1968 Los Angeles Rams (NFL) |
| 2nd place Western Conference Coastal Division 10-3-1 .769 |
| Head Coach: George Allen |
| Marion Campbell | Defensive Line |
| Tom Catlin | Defensive Backs |
| Ted Marchibroda | Offensive Backs |
| Ray Prochaska | Offensive Line |
| Howard Schnellenberger | Offensive Ends |
| Joe Sullivan | Special Assistant |
| SCORES | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Day | Date | Opponent | Score | Location | Venue | Attendance | |||
| Thu | 8/1/1968 | H | New Orleans Saints | 21-17 | W | Anaheim, CA | Anaheim Stadium | 29505 | |
| Fri | 8/9/1968 | H | Cleveland Browns | 23-21 | W | Los Angeles, CA | Memorial Coliseum | 64020 | |
| Sat | 8/17/1968 | H | Dallas Cowboys | 10-42 | L | Los Angeles, CA | Memorial Coliseum | 64978 | |
| Sat | 8/24/1968 | A | San Diego Chargers | 13-35 | L | San Diego, CA | San Diego Stadium | 52126 | |
| Sat | 8/31/1968 | H | Kansas City Chiefs | 36-16 | W | Los Angeles, CA | Memorial Coliseum | 54323 | |
| Fri | 9/6/1968 | H | San Francisco 49ers | 21-20 | W | Los Angeles, CA | Memorial Coliseum | 48143 | |
| Mon | 9/16/1968 | A | St. Louis Cardinals | 24-13 | W | St. Louis, MO | Busch Memorial Stadium | 49757 | |
| Sun | 9/22/1968 | H | Pittsburgh Steelers | 45-10 | W | Los Angeles, CA | Memorial Coliseum | 49647 | |
| Sun | 9/29/1968 | A | Cleveland Browns | 24-6 | W | Cleveland, OH | Cleveland Stadium | 82514 | |
| Sun | 10/6/1968 | H | San Francisco 49ers | 24-10 | W | Los Angeles, CA | Memorial Coliseum | 69520 | |
| Sun | 10/13/1968 | A | Green Bay Packers | 16-14 | W | Milwaukee, WI | County Stadium | 49646 | |
| Sun | 10/20/1968 | H | Atlanta Falcons | 27-14 | W | Los Angeles, CA | Memorial Coliseum | 54443 | |
| Sun | 10/27/1968 | A | Baltimore Colts | 10-27 | L | Baltimore, MD | Memorial Stadium | 60238 | |
| Sun | 11/3/1968 | H | Detroit Lions | 10-7 | W | Los Angeles, CA | Memorial Coliseum | 77982 | |
| Sun | 11/10/1968 | A | Atlanta Falcons | 17-10 | W | Atlanta, GA | Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium | 53979 | |
| Sun | 11/17/1968 | A | San Francisco 49ers | 20-20 | T | San Francisco, CA | Kezar Stadium | 41815 | |
| Sun | 11/24/1968 | H | New York Giants | 24-21 | W | Los Angeles, CA | Memorial Coliseum | 68534 | |
| Sun | 12/1/1968 | A | Minnesota Vikings | 31-3 | W | Bloomington, MN | Metropolitan Stadium | 47644 | |
| Sun | 12/8/1968 | H | Chicago Bears | 16-17 | L | Los Angeles, CA | Memorial Coliseum | 66369 | |
| Sun | 12/15/1968 | H | Baltimore Colts | 24-28 | L | Los Angeles, CA | Memorial Coliseum | 69397 | |
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 |
| 79 | Coy Bacon | DE | 6-4 | 269 | 25 | Jackson State | 7 | 0 |
| 22 | Dick Bass | FB | 5-10 | 197 | 31 | Pacific | 10 | 10 |
| 55 | Maxie Baughan | RLB | 6-1 | 227 | 30 | Georgia Tech | 14 | 14 |
| 53 | Gene Breen | LB | 6-2 | 229 | 27 | Virginia Tech | 3 | 0 |
| 78 | Roger Brown | RDT | 6-5 | 298 | 31 | Maryland-Eastern Shore | 14 | 14 |
| 51 | George Burman | C-OG | 6-3 | 253 | 26 | Northwestern | 1 | 0 |
| 63 | Joe Carollo | LOT | 6-2 | 262 | 28 | Notre Dame | 14 | 14 |
| 25 | Bernie Casey | FL | 6-4 | 213 | 29 | Bowling Green State | 12 | 11 |
| 62 | Don Chuy | ROG | 6-1 | 255 | 27 | Clemson | 14 | 0 |
| 73 | Charlie Cowan | ROT | 6-4 | 264 | 30 | New Mexico Highlands | 13 | 13 |
| 49 | Claude Crabb | S | 6-0 | 193 | 28 | Monterey Peninsula JC; Southern California; Colorado | 3 | 0 |
| 27 | Irv Cross | RCB | 6-1 | 192 | 29 | Northwestern | 14 | 14 |
