1969 Los Angeles Rams (NFL) |
| 1st place Western Conference Coastal Division 11-3-0 .786 |
| Playoff Statistics |
| Head Coach: George Allen |
| Tom Catlin | Defense |
| Ted Marchibroda | Offensive Backs |
| Ray Prochaska | Offense |
| Howard Schnellenberger | Offensive Ends |
| Joe Sullivan | Special Assistant |
| LaVern Torgeson | Defensive Line |
| Dick Vermeil | Special Teams |
| SCORES | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Day | Date | Opponent | Score | Location | Venue | Attendance | |||
| Fri | 8/8/1969 | H | Dallas Cowboys | 24-17 | W | Los Angeles, CA | Memorial Coliseum | 87381 | |
| Sat | 8/16/1969 | H | Cleveland Browns | 3-10 | L | Los Angeles, CA | Memorial Coliseum | 54937 | |
| Sat | 8/23/1969 | H | Kansas City Chiefs | 14-42 | L | Los Angeles, CA | Memorial Coliseum | 58306 | |
| Sat | 8/30/1969 | A | San Diego Chargers | 24-14 | W | San Diego, CA | San Diego Stadium | 53071 | |
| Sat | 9/6/1969 | H | Buffalo Bills | 50-20 | W | Los Angeles, CA | Memorial Coliseum | 69904 | |
| Sat | 9/13/1969 | H | San Francisco 49ers | 31-28 | W | Anaheim, CA | Anaheim Stadium | 39179 | |
| Sun | 9/21/1969 | A | Baltimore Colts | 27-20 | W | Baltimore, MD | Memorial Stadium | 56864 | |
| Sun | 9/28/1969 | H | Atlanta Falcons | 17-7 | W | Los Angeles, CA | Memorial Coliseum | 58031 | |
| Sun | 10/5/1969 | H | New Orleans Saints | 36-17 | W | Los Angeles, CA | Memorial Coliseum | 54879 | |
| Sun | 10/12/1969 | A | San Francisco 49ers | 27-21 | W | San Francisco, CA | Kezar Stadium | 45995 | |
| Sun | 10/19/1969 | H | Green Bay Packers | 34-21 | W | Los Angeles, CA | Memorial Coliseum | 78947 | |
| Sun | 10/26/1969 | A | Chicago Bears | 9-7 | W | Chicago, IL | Wrigley Field | 45985 | |
| Sun | 11/2/1969 | A | Atlanta Falcons | 38-6 | W | Atlanta, GA | Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium | 58850 | |
| Sun | 11/9/1969 | H | San Francisco 49ers | 41-30 | W | Los Angeles, CA | Memorial Coliseum | 73975 | |
| Sun | 11/16/1969 | A | Philadelphia Eagles | 23-17 | W | Philadelphia, PA | Franklin Field | 60658 | |
| Sun | 11/23/1969 | H | Dallas Cowboys | 24-23 | W | Los Angeles, CA | Memorial Coliseum | 79105 | |
| Sun | 11/30/1969 | A | Washington Redskins | 24-13 | W | Washington, DC | RFK Stadium | 50352 | |
| Sun | 12/7/1969 | H | Minnesota Vikings | 13-20 | L | Los Angeles, CA | Memorial Coliseum | 80430 | |
| Sun | 12/14/1969 | A | Detroit Lions | 0-28 | L | Detroit, MI | Tiger Stadium | 53256 | |
| Sun | 12/21/1969 | H | Baltimore Colts | 7-13 | L | Los Angeles, CA | Memorial Coliseum | 73326 | |
| Western Conference Championship | |||||||||
| Sat | 12/27/1969 | A | Minnesota Vikings | 20-23 | L | Bloomington, MN | Metropolitan Stadium | 47900 | |
| Sat | 1/3/1970 | N | Dallas Cowboys | 31-0 | W | Miami, FL | Orange Bowl | 30824 | |
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 | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No | Player | Pos | Ht | Wt | Age | College | GP | GS |
| 79 | Coy Bacon | RDT | 6-4 | 269 | 26 | Jackson State | 14 | 13 |
| 22 | Dick Bass | RB | 5-10 | 197 | 32 | Pacific | 1 | 0 |
| 55 | Maxie Baughan | RLB | 6-1 | 227 | 31 | Georgia Tech | 13 | 13 |
| 76 | Bob Brown | ROT | 6-4 | 284 | 28 | Nebraska | 14 | 14 |
| 78 | Roger Brown | RDT | 6-5 | 298 | 32 | Maryland-Eastern Shore | 14 | 1 |
| 51 | George Burman | C | 6-3 | 253 | 27 | Northwestern | 14 | 0 |
| 89 | Rick Cash | DE | 6-5 | 260 | 24 | Missouri; Truman State | 14 | 0 |
| 73 | Charlie Cowan | LOT | 6-4 | 264 | 31 | New Mexico Highlands | 14 | 14 |
| 88 | Pat Curran | RB | 6-3 | 238 | 24 | Iowa State; Lakeland | 1 | 0 |
