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↗

From the vault · December 26, 1964 · 1964 AFL Championship Game: The Buffalo Bills beat the San Diego Chargers 20–7 at War Memorial Stadium to win the 1964 AFL championship. Box score

2009 St. Louis RamsW2009 St. Louis Rams↗

NFL · NFC West · 1–15 (.062) · 4th in division · PF 175 · PA 436 · Coach Steve Spagnuolo

◀ 2008 2010 ▶

Team leaders

Passing (yds)

Rushing (yds)

Receiving (yds)

Sacks

Interceptions

Efficiency (EPA)

	Offense	Defense
Plays	995	992
EPA per play	-0.23	+0.07
Pass EPA per play	-0.28	+0.13
Rush EPA per play	-0.14	+0.02
Success rate	38.0%	43.5%
Pass rate	58.8%

Regular season, pass and run plays only. League average that year: EPA per play -0.02, success rate 42.0%. For the defense, lower is better.

Schedule (16 games)

Date	Wk	Opponent	Result	Record	Stadium
2009-09-13	1	@ Seattle Seahawks	L 0–28	0–1	Qwest Field
2009-09-20	2	@ Washington Redskins	L 7–9	0–2	FedExField
2009-09-27	3	vs Green Bay Packers	L 17–36	0–3	Edward Jones Dome
2009-10-04	4	@ San Francisco 49ers	L 0–35	0–4	Candlestick Park
2009-10-11	5	vs Minnesota Vikings	L 10–38	0–5	Edward Jones Dome
2009-10-18	6	@ Jacksonville Jaguars	L 20–23 OT	0–6	Jacksonville Municipal Stadium
2009-10-25	7	vs Indianapolis Colts	L 6–42	0–7	Edward Jones Dome
2009-11-01	8	@ Detroit Lions	W 17–10	1–7	Ford Field
2009-11-15	10	vs New Orleans Saints	L 23–28	1–8	Edward Jones Dome
2009-11-22	11	vs Arizona Cardinals	L 13–21	1–9	Edward Jones Dome
2009-11-29	12	vs Seattle Seahawks	L 17–27	1–10	Edward Jones Dome
2009-12-06	13	@ Chicago Bears	L 9–17	1–11	Soldier Field
2009-12-13	14	@ Tennessee Titans	L 7–47	1–12	LP Field
2009-12-20	15	vs Houston Texans	L 13–16	1–13	Edward Jones Dome
2009-12-27	16	@ Arizona Cardinals	L 10–31	1–14	University of Phoenix Stadium
2010-01-03	17	vs San Francisco 49ers	L 6–28	1–15	Edward Jones Dome

Roster (72)

