1948 Los Angeles Rams (NFL) |
| 3rd place • Western Division • 6-5-1 .545 |
| Head Coach: Clark Shaughnessy |
| Joe Stydahar | Assistant Coach |
| George Trafton | Assistant Coach |
| SCORES | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Day | Date | Opponent | Score | Location | Venue | Attendance | |||
| Thu | 9/2/1948 | H | Washington Redskins | 10-21 | L | Los Angeles, CA | Memorial Coliseum | 77100 | |
| Mon | 9/6/1948 | A | Hawaiian Warriors | 41-20 | W | Honolulu, HI | Honolulu Stadium | 21000 | |
| Fri | 9/10/1948 | A | Hawaiian Warriors | 42-7 | W | Honolulu, HI | Honolulu Stadium | 14000 | |
| Wed | 9/15/1948 | N | Philadelphia Eagles | 7-21 | L | Dallas, TX | Dal-Hi Stadium | 15000 | |
| Wed | 9/22/1948 | H | Detroit Lions | 44-7 | W | Los Angeles, CA | Memorial Coliseum | 12941 | |
| Sun | 10/3/1948 | H | Philadelphia Eagles | 28-28 | T | Los Angeles, CA | Memorial Coliseum | 36884 | |
| Sun | 10/10/1948 | A | Chicago Bears | 21-42 | L | Chicago, IL | Wrigley Field | 43707 | |
| Sun | 10/17/1948 | A | Green Bay Packers | 0-16 | L | Green Bay, WI | City Stadium | 25119 | |
| Sun | 10/24/1948 | A | Detroit Lions | 34-27 | W | Detroit, MI | Briggs Stadium | 17444 | |
| Sun | 10/31/1948 | H | Chicago Cardinals | 22-27 | L | Los Angeles, CA | Memorial Coliseum | 32149 | |
| Sun | 11/7/1948 | H | Chicago Bears | 6-21 | L | Los Angeles, CA | Memorial Coliseum | 56263 | |
| Sun | 11/14/1948 | A | New York Giants | 52-37 | W | New York, NY | Polo Grounds | 22766 | |
| Sun | 11/21/1948 | A | Chicago Cardinals | 24-27 | L | Chicago, IL | Comiskey Park | 29031 | |
| Sun | 11/28/1948 | H | Green Bay Packers | 24-10 | W | Los Angeles, CA | Memorial Coliseum | 23874 | |
| Sun | 12/5/1948 | A | Washington Redskins | 41-13 | W | Washington, DC | Griffith Stadium | 32970 | |
| Sun | 12/12/1948 | H | Pittsburgh Steelers | 31-14 | W | Los Angeles, CA | Memorial Coliseum | 27967 | |
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 | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | No | Pos | Ht | Wt | Age | College | GP | GS |
| Bob Agler | 30 | FB-LB-ROH-RDH | 6-1 | 210 | 24 | Otterbein | 9 | 0 |
| Jack Banta | 33 | ROH-RDH | 5-11 | 191 | 31 | Southern California | 12 | 10 |
| Gil Bouley | 66 | ROT-RDT | 6-2 | 235 | 27 | Boston College | 12 | 12 |
| Larry Brink | 63 | ROE-RDE | 6-5 | 235 | 25 | Northern Illinois | 12 | 1 |
| Ed Champagne | 86 | ROT-RDT-LOT-LDT | 6-3 | 236 | 27 | Louisiana State | 12 | 0 |
| Joe Corn | 25 | RDH-ROH-LDH-LOH | 5-6 | 168 | 25 | none | 10 | 0 |
| Gerry Cowhig | 9 | FB-LB-ROH-RDH | 6-2 | 215 | 27 | Notre Dame | 12 | 5 |
| Don Currivan | 40 | ROE-RDE | 6-0 | 193 | 28 | Boston College | 10 | 10 |
| Bob David | 77 | MLB-LOG | 6-0 | 219 | 27 | Notre Dame; Villanova | 3 | 1 |
| Hal Dean | 84 | LOG-LDG | 6-0 | 205 | 26 | Ohio State | 11 | 9 |
| Bob DeFruiter | 50 | RDH-ROH-LDH-LOH | 6-0 | 190 | 30 | Nebraska | 3 | 0 |
| Roger Eason | 43 | MG?-ROG | 6-1 | 227 | 30 | Oklahoma | 11 | 11 |
| Tom Fears | 55 | LOE-DB | 6-2 | 213 | 26 | Santa Clara; UCLA | 12 | 7 |
| Jack Finlay | 58 | LOG-LDG | 6-1 | 217 | 27 | UCLA | 12 | 2 |
| Fred Gehrke | 18 | LOH-LDH | 5-11 | 189 | 30 | Utah | 12 | 8 |
