1954 Los Angeles Rams (NFL) |
| 4th place • Western Conference • 6-5-1 .545 |
| Head Coach: Hamp Pool |
| Red Hickey | Offense |
| John Sauer | Assistant Coach |
| Dick Voris | Offensive Line |
| Ralph Weaver | Defense |
| SCORES | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Day | Date | Opponent | Score | Location | Venue | Attendance | |||
| Sat | 7/31/1954 | H | Fort Ord | 34-13 | W | Long Beach, CA | Veterans Memorial Stadium | 11906 | |
| Sun | 8/8/1954 | N | New York Giants | 30-7 | W | Portland, OR | Multnomah Stadium | 25261 | |
| Wed | 8/18/1954 | H | Washington Redskins | 27-7 | W | Los Angeles, CA | Memorial Coliseum | 79813 | |
| Fri | 8/27/1954 | H | Cleveland Browns | 38-10 | W | Los Angeles, CA | Memorial Coliseum | 58567 | |
| Sat | 9/4/1954 | N | Chicago Cardinals | 51-17 | W | Portland, OR | Multnomah Stadium | 19500 | |
| Fri | 9/10/1954 | H | San Francisco 49ers | 27-28 | L | Los Angeles, CA | Memorial Coliseum | 84572 | |
| Fri | 9/17/1954 | N | Philadelphia Eagles | 21-24 | L | San Antonio, TX | Alamo Stadium | 16572 | |
| Sun | 9/26/1954 | A | Baltimore Colts | 48-0 | W | Baltimore, MD | Memorial Stadium | 36215 | |
| Sun | 10/3/1954 | H | San Francisco 49ers | 24-24 | T | Los Angeles, CA | Memorial Coliseum | 79208 | |
| Sun | 10/10/1954 | A | Detroit Lions | 3-21 | L | Detroit, MI | Briggs Stadium | 55008 | |
| Sun | 10/17/1954 | A | Green Bay Packers | 17-35 | L | Milwaukee, WI | County Stadium | 17455 | |
| Sun | 10/24/1954 | H | Chicago Bears | 42-38 | W | Los Angeles, CA | Memorial Coliseum | 48174 | |
| Sun | 10/31/1954 | H | Detroit Lions | 24-27 | L | Los Angeles, CA | Memorial Coliseum | 74315 | |
| Sun | 11/7/1954 | A | San Francisco 49ers | 42-34 | W | San Francisco, CA | Kezar Stadium | 58758 | |
| Sun | 11/14/1954 | H | Chicago Cardinals | 28-17 | W | Los Angeles, CA | Memorial Coliseum | 40739 | |
| Sun | 11/21/1954 | A | New York Giants | 17-16 | W | New York, NY | Polo Grounds | 27077 | |
| Sun | 11/28/1954 | A | Chicago Bears | 13-24 | L | Chicago, IL | Wrigley Field | 23093 | |
| Sat | 12/4/1954 | H | Baltimore Colts | 21-22 | L | Los Angeles, CA | Memorial Coliseum | 30744 | |
| Sun | 12/12/1954 | H | Green Bay Packers | 35-27 | W | Los Angeles, CA | Memorial Coliseum | 38839 | |
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 |
| Bill Bowers | 42 | DB | 6-0 | 198 | 26 | Southern California | 8 | 0 |
| Bob Boyd | 82 | ROE-LOE | 6-2 | 201 | 26 | Compton JC; Loyola Marymount | 12 | 11 |
| Bob Carey | 88 | LOE-K | 6-5 | 219 | 24 | Michigan State | 2 | 1 |
| Bobby Cross | 73 | LOT | 6-4 | 248 | 23 | Kilgore JC; Stephen F. Austin State | 12 | 12 |
| Tom Dahms | 71 | ROT | 6-5 | 242 | 27 | San Diego State | 12 | 2 |
| Don Doll | 48 | RDH-LDH | 5-10 | 185 | 28 | Southern California | 12 | 10 |
| Jack Dwyer | 29 | LS | 5-11 | 175 | 27 | Los Angeles CC; Loyola Marymount | 11 | 11 |
| Tom Fears | 80 | LOE-K | 6-2 | 213 | 32 | Santa Clara; UCLA | 10 | 8 |
| Bob Griffin | 58 | RLB-C | 6-3 | 235 | 25 | Arkansas | 12 | 0 |
| Art Hauser | 65 | LDT-MG | 6-0 | 237 | 25 | Xavier (Ohio) | 12 | 7 |
| Hall Haynes | 22 | LDH | 6-0 | 187 | 26 | Santa Clara | 11 | 11 |
| Elroy Hirsch | 40 | ROH-ROE-LOE-LOH | 6-1 | 190 | 31 | Wisconsin; Michigan | 12 | 10 |
| Ed Hughes | 49 | RDH | 6-1 | 184 | 27 | Canisius; North Carolina State; Cameron JC; Tulsa | 11 | 4 |
| Woodley Lewis | 20 | LOH-ROH | 6-0 | 193 | 29 | Los Angeles CC; Oregon | 12 | 4 |
| Gene Lipscomb | 78 | RDT | 6-6 | 284 | 23 | none | 11 | 11 |
| Tom McCormick | 23 | ROH | 5-11 | 185 | 24 | Menlo; Pacific | 9 | 1 |
