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1976 Los Angeles Rams
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Record: 10-3-1, Finished 1st in NFC West Division
NFL Season Summary
Scored 351 points (25.1/g), 3rd of 28 in the NFL.
Allowed 190 points (13.6/g), 3rd.
Differential of 161 points (11.5/g), 3rd.
Expected W-L: 11.3-2.7.
Takeaway/Giveaway Differential +12 (0.9/g), 4th.
Coached by Chuck Knox (10-3-1)
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1976 Statistics / Starters & Roster / Games & Schedule / Team Draftees
Starters
Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE · Hide Non-primary Starters| Pos | Age | Yrs | GS | Summary of Player Stats | Drafted (tm/rnd/yr) | |
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| Offensive Starters | Complete Team Stats | |||||
| QB | James Harris | 29 | 7 | 5 | 91 for 158, 1,460 yards, 8 td, 6 int, & 12 rushes for 76 yards and 2 td | Buffalo Bills / 8th / 192nd pick / 1969 |
| QB | Pat Haden | 23 | Rook | 7 | 60 for 105, 896 yards, 8 td, 4 int, & 25 rushes for 84 yards and 4 td | Los Angeles Rams / 7th / 176th pick / 1975 |
| RB | Lawrence McCutcheon* | 26 | 4 | 14 | 291 rushes for 1,168 yards, 9 td, & 28 catches for 305 yards and 2 td | Los Angeles Rams / 3rd / 70th pick / 1972 |
| FB | John Cappelletti | 24 | 2 | 14 | 177 rushes for 688 yards, 1 td, & 30 catches for 302 yards and 1 td | Los Angeles Rams / 1st / 11th pick / 1974 |
| WR | Harold Jackson | 30 | 8 | 14 | 39 catches for 751 yards, 5 td, & 1 rush for 15 yards and 0 td | Los Angeles Rams / 12th / 323rd pick / 1968 |
| WR | Ron Jessie* | 28 | 5 | 14 | 34 catches for 779 yards, 6 td, & 4 rushes for 37 yards and 0 td | Dallas Cowboys / 8th / 206th pick / 1971 |
| TE | Bob Klein | 29 | 7 | 14 | 20 catches for 229 yards, 1 td | Los Angeles Rams / 1st / 21st pick / 1969 |
| LT | Doug France | 23 | 1 | 14 | Los Angeles Rams / 1st / 20th pick / 1975 |
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| LG | Tom Mack | 33 | 10 | 14 | Los Angeles Rams / 1st / 2nd pick / 1966 |
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| C | Rich Saul* | 28 | 6 | 14 | 1 fumble recovered | Los Angeles Rams / 8th / 204th pick / 1970 |
| RG | Dennis Harrah | 23 | 1 | 14 | Los Angeles Rams / 1st / 11th pick / 1975 |
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| RT | John Williams | 31 | 8 | 14 | 1 fumble recovered | Baltimore Colts / 1st / 23rd pick / 1968 |
| Defensive Starters | ||||||
| LDE | Jack Youngblood*+ | 26 | 5 | 14 | 0 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | Los Angeles Rams / 1st / 20th pick / 1971 |
| LDT | Larry Brooks* | 26 | 4 | 14 | 0 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | Los Angeles Rams / 14th / 355th pick / 1972 |
| RDT | Merlin Olsen | 36 | 14 | 14 | 0 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | Denver Broncos / 1st / 2nd pick / 1962 |
| RDE | Fred Dryer | 30 | 7 | 14 | New York Giants / 1st / 13th pick / 1969 |
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| LLB | Jim Youngblood | 26 | 3 | 11 | 2 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | Los Angeles Rams / 2nd / 42nd pick / 1973 |
| MLB | Jack Reynolds | 29 | 6 | 14 | 0 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | Los Angeles Rams / 1st / 22nd pick / 1970 |
