1971 Los Angeles Rams (NFL) |
| 2nd place • National Football Conference • Western Division • 8-5-1 .615 |
| Head Coach: Tommy Prothro |
| 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 | |
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 | LS | 5-11 | 185 | 30 | UCLA | 14 | 14 |
| Coy Bacon | 79 | RDE | 6-4 | 269 | 28 | Jackson State | 14 | 14 |
| Rich Buzin | 77 | OT | 6-4 | 251 | 25 | Penn State | 5 | 0 |
| Joe Carollo | 70 | LOT-ROT | 6-2 | 262 | 31 | Notre Dame | 11 | 0 |
| Charlie Cowan | 73 | LOT | 6-4 | 264 | 33 | New Mexico Highlands | 14 | 14 |
| Pat Curran | 88 | TE | 6-3 | 238 | 26 | Iowa State; Lakeland | 14 | 0 |
| Willie Ellison | 33 | FB | 6-1 | 204 | 26 | Texas Southern | 14 | 13 |
| Dave Elmendorf | 42 | RS | 6-1 | 196 | 22 | Texas A&M | 14 | 14 |
| Roman Gabriel | 18 | QB | 6-4 | 225 | 31 | North Carolina State | 14 | 14 |
| Ken Geddes | 36 | LLB | 6-2 | 230 | 24 | Nebraska | 14 | 0 |
| Dean Halverson | 56 | RLB | 6-2 | 221 | 25 | Washington | 12 | 0 |
| Alvin Haymond | 23 | S-CB | 6-0 | 193 | 29 | Southern University | 10 | 0 |
| Gene Howard | 21 | RCB | 6-0 | 190 | 25 | Langston | 14 | 14 |
| Ken Iman | 50 | C | 6-1 | 236 | 32 | Southeast Missouri State | 14 | 14 |
| Deacon Jones | 75 | LDE | 6-5 | 254 | 33 | South Carolina State; Mississippi Valley State | 11 | 10 |
| Les Josephson | 34 | HB-FB | 6-0 | 209 | 29 | Augustana (South Dakota) | 14 | 9 |
| Bob Klein | 80 | TE | 6-5 | 235 | 24 | Southern California | 14 | 14 |
| Mike LaHood | 64 | LOG | 6-3 | 249 | 27 | Wyoming | 9 | 0 |
| Tom Mack | 65 | LOG | 6-3 | 249 | 28 | Michigan | 14 | 14 |
| Matt Maslowski | 48 | WR | 6-3 | 210 | 22 | San Diego | 14 | 0 |
| Marlin McKeever | 86 | MLB | 6-1 | 233 | 31 | Southern California | 14 | 14 |
| Bill Nelson | 67 | RDT | 6-7 | 270 | 23 | Oregon State | 6 | 6 |
| Jim Nettles | 19 | LCB | 5-10 | 177 | 29 | Wisconsin | 14 | 14 |
| Merlin Olsen | 74 | LDT | 6-5 | 270 | 31 | Utah State | 14 | 14 |
| Phil Olsen | 72 | RDT | 6-5 | 260 | 23 | Utah State | 10 | 8 |
| Don Parish | 57 | LB | 6-1 | 220 | 23 | Stanford | 1 | 0 |
| John Pergine | 52 | RLB-MLB | 6-1 | 225 | 25 | Notre Dame | 12 | 2 |
| Jim Purnell | 53 | LLB | 6-2 | 229 | 30 | Wisconsin | 14 | 14 |
| David Ray | 27 | K | 6-0 | 195 | 27 | Alabama | 14 | 0 |
| Lance Rentzel | 13 | WR | 6-2 | 203 | 28 | Oklahoma | 14 | 14 |
| Jack Reynolds | 64 | LB | 6-1 | 232 | 24 | Tennessee | 4 | 0 |
| Jerry Rhome | 17 | QB | 6-0 | 186 | 29 | Southern Methodist; Tulsa | 14 | 0 |
| Isiah Robertson | 58 | RLB | 6-3 | 225 | 22 | Southern University | 14 | 12 |
| Rich Saul | 61 | C | 6-3 | 241 | 23 | Michigan State | 14 | 0 |
| Harry Schuh | 76 | ROT | 6-2 | 260 | 29 | Memphis | 14 | 14 |
| Joe Scibelli | 71 | ROG | 6-1 | 256 | 32 | Notre Dame; American International | 14 | 14 |
| Larry Smith | 38 | HB | 6-3 | 220 | 24 | Florida | 14 | 6 |
| Jack Snow | 84 | WR | 6-2 | 195 | 28 | Notre Dame | 14 | 14 |
| Pat Studstill | 28 | P | 6-1 | 176 | 33 | Houston | 14 | 0 |
| Bob Thomas | 35 | RB | 5-10 | 201 | 23 | Mesa CC; Arizona State | 6 | 0 |
| Lee White | 44 | RB | 6-4 | 237 | 25 | Arizona Western JC; Weber State | 7 | 0 |
