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1969 Los Angeles Rams
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Record: 11-3-0, Finished 1st in NFL Coastal Division
NFL Season Summary
Scored 320 points (22.9/g), 4th of 16 in the NFL.
Allowed 243 points (17.4/g), 5th.
Differential of 77 points (5.5/g), 3rd.
Expected W-L: 9.2-4.8.
Takeaway/Giveaway Differential +20 (1.4/g), 1st.
Coached by George Allen (11-3-0)
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1969 Statistics / Starters & Roster / Games & Schedule / Team Draftees
Starters
Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE · Hide Non-primary Starters| Pos | Age | Yrs | GS | Summary of Player Stats | Drafted (tm/rnd/yr) | |
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| Offensive Starters | Complete Team Stats | |||||
| QB | Roman Gabriel*+ | 29 | 7 | 14 | 217 for 399, 2,549 yards, 24 td, 7 int, & 35 rushes for 156 yards and 5 td | Oakland Raiders / 1st / 1st pick / 1962 |
| HB | Larry Smith | 22 | Rook | 14 | 166 rushes for 599 yards, 1 td, & 46 catches for 300 yards and 2 td | Los Angeles Rams / 1st / 8th pick / 1969 |
| FB | Les Josephson | 27 | 5 | 14 | 124 rushes for 461 yards, 0 td, & 32 catches for 295 yards and 2 td | |
| FL | Wendell Tucker | 26 | 2 | 14 | 38 catches for 629 yards, 7 td | |
| SE | Jack Snow | 26 | 4 | 14 | 49 catches for 734 yards, 6 td | Minnesota Vikings / 1st / 8th pick / 1965 |
| TE | Billy Truax | 26 | 5 | 13 | 37 catches for 431 yards, 5 td | Houston Oilers / 2nd / 14th pick / 1964 |
| LT | Charley Cowan* | 31 | 8 | 14 | Denver Broncos / 5th / 33rd pick / 1961 |
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| LG | Tom Mack*+ | 26 | 3 | 14 | Los Angeles Rams / 1st / 2nd pick / 1966 |
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| C | Ken Iman | 30 | 9 | 14 | 1 fumble recovered | |
| RG | Joe Scibelli | 30 | 8 | 7 | New York Titans / 10th / 77th pick / 1961 |
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| RG | Mike LaHood | 25 | Rook | 7 | Los Angeles Rams / 2nd / 51st pick / 1968 |
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| RT | Bob Brown*+ | 28 | 5 | 14 | Philadelphia Eagles / 1st / 2nd pick / 1964 |
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| Defensive Starters | ||||||
| LDE | Deacon Jones*+ | 31 | 8 | 14 | 0 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | Los Angeles Rams / 14th / 186th pick / 1961 |
| LDT | Merlin Olsen*+ | 29 | 7 | 14 | Denver Broncos / 1st / 2nd pick / 1962 |
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| RDT | Coy Bacon | 27 | 1 | 13 | ||
| RDE | Diron Talbert | 25 | 2 | 13 | 0 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | Los Angeles Rams / 5th / 66th pick / 1966 |
| LLB | Jack Pardee | 33 | 12 | 14 | 1 interception, 0 fumbles recovered | Los Angeles Rams / 2nd / 14th pick / 1957 |
| MLB | Doug Woodlief | 26 | 4 | 11 | 4 interceptions, 0 fumbles recovered | Los Angeles Rams / 5th / 65th pick / 1965 |
| RLB | Maxie Baughan*+ | 31 | 9 | 13 | 0 interceptions, 2 fumbles recovered | Philadelphia Eagles / 2nd / 20th pick / 1960 |
| LCB | Clancy Williams | 27 | 4 | 14 | 4 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | Los Angeles Rams / 1st / 9th pick / 1965 |
