1971 Los Angeles Rams (NFL) Scores, Roster, Stats , Coaches, Draft

Rich Brooks	General Assistant
Tom Catlin	Linebackers
Earnel Durden	Offensive Backs
Sid Hall	Defensive Line
Bobb McKittrick	Offensive Line
Leon McLaughlin	Offensive Line
Dick Vermeil	Quarterbacks
Larrye Weaver	Defensive Backs

SCORES
Day	Date		Opponent	Score		Location	Venue	Attendance
Sat	7/31/1971	N	Houston Oilers	17-6	W	Canton, OH	Fawcett Stadium	19384
Fri	8/6/1971	H	Dallas Cowboys	21-45	L	Los Angeles, CA	Memorial Coliseum	87187
Fri	8/13/1971	H	Cleveland Browns	17-5	W	Los Angeles, CA	Memorial Coliseum	52503
Sat	8/21/1971	A	Oakland Raiders	7-20	L	Berkeley, CA	Memorial Stadium	67739
Sun	8/29/1971	A	New England Patriots	31-21	W	Foxborough, MA	Schaefer Stadium	53271
Sat	9/3/1971	H	San Diego Chargers	14-20	L	Los Angeles, CA	Memorial Coliseum	56116
Fri	9/9/1971	H	San Francisco 49ers	23-20	W	Los Angeles, CA	Memorial Coliseum	55607
Sun	9/19/1971	A	New Orleans Saints	20-24	L	New Orleans, LA	Tulane Stadium	70915
Sun	9/26/1971	H	Atlanta Falcons	20-20	T	Los Angeles, CA	Memorial Coliseum	57895
Sun	10/3/1971	H	Chicago Bears	17-3	W	Los Angeles, CA	Memorial Coliseum	66957
Sun	10/10/1971	A	San Francisco 49ers	20-13	W	San Francisco, CA	Candlestick Park	44000
Sun	10/17/1971	A	Atlanta Falcons	24-16	W	Atlanta, GA	Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium	58850
Sun	10/24/1971	H	Green Bay Packers	30-13	W	Los Angeles, CA	Memorial Coliseum	75351
Sun	10/31/1971	H	Miami Dolphins	14-20	L	Los Angeles, CA	Memorial Coliseum	72903
Mon	11/8/1971	A	Baltimore Colts	17-24	L	Baltimore, MD	Memorial Stadium	57722
Sun	11/14/1971	A	Detroit Lions	21-13	W	Detroit, MI	Tiger Stadium	54418
Sun	11/21/1971	H	San Francisco 49ers	17-6	W	Los Angeles, CA	Memorial Coliseum	80050
Thu	11/25/1971	A	Dallas Cowboys	21-28	L	Irving, TX	Texas Stadium	66595
Sun	12/5/1971	H	New Orleans Saints	45-28	W	Los Angeles, CA	Memorial Coliseum	73610
Mon	12/13/1971	H	Washington Redskins	24-38	L	Los Angeles, CA	Memorial Coliseum	80402
Sun	12/19/1971	A	Pittsburgh Steelers	23-14	W	Pittsburgh, PA	Three Rivers Stadium	45233

