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1980 Los Angeles Rams

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Record: 11-5-0, Finished 2nd in NFC West Division
NFL Season Summary

Scored 424 points (26.5/g), 3rd of 28 in the NFL.
 Allowed 289 points (18.1/g), 7th.
 Differential of 135 points (8.4/g), 3rd.
 Expected W-L: 11.4-4.6.

 Takeaway/Giveaway Differential +6 (0.4/g), 9th.

Coached by Ray Malavasi (11-5-0)

1980 Statistics / Starters & Roster / Games & Schedule / Team Draftees

Team Games & Schedule

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Score Offense Defense
Week Day Date Rec Opp Tm Opp 1stD TotYd PassY RushY TO 1stD TotYd PassY RushY TO
1 Sun September 7 box L 0-1 Detroit Lions 20 41 16 255 169 86 3 27 494 164 330 1
2 Thu September 11 box L 0-2 @ Tampa Bay Buccaneers 9 10 16 360 191 169 4 12 183 83 100 1
3 Sun September 21 box W 1-2 Green Bay Packers 51 21 21 381 220 161 1 16 192 132 60 5
4 Sun September 28 box W 2-2 @ New York Giants 28 7 22 368 203 165 2 13 222 160 62 3
5 Sun October 5 box W 3-2 San Francisco 49ers 48 26 24 462 304 158 25 419 344 75 3
6 Sun October 12 box W 4-2 @ St. Louis Cardinals 21 13 24 335 91 244 3 18 234 152 82 1
7 Sun October 19 box W 5-2 @ San Francisco 49ers 31 17 18 419 281 138 2 22 353 230 123 2
8 Sun October 26 box L 5-3 @ Atlanta Falcons 10 13 15 317 199 118 2 15 272 151 121 2
9 Sun November 2 box W 6-3 New Orleans Saints 45 31 22 486 261 225 3 21 322 243 79 4
10 Sun November 9 box L 6-4 Miami Dolphins 14 35 20 284 176 108 4 27 441 161 280 1
11 Sun November 16 box W 7-4 @ New England Patriots 17 14 13 257 150 107 2 14 202 99 103 5
12 Mon November 24 box W 8-4 @ New Orleans Saints 27 7 21 393 178 215 1 9 96 62 34 3
13 Sun November 30 box W 9-4 New York Jets 38 13 26 510 284 226 4 13 224 139 85 3
14 Sun December 7 box L 9-5 @ Buffalo Bills 7 10 14 215 34 181 3 15 272 122 150 2
15 Mon December 15 box W 10-5 Dallas Cowboys 38 14 21 517 275 242 13 271 175 96 3
16 Sun December 21 box W 11-5 Atlanta Falcons 20 17 23 447 191 256 2 21 349 184 165 3
Playoffs
WildCard Sun December 28 box L 11-6 @ Dallas Cowboys 13 34 15 260 168 92 3 29 528 190 338 3

Team Stats and Rankings

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Passing Rushing
Pts Yds Ply Y/P 1stD Cmp Att Yds TD Int NY/A 1stD Att Yds TD Y/A 1stD TO FL 1stPy
Team Offense 424 6006 1095 5.5 316 261 451 3207 31 23 6.7 157 615 2799 17 4.6 144 36 13 15
Team Defense 289 4546 1011 4.5 281 245 510 2601 23 25 4.6 141 445 1945 13 4.4 112 42 17 28
Lg Rank Offense 3 2 11 23 11 1 10 6 1 1 10 2 9 8
Lg Rank Defense 7 4 6 18 3 17 9 1 3 12 10 25 7 6

Passing

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
No. Age Pos G GS QBrec Cmp Att Cmp% Yds TD TD% Int Int% Lng Y/A AY/A Y/C Y/G Rate Sk Yds NY/A ANY/A Sk%
15 Vince Ferragamo 26 QB 16 15 11-4-0 240 404 59.4 3199 30 7.4 19 4.7 74 7.9 7.3 13.3 199.9 89.7 23 191 7.0 6.4 5.4
11 Pat Haden 27 4 1 0-1-0 19 41 46.3 185 0 0.0 4 9.8 24 4.5 0.1 9.7 46.3 19.9 4 30 3.4 -0.6 8.9
8 Jeff Rutledge 23 1 0 1 4 25.0 26 0 0.0 0 0.0 26 6.5 6.5 26.0 26.0 54.2 1 8 3.6 3.6 20.0
21 Nolan Cromwell*+ 25 FS 16 16 0 1 0.0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 39.6 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0
44 Mike Guman 22 16 0 1 1 100.0 31 1 100.0 0 0.0 31 31.0 51.0 31.0 1.9 158.3 1 5 13.0 23.0 50.0
Team Total 26.3 16 11-5-0 261 451 57.9 3441 31 6.9 23 5.1 74 7.6 6.7 13.2 215.1 83.8 29 234 6.7 5.8 6.0
Opp Total 16 245 510 48.0 3097 23 4.5 25 4.9 6.1 4.8 12.6 193.6 62.0 56 496 4.6 3.4

