1974 Los Angeles Rams (NFL) |
| 1st place National Football Conference Western Division 10-4-0 .714 |
| Playoff Statistics |
| Head Coach: Chuck Knox |
| Ed Alsman | Special Assignments |
| Leeman Bennett | Receivers |
| Tom Catlin | Linebackers |
| Jack Faulkner | Special Assistant |
| Ray Malavasi | Defensive Coordinator |
| Ken Meyer | Offensive Coordinator |
| Elijah Pitts | Offensive Backfield/Special Teams |
| Ray Prochaska | Offensive Line |
| Jim Wagstaff | Defensive Backfield |
| SCORES | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Day | Date | Opponent | Score | Location | Venue | Attendance | |||
| Fri | 8/2/1974 | H | Cleveland Browns | 24-21 | W | Los Angeles, CA | Memorial Coliseum | 28021 | |
| Sat | 8/10/1974 | H | Dallas Cowboys | 6-13 | L | Los Angeles, CA | Memorial Coliseum | 46468 | |
| Sat | 8/17/1974 | H | Kansas City Chiefs | 58-16 | W | Los Angeles, CA | Memorial Coliseum | 48848 | |
| Sat | 8/24/1974 | H | Miami Dolphins | 31-13 | W | Los Angeles, CA | Memorial Coliseum | 64663 | |
| Sat | 8/31/1974 | A | San Diego Chargers | 30-16 | W | San Diego, CA | San Diego Stadium | 28183 | |
| Sun | 9/8/1974 | A | San Francisco 49ers | 17-7 | W | San Francisco, CA | Candlestick Park | 46125 | |
| Sun | 9/15/1974 | A | Denver Broncos | 17-10 | W | Denver, CO | Mile High Stadium | 56981 | |
| Sun | 9/22/1974 | H | New Orleans Saints | 24-0 | W | Los Angeles, CA | Memorial Coliseum | 57314 | |
| Sun | 9/29/1974 | A | New England Patriots | 14-20 | L | Foxborough, MA | Schaefer Stadium | 59712 | |
| Sun | 10/6/1974 | H | Detroit Lions | 16-13 | W | Los Angeles, CA | Memorial Coliseum | 56599 | |
| Sun | 10/13/1974 | A | Green Bay Packers | 6-17 | L | Milwaukee, WI | County Stadium | 45938 | |
| Sun | 10/20/1974 | H | San Francisco 49ers | 37-14 | W | Los Angeles, CA | Memorial Coliseum | 67319 | |
| Sun | 10/27/1974 | A | New York Jets | 20-13 | W | New York, NY | Shea Stadium | 56110 | |
| Mon | 11/4/1974 | A | San Francisco 49ers | 15-13 | W | San Francisco, CA | Candlestick Park | 57526 | |
| Sun | 11/10/1974 | H | Atlanta Falcons | 21-0 | W | Los Angeles, CA | Memorial Coliseum | 62133 | |
| Sun | 11/17/1974 | A | New Orleans Saints | 7-20 | L | New Orleans, LA | Tulane Stadium | 35727 | |
| Sun | 11/24/1974 | H | Minnesota Vikings | 20-17 | W | Los Angeles, CA | Memorial Coliseum | 87138 | |
| Sun | 12/1/1974 | A | Atlanta Falcons | 30-7 | W | Atlanta, GA | Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium | 18648 | |
| Mon | 12/9/1974 | H | Washington Redskins | 17-23 | L | Los Angeles, CA | Memorial Coliseum | 84327 | |
| Sun | 12/15/1974 | H | Buffalo Bills | 19-14 | W | Los Angeles, CA | Memorial Coliseum | 78967 | |
| NFC Divisional Playoff | |||||||||
| Sun | 12/22/1974 | H | Washington Redskins | 19-10 | W | Los Angeles, CA | Memorial Coliseum | 80118 | |
| NFC Championship | |||||||||
| Sun | 12/29/1974 | A | Minnesota Vikings | 10-14 | L | Bloomington, MN | Metropolitan Stadium | 47404 | |
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 |