| Bud McFadin | 62 | LDT-MG | 6-3 | 260 | 26 | Texas | 12 | 9 |
| Leon McLaughlin | 50 | C | 6-2 | 228 | 29 | UCLA | 12 | 12 |
| Paul Miller | 81 | LDE | 6-2 | 226 | 24 | Louisiana State | 12 | 3 |
| Don Paul | 57 | RLB | 6-1 | 228 | 29 | UCLA | 12 | 12 |
| Duane Putnam | 61 | LOG | 6-0 | 228 | 26 | Pacific | 11 | 11 |
| Skeet Quinlan | 21 | LOH | 5-11 | 173 | 26 | Texas Christian; San Diego State | 11 | 10 |
| Les Richter | 61 | ROG-LLB-LOG-K | 6-3 | 238 | 24 | California | 12 | 5 |
| Andy Robustelli | 84 | RDE-ROE | 6-1 | 230 | 29 | Arnold | 12 | 12 |
| Will Sherman | 43 | RS | 6-2 | 197 | 27 | St. Mary's (California) | 12 | 12 |
| Harland Svare | 76 | LLB | 6-0 | 214 | 24 | Washington State | 10 | 10 |
| Harry Thompson | 66 | ROG | 6-2 | 225 | 28 | Los Angeles CC; UCLA | 12 | 10 |
| Charley Toogood | 70 | ROT-DT | 6-0 | 232 | 27 | Nebraska | 12 | 10 |
| Dan Towler | 32 | FB | 6-2 | 225 | 26 | Washington & Jefferson | 12 | 7 |
| Norm Van Brocklin | 11 | QB-P | 6-1 | 199 | 28 | Oregon | 12 | 11 |
| Billy Wade | 9 | QB | 6-2 | 204 | 24 | Vanderbilt | 10 | 1 |
| Duane Wardlow | 89 | LDE | 6-4 | 215 | 22 | Washington | 12 | 9 |
| Stan West | 64 | MG-RDT | 6-2 | 239 | 28 | Oklahoma | 9 | 9 |
| Tank Younger | 35 | FB-ROH | 6-3 | 225 | 26 | Grambling State | 8 | 8 |
| DRAFT LIST | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Round | Overall | Player | Pos | College |
| 1 | 10 | Ed Beatty | C | Mississippi |
| 2 | 22 | Buddy Gillioz | T | Houston |
| 3 | 29 | Blackie Kincaid | B | South Carolina |
| 3 | 32 | Tom Nickoloff | E | Southern California |
| 3 | 34 | Henry Hair | E | Georgia Tech |
| 4 | 43 | Les McClelland | T | Syracuse |
| 4 | 46 | Norm Nygaard | B | San Diego State |
| 5 | 57 | Charlie Allen | T | San Jose State |
| 5 | 58 | Art Hauser | T | Xavier (Ohio) |
| 6 | 70 | Ken Panfil | T | Purdue |
| 7 | 82 | Chuck Weeks | T | Southern California |
| 8 | 94 | George Black | E | Washington |
| 9 | 106 | Alex Bravo | B | Cal Poly (San Luis Obispo) |
| 10 | 117 | Ed Hughes | B | Tulsa |
| 10 | 118 | Joe Katchik | E | Dickinson |
| 11 | 130 | Duane Wardlow | T | Washington |
| 12 | 142 | Jack Maultsby | T | North Carolina |
| 13 | 154 | Sam Hensley | E | Georgia Tech |
| 14 | 166 | Mitchell Johnson | B | Bishop |
| 15 | 178 | Ed Elliott | B | Richmond |
| 16 | 190 | Roger Frey | T | Georgia Tech |
| 17 | 202 | Ed Wilhelm | C | Houston |
| 18 | 214 | Stan Sheriff | C | Cal Poly (San Luis Obispo) |
| 19 | 226 | Frank Givens | T | Georgia Tech |
| 20 | 238 | Bob Dougherty | B | Kentucky |
| 21 | 250 | Jerry Cooper | T | West Virginia |
| 22 | 262 | Ray Pacer | T | Purdue |
| 23 | 274 | Don Marks | B | California |
| 24 | 286 | Ed Brookman | T | West Virginia |
| 25 | 298 | Dick Miller | B | Baldwin-Wallace |
| 26 | 310 | Glenn Holtzman | T | North Texas |
| 27 | 322 | Entee Shine | E | Notre Dame |
| 28 | 334 | Dick Mann | B | Western Reserve |
| 29 | 346 | Dick Deitrick | E | Pittsburgh |
| 30 | 358 | Frank Metzke | T | Marquette |
| SCORING BY QUARTERS | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 85 | 90 | 66 | 73 | 314 |
| Opponents Totals | 82 | 76 | 40 | 87 | 285 |
| TEAM STATS | TOP | 1st Downs | FDR | FDP | FDX | 3rd Down Efficiency | 4th Down Efficiency | PEN | PENY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 255 | 115 | 125 | 15 | / % | / % | 77 | 757 | |
| Opponents Totals | 240 | 92 | 129 | 19 | / % | / % | 63 | 605 |
| SCORING | TD | X1 | X1A | PCT | FG | FGA | PCT | SAF | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dan Towler | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 66 | ||
