1978 Los Angeles Rams (NFL)

1st place National Football Conference Western Division 12-4-0 .750

Bud Carson	Defensive Backs
Max Coley	Offensive Backs
Jack Faulkner	Special Assistant
Bill Hickman	Administrative Assistant
Paul Lanham	Special Teams
Frank Lauterbur	Linebackers
Lionel Taylor	Receivers
LaVern Torgeson	Assistant Head Coach/Defensive Line
Charlie Waller	Quarterbacks

SCORES
Day	Date		Opponent	Score		Location	Venue	Attendance
Sat	8/5/1978	H	New England Patriots	7-14	L	Los Angeles, CA	Memorial Coliseum	60134
Sat	8/12/1978	H	San Diego Chargers	0-17	L	Los Angeles, CA	Memorial Coliseum	45497
Thu	8/17/1978	A	Seattle Seahawks	26-7	W	Seattle, WA	Kingdome	63235
Sat	8/26/1978	A	Oakland Raiders	28-3	W	Oakland, CA	Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum	53776
Sun	9/3/1978	A	Philadelphia Eagles	16-14	W	Philadelphia, PA	Veterans Stadium	64721
Sun	9/10/1978	H	Atlanta Falcons	10-0	W	Los Angeles, CA	Memorial Coliseum	46201
Sun	9/17/1978	H	Dallas Cowboys	27-14	W	Los Angeles, CA	Memorial Coliseum	65749
Sun	9/24/1978	A	Houston Oilers	10-6	W	Houston, TX	Astrodome	45749
Sun	10/1/1978	A	New Orleans Saints	26-20	W	New Orleans, LA	Louisiana Superdome	61654
Sun	10/8/1978	H	San Francisco 49ers	27-10	W	Los Angeles, CA	Memorial Coliseum	59337
Sun	10/15/1978	A	Minnesota Vikings	34-17	W	Bloomington, MN	Metropolitan Stadium	46551
Sun	10/22/1978	H	New Orleans Saints	3-10	L	Los Angeles, CA	Memorial Coliseum	47574
Mon	10/30/1978	A	Atlanta Falcons	7-15	L	Atlanta, GA	Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium	57250
Sun	11/5/1978	H	Tampa Bay Buccaneers	26-23	W	Los Angeles, CA	Memorial Coliseum	55182
Sun	11/12/1978	H	Pittsburgh Steelers	10-7	W	Los Angeles, CA	Memorial Coliseum	63089
Sun	11/19/1978	A	San Francisco 49ers	31-28	W	San Francisco, CA	Candlestick Park	45022
Sun	11/26/1978	A	Cleveland Browns	19-30	L	Cleveland, OH	Cleveland Stadium	55158
Sun	12/3/1978	A	New York Giants	20-17	W	East Rutherford, NJ	Giants Stadium	62629
Mon	12/11/1978	H	Cincinnati Bengals	19-20	L	Los Angeles, CA	Memorial Coliseum	47471
Sun	12/17/1978	H	Green Bay Packers	31-14	W	Los Angeles, CA	Memorial Coliseum	42500
NFC Divisional Playoff
Sun	12/31/1978	H	Minnesota Vikings	34-10	W	Los Angeles, CA	Memorial Coliseum	69631
NFC Championship
Sun	1/7/1979	H	Dallas Cowboys	0-28	L	Los Angeles, CA	Memorial Coliseum	67470

Exhibition game. Playoff game. A=Away game. H=Home game. N=Neutral site game. W=Win. L=Loss. T=Tie. OT=Overtime.

