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Record: 6-7-1, Finished 3rd in NFC West Division
NFL Season Summary
Scored 291 points (20.8/g), 14th of 26 in the NFL.
Allowed 286 points (20.4/g), 16th.
Differential of 5 points (0.4/g), 15th.
Expected W-L: 7.1-6.9.
Takeaway/Giveaway Differential -4 (-0.3/g), 17th.
Simple Rating System: Total -0.5, Offense: 0.1, Defense: -0.6, SoS: -0.9, versus averages of 0.0.
Coached by
Tommy Prothro
Training Camp: Long Beach State (Long Beach, California)
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| Tot Yds & TO | Passing | Rushing | ||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pts | Yds | Ply | Y/P | 1stD | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | 1stD | Att | Yds | TD | 1stD | TO | FL | 1stPy | |||
| Team Offense | 291 | 4355 | 859 | 5.1 | 238 | 184 | 371 | 2146 | 13 | 22 | 5.5 | 108 | 472 | 2209 | 17 | 4.7 | 113 | 31 | 9 | 17 |
| Team Defense | 286 | 3907 | 843 | 4.6 | 235 | 181 | 363 | 2145 | 20 | 16 | 5.3 | 110 | 438 | 1762 | 9 | 4.0 | 101 | 27 | 11 | 24 |
| Lg Rank Offense | 14 | 7 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 16 | 17 | 16 | 15 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 2 | ||||||
| Lg Rank Defense | 16 | 11 | 15 | 17 | 12 | 23 | 18 | 10 | 7 | 9 | 4 | 12 | 19 | 22 | ||||||
| Score | Offense | Defense | ||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Week | Day | Date | OT | Rec | Opp | Tm | Opp | 1stD | TotYd | PassY | RushY | TO | 1stD | TotYd | PassY | RushY | TO | |||
| 1 | Sun | September 17 | boxscore | W | 1-0 | New Orleans Saints | 34 | 14 | 20 | 393 | 139 | 254 | 1 | 20 | 287 | 218 | 69 | 2 | ||
| 2 | Sun | September 24 | boxscore | T | 1-0-1 | @ | Chicago Bears | 13 | 13 | 8 | 171 | 65 | 106 | 3 | 11 | 170 | 26 | 144 | 4 | |
| 3 | Sun | October 1 | boxscore | L | 1-1-1 | @ | Atlanta Falcons | 3 | 31 | 13 | 249 | 137 | 112 | 6 | 17 | 358 | 61 | 297 | 3 | |
| 4 | Sun | October 8 | boxscore | W | 2-1-1 | San Francisco 49ers | 31 | 7 | 22 | 513 | 211 | 302 | 1 | 13 | 250 | 131 | 119 | 2 | ||
| 5 | Sun | October 15 | boxscore | W | 3-1-1 | @ | Philadelphia Eagles | 34 | 3 | 18 | 313 | 147 | 166 | 14 | 137 | 90 | 47 | 5 | ||
| 6 | Sun | October 22 | boxscore | W | 4-1-1 | Cincinnati Bengals | 15 | 12 | 9 | 149 | 94 | 55 | 3 | 20 | 283 | 110 | 173 | 2 | ||
| 7 | Sun | October 29 | boxscore | L | 4-2-1 | @ | Oakland Raiders | 17 | 45 | 16 | 317 | 163 | 154 | 7 | 23 | 362 | 149 | 213 | ||
| 8 | Sun | November 5 | boxscore | W | 5-2-1 | Atlanta Falcons | 20 | 7 | 17 | 295 | 93 | 202 | 19 | 237 | 120 | 117 | 2 | |||
| 9 | Sun | November 12 | boxscore | L | 5-3-1 | Denver Broncos | 10 | 16 | 9 | 183 | 110 | 73 | 3 | 13 | 245 | 112 | 133 | 2 | ||
| 10 | Sun | November 19 | boxscore | L | 5-4-1 | Minnesota Vikings | 41 | 45 | 25 | 426 | 235 | 191 | 2 | 14 | 375 | 319 | 56 | |||
| 11 | Sun | November 26 | boxscore | L | 5-5-1 | @ | New Orleans Saints | 16 | 19 | 17 | 309 | 123 | 186 | 17 | 260 | 158 | 102 | |||
| 12 | Mon | December 4 | boxscore | W | 6-5-1 | @ | San Francisco 49ers | 26 | 16 | 15 | 313 | 175 | 138 | 19 | 304 | 246 | 58 | 3 | ||
| 13 | Sun | December 10 | boxscore | L | 6-6-1 | @ | St. Louis Cardinals | 14 | 24 | 29 | 391 | 240 | 151 | 3 | 11 | 269 | 192 | 77 | 1 | |