| RLB | Isiah Robertson*+ | 27 | 5 | 14 | 4 interceptions, 2 fumbles recovered | Los Angeles Rams / 1st / 10th pick / 1971 |
| LCB | Rod Perry | 23 | 1 | 14 | 8 interceptions, 2 fumbles recovered | Los Angeles Rams / 4th / 98th pick / 1975 |
| RCB | Monte Jackson*+ | 23 | 1 | 14 | 10 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | Los Angeles Rams / 2nd / 28th pick / 1975 |
| SS | Dave Elmendorf | 27 | 5 | 14 | 2 interceptions, 0 fumbles recovered | Los Angeles Rams / 3rd / 63rd pick / 1971 |
| FS | Bill Simpson | 25 | 2 | 14 | 4 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | Los Angeles Rams / 2nd / 50th pick / 1974 |
| Special Teams Starters | ||||||
| K | Tom Dempsey | 29 | 7 | 0 | 17 of 26 field goals & 36 of 44 extra points | |
| P | Rusty Jackson | 26 | Rook | 0 | 77 punts for a 39.0 average, 2 blocked | |
| PR | Cullen Bryant | 25 | 3 | 0 | 29 punt returns for a 11.1 average and 0 td | Los Angeles Rams / 2nd / 31st pick / 1973 |
| KR | Cullen Bryant | 25 | 3 | 0 | 16 kick returns for a 28.7 average and 1 td | Los Angeles Rams / 2nd / 31st pick / 1973 |
| Age | Pos | G | GS | Wt | Ht | College/Univ | BirthDate | Yrs | Drafted (tm/rnd/yr) | |
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| Jim Bertelsen | 26 | RB | 14 | 0 | 205 | 5-11 | Texas | 2/26/1950 | 4 | Los Angeles Rams / 2nd / 30th pick / 1972 |
| Larry Brooks* | 26 | DT | 14 | 14 | 255 | 6-3 | Virginia State | 6/10/1950 | 4 | Los Angeles Rams / 14th / 355th pick / 1972 |
| Cullen Bryant | 25 | RB | 14 | 0 | 234 | 6-1 | Colorado | 5/20/1951 | 3 | Los Angeles Rams / 2nd / 31st pick / 1973 |
| John Cappelletti | 24 | RB | 14 | 14 | 215 | 6-1 | Penn State | 8/9/1952 | 2 | Los Angeles Rams / 1st / 11th pick / 1974 |
| Tom Dempsey | 29 | K | 14 | 0 | 255 | 6-2 | Palomar College | 1/12/1947 | 7 | |
| Fred Dryer | 30 | DE | 14 | 14 | 240 | 6-6 | San Diego State | 7/6/1946 | 7 | New York Giants / 1st / 13th pick / 1969 |
| Carl Ekern | 22 | LB | 14 | 0 | 223 | 6-3 | San Jose State | 5/27/1954 | Rook | Los Angeles Rams / 5th / 128th pick / 1976 |
| Dave Elmendorf | 27 | DB | 14 | 14 | 195 | 6-1 | Texas A&M | 6/20/1949 | 5 | Los Angeles Rams / 3rd / 63rd pick / 1971 |
| Mike Fanning | 23 | DT-DE-NT | 14 | 0 | 255 | 6-6 | Notre Dame | 2/2/1953 | 1 | Los Angeles Rams / 1st / 9th pick / 1975 |
| Doug France | 23 | T | 14 | 14 | 270 | 6-5 | Ohio State | 4/26/1953 | 1 | Los Angeles Rams / 1st / 20th pick / 1975 |
| Tom Geredine | 26 | WR | 10 | 0 | 195 | 6-2 | Truman State | 6/17/1950 | 3 | Atlanta Falcons / 4th / 94th pick / 1973 |
| Pat Haden | 23 | QB | 10 | 7 | 182 | 5-11 | USC | 1/23/1953 | Rook | Los Angeles Rams / 7th / 176th pick / 1975 |
| Dennis Harrah | 23 | G-C | 14 | 14 | 260 | 6-5 | Miami (FL) | 3/9/1953 | 1 | Los Angeles Rams / 1st / 11th pick / 1975 |
| James Harris | 29 | QB | 7 | 5 | 210 | 6-4 | Grambling State | 7/20/1947 | 7 | Buffalo Bills / 8th / 192nd pick / 1969 |
| Greg Horton | 25 | G-C | 14 | 0 | 245 | 6-4 | Colorado | 1/7/1951 | Rook | Chicago Bears / 3rd / 56th pick / 1974 |
| Harold Jackson | 30 | WR-FL | 14 | 14 | 175 | 5-10 | Jackson State | 1/6/1946 | 8 | Los Angeles Rams / 12th / 323rd pick / 1968 |
| Monte Jackson*+ | 23 | DB | 14 | 14 | 193 | 5-11 | San Diego State | 7/14/1953 | 1 | Los Angeles Rams / 2nd / 28th pick / 1975 |
