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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
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 | Pat Haden | 25 | 2 | 16 | 229 for 444, 2,995 yards, 13 td, 19 int, & 33 rushes for 206 yards and 0 td | Los Angeles Rams / 7th / 176th pick / 1975 |
| RB | Cullen Bryant | 27 | 5 | 9 | 178 rushes for 658 yards, 7 td, & 8 catches for 76 yards and 0 td | Los Angeles Rams / 2nd / 31st pick / 1973 |
| RB | Lawrence McCutcheon | 28 | 6 | 7 | 118 rushes for 420 yards, 0 td, & 12 catches for 76 yards and 2 td | Los Angeles Rams / 3rd / 70th pick / 1972 |
| FB | John Cappelletti | 26 | 4 | 14 | 174 rushes for 604 yards, 3 td, & 41 catches for 382 yards and 1 td | Los Angeles Rams / 1st / 11th pick / 1974 |
| WR | Ron Jessie | 30 | 7 | 16 | 49 catches for 752 yards, 4 td | Dallas Cowboys / 8th / 206th pick / 1971 |
| WR | Willie Miller | 31 | 3 | 14 | 50 catches for 767 yards, 5 td, & 1 rush for -7 yards and 0 td | Houston Oilers / 12th / 302nd pick / 1975 |
| TE | Terry Nelson | 27 | 5 | 13 | 23 catches for 344 yards, 0 td, & 6 rushes for 67 yards and 1 td | Los Angeles Rams / 4th / 99th pick / 1973 |
| LT | Doug France* | 25 | 3 | 16 | Los Angeles Rams / 1st / 20th pick / 1975 |
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| LG | Tom Mack* | 35 | 12 | 16 | Los Angeles Rams / 1st / 2nd pick / 1966 |
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| C | Rich Saul* | 30 | 8 | 15 | Los Angeles Rams / 8th / 204th pick / 1970 |
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| RG | Dennis Harrah* | 25 | 3 | 15 | Los Angeles Rams / 1st / 11th pick / 1975 |
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| RT | John Williams | 33 | 10 | 16 | Baltimore Colts / 1st / 23rd pick / 1968 |
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| Defensive Starters | ||||||
| LDE | Jack Youngblood*+ | 28 | 7 | 16 | 0 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | Los Angeles Rams / 1st / 20th pick / 1971 |
| LDT | Larry Brooks* | 28 | 6 | 14 | Los Angeles Rams / 14th / 355th pick / 1972 |
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| RDT | Cody Jones* | 27 | 4 | 16 | Los Angeles Rams / 5th / 115th pick / 1973 |
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| RDE | Fred Dryer | 32 | 9 | 16 | 0 interceptions, 3 fumbles recovered | New York Giants / 1st / 13th pick / 1969 |
| LLB | Jim Youngblood | 28 | 5 | 16 | 2 interceptions, 3 fumbles recovered | Los Angeles Rams / 2nd / 42nd pick / 1973 |
| MLB | Jack Reynolds | 31 | 8 | 16 | Los Angeles Rams / 1st / 22nd pick / 1970 |
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| RLB | Bob Brudzinski | 23 | 1 | 10 | 1 interception, 0 fumbles recovered | Los Angeles Rams / 1st / 23rd pick / 1977 |
| RLB | Isiah Robertson | 29 | 7 | 6 | 0 interceptions, 2 fumbles recovered | Los Angeles Rams / 1st / 10th pick / 1971 |
| LCB | Pat Thomas* | 24 | 2 | 16 | 8 interceptions, 2 fumbles recovered | Los Angeles Rams / 2nd / 39th pick / 1976 |
| RCB | Rod Perry* | 25 | 3 | 16 | 8 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | Los Angeles Rams / 4th / 98th pick / 1975 |
| SS | Dave Elmendorf | 29 | 7 | 16 | 3 interceptions, 2 fumbles recovered | Los Angeles Rams / 3rd / 63rd pick / 1971 |
| FS | Bill Simpson | 27 | 4 | 16 | 5 interceptions, 0 fumbles recovered | Los Angeles Rams / 2nd / 50th pick / 1974 |
