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1975 Los Angeles Rams

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

Scored 312 points (22.3/g), 11th of 26 in the NFL.
 Allowed 135 points (9.6/g), 1st.
 Differential of 177 points (12.6/g), 3rd.
 Expected W-L: 12.3-1.7.

 Takeaway/Giveaway Differential +15 (1.1/g), 3rd.

Simple Rating System: Total 9.1, Offense: 0.5, Defense: 8.7, SoS: -3.5, versus averages of 0.0.

Coached by Chuck Knox

Training Camp: Fullerton State (Fullerton, California)

Team Stats and Rankings

Tot Yds & TO 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 312 4566 949 4.8 273 181 334 2195 14 17 6.0 120 585 2371 18 4.1 134 25 8 19
Team Defense 135 3322 853 3.9 204 187 387 1789 11 22 4.2 103 423 1533 4 3.6 77 40 18 24
Lg Rank Offense 11 9 8 25 15 19 7 9 4 7 8 11 2 1
Lg Rank Defense 1 2 2 13 3 3 10 4 2 2 1 4 11 9

Team Games & Schedule

Score Offense Defense
Week Day Date OT Rec Opp Tm Opp 1stD TotYd PassY RushY TO 1stD TotYd PassY RushY TO
1 Sun September 21 boxscore L 0-1 @ Dallas Cowboys 7 18 11 148 20 128 4 18 277 80 197 1
2 Sun September 28 boxscore W 1-1 @ San Francisco 49ers 23 14 15 298 183 115 2 14 236 107 129 2
3 Sun October 5 boxscore W 2-1 Baltimore Colts 24 13 21 424 271 153 2 13 239 151 88 3
4 Sun October 12 boxscore W OT 3-1 @ San Diego Chargers 13 10 24 423 199 224 2 16 272 144 128 1
5 Sun October 19 boxscore W 4-1 Atlanta Falcons 22 7 25 384 166 218 1 18 226 163 63 6
6 Sun October 26 boxscore W 5-1 New Orleans Saints 38 14 27 341 118 223 17 173 77 96 3
7 Mon November 3 boxscore W 6-1 @ Philadelphia Eagles 42 3 20 415 207 208 15 265 168 97 4
8 Sun November 9 boxscore L 6-2 San Francisco 49ers 23 24 25 343 211 132 3 19 394 290 104 2
9 Sun November 16 boxscore W 7-2 @ Atlanta Falcons 16 7 18 331 235 96 2 15 205 106 99 2
10 Sun November 23 boxscore W 8-2 Chicago Bears 38 10 17 340 141 199 1 12 216 111 105 3
11 Thu November 27 boxscore W 9-2 @ Detroit Lions 20 0 20 320 143 177 1 12 214 93 121 2
12 Sun December 7 boxscore W 10-2 @ New Orleans Saints 14 7 14 232 100 132 4 12 218 142 76 3
13 Sun December 14 boxscore W 11-2 Green Bay Packers 22 5 22 334 139 195 2 9 170 117 53 4
14 Sat December 20 boxscore W 12-2 Pittsburgh Steelers 10 3 14 233 62 171 1 14 217 40 177 4
Playoffs
Division Sat December 27 boxscore W 13-2 St. Louis Cardinals 35 23 26 440 203 237 3 22 363 268 95 5
ConfChamp Sun January 4 boxscore L 13-3 Dallas Cowboys 7 37 9 118 96 22 3 24 441 246 195 1

Passing

ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+),
No. Age Pos G GS QBrec Cmp Att Cmp% Yds TD TD% Int Int% Lng Y/A AY/A Y/C Y/G Rate QBR Sk Yds NY/A ANY/A Sk% 4QC GWD
12 James Harris 28 QB 13 13 11-2-0 157 285 55.1 2148 14 4.9 15 5.3 54 7.5 6.2 13.7 165.2 73.8 21 180 6.43 5.14 6.9 2 3
16 Ron Jaworski 24 qb 14 1 1-0-0 24 48 50.0 302 0 0.0 2 4.2 25 6.3 4.4 12.6 21.6 52.6 9 75 3.98 2.40 15.8 0 1
30 Lawrence McCutcheon* 25 RB 13 13 0 1 0.0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 39.6 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.0
Team Total 26.8 14 12-2-0 181 334 54.2 2450 14 4.2 17 5.1 54 7.3 5.9 13.5 175.0 70.6 30 255 6.03 4.70 8.2 2 4
Opp Total 14 187 387 48.3 2126 11 2.8 22 5.7 5.5 3.50 11.4 151.9 51.0 43 337 4.2 2.4 10.0