| 46 | Willie Daniel | CB | 5-11 | 187 | 32 | Mississippi State | 10 | 1 |
| 43 | Mike Dennis | RB | 6-1 | 207 | 25 | Mississippi | 1 | 0 |
| 33 | Willie Ellison | RB | 6-1 | 204 | 24 | Texas Southern | 14 | 0 |
| 18 | Roman Gabriel | QB | 6-4 | 225 | 29 | North Carolina State | 14 | 14 |
| 30 | Bruce Gossett | K | 6-2 | 229 | 28 | Clarion; Ferrum JC; Duquesne; Richmond | 14 | 0 |
| 23 | Alvin Haymond | S | 6-0 | 193 | 27 | Southern University | 14 | 0 |
| 50 | Ken Iman | C | 6-1 | 236 | 30 | Southeast Missouri State | 14 | 14 |
| 70 | Mitch Johnson | OT | 6-4 | 249 | 27 | Los Angeles State; UCLA | 14 | 0 |
| 75 | Deacon Jones | LDE | 6-5 | 254 | 31 | South Carolina State; Mississippi Valley State | 14 | 14 |
| 34 | Les Josephson | RB | 6-0 | 209 | 27 | Augustana (South Dakota) | 14 | 14 |
| 80 | Bob Klein | TE | 6-5 | 235 | 22 | Southern California | 14 | 0 |
| 64 | Mike LaHood | ROG | 6-3 | 249 | 25 | Wyoming | 14 | 7 |
| 39 | Izzy Lang | RB | 6-1 | 231 | 27 | Tennessee State | 12 | 0 |
| 85 | Lamar Lundy | RDE | 6-7 | 245 | 34 | Purdue | 4 | 1 |
| 65 | Tom Mack | LOG | 6-3 | 249 | 26 | Michigan | 14 | 14 |
| 56 | Frank Marchlewski | C | 6-2 | 237 | 26 | Minnesota | 5 | 0 |
| 20 | Tommy Mason | WR | 6-0 | 195 | 30 | Tulane | 13 | 0 |
| 21 | Eddie Meador | RS | 5-11 | 193 | 32 | Arkansas Tech | 14 | 14 |
| 19 | Jim Nettles | RCB | 5-10 | 177 | 27 | Wisconsin | 13 | 5 |
| 74 | Merlin Olsen | LDT | 6-5 | 270 | 29 | Utah State | 14 | 14 |
| 32 | Jack Pardee | LLB | 6-2 | 224 | 33 | Texas A&M | 14 | 14 |
| 52 | John Pergine | LB | 6-1 | 225 | 23 | Notre Dame | 14 | 0 |
| 17 | Richie Petitbon | LS | 6-3 | 206 | 31 | Loyola (Louisiana); Tulane | 12 | 12 |
| 66 | Myron Pottios | MLB | 6-2 | 236 | 30 | Notre Dame | 5 | 2 |
| 53 | Jim Purnell | RLB | 6-2 | 229 | 28 | Wisconsin | 14 | 1 |
| 27 | David Ray | K | 6-0 | 195 | 25 | Alabama | 1 | 0 |
| 71 | Joe Scibelli | ROG | 6-1 | 256 | 30 | Notre Dame; American International | 7 | 7 |
| 44 | Nate Shaw | DB | 6-2 | 205 | 24 | San Diego CC; Southern California | 7 | 0 |
| 38 | Larry Smith | RB | 6-3 | 220 | 22 | Florida | 14 | 14 |
| 41 | Ron Smith | RCB-LS | 6-1 | 191 | 26 | Wisconsin | 14 | 11 |
| 84 | Jack Snow | WR | 6-2 | 195 | 26 | Notre Dame | 14 | 14 |
| 28 | Pat Studstill | P | 6-1 | 176 | 31 | Houston | 14 | 0 |
| 10 | Karl Sweetan | QB | 6-1 | 203 | 27 | Texas A&M; Navarro JC; Wake Forest | 5 | 0 |
| 72 | Diron Talbert | RDE | 6-5 | 246 | 25 | Texas | 14 | 13 |
| 87 | Billy Truax | TE | 6-5 | 238 | 26 | Louisiana State | 14 | 14 |
| 14 | Wendell Tucker | WR | 5-10 | 185 | 26 | South Carolina State | 14 | 14 |
| 24 | Clancy Williams | LCB | 6-2 | 197 | 27 | Washington State | 14 | 14 |
| 57 | Doug Woodlief | MLB | 6-3 | 231 | 26 | Chipola JC; Memphis | 14 | 11 |
| DRAFT LIST | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Round | Overall | Player | Pos | College |
| 1 | 8 | Larry Smith | RB | Florida |
| 1 | 10 | Jim Seymour | SE | Notre Dame |
| 1 | 21 | Bob Klein | TE | Southern California |
| 4 | 99 | John Zook | DE | Kansas |
| 6 | 133 | A.Z. Drones | T | West Texas A&M |
| 6 | 151 | Pat Curran | LB | Lakeland |
| 7 | 177 | James Hawkins | DB | Nebraska |
| 8 | 203 | Richard Harvey | DB | Jackson State |
| 9 | 229 | Mike Foote | LB | Oregon State |
| 10 | 255 | Jerry Gordon | T | Auburn |
| 11 | 281 | Dave Svendsen | FL | Eastern Washington |
| 12 | 307 | Tim Carr | QB | Long Island-Post |
| 13 | 333 | Roger Williams | DB | Grambling State |
| 14 | 359 | Ray Stephens | RB | Minnesota |
| 15 | 385 | George Jugum | LB | Washington |
| 16 | 411 | Henry Hipps | LB | North Carolina A&T State |
| 17 | 437 | Jim Thorpe | DB | Hofstra |