| Special Teams Starters | ||||||
| K | Frank Corral* | 23 | Rook | 0 | 29 of 43 field goals & 31 of 33 extra points | Los Angeles Rams / 3rd / 78th pick / 1978 |
| P | Glen Walker | 26 | 1 | 0 | 83 punts for a 37.0 average, 2 blocked | |
| PR | Jackie Wallace | 27 | 4 | 0 | 52 punt returns for a 11.9 average and 0 td | Minnesota Vikings / 2nd / 34th pick / 1973 |
| KR | Jerry Latin | 25 | 3 | 0 | 22 kick returns for a 21.2 average and 0 td | St. Louis Cardinals / 11th / 280th pick / 1975 |
| Age | Pos | G | GS | Wt | Ht | College/Univ | BirthDate | Yrs | Drafted (tm/rnd/yr) | |
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| Larry Brooks* | 28 | DT | 14 | 14 | 255 | 6-3 | Virginia State | 6/10/1950 | 6 | Los Angeles Rams / 14th / 355th pick / 1972 |
| Eddie Brown | 26 | DB | 1 | 0 | 187 | 5-11 | Tennessee | 2/19/1952 | 4 | Cleveland Browns / 8th / 199th pick / 1974 |
| Bob Brudzinski | 23 | LB | 16 | 10 | 230 | 6-4 | Ohio State | 1/1/1955 | 1 | Los Angeles Rams / 1st / 23rd pick / 1977 |
| Cullen Bryant | 27 | RB | 16 | 9 | 234 | 6-1 | Colorado | 5/20/1951 | 5 | Los Angeles Rams / 2nd / 31st pick / 1973 |
| John Cappelletti | 26 | RB | 14 | 14 | 215 | 6-1 | Penn State | 8/9/1952 | 4 | Los Angeles Rams / 1st / 11th pick / 1974 |
| Frank Corral* | 23 | K | 16 | 0 | 224 | 6-2 | UCLA | 6/16/1955 | Rook | Los Angeles Rams / 3rd / 78th pick / 1978 |
| Nolan Cromwell | 23 | DB | 16 | 0 | 200 | 6-1 | Kansas | 1/30/1955 | 1 | Los Angeles Rams / 2nd / 31st pick / 1977 |
| Anthony Davis | 26 | RB | 2 | 0 | 190 | 5-10 | USC | 9/8/1952 | 1 | New York Jets / 2nd / 37th pick / 1975 |
| Preston Dennard | 23 | WR | 11 | 0 | 185 | 6-1 | New Mexico | 11/28/1955 | Rook | |
| Reggie Doss | 22 | DE-DT | 16 | 0 | 265 | 6-4 | Hampton | 12/7/1956 | Rook | Los Angeles Rams / 7th / 189th pick / 1978 |
| Fred Dryer | 32 | DE | 16 | 16 | 240 | 6-6 | San Diego State | 7/6/1946 | 9 | New York Giants / 1st / 13th pick / 1969 |
| Carl Ekern | 24 | LB | 16 | 0 | 223 | 6-3 | San Jose State | 5/27/1954 | 2 | Los Angeles Rams / 5th / 128th pick / 1976 |
| Dave Elmendorf | 29 | DB | 16 | 16 | 195 | 6-1 | Texas A&M | 6/20/1949 | 7 | Los Angeles Rams / 3rd / 63rd pick / 1971 |
| Mike Fanning | 25 | DT-DE-NT | 16 | 2 | 255 | 6-6 | Notre Dame | 2/2/1953 | 3 | Los Angeles Rams / 1st / 9th pick / 1975 |
| Vince Ferragamo | 24 | QB | 9 | 0 | 212 | 6-3 | California,Nebraska | 4/24/1954 | 1 | Los Angeles Rams / 4th / 91st pick / 1977 |
| Doug France* | 25 | T | 16 | 16 | 270 | 6-5 | Ohio State | 4/26/1953 | 3 | Los Angeles Rams / 1st / 20th pick / 1975 |
| Ed Fulton | 23 | G | 4 | 0 | 250 | 6-3 | Maryland | 1/27/1955 | Rook | Los Angeles Rams / 3rd / 68th pick / 1977 |
| Pat Haden | 25 | QB | 16 | 16 | 182 | 5-11 | USC | 1/23/1953 | 2 | Los Angeles Rams / 7th / 176th pick / 1975 |
| Dennis Harrah* | 25 | G-C | 15 | 15 | 260 | 6-5 | Miami (FL) | 3/9/1953 | 3 | Los Angeles Rams / 1st / 11th pick / 1975 |
| Greg Horton | 27 | G-C | 2 | 0 | 245 | 6-4 | Colorado | 1/7/1951 | 2 | Chicago Bears / 3rd / 56th pick / 1974 |
| Ron Jessie | 30 | WR | 16 | 16 | 185 | 6-0 | Kansas | 2/4/1948 | 7 | Dallas Cowboys / 8th / 206th pick / 1971 |
| Jim Jodat | 24 | RB | 16 | 0 | 210 | 5-11 | Carthage | 3/3/1954 | 1 | Los Angeles Rams / 12th / 344th pick / 1976 |
| Cody Jones* | 27 | DT-DE | 16 | 16 | 243 | 6-5 | San Jose State | 5/3/1951 | 4 | Los Angeles Rams / 5th / 115th pick / 1973 |
