1946 Los Angeles Rams (NFL) |
| 2nd place Western Division 6-4-1 .600 |
| Head Coach: Adam Walsh |
| Bob Snyder | Backfield |
| George Trafton | Line |
| SCORES | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Day | Date | Opponent | Score | Location | Venue | Attendance | |||
| Fri | 8/23/1946 | A | College All-Stars | 0-16 | L | Chicago, IL | Soldier Field | 97380 | |
| Fri | 9/6/1946 | H | Washington Redskins | 16-14 | W | Los Angeles, CA | Memorial Coliseum | 68188 | |
| Sun | 9/22/1946 | A | San Diego Bomber All-Stars | 42-17 | W | San Diego, CA | Balboa Stadium | 10000 | |
| Sun | 9/29/1946 | H | Philadelphia Eagles | 14-25 | L | Los Angeles, CA | Memorial Coliseum | 30500 | |
| Sun | 10/6/1946 | A | Green Bay Packers | 21-17 | W | West Allis, WI | Wisconsin State Fair Park | 27094 | |
| Sun | 10/13/1946 | A | Chicago Bears | 28-28 | T | Chicago, IL | Wrigley Field | 44211 | |
| Sun | 10/20/1946 | H | Detroit Lions | 35-14 | W | Los Angeles, CA | Memorial Coliseum | 27928 | |
| Sun | 10/27/1946 | A | Chicago Cardinals | 10-34 | L | Chicago, IL | Comiskey Park | 38180 | |
| Sun | 11/3/1946 | A | Detroit Lions | 41-20 | W | Detroit, MI | Briggs Stadium | 34447 | |
| Sun | 11/10/1946 | H | Chicago Bears | 21-27 | L | Los Angeles, CA | Memorial Coliseum | 68381 | |
| Sun | 11/17/1946 | H | Chicago Cardinals | 17-14 | W | Los Angeles, CA | Memorial Coliseum | 38271 | |
| Sun | 11/24/1946 | A | Boston Yanks | 21-40 | L | Boston, MA | Fenway Park | 23689 | |
| Sun | 12/1/1946 | A | New York Giants | 31-21 | W | New York, NY | Polo Grounds | 47366 | |
| Sun | 12/8/1946 | H | Green Bay Packers | 38-17 | W | Los Angeles, CA | Memorial Coliseum | 46838 | |
Exhibition game. Playoff game. A=Away game. H=Home game. N=Neutral site game. W=Win. L=Loss. T=Tie. OT=Overtime.
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| ROSTER | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No | Player | Pos | Ht | Wt | Age | College | GP | GS |
| 33 | Jack Banta | ROH-RDH | 5-11 | 191 | 29 | Southern California | 10 | 7 |
| 49 | Jim Benton | LOE-LDE | 6-3 | 200 | 30 | Arkansas | 11 | 9 |
| 66 | Gil Bouley | ROT-RDT | 6-2 | 235 | 25 | Boston College | 11 | 11 |
| 55 | Bob deLauer | C-LB-QB-S-OG-DG-OTT-DT | 6-1 | 218 | 26 | Southern California | 10 | 5 |
| 43 | Roger Eason | LOG-LDG | 6-1 | 227 | 28 | Oklahoma | 11 | 8 |
| 34 | Tom Farmer | ROH | 5-11 | 190 | 25 | Iowa | 9 | 1 |
| 42 | Jake Fawcett | OT-DT-OG-DG | 5-10 | 223 | 27 | Southern Methodist | 6 | 0 |
| 18 | Fred Gehrke | LOH-LDH-QB-S | 5-11 | 189 | 28 | Utah | 10 | 8 |
| 44 | Ray Hamilton | ROE-RDE | 6-4 | 212 | 30 | Arkansas | 11 | 7 |
| 15 | Roger Harding | C-LB | 6-2 | 211 | 23 | California | 9 | 1 |
| 21 | Jim Hardy | S-QB | 6-0 | 180 | 23 | Southern California | 7 | 0 |
| 98 | Tom Harmon | S-LOH | 6-1 | 197 | 27 | Michigan | 10 | 1 |
| 53 | Red Hickey | OE-DE | 6-2 | 204 | 29 | Arkansas | 10 | 0 |
| 16 | Bob Hoffman | LOH-ROH | 6-1 | 208 | 29 | Southern California | 9 | 2 |
| 45 | Mike Holovak | FB-LB | 6-1 | 216 | 27 | Boston College | 10 | 3 |
| 8 | Clyde Johnson | OT-DT | 6-6 | 269 | 29 | Kentucky | 11 | 0 |
| George Koch | DH | 6-0 | 200 | 27 | Baylor; St. Mary's (Texas) | 1 | 0 | |
| 27 | Mike Lazetich | ROG-RDG | 6-1 | 211 | 25 | Montana; Michigan | 10 | 4 |
| 41 | Les Lear | LOG-LDG | 5-11 | 225 | 28 | Manitoba | 9 | 1 |
| 76 | Len Levy | ROG-RDG | 6-0 | 256 | 25 | Minnesota | 9 | 2 |
| 11 | Riley Matheson | ROG-RDG-C-LB | 6-2 | 207 | 32 | Cameron JC; Texas-El Paso | 11 | 7 |
| 31 | Art Mergenthal | LOG-LDG | 5-11 | 215 | 25 | Tennessee; Xavier (Ohio); Bowling Green State; Notre Dame | 10 | 1 |
| 22 | Fred Naumetz | C-LB | 6-1 | 222 | 24 | Boston College | 9 | 4 |
