1949 Los Angeles Rams (NFL) |
| 1st place • Western Division • 8-2-2 .800 |
| Playoff Statistics |
| Head Coach: Clark Shaughnessy |
| Red Hickey | Ends |
| Joe Stydahar | Line |
| George Trafton | Assistant Coach |
| SCORES | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Day | Date | Opponent | Score | Location | Venue | Attendance | |||
| Fri | 8/26/1949 | H | Washington Redskins | 28-34 | L | Los Angeles, CA | Memorial Coliseum | 64227 | |
| Mon | 9/5/1949 | N | New York Bulldogs | 21-14 | W | San Antonio, TX | Alamo Stadium | 17452 | |
| Sat | 9/10/1949 | N | Philadelphia Eagles | 24-24 | T | Little Rock, AR | War Memorial Stadium | 24000 | |
| Wed | 9/14/1949 | N | New York Giants | 14-7 | W | Omaha, NE | Rosenblatt Stadium | 13110 | |
| Fri | 9/23/1949 | H | Detroit Lions | 27-24 | W | Los Angeles, CA | Memorial Coliseum | 17878 | |
| Sun | 10/2/1949 | A | Green Bay Packers | 48-7 | W | Green Bay, WI | City Stadium | 24308 | |
| Sun | 10/9/1949 | A | Chicago Bears | 31-16 | W | Chicago, IL | Wrigley Field | 42124 | |
| Sun | 10/16/1949 | A | Detroit Lions | 21-10 | W | Detroit, MI | Briggs Stadium | 19839 | |
| Sun | 10/23/1949 | H | Green Bay Packers | 35-7 | W | Los Angeles, CA | Memorial Coliseum | 37546 | |
| Sun | 10/30/1949 | H | Chicago Bears | 27-24 | W | Los Angeles, CA | Memorial Coliseum | 86080 | |
| Sun | 11/6/1949 | A | Philadelphia Eagles | 14-38 | L | Philadelphia, PA | Shibe Park | 38320 | |
| Sun | 11/13/1949 | A | Pittsburgh Steelers | 7-7 | T | Pittsburgh, PA | Forbes Field | 20510 | |
| Sun | 11/20/1949 | A | Chicago Cardinals | 28-28 | T | Chicago, IL | Comiskey Park | 34100 | |
| Sun | 11/27/1949 | H | New York Bulldogs | 42-20 | W | Los Angeles, CA | Memorial Coliseum | 38052 | |
| Sun | 12/4/1949 | H | Chicago Cardinals | 27-31 | L | Los Angeles, CA | Memorial Coliseum | 74673 | |
| Sun | 12/11/1949 | H | Washington Redskins | 53-27 | W | Los Angeles, CA | Memorial Coliseum | 44899 | |
| League Championship | |||||||||
| Sun | 12/18/1949 | H | Philadelphia Eagles | 0-14 | L | Los Angeles, CA | Memorial Coliseum | 22245 | |
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 | 6-1 | 210 | 25 | Otterbein | 9 | 0 |
| Gil Bouley | 66 | RDT-ROT | 6-2 | 235 | 28 | Boston College | 12 | 12 |
| Larry Brink | 63 | LDE | 6-5 | 235 | 26 | Northern Illinois | 11 | 1 |
| Ed Champagne | 86 | ROT-RDT-MG | 6-3 | 236 | 28 | Louisiana State | 12 | 10 |
| Gerry Cowhig | 9 | LLB-FB | 6-2 | 215 | 28 | Notre Dame | 12 | 12 |
| Don Currivan | 34 | RDH-ROE | 6-0 | 193 | 29 | Boston College | 12 | 12 |
| Hal Dean | 84 | LOG | 6-0 | 205 | 27 | Ohio State | 12 | 12 |
| Tom Fears | 55 | LOE | 6-2 | 213 | 27 | Santa Clara; UCLA | 12 | 12 |
| Jack Finlay | 58 | LB | 6-1 | 217 | 28 | UCLA | 12 | 0 |
| Fred Gehrke | 18 | LOH | 5-11 | 189 | 31 | Utah | 12 | 7 |
| Elroy Hirsch | 40 | LOH | 6-1 | 190 | 26 | Wisconsin; Michigan | 12 | 3 |
| Dick Hoerner | 31 | FB | 6-4 | 220 | 27 | Iowa | 12 | 12 |
| Frank Hubbell | 46 | LDE-LOE | 6-2 | 222 | 27 | Tennessee | 12 | 11 |
| Dick Huffman | 20 | LOT-LDT | 6-1 | 255 | 26 | Tennessee | 12 | 12 |
| Tommy Kalmanir | 24 | LOH | 5-8 | 171 | 23 | Pittsburgh; Nevada-Reno | 12 | 2 |
| Tom Keane | 10 | LOE-LDE | 6-1 | 192 | 23 | Ohio State; West Virginia | 11 | 0 |
| Mike Lazetich | 27 | MG-ROG | 6-1 | 211 | 28 | Montana; Michigan | 8 | 8 |
| Jack Martin | 23 | C | 6-3 | 238 | 27 | Princeton; Navy | 12 | 12 |
