You Are Here > Pro-Football-Reference.com > Teams > Los Angeles Rams > 1973 Statistics & Players

1973 Los Angeles Rams

Franchise Index: Previous Season / Next Season

Record: 12-2-0, Finished 1st in NFC West Division
NFL Season Summary

Scored 388 points (27.7/g), 1st of 26 in the NFL.
 Allowed 178 points (12.7/g), 4th.
 Differential of 210 points (15.0/g), 1st.
 Expected W-L: 12.1-1.9.

 Takeaway/Giveaway Differential +18 (1.3/g), 1st.

Coached by Chuck Knox (12-2-0)

1973 Statistics / Starters & Roster / Games & Schedule / Team Draftees

Team Games & Schedule

Glossary · CSV · PRE
Score Offense Defense
Week Date Rec Opp Tm Opp 1stD TotYd PassY RushY TO 1stD TotYd PassY RushY TO
1 Sun September 16 box W 1-0 @ Kansas City Chiefs 23 13 22 358 80 278 1 16 270 230 40 2
2 Sun September 23 box W 2-0 Atlanta Falcons 31 0 24 351 142 209 2 70 4 66 1
3 Sun September 30 box W 3-0 @ San Francisco 49ers 40 20 24 351 128 223 1 17 298 199 99 3
4 Sun October 7 box W 4-0 @ Houston Oilers 31 26 21 348 179 169 1 16 280 204 76 4
5 Sun October 14 box W 5-0 Dallas Cowboys 37 31 16 383 279 104 3 17 264 150 114 5
6 Sun October 21 box W 6-0 Green Bay Packers 24 7 21 378 134 244 1 6 63 28 35 2
7 Sun October 28 box L 6-1 @ Minnesota Vikings 9 10 11 157 68 89 2 19 253 71 182 1
8 Sun November 4 box L 6-2 @ Atlanta Falcons 13 15 14 226 100 126 2 18 261 168 93 2
9 Sun November 11 box W 7-2 New Orleans Saints 29 7 25 424 212 212 1 9 220 96 124 3
10 Sun November 18 box W 8-2 San Francisco 49ers 31 13 21 414 229 185 1 12 195 129 66 2
11 Sun November 25 box W 9-2 @ New Orleans Saints 24 13 31 450 110 340 3 15 259 109 150 2
12 Sun December 2 box W 10-2 @ Chicago Bears 26 0 24 386 90 296 2 6 100 47 53 2
13 Mon December 10 box W 11-2 New York Giants 40 6 24 365 146 219 2 8 203 141 62 4
14 Sun December 16 box W 12-2 Cleveland Browns 30 17 16 315 84 231 12 215 105 110 5
Playoffs
Division Sun December 23 box L 12-3 @ Dallas Cowboys 16 27

Team Stats and Rankings

Glossary · CSV · PRE
Passing Rushing
Pts Yds Ply Y/P 1stD Cmp Att Yds TD Int NY/A 1stD Att Yds TD Y/A 1stD TO FL 1stPy
Team Offense 388 4906 947 5.2 294 144 271 1981 22 11 6.9 101 659 2925 18 4.4 177 20 9 16
Team Defense 178 2951 739 4.0 275 179 328 1681 10 20 4.5 87 366 1270 5 3.5 173 38 18 15
Lg Rank Offense 1 1 1 23 13 3 2 1 1 2 2 5 1 1
Lg Rank Defense 4 1 1 11 7 4 8 5 1 1 1 5 5 6

