1972 Los Angeles Rams 8-5-1 Score By Quarter 1st 2nd 3rd 4th OT Tot Los Angeles 61 73 100 76 0 310 Opponent 70 93 48 73 0 284 Team Opp W/L Game Scores Points 310 284 1-0 27 New Orleans 17 First Downs 269 265 1-0 1 17 @Chicago 17 Rush 125 112 1-1 1 10 @Atlanta 37 Pass 130 143 2-1 1 38 San Francisco 19 Pen 14 10 3-1 1 27 @Philadelphia 17 Penalties 78 78 4-1 1 24 Cincinnati 3 Yards 759 680 4-2 1 13 @Oakland 27 5-2 1 21 Atlanta 14 Rushing Att 479 480 5-3 1 24 Denver 31 Yards 2361 2134 6-3 1 35 Minnesota 6 Ave 4.9 4.4 6-4 1 14 @New Orleans 37 TD 21 8 6-5 1 6 @San Francisco 20 7-5 1 23 @St. Louis 17 Passing Att 343 368 8-5 1 31 Detroit 22 Comp 189 224 % 55.1 60.9 Int 21 11 % 6.1 3.0 TD 16 21 % 4.7 5.7 Yards 2279 2806 Sacked 9 36 Punt Return 43 20 Yards 414 5 Ave 9.6 0.3 Kick Return 62 66 Yards 1319 1285 Ave 21.3 19.5 Punts 49 61 Yards 2141 2455 Ave 43.7 40.2 FG Att 22 31 Made 17 25 % 77.3 80.6 Third Downs 154 190 Made 57 84 % 37.0 44.2 Fourth Downs 11 15 Made 2 8 % 18.2 53.3 Safeties 0 0 Fumbles 17 28 Lost 9 12 Turnovers 30 23 Net Offense 4562 4741 Per Play 5.5 5.4 1972 Los Angeles Rams Rushing Att Yds Ave 10 FD Lg TD Receiving Rec Dp Yds Ave 25 FD Lg TD Ellison 171 844 4.9 21 51 37 4 Snow 37 4 543 14.7 5 27 46 2 Bertelsen 130 650 5.0 17 31 46 10 Klein 36 3 386 10.7 0 24 24 5 Thomas,B 77 436 5.7 14 22 43 4 Bertelsen 31 2 334 10.8 2 16 28 0 Smith,L 51 295 5.8 8 14 68 3 Rentzel 28 3 400 14.3 3 23 38 2 Josephson 16 64 4.0 2 3 15 0 Ellison 18 3 146 8.1 0 9 19 1 Rentzel 7 53 7.6 4 3 18 0 Smith,L 15 0 204 13.6 1 13 26 4 Gabriel 21 30 1.4 0 0 9 0 Josephson 9 0 110 12.2 1 6 25 2 McCutcheon 1 -1 -1.0 0 0 0 0 Thomas,B 9 0 105 11.7 1 7 28 0 Sweet 1 -3 -3.0 0 0 0 0 Sweet 3 1 18 6.0 0 0 8 0 Beathard 3 -3 -1.0 0 0 1 0 Gordon,D 2 1 22 11.0 0 2 16 0 Klein 1 -4 -4.0 0 0 0 0 Scibelli 1 0 11 11.0 0 0 11 0 479 2361 4.9 66 125 68 21 189 17 2279 12.1 13130 46 16 Passing Att Cmp C% Yds Ave Lg Bd 25 In I% Sk TD TD% Rate Gabriel 330 185 56.1 2202 11.9 46 29 12 20 6.1 9 16 4.8 67.5 Beathard 13 4 30.8 77 19.3 31 2 1 1 7.7 0 0 0.0 20.4 343 189 55.1 2279 12.1 46 31 13 21 6.1 9 16 4.7 65.7 Kicking XPA XPM XP% FGA FGM FG% 40+ 50+ Lg Pts Ray 37 37 100.0 22 17 77.3 20.0 0.0 43 88 Punting No Yards Lg TB BK 20 Ret Yds Net Gross Chapple 49 2141 62 7 0 15 20 5 40.7 43.7 Kick Returns No Yards Ave Lg TD Punt Returns No FC Yards Ave Lg TD Bertelsen 4 113 28.3 29 0 Love 7 0 14 2.0 8 0 Thomas,B 13 324 24.9 39 0 Elmendorf 12 0 88 7.3 14 0 Love 2 45 22.5 27 0 Bertelsen 24 2 312 13.0 28 0 Ellison 27 543 20.1 40 0 43 2 414 9.6 28 0 Williams,R 14 279 19.9 31 0 Clark,A 1 15 