#	Player	Pos	Ht	Wt	College	Exp	Status
9	Keith Null	QB	6-4	219	West Texas State	0	ACT
10	Marc Bulger	QB	6-3	208	West Virginia	9	RES
12	Kyle Boller	QB	6-3	220	California	6	ACT
13	Mike Reilly	QB	6-3	212	Central Washington University; Washington State	0	ACT
44	Mike Karney	FB	5-11	260	Arizona State	5	ACT
22	Chris Ogbonnaya	RB	6-0	225	Texas	0	ACT
34	Kenneth Darby	RB	5-10	219	Alabama	2	ACT
35	Samkon Gado	RB	5-10	226	Liberty	4	ACT
39	Steven Jackson	RB	6-2	240	Oregon State	5	ACT
11	Laurent Robinson	WR	6-2	205	Illinois State	2	RES
11	Brandon Gibson	WR	6-0	210	Washington State	0	ACT
14	Keenan Burton	WR	6-0	202	Kentucky	1	RES
15	Tim Carter	WR	6-0	187	Auburn	7	CUT
16	Danny Amendola	WR	5-11	185	Texas Tech	1	ACT
17	Donnie Avery	WR	5-11	200	Houston	1	ACT
18	Nate Jones	WR	6-2	195	Texas	1	CUT
19	Derek Stanley	WR	5-11	179	Wisconsin-Whitewater	2	CUT
82	Ruvell Martin	WR	6-4	214	Saginaw Valley State	5	ACT
87	Jordan Kent	WR	6-4	219	Oregon	2	ACT
46	Daniel Fells	TE	6-4	260	UC Davis	3	RES
47	Billy Bajema	TE	6-4	259	Oklahoma State	4	ACT
84	Randy McMichael	TE	6-3	248	Georgia	7	ACT
60	Jason Brown	C	6-3	320	North Carolina	4	ACT
20	Jonathan Wade	CB	5-11	200	Tennessee	2	ACT
24	Ronald Bartell	CB	6-1	210	Howard; Central Michigan	4	ACT
31	Justin King	CB	5-11	197	Penn State	1	ACT
32	Bradley Fletcher	CB	6-0	205	Iowa	0	RES
23	Cord Parks	DB	5-10	178	Northeastern University, Mass	0	ACT
25	Danny Gorrer	DB	6-0	180	Texas A&M	0	ACT
36	Quincy Butler	DB	6-1	188	TCU; Tyler JC	3	ACT
72	Chris Long	DE	6-3	270	Virginia	1	ACT
76	James Wyche	DE	6-5	279	Syracuse	3	ACT
91	Leonard Little	DE	6-3	263	Tennessee; Coffeyville CC	11	ACT
94	Victor Adeyanju	DE	6-4	284	Indiana	3	ACT
96	James Hall	DE	6-2	265	Michigan	9	ACT
98	C.J. Ah You	DE	6-4	265	Oklahoma; BYU; Snow	2	RES
69	Leger Douzable	DT	6-4	284	UCF	1	ACT
71	Gary Gibson	DT	6-3	312	Rutgers	4	RES
93	Hollis Thomas	DT	6-0	335	Northern Illinois	13	ACT
95	Clifton Ryan	DT	6-3	324	Michigan State	2	ACT
97	Darell Scott	DT	6-3	317	Clemson	0	ACT
99	LaJuan Ramsey	DT	6-3	300	USC	3	ACT
21	Oshiomogho Atogwe	FS	5-11	205	Stanford	4	RES
27	David Roach	FS	6-2	215	TCU	1	ACT
62	Roger Allen	G	6-3	325	Missouri Western	0	ACT
63	Jacob Bell	G	6-5	304	Miami (Ohio)	5	RES
66	Mark Setterstrom	G	6-4	318	Minnesota	3	ACT
68	Richie Incognito	G	6-3	325	Nebraska	4	ACT
79	John Greco	G	6-5	316	Toledo	1	ACT
3	Josh Brown	K	6-0	202	Nebraska	6	ACT
50	K.C. Asiodu	LB	6-2	242	Central Oklahoma; UNLV	0	ACT
54	Dominic Douglas	LB	6-1	240	Mississippi State; Hinds CC	0	CUT
45	Chris Massey	LS	6-0	237	Marshall	7	RES
92	Ryan Neill	LS	6-3	253	Rutgers	3	ACT
53	Paris Lenon	MLB	6-2	240	Richmond	9	ACT
55	James Laurinaitis	MLB	6-2	248	Ohio State	0	ACT
51	Will Witherspoon	OLB	6-1	242	Georgia	7	ACT
53	Quinton Culberson	OLB	6-1	236	Mississippi State	2	ACT
57	Chris Chamberlain	OLB	6-1	238	Tulsa	1	ACT
58	David Vobora	OLB	6-1	239	Idaho	1	ACT
59	Larry Grant	OLB	6-1	251	Ohio State; City College (SF)	1	ACT
5	Donnie Jones	P	6-2	221	LSU	5	ACT
26	Anthony Smith	SS	6-0	200	Syracuse	3	ACT
37	James Butler	SS	6-3	218	Georgia Tech	4	ACT
42	Clinton Hart	SS	6-0	208	Central Florida CC	7	ACT
43	Craig Dahl	SS	6-1	212	North Dakota State	2	ACT
61	Eric Young	T	6-3	304	Tennessee	1	ACT
64	Phil Trautwein	T	6-6	310	Florida	0	ACT
68	Ryan McKee	T	6-6	291	Southern Mississippi	0	ACT
70	Alex Barron	T	6-8	316	Florida State	4	ACT
73	Adam Goldberg	T	6-7	305	Wyoming	6	ACT
77	Jason Smith	T	6-5	308	Baylor	0	ACT