Rushing & Receiving

ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+),
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* 25 RB 13 13 213 911 2 43 4.3 70.1 16.4 31 230 7.4 1 24 2.4 17.7 1141 3 4
32 Cullen Bryant 24 FB 14 13 117 467 2 18 4.0 33.4 8.4 20 229 11.5 0 31 1.4 16.4 696 2 4
45 Jim Bertelsen 25 13 0 116 457 3 19 3.9 35.2 8.9 14 208 14.9 0 22 1.1 16.0 665 3 2
22 John Cappelletti 23 13 0 48 158 6 30 3.3 12.2 3.7 158 6 2
33 Rob Scribner 24 PR 14 0 42 216 2 34 5.1 15.4 3.0 2 28 14.0 0 25 0.1 2.0 244 2 2
12 James Harris 28 QB 13 13 18 45 1 15 2.5 3.5 1.4 45 1 6
39 Rod Phillips 23 rb 14 1 17 69 0 20 4.1 4.9 1.2 2 10 5.0 0 8 0.1 0.7 79 0 0
16 Ron Jaworski 24 qb 14 1 12 33 2 21 2.8 2.4 0.9 33 2 1
81 Ron Jessie 27 WR 14 14 2 15 0 9 7.5 1.1 0.1 41 547 13.3 3 34 2.9 39.1 562 3 0
29 Harold Jackson* 29 WR 14 14 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 43 786 18.3 7 54 3.1 56.1 786 7 1
80 Bob Klein 28 TE 11 11 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 16 237 14.8 2 44 1.5 21.5 237 2 0
24 Willie McGee 25 KR 14 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 6 83 13.8 0 22 0.4 5.9 83 0 1
84 Jack Snow 32 10 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 4 86 21.5 1 42 0.4 8.6 86 1 0
73 Charlie Cowan 37 LT 13 13 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 1 1 1.0 0 1 0.1 0.1 1 0 0
83 Terry Nelson 24 te 14 3 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 1 5 5.0 0 5 0.1 0.4 5 0 0
Team Total 26.8 14 585 2371 18 43 4.1 169.4 41.8 181 2450 13.5 14 54 12.9 175.0 4821 32 26
Opp Total 14 423 1533 4 3.6 109.5 30.2 187 1789 9.6 11 13.4 127.8 3322 15 31

Kick & Punt Returns

ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+),
Punt Returns Kick Returns
No. Age Pos G GS Ret Yds TD Lng Y/R Rt Yds TD Lng Y/Rt APYd
33 Rob Scribner 24 PR 14 0 26 205 0 16 7.9 1 24 0 24 24.0 473
24 Willie McGee 25 KR 14 0 17 404 0 46 23.8 487
42 Dave Elmendorf 26 SS 14 14 15 125 0 23 8.3 125
32 Cullen Bryant 24 FB 14 13 2 47 0 40 23.5 12 280 0 42 23.3 1023
45 Jim Bertelsen 25 13 0 11 143 0 38 13.0 1 17 0 17 17.0 825
22 John Cappelletti 23 13 0 3 39 0 17 13.0 197
48 Bill Simpson 24 FS 14 14 1 -3 0 -3 -3.0 -3
Team Total 26.8 14 55 517 0 40 9.4 34 764 0 46 22.5 6102
Opp Total 14 45 0 64 1347 0 21.0