| Jim Hardy | 21 | QB-S | 6-0 | 180 | 25 | Southern California | 12 | 3 |
| Red Hickey | 53 | ROE-RDE-LOE-LDE | 6-2 | 204 | 31 | Arkansas | 12 | 6 |
| Dick Hoerner | 31 | LB-FB | 6-4 | 220 | 26 | Iowa | 12 | 12 |
| Bob Hoffman | 16 | FB | 6-1 | 208 | 31 | Southern California | 11 | 4 |
| Les Horvath | 12 | RDH-ROH-LDH-LOH | 5-10 | 173 | 27 | Ohio State | 12 | 12 |
| Frank Hubbell | 46 | LDE-LOE | 6-2 | 222 | 26 | Tennessee | 12 | 12 |
| Dick Huffman | 20 | LOT-LDT | 6-1 | 255 | 25 | Tennessee | 12 | 12 |
| Tom Keane | 10 | LOH-LDH-ROH-RDH | 6-1 | 192 | 22 | Ohio State; West Virginia | 12 | 0 |
| Mike Lazetich | 27 | ROG-RDG | 6-1 | 211 | 27 | Montana; Michigan | 12 | 6 |
| Dante Magnani | 3 | ROH-RDH | 5-10 | 182 | 31 | St. Mary's (California) | 8 | 1 |
| Jack Martin | 23 | C | 6-3 | 238 | 26 | Princeton; Navy | 12 | 5 |
| Jim Mello | 65 | FB-LB | 5-10 | 190 | 28 | Notre Dame | 3 | 0 |
| Fred Naumetz | 22 | LB-C | 6-1 | 222 | 26 | Boston College | 12 | 12 |
| Don Paul | 57 | C-LB | 6-1 | 228 | 23 | UCLA | 12 | 0 |
| Joe Repko | 42 | ROT-RDT | 6-0 | 236 | 28 | Seton Hall; Boston College | 12 | 0 |
| Paul Rickards | 77/50 | QB-S | 6-1 | 193 | 22 | Pittsburgh | 3 | 0 |
| Bruce Smith | 65 | LOH-LDH | 6-0 | 197 | 28 | Minnesota | 8 | 0 |
| Bill Smyth | 79 | ROE-RDE | 6-3 | 243 | 26 | Notre Dame; Cincinnati; Penn State; Cincinnati | 11 | 8 |
| Al Sparkman | 44 | LOT-LDT | 6-6 | 260 | 22 | Texas A&M; Louisville | 12 | 1 |
| Kenny Washington | 13 | DB-LOH | 6-1 | 210 | 30 | UCLA | 10 | 10 |
| Bob Waterfield | 7 | QB-S-K | 6-1 | 196 | 28 | UCLA | 12 | 12 |
| Pat West | 36 | FB-LB | 6-0 | 201 | 25 | Pittsburgh; Southern California | 4 | 0 |
| Ray Yagiello | 54 | ROG-RDG | 6-0 | 220 | 25 | Franklin & Marshall; Catawba | 12 | 0 |
| Jack Zilly | 56 | ROE-RDE | 6-2 | 212 | 27 | Notre Dame | 12 | 6 |
| DRAFT LIST | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Round | Overall | Player | Pos | College |
| 3 | 18 | Tom Keane | B | West Virginia |
| 5 | 30 | Bruce Bailey | B | Virginia |
| 6 | 40 | George Grimes | B | Virginia |
| 7 | 49 | Gene Ruszkowski | T | Ohio University |
| 7 | 50 | Noel Cudd | T | West Texas A&M |
| 8 | 60 | Bob Walker | B | Colorado Mines |
| 9 | 70 | Mike Graham | B | Cincinnati |
| 10 | 80 | Glenn Johnson | T | Arizona State |
| 11 | 90 | Johnny Zisch | E | Colorado |
| 12 | 100 | Atherton Phleger | T | Stanford |
| 13 | 110 | Bob Heck | E | Purdue |
| 14 | 120 | Bill Schroll | B | Louisiana State |
| 15 | 130 | Bob DeMent | T | Southern Mississippi |
| 16 | 140 | Charley Schoenherr | B | Wheaton |
| 17 | 150 | Larry Brink | E | Northern Illinois |
| 18 | 160 | Bill O'Connor | G | Notre Dame |
| 19 | 170 | Bill Nelson | B | Montana State |
| 20 | 180 | Jim Rees | T | North Carolina State |
| 21 | 190 | Ray Borneman | B | Texas |
| 22 | 200 | Ray Yagiello | T | Catawba |
| 23 | 210 | Jack Pesek | E | Nebraska |
| 24 | 220 | Chhuck DeAutremont | B | Southern Oregon |
| 25 | 230 | Bob Levenhagen | G | Washington |
| 26 | 240 | Leon Cooper | T | Hardin-Simmons |
| 27 | 250 | Jim Wade | B | Oklahoma City |
| 28 | 260 | Ken Sinofsky | G | Nevada-Reno |