| Clancy Williams | 24 | LCB | 6-2 | 197 | 29 | Washington State | 6 | 0 |
| Roger Williams | 46 | RS | 5-10 | 180 | 25 | Grambling State | 4 | 0 |
| Travis Williams | 25 | RB | 6-1 | 210 | 25 | Contra Costa JC; Arizona State | 14 | 0 |
| Greg Wojcik | 78 | LDT-RDT | 6-6 | 268 | 25 | Orange Coast JC; Southern California | 10 | 0 |
| Jack Youngblood | 85 | 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 | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 85 | 77 | 48 | 103 | 313 |
| Opponents Totals | 40 | 76 | 75 | 69 | 260 |
| 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 | SAF | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| David Ray | 0 | 37 | 37 | 100.0 | 18 | 29 | 62.1 | 0 | 91 |
| Lance Rentzel | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | ||
| Les Josephson | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | ||
| Larry Smith | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | ||
| Jack Snow | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | ||
| Willie Ellison | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | ||
| Bob Klein | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | ||
| Roman Gabriel | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Kermit Alexander | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Pat Curran | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Gene Howard | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Matt Maslowski | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Jim Nettles | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Travis Williams | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Team Totals | 37 | 37 | 37 | 100.0 | 18 | 29 | 62.1 | 0 | 313 |
| Opponents Totals | 30 | 29 | 30 | 96.7 | 17 | 32 | 53.1 | 0 | 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 | 51.1 | 162 | 2238 | 6.4 | 12.4 | 68 | 17 | 4.8 | 10 | 2.8 | 25 | 200 | 2038 | 75.4 |
| Jerry Rhome | 18 | 5 | 27.8 | 12 | 66 | 3.7 | 13.2 | 43 | 1 | 5.6 | 1 | 5.6 | 1 | 10 | 56 | 37.7 |
| Team Totals | 370 | 185 | 50.0 | 174 | 2304 | 6.2 | 12.5 | 68 | 18 | 4.9 | 11 | 3.0 | 26 | 210 | 2094 | 73.5 |
| Opponents Totals | 387 | 200 | 51.7 | 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 | BL | TB | I20 | RYDS | NYDS | NET |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pat Studstill | 70 | 2896 | 41.4 | 60 | 0 | 6 | 67 | 2709 | 38.7 | |
| Team Totals | 70 | 2896 | 41.4 | 60 | 0 | 6 | 67 | 2709 | 38.7 | |
| Opponents Totals | 66 | 2600 | 39.4 | 64 | 0 | 172 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alvin Haymond | 24 | 11 | 123 | 5.1 | 28 | 0 |
| Lance Rentzel | 9 | 5 | 40 | 4.4 | 24 | 0 |
| Kermit Alexander | 1 | 3 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Travis Williams | 1 | 0 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Gene Howard | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Team Totals | 35 | 20 | 172 | 4.9 | 28 | 0 |
| Opponents Totals | 27 | 20 | 67 | 2.5 | 21 | 0 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | 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 |
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