| 65 | Joe Pasqua | OT-DT | 6-1 | 225 | 28 | Southern Methodist | 7 | 0 |
| 30 | Steve Pritko | ROE-RDE | 6-2 | 210 | 26 | Villanova | 11 | 4 |
| 26 | Albie Reisz | S | 5-10 | 175 | 29 | Southeastern Louisiana | 3 | 0 |
| 20 | Ralph Ruthstrom | LOH-FB-ROH | 6-5 | 212 | 25 | Sam Houston State; Southern Methodist | 6 | 2 |
| 40 | Elbie Schultz | LOT-LDT | 6-4 | 252 | 29 | Oregon State | 11 | 11 |
| 60 | Bob Shaw | LDE-LOE | 6-4 | 226 | 25 | Ohio State | 11 | 2 |
| 39 | Woody Strode | OE-DE | 6-3 | 205 | 32 | UCLA | 11 | 0 |
| 46 | Steve Sucic | ROH | 6-0 | 210 | 25 | Illinois | 4 | 0 |
| 13 | Kenny Washington | FB | 6-1 | 210 | 28 | UCLA | 6 | 0 |
| 7 | Bob Waterfield | QB-S-K | 6-1 | 196 | 26 | UCLA | 11 | 11 |
| 36 | Pat West | FB | 6-0 | 201 | 23 | Pittsburgh; Southern California | 10 | 7 |
| 50 | Jack Wilson | ROH-RDH | 6-0 | 200 | 29 | Baylor | 8 | 3 |
| DRAFT LIST | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Round | Overall | Player | Pos | College |
| 1 | 10 | Emil Sitko | B | Notre Dame |
| 3 | 25 | Don Samuel | B | Oregon State |
| 5 | 40 | Don Paul | C | UCLA |
| 6 | 50 | Newell Oestreich | B | Southern California |
| 7 | 60 | Fay King | E | Georgia |
| 8 | 70 | Joe Whisler | B | Ohio State |
| 9 | 80 | Mike Schumchyk | E | Arkansas |
| 10 | 90 | Joe Signaigo | G | Notre Dame |
| 11 | 100 | Tom Phillips | B | Ohio State |
| 12 | 110 | Ted Strojny | T | Holy Cross |
| 13 | 120 | George Strohmeyer | C | Notre Dame |
| 14 | 130 | Bob Palladino | B | Notre Dame |
| 15 | 140 | Dick Lorenz | E | Oregon State |
| 16 | 150 | Larry Bouley | B | Georgia |
| 17 | 160 | Gasper Urban | G | Notre Dame |
| 18 | 170 | Bob Wise | G | Colorado |
| 19 | 180 | Jerry Ford | E | Notre Dame |
| 20 | 190 | Bob Albrecht | B | Marquette |
| 21 | 200 | Cliff Lewis | B | Duke |
| 22 | 210 | Bob Richardson | T | Marquette |
| 23 | 220 | Derald Lebow | B | Oklahoma |
| 24 | 230 | Bill Lippincott | B | Washington State |
| 25 | 240 | Kay Jamison | E | Florida |
| 26 | 250 | D.J. Gambrell | C | Alabama |
| 27 | 260 | Joe Dickey | B | Colorado |
| 28 | 270 | Marty Grbovaz | E | San Francisco |
| 29 | 280 | Jay Perrin | T | Southern California |
| 30 | 290 | Frank Plant | C | Georgia |
| 31 | 295 | Dale Cowan | T | Kansas State |
| 32 | 300 | John West | B | Oklahoma |
| SCORING BY QUARTERS | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | OT |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 66 | 76 | 56 | 79 | |
| Opponents Totals | 75 | 60 | 58 | 64 |
| TEAM STATS | TOP | 1st Downs | FDR | FDP | FDX | 3rd Down Efficiency | 4th Down Efficiency | PEN | PENY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 214 | 102 | 91 | 21 | / % | / % | 80 | 763 | |
| Opponents Totals | 170 | 76 | 75 | 19 | / % | / % | 89 | 702 |
| SCORING | TD | X1 | X1A | PCT | FG | FGA | PCT | SAF | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bob Waterfield | 1 | 37 | 37 | 100.0 | 6 | 9 | 66.7 | 0 | 61 |
| Jim Benton | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | ||
| Fred Gehrke | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | ||
| Tom Harmon | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | ||
| Red Hickey | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||
| Bob Hoffman | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||
| Mike Holovak | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||
| Bob Shaw | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||
