1978 Los Angeles Rams Rosters, Stats, Schedule, Team Draftees

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Record: 12-4-0, 1st in NFC West Division (Schedule and Results)

Coach: Ray Malavasi (12-4-0)

Points For: 316 (19.8/g) 9th of 28

Points Against: 245 (15.3/g) 4th of 28

Expected W-L: 10.3-5.7

SRS: 3.21 (7th of 28), SOS: -1.22

Playoffs:
Won Divisional Round 34-10 vs. Minnesota Vikings
Lost Conference Championship 0-28 vs. Dallas Cowboys

Defensive Coordinator: Bud Carson

Other Notable Asst.: Max Coley (Offensive Backfield), Jack Faulkner (Assistant), Lionel Taylor (Receivers), LaVern Torgeson (Defensive Line) and Charlie Waller (Quarterbacks)

Stadium: Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum

Principal Owner: Carroll Rosenbloom

General Manager: Don Klosterman

Defensive Alignment: 4-3

Preseason Odds: Super Bowl +450

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	316	5182	1109	4.7	44	22	301	236	466	2874	13	22	5.7	148	609	2308	12	3.8	128	133	1169	25
Opp. Stats	245	3893	951	4.1	43	15	229	188	399	2048	15	28	4.6	113	505	1845	11	3.7	89	100	755	27
Lg Rank Offense	9	6			21	24	8		7	7	21	15	13		6	12	22	19
Lg Rank Defense	4	1			8	22	1		6	2	9	4	1		2	3	2	8

Schedule & Game Results

Schedule & Game Results Table
										Score		Offense					Defense					Expected Points
Week	Day	Date				OT	Rec		Opp	Tm	Opp	1stD	TotYd	PassY	RushY	TO	1stD	TotYd	PassY	RushY	TO	Offense	Defense	Sp. Tms
1	Sun	September 3	1:00PM ET	boxscore	W		1-0	@	Philadelphia Eagles	16	14	15	220	117	103	1	10	208	80	128	2	-18.07	14.07	0.63
2	Sun	September 10	4:00PM ET	boxscore	W		2-0		Atlanta Falcons	10	0	23	358	216	142	4	7	73	3	70	3	-18.27	39.87	-11.19
3	Sun	September 17	4:00PM ET	boxscore	W		3-0		Dallas Cowboys	27	14	16	317	219	98	2	21	319	223	96	5	-3.71	15.54	-1.24
4	Sun	September 24	1:00PM ET	boxscore	W		4-0	@	Houston Oilers	10	6	26	388	213	175	3	10	232	120	112	2	6.21	8.37	-6.94
5	Sun	October 1	2:00PM ET	boxscore	W		5-0	@	New Orleans Saints	26	20	15	281	157	124	1	19	315	172	143	1	-2.62	3.76	1.27
6	Sun	October 8	4:00PM ET	boxscore	W		6-0		San Francisco 49ers	27	10	23	404	177	227	4	13	215	83	132	2	-0.24	17.64	3.38
7	Sun	October 15	4:00PM ET	boxscore	W		7-0	@	Minnesota Vikings	34	17	23	326	146	180	3	13	167	125	42	2	-9.49	26.88	1.20
8	Sun	October 22	4:00PM ET	boxscore	L		7-1		New Orleans Saints	3	10	20	342	184	158	6	12	118	78	40	1	-17.56	18.38	-9.21
9	Mon	October 30	9:00PM ET	boxscore	L		7-2	@	Atlanta Falcons	7	15	14	234	140	94	5	9	185	87	98	2	-17.14	24.36	-9.01
10	Sun	November 5	4:00PM ET	boxscore	W		8-2		Tampa Bay Buccaneers	26	23	15	344	220	124	1	18	341	132	209	5	-6.49	5.79	3.70
11	Sun	November 12	9:00PM ET	boxscore	W		9-2		Pittsburgh Steelers	10	7	14	313	121	192	2	12	174	115	59	3	-10.63	14.85	-0.48
12	Sun	November 19	4:00PM ET	boxscore	W		10-2	@	San Francisco 49ers	31	28	21	386	255	131	3	16	248	83	165	1	5.24	7.52	-10.60
13	Sun	November 26	1:00PM ET	boxscore	L		10-3	@	Cleveland Browns	19	30	24	363	215	148	5	16	357	227	130	3	-4.06	1.60	-6.53
14	Sun	December 3	1:00PM ET	boxscore	W		11-3	@	New York Giants	20	17	13	192	94	98		18	333	148	185	5	-15.93	17.32	-2.46
15	Mon	December 11	9:00PM ET	boxscore	L		11-4		Cincinnati Bengals	19	20	21	415	279	136	3	18	367	206	161	2	-9.89	0.06	5.63
16	Sun	December 17	4:00PM ET	boxscore	W		12-4		Green Bay Packers	31	14	18	299	121	178	1	17	241	166	75	4	-2.23	21.97	0.62
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Division	Sun	December 31	5:00PM ET	boxscore	W		13-4		Minnesota Vikings	34	10	25	409	209	200	1	12	244	208	36	2	13.43	15.47	-0.21
Conf. Champ.	Sun	January 7	5:00PM ET	boxscore	L		13-5		Dallas Cowboys	0	28	15	277	196	81	7	16	235	109	126	3	-38.80	10.06	-0.50

