1938 Cleveland Rams (NFL) |
| 4th place • Western Division • 4-7-0 .364 |
| Head Coach: Hugo Bezdek (0-3-0); Art Lewis (4-4-0) |
| Art Lewis | Assistant Coach |
| SCORES | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Day | Date | Opponent | Score | Location | Venue | Attendance | |||
| Fri | 9/2/1938 | H | Ohio College All-Stars | 10-7 | W | Cleveland, OH | Cleveland Stadium | 19947 | |
| Sun | 9/11/1938 | A | Green Bay Packers | 17-26 | L | Green Bay, WI | City Stadium | 8247 | |
| Sat | 9/17/1938 | H | Chicago Cardinals | 6-7 | L | Cleveland, OH | Shaw Stadium | 7448 | |
| Sun | 9/25/1938 | A | Washington Redskins | 13-37 | L | Washington, DC | Griffith Stadium | 27000 | |
| Tue | 9/27/1938 | A | Allentown Pros | 33-7 | W | Allentown, PA | Jack Coffield Stadium | 4500 | |
| Sun | 10/2/1938 | H | Detroit Lions | 21-17 | W | Cleveland, OH | Shaw Stadium | 8012 | |
| Sun | 10/9/1938 | H | Chicago Bears | 14-7 | W | Cleveland, OH | Shaw Stadium | 8024 | |
| Sun | 10/23/1938 | A | Chicago Bears | 23-21 | W | Chicago, IL | Wrigley Field | 18705 | |
| Sun | 10/30/1938 | H | Green Bay Packers | 7-28 | L | Cleveland, OH | Shaw Stadium | 18843 | |
| Sun | 11/6/1938 | A | Detroit Lions | 0-6 | L | Detroit, MI | Briggs Stadium | 31140 | |
| Sun | 11/13/1938 | A | New York Giants | 0-28 | L | New York, NY | Polo Grounds | 25000 | |
| Sun | 11/20/1938 | A | Los Angeles Bulldogs | 7-28 | L | Los Angeles, CA | Gilmore Stadium | 14000 | |
| Sun | 11/27/1938 | A | Chicago Cardinals | 17-31 | L | Chicago, IL | Wrigley Field | 2200 | |
| Sun | 12/4/1938 | A | Pittsburgh Pirates | 13-7 | W | New Orleans, LA | Tulane Stadium | 7500 | |
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 | ||
|---|---|---|
| 9/27/1938 | Allentown Pros | Postponed from 9/20 |
| 12/4/1938 | Pittsburgh Pirates | Postponed from 10/16 at Pittsburgh, PA |
| ROSTER | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | No | Pos | Ht | Wt | Age | College | GP | GS |
| Julie Alfonse | 29 | WB-RDH | 5-11 | 180 | 27 | Minnesota | 9 | 6 |
| Jim Benton | 26 | LOE-LDE | 6-3 | 200 | 22 | Arkansas | 11 | 9 |
| Carl Brazell | 18 | BB-S | 5-10 | 195 | 21 | Baylor | 11 | 8 |
| Phil Bucklew | 22 | ROE-RDE | 6-1 | 205 | 24 | Xavier (Ohio) | 1 | 0 |
| Forrest Burmeister | 24 | OG-DG | 6-4 | 215 | 25 | Purdue | 1 | 0 |
| Chuck Cherundolo | 21 | C-LB | 6-1 | 215 | 22 | Penn State | 11 | 10 |
| Red Chesbro | 35 | LOG-LDG-ROG-RDG | 5-11 | 190 | 24 | Colgate | 7 | 2 |
| Gerry Conlee | 17 | ROG-RDG-C-LB | 5-11 | 203 | 24 | St. Mary's (California) | 9 | 2 |
| Bob Davis | 10 | TB-LDH-WB-RDH | 6-0 | 185 | 24 | Kentucky | 7 | 3 |
| Corby Davis | 32 | FB-LB | 5-11 | 212 | 24 | Indiana | 11 | 5 |
| Johnny Drake | 14 | FB-LB-WB-RDH | 6-1 | 213 | 22 | Purdue | 11 | 8 |
| Jack Giannoni | 19 | ROE-RDE | 6-1 | 210 | 24 | St. Mary's (California) | 3 | 0 |
| Ed Goddard | 28 | TB-LDH-WB-RDH | 5-10 | 183 | 24 | Washington State | 11 | 1 |
| Ray Hamilton | 27 | ROE-RDE | 6-4 | 212 | 22 | Arkansas | 9 | 6 |
| Tom Hupke | 22 | ROG-RDG | 5-10 | 192 | 28 | Alabama | 10 | 7 |
| Ray Johnson | 12 | WB-RDH | 6-1 | 195 | 24 | Denver | 1 | 0 |
| Johnny Kovatch | 16 | LOE-LDE | 5-11 | 172 | 26 | Northwestern | 6 | 0 |
| Bill Krause | 37 | LOG-LDG | 6-0 | 210 | 24 | Baldwin-Wallace | 1 | 1 |
| Art Lewis | 23 | ROG-RDG-ROT-RDT | 6-3 | 226 | 26 | Ohio University | 8 | 3 |
| Carl Littlefield | 34 | FB-LB-WB-RDH | 6-0 | 200 | 22 | Sacramento CC; Washington State | 10 | 1 |
| Ted Livingston | 31 | ROT-RDT | 6-3 | 219 | 25 | Pittsburg State; Indiana | 9 | 6 |
| Vic Markov | 12 | ROT-RDT-LOT-LDT | 6-0 | 215 | 23 | Washington | 10 | 4 |
| Jack May | 24 | C-LB | 5-10 | 210 | 24 | Centenary | 8 | 1 |
| Primo Miller | 38 | LOT-LDT-ROT-RDT | 6-2 | 220 | 23 | Rice | 8 | 3 |
