0 (150 points scored, 91 allowed) Head Coach: Ray Malavasi 424 points scored (3rd of 28 teams), 289 points allowed (7th) NFL Averages: 20.5 points/game (327.8 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: 261 451 3,207 (11) 6.68 31 23 615 2,799 ( 1) 4.6 17 6,006 ( 2) 36 Defense: 245 510 2,601 ( 3) 4.60 23 25 445 1,945 (12) 4.4 13 4,546 ( 4) 42
Team roster (starters in bold): # Player Pos GP Hgt Wgt Age Exp College 3 Frank Corral K 16 6'2 228 25 3 UCLA 8 Jeff Rutledge QB 1 6'1 202 23 2 Alabama 11 Pat Haden QB 4 5'11 185 27 5 Southern California 15 Vince Ferragamo QB 16 6'3 212 26 4 Nebraska 19 Bob Lee QB 1 6'2 190 35 12 Pacific 20 Johnnie Johnson DB 16 6'1 185 24 R Texas 21 Nolan Cromwell DB 16 6'1 198 25 4 Kansas 22 Lydell Mitchell RB 2 5'11 198 31 9 Penn State 23 Lucious Smith DB 16 5'10 190 23 R Cal State-Fullerton 24 Eddie Hill RB 7 6'2 197 23 2 Memphis 26 Wendell Tyler RB 4 5'10 195 25 4 UCLA 27 Pat Thomas DB 14 5'9 182 26 5 Texas A&M 32 Cullen Bryant RB 16 6'1 236 29 8 Colorado 33 Jewerl Thomas RB 16 5'10 223 23 R San Jose State 34 Elvis Peacock RB 13 6'1 208 23 2 Oklahoma 37 Ivory Sully DB 16 6'0 193 23 2 Delaware 41 Jeff Delaney DB 16 6'0 195 23 1 Pittsburgh 44 Mike Guman RB 16 6'2 210 22 R Penn State 47 LeRoy Irvin DB 16 5'11 180 23 R Kansas 49 Rod Perry DB 16 5'9 182 27 6 Colorado 51 Joe Harris LB 16 6'1 224 27 4 Georgia Tech 52 George Andrews LB 13 6'3 223 24 2 Nebraska 53 Jim Youngblood LB 15 6'3 231 30 8 Tennessee Tech 54 Ed McGlasson C 1 6'4 248 24 2 Youngstown State 55 Carl Ekern LB 15 6'3 223 26 4 San Jose State 56 Doug Smith OG 8 6'3 255 23 3 Bowling Green 57 Greg Westbrooks LB 6 6'3 220 27 6 Colorado 59 Bob Brudzinski LB 9 6'4 229 25 4 Ohio State 60 Dennis Harrah OG 15 6'5 255 27 6 Miami 61 Rich Saul C 16 6'3 245 32 11 Michigan State 62 Bill Bain OG 16 6'4 277 28 5 Southern California 63 Greg Horton OG 3 6'4 248 29 5 Colorado 63 Conrad Rucker TE 2 6'3 245 25 3 Southern 64 Jack Reynolds LB 16 6'1 227 32 11 Tennessee 71 Reggie Doss DE 16 6'4 267 23 3 Hampton 72 Kent Hill OG 16 6'5 260 23 2 Georgia Tech 75 Irv Pankey OT 16 6'4 269 22 R Penn State 76 Cody Jones DT 15 6'5 244 29 6 San Jose State 77 Doug France OT 16 6'5 270 27 6 Ohio State 78 Jackie Slater OT 15 6'4 271 26 5 Jackson State 79 Mike Fanning DT 15 6'6 252 27 6 Notre Dame 80 Billy Waddy WR 15 5'11 188 26 4 Colorado 81 Victor Hicks TE 16 6'3 250 23 1 Oklahoma 82 Willie Miller WR 16 5'9 172 33 5 Colorado State 83 Terry Nelson TE 4 6'2 240 29 8 Arkansas-Pine Bluff 84 Walt Arnold TE 16 6'3 225 22 R New Mexico 85 Jack Youngblood DE 16 6'4 244 30 10 Florida 86 Jeff Moore WR 14 6'1 200 23 1 Tennessee 87 Drew Hill WR 16 5'9 170 24 2 Georgia Tech 88 Preston Dennard WR 16 6'1 183 24 3 New Mexico 89 Fred Dryer DE 16 6'6 231 34 12 San Diego State 90 Larry Brooks DT 16 6'3 253 30 9 Virginia State 95 Phil Murphy DT 16 6'5 280 23 R South Carolina State
Per Per Passing Att Cmp Pct Yards Att Cmp TD TD% Int Int% Sack Loss Rating Vince Ferragamo 404 240 59.4 3,199 7.92 13.3 30 7.4 19 4.7 23 191 89.7 Pat Haden 41 19 46.3 185 4.51 9.7 0 0.0 4 9.8 4 30 19.9 Jeff Rutledge 4 1 25.0 26 6.50 26.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 1 8 54.2 Mike Guman 1 1 100.0 31 31.00 31.0 1 100.0 0 0.0 1 5 158.3 Nolan Cromwell 1 0 0.0 0 0.00 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 39.6
