1973 Los Angeles Rams Rosters, Stats, Schedule, Team Draftees

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Record: 12-2-0, 1st in NFC West Division (Schedule and Results)

Coach: Chuck Knox (12-2-0)

Points For: 388 (27.7/g) 1st of 26

Points Against: 178 (12.7/g) 4th of 26

Expected W-L: 12.1-1.9

SRS: 13.36 (1st of 26), SOS: -1.64

Playoffs:
Lost Divisional Round 16-27 vs. Dallas Cowboys

Offensive Coordinator: Ken Meyer

Defensive Coordinator: Ray Malavasi

Other Notable Asst.: Leeman Bennett (Receivers), Tom Catlin (Linebackers), Jack Faulkner (Assistant), Ray Prochaska (Offensive Line) and Dick Vermeil (Offensive Backs/Special Teams)

Stadium: Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum

Principal Owner: Carroll Rosenbloom

General Manager: Don Klosterman

Defensive Alignment: 4-3

Training Camp: Fullerton State (Fullerton, California)

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Team Stats and Rankings

Team Stats and Rankings Table
			Tot Yds & TO					Passing							Rushing					Penalties
Player	PF	Yds	Ply	Y/P	TO	FL	1stD	Cmp	Att	Yds	TD	Int	NY/A	1stD	Att	Yds	TD	Y/A	1stD	Pen	Yds	1stPy
Team Stats	388	4906	947	5.2	20	9	294	144	271	1981	22	11	6.9	101	659	2925	18	4.4	177	54	606	16
Opp. Stats	178	2951	739	4.0	38	18	173	179	328	1681	10	20	4.5	87	366	1270	5	3.5	71	61	566	15
Lg Rank Offense	1	1			1	1	1		23	13	3	2	1		1	2	2	5
Lg Rank Defense	4	1			5	6	1		11	7	4	8	6		1	1	1	5

Schedule & Game Results

Schedule & Game Results Table
										Score		Offense					Defense
Week	Day	Date				OT	Rec		Opp	Tm	Opp	1stD	TotYd	PassY	RushY	TO	1stD	TotYd	PassY	RushY	TO
1	Sun	September 16	4:00PM ET	boxscore	W		1-0	@	Kansas City Chiefs	23	13	22	358	80	278	1	16	270	230	40	2
2	Sun	September 23	4:00PM ET	boxscore	W		2-0		Atlanta Falcons	31	0	24	351	142	209		2	70	4	66	1
3	Sun	September 30	4:00PM ET	boxscore	W		3-0	@	San Francisco 49ers	40	20	24	351	128	223	1	17	298	199	99	3
4	Sun	October 7	2:00PM ET	boxscore	W		4-0	@	Houston Oilers	31	26	21	348	179	169	1	16	280	204	76	4
5	Sun	October 14	4:00PM ET	boxscore	W		5-0		Dallas Cowboys	37	31	16	383	279	104	3	17	264	150	114	5
6	Sun	October 21	4:00PM ET	boxscore	W		6-0		Green Bay Packers	24	7	21	378	134	244	1	6	63	28	35	2
7	Sun	October 28	2:00PM ET	boxscore	L		6-1	@	Minnesota Vikings	9	10	11	157	68	89	2	19	253	71	182	1
8	Sun	November 4	1:00PM ET	boxscore	L		6-2	@	Atlanta Falcons	13	15	14	226	100	126	2	18	261	168	93	2
9	Sun	November 11	4:00PM ET	boxscore	W		7-2		New Orleans Saints	29	7	25	424	212	212	1	9	220	96	124	3
10	Sun	November 18	4:00PM ET	boxscore	W		8-2		San Francisco 49ers	31	13	21	414	229	185	1	12	195	129	66	2
11	Sun	November 25	2:00PM ET	boxscore	W		9-2	@	New Orleans Saints	24	13	31	450	110	340	3	15	259	109	150	2
12	Sun	December 2	2:00PM ET	boxscore	W		10-2	@	Chicago Bears	26	0	24	386	90	296	2	6	100	47	53	2
13	Mon	December 10	9:00PM ET	boxscore	W		11-2		New York Giants	40	6	24	365	146	219	2	8	203	141	62	4
14	Sun	December 16	4:00PM ET	boxscore	W		12-2		Cleveland Browns	30	17	16	315	84	231		12	215	105	110	5
		Playoffs
Division	Sun	December 23	4:00PM ET	boxscore	L		12-3	@	Dallas Cowboys	16	27	11	192	99	93	3	15	298	136	162	4