| RCB | Ron Smith | 26 | 4 | 11 | 3 interceptions, 0 fumbles recovered | |
| RCB | Jim Nettles | 27 | 4 | 5 | 2 interceptions, 0 fumbles recovered | |
| LS | Richie Petitbon | 31 | 10 | 12 | 5 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | Chicago Bears / 2nd / 21st pick / 1959 |
| RS | Eddie Meador+ | 32 | 10 | 14 | 5 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | Los Angeles Rams / 7th / 80th pick / 1959 |
| Special Teams Starters | ||||||
| K | Bruce Gossett | 28 | 5 | 0 | 22 of 34 field goals & 36 of 36 extra points | |
| P | Pat Studstill | 31 | 8 | 0 | 80 punts for a 40.7 average, 0 blocked | |
| PR | Alvin Haymond | 27 | 5 | 0 | 33 punt returns for a 13.2 average and 0 td | Baltimore Colts / 18th / 246th pick / 1964 |
| KR | Ron Smith | 26 | 4 | 11 | 27 kick returns for a 21.7 average and 0 td |
| Age | Pos | G | GS | Wt | Ht | College/Univ | BirthDate | Yrs | Drafted (tm/rnd/yr) | |
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| Coy Bacon | 27 | DE-DT | 14 | 13 | 270 | 6-4 | Jackson State | 8/30/1942 | 1 | |
| Dick Bass | 32 | FB-HB | 1 | 0 | 197 | 5-10 | Pacific | 3/15/1937 | 9 | Los Angeles Rams / 1st / 2nd pick / 1959 |
| Maxie Baughan*+ | 31 | LB | 13 | 13 | 227 | 6-1 | Georgia Tech | 8/3/1938 | 9 | Philadelphia Eagles / 2nd / 20th pick / 1960 |
| Bob Brown*+ | 28 | T | 14 | 14 | 280 | 6-4 | Nebraska | 12/8/1941 | 5 | Philadelphia Eagles / 1st / 2nd pick / 1964 |
| Roger Brown | 32 | DT | 14 | 0 | 300 | 6-5 | Md-Eastern Shore | 5/1/1937 | 9 | Detroit Lions / 4th / 42nd pick / 1960 |
| George Burman | 27 | C-G-T | 14 | 0 | 255 | 6-3 | Northwestern | 12/1/1942 | 5 | Chicago Bears / 15th / 210th pick / 1964 |
| Rick Cash | 24 | DE-DT | 14 | 0 | 248 | 6-5 | Missouri,Truman State | 7/1/1945 | 1 | Green Bay Packers / 10th / 260th pick / 1968 |
| Charley Cowan* | 31 | T-G | 14 | 14 | 264 | 6-4 | New Mexico Highlands | 6/19/1938 | 8 | Denver Broncos / 5th / 33rd pick / 1961 |
| Pat Curran | 24 | TE-TB | 1 | 0 | 238 | 6-4 | Iowa State,Lakeland | 9/21/1945 | Rook | Los Angeles Rams / 6th / 151st pick / 1969 |
| Willie Daniel | 32 | DB | 10 | 0 | 190 | 5-11 | Mississippi State | 11/10/1937 | 8 | |
| Mike Dennis | 25 | RB | 1 | 0 | 207 | 6-1 | Mississippi | 7/22/1944 | 1 | Buffalo Bills / 1st / 8th pick / 1966 |
| Willie Ellison | 24 | RB | 14 | 0 | 210 | 6-2 | Texas Southern | 11/1/1945 | 2 | Los Angeles Rams / 2nd / 33rd pick / 1967 |
| Roman Gabriel*+ | 29 | QB | 14 | 14 | 220 | 6-5 | North Carolina State | 8/5/1940 | 7 | Oakland Raiders / 1st / 1st pick / 1962 |
| Bruce Gossett | 28 | K | 14 | 0 | 204 | 6-1 | Clarion,Duquesne,Ferrum,Richmond | 11/9/1941 | 5 | |
| Alvin Haymond | 27 | DB | 14 | 0 | 194 | 6-0 | Southern | 8/31/1942 | 5 | Baltimore Colts / 18th / 246th pick / 1964 |
| Ken Iman | 30 | C | 14 | 14 | 240 | 6-1 | Southeast Missouri State | 2/8/1939 | 9 | |
| Mitch Johnson | 27 | T-G | 14 | 0 | 251 | 6-4 | Los Angeles State,UCLA | 3/1/1942 | 4 | Dallas Cowboys / 17th / 229th pick / 1965 |
| Deacon Jones*+ | 31 | DE | 14 | 14 | 272 | 6-5 | Miss. Valley State,South Carolina State | 12/9/1938 | 8 | Los Angeles Rams / 14th / 186th pick / 1961 |
| Les Josephson | 27 | RB | 14 | 14 | 207 | 6-1 | Augustana (SD) | 7/29/1942 | 5 | |
