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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)
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1980 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 | Vince Ferragamo | 26 | 3 | 15 | 240 for 404, 3,199 yards, 30 td, 19 int, & 15 rushes for 34 yards and 1 td | Los Angeles Rams / 4th / 91st pick / 1977 |
| RB | Elvis Peacock | 24 | 1 | 9 | 164 rushes for 777 yards, 7 td, & 25 catches for 213 yards and 2 td | Los Angeles Rams / 1st / 20th pick / 1978 |
| FB | Cullen Bryant | 29 | 7 | 16 | 183 rushes for 807 yards, 3 td, & 53 catches for 386 yards and 3 td | Los Angeles Rams / 2nd / 31st pick / 1973 |
| WR | Preston Dennard | 25 | 2 | 16 | 36 catches for 596 yards, 6 td, & 2 rushes for 20 yards and 0 td | |
| WR | Billy Waddy | 26 | 3 | 15 | 38 catches for 670 yards, 5 td, & 1 rush for -1 yards and 0 td | Los Angeles Rams / 2nd / 50th pick / 1977 |
| TE | Victor Hicks | 23 | Rook | 14 | 23 catches for 318 yards, 3 td, & 1 rush for 19 yards and 0 td | Los Angeles Rams / 5th / 122nd pick / 1979 |
| LT | Doug France | 27 | 5 | 16 | Los Angeles Rams / 1st / 20th pick / 1975 |
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| LG | Kent Hill* | 23 | 1 | 16 | Los Angeles Rams / 1st / 26th pick / 1979 |
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| C | Rich Saul* | 32 | 10 | 16 | Los Angeles Rams / 8th / 204th pick / 1970 |
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| RG | Doug C. Smith | 24 | 2 | 8 | ||
| RG | Dennis Harrah* | 27 | 5 | 8 | Los Angeles Rams / 1st / 11th pick / 1975 |
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| RT | Jackie Slater | 26 | 4 | 15 | 1 fumble recovered | Los Angeles Rams / 3rd / 86th pick / 1976 |
| Defensive Starters | ||||||
| LDE | Jack Youngblood | 30 | 9 | 16 | Los Angeles Rams / 1st / 20th pick / 1971 |
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| LDT | Larry Brooks* | 30 | 8 | 14 | Los Angeles Rams / 14th / 355th pick / 1972 |
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| RDT | Cody Jones | 29 | 6 | 15 | Los Angeles Rams / 5th / 115th pick / 1973 |
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| RDE | Fred Dryer | 34 | 11 | 16 | New York Giants / 1st / 13th pick / 1969 |
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| LLB | Jim Youngblood | 30 | 7 | 15 | 1 interception, 0 fumbles recovered | Los Angeles Rams / 2nd / 42nd pick / 1973 |
| MLB | Jack Reynolds* | 33 | 10 | 16 | 1 interception, 2 fumbles recovered | Los Angeles Rams / 1st / 22nd pick / 1970 |
| RLB | Bob Brudzinski | 25 | 3 | 8 | Los Angeles Rams / 1st / 23rd pick / 1977 |
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| RLB | George Andrews | 25 | 1 | 7 | 0 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | Los Angeles Rams / 1st / 19th pick / 1979 |
| LCB | Pat Thomas*+ | 26 | 4 | 14 | 3 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | Los Angeles Rams / 2nd / 39th pick / 1976 |
| RCB | Rod Perry* | 27 | 5 | 16 | 5 interceptions, 0 fumbles recovered | Los Angeles Rams / 4th / 98th pick / 1975 |
| SS | Johnnie Johnson | 24 | Rook | 16 | 3 interceptions, 5 fumbles recovered | Los Angeles Rams / 1st / 17th pick / 1980 |
| FS | Nolan Cromwell*+ | 25 | 3 | 16 | 8 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | Los Angeles Rams / 2nd / 31st pick / 1977 |
| Special Teams Starters | ||||||
| K | Frank Corral | 25 | 2 | 0 | 16 of 30 field goals & 51 of 52 extra points | Los Angeles Rams / 3rd / 78th pick / 1978 |
