1976 Los Angeles Rams (NFL) Scores, Roster, Stats , Coaches, Draft

SCORES
Day	Date		Opponent	Result			Location	Venue	Attendance
Sat	7/31/1976	H	Tampa Bay Buccaneers	26-3	W		Los Angeles, CA	Memorial Coliseum	54787
Sat	8/7/1976	H	Dallas Cowboys	26-14	W		Los Angeles, CA	Memorial Coliseum	60158
Sat	8/14/1976	A	Seattle Seahawks	16-13	W		Seattle, WA	Kingdome	62532
Sat	8/21/1976	A	Oakland Raiders	23-14	W		Oakland, CA	Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum	52615
Sat	8/28/1976	H	Buffalo Bills	31-17	W		Los Angeles, CA	Memorial Coliseum	50012
Sat	9/4/1976	H	San Francisco 49ers	10-3	W		Los Angeles, CA	Memorial Coliseum	55256
Sun	9/12/1976	A	Atlanta Falcons	30-14	W		Atlanta, GA	Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium	53607
Sun	9/19/1976	A	Minnesota Vikings	10-10	T	OT	Bloomington, MN	Metropolitan Stadium	47310
Sun	9/26/1976	H	New York Giants	24-10	W		Los Angeles, CA	Memorial Coliseum	60698
Sun	10/3/1976	A	Miami Dolphins	31-28	W		Miami, FL	Orange Bowl	60753
Mon	10/11/1976	H	San Francisco 49ers	0-16	L		Los Angeles, CA	Memorial Coliseum	80532
Sun	10/17/1976	H	Chicago Bears	20-12	W		Los Angeles, CA	Memorial Coliseum	71751
Sun	10/24/1976	A	New Orleans Saints	16-10	W		New Orleans, LA	Louisiana Superdome	51984
Sun	10/31/1976	H	Seattle Seahawks	45-6	W		Los Angeles, CA	Memorial Coliseum	52035
Mon	11/8/1976	A	Cincinnati Bengals	12-20	L		Cincinnati, OH	Riverfront Stadium	52480
Sun	11/14/1976	H	St. Louis Cardinals	28-30	L		Los Angeles, CA	Memorial Coliseum	64698
Sun	11/21/1976	A	San Francisco 49ers	23-3	W		San Francisco, CA	Candlestick Park	58573
Sun	11/28/1976	H	New Orleans Saints	33-14	W		Los Angeles, CA	Memorial Coliseum	54906
Sat	12/4/1976	H	Atlanta Falcons	59-0	W		Los Angeles, CA	Memorial Coliseum	57366
Sat	12/11/1976	A	Detroit Lions	20-17	W		Pontiac, MI	Pontiac Silverdome	73155
NFC Divisional Playoff
Sun	12/19/1976	A	Dallas Cowboys	14-12	W		Irving, TX	Texas Stadium	62436
NFC Championship
Sun	12/26/1976	A	Minnesota Vikings	13-24	L		Bloomington, MN	Metropolitan Stadium	47191