| SCORING BY QUARTERS | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | OT |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 60 | 102 | 78 | 80 | |
| Opponents Totals | 53 | 82 | 37 | 71 |
| TEAM STATS | TOP | 1st Downs | FDR | FDP | FDX | 3rd Down Efficiency | 4th Down Efficiency | PEN | PENY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 209 | 75 | 114 | 20 | / % | / % | 95 | 994 | |
| Opponents Totals | 242 | 84 | 125 | 33 | / % | / % | 88 | 709 |
| SCORING | TD | X1 | X1A | PCT | FG | FGA | PCT | SAF | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bruce Gossett | 0 | 36 | 36 | 100.0 | 22 | 34 | 64.7 | 0 | 102 |
| Wendell Tucker | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 42 | ||
| Jack Snow | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | ||
| Roman Gabriel | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | ||
| Billy Truax | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | ||
| Larry Smith | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||
| Willie Ellison | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Les Josephson | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Tommy Mason | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Eddie Meador | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Bob Klein | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Ron Smith | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| (Team) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Team Totals | 36 | 36 | 36 | 100.0 | 22 | 34 | 64.7 | 1 | 320 |
| Opponents Totals | 26 | 25 | 26 | 96.2 | 20 | 26 | 76.9 | 1 | 243 |
| FIELD GOALS | MADE | ATT | PCT | BL | LG | 1-19 | 20-29 | 30-39 | 40-49 | 50+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bruce Gossett | 22 | 34 | 64.7 | 0 | 44 | 7/7 | 8/8 | 6/7 | 1/11 | 0/1 |
| Team Totals | 22 | 34 | 64.7 | 0 | 44 | 7/7 | 8/8 | 6/7 | 1/11 | 0/1 |
| Opponents Totals | 20 | 26 | 76.9 | 6/ | 5/ | 4/ | 4/ | 1/ |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Larry Smith | 166 | 599 | 3.6 | 46 | 1 |
| Les Josephson | 124 | 461 | 3.7 | 17 | 0 |
| Roman Gabriel | 35 | 156 | 4.5 | 22 | 5 |
| Tommy Mason | 33 | 135 | 4.1 | 17 | 1 |
| Willie Ellison | 20 | 56 | 2.8 | 15 | 1 |
| Eddie Meador | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Dick Bass | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| Izzy Lang | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| Karl Sweetan | 1 | -1 | -1.0 | -1 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 382 | 1413 | 3.7 | 46 | 8 |
| Opponents Totals | 415 | 1475 | 3.6 | 28 | 8 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INC | YDS | Y/ATT | Y/COM | LG | TD | TD% | INT | INT% | TS | YL | NYP | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Roman Gabriel | 399 | 217 | 54.4 | 175 | 2549 | 6.4 | 11.7 | 93t | 24 | 6.0 | 7 | 1.8 | 14 | 112 | 2437 | 86.8 |
| Karl Sweetan | 13 | 5 | 38.5 | 8 | 101 | 7.8 | 20.2 | 67t | 1 | 7.7 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 4 | 97 | 92.1 |
| Eddie Meador | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 | ||
| Larry Smith | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 13 | -13 | 39.6 | ||
| Willie Ellison | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 | ||
| Team Totals | 416 | 222 | 53.4 | 187 | 2650 | 6.4 | 11.9 | 93t | 25 | 6.0 | 7 | 1.7 | 17 | 129 | 2521 | 86.1 |
| Opponents Totals | 430 | 202 | 47.0 | 202 | 2919 | 6.8 | 14.5 | 70 | 18 | 4.2 | 26 | 6.0 | 50 | 393 | 2526 | 58.3 |
| RECEIVING | REC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jack Snow | 49 | 734 | 15.0 | 74t | 6 |
