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1971 Los Angeles Rams
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Record: 8-5-1, Finished 2nd in NFC West Division
NFL Season Summary
Scored 313 points (22.4/g), 5th of 26 in the NFL.
Allowed 260 points (18.6/g), 8th.
Differential of 53 points (3.8/g), 10th.
Expected W-L: 8.5-5.5.
Takeaway/Giveaway Differential +5 (0.4/g), 10th.
Coached by Tommy Prothro (8-5-1)
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1971 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 | 31 | 9 | 14 | 180 for 352, 2,238 yards, 17 td, 10 int, & 18 rushes for 48 yards and 2 td | Oakland Raiders / 1st / 1st pick / 1962 |
| RB | Willie Ellison* | 26 | 4 | 13 | 211 rushes for 1,000 yards, 4 td, & 32 catches for 238 yards and 0 td | Los Angeles Rams / 2nd / 33rd pick / 1967 |
| RB | Larry Smith | 24 | 2 | 6 | 91 rushes for 404 yards, 5 td, & 31 catches for 324 yards and 0 td | Los Angeles Rams / 1st / 8th pick / 1969 |
| FB | Les Josephson | 29 | 7 | 9 | 99 rushes for 449 yards, 3 td, & 26 catches for 230 yards and 2 td | |
| WR | Lance Rentzel | 28 | 6 | 14 | 38 catches for 534 yards, 5 td, & 14 rushes for 113 yards and 1 td | Minnesota Vikings / 2nd / 23rd pick / 1965 |
| WR | Jack Snow | 28 | 6 | 14 | 37 catches for 666 yards, 5 td, & 1 rush for -10 yards and 0 td | Minnesota Vikings / 1st / 8th pick / 1965 |
| TE | Bob Klein | 24 | 2 | 14 | 14 catches for 160 yards, 4 td, & 3 rushes for 21 yards and 0 td | Los Angeles Rams / 1st / 21st pick / 1969 |
| LT | Charley Cowan | 33 | 10 | 14 | Denver Broncos / 5th / 33rd pick / 1961 |
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| LG | Tom Mack* | 28 | 5 | 14 | Los Angeles Rams / 1st / 2nd pick / 1966 |
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| C | Ken Iman | 32 | 11 | 14 | ||
| RG | Joe Scibelli | 32 | 10 | 14 | New York Titans / 10th / 77th pick / 1961 |
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| RT | Harry Schuh | 29 | 6 | 14 | Oakland Raiders / 1st / 3rd pick / 1965 |
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| Defensive Starters | ||||||
| LDE | Deacon Jones | 33 | 10 | 10 | Los Angeles Rams / 14th / 186th pick / 1961 |
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| LDT | Merlin Olsen* | 31 | 9 | 14 | Denver Broncos / 1st / 2nd pick / 1962 |
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| RDT | Phil Olsen | 23 | Rook | 8 | 0 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | Boston Patriots / 1st / 4th pick / 1970 |
| RDT | Bill Nelson | 23 | Rook | 6 | Los Angeles Rams / 7th / 168th pick / 1970 |
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| RDE | Coy Bacon | 29 | 3 | 14 | 1 interception, 1 fumble recovered | |
| LLB | Jim Purnell | 30 | 7 | 14 | 2 interceptions, 0 fumbles recovered | |
| MLB | Marlin McKeever | 31 | 10 | 14 | 4 interceptions, 0 fumbles recovered | Los Angeles Rams / 1st / 4th pick / 1961 |
| RLB | Isiah Robertson* | 22 | Rook | 12 | 4 interceptions, 0 fumbles recovered | Los Angeles Rams / 1st / 10th pick / 1971 |
| LCB | Jim Nettles | 29 | 6 | 14 | 5 interceptions, 0 fumbles recovered | |
| RCB | Gene Howard | 25 | 3 | 14 | 6 interceptions, 2 fumbles recovered | New Orleans Saints / 7th / 175th pick / 1968 |
