1977 Los Angeles Rams (NFL) |
1st place • National Football Conference • Western Division • 10-4-0 .714 |
Playoff Statistics |
Head Coach: Chuck Knox |
Tom Catlin | Linebackers |
Jack Faulkner | Special Assistant |
Ray Malavasi | Defensive Coordinator |
Elijah Pitts | Offensive Backfield/Special Teams |
Ray Prochaska | Offensive Coordinator |
Kay Stephenson | Quarterbacks |
Lionel Taylor | Receivers |
Jim Wagstaff | Defensive Backfield |
SCORES | |||||||||
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Day | Date | Opponent | Score | Location | Venue | Attendance | |||
Sat | 8/6/1977 | H | Minnesota Vikings | 17-22 | L | Los Angeles, CA | Memorial Coliseum | 55168 | |
Sat | 8/13/1977 | H | Philadelphia Eagles | 20-3 | W | Los Angeles, CA | Memorial Coliseum | 46571 | |
Sun | 8/21/1977 | A | San Francisco 49ers | 14-23 | L | San Francisco, CA | Candlestick Park | 44898 | |
Sat | 8/27/1977 | A | Kansas City Chiefs | 19-27 | L | Kansas City, MO | Arrowhead Stadium | 34975 | |
Thu | 9/1/1977 | H | San Diego Chargers | 25-26 | L | Los Angeles, CA | Memorial Coliseum | 55946 | |
Fri | 9/9/1977 | H | Oakland Raiders | 0-21 | L | Los Angeles, CA | Memorial Coliseum | 57031 | |
Sun | 9/18/1977 | A | Atlanta Falcons | 6-17 | L | Atlanta, GA | Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium | 55956 | |
Sun | 9/25/1977 | H | Philadelphia Eagles | 20-0 | W | Los Angeles, CA | Memorial Coliseum | 46031 | |
Sun | 10/2/1977 | H | San Francisco 49ers | 34-14 | W | Los Angeles, CA | Memorial Coliseum | 55466 | |
Mon | 10/10/1977 | A | Chicago Bears | 23-24 | L | Chicago, IL | Soldier Field | 51412 | |
Sun | 10/16/1977 | H | New Orleans Saints | 14-7 | W | Los Angeles, CA | Memorial Coliseum | 46045 | |
Mon | 10/24/1977 | H | Minnesota Vikings | 35-3 | W | Los Angeles, CA | Memorial Coliseum | 62414 | |
Sun | 10/30/1977 | A | New Orleans Saints | 26-27 | L | New Orleans, LA | Louisiana Superdome | 59023 | |
Sun | 11/6/1977 | H | Tampa Bay Buccaneers | 31-0 | W | Los Angeles, CA | Memorial Coliseum | 45493 | |
Sun | 11/13/1977 | A | Green Bay Packers | 24-6 | W | Milwaukee, WI | County Stadium | 52948 | |
Sun | 11/20/1977 | A | San Francisco 49ers | 23-10 | W | San Francisco, CA | Candlestick Park | 56779 | |
Sun | 11/27/1977 | A | Cleveland Browns | 9-0 | W | Cleveland, OH | Cleveland Stadium | 70352 | |
Sun | 12/4/1977 | H | Oakland Raiders | 20-14 | W | Los Angeles, CA | Memorial Coliseum | 67075 | |
Sun | 12/11/1977 | H | Atlanta Falcons | 23-7 | W | Los Angeles, CA | Memorial Coliseum | 52574 | |
Sat | 12/17/1977 | A | Washington Redskins | 14-17 | L | Washington, DC | RFK Stadium | 54208 | |
NFC Divisional Playoff | |||||||||
Mon | 12/26/1977 | H | Minnesota Vikings | 7-14 | L | Los Angeles, CA | Memorial Coliseum | 62538 |
ROSTER | ||||||||
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Player | No | Pos | Ht | Wt | Age | College | GP | GS |
Larry Brooks | 90 | RDT | 6-3 | 255 | 27 | Virginia State | 14 | 14 |
Bob Brudzinski | 59 | LLB | 6-4 | 225 | 22 | Ohio State | 14 | 7 |
