1971 Los Angeles Rams 8-6 Score By Quarter 1st 2nd 3rd 4th OT Tot Los Angeles 73 89 66 65 0 293 Opponent 71 78 50 58 0 257 Team Opp W/L Game Scores Points 293 257 1-0 24 @New Orleans 9 First Downs 259 235 2-0 44 Atlanta 3 Rush 110 99 3-0 22 Chicago 10 Pass 136 123 4-0 20 @San Francisco 6 Pen 13 13 5-0 37 @Atlanta 31 Penalties 66 67 6-0 31 Green Bay 27 Yards 562 618 7-0 30 Miami 24 7-1 9 @Baltimore 16 Rushing Att 494 523 7-2 0 @Detroit 24 Yards 2298 2315 7-3 17 San Francisco 20 Ave 4.7 4.4 7-4 9 @Dallas 31 TD 14 7 7-5 20 New Orleans 31 8-5 17 Washington 10 Passing Att 354 333 8-6 13 @Pittsburgh 15 Comp 200 184 % 56.5 55.3 Int 4 20 % 1.1 6.0 TD 15 18 % 4.2 5.4 Yards 2403 2645 Sacked 21 43 Punt Return 33 33 Yards 70 43 Ave 2.1 1.3 Kick Return 61 69 Yards 1323 1311 Ave 21.7 19.0 Punts 58 61 Yards 2434 2415 Ave 42.0 39.6 FG Att 33 38 Made 25 25 % 75.8 65.8 Third Downs 195 193 Made 85 69 % 43.6 35.8 Fourth Downs 14 14 Made 7 9 % 50.0 64.3 Safeties 0 0 Fumbles 33 14 Lost 20 5 Turnovers 24 25 Net Offense 4565 4660 Per Play 5.3 5.2 1971 Los Angeles Rams Rushing Att Yds Ave 10 FD Lg TD Receiving Rec Dp Yds Ave 25 FD Lg TD Ellison 225 1156 5.1 26 52 57 9 Rentzel 43 7 518 12.0 1 30 30 5 Josephson 108 512 4.7 11 21 57 1 Snow 41 2 847 20.7 14 38 63 6 Smith,L 104 380 3.7 8 25 17 3 Ellison 35 1 256 7.3 0 13 22 1 Rentzel 12 147 12.3 6 4 50 0 Smith,L 33 4 278 8.4 0 18 21 0 Williams,T 12 46 3.8 1 4 16 1 Josephson 29 1 296 10.2 2 23 33 1 Gabriel 23 34 1.5 0 2 7 0 Klein 17 1 192 11.3 2 12 34 2 Klein 1 19 19.0 1 0 19 0 Curran 2 0 16 8.0 0 1 14 0 White,L 1 6 6.0 0 0 6 0 200 16 2403 12.0 19136 63 15 Snow 1 4 4.0 0 0 4 0 Rhome 7 -6 -0.9 0 0 0 0 494 2298 4.7 53 110 57 14 Passing Att Cmp C% Yds Ave Lg Bd 25 In I% Sk TD TD% Rate Gabriel 354 200 56.5 2403 12.0 63 27 19 4 1.1 21 15 4.2 86.9 354 200 56.5 2403 12.0 63 27 19 4 1.1 21 15 4.2 86.9 Kicking XPA XPM XP% FGA FGM FG% 40+ 50+ Lg Pts Ray 31 30 96.8 33 25 75.8 66.7 0.0 49 105 Punting No Yards Lg TB BK 20 Ret Yds Net Gross Studstill 58 2434 57 6 0 11 33 43 39.2 42.0 Kick Returns No Yards Ave Lg TD Punt Returns No FC Yards Ave Lg TD Williams,T 36 885 24.6 89 1 Haymond 31 9 74 2.4 13 0 Howard 6 109 18.2 31 0 Rentzel 2 2 -4 -2.0 0 0 Haymond 17 303 17.8 37 0 33 11 70 2.1 13 0 Williams,R 2 26 13.0 19 0 61 1323 21.7 89 1 Fumbles Ellison 7 Gabriel 6 Williams 4 Smith,L 2 Snow 1 Haymond 6 Rentzel 4 Josephso 2 Williams 1 Haymond 6 Ellison 7 Sacks Hurries Stuffs Deflections Forced Fmb Fumble Rec Jones,D 15 Bacon 15 Olsen,M 