1979 Los Angeles Rams Rosters, Stats, Schedule, Team Draftees

Record: 9-7-0, 1st in NFC West Division (Schedule and Results)

Coach: Ray Malavasi (9-7-0)

Points For: 323 (20.2/g) 15th of 28

Points Against: 309 (19.3/g) 11th of 28

SRS: -0.63 (16th of 28), SOS: -1.50

Playoffs:
Won Divisional Round 21-19 vs. Dallas Cowboys
Won Conference Championship 9-0 vs. Tampa Bay Buccaneers
Lost Super Bowl 19-31 vs. Pittsburgh Steelers

Defensive Coordinator: Bud Carson

Other Notable Asst.: Jack Faulkner (Offensive Backfield), Dan Radakovich (Offensive Line), Lionel Taylor (Receivers) and LaVern Torgeson (Defensive Line)

Stadium: Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum

Majority Owner/Chairman: Georgia Frontiere

General Manager: Don Klosterman

Defensive Alignment: 4-3

Preseason Odds: Super Bowl +400

Training Camp: Fullerton State (Fullerton, California)

1979 NFC Champion

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Team Stats and Rankings

Team Stats and Rankings Table
			Tot Yds & TO					Passing							Rushing					Penalties
Player	PF	Yds	Ply	Y/P	TO	FL	1stD	Cmp	Att	Yds	TD	Int	NY/A	1stD	Att	Yds	TD	Y/A	1stD	Pen	Yds	1stPy
Team Stats	323	5133	1087	4.7	49	20	299	242	456	2673	19	29	5.4	138	592	2460	16	4.2	134	98	743	27
Opp. Stats	309	4553	1054	4.3	41	16	266	220	454	2556	24	25	5.1	133	548	1997	13	3.6	115	105	993	18
Lg Rank Offense	15	13			27	22	14		15	17	12	28	18		7	7	15	10
Lg Rank Defense	11	7			10	14	6		10	9	24	7	7		19	10	5	8

Schedule & Game Results

Schedule & Game Results Table
										Score		Offense					Defense					Expected Points
Week	Day	Date				OT	Rec		Opp	Tm	Opp	1stD	TotYd	PassY	RushY	TO	1stD	TotYd	PassY	RushY	TO	Offense	Defense	Sp. Tms
1	Sun	September 2	4:00PM ET	boxscore	L		0-1		Oakland Raiders	17	24	21	340	217	123	4	16	240	110	130	1	-8.06	7.83	-1.53
2	Thu	September 6	8:30PM ET	boxscore	W		1-1	@	Denver Broncos	13	9	15	277	181	96		12	179	106	73	2	-8.35	24.86	-9.59
3	Sun	September 16	4:00PM ET	boxscore	W		2-1		San Francisco 49ers	27	24	25	387	165	222	1	17	239	120	119	1	2.77	7.49	-3.44
4	Sun	September 23	4:00PM ET	boxscore	L		2-2	@	Tampa Bay Buccaneers	6	21	11	186	76	110	4	15	249	101	148	3	-31.76	21.22	-7.97
5	Sun	September 30	4:00PM ET	boxscore	W		3-2		St. Louis Cardinals	21	0	24	392	206	186	2	9	231	149	82	3	5.10	22.28	-10.25
6	Sun	October 7	4:00PM ET	boxscore	W		4-2	@	New Orleans Saints	35	17	22	295	154	141	2	13	234	132	102	6	0.30	22.08	-6.88
7	Sun	October 14	9:00PM ET	boxscore	L		4-3	@	Dallas Cowboys	6	30	11	158	99	59	3	23	403	202	201	1	-15.23	-14.55	4.18
8	Sun	October 21	4:00PM ET	boxscore	L		4-4		San Diego Chargers	16	40	24	337	233	104	8	17	391	326	65	2	-20.16	-2.81	-1.41
9	Sun	October 28	4:00PM ET	boxscore	L		4-5		New York Giants	14	20	20	366	271	95	4	10	234	124	110	1	-16.36	19.40	-9.91
10	Sun	November 4	4:00PM ET	boxscore	W		5-5	@	Seattle Seahawks	24	0	29	475	172	303	1	1	-7	-30	23	1	4.24	29.52	-9.26
11	Sun	November 11	2:00PM ET	boxscore	L		5-6	@	Chicago Bears	23	27	16	321	76	245	3	19	272	190	82		-7.73	0.34	-2.40
12	Mon	November 19	9:00PM ET	boxscore	W		6-6		Atlanta Falcons	20	14	18	339	160	179	3	19	336	135	201	4	0.50	10.20	-0.37
13	Sun	November 25	4:00PM ET	boxscore	W		7-6	@	San Francisco 49ers	26	20	18	322	198	124	3	22	374	238	136	3	-4.69	8.77	4.78
14	Sun	December 2	4:00PM ET	boxscore	W	OT	8-6		Minnesota Vikings	27	21	14	300	174	126	3	26	409	268	141	4	-13.87	3.51	7.85
15	Sun	December 9	1:00PM ET	boxscore	W		9-6	@	Atlanta Falcons	34	13	15	348	177	171	2	24	347	239	108	5	6.31	12.03	3.80
16	Sun	December 16	4:00PM ET	boxscore	L		9-7		New Orleans Saints	14	29	16	290	114	176	6	23	422	146	276	4	-5.62	-0.61	-3.00
		Playoffs
Division	Sun	December 30	4:00PM ET	boxscore	W		10-7	@	Dallas Cowboys	21	19	16	361	202	159	2	17	280	124	156	1	-1.21	11.88	-0.91
Conf. Champ.	Sun	January 6	5:00PM ET	boxscore	W		11-7	@	Tampa Bay Buccaneers	9	0	23	369	153	216	1	7	177	85	92	1	-4.58	25.45	-5.92
SuperBowl	Sun	January 20	6:00PM ET	boxscore	L		11-8	N	Pittsburgh Steelers	19	31	16	301	194	107	1	19	393	309	84	3	-0.68	-12.72	-2.05