| Fred Naumetz | 22 | RLB-C | 6-1 | 222 | 27 | Boston College | 12 | 12 |
| Don Paul | 57 | MLB-C | 6-1 | 228 | 24 | UCLA | 12 | 12 |
| Joe Repko | 42 | LOT-MG | 6-0 | 236 | 29 | Seton Hall; Boston College | 8 | 1 |
| Bob Shaw | 60 | RDE-ROE | 6-4 | 226 | 28 | Ohio State | 12 | 12 |
| George Sims | 17 | LDH | 5-11 | 170 | 22 | Baylor | 12 | 12 |
| Vitamin Smith | 77 | ROH-LOH | 5-8 | 179 | 26 | Abilene Christian | 12 | 2 |
| Bill Smyth | 79 | RDT-RDE-ROE | 6-3 | 243 | 27 | Notre Dame; Cincinnati; Penn State; Cincinnati | 12 | 4 |
| Al Sparkman | 42 | LOT-LDT | 6-6 | 260 | 23 | Texas A&M; Louisville | 4 | 0 |
| Bobby Thomason | 47 | QB | 6-1 | 196 | 21 | Virginia Military Institute | 6 | 0 |
| Norm Van Brocklin | 25 | QB | 6-1 | 199 | 23 | Oregon | 8 | 0 |
| Bob Waterfield | 7 | QB | 6-1 | 196 | 29 | UCLA | 12 | 12 |
| Jerry Williams | 33 | S-ROH | 5-10 | 175 | 26 | Idaho; Washington State | 12 | 12 |
| Ray Yagiello | 54 | ROG-RDG | 6-0 | 220 | 26 | Franklin & Marshall; Catawba | 12 | 8 |
| Tank Younger | 13 | LLB-ROH | 6-3 | 225 | 21 | Grambling State | 12 | 10 |
| Jack Zilly | 56 | RDE-ROE | 6-2 | 212 | 28 | Notre Dame | 12 | 12 |
| DRAFT LIST | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Round | Overall | Player | Pos | College |
| 1 | 7 | Bobby Thomason | B | Virginia Military Institute |
| 2 | 17 | George Sims | B | Baylor |
| 3 | 27 | Jim Winkler | T | Texas A&M |
| 4 | 37 | Norm Van Brocklin | QB | Oregon |
| 5 | 47 | Earl Howell | B | Mississippi |
| 6 | 57 | Charlie Reynolds | B | Texas Tech |
| 7 | 63 | Jerry Williams | B | Washington State |
| 7 | 67 | Jon Baker | G | California |
| 8 | 77 | John Waldrum | G | Sul Ross State |
| 9 | 87 | Johnny Smith | E | Arizona |
| 10 | 94 | George Buksar | B | San Francisco |
| 10 | 97 | Max Minnich | B | Bowling Green State |
| 11 | 107 | Jim Cozad | T | Iowa |
| 12 | 117 | Bill Renna | C | Santa Clara |
| 13 | 127 | Paul Barry | B | Tulsa |
| 14 | 137 | Ed Carmichael | T | Oregon State |
| 15 | 147 | J.C. Dodd | B | Sul Ross State |
| 16 | 157 | Joe Morgan | G | Southern Mississippi |
| 17 | 167 | Dick Sheffield | E | Tulane |
| 18 | 177 | Hillary Chollet | B | Cornell |
| 19 | 187 | Joe Leonard | T | Virginia |
| 20 | 197 | Lloyd Eisenberg | T | Duke |
| 21 | 207 | George Teufel | B | Lock Haven |
| 22 | 217 | Ed Hamilton | E | Arkansas |
| 23 | 227 | Walt Kersulis | E | Illinois |
| 24 | 237 | Fred Klemenok | B | San Francisco |
| 25 | 247 | Clay Matthews | T | Georgia Tech |
| SCORING BY QUARTERS | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 91 | 84 | 72 | 113 | 360 |
| Opponents Totals | 37 | 61 | 62 | 79 | 239 |
| TEAM STATS | TOP | 1st Downs | FDR | FDP | FDX | 3rd Down Efficiency | 4th Down Efficiency | PEN | PENY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 245 | 103 | 125 | 17 | / % | / % | 83 | 795 | |
| Opponents Totals | 213 | 101 | 92 | 20 | / % | / % | 72 | 676 |
| SCORING | TD | X1 | X1A | PCT | FG | FGA | PCT | SAF | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bob Waterfield | 1 | 43 | 45 | 95.6 | 9 | 16 | 56.3 | 0 | 76 |
| Tom Fears | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 54 | ||
| Elroy Hirsch | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | ||
| Dick Hoerner | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | ||
| Bob Shaw | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | ||
