1951 Los Angeles Rams (NFL) |
| 1st place National Conference 8-4-0 .667 |
| Playoff Statistics |
| Head Coach: Joe Stydahar |
| Red Hickey | Ends |
| Eddie Kotal | Backfield Assistant |
| Hamp Pool | Backfield |
| Ray Richards | Line |
| SCORES | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Day | Date | Opponent | Score | Location | Venue | Attendance | |||
| Fri | 8/3/1951 | A | Eleventh Naval District | 55-2 | W | San Diego, CA | Balboa Stadium | 20000 | |
| Wed | 8/15/1951 | H | Washington Redskins | 58-14 | W | Los Angeles, CA | Memorial Coliseum | 91985 | |
| Thu | 8/23/1951 | H | Chicago Bears | 42-14 | W | Los Angeles, CA | Memorial Coliseum | 65134 | |
| Sat | 9/1/1951 | N | Philadelphia Eagles | 31-26 | W | Little Rock, AR | War Memorial Stadium | 27000 | |
| Sat | 9/8/1951 | N | Chicago Cardinals | 21-36 | L | Salt Lake City, UT | Utah Stadium | 18000 | |
| Fri | 9/14/1951 | A | Cleveland Browns | 6-7 | L | Cleveland, OH | Cleveland Stadium | 38851 | |
| Thu | 9/20/1951 | A | New York Giants | 23-21 | W | New York, NY | Polo Grounds | 27912 | |
| Fri | 9/28/1951 | A | New York Yanks | 54-14 | W | Los Angeles, CA | Memorial Coliseum | 30315 | |
| Sun | 10/7/1951 | H | Cleveland Browns | 23-38 | L | Los Angeles, CA | Memorial Coliseum | 67186 | |
| Sun | 10/14/1951 | A | Detroit Lions | 27-21 | W | Detroit, MI | Briggs Stadium | 50567 | |
| Sun | 10/21/1951 | A | Green Bay Packers | 28-0 | W | West Allis, WI | Wisconsin State Fair Park | 21393 | |
| Sun | 10/28/1951 | A | San Francisco 49ers | 17-44 | L | San Francisco, CA | Kezar Stadium | 51987 | |
| Sun | 11/4/1951 | H | San Francisco 49ers | 23-16 | W | Los Angeles, CA | Memorial Coliseum | 54346 | |
| Sun | 11/11/1951 | H | Chicago Cardinals | 45-21 | W | Los Angeles, CA | Memorial Coliseum | 29995 | |
| Sun | 11/18/1951 | H | New York Yanks | 48-21 | W | Los Angeles, CA | Memorial Coliseum | 34717 | |
| Sun | 11/25/1951 | A | Washington Redskins | 21-31 | L | Washington, DC | Griffith Stadium | 26307 | |
| Sun | 12/2/1951 | A | Chicago Bears | 42-17 | W | Chicago, IL | Wrigley Field | 50286 | |
| Sun | 12/9/1951 | H | Detroit Lions | 22-24 | L | Los Angeles, CA | Memorial Coliseum | 52937 | |
| Sun | 12/16/1951 | H | Green Bay Packers | 42-14 | W | Los Angeles, CA | Memorial Coliseum | 23698 | |
| League Championship | |||||||||
| Sun | 12/23/1951 | H | Cleveland Browns | 24-17 | W | Los Angeles, CA | Memorial Coliseum | 57540 | |
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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| Schedule Notes |
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| ROSTER | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No | Player | Pos | Ht | Wt | Age | College | GP | GS |
| 80 | Bob Boyd | RS-LDH-OE | 6-2 | 201 | 23 | Compton JC; Loyola Marymount | 12 | 5 |
| 63 | Larry Brink | LDE | 6-5 | 235 | 28 | Northern Illinois | 12 | 12 |
| 72 | Bobby Collier | ROT-DE | 6-3 | 230 | 22 | Southern Methodist | 11 | 0 |
| 71 | Tom Dahms | ROT | 6-5 | 242 | 24 | San Diego State | 12 | 12 |
| 67 | Dick Daugherty | LOG | 6-1 | 219 | 22 | Colgate; Oregon | 12 | 12 |
| 41 | Glenn Davis | LOH | 5-11 | 171 | 27 | Army | 11 | 4 |
| 55 | Tom Fears | LOE-K | 6-2 | 213 | 29 | Santa Clara; UCLA | 8 | 8 |
| 58 | Jack Finlay | RDT-LOG | 6-1 | 217 | 30 | UCLA | 9 | 0 |
| 73 | Jack Halliday | RDT | 6-3 | 238 | 23 | Southern Methodist | 11 | 12 |
| 88 | Norb Hecker | LS-LOE | 6-2 | 193 | 24 | Baldwin-Wallace | 10 | 10 |
| 40 | Elroy Hirsch | ROE-LOH | 6-1 | 190 | 28 | Wisconsin; Michigan | 12 | 12 |