| SS | Kermit Alexander | 30 | 8 | 14 | 3 interceptions, 0 fumbles recovered | Denver Broncos / 1st / 5th pick / 1963 |
| FS | Dave Elmendorf | 22 | Rook | 14 | 2 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | Los Angeles Rams / 3rd / 63rd pick / 1971 |
| Special Teams Starters | ||||||
| K | David Ray | 27 | 2 | 0 | 18 of 29 field goals & 37 of 37 extra points | Cleveland Browns / 16th / 243rd pick / 1966 |
| P | Pat Studstill | 33 | 10 | 0 | 70 punts for a 41.4 average, 0 blocked | |
| PR | Alvin Haymond | 29 | 7 | 0 | 24 punt returns for a 5.1 average and 0 td | Baltimore Colts / 18th / 246th pick / 1964 |
| KR | Travis Williams | 25 | 4 | 0 | 25 kick returns for a 29.7 average and 1 td | Green Bay Packers / 4th / 93rd pick / 1967 |
| Age | Pos | G | GS | Wt | Ht | College/Univ | BirthDate | Yrs | Drafted (tm/rnd/yr) | |
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| Kermit Alexander | 30 | DB | 14 | 14 | 187 | 5-11 | UCLA | 1/4/1941 | 8 | Denver Broncos / 1st / 5th pick / 1963 |
| Coy Bacon | 29 | DE-DT | 14 | 14 | 270 | 6-4 | Jackson State | 8/30/1942 | 3 | |
| Rich Buzin | 25 | T | 5 | 0 | 255 | 6-5 | Penn State | 1/25/1946 | 3 | New York Giants / 2nd / 41st pick / 1968 |
| Joe Carollo | 31 | T | 11 | 0 | 265 | 6-2 | Notre Dame | 3/25/1940 | 9 | Los Angeles Rams / 2nd / 16th pick / 1962 |
| Charley Cowan | 33 | T-G | 14 | 14 | 264 | 6-4 | New Mexico Highlands | 6/19/1938 | 10 | Denver Broncos / 5th / 33rd pick / 1961 |
| Pat Curran | 26 | TE-TB | 14 | 0 | 238 | 6-4 | Iowa State,Lakeland | 9/21/1945 | 2 | Los Angeles Rams / 6th / 151st pick / 1969 |
| Willie Ellison* | 26 | RB | 14 | 13 | 210 | 6-2 | Texas Southern | 11/1/1945 | 4 | Los Angeles Rams / 2nd / 33rd pick / 1967 |
| Dave Elmendorf | 22 | DB | 14 | 14 | 195 | 6-1 | Texas A&M | 6/20/1949 | Rook | Los Angeles Rams / 3rd / 63rd pick / 1971 |
| Roman Gabriel | 31 | QB | 14 | 14 | 220 | 6-5 | North Carolina State | 8/5/1940 | 9 | Oakland Raiders / 1st / 1st pick / 1962 |
| Ken Geddes | 25 | LB | 14 | 0 | 235 | 6-3 | Nebraska | 9/27/1946 | Rook | Detroit Lions / 7th / 175th pick / 1970 |
| Dean Halverson | 25 | LB | 12 | 0 | 230 | 6-2 | Washington | 8/24/1946 | 3 | Los Angeles Rams / 13th / 351st pick / 1968 |
| Alvin Haymond | 29 | DB | 10 | 0 | 194 | 6-0 | Southern | 8/31/1942 | 7 | Baltimore Colts / 18th / 246th pick / 1964 |
| Gene Howard | 25 | DB | 14 | 14 | 190 | 6-0 | Langston | 12/22/1946 | 3 | New Orleans Saints / 7th / 175th pick / 1968 |
| Ken Iman | 32 | C | 14 | 14 | 240 | 6-1 | Southeast Missouri State | 2/8/1939 | 11 | |
| Deacon Jones | 33 | DE | 11 | 10 | 272 | 6-5 | Miss. Valley State,South Carolina State | 12/9/1938 | 10 | Los Angeles Rams / 14th / 186th pick / 1961 |
| Les Josephson | 29 | RB | 14 | 9 | 207 | 6-1 | Augustana (SD) | 7/29/1942 | 7 | |
| Bob Klein | 24 | TE | 14 | 14 | 235 | 6-5 | USC | 7/27/1947 | 2 | Los Angeles Rams / 1st / 21st pick / 1969 |
| Mike LaHood | 27 | G | 9 | 0 | 250 | 6-3 | Wyoming | 12/11/1944 | 2 | Los Angeles Rams / 2nd / 51st pick / 1968 |
| Tom Mack* | 28 | G | 14 | 14 | 250 | 6-3 | Michigan | 11/1/1943 | 5 | Los Angeles Rams / 1st / 2nd pick / 1966 |
