The Road to Super Bowl XII

LOS ANGELES RAMS

SUPER BOWL XII PREVIEW

                                                MIAMI DOLPHINS

          

                     RAMS SEASON RESULTS AND STATISTICS                               

Los Angeles at Atlanta	Win 16-13
Philadelphia at Los Angeles	Win 6-0
San Francisco at Los Angeles	Win 28-24
Los Angeles at Chicago	Win 26-17
New Orleans at Los Angeles	Win 31-28
Minnesota at Los Angeles	Loss 16-9
Los Angeles at New Orleans	Loss 20-16
Tampa Bay at Los Angeles	Win 28-0
Los Angeles at Green Bay	Win 24-0
Los Angeles at San Francisco	Win 17-10
Los Angeles at Cleveland	Loss 20-10
Oakland at Los Angeles	Win 13-10
Atlanta at Los Angeles	Loss 20-14
Los Angeles at Washington	Win 12-7
Minnesota at Los Angeles	Win 23-7
Los Angeles at Dallas	Win 16-10
Los Angeles at Atlanta	Win 13-7

Los Angeles Team Statistics
	1977 Los Angeles	Opponent
First Downs by Rush-Pass-Pen-Total	142-139-0-281	103-131-1-235
Third Down Efficiency	89-243-37%	77-226-34%
Fourth Down Efficiency	19-31-61%	9-20-45%
Red Zone Efficiency (pts-poss-pct)	202-315-64%	133-224-59%
Total Offense-Plays-Avg Yards Per Play	4829-1060-4.6	3894-973-4.0
Total Net Yards Rushing	2354	1841
Total Rushes	653	525
Average Per Rush	3.6	3.5
Passes Completed/Attempted	206/365 (56.4%)	190/389 (48.8%)
Net Yards Passing	2475	2053
Avg Yards Per Pass	7.6	6.3
Sacked/Yards Lost	42/288	59/384
Punts/Average	87/34.7	85/41.0
Punts Received/Return Yardage	53/260	49/138
Kickoffs/Returns	53/1159	60/1288
Interceptions/Returns	29/366	10/102
Penalties/Yards	0/0	0/0
Total Fumbles/Fumbles Lost	24/11	42/17
Time of Possession	553 mins 48 secs	486 mins 57 secs
Average Drive Start	LAN 32	OPP 32

Passing Stats
	Att	Comp	Yds	Comp %	Yds/Att	TD	TD %	INT	INT %	Long	Sack	Rating
1977 Los Angeles
Pat Haden	363	205	2754	56.5	7.6	14	3.9	10	2.8	61	42/288	82.1
Vince Ferragamo	2	1	9	50.0	4.5	0	0	0	0	9	0/0	62.5

Rushing Stats
	No	Yds	Avg	Long	TD	2 Pt Conv	Fumbles/Lost
1977 Los Angeles
Lawrence McCutcheon	303	1093	3.6	75	7	0	1/0
John Cappelletti	151	435	2.9	15	3	0	5/2
Wendell Tyler	106	441	4.2	20	7	0	6/3
Pat Haden	51	145	2.8	16	1	0	4/1
Rod Phillips	41	240	5.9	25	0	0	0/0
Vince Ferragamo	1	0	0.0	0	0	0	1/1

Receiving Stats
	No	Yds	Avg	Long	TD	2 Pt Conv
1977 Los Angeles
Harold Jackson	57	886	15.5	61	1	0
Lawrence McCutcheon	38	384	10.1	41	1	0
Terry Nelson	29	295	10.2	30	1	0
Billy Waddy	29	518	17.9	52	4	0
John Cappelletti	24	244	10.2	30	0	0
Dwight Scales	11	142	12.9	20	2	0
Ron Jessie	10	237	23.7	54	3	0
Charle Young	5	43	8.6	13	1	0
Wendell Tyler	2	15	7.5	12	1	0
Rod Phillips	1	-1	-1.0	0	0	0

Field Goals
	1-19	20-29	30-39	40-49	50+	Totals	% Made
1977 Los Angeles
Rafael Septien	2/2	9/9	8/11	3/8	0/2	22/32	68.8

Punting
	No	Avg	Net	Tb	Inside 20	Long	Blocked
1977 Los Angeles
Glen Walker	87	34.7	32.6	2	22	56	0

Kickoff Returns
	No	Yds	Avg	Long	TD
1977 Los Angeles
Wendell Tyler	50	1138	22.8	68	0
Cullen Bryant	1	5	5.0	5	0
Harold Jackson	1	10	10.0	10	0
Billy Waddy	1	6	6.0	6	0

Punt Returns
	Ret	FC	Yds	Avg	Long	TD
1977 Los Angeles
Billy Waddy	29	1	138	4.8	13	0
Cullen Bryant	24	0	122	5.1	13	0

Individual Defense
	Tackles	Sacks	Fum Rec
1977 Los Angeles
Hacksaw Reynolds	142	1	2
Jack Youngblood	88	18	3
Isiah Robertson	80	12	5
Jim Youngblood	77	3	2
Monte Jackson	64	0	0
Larry Brooks	57	11	2
Dave Elmendorf	56	0	0
Bill Simpson	50	0	0
Fred Dryer	44	7	2
Cody Jones	42	6	2
Pat Thomas	38	1	1
Nolan Cromwell	10	0	0
Jackie Wallace	1	0	0
Dennis Harrah	0	0	3
Tom Mack	0	0	1
Doug France	0	0	2
John Cappelletti	0	0	2
Pat Haden	0	0	1
Rich Saul	0	0	1
Billy Waddy	0	0	1