Depth chart, week 18

Offense

Pos	Starter	2nd	3rd
T	Jason Smith
FB	Mike Karney	Chris Ogbonnaya
C	Jason Brown	Mark Setterstrom
LG	Roger Allen	Mark Setterstrom
LT	Alex Barron	Adam Goldberg	Eric Young
QB	Kyle Boller	Keith Null	Mike Reilly
RB	Steven Jackson	Samkon Gado	Kenneth Darby
RG	John Greco	Adam Goldberg
RT	Adam Goldberg	Phil Trautwein	Phil Trautwein
TE	Randy McMichael	Billy Bajema
WR	Danny Amendola	Donnie Avery	Brandon Gibson

Defense

Pos	Starter	2nd	3rd
FS	Craig Dahl	David Roach
LCB	Ronald Bartell	Danny Gorrer	Cord Parks
LDE	Leonard Little	Victor Adeyanju	James Wyche
LDT	Darell Scott	Leger Douzable
MLB	James Laurinaitis	Chris Chamberlain
RCB	Justin King	Jonathan Wade
RDE	Chris Long	James Hall
RDT	Clifton Ryan	LaJuan Ramsey
SLB	David Vobora	Larry Grant	K.C. Asiodu
SS	James Butler	Clinton Hart
WLB	Paris Lenon	Chris Chamberlain

Special Teams

Pos	Starter	2nd	3rd
WR	Donnie Avery
H	Donnie Jones	Kyle Boller
K	Josh Brown
KR	Danny Amendola	Cord Parks	Kenneth Darby
LS	Ryan Neill	Billy Bajema
P	Donnie Jones
PR	Danny Amendola	Cord Parks	Donnie Avery

Biggest contracts on the books in 2009

Player	Pos	Signed	Yrs	Value	Per year	Guaranteed	Cap%
Jason Smith	LT	2009	5	$54.0M	$10.8M	$28.6M	8.8%
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%
James Laurinaitis	LB	2009	4	$5.1M	$1.3M	$3.0M	1.0%
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%
Bradley Fletcher	CB	2009	4	$2.6M	$660,575	$892,298	0.5%
John Greco	RG	2008	3	$1.8M	$591,300	$643,900	0.5%
Danny Amendola	WR	2009	2	$705,000	$352,500	$0	0.3%

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

Trades in 2009 (5)

Date	Trade
2009-04-09	ATL → SL: Laurent Robinson, 2009 round 5 pick 160, 2009 round 6 pick 196 SL → ATL: 2009 round 5 pick 138, 2009 round 6 pick 176
2009-05-07	CIN → SL: Orien Harris SL → CIN: Brian Leonard
2009-07-22	DET → SL: Ronald Curry SL → DET: Orien Harris
2009-09-01	ATL → SL: 2010 round 7 pick 226 SL → ATL: Tye Hill
2009-10-20	PHI → SL: Brandon Gibson, 2009 round 3 SL → PHI: Will Witherspoon

Injury reports (116)

