This day in football · September 16, 1923: Ironwood Legion visited the Duluth Kelleys at Duluth Athletic Park. Duluth Kelleys 7, Ironwood Legion 0. W1923 NFL season↗

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2008 St. Louis RamsW2008 St. Louis Rams↗

NFL · NFC West · 2–14 (.125) · 4th in division · PF 232 · PA 465 · Coach Jim Haslett

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Team leaders

Passing (yds)

Rushing (yds)

Receiving (yds)

Sacks

Interceptions

Efficiency (EPA)

	Offense	Defense
Plays	976	949
EPA per play	-0.19	+0.07
Pass EPA per play	-0.24	+0.06
Rush EPA per play	-0.12	+0.08
Success rate	37.3%	45.8%
Pass rate	58.1%

Regular season, pass and run plays only. League average that year: EPA per play -0.01, success rate 42.7%. For the defense, lower is better.

Schedule (16 games)

Date	Wk	Opponent	Result	Record	Stadium
2008-09-07	1	@ Philadelphia Eagles	L 3–38	0–1	Lincoln Financial Field
2008-09-14	2	vs New York Giants	L 13–41	0–2	Edward Jones Dome
2008-09-21	3	@ Seattle Seahawks	L 13–37	0–3	Qwest Field
2008-09-28	4	vs Buffalo Bills	L 14–31	0–4	Edward Jones Dome
2008-10-12	6	@ Washington Redskins	W 19–17	1–4	FedExField
2008-10-19	7	vs Dallas Cowboys	W 34–14	2–4	Edward Jones Dome
2008-10-26	8	@ New England Patriots	L 16–23	2–5	Gillette Stadium
2008-11-02	9	vs Arizona Cardinals	L 13–34	2–6	Edward Jones Dome
2008-11-09	10	@ New York Jets	L 3–47	2–7	Giants Stadium
2008-11-16	11	@ San Francisco 49ers	L 16–35	2–8	Candlestick Park
2008-11-23	12	vs Chicago Bears	L 3–27	2–9	Edward Jones Dome
2008-11-30	13	vs Miami Dolphins	L 12–16	2–10	Edward Jones Dome
2008-12-07	14	@ Arizona Cardinals	L 10–34	2–11	University of Phoenix Stadium
2008-12-14	15	vs Seattle Seahawks	L 20–23	2–12	Edward Jones Dome
2008-12-21	16	vs San Francisco 49ers	L 16–17	2–13	Edward Jones Dome
2008-12-28	17	@ Atlanta Falcons	L 27–31	2–14	Georgia Dome

Roster (66)

#	Player	Pos	Ht	Wt	College	Exp	Status
10	Marc Bulger	QB	6-3	208	West Virginia	8	ACT
12	Trent Green	QB	6-3	208	Indiana	15	ACT
13	Brock Berlin	QB	6-1	215	Miami; Florida	3	ACT
23	Brian Leonard	FB	6-1	225	Rutgers	1	RES
36	Dan Kreider	FB	5-11	250	New Hampshire	8	CUT
22	Travis Minor	RB	5-10	203	Florida State	7	ACT
30	Antonio Pittman	RB	5-11	207	Ohio State	1	ACT
33	Kenneth Darby	RB	5-10	219	Alabama	1	ACT
38	Samkon Gado	RB	5-10	226	Liberty	3	CUT
39	Steven Jackson	RB	6-2	240	Oregon State	4	ACT
14	Keenan Burton	WR	6-0	202	Kentucky	0	ACT
17	Donnie Avery	WR	5-11	200	Houston	0	ACT
19	Derek Stanley	WR	5-11	179	Wisconsin-Whitewater	1	RES
81	Torry Holt	WR	6-0	200	N.C. State	9	ACT
82	Dante Hall	WR	5-8	187	Texas A&M	8	RES
83	Drew Bennett	WR	6-5	196	UCLA	7	RES
86	Eddie Kennison	WR	6-1	201	LSU	12	CUT
89	Dane Looker	WR	6-0	194	Washington; Western Washington University	8	ACT
46	Daniel Fells	TE	6-4	260	UC Davis	2	ACT
84	Randy McMichael	TE	6-3	248	Georgia	6	RES
87	Anthony Becht	TE	6-6	270	West Virginia	8	ACT
88	Joe Klopfenstein	TE	6-5	262	Colorado	2	ACT
60	Nick Leckey	C	6-3	291	Kansas State	4	RES
61	Cory Withrow	C	6-2	287	Washington State	10	ACT
65	Brett Romberg	C	6-2	293	Miami	5	ACT
20	Jonathan Wade	CB	5-11	200	Tennessee	1	ACT
24	Ronald Bartell	CB	6-1	210	Howard; Central Michigan	3	ACT
26	Tye Hill	CB	5-10	185	Clemson	2	RES
27	Ricky Manning	CB	5-9	193	UCLA	5	RES
31	Jason Craft	CB	5-10	187	Colorado State; Denver	9	ACT
34	Fakhir Brown	CB	5-11	195	Grambling State	9	ACT
41	Eric Bassey	CB	6-1	200	Oklahoma	2	ACT
36	Quincy Butler	DB	6-1	188	TCU; Tyler JC	2	ACT
42	David Roach	DB	6-2	215	TCU	0	ACT
72	Chris Long	DE	6-3	270	Virginia	0	ACT
91	Leonard Little	DE	6-3	263	Tennessee; Coffeyville CC	10	ACT
92	Eric Moore	DE	6-4	268	Florida State	3	ACT
94	Victor Adeyanju	DE	6-4	284	Indiana	2	ACT
96	James Hall	DE	6-2	265	Michigan	8	ACT
97	La'Roi Glover	DT	6-2	290	San Diego State	12	ACT
99	Antwon Burton	DT	6-2	325	Temple; Erie CC	2	ACT
21	Oshiomogho Atogwe	FS	5-11	205	Stanford	3	ACT
42	Brannon Condren	FS	6-1	205	Troy	1	DEV
63	Jacob Bell	G	6-5	304	Miami (Ohio)	4	ACT
67	Roy Schuening	G	6-3	315	Oregon State	0	ACT
68	Richie Incognito	G	6-3	325	Nebraska	3	ACT
3	Josh Brown	K	6-0	202	Nebraska	5	ACT
59	Larry Grant	LB	6-1	251	Ohio State; City College (SF)	0	ACT
45	Chris Massey	LS	6-0	237	Marshall	6	ACT
51	Will Witherspoon	MLB	6-1	242	Georgia	6	ACT
90	Adam Carriker	NT	6-6	300	Nebraska	1	ACT
95	Clifton Ryan	NT	6-3	324	Michigan State	1	ACT
50	Pisa Tinoisamoa	OLB	6-1	230	Hawaii	5	ACT
52	Chris Draft	OLB	5-11	232	Stanford	10	ACT
53	Quinton Culberson	OLB	6-1	236	Mississippi State	1	ACT
55	Gary Stills	OLB	6-2	250	West Virginia	9	RES
57	Chris Chamberlain	OLB	6-1	238	Tulsa	0	ACT
58	David Vobora	OLB	6-1	239	Idaho	0	ACT
5	Donnie Jones	P	6-2	221	LSU	4	ACT
25	Corey Chavous	SS	6-1	208	Vanderbilt	10	ACT
35	Todd Johnson	SS	6-1	200	Florida	5	ACT
69	Anthony Davis	T	6-4	322	Virginia Tech	5	ACT
70	Alex Barron	T	6-8	316	Florida State	3	ACT
73	Adam Goldberg	T	6-7	305	Wyoming	5	ACT
76	Orlando Pace	T	6-7	325	Ohio State	11	ACT
79	John Greco	T	6-5	316	Toledo	0	ACT