Passing

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Age Pos G GS QBrec Cmp Att Cmp% Yds TD TD% Int Int% Lng Y/A AY/A Y/C Y/G Rate Sk Yds NY/A ANY/A Sk%
John Hadl*+ 33 QB 14 14 12-2-0 135 258 52.3 2008 22 8.5 11 4.3 69 7.8 6.7 14.9 143.4 88.8 17 126 6.8 5.8 6.2
James Harris 26 8 0 7 11 63.6 68 0 0.0 0 0.0 27 6.2 6.2 9.7 8.5 80.9 0 0 6.2 6.2 0.0
Larry Smith 26 14 0 2 2 100.0 31 0 0.0 0 0.0 21 15.5 15.5 15.5 2.2 118.7 0 0 15.5 15.5 0.0
Team Total 26.8 14 12-2-0 144 271 53.1 2107 22 8.1 11 4.1 69 7.8 6.8 14.6 150.5 88.9 17 126 6.9 5.9 5.9
Opp Total 14 179 328 54.6 1681 10 3.0 20 6.1 5.1 2.7 9.4 120.1 53.7 45 342 4.5 1.4

Rushing & Receiving

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Rushing Receiving
Age Pos G GS Att Yds TD Lng Y/A Y/G A/G Rec Yds Y/R TD Lng R/G Y/G YScm RRTD Fmb
Lawrence McCutcheon* 23 RB 12 12 210 1097 2 37 5.2 91.4 17.5 30 289 9.6 3 31 2.5 24.1 1386 5 4
Jim Bertelsen* 23 FB 14 14 206 854 4 49 4.1 61.0 14.7 19 267 14.1 1 44 1.4 19.1 1121 5 4
Tony Baker 28 14 0 85 344 7 17 4.0 24.6 6.1 344 7 0
Larry Smith 26 14 0 79 291 2 16 3.7 20.8 5.6 10 65 6.5 0 11 0.7 4.6 356 2 0
Les Josephson 31 14 0 36 174 2 14 4.8 12.4 2.6 174 2 0
Rob Scribner 22 10 0 20 109 0 17 5.5 10.9 2.0 2 19 9.5 0 13 0.2 1.9 128 0 1
John Hadl*+ 33 QB 14 14 14 5 0 6 0.4 0.4 1.0 5 0 1
James Harris 26 8 0 4 29 0 19 7.3 3.6 0.5 29 0 0
Harold Jackson*+ 27 WR 14 14 2 -8 0 -3 -4.0 -0.6 0.1 40 874 21.9 13 69 2.9 62.4 866 13 0
Dave Chapple 26 P 14 0 1 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0 0 2
Dick Gordon 29 5 0 1 19 0 19 19.0 3.8 0.2 19 0 0
Steve Preece 26 FS 14 14 1 11 1 11 11.0 0.8 0.1 11 1 2
Bob Klein 26 TE 14 14 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 21 277 13.2 2 23 1.5 19.8 277 2 0
Jack Snow 30 WR 14 14 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 16 252 15.8 2 38 1.1 18.0 252 2 0
Pat Curran 28 14 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 5 56 11.2 1 27 0.4 4.0 56 1 0
Rod Sherman 29 3 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 1 8 8.0 0 8 0.3 2.7 8 0 0
Team Total 26.8 14 659 2925 18 49 4.4 208.9 47.1 144 2107 14.6 22 69 10.3 150.5 5032 40 21
Opp Total 14 366 1270 5 3.5 90.7 26.1 179 1681 9.4 10 12.8 120.1 2951 15 29

Kick & Punt Returns

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Punt Returns Kick Returns
Age Pos G GS Ret Yds TD Lng Y/R Rt Yds TD Lng Y/Rt APYd
Jim Bertelsen* 23 FB 14 14 26 259 0 34 10.0 1 15 0 15 15.0 1395
Dave Elmendorf 24 SS 14 14 22 187 0 30 8.5 2 23 0 23 11.5 210
Rob Scribner 22 10 0 3 32 0 17 10.7 11 314 0 57 28.5 474
Cullen Bryant 22 RET 13 0 13 369 1 93 28.4 369
Dick Gordon 29 5 0 3 68 0 25 22.7 87
Al Clark 25 14 0 2 80 0 58 40.0 80
Pat Curran 28 14 0 1 24 0 24 24.0 80
Bob Klein 26 TE 14 14 1 0 0 0 0.0 277
Lawrence McCutcheon* 23 RB 12 12 1 6 0 6 6.0 1392
Larry Smith 26 14 0 1 16 0 16 16.0 372
Team Total 26.8 14 51 478 0 34 9.4 36 915 1 93 25.4 6425
Opp Total 14 24 0 68 1318 0 19.4