ROSTER
Player	No	Pos	Ht	Wt	Age	College	GP	GS
Jim Bertelsen	45	RB	5-11	205	26	Texas	14	0
Larry Brooks	90	RDT	6-3	255	26	Virginia State	14	14
Cullen Bryant	32	RB	6-1	230	25	Colorado	14	0
John Cappelletti	22	RB	6-1	220	24	Penn State	14	14
Tom Dempsey	10	K	6-1	275	29	Palomar JC	14	0
Fred Dryer	89	RDE	6-6	238	30	El Camino JC; San Diego State	14	14
Carl Ekern	55	LB	6-3	222	22	San Jose State	14	0
Dave Elmendorf	42	LS	6-1	196	27	Texas A&M	14	14
Mike Fanning	79	DT	6-6	255	23	Notre Dame	14	0
Doug France	77	LOT	6-5	266	23	Ohio State	14	14
Tom Geredine	87	WR	6-2	191	26	Truman State	10	0
Pat Haden	11	QB	5-11	180	23	Southern California	10	7
Dennis Harrah	60	ROG	6-5	265	23	Miami (Florida)	14	14
James Harris	12	QB	6-3	221	29	Grambling State	7	5
Greg Horton	63	OG	6-4	250	25	Colorado	14	0
Harold Jackson	29	WR	5-10	175	30	Jackson State	14	14
Monte Jackson	28	RCB	5-11	192	23	San Diego Mesa JC; San Diego State	14	14
Rusty Jackson	9	P	6-2	190	26	Louisiana State	14	0
Ron Jaworski	16	QB	6-1	205	25	Youngstown State	5	2
Ron Jessie	81	WR	6-0	183	28	Imperial Valley JC; Kansas	14	14
Freeman Johns	88	WR	6-1	175	23	Southern Methodist	2	0
Cody Jones	76	DT	6-5	241	25	Trinidad State JC; San Jose State	14	0
Rick Kay	52	LLB	6-4	235	27	Colorado	3	3
Bob Klein	80	TE	6-5	235	29	Southern California	14	14
Tom Mack	65	LOG	6-3	249	33	Michigan	14	14
Lawrence McCutcheon	30	RB	6-1	205	26	Colorado State	14	14
Kevin McLain	50	LB	6-2	229	22	Fullerton JC; Colorado State	14	0
Terry Nelson	83	TE	6-2	230	25	Arkansas-Pine Bluff	14	0
Merlin Olsen	74	LDT	6-5	270	36	Utah State	14	14
Rod Perry	49	LCB	5-9	180	23	Fresno CC; Colorado	14	14
Rod Phillips	39	RB	6-0	221	24	Cincinnati; Jackson State	14	0
Steve Preece	20	S	6-1	195	29	Oregon State	14	0
Geoff Reece	54	C	6-4	247	24	Washington State	14	0
Jack Reynolds	64	MLB	6-1	232	29	Tennessee	14	14
Isiah Robertson	58	RLB	6-3	225	27	Southern University	14	14
Mel Rogers	57	LB	6-2	231	29	Florida A&M	11	0
Rich Saul	61	C	6-3	241	28	Michigan State	14	14
Dwight Scales	86	WR	6-2	182	23	Grambling State	14	0
Rob Scribner	33	RB	6-0	200	25	UCLA	14	0
Bill Simpson	48	RS	6-1	184	25	Michigan State	14	14
Jackie Slater	78	OG	6-4	281	22	Jackson State	14	0
Pat Thomas	27	CB	5-9	190	22	Texas A&M	14	0
John Williams	75	ROT	6-3	257	31	Minnesota	14	14
Jack Youngblood	85	LDE	6-4	242	26	Florida	14	14
Jim Youngblood	53	LLB	6-3	237	26	Tennessee Tech	14	11

DRAFT LIST
Round	Overall	Player	Pos	College
1	26	Kevin McLain	LB	Colorado State
2	39	Pat Thomas	DB	Texas A&M
2	53	Ron McCartney	LB	Tennessee
3	86	Jackie Slater	G	Jackson State
4	96	Jerrald Taylor	WR	Texas A&M-Kingsville
5	128	Carl Ekern	LB	San Jose State
5	149	Ken Bordelon	DE	Louisiana State
5	155	Dwight Scales	WR	Grambling State
7	207	Larry Buie	DB	Mississippi State
9	263	Geb Church	DB	Stanford
10	288	Freeman Johns	WR	Southern Methodist
11	316	Brian Nemeth	TE	South Carolina
12	344	Jim Jodat	RB	Carthage
13	373	Steve Hamilton	QB	Emporia State
14	400	Al Burleson	DB	Washington
15	429	Mal Campbell	WR	Los Angeles State
16	456	Rick Gage	WR	Arkansas Tech
17	485	Gary Shaw	DB	Brigham Young