Cullen Bryant | 32 | RB | 6-1 | 230 | 26 | Colorado | 14 | 0 |
John Cappelletti | 22 | RB | 6-1 | 220 | 25 | Penn State | 14 | 14 |
Al Cowlings | 70 | DE | 6-5 | 247 | 30 | San Francisco CC; Southern California | 14 | 0 |
Nolan Cromwell | 21 | S | 6-1 | 199 | 22 | Kansas | 14 | 0 |
Fred Dryer | 89 | RDE | 6-6 | 238 | 31 | El Camino JC; San Diego State | 14 | 14 |
Carl Ekern | 55 | LB | 6-3 | 222 | 23 | San Jose State | 14 | 0 |
Dave Elmendorf | 42 | SS | 6-1 | 196 | 28 | Texas A&M | 14 | 14 |
Mike Fanning | 79 | DT | 6-6 | 255 | 24 | Notre Dame | 14 | 0 |
Vince Ferragamo | 15 | QB | 6-3 | 212 | 23 | California; Nebraska | 3 | 0 |
Doug France | 77 | LOT | 6-5 | 266 | 24 | Ohio State | 13 | 13 |
Pat Haden | 11 | QB | 5-11 | 180 | 24 | Southern California | 12 | 10 |
Dennis Harrah | 60 | ROG | 6-5 | 265 | 24 | Miami (Florida) | 8 | 8 |
Winston Hill | 73 | OT | 6-4 | 278 | 36 | Texas Southern | 3 | 0 |
Greg Horton | 63 | ROG | 6-4 | 250 | 26 | Colorado | 14 | 6 |
Harold Jackson | 29 | WR | 5-10 | 175 | 31 | Jackson State | 14 | 14 |
Monte Jackson | 28 | RCB | 5-11 | 192 | 24 | San Diego Mesa JC; San Diego State | 14 | 14 |
Ron Jessie | 81 | WR | 6-0 | 183 | 29 | Imperial Valley JC; Kansas | 3 | 3 |
Jim Jodat | 43 | RB | 5-11 | 213 | 23 | Carthage | 14 | 0 |
Freeman Johns | 88 | WR | 6-1 | 175 | 24 | Southern Methodist | 5 | 0 |
Cody Jones | 76 | LDT | 6-5 | 241 | 26 | Trinidad State JC; San Jose State | 14 | 14 |
Rick Kay | 52 | LB | 6-4 | 235 | 28 | Colorado | 5 | 1 |
Tom Mack | 65 | LOG | 6-3 | 249 | 34 | Michigan | 14 | 14 |
Lawrence McCutcheon | 30 | RB | 6-1 | 205 | 27 | Colorado State | 14 | 14 |
Kevin McLain | 50 | LB | 6-2 | 229 | 23 | Fullerton JC; Colorado State | 8 | 0 |
Joe Namath | 12 | QB | 6-2 | 198 | 34 | Alabama | 4 | 4 |
Terry Nelson | 83 | TE | 6-2 | 230 | 26 | Arkansas-Pine Bluff | 14 | 14 |
Rick Nuzum | 51 | C | 6-4 | 238 | 25 | Kentucky | 14 | 0 |
Rod Perry | 49 | LCB | 5-9 | 180 | 24 | Fresno CC; Colorado | 5 | 2 |
Rod Phillips | 39 | RB | 6-0 | 221 | 25 | Cincinnati; Jackson State | 14 | 0 |
Bob Pifferini | 54 | LB | 6-2 | 226 | 27 | UCLA | 5 | 0 |
Jack Reynolds | 64 | MLB | 6-1 | 232 | 30 | Tennessee | 9 | 6 |
Isiah Robertson | 58 | RLB | 6-3 | 225 | 28 | Southern University | 14 | 14 |
Rich Saul | 61 | C | 6-3 | 241 | 29 | Michigan State | 14 | 14 |
Dwight Scales | 87 | WR | 6-2 | 182 | 24 | Grambling State | 12 | 3 |
Rafael Septien | 1 | K | 5-9 | 171 | 24 | Louisiana-Lafayette | 14 | 0 |
Bill Simpson | 48 | FS | 6-1 | 184 | 26 | Michigan State | 14 | 14 |
Jackie Slater | 78 | LOT | 6-4 | 281 | 23 | Jackson State | 14 | 1 |
Pat Thomas | 27 | LCB | 5-9 | 190 | 23 | Texas A&M | 14 | 12 |
Wendell Tyler | 26 | RB | 5-10 | 207 | 22 | UCLA | 14 | 0 |
Billy Waddy | 80 | WR | 5-11 | 190 | 23 | Colorado | 14 | 8 |
Glen Walker | 19 | P | 6-1 | 210 | 25 | Los Angeles Harbor JC; Southern California | 14 | 0 |
Jackie Wallace | 20 | S | 6-3 | 197 | 26 | Arizona | 10 | 0 |
Jeff Williams | 62 | OG | 6-4 | 260 | 22 | Rhode Island | 1 | 0 |