Wk	Player	Pos	Injury	Game status	Practice
1	Craig Dahl	S	Hamstring	Out	Out (Definitely Will Not Play)
1	John Greco	T	Wrist	Out	Out (Definitely Will Not Play)
1	Larry Grant	LB	Knee	Questionable	Limited Participation in Practice
1	Marc Bulger	QB	right Finger	Probable	Full Participation in Practice
1	Leonard Little	DE	Knee		Full Participation in Practice
1	Mike Karney	RB	Ankle		Full Participation in Practice
1	Samkon Gado	RB	Ribs		Full Participation in Practice
2	Craig Dahl	S	Hamstring	Out	Out (Definitely Will Not Play)
2	John Greco	T	Wrist	Out	Out (Definitely Will Not Play)
3	Jason Brown	C	Knee	Probable	Full Participation in Practice
3	Jason Smith	T	Knee	Doubtful	Did Not Participate In Practice
3	Craig Dahl	S	Hamstring		Full Participation in Practice
3	David Roach	S	Groin		Full Participation in Practice
3	John Greco	G	Wrist		Full Participation in Practice
4	Alex Barron	T	Thigh	Probable	Limited Participation in Practice
4	James Butler	S	Knee	Out	Out (Definitely Will Not Play)
4	Jason Smith	T	Knee	Doubtful	Did Not Participate In Practice
4	Marc Bulger	QB	right Shoulder	Questionable	Did Not Participate In Practice
4	Ronald Bartell	CB	Thigh	Questionable	Limited Participation in Practice
5	Anthony Smith	S	Achilles	Doubtful	Did Not Participate In Practice
5	Craig Dahl	S	Concussion	Probable	Full Participation in Practice
5	Donnie Avery	WR	Hamstring	Questionable	Limited Participation in Practice
5	James Butler	S	Knee	Out	Did Not Participate In Practice
5	Jason Smith	T	Knee	Questionable	Limited Participation in Practice
5	Keenan Burton	WR	Hamstring	Questionable	Limited Participation in Practice
5	Marc Bulger	QB	right Shoulder	Questionable	Limited Participation in Practice
5	Ronald Bartell	CB	Thigh	Probable	Full Participation in Practice
5	Ruvell Martin	WR	Hamstring	Doubtful	Did Not Participate In Practice
6	Anthony Smith	S	Achilles	Questionable	Limited Participation in Practice
6	C.J. Ah You	DE	Illness	Probable	Did Not Participate In Practice
6	James Butler	S	Knee	Doubtful	Did Not Participate In Practice
6	Kyle Boller	QB	Concussion	Probable	Full Participation in Practice
6	Leonard Little	DE	Illness	Probable	Did Not Participate In Practice
6	Ruvell Martin	WR	Hamstring	Doubtful	Limited Participation in Practice
6	Justin King	CB	Knee		Full Participation in Practice
7	Donnie Avery	WR	Hip	Probable	Full Participation in Practice
7	James Butler	S	Knee	Probable	Full Participation in Practice
7	James Hall	DE	Groin	Questionable	Limited Participation in Practice
7	Justin King	CB	Groin	Questionable	Limited Participation in Practice
7	Richie Incognito	G	Ankle	Probable	Full Participation in Practice
7	Ruvell Martin	WR	Hamstring	Questionable	Limited Participation in Practice
7	Darell Scott	DT	Illness		Full Participation in Practice
7	Ronald Bartell	CB	Concussion		Full Participation in Practice
8	C.J. Ah You	DE	Ankle	Questionable	Limited Participation in Practice
8	Clifton Ryan	DT	Illness	Probable	Full Participation in Practice
8	Donnie Avery	WR	Shoulder	Probable	Limited Participation in Practice
8	James Hall	DE	Groin	Probable	Full Participation in Practice
8	Justin King	CB	Groin	Probable	Full Participation in Practice
8	Richie Incognito	G	Foot	Out	Out (Definitely Will Not Play)
8	John Greco	G	Not Injury Related		Did Not Participate In Practice
8	Ruvell Martin	WR	Hamstring		Full Participation in Practice
10	C.J. Ah You	DE	Ankle	Questionable	Limited Participation in Practice
10	Jacob Bell	G	Thumb	Probable	Full Participation in Practice
10	Richie Incognito	G	Foot	Out	Did Not Participate In Practice
11	C.J. Ah You	DE	Knee	Out	Out (Definitely Will Not Play)
11	Chris Long	DE	Knee	Questionable	Limited Participation in Practice
11	Clifton Ryan	DT	Toe	Probable	Full Participation in Practice
11	James Hall	DE	Back	Probable	Limited Participation in Practice
11	Leonard Little	DE	Knee	Probable	Limited Participation in Practice
