1970 Los Angeles Rams (NFL) |
| 2nd place • National Football Conference • Western Division • 9-4-1 .692 |
| Head Coach: George Allen |
| Tom Catlin | Defense |
| Boyd Dowler | Receivers |
| Marv Levy | Special Teams |
| Ted Marchibroda | Offensive Backs |
| Ray Prochaska | Offense |
| Joe Sullivan | Special Assistant |
| LaVern Torgeson | Defensive Line |
| SCORES | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Day | Date | Opponent | Score | Location | Venue | Attendance | |||
| Sat | 8/8/1970 | H | Cleveland Browns | 30-17 | W | Los Angeles, CA | Memorial Coliseum | 71559 | |
| Sat | 8/15/1970 | H | Dallas Cowboys | 17-10 | W | Los Angeles, CA | Memorial Coliseum | 64646 | |
| Sat | 8/22/1970 | H | Oakland Raiders | 34-23 | W | Los Angeles, CA | Memorial Coliseum | 67497 | |
| Sat | 8/29/1970 | A | San Diego Chargers | 16-14 | W | San Diego, CA | San Diego Stadium | 53203 | |
| Sat | 9/5/1970 | H | Houston Oilers | 20-3 | W | Pasadena, CA | Rose Bowl | 30666 | |
| Sat | 9/12/1970 | H | San Francisco 49ers | 17-14 | W | Los Angeles, CA | Memorial Coliseum | 55430 | |
| Fri | 9/18/1970 | H | St. Louis Cardinals | 34-13 | W | Los Angeles, CA | Memorial Coliseum | 63130 | |
| Sun | 9/27/1970 | A | Buffalo Bills | 19-0 | W | Buffalo, NY | War Memorial Stadium | 46206 | |
| Sun | 10/4/1970 | H | San Diego Chargers | 37-10 | W | Los Angeles, CA | Memorial Coliseum | 69564 | |
| Sun | 10/11/1970 | H | San Francisco 49ers | 6-20 | L | Los Angeles, CA | Memorial Coliseum | 77272 | |
| Sun | 10/18/1970 | A | Green Bay Packers | 31-21 | W | Green Bay, WI | Lambeau Field | 56263 | |
| Mon | 10/26/1970 | A | Minnesota Vikings | 3-13 | L | Bloomington, MN | Metropolitan Stadium | 47900 | |
| Sun | 11/1/1970 | A | New Orleans Saints | 30-17 | W | New Orleans, LA | Tulane Stadium | 77861 | |
| Sun | 11/8/1970 | H | Atlanta Falcons | 10-10 | T | Los Angeles, CA | Memorial Coliseum | 67232 | |
| Sun | 11/15/1970 | H | New York Jets | 20-31 | L | Los Angeles, CA | Memorial Coliseum | 76378 | |
| Sun | 11/22/1970 | A | Atlanta Falcons | 17-7 | W | Atlanta, GA | Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium | 58850 | |
| Sun | 11/29/1970 | A | San Francisco 49ers | 30-13 | W | San Francisco, CA | Kezar Stadium | 59602 | |
| Sun | 12/6/1970 | H | New Orleans Saints | 34-16 | W | Los Angeles, CA | Memorial Coliseum | 66410 | |
| Mon | 12/14/1970 | H | Detroit Lions | 23-28 | L | Los Angeles, CA | Memorial Coliseum | 79441 | |
| Sun | 12/20/1970 | A | New York Giants | 31-3 | W | New York, NY | Yankee Stadium | 62870 | |
Exhibition game. Playoff game. A=Away game. H=Home game. N=Neutral site game. W=Win. L=Loss. T=Tie. OT=Overtime.