Kicking & Punting

ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+),
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
17 Duane Carrell 26 P 14 0 73 2874 57 0 39.4
10 Tom Dempsey 28 K 14 0 2 2 7 7 10 7 5 4 2 1 26 21 80.8% 36 31 86.1%
Team Total 26.8 14 2 2 7 7 10 7 5 4 2 1 26 21 80.8% 36 31 86.1% 73 2874 57 0 39.4
Opp Total 14 19 10 52.6% 15 13 86.7% 89 3533 39.7

Defense & Fumbles

ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+),
Def Interceptions Fumbles Tackles
No. Age Pos G GS Sk Int Yds TD Lng PD FF Fmb FR Yds TD Tkl Ast Sfty
48 Bill Simpson 24 FS 14 14 6 90 0 29 0 0 0 5 24 0
12 James Harris 28 QB 13 13 0 6 3 -1 0
32 Cullen Bryant 24 FB 14 13 0 4 2 0 0
42 Dave Elmendorf 26 SS 14 14 4 48 0 26 0 0 1 1 0 0
58 Isiah Robertson* 26 RLB 14 14 4 118 1 76 0 0 0 2 0 0
30 Lawrence McCutcheon* 25 RB 13 13 0 4 1 6 0
45 Jim Bertelsen 25 13 0 0 2 2 0 0
33 Rob Scribner 24 PR 14 0 0 2 2 0 0
55 Bob DeMarco 37 14 0 0 2 1 -18 0
89 Fred Dryer* 29 RDE 14 14 1 20 1 20 0 0 0 2 0 0
16 Ron Jaworski 24 qb 14 1 0 1 2 -3 0
41 Eddie McMillan 24 LCB 14 14 3 64 0 31 0
64 Jack Reynolds* 28 MLB 14 14 1 15 0 15 0 0 0 2 14 0
22 John Cappelletti 23 13 0 0 2 0 0 0
36 Ken Geddes 29 LLB 14 14 1 4 0 4 0 0 0 1 0 0
28 Monte Jackson 22 RCB 14 9 2 13 0 10 0
85 Jack Youngblood*+ 25 LDE 14 14 0 0 2 9 0 1
90 Larry Brooks 25 LDT 8 8 0 0 1 0 0
17 Duane Carrell 26 P 14 0 0 0 1 0 0
29 Harold Jackson* 29 WR 14 14 0 1 0 0 0
52 Rick Kay 26 14 0 0 0 1 0 0
65 Tom Mack* 32 LG 14 14 0 0 1 3 0
24 Willie McGee 25 KR 14 0 0 1 0 0 0
74 Merlin Olsen* 35 RDT 14 14 0 0 1 0 0
57 Jim Peterson 25 14 0 0 0 1 67 1
75 John Williams 30 RT 14 14 0 0 1 0 0
Team Total 26.8 14 22 372 2 76 0 0 26 35 101 1 1
Opp Total 14 30 31 13 1

Scoring Summary

ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+),
No. Age Pos G GS RshTD RecTD PR TD KR TD FblTD IntTD OthTD AllTD 2PM XPM FGM Sfty Pts
10 Tom Dempsey 28 K 14 0 31 21 94
29 Harold Jackson* 29 WR 14 14 7 7 42
22 John Cappelletti 23 13 0 6 6 36
45 Jim Bertelsen 25 13 0 3 3 18
81 Ron Jessie 27 WR 14 14 3 3 18
30 Lawrence McCutcheon* 25 RB 13 13 2 1 3 18
32 Cullen Bryant 24 FB 14 13 2 2 12
16 Ron Jaworski 24 qb 14 1 2 2 12
80 Bob Klein 28 TE 11 11 2 2 12
33 Rob Scribner 24 PR 14 0 2 2 12
89 Fred Dryer* 29 RDE 14 14 1 1 6
12 James Harris 28 QB 13 13 1 1 6
28 Monte Jackson 22 RCB 14 9 1 1 6
57 Jim Peterson 25 14 0 1 1 6
58 Isiah Robertson* 26 RLB 14 14 1 1 6
84 Jack Snow 32 10 0 1 1 6
85 Jack Youngblood*+ 25 LDE 14 14 1 2
Team Total 26.8 14 18 14 1 2 1 36 31 21 1 312
Opp Total 14 4 11 13 10 1 135