1972 Los Angeles Rams 6-8 Score By Quarter 1st 2nd 3rd 4th OT Tot 1972 Los Angeles 41 71 75 60 0 247 Opponent 51 100 30 61 0 242 Team Opp W/L Game Scores Points 247 242 0-1 17 New Orleans 23 94ø First Downs 251 257 1-1 41 @Chicago 7 59ø 5-15 Rush 116 88 1-2 17 @Atlanta 26 82ø Light Rain Pass 125 154 1-3 24 San Francisco 28 78ø Pen 10 15 1-4 7 @Philadelphia 34 54ø 5-15 Penalties 82 70 2-4 10 Cincinnati 6 71ø Yards 683 568 2-5 3 @Oakland 14 64ø 0-10 3-5 20 Atlanta 7 69ø Rushing Att 480 440 3-6 13 Denver 24 69ø Light Rain Yards 2090 1674 3-7 3 Minnesota 14 57ø Ave 4.4 3.8 4-7 34 @New Orleans 6 70ø TD 14 11 4-8 3 @San Francisco 10 60ø 0-10 5-8 17 @St. Louis 12 47ø 0-10 Passing Att 337 367 6-8 38 Detroit 31 67ø Comp 178 212 % 52.8 57.8 Int 21 11 % 6.2 3.0 TD 14 17 % 4.2 4.6 Yards 2171 2880 Sacked 21 40 Punt Return 35 27 Yards 403 109 Ave 11.5 4.0 Kick Return 54 58 Yards 1166 979 Ave 21.6 16.9 Punts 58 64 Yards 2521 2660 Ave 43.5 41.6 FG Att 24 20 Made 17 12 % 70.8 60.0 Third Downs 177 181 Made 74 82 % 41.8 45.3 Fourth Downs 10 8 Made 4 4 % 40.0 50.0 Safeties 0 0 Fumbles 28 33 Lost 10 13 Turnovers 31 24 Net Offense 4122 4281 Per Play 4.9 5.1 1972 Los Angeles Rams Rushing Att Yds Ave 10 FD Lg TD Receiving Rec Dp Yds Ave 25 FD Lg TD Ellison 192 801 4.2 14 43 16 4 Klein 31 4 375 12.1 1 21 27 5 Bertelsen 124 456 3.7 6 28 14 1 Snow 30 8 403 13.4 2 25 31 1 Thomas,B 58 317 5.5 8 14 25 4 Bertelsen 28 4 246 8.8 0 17 22 2 Smith,L 59 315 5.3 8 18 56 4 Rentzel 26 5 501 19.3 10 23 44 2 Josephson 21 118 5.6 5 6 12 0 Ellison 21 2 183 8.7 1 10 31 1 Rentzel 7 73 10.4 5 5 20 0 Smith 15 1 151 10.1 0 12 24 2 Gabriel 17 4 0.2 0 1 5 1 Josephson 11 1 131 11.9 0 8 24 0 Sweet 1 3 3.0 0 0 3 0 Thomas 7 1 66 9.4 0 6 14 1 Schuh 1 3 3.0 0 0 3 0 Gordon 5 0 58 11.6 0 1 18 0 480 2090 4.4 46 116 56 14 Love 2 0 42 21.0 1 1 31 0 Sweet 1 0 18 18.0 0 1 18 0 Iman 1 0 -3 -3.0 0 0 0 0 178 26 2171 12.2 15 125 44 14 Passing Att Cmp C% Yds Ave Lg Bd 25 In I% Sk TD TD% Rate Gabriel 325 173 53.2 2103 12.2 44 19 15 19 5.8 20 14 4.3 63.4 Beathard 12 5 41.7 68 13.6 18 2 0 2 16.7 1 0 0.0 20.8 337 178 52.8 2171 12.2 44 21 15 21 6.2 21 14 4.2 60.8 Kicking XPA XPM XP% FGA FGM FG% 40+ 50+ Lg Pts Ray 28 28 100.0 24 17 70.8 100.0 0.0 47 79 Punting No Yards Lg TB BK 20 Ret Yds Net Gross Chapple 58 2521 62 7 0 23 27 109 39.2 43.5 Kick Returns No Yards Ave Lg TD Punt Returns No FC Yards Ave Lg TD Howard 2 64 32.0 32 0 Bertelsen 22 3 323 14.7 24 0 Thomas,B 12 308 25.7 42 0 Elmendorf 3 0 21 7.0 10 0 Williams,R 5 124 24.8 31 0 Love 10 10 59 5.9 10 0 Bertelsen 4 84 21.0 27 0 35 13 403 11.5 24 0 Ellison 15 307 20.5 35 0 Love 9 173 19.2 30 0 Clark,A 4 68 17.0 24 0 Pergine 3 38 12.7 16 0 54 1166 21.6 42 0 Fumbles Gabriel 10 Bertelse 4 Clark,A 1 Josephso 1 McKeever 1 Smith,L 1 Ellison 4 Rentzel 2 Gordon,D 1 Klein 1 Beathard 1 Williams 1 Sacks Hurries Stuffs Deflections Forced Fmb Fumble Rec Bacon 11 Bacon 9 Bacon 9 Elmendor 9 