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1978 Los Angeles Rams
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Record: 12-4-0, Finished 1st in NFC West Division
NFL Season Summary
Scored 316 points (19.8/g), 9th of 28 in the NFL.
Allowed 245 points (15.3/g), 4th.
Differential of 71 points (4.4/g), 6th.
Expected W-L: 10.3-5.7.
Takeaway/Giveaway Differential -1 (-0.1/g), 15th.
Coached by Ray Malavasi (12-4-0)
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1978 Statistics / Starters & Roster / Games & Schedule / Team Draftees
Team Games & Schedule
| Score | Offense | Defense | |||||||||||||||||
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| Week | Day | Date | Rec | Opp | Tm | Opp | 1stD | TotYd | PassY | RushY | TO | 1stD | TotYd | PassY | RushY | TO | |||
| 1 | Sun | September 3 | box | W | 1-0 | @ | Philadelphia Eagles | 16 | 14 | 15 | 220 | 117 | 103 | 1 | 10 | 208 | 80 | 128 | 2 |
| 2 | Sun | September 10 | box | W | 2-0 | Atlanta Falcons | 10 | 0 | 23 | 358 | 216 | 142 | 4 | 7 | 73 | 3 | 70 | 3 | |
| 3 | Sun | September 17 | box | W | 3-0 | Dallas Cowboys | 27 | 14 | 16 | 317 | 219 | 98 | 2 | 21 | 319 | 223 | 96 | 5 | |
| 4 | Sun | September 24 | box | W | 4-0 | @ | Houston Oilers | 10 | 6 | 26 | 388 | 213 | 175 | 3 | 10 | 232 | 120 | 112 | 2 |
| 5 | Sun | October 1 | box | W | 5-0 | @ | New Orleans Saints | 26 | 20 | 15 | 281 | 157 | 124 | 1 | 19 | 315 | 172 | 143 | 1 |
| 6 | Sun | October 8 | box | W | 6-0 | San Francisco 49ers | 27 | 10 | 23 | 404 | 177 | 227 | 4 | 13 | 215 | 83 | 132 | 2 | |
| 7 | Sun | October 15 | box | W | 7-0 | @ | Minnesota Vikings | 34 | 17 | 23 | 326 | 146 | 180 | 3 | 13 | 167 | 125 | 42 | 2 |
| 8 | Sun | October 22 | box | L | 7-1 | New Orleans Saints | 3 | 10 | 20 | 342 | 184 | 158 | 6 | 12 | 118 | 78 | 40 | 1 | |
| 9 | Mon | October 30 | box | L | 7-2 | @ | Atlanta Falcons | 7 | 15 | 14 | 234 | 140 | 94 | 5 | 9 | 185 | 87 | 98 | 2 |
| 10 | Sun | November 5 | box | W | 8-2 | Tampa Bay Buccaneers | 26 | 23 | 15 | 344 | 220 | 124 | 1 | 18 | 341 | 132 | 209 | 5 | |
| 11 | Sun | November 12 | box | W | 9-2 | Pittsburgh Steelers | 10 | 7 | 14 | 313 | 121 | 192 | 2 | 12 | 174 | 115 | 59 | 3 | |
| 12 | Sun | November 19 | box | W | 10-2 | @ | San Francisco 49ers | 31 | 28 | 21 | 386 | 255 | 131 | 3 | 16 | 248 | 83 | 165 | 1 |
| 13 | Sun | November 26 | box | L | 10-3 | @ | Cleveland Browns | 19 | 30 | 24 | 363 | 215 | 148 | 5 | 16 | 357 | 227 | 130 | 3 |
| 14 | Sun | December 3 | box | W | 11-3 | @ | New York Giants | 20 | 17 | 13 | 192 | 94 | 98 | 18 | 333 | 148 | 185 | 5 | |
| 15 | Mon | December 11 | box | L | 11-4 | Cincinnati Bengals | 19 | 20 | 21 | 415 | 279 | 136 | 3 | 18 | 367 | 206 | 161 | 2 | |
| 16 | Sun | December 17 | box | W | 12-4 | Green Bay Packers | 31 | 14 | 18 | 299 | 121 | 178 | 1 | 17 | 241 | 166 | 75 | 4 | |
| Playoffs | |||||||||||||||||||
| Division | Sun | December 31 | box | W | 13-4 | Minnesota Vikings | 34 | 10 | 25 | 409 | 209 | 200 | 1 | 12 | 244 | 208 | 36 | 2 | |
| ConfChamp | Sun | January 7 | box | L | 13-5 | Dallas Cowboys | 0 | 28 | 15 | 277 | 196 | 81 | 7 | 16 | 235 | 109 | 126 | 3 | |