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LOS ANGELES RAMS POSTGAME NOTES BUCCANEERS 55, RAMS 40 WEEK 4, SEPTEMBER 29, 2019 3-1 2-2 RAMS OFFENSIVE NOTES RAMS OFFENSIVERAMS STARTERS OFFENSIVE (GP/GS) STARTERS • Following a 37-yard reception in the second quarter, Rams WR - COOPER KUPP (4/4) WR Robert Woods passed Del Shofner (20th, 2,155) and moved into the top-20 of L.A.’s All-Time Receiving Yards TE - TYLER HIGBEE (4/4) list. Woods also moved into the top-25 of L.A.’s All-Time LT - ANDREW WHITWORTH (4/4) Receptions list, passing Pete Holohan (159). • Woods ended the day with 164 yards receiving. It was the LG - JOE NOTEBOOM (4/4) third 150-yard receiving game of his career and his highest total since a 171-yard performance in Week 10 of 2017. C - BRIAN ALLEN (4/4) • Rams QB Jared Goff ended the day with 517 yards pass- RG - AUSTIN BLYTHE (3/3) ing, eclipsing the 500-yard passing total for the first time in his career. Goff’s top two passing performances have come RT - ROB HAVENSTEIN (4/4) in consecutive Week 4 efforts, throwing for 465 yards in WR - BRANDIN COOKS (4/4) L.A.’s 2018 Week 4 game against the Minnesota Vikings. • Rams RB Todd Gurley II moved into the top-15 of the WR - ROBERT WOODS (4/4) Rams’ All-Time Receptions Leaderboard following his seven catches on Sunday. Gurley now sits with 198 receptions in QB - JARED GOFF (4/4) his career. RB - TODD GURLEY II (4/4) • With two rushing touchdowns in the game, Gurley tallied his first multi-touchdown game of the season. It was the 14th time Gurley rushed for multiple scores in a game. RAMS DEFENSIVE STARTERS (GP/GS) • WR Cooper Kupp tallied 121 receiving yards in the game. It was his third-consecutive 100-yard game and the sixth of DE - MICHAEL BROCKERS (4/4) his career. • Rams WR Brandin Cooks moved into the top-50 of L.A’s All- NT - SEBASTIAN JOSEPH-DAY (4/4) Time Receiving Yards list following his 71-yard day, passing Mike Guman (1,433). DT - AARON DONALD (4/4) • TE Gerald Everett caught five passes in the first half of WILL - DANTE FOWLER JR. (4/4) Sunday’s contest, tying his career-high for catches in a half. He finished the day with 44 yards receiving. OLB - CLAY MATTHEWS (4/4) ILB - CORY LITTLETON (4/4) ILB - BRYCE HAGER (4/4) RAMS DEFENSIVE NOTES LCB - MARCUS PETERS (4/4) • Rams LB Clay Matthews reached the 600-tackle plateu on L.A.’s first defensive drive of the day, becoming the 26th RCB - AQIB TALIB (4/4) active player to accomplish the feat. Matthews joins S Eric SS - JOHN JOHNSON III (4/4) Weddle as the only Rams to record 600 tackles in their career. FS - ERIC WEDDLE (4/4) • Rams DT Sebastian Joseph-Day picked up the first sack of his career in the first quarter of Sunday’s game. • Rams S Eric Weddle finished the first half with 10 tackles, RAMS LEADERS good for the most in a single half in his career. His previous career high was eight. PASSING- J. GOFF - (45/68, 517 YDS., 2 TD, 3 INT) • CB Marcus Peters recorded his first interception of the season, returning it 32 yards for a touchdown. It was the fourth time Peters returned an interception for a touchdown in his career. RUSHING - T. GURLEY II (5 CARRIES, 16 YDS. 2 TD) RECEIVING - R. WOODS (13 CATCHES, 164 YDS.) ADDITIONAL NOTES • Rams K Greg Zuerlein opened the scoring in the second half with a 44-yard field goal, which moved him into second all-time in the Rams’ All-Time Scoring List with 790 points. He passed Mike Lansford (789) and tallied 10 points in the game. He now only trails K Jeff Wilkins, who totaled 1,223 points in his career. • Zuerlein converted on a 58-yard field goal to close out the first half of game. The kick was Zuerlein’s longest since Week 9 of the 2015 season (61-yard FG) and the third-longest field goal of his career. • Seeing his first major action on defense, LB Troy Reeder tallied the first three tackles of his career. RAMS INACTIVES UPCOMING GAME 14 NSIMBA WEBSTER WR 25 DAVID LONG JR. CB 45 OGBONNIA OKORONKWO OLB LOS ANGELES RAMS 65 COLEMAN SHELTON C AT SEATTLE SEAHAWKS 71 BOBBY EVANS T WEEK 4 - FOX/NFLN/AMAZON 82 JOHNNY MUNDT TE OCTOBER 3 - 5:20 P.M. 91 GREG GAINES DT .