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Passing Table
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	GS	QBrec	Cmp	Att	Cmp%	Yds	TD	TD%	Int	Int%	1D	Succ%	Lng	Y/A	AY/A	Y/C	Y/G	Rate	Sk	Yds	Sk%	NY/A	ANY/A	GWD
1	Pat Haden	26	QB	10	10	5-5-0	163	290	56.2	1854	11	3.8	14	4.8	91	41.2	50	6.4	5.0	11.4	185.4	68.1	21	178	6.75	5.39	4.1	0
2	Vince Ferragamo	25	QB	8	5	4-1-0	53	110	48.2	778	5	4.5	10	9.1	32	37.2	71	7.1	3.9	14.7	97.3	49.0	11	115	9.09	5.48	2.6	0
3	Bob Lee	33	QB	3	0		11	22	50.0	243	2	9.1	1	4.5	8	30.8	41	11.0	10.8	22.1	81.0	101.1	4	39	15.38	7.85	7.7	1
4	Jeff Rutledge	22	QB	3	1	0-1-0	13	32	40.6	125	1	3.1	4	12.5	6	22.9	22	3.9	-1.1	9.6	41.7	23.0	3	27	8.57	2.80	-1.8	0
5	Ken Clark	31	P	16	0		2	2	100.0	32	0	0.0	0	0.0	1	50.0	30	16.0	16.0	16.0	2.0	118.7	0	0	0.00	16.00	16.0	0
	Team Totals			16	16	9-7-0	242	456	53.1	2673	19	4.2	29	6.4	138	38.4	71	6.6	4.6	12.5	167.1	61.4	39	359	7.88	5.40	3.53	1

Passing Table
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	GS	QBrec	Cmp	Att	Cmp%	Yds	TD	TD%	Int	Int%	1D	Succ%	Lng	Y/A	AY/A	Y/C	Y/G	Rate	Sk	Yds	Sk%	NY/A	ANY/A	4QC	GWD
1	Vince Ferragamo	25	QB	3	3	2-1-0	36	69	52.2	585	3	4.3	3	4.3	23	34.7	50	8.5	7.4	16.3	195.0	77.3	6	60	8.00	7.00	6.0	1	1
2	Lawrence McCutcheon	29	RB	1	0		1	1	100.0	24	1	100.0	0	0.0	1	100.0	24	24.0	44.0	24.0	24.0	158.3	0	0	0.00	24.00	44.0	0	0
	Team Totals			3	3	2-1-0	37	70	52.9	549	4	5.7	3	4.3	24	35.5	50	7.1	7.9	16.5	183.0	75.1	6	60	7.89	6.38	6.38	1	1