| 29 | 270 | Bobby Jack Stuart | B | Army |
| 30 | 280 | Hilliard Crum | E | Arizona |
| 31 | 288 | Tony Kunkiewicz | B | Trinity (Connecticut) |
| 32 | 295 | Bill Taylor | E | Rice |
| SCORING BY QUARTERS | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 31 | 86 | 88 | 122 | 327 |
| Opponents Totals | 37 | 109 | 82 | 41 | 269 |
| TEAM STATS | TOP | 1st Downs | FDR | FDP | FDX | 3rd Down Efficiency | 4th Down Efficiency | PEN | PENY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 239 | 100 | 123 | 16 | / % | / % | 98 | 859 | |
| Opponents Totals | 204 | 90 | 97 | 17 | / % | / % | 77 | 719 |
| SCORING | TD | X1 | X1A | PCT | FG | FGA | PCT | SAF | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bob Waterfield | 0 | 38 | 44 | 86.4 | 6 | 11 | 54.5 | 0 | 56 |
| Red Hickey | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 42 | ||
| Dick Hoerner | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | ||
| Tom Fears | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | ||
| Bob Hoffman | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | ||
| Don Currivan | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | ||
| Jack Zilly | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | ||
| Fred Gehrke | 3 | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 | |
| Kenny Washington | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||
| Gerry Cowhig | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Tom Keane | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Les Horvath | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Frank Hubbell | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Dante Magnani | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Bill Smyth | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Team Totals | 45 | 39 | 45 | 86.7 | 6 | 11 | 54.5 | 0 | 327 |
| Opponents Totals | 36 | 33 | 36 | 91.7 | 6 | 11 | 54.5 | 1 | 269 |
| FIELD GOALS | MADE | ATT | PCT | BL | LG | 1-19 | 20-29 | 30-39 | 40-49 | 50+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bob Waterfield | 6 | 11 | 54.5 | 0 | 47 | 1/2 | 1/2 | 2/4 | 2/3 | 0/0 |
| Team Totals | 6 | 11 | 54.5 | 0 | 47 | 1/2 | 1/2 | 2/4 | 2/3 | 0/0 |
| Opponents Totals | 6 | 11 | 54.5 | 0/ | 3/ | 2/ | 1/ | 0/ |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dick Hoerner | 76 | 354 | 4.7 | 23 | 4 |
| Kenny Washington | 57 | 301 | 5.3 | 31t | 2 |
| Fred Gehrke | 56 | 246 | 4.4 | 24 | 1 |
| Gerry Cowhig | 46 | 206 | 4.5 | 14 | 2 |
| Dante Magnani | 38 | 144 | 3.8 | 15 | 0 |
| Les Horvath | 30 | 118 | 3.9 | 19 | 0 |
| Jack Banta | 32 | 105 | 3.3 | 14 | 0 |
| Bob Hoffman | 22 | 68 | 3.1 | 8 | 4 |
| Bruce Smith | 12 | 38 | 3.2 | 11 | 0 |
| Bob Agler | 8 | 41 | 5.1 | 12 | 0 |
| Joe Corn | 11 | 27 | 2.5 | 6 | 0 |
| Paul Rickards | 2 | 21 | 10.5 | 11 | 0 |
| Tom Keane | 7 | 16 | 2.3 | 3 | 0 |
| Jim Hardy | 5 | 14 | 2.8 | 9 | 0 |
| Bob Waterfield | 7 | 12 | 1.7 | 10 | 0 |
| Tom Fears | 2 | 8 | 4.0 | 8 | 0 |
| Bob DeFruiter | 3 | 4 | 1.3 | 4 | 0 |
| Jim Mello | 7 | 3 | 0.4 | 4 | 0 |
| Larry Brink | 1 | -3 | -3.0 | -3 | 0 |
| Don Currivan | 1 | -4 | -4.0 | -4 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 427 | 1743 | 4.1 | 31t | 13 |