| Rusty Jackson | 26 | P | 14 | 0 | 193 | 6-2 | LSU | 11/17/1950 | Rook | |
| Ron Jaworski | 25 | QB | 5 | 2 | 196 | 6-2 | Youngstown State | 3/23/1951 | 2 | Los Angeles Rams / 2nd / 37th pick / 1973 |
| Ron Jessie* | 28 | WR | 14 | 14 | 185 | 6-0 | Kansas | 2/4/1948 | 5 | Dallas Cowboys / 8th / 206th pick / 1971 |
| Freeman Johns | 23 | WR | 2 | 0 | 175 | 6-1 | SMU | 12/20/1953 | Rook | Los Angeles Rams / 10th / 288th pick / 1976 |
| Cody Jones | 25 | DT-DE | 14 | 0 | 243 | 6-5 | San Jose State | 5/3/1951 | 2 | Los Angeles Rams / 5th / 115th pick / 1973 |
| Rick Kay | 27 | LB | 3 | 3 | 235 | 6-4 | Colorado | 11/10/1949 | 3 | |
| Bob Klein | 29 | TE | 14 | 14 | 235 | 6-5 | USC | 7/27/1947 | 7 | Los Angeles Rams / 1st / 21st pick / 1969 |
| Tom Mack | 33 | G | 14 | 14 | 250 | 6-3 | Michigan | 11/1/1943 | 10 | Los Angeles Rams / 1st / 2nd pick / 1966 |
| Lawrence McCutcheon* | 26 | RB | 14 | 14 | 205 | 6-1 | Colorado State | 6/2/1950 | 4 | Los Angeles Rams / 3rd / 70th pick / 1972 |
| Kevin McLain | 22 | LB | 14 | 0 | 230 | 6-2 | Colorado State | 9/15/1954 | Rook | Los Angeles Rams / 1st / 26th pick / 1976 |
| Terry Nelson | 25 | TE | 14 | 0 | 233 | 6-2 | Ark-Pine Bluff | 5/20/1951 | 3 | Los Angeles Rams / 4th / 99th pick / 1973 |
| Merlin Olsen | 36 | DT | 14 | 14 | 270 | 6-5 | Utah State | 9/15/1940 | 14 | Denver Broncos / 1st / 2nd pick / 1962 |
| Rod Perry | 23 | DB | 14 | 14 | 178 | 5-9 | Colorado | 9/11/1953 | 1 | Los Angeles Rams / 4th / 98th pick / 1975 |
| Rod Phillips | 24 | RB | 14 | 0 | 220 | 6-0 | Cincinnati,Jackson State | 12/23/1952 | 1 | |
| Steve Preece | 29 | DB | 14 | 0 | 195 | 6-1 | Oregon State | 2/15/1947 | 7 | |
| Geoff Reece | 24 | C | 14 | 0 | 247 | 6-4 | Washington State | 5/16/1952 | Rook | Los Angeles Rams / 3rd / 61st pick / 1975 |
| Jack Reynolds | 29 | LB | 14 | 14 | 232 | 6-1 | Tennessee | 11/22/1947 | 6 | Los Angeles Rams / 1st / 22nd pick / 1970 |
| Isiah Robertson*+ | 27 | LB | 14 | 14 | 225 | 6-3 | Southern | 8/17/1949 | 5 | Los Angeles Rams / 1st / 10th pick / 1971 |
| Mel Rogers | 29 | LB | 11 | 0 | 231 | 6-2 | Florida A&M | 4/23/1947 | 5 | |
| Rich Saul* | 28 | C-G-T | 14 | 14 | 241 | 6-3 | Michigan State | 2/5/1948 | 6 | Los Angeles Rams / 8th / 204th pick / 1970 |
| Dwight Scales | 23 | WR | 14 | 0 | 178 | 6-2 | Grambling State | 5/30/1953 | Rook | Los Angeles Rams / 5th / 155th pick / 1976 |
| Rob Scribner | 25 | RB | 14 | 0 | 200 | 6-0 | UCLA | 4/9/1951 | 3 | |
| Bill Simpson | 25 | DB | 14 | 14 | 184 | 6-1 | Michigan State | 12/5/1951 | 2 | Los Angeles Rams / 2nd / 50th pick / 1974 |
| Jackie Slater | 22 | T-G | 14 | 0 | 277 | 6-4 | Jackson State | 5/27/1954 | Rook | Los Angeles Rams / 3rd / 86th pick / 1976 |
| Pat Thomas | 22 | DB | 14 | 0 | 183 | 5-9 | Texas A&M | 9/1/1954 | Rook | Los Angeles Rams / 2nd / 39th pick / 1976 |
| John Williams | 31 | T-G-DE | 14 | 14 | 256 | 6-3 | Minnesota | 10/27/1945 | 8 | Baltimore Colts / 1st / 23rd pick / 1968 |
| Jack Youngblood*+ | 26 | DE | 14 | 14 | 247 | 6-4 | Florida | 1/26/1950 | 5 | Los Angeles Rams / 1st / 20th pick / 1971 |
| Jim Youngblood | 26 | LB | 14 | 11 | 235 | 6-3 | Tennessee Tech | 2/23/1950 | 3 | Los Angeles Rams / 2nd / 42nd pick / 1973 |
| Team Total | 26.0 | 14 | 221.9 | 6-2.1 | 3.5 |