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1973 Los Angeles Rams: 12-2-0
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Home record: 7-0-0 (222 points scored, 81 allowed) Road record: 5-2-0 (166 points scored, 97 allowed) Head Coach: Chuck Knox

388 points scored (1st of 26 teams), 178 points allowed (4th) NFL Averages: 19.5 points/game (272.3 points/team)

Team stats and rankings:
           ---------------- PASSING ----------------    ----------- RUSHING ----------    --- TOTAL ---
           Cmp   Att   Yards  (Rank) Yd/Att  TD  Int    Att   Yards  (Rank) Yd/Att  TD    Yards   (Rank)  Turnovers
Offense:   144   271   1,981   (13)   6.88   22   11    659   2,925   ( 2)    4.4   18    4,906    ( 1)      20
Defense:   179   328   1,681   ( 7)   4.51   10   20    368   1,270   ( 1)    3.5    5    2,951    ( 1)      38

Team roster (starters in bold):
 #   Player              Pos   GP   Hgt   Wgt  Age  Exp   College
 5  Dick Gordon          WR     5   5'11  190   29    9   Michigan State
10  Dave Chapple         P     14   6'0   180   26    3   California-Santa Barbara
12  James Harris         QB     8   6'3   210   26    4   Grambling
20  Steve Preece         DB    14   6'1   195   26    5   Oregon State
21  John Hadl            QB    14   6'2   214   33   12   Kansas
27  David Ray            K     14   6'0   195   29    5   Alabama
29  Harold Jackson       WR    14   5'10  175   27    6   Jackson State
30  Lawrence McCutcheon  RB    12   6'1   205   23    2   Colorado State
32  Cullen Bryant        RB    13   6'1   218   22    R   Colorado
33  Rob Scribner         RB    10   6'0   200   22    R   UCLA
34  Les Josephson        RB    14   6'0   207   31    9   Augustana (SD)
35  Tony Baker           RB    14   5'11  225   28    6   Iowa State
36  Ken Geddes           LB    14   6'3   235   27    3   Nebraska
37  Bill Drake           DB     4   6'1   195   23    1   Oregon
38  Larry Smith          RB    12   6'3   220   26    5   Florida
41  Eddie McMillan       DB    14   6'0   180   21    R   Florida State
42  Dave Elmendorf       DB    14   6'1   195   24    3   Texas A&M
44  Al Clark             DB    14   6'0   180   25    3   Eastern Michigan
45  Jim Bertelsen        RB    14   5'11  205   23    2   Texas
47  Charlie Stukes       DB    14   6'3   212   30    7   Maryland Eastern Shore
50  Ken Iman             C     14   6'1   240   34   13   Southeast Missouri State
52  Rick Kay             LB    14   6'4   235   23    1   Colorado
53  Jim Youngblood       LB    14   6'3   240   23    R   Tennessee Tech
58  Isiah Robertson      LB    14   6'3   225   24    3   Southern
61  Rich Saul            C     14   6'3   235   25    4   Michigan State
64  Jack Reynolds        LB    14   6'1   232   25    4   Tennessee
65  Tom Mack             OG    14   6'3   250   29    8   Michigan
66  Bob Stein            LB    13   6'2   235   25    5   Minnesota
67  Bill Nelson          DT    12   6'7   270   25    3   Oregon State
71  Joe Scibelli         OG    14   6'1   255   34   13   American International
72  Phil Olsen           DT    14   6'5   265   25    3   Utah State
73  Charley Cowan        OT    14   6'4   265   35   13   New Mexico Highlands
74  Merlin Olsen         DT    14   6'5   270   33   12   Utah State
75  John Williams        OT    14   6'3   256   28    6   Minnesota
79  Harry Schuh          OT    14   6'2   260   31    9   Memphis
80  Bob Klein            TE    14   6'5   235   26    5   Southern California
82  Joe Sweet            WR     8   6'2   196   25    2   Tennessee State
83  Terry Nelson         TE     2   6'2   230   22    R   Arkansas-Pine Bluff
84  Jack Snow            WR    14   6'2   190   30    9   Notre Dame
85  Jack Youngblood      DE    14   6'4   250   23    3   Florida
86  Rod Sherman          WR     3   6'0   190   28    7   Southern California
88  Pat Curran           TE    14   6'3   238   28    5   Lakeland
89  Fred Dryer           DE    14   6'6   240   27    5   San Diego State
90  Larry Brooks         DT    14   6'3   255   23    2   Virginia State