| Nelson Peterson | 11 | WB-RDH-TB-LDH | 5-8 | 179 | 25 | West Virginia Wesleyan | 7 | 2 |
| Stan Pincura | 15 | BB-S-TB-LDH | 5-11 | 175 | 25 | Ohio State | 10 | 1 |
| Dale Prather | 30 | ROE-RDE-LOE-LDE | 6-2 | 190 | 28 | George Washington | 7 | 1 |
| Phil Ragazzo | 36 | LOG-LDG | 6-0 | 216 | 23 | Western Reserve | 9 | 6 |
| Chuck Ream | 39 | ROT-RDT-LOT-LDT-ROE-RDE | 6-2 | 225 | 25 | Ohio State | 9 | 3 |
| Jack Robinson | 19 | ROG-RDG-LOG-LDG | 6-2 | 220 | 27 | Truman State | 6 | 1 |
| Bob Snyder | 13 | TB-LDH-WB-RDH | 6-0 | 205 | 25 | Ohio University | 10 | 6 |
| Vic Spadaccini | 33 | BB-S-WB-RDH | 6-0 | 222 | 22 | Minnesota | 11 | 3 |
| Johnny Stephens | 25 | ROE-RDE-LOE-LDE | 6-1 | 190 | 24 | Marshall | 11 | 6 |
| Dick Tuckey | 27 | TB-LDH | 6-2 | 205 | 25 | Manhattan | 4 | 0 |
| Dick Zoll | 20 | LOT-LDT | 5-11 | 218 | 25 | Indiana | 11 | 6 |
| DRAFT LIST | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Round | Overall | Player | Pos | College |
| 1 | 1 | Corby Davis | B | Indiana |
| 2 | 11 | Jim Benton | E | Arkansas |
| 3 | 16 | Joe Routt | G | Texas A&M |
| 4 | 26 | Vic Markov | T | Washington |
| 5 | 31 | Ed Franco | G | Fordham |
| 6 | 41 | Ray Hamilton | G | Arkansas |
| 7 | 51 | Red Chesbro | G | Colgate |
| 8 | 61 | Walt Mayberry | B | Florida |
| 9 | 71 | Chuck Ream | E | Ohio State |
| 10 | 81 | Joe Maras | T | Duquesne |
| 11 | 91 | Al Hoptowit | T | Washington State |
| 12 | 101 | Vic Spadaccini | B | Minnesota |
| SCORING BY QUARTERS | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 33 | 17 | 27 | 54 | 131 |
| Opponents Totals | 40 | 76 | 73 | 26 | 215 |
| TEAM STATS | TOP | 1st Downs | FDR | FDP | FDX | 3rd Down Efficiency | 4th Down Efficiency | PEN | PENY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 101 | 39 | 55 | 7 | / % | / % | 195 | ||
| Opponents Totals | / % | / % |
| SCORING | TD | X1 | X1A | PCT | FG | FGA | PCT | SAF | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jim Benton | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | ||
| Nelson Peterson | 2 | 2 | 2 | 100.0 | 2 | 2 | 100.0 | 0 | 20 |
| Corby Davis | 3 | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 | |
| Julie Alfonse | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Bob Snyder | 0 | 7 | 10 | 70.0 | 1 | 2 | 50.0 | 0 | 10 |
| Ed Goddard | 1 | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | |
| Johnny Drake | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Johnny Kovatch | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Carl Littlefield | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Stan Pincura | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Dick Tuckey | 0 | 2 | 2 | 100.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| Dick Zoll | 0 | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Bob Davis | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 18 | 14 | 18 | 77.8 | 3 | 4 | 75.0 | 0 | 131 |
| Opponents Totals | 29 | 26 | 29 | 89.7 | 5 | 0 | 215 |
| FIELD GOALS | MADE | ATT | PCT | BL | LG | 1-19 | 20-29 | 30-39 | 40-49 | 50+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nelson Peterson | 2 | 2 | 100.0 | 0 | 18 | 2/2 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 |
| Bob Snyder | 1 | 2 | 50.0 | 0 | 15 | 1/1 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/1 | 0/0 |
| Team Totals | 3 | 4 | 75.0 | 0 | 18 | 3/3 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/1 | 0/0 |
| Opponents Totals | 5 | 3/ | 0/ | 1/ | 1/ | 0/ |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Corby Davis | 71 | 202 | 2.8 | 3 | |
| Johnny Drake | 74 | 188 | 2.5 | 1 | |
| Bob Davis | 22 | 100 | 4.5 | 0 | |
| Bob Snyder | 44 | 78 | 1.8 | 0 | |
| Nelson Peterson | 21 | 70 | 3.3 | 1 | |
| Carl Littlefield | 19 | 69 | 3.6 | 0 | |