| Steve Pritko | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Jack Banta | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Tom Farmer | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Len Levy | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Kenny Washington | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Pat West | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Jack Wilson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Bob deLauer | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 37 | 37 | 37 | 100.0 | 6 | 11 | 54.5 | 0 | 277 |
| Opponents Totals | 35 | 30 | 35 | 85.7 | 5 | 11 | 45.5 | 1 | 257 |
| FIELD GOALS | MADE | ATT | PCT | BL | LG | 1-19 | 20-29 | 30-39 | 40-49 | 50+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bob Waterfield | 6 | 9 | 66.7 | 0 | 37 | 2/ | 2/ | 2/ | 0/ | 0/ |
| Bob deLauer | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 0/ | 0/ | 0/ | 0/ | 0/ | |
| Team Totals | 6 | 11 | 54.5 | 0 | 37 | 2/ | 2/ | 2/ | 0/ | 0/ |
| Opponents Totals | 5 | 11 | 45.5 | 0 | 1/ | 2/ | 0/ | 2/ | 0/ |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fred Gehrke | 71 | 371 | 5.2 | 53 | 3 |
| Tom Harmon | 47 | 236 | 5.0 | 84t | 2 |
| Pat West | 40 | 226 | 5.7 | 72 | 1 |
| Mike Holovak | 55 | 211 | 3.8 | 22 | 3 |
| Jack Banta | 44 | 209 | 4.8 | 25 | 0 |
| Bob Hoffman | 43 | 162 | 3.8 | 19 | 3 |
| Jack Wilson | 19 | 120 | 6.3 | 35 | 0 |
| Kenny Washington | 23 | 114 | 5.0 | 19 | 1 |
| Tom Farmer | 28 | 90 | 3.2 | 17 | 1 |
| Steve Sucic | 7 | 18 | 2.6 | 9 | 0 |
| Ralph Ruthstrom | 2 | -4 | -2.0 | 1 | 0 |
| Jim Hardy | 10 | -10 | -1.0 | 6 | 0 |
| Bob Waterfield | 16 | -60 | -3.8 | 6 | 1 |
| Team Totals | 405 | 1683 | 4.2 | 84t | 15 |
| Opponents Totals | 402 | 1325 | 3.3 | 13 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INC | YDS | Y/ATT | Y/COM | LG | TD | TD% | INT | INT% | TS | YL | NYP | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bob Waterfield | 251 | 127 | 127 | 107 | 1747 | 7.0 | 13.8 | 57 | 17 | 6.8 | 17 | 6.8 | 67.6 | |||
| Jim Hardy | 64 | 24 | 24 | 33 | 285 | 4.5 | 11.9 | 60 | 2 | 3.1 | 7 | 10.9 | 22.7 | |||
| Fred Gehrke | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 29 | 29.0 | 29.0 | 29 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 118.8 | |||
| Kenny Washington | 8 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 19 | 2.4 | 19.0 | 19 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 39.6 | |||
| Tom Farmer | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 39.6 | |||||
| Team Totals | 326 | 153 | 46.9 | 149 | 2080 | 6.4 | 13.6 | 60 | 19 | 5.8 | 24 | 7.4 | 56.5 | |||
| Opponents Totals | 265 | 112 | 42.3 | 130 | 2154 | 8.1 | 19.2 | 21 | 7.9 | 23 | 8.7 | 61.4 |
| RECEIVING | REC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jim Benton | 63 | 981 | 15.6 | 57 | 6 |
| Steve Pritko | 18 | 185 | 10.3 | 29 | 2 |
| Fred Gehrke | 11 | 83 | 7.5 | 21t | 2 |
| Tom Harmon | 10 | 199 | 19.9 | 45t | 2 |
| Jack Banta | 8 | 81 | 10.1 | 32 | 1 |
| Ray Hamilton | 8 | 92 | 11.5 | 16 | 0 |
| Red Hickey | 8 | 213 | 26.6 | 60 | 3 |
| Tom Farmer | 6 | 17 | 2.8 | 13 | 0 |
| Kenny Washington | 6 | 83 | 13.8 | 20 | 0 |
| Bob Shaw | 4 | 63 | 15.8 | 28t | 2 |
| Woody Strode | 4 | 37 | 9.3 | 19 | 0 |
| Jack Wilson | 3 | 30 | 10.0 | 15 | 1 |
| Mike Holovak | 2 | 6 | 3.0 | 8 | 0 |
| Ralph Ruthstrom | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Steve Sucic | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 153 | 2080 | 13.6 | 60 | 19 |
| Opponents Totals | 112 | 2154 | 19.2 | 21 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bob Waterfield | 5 | 72 | 14.4 | 28 | 0 |
| Riley Matheson | 4 | 11 | 2.8 | 7 | 0 |
| Tom Harmon | 3 | 97 | 32.3 | 85t | 1 |
| Fred Gehrke | 3 | 63 | 21.0 | 41 | 0 |
| Jack Banta | 2 | 44 | 22.0 | 39 | 0 |
| Jack Wilson | 1 | 32 | 32.0 | 32 | 0 |
| Roger Harding | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 |