| 31 | Dick Hoerner | FB | 6-4 | 220 | 29 | Iowa | 12 | 9 |
| 27 | Marv Johnson | LS-LOH | 5-11 | 183 | 24 | San Jose State | 9 | 2 |
| 24 | Tommy Kalmanir | ROH | 5-8 | 171 | 25 | Pittsburgh; Nevada-Reno | 12 | 0 |
| 10 | Tom Keane | LOE-LDH | 6-1 | 192 | 25 | Ohio State; West Virginia | 10 | 3 |
| 26 | Bill Lange | ROG | 6-1 | 239 | 23 | Dayton | 12 | 10 |
| 30 | Woodley Lewis | RDH | 6-0 | 193 | 26 | Los Angeles CC; Oregon | 12 | 12 |
| 50 | Leon McLaughlin | C | 6-2 | 228 | 26 | UCLA | 12 | 12 |
| 57 | Don Paul | RLB | 6-1 | 228 | 26 | UCLA | 12 | 12 |
| 52 | Joe Reid | LB | 6-3 | 225 | 22 | Louisiana State | 11 | 0 |
| 42 | Herb Rich | RS | 5-11 | 181 | 23 | Vanderbilt | 7 | 7 |
| 84 | Andy Robustelli | RDE | 6-1 | 230 | 26 | Arnold | 11 | 8 |
| 76 | Don Simensen | LOT | 6-2 | 220 | 25 | St. Thomas (Minnesota) | 12 | 11 |
| 77 | Vitamin Smith | ROH | 5-8 | 179 | 28 | Abilene Christian | 12 | 9 |
| 44 | Harry Thompson | ROG-RDE | 6-2 | 225 | 25 | Los Angeles CC; UCLA | 12 | 3 |
| 70 | Charley Toogood | LOT-RDT | 6-0 | 232 | 24 | Nebraska | 8 | 1 |
| 32 | Dan Towler | FB-LOH | 6-2 | 225 | 23 | Washington & Jefferson | 12 | 6 |
| 25 | Norm Van Brocklin | QB-P | 6-1 | 199 | 25 | Oregon | 12 | 2 |
| 7 | Bob Waterfield | QB-K | 6-1 | 196 | 31 | UCLA | 11 | 10 |
| 11 | Stan West | MG | 6-2 | 239 | 25 | Oklahoma | 12 | 12 |
| 33 | Jerry Williams | LDH-LOH | 5-10 | 175 | 28 | Idaho; Washington State | 11 | 11 |
| 78 | Jim Winkler | LDT | 6-2 | 250 | 24 | Texas A&M | 12 | 12 |
| 13 | Tank Younger | LB-ROH | 6-3 | 225 | 23 | Grambling State | 12 | 12 |
| 56 | Jack Zilly | RDE | 6-2 | 212 | 30 | Notre Dame | 5 | 4 |
| DRAFT LIST | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Round | Overall | Player | Pos | College |
| 1 | 11 | Bud McFadin | G | Texas |
| 2 | 24 | Herb Rich | B | Vanderbilt |
| 3 | 35 | Charley Toogood | T | Nebraska |
| 4 | 48 | George Kinek | B | Tulane |
| 5 | 59 | Tony Momsen | C | Michigan |
| 6 | 72 | Norb Hecker | E | Baldwin-Wallace |
| 7 | 83 | Alan Egler | B | Colgate |
| 8 | 96 | Hugo Primiani | T | Boston University |
| 9 | 107 | Nolan Lang | B | Oklahoma |
| 10 | 121 | Roland Kirkby | B | Washington |
| 11 | 132 | John Natyshak | B | Tampa |
| 12 | 145 | Don Hardey | B | Pacific |
| 13 | 156 | Joe Reid | C | Louisiana State |
| 14 | 169 | Bob McCoy | B | Georgia Tech |
| 15 | 180 | Odie Posey | B | Southern University |
| 16 | 193 | Billy Robertson | E | Memphis |
| 17 | 204 | Hal Riley | E | Baylor |
| 18 | 217 | Dick Daugherty | G | Oregon |
| 19 | 228 | Andy Robustelli | E | Arnold |
| 20 | 241 | Jim Nutter | B | Wichita State |
| 21 | 252 | Earl Stelle | B | Oregon |
| 22 | 265 | Billy Baggett | B | Louisiana State |
| 23 | 276 | Deane Thomas | T | Michigan State |
| 24 | 289 | Harry Abeltin | T | Colgate |
| 25 | 300 | Jackie Calvert | T | Clemson |
| 26 | 313 | Howie Ruetz | T | Loras |
| 27 | 324 | Al Brosky | B | Illinois |
| 28 | 337 | Sterling Wingo | B | Virginia Tech |
| 29 | 348 | Earl Jackson | B | Texas Tech |
| 30 | 361 | Alvin Hanley | B | Kentucky State |
| SCORING BY QUARTERS | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | OT |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 105 | 71 | 94 | 122 | |
| Opponents Totals | 55 | 108 | 44 | 54 |
| TEAM STATS | TOP | 1st Downs | FDR | FDP | FDX | 3rd Down Efficiency | 4th Down Efficiency | PEN | PENY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 272 | 114 | 130 | 28 | / % | / % | 94 | 813 | |
| Opponents Totals | 231 | 125 | 84 | 22 | / % | / % | 107 | 1028 |