John Williams | 75 | ROT | 6-3 | 257 | 32 | Minnesota | 14 | 14 |
Charle Young | 86 | TE | 6-4 | 234 | 26 | Southern California | 14 | 0 |
Jack Youngblood | 85 | LDE | 6-4 | 242 | 27 | Florida | 14 | 14 |
Jim Youngblood | 53 | MLB-LLB | 6-3 | 237 | 27 | Tennessee Tech | 14 | 14 |
DRAFT LIST | ||||
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Round | Overall | Player | Pos | College |
1 | 23 | Bob Brudzinski | LB | Ohio State |
2 | 31 | Nolan Cromwell | DB | Kansas |
2 | 50 | Billy Waddy | RB-WR | Colorado |
3 | 68 | Ed Fulton | G | Maryland |
3 | 79 | Wendell Tyler | RB | UCLA |
4 | 91 | Vince Ferragamo | QB | Nebraska |
4 | 107 | Eary Jones | DE | Memphis |
5 | 130 | Donnie Hickman | G | Southern California |
5 | 134 | Jeff Williams | G | Rhode Island |
6 | 156 | Art Best | RB | Kent State |
8 | 218 | Rod Bockwoldt | DB | Weber State |
10 | 274 | Don Petersen | TE | Boston College |
11 | 302 | Carson Long | K | Pittsburgh |
12 | 330 | Barry Caudill | C | Southern Mississippi |
SCORING BY QUARTERS | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | PTS |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Team Totals | 68 | 102 | 41 | 91 | 302 |
Opponents Totals | 34 | 45 | 30 | 37 | 146 |
TEAM STATS | TOP | 1st Downs | FDR | FDP | FDX | 3rd Down Efficiency | 4th Down Efficiency | PEN | PENY |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Team Totals | 270 | 139 | 112 | 19 | 100/228 43.9% | / % | 89 | 869 | |
Opponents Totals | 203 | 90 | 94 | 19 | 59/200 29.5% | / % | 94 | 825 |
SCORING | TD | X1 | X1A | PCT | FG | FGA | PCT | SAF | PTS |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Rafael Septien | 0 | 32 | 35 | 91.4 | 18 | 30 | 60.0 | 0 | 86 |
Lawrence McCutcheon | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 54 | ||
John Cappelletti | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | ||
Harold Jackson | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | ||
Terry Nelson | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||
Wendell Tyler | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||
Pat Haden | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
Jim Jodat | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
Rod Phillips | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
Dwight Scales | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
Billy Waddy | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
Charle Young | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
Jim Youngblood | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
(Team) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Team Totals | 36 | 32 | 36 | 88.9 | 18 | 30 | 60.0 | 0 | 302 |
Opponents Totals | 18 | 17 | 18 | 94.4 | 7 | 18 | 38.9 | 0 | 146 |
FIELD GOALS | MADE | ATT | PCT | BL | LG | 1-19 | 20-29 | 30-39 | 40-49 | 50+ |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Rafael Septien | 18 | 30 | 60.0 | 0 | 45 | 1/1 | 10/11 | 5/6 | 2/10 | 0/2 |
Team Totals | 18 | 30 | 60.0 | 0 | 45 | 1/1 | 10/11 | 5/6 | 2/10 | 0/2 |
Opponents Totals | 7 | 18 | 38.9 | 0/0 | 1/2 | 4/7 | 2/8 | 0/1 |
RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Lawrence McCutcheon | 294 | 1238 | 4.2 | 48 | 7 |
John Cappelletti | 178 | 598 | 3.4 | 15 | 5 |
Wendell Tyler | 61 | 317 | 5.2 | 44t | 3 |
Rod Phillips | 37 | 183 | 4.9 | 25 | 1 |
Pat Haden | 29 | 106 | 3.7 | 23 | 2 |
Cullen Bryant | 6 | 42 | 7.0 | 24 | 0 |
Billy Waddy | 2 | 34 | 17.0 | 30 | 0 |
Terry Nelson | 3 | 31 | 10.3 | 18 | 0 |
Jim Jodat | 5 | 15 | 3.0 | 5 | 1 |
Harold Jackson | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
Joe Namath | 4 | 5 | 1.3 | 7 | 0 |
Vince Ferragamo | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
Team Totals | 621 | 2575 | 4.1 | 48 | 19 |
Opponents Totals | 462 | 1698 | 3.7 | 51 | 7 |
PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INC | YDS | Y/ATT | Y/COM | LG | TD | TD% | INT | INT% | TS | YL | NYP | RTG |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Pat Haden | 216 | 122 | 56.5 | 88 | 1551 | 7.2 | 12.7 | 58 | 11 | 5.1 | 6 | 2.8 | 17 | 151 | 1400 | 84.5 |
Vince Ferragamo | 15 | 9 | 60.0 | 6 | 83 | 5.5 | 9.2 | 17t | 2 | 13.3 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 10 | 73 | 114.7 |
Joe Namath | 107 | 50 | 46.7 | 52 | 606 | 5.7 | 12.1 | 42 | 3 | 2.8 | 5 | 4.7 | 7 | 76 | 530 | 54.5 |
Glen Walker | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 13 | 13.0 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 118.8 |
Team Totals | 339 | 182 | 53.7 | 146 | 2253 | 6.6 | 12.4 | 58 | 16 | 4.7 | 11 | 3.2 | 25 | 237 | 2016 | 76.7 |
Opponents Totals | 370 | 180 | 48.6 | 165 | 2236 | 6.0 | 12.4 | 73t | 11 | 3.0 | 25 | 6.8 | 36 | 359 | 1877 | 49.6 |
RECEIVING | REC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Harold Jackson | 48 | 666 | 13.9 | 58 | 6 |
Terry Nelson | 31 | 401 | 12.9 | 46 | 3 |
John Cappelletti | 28 | 228 | 8.1 | 25t | 1 |
Lawrence McCutcheon | 25 | 274 | 11.0 | 30 | 2 |
Billy Waddy | 23 | 355 | 15.4 | 42 | 1 |
Ron Jessie | 9 | 139 | 15.4 | 21 | 0 |
Dwight Scales | 5 | 104 | 20.8 | 32 | 1 |
Charle Young | 5 | 35 | 7.0 | 17 | 1 |
Cullen Bryant | 4 | 28 | 7.0 | 14 | 0 |
Jackie Wallace | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 |
Rod Phillips | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
Wendell Tyler | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
Jim Jodat | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2t | 1 |
Team Totals | 182 | 2253 | 12.4 | 58 | 16 |
Opponents Totals | 180 | 2236 | 12.4 | 73t | 11 |
INTERCEPTIONS | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Bill Simpson | 6 | 157 | 26.2 | 42 | 0 |
Pat Thomas | 5 | 97 | 19.4 | 30 | 0 |
Monte Jackson | 5 | 73 | 14.6 | 33 | 0 |
Dave Elmendorf | 2 | 51 | 25.5 | 27 | 0 |
Jim Youngblood | 2 | 27 | 13.5 | 25t | 1 |
Bob Brudzinski | 2 | 24 | 12.0 | 23 | 0 |
Jackie Wallace | 1 | 23 | 23.0 | 23 | 0 |
Isiah Robertson | 1 | 20 | 20.0 | 20 | 0 |
Rod Perry | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
Team Totals | 25 | 472 | 18.9 | 42 | 1 |
Opponents Totals | 11 | 136 | 12.4 | 43 | 0 |
PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL | TB | I20 | RYDS | NYDS | NET |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Glen Walker | 73 | 2568 | 35.2 | 56 | 0 | 8 | 11 | 116 | 2292 | 31.4 |
Team Totals | 73 | 2568 | 35.2 | 56 | 0 | 8 | 11 | 116 | 2292 | 31.4 |
Opponents Totals | 89 | 3440 | 38.7 | 68 | 0 | 8 | 15 | 360 | 2920 | 32.8 |
PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Billy Waddy | 31 | 5 | 219 | 7.1 | 48 | 0 |
Cullen Bryant | 20 | 1 | 141 | 7.1 | 26 | 0 |
Team Totals | 51 | 6 | 360 | 7.1 | 48 | 0 |
Opponents Totals | 29 | 15 | 116 | 4.0 | 12 | 0 |
KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Wendell Tyler | 24 | 523 | 21.8 | 37 | 0 | |
Jim Jodat | 5 | 129 | 25.8 | 38 | 0 | |
Cullen Bryant | 2 | 35 | 17.5 | 26 | 0 | |
Rod Phillips | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 | |
Carl Ekern | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 | |
Team Totals | 33 | 705 | 21.4 | 43 | 0 | |
Opponents Totals | 53 | 1156 | 21.8 | 36 | 0 |
SACKS | NO | YDS |
---|---|---|
Jack Youngblood | 9.5 | |
Larry Brooks | 6.5 | |
Fred Dryer | 6.0 | |
Isiah Robertson | 4.0 | |
Cody Jones | 3.5 | |
Jim Youngblood | 2.0 | |
Mike Fanning | 1.5 | |
Bob Brudzinski | 1.0 | |
Al Cowlings | 1.0 | |
Bill Simpson | 1.0 | |
Team Totals | 36.0 | 359.0 |
Opponents Totals | 25.0 | 237.0 |
FUMBLES | NO | LOST | OWN | OPP | REC | YDS | TD |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Larry Brooks | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Cullen Bryant | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
John Cappelletti | 5 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | |
Al Cowlings | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Nolan Cromwell | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 |
Fred Dryer | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
Dave Elmendorf | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 0 |
Pat Haden | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -17 | 0 | |
Greg Horton | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Cody Jones | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Lawrence McCutcheon | 6 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
Joe Namath | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -2 | 0 | |
Terry Nelson | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Jack Reynolds | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Isiah Robertson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Rich Saul | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
Bill Simpson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
Pat Thomas | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Wendell Tyler | 4 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
Billy Waddy | 8 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
Jack Youngblood | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Team Totals | 32 | 17 | 15 | 16 | 31 | -10 | 0 |
Opponents Totals | 26 | 16 | 9 | 17 | 26 | 0 |
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