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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 (12-2-0)
Training Camp: Fullerton State (Fullerton, California)
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Starters
ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+),Hide Non-primary Starters
| Pos | Age | Yrs | GS | Summary of Player Stats | Drafted (tm/rnd/yr) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Offensive Starters | ||||||
| QB | James Harris | 28 | 6 | 13 | 157 for 285, 2,148 yards, 14 td, 15 int, & 18 rushes for 45 yards and 1 td | Buffalo Bills / 8th / 192nd pick / 1969 |
| RB | Lawrence McCutcheon* | 25 | 3 | 13 | 213 rushes for 911 yards, 2 td, & 31 catches for 230 yards and 1 td | Los Angeles Rams / 3rd / 70th pick / 1972 |
| FB | Cullen Bryant | 24 | 2 | 13 | 117 rushes for 467 yards, 2 td, & 20 catches for 229 yards and 0 td | Los Angeles Rams / 2nd / 31st pick / 1973 |
| WR | Harold Jackson* | 29 | 7 | 14 | 43 catches for 786 yards, 7 td | Los Angeles Rams / 12th / 323rd pick / 1968 |
| WR | Ron Jessie | 27 | 4 | 14 | 41 catches for 547 yards, 3 td, & 2 rushes for 15 yards and 0 td | Dallas Cowboys / 8th / 206th pick / 1971 |
| TE | Bob Klein | 28 | 6 | 11 | 16 catches for 237 yards, 2 td | Los Angeles Rams / 1st / 21st pick / 1969 |
| LT | Charlie Cowan | 37 | 14 | 13 | Denver Broncos / 5th / 33rd pick / 1961 Los Angeles Rams / 4th / 45th pick / 1961 |
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| LG | Tom Mack* | 32 | 9 | 14 | 1 fumble recovered | Los Angeles Rams / 1st / 2nd pick / 1966 |
| C | Rich Saul | 27 | 5 | 14 | Los Angeles Rams / 8th / 204th pick / 1970 | |
| RG | Joe Scibelli | 36 | 14 | 14 | New York Titans / 10th / 77th pick / 1961 Los Angeles Rams / 10th / 130th pick / 1961 |
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| RT | John Williams | 30 | 7 | 14 | 1 fumble recovered | Baltimore Colts / 1st / 23rd pick / 1968 |
| Defensive Starters | ||||||
| LDE | Jack Youngblood*+ | 25 | 4 | 14 | 0 interceptions, 2 fumbles recovered | Los Angeles Rams / 1st / 20th pick / 1971 |
| LDT | Larry Brooks | 25 | 3 | 8 | 0 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | Los Angeles Rams / 14th / 355th pick / 1972 |
| LDT | Cody Jones | 24 | 1 | 6 | Los Angeles Rams / 5th / 115th pick / 1973 | |
| RDT | Merlin Olsen* | 35 | 13 | 14 | 0 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | Denver Broncos / 1st / 2nd pick / 1962 Los Angeles Rams / 1st / 3rd pick / 1962 |
| RDE | Fred Dryer* | 29 | 6 | 14 | 1 interception, 2 fumbles recovered | New York Giants / 1st / 13th pick / 1969 |
| LLB | Ken Geddes | 29 | 4 | 14 | 1 interception, 1 fumble recovered | Detroit Lions / 7th / 175th pick / 1970 |
| MLB | Jack Reynolds* | 28 | 5 | 14 | 1 interception, 2 fumbles recovered | Los Angeles Rams / 1st / 22nd pick / 1970 |
| RLB | Isiah Robertson* | 26 | 4 | 14 | 4 interceptions, 2 fumbles recovered | Los Angeles Rams / 1st / 10th pick / 1971 |
| LCB | Eddie McMillan | 24 | 2 | 14 | 3 interceptions, 0 fumbles recovered | Los Angeles Rams / 4th / 95th pick / 1973 |
| RCB | Monte Jackson | 22 | Rook | 9 | 2 interceptions, 0 fumbles recovered | Los Angeles Rams / 2nd / 28th pick / 1975 |
