1979 Los Angeles Rams Statistics
National Football League (NFL)
Team Record: 9-7
Finishing 1st in the NFL's West Division of the National Football Conference
Postseason: 2-1
Coach: Ray Malavasi (9-7)
Location: Los Angeles, California
1979 Los Angeles Rams RosterTeam Record: 9-7
Finishing 1st in the NFL's West Division of the National Football Conference
Postseason: 2-1
Coach: Ray Malavasi (9-7)
Location: Los Angeles, California
1979 Los Angeles Rams Results
The Los Angeles Rams of the National Football League ended the 1979 season with a record of 9 wins and 7 losses, finishing first in the NFL's West Division of the National Football Conference. The team compiled a postseason mark of 2-1.
Los Angeles scored 323 points, while the defensive squad gave up 309. Wendell Tyler ran for a team-leading 1,109 yards for the Rams.
Pat Haden passed for 1,854 yards. Preston Dennard topped the receiving corps, snagging 43 balls for 766 yards.
Jim Youngblood and Nolan Cromwell each intercepted 5 opponent throws.
Ray Malavasi coached the team.
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Passing:
| Player | Att | Comp | Comp % | Yds | Yds/Att | TDs | TD % | Ints | Int % | Long | Sacked | Yds Lost | Rating | Pat Haden | 290 | 163 | 56.2 | 1854 | 6.4 | 11 | 3.8 | 14 | 4.8 | 50 | 21 | 178 | 68.1 | Vince Ferragamo | 110 | 53 | 48.2 | 778 | 7.1 | 5 | 4.5 | 10 | 9.1 | 71 | 11 | 115 | 49.0 | Bob Lee | 22 | 11 | 50.0 | 243 | 11.0 | 2 | 9.1 | 1 | 4.5 | 41 | 4 | 39 | 101.1 | Jeff Rutledge | 32 | 13 | 40.6 | 125 | 3.9 | 1 | 3.1 | 4 | 12.5 | 22 | 3 | 27 | 23.0 | Ken Clark | 2 | 2 | 100.0 | 32 | 16.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 118.8 |
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| Totals | 456 | 242 | 53.1 | 3032 | 6.6 | 19 | 4.2 | 29 | 6.4 | 71 | 39 | 359 |
Rushing:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs | Wendell Tyler | 218 | 1109 | 5.1 | 63 | 9 | Cullen Bryant | 177 | 619 | 3.5 | 15 | 5 | Lawrence McCutcheon | 73 | 243 | 3.3 | 21 | 0 | Elvis Peacock | 52 | 224 | 4.3 | 15 | 0 | Eddie Hill | 29 | 114 | 3.9 | 27 | 1 | Pat Haden | 16 | 97 | 6.1 | 17 | 0 | Preston Dennard | 4 | 32 | 8.0 | 15 | 0 | Jeff Rutledge | 5 | 27 | 5.4 | 14 | 0 | Jim Jodat | 6 | 6 | 1.0 | 4 | 0 | Nolan Cromwell | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 1 | Willie Miller | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 | Ken Clark | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 | Vince Ferragamo | 3 | -2 | -0.7 | 2 | 0 | Bob Lee | 4 | -5 | -1.2 | 0 | 0 | Terry Nelson | 2 | -16 | -8.0 | -6 | 0 |
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| Totals | 592 | 2460 | 4.2 | 63 | 16 |
Receiving:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs | Preston Dennard | 43 | 766 | 17.8 | 50 | 4 | Wendell Tyler | 32 | 308 | 9.6 | 71 | 1 | Cullen Bryant | 31 | 227 | 7.3 | 24 | 0 | Terry Nelson | 25 | 293 | 11.7 | 26 | 3 | Elvis Peacock | 21 | 261 | 12.4 | 49 | 0 | Lawrence McCutcheon | 19 | 101 | 5.3 | 11 | 0 | Ron Smith | 16 | 300 | 18.8 | 38 | 1 | Billy Waddy | 14 | 220 | 15.7 | 40 | 3 | Charle Young | 13 | 144 | 11.1 | 23 | 2 | Ron Jessie | 11 | 169 | 15.4 | 39 | 2 | Willie Miller | 8 | 111 | 13.9 | 23 | 1 | Drew Hill | 4 | 94 | 23.5 | 43 | 1 | Eddie Hill | 4 | 36 | 9.0 | 21 | 1 | George Andrews | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
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| Totals | 242 | 3032 | 12.5 | 71 | 19 |
Kicking:
Punting:
Punt Returns:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs | Eddie Brown | 56 | 332 | 5.9 | 30 | 0 | Drew Hill | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | Sid Justin | 1 | -2 | -2.0 | -2 | 0 |
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| Totals | 58 | 330 | 5.7 | 30 | 0 |
Kick Returns:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs | Drew Hill | 40 | 803 | 20.1 | 39 | 0 | Eddie Hill | 15 | 305 | 20.3 | 43 | 0 | Eddie Brown | 5 | 103 | 20.6 | 28 | 0 | Elvis Peacock | 3 | 46 | 15.3 | 18 | 0 | Jim Jodat | 2 | 19 | 9.5 | 19 | 0 | Wendell Tyler | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 16 | 0 |
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| Totals | 66 | 1292 | 19.6 | 43 | 0 |
Interceptions:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs | Nolan Cromwell | 5 | 109 | 21.8 | 34 | 0 | Jim Youngblood | 5 | 89 | 17.8 | 34 | 2 | Dwayne O'Steen | 4 | 42 | 10.5 | 36 | 0 | Dave Elmendorf | 3 | 39 | 13.0 | 32 | 0 | Eddie Brown | 3 | 32 | 10.7 | 25 | 0 | Pat Thomas | 3 | 5 | 1.7 | 5 | 0 | Bob Brudzinski | 1 | 26 | 26.0 | 26 | 0 | Sid Justin | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 |
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| Totals | 25 | 355 | 14.2 | 36 | 2 |
Defense and Fumbles:
| Player | Tackle | Brup | Fum | FRec | FYds | FTD | FF | Eddie Brown | 0 | 3 | 5 | 24 | 0 | 0 | Eddie Hill | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Pat Haden | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Nolan Cromwell | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Jack Reynolds | 0 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | Vince Ferragamo | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Pat Thomas | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Wendell Tyler | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Jim Jodat | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Doug France | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Elvis Peacock | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Mike Fanning | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | George Andrews | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Dwayne O'Steen | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Preston Dennard | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Charle Young | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Fred Dryer | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Bob Brudzinski | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | Cullen Bryant | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Bob Lee | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Ken Clark | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Sid Justin | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew Hill | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Terry Nelson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Ron Smith | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Lawrence McCutcheon | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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| Totals | 0 | 0 | 38 | 33 | 32 | 1 | 0 |
Total Scoring:
| Touchdowns | Other | Total | ||||||||||||
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| Player | Rush | Rec | Punt | Kick | MFG | Int | Fum | Other | FG | X/C | Single | 2Pt | Saf | Points | Frank Corral | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 36 | 0 | 75 | Wendell Tyler | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 60 | Cullen Bryant | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | Preston Dennard | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | Billy Waddy | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | Terry Nelson | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | Charle Young | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | Jim Youngblood | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | Ron Jessie | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | Eddie Hill | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | Jim Jodat | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | Jack Reynolds | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | Ron Smith | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | Nolan Cromwell | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | Drew Hill | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | Willie Miller | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | Joe Harris | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | Sid Justin | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| Totals | 16 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 36 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 321 |