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Rushing & Receiving Table
						Rushing									Receiving												Scrimmage
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	GS	Att	Yds	TD	1D	Succ%	Lng	Y/A	Y/G	A/G	Tgt	Rec	Yds	Y/R	TD	1D	Succ%	Lng	R/G	Y/G	Ctch%	Y/Tgt	Touch	Y/Tch	YScm	RRTD	Fmb	Awards
1	Wendell Tyler	24	RB	16	12	218	1109	9	57	53.7	63	5.1	69.3	13.6	53	32	308	9.6	1	15	43.4	71	2.0	19.3	60.4	5.8	250	5.7	1417	10	9
2	Cullen Bryant	28	FB	16	16	177	619	5	37	52.0	15	3.5	38.7	11.1	38	31	227	7.3	0	10	44.7	24	1.9	14.2	81.6	6.0	208	4.1	846	5	2
3	Preston Dennard	24	WR	15	11	4	32	0	3	75.0	15	8.0	2.1	0.3	98	43	766	17.8	4	35	40.8	50	2.9	51.1	43.9	7.8	47	17.0	798	4	1
4	Elvis Peacock	23	RB	11	0	52	224	0	11	53.8	15	4.3	20.4	4.7	23	21	261	12.4	0	10	73.9	49	1.9	23.7	91.3	11.3	73	6.6	485	0	1
5	Lawrence McCutcheon	29	RB	11	4	73	243	0	9	38.4	21	3.3	22.1	6.6	23	19	101	5.3	0	4	52.2	11	1.7	9.2	82.6	4.4	92	3.7	344	0	1
6	Ron Smith	23	WR	12	2	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	36	16	300	18.8	1	11	36.1	38	1.3	25.0	44.4	8.3	16	18.8	300	1	2
7	Terry Nelson	28	TE	16	16	2	-16	0	0	0.0	-6	-8.0	-1.0	0.1	54	25	293	11.7	3	20	40.7	26	1.6	18.3	46.3	5.4	27	10.3	277	3	1
8	Billy Waddy	25	WR	13	6	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	34	14	220	15.7	3	7	38.2	40	1.1	16.9	41.2	6.5	14	15.7	220	3	0
9	Ron Jessie	31	WR	6	6	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	22	11	169	15.4	2	8	40.9	39	1.8	28.2	50.0	7.7	11	15.4	169	2	0
10	Eddie Hill	22	RB	16	0	29	114	1	9	58.6	27	3.9	7.1	1.8	6	4	36	9.0	1	1	50.0	21	0.3	2.3	66.7	6.0	33	4.5	150	2	4
11	Charle Young	28	TE	15	0	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	26	13	144	11.1	2	8	42.3	23	0.9	9.6	50.0	5.5	13	11.1	144	2	2
12	Willie Miller	32	WR	3	3	1	4	0	0	100.0	4	4.0	1.3	0.3	14	8	111	13.9	1	6	42.9	23	2.7	37.0	57.1	7.9	9	12.8	115	1	0
13	Pat Haden	26	QB	10	10	16	97	0	6	50.0	17	6.1	9.7	1.6	0	0	0		0	0			0.0	0.0			16	6.1	97	0	4
14	Drew Hill	23	WR	16	4	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	21	4	94	23.5	1	3	19.0	43	0.3	5.9	19.0	4.5	4	23.5	94	1	2
15	Jeff Rutledge	22	QB	3	1	5	27	0	2	60.0	14	5.4	9.0	1.7	0	0	0		0	0			0.0	0.0			5	5.4	27	0	0
16	Jim Jodat	25	RB	7	0	6	6	0	0	0.0	4	1.0	0.9	0.9	0	0	0		0	0			0.0	0.0			6	1.0	6	0	1
17	Nolan Cromwell	24	FS/LCB	16	16	1	5	1	1	100.0	5	5.0	0.3	0.1	0	0	0		0	0			0.0	0.0			1	5.0	5	1	0
18	Ken Clark	31	P	16	0	1	3	0	0	0.0	3	3.0	0.2	0.1	0	0	0		0	0			0.0	0.0			1	3.0	3	0	1
19	George Andrews	24	LB	16	0	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	1	1	2	2.0	0	0	0.0	2	0.1	0.1	100.0	2.0	1	2.0	2	0	0
20	Kent Hill	22	LG	16	9	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	1	0	0		0	0	0.0		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0		0	0	0
21	Vince Ferragamo	25	QB	8	5	3	-2	0	0	0.0	2	-0.7	-0.3	0.4	0	0	0		0	0			0.0	0.0			3	-0.7	-2	0	2
22	Bob Lee	33	QB	3	0	4	-5	0	0	0.0		-1.3	-1.7	1.3	0	0	0		0	0			0.0	0.0			4	-1.3	-5	0	1
	Team Totals			16	16	592	2460	16	135	50.3	63	4.2	153.8	37.0	450	242	3032	12.5	19	138	42.2	71	15.1	189.5	53.8	6.7	834	6.6	5492	35	34