                                               Per   Per
Passing              Att  Cmp    Pct  Yards    Att   Cmp  TD   TD%  Int  Int%  Sack  Loss  Rating
John Hadl            258  135   52.3  2,008   7.78  14.9  22   8.5   11   4.3    17   126    88.8
James Harris          11    7   63.6     68   6.18   9.7   0   0.0    0   0.0     0     0    80.9
Larry Smith            2    2  100.0     31  15.50  15.5   0   0.0    0   0.0     0     0   118.8
Receiving             Rec  Yards    Avg   TD
Harold Jackson         40    874   21.9   13
Lawrence McCutcheon    30    289    9.6    3
Bob Klein              21    277   13.2    2
Jim Bertelsen          19    267   14.1    1
Jack Snow              16    252   15.8    2
Larry Smith            10     65    6.5    0
Pat Curran              5     56   11.2    1
Rob Scribner            2     19    9.5    0
Rod Sherman             1      8    8.0    0
Rushing               Att  Yards    Avg   TD
Lawrence McCutcheon   210  1,097    5.2    2
Jim Bertelsen         206    854    4.1    4
Tony Baker             85    344    4.0    7
Larry Smith            79    291    3.7    2
Les Josephson          36    174    4.8    2
Rob Scribner           20    109    5.5    0
James Harris            4     29    7.2    0
Dick Gordon             1     19   19.0    0
Steve Preece            1     11   11.0    1
John Hadl              14      5    0.4    0
Dave Chapple            1      0    0.0    0
Harold Jackson          2     -8   -4.0    0
Kickoff Returns       Att  Yards    Avg   TD
Cullen Bryant          13    369   28.4    1
Rob Scribner           11    314   28.5    0
Dick Gordon             3     68   22.7    0
Al Clark                2     80   40.0    0
Dave Elmendorf          2     23   11.5    0
Pat Curran              1     24   24.0    0
Larry Smith             1     16   16.0    0
Jim Bertelsen           1     15   15.0    0
Lawrence McCutcheon     1      6    6.0    0
Bob Klein               1      0    0.0    0
Punt Returns          Att  Yards    Avg   FC   TD
Jim Bertelsen          26    259   10.0   10    0
Dave Elmendorf         22    187    8.5    3    0
Rob Scribner            3     32   10.7    1    0
Punting Punts Yards Avg TB In20 Blk Ret Yards Net Dave Chapple 51 2,079 40.8 0 0 1 0 0 40.0 Kicking 0-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50+ Total PAT Pts David Ray 9/10 7/9 9/16 5/11 0/1 30/47 40/42 130 Defense Sacks Ints Yards TD Larry Brooks 9.0 Al Clark 1 5 0 Fred Dryer 10.0 Dave Elmendorf 1 16 0 Ken Geddes 2.5 Eddie McMillan 4 20 0 Merlin Olsen 7.0 Steve Preece 2 25 0 Jack Reynolds 2 52 0 Isiah Robertson 1.5 3 57 1 Bob Stein 1 6 0 Charlie Stukes 5 104 0 Jack Youngblood 16.5 Jim Youngblood 1 15 0

1973 Draft:
NFL Rnd Ovr Pos Player Games College 2 31 RB Cullen Bryant 153 Colorado [pick acquired from SD] 2 37 QB Ron Jaworski 188 Youngstown State 2 42 LB Jim Youngblood 156 Tennessee Tech [pick acquired from KC] 3 60 OT Tim Stokes 105 Oregon [pick acquired from SD] 4 95 DB Eddie McMillan 84 Florida State [pick acquired from KC] 4 99 TE Terry Nelson 87 Arkansas AM&N [pick acquired from GB] 5 115 RB Steve Jones 77 Duke 5 129 DE Cody Jones 110 San Jose State [pick acquired from WAS] 6 133 DE Jim Peterson 31 San Diego State [pick acquired from NO via WAS] 6 141 WR Jason Caldwell North Carolina Central 7 161 LB Steve Brown Oregon State [pick acquired from CHI] 7 167 OG Bill Dulac 26 Eastern Michigan 9 219 OT Jim Nicholson 72 Michigan State 11 271 RB Jeff Inmon North Carolina Central 11 285 WR Willie Jackson Florida [pick acquired from WAS] 12 297 DT Robert Storck Wisconsin 13 323 WR Rod Milburn Southern 13 335 LB Clinton Spearman Michigan [pick acquired from OAK] 14 349 DB Walter Rhone Central Missouri 15 375 DB Jerry Bond Weber State 15 390 DE Kurt Matter Washington [pick acquired from WAS] 16 401 DB Fuller Cherry Arkansas-Monticello 17 427 RB Fred Henry New Mexico