| 46 | Willie Daniel | CB | 5-11 | 187 | 31 | Mississippi State | 14 | 0 |
| 43 | Mike Dennis | HB | 6-1 | 207 | 24 | Mississippi | 14 | 0 |
| 35 | Henry Dyer | FB | 6-2 | 230 | 23 | Grambling State | 8 | 3 |
| 33 | Willie Ellison | HB | 6-1 | 204 | 23 | Texas Southern | 14 | 10 |
| 37 | Vilnis Ezerins | RB | 6-1 | 217 | 24 | Wisconsin-Whitewater | 14 | 0 |
| 18 | Roman Gabriel | QB | 6-4 | 225 | 28 | North Carolina State | 14 | 14 |
| 30 | Bruce Gossett | K | 6-2 | 229 | 27 | Clarion; Ferrum JC; Duquesne; Richmond | 14 | 0 |
| 88 | Tony Guillory | LB | 6-4 | 232 | 26 | Nebraska; Lamar | 13 | 0 |
| 56 | Dean Halverson | LB | 6-2 | 221 | 22 | Washington | 1 | 0 |
| 50 | Ken Iman | C | 6-1 | 236 | 29 | Southeast Missouri State | 14 | 14 |
| 29 | Harold Jackson | FL | 5-10 | 175 | 22 | Jackson State | 2 | 0 |
| 75 | Deacon Jones | LDE | 6-5 | 254 | 30 | South Carolina State; Mississippi Valley State | 14 | 14 |
| 85 | Lamar Lundy | RDE | 6-7 | 245 | 33 | Purdue | 5 | 5 |
| 65 | Tom Mack | LOG | 6-3 | 249 | 25 | Michigan | 14 | 14 |
| 56 | Frank Marchlewski | C | 6-2 | 237 | 25 | Minnesota | 14 | 0 |
| 20 | Tommy Mason | HB-FB | 6-0 | 195 | 29 | Tulane | 12 | 5 |
| 21 | Eddie Meador | RS | 5-11 | 193 | 31 | Arkansas Tech | 14 | 14 |
| 74 | Merlin Olsen | LDT | 6-5 | 270 | 28 | Utah State | 14 | 14 |
| 32 | Jack Pardee | LLB | 6-2 | 224 | 32 | Texas A&M | 14 | 14 |
| 83 | Dave Pivec | TE | 6-3 | 240 | 25 | Notre Dame | 14 | 1 |
| 16 | Milt Plum | QB | 6-1 | 205 | 33 | Penn State | 4 | 0 |
| 66 | Myron Pottios | MLB | 6-2 | 236 | 29 | Notre Dame | 14 | 14 |
| 81 | Gregg Schumacher | RDE | 6-2 | 240 | 26 | Illinois | 14 | 9 |
| 71 | Joe Scibelli | ROG | 6-1 | 256 | 29 | Notre Dame; American International | 14 | 14 |
| 41 | Ron Smith | LS | 6-1 | 191 | 25 | Wisconsin | 14 | 14 |
| 84 | Jack Snow | SE | 6-2 | 195 | 25 | Notre Dame | 14 | 12 |
| 28 | Pat Studstill | SE-P | 6-1 | 176 | 30 | Houston | 14 | 2 |
| 72 | Diron Talbert | DT | 6-5 | 246 | 24 | Texas | 14 | 0 |
| 87 | Billy Truax | TE | 6-5 | 238 | 25 | Louisiana State | 14 | 13 |
| 14 | Wendell Tucker | FL | 5-10 | 185 | 25 | South Carolina State | 10 | 3 |
| 24 | Clancy Williams | LCB | 6-2 | 197 | 26 | Washington State | 14 | 14 |
| 77 | Jim Wilson | ROT | 6-3 | 257 | 27 | Georgia | 14 | 1 |
| 47 | Kelton Winston | S | 6-0 | 195 | 29 | Wiley | 11 | 0 |
| 57 | Doug Woodlief | LB | 6-3 | 231 | 25 | Chipola JC; Memphis | 14 | 0 |
| DRAFT LIST | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Round | Overall | Player | Pos | College |
| 2 | 30 | Gary Beban | QB | UCLA |
| 2 | 51 | Mike LaHood | G | Wyoming |
| 5 | 135 | Don Martin | K | Washington |
| 6 | 161 | Bobby Webb | C | Southern Mississippi |
| 8 | 215 | Joe Williams | FL | Florida A&M |
| 9 | 243 | Bob Richardson | T | Washington |
| 10 | 269 | Al Marcelin | FL | Parsons |
| 11 | 297 | John Pergine | LB | Notre Dame |
| 12 | 323 | Harold Jackson | FL | Jackson State |
| 13 | 351 | Dean Halverson | LB | Washington |
| 14 | 377 | Cephus Jackson | DB | Jackson State |
| 15 | 405 | Dennis Yell | T | Minnesota State-Moorhead |
| 16 | 431 | Jimmy Raye | QB-DB | Michigan State |
| SCORING BY QUARTERS | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | OT |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 62 | 91 | 64 | 95 | |
| Opponents Totals | 57 | 71 | 27 | 45 |
| TEAM STATS | TOP | 1st Downs | FDR | FDP | FDX | 3rd Down Efficiency | 4th Down Efficiency | PEN | PENY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 245 | 111 | 115 | 19 | / % | / % | 74 | 760 | |