| Fred Gehrke | 5 | 2 | 3 | 66.7 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 32 |
| Vitamin Smith | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | ||
| Jerry Williams | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | ||
| Gerry Cowhig | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Tommy Kalmanir | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Don Currivan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Frank Hubbell | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| George Sims | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Team Totals | 48 | 45 | 48 | 93.8 | 9 | 17 | 52.9 | 0 | 360 |
| Opponents Totals | 32 | 30 | 32 | 93.8 | 5 | 13 | 38.5 | 1 | 239 |
| FIELD GOALS | MADE | ATT | PCT | BL | LG | 1-19 | 20-29 | 30-39 | 40-49 | 50+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bob Waterfield | 9 | 16 | 56.3 | 1 | 46 | 1/4 | 2/3 | 4/5 | 2/4 | 0/0 |
| Fred Gehrke | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0/0 | 0/1 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | |
| Team Totals | 9 | 17 | 52.9 | 1 | 46 | 1/4 | 2/4 | 4/5 | 2/4 | 0/0 |
| Opponents Totals | 5 | 13 | 38.5 | 2/ | 1/ | 1/ | 1/ | 0/ |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dick Hoerner | 155 | 582 | 3.8 | 37 | 6 |
| Elroy Hirsch | 68 | 287 | 4.2 | 51 | 2 |
| Tommy Kalmanir | 29 | 218 | 7.5 | 51 | 1 |
| Fred Gehrke | 58 | 203 | 3.5 | 53 | 2 |
| Tank Younger | 52 | 191 | 3.7 | 16 | 0 |
| Vitamin Smith | 40 | 117 | 2.9 | 26t | 2 |
| Jerry Williams | 19 | 103 | 5.4 | 18 | 3 |
| Gerry Cowhig | 10 | 32 | 3.2 | 8 | 1 |
| Bob Agler | 4 | 7 | 1.8 | 4 | 0 |
| Norm Van Brocklin | 4 | -1 | -0.3 | 2 | 0 |
| Tom Fears | 1 | -3 | -3.0 | -3 | 0 |
| Bob Waterfield | 5 | -4 | -0.8 | 5 | 1 |
| Team Totals | 445 | 1732 | 3.9 | 53 | 18 |
| Opponents Totals | 472 | 1679 | 3.6 | 14 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INC | YDS | Y/ATT | Y/COM | LG | TD | TD% | INT | INT% | TS | YL | NYP | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bob Waterfield | 296 | 154 | 52.0 | 118 | 2168 | 7.3 | 14.1 | 71t | 17 | 5.7 | 24 | 8.1 | 61 | 2107 | 61.3 | |
| Norm Van Brocklin | 58 | 32 | 55.2 | 24 | 601 | 10.4 | 18.8 | 51t | 6 | 10.3 | 2 | 3.4 | 69 | 532 | 111.4 | |
| Bobby Thomason | 12 | 6 | 50.0 | 5 | 50 | 4.2 | 8.3 | 15 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 8.3 | 15 | 35 | 26.4 | |
| Team Totals | 366 | 192 | 52.5 | 147 | 2819 | 7.7 | 14.7 | 71t | 23 | 6.3 | 27 | 7.4 | 145 | 2674 | 68.1 | |
| Opponents Totals | 335 | 144 | 43.0 | 161 | 2084 | 6.2 | 14.5 | 16 | 4.8 | 30 | 9.0 | 273 | 1811 | 42.4 |
| RECEIVING | REC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tom Fears | 77 | 1013 | 13.2 | 51t | 9 |
| Bob Shaw | 29 | 535 | 18.4 | 71t | 6 |
| Elroy Hirsch | 22 | 326 | 14.8 | 48t | 4 |
| Dick Hoerner | 17 | 213 | 12.5 | 39 | 0 |
| Fred Gehrke | 9 | 140 | 15.6 | 42 | 2 |
| Jerry Williams | 7 | 102 | 14.6 | 42 | 0 |
| Tank Younger | 7 | 119 | 17.0 | 33 | 0 |
| Vitamin Smith | 5 | 63 | 12.6 | 24 | 1 |
| Tom Keane | 4 | 70 | 17.5 | 44 | 0 |
| Don Currivan | 3 | 78 | 26.0 | 40t | 1 |
| Frank Hubbell | 3 | 32 | 10.7 | 13 | 0 |
| Jack Zilly | 3 | 35 | 11.7 | 14 | 0 |
| Dick Huffman | 2 | 36 | 18.0 | 23 | 0 |
| Tommy Kalmanir | 2 | 36 | 18.0 | 23 | 0 |
| Bill Smyth | 2 | 21 | 10.5 | 14 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 192 | 2819 | 14.7 | 71t | 23 |