| 14 | Sun | December 17 | boxscore | L | 6-7-1 | Detroit Lions | 17 | 34 | 20 | 333 | 214 | 119 | 2 | 24 | 370 | 213 | 157 | 1 | ||
| No. | Age | Pos | G | GS | QBrec | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Sk | Yds | 4QC | GWD | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18 | Roman Gabriel | 32 | QB | 14 | 13 | 6-6-0 | 165 | 323 | 51.1 | 2027 | 12 | 3.7 | 15 | 4.6 | 57 | 6.3 | 4.9 | 12.3 | 144.8 | 63.8 | 12 | 102 | 5.75 | 4.45 | 3.6 | 0 | 1 | |
| 12 | Pete Beathard | 30 | qb | 14 | 1 | 0-1-1 | 19 | 48 | 39.6 | 255 | 1 | 2.1 | 7 | 14.6 | 33 | 5.3 | -0.8 | 13.4 | 18.2 | 24.6 | 4 | 34 | 4.25 | -1.42 | 7.7 | |||
| Team Total | 27.2 | 14 | 6-7-1 | 184 | 371 | 49.6 | 2282 | 13 | 3.5 | 22 | 5.9 | 57 | 6.2 | 4.2 | 12.4 | 163.0 | 56.0 | 16 | 136 | 5.55 | 3.66 | 4.1 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| Opp Total | 14 | 181 | 363 | 49.9 | 2472 | 20 | 5.5 | 16 | 4.4 | 6.8 | 5.93 | 13.7 | 176.6 | 72.0 | 42 | 327 | 5.3 | 4.5 | 10.4 |
| Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Age | Pos | G | GS | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | YScm | RRTD | Fmb | |||||||
| 33 | Willie Ellison | 27 | FB/KR | 13 | 12 | 170 | 764 | 5 | 37 | 4.5 | 58.8 | 13.1 | 23 | 141 | 6.1 | 1 | 39 | 1.8 | 10.8 | 905 | 6 | 3 |
| 45 | Jim Bertelsen | 22 | PR/RB | 14 | 8 | 123 | 581 | 5 | 42 | 4.7 | 41.5 | 8.8 | 29 | 331 | 11.4 | 1 | 22 | 2.1 | 23.6 | 912 | 6 | 4 |
| 35 | Bob L. Thomas | 24 | rb | 14 | 2 | 77 | 433 | 3 | 49 | 5.6 | 30.9 | 5.5 | 11 | 95 | 8.6 | 0 | 19 | 0.8 | 6.8 | 528 | 3 | 1 |
| 38 | Larry Smith | 25 | rb | 12 | 6 | 60 | 276 | 2 | 68 | 4.6 | 23.0 | 5.0 | 15 | 186 | 12.4 | 1 | 47 | 1.3 | 15.5 | 462 | 3 | 1 |
| 34 | Les Josephson | 30 | 8 | 0 | 18 | 75 | 0 | 13 | 4.2 | 9.4 | 2.3 | 14 | 170 | 12.1 | 1 | 34 | 1.8 | 21.3 | 245 | 1 | 1 | |
| 18 | Roman Gabriel | 32 | QB | 14 | 13 | 14 | 16 | 1 | 11 | 1.1 | 1.1 | 1.0 | 16 | 1 | 6 | |||||||
| 13 | Lance Rentzel | 29 | WR | 14 | 14 | 7 | 71 | 1 | 18 | 10.1 | 5.1 | 0.5 | 27 | 365 | 13.5 | 1 | 40 | 1.9 | 26.1 | 436 | 2 | 1 |
| 80 | Bob Klein | 25 | TE | 14 | 13 | 1 | -7 | 0 | -7 | -7.0 | -0.5 | 0.1 | 29 | 330 | 11.4 | 1 | 26 | 2.1 | 23.6 | 323 | 1 | 1 |
| 82 | Joe Sweet | 24 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1.0 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 2 | 26 | 13.0 | 1 | 17 | 0.2 | 2.4 | 27 | 1 | 0 | |
| 12 | Pete Beathard | 30 | qb | 14 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 0 | -1 | -1.0 | -0.1 | 0.1 | -1 | 0 | 1 | |||||||
| 84 | Jack Snow | 29 | WR | 14 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 30 | 590 | 19.7 | 4 | 57 | 2.1 | 42.1 | 590 | 4 | 0 | |
| 5 | Dick Gordon | 28 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 3 | 29 | 9.7 | 1 | 17 | 0.8 | 7.3 | 29 | 1 | 1 | ||
| 49 | John Love | 28 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 19 | 19.0 | 1 | 19 | 0.2 | 3.8 | 19 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Team Total | 27.2 | 14 | 472 | 2209 | 17 | 68 | 4.7 | 157.8 | 33.7 | 184 | 2282 | 12.4 | 13 | 57 | 13.1 | 163.0 | 4491 | 30 | 24 | |||
| Opp Total | 14 | 438 | 1762 | 9 | 4.0 | 125.9 | 31.3 | 181 | 2145 | 11.9 | 20 | 12.9 | 153.2 | 3907 | 29 | 25 | ||||||
