1979 Los Angeles Rams (NFL) |
| 1st place • National Football Conference • Western Division • 9-7-0 .563 |
| SCORES | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Day | Date | Opponent | Score | Location | Venue | Attendance | |||
| NFC Divisional Playoff | |||||||||
| Sun | 12/30/1979 | A | Dallas Cowboys | 21-19 | W | Irving, TX | Texas Stadium | 64792 | |
| NFC Championship | |||||||||
| Sun | 1/6/1980 | A | Tampa Bay Buccaneers | 9-0 | W | Tampa, FL | Tampa Stadium | 72033 | |
| Super Bowl XIV | |||||||||
| Sun | 1/20/1980 | A | Pittsburgh Steelers | 19-31 | L | Pasadena, CA | Rose Bowl | 103985 | |
| ROSTER | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | No | Pos | Ht | Wt | Age | College | GP | GS |
| George Andrews | 52 | LB | 6-3 | 223 | 24 | Nebraska | 3 | 0 |
| Bill Bain | 62 | OL | 6-4 | 270 | 27 | Colorado; San Diego CC; Southern California | 2 | 0 |
| Larry Brooks | 90 | RDT | 6-3 | 255 | 29 | Virginia State | 3 | 3 |
| Eddie Brown | 25 | DB | 5-11 | 190 | 27 | Tennessee | 3 | 0 |
| Bob Brudzinski | 59 | RLB | 6-4 | 225 | 24 | Ohio State | 3 | 3 |
| Cullen Bryant | 32 | RB | 6-1 | 230 | 28 | Colorado | 3 | 3 |
| Ken Clark | 13 | P | 6-2 | 196 | 31 | St. Mary's (Nova Scotia) | 3 | 0 |
| Frank Corral | 3 | K | 6-2 | 233 | 24 | Riverside CC; UCLA | 3 | 0 |
| Nolan Cromwell | 21 | FS | 6-1 | 199 | 24 | Kansas | 3 | 3 |
| Preston Dennard | 88 | WR | 6-1 | 183 | 24 | New Mexico | 3 | 3 |
| Reggie Doss | 71 | DL | 6-4 | 267 | 23 | Hampton | 3 | 0 |
| Fred Dryer | 89 | RDE | 6-6 | 238 | 33 | El Camino JC; San Diego State | 3 | 3 |
| Ken Ellis | 28 | CB | 5-11 | 190 | 32 | Southern University | 2 | 0 |
| Dave Elmendorf | 42 | SS | 6-1 | 196 | 30 | Texas A&M | 3 | 3 |
| Mike Fanning | 79 | LDT | 6-6 | 255 | 26 | Notre Dame | 3 | 3 |
| Vince Ferragamo | 15 | QB | 6-3 | 212 | 25 | California; Nebraska | 3 | 3 |
| Doug France | 77 | LOT | 6-5 | 266 | 26 | Ohio State | 3 | 3 |
| Gordon Gravelle | 73 | OL | 6-5 | 255 | 30 | Brigham Young | 3 | 0 |
| Dennis Harrah | 60 | ROG | 6-5 | 265 | 26 | Miami (Florida) | 3 | 3 |
| Joe Harris | 51 | LB | 6-1 | 227 | 27 | Georgia Tech | 3 | 0 |
| Drew Hill | 87 | WR | 5-9 | 170 | 23 | Georgia Tech | 3 | 0 |
| Eddie Hill | 24 | RB | 6-2 | 210 | 22 | Memphis | 3 | 0 |
| Kent Hill | 72 | LOG | 6-5 | 260 | 22 | Georgia Tech | 3 | 3 |
| Jim Jodat | 43 | RB | 5-11 | 213 | 25 | Carthage | 3 | 0 |
| Lawrence McCutcheon | 30 | RB | 6-1 | 205 | 29 | Colorado State | 3 | 0 |
| Terry Nelson | 83 | TE | 6-2 | 230 | 28 | Arkansas-Pine Bluff | 3 | 3 |
| Dwayne O'Steen | 33 | LCB | 6-1 | 194 | 25 | California; San Jose State | 3 | 1 |
| Rod Perry | 49 | RCB | 5-9 | 180 | 26 | Fresno CC; Colorado | 3 | 3 |
| Jack Reynolds | 64 | MLB | 6-1 | 232 | 32 | Tennessee | 3 | 3 |
| Dan Ryczek | 54 | OL | 6-3 | 250 | 30 | Virginia | 3 | 0 |
| Rich Saul | 61 | C | 6-3 | 241 | 31 | Michigan State | 3 | 3 |