| Bob Klein | 22 | TE | 14 | 1 | 235 | 6-5 | USC | 7/27/1947 | Rook | Los Angeles Rams / 1st / 21st pick / 1969 |
| Mike LaHood | 25 | G | 14 | 7 | 250 | 6-3 | Wyoming | 12/11/1944 | Rook | Los Angeles Rams / 2nd / 51st pick / 1968 |
| Izzy Lang | 27 | RB | 12 | 0 | 232 | 6-1 | Tennessee State | 2/2/1942 | 5 | Philadelphia Eagles / 18th / 240th pick / 1964 |
| Lamar Lundy | 34 | DE-E | 4 | 0 | 245 | 6-7 | Purdue | 4/17/1935 | 12 | Los Angeles Rams / 4th / 47th pick / 1957 |
| Tom Mack*+ | 26 | G | 14 | 14 | 250 | 6-3 | Michigan | 11/1/1943 | 3 | Los Angeles Rams / 1st / 2nd pick / 1966 |
| Frank Marchlewski | 26 | C | 5 | 0 | 240 | 6-2 | Minnesota | 10/14/1943 | 4 | Los Angeles Rams / 5th / 60th pick / 1965 |
| Tommy Mason | 30 | RB | 13 | 0 | 196 | 6-1 | Tulane | 7/8/1939 | 8 | Minnesota Vikings / 1st / 1st pick / 1961 |
| Eddie Meador+ | 32 | DB | 14 | 14 | 193 | 5-11 | Arkansas Tech | 8/10/1937 | 10 | Los Angeles Rams / 7th / 80th pick / 1959 |
| Jim Nettles | 27 | DB | 13 | 5 | 177 | 5-10 | Wisconsin | 2/15/1942 | 4 | |
| Merlin Olsen*+ | 29 | DT | 14 | 14 | 270 | 6-5 | Utah State | 9/15/1940 | 7 | Denver Broncos / 1st / 2nd pick / 1962 |
| Jack Pardee | 33 | LB | 14 | 14 | 225 | 6-2 | Texas A&M | 4/19/1936 | 12 | Los Angeles Rams / 2nd / 14th pick / 1957 |
| John Pergine | 23 | LB | 14 | 0 | 225 | 6-1 | Notre Dame | 9/13/1946 | Rook | Los Angeles Rams / 11th / 297th pick / 1968 |
| Richie Petitbon | 31 | DB | 12 | 12 | 206 | 6-3 | Loyola (LA),Tulane | 4/18/1938 | 10 | Chicago Bears / 2nd / 21st pick / 1959 |
| Myron Pottios | 30 | LB | 5 | 0 | 232 | 6-2 | Notre Dame | 1/18/1939 | 8 | Pittsburgh Steelers / 2nd / 19th pick / 1961 |
| Jim Purnell | 28 | LB | 14 | 0 | 229 | 6-2 | Wisconsin | 12/12/1941 | 5 | |
| David Ray | 25 | K | 1 | 0 | 195 | 6-0 | Alabama | 9/19/1944 | Rook | Cleveland Browns / 16th / 243rd pick / 1966 |
| Joe Scibelli | 30 | G-T | 7 | 7 | 256 | 6-1 | American International College,Notre Dame | 4/19/1939 | 8 | New York Titans / 10th / 77th pick / 1961 |
| Nate Shaw | 24 | DB | 7 | 0 | 205 | 6-2 | USC | 5/20/1945 | Rook | Los Angeles Rams / 5th / 122nd pick / 1967 |
| Larry Smith | 22 | RB | 14 | 14 | 220 | 6-3 | Florida | 9/2/1947 | Rook | Los Angeles Rams / 1st / 8th pick / 1969 |
| Ron Smith | 26 | DB-WR | 14 | 11 | 195 | 6-1 | Wisconsin | 5/3/1943 | 4 | |
| Jack Snow | 26 | WR-SE | 14 | 14 | 190 | 6-2 | Notre Dame | 1/25/1943 | 4 | Minnesota Vikings / 1st / 8th pick / 1965 |
| Pat Studstill | 31 | FL-HB-WR-P | 14 | 0 | 180 | 6-0 | Houston | 6/4/1938 | 8 | |
| Karl Sweetan | 27 | QB | 5 | 0 | 203 | 6-1 | Texas A&M,Wake Forest | 10/2/1942 | 3 | Detroit Lions / 18th / 249th pick / 1965 |
| Diron Talbert | 25 | DT-DE | 14 | 13 | 255 | 6-5 | Texas | 7/1/1944 | 2 | Los Angeles Rams / 5th / 66th pick / 1966 |
| Billy Truax | 26 | TE | 14 | 13 | 240 | 6-5 | LSU | 7/15/1943 | 5 | Houston Oilers / 2nd / 14th pick / 1964 |
| Wendell Tucker | 26 | WR-FL | 14 | 14 | 185 | 5-10 | South Carolina State | 9/4/1943 | 2 | |
| Clancy Williams | 27 | DB | 14 | 14 | 194 | 6-3 | Washington State | 9/24/1942 | 4 | Los Angeles Rams / 1st / 9th pick / 1965 |
| Doug Woodlief | 26 | LB | 14 | 11 | 225 | 6-3 | Memphis | 9/4/1943 | 4 | Los Angeles Rams / 5th / 65th pick / 1965 |
| Team Total | 27.7 | 14 | 226.0 | 6-2.2 | 5.0 |