Traded draft picks: #1 to NE (Sam Cunningham), #3 to STL (Terry Metcalf), #4 to OAK (Perry Smith), #8 to WAS (Mike Hancock), #10 to WAS (Ken Stone)


Transactions:

01-1973traded Dale Hackbart to Broncos for Buffalo's #10 pick in the 1974 draft
01-25-1973traded Coy Bacon and Bob Thomas to Chargers for John Hadl
01-29-1973traded Willie Ellison and Pete Beathard to Chiefs for Bob Stein and Kansas City's #2 and #4 picks in the 1973 draft
01-31-1973traded Los Angeles' #10 pick in the 1974 draft to Colts for Jerry Logan
01-31-1973traded Jim Purnell to Raiders for Oakland's #13 pick in the 1973 draft
01-31-1973traded Clancy Williams to Redskins for Washington's #15 pick in the 1973 draft
01-31-1973traded John Pergine to Redskins for Washington's #11 pick in the 1973 draft
06-08-1973traded Roman Gabriel to Eagles for Harold Jackson, Tony Baker, Philadelphia's #1 pick in the 1974 draft and Philadelphia's #1 and #3 picks in the 1975 draft
06-19-1973claimed Joe Williams on waivers from Saints
07-1973traded Los Angeles' #6 pick in the 1974 draft to Oilers for Bob Crum
07-21-1973traded Brian Goodman to Lions for Detroit's #9 pick in the 1974 draft
07-25-1973traded Bill Dulac and a #7 pick in the 1974 draft to Patriots for Herb Adderley and Jeff Lyman
08-02-1973traded Eddie Richardson to Oilers for a draft pick
08-02-1973traded an undisclosed 1974 draft pick to Oilers for Edesel Garrison
08-03-1973traded a draft pick to Vikings for Greg Slough
08-07-1973traded a #5 pick in the 1974 draft to Chargers for Bill McClard
08-08-1973traded a draft pick to Redskins for Steve Boekholder
08-10-1973Bears claimed Willie Jackson on waivers
08-28-1973traded Los Angeles' #5 pick in the 1974 draft to Vikings for Charlie Stukes
08-29-1973traded Steve Jones to Cardinals for an undisclosed draft pick
08-29-1973Marlin McKeever retired
09-04-1973traded Gene Howard to Lions for a 1974 draft pick
09-10-1973traded Willie Parker to Bills for an undisclosed draft pick
09-11-1973placed Tim Stokes on injured reserve
10-19-1973claimed Leon Garror on waivers from Bills
11-07-1973Packers claimed Dick Gordon on waivers


Playoff Results:   Click on the date to view the game summary.

Date        Opponent                   Result
12/23/73    at Dallas Cowboys          L 16-27


1973 Regular Season Game Log:
Click on the date to view the game summary. Date Opponent Result Record
09/16/73 at Kansas City Chiefs W 23-13 1-0-0 09/23/73 vs Atlanta Falcons W 31-0 2-0-0 09/30/73 at San Francisco 49ers W 40-20 3-0-0 10/07/73 at Houston Oilers W 31-26 4-0-0 10/14/73 vs Dallas Cowboys W 37-31 5-0-0 10/21/73 vs Green Bay Packers W 24-7 6-0-0 10/28/73 at Minnesota Vikings L 9-10 6-1-0 11/04/73 at Atlanta Falcons L 13-15 6-2-0 11/11/73 vs New Orleans Saints W 29-7 7-2-0 11/18/73 vs San Francisco 49ers W 31-13 8-2-0 11/25/73 at New Orleans Saints W 24-13 9-2-0 12/02/73 at Chicago Bears W 26-0 10-2-0 12/10/73 vs New York Giants W 40-6 11-2-0 12/16/73 vs Cleveland Browns W 30-17 12-2-0

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