| Matt Maslowski | 22 | WR | 14 | 0 | 210 | 6-3 | San Diego | 9/10/1949 | Rook | |
| Marlin McKeever | 31 | LB-TE | 14 | 14 | 235 | 6-1 | USC | 1/1/1940 | 10 | Los Angeles Rams / 1st / 4th pick / 1961 |
| Bill Nelson | 23 | DT | 6 | 6 | 270 | 6-7 | Oregon State | 3/9/1948 | Rook | Los Angeles Rams / 7th / 168th pick / 1970 |
| Jim Nettles | 29 | DB | 14 | 14 | 177 | 5-10 | Wisconsin | 2/15/1942 | 6 | |
| Merlin Olsen* | 31 | DT | 14 | 14 | 270 | 6-5 | Utah State | 9/15/1940 | 9 | Denver Broncos / 1st / 2nd pick / 1962 |
| Phil Olsen | 23 | DT-C | 10 | 8 | 265 | 6-5 | Utah State | 4/26/1948 | Rook | Boston Patriots / 1st / 4th pick / 1970 |
| Don Parish | 23 | LB | 1 | 0 | 220 | 6-1 | Stanford | 1/4/1948 | 1 | St. Louis Cardinals / 4th / 91st pick / 1970 |
| John Pergine | 25 | LB | 12 | 0 | 225 | 6-1 | Notre Dame | 9/13/1946 | 2 | Los Angeles Rams / 11th / 297th pick / 1968 |
| Jim Purnell | 30 | LB | 14 | 14 | 229 | 6-2 | Wisconsin | 12/12/1941 | 7 | |
| David Ray | 27 | K | 14 | 0 | 195 | 6-0 | Alabama | 9/19/1944 | 2 | Cleveland Browns / 16th / 243rd pick / 1966 |
| Lance Rentzel | 28 | WR-FL | 14 | 14 | 202 | 6-2 | Oklahoma | 10/14/1943 | 6 | Minnesota Vikings / 2nd / 23rd pick / 1965 |
| Jack Reynolds | 24 | LB | 4 | 0 | 232 | 6-1 | Tennessee | 11/22/1947 | 1 | Los Angeles Rams / 1st / 22nd pick / 1970 |
| Jerry Rhome | 29 | QB | 14 | 0 | 190 | 6-0 | SMU,Tulsa | 3/6/1942 | 6 | Dallas Cowboys / 13th / 172nd pick / 1964 |
| Isiah Robertson* | 22 | LB | 14 | 12 | 225 | 6-3 | Southern | 8/17/1949 | Rook | Los Angeles Rams / 1st / 10th pick / 1971 |
| Rich Saul | 23 | C-G-T | 14 | 0 | 241 | 6-3 | Michigan State | 2/5/1948 | 1 | Los Angeles Rams / 8th / 204th pick / 1970 |
| Harry Schuh | 29 | T | 14 | 14 | 260 | 6-3 | Memphis | 9/25/1942 | 6 | Oakland Raiders / 1st / 3rd pick / 1965 |
| Joe Scibelli | 32 | G-T | 14 | 14 | 256 | 6-1 | American International College,Notre Dame | 4/19/1939 | 10 | New York Titans / 10th / 77th pick / 1961 |
| Larry Smith | 24 | RB | 14 | 6 | 220 | 6-3 | Florida | 9/2/1947 | 2 | Los Angeles Rams / 1st / 8th pick / 1969 |
| Jack Snow | 28 | WR-SE | 14 | 14 | 190 | 6-2 | Notre Dame | 1/25/1943 | 6 | Minnesota Vikings / 1st / 8th pick / 1965 |
| Pat Studstill | 33 | FL-HB-WR-P | 14 | 0 | 180 | 6-0 | Houston | 6/4/1938 | 10 | |
| Bob L. Thomas | 23 | RB | 6 | 0 | 201 | 5-10 | Arizona State | 8/23/1948 | Rook | Cincinnati Bengals / 15th / 379th pick / 1971 |
| Lee White | 25 | RB | 7 | 0 | 232 | 6-2 | Weber State | 5/9/1946 | 3 | New York Jets / 1st / 17th pick / 1968 |
| Clancy Williams | 29 | DB | 6 | 0 | 194 | 6-3 | Washington State | 9/24/1942 | 6 | Los Angeles Rams / 1st / 9th pick / 1965 |
| Roger Williams | 26 | DB-WR | 4 | 0 | 180 | 5-10 | Grambling State | 7/1/1945 | Rook | Los Angeles Rams / 13th / 333rd pick / 1969 |
| Travis Williams | 25 | RB | 14 | 0 | 210 | 6-1 | Arizona State | 1/14/1946 | 4 | Green Bay Packers / 4th / 93rd pick / 1967 |
| Gregory Wojcik | 25 | DT | 10 | 0 | 268 | 6-6 | USC | 1/27/1946 | Rook | |
| Jack Youngblood | 21 | DE | 14 | 3 | 247 | 6-4 | Florida | 1/26/1950 | Rook | Los Angeles Rams / 1st / 20th pick / 1971 |
| Team Total | 27.0 | 14 | 226.8 | 6-2.2 | 4.3 |