| Opponents Totals | 190 | 66 | 104 | 20 | / % | / % | 88 | 806 |
| SCORING | TD | X1 | X1A | PCT | FG | FGA | PCT | SAF | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bruce Gossett | 0 | 37 | 37 | 100.0 | 17 | 31 | 54.8 | 0 | 88 |
| Willie Ellison | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 42 | ||
| Bernie Casey | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | ||
| Roman Gabriel | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | ||
| Wendell Tucker | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | ||
| Dick Bass | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||
| Tommy Mason | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||
| Jack Snow | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||
| Billy Truax | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||
| Jack Pardee | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Henry Dyer | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Ron Smith | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Pat Studstill | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Dave Pivec | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Team Totals | 37 | 37 | 37 | 100.0 | 17 | 31 | 54.8 | 1 | 312 |
| Opponents Totals | 25 | 23 | 25 | 92.0 | 9 | 17 | 52.9 | 0 | 200 |
| FIELD GOALS | MADE | ATT | PCT | BL | LG | 1-19 | 20-29 | 30-39 | 40-49 | 50+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bruce Gossett | 17 | 31 | 54.8 | 3 | 37 | 5/6 | 8/10 | 4/7 | 0/7 | 0/1 |
| Team Totals | 17 | 31 | 54.8 | 3 | 37 | 5/6 | 8/10 | 4/7 | 0/7 | 0/1 |
| Opponents Totals | 9 | 17 | 52.9 | 2/ | 4/ | 3/ | 0/ | 0/ |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Willie Ellison | 151 | 616 | 4.1 | 52t | 5 |
| Dick Bass | 121 | 494 | 4.1 | 20 | 1 |
| Tommy Mason | 108 | 395 | 3.7 | 19 | 3 |
| Roman Gabriel | 34 | 139 | 4.1 | 19t | 4 |
| Mike Dennis | 29 | 136 | 4.7 | 16 | 0 |
| Henry Dyer | 55 | 136 | 2.5 | 15 | 1 |
| Eddie Meador | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 |
| Milt Plum | 2 | 3 | 1.5 | 2 | 0 |
| Vilnis Ezerins | 2 | 2 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 503 | 1932 | 3.8 | 52t | 14 |
| Opponents Totals | 397 | 1305 | 3.3 | 28 | 9 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INC | YDS | Y/ATT | Y/COM | LG | TD | TD% | INT | INT% | TS | YL | NYP | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Roman Gabriel | 366 | 184 | 184 | 166 | 2364 | 6.5 | 12.8 | 60t | 19 | 5.2 | 16 | 4.4 | 27 | 226 | 2138 | 70.0 |
| Milt Plum | 12 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 49 | 4.1 | 9.8 | 25 | 1 | 8.3 | 1 | 8.3 | 1 | 15 | 34 | 46.9 |
| Willie Ellison | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 | ||
| Pat Studstill | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 | ||
| Mike Dennis | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 | ||
| Tommy Mason | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 | ||
| Team Totals | 384 | 189 | 189 | 178 | 2413 | 6.3 | 12.8 | 60t | 20 | 5.2 | 17 | 4.4 | 28 | 241 | 2172 | 68.2 |
| Opponents Totals | 353 | 158 | 158 | 170 | 2196 | 6.2 | 13.9 | 65 | 12 | 3.4 | 25 | 7.1 | 51 | 383 | 1813 | 47.1 |
| RECEIVING | REC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Billy Truax | 35 | 417 | 11.9 | 23 | 3 |
| Bernie Casey | 29 | 565 | 19.5 | 55t | 5 |
| Jack Snow | 29 | 500 | 17.2 | 54 | 3 |
| Dick Bass | 27 | 195 | 7.2 | 28t | 2 |
| Willie Ellison | 20 | 248 | 12.4 | 36t | 2 |
| Tommy Mason | 15 | 144 | 9.6 | 31 | 0 |
| Mike Dennis | 8 | 53 | 6.6 | 17 | 0 |
