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1974 Los Angeles Rams

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Record: 10-4-0, Finished 1st in NFC West Division
NFL Season Summary

Scored 263 points (18.8/g), 13th of 26 in the NFL.
 Allowed 181 points (12.9/g), 1st.
 Differential of 82 points (5.9/g), 6th.
 Expected W-L: 9.9-4.1.

 Takeaway/Giveaway Differential -2 (-0.1/g), 16th.

Coached by Chuck Knox (10-4-0)

1974 Statistics / Starters & Roster / Games & Schedule / Team Draftees

Team Games & Schedule

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Score Offense Defense
Week Day Date Rec Opp Tm Opp 1stD TotYd PassY RushY TO 1stD TotYd PassY RushY TO
1 Sun September 15 box W 1-0 @ Denver Broncos 17 10 14 272 127 145 2 11 156 104 52
2 Sun September 22 box W 2-0 New Orleans Saints 24 0 20 307 150 157 1 14 239 130 109 3
3 Sun September 29 box L 2-1 @ New England Patriots 14 20 20 305 196 109 5 13 249 151 98 2
4 Sun October 6 box W 3-1 Detroit Lions 16 13 26 334 127 207 1 17 291 226 65 1
5 Sun October 13 box L 3-2 @ Green Bay Packers 6 17 16 251 94 157 5 10 142 -1 143 1
6 Sun October 20 box W 4-2 San Francisco 49ers 37 14 19 398 276 122 1 12 179 112 67 3
7 Sun October 27 box W 5-2 @ New York Jets 20 13 17 305 41 264 1 18 291 155 136 2
8 Mon November 4 box W 6-2 @ San Francisco 49ers 15 13 18 303 145 158 2 11 266 201 65 2
9 Sun November 10 box W 7-2 Atlanta Falcons 21 0 19 312 123 189 1 11 164 45 119
10 Sun November 17 box L 7-3 @ New Orleans Saints 7 20 18 261 200 61 4 13 321 175 146 1
11 Sun November 24 box W 8-3 Minnesota Vikings 20 17 25 380 268 112 1 18 301 214 87 1
12 Sun December 1 box W 9-3 @ Atlanta Falcons 30 7 14 309 159 150 11 237 218 19 5
13 Mon December 9 box L 9-4 Washington Redskins 17 23 18 274 157 117 2 19 350 263 87 1
14 Sun December 15 box W 10-4 Buffalo Bills 19 14 21 321 144 177 1 8 218 109 109 3
Playoffs
Division Sun December 22 box W 11-4 Washington Redskins 19 10 14 226 95 131 2 13 218 169 49 6
ConfChamp Sun December 29 box L 11-5 @ Minnesota Vikings 10 14 15 340 219 121 5 18 269 105 164 3

Team Stats and Rankings

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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 263 4332 925 4.7 265 169 338 2207 16 13 6.1 112 566 2125 16 3.8 132 27 14 21
Team Defense 181 3404 806 4.2 186 194 381 2102 16 22 4.9 109 381 1302 4 3.4 66 25 3 11
Lg Rank Offense 13 9 4 22 13 10 4 10 2 7 7 16 5 14
Lg Rank Defense 1 3 1 16 12 18 8 7 1 1 1 5 22 26

Passing

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No. 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%
12 James Harris* 27 QB 11 9 7-2-0 106 198 53.5 1544 11 5.6 6 3.0 50 7.8 7.5 14.6 140.4 85.1 12 101 6.9 6.6 5.7
21 John Hadl 34 qb 6 5 3-2-0 53 115 46.1 680 5 4.3 6 5.2 38 5.9 4.4 12.8 113.3 57.9 6 36 5.3 3.9 5.0
16 Ron Jaworski 23 5 0 10 24 41.7 144 0 0.0 1 4.2 22 6.0 4.1 14.4 28.8 44.4 3 24 4.4 2.8 11.1
11 Mike Burke 24 P 8 0 0 1 0.0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 39.6 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Team Total 27.1 14 10-4-0 169 338 50.0 2368 16 4.7 13 3.8 50 7.0 6.2 14.0 169.1 72.7 21 161 6.1 5.4 5.8
Opp Total 14 194 381 50.9 2465 16 4.2 22 5.8 6.5 4.7 12.7 176.1 61.4 44 363 4.9 3.4

Rushing & Receiving

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Rushing Receiving
No. 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
30 Lawrence McCutcheon* 24 RB 14 14 236 1109 3 23 4.7 79.2 16.9 39 408 10.5 2 50 2.8 29.1 1517 5 7
45 Jim Bertelsen 24 FB 13 13 127 419 2 20 3.3 32.2 9.8 20 175 8.8 0 19 1.5 13.5 594 2 4
22 John Cappelletti 22 14 1 55 198 0 20 3.6 14.1 3.9 6 35 5.8 0 9 0.4 2.5 233 0 2
35 Tony Baker 29 14 0 53 135 5 13 2.5 9.6 3.8 4 65 16.3 0 42 0.3 4.6 200 5 0
12 James Harris* 27 QB 11 9 42 112 5 15 2.7 10.2 3.8 112 5 7
21 John Hadl 34 qb 6 5 11 28 0 9 2.5 4.7 1.8 28 0 2
34 Les Josephson 32 12 0 11 35 0 8 3.2 2.9 0.9 35 0 0
32 Cullen Bryant 23 RET 14 0 10 24 0 7 2.4 1.7 0.7 2 14 7.0 0 8 0.1 1.0 38 0 0
33 Rob Scribner 23 11 0 9 24 0 5 2.7 2.2 0.8 2 28 14.0 1 14 0.2 2.5 52 1 1
16 Ron Jaworski 23 5 0 7 34 1 17 4.9 6.8 1.4 34 1 1
29 Harold Jackson 28 WR 14 14 1 4 0 4 4.0 0.3 0.1 30 514 17.1 5 44 2.1 36.7 518 5 0
84 Jack Snow 31 WR 14 14 1 13 0 13 13.0 0.9 0.1 24 397 16.5 3 44 1.7 28.4 410 3 0
19 Lance Rentzel 31 14 0 1 -9 0 -9 -9.0 -0.6 0.1 18 396 22.0 1 38 1.3 28.3 387 1 0
83 Terry Nelson 23 10 0 1 3 0 3 3.0 0.3 0.1 3 0 0
20 Steve Preece 27 FS 14 10 1 -4 0 -4 -4.0 -0.3 0.1 -4 0 1
80 Bob Klein 27 TE 14 14 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 24 336 14.0 4 32 1.7 24.0 336 4 1
Team Total 27.1 14 566 2125 16 23 3.8 151.8 40.4 169 2368 14.0 16 50 12.1 169.1 4493 32 29
Opp Total 14 381 1302 4 3.4 93.0 27.2 194 2102 10.8 16 13.9 150.1 3404 20 15

