1972 Los Angeles Rams Statistics
National Football League (NFL)
Team Record: 6-7-1
Finishing 3rd in the NFL's West Division of the National Football Conference
Coach: Tommy Protho (6-7-1)
Location: Los Angeles, California
1972 Los Angeles Rams RosterTeam Record: 6-7-1
Finishing 3rd in the NFL's West Division of the National Football Conference
Coach: Tommy Protho (6-7-1)
Location: Los Angeles, California
1972 Los Angeles Rams Results
The Los Angeles Rams of the National Football League ended the 1972 season with a record of 6 wins and 7 losses and 1 ties, finishing third in the NFL's West Division of the National Football Conference.
The Rams scored 291 points, and the defensive squad yielded 286. Willie Ellison ran for a team-leading 764 yards for Los Angeles, while Jim Bertelsen also contributed to the rushing attack.
Roman Gabriel threw for 2,027 yards. Jack Snow topped all receivers, snagging 30 balls for 590 yards. Lance Rentzel, Bob Klein and Jim Bertelsen each contributed to the receiving game, too.
Jim Nettles 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 | 323 | 165 | 51.1 | 2027 | 6.3 | 12 | 3.7 | 15 | 4.6 | 57 | 12 | 102 | 63.8 |
| Pete Beathard | 48 | 19 | 39.6 | 255 | 5.3 | 1 | 2.1 | 7 | 14.6 | 33 | 4 | 34 | 24.6 |
| Totals | 371 | 184 | 49.6 | 2282 | 6.2 | 13 | 3.5 | 22 | 5.9 | 57 | 16 | 136 |
Rushing:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Willie Ellison | 170 | 764 | 4.5 | 37 | 5 |
| Jim Bertelsen | 123 | 581 | 4.7 | 42 | 5 |
| Bob Thomas | 77 | 433 | 5.6 | 49 | 3 |
| Larry Smith | 60 | 276 | 4.6 | 68 | 2 |
| Les Josephson | 18 | 75 | 4.2 | 13 | 0 |
| Lance Rentzel | 7 | 71 | 10.1 | 18 | 1 |
| Roman Gabriel | 14 | 16 | 1.1 | 11 | 1 |
| Joe Sweet | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| Pete Beathard | 1 | -1 | -1.0 | -1 | 0 |
| Bob Klein | 1 | -7 | -7.0 | -7 | 0 |
| Totals | 472 | 2209 | 4.7 | 68 | 17 |
Receiving:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jack Snow | 30 | 590 | 19.7 | 57 | 4 |
| Jim Bertelsen | 29 | 331 | 11.4 | 22 | 1 |
| Bob Klein | 29 | 330 | 11.4 | 26 | 1 |
| Lance Rentzel | 27 | 365 | 13.5 | 40 | 1 |
| Willie Ellison | 23 | 141 | 6.1 | 39 | 1 |
| Larry Smith | 15 | 186 | 12.4 | 47 | 1 |
| Les Josephson | 14 | 170 | 12.1 | 34 | 1 |
| Bob Thomas | 11 | 95 | 8.6 | 19 | 0 |
| Dick Gordon | 3 | 29 | 9.7 | 17 | 1 |
| Joe Sweet | 2 | 26 | 13.0 | 17 | 1 |
| John Love | 1 | 19 | 19.0 | 19 | 1 |
| Totals | 184 | 2282 | 12.4 | 57 | 13 |
Kicking:
Punting:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dave Chapple | 53 | 2344 | 44.2 | 70 |
| Totals | 53 | 2344 | 44.2 | 70 |
Punt Returns:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jim Bertelsen | 16 | 232 | 14.5 | 60 | 0 |
| Dave Elmendorf | 3 | 56 | 18.7 | 41 | 0 |
| John Love | 10 | 39 | 3.9 | 10 | 0 |
| Dick Gordon | 4 | 20 | 5.0 | 12 | 0 |
| Totals | 33 | 347 | 10.5 | 60 | 0 |
Kick Returns:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Willie Ellison | 14 | 345 | 24.6 | 32 | 0 |
| Bob Thomas | 8 | 212 | 26.5 | 43 | 0 |
| John Love | 8 | 167 | 20.9 | 27 | 0 |
| Dick Gordon | 4 | 141 | 35.2 | 53 | 0 |
| Roger Williams | 6 | 141 | 23.5 | 29 | 0 |
| Jim Bertelsen | 4 | 88 | 22.0 | 25 | 0 |
| Al Clark | 3 | 59 | 19.7 | 28 | 0 |
| Gene Howard | 2 | 51 | 25.5 | 28 | 0 |
| John Pergine | 3 | 46 | 15.3 | 19 | 0 |
| Pat Curran | 4 | 37 | 9.2 | 19 | 0 |
| Totals | 56 | 1287 | 23.0 | 53 | 0 |
Interceptions:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jim Nettles | 6 | 168 | 28.0 | 43 | 0 |
| Dave Elmendorf | 3 | 29 | 9.7 | 15 | 0 |
| Gene Howard | 3 | 26 | 8.7 | 24 | 1 |
| Marlin McKeever | 2 | 8 | 4.0 | 8 | 0 |
| Al Clark | 1 | 18 | 18.0 | 18 | 0 |
| Jim Purnell | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| Totals | 16 | 251 | 15.7 | 43 | 1 |
Defense and Fumbles:
| Player | Tackle | Brup | Fum | FRec | FYds | FTD | FF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Roman Gabriel | 6 | 3 | -18 | 0 | |||
| Fred Dryer | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Harry Schuh | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| John Love | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Dave Elmendorf | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jim Bertelsen | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Mike LaHood | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Isiah Robertson | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Al Clark | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bob Klein | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Rich Saul | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jack Youngblood | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Pete Beathard | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bob Thomas | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Dick Gordon | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Jim Purnell | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jim Nettles | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | |
| Les Josephson | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Coy Bacon | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Roger Williams | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Lance Rentzel | 1 | 0 | -18 | 0 | |||
| Willie Ellison | 3 | 0 | -4 | 0 | |||
| Larry Smith | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Totals | 0 | 0 | 24 | 26 | -33 | 0 | 0 |
Total Scoring:
| Touchdowns | Other | Total | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | Rush | Rec | Punt | Kick | MFG | Int | Fum | Other | FG | X/C | Single | 2Pt | Saf | Points |
| David Ray | 24 | 31 | 0 | 103 | ||||||||||
| Willie Ellison | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | |||||||
| Jim Bertelsen | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | ||||||
| Jack Snow | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | |||||||||
| Larry Smith | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||||||||
| Bob Thomas | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | |||||||
| Lance Rentzel | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||||||||
| Joe Sweet | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8 | |||||||
| Dick Gordon | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||
| John Love | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||
| Les Josephson | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||
| Roman Gabriel | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
| Bob Klein | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||
| Gene Howard | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||
| Totals | 17 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 31 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 291 |