Depth chart, week 18

Offense

Pos	Starter	2nd	3rd
C	Brett Romberg	Cory Withrow
LG	Adam Goldberg	Roy Schuening
LT	Orlando Pace	Adam Goldberg
QB	Marc Bulger	Trent Green	Brock Berlin
RB	Steven Jackson	Antonio Pittman	Kenneth Darby
RG	John Greco
RT	Alex Barron	John Greco
TE	Joe Klopfenstein	Anthony Becht	Daniel Fells
WR	Torry Holt	Donnie Avery	Dane Looker

Defense

Pos	Starter	2nd	3rd
FS	Oshiomogho Atogwe	Ronald Bartell	Eric Bassey
LCB	Ronald Bartell	Jason Craft	Quincy Butler
LDE	Leonard Little	Victor Adeyanju
MLB	Will Witherspoon	David Vobora
NT	Clifton Ryan	Adam Carriker
RCB	Jonathan Wade
RDE	Chris Long	James Hall
SLB	Quinton Culberson	Chris Draft	Larry Grant
SS	Todd Johnson	Corey Chavous
UT	La'Roi Glover	Adam Carriker
WLB	Pisa Tinoisamoa	Chris Chamberlain

Special Teams

Pos	Starter	2nd	3rd
H	Donnie Jones	Dane Looker
K	Josh Brown
KR	Kenneth Darby	Travis Minor	Jonathan Wade
LS	Chris Massey	Chris Chamberlain
P	Donnie Jones
PR	Dane Looker	Jonathan Wade

Biggest contracts on the books in 2008

Player	Pos	Signed	Yrs	Value	Per year	Guaranteed	Cap%
Chris Long	ED	2008	5	$48.0M	$9.6M	$29.0M	8.3%
Steven Jackson	RB	2008	5	$43.1M	$8.6M	$20.5M	7.4%
Orlando Pace	LT	2005	7	$52.9M	$7.6M	$15.0M	8.8%
Marshall Faulk	RB	2005	4	$11.8M	$3.0M	$2.0M	3.5%
Steven Jackson	RB	2004	5	$7.0M	$1.4M	$4.0M	1.7%
Donnie Avery	WR	2008	4	$4.7M	$1.2M	$2.8M	1.0%
Donnie Jones	P	2007	5	$5.6M	$1.1M	$0	1.0%
Marshall Faulk	RB	2007	2	$2.1M	$1.1M	$275,000	1.0%
Marshall Faulk	RB	2006	3	$2.9M	$958,333	$0	0.9%
John Greco	RG	2008	3	$1.8M	$591,300	$643,900	0.5%
Richie Incognito	LG	2005	4	$1.9M	$483,500	$549,000	0.6%

Contracts whose term covers this season (Over The Cap, via nflverse). Cap% is against the cap of the signing year.

Trades in 2008 (2)

Date	Trade
2008-04-27	GNB → SL: 2008 round 4 pick 128 SL → GNB: 2008 round 5 pick 137, John David Booty, 2008 round 7 pick 217
2008-04-27	SL → WAS: 2008 round 6 pick 168, 2008 round 6 pick 180 WAS → SL: 2008 round 5 pick 157, 2008 round 7 pick 228

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