| 35 | Tony Baker | RB | 5-11 | 224 | 29 | Iowa State | 14 | 0 |
| 45 | Jim Bertelsen | RB | 5-11 | 205 | 24 | Texas | 13 | 13 |
| 90 | Larry Brooks | RDT | 6-3 | 255 | 24 | Virginia State | 13 | 13 |
| 32 | Cullen Bryant | S-RB | 6-1 | 230 | 23 | Colorado | 14 | 0 |
| 11 | Mike Burke | P-K | 5-10 | 175 | 24 | Oregon State; Chabot JC; Miami (Florida) | 8 | 0 |
| 22 | John Cappelletti | RB | 6-1 | 220 | 22 | Penn State | 14 | 1 |
| 10 | Dave Chapple | P | 6-0 | 184 | 27 | UC Santa Barbara | 6 | 0 |
| 44 | Al Clark | RCB | 6-0 | 180 | 26 | Grambling State; Northern Arizona; Eastern Michigan | 14 | 4 |
| 73 | Charlie Cowan | LOT | 6-4 | 264 | 36 | New Mexico Highlands | 14 | 13 |
| 88 | Pat Curran | TE | 6-3 | 238 | 29 | Iowa State; Lakeland | 13 | 0 |
| 55 | Bill Curry | C | 6-2 | 235 | 32 | Georgia Tech | 10 | 0 |
| 37 | Bill Drake | S-WR | 6-1 | 195 | 24 | Oregon | 9 | 0 |
| 89 | Fred Dryer | RDE | 6-6 | 238 | 28 | El Camino JC; San Diego State | 14 | 14 |
| 42 | Dave Elmendorf | LS | 6-1 | 196 | 25 | Texas A&M | 14 | 14 |
| 36 | Ken Geddes | LLB | 6-2 | 230 | 27 | Nebraska | 14 | 14 |
| 21 | John Hadl | QB | 6-1 | 213 | 34 | Kansas | 6 | 5 |
| 12 | James Harris | QB | 6-3 | 221 | 27 | Grambling State | 11 | 9 |
| 50 | Ken Iman | C | 6-1 | 236 | 35 | Southeast Missouri State | 14 | 14 |
| 29 | Harold Jackson | WR | 5-10 | 175 | 28 | Jackson State | 14 | 14 |
| 16 | Ron Jaworski | QB | 6-1 | 205 | 23 | Youngstown State | 5 | 0 |
| 76 | Cody Jones | RDT | 6-5 | 241 | 23 | Trinidad State JC; San Jose State | 12 | 1 |
| 34 | Les Josephson | RB | 6-0 | 209 | 32 | Augustana (South Dakota) | 12 | 0 |
| 80 | Bob Klein | TE | 6-5 | 235 | 27 | Southern California | 14 | 14 |
| 65 | Tom Mack | LOG | 6-3 | 249 | 31 | Michigan | 14 | 14 |
| 30 | Lawrence McCutcheon | RB | 6-1 | 205 | 24 | Colorado State | 14 | 14 |
| 24 | Willie McGee | WR | 5-11 | 178 | 24 | Alcorn State | 14 | 0 |
| 41 | Eddie McMillan | RCB | 6-0 | 190 | 23 | Florida State | 14 | 10 |
| 67 | Bill Nelson | DT | 6-7 | 270 | 26 | Oregon State | 14 | 0 |
| 83 | Terry Nelson | TE | 6-2 | 230 | 23 | Arkansas-Pine Bluff | 10 | 0 |
| 74 | Merlin Olsen | LDT | 6-5 | 270 | 34 | Utah State | 14 | 14 |
| 72 | Phil Olsen | DT | 6-5 | 260 | 26 | Utah State | 14 | 0 |
| 57 | Jim Peterson | LB | 6-5 | 235 | 24 | San Diego Mesa JC; San Diego State | 14 | 0 |
| 21 | Tony Plummer | S | 5-10 | 189 | 27 | San Mateo JC; Pacific | 5 | 0 |
| 20 | Steve Preece | RS | 6-1 | 195 | 27 | Oregon State | 14 | 10 |
| 27 | David Ray | K-WR | 6-0 | 195 | 30 | Alabama | 13 | 0 |
| 19 | Lance Rentzel | WR | 6-2 | 203 | 31 | Oklahoma | 14 | 0 |
| 64 | Jack Reynolds | MLB | 6-1 | 232 | 27 | Tennessee | 14 | 14 |
| 58 | Isiah Robertson | RLB | 6-3 | 225 | 25 | Southern University | 14 | 14 |
| 61 | Rich Saul | C-OG | 6-3 | 241 | 26 | Michigan State | 14 | 0 |
| 71 | Joe Scibelli | ROG | 6-1 | 256 | 35 | Notre Dame; American International | 14 | 14 |
| 33 | Rob Scribner | RB | 6-0 | 200 | 23 | UCLA | 11 | 0 |