Interceptions
	No	Yds	Avg	Long	TD
1977 Los Angeles
Monte Jackson	10	118	11.8	25	0
Pat Thomas	6	118	19.7	65	1
Bill Simpson	5	28	5.6	12	0
Jim Youngblood	3	46	15.3	22	0
Dave Elmendorf	2	8	4.0	4	0
Isiah Robertson	2	38	19.0	25	0
Hacksaw Reynolds	1	10	10.0	10	0

                   DOLPHINS SEASON RESULTS AND STATISTICS

Miami at Buffalo	Loss 21-18
Miami at San Francisco	Win 31-13
Houston at Miami	Win 26-19
Miami at Baltimore	Loss 31-7
New York AFC at Miami	Win 32-22
Seattle at Miami	Win 34-6
San Diego at Miami	Win 27-9
Miami at New York AFC	Win 31-0
New England at Miami	Win 23-13
Miami at Cincinnati	Win 17-14
Miami at St. Louis	Win 21-7
Baltimore at Miami	Win 28-0
Miami at New England	Loss 28-27
Buffalo at Miami	Win 24-10
Oakland at Miami	Win 14-9
Houston at Miami	Win 20-12

Miami Team Statistics
	1977 Miami	Opponent
First Downs by Rush-Pass-Pen-Total	185-132-0-317	95-114-0-209
Third Down Efficiency	80-194-41%	60-198-30%
Fourth Down Efficiency	25-38-66%	13-35-37%
Red Zone Efficiency (pts-poss-pct)	281-413-68%	155-252-62%
Total Offense-Plays-Avg Yards Per Play	5039-996-5.1	3749-867-4.3
Total Net Yards Rushing	2685	1689
Total Rushes	633	470
Average Per Rush	4.2	3.6
Passes Completed/Attempted	199/331 (60.1%)	191/370 (51.6%)
Net Yards Passing	2354	2060
Avg Yards Per Pass	7.8	6.1
Sacked/Yards Lost	32/228	27/182
Punts/Average	50/40.8	70/39.1
Punts Received/Return Yardage	41/392	32/415
Kickoffs/Returns	52/1538	75/1790
Interceptions/Returns	5/63	10/171
Penalties/Yards	0/0	0/0
Total Fumbles/Fumbles Lost	38/18	32/14
Time of Possession	510 mins 7 secs	449 mins 53 secs
Average Drive Start	MIA 34	OPP 33

Passing Stats
	Att	Comp	Yds	Comp %	Yds/Att	TD	TD %	INT	INT %	Long	Sack	Rating
1977 Miami
Bob Griese	330	199	2582	60.3	7.8	24	7.3	10	3.0	71	32/228	96.6
Mike Michel	1	0	0	0.0	.0	0	0	0	0	0	0/0	39.6

Rushing Stats
	No	Yds	Avg	Long	TD	2 Pt Conv	Fumbles/Lost
1977 Miami
Benny Malone	182	801	4.4	26	5	0	5/4
Norm Bulaich	141	669	4.7	53	13	0	3/2
Gary Davis	134	643	4.8	27	0	0	1/0
Don Nottingham	117	425	3.6	16	3	0	2/1
Leroy Harris	39	144	3.7	14	0	0	4/2
Bob Griese	20	3	0.2	4	0	0	11/5

Receiving Stats
	No	Yds	Avg	Long	TD	2 Pt Conv
1977 Miami
Nat Moore	66	955	14.5	69	12	0
Duriel Harris	37	583	15.8	71	6	0
Andre Tillman	23	246	10.7	31	0	0
Gary Davis	22	205	9.3	23	1	0
Freddie Solomon	21	340	16.2	58	2	0
Jim Mandich	13	123	9.5	15	2	0
Benny Malone	7	65	9.3	19	1	0
Don Nottingham	4	34	8.5	13	0	0
Norm Bulaich	3	16	5.3	12	0	0
Leroy Harris	2	7	3.5	6	0	0
Loaird McCreary	1	8	8.0	8	0	0

Field Goals
	1-19	20-29	30-39	40-49	50+	Totals	% Made
1977 Miami
Garo Yepremian	0/0	7/9	9/9	1/1	0/0	17/19	89.5

Punting
	No	Avg	Net	Tb	Inside 20	Long	Blocked
1977 Miami
Mike Michel	50	40.8	31.3	3	23	64	0

Kickoff Returns
	No	Yds	Avg	Long	TD
1977 Miami
Gary Davis	35	1016	29.0	73	0
Freddie Solomon	16	501	31.3	99	1
Andre Tillman	1	21	21.0	21	0

Punt Returns
	Ret	FC	Yds	Avg	Long	TD
1977 Miami
Freddie Solomon	41	1	392	9.6	39	0

Individual Defense
	Tackles	Sacks	Fum Rec
1977 Miami
Steve Towle	107	3	0
Kim Bokamper	73	0	2
Bob Baumhower	71	6	1
Bob Matheson	65	1	0
Larry Gordon	61	6	9
Vern Den Herder	57	4	0
Tim Foley	47	0	0
A.J. Duhe	46	5	1
Norris Thomas	44	1	0
Curtis Johnson	43	0	4
Vern Roberson	35	0	0
Charles Cornelius	16	1	1
Dick Anderson	4	0	0
Mike Current	0	0	3
Norm Bulaich	0	0	1
Don Nottingham	0	0	2
Benny Malone	0	0	2
Duriel Harris	0	0	1
Andre Tillman	0	0	1
Gary Davis	0	0	3
Nat Moore	0	0	1
Bob Griese	0	0	2

Interceptions
	No	Yds	Avg	Long	TD
1977 Miami
Curtis Johnson	2	0	0.0	0	0
Kim Bokamper	1	46	46.0	46	1
Norris Thomas	1	4	4.0	4	0
Vern Den Herder	1	13	13.0	13	0