15.0 15 0 Iman 2 0 0.0 0 0 62 1319 21.3 40 0 Fumbles Gabriel 5 Ellison 1 Howard 1 Scibelli 1 Thomas,B 1 Williams 1 Bertelse 4 Beathard 1 Rentzel 1 Sweet 1 Williams 1 Sacks Hurries Stuffs Deflections Forced Fmb Fumble Rec Bacon 10 Bacon 11 Olsen,M 12 Howard 9 Bacon 4 Olsen,P 3 Olsen,M 10 Olsen,M 6 Youngblo 10 Bacon 7 Elmendor 4 Rentzel 2 Youngblo 8 Youngblo 6 Bacon 9 Elmendor 6 Youngblo 4 Cowan 1 Brooks,L 4 Olsen,P 1 Robertso 5 Nettles, 5 Purnell 3 Ellison 1 Robertso 3 McKeever 3 McKeever 4 McKeever 2 Elmendor 1 Purnell 1 Olsen,P 2 Williams 4 Nettles, 2 Howard 1 Purnell 2 Clark,A 2 Howard 1 McKeever 1 Olsen,M 2 Dryer 1 Nettles, 1 Purnell 1 Clark,A 1 Olsen,M 1 Williams 1 Olsen,M 1 Bacon 1 Geddes 1 Purnell 1 Robertso 1 Clark,A 1 Halverso 1 Robertso 1 Schuh 1 Scibelli 1 Thomas,B 1 Youngblo 1 Tackles Robertso 130 Olsen,M 65 Clark,A 43 Reynolds 20 Geddes 12 Dryer 4 Elmendor 94 McKeever 51 Howard 34 Halverso 16 Sweet 9 Love 4 Purnell 83 Youngblo 51 Williams 28 Brooks,L 13 Gordon,D 7 Nelson 1 Bacon 75 Nettles, 45 Olsen,P 24 Williams 12 Pergine 5 Ints No Yds Ave Lg TD Elmendorf 3 17 5.7 11 0 McKeever 2 3 1.5 3 0 Nettles,J 2 100 50.0 55 0 Purnell 2 2 1.0 2 0 Howard 1 33 33.0 33 0 Clark,A 1 25 25.0 25 0 11 180 16.4 55 0 1972 Los Angeles Rams Coach:Tommy Prothro Quarterbacks Dur Run Sho Bkwy QB Beathard,Pete 5 O 2 1 QB Gabriel,Roman 5 O 2 1 Offense Bk-R Bk-P Dur Run Sho Bkwy RB Bertelsen,Jim 1 0 5 B 3 4 RET RB Ellison,Willie 1 0 4 B 3 3 KR RB Josephson,Les 1 0 2 B 3 3 RB McCutcheon,Lawrence 1 0 2 B 3 3 RB Smith,Larry 1 0 4 B 3 4 RB Thomas,Bob 1 0 5 B 3 4 KR WR Gordon,Dick 0 0 2 O 1 1 WR Love,John 0 0 2 O 1 1 RET WR Ray,David 0 0 5 O 1 1 K WR Rentzel,Lance 0 0 5 O 1 3 WR Snow,Jack 0 0 5 O 1 1 WR Sweet,Joe 0 0 3 O 1 1 TE Curran,Pat 2 0 3 O 1 1 TE Klein,Bob 2 0 5 O 1 1 Lineman Bk-R Bk-P Dur G LaHood,Mike 3 3 5 G Mack,Tom 9 9 5 G Scibelli,Joe 6 6 4 T Cowan,Charley 7 7 4 T Schuh,Harry 6 6 5 C Iman,Ken 6 6 5 C-G Saul,Rich 5 5 5 G-T Williams,John 4 4 5 Defense Total Run Pass Rush Dur DT Brooks,Larry 5 3 0 2 2 DT Nelson,Bill 3 2 0 1 2 DT Olsen,Merlin 8 5 0 3 5 DT Olsen,Phil 4 3 0 1 5 DE Bacon,Coy 8 5 0 3 5 DE Dryer,Fred 5 4 0 1 5 DE Youngblood,Jack 6 4 0 2 5 ILB Halverson,Dean 3 2 1 0 5 ILB McKeever,Marlin 5 3 2 0 5 LB Geddes,Ken 3 2 1 0 2 LB Reynolds,Jack 4 3 1 0 5 OLB Pergine,John 3 2 1 0 4 KR OLB Purnell,Jim 5 3 2 0 5 OLB Robertson,Isiah 8 3 4 1 5 CB Howard,Gene 5 0 5 0 4 KR CB Williams,Clancy 5 0 5 0 3 DB Clark,Al 4 0 4 0 5 KR S Elmendorf,Dave 8 1 7 0 5 PR S Nettles,Jim 5 1 4 0 5 S Williams,Roger 3 1 2 0 5 KR Special Teams P Chapple,Dave