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1981 Los Angeles Rams

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Record: 6-10-0, Finished 3rd in NFC West Division
NFL Season Summary

Scored 303 points (18.9/g), 21st of 28 in the NFL.
 Allowed 351 points (21.9/g), 17th.
 Differential of -48 points (-3.0/g), 19th.
 Expected W-L: 6.6-9.4.

 Takeaway/Giveaway Differential -14 (-0.9/g), 24th.

Coached by Ray Malavasi (6-10-0)

1981 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 6 box L 0-1 Houston Oilers 20 27 17 385 248 137 4 13 309 169 140 3
2 Sun September 13 box L 0-2 @ New Orleans Saints 17 23 17 255 167 88 4 19 304 78 226 3
3 Sun September 20 box W 1-2 Green Bay Packers 35 23 19 203 26 177 3 19 200 78 122 4
4 Mon September 28 box W 2-2 @ Chicago Bears 24 7 20 329 195 134 2 17 223 135 88 3
5 Sun October 4 box W 3-2 Cleveland Browns 27 16 29 410 197 213 1 16 318 240 78 1
6 Sun October 11 box W 4-2 @ Atlanta Falcons 37 35 14 252 165 87 2 19 349 197 152 3
7 Sun October 18 box L 4-3 @ Dallas Cowboys 17 29 22 374 203 171 3 24 496 275 221 3
8 Sun October 25 box L 4-4 @ San Francisco 49ers 17 20 25 401 256 145 1 14 325 265 60
9 Sun November 1 box W 5-4 Detroit Lions 20 13 17 321 143 178 3 13 293 168 125 2
10 Sun November 8 box L 5-5 New Orleans Saints 13 21 16 304 191 113 4 26 462 155 307 2
11 Sun November 15 box L 5-6 @ Cincinnati Bengals 10 24 21 296 189 107 4 17 233 87 146 1
12 Sun November 22 box L 5-7 San Francisco 49ers 31 33 27 411 208 203 2 19 330 259 71 2
13 Sun November 29 box L 5-8 @ Pittsburgh Steelers 0 24 12 174 103 71 4 18 381 170 211 3
14 Sun December 6 box L 5-9 @ New York Giants 7 10 16 240 68 172 3 10 147 60 87
15 Mon December 14 box W 6-9 Atlanta Falcons 21 16 19 273 111 162 5 16 252 130 122 2
16 Sun December 20 box L 6-10 Washington Redskins 7 30 14 165 87 78 2 25 502 261 241 1

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 303 4793 1086 4.4 305 235 477 2557 15 32 4.9 134 559 2236 17 4.0 142 47 15 29
Team Defense 351 5124 1067 4.8 285 204 439 2727 17 17 5.7 128 585 2397 19 4.1 125 33 16 32
Lg Rank Offense 21 24 19 19 26 24 27 26 7 8 10 18 23 6
Lg Rank Defense 17 8 5 1 2 8 21 8 25 23 21 18 23 19

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%
11 Pat Haden 28 QB 13 11 5-6-0 138 267 51.7 1815 9 3.4 13 4.9 67 6.8 5.3 13.2 139.6 64.4 28 227 5.4 4.0 9.5
10 Dan Pastorini 32 qb 7 5 1-4-0 64 152 42.1 719 2 1.3 14 9.2 46 4.7 0.8 11.2 102.7 22.9 14 149 3.4 -0.1 8.4
8 Jeff Rutledge 24 4 0 30 50 60.0 442 3 6.0 4 8.0 64 8.8 6.4 14.7 110.5 75.6 6 62 6.8 4.6 10.7
9 Jeff Kemp 22 1 0 2 6 33.3 25 0 0.0 1 16.7 19 4.2 -3.3 12.5 25.0 7.6 2 13 1.5 -4.1 25.0
3 Frank Corral 26 P 16 0 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 23 16 4 1 1 100.0 7 1 100.0 0 0.0 7 7.0 27.0 7.0 0.4 135.4 0 0 7.0 27.0 0.0
Team Total 26.4 16 6-10-0 235 477 49.3 3008 15 3.1 32 6.7 67 6.3 3.9 12.8 188.0 51.9 50 451 4.9 2.7 9.5
Opp Total 16 204 439 46.5 3057 17 3.9 17 3.9 7.0 6.0 15.0 191.1 66.6 43 330 5.7 4.8