Kick & Punt Returns

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Punt Returns Kick Returns
No. Age Pos G GS Ret Yds TD Lng Y/R Rt Yds TD Lng Y/Rt APYd
32 Cullen Bryant 23 RET 14 0 17 171 0 23 10.1 23 617 1 84 26.8 826
42 Dave Elmendorf 25 SS 14 14 17 134 0 18 7.9 134
24 Willie McGee 24 14 0 12 288 0 30 24.0 288
45 Jim Bertelsen 24 FB 13 13 11 132 0 19 12.0 726
33 Rob Scribner 23 11 0 8 70 0 23 8.8 1 0 0 0 0.0 122
22 John Cappelletti 22 14 1 2 17 0 12 8.5 250
88 Pat Curran 29 13 0 1 16 0 16 16.0 16
53 Jim Youngblood 24 14 0 1 0 0 0 0.0 0
Team Total 27.1 14 53 507 0 23 9.6 40 938 1 84 23.5 5938
Opp Total 14 40 1 58 1232 0 21.2

Kicking & Punting

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
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 FG% XPA XPM XP% Pnt Yds Lng Blck Y/P
11 Mike Burke 24 P 8 0 3 1 33.3% 46 1701 51 0 37.0
27 David Ray 30 K 13 0 1 1 6 5 5 2 4 1 16 9 56.3% 31 25 80.6%
10 Dave Chapple 27 6 0 29 1028 51 1 35.4
Team Total 27.1 14 1 1 6 5 5 2 4 1 16 9 56.3% 34 26 76.5% 75 2729 51 1 36.4
Opp Total 14 14 10 71.4% 22 19 86.4% 95 3914 41.2

Defense & Fumbles

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Def Interceptions Fumbles Tackles
No. Age Pos G GS Sk Int Yds TD Lng PD FF Fmb FR Yds TD Tkl Ast Sfty
45 Jim Bertelsen 24 FB 13 13 4 1 0 0
22 John Cappelletti 22 14 1 2 1 0 0
42 Dave Elmendorf 25 SS 14 14 7 186 2 57 1 1 0 0
36 Ken Geddes 28 LLB 14 14 2 15 0 15 0 1 4 0
21 John Hadl 34 qb 6 5 2 1 0 0
12 James Harris* 27 QB 11 9 7 2 -7 0
16 Ron Jaworski 23 5 0 1 0 -2 0
80 Bob Klein 27 TE 14 14 1 0 0 0
65 Tom Mack* 31 LG 14 14 0 4 0 0
30 Lawrence McCutcheon* 24 RB 14 14 7 2 0 0
20 Steve Preece 27 FS 14 10 3 38 0 17 1 1 -12 0
64 Jack Reynolds 27 MLB 14 14 0 1 0 0
58 Isiah Robertson* 25 RLB 14 14 2 11 0 6 0 1 13 0
33 Rob Scribner 23 11 0 1 0 0 0
48 Bill Simpson 23 14 4 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
84 Jack Snow 31 WR 14 14 0 1 0 0
47 Charlie Stukes 31 RCB 14 13 7 90 0 41 1 1 0 0
Team Total 27.1 14 22 340 2 57 29 18 -4 0
Opp Total 14 21 15 12

Scoring Summary

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No. Age Pos G GS RshTD RecTD PR TD KR TD FblTD IntTD OthTD AllTD 2PM XPM FGM Sfty Pts
27 David Ray 30 K 13 0 25 9 52
35 Tony Baker 29 14 0 5 5 30
12 James Harris* 27 QB 11 9 5 5 30
29 Harold Jackson 28 WR 14 14 5 5 30
30 Lawrence McCutcheon* 24 RB 14 14 3 2 5 30
80 Bob Klein 27 TE 14 14 4 4 24
84 Jack Snow 31 WR 14 14 3 3 18
45 Jim Bertelsen 24 FB 13 13 2 2 12
42 Dave Elmendorf 25 SS 14 14 2 2 12
32 Cullen Bryant 23 RET 14 0 1 1 6
16 Ron Jaworski 23 5 0 1 1 6
19 Lance Rentzel 31 14 0 1 1 6
33 Rob Scribner 23 11 0 1 1 6
11 Mike Burke 24 P 8 0 1 1
Team Total 27.1 14 16 16 1 2 35 26 9 263
Opp Total 14 4 16 1 19 10 181