SCORING BY QUARTERS	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	OT	PTS
Team Totals	62	81	79	129	0	351
Opponents Totals	37	38	81	34	0	190

TEAM STATS	TOP	1st Downs	FDR	FDP	FDX	3rd Down Efficiency	4th Down Efficiency	PEN	PENY
Team Totals		265	143	111	11	100/223 44.8%	/ %	83	764
Opponents Totals		213	79	118	16	66/204 32.4%	/ %	82	747

SCORING	TD	X1	X1A	PCT	FG	FGA	PCT	SAF	PTS
Tom Dempsey	0	36	44	81.8	17	26	65.4	0	87
Lawrence McCutcheon	11	0	0		0	0		0	66
Ron Jessie	6	0	0		0	0		0	36
Harold Jackson	5	0	0		0	0		0	30
Pat Haden	4	0	0		0	0		0	24
Cullen Bryant	3	0	0		0	0		0	18
Monte Jackson	3	0	0		0	0		0	18
Jim Bertelsen	2	0	0		0	0		0	12
John Cappelletti	2	0	0		0	0		0	12
James Harris	2	0	0		0	0		0	12
Tom Geredine	1	0	0		0	0		0	6
Ron Jaworski	1	0	0		0	0		0	6
Bob Klein	1	0	0		0	0		0	6
Rod Phillips	1	0	0		0	0		0	6
Dwight Scales	1	0	0		0	0		0	6
Rob Scribner	1	0	0		0	0		0	6
Team Totals	44	36	44	81.8	17	26	65.4	0	351
Opponents Totals	22	20	22	90.9	12	20	60.0	1	190

FIELD GOALS	MADE	ATT	PCT	BL	LG	1-19	20-29	30-39	40-49	50+
Tom Dempsey	17	26	65.4	4	49	2/2	5/8	4/5	6/10	0/1
Team Totals	17	26	65.4	4	49	2/2	5/8	4/5	6/10	0/1
Opponents Totals	12	20	60.0			3/3	3/3	2/3	4/8	0/3

RUSHING	ATT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Lawrence McCutcheon	291	1168	4.0	40	9
John Cappelletti	177	688	3.9	38	1
Rod Phillips	34	206	6.1	33	1
Jim Bertelsen	42	155	3.7	18	2
Pat Haden	25	84	3.4	16	4
James Harris	12	76	6.3	20	2
Cullen Bryant	21	64	3.0	12	2
Ron Jessie	4	37	9.3	22	0
Harold Jackson	1	15	15.0	15	0
Ron Jaworski	2	15	7.5	14	1
Rob Scribner	2	12	6.0	11	1
Tom Geredine	1	8	8.0	8	0
Steve Preece	1	0	0.0	0	0
Team Totals	613	2528	4.1	40	23
Opponents Totals	429	1564	3.6	60	11

PASSING	ATT	COM	PCT	INC	YDS	Y/ATT	Y/COM	LG	TD	TD%	INT	INT%	TS	YL	NYP	RTG
James Harris	158	91	57.6	61	1460	9.2	16.0	80t	8	5.1	6	3.8	14	151	1309	89.6
Pat Haden	105	60	57.1	41	896	8.5	14.9	65t	8	7.6	4	3.8	13	86	810	94.8
Ron Jaworski	52	20	38.5	27	273	5.3	13.7	42	1	1.9	5	9.6	5	51	222	22.8
Team Totals	315	171	54.3	129	2629	8.3	15.4	80t	17	5.4	15	4.8	32	288	2341	80.2
Opponents Totals	397	199	50.1	166	2487	6.3	12.5	57	11	2.8	32	8.1	45	395	2092	45.6

