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1979 Los Angeles Rams
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Record: 9-7-0, Finished 1st in NFC West Division
NFL Season Summary
1979 NFC Champions
Scored 323 points (20.2/g), 15th of 28 in the NFL.
Allowed 309 points (19.3/g), 11th.
Differential of 14 points (0.9/g), 13th.
Expected W-L: 8.4-7.6.
Takeaway/Giveaway Differential -8 (-0.5/g), 21st.
Simple Rating System: Total -0.6, Offense: -1.2, Defense: 0.6, SoS: -1.5, versus averages of 0.0.
Coached by
Ray Malavasi
Defensive Coordinator: Bud Carson
Training Camp: Fullerton State (Fullerton, California)
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Team Games & Schedule
| Score | Offense | Defense | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Week | Day | Date | OT | Rec | Opp | Tm | Opp | 1stD | TotYd | PassY | RushY | TO | 1stD | TotYd | PassY | RushY | TO | |||
| 1 | Sun | September 2 | boxscore | L | 0-1 | Oakland Raiders | 17 | 24 | 21 | 340 | 217 | 123 | 4 | 16 | 240 | 110 | 130 | 1 | ||
| 2 | Thu | September 6 | boxscore | W | 1-1 | @ | Denver Broncos | 13 | 9 | 15 | 277 | 181 | 96 | 12 | 179 | 106 | 73 | 2 | ||
| 3 | Sun | September 16 | boxscore | W | 2-1 | San Francisco 49ers | 27 | 24 | 25 | 387 | 165 | 222 | 1 | 17 | 239 | 120 | 119 | 1 | ||
| 4 | Sun | September 23 | boxscore | L | 2-2 | @ | Tampa Bay Buccaneers | 6 | 21 | 11 | 186 | 76 | 110 | 4 | 15 | 249 | 101 | 148 | 3 | |
| 5 | Sun | September 30 | boxscore | W | 3-2 | St. Louis Cardinals | 21 | 0 | 24 | 392 | 206 | 186 | 2 | 9 | 231 | 149 | 82 | 3 | ||
| 6 | Sun | October 7 | boxscore | W | 4-2 | @ | New Orleans Saints | 35 | 17 | 22 | 295 | 154 | 141 | 2 | 13 | 234 | 132 | 102 | 6 | |
| 7 | Sun | October 14 | boxscore | L | 4-3 | @ | Dallas Cowboys | 6 | 30 | 11 | 158 | 99 | 59 | 3 | 23 | 403 | 202 | 201 | 1 | |
| 8 | Sun | October 21 | boxscore | L | 4-4 | San Diego Chargers | 16 | 40 | 24 | 337 | 233 | 104 | 8 | 17 | 391 | 326 | 65 | 2 | ||
| 9 | Sun | October 28 | boxscore | L | 4-5 | New York Giants | 14 | 20 | 20 | 366 | 271 | 95 | 4 | 10 | 234 | 124 | 110 | 1 | ||
| 10 | Sun | November 4 | boxscore | W | 5-5 | @ | Seattle Seahawks | 24 | 0 | 29 | 475 | 172 | 303 | 1 | 1 | -7 | -30 | 23 | 1 | |
| 11 | Sun | November 11 | boxscore | L | 5-6 | @ | Chicago Bears | 23 | 27 | 16 | 321 | 76 | 245 | 3 | 19 | 272 | 190 | 82 | ||
| 12 | Mon | November 19 | boxscore | W | 6-6 | Atlanta Falcons | 20 | 14 | 18 | 339 | 160 | 179 | 3 | 19 | 336 | 135 | 201 | 4 | ||
| 13 | Sun | November 25 | boxscore | W | 7-6 | @ | San Francisco 49ers | 26 | 20 | 18 | 322 | 198 | 124 | 3 | 22 | 374 | 238 | 136 | 3 | |
| 14 | Sun | December 2 | boxscore | W | OT | 8-6 | Minnesota Vikings | 27 | 21 | 14 | 300 | 174 | 126 | 3 | 26 | 409 | 268 | 141 | 4 | |
| 15 | Sun | December 9 | boxscore | W | 9-6 | @ | Atlanta Falcons | 34 | 13 | 15 | 348 | 177 | 171 | 2 | 24 | 347 | 239 | 108 | 5 | |
| 16 | Sun | December 16 | boxscore | L | 9-7 | New Orleans Saints | 14 | 29 | 16 | 290 | 114 | 176 | 6 | 23 | 422 | 146 | 276 | 4 | ||
| Playoffs | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Division | Sun | December 30 | boxscore | W | 10-7 | @ | Dallas Cowboys | 21 | 19 | 16 | 361 | 202 | 159 | 2 | 17 | 306 | 150 | 156 | 1 | |
| ConfChamp | Sun | January 6 | boxscore | W | 11-7 | @ | Tampa Bay Buccaneers | 9 | 0 | 23 | 369 | 153 | 216 | 1 | 7 | 177 | 85 | 92 | 1 | |
| SuperBowl | Sun | January 20 | boxscore | L | 11-8 | N | Pittsburgh Steelers | 19 | 31 | 16 | 301 | 194 | 107 | 1 | 19 | 393 | 309 | 84 | 3 | |
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