| Larry Smith | 46 | 300 | 6.5 | 38 | 2 |
| Wendell Tucker | 38 | 629 | 16.6 | 93t | 7 |
| Billy Truax | 37 | 431 | 11.6 | 49 | 5 |
| Les Josephson | 32 | 295 | 9.2 | 51t | 2 |
| Tommy Mason | 11 | 185 | 16.8 | 67t | 1 |
| Willie Ellison | 4 | 31 | 7.8 | 1t | 1 |
| Pat Studstill | 3 | 28 | 9.3 | 11 | 0 |
| Bob Klein | 2 | 17 | 8.5 | 16 | 1 |
| Team Totals | 222 | 2650 | 11.9 | 93t | 25 |
| Opponents Totals | 202 | 2919 | 14.5 | 70 | 18 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eddie Meador | 5 | 97 | 19.4 | 38t | 2 |
| Richie Petitbon | 5 | 46 | 9.2 | 25 | 0 |
| Clancy Williams | 4 | 97 | 24.3 | 40 | 0 |
| Doug Woodlief | 4 | 29 | 7.3 | 10 | 0 |
| Ron Smith | 3 | 70 | 23.3 | 24t | 1 |
| Jim Nettles | 2 | 37 | 18.5 | 25 | 0 |
| Jack Pardee | 1 | 19 | 19.0 | 19 | 0 |
| Myron Pottios | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 16 | 0 |
| Willie Daniel | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 26 | 424 | 16.3 | 40 | 3 |
| Opponents Totals | 7 | 40 | 5.7 | 29 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL | TB | I20 | RYDS | NYDS | NET |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pat Studstill | 80 | 3259 | 40.7 | 60 | 0 | 9 | 181 | 2898 | 36.2 | |
| Team Totals | 80 | 3259 | 40.7 | 60 | 0 | 9 | 181 | 2898 | 36.2 | |
| Opponents Totals | 77 | 3154 | 41.0 | 58 | 1 | 556 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alvin Haymond | 33 | 8 | 435 | 13.2 | 52 | 0 |
| Ron Smith | 23 | 6 | 122 | 5.3 | 21 | 0 |
| John Pergine | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Eddie Meador | 1 | 0 | -1 | -1.0 | -1 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 58 | 14 | 556 | 9.6 | 52 | 0 |
| Opponents Totals | 36 | 13 | 181 | 5.0 | 19 | 0 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alvin Haymond | 16 | 375 | 23.4 | 36 | 0 | |
| Ron Smith | 27 | 585 | 21.7 | 37 | 0 | |
| Izzy Lang | 4 | 70 | 17.5 | 25 | 0 | |
| Willie Ellison | 2 | 38 | 19.0 | 22 | 0 | |
| Pat Curran | 2 | 28 | 14.0 | 22 | 0 | |
| George Burman | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 | |
| Bob Klein | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 53 | 1107 | 20.9 | 37 | 0 | |
| Opponents Totals | 56 | 1208 | 21.6 | 88 | 0 |
| FUMBLES | NO | LOST | OWN | OPP | REC | YDS | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Maxie Baughan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Willie Daniel | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Roman Gabriel | 7 | 5 | 0 | 5 | -4 | 0 | |
| Alvin Haymond | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ken Iman | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Deacon Jones | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Les Josephson | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bob Klein | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Eddie Meador | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| John Pergine | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Richie Petitbon | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 |
| Jim Purnell | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Larry Smith | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ron Smith | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jack Snow | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Diron Talbert | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Billy Truax | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Clancy Williams | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 23 | 12 | 11 | 12 | 23 | 0 | 0 |
| Opponents Totals | 33 | 12 | 19 | 11 | 30 | 0 |
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