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season was the team's 38th year with the

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, and the 30th season in

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. In 2007,

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ranked the 1975 Rams as the tenth-greatest defense in NFL history.The List: Best NFL defense of all-time, 2007
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. Get the idea? They weren't the "

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," but with those guys anchoring the defensive line, and All-Pros

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(linebacker) and

Dave Elmendorf David Cole Elmendorf (born June 20, 1949) is a former American football player. He played as a safety for nine seasons in the National Football League (NFL). He was a part of the Los Angeles Rams Super Bowl XIV team. In 1997, he was inducted into ...

(safety), the Rams were almost impossible to score against. The Rams went 12–2, holding opponents to just 9.6 points a game, (the second-lowest average in NFL history) and ending the season with a six-game winning streak during which they gave up just 32 points. The defense wasn't as impressive in the postseason, surrendering 23 points in a first-round 35–23 victory over the offensive powerhouse

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before being demolished 37–7 by the

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Week 1: Dallas Cowboys

Playoffs

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