| Punt Returns | Kick Returns | |||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Age | Pos | G | GS | Ret | Yds | TD | Lng | Rt | Yds | TD | Lng | APYd | |||
| 45 | Jim Bertelsen | 22 | PR/RB | 14 | 8 | 16 | 232 | 0 | 60 | 14.5 | 4 | 88 | 0 | 25 | 22.0 | 1232 |
| 49 | John Love | 28 | 5 | 0 | 10 | 39 | 0 | 10 | 3.9 | 8 | 167 | 0 | 27 | 20.9 | 225 | |
| 33 | Willie Ellison | 27 | FB/KR | 13 | 12 | 14 | 345 | 0 | 32 | 24.6 | 1250 | |||||
| 5 | Dick Gordon | 28 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 20 | 0 | 12 | 5.0 | 4 | 141 | 0 | 53 | 35.3 | 190 | |
| 35 | Bob L. Thomas | 24 | rb | 14 | 2 | 8 | 212 | 0 | 43 | 26.5 | 740 | |||||
| 46 | Roger Williams | 27 | 14 | 0 | 6 | 141 | 0 | 29 | 23.5 | 141 | ||||||
| 88 | Pat Curran | 27 | te | 10 | 1 | 4 | 37 | 0 | 19 | 9.3 | 37 | |||||
| 44 | Al Clark | 24 | LCB | 14 | 6 | 3 | 59 | 0 | 28 | 19.7 | 59 | |||||
| 42 | Dave Elmendorf | 23 | SS | 14 | 14 | 3 | 56 | 0 | 41 | 18.7 | 56 | |||||
| 52 | John Pergine | 26 | 12 | 0 | 3 | 46 | 0 | 19 | 15.3 | 46 | ||||||
| 21 | Gene Howard | 26 | RCB | 13 | 13 | 2 | 51 | 0 | 28 | 25.5 | 51 | |||||
| Team Total | 27.2 | 14 | 33 | 347 | 0 | 60 | 10.5 | 56 | 1287 | 0 | 53 | 23.0 | 6125 | |||
| Opp Total | 14 | 22 | 0 | 54 | 999 | 0 | 18.5 | |||||||||
| 0-19 | 20-29 | 30-39 | 40-49 | 50+ | Tot | PAT | Punting | |||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Age | Pos | G | GS | FGA | FGM | FGA | FGM | FGA | FGM | FGA | FGM | FGA | FGM | FGA | FGM | XPA | XPM | Pnt | Yds | Lng | Blck | ||||
| 27 | David Ray | 28 | K | 14 | 0 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 11 | 9 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 41 | 24 | 58.5% | 31 | 31 | 100.0% | ||||||
| 10 | Dave Chapple* | 25 | P | 14 | 0 | 53 | 2344 | 70 | 0 | 44.2 | ||||||||||||||||
| Team Total | 27.2 | 14 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 11 | 9 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 41 | 24 | 58.5% | 31 | 31 | 100.0% | 53 | 2344 | 70 | 0 | 44.2 | ||||
| Opp Total | 14 | 30 | 16 | 53.3% | 34 | 32 | 94.1% | 71 | 2925 | 41.2 | ||||||||||||||||
| Def Interceptions | Fumbles | Tackles | |||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Age | Pos | G | GS | Sk | Int | Yds | TD | Lng | PD | FF | Fmb | FR | Yds | TD | Tkl | Ast | Sfty | |
| 18 | Roman Gabriel | 32 | QB | 14 | 13 | 0 | 6 | 3 | -18 | 0 | |||||||||
| 19 | Jim Nettles | 30 | FS | 14 | 14 | 6 | 168 | 0 | 43 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | ||||
| 45 | Jim Bertelsen | 22 | PR/RB | 14 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| 42 | Dave Elmendorf | 23 | SS | 14 | 14 | 3 | 29 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| 49 | John Love | 28 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| 44 | Al Clark | 24 | LCB | 14 | 6 | 1 | 18 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| 33 | Willie Ellison | 27 | FB/KR | 13 | 12 | 0 | 3 | 0 | -4 | 0 | |||||||||
| 21 | Gene Howard | 26 | RCB | 13 | 13 | 3 | 26 | 1 | 24 | 0 | |||||||||