Rushing & Receiving

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Rushing Receiving
No. Age Pos G GS Att Yds TD Lng Y/A Y/G A/G Rec Yds Y/R TD Lng R/G Y/G YScm RRTD Fmb
32 Cullen Bryant 29 FB 16 16 183 807 3 20 4.4 50.4 11.4 53 386 7.3 3 25 3.3 24.1 1193 6 1
34 Elvis Peacock 24 RB 13 9 164 777 7 36 4.7 59.8 12.6 25 213 8.5 2 59 1.9 16.4 990 9 1
44 Mike Guman 22 16 0 100 410 4 17 4.1 25.6 6.3 14 131 9.4 0 41 0.9 8.2 541 4 4
33 Jewerl Thomas 23 16 2 65 427 2 61 6.6 26.7 4.1 5 30 6.0 0 11 0.3 1.9 457 2 1
24 Eddie Hill 23 7 1 39 120 0 19 3.1 17.1 5.6 4 29 7.3 0 11 0.6 4.1 149 0 2
26 Wendell Tyler 25 4 4 30 157 0 17 5.2 39.3 7.5 2 8 4.0 0 5 0.5 2.0 165 0 1
15 Vince Ferragamo 26 QB 16 15 15 34 1 15 2.3 2.1 0.9 34 1 4
22 Lydell Mitchell 31 2 0 7 16 0 5 2.3 8.0 3.5 2 21 10.5 0 13 1.0 10.5 37 0 0
11 Pat Haden 27 4 1 3 12 0 6 4.0 3.0 0.8 12 0 1
88 Preston Dennard 25 WR 16 16 2 20 0 21 10.0 1.3 0.1 36 596 16.6 6 44 2.3 37.3 616 6 0
21 Nolan Cromwell*+ 25 FS 16 16 2 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0 0 2
80 Billy Waddy 26 WR 15 15 1 -1 0 -1 -1.0 -0.1 0.1 38 670 17.6 5 44 2.5 44.7 669 5 1
81 Victor Hicks 23 TE 16 14 1 19 0 19 19.0 1.2 0.1 23 318 13.8 3 32 1.4 19.9 337 3 0
82 Willie Miller 33 16 1 1 -2 0 -2 -2.0 -0.1 0.1 22 358 16.3 8 45 1.4 22.4 356 8 1
87 Drew Hill 24 RET 16 0 1 4 0 4 4.0 0.3 0.1 19 416 21.9 2 74 1.2 26.0 420 2 2
19 Bob Lee 35 1 0 1 -1 0 -1 -1.0 -1.0 1.0 -1 0 0
86 Jeff B. Moore 23 14 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 10 168 16.8 1 37 0.7 12.0 168 1 0
84 Walt Arnold 22 16 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 5 75 15.0 1 33 0.3 4.7 75 1 0
83 Terry Nelson 29 4 2 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 3 22 7.3 0 12 0.8 5.5 22 0 0
Team Total 26.3 16 615 2799 17 61 4.6 174.9 38.4 261 3441 13.2 31 74 16.3 215.1 6240 48 29
Opp Total 16 445 1945 13 4.4 121.6 27.8 245 2601 10.6 23 15.3 162.6 4546 36 30

Kick & Punt Returns

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Punt Returns Kick Returns
No. Age Pos G GS Ret Yds TD Lng Y/R Rt Yds TD Lng Y/Rt APYd
87 Drew Hill 24 RET 16 0 43 880 1 98 20.5 1300
47 LeRoy Irvin 23 RET 16 2 42 296 0 26 7.0 1 5 0 5 5.0 301
44 Mike Guman 22 16 0 2 6 0 3 3.0 2 25 0 13 12.5 572
37 Ivory Sully 23 16 0 4 36 0 20 9.0 36
33 Jewerl Thomas 23 16 2 2 21 0 15 10.5 478
80 Billy Waddy 26 WR 15 15 2 10 0 10 5.0 679
20 Johnnie Johnson 24 SS 16 16 1 3 0 3 3.0 3
27 Pat Thomas*+ 26 LCB 14 14 1 12 0 12 12.0 12
Team Total 26.3 16 47 315 0 26 6.7 53 979 1 98 18.5 7534
Opp Total 16 42 0 78 1553 0 19.9