| Jackie Slater | 78 | ROT | 6-4 | 281 | 25 | Jackson State | 3 | 3 |
| Ronnie Smith | 84 | WR | 6-0 | 185 | 23 | Fullerton JC; San Diego State | 3 | 0 |
| Ivory Sully | 37 | DB | 6-0 | 200 | 22 | Delaware | 3 | 0 |
| Pat Thomas | 27 | LCB | 5-9 | 190 | 25 | Texas A&M | 3 | 2 |
| Wendell Tyler | 26 | RB | 5-10 | 207 | 24 | UCLA | 3 | 3 |
| Billy Waddy | 80 | WR | 5-11 | 190 | 25 | Colorado | 3 | 3 |
| Jackie Wallace | 20 | DB | 6-3 | 197 | 28 | Arizona | 3 | 0 |
| Greg Westbrooks | 57 | LB | 6-2 | 218 | 26 | Colorado Mesa; Colorado | 3 | 0 |
| Jerry Wilkinson | 70 | DL | 6-9 | 260 | 23 | Oregon State | 3 | 0 |
| Charle Young | 86 | TE | 6-4 | 234 | 28 | Southern California | 2 | 0 |
| Jack Youngblood | 85 | LDE | 6-4 | 242 | 29 | Florida | 3 | 3 |
| Jim Youngblood | 53 | LLB | 6-3 | 237 | 29 | Tennessee Tech | 3 | 3 |
| SCORING BY QUARTERS | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 7 | 26 | 6 | 10 | 49 |
| Opponents Totals | 5 | 10 | 14 | 21 | 50 |
| TEAM STATS | TOP | 1ST DOWNS | FDR | FDP | FDX | 3RD DOWN EFFICIENCY | 4TH DOWN EFFICIENCY | PEN | PENY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 32:00 | 55 | 25 | 26 | 4 | 15/44 34.1% | 1/2 50.0% | 6 | 44 |
| Opponents Totals | 32:45 | 42 | 18 | 21 | 3 | 17/47 36.2% | 0/0 % | 16 | 165 |
| SCORING | TD | X1 | X1A | PCT | FG | FGA | PCT | SAF | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Frank Corral | 0 | 4 | 5 | 80.0 | 5 | 7 | 71.4 | 0 | 19 |
| Ronnie Smith | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Cullen Bryant | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Wendell Tyler | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Billy Waddy | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Team Totals | 5 | 4 | 4 | 100.0 | 5 | 6 | 83.3 | 0 | 49 |
| Opponents Totals | 6 | 6 | 6 | 100.0 | 2 | 2 | 100.0 | 1 | 50 |
| FIELD GOALS | MADE | ATT | PCT | 1-19 | 20-29 | 30-39 | 40-49 | 50+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Frank Corral | 5 | 7 | 71.4 | 1/1 | 2/2 | 1/2 | 1/2 | 0/0 |
| OWN | 5 | 6 | 83.3 | 1/1 | 2/2 | 1/2 | 1/2 | 0/0 |
| OPP | 2 | 2 | 100.0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 1/1 | 1/1 | 0/0 |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wendell Tyler | 64 | 228 | 3.6 | 39 | 0 |
| Cullen Bryant | 41 | 203 | 5.0 | 14 | 1 |
| Lawrence McCutcheon | 11 | 36 | 3.3 | 13 | 0 |
| Nolan Cromwell | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| Vince Ferragamo | 3 | 5 | 1.7 | 7 | 0 |
| Billy Waddy | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 121 | 482 | 4.0 | 39 | 1 |
| Opponents Totals | 97 | 332 | 3.4 | 27 | 3 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INC | YDS | Y/ATT | Y/COM | LG | TD | TD% | INT | INT% | TS | YL | NYP | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vince Ferragamo | 69 | 36 | 52.2 | 30 | 585 | 8.5 | 16.3 | 50t | 3 | 4.3 | 3 | 4.3 | 6 | 60 | 525 | 77.3 |