| 12 | Pete Beathard | 30 | qb | 14 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| 89 | Fred Dryer | 26 | de | 14 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| 5 | Dick Gordon | 28 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| 34 | Les Josephson | 30 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| 80 | Bob Klein | 25 | TE | 14 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| 86 | Marlin McKeever | 32 | MLB | 14 | 14 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 8 | 0 | |||||||||
| 53 | Jim Purnell | 31 | LLB | 13 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| 76 | Harry Schuh | 30 | RT | 14 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| 35 | Bob L. Thomas | 24 | rb | 14 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| 79 | Coy Bacon* | 30 | RDE | 14 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| 68 | Mike LaHood | 28 | g | 14 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| 13 | Lance Rentzel | 29 | WR | 14 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 0 | -18 | 0 | |||||||||
| 58 | Isiah Robertson | 23 | RLB | 14 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| 61 | Rich Saul | 24 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| 38 | Larry Smith | 25 | rb | 12 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| 46 | Roger Williams | 27 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| 85 | Jack Youngblood | 22 | LDE | 14 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | |||||||||
| Team Total | 27.2 | 14 | 16 | 251 | 1 | 43 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 26 | -33 | 0 | 1 | ||||||
| Opp Total | 14 | 16 | 25 | 14 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| No. | Age | Pos | G | GS | RshTD | RecTD | PR TD | KR TD | FblTD | IntTD | OthTD | AllTD | 2PM | XPM | FGM | Sfty | Pts | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27 | David Ray | 28 | K | 14 | 0 | 31 | 24 | 103 | ||||||||||
| 45 | Jim Bertelsen | 22 | PR/RB | 14 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 36 | |||||||||
| 33 | Willie Ellison | 27 | FB/KR | 13 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 36 | |||||||||
| 84 | Jack Snow | 29 | WR | 14 | 14 | 4 | 4 | 24 | ||||||||||
| 38 | Larry Smith | 25 | rb | 12 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 18 | |||||||||
| 35 | Bob L. Thomas | 24 | rb | 14 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 18 | ||||||||||
| 13 | Lance Rentzel | 29 | WR | 14 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 12 | |||||||||
| 82 | Joe Sweet | 24 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 8 | ||||||||||
| 18 | Roman Gabriel | 32 | QB | 14 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 6 | ||||||||||
| 5 | Dick Gordon | 28 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | |||||||||||
| 21 | Gene Howard | 26 | RCB | 13 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 6 | ||||||||||
| 34 | Les Josephson | 30 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | |||||||||||
| 80 | Bob Klein | 25 | TE | 14 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 6 | ||||||||||
| 49 | John Love | 28 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | |||||||||||
| Team Total | 27.2 | 14 | 17 | 13 | 1 | 31 | 31 | 24 | 1 | 291 | ||||||||
| Opp Total | 14 | 9 | 20 | 32 | 16 | 1 | 286 |