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
26 Wendell Tyler 26 RB 15 15 260 1074 12 69 4.1 71.6 17.3 45 436 9.7 5 67 3.0 29.1 1510 17 11
44 Mike Guman 23 16 4 115 433 4 18 3.8 27.1 7.2 18 130 7.2 0 14 1.1 8.1 563 4 2
32 Cullen Bryant 30 FB 13 12 109 436 1 20 4.0 33.5 8.4 22 160 7.3 0 39 1.7 12.3 596 1 1
33 Jewerl Thomas 24 15 1 34 118 0 40 3.5 7.9 2.3 5 37 7.4 0 13 0.3 2.5 155 0 1
11 Pat Haden 28 QB 13 11 18 104 0 16 5.8 8.0 1.4 104 0 5
10 Dan Pastorini 32 qb 7 5 7 5 0 13 0.7 0.7 1.0 5 0 4
88 Preston Dennard 26 WR 15 15 6 29 0 21 4.8 1.9 0.4 49 821 16.8 4 64 3.3 54.7 850 4 1
8 Jeff Rutledge 24 4 0 5 -3 0 4 -0.6 -0.8 1.3 -3 0 0
9 Jeff Kemp 22 1 0 2 9 0 7 4.5 9.0 2.0 9 0 0
87 Drew Hill 25 RET 16 2 1 14 0 14 14.0 0.9 0.1 16 355 22.2 3 45 1.0 22.2 369 3 1
83 Henry Childs 30 te 7 7 1 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.1 12 145 12.1 1 39 1.7 20.7 145 1 1
21 Nolan Cromwell*+ 26 FS 16 16 1 17 0 17 17.0 1.1 0.1 17 0 0
80 Billy Waddy 27 WR 15 14 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 31 460 14.8 0 46 2.1 30.7 460 0 2
84 Walt Arnold 23 TE 16 9 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 20 212 10.6 2 24 1.3 13.3 212 2 0
82 Willie Miller 34 13 1 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 10 147 14.7 0 20 0.8 11.3 147 0 0
86 Jeff B. Moore 24 10 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 7 105 15.0 0 35 0.7 10.5 105 0 0
Team Total 26.4 16 559 2236 17 69 4.0 139.8 34.9 235 3008 12.8 15 67 14.7 188.0 5244 32 34
Opp Total 16 585 2397 19 4.1 149.8 36.6 204 2727 13.4 17 12.8 170.4 5124 36 37

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 25 RET 16 2 2 22 0 12 11.0 60 1170 0 50 19.5 1561
47 LeRoy Irvin+ 24 lcb 16 7 46 615 3 84 13.4 615
37 Ivory Sully 24 16 0 3 31 0 22 10.3 31
44 Mike Guman 23 16 4 1 10 0 10 10.0 573
20 Johnnie Johnson 25 SS 16 16 1 39 0 39 39.0 39
69 Greg Meisner 22 9 0 1 17 0 17 17.0 17
75 Irv Pankey 23 LT 13 12 1 0 0 0 0.0 0
22 Jairo Penaranda 23 16 0 1 1 0 1 1.0 1
33 Jewerl Thomas 24 15 1 1 15 0 15 15.0 170
Team Total 26.4 16 49 676 3 84 13.8 68 1244 0 50 18.3 7164
Opp Total 16 52 0 60 1443 2 24.1

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 26 P 16 0 9 6 6 5 11 6 26 17 65.4% 36 36 100.0% 89 3735 67 0 42.0
Team Total 26.4 16 9 6 6 5 11 6 26 17 65.4% 36 36 100.0% 89 3735 67 0 42.0
Opp Total 16 33 26 78.8% 39 37 94.9% 94 3854 41.0

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
32 Cullen Bryant 30 FB 13 12 1 0 0 0
83 Henry Childs 30 te 7 7 1 0 0 0
21 Nolan Cromwell*+ 26 FS 16 16 5 94 0 94 0 3 4 0
88 Preston Dennard 26 WR 15 15 1 1 0 0
71 Reggie Doss 25 rdt 16 8 0 1 0 0
79 Mike Fanning 28 LDT 16 16 0 1 0 0
44 Mike Guman 23 16 4 2 0 0 0
11 Pat Haden 28 QB 13 11 5 1 -5 0
51 Joe Harris 29 16 1 1 7 0 7 0 2 21 1
87 Drew Hill 25 RET 16 2 1 1 0 0
47 LeRoy Irvin+ 24 lcb 16 7 3 18 0 18 3 3 14 0
20 Johnnie Johnson 25 SS 16 16 0 5 5 0
76 Cody Jones 30 RDE 16 16 0 1 0 0
95 Phil Murphy 24 16 0 0 1 0 0
75 Irv Pankey 23 LT 13 12 0 2 0 0
10 Dan Pastorini 32 qb 7 5 4 1 -2 0
49 Rod Perry 28 RCB 16 16 3 18 0 10
61 Rich Saul* 33 C 16 16 0 1 0 0
56 Doug C. Smith 25 RT/rg 16 13 1 0 0 0
23 Lucious Smith 24 16 0 0 1 0 0
37 Ivory Sully 24 16 0 1 2 0 0
33 Jewerl Thomas 24 15 1 1 1 0 0
27 Pat Thomas 27 LCB 12 9 4 80 0 64
26 Wendell Tyler 26 RB 15 15 11 4 1 0
80 Billy Waddy 27 WR 15 14 2 0 0 0
53 Jim Youngblood 31 LLB 16 16 1 20 0 20
Team Total 26.4 16 17 237 0 94 34 32 38 1
Opp Total 16 50 37 21 1

Scoring Summary

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
No. Age Pos G GS RshTD RecTD PR TD KR TD FblTD IntTD OthTD AllTD 2PM XPM FGM Sfty Pts
26 Wendell Tyler 26 RB 15 15 12 5 17 102
3 Frank Corral 26 P 16 0 36 17 87
88 Preston Dennard 26 WR 15 15 4 4 24
44 Mike Guman 23 16 4 4 4 24
87 Drew Hill 25 RET 16 2 3 3 18
47 LeRoy Irvin+ 24 lcb 16 7 3 3 18
84 Walt Arnold 23 TE 16 9 2 2 12
32 Cullen Bryant 30 FB 13 12 1 1 6
83 Henry Childs 30 te 7 7 1 1 6
51 Joe Harris 29 16 1 1 1 6
Team Total 26.4 16 17 15 3 1 36 36 17 303
Opp Total 16 19 17 2 37 26 1 351