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1972 Los Angeles Rams Rosters, Stats, Schedule, Team Draftees

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Record: 6-7-1, 3rd in NFC West Division (Schedule and Results)

Coach: Tommy Prothro (6-7-1)

Points For: 291 (20.8/g) 14th of 26

Points Against: 286 (20.4/g) 16th of 26

Expected W-L: 7.1-6.9

SRS: -0.52 (15th of 26), SOS: -0.88

Other Notable Asst.: Rich Brooks (Special Teams), Tom Catlin (Linebackers), Dick Vermeil (Quarterbacks) and Larrye Weaver (Defensive Backs)

Stadium: Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum

Principal Owner: Carroll Rosenbloom

Owner: Robert Irsay (On 1972-07-26, Irsay purchased the Rams and traded them to Carroll Rosenbloom for the Colts)

General Manager: Don Klosterman

Defensive Alignment: 4-3

Training Camp: Long Beach State (Long Beach, California)

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Team Stats and Rankings

Team Stats and Rankings Table
			Tot Yds & TO					Passing							Rushing					Penalties
Player	PF	Yds	Ply	Y/P	TO	FL	1stD	Cmp	Att	Yds	TD	Int	NY/A	1stD	Att	Yds	TD	Y/A	1stD	Pen	Yds	1stPy
Team Stats	291	4355	859	5.1	31	9	238	184	371	2146	13	22	5.5	108	472	2209	17	4.7	113	78	648	17
Opp. Stats	286	3907	843	4.6	27	11	235	181	363	2145	20	16	5.3	110	438	1762	9	4.0	101	60	553	24
Lg Rank Offense	14	7			9	2	11		12	13	16	17	16		15	5	6	3
Lg Rank Defense	16	11			19	22	15		17	12	23	18	10		7	9	4	12

Schedule & Game Results

Schedule & Game Results Table
										Score		Offense					Defense
Week	Day	Date				OT	Rec		Opp	Tm	Opp	1stD	TotYd	PassY	RushY	TO	1stD	TotYd	PassY	RushY	TO
1	Sun	September 17	4:00PM ET	boxscore	W		1-0		New Orleans Saints	34	14	20	393	139	254	1	20	287	218	69	2
2	Sun	September 24	2:00PM ET	boxscore	T		1-0-1	@	Chicago Bears	13	13	8	171	65	106	3	11	170	26	144	4
3	Sun	October 1	1:00PM ET	boxscore	L		1-1-1	@	Atlanta Falcons	3	31	13	249	137	112	6	17	358	61	297	3
4	Sun	October 8	4:00PM ET	boxscore	W		2-1-1		San Francisco 49ers	31	7	22	513	211	302	1	13	250	131	119	2
5	Sun	October 15	1:00PM ET	boxscore	W		3-1-1	@	Philadelphia Eagles	34	3	18	313	147	166		14	137	90	47	5
6	Sun	October 22	4:00PM ET	boxscore	W		4-1-1		Cincinnati Bengals	15	12	9	149	94	55	3	20	283	110	173	2
7	Sun	October 29	4:00PM ET	boxscore	L		4-2-1	@	Oakland Raiders	17	45	16	317	163	154	7	23	362	149	213
8	Sun	November 5	4:00PM ET	boxscore	W		5-2-1		Atlanta Falcons	20	7	17	295	93	202		19	237	120	117	2
9	Sun	November 12	4:00PM ET	boxscore	L		5-3-1		Denver Broncos	10	16	9	183	110	73	3	13	245	112	133	2
10	Sun	November 19	4:00PM ET	boxscore	L		5-4-1		Minnesota Vikings	41	45	25	426	235	191	2	14	375	319	56
11	Sun	November 26	1:00PM ET	boxscore	L		5-5-1	@	New Orleans Saints	16	19	17	309	123	186		17	260	158	102
12	Mon	December 4	9:00PM ET	boxscore	W		6-5-1	@	San Francisco 49ers	26	16	15	313	175	138		19	304	246	58	3
13	Sun	December 10	2:00PM ET	boxscore	L		6-6-1	@	St. Louis Cardinals	14	24	29	391	240	151	3	11	269	192	77	1
14	Sun	December 17	4:00PM ET	boxscore	L		6-7-1		Detroit Lions	17	34	20	333	214	119	2	24	370	213	157	1

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Passing Table
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	GS	QBrec	Cmp	Att	Cmp%	Yds	TD	TD%	Int	Int%	Lng	Y/A	AY/A	Y/C	Y/G	Rate	Sk	Yds	Sk%	NY/A	ANY/A	4QC	GWD	Awards
1	Roman Gabriel	32	QB	14	12	6-6-0	165	323	51.1	2027	12	3.7	15	4.6	57	6.3	4.93	12.3	144.8	63.8	12	102	3.58	5.75	4.45	0	1
2	Pete Beathard	30	QB	14	2	0-1-1	19	48	39.6	255	1	2.1	7	14.6	33	5.3	-0.83	13.4	18.2	24.6	4	34	7.69	4.25	-1.42	0	0
	Team Totals			14	14	6-7-1	184	371	49.6	2146	13	3.5	22	5.9	57	6.2	3.82	12.4	153.3	56.0	16	136	4.13	5.55	3.66	0	1