RECEIVING	REC	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Harold Jackson	39	751	19.3	65t	5
Ron Jessie	34	779	22.9	58t	6
John Cappelletti	30	302	10.1	32t	1			0
Lawrence McCutcheon	28	305	10.9	42	2
Bob Klein	20	229	11.5	26	1			0	0
Jim Bertelsen	6	33	5.5	10	0		0	0
Terry Nelson	4	48	12.0	16	0		0	0	0
Rod Phillips	4	23	5.8	15	0		0	0
Dwight Scales	3	105	35.0	80t	1
Cullen Bryant	2	28	14.0	25	0		1	0
Tom Geredine	1	23	23.0	23t	1	1	1	0	0
Dennis Harrah	0	3		3L	0		0	0	0
Team Totals	171	2629	15.4	80t	17
Opponents Totals	199	2487	12.5	57	11

INTERCEPTIONS	INT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Monte Jackson	10	173	17.3	46t	3
Rod Perry	8	79	9.9	43	0
Bill Simpson	4	62	15.5	30	0
Isiah Robertson	4	28	7.0	14	0
Jim Youngblood	2	28	14.0	26	0
Dave Elmendorf	2	0	0.0	0	0
Steve Preece	1	6	6.0	6	0
Rick Kay	1	0	0.0	0	0
Team Totals	32	376	11.8	46t	3
Opponents Totals	15	211	14.1	42	0

PUNTING	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	BL	TB	I20	RYDS	NYDS	NET
Rusty Jackson	77	3006	39.0	61	2	6	16	281	2605	33.0
Team Totals	79	3006	38.1	61	2	6	16	281	2605	33.0
Opponents Totals	95	3918	41.2	68	0	11	16	476	3222	33.9

PUNT RETURNS	NO	FC	YDS	AVG	LG
Cullen Bryant	29	2	321	11.1	25
Jim Bertelsen	10	0	55	5.5	19
Rob Scribner	8	1	54	6.8	20
Dwight Scales	4	0	46	11.5	21
Freeman Johns	1	0	0	0.0	0
Team Totals	52	3	476	9.2	25
Opponents Totals	39	17	281	7.2	34

KICKOFF RETURNS	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Cullen Bryant	16	459	28.7	90t	1
Tom Geredine	9	181	20.1	27	0
Pat Thomas	7	140	20.0	30	0
Dwight Scales	7	136	19.4	27	0
Rob Scribner	3	54	18.0	22	0
Freeman Johns	2	56	28.0	34	0
Terry Nelson	0	1		1L	0
Team Totals	44	1027	23.3	90t	1
Opponents Totals	70	1383	19.8	84	0

SACKS	NO	YDS
Larry Brooks	14.5
Jack Youngblood	14.5
Fred Dryer	5.0
Mike Fanning	4.0
Merlin Olsen	3.0
Jack Reynolds	2.0
Isiah Robertson	1.0
Jim Youngblood	1.0
Team Totals	45.0	395.0
Opponents Totals	32.0	288.0

FUMBLES	NO	LOST	OWN	OPP	REC	YDS
Jim Bertelsen	3		0	0	0	0
Larry Brooks	0	0	0	1	1	6
Cullen Bryant	2		1	0	1	0
John Cappelletti	3		0	0	0	0
Mike Fanning	0	0	0	1	1	3
James Harris	5		0	0	0	0
Harold Jackson	1		0	0	0	0
Monte Jackson	0	0	1	0	1	6
Ron Jessie	1		0	0	0	0
Lawrence McCutcheon	10		2	0	2	0
Terry Nelson	0	0	0	1	1	0
Merlin Olsen	0	0	0	1	1	0
Rod Perry	0	0	0	2	2	25
Rod Phillips	2		1	1	2	2
Jack Reynolds	0	0	0	1	1	0
Isiah Robertson	1		0	2	2	6
Rich Saul	0	0	1	0	1	0
Dwight Scales	1		0	0	0	0
Rob Scribner	0	0	0	1	1	0
Bill Simpson	0	0	0	1	1	0
Pat Thomas	0	0	0	2	2	3
John Williams	0	0	1	0	1	0
Jack Youngblood	0	0	0	1	1	1
Jim Youngblood	0	0	0	1	1	2
Team Totals	29	22	7	16	23	54
Opponents Totals	31	16	13	21	34

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