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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.
Coached by Ray Malavasi (9-7-0)
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1979 Statistics / Starters & Roster / Games & Schedule / Team Draftees
Team Games & Schedule
Glossary · CSV · PRE| Score | Offense | Defense | |||||||||||||||||
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| Week | Date | Rec | Opp | Tm | Opp | 1stD | TotYd | PassY | RushY | TO | 1stD | TotYd | PassY | RushY | TO | ||||
| 1 | Sun | September 2 | box | L | 0-1 | Oakland Raiders | 17 | 24 | 21 | 340 | 217 | 123 | 4 | 16 | 240 | 110 | 130 | 1 | |
| 2 | Thu | September 6 | box | W | 1-1 | @ | Denver Broncos | 13 | 9 | 15 | 277 | 181 | 96 | 12 | 179 | 106 | 73 | 2 | |
| 3 | Sun | September 16 | box | W | 2-1 | San Francisco 49ers | 27 | 24 | 25 | 387 | 165 | 222 | 1 | 17 | 239 | 120 | 119 | 1 | |
| 4 | Sun | September 23 | box | L | 2-2 | @ | Tampa Bay Buccaneers | 6 | 21 | 11 | 186 | 76 | 110 | 4 | 15 | 249 | 101 | 148 | 3 |
| 5 | Sun | September 30 | box | W | 3-2 | St. Louis Cardinals | 21 | 0 | 24 | 392 | 206 | 186 | 2 | 9 | 231 | 149 | 82 | 3 | |
| 6 | Sun | October 7 | box | W | 4-2 | @ | New Orleans Saints | 35 | 17 | 22 | 295 | 154 | 141 | 2 | 13 | 234 | 132 | 102 | 6 |
| 7 | Sun | October 14 | box | L | 4-3 | @ | Dallas Cowboys | 6 | 30 | 11 | 158 | 99 | 59 | 3 | 23 | 403 | 202 | 201 | 1 |
| 8 | Sun | October 21 | box | L | 4-4 | San Diego Chargers | 16 | 40 | 24 | 337 | 233 | 104 | 8 | 17 | 391 | 326 | 65 | 2 | |
| 9 | Sun | October 28 | box | L | 4-5 | New York Giants | 14 | 20 | 20 | 366 | 271 | 95 | 4 | 10 | 234 | 124 | 110 | 1 | |
| 10 | Sun | November 4 | box | W | 5-5 | @ | Seattle Seahawks | 24 | 0 | 29 | 475 | 172 | 303 | 1 | 1 | -7 | -30 | 23 | 1 |
| 11 | Sun | November 11 | box | L | 5-6 | @ | Chicago Bears | 23 | 27 | 16 | 321 | 76 | 245 | 3 | 19 | 272 | 190 | 82 | |
| 12 | Mon | November 19 | box | W | 6-6 | Atlanta Falcons | 20 | 14 | 18 | 339 | 160 | 179 | 3 | 19 | 336 | 135 | 201 | 4 | |
| 13 | Sun | November 25 | box | W | 7-6 | @ | San Francisco 49ers | 26 | 20 | 18 | 322 | 198 | 124 | 3 | 22 | 374 | 238 | 136 | 3 |
| 14 | Sun | December 2 | box | W | 8-6 | Minnesota Vikings | 27 | 21 | 14 | 300 | 174 | 126 | 3 | 26 | 409 | 268 | 141 | 4 | |
| 15 | Sun | December 9 | box | W | 9-6 | @ | Atlanta Falcons | 34 | 13 | 15 | 348 | 177 | 171 | 2 | 24 | 347 | 239 | 108 | 5 |
| 16 | Sun | December 16 | box | L | 9-7 | New Orleans Saints | 14 | 29 | 16 | 290 | 114 | 176 | 6 | 23 | 422 | 146 | 276 | 4 | |
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| Division | Sun | December 30 | box | W | 10-7 | @ | Dallas Cowboys | 21 | 19 | ||||||||||
| ConfChamp | Sun | January 8 | box | W | 11-7 | @ | Tampa Bay Buccaneers | 9 | 0 | ||||||||||
| SuperBowl | Sun | January 20 | box | L | 11-8 | N | Pittsburgh Steelers | 19 | 31 | ||||||||||