1976 Los Angeles Rams Statistics
Team Record: 10-3-1
Finishing 1st in the NFL's West Division of the National Football Conference
Postseason: 1-1
Coach: Chuck Knox (10-3-1)
Location: Los Angeles, California
1976 Los Angeles Rams Results
The Los Angeles Rams of the National Football League ended the 1976 season with a record of 10 wins and 3 losses and 1 ties, finishing first in the NFL's West Division of the National Football Conference. The team compiled a postseason mark of 1-1.
Los Angeles moved the ball well, scoring 351 points, while the rigid defensive squad allowed 190. Lawrence McCutcheon ran for a team-leading 1,168 yards for the Rams.
James Harris tossed for 1,460 yards. Harold Jackson topped pass catchers, snagging 39 balls, while Ron Jessie added 779 receiving yards, while John Cappelletti was targeted regularly also.
The larcenous defense manufactured 48 turnovers. Monte Jackson intercepted 10 opponent throws.
Chuck Knox coached the team.
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Passing:
| Player | Att | Comp | Comp % | Yds | Yds/Att | TDs | TD % | Ints | Int % | Long | Sacked | Yds Lost | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| James Harris | 158 | 91 | 57.6 | 1460 | 9.2 | 8 | 5.1 | 6 | 3.8 | 80 | 14 | 151 | 89.6 |
| Pat Haden | 105 | 60 | 57.1 | 896 | 8.5 | 8 | 7.6 | 4 | 3.8 | 65 | 13 | 86 | 94.8 |
| Ron Jaworski | 52 | 20 | 38.5 | 273 | 5.2 | 1 | 1.9 | 5 | 9.6 | 42 | 5 | 51 | 22.8 |
| Totals | 315 | 171 | 54.3 | 2629 | 8.3 | 17 | 5.4 | 15 | 4.8 | 80 | 32 | 288 |
Rushing:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lawrence McCutcheon | 291 | 1168 | 4.0 | 40 | 9 |
| John Cappelletti | 177 | 688 | 3.9 | 38 | 1 |
| Rod Phillips | 34 | 206 | 6.1 | 33 | 1 |
| Jim Bertelsen | 42 | 155 | 3.7 | 18 | 2 |
| Pat Haden | 25 | 84 | 3.4 | 16 | 4 |
| James Harris | 12 | 76 | 6.3 | 20 | 2 |
| Cullen Bryant | 21 | 64 | 3.0 | 12 | 2 |
| Ron Jessie | 4 | 37 | 9.2 | 22 | 0 |
| Harold Jackson | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 |
| Ron Jaworski | 2 | 15 | 7.5 | 14 | 1 |
| Rob Scribner | 2 | 12 | 6.0 | 11 | 1 |
| Tom Geredine | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| Steve Preece | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 613 | 2528 | 4.1 | 40 | 23 |
Receiving:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Harold Jackson | 39 | 751 | 19.3 | 65 | 5 |
| Ron Jessie | 34 | 779 | 22.9 | 58 | 6 |
| John Cappelletti | 30 | 302 | 10.1 | 32 | 1 |
| Lawrence McCutcheon | 28 | 305 | 10.9 | 42 | 2 |
| Bob Klein | 20 | 229 | 11.4 | 26 | 1 |
| Jim Bertelsen | 6 | 33 | 5.5 | 10 | 0 |
| Terry Nelson | 4 | 48 | 12.0 | 16 | 0 |
| Rod Phillips | 4 | 23 | 5.8 | 15 | 0 |
| Dwight Scales | 3 | 105 | 35.0 | 80 | 1 |
| Cullen Bryant | 2 | 28 | 14.0 | 25 | 0 |
| Tom Geredine | 1 | 23 | 23.0 | 23 | 1 |
| Totals | 171 | 2626 | 15.4 | 80 | 17 |
Kicking:
Punting:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rusty Jackson | 77 | 3006 | 39.0 | 61 |
| Totals | 77 | 3006 | 39.0 | 61 |
Punt Returns:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cullen Bryant | 29 | 321 | 11.1 | 25 | 0 |
| Jim Bertelsen | 10 | 55 | 5.5 | 19 | 0 |
| Rob Scribner | 8 | 54 | 6.8 | 20 | 0 |
| Dwight Scales | 4 | 46 | 11.5 | 21 | 0 |
| Freeman Johns | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 52 | 476 | 9.2 | 25 | 0 |
Kick Returns:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cullen Bryant | 16 | 459 | 28.7 | 90 | 1 |
| Tom Geredine | 9 | 181 | 20.1 | 27 | 0 |
| Pat Thomas | 7 | 140 | 20.0 | 30 | 0 |
| Dwight Scales | 7 | 136 | 19.4 | 27 | 0 |
| Freeman Johns | 2 | 56 | 28.0 | 34 | 0 |
| Rob Scribner | 3 | 54 | 18.0 | 22 | 0 |
| Totals | 44 | 1026 | 23.3 | 90 | 1 |
Interceptions:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Monte Jackson | 10 | 173 | 17.3 | 46 | 3 |
| Rod Perry | 8 | 79 | 9.9 | 43 | 0 |
| Bill Simpson | 4 | 62 | 15.5 | 30 | 0 |
| Isiah Robertson | 4 | 28 | 7.0 | 14 | 0 |
| Jim Youngblood | 2 | 28 | 14.0 | 26 | 0 |
| Dave Elmendorf | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Steve Preece | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| Rick Kay | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 32 | 376 | 11.8 | 46 | 3 |
Defense and Fumbles:
| Player | Tackle | Brup | Fum | FRec | FYds | FTD | FF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lawrence McCutcheon | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Pat Thomas | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Isiah Robertson | 0 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | |
| Rod Phillips | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | |||
| Rod Perry | 0 | 0 | 2 | 25 | 0 | 0 | |
| Merlin Olsen | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Larry Brooks | 0 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jack Youngblood | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jack Reynolds | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Rob Scribner | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Mike Fanning | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Monte Jackson | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Cullen Bryant | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| John Williams | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Rich Saul | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jim Youngblood | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bill Simpson | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Terry Nelson | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Harold Jackson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Ron Jessie | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| James Harris | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| John Cappelletti | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Dwight Scales | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Jim Bertelsen | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Totals | 0 | 0 | 29 | 23 | 54 | 0 | 0 |
Total Scoring:
| Touchdowns | Other | Total | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | Rush | Rec | Punt | Kick | MFG | Int | Fum | Other | FG | X/C | Single | 2Pt | Saf | Points |
| Tom Dempsey | 17 | 36 | 0 | 87 | ||||||||||
| Lawrence McCutcheon | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 66 | ||||||||
| Ron Jessie | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | ||||||||
| Harold Jackson | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | ||||||||
| Pat Haden | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | |||||||||
| Monte Jackson | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | |||||||||
| Cullen Bryant | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||||||
| Jim Bertelsen | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |||||||
| John Cappelletti | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||||||||
| James Harris | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |||||||||
| Rod Phillips | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||
| Bob Klein | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
| Dwight Scales | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||
| Rob Scribner | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||
| Ron Jaworski | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
| Tom Geredine | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||
| Totals | 23 | 17 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 36 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 351 |