| Vic Spadaccini | 9 | 46 | 5.1 | 0 | |
| Dick Tuckey | 14 | 37 | 2.6 | 0 | |
| Julie Alfonse | 16 | 16 | 1.0 | 0 | |
| Carl Brazell | 4 | 14 | 3.5 | 8 | 0 |
| Stan Pincura | 2 | -6 | -3.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Ed Goddard | 40 | -16 | -0.4 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 336 | 798 | 2.4 | 5 | |
| Opponents Totals | 500 | 1745 | 3.5 | 15 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INC | YDS | Y/ATT | Y/COM | LG | TD | TD% | INT | INT% | TS | YL | NYP | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bob Snyder | 87 | 36 | 36 | 42 | 631 | 7.3 | 17.5 | 7 | 8.0 | 9 | 10.3 | 54.0 | ||||
| Ed Goddard | 43 | 19 | 19 | 18 | 238 | 5.5 | 12.5 | 0 | 0.0 | 6 | 14.0 | 22.4 | ||||
| Stan Pincura | 33 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 240 | 7.3 | 18.5 | 1 | 3.0 | 7 | 21.2 | 35.7 | ||||
| Dick Tuckey | 26 | 7 | 7 | 17 | 110 | 4.2 | 15.7 | 1 | 3.8 | 2 | 7.7 | 25.5 | ||||
| Bob Davis | 24 | 6 | 6 | 16 | 49 | 2.0 | 8.2 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 8.3 | 4.9 | ||||
| Ray Johnson | 5 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 45 | 9.0 | 15.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 20.0 | 50.0 | ||||
| Julie Alfonse | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 19 | 9.5 | 9.5 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 106.3 | ||||
| Johnny Drake | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 2.7 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 42.4 | |||
| Carl Littlefield | 15 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 23 | 1.5 | 23.0 | 23 | 0 | 0.0 | 5 | 33.3 | 0.0 | |||
| Corby Davis | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 39.6 | |||||
| Nelson Peterson | 6 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 33.3 | 0.0 | |||||
| Team Totals | 245 | 88 | 88 | 123 | 1363 | 5.6 | 15.5 | 9 | 3.7 | 34 | 13.9 | 27.9 | ||||
| Opponents Totals | 172 | 77 | 77 | 72 | 1248 | 7.3 | 16.2 | 12 | 7.0 | 23 | 13.4 | 53.3 |
| RECEIVING | REC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jim Benton | 21 | 418 | 19.9 | 5 | |
| Ray Hamilton | 10 | 187 | 18.7 | 0 | |
| Vic Spadaccini | 8 | 101 | 12.6 | 0 | |
| Johnny Kovatch | 8 | 97 | 12.1 | 1 | |
| Carl Brazell | 7 | 100 | 14.3 | 0 | |
| Ed Goddard | 6 | 128 | 21.3 | 53 | 1 |
| Johnny Stephens | 6 | 75 | 12.5 | 0 | |
| Stan Pincura | 6 | 72 | 12.0 | 1 | |
| Nelson Peterson | 4 | 43 | 10.8 | 1 | |
| Bob Davis | 3 | 31 | 10.3 | 15 | 0 |
| Julie Alfonse | 2 | 47 | 23.5 | 0 | |
| Johnny Drake | 2 | 13 | 6.5 | 13 | 0 |
| Bob Snyder | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 16 | 0 |
| Phil Bucklew | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 |
| Dick Tuckey | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 |
| Carl Littlefield | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Corby Davis | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 88 | 1363 | 15.5 | 9 | |
| Opponents Totals | 77 | 1248 | 16.2 | 12 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Julie Alfonse | 1 | ||||
| Team Totals | 23 | 1 | |||
| Opponents Totals | 34 | 1 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL | TB | I20 | RYDS | NYDS | NET |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | ||||||||||
| Opponents Totals | 317 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 317 | 0 | ||||
| Opponents Totals | 0 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 0 | |||||
| Opponents Totals | 0 |
| FUMBLES | NO | LOST | OWN | OPP | REC | YDS | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jim Benton | 1 | ||||||
| Carl Littlefield | 1 | ||||||
| Team Totals | 23 | 16 | 2 | ||||
| Opponents Totals | 16 | 0 |
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