| 48 | Bill Simpson | RS | 6-1 | 184 | 23 | Michigan State | 14 | 4 |
| 84 | Jack Snow | WR | 6-2 | 195 | 31 | Notre Dame | 14 | 14 |
| 66 | Bob Stein | LB | 6-2 | 235 | 26 | Minnesota | 14 | 0 |
| 78 | Tim Stokes | LOT | 6-5 | 252 | 24 | Oregon | 6 | 1 |
| 47 | Charlie Stukes | RCB | 6-3 | 212 | 31 | Maryland-Eastern Shore | 14 | 14 |
| 75 | John Williams | ROT | 6-3 | 257 | 29 | Minnesota | 14 | 14 |
| 85 | Jack Youngblood | LDE | 6-4 | 242 | 24 | Florida | 14 | 14 |
| 53 | Jim Youngblood | LB | 6-3 | 237 | 24 | Tennessee Tech | 14 | 0 |
| DRAFT LIST | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Round | Overall | Player | Pos | College |
| 1 | 11 | John Cappelletti | RB | Penn State |
| 2 | 50 | Bill Simpson | DB | Michigan State |
| 3 | 76 | Al Oliver | T | UCLA |
| 4 | 99 | Norris Weese | DB | Mississippi |
| 4 | 102 | Frank Johnson | T | California-Riverside |
| 7 | 158 | John Harvey | RB | Texas-Arlington |
| 9 | 213 | Don Hutt | WR | Boise State |
| 9 | 221 | Derrick Williams | DB | California-Riverside |
| 11 | 284 | Rick Hayes | T | Washington |
| 12 | 310 | Roger Freberg | G | UCLA |
| 13 | 336 | Pete Solverson | OT | Drake |
| 14 | 362 | Ananias Carson | WR | Langston |
| 15 | 388 | Bob Thomas | K | Notre Dame |
| 16 | 414 | Dave Ottmar | P | Stanford |
| 17 | 440 | Willie Townsend | WR | Notre Dame |
| SCORING BY QUARTERS | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | OT |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 63 | 65 | 57 | 78 | |
| Opponents Totals | 3 | 85 | 45 | 48 |
| TEAM STATS | TOP | 1st Downs | FDR | FDP | FDX | 3rd Down Efficiency | 4th Down Efficiency | PEN | PENY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 265 | 132 | 112 | 21 | 86/202 42.6% | / % | 58 | 550 | |
| Opponents Totals | 186 | 66 | 109 | 11 | 65/205 31.7% | / % | 82 | 772 |
| SCORING | TD | X1 | X1A | PCT | FG | FGA | PCT | SAF | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| David Ray | 0 | 25 | 31 | 80.6 | 9 | 16 | 56.3 | 0 | 52 |
| Tony Baker | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | ||
| James Harris | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | ||
| Harold Jackson | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | ||
| Lawrence McCutcheon | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | ||
| Bob Klein | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | ||
| Jack Snow | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||
| Jim Bertelsen | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Dave Elmendorf | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Cullen Bryant | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Ron Jaworski | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Lance Rentzel | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Rob Scribner | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Mike Burke | 0 | 1 | 3 | 33.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| (Team) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 35 | 26 | 35 | 74.3 | 9 | 16 | 56.3 | 0 | 263 |