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Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	GS	QBrec	Cmp	Att	Cmp%	Yds	TD	TD%	Int	Int%	1D	Succ%	Lng	Y/A	AY/A	Y/C	Y/G	Rate	Sk	Yds	Sk%	NY/A	ANY/A	4QC	GWD
1	Pat Haden	25	QB	16	16	12-4-0	229	444	51.6	2995	13	2.9	19	4.3	142	38.7	68	6.7	5.4	13.1	187.2	65.1	32	216	6.72	5.84	4.6	3	6
2	Vince Ferragamo	24	QB	9	0		7	20	35.0	114	0	0.0	2	10.0	6	27.3	28	5.7	1.2	16.3	12.7	15.4	2	19	9.09	4.32	0.2	0	0
3	Lawrence McCutcheon	28	RB	8	7		0	1	0.0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0			0.0	0.0		0.0	39.6	0	0	0.00	0.00	0.0	0	0
4	Glen Walker	26	P	16	0		0	1	0.0	0	0	0.0	1	100.0	0			0.0	-45.0		0.0	0.0	0	0	0.00	0.00	-45.0	0	0
	Team Totals			16	16	12-4-0	236	466	50.6	2874	13	2.8	22	4.7	148	38.0	68	6.2	4.60	12.2	179.6	59.6	34	235	6.80	5.75	4.29	3	6

Passing Table
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	GS	QBrec	Cmp	Att	Cmp%	Yds	TD	TD%	Int	Int%	1D	Succ%	Lng	Y/A	AY/A	Y/C	Y/G	Rate	Sk	Yds	Sk%	NY/A	ANY/A
1	Pat Haden	25	QB	2	2	1-1-0	22	48	45.8	285	2	4.2	4	8.3	18	44.0	29	5.9	3.0	13.0	142.5	44.2	2	1	4.00	5.68	2.9
2	Vince Ferragamo	24	QB	1	0		7	16	43.8	130	0	0.0	2	12.5	5	29.4	65	8.1	2.5	18.6	130.0	32.8	1	9	5.88	7.12	1.8
	Team Totals			2	2	1-1-0	29	64	45.3	405	2	3.1	6	9.4	23	40.3	65	5.6	-0.83	14.0	202.5	19.2	3	10	4.48	5.16	-0.76