| Opponents Totals | 441 | 1570 | 3.6 | 13 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INC | YDS | Y/ATT | Y/COM | LG | TD | TD% | INT | INT% | TS | YL | NYP | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jim Hardy | 211 | 112 | 53.1 | 92 | 1390 | 6.6 | 12.4 | 69t | 14 | 6.6 | 7 | 3.3 | 11 | 1379 | 82.1 | |
| Bob Waterfield | 180 | 87 | 48.3 | 75 | 1354 | 7.5 | 15.6 | 80t | 14 | 7.8 | 18 | 10.0 | 23 | 1331 | 60.0 | |
| Paul Rickards | 2 | 2 | 100.0 | 0 | 4 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 31 | -27 | 79.2 | |
| Fred Gehrke | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 | ||
| Kenny Washington | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 | ||
| Team Totals | 395 | 201 | 50.9 | 169 | 2748 | 7.0 | 13.7 | 80t | 28 | 7.1 | 25 | 6.3 | 70.7 | |||
| Opponents Totals | 309 | 164 | 53.1 | 126 | 2143 | 6.9 | 13.1 | 20 | 6.5 | 19 | 6.1 | 71.2 |
| RECEIVING | REC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tom Fears | 51 | 698 | 13.7 | 80t | 4 |
| Red Hickey | 30 | 509 | 17.0 | 60t | 7 |
| Dick Hoerner | 18 | 227 | 12.6 | 45 | 2 |
| Fred Gehrke | 16 | 173 | 10.8 | 34 | 1 |
| Jack Zilly | 13 | 169 | 13.0 | 30 | 4 |
| Tom Keane | 11 | 195 | 17.7 | 57 | 2 |
| Don Currivan | 10 | 189 | 18.9 | 58t | 3 |
| Frank Hubbell | 10 | 134 | 13.4 | 48 | 1 |
| Bill Smyth | 6 | 66 | 11.0 | 21 | 1 |
| Kenny Washington | 6 | 104 | 17.3 | 43 | 1 |
| Jack Banta | 4 | 34 | 8.5 | 14 | 0 |
| Larry Brink | 4 | 36 | 9.0 | 18 | 0 |
| Les Horvath | 4 | 42 | 10.5 | 19 | 0 |
| Bruce Smith | 4 | 29 | 7.3 | 10 | 0 |
| Gerry Cowhig | 3 | 18 | 6.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Bob Hoffman | 3 | 28 | 9.3 | 13 | 1 |
| Dante Magnani | 3 | 28 | 9.3 | 16t | 1 |
| Pat West | 3 | 37 | 12.3 | 17 | 0 |
| Gil Bouley | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 |
| Jim Mello | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 17 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 201 | 2748 | 13.7 | 80t | 28 |
| Opponents Totals | 164 | 2143 | 13.1 | 20 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fred Naumetz | 4 | 75 | 18.8 | 68 | 0 |
| Bob Waterfield | 4 | 8 | 2.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Kenny Washington | 2 | 45 | 22.5 | 40 | 0 |
| Tom Fears | 2 | 37 | 18.5 | 35t | 1 |
| Fred Gehrke | 2 | 29 | 14.5 | 21 | 0 |
| Les Horvath | 2 | 14 | 7.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Gerry Cowhig | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Dick Hoerner | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| Hal Dean | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 19 | 223 | 11.7 | 1 | |
| Opponents Totals | 25 | 311 | 12.4 | 3 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL | TB | I20 | RYDS | NYDS | NET |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bob Waterfield | 43 | 1843 | 42.9 | 88 | 0 | |||||
| Jack Banta | 17 | 639 | 37.6 | 55 | 0 | |||||
| Jim Hardy | 3 | 151 | 50.3 | 77 | 0 | |||||
| Team Totals | 63 | 2633 | 41.8 | 88 | 0 | 445 | ||||
| Opponents Totals | 77 | 3155 | 41.0 | 514 | 33.8 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Les Horvath | 13 | 203 | 15.6 | 27 | 0 | |