Olsen,M 6 Robertso 4 Olsen,M 8 Youngblo 8 McKeever 9 McKeever 9 McKeever 4 Gabriel 3 Youngblo 8 Olsen,P 3 Olsen,M 9 Nettles, 8 Bacon 4 Klein 3 Brooks,L 5 Olsen,M 3 Youngblo 7 Purnell 7 Youngblo 4 McKeever 3 Robertso 3 Brooks,L 1 Olsen,P 6 Robertso 6 Purnell 3 Bacon 3 Olsen,P 3 Purnell 4 Howard 4 Howard 2 Purnell 2 Dryer 1 Brooks,L 4 Williams 4 Iman 1 Rentzel 2 McKeever 1 Robertso 3 Clark,A 2 Clark,A 1 Nettles, 2 Howard 1 Bacon 2 Nettles, 1 Schuh 2 Youngblo 2 Elmendor 1 Bertelse 1 Olsen,M 1 Olsen,P 1 Iman 1 Olsen,P 1 Halverso 1 Josephso 1 Halverso 1 Robertso 1 Ellison 1 Brooks,L 1 Elmendor 1 Scibelli 1 Snow 1 Tackles Robertso 98 Olsen,M 67 Nettles, 34 Clark,A 22 Iman 12 Pergine 4 Elmendor 77 Youngblo 64 Williams 25 Geddes 18 Dryer 11 Nelson 3 Bacon 72 McKeever 57 Olsen,P 25 Reynolds 16 Gordon,D 9 Sweet 2 Purnell 67 Howard 50 Brooks,L 23 Halverso 13 Williams 8 Love 2 Ints No Yds Ave Lg TD Elmendorf 3 4 1.3 4 0 McKeever 3 10 3.3 10 0 Nettles,J 3 58 19.3 33 0 Clark,A 1 5 5.0 5 0 Purnell 1 6 6.0 6 0 11 83 7.5 33 0 1972 Los Angeles Rams Coach: Tommy Prothro Quarterbacks Dur Run Sho Bkwy Special QB Beathard,Pete 5 O 2 1 QB Gabriel,Roman 5 O 2 1 Skill Players BkR BkP Dur Att Yds Lg Ave Rec No Yds Lg Ave Special RB Ellison,Willie 2 1 4 170 764 37 4.5 5 23 141 39 6.1 KR RB Bertelsen,Jim 2 1 5 123 581 42 4.7 5 29 331 22 11.4 RET RB Thomas,Bob 2 1 5 77 433 49 5.6 2 11 95 19 8.6 KR RB Smith,Larry 2 1 4 60 276 68 4.6 3 15 186 47 12.4 RB Josephson,Les 3 1 3 18 75 13 4.2 4 14 170 34 12.1 RB McCutcheon,Lawrence 2 1 1 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0.0 WR Snow,Jack 0 0 5 0 0 0 0.0 6 30 590 57 19.7 WR Rentzel,Lance 0 0 5 7 71 18 10.1 5 27 365 40 13.5 WR Gordon,Dick 0 0 1 0 0 0 0.0 2 3 29 17 9.7 WR Sweet,Joe 0 0 4 1 1 1 1.0 1 2 26 17 13.0 WR Love,John 0 0 2 0 0 0 0.0 1 1 19 19 19.0 RET WR Ray,David 0 0 5 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0.0 K TE Klein,Bob 4 2 5 1 -7 -7 -7.0 5 29 330 26 11.4 TE Curran,Pat 4 2 3 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0.0 Lineman BkR BkP Dur Special C Iman,Ken 6 6 5 G Mack,Tom 9 9 5 G Scibelli,Joe 6 6 4 G LaHood,Mike 3 3 5 T Cowan,Charley 7 7 4 T Schuh,Harry 6 6 5 C-G Saul,Rich 5 5 5 G-T Williams,John 4 4 5 Defense Overall Run Pass Rush Dur Sacks Int Special DT Olsen,Merlin 8 7 0 4 5 10 0 DT Brooks,Larry 5 5 0 2 3 6 0 DT Olsen,Phil 4 4 0 1 5 0 0 DT Nelson,Bill 3 3 0 1 2 0 0 DE Bacon,Coy 8 6 0 7 5 10 0 DE Youngblood,Jack 6 5 0 4 5 8 0 DE Dryer,Fred 5 5 0 2 5 3 0 ILB McKeever,Marlin 5 4 2 0 5 1 2 ILB Halverson,Dean 3 2 1 0 5 0 0 OLB Robertson,Isiah 7 5 3 1 5 3 0 OLB Purnell,Jim 5 4 2 0 5 2 1 OLB Pergine,John 3 2 1 0 4 0 0 KR LB Reynolds,Jack 4 4 1 0 5 0 0 LB Geddes,Ken 3 2 1 0 1 0 0 CB Howard,Gene 5 0 5 0 4 0 3 KR CB Williams,Clancy 5 0 5 0 3 0 0 S Elmendorf,Dave 8 2 6 0 5 0 3 PR S Nettles,Jim 5 2 3 0 5 0 6 S Williams,Roger 3 1 2 0 5 0 0 KR DB Clark,Al 4 1 3 0 5 0 1 KR Special Teams P Chapple,Dave