| Jim Hardy | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| Jake Fawcett | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Fred Naumetz | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| Les Lear | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 23 | 376 | 16.3 | 85t | 1 |
| Opponents Totals | 24 | 386 | 16.1 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL | TB | I20 | RYDS | NYDS | NET |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bob Waterfield | 39 | 1743 | 44.7 | 65 | 0 | |||||
| Jim Hardy | 5 | 209 | 41.8 | 47 | 0 | |||||
| Jack Banta | 1 | 44 | 44.0 | 44 | 0 | |||||
| Team Totals | 45 | 1996 | 44.4 | 65 | 0 | 350 | 35.3 | |||
| Opponents Totals | 51 | 2060 | 40.4 | 295 | 33.1 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fred Gehrke | 8 | 59 | 7.4 | 20 | 0 | |
| Jack Wilson | 5 | 99 | 19.8 | 70 | 0 | |
| Tom Harmon | 5 | 57 | 11.4 | 21 | 0 | |
| Tom Farmer | 4 | 40 | 10.0 | 13 | 0 | |
| Jack Banta | 2 | 26 | 13.0 | 24 | 0 | |
| Bob Waterfield | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 | |
| Ralph Ruthstrom | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 26 | 295 | 11.3 | 70 | 0 | |
| Opponents Totals | 27 | 350 | 13.0 | 0 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fred Gehrke | 8 | 186 | 23.3 | 28 | 0 | |
| Jack Banta | 8 | 142 | 17.8 | 33 | 0 | |
| Jack Wilson | 6 | 145 | 24.2 | 68 | 0 | |
| Tom Harmon | 6 | 134 | 22.3 | 31 | 0 | |
| Tom Farmer | 4 | 129 | 32.3 | 92 | 0 | |
| Pat West | 4 | 49 | 12.3 | 19 | 0 | |
| Kenny Washington | 2 | 39 | 19.5 | 24 | 0 | |
| Bob Shaw | 1 | 52 | 52.0 | 52t | 1 | |
| Steve Sucic | 1 | 20 | 20.0 | 20 | 0 | |
| Mike Holovak | 1 | 18 | 18.0 | 18 | 0 | |
| Red Hickey | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 | |
| Woody Strode | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 43 | 887 | 20.6 | 92 | 1 | |
| Opponents Totals | 52 | 1301 | 25.0 | 1 |
| FUMBLES | NO | LOST | OWN | OPP | REC | YDS | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jack Banta | 4 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 0 | |
| Jim Benton | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Gil Bouley | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Roger Eason | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Tom Farmer | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Fred Gehrke | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ray Hamilton | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Roger Harding | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jim Hardy | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tom Harmon | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Mike Holovak | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Mike Lazetich | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Riley Matheson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Joe Pasqua | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Steve Pritko | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Ralph Ruthstrom | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Elbie Schultz | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 0 |
| Bob Shaw | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 0 |
| Steve Sucic | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -4 | 0 | |
| Kenny Washington | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bob Waterfield | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
| Pat West | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jack Wilson | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 31 | 20 | 11 | 15 | 26 | 31 | 0 |
| Opponents Totals | 35 | 15 | 20 | 20 | 40 | 0 |
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