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| ROSTER | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | No | Pos | Ht | Wt | Age | College | GP | GS |
| Kermit Alexander | 39 | RCB | 5-11 | 185 | 29 | UCLA | 14 | 14 |
| Coy Bacon | 79 | RDE | 6-4 | 269 | 27 | Jackson State | 14 | 14 |
| Maxie Baughan | 55 | RLB | 6-1 | 227 | 32 | Georgia Tech | 10 | 8 |
| Bob Brown | 76 | ROT | 6-4 | 284 | 29 | Nebraska | 14 | 14 |
| George Burman | 51 | OG | 6-3 | 253 | 28 | Northwestern | 14 | 0 |
| Rick Cash | 89 | LDE | 6-5 | 260 | 25 | Missouri; Truman State | 8 | 1 |
| Charlie Cowan | 73 | LOT | 6-4 | 264 | 32 | New Mexico Highlands | 14 | 14 |
| Pat Curran | 88 | TE | 6-3 | 238 | 25 | Iowa State; Lakeland | 14 | 1 |
| Willie Ellison | 33 | RB | 6-1 | 204 | 25 | Texas Southern | 14 | 6 |
| Dick Evey | 82 | DT | 6-2 | 238 | 29 | Tennessee | 9 | 0 |
| Roman Gabriel | 18 | QB | 6-4 | 225 | 30 | North Carolina State | 14 | 14 |
| Alvin Haymond | 23 | RS | 6-0 | 193 | 28 | Southern University | 14 | 1 |
| Ken Iman | 50 | C | 6-1 | 236 | 31 | Southeast Missouri State | 14 | 14 |
| Mitch Johnson | 70 | OT | 6-4 | 249 | 28 | Los Angeles State; UCLA | 14 | 0 |
| Deacon Jones | 75 | LDE | 6-5 | 254 | 32 | South Carolina State; Mississippi Valley State | 14 | 13 |
| Jeff Jordan | 31 | RB | 6-1 | 215 | 27 | Washington | 9 | 0 |
| Les Josephson | 34 | RB | 6-0 | 209 | 28 | Augustana (South Dakota) | 12 | 12 |
| Bob Klein | 80 | TE | 6-5 | 235 | 23 | Southern California | 7 | 0 |
| Bob Long | 86 | WR | 6-3 | 199 | 28 | Wichita State | 3 | 2 |
| Tom Mack | 65 | LOG | 6-3 | 249 | 27 | Michigan | 14 | 14 |
| Tommy Mason | 20 | RB | 6-0 | 195 | 31 | Tulane | 6 | 2 |
| Eddie Meador | 21 | RS | 5-11 | 193 | 33 | Arkansas Tech | 13 | 13 |
| Clark Miller | 78 | DE | 6-5 | 246 | 32 | Oakland JC; Utah State | 6 | 0 |
| Jim Nettles | 19 | LCB | 5-10 | 177 | 28 | Wisconsin | 14 | 2 |
| Merlin Olsen | 74 | LDT | 6-5 | 270 | 30 | Utah State | 14 | 14 |
| Jack Pardee | 32 | LLB | 6-2 | 224 | 34 | Texas A&M | 14 | 14 |
| John Pergine | 52 | LB | 6-1 | 225 | 24 | Notre Dame | 12 | 0 |
| Richie Petitbon | 17 | LS | 6-3 | 206 | 32 | Loyola (Louisiana); Tulane | 14 | 14 |
| Elijah Pitts | 22 | RB | 6-1 | 204 | 32 | Philander Smith | 2 | 0 |
| Myron Pottios | 66 | MLB | 6-2 | 236 | 31 | Notre Dame | 14 | 14 |
| Jim Purnell | 53 | RLB | 6-2 | 229 | 29 | Wisconsin | 14 | 6 |
| David Ray | 27 | K | 6-0 | 195 | 26 | Alabama | 14 | 0 |
| Jack Reynolds | 54 | LB | 6-1 | 232 | 23 | Tennessee | 14 | 0 |
| Rich Saul | 61 | LB | 6-3 | 241 | 22 | Michigan State | 14 | 0 |
| Joe Scibelli | 71 | ROG | 6-1 | 256 | 31 | Notre Dame; American International | 14 | 14 |
| Nate Shaw | 44 | S | 6-2 | 205 | 25 | San Diego CC; Southern California | 8 | 0 |
| Larry Smith | 38 | RB | 6-3 | 220 | 23 | Florida | 11 | 8 |
| Jack Snow | 84 | WR | 6-2 | 195 | 27 | Notre Dame | 14 | 14 |
| Pat Studstill | 28 | P | 6-1 | 176 | 32 | Houston | 14 | 0 |
| Karl Sweetan | 10 | QB | 6-1 | 203 | 28 | Texas A&M; Navarro JC; Wake Forest | 6 | 0 |
| Diron Talbert | 72 | RDT | 6-5 | 246 | 26 | Texas | 14 | 14 |
| Billy Truax | 87 | TE | 6-5 | 238 | 27 | Louisiana State | 14 | 14 |
| Wendell Tucker | 14 | WR | 5-10 | 185 | 27 | South Carolina State | 12 | 12 |
| John Wilbur | 60 | OG | 6-3 | 245 | 27 | Stanford | 8 | 0 |
| Clancy Williams | 24 | LCB | 6-2 | 197 | 28 | Washington State | 14 | 12 |
| Donnie Williams | 83 | WR | 6-3 | 210 | 22 | Prairie View A&M | 5 | 0 |
| DRAFT LIST | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Round | Overall | Player | Pos | College |
| 1 | 22 | Jack Reynolds | LB | Tennessee |
| 2 | 35 | Donnie Williams | WR | Prairie View A&M |
| 7 | 162 | Ted Provost | DB | Ohio State |
| 7 | 168 | Bill Nelson | DT | Oregon State |
| 8 | 204 | Rich Saul | LB | Michigan State |
| 9 | 230 | Dave Graham | T | New Mexico Highlands |
| 10 | 256 | Vince Opalsky | RB | Miami (Florida) |
| 11 | 282 | David Bookert | RB | New Mexico |
| 12 | 308 | Larry Arnold | QB | Hawaii |
| 13 | 334 | Melvin Jones | WR | Florida A&M |
| 14 | 360 | Bob Geddes | LB | UCLA |
| 15 | 386 | Dag Azam | G | West Texas A&M |
| 16 | 412 | Roland Reichardt | K | West Texas A&M |
| 17 | 437 | Don Crenshaw | DB | Southern California |