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						Rushing									Receiving												Scrimmage
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	GS	Att	Yds	TD	1D	Succ%	Lng	Y/A	Y/G	A/G	Tgt	Rec	Yds	Y/R	TD	1D	Succ%	Lng	R/G	Y/G	Ctch%	Y/Tgt	Touch	Y/Tch	YScm	RRTD	Fmb	Awards
1	John Cappelletti	26	FB	14	14	174	604	3	46	48.9	26	3.5	43.1	12.4	59	41	382	9.3	1	18	49.2	37	2.9	27.3	69.5	6.5	215	4.6	986	4	4
2	Willie Miller	31	WR	16	14	1	-7	0	0	0.0	-7	-7.0	-0.4	0.1	97	50	767	15.3	5	35	43.3	52	3.1	47.9	51.5	7.9	51	14.9	760	5	1
3	Ron Jessie	30	WR	16	16	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	107	49	752	15.3	4	36	42.1	49	3.1	47.0	45.8	7.0	49	15.3	752	4	0
4	Cullen Bryant	27	RB	16	9	178	658	7	35	51.1	26	3.7	41.1	11.1	17	8	76	9.5	0	3	35.3	37	0.5	4.8	47.1	4.5	186	3.9	734	7	0
5	Lawrence McCutcheon	28	RB	8	7	118	420	0	18	39.0	18	3.6	52.5	14.8	18	12	76	6.3	2	4	33.3	33	1.5	9.5	66.7	4.2	130	3.8	496	2	4
6	Terry Nelson	27	TE	13	13	6	67	1	4	100.0	17	11.2	5.2	0.5	48	23	344	15.0	0	16	41.7	52	1.8	26.5	47.9	7.2	29	14.2	411	1	2
7	Billy Waddy	24	WR	11	2	5	31	0	2	60.0	11	6.2	2.8	0.5	31	14	258	18.4	1	12	41.9	68	1.3	23.5	45.2	8.3	19	15.2	289	1	3
8	Charle Young	27	TE	16	3	2	6	0	0	50.0	5	3.0	0.4	0.1	29	18	213	11.8	0	11	48.3	19	1.1	13.3	62.1	7.3	20	11.0	219	0	1
9	Pat Haden	25	QB	16	16	33	206	0	6	48.5	24	6.2	12.9	2.1	0	0	0		0	0			0.0	0.0			33	6.2	206	0	7
10	Rod Phillips	26	RB	15	2	28	81	0	5	39.3	11	2.9	5.4	1.9	10	7	48	6.9	0	2	40.0	16	0.5	3.2	70.0	4.8	35	3.7	129	0	0
11	Jim Jodat	24	RB	16	0	26	100	0	7	42.3	18	3.8	6.3	1.6	8	3	21	7.0	0	2	25.0	10	0.2	1.3	37.5	2.6	29	4.2	121	0	5
12	Dwight Scales	25	WR	13	0	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	15	5	105	21.0	0	4	26.7	38	0.4	8.1	33.3	7.0	5	21.0	105	0	0
13	Jerry Latin	25	RB	14	0	18	64	0	2	44.4	11	3.6	4.6	1.3	2	0	0		0	0	0.0		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	18	3.6	64	0	4
14	Wendell Tyler	23	RB	2	0	14	45	0	2	28.6	18	3.2	22.5	7.0	5	2	17	8.5	0	1	20.0	16	1.0	8.5	40.0	3.4	16	3.9	62	0	2
15	Preston Dennard	23	WR	11	0	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	6	3	35	11.7	0	3	50.0	15	0.3	3.2	50.0	5.8	3	11.7	35	0	0
16	Nolan Cromwell	23	DB	16	0	1	16	1	1	100.0	16	16.0	1.0	0.1	0	0	0		0	0			0.0	0.0			1	16.0	16	1	0
17	Ron Smith	22	WR	16	0	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	3	1	15	15.0	0	1	33.3	15	0.1	0.9	33.3	5.0	1	15.0	15	0	0
18	Vince Ferragamo	24	QB	9	0	2	10	0	0	50.0	12	5.0	1.1	0.2	0	0	0		0	0			0.0	0.0			2	5.0	10	0	0
19	Anthony Davis	26	RB	2	0	3	7	0	0	0.0	4	2.3	3.5	1.5	0	0	0		0	0			0.0	0.0			3	2.3	7	0	0
20	Jackie Wallace	27	DB	14	0	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	1	0	0		0	0	0.0		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0		0	0	6
	Team Totals			16	16	609	2308	12	128	46.6	26	3.8	144.3	38.1	456	236	3109	13.2	13	148	41.7	68	14.8	194.3	51.8	6.8	845	6.4	5417	25	39

Rushing & Receiving Table
						Rushing									Receiving												Scrimmage
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	GS	Att	Yds	TD	1D	Succ%	Lng	Y/A	Y/G	A/G	Tgt	Rec	Yds	Y/R	TD	1D	Succ%	Lng	R/G	Y/G	Ctch%	Y/Tgt	Touch	Y/Tch	YScm	RRTD	Fmb	Awards
1	Cullen Bryant	27	RB	2	2	47	152	1	7	44.7	17	3.2	76.0	23.5	6	4	15	3.8	0	1	33.3	8	2.0	7.5	66.7	2.5	51	3.3	167	1	1
2	Ron Jessie	30	WR	2	2	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	20	10	150	15.0	1	8	50.0	29	5.0	75.0	50.0	7.5	10	15.0	150	1	0
3	Willie Miller	31	WR	2	2	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	9	5	125	25.0	1	5	55.6	65	2.5	62.5	55.6	13.9	5	25.0	125	1	0
4	John Cappelletti	26	FB	2	2	13	63	0	4	69.2	14	4.8	31.5	6.5	4	2	21	10.5	0	1	50.0	15	1.0	10.5	50.0	5.3	15	5.6	84	0	1
5	Pat Haden	25	QB	2	2	4	35	0	2	50.0	18	8.8	17.5	2.0		0	0		0	0			0.0	0.0			4	8.8	35	0	1
6	Billy Waddy	24	WR	2	0	2	2	0	0	50.0	9	1.0	1.0	1.0	6	3	33	11.0	0	3	50.0	14	1.5	16.5	50.0	5.5	5	7.0	35	0	0
7	Charle Young	27	TE	1	0	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	2	2	30	15.0	0	2	100.0	15	2.0	30.0	100.0	15.0	2	15.0	30	0	0
8	Terry Nelson	27	TE	2	2	1	2	0	0	0.0	2	2.0	1.0	0.5	9	2	23	11.5	0	2	22.2	13	1.0	11.5	22.2	2.6	3	8.3	25	0	0
9	Dwight Scales	25	WR	1	0	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	1	1	18	18.0	0	1	100.0	18	1.0	18.0	100.0	18.0	1	18.0	18	0	0
10	Anthony Davis	26	RB	1	0	4	17	0	1	75.0	7	4.3	17.0	4.0		0	0		0	0			0.0	0.0			4	4.3	17	0	0
11	Rod Phillips	26	RB	2	0	5	12	0	1	40.0	6	2.4	6.0	2.5	3	0	0		0	0	0.0		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	5	2.4	12	0	0
12	Preston Dennard	23	WR	1	0	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	1	0	0		0	0	0.0		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0		0	0	0
13	Ron Smith	22	WR	1	0	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	2	0	0		0	0	0.0		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0		0	0	0
14	Jim Jodat	24	RB	2	0	3	-2	1	1	33.3	3	-0.7	-1.0	1.5	1	0	0		0	0	0.0		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	3	-0.7	-2	1	0
	Team Totals			2	2	79	281	2	16	49.4	18	3.6	140.5	39.5	64	29	415	14.3	2	23	42.2	65	14.5	207.5	45.3	6.5	108	6.4	696	4	3

