1981 Los Angeles Rams roster and stats

1981 Los Angeles Rams: 6-10-0
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Home record: 4-4-0 (174 points scored, 179 allowed) Road record: 2-6-0 (129 points scored, 172 allowed) Head Coach: Ray Malavasi 303 points scored (21st of 28 teams), 351 points allowed (17th) NFL Averages: 20.7 points/game (330.8 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: 235 477 2,557 (26) 4.85 15 32 559 2,236 ( 8) 4.0 17 4,793 (24) 47 Defense: 204 439 2,727 ( 2) 5.66 17 17 585 2,397 (23) 4.1 19 5,124 ( 8) 33

Team roster (starters in bold): # Player Pos GP Hgt Wgt Age Exp College 3 Frank Corral K 16 6'2 226 26 4 UCLA 8 Jeff Rutledge QB 4 6'1 190 24 3 Alabama 9 Jeff Kemp QB 1 6'0 200 22 R Dartmouth 10 Dan Pastorini QB 7 6'3 205 32 11 Santa Clara 11 Pat Haden QB 13 5'11 185 28 6 Southern California 20 Johnnie Johnson DB 16 6'1 185 25 2 Texas 21 Nolan Cromwell DB 16 6'1 198 26 5 Kansas 22 Jairo Penaranda RB 16 5'11 217 23 R UCLA 23 Lucious Smith DB 16 5'10 190 24 2 Cal State-Fullerton 26 Wendell Tyler RB 15 5'10 195 26 5 UCLA 27 Pat Thomas DB 12 5'9 182 27 6 Texas A&M 32 Cullen Bryant RB 13 6'1 236 30 9 Colorado 33 Jewerl Thomas RB 15 5'10 235 24 2 San Jose State 37 Ivory Sully DB 16 6'0 193 24 3 Delaware 41 Mario Celotto LB 3 6'3 225 25 3 Southern California 42 Kirk Collins DB 16 5'11 179 23 1 Baylor 44 Mike Guman RB 16 6'2 210 23 2 Penn State 47 LeRoy Irvin DB 16 5'11 180 24 2 Kansas 49 Rod Perry DB 16 5'9 182 28 7 Colorado 50 Jim Collins LB 7 6'2 230 23 R Syracuse 51 Joe Harris LB 16 6'1 224 28 5 Georgia Tech 52 George Andrews LB 15 6'3 223 25 3 Nebraska 53 Jim Youngblood LB 16 6'3 231 31 9 Tennessee Tech 54 Howard Carson LB 10 6'2 233 24 1 Howard Payne 55 Carl Ekern LB 16 6'3 223 27 5 San Jose State 56 Doug Smith OG 16 6'3 255 24 4 Bowling Green 58 Mel Owens LB 16 6'2 225 22 R Michigan 60 Dennis Harrah OG 15 6'5 255 28 7 Miami 61 Rich Saul C 16 6'3 245 33 12 Michigan State 62 Bill Bain OG 16 6'4 277 29 6 Southern California 67 Phil McKinnely OT 7 6'4 248 27 6 UCLA 69 Greg Meisner DT 9 6'3 250 22 R Pittsburgh 71 Reggie Doss DE 16 6'4 267 24 4 Hampton 72 Kent Hill OG 16 6'5 260 24 3 Georgia Tech 75 Irv Pankey OT 13 6'4 270 23 2 Penn State 76 Cody Jones DE 16 6'5 244 30 7 San Jose State 77 Doug France OT 8 6'5 270 28 7 Ohio State 78 Jackie Slater OT 11 6'4 271 27 6 Jackson State 79 Mike Fanning DT 16 6'6 252 28 7 Notre Dame 80 Billy Waddy WR 15 5'11 188 27 5 Colorado 81 Ron Battle TE 4 6'3 220 22 R North Texas State 82 Willie Miller WR 13 5'9 172 34 6 Colorado State 83 Henry Childs TE 7 6'2 231 30 8 Kansas State 84 Walt Arnold TE 16 6'3 225 23 2 New Mexico 85 Jack Youngblood DE 16 6'4 244 31 11 Florida 86 Jeff Moore WR 10 6'1 187 24 2 Tennessee 87 Drew Hill WR 16 5'9 170 25 3 Georgia Tech 88 Preston Dennard WR 15 6'1 183 25 4 New Mexico 89 Fred Dryer DE 2 6'6 231 35 13 San Diego State 89 Lewis Gilbert TE 6 6'4 225 25 3 Florida 90 Larry Brooks DT 8 6'3 253 31 10 Virginia State 95 Phil Murphy DT 16 6'5 300 24 2 South Carolina State 97 Bob Cobb DE 6 6'4 248 24 R Arizona

Per Per Passing Att Cmp Pct Yards Att Cmp TD TD% Int Int% Sack Loss Rating Pat Haden 267 138 51.7 1,815 6.80 13.2 9 3.4 13 4.9 28 227 64.4 Dan Pastorini 152 64 42.1 719 4.73 11.2 2 1.3 14 9.2 14 149 22.9 Jeff Rutledge 50 30 60.0 442 8.84 14.7 3 6.0 4 8.0 6 62 75.6 Jeff Kemp 6 2 33.3 25 4.17 12.5 0 0.0 1 16.7 2 13 7.6 Mike Guman 1 1 100.0 7 7.00 7.0 1 100.0 0 0.0 0 0 135.4 Frank Corral 1 0 0.0 0 0.00 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 39.6