| Lawrence McCutcheon | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 24 | 24.0 | 24.0 | 24t | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 158.3 |
| Team Totals | 70 | 37 | 52.9 | 30 | 609 | 8.7 | 16.5 | 50t | 4 | 5.7 | 3 | 4.3 | 6 | 60 | 549 | 83.6 |
| Opponents Totals | 77 | 32 | 41.6 | 40 | 555 | 7.2 | 17.3 | 73t | 3 | 3.9 | 5 | 6.5 | 2 | 11 | 544 | 52.7 |
| RECEIVING | REC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cullen Bryant | 8 | 63 | 7.9 | 16 | 0 | ||
| Billy Waddy | 6 | 172 | 28.7 | 50t | 1 | ||
| Preston Dennard | 6 | 103 | 17.2 | 35 | 0 | ||
| Wendell Tyler | 6 | 74 | 12.3 | 32t | 1 | ||
| Ronnie Smith | 3 | 79 | 26.3 | 43t | 2 | ||
| Charle Young | 3 | 39 | 13.0 | 22 | 0 | ||
| Terry Nelson | 3 | 35 | 11.7 | 15 | 0 | ||
| Drew Hill | 1 | 28 | 28.0 | 28 | 0 | ||
| Lawrence McCutcheon | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 16 | 0 | ||
| Team Totals | 37 | 609 | 16.5 | 50t | 4 | ||
| Opponents Totals | 32 | 555 | 17.3 | 3 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eddie Brown | 2 | 27 | 13.5 | 21 | 0 |
| Dave Elmendorf | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 |
| Jim Youngblood | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 |
| Rod Perry | 1 | -1 | -1.0 | -1 | 0 |
| Pat Thomas | 0 | 6 | 6 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 5 | 52 | 10.4 | 21 | 0 |
| Opponents Totals | 3 | 56 | 18.7 | 22 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL | TB | I20 | RYDS | NYDS | NET |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ken Clark | 15 | 609 | 40.6 | 59 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 55 | 494 | 32.9 |
| Team Totals | 15 | 613 | 40.9 | 59 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 55 | 498 | 33.2 |
| Opponents Totals | 18 | 677 | 37.6 | 53 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 88 | 549 | 30.5 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eddie Brown | 10 | 2 | 88 | 8.8 | 37 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 10 | 0 | 88 | 8.8 | 4 | 0 |
| Opponents Totals | 9 | 0 | 55 | 6.1 | 11 | 0 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eddie Hill | 7 | 138 | 19.7 | 27 | 0 | |
| Jim Jodat | 3 | 44 | 14.7 | 16 | 0 | |
| George Andrews | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 11 | 182 | 16.5 | 27 | 0 | |
| Opponents Totals | 13 | 347 | 26.7 | 45 | 0 |
| SACKS | NO | YDS |
|---|---|---|
| Mike Fanning | 1.0 | 11.0 |
| Jack Youngblood | 1.0 | 0.0 |
| Team Totals | 2.0 | 11.0 |
| Opponents Totals | 6.0 | 60.0 |
| FUMBLES | NO | LOST | OWN | OPP | REC | YDS | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wendell Tyler | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Opponents Totals | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 0 |
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