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Rk	Player	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	Sk%	NY/A	ANY/A	Awards
1	John Hadl	33	QB	14	14	12-2-0	135	258	52.3	2008	22	8.5	11	4.3	69	7.8	7.6	14.9	143.4	88.8	17	126	6.18	6.84	6.6	PB,AP-1,AP MVP-2
2	James Harris	26	QB	8	0		7	11	63.6	68	0	0.0	0	0.0	27	6.2	6.2	9.7	8.5	80.9	0	0	0.00	6.18	6.2
3	Larry Smith	26	RB	14	2		2	2	100.0	31	0	0.0	0	0.0	21	15.5	15.5	15.5	2.2	118.7	0	0	0.00	15.50	15.5
	Team Totals			14	14	12-2-0	144	271	53.1	1981	22	8.1	11	4.1	69	7.8	7.6	14.6	141.5	88.9	17	126	5.90	6.88	6.69

Passing Table
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	GS	QBrec	Cmp	Att	Cmp%	Yds	Int	Int%	Lng	Y/A	AY/A	Y/C	Y/G	Rate	Sk	Yds	Sk%	NY/A	ANY/A
1	John Hadl	33	QB	1	1	0-1-0	7	23	30.4	133	1	4.3	50	5.8	3.8	19.0	133.0	33.4	5	34	17.86	3.54	1.9
2	Lawrence McCutcheon	23	RB	1	1		0	1	0.0	0	0	0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0	39.6	0	0	0.00	0.00	0.0
	Team Totals			1	1	0-1-0	7	24	29.2	99	1	4.2	50	5.5	3.7	19.0	99.0	32.8	5	34	17.24	3.41	1.86

Rushing & Receiving

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Rushing & Receiving Table
						Rushing							Receiving							Scrimmage
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	GS	Att	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/A	Y/G	A/G	Rec	Yds	Y/R	TD	Lng	R/G	Y/G	Touch	Y/Tch	YScm	RRTD	Fmb	Awards
1	Lawrence McCutcheon	23	RB	12	12	210	1097	2	37	5.2	91.4	17.5	30	289	9.6	3	31	2.5	24.1	240	5.8	1386	5	4	PB
2	Jim Bertelsen	23	FB	14	14	206	854	4	49	4.1	61.0	14.7	19	267	14.1	1	44	1.4	19.1	225	5.0	1121	5	4	PB
3	Harold Jackson	27	WR	14	14	2	-8	0	-3	-4.0	-0.6	0.1	40	874	21.9	13	69	2.9	62.4	42	20.6	866	13	0	PB,AP-1,AP MVP-2
4	Larry Smith	26	RB	14	2	79	291	2	16	3.7	20.8	5.6	10	65	6.5	0	11	0.7	4.6	89	4.0	356	2	0
5	Tony Baker	28	RB	14	0	85	344	7	17	4.0	24.6	6.1	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	85	4.0	344	7	0
6	Bob Klein	26	TE	14	14	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	21	277	13.2	2	23	1.5	19.8	21	13.2	277	2	0
7	Jack Snow	30	WR	14	14	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	16	252	15.8	2	38	1.1	18.0	16	15.8	252	2	0
8	Les Josephson	31	RB	14	0	36	174	2	14	4.8	12.4	2.6	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	36	4.8	174	2	0
9	Rob Scribner	22	RB	10	0	20	109	0	17	5.5	10.9	2.0	2	19	9.5	0	13	0.2	1.9	22	5.8	128	0	1
10	Pat Curran	28	TE	14	0	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	5	56	11.2	1	27	0.4	4.0	5	11.2	56	1	0
11	James Harris	26	QB	8	0	4	29	0	19	7.3	3.6	0.5	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	4	7.3	29	0	0
12	Dick Gordon	29	WR	5	0	1	19	0	19	19.0	3.8	0.2	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	1	19.0	19	0	0
13	Steve Preece	26	FS	14	14	1	11	1	11	11.0	0.8	0.1	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	1	11.0	11	1	2
14	Rod Sherman	29	WR	3	0	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	1	8	8.0	0	8	0.3	2.7	1	8.0	8	0	0
15	John Hadl	33	QB	14	14	14	5	0	6	0.4	0.4	1.0	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	14	0.4	5	0	1	PB,AP-1,AP MVP-2
16	Dave Chapple	26	P	14	0	1	0	0		0.0	0.0	0.1	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	1	0.0	0	0	2
	Team Totals			14	14	659	2925	18	49	4.4	208.9	47.1	144	2107	14.6	22	69	10.3	150.5	803	6.3	5032	40	14