ROSTER
No	Player	Pos	Ht	Wt	Age	College	GP	GS
90	Larry Brooks	RDT	6-3	255	28	Virginia State	14	14
25	Eddie Brown	S	5-11	190	26	Tennessee	1	0
59	Bob Brudzinski	RLB	6-4	225	23	Ohio State	16	10
32	Cullen Bryant	RB	6-1	230	27	Colorado	16	9
22	John Cappelletti	FB	6-1	220	26	Penn State	14	14
3	Frank Corral	K-P	6-2	233	23	Riverside CC; UCLA	16	0
21	Nolan Cromwell	SS-FS	6-1	199	23	Kansas	16	0
28	Anthony Davis	RB	5-9	187	26	Southern California	2	0
88	Preston Dennard	WR	6-1	183	23	New Mexico	11	0
71	Reggie Doss	DE	6-4	267	22	Hampton	16	0
89	Fred Dryer	RDE	6-6	238	32	El Camino JC; San Diego State	16	16
55	Carl Ekern	LB	6-3	222	24	San Jose State	16	0
42	Dave Elmendorf	SS	6-1	196	29	Texas A&M	16	16
79	Mike Fanning	RDT	6-6	255	25	Notre Dame	16	2
15	Vince Ferragamo	QB	6-3	212	24	California; Nebraska	9	0
77	Doug France	LOT	6-5	266	25	Ohio State	16	16
68	Ed Fulton	OG	6-3	250	23	Maryland	4	0
11	Pat Haden	QB	5-11	180	25	Southern California	16	16
60	Dennis Harrah	ROG	6-5	265	25	Miami (Florida)	15	15
63	Greg Horton	OG	6-4	250	27	Colorado	2	0
81	Ron Jessie	WR	6-0	183	30	Imperial Valley JC; Kansas	16	16
43	Jim Jodat	FB	5-11	213	24	Carthage	16	0
76	Cody Jones	LDT	6-5	241	27	Trinidad State JC; San Jose State	16	16
24	Jerry Latin	RB	5-10	186	25	Northern Illinois	14	0
65	Tom Mack	LOG	6-3	249	35	Michigan	16	16
44	Larry Marshall	WR	5-10	195	28	Maryland	3	0
30	Lawrence McCutcheon	RB	6-1	205	28	Colorado State	8	7
50	Kevin McLain	LB	6-2	229	24	Fullerton JC; Colorado State	16	0
82	Willie Miller	WR	5-9	172	31	Colorado State	16	14
83	Terry Nelson	TE	6-2	230	27	Arkansas-Pine Bluff	13	13
33	Dwayne O'Steen	CB	6-1	194	24	California; San Jose State	13	0
49	Rod Perry	RCB	5-9	180	25	Fresno CC; Colorado	16	16
39	Rod Phillips	FB	6-0	221	26	Cincinnati; Jackson State	15	2
64	Jack Reynolds	MLB	6-1	232	31	Tennessee	16	16
58	Isiah Robertson	RLB	6-3	225	29	Southern University	13	6
54	Dan Ryczek	C	6-3	250	29	Virginia	16	0
61	Rich Saul	C	6-3	241	30	Michigan State	16	15
87	Dwight Scales	WR	6-2	182	25	Grambling State	13	0
48	Bill Simpson	FS	6-1	184	27	Michigan State	16	16
78	Jackie Slater	OT	6-4	281	24	Jackson State	16	0
56	Doug Smith	ROG-C	6-3	266	22	Bowling Green State	16	2
84	Ronnie Smith	WR	6-0	185	22	Fullerton JC; San Diego State	16	0
27	Pat Thomas	LCB	5-9	190	24	Texas A&M	16	16
26	Wendell Tyler	RB	5-10	207	23	UCLA	2	0
80	Billy Waddy	WR	5-11	190	24	Colorado	11	2
19	Glen Walker	P	6-1	210	26	Los Angeles Harbor JC; Southern California	16	0
20	Jackie Wallace	S	6-3	197	27	Arizona	14	0
75	John Williams	ROT	6-3	257	33	Minnesota	16	16
86	Charle Young	TE	6-4	234	27	Southern California	16	3
85	Jack Youngblood	LDE	6-4	242	28	Florida	16	16
53	Jim Youngblood	LLB	6-3	237	28	Tennessee Tech	16	16

DRAFT LIST
Round	Overall	Player	Pos	College
1	20	Elvis Peacock	RB	Oklahoma
2	46	Stan Johnson	DT	Tennessee State
2	53	Ronnie Smith	WR	San Diego State
3	78	Frank Corral	P	UCLA
3	80	Leon White	C	Colorado
4	105	Mark Manges	QB	Maryland
7	189	Reggie Doss	DE	Hampton
9	246	Andre Anderson	DE	New Mexico State
10	273	Charles Peal	T	Indiana
11	303	Ron Hostetler	LB	Penn State
12	330	Gus Coppens	T	UCLA