| P | Frank Corral | 25 | 2 | 0 | 76 punts for a 39.5 average, 1 blocked | Los Angeles Rams / 3rd / 78th pick / 1978 |
| PR | LeRoy Irvin | 23 | Rook | 2 | 42 punt returns for a 7.0 average and 0 td | Los Angeles Rams / 3rd / 70th pick / 1980 |
| KR | Drew Hill | 24 | 1 | 0 | 43 kick returns for a 20.5 average and 1 td | Los Angeles Rams / 12th / 328th pick / 1979 |
| Age | Pos | G | GS | Wt | Ht | College/Univ | BirthDate | Yrs | Drafted (tm/rnd/yr) | |
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| George Andrews | 25 | LB | 13 | 7 | 226 | 6-3 | Nebraska | 11/28/1955 | 1 | Los Angeles Rams / 1st / 19th pick / 1979 |
| Walt Arnold | 22 | TE | 16 | 0 | 228 | 6-3 | New Mexico | 8/31/1958 | Rook | |
| Bill Bain | 28 | T-G | 16 | 0 | 279 | 6-4 | Colorado,USC | 8/9/1952 | 5 | Green Bay Packers / 2nd / 47th pick / 1975 |
| Larry Brooks* | 30 | DT | 16 | 14 | 255 | 6-3 | Virginia State | 6/10/1950 | 8 | Los Angeles Rams / 14th / 355th pick / 1972 |
| Bob Brudzinski | 25 | LB | 9 | 8 | 230 | 6-4 | Ohio State | 1/1/1955 | 3 | Los Angeles Rams / 1st / 23rd pick / 1977 |
| Cullen Bryant | 29 | RB | 16 | 16 | 234 | 6-1 | Colorado | 5/20/1951 | 7 | Los Angeles Rams / 2nd / 31st pick / 1973 |
| Frank Corral | 25 | K | 16 | 0 | 224 | 6-2 | UCLA | 6/16/1955 | 2 | Los Angeles Rams / 3rd / 78th pick / 1978 |
| Nolan Cromwell*+ | 25 | DB | 16 | 16 | 200 | 6-1 | Kansas | 1/30/1955 | 3 | Los Angeles Rams / 2nd / 31st pick / 1977 |
| Jeff Delaney | 24 | DB | 16 | 0 | 195 | 6-0 | Pittsburgh | 10/25/1956 | Rook | Los Angeles Rams / 7th / 190th pick / 1979 |
| Preston Dennard | 25 | WR | 16 | 16 | 185 | 6-1 | New Mexico | 11/28/1955 | 2 | |
| Reggie Doss | 24 | DE-DT | 16 | 0 | 265 | 6-4 | Hampton | 12/7/1956 | 2 | Los Angeles Rams / 7th / 189th pick / 1978 |
| Fred Dryer | 34 | DE | 16 | 16 | 240 | 6-6 | San Diego State | 7/6/1946 | 11 | New York Giants / 1st / 13th pick / 1969 |
| Carl Ekern | 26 | LB | 15 | 0 | 223 | 6-3 | San Jose State | 5/27/1954 | 4 | Los Angeles Rams / 5th / 128th pick / 1976 |
| Mike Fanning | 27 | DT-DE-NT | 15 | 3 | 255 | 6-6 | Notre Dame | 2/2/1953 | 5 | Los Angeles Rams / 1st / 9th pick / 1975 |
| Vince Ferragamo | 26 | QB | 16 | 15 | 212 | 6-3 | California,Nebraska | 4/24/1954 | 3 | Los Angeles Rams / 4th / 91st pick / 1977 |
| Doug France | 27 | T | 16 | 16 | 270 | 6-5 | Ohio State | 4/26/1953 | 5 | Los Angeles Rams / 1st / 20th pick / 1975 |
| Mike Guman | 22 | RB | 16 | 0 | 216 | 6-2 | Penn State | 4/21/1958 | Rook | Los Angeles Rams / 6th / 154th pick / 1980 |
| Pat Haden | 27 | QB | 4 | 1 | 182 | 5-11 | USC | 1/23/1953 | 4 | Los Angeles Rams / 7th / 176th pick / 1975 |
| Dennis Harrah* | 27 | G-C | 15 | 8 | 260 | 6-5 | Miami (FL) | 3/9/1953 | 5 | Los Angeles Rams / 1st / 11th pick / 1975 |
| Joe Harris | 28 | LB | 16 | 2 | 225 | 6-1 | Georgia Tech | 12/6/1952 | 3 | Chicago Bears / 8th / 197th pick / 1975 |
| Victor Hicks | 23 | TE | 16 | 14 | 250 | 6-3 | Oklahoma | 1/19/1957 | Rook | Los Angeles Rams / 5th / 122nd pick / 1979 |
| Drew Hill | 24 | WR | 16 | 0 | 170 | 5-9 | Georgia Tech | 10/5/1956 | 1 | Los Angeles Rams / 12th / 328th pick / 1979 |
| Eddie Hill | 23 | RB | 7 | 1 | 205 | 6-2 | Memphis | 5/13/1957 | 1 | Los Angeles Rams / 2nd / 54th pick / 1979 |
| Kent Hill* | 23 | G-T | 16 | 16 | 260 | 6-5 | Georgia Tech | 3/7/1957 | 1 | Los Angeles Rams / 1st / 26th pick / 1979 |
| Greg Horton | 29 | G-C | 3 | 0 | 245 | 6-4 | Colorado | 1/7/1951 | 4 | Chicago Bears / 3rd / 56th pick / 1974 |