Rushing & Receiving Table
						Rushing							Receiving							Scrimmage
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	GS	Att	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/A	Y/G	A/G	Rec	Yds	Y/R	TD	Lng	R/G	Y/G	Touch	Y/Tch	YScm	RRTD	Fmb	Awards
1	Jack Snow	30	WR	1	1	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	3	77	25.7	0	50	3.0	77.0	3	25.7	77	0	0
2	Lawrence McCutcheon	23	RB	1	1	13	48	0	12	3.7	48.0	13.0	1	3	3.0	0	3	1.0	3.0	14	3.6	51	0	1
3	Harold Jackson	27	WR	1	1	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	1	40	40.0	0	40	1.0	40.0	1	40.0	40	0	0
4	Jim Bertelsen	23	FB	1	1	12	37	0	13	3.1	37.0	12.0	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	12	3.1	37	0	0
5	John Hadl	33	QB	1	1	2	10	0	6	5.0	10.0	2.0	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	2	5.0	10	0	1
6	Larry Smith	26	RB	1	0	2	-7	0	-1	-3.5	-7.0	2.0	2	13	6.5	0	9	2.0	13.0	4	1.5	6	0	0
7	Tony Baker	28	RB	1	0	1	5	1	5	5.0	5.0	1.0	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	1	5.0	5	1	0
	Team Totals			1	1	30	93	1	13	3.1	93.0	30.0	7	133	19.0	0	50	7.0	133.0	37	6.1	226	1	2

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						Def Interceptions				Fumbles
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	GS	Int	Yds	IntTD	Lng	Fmb	FR	Yds	FRTD	Sk	Sfty	Awards
1	Jim Bertelsen	23	FB	14	14	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0.0	0	PB
2	Larry Brooks	23	RDT	14	14	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	9.0	0
3	Fred Dryer	27	RDE	14	14	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	10.0	2
4	Dave Elmendorf	24	SS	14	14	1	16	0	16	3	2	2	0	0.0	0
5	Ken Geddes	27	LLB	14	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.5	0
6	John Hadl	33	QB	14	14	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0	PB,AP-1,AP MVP-2
7	Ken Iman	34	C	14	14	0	0	0	0	2	0	-21	0	0.0	0
8	Bob Klein	26	TE	14	14	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
9	Eddie McMillan	22	RCB	14	14	4	20	0	15	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	AP DRoY-2
10	Merlin Olsen	33	LDT	14	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7.0	0	PB
11	Steve Preece	26	FS	14	14	2	25	0	25	2	6	-16	0	0.0	0
12	Jack Reynolds	26	MLB	14	14	2	52	0	49	0	4	0	0	0.5	0
13	Isiah Robertson	24	RLB	14	14	3	57	1	49	1	2	0	0	1.5	0	PB,AP-1,AP DPoY-2
14	Charlie Stukes	30	LCB	14	14	5	104	0	42	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
15	Jack Youngblood	23	LDE	14	14	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	16.5	0	PB
16	Lawrence McCutcheon	23	RB	12	12	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0.0	0	PB
17	Cullen Bryant	22	RB	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
18	Dave Chapple	26	P	14	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	-26	0	0.0	0
19	Al Clark	25	DB	14	0	1	5	0	5	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
20	Bill Drake	23	DB	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
21	David Ray	29	K	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
22	Rich Saul	25	LS	14	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	-10	0	0.0	0
23	Rob Scribner	22	RB	10	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0.0	0
24	Bob Stein	25	LB	13	0	1	6	0	6	0	0	0	0	0.0	0
25	Jim Youngblood	23	LB	14	0	1	15	0	15	0	0	0	0	0.0	0
	Team Totals			14	14	20	300	1	49	21	28	-71	0	47.0	2

Defense & Fumbles Table
						Def Interceptions					Fumbles
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	GS	Int	Yds	IntTD	Lng	PD	Fmb	FR	Yds	FRTD	Sk	Comb	Sfty	Awards
1	Larry Brooks	23	RDT	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.5	0	0
2	Fred Dryer	27	RDE	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.0	0	0
3	Dave Elmendorf	24	SS	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0
4	Ken Geddes	27	LLB	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.0	0	0
5	John Hadl	33	QB	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0	0
6	Lawrence McCutcheon	23	RB	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0	0
7	Merlin Olsen	33	LDT	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.0	0	0
8	Jack Reynolds	26	MLB	1	1	1	4	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0
9	Isiah Robertson	24	RLB	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0	0
10	Jack Youngblood	23	LDE	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.5	0	0
	Team Totals			1	1	2	4	0	4	0	2	2	0	0	7.0	0	0

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