| Jerry Latin | 25 | RB | 14 | 0 | 190 | 5-10 | Northern Illinois | 8/25/1953 | 3 | St. Louis Cardinals / 11th / 280th pick / 1975 |
| Tom Mack* | 35 | G | 16 | 16 | 250 | 6-3 | Michigan | 11/1/1943 | 12 | Los Angeles Rams / 1st / 2nd pick / 1966 |
| Larry Marshall | 28 | DB | 3 | 0 | 195 | 5-10 | Maryland | 3/2/1950 | 6 | Kansas City Chiefs / 15th / 387th pick / 1972 |
| Lawrence McCutcheon | 28 | RB | 8 | 7 | 205 | 6-1 | Colorado State | 6/2/1950 | 6 | Los Angeles Rams / 3rd / 70th pick / 1972 |
| Kevin McLain | 24 | LB | 16 | 0 | 230 | 6-2 | Colorado State | 9/15/1954 | 2 | Los Angeles Rams / 1st / 26th pick / 1976 |
| Willie Miller | 31 | WR | 16 | 14 | 172 | 5-9 | Colorado State | 4/26/1947 | 3 | Houston Oilers / 12th / 302nd pick / 1975 |
| Terry Nelson | 27 | TE | 13 | 13 | 233 | 6-2 | Ark-Pine Bluff | 5/20/1951 | 5 | Los Angeles Rams / 4th / 99th pick / 1973 |
| Dwayne O'Steen | 24 | DB | 13 | 0 | 193 | 6-1 | California,San Jose State | 12/20/1954 | Rook | |
| Rod Perry* | 25 | DB | 16 | 16 | 178 | 5-9 | Colorado | 9/11/1953 | 3 | Los Angeles Rams / 4th / 98th pick / 1975 |
| Rod Phillips | 26 | RB | 15 | 2 | 220 | 6-0 | Cincinnati,Jackson State | 12/23/1952 | 3 | |
| Jack Reynolds | 31 | LB | 16 | 16 | 232 | 6-1 | Tennessee | 11/22/1947 | 8 | Los Angeles Rams / 1st / 22nd pick / 1970 |
| Isiah Robertson | 29 | LB | 13 | 6 | 225 | 6-3 | Southern | 8/17/1949 | 7 | Los Angeles Rams / 1st / 10th pick / 1971 |
| Dan Ryczek | 29 | C | 16 | 0 | 249 | 6-3 | Virginia | 8/24/1949 | 5 | Washington Redskins / 13th / 322nd pick / 1971 |
| Rich Saul* | 30 | C-G-T | 16 | 15 | 241 | 6-3 | Michigan State | 2/5/1948 | 8 | Los Angeles Rams / 8th / 204th pick / 1970 |
| Dwight Scales | 25 | WR | 13 | 0 | 178 | 6-2 | Grambling State | 5/30/1953 | 2 | Los Angeles Rams / 5th / 155th pick / 1976 |
| Bill Simpson | 27 | DB | 16 | 16 | 184 | 6-1 | Michigan State | 12/5/1951 | 4 | Los Angeles Rams / 2nd / 50th pick / 1974 |
| Jackie Slater | 24 | T-G | 16 | 0 | 277 | 6-4 | Jackson State | 5/27/1954 | 2 | Los Angeles Rams / 3rd / 86th pick / 1976 |
| Doug C. Smith | 22 | C-G-T | 16 | 2 | 259 | 6-3 | Bowling Green | 11/25/1956 | Rook | |
| Ron B. Smith | 22 | WR | 16 | 0 | 185 | 6-0 | San Diego State | 11/20/1956 | Rook | Los Angeles Rams / 2nd / 53rd pick / 1978 |
| Pat Thomas* | 24 | DB | 16 | 16 | 183 | 5-9 | Texas A&M | 9/1/1954 | 2 | Los Angeles Rams / 2nd / 39th pick / 1976 |
| Wendell Tyler | 23 | RB | 2 | 0 | 198 | 5-10 | UCLA | 5/20/1955 | 1 | Los Angeles Rams / 3rd / 79th pick / 1977 |
| Billy Waddy | 24 | WR | 11 | 2 | 187 | 5-11 | Colorado | 2/19/1954 | 1 | Los Angeles Rams / 2nd / 50th pick / 1977 |
| Glen Walker | 26 | P | 16 | 0 | 210 | 6-1 | USC | 1/16/1952 | 1 | |
| Jackie Wallace | 27 | DB | 14 | 0 | 197 | 6-3 | Arizona | 3/13/1951 | 4 | Minnesota Vikings / 2nd / 34th pick / 1973 |
| John Williams | 33 | T-G-DE | 16 | 16 | 256 | 6-3 | Minnesota | 10/27/1945 | 10 | Baltimore Colts / 1st / 23rd pick / 1968 |
| Charle Young | 27 | TE | 16 | 0 | 234 | 6-4 | USC | 2/5/1951 | 5 | Philadelphia Eagles / 1st / 6th pick / 1973 |
| Jack Youngblood*+ | 28 | DE | 16 | 16 | 247 | 6-4 | Florida | 1/26/1950 | 7 | Los Angeles Rams / 1st / 20th pick / 1971 |
| Jim Youngblood | 28 | LB | 16 | 16 | 235 | 6-3 | Tennessee Tech | 2/23/1950 | 5 | Los Angeles Rams / 2nd / 42nd pick / 1973 |
| Team Total | 26.3 | 16 | 219.6 | 6-1.6 | 3.5 |