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						Def Interceptions				Fumbles						Tackles
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	GS	Int	Yds	IntTD	Lng	FF	Fmb	FR	Yds	FRTD	Sk	Comb	Solo	Ast	Sfty	Awards
1	Fred Dryer	32	RDE	16	16	0	0	0	0	2	0	3	5	0	6.0	0	0	0	0
2	Dave Elmendorf	29	SS	16	16	3	20	0	12	2	0	2	39	0	2.0	0	0	0	0
3	Pat Haden	25	QB	16	16	0	0	0	0	0	7	0	-24	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
4	Cody Jones	27	RDT	16	16	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	7.5	0	0	0	0	PB
5	Rod Perry	25	RCB	16	16	8	117	3	44	0	0	1	0	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	PB
6	Bill Simpson	27	FS	16	16	5	82	0	28	1	0	0	0	0	1.0	0	0	0	0
7	Pat Thomas	24	LCB	16	16	8	96	1	33	0	0	2	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0	PB
8	Jack Youngblood	28	LDE	16	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	7.0	0	0	0	0	PB,AP-1
9	Jim Youngblood	28	LLB	16	16	2	50	0	36	2	0	3	2	0	5.5	0	0	0	0
10	Larry Brooks	28	LDT	14	14	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	8.0	0	0	0	0	PB,AP-2
11	John Cappelletti	26	FB	14	14	0	0	0	0	0	4	1	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
12	Willie Miller	31	WR	16	14	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
13	Terry Nelson	27	TE	13	13	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
14	Bob Brudzinski	23	RLB	16	10	1	31	1	31	1	0	0	0	0	2.0	0	0	0	0
15	Cullen Bryant	27	RB	16	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
16	Lawrence McCutcheon	28	RB	8	7	0	0	0	0	0	4	3	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
17	Isiah Robertson	29	RLB	13	6	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	16	1	4.0	0	0	0	0
18	Charle Young	27	TE	16	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
19	Mike Fanning	25	DT	16	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.0	0	0	0	0
20	Doug Smith	22	C	16	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
21	Billy Waddy	24	WR	11	2	0	0	0	0	1	3	1	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
22	Nolan Cromwell	23	DB	16	0	1	31	0	31	1	0	1	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
23	Jim Jodat	24	RB	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	1	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
24	Jerry Latin	25	RB	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	1	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
25	Dan Ryczek	29	LS	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
26	Jackie Slater	24	T	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
27	Wendell Tyler	23	RB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
28	Jackie Wallace	27	DB	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	1	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
	Team Totals			16	16	28	427	5	44	15	39	29	38	1	47.0	0	0	0	0

Defense & Fumbles Table
						Def Interceptions					Fumbles
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	GS	Int	Yds	IntTD	Lng	PD	FF	Fmb	FR	Yds	FRTD	Sk	Comb	Sfty	Awards
1	Cody Jones	27	RDT	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.5	0	0
2	Cullen Bryant	27	RB	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0	0
3	John Cappelletti	26	FB	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0	0
4	Dave Elmendorf	29	SS	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.5	0	0
5	Mike Fanning	25	DT	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1.0	0	0
6	Pat Haden	25	QB	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	-6	0	0.0	0	0
7	Bill Simpson	27	FS	1	1	2	17	0	17	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0
8	Pat Thomas	24	LCB	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0
9	Jack Youngblood	28	LDE	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.0	0	0
10	Nolan Cromwell	23	DB	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0
11	Jackie Wallace	27	DB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0.0	0	0
	Team Totals			2	2	4	17	0	17	0	1	4	3	-6	0	4.0	0	0

1978 Los Angeles Rams Rosters, Stats, Schedule, Team Draftees

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