15 Alexande 7 Robertso 3 Iman 3 Bacon 12 Olsen,M 7 Robertso 15 Elmendor 5 Olsen,P 2 Ellison 2 McKeever 5 Jones,D 5 Bacon 8 Robertso 5 McKeever 2 Purnell 2 Olsen,M 5 Youngblo 1 Youngblo 8 Howard 3 Bacon 1 Scibelli 2 Youngblo 2 Purnell 7 Olsen,P 2 Nettles 1 Alexande 1 Geddes 1 Jones,D 6 Williams 2 Haymond 1 Mack 1 Olsen,P 1 McKeever 3 Youngblo 2 Pergine 1 McKeever 1 Purnell 1 Elmendor 3 Jones,D 1 Jones,D 1 Nettles 1 Nelson 1 Olsen,P 3 Purnell 1 Williams 1 Elmendor 1 Alexande 2 McKeever 1 Wojcik 1 Rentzel 1 Geddes 1 Nettles 1 Gabriel 1 Olsen,M 1 Smith,L 1 Snow 1 Tackles Robertso 116 Bacon 64 Jones,D 44 Pergine 17 Halverso 14 Parish 10 McKeever 104 Purnell 51 Williams 34 Nelson 15 Olsen,P 14 Williams 5 Elmendor 89 Howard 46 Nettles 29 Wojcik 15 Haymond 13 Maslowsk 4 Olsen,M 75 Alexande 45 Youngblo 19 Geddes 15 Reynolds 13 Gabriel 1 Ints No Yds Ave Lg TD Nettles 4 83 20.8 43 0 Elmendorf 3 28 9.3 18 0 McKeever 3 27 9.0 11 0 Alexander 3 109 36.3 69 1 Purnell 3 30 10.0 20 0 Howard 2 50 25.0 33 0 Bacon 1 0 0.0 0 0 Robertson 1 12 12.0 12 0 20 339 17.0 69 1 1971 Los Angeles Rams Coach:Tommy Prothro Quarterbacks Dur Run Sho Bkwy QB Gabriel,Roman 5 O 2 1 QB Rhome,Jerry 5 O 2 1 Offense Bk-R Bk-P Dur Run Sho Bkwy RB Ellison,Willie 1 0 5 B 3 4 RB Josephson,Les 1 0 4 B 3 4 KR RB Smith,Larry 1 0 5 B 3 3 RB Thomas,Bob 1 0 2 B 3 3 KR RB White,Lee 1 0 2 B 3 3 RB Williams,Travis 1 0 5 B 3 3 RET WR Maslowski,Matt 0 0 5 O 1 1 WR Ray,David 0 0 5 O 1 1 K WR Rentzel,Lance 0 0 5 O 1 3 PR WR Snow,Jack 0 0 5 O 1 1 WR Studstill,Pat 0 0 5 O 1 1 P WR Williams,Roger 0 0 2 O 1 1 KR TE Curran,Pat 2 0 5 O 1 1 KR TE Klein,Bob 2 0 5 O 1 3 Lineman Bk-R Bk-P Dur G LaHood,Mike 3 3 3 KR G Mack,Tom 9 9 5 G Scibelli,Joe 8 8 5 T Buzin,Rich 4 4 2 T Carollo,Joe 3 3 3 T Cowan,Charley 8 8 5 T Schuh,Harry 6 6 5 C Iman,Ken 6 6 5 C-G Saul,Rich 4 4 5 KR Defense Total Run Pass Rush Dur DT Nelson,Bill 4 3 0 1 2 DT Olsen,Merlin 8 6 0 2 5 DT Olsen,Phil 5 4 0 1 3 DT Wojcik,Gregory 3 2 0 1 3 DE Bacon,Coy 8 5 0 3 5 DE Jones,Deacon 7 4 0 3 5 DE Youngblood,Jack 5 4 0 1 5 KR ILB Halverson,Dean 4 3 1 0 4 ILB McKeever,Marlin 7 4 3 0 5 LB Geddes,Ken 4 3 1 0 5 LB Parish,Don 3 2 1 0 2 LB Reynolds,Jack 3 2 1 0 2 OLB Pergine,John 4 3 1 0 4 OLB Purnell,Jim 5 3 2 0 5 OLB Robertson,Isiah 8 4 4 0 5 CB Howard,Gene 5 0 5 0 5 RET CB Nettles,Jim 5 0 5 0 5 CB Williams,Clancy 4 0 4 0 2 DB Williams,Roger 3 0 3 0 2 KR S Alexander,Kermit 6 1 5 0 5 PR S Elmendorf,Dave 7 1 6 0 5 S Haymond,Alvin 4 1 3 0 3 RET Special Teams