| Opponents Totals | 22 | 19 | 22 | 86.4 | 10 | 14 | 71.4 | 0 | 181 |
| FIELD GOALS | MADE | ATT | PCT | BL | LG | 1-19 | 20-29 | 30-39 | 40-49 | 50+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| David Ray | 9 | 16 | 56.3 | 1 | 46 | 1/1 | 5/6 | 2/5 | 1/4 | 0/0 |
| Team Totals | 9 | 16 | 56.3 | 1 | 46 | 1/1 | 5/6 | 2/5 | 1/4 | 0/0 |
| Opponents Totals | 10 | 14 | 71.4 | 0/0 | 3/3 | 4/4 | 1/2 | 1/1 |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lawrence McCutcheon | 236 | 1109 | 4.7 | 23t | 3 |
| Jim Bertelsen | 127 | 419 | 3.3 | 20 | 2 |
| John Cappelletti | 55 | 198 | 3.6 | 20 | 0 |
| Tony Baker | 53 | 135 | 2.5 | 13 | 5 |
| James Harris | 42 | 112 | 2.7 | 15 | 5 |
| Les Josephson | 11 | 35 | 3.2 | 8 | 0 |
| Ron Jaworski | 7 | 34 | 4.9 | 17 | 1 |
| John Hadl | 11 | 28 | 2.5 | 9 | 0 |
| Rob Scribner | 9 | 24 | 2.7 | 5 | 0 |
| Cullen Bryant | 10 | 24 | 2.4 | 7 | 0 |
| Jack Snow | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 |
| Harold Jackson | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Terry Nelson | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Steve Preece | 1 | -4 | -4.0 | -4 | 0 |
| Lance Rentzel | 1 | -9 | -9.0 | -9 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 566 | 2125 | 3.8 | 23t | 16 |
| Opponents Totals | 381 | 1302 | 3.4 | 25 | 4 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INC | YDS | Y/ATT | Y/COM | LG | TD | TD% | INT | INT% | TS | YL | NYP | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| James Harris | 198 | 106 | 53.5 | 86 | 1544 | 7.8 | 14.6 | 50t | 11 | 5.6 | 6 | 3.0 | 12 | 101 | 1443 | 85.1 |
| John Hadl | 115 | 53 | 46.1 | 56 | 680 | 5.9 | 12.8 | 38 | 5 | 4.3 | 6 | 5.2 | 6 | 36 | 644 | 57.9 |
| Ron Jaworski | 24 | 10 | 41.7 | 13 | 144 | 6.0 | 14.4 | 22 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 4.2 | 3 | 24 | 120 | 44.4 |
| Mike Burke | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 | ||
| Team Totals | 338 | 169 | 50.0 | 156 | 2368 | 7.0 | 14.0 | 50t | 16 | 4.7 | 13 | 3.8 | 21 | 161 | 2207 | 72.7 |
| Opponents Totals | 381 | 194 | 50.9 | 165 | 2465 | 6.5 | 12.7 | 79 | 16 | 4.2 | 22 | 5.8 | 44 | 363 | 2102 | 61.4 |
| RECEIVING | REC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lawrence McCutcheon | 39 | 408 | 10.5 | 50t | 2 |
| Harold Jackson | 30 | 514 | 17.1 | 44t | 5 |
| Jack Snow | 24 | 397 | 16.5 | 44t | 3 |
| Bob Klein | 24 | 336 | 14.0 | 32 | 4 |
| Jim Bertelsen | 20 | 175 | 8.8 | 19 | 0 |
| Lance Rentzel | 18 | 396 | 22.0 | 38 | 1 |
| John Cappelletti | 6 | 35 | 5.8 | 9 | 0 |
| Tony Baker | 4 | 65 | 16.3 | 42 | 0 |
| Rob Scribner | 2 | 28 | 14.0 | 14t | 1 |
| Cullen Bryant | 2 | 14 | 7.0 | 8 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 169 | 2368 | 14.0 | 50t | 16 |
| Opponents Totals | 194 | 2465 | 12.7 | 79 | 16 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dave Elmendorf | 7 | 186 | 26.6 | 57t | 2 |
| Charlie Stukes | 7 | 90 | 12.9 | 41 | 0 |
| Steve Preece | 3 | 38 | 12.7 | 17 | 0 |
| Ken Geddes | 2 | 15 | 7.5 | 15 | 0 |
| Isiah Robertson | 2 | 11 | 5.5 | 6 | 0 |