ROSTER
No	Player	Pos	Ht	Wt	Age	College	GP	GS
39	Kermit Alexander	LS	5-11	185	30	UCLA	14	14
79	Coy Bacon	RDE	6-4	269	28	Jackson State	14	14
77	Rich Buzin	OT	6-4	251	25	Penn State	5	0
70	Joe Carollo	LOT-ROT	6-2	262	31	Notre Dame	11	0
73	Charlie Cowan	LOT	6-4	264	33	New Mexico Highlands	14	14
88	Pat Curran	TE	6-3	238	26	Iowa State; Lakeland	14	0
33	Willie Ellison	FB	6-1	204	26	Texas Southern	14	13
42	Dave Elmendorf	RS	6-1	196	22	Texas A&M	14	14
18	Roman Gabriel	QB	6-4	225	31	North Carolina State	14	14
36	Ken Geddes	LLB	6-2	230	24	Nebraska	14	0
56	Dean Halverson	RLB	6-2	221	25	Washington	12	0
23	Alvin Haymond	S-CB	6-0	193	29	Southern University	10	0
21	Gene Howard	RCB	6-0	190	25	Langston	14	14
50	Ken Iman	C	6-1	236	32	Southeast Missouri State	14	14
75	Deacon Jones	LDE	6-5	254	33	South Carolina State; Mississippi Valley State	11	10
34	Les Josephson	HB-FB	6-0	209	29	Augustana (South Dakota)	14	9
80	Bob Klein	TE	6-5	235	24	Southern California	14	14
64	Mike LaHood	LOG	6-3	249	27	Wyoming	9	0
65	Tom Mack	LOG	6-3	249	28	Michigan	14	14
48	Matt Maslowski	WR	6-3	210	22	San Diego	14	0
86	Marlin McKeever	MLB	6-1	233	31	Southern California	14	14
67	Bill Nelson	RDT	6-7	270	23	Oregon State	6	6
19	Jim Nettles	LCB	5-10	177	29	Wisconsin	14	14
74	Merlin Olsen	LDT	6-5	270	31	Utah State	14	14
72	Phil Olsen	RDT	6-5	260	23	Utah State	10	8
57	Don Parish	LB	6-1	220	23	Stanford	1	0
52	John Pergine	RLB-MLB	6-1	225	25	Notre Dame	12	2
53	Jim Purnell	LLB	6-2	229	30	Wisconsin	14	14
27	David Ray	K	6-0	195	27	Alabama	14	0
13	Lance Rentzel	WR	6-2	203	28	Oklahoma	14	14
64	Jack Reynolds	LB	6-1	232	24	Tennessee	4	0
17	Jerry Rhome	QB	6-0	186	29	Southern Methodist; Tulsa	14	0
58	Isiah Robertson	RLB	6-3	225	22	Southern University	14	12
61	Rich Saul	C	6-3	241	23	Michigan State	14	0
76	Harry Schuh	ROT	6-2	260	29	Memphis	14	14
71	Joe Scibelli	ROG	6-1	256	32	Notre Dame; American International	14	14
38	Larry Smith	HB	6-3	220	24	Florida	14	6
84	Jack Snow	WR	6-2	195	28	Notre Dame	14	14
28	Pat Studstill	P	6-1	176	33	Houston	14	0
35	Bob Thomas	RB	5-10	201	23	Mesa CC; Arizona State	6	0
44	Lee White	RB	6-4	237	25	Arizona Western JC; Weber State	7	0
24	Clancy Williams	LCB	6-2	197	29	Washington State	6	0
46	Roger Williams	RS	5-10	180	25	Grambling State	4	0
25	Travis Williams	RB	6-1	210	25	Contra Costa JC; Arizona State	14	0
78	Greg Wojcik	LDT-RDT	6-6	268	25	Orange Coast JC; Southern California	10	0
85	Jack Youngblood	LDE	6-4	242	21	Florida	14	4

DRAFT LIST
Round	Overall	Player	Pos	College
1	10	Isiah Robertson	LB	Southern University
1	20	Jack Youngblood	DE	Florida
3	63	Dave Elmendorf	DB	Texas A&M
4	90	Steve Worster	RB	Texas
8	202	Tony Garay	DE	Hofstra
9	228	Joe Schmidt	WR	Miami (Florida)
10	254	Don Popplewell	C	Colorado
11	280	Charlie Richards	QB	Richmond
12	306	Kirk Behrendt	T	Wisconsin-Whitewater
13	331	Russell Harrison	RB	Kansas State
14	358	Lionel Coleman	DB	Oregon
15	384	Gary Kos	G	Notre Dame
16	409	Ross Boice	LB	Pacific Lutheran
17	418	Randy Vataha	WR	Stanford
17	435	Joe Sweet	WR	Tennessee State

SCORING BY QUARTERS	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	OT
Team Totals	85	77	48	103
Opponents Totals	40	76	75	69

TEAM STATS	TOP	1st Downs	FDR	FDP	FDX	3rd Down Efficiency	4th Down Efficiency	PEN	PENY
Team Totals		234	105	111	18	/ %	/ %	79	642
Opponents Totals		239	91	129	19	/ %	/ %	62	665

SCORING	TD	X1	X1A	PCT	FG	FGA	PCT	PTS
David Ray	0	37	37	100.0	18	29	62.1	91
Lance Rentzel	6	0	0		0	0		36
Les Josephson	5	0	0		0	0		30
Larry Smith	5	0	0		0	0		30
Jack Snow	5	0	0		0	0		30
Willie Ellison	4	0	0		0	0		24
Bob Klein	4	0	0		0	0		24
Roman Gabriel	2	0	0		0	0		12
Kermit Alexander	1	0	0		0	0		6
Pat Curran	1	0	0		0	0		6
Gene Howard	1	0	0		0	0		6
Matt Maslowski	1	0	0		0	0		6
Jim Nettles	1	0	0		0	0		6
Travis Williams	1	0	0		0	0		6
Team Totals	37	37	37	100.0	18	29	62.1	313
Opponents Totals	30	29	30	96.7	17	32	53.1	260

FIELD GOALS	MADE	ATT	PCT	BL	LG	1-19	20-29	30-39	40-49	50+
David Ray	18	29	62.1	1	49	6/7	6/8	2/3	4/10	0/1
Team Totals	18	29	62.1	1	49	6/7	6/8	2/3	4/10	0/1
Opponents Totals	17	32	53.1			2/	5/	8/	1/	1/