| SCORING | TD | X1 | X1A | PCT | FG | FGA | PCT | SAF | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Elroy Hirsch | 17 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 102 | |
| Bob Waterfield | 3 | 41 | 43 | 95.3 | 13 | 23 | 56.5 | 0 | 98 |
| Dick Hoerner | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 42 | ||
| Dan Towler | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | ||
| Jerry Williams | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | ||
| Tom Fears | 3 | 6 | 7 | 85.7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | |
| Glenn Davis | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Tommy Kalmanir | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Vitamin Smith | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Norm Van Brocklin | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Bob Boyd | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Norb Hecker | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 6 | |
| Tank Younger | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Team Totals | 51 | 47 | 51 | 92.2 | 13 | 24 | 54.2 | 0 | 392 |
| Opponents Totals | 35 | 33 | 35 | 94.3 | 6 | 12 | 50.0 | 0 | 261 |
| FIELD GOALS | MADE | ATT | PCT | BL | LG | 1-19 | 20-29 | 30-39 | 40-49 | 50+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bob Waterfield | 13 | 23 | 56.5 | 3 | 47 | 1/4 | 5/7 | 4/7 | 3/5 | 0/0 |
| Norb Hecker | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0/1 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | |
| Team Totals | 13 | 24 | 54.2 | 3 | 47 | 1/5 | 5/7 | 4/7 | 3/5 | 0/0 |
| Opponents Totals | 6 | 12 | 50.0 | 1/ | 3/ | 1/ | 1/ | 0/ |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dan Towler | 126 | 854 | 6.8 | 79t | 6 |
| Dick Hoerner | 94 | 569 | 6.1 | 43t | 6 |
| Tank Younger | 36 | 223 | 6.2 | 24 | 1 |
| Glenn Davis | 64 | 200 | 3.1 | 23 | 1 |
| Vitamin Smith | 52 | 143 | 2.8 | 31t | 1 |
| Jerry Williams | 21 | 106 | 5.0 | 32 | 2 |
| Tommy Kalmanir | 16 | 61 | 3.8 | 23 | 0 |
| Bob Waterfield | 9 | 49 | 5.4 | 25 | 3 |
| Elroy Hirsch | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Norm Van Brocklin | 7 | 2 | 0.3 | 4 | 2 |
| Team Totals | 426 | 2210 | 5.2 | 79t | 22 |
| Opponents Totals | 478 | 2206 | 4.6 | 17 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INC | YDS | Y/ATT | Y/COM | LG | TD | TD% | INT | INT% | TS | YL | NYP | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bob Waterfield | 176 | 88 | 50.0 | 78 | 1566 | 8.9 | 17.8 | 91t | 13 | 7.4 | 10 | 5.7 | 37 | 1529 | 81.8 | |
| Norm Van Brocklin | 194 | 100 | 51.5 | 83 | 1725 | 8.9 | 17.3 | 81t | 13 | 6.7 | 11 | 5.7 | 60 | 1665 | 80.8 | |
| Glenn Davis | 2 | 1 | 50.0 | 1 | 5 | 2.5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 56.3 |
| Tom Keane | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | ||
| Team Totals | 373 | 189 | 50.7 | 162 | 3296 | 8.8 | 17.4 | 91t | 26 | 7.0 | 22 | 5.9 | 97 | 3199 | 79.8 | |
| Opponents Totals | 329 | 140 | 42.6 | 170 | 1992 | 6.1 | 14.2 | 13 | 4.0 | 19 | 5.8 | 319 | 1673 | 51.9 |
| RECEIVING | REC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Elroy Hirsch | 66 | 1495 | 22.7 | 91t | 17 |
| Tom Fears | 32 | 528 | 16.5 | 54 | 3 |
| Vitamin Smith | 16 | 278 | 17.4 | 67t | 1 |
| Dan Towler | 16 | 257 | 16.1 | 46 | 0 |
| Tom Keane | 12 | 133 | 11.1 | 21 | 0 |
| Bob Boyd | 9 | 128 | 14.2 | 28t | 1 |
| Dick Hoerner | 8 | 102 | 12.8 | 21 | 1 |
| Glenn Davis | 8 | 90 | 11.3 | 21 | 1 |
| Tommy Kalmanir | 6 | 91 | 15.2 | 38t | 1 |
| Tank Younger | 5 | 72 | 14.4 | 52 | 0 |