SCORING BY QUARTERS	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	OT
Team Totals	66	100	37	113
Opponents Totals	20	70	57	98

TEAM STATS	TOP	1ST DOWNS	FDR	FDP	FDX	3RD DOWN EFFICIENCY	4TH DOWN EFFICIENCY	PEN	PENY
Team Totals		301	128	148	25	92/245 37.6%	/ %	133	1169
Opponents Totals		229	89	113	27	80/236 33.9%	/ %	100	755

SCORING	TD	X1	X1A	PCT	FG	FGA	PCT	PTS
Frank Corral	0	31	33	93.9	29	43	67.4	118
Cullen Bryant	7	0	0		0	0		42
Willie Miller	5	0	0		0	0		30
John Cappelletti	4	0	0		0	0		24
Ron Jessie	4	0	0		0	0		24
Rod Perry	3	0	0		0	0		18
Nolan Cromwell	2	0	0		0	0		12
Lawrence McCutcheon	2	0	0		0	0		12
Bob Brudzinski	1	0	0		0	0		6
Terry Nelson	1	0	0		0	0		6
Isiah Robertson	1	0	0		0	0		6
Dwight Scales	1	0	0		0	0		6
Pat Thomas	1	0	0		0	0		6
Billy Waddy	1	0	0		0	0		6
Team Totals	33	31	33	93.9	29	43	67.4	316
Opponents Totals	28	26	28	92.9	17	26	65.4	245

FIELD GOALS	MADE	ATT	PCT	1-19	20-29	30-39	40-49	50+
Frank Corral	29	43	67.4	2/2	13/15	8/12	6/13	0/1
Team Totals	29	43	67.4	2/2	13/15	8/12	6/13	0/1
Opponents Totals	17	26	65.4	0/0	7/8	7/13	3/4	0/1

RUSHING	ATT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Cullen Bryant	178	658	3.7	26	7
John Cappelletti	174	604	3.5	26	3
Lawrence McCutcheon	118	420	3.6	18	0
Pat Haden	33	206	6.2	24	0
Jim Jodat	26	100	3.8	18	0
Rod Phillips	28	81	2.9	11	0
Terry Nelson	6	67	11.2	17	1
Jerry Latin	18	64	3.6	11	0
Wendell Tyler	14	45	3.2	18	0
Billy Waddy	5	31	6.2	11	0
Nolan Cromwell	1	16	16.0	16t	1
Vince Ferragamo	2	10	5.0	12	0
Anthony Davis	3	7	2.3	4	0
Charle Young	2	6	3.0	5	0
Willie Miller	1	-7	-7.0	-7	0
Team Totals	609	2308	3.8	26	12
Opponents Totals	505	1845	3.7	57t	11

PASSING	ATT	COM	PCT	INC	YDS	Y/ATT	Y/COM	LG	TD	TD%	INT	INT%	TS	YL	NYP	RTG
Pat Haden	444	229	51.6	196	2995	6.7	13.1	68t	13	2.9	19	4.3	32	216	2779	65.1
Vince Ferragamo	20	7	35.0	11	114	5.7	16.3	28	0	0.0	2	10.0	2	19	95	15.4
Lawrence McCutcheon	1	0	0.0	1	0	0.0			0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0	0	39.6
Glen Walker	1	0	0.0	0	0	0.0			0	0.0	1	100.0	0	0	0	0.0
Team Totals	466	236	50.6	208	3109	6.7	13.2	68t	13	2.8	22	4.7	34	235	2874	61.7
Opponents Totals	399	188	47.1	183	2449	6.1	13.0	66	15	3.8	28	7.0	47	401	2048	50.2