| Bill Simpson | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 22 | 340 | 15.5 | 57t | 2 |
| Opponents Totals | 13 | 92 | 7.1 | 33 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL | TB | I20 | RYDS | NYDS | NET |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mike Burke | 46 | 1701 | 37.0 | 51 | 0 | 4 | ||||
| Dave Chapple | 29 | 1028 | 35.4 | 51 | 1 | |||||
| Team Totals | 75 | 2729 | 36.4 | 51 | 1 | 453 | ||||
| Opponents Totals | 95 | 3917 | 41.2 | 71 | 1 | 507 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cullen Bryant | 17 | 0 | 171 | 10.1 | 23 | 0 |
| Dave Elmendorf | 17 | 0 | 134 | 7.9 | 18 | 0 |
| Jim Bertelsen | 11 | 4 | 132 | 12.0 | 19 | 0 |
| Rob Scribner | 8 | 1 | 70 | 8.8 | 23 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 53 | 5 | 507 | 9.6 | 23 | 0 |
| Opponents Totals | 40 | 5 | 453 | 11.3 | 68 | 1 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cullen Bryant | 23 | 617 | 26.8 | 84t | 1 | |
| Willie McGee | 12 | 288 | 24.0 | 35 | 0 | |
| John Cappelletti | 2 | 17 | 8.5 | 12 | 0 | |
| Pat Curran | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 16 | 0 | |
| Rob Scribner | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jim Youngblood | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 40 | 938 | 23.5 | 84t | 1 | |
| Opponents Totals | 58 | 1232 | 21.2 | 43 | 0 |
| SACKS | NO | YDS |
|---|---|---|
| Fred Dryer | 15.0 | |
| Larry Brooks | 9.7 | |
| Merlin Olsen | 2.2 | |
| Bill Nelson | 1.0 | |
| Ken Geddes | 1.0 | |
| Jack Reynolds | 0.8 | |
| Jack Youngblood | 15.0 | |
| Team Totals | 44.0 | 363.0 |
| Opponents Totals | 21.0 | 161.0 |
| FUMBLES | NO | LOST | OWN | OPP | REC | YDS | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jim Bertelsen | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| John Cappelletti | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Dave Elmendorf | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ken Geddes | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 |
| John Hadl | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| James Harris | 7 | 2 | 0 | 2 | -7 | 0 | |
| Ron Jaworski | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | |
| Bob Klein | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tom Mack | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| Lawrence McCutcheon | 7 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Steve Preece | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -12 | 0 | |
| Jack Reynolds | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Isiah Robertson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 0 |
| Rob Scribner | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bill Simpson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jack Snow | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Charlie Stukes | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 29 | 14 | 15 | 3 | 18 | -4 | 0 |
| Opponents Totals | 15 | 3 | 9 | 14 | 23 | 1 |
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