Receiving Rec Yards Avg TD Cullen Bryant 53 386 7.3 3 Billy Waddy 38 670 17.6 5 Preston Dennard 36 596 16.6 6 Elvis Peacock 25 213 8.5 2 Victor Hicks 23 318 13.8 3 Willie Miller 22 358 16.3 8 Drew Hill 19 416 21.9 2 Mike Guman 14 131 9.4 0 Jeff Moore 10 168 16.8 1 Walt Arnold 5 75 15.0 1 Jewerl Thomas 5 30 6.0 0 Eddie Hill 4 29 7.2 0 Terry Nelson 3 22 7.3 0 Lydell Mitchell 2 21 10.5 0 Wendell Tyler 2 8 4.0 0 | Rushing Att Yards Avg TD Cullen Bryant 183 807 4.4 3 Elvis Peacock 164 777 4.7 7 Jewerl Thomas 65 427 6.6 2 Mike Guman 100 410 4.1 4 Wendell Tyler 30 157 5.2 0 Eddie Hill 39 120 3.1 0 Vince Ferragamo 15 34 2.3 1 Preston Dennard 2 20 10.0 0 Victor Hicks 1 19 19.0 0 Lydell Mitchell 7 16 2.3 0 Pat Haden 3 12 4.0 0 Drew Hill 1 4 4.0 0 Nolan Cromwell 2 0 0.0 0 Bob Lee 1 -1 -1.0 0 Billy Waddy 1 -1 -1.0 0 Willie Miller 1 -2 -2.0 0 |
Kickoff Returns Att Yards Avg TD Drew Hill 43 880 20.5 1 Ivory Sully 4 36 9.0 0 Mike Guman 2 25 12.5 0 Jewerl Thomas 2 21 10.5 0 Pat Thomas 1 12 12.0 0 LeRoy Irvin 1 5 5.0 0 | Punt Returns Att Yards Avg FC TD LeRoy Irvin 42 296 7.0 7 0 Billy Waddy 2 10 5.0 0 0 Mike Guman 2 6 3.0 1 0 Johnnie Johnson 1 3 3.0 4 0 Nolan Cromwell 0 0 ? 2 0 |
1980 Draft: NFL Rnd Ovr Pos Player Games College 1 17 DB Johnnie Johnson 124 Texas [pick acquired from CLE] 2 50 OT Irv Pankey 150 Penn State [pick acquired from WAS] 3 58 RB Jewerl Thomas 56 San Jose State [pick acquired from SF] 3 70 DB Leroy Irvin 159 Kansas [pick acquired from OAK] 3 82 DT Phil Murphy 32 South Carolina State 6 154 RB Mike Guman 106 Penn State [pick acquired from NE via CLE] 7 176 DB Kirk Collins 29 Baylor [pick acquired from KC] 7 192 RB Gerry Ellis 103 Missouri 8 220 OT Tom Pettigrew Eastern Illinois 9 248 WR George Farmer 39 Southern 10 276 OT Bob Gruber 1 Pittsburgh 11 304 WR Terry Greer 50 Alabama State 12 332 QB Kevin Scanlon Arkansas
Traded draft picks: #1 to CLE (Charles White), #2 to WAS (Mat Mendenhall), #4 to CLE (Paul McDonald), #5 to ATL via WAS (Kenny Johnson), #6 to KC (Larry Heater)
Transactions:
| 03-20-1980 | traded John Cappelletti to Chargers for San Diego's #2 pick in the 1982 draft |
| 04-15-1980 | traded Lawrence McCutcheon to Broncos for Denver's #3 pick in the 1982 draft |
| 04-28-1980 | traded Charle Young, Washington's #3 pick and New England's #4 pick in the 1980 draft to 49ers for San Francisco's #3 pick in the 1980 draft and #3 pick in the 1983 draft |
| 04-29-1980 | traded Los Angeles' #1 and #4 picks, San Diego's #2 pick and Green Bay's #5 pick in the 1980 draft to Browns for Seattle's #1 pick and New England's #6 pick in the 1980 draft |
| 04-29-1980 | traded Los Angeles' #6 pick in the 1980 draft and #3 pick in the 1981 draft to Chiefs for Walter White and Kansas City's #7 pick in the 1980 draft |
| 07-29-1980 | Dave Elmendorf retired |
| 08-01-1980 | traded Ron Jessie to Bills for Buffalo's #7 pick in the 1981 draft |
| 08-13-1980 | traded Walter White to Cardinals for an unspecified draft pick (trade later voided) |
| 08-26-1980 | traded Jim Jodat to Seahawks for Seattle's #5 pick in the 1982 draft |
| 09-01-1980 | traded an unspecified draft pick to Raiders for Dwayne O'Steen |
Playoff Results: Click on the date to view the game summary. Date Opponent Result 12/28/80 at Dallas Cowboys L 13-34
1980 Regular Season Game Log: Click on the date to view the game summary. Date Opponent Result Record 09/07/80 vs Detroit Lions L 20-41 0-1-0 09/11/80 at Tampa Bay Buccaneers L 9-10 0-2-0 09/21/80 vs Green Bay Packers W 51-21 1-2-0 09/28/80 at New York Giants W 28-7 2-2-0 10/05/80 vs San Francisco 49ers W 48-26 3-2-0 10/12/80 at St. Louis Cardinals W 21-13 4-2-0 10/19/80 at San Francisco 49ers W 31-17 5-2-0 10/26/80 at Atlanta Falcons L 10-13 5-3-0 11/02/80 vs New Orleans Saints W 45-31 6-3-0 11/09/80 vs Miami Dolphins L 14-35 6-4-0 11/16/80 at New England Patriots W 17-14 7-4-0 11/24/80 at New Orleans Saints W 27-7 8-4-0 11/30/80 vs New York Jets W 38-13 9-4-0 12/07/80 at Buffalo Bills L 7-10 (OT) 9-5-0 12/15/80 vs Dallas Cowboys W 38-14 10-5-0 12/21/80 vs Atlanta Falcons W 20-17 (OT) 11-5-0