RECEIVING	REC	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Willie Miller	50	767	15.3	52	5
Ron Jessie	49	752	15.3	49	4
John Cappelletti	41	382	9.3	37	1
Terry Nelson	23	344	15.0	52	0
Charle Young	18	213	11.8	19	0
Billy Waddy	14	258	18.4	68t	1
Lawrence McCutcheon	12	76	6.3	33	2
Cullen Bryant	8	76	9.5	37	0
Rod Phillips	7	48	6.9	16	0
Dwight Scales	5	105	21.0	38	0
Preston Dennard	3	35	11.7	15	0
Jim Jodat	3	21	7.0	10	0
Wendell Tyler	2	17	8.5	16	0
Ronnie Smith	1	15	15.0	15	0
Team Totals	236	3109	13.2	68t	13
Opponents Totals	188	2449	13.0	66	15

INTERCEPTIONS	INT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Rod Perry	8	117	14.6	44t	3
Pat Thomas	8	96	12.0	33t	1
Bill Simpson	5	82	16.4	28	0
Dave Elmendorf	3	20	6.7	12	0
Jim Youngblood	2	50	25.0	36	0
Bob Brudzinski	1	31	31.0	31t	1
Nolan Cromwell	1	31	31.0	31	0
Team Totals	28	427	15.3	44t	5
Opponents Totals	22	269	12.2	44	0

PUNTING	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	BL	TB	I20	RYDS	NYDS	NET
Glen Walker	83	3069	37.0	61	2	5	26	223	2746	32.3
Team Totals	85	3069	36.1	61	2	5	26	223	2746	32.3
Opponents Totals	104	3956	38.0	58	2	5	15	711	3145	30.2

PUNT RETURNS	NO	FC	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Jackie Wallace	52	5	618	11.9	58	0
Billy Waddy	10	0	45	4.5	12	0
Cullen Bryant	3	0	27	9.0	21	0
Eddie Brown	1	0	13	13.0	13	0
Nolan Cromwell	1	2	8	8.0	8	0
Team Totals	67	7	711	10.6	58	0
Opponents Totals	38	19	223	5.9	57t	1

KICKOFF RETURNS	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Jerry Latin	22	467	21.2	41	0
Jim Jodat	22	447	20.3	35	0
Rod Phillips	3	52	17.3	24	0
Larry Marshall	2	50	25.0	38	0
Wendell Tyler	2	31	15.5	21	0
Doug Smith	1	8	8.0	8	0
Team Totals	52	1055	20.3	41	0
Opponents Totals	64	1335	20.9	89t	1

SACKS	NO	YDS
Larry Brooks	8.0
Cody Jones	7.5
Jack Youngblood	7.0
Fred Dryer	6.0
Jim Youngblood	5.5
Isiah Robertson	4.0
Mike Fanning	3.0
Bob Brudzinski	2.0
Rod Perry	1.0
Bill Simpson	1.0
(Team)	2.0
Team Totals	47.0	401.0
Opponents Totals	34.0	235.0

FUMBLES	NO	LOST	OWN	OPP	REC	YDS	TD
Cullen Bryant	0	0	1	0	1	0	0
John Cappelletti	4		1	0	1	0	0
Nolan Cromwell	0	0	1	0	1	0	0
Fred Dryer	0	0	0	3	3	5	0
Dave Elmendorf	0	0	0	2	2	39	0
Pat Haden	7		0	0	0	-24	0
Jim Jodat	5		1	0	1	0	0
Jerry Latin	4		1	0	1	0	0
Lawrence McCutcheon	4		3	0	3	0	0
Willie Miller	1		0	0	0	0	0
Terry Nelson	2		0	0	0	0	0
Rod Perry	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Isiah Robertson	0	0	0	2	2	16	1
Dan Ryczek	0	0	1	1	2	0	0
Jackie Slater	0	0	1	0	1	0	0
Doug Smith	0	0	1	0	1	0	0
Pat Thomas	0	0	0	2	2	0	0
Wendell Tyler	2		1	0	1	0	0
Billy Waddy	3		1	0	1	0	0
Jackie Wallace	6		1	0	1	0	0
Charle Young	1		0	0	0	0	0
Jack Youngblood	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Jim Youngblood	0	0	0	3	3	2	0
Team Totals	39	25	14	15	29	38	1
Opponents Totals	33	15	16	22	38		0