Kicking & Punting

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
0--19 20--29 30--39 40--49 50+ Tot PAT Punting
Age Pos G GS FGA FGM FGA FGM FGA FGM FGA FGM FGA FGM FGA FGM FG% XPA XPM XP% Pnt Yds Lng Blck Y/P
David Ray 29 K 14 0 10 9 9 7 16 9 11 5 1 47 30 63.8% 42 40 95.2%
Dave Chapple 26 P 14 0 51 2079 65 1 40.8
Team Total 26.8 14 10 9 9 7 16 9 11 5 1 47 30 63.8% 42 40 95.2% 51 2079 65 1 40.8
Opp Total 14 27 20 74.1% 17 16 94.1% 81 3305 40.8

Defense & Fumbles

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Def Interceptions Fumbles Tackles
Age Pos G GS Sk Int Yds TD Lng PD FF Fmb FR Yds TD Tkl Ast Sfty
Jim Bertelsen* 23 FB 14 14 4 0 0 0
Larry Brooks 23 LDT 14 14 0 1 0 0
Cullen Bryant 22 RET 13 0 0 1 0 0
Dave Chapple 26 P 14 0 2 2 -26 0
Al Clark 25 14 0 1 5 0 5 0 1 0 0
Bill Drake 23 4 0 0 1 0 0
Fred Dryer 27 RDE 14 14 0 3 0 0 2
Dave Elmendorf 24 SS 14 14 1 16 0 16 3 2 2 0
John Hadl*+ 33 QB 14 14 1 0 0 0
Ken Iman 34 C 14 14 2 0 -21 0
Bob Klein 26 TE 14 14 0 1 0 0
Lawrence McCutcheon* 23 RB 12 12 4 0 0 0
Eddie McMillan 22 LCB 14 14 4 20 0 15
Steve Preece 26 FS 14 14 2 25 0 25 2 6 -16 0
David Ray 29 K 14 0 0 1 0 0
Jack Reynolds 26 MLB 14 14 2 52 0 49 0 4 0 0
Isiah Robertson*+ 24 RLB 14 14 3 57 1 49 1 2 0 0
Rich Saul 25 14 0 1 0 -10 0
Rob Scribner 22 10 0 1 1 0 0
Bob Stein 25 13 0 1 6 0 6
Charlie Stukes 30 RCB 14 14 5 104 0 42 0 1 0 0
Jack Youngblood* 23 LDE 14 14 0 1 0 0
Jim Youngblood 23 14 0 1 15 0 15
Team Total 26.8 14 20 300 1 49 21 28 -71 0 2
Opp Total 14 17 29 11

Scoring Summary

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Age Pos G GS RshTD RecTD PR TD KR TD FblTD IntTD OthTD 2PM XPM FGM Sfty Pts
David Ray 29 K 14 0 40 30 130
Harold Jackson*+ 27 WR 14 14 13 78
Tony Baker 28 14 0 7 42
Jim Bertelsen* 23 FB 14 14 4 1 30
Lawrence McCutcheon* 23 RB 12 12 2 3 30
Les Josephson 31 14 0 2 12
Bob Klein 26 TE 14 14 2 12
Larry Smith 26 14 0 2 12
Jack Snow 30 WR 14 14 2 12
Cullen Bryant 22 RET 13 0 1 6
Pat Curran 28 14 0 1 6
Steve Preece 26 FS 14 14 1 6
Isiah Robertson*+ 24 RLB 14 14 1 6
Fred Dryer 27 RDE 14 14 2 4
Team Total 26.8 14 18 22 1 1 40 30 2 386
Opp Total 14 5 10 16 20 178