Receiving             Rec  Yards    Avg   TD
Preston Dennard        49    821   16.8    4
Wendell Tyler          45    436    9.7    5
Billy Waddy            31    460   14.8    0
Cullen Bryant          22    160    7.3    0
Walt Arnold            20    212   10.6    2
Mike Guman             18    130    7.2    0
Drew Hill              16    355   22.2    3
Henry Childs           12    145   12.1    1
Willie Miller          10    147   14.7    0
Jeff Moore              7    105   15.0    0
Jewerl Thomas           5     37    7.4    0

Rushing               Att  Yards    Avg   TD
Wendell Tyler         260  1,074    4.1   12
Cullen Bryant         109    436    4.0    1
Mike Guman            115    433    3.8    4
Jewerl Thomas          34    118    3.5    0
Pat Haden              18    104    5.8    0
Preston Dennard         6     29    4.8    0
Nolan Cromwell          1     17   17.0    0
Drew Hill               1     14   14.0    0
Jeff Kemp               2      9    4.5    0
Dan Pastorini           7      5    0.7    0
Henry Childs            1      0    0.0    0
Jeff Rutledge           5     -3   -0.6    0

Kickoff Returns       Att  Yards    Avg   TD
Drew Hill              60  1,170   19.5    0
Ivory Sully             3     31   10.3    0
Greg Meisner            1     17   17.0    0
Jewerl Thomas           1     15   15.0    0
Mike Guman              1     10   10.0    0
Jairo Penaranda         1      1    1.0    0
Irv Pankey              1      0    0.0    0

Punt Returns          Att  Yards    Avg   FC   TD
LeRoy Irvin            46    615   13.4    6    3
Drew Hill               2     22   11.0    0    0
Johnnie Johnson         1     39   39.0    2    0

Punting Punts Yards Avg TB In20 Blk Ret Yards Net Frank Corral 89 3,735 42.0 3 19 0 52 481 35.9 Kicking 0-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50+ Total PAT Pts Frank Corral 0/0 6/9 5/6 6/11 0/0 17/26 36/36 87 Defense Sacks Ints Yards TD George Andrews 0.5 Larry Brooks 3.0 Nolan Cromwell 5 94 0 Reggie Doss 2.5 Mike Fanning 5.0 Joe Harris 4.0 1 7 0 LeRoy Irvin 1.0 3 18 0 Johnnie Johnson 4.0 Cody Jones 5.5 Phil Murphy 1.0 Rod Perry 3 18 0 Ivory Sully 1.0 Pat Thomas 1.0 4 80 0 Jack Youngblood 11.5 Jim Youngblood 3.0 1 20 0

1981 Draft: NFL Rnd Ovr Pos Player Games College 1 9 LB Mel Owens 122 Michigan [pick acquired from WAS] 2 43 LB Jim Collins 93 Syracuse [pick acquired from MIA] 3 63 DT Greg Meisner 135 Pittsburgh [pick acquired from TB] 3 66 DE Robert Cobb 11 Arizona [pick acquired from WAS] 4 104 C George Lilja 54 Michigan State [pick acquired from BUF] 6 158 DT William Daniels Alabama State 7 175 TE Ron Battle 13 North Texas [pick acquired from WAS] 7 190 DE Mike Clark 14 Florida 8 216 OT Art Plunkett 71 Nevada-Las Vegas 9 242 LB Ron Seawell Portland State 10 269 RB Robert Alexander 24 West Virginia 11 296 DB Marcellus Greene 14 Arizona 12 328 RB Jairo Penaranda 20 UCLA

Traded draft picks: #1 to WAS (Mark May), #2 to MIN via WAS, BAL (Jarvis Redwine), #3 to KC (Lloyd Burruss), #4 to GB via WAS (Richard Turner), #5 to WAS (Gary Sayre)

Transactions:

04-28-1981	traded Los Angeles' #1, #2 and #4 picks in the 1981 draft to Redskins for Washington's #1 pick in the 1981 draft
04-28-1981	traded Bob Brudzinski and Oakland's #2 pick in the 1981 draft to Dolphins for Miami's #2 and #3 picks in the 1981 draft and Tampa's #2 pick in the 1982 draft
04-28-1981	traded Miami's #3 pick, Green Bay's #5 pick and Los Angeles' #5 pick in the 1981 draft and San Diego's #2 pick in the 1982 draft to Redskins for Washington's #1 pick in the 1982 draft
05-05-1981	traded Los Angeles' #3 and #7 picks in the 1982 draft to Redskins for Henry Childs
07-22-1981	traded Eddie Hill to Dolphins for Miami's #4 pick in the 1982 draft

1981 Regular Season Game Log:   Click on the date to view the game summary.

Date        Opponent                   Result        Record
09/06/81    vs Houston Oilers          L 20-27       0-1-0
09/13/81    at New Orleans Saints      L 17-23       0-2-0
09/20/81    vs Green Bay Packers       W 35-23       1-2-0
09/28/81    at Chicago Bears           W 24-7        2-2-0
10/04/81    vs Cleveland Browns        W 27-16       3-2-0
10/11/81    at Atlanta Falcons         W 37-35       4-2-0
10/18/81    at Dallas Cowboys          L 17-29       4-3-0
10/25/81    at San Francisco 49ers     L 17-20       4-4-0
11/01/81    vs Detroit Lions           W 20-13       5-4-0
11/08/81    vs New Orleans Saints      L 13-21       5-5-0
11/15/81    at Cincinnati Bengals      L 10-24       5-6-0
11/22/81    vs San Francisco 49ers     L 31-33       5-7-0
11/29/81    at Pittsburgh Steelers     L 0-24        5-8-0
12/06/81    at New York Giants         L 7-10        5-9-0
12/14/81    vs Atlanta Falcons         W 21-16       6-9-0
12/20/81    vs Washington Redskins     L 7-30        6-10-0

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