
1981 Los Angeles Rams Statistics
Team Record: 6-10
Finishing 3rd in the NFL's West Division of the National Football Conference
Coach: Ray Malavasi (6-10)
Location: Los Angeles, California
1981 Los Angeles Rams Results
The Los Angeles Rams of the National Football League ended the 1981 season with a record of 6 wins and 10 losses, finishing third in the NFL's West Division of the National Football Conference.
The Rams scored 303 points, but the defense allowed 351. Wendell Tyler ran for a team-leading 1,074 yards for Los Angeles.
Pat Haden passed for 1,815 yards. Preston Dennard topped pass catchers, snagging 49 balls for 821 yards. Wendell Tyler contributed to the receiving game, too.
Nolan Cromwell 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 | 267 | 138 | 51.7 | 1815 | 6.8 | 9 | 3.4 | 13 | 4.9 | 67 | 28 | 227 | 64.4 |
Dan Pastorini | 152 | 64 | 42.1 | 719 | 4.7 | 2 | 1.3 | 14 | 9.2 | 46 | 14 | 149 | 22.9 |
Jeff Rutledge | 50 | 30 | 60.0 | 442 | 8.8 | 3 | 6.0 | 4 | 8.0 | 64 | 6 | 62 | 75.6 |
Jeff Kemp | 6 | 2 | 33.3 | 25 | 4.2 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 16.7 | 19 | 2 | 13 | 7.6 |
Mike Guman | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 7 | 7.0 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 135.4 |
Frank Corral | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 |
Totals | 477 | 235 | 49.3 | 3008 | 6.3 | 15 | 3.1 | 32 | 6.7 | 67 | 50 | 451 |
Rushing:
Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Wendell Tyler | 260 | 1074 | 4.1 | 69 | 12 |
Cullen Bryant | 109 | 436 | 4.0 | 20 | 1 |
Mike Guman | 115 | 433 | 3.8 | 18 | 4 |
Jewerl Thomas | 34 | 118 | 3.5 | 40 | 0 |
Pat Haden | 18 | 104 | 5.8 | 16 | 0 |
Preston Dennard | 6 | 29 | 4.8 | 21 | 0 |
Nolan Cromwell | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 17 | 0 |
Drew Hill | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 |
Jeff Kemp | 2 | 9 | 4.5 | 7 | 0 |
Dan Pastorini | 7 | 5 | 0.7 | 13 | 0 |
Henry Childs | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
Jeff Rutledge | 5 | -3 | -0.6 | 4 | 0 |
Totals | 559 | 2236 | 4.0 | 69 | 17 |
Receiving:
Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Preston Dennard | 49 | 821 | 16.8 | 64 | 4 |
Wendell Tyler | 45 | 436 | 9.7 | 67 | 5 |
Billy Waddy | 31 | 460 | 14.8 | 46 | 0 |
Cullen Bryant | 22 | 160 | 7.3 | 39 | 0 |
Walt Arnold | 20 | 212 | 10.6 | 24 | 2 |
Mike Guman | 18 | 130 | 7.2 | 14 | 0 |
Drew Hill | 16 | 355 | 22.2 | 45 | 3 |
Henry Childs | 12 | 145 | 12.1 | 39 | 1 |
Willie Miller | 10 | 147 | 14.7 | 20 | 0 |
Jeff Moore | 7 | 105 | 15.0 | 35 | 0 |
Jewerl Thomas | 5 | 37 | 7.4 | 13 | 0 |
Totals | 235 | 3008 | 12.8 | 67 | 15 |
Kicking:
Punting:
Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long |
---|---|---|---|---|
Frank Corral | 89 | 3735 | 42.0 | 67 |
Totals | 89 | 3735 | 42.0 | 67 |
Punt Returns:
Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
LeRoy Irvin | 46 | 615 | 13.4 | 84 | 3 |
Johnnie Johnson | 1 | 39 | 39.0 | 39 | 0 |
Drew Hill | 2 | 22 | 11.0 | 12 | 0 |
Totals | 49 | 676 | 13.8 | 84 | 3 |
Kick Returns:
Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Drew Hill | 60 | 1170 | 19.5 | 50 | 0 |
Ivory Sully | 3 | 31 | 10.3 | 22 | 0 |
Greg Meisner | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 17 | 0 |
Jewerl Thomas | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 |
Mike Guman | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 |
Jairo Penaranda | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
Irv Pankey | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
Totals | 68 | 1244 | 18.3 | 50 | 0 |
Interceptions:
Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Nolan Cromwell | 5 | 94 | 18.8 | 94 | 0 |
Pat Thomas | 4 | 80 | 20.0 | 64 | 0 |
LeRoy Irvin | 3 | 18 | 6.0 | 18 | 0 |
Rod Perry | 3 | 18 | 6.0 | 10 | 0 |
Jim Youngblood | 1 | 20 | 20.0 | 20 | 0 |
Joe Harris | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
Totals | 17 | 237 | 13.9 | 94 | 0 |
Defense and Fumbles:
Player | Tackle | Brup | Fum | FRec | FYds | FTD | FF |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Johnnie Johnson | 0 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | ||
Wendell Tyler | 11 | 4 | 1 | 0 | |||
Nolan Cromwell | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | |
LeRoy Irvin | 0 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 0 | ||
Ivory Sully | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Irv Pankey | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Joe Harris | 0 | 0 | 2 | 21 | 1 | 0 | |
Drew Hill | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
Dan Pastorini | 4 | 1 | -2 | 0 | 0 | ||
Jewerl Thomas | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Phil Murphy | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Preston Dennard | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
Cody Jones | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Rich Saul | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Lucious Smith | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Mike Fanning | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Pat Haden | 5 | 1 | -5 | 0 | 0 | ||
Reggie Doss | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Doug Smith | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Henry Childs | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
Mike Guman | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
Cullen Bryant | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
Billy Waddy | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Totals | 0 | 0 | 34 | 32 | 38 | 1 | 0 |
Total Scoring:
Touchdowns | Other | Total | ||||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Player | Rush | Rec | Punt | Kick | MFG | Int | Fum | Other | FG | X/C | Single | 2Pt | Saf | Points |
Wendell Tyler | 12 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 102 | ||||||||
Frank Corral | 17 | 36 | 0 | 87 | ||||||||||
Preston Dennard | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | ||||||||
Mike Guman | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | |||||||
Drew Hill | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||||||
LeRoy Irvin | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||||||||
Walt Arnold | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |||||||||
Joe Harris | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||
Cullen Bryant | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||
Henry Childs | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||
Totals | 17 | 15 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 17 | 36 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 303 |