| Opponents Totals | 144 | 2084 | 14.5 | 16 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| George Sims | 9 | 78 | 8.7 | 27 | 1 |
| Jerry Williams | 5 | 42 | 8.4 | 25t | 1 |
| Don Currivan | 5 | 31 | 6.2 | 16 | 0 |
| Gerry Cowhig | 4 | 62 | 15.5 | 26 | 1 |
| Elroy Hirsch | 2 | 55 | 27.5 | 32 | 0 |
| Mike Lazetich | 2 | 47 | 23.5 | 29 | 0 |
| Don Paul | 2 | 23 | 11.5 | 19 | 0 |
| Frank Hubbell | 1 | 21 | 21.0 | 21t | 1 |
| Team Totals | 30 | 359 | 12.0 | 32 | 4 |
| Opponents Totals | 27 | 229 | 8.5 | 1 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL | TB | I20 | RYDS | NYDS | NET |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bob Waterfield | 49 | 2177 | 44.4 | 61 | 1 | |||||
| Norm Van Brocklin | 2 | 91 | 45.5 | 46 | 0 | |||||
| Dick Hoerner | 1 | 43 | 43.0 | 43 | 0 | |||||
| Team Totals | 52 | 2311 | 44.4 | 61 | 1 | 215 | 40.3 | |||
| Opponents Totals | 68 | 3005 | 44.2 | 624 | 34.2 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vitamin Smith | 27 | 427 | 15.8 | 85 | 1 | |
| Tommy Kalmanir | 14 | 164 | 11.7 | 62t | 1 | |
| Jerry Williams | 2 | 33 | 16.5 | 20 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 43 | 624 | 14.5 | 85 | 2 | |
| Opponents Totals | 26 | 215 | 8.3 | 0 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tommy Kalmanir | 18 | 403 | 22.4 | 57 | 0 | |
| Vitamin Smith | 13 | 235 | 18.1 | 31 | 0 | |
| Don Paul | 2 | 32 | 16.0 | 20 | 0 | |
| Gerry Cowhig | 2 | 20 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 | |
| Hal Dean | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jack Zilly | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 37 | 690 | 18.6 | 57 | 0 | |
| Opponents Totals | 55 | 1144 | 20.8 | 0 |
| FUMBLES | NO | LOST | OWN | OPP | REC | YDS | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bob Agler | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Gil Bouley | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 19 | 0 |
| Larry Brink | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Elroy Hirsch | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Dick Hoerner | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Frank Hubbell | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Dick Huffman | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Tommy Kalmanir | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Mike Lazetich | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Jack Martin | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Don Paul | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Bob Shaw | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| George Sims | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Vitamin Smith | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bill Smyth | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Al Sparkman | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Norm Van Brocklin | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bob Waterfield | 4 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jerry Williams | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ray Yagiello | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Tank Younger | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jack Zilly | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 29 | 18 | 11 | 18 | 29 | 19 | 0 |
| Opponents Totals | 30 | 18 | 12 | 18 | 30 | 1 |
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