1971 Los Angeles Rams Statistics
National Football League (NFL)
Team Record: 8-5-1
Finishing 2nd in the NFL's West Division of the National Football Conference
Coach: Tommy Protho (8-5-1)
Location: Los Angeles, California
1971 Los Angeles Rams RosterTeam Record: 8-5-1
Finishing 2nd in the NFL's West Division of the National Football Conference
Coach: Tommy Protho (8-5-1)
Location: Los Angeles, California
1971 Los Angeles Rams Results
The Los Angeles Rams of the National Football League ended the 1971 season with a record of 8 wins and 5 losses and 1 ties, finishing second in the NFL's West Division of the National Football Conference.
Los Angeles piled up points with 313 points, while the defense allowed 260. Willie Ellison ran for a team-leading 1,000 yards for the Rams.
Roman Gabriel threw for 2,238 yards. Lance Rentzel topped pass catchers, snagging 38 balls, while Jack Snow added 666 receiving yards. Larry Smith and Willie Ellison were targeted regularly, too.
Gene Howard picked off 6 opponent throws.
Tommy Protho coached the team.
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Passing:
| Player | Att | Comp | Comp % | Yds | Yds/Att | TDs | TD % | Ints | Int % | Long | Sacked | Yds Lost | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Roman Gabriel | 352 | 180 | 51.1 | 2238 | 6.4 | 17 | 4.8 | 10 | 2.8 | 68 | 25 | 200 | 75.4 |
| Jerry Rhome | 18 | 5 | 27.8 | 66 | 3.7 | 1 | 5.6 | 1 | 5.6 | 43 | 1 | 10 | 37.7 |
| Totals | 370 | 185 | 50.0 | 2304 | 6.2 | 18 | 4.9 | 11 | 3.0 | 68 | 26 | 210 |
Rushing:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Willie Ellison | 211 | 1000 | 4.7 | 80 | 4 |
| Les Josephson | 99 | 449 | 4.5 | 57 | 3 |
| Larry Smith | 91 | 404 | 4.4 | 64 | 5 |
| Lance Rentzel | 14 | 113 | 8.1 | 50 | 1 |
| Travis Williams | 18 | 103 | 5.7 | 36 | 0 |
| Roman Gabriel | 18 | 48 | 2.7 | 10 | 2 |
| Bob Klein | 3 | 21 | 7.0 | 13 | 0 |
| Lee White | 2 | 11 | 5.5 | 6 | 0 |
| Jerry Rhome | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jack Snow | 1 | -10 | -10.0 | -10 | 0 |
| Totals | 460 | 2139 | 4.6 | 80 | 15 |
Receiving:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lance Rentzel | 38 | 534 | 14.1 | 41 | 5 |
| Jack Snow | 37 | 666 | 18.0 | 68 | 5 |
| Willie Ellison | 32 | 238 | 7.4 | 49 | 0 |
| Larry Smith | 31 | 324 | 10.5 | 34 | 0 |
| Les Josephson | 26 | 230 | 8.8 | 29 | 2 |
| Bob Klein | 14 | 160 | 11.4 | 33 | 4 |
| Matt Maslowski | 3 | 82 | 27.3 | 36 | 1 |
| Travis Williams | 3 | 68 | 22.7 | 43 | 0 |
| Pat Curran | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 1 |
| Totals | 185 | 2304 | 12.5 | 68 | 18 |
Kicking:
Punting:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pat Studstill | 70 | 2896 | 41.4 | 60 |
| Totals | 70 | 2896 | 41.4 | 60 |
Punt Returns:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alvin Haymond | 24 | 123 | 5.1 | 28 | 0 |
| Lance Rentzel | 9 | 40 | 4.4 | 24 | 0 |
| Kermit Alexander | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Travis Williams | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Totals | 35 | 172 | 4.9 | 28 | 0 |
Kick Returns:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Travis Williams | 25 | 743 | 29.7 | 105 | 1 |
| Alvin Haymond | 9 | 207 | 23.0 | 34 | 0 |
| Gene Howard | 7 | 164 | 23.4 | 34 | 0 |
| Roger Williams | 4 | 100 | 25.0 | 57 | 0 |
| Jack Youngblood | 2 | 36 | 18.0 | 22 | 0 |
| Pat Curran | 3 | 35 | 11.7 | 26 | 0 |
| Mike LaHood | 1 | 25 | 25.0 | 25 | 0 |
| Bob Thomas | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 |
| Rich Saul | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Les Josephson | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 54 | 1322 | 24.5 | 105 | 1 |
Interceptions:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gene Howard | 6 | 99 | 16.5 | 35 | 0 |
| Jim Nettles | 5 | 97 | 19.4 | 44 | 1 |
| Marlin McKeever | 4 | 38 | 9.5 | 15 | 0 |
| Isiah Robertson | 4 | 32 | 8.0 | 20 | 0 |
| Kermit Alexander | 3 | 122 | 40.7 | 82 | 1 |
| Dave Elmendorf | 2 | 32 | 16.0 | 32 | 0 |
| Jim Purnell | 2 | 32 | 16.0 | 17 | 0 |
| Coy Bacon | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 27 | 452 | 16.7 | 82 | 2 |
Defense and Fumbles:
| Player | Tackle | Brup | Fum | FRec | FYds | FTD | FF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Roman Gabriel | 9 | 3 | -23 | 0 | |||
| Willie Ellison | 8 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Alvin Haymond | 4 | 3 | -13 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Gene Howard | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 0 | |
| Larry Smith | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Travis Williams | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Coy Bacon | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Phil Olsen | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Matt Maslowski | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Dave Elmendorf | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bob Klein | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Roger Williams | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Les Josephson | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Lance Rentzel | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Totals | 0 | 0 | 32 | 19 | -30 | 1 | 0 |
Total Scoring:
| Touchdowns | Other | Total | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | Rush | Rec | Punt | Kick | MFG | Int | Fum | Other | FG | X/C | Single | 2Pt | Saf | Points |
| David Ray | 18 | 37 | 0 | 91 | ||||||||||
| Lance Rentzel | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | |||||||
| Jack Snow | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | ||||||||
| Les Josephson | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | |||||||
| Larry Smith | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | ||||||||
| Willie Ellison | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | ||||||||
| Bob Klein | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | ||||||||
| Roman Gabriel | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |||||||||
| Gene Howard | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||
| Travis Williams | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||||
| Matt Maslowski | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
| Pat Curran | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||
| Kermit Alexander | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||
| Jim Nettles | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
| Totals | 15 | 18 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 18 | 37 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 313 |