Rushing & Receiving Table
						Rushing									Receiving												Scrimmage
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	GS	Att	Yds	TD	1D	Succ%	Lng	Y/A	Y/G	A/G	Tgt	Rec	Yds	Y/R	TD	1D	Succ%	Lng	R/G	Y/G	Ctch%	Y/Tgt	Touch	Y/Tch	YScm	RRTD	Fmb	Awards
1	Wendell Tyler	24	RB	3	3	64	228	0	11	37.5	39	3.6	76.0	21.3	8	6	74	12.3	1	2	37.5	32	2.0	24.7	75.0	9.3	70	4.3	302	1	1
2	Cullen Bryant	28	FB	3	3	41	203	1	12	65.9	14	5.0	67.7	13.7	10	8	63	7.9	0	3	30.0	16	2.7	21.0	80.0	6.3	49	5.4	266	1	0
3	Billy Waddy	25	WR	3	3	1	3	0	0	0.0	3	3.0	1.0	0.3	13	6	172	28.7	1	6	46.2	50	2.0	57.3	46.2	13.2	7	25.0	175	1	0
4	Preston Dennard	24	WR	3	3	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	15	6	103	17.2	0	4	40.0	35	2.0	34.3	40.0	6.9	6	17.2	103	0	0
5	Ron Smith	23	WR	3	0	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	8	3	79	26.3	2	3	37.5	43	1.0	26.3	37.5	9.9	3	26.3	79	2	0
6	Lawrence McCutcheon	29	RB	2	0	11	36	0	3	54.5	13	3.3	18.0	5.5	1	1	16	16.0	0	1	100.0	16	0.5	8.0	100.0	16.0	12	4.3	52	0	0
7	Charle Young	28	TE	1	0	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	3	3	39	13.0	0	2	66.7	22	3.0	39.0	100.0	13.0	3	13.0	39	0	0
8	Terry Nelson	28	TE	3	3	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	7	3	35	11.7	0	2	28.6	15	1.0	11.7	42.9	5.0	3	11.7	35	0	0
9	Drew Hill	23	WR	2	0	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	4	1	28	28.0	0	1	25.0	28	0.5	14.0	25.0	7.0	1	28.0	28	0	0
10	Nolan Cromwell	24	FS/LCB	1	1	1	7	0	1	100.0	7	7.0	7.0	1.0		0	0		0	0			0.0	0.0			1	7.0	7	0	0
11	Vince Ferragamo	25	QB	3	3	3	5	0	0	33.3	7	1.7	1.7	1.0		0	0		0	0			0.0	0.0			3	1.7	5	0	0
	Team Totals			3	3	121	482	1	27	48.8	39	4.0	160.7	40.3	69	37	609	16.5	4	24	39.1	50	12.3	203.0	53.6	8.8	158	6.9	1091	5	1