Kicking & Punting

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
0-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50+ Tot PAT Punting
No. Age Pos G GS FGA FGM FGA FGM FGA FGM FGA FGM FGA FGM FGA FGM FG% XPA XPM XP% Pnt Yds Lng Blck Y/P
3 Frank Corral 25 P 16 0 1 1 12 11 5 2 9 2 3 30 16 53.3% 52 51 98.1% 76 3002 65 1 39.5
21 Nolan Cromwell*+ 25 FS 16 16 1 1 100.0%
Team Total 26.3 16 1 1 12 11 5 2 9 2 3 30 16 53.3% 53 52 98.1% 76 3002 65 1 39.5
Opp Total 16 20 9 45.0% 38 34 89.5% 90 3780 42.0

Defense & Fumbles

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Def Interceptions Fumbles Tackles
No. Age Pos G GS Sk Int Yds TD Lng PD FF Fmb FR Yds TD Tkl Ast Sfty
52 George Andrews 25 rlb 13 7 0 1 0 0
32 Cullen Bryant 29 FB 16 16 1 0 0 0
3 Frank Corral 25 P 16 0 1 1 0 0
21 Nolan Cromwell*+ 25 FS 16 16 8 140 1 34 2 1 -1 0
41 Jeff Delaney 24 16 0 2 42 0 27 0 2 0 0
88 Preston Dennard 25 WR 16 16 0 2 0 0
71 Reggie Doss 24 16 0 0 1 0 0
79 Mike Fanning 27 15 3 0 1 0 0
15 Vince Ferragamo 26 QB 16 15 4 2 0 0
44 Mike Guman 22 16 0 4 0 0 0
11 Pat Haden 27 4 1 1 0 0 0
51 Joe Harris 28 16 2 0 2 20 0
87 Drew Hill 24 RET 16 0 2 1 0 0
24 Eddie Hill 23 7 1 2 0 0 0
47 LeRoy Irvin 23 RET 16 2 2 80 0 80 5 3 0 0
20 Johnnie Johnson 24 SS 16 16 3 102 1 99 0 5 16 0
82 Willie Miller 33 16 1 1 1 0 0
34 Elvis Peacock 24 RB 13 9 1 0 0 0
49 Rod Perry* 27 RCB 16 16 5 115 1 83
64 Jack Reynolds* 33 MLB 16 16 1 20 0 20 0 2 0 0
61 Rich Saul* 32 C 16 16 1 0 -23 0
78 Jackie Slater 26 RT 15 15 0 1 0 0
23 Lucious Smith 23 16 0 0 2 0 0
37 Ivory Sully 23 16 0 1 2 0 0
33 Jewerl Thomas 23 16 2 1 1 0 0
27 Pat Thomas*+ 26 LCB 14 14 3 14 0 14 0 1 6 0
26 Wendell Tyler 25 4 4 1 0 0 0
80 Billy Waddy 26 WR 15 15 1 0 0 0
53 Jim Youngblood 30 LLB 15 15 1 33 1 33
Team Total 26.3 16 25 546 4 99 29 32 18 0
Opp Total 16 29 30 13

Scoring Summary

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No. Age Pos G GS RshTD RecTD PR TD KR TD FblTD IntTD OthTD AllTD 2PM XPM FGM Sfty Pts
3 Frank Corral 25 P 16 0 51 16 99
34 Elvis Peacock 24 RB 13 9 7 2 9 54
82 Willie Miller 33 16 1 8 8 48
32 Cullen Bryant 29 FB 16 16 3 3 6 36
88 Preston Dennard 25 WR 16 16 6 6 36
80 Billy Waddy 26 WR 15 15 5 5 30
44 Mike Guman 22 16 0 4 4 24
81 Victor Hicks 23 TE 16 14 3 3 18
87 Drew Hill 24 RET 16 0 2 1 3 18
33 Jewerl Thomas 23 16 2 2 1 3 18
21 Nolan Cromwell*+ 25 FS 16 16 1 1 1 7
84 Walt Arnold 22 16 0 1 1 6
15 Vince Ferragamo 26 QB 16 15 1 1 6
20 Johnnie Johnson 24 SS 16 16 1 1 6
86 Jeff B. Moore 23 14 0 1 1 6
49 Rod Perry* 27 RCB 16 16 1 1 6
53 Jim Youngblood 30 LLB 15 15 1 1 6
Team Total 26.3 16 17 31 1 4 1 54 52 16 424
Opp Total 16 13 23 34 9 289