| SCORING BY QUARTERS | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 54 | 116 | 56 | 99 | 325 |
| Opponents Totals | 40 | 67 | 47 | 48 | 202 |
| TEAM STATS | TOP | 1st Downs | FDR | FDP | FDX | 3rd Down Efficiency | 4th Down Efficiency | PEN | PENY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 224 | 93 | 120 | 11 | / % | / % | 88 | 959 | |
| Opponents Totals | 195 | 64 | 113 | 18 | / % | / % | 77 | 825 |
| SCORING | TD | X1 | X1A | PCT | FG | FGA | PCT | SAF | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| David Ray | 0 | 34 | 34 | 100.0 | 29 | 45 | 64.4 | 0 | 121 |
| Willie Ellison | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 42 | ||
| Jack Snow | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 42 | ||
| Les Josephson | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | ||
| Billy Truax | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||
| Larry Smith | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Pat Studstill | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Kermit Alexander | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Coy Bacon | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Pat Curran | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Roman Gabriel | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Alvin Haymond | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Bob Long | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Tommy Mason | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Clancy Williams | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Team Totals | 34 | 34 | 34 | 100.0 | 29 | 45 | 64.4 | 0 | 325 |
| Opponents Totals | 22 | 22 | 22 | 100.0 | 16 | 25 | 64.0 | 0 | 202 |
| FIELD GOALS | MADE | ATT | PCT | BL | LG | 1-19 | 20-29 | 30-39 | 40-49 | 50+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| David Ray | 29 | 45 | 64.4 | 1 | 46 | 10/11 | 11/14 | 5/11 | 3/9 | 0/0 |
| Team Totals | 29 | 45 | 64.4 | 1 | 46 | 10/11 | 11/14 | 5/11 | 3/9 | 0/0 |
| Opponents Totals | 16 | 25 | 64.0 | 5/ | 4/ | 2/ | 3/ | 2/ |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Les Josephson | 150 | 640 | 4.3 | 23 | 5 |
| Willie Ellison | 90 | 381 | 4.2 | 24 | 5 |
| Larry Smith | 77 | 338 | 4.4 | 19 | 1 |
| Tommy Mason | 44 | 123 | 2.8 | 13 | 0 |
| Roman Gabriel | 28 | 104 | 3.7 | 15 | 1 |
| Pat Curran | 25 | 92 | 3.7 | 11 | 0 |
| Jeff Jordan | 10 | 50 | 5.0 | 10 | 0 |
| Pat Studstill | 1 | 23 | 23.0 | 23 | 0 |
| Elijah Pitts | 3 | 8 | 2.7 | 3 | 0 |
| Richie Petitbon | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Mitch Johnson | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 430 | 1763 | 4.1 | 24 | 12 |
| Opponents Totals | 395 | 1359 | 3.4 | 49 | 6 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INC | YDS | Y/ATT | Y/COM | LG | TD | TD% | INT | INT% | TS | YL | NYP | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Roman Gabriel | 407 | 211 | 51.8 | 184 | 2552 | 6.3 | 12.1 | 71 | 16 | 3.9 | 12 | 2.9 | 20 | 134 | 2418 | 72.2 |
| Karl Sweetan | 13 | 6 | 46.2 | 7 | 81 | 6.2 | 13.5 | 22 | 1 | 7.7 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 15 | 66 | 92.1 |
| Les Josephson | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 25 | 25.0 | 25.0 | 25 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 | 24 | 118.8 |
| Pat Studstill | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 | ||
| Larry Smith | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 | ||
| Pat Curran | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 50.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | ||
| Team Totals | 426 | 218 | 51.2 | 195 | 2658 | 6.2 | 12.2 | 71 | 17 | 4.0 | 13 | 3.1 | 23 | 150 | 2508 | 71.3 |
| Opponents Totals | 378 | 196 | 51.9 | 163 | 2615 | 6.9 | 13.3 | 67 | 15 | 4.0 | 19 | 5.0 | 53 | 426 | 2189 | 66.4 |
| RECEIVING | REC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jack Snow | 51 | 859 | 16.8 | 71 | 7 |
| Les Josephson | 44 | 427 | 9.7 | 30 | 0 |
| Billy Truax | 36 | 420 | 11.7 | 34 | 3 |
| Larry Smith | 24 | 164 | 6.8 | 17t | 1 |
| Pat Studstill | 18 | 252 | 14.0 | 40t | 2 |
| Wendell Tucker | 12 | 230 | 19.2 | 51 | 0 |
| Tommy Mason | 12 | 127 | 10.6 | 32 | 1 |
| Willie Ellison | 10 | 84 | 8.4 | 20 | 2 |