| Fred Gehrke | 19 | 217 | 11.4 | 48 | 0 | |
| Joe Corn | 4 | 49 | 12.3 | 22 | 0 | |
| Jack Banta | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 | |
| Kenny Washington | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 | |
| Bruce Smith | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 | |
| Dick Hoerner | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 | |
| Gerry Cowhig | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 41 | 514 | 12.5 | 48 | 0 | |
| Opponents Totals | 32 | 445 | 13.9 | 1 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fred Gehrke | 17 | 464 | 27.3 | 92t | 1 | |
| Jack Banta | 6 | 119 | 19.8 | 28 | 0 | |
| Joe Corn | 5 | 112 | 22.4 | 22 | 0 | |
| Dante Magnani | 3 | 49 | 16.3 | 22 | 0 | |
| Kenny Washington | 2 | 54 | 27.0 | 33 | 0 | |
| Dick Hoerner | 2 | 35 | 17.5 | 20 | 0 | |
| Les Horvath | 2 | 31 | 15.5 | 16 | 0 | |
| Bob Hoffman | 2 | 19 | 9.5 | 10 | 0 | |
| Gil Bouley | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 | |
| Gerry Cowhig | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 | |
| Al Sparkman | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 42 | 894 | 21.3 | 92t | 1 | |
| Opponents Totals | 53 | 1177 | 22.2 | 1 |
| FUMBLES | NO | LOST | OWN | OPP | REC | YDS | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jack Banta | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Gil Bouley | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Larry Brink | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Ed Champagne | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| Joe Corn | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bob David | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Hal Dean | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Roger Eason | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Fred Gehrke | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jim Hardy | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Dick Hoerner | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 0 | |
| Bob Hoffman | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Les Horvath | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 0 | |
| Frank Hubbell | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tom Keane | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Mike Lazetich | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| Dante Magnani | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jack Martin | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Fred Naumetz | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Bruce Smith | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bill Smyth | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Al Sparkman | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Kenny Washington | 4 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 17 | 0 | |
| Bob Waterfield | 5 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jack Zilly | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 32 | 17 | 15 | 24 | 39 | 35 | 0 |
| Opponents Totals | 42 | 24 | 18 | 17 | 35 | 3 |
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