| Jerry Williams | 5 | 49 | 9.8 | 13 | 0 |
| Norb Hecker | 4 | 35 | 8.8 | 20t | 1 |
| Marv Johnson | 2 | 38 | 19.0 | 28 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 189 | 3296 | 17.4 | 91t | 26 |
| Opponents Totals | 140 | 1992 | 14.2 | 13 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Norb Hecker | 3 | 74 | 24.7 | 36 | 0 |
| Jerry Williams | 3 | 53 | 17.7 | 21 | 1 |
| Woodley Lewis | 3 | 34 | 11.3 | 20 | 0 |
| Herb Rich | 3 | 11 | 3.7 | 6 | 0 |
| Bob Boyd | 2 | 3 | 1.5 | 3 | 0 |
| Tom Keane | 2 | 2 | 1.0 | 2 | 0 |
| Don Paul | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 16 | 0 |
| Charley Toogood | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tank Younger | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 19 | 193 | 10.2 | 36 | 1 |
| Opponents Totals | 22 | 313 | 14.2 | 1 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL | TB | I20 | RYDS | NYDS | NET |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Norm Van Brocklin | 48 | 1992 | 41.5 | 62 | 1 | |||||
| Bob Waterfield | 4 | 166 | 41.5 | 52 | 0 | |||||
| Team Totals | 52 | 2158 | 41.5 | 62 | 1 | 365 | 34.5 | |||
| Opponents Totals | 75 | 3064 | 40.9 | 344 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vitamin Smith | 12 | 139 | 11.6 | 37 | 0 | |
| Glenn Davis | 15 | 85 | 5.7 | 31 | 0 | |
| Tommy Kalmanir | 5 | 86 | 17.2 | 67t | 1 | |
| Jerry Williams | 4 | 22 | 5.5 | 11 | 0 | |
| Woodley Lewis | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 37 | 344 | 9.3 | 67t | 1 | |
| Opponents Totals | 33 | 365 | 11.1 | 3 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Glenn Davis | 9 | 179 | 19.9 | 33 | 0 | |
| Vitamin Smith | 15 | 274 | 18.3 | 36 | 0 | |
| Jerry Williams | 6 | 133 | 22.2 | 28 | 0 | |
| Tommy Kalmanir | 6 | 120 | 20.0 | 32 | 0 | |
| Woodley Lewis | 4 | 67 | 16.8 | 24 | 0 | |
| Dick Hoerner | 1 | 22 | 22.0 | 22 | 0 | |
| Don Simensen | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 | |
| Dan Towler | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 | |
| Bobby Collier | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 44 | 826 | 18.8 | 36 | 0 | |
| Opponents Totals | 54 | 1478 | 27.4 | 0 |
| FUMBLES | NO | LOST | OWN | OPP | REC | YDS | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Larry Brink | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Bobby Collier | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Dick Daugherty | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| Glenn Davis | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 0 | |
| Elroy Hirsch | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| Dick Hoerner | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Marv Johnson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Tommy Kalmanir | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 0 |
| Woodley Lewis | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 0 |
| Joe Reid | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Herb Rich | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Andy Robustelli | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Vitamin Smith | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Dan Towler | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Norm Van Brocklin | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bob Waterfield | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jim Winkler | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 22 | 15 | 7 | 10 | 17 | 31 | 0 |
| Opponents Totals | 26 | 10 | 16 | 15 | 31 | 2 |
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