| LeRoy Irvin | 23 | DB | 16 | 2 | 184 | 5-11 | Kansas | 9/15/1957 | Rook | Los Angeles Rams / 3rd / 70th pick / 1980 |
| Johnnie Johnson | 24 | DB | 16 | 16 | 185 | 6-1 | Texas | 10/8/1956 | Rook | Los Angeles Rams / 1st / 17th pick / 1980 |
| Cody Jones | 29 | DT-DE | 15 | 15 | 243 | 6-5 | San Jose State | 5/3/1951 | 6 | Los Angeles Rams / 5th / 115th pick / 1973 |
| Bob Lee | 35 | QB-P | 1 | 0 | 195 | 6-2 | Arizona State,Pacific | 8/7/1945 | 11 | Minnesota Vikings / 17th / 441st pick / 1968 |
| Ed McGlasson | 24 | C | 1 | 0 | 248 | 6-4 | Maryland,Youngstown State | 7/11/1956 | 1 | New York Jets / 10th / 263rd pick / 1979 |
| Willie Miller | 33 | WR | 16 | 1 | 172 | 5-9 | Colorado State | 4/26/1947 | 5 | Houston Oilers / 12th / 302nd pick / 1975 |
| Lydell Mitchell | 31 | RB | 2 | 0 | 204 | 5-11 | Penn State | 5/30/1949 | 8 | Baltimore Colts / 2nd / 48th pick / 1972 |
| Jeff B. Moore | 23 | WR | 14 | 0 | 194 | 6-1 | Tennessee | 3/2/1957 | Rook | Los Angeles Rams / 3rd / 58th pick / 1979 |
| Phil Murphy | 23 | DT | 16 | 0 | 290 | 6-5 | South Carolina State | 9/26/1957 | Rook | Los Angeles Rams / 3rd / 82nd pick / 1980 |
| Terry Nelson | 29 | TE | 4 | 2 | 233 | 6-2 | Ark-Pine Bluff | 5/20/1951 | 7 | Los Angeles Rams / 4th / 99th pick / 1973 |
| Irv Pankey | 22 | T | 16 | 1 | 277 | 6-4 | Penn State | 2/15/1958 | Rook | Los Angeles Rams / 2nd / 50th pick / 1980 |
| Elvis Peacock | 24 | RB | 13 | 9 | 212 | 6-1 | Oklahoma | 11/7/1956 | 1 | Los Angeles Rams / 1st / 20th pick / 1978 |
| Rod Perry* | 27 | DB | 16 | 16 | 178 | 5-9 | Colorado | 9/11/1953 | 5 | Los Angeles Rams / 4th / 98th pick / 1975 |
| Jack Reynolds* | 33 | LB | 16 | 16 | 232 | 6-1 | Tennessee | 11/22/1947 | 10 | Los Angeles Rams / 1st / 22nd pick / 1970 |
| Conrad Rucker | 26 | TE | 2 | 0 | 255 | 6-3 | Southern | 11/15/1954 | 2 | Houston Oilers / 6th / 154th pick / 1978 |
| Jeff Rutledge | 23 | QB | 1 | 0 | 195 | 6-1 | Alabama | 1/22/1957 | 1 | Los Angeles Rams / 9th / 246th pick / 1979 |
| Rich Saul* | 32 | C-G-T | 16 | 16 | 241 | 6-3 | Michigan State | 2/5/1948 | 10 | Los Angeles Rams / 8th / 204th pick / 1970 |
| Jackie Slater | 26 | T-G | 15 | 15 | 277 | 6-4 | Jackson State | 5/27/1954 | 4 | Los Angeles Rams / 3rd / 86th pick / 1976 |
| Doug C. Smith | 24 | C-G-T | 8 | 8 | 259 | 6-3 | Bowling Green | 11/25/1956 | 2 | |
| Lucious Smith | 23 | DB | 16 | 0 | 190 | 5-10 | Cal State-Fullerton,San Diego State | 1/17/1957 | Rook | |
| Ivory Sully | 23 | DB | 16 | 0 | 198 | 6-0 | Delaware | 6/20/1957 | 1 | |
| Jewerl Thomas | 23 | RB | 16 | 2 | 230 | 5-10 | San Jose State,UCLA | 9/10/1957 | Rook | Los Angeles Rams / 3rd / 58th pick / 1980 |
| Pat Thomas*+ | 26 | DB | 14 | 14 | 183 | 5-9 | Texas A&M | 9/1/1954 | 4 | Los Angeles Rams / 2nd / 39th pick / 1976 |
| Wendell Tyler | 25 | RB | 4 | 4 | 198 | 5-10 | UCLA | 5/20/1955 | 3 | Los Angeles Rams / 3rd / 79th pick / 1977 |
| Billy Waddy | 26 | WR | 15 | 15 | 187 | 5-11 | Colorado | 2/19/1954 | 3 | Los Angeles Rams / 2nd / 50th pick / 1977 |
| Greg Westbrooks | 27 | LB | 6 | 0 | 215 | 6-2 | Colorado,Mesa | 2/24/1953 | 5 | New Orleans Saints / 17th / 422nd pick / 1975 |
| Jack Youngblood | 30 | DE | 16 | 16 | 247 | 6-4 | Florida | 1/26/1950 | 9 | Los Angeles Rams / 1st / 20th pick / 1971 |
| Jim Youngblood | 30 | LB | 15 | 15 | 235 | 6-3 | Tennessee Tech | 2/23/1950 | 7 | Los Angeles Rams / 2nd / 42nd pick / 1973 |
| Team Total | 26.3 | 16 | 224.4 | 6-1.8 | 3.5 |