
1978 Los Angeles Rams Statistics
Team Record: 12-4
Finishing 1st in the NFL's West Division of the National Football Conference
Postseason: 1-1 Lost Conference Championship
Coach: Ray Malavasi (12-4)
Location: Los Angeles, California
1978 Los Angeles Rams Results
The Los Angeles Rams of the National Football League ended the 1978 season with a record of 12 wins and 4 losses, finishing first in the NFL's West Division of the National Football Conference. The team compiled a postseason mark of 1-1.
The Rams racked up 316 points, and the solid defense yielded 245. Cullen Bryant ran for a team-leading 658 yards for Los Angeles, and John Cappelletti additionally aided the ground game.
Pat Haden passed for 2,995 yards. Willie Miller snagged 50 balls for 767 yards. Ron Jessie and John Cappelletti contributed to the receiving game, too.
Pat Thomas and Rod Perry each intercepted 8 opponent throws.
Ray Malavasi coached the team. The 1978 Los Angeles Rams lost in the Conference Championship.
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Passing:
Player | Att | Comp | Comp % | Yds | Yds/Att | TDs | TD % | Ints | Int % | Long | Sacked | Yds Lost | Rating |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Pat Haden | 444 | 229 | 51.6 | 2995 | 6.7 | 13 | 2.9 | 19 | 4.3 | 68 | 32 | 216 | 65.1 |
Vince Ferragamo | 20 | 7 | 35.0 | 114 | 5.7 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 10.0 | 28 | 2 | 19 | 15.4 |
Lawrence McCutcheon | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 |
Glen Walker | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
Totals | 466 | 236 | 50.6 | 3109 | 6.7 | 13 | 2.8 | 22 | 4.7 | 68 | 34 | 235 |
Rushing:
Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Cullen Bryant | 178 | 658 | 3.7 | 26 | 7 |
John Cappelletti | 174 | 604 | 3.5 | 26 | 3 |
Lawrence McCutcheon | 118 | 420 | 3.6 | 18 | 0 |
Pat Haden | 33 | 206 | 6.2 | 24 | 0 |
Jim Jodat | 26 | 100 | 3.8 | 18 | 0 |
Rod Phillips | 28 | 81 | 2.9 | 11 | 0 |
Terry Nelson | 6 | 67 | 11.2 | 17 | 1 |
Jerry Latin | 18 | 64 | 3.6 | 11 | 0 |
Wendell Tyler | 14 | 45 | 3.2 | 18 | 0 |
Billy Waddy | 5 | 31 | 6.2 | 11 | 0 |
Nolan Cromwell | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 16 | 1 |
Vince Ferragamo | 2 | 10 | 5.0 | 12 | 0 |
Anthony Davis | 3 | 7 | 2.3 | 4 | 0 |
Charle Young | 2 | 6 | 3.0 | 5 | 0 |
Willie Miller | 1 | -7 | -7.0 | -7 | 0 |
Totals | 609 | 2308 | 3.8 | 26 | 12 |
Receiving:
Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Willie Miller | 50 | 767 | 15.3 | 52 | 5 |
Ron Jessie | 49 | 752 | 15.3 | 49 | 4 |
John Cappelletti | 41 | 382 | 9.3 | 37 | 1 |
Terry Nelson | 23 | 344 | 15.0 | 52 | 0 |
Charle Young | 18 | 213 | 11.8 | 19 | 0 |
Billy Waddy | 14 | 258 | 18.4 | 68 | 1 |
Lawrence McCutcheon | 12 | 76 | 6.3 | 33 | 2 |
Cullen Bryant | 8 | 76 | 9.5 | 37 | 0 |
Rod Phillips | 7 | 48 | 6.9 | 16 | 0 |
Dwight Scales | 5 | 105 | 21.0 | 38 | 0 |
Preston Dennard | 3 | 35 | 11.7 | 15 | 0 |
Jim Jodat | 3 | 21 | 7.0 | 10 | 0 |
Wendell Tyler | 2 | 17 | 8.5 | 16 | 0 |
Ron Smith | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 |
Totals | 236 | 3109 | 13.2 | 68 | 13 |
Kicking:
Punting:
Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long |
---|---|---|---|---|
Glen Walker | 83 | 3069 | 37.0 | 61 |
Totals | 83 | 3069 | 37.0 | 61 |
Punt Returns:
Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Jackie Wallace | 52 | 618 | 11.9 | 58 | 0 |
Billy Waddy | 10 | 45 | 4.5 | 12 | 0 |
Cullen Bryant | 3 | 27 | 9.0 | 21 | 0 |
Eddie Brown | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 |
Nolan Cromwell | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
Totals | 67 | 711 | 10.6 | 58 | 0 |
Kick Returns:
Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Jerry Latin | 22 | 467 | 21.2 | 41 | 0 |
Jim Jodat | 22 | 447 | 20.3 | 35 | 0 |
Rod Phillips | 3 | 52 | 17.3 | 24 | 0 |
Larry Marshall | 2 | 50 | 25.0 | 38 | 0 |
Wendell Tyler | 2 | 31 | 15.5 | 21 | 0 |
Doug Smith | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
Totals | 52 | 1055 | 20.3 | 41 | 0 |
Interceptions:
Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Rod Perry | 8 | 117 | 14.6 | 44 | 3 |
Pat Thomas | 8 | 96 | 12.0 | 33 | 1 |
Bill Simpson | 5 | 82 | 16.4 | 28 | 0 |
Dave Elmendorf | 3 | 20 | 6.7 | 12 | 0 |
Jim Youngblood | 2 | 50 | 25.0 | 36 | 0 |
Bob Brudzinski | 1 | 31 | 31.0 | 31 | 1 |
Nolan Cromwell | 1 | 31 | 31.0 | 31 | 0 |
Totals | 28 | 427 | 15.2 | 44 | 5 |
Defense and Fumbles:
Player | Tackle | Brup | Fum | FRec | FYds | FTD | FF |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Jim Youngblood | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
Lawrence McCutcheon | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |||
Fred Dryer | 0 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | ||
Pat Thomas | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
Dave Elmendorf | 0 | 0 | 2 | 39 | 0 | 0 | |
Dan Ryczek | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Isiah Robertson | 0 | 2 | 16 | 1 | 0 | ||
Nolan Cromwell | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
Billy Waddy | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
Jim Jodat | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Cullen Bryant | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
John Cappelletti | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
Jack Youngblood | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Wendell Tyler | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Jackie Slater | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Rod Perry | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
Jerry Latin | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Jackie Wallace | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Doug Smith | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Willie Miller | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
Pat Haden | 7 | 0 | -24 | 0 | 0 | ||
Terry Nelson | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
Charle Young | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Totals | 0 | 0 | 39 | 29 | 38 | 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 | 29 | 31 | 0 | 118 | ||||||||||
Cullen Bryant | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 42 | |||||||
Willie Miller | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | ||||||||
Ron Jessie | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | |||||||||
John Cappelletti | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | ||||||||
Rod Perry | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | |||||||||
Nolan Cromwell | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||||||
Lawrence McCutcheon | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||||||||
Bob Brudzinski | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
Isiah Robertson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
Dwight Scales | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||
Billy Waddy | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||
Pat Thomas | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
Terry Nelson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||
Totals | 12 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 29 | 31 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 316 |