RUSHING	ATT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Willie Ellison	211	1000	4.7	80t	4
Les Josephson	99	449	4.5	57	3
Larry Smith	91	404	4.4	64t	5
Lance Rentzel	14	113	8.1	50t	1
Travis Williams	18	103	5.7	36	0
Roman Gabriel	18	48	2.7	10	2
Bob Klein	3	21	7.0	13	0
Lee White	2	11	5.5	6	0
Jerry Rhome	3	0	0.0	0	0
Jack Snow	1	-10	-10.0	10	0
Team Totals	460	2139	4.7	80t	15
Opponents Totals	455	1658	3.6	25	11

PASSING	ATT	COM	PCT	INC	YDS	Y/ATT	Y/COM	LG	TD	TD%	INT	INT%	TS	YL	NYP	RTG
Roman Gabriel	352	180	180	162	2238	6.4	12.4	68	17	4.8	10	2.8	25	200	2038	75.4
Jerry Rhome	18	5	5	12	66	3.7	13.2	43	1	5.6	1	5.6	1	10	56	37.7
Team Totals	370	185	185	174	2304	6.2	12.5	68	18	4.9	11	3.0	26	210	2094	73.5
Opponents Totals	387	200	200	160	2693	7.0	13.5	74	15	3.9	27	7.0	37	314	2379	58.0

RECEIVING	REC	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Lance Rentzel	38	534	14.1	41	5
Jack Snow	37	666	18.0	68	5
Willie Ellison	32	238	7.4	49	0
Larry Smith	31	324	10.5	34	0
Les Josephson	26	230	8.8	29t	2
Bob Klein	14	160	11.4	33t	4
Matt Maslowski	3	82	27.3	36t	1
Travis Williams	3	68	22.7	43	0
Pat Curran	1	2	2.0	2t	1
Team Totals	185	2304	12.5	68	18
Opponents Totals	200	2693	13.5	74	15

INTERCEPTIONS	INT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Gene Howard	6	99	16.5	35	0
Jim Nettles	5	97	19.4	44	1
Marlin McKeever	4	38	9.5	15	0
Isiah Robertson	4	32	8.0	20	0
Kermit Alexander	3	122	40.7	82t	1
Dave Elmendorf	2	32	16.0	32	0
Jim Purnell	2	32	16.0	17	0
Coy Bacon	1	0	0.0	0	0
Team Totals	27	452	16.7	82t	2
Opponents Totals	11	83	7.5	46	1

PUNTING	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	TB	RYDS	NYDS	NET
Pat Studstill	70	2896	41.4	60	6	67	2709	38.7
Team Totals	70	2896	41.4	60	6	67	2709	38.7
Opponents Totals	66	2600	39.4	64		172

PUNT RETURNS	NO	FC	YDS	AVG	LG
Alvin Haymond	24	11	123	5.1	28
Lance Rentzel	9	5	40	4.4	24
Kermit Alexander	1	3	5	5.0	5
Travis Williams	1	0	4	4.0	4
Gene Howard	0	1	0
Team Totals	35	20	172	4.9	28
Opponents Totals	27	20	67	2.5	21

KICKOFF RETURNS	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Travis Williams	25	743	29.7	105t	1
Alvin Haymond	9	207	23.0	34	0
Gene Howard	7	164	23.4	34	0
Roger Williams	4	100	25.0	57	0
Pat Curran	3	35	11.7	15	0
Jack Youngblood	2	36	18.0	22	0
Mike Lahood	1	25	25.0	25	0
Bob Thomas	1	12	12.0	12	0
Les Josephson	1	0	0.0	0	0
Rich Saul	1	0	0.0	0	0
Team Totals	54	1322	24.5	105t	1
Opponents Totals	57	1176	20.6	89t	1

SACKS	NO	YDS
Coy Bacon	11.0
Deacon Jones	4.5
Merlin Olsen	4.0
Phil Olsen	4.0
Isiah Robertson	4.0
Jack Youngblood	3.0
Marlin McKeever	2.0
Jim Purnell	1.0
Greg Wojcik	0.5
(Team)	3.0
Team Totals	37.0	314.0
Opponents Totals	26.0	210.0

FUMBLES	NO	LOST	OWN	OPP	REC	YDS	TD
Coy Bacon	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Willie Ellison	8		3	0	3	0	0
Dave Elmendorf	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Roman Gabriel	9		3	0	3	-23	0
Alvin Haymond	4		3	0	3	-13	0
Gene Howard	0	0	0	2	2	6	1
Les Josephson	3		0	0	0	0	0
Bob Klein	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Matt Maslowski	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Phil Olsen	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Lance Rentzel	2		0	0	0	0	0
Larry Smith	2		2	0	2	0	0
Roger Williams	1		0	0	0	0	0
Travis Williams	3		1	0	1	0	0
Team Totals	32	20	12	7	19	-30	1
Opponents Totals	22	7	14	18	32		2