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						Def Interceptions				Fumbles						Tackles
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	GS	Int	Yds	IntTD	Lng	FF	Fmb	FR	Yds	FRTD	Sk	Comb	Solo	Ast	Sfty	Awards
1	Larry Brooks	29	LDT	16	16	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	6.0	0	0	0	0	PB,AP-1
2	Bob Brudzinski	24	RLB	16	16	1	26	0	26	2	0	1	3	0	4.0	0	0	0	0
3	Cullen Bryant	28	FB	16	16	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
4	Nolan Cromwell	24	FS/LCB	16	16	5	109	0	34	1	0	3	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
5	Fred Dryer	33	RDE	16	16	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	10.0	0	0	0	0
6	Dave Elmendorf	30	SS	16	16	3	39	0	32	1	0	0	0	0	3.0	0	0	0	0
7	Mike Fanning	26	RDT	16	16	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	7.0	0	0	0	0
8	Terry Nelson	28	TE	16	16	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
9	Jack Reynolds	32	MLB	16	16	0	0	0	0	3	0	2	4	1	0.0	0	0	0	0
10	Jack Youngblood	29	LDE	16	16	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	18.0	0	0	0	0	PB,AP-1,AP DPoY-4
11	Jim Youngblood	29	LLB	16	16	5	89	2	34	1	0	0	0	0	1.5	0	0	0	0	PB,AP-2
12	Doug France	26	LT	16	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
13	Dwayne O'Steen	25	LCB	16	13	4	42	0	36	2	0	1	1	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
14	Wendell Tyler	24	RB	16	12	0	0	0	0	0	9	1	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
15	Preston Dennard	24	WR	15	11	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
16	Pat Haden	26	QB	10	10	0	0	0	0	0	4	3	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
17	Pat Thomas	25	RCB	8	7	3	5	0	5	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
18	Eddie Brown	27	FS	16	5	3	32	0	25	1	3	5	24	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
19	Vince Ferragamo	25	QB	8	5	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
20	Drew Hill	23	WR	16	4	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
21	Lawrence McCutcheon	29	RB	11	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
22	Ron Smith	23	WR	12	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
23	George Andrews	24	LB	16	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
24	Ken Clark	31	P	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
25	Reggie Doss	23	DE	16	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	2.0	0	0	0	0
26	Eddie Hill	22	RB	16	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	4	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
27	Jim Jodat	25	RB	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
28	Sid Justin	25	DB	13	0	1	13	0	13	1	1	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
29	Bob Lee	33	QB	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
30	Elvis Peacock	23	RB	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
31	Jerry Wilkinson	23	DE	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.5	0	0	0	0
32	Charle Young	28	TE	15	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
	Team Totals			16	16	25	355	2	36	23	38	33	32	1	52.0	0	0	0	0

Defense & Fumbles Table
						Def Interceptions					Fumbles						Tackles
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	GS	Int	Yds	IntTD	Lng	PD	FF	Fmb	FR	Yds	FRTD	Sk	Comb	Solo	Ast	Sfty	Awards
1	Mike Fanning	26	RDT	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.0	4	4	0	0
2	Larry Brooks	29	LDT	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	2	2	0	0
3	Bob Brudzinski	24	RLB	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	8	8	0	0
4	Nolan Cromwell	24	FS/LCB	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	5	5	0	0
5	Fred Dryer	33	RDE	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	1	1	0	0
6	Dave Elmendorf	30	SS	1	1	1	10	0	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	4	4	0	0
7	Rod Perry	26	RCB	1	1	1	-1	0	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	2	2	0	0
8	Jack Reynolds	32	MLB	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	7	7	0	0
9	Wendell Tyler	24	RB	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0			0
10	Jack Youngblood	29	LDE	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.0	0			0
11	Jim Youngblood	29	LLB	1	1	1	10	0	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0			0
12	Eddie Brown	27	FS	2	0	2	27	0	21	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0			0
	Team Totals			3	3	5	46	0	21	0	0	1	0	0	0	2.0	33	33	0	0

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