Rushing & Receiving

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Rushing & Receiving Table
						Rushing							Receiving							Scrimmage
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	GS	Att	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/A	Y/G	A/G	Rec	Yds	Y/R	TD	Lng	R/G	Y/G	Touch	Y/Tch	YScm	RRTD	Fmb	Awards
1	Jim Bertelsen	22	RB	14	7	123	581	5	42	4.7	41.5	8.8	29	331	11.4	1	22	2.1	23.6	152	6.0	912	6	4
2	Willie Ellison	27	FB	13	12	170	764	5	37	4.5	58.8	13.1	23	141	6.1	1	39	1.8	10.8	193	4.7	905	6	3
3	Jack Snow	29	WR	14	14	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	30	590	19.7	4	57	2.1	42.1	30	19.7	590	4	0
4	Bob Thomas	24	FB	14	5	77	433	3	49	5.6	30.9	5.5	11	95	8.6	0	19	0.8	6.8	88	6.0	528	3	1
5	Larry Smith	25	RB	12	3	60	276	2	68	4.6	23.0	5.0	15	186	12.4	1	47	1.3	15.5	75	6.2	462	3	1
6	Lance Rentzel	29	WR	14	14	7	71	1	18	10.1	5.1	0.5	27	365	13.5	1	40	1.9	26.1	34	12.8	436	2	1
7	Bob Klein	25	TE	14	13	1	-7	0	-7	-7.0	-0.5	0.1	29	330	11.4	1	26	2.1	23.6	30	10.8	323	1	1
8	Les Josephson	30	RB	8	1	18	75	0	13	4.2	9.4	2.3	14	170	12.1	1	34	1.8	21.3	32	7.7	245	1	1
9	Dick Gordon	28	WR	4	0	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	3	29	9.7	1	17	0.8	7.3	3	9.7	29	1	1
10	Joe Sweet	24	WR	11	0	1	1	0	1	1.0	0.1	0.1	2	26	13.0	1	17	0.2	2.4	3	9.0	27	1	0
11	John Love	28	WR	5	0	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	1	19	19.0	1	19	0.2	3.8	1	19.0	19	1	2
12	Roman Gabriel	32	QB	14	12	14	16	1	11	1.1	1.1	1.0	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	14	1.1	16	1	6
13	Pete Beathard	30	QB	14	2	1	-1	0	-1	-1.0	-0.1	0.1	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	1	-1.0	-1	0	1
	Team Totals			14	14	472	2209	17	68	4.7	157.8	33.7	184	2282	12.4	13	57	13.1	163.0	656	6.8	4491	30	24

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Defense & Fumbles

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Defense & Fumbles Table
						Def Interceptions				Fumbles
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	GS	Int	Yds	IntTD	Lng	Fmb	FR	Yds	FRTD	Sk	Sfty	Awards
1	Coy Bacon	30	RDE	14	14	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	10.5	0	PB
2	Dave Elmendorf	23	SS	14	14	3	29	0	15	0	2	0	0	0.0	0
3	Marlin McKeever	32	MLB	14	14	2	8	0	8	0	0	0	0	0.0	0
4	Jim Nettles	30	FS	14	14	6	168	0	43	0	1	4	0	1.0	0
5	Merlin Olsen	32	LDT	14	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	10.0	0	PB,AP MVP-8,AP DPoY-5
6	Lance Rentzel	29	WR	14	14	0	0	0	0	1	0	-18	0	0.0	0
7	Isiah Robertson	23	RLB	14	14	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	3.0	0
8	Harry Schuh	30	RT	14	14	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0.0	0
9	Gene Howard	26	RCB	13	13	3	26	1	24	0	0	0	0	1.0	0
10	Bob Klein	25	TE	14	13	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0.0	0
11	Willie Ellison	27	FB	13	12	0	0	0	0	3	0	-4	0	0.0	0
12	Roman Gabriel	32	QB	14	12	0	0	0	0	6	3	-18	0	0.0	0
13	Jim Purnell	31	LLB	13	12	1	2	0	2	0	1	0	0	0.5	0
14	Jack Youngblood	22	LDE	14	9	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	0	6.0	0
15	Jim Bertelsen	22	RB	14	7	0	0	0	0	4	2	0	0	0.0	0
16	Larry Brooks	22	RDT	8	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.0	0
17	Al Clark	24	LCB	14	7	1	18	0	18	1	1	0	0	0.0	0
18	Phil Olsen	24	RDT	14	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.0	0
19	Fred Dryer	26	LDE	14	5	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	4.5	0
20	Bob Thomas	24	FB	14	5	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0.0	0
21	Mike LaHood	28	G	14	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
22	Larry Smith	25	RB	12	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0
23	Pete Beathard	30	QB	14	2	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0.0	0
24	Ken Geddes	26	LB	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.0	0
25	Roger Williams	27	FS	14	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0
26	Les Josephson	30	RB	8	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0.0	0
27	Rich Saul	24	LS	14	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
28	Dick Gordon	28	WR	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0.0	0
29	John Love	28	WR	5	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	0.0	0
30	Bill Nelson	24	DT	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.5	0
31	Joe Sweet	24	WR	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	1
	Team Totals			14	14	16	0	1		24	15	-33	0	42	1

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