| Bob Long | 3 | 35 | 11.7 | 15t | 1 |
| Pat Curran | 3 | 25 | 8.3 | 14 | 0 |
| Bob Klein | 2 | 20 | 10.0 | 12 | 0 |
| David Ray | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 |
| Donnie Williams | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Jeff Jordan | 1 | -5 | -5.0 | -5 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 218 | 2658 | 12.2 | 71 | 17 |
| Opponents Totals | 196 | 2615 | 13.3 | 67 | 15 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clancy Williams | 5 | 108 | 21.6 | 65t | 1 |
| Kermit Alexander | 4 | 47 | 11.8 | 25t | 1 |
| Jim Nettles | 3 | 54 | 18.0 | 32 | 0 |
| Myron Pottios | 2 | 27 | 13.5 | 14 | 0 |
| Eddie Meador | 2 | 22 | 11.0 | 12 | 0 |
| Richie Petitbon | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 |
| Jack Pardee | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Maxie Baughan | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 19 | 280 | 14.7 | 65t | 2 |
| Opponents Totals | 13 | 92 | 7.1 | 19 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL | TB | I20 | RYDS | NYDS | NET |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pat Studstill | 67 | 2618 | 39.1 | 53 | 0 | 6 | 181 | 2317 | 34.6 | |
| Team Totals | 67 | 2618 | 39.1 | 53 | 0 | 6 | 181 | 2317 | 34.6 | |
| Opponents Totals | 88 | 3329 | 37.8 | 62 | 2 | 418 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alvin Haymond | 53 | 15 | 376 | 7.1 | 30 | 0 |
| Kermit Alexander | 7 | 1 | 38 | 5.4 | 49 | 0 |
| Jim Nettles | 2 | 0 | 4 | 2.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Nate Shaw | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Team Totals | 62 | 17 | 418 | 6.7 | 49 | 0 |
| Opponents Totals | 32 | 15 | 181 | 5.7 | 59 | 0 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alvin Haymond | 35 | 1022 | 29.2 | 98t | 1 | |
| Kermit Alexander | 7 | 126 | 18.0 | 30 | 0 | |
| Pat Curran | 3 | 51 | 17.0 | 21 | 0 | |
| Willie Ellison | 1 | 20 | 20.0 | 20 | 0 | |
| Mitch Johnson | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 17 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 47 | 1236 | 26.3 | 98t | 1 | |
| Opponents Totals | 71 | 1278 | 18.0 | 44 | 0 |
| SACKS | NO | YDS |
|---|---|---|
| Deacon Jones | 12.0 | |
| Diron Talbert | 11.5 | |
| Coy Bacon | 11.0 | |
| Merlin Olsen | 8.5 | |
| Jack Pardee | 3.5 | |
| Clark Miller | 2.5 | |
| Jim Purnell | 2.0 | |
| Maxie Baughan | 1.0 | |
| Richie Petitbon | 1.0 | |
| Team Totals | 53.0 | 426.0 |
| Opponents Totals | 23.0 | 150.0 |
| FUMBLES | NO | LOST | OWN | OPP | REC | YDS | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kermit Alexander | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Coy Bacon | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 1 |
| Charlie Cowan | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Pat Curran | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Willie Ellison | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Roman Gabriel | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Alvin Haymond | 5 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ken Iman | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Deacon Jones | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Jeff Jordan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Les Josephson | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tommy Mason | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jim Nettles | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Jack Pardee | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 0 |
| John Pergine | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Richie Petitbon | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Myron Pottios | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Jim Purnell | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Rich Saul | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Larry Smith | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Pat Studstill | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Clancy Williams | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 27 | 17 | 10 | 16 | 26 | 26 | 1 |
| Opponents Totals | 28 | 16 | 10 | 17 | 27 | 1 |
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