| SS | Dave Elmendorf | 26 | 4 | 14 | 4 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | Los Angeles Rams / 3rd / 63rd pick / 1971 |
| FS | Bill Simpson | 24 | 1 | 14 | 6 interceptions, 5 fumbles recovered | Los Angeles Rams / 2nd / 50th pick / 1974 |
| Special Teams Starters | ||||||
| K | Tom Dempsey | 28 | 6 | 0 | 21 of 26 field goals & 31 of 36 extra points | |
| P | Duane Carrell | 26 | 1 | 0 | 73 punts for a 39.4 average, 0 blocked | |
| PR | Rob Scribner | 24 | 2 | 0 | 26 punt returns for a 7.9 average and 0 td | |
| KR | Willie McGee | 25 | 2 | 0 | 17 kick returns for a 23.8 average and 0 td | San Diego Chargers / 5th / 123rd pick / 1973 |
| No. | Age | Pos | G | GS | Wt | Ht | College/Univ | BirthDate | Yrs | Drafted (tm/rnd/yr) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 45 | Jim Bertelsen | 25 | RB | 13 | 0 | 205 | 5-11 | Texas | 2/26/1950 | 3 | Los Angeles Rams / 2nd / 30th pick / 1972 |
| 90 | Larry Brooks | 25 | DT | 8 | 8 | 255 | 6-3 | Virginia St. | 6/10/1950 | 3 | Los Angeles Rams / 14th / 355th pick / 1972 |
| 32 | Cullen Bryant | 24 | RB | 14 | 13 | 234 | 6-1 | Colorado | 5/20/1951 | 2 | Los Angeles Rams / 2nd / 31st pick / 1973 |
| 22 | John Cappelletti | 23 | RB | 13 | 0 | 215 | 6-1 | Penn St. | 8/9/1952 | 1 | Los Angeles Rams / 1st / 11th pick / 1974 |
| 17 | Duane Carrell | 26 | P | 14 | 0 | 185 | 5-10 | Florida St. | 10/3/1949 | 1 | |
| 44 | Al Clark | 27 | DB | 4 | 4 | 185 | 6-0 | Grambling St.,Northern Arizona,East. Michigan | 2/29/1948 | 4 | Detroit Lions / 3rd / 72nd pick / 1971 |
| 73 | Charlie Cowan | 37 | T-G | 13 | 13 | 264 | 6-4 | New Mex. Highlands | 6/19/1938 | 14 | Denver Broncos / 5th / 33rd pick / 1961 Los Angeles Rams / 4th / 45th pick / 1961 |
| 70 | Al Cowlings | 28 | DE-DT-LB | 5 | 0 | 255 | 6-5 | USC | 6/16/1947 | 5 | Buffalo Bills / 1st / 5th pick / 1970 |
| 55 | Bob DeMarco | 37 | C-G | 14 | 0 | 248 | 6-2 | Indiana,Dayton | 9/16/1938 | 14 | St. Louis Cardinals / 14th / 157th pick / 1960 |
| 10 | Tom Dempsey | 28 | K | 14 | 0 | 255 | 6-2 | Palomar College | 1/12/1947 | 6 | |
| 89 | Fred Dryer* | 29 | DE | 14 | 14 | 240 | 6-6 | San Diego St. | 7/6/1946 | 6 | New York Giants / 1st / 13th pick / 1969 |
| 42 | Dave Elmendorf | 26 | DB | 14 | 14 | 195 | 6-1 | Texas A&M | 6/20/1949 | 4 | Los Angeles Rams / 3rd / 63rd pick / 1971 |
| 79 | Mike Fanning | 22 | DT-DE-NT | 8 | 0 | 255 | 6-6 | Notre Dame | 2/2/1953 | Rook | Los Angeles Rams / 1st / 9th pick / 1975 |
| 77 | Doug France | 22 | T | 14 | 1 | 270 | 6-5 | Ohio St. | 4/26/1953 | Rook | Los Angeles Rams / 1st / 20th pick / 1975 |
| 36 | Ken Geddes | 29 | LB | 14 | 14 | 235 | 6-3 | Nebraska | 9/27/1946 | 4 | Detroit Lions / 7th / 175th pick / 1970 |
| 60 | Dennis Harrah | 22 | G-C | 14 | 0 | 260 | 6-5 | Miami (FL) | 3/9/1953 | Rook | Los Angeles Rams / 1st / 11th pick / 1975 |
| 12 | James Harris | 28 | QB | 13 | 13 | 210 | 6-4 | Grambling St. | 7/20/1947 | 6 | Buffalo Bills / 8th / 192nd pick / 1969 |
| 29 | Harold Jackson* | 29 | WR-FL | 14 | 14 | 175 | 5-10 | Jackson St. | 1/6/1946 | 7 | Los Angeles Rams / 12th / 323rd pick / 1968 |
| 28 | Monte Jackson | 22 | DB | 14 | 9 | 193 | 5-11 | San Diego St. | 7/14/1953 | Rook | Los Angeles Rams / 2nd / 28th pick / 1975 |
| 16 | Ron Jaworski | 24 | QB | 14 | 1 | 196 | 6-2 | Youngstown St. | 3/23/1951 | 1 | Los Angeles Rams / 2nd / 37th pick / 1973 |