11	Richie Incognito	G	Foot	Out	Did Not Participate In Practice
12	Chris Chamberlain	LB	Concussion	Probable	Full Participation in Practice
12	Jason Smith	T	Concussion	Doubtful	Did Not Participate In Practice
12	Marc Bulger	QB	Knee	Out	Out (Definitely Will Not Play)
12	Mike Karney	RB	Neck	Questionable	Did Not Participate In Practice
12	Richie Incognito	G	Foot	Questionable	Did Not Participate In Practice
12	Steven Jackson	RB	Back	Questionable	Did Not Participate In Practice
12	Donnie Jones	P	Illness		Full Participation in Practice
13	James Laurinaitis	LB	Shoulder	Probable	Limited Participation in Practice
13	Jason Brown	C	Knee	Probable	Limited Participation in Practice
13	Jason Smith	T	Concussion	Out	Did Not Participate In Practice
13	Marc Bulger	QB	Knee	Out	Out (Definitely Will Not Play)
13	Mike Karney	RB	Neck	Out	Did Not Participate In Practice
13	Richie Incognito	G	Foot	Probable	Limited Participation in Practice
13	Steven Jackson	RB	Back	Questionable	Did Not Participate In Practice
14	Brandon Gibson	WR	Ankle	Probable	Limited Participation in Practice
14	Darell Scott	DT	Neck	Probable	Limited Participation in Practice
14	Donnie Avery	WR	Shoulder	Probable	Limited Participation in Practice
14	James Laurinaitis	LB	Shoulder	Probable	Limited Participation in Practice
14	Jason Smith	T	Concussion	Out	Did Not Participate In Practice
14	Kyle Boller	QB	Thigh	Probable	Limited Participation in Practice
14	LaJuan Ramsey	DT	Wrist	Questionable	Full Participation in Practice
14	Marc Bulger	QB	Knee	Out	Out (Definitely Will Not Play)
14	Mike Karney	RB	Neck	Questionable	Limited Participation in Practice
14	Steven Jackson	RB	Back	Questionable	Did Not Participate In Practice
14	Kenneth Darby	RB	Illness		Did Not Participate In Practice
15	Billy Bajema	TE	Illness	Questionable	Limited Participation in Practice
15	Brandon Gibson	WR	Illness	Questionable	Did Not Participate In Practice
15	Daniel Fells	TE	Illness	Questionable	Limited Participation in Practice
15	Darell Scott	DT	Illness	Questionable	Did Not Participate In Practice
15	David Vobora	LB	Knee	Probable	Full Participation in Practice
15	Jason Brown	C	Illness	Questionable	Limited Participation in Practice
15	Jason Smith	T	Concussion	Out	Out (Definitely Will Not Play)
15	K.C. Asiodu	LB	Abdomen	Probable	Full Participation in Practice
15	Kyle Boller	QB	Illness	Questionable	Did Not Participate In Practice
15	LaJuan Ramsey	DT	Wrist	Questionable	Limited Participation in Practice
15	Leonard Little	DE	Knee	Questionable	Did Not Participate In Practice
15	Marc Bulger	QB	Knee	Out	Out (Definitely Will Not Play)
15	Paris Lenon	LB	Hip	Probable	Full Participation in Practice
15	Samkon Gado	RB	Illness	Questionable	Limited Participation in Practice
15	Steven Jackson	RB	Illness	Questionable	Did Not Participate In Practice
16	Jason Smith	T	Concussion	Out	Did Not Participate In Practice
16	Leonard Little	DE	Knee	Out	Did Not Participate In Practice
16	Marc Bulger	QB	Knee	Out	Out (Definitely Will Not Play)
16	Quincy Butler	CB	Knee	Out	Did Not Participate In Practice
16	Steven Jackson	RB	Back	Questionable	Did Not Participate In Practice
16	John Greco	G	Thumb		Full Participation in Practice
16	Ronald Bartell	CB	Hip		Limited Participation in Practice
17	Donnie Avery	WR	Thigh	Probable	Limited Participation in Practice
17	James Laurinaitis	LB	Knee	Probable	Limited Participation in Practice
17	Jason Smith	T	Concussion	Doubtful	Limited Participation in Practice
17	Leonard Little	DE	Knee	Questionable	Did Not Participate In Practice
17	Mark Setterstrom	G	tricep	Out	Did Not Participate In Practice
17	Paris Lenon	LB	Toe	Questionable	Limited Participation in Practice
17	Quincy Butler	CB	Knee	Out	Did Not Participate In Practice
17	Steven Jackson	RB	Back	Questionable	Did Not Participate In Practice
17	Chris Long	DE	Hamstring		Limited Participation in Practice

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