| Henry Dyer | 8 | 37 | 4.6 | 15 | 0 |
| Wendell Tucker | 7 | 124 | 17.7 | 60t | 4 |
| Pat Studstill | 7 | 108 | 15.4 | 25 | 1 |
| Dave Pivec | 3 | 27 | 9.0 | 12 | 0 |
| Roman Gabriel | 1 | -5 | -5.0 | -5 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 189 | 2413 | 12.8 | 60t | 20 |
| Opponents Totals | 158 | 2196 | 13.9 | 65 | 12 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clancy Williams | 7 | 51 | 7.3 | 36 | 0 |
| Eddie Meador | 6 | 37 | 6.2 | 20 | 0 |
| Maxie Baughan | 4 | 29 | 7.3 | 16 | 0 |
| Ron Smith | 3 | 28 | 9.3 | 19 | 0 |
| Irv Cross | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jack Pardee | 2 | 75 | 37.5 | 46t | 2 |
| Team Totals | 25 | 220 | 8.8 | 46t | 2 |
| Opponents Totals | 17 | 286 | 16.8 | 90t | 2 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL | TB | I20 | RYDS | NYDS | NET |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pat Studstill | 81 | 3207 | 39.6 | 58 | 0 | 4 | 206 | 2921 | 36.1 | |
| Team Totals | 81 | 3207 | 39.6 | 58 | 0 | 4 | 206 | 2921 | 36.1 | |
| Opponents Totals | 88 | 3522 | 40.0 | 65 | 3 | 307 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eddie Meador | 17 | 15 | 136 | 8.0 | 40 | 0 |
| Ron Smith | 27 | 6 | 171 | 6.3 | 24 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 44 | 21 | 307 | 7.0 | 40 | 0 |
| Opponents Totals | 30 | 29 | 206 | 6.9 | 54 | 1 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ron Smith | 26 | 718 | 27.6 | 94t | 1 | |
| Willie Ellison | 12 | 268 | 22.3 | 40 | 0 | |
| Mike Dennis | 2 | 2 | 1.0 | 2 | 0 | |
| Dave Pivec | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Eddie Meador | 1 | 20 | 20.0 | 20 | 0 | |
| Clancy Williams | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 16 | 0 | |
| Vilnis Ezerins | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 45 | 1024 | 22.8 | 94t | 1 | |
| Opponents Totals | 62 | 1262 | 20.4 | 98t | 1 |
| FUMBLES | NO | LOST | OWN | OPP | REC | YDS | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dick Bass | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Maxie Baughan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Roger Brown | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Bernie Casey | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Henry Dyer | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Willie Ellison | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Roman Gabriel | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tony Guillory | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Ken Iman | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Tommy Mason | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Eddie Meador | 3 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 0 | |
| Merlin Olsen | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Dave Pivec | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Myron Pottios | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| Gregg Schumacher | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Ron Smith | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jack Snow | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Pat Studstill | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Diron Talbert | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 |
| Wendell Tucker | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Kelton Winston | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 21 | 12 | 9 | 19 | 28 | 7 | 0 |
| Opponents Totals | 31 | 19 | 12 | 12 | 24 | 0 |
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