| 81 | Ron Jessie | 27 | WR | 14 | 14 | 185 | 6-0 | Kansas | 2/4/1948 | 4 | Dallas Cowboys / 8th / 206th pick / 1971 |
| 76 | Cody Jones | 24 | DT-DE | 14 | 6 | 243 | 6-5 | San Jose St. | 5/3/1951 | 1 | Los Angeles Rams / 5th / 115th pick / 1973 |
| 52 | Rick Kay | 26 | LB | 14 | 0 | 235 | 6-4 | Colorado | 11/10/1949 | 2 | |
| 80 | Bob Klein | 28 | TE | 11 | 11 | 235 | 6-5 | USC | 7/27/1947 | 6 | Los Angeles Rams / 1st / 21st pick / 1969 |
| 65 | Tom Mack* | 32 | G | 14 | 14 | 250 | 6-3 | Michigan | 11/1/1943 | 9 | Los Angeles Rams / 1st / 2nd pick / 1966 |
| 30 | Lawrence McCutcheon* | 25 | RB | 13 | 13 | 205 | 6-1 | Colorado St. | 6/2/1950 | 3 | Los Angeles Rams / 3rd / 70th pick / 1972 |
| 24 | Willie McGee | 25 | WR | 14 | 0 | 179 | 5-11 | Alcorn St. | 5/14/1950 | 2 | San Diego Chargers / 5th / 123rd pick / 1973 |
| 41 | Eddie McMillan | 24 | DB | 14 | 14 | 189 | 6-0 | Florida St. | 11/25/1951 | 2 | Los Angeles Rams / 4th / 95th pick / 1973 |
| 67 | Bill Nelson | 27 | DT | 8 | 0 | 270 | 6-7 | Oregon St. | 3/9/1948 | 4 | Los Angeles Rams / 7th / 168th pick / 1970 |
| 83 | Terry Nelson | 24 | TE | 14 | 3 | 233 | 6-2 | Ark-Pine Bluff | 5/20/1951 | 2 | Los Angeles Rams / 4th / 99th pick / 1973 |
| 74 | Merlin Olsen* | 35 | DT | 14 | 14 | 270 | 6-5 | Utah St. | 9/15/1940 | 13 | Denver Broncos / 1st / 2nd pick / 1962 Los Angeles Rams / 1st / 3rd pick / 1962 |
| 49 | Rod Perry | 22 | DB | 9 | 0 | 178 | 5-9 | Colorado | 9/11/1953 | Rook | Los Angeles Rams / 4th / 98th pick / 1975 |
| 57 | Jim Peterson | 25 | LB | 14 | 0 | 235 | 6-5 | San Diego St. | 1/20/1950 | 1 | Los Angeles Rams / 6th / 133rd pick / 1973 |
| 39 | Rod Phillips | 23 | RB | 14 | 1 | 220 | 6-0 | Cincinnati,Jackson St. | 12/23/1952 | Rook | |
| 20 | Steve Preece | 28 | DB | 14 | 0 | 195 | 6-1 | Oregon St. | 2/15/1947 | 6 | |
| 64 | Jack Reynolds* | 28 | LB | 14 | 14 | 232 | 6-1 | Tennessee | 11/22/1947 | 5 | Los Angeles Rams / 1st / 22nd pick / 1970 |
| 58 | Isiah Robertson* | 26 | LB | 14 | 14 | 225 | 6-3 | Southern | 8/17/1949 | 4 | Los Angeles Rams / 1st / 10th pick / 1971 |
| 61 | Rich Saul | 27 | C-G-T | 14 | 14 | 241 | 6-3 | Michigan St. | 2/5/1948 | 5 | Los Angeles Rams / 8th / 204th pick / 1970 |
| 71 | Joe Scibelli | 36 | G-T | 14 | 14 | 256 | 6-1 | Notre Dame,merican Int. | 4/19/1939 | 14 | New York Titans / 10th / 77th pick / 1961 Los Angeles Rams / 10th / 130th pick / 1961 |
| 33 | Rob Scribner | 24 | RB | 14 | 0 | 200 | 6-0 | UCLA | 4/9/1951 | 2 | |
| 48 | Bill Simpson | 24 | DB | 14 | 14 | 184 | 6-1 | Michigan St. | 12/5/1951 | 1 | Los Angeles Rams / 2nd / 50th pick / 1974 |
| 84 | Jack Snow | 32 | WR-SE | 10 | 0 | 190 | 6-2 | Notre Dame | 1/25/1943 | 10 | Minnesota Vikings / 1st / 8th pick / 1965 San Diego Chargers / 7th / 54th pick / 1965 |
| 75 | John Williams | 30 | T-G-DE | 14 | 14 | 256 | 6-3 | Minnesota | 10/27/1945 | 7 | Baltimore Colts / 1st / 23rd pick / 1968 |
| 85 | Jack Youngblood*+ | 25 | DE | 14 | 14 | 247 | 6-4 | Florida | 1/26/1950 | 4 | Los Angeles Rams / 1st / 20th pick / 1971 |
| 53 | Jim Youngblood | 25 | LB | 14 | 0 | 235 | 6-3 | Tennessee Tech | 2/23/1950 | 2 | Los Angeles Rams / 2nd / 42nd pick / 1973 |
| Team Total | 26.8 | 14 | 224.8 | 6-2.2 | 4.2 |