| Les Richter | 0 | 38 | 38 | 100.0 | 8 | 15 | 53.3 | 0 | 62 |
| Tank Younger | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 48 | ||
| Bob Boyd | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | ||
| Skeet Quinlan | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | ||
| Tom Fears | 3 | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 | |
| Elroy Hirsch | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||
| Jack Dwyer | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Woodley Lewis | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Andy Robustelli | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Billy Wade | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Bob Carey | 0 | 2 | 2 | 100.0 | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 5 |
| Team Totals | 41 | 41 | 41 | 100.0 | 9 | 16 | 56.3 | 0 | 314 |
| Opponents Totals | 34 | 33 | 34 | 97.1 | 16 | 26 | 61.5 | 0 | 285 |
| FIELD GOALS | MADE | ATT | PCT | BL | LG | 1-19 | 20-29 | 30-39 | 40-49 | 50+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Les Richter | 8 | 15 | 53.3 | 0 | 35 | 1/8 | 3/3 | 4/4 | 0/0 | 0/0 |
| Bob Carey | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 21 | 0/0 | 1/1 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 |
| Team Totals | 9 | 16 | 56.3 | 0 | 35 | 1/8 | 4/4 | 4/4 | 0/0 | 0/0 |
| Opponents Totals | 16 | 26 | 61.5 | 5/ | 4/ | 6/ | 1/ | 0/ |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tank Younger | 91 | 610 | 6.7 | 75t | 8 |
| Dan Towler | 149 | 599 | 4.0 | 24 | 11 |
| Skeet Quinlan | 82 | 490 | 6.0 | 35 | 4 |
| Billy Wade | 28 | 190 | 6.8 | 35 | 1 |
| Tom McCormick | 48 | 173 | 3.6 | 16 | 0 |
| Woodley Lewis | 26 | 72 | 2.8 | 18 | 0 |
| Tom Fears | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 |
| Elroy Hirsch | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| Norm Van Brocklin | 6 | -10 | -1.7 | 5 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 432 | 2140 | 5.0 | 75t | 24 |
| Opponents Totals | 368 | 1615 | 4.4 | 14 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INC | YDS | Y/ATT | Y/COM | LG | TD | TD% | INT | INT% | TS | YL | NYP | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Norm Van Brocklin | 260 | 139 | 53.5 | 100 | 2637 | 10.1 | 19.0 | 80t | 13 | 5.0 | 21 | 8.1 | 80 | 2557 | 71.9 | |
| Billy Wade | 59 | 31 | 52.5 | 27 | 509 | 8.6 | 16.4 | 48 | 2 | 3.4 | 1 | 1.7 | 53 | 456 | 86.1 | |
| Skeet Quinlan | 2 | 1 | 50.0 | 0 | 34 | 17.0 | 34.0 | 34 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 50.0 | 0 | 0 | 34 | 56.3 |
| Team Totals | 321 | 171 | 53.3 | 127 | 3180 | 9.9 | 18.6 | 80t | 15 | 4.7 | 23 | 7.2 | 133 | 3047 | 73.5 | |
| Opponents Totals | 393 | 219 | 55.7 | 151 | 2697 | 6.9 | 12.3 | 16 | 4.1 | 23 | 5.9 | 130 | 2567 | 66.3 |
| RECEIVING | REC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bob Boyd | 53 | 1212 | 22.9 | 80t | 6 |
| Tom Fears | 36 | 546 | 15.2 | 43 | 3 |
| Elroy Hirsch | 35 | 720 | 20.6 | 66 | 3 |
| Skeet Quinlan | 18 | 324 | 18.0 | 80t | 2 |
| Dan Towler | 10 | 127 | 12.7 | 36 | 0 |
| Tank Younger | 8 | 76 | 9.5 | 21 | 0 |
| Bob Carey | 5 | 49 | 9.8 | 13 | 0 |
| Tom McCormick | 3 | 58 | 19.3 | 31 | 0 |
| Woodley Lewis | 2 | 19 | 9.5 | 12 | 0 |
| Andy Robustelli | 1 | 49 | 49.0 | 49t | 1 |
| Team Totals | 171 | 3180 | 18.6 | 80t | 15 |
| Opponents Totals | 219 | 2697 | 12.3 | 16 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Will Sherman | 6 | 70 | 11.7 | 28 | 0 |
| Don Doll | 5 | 51 | 10.2 | 26 | 0 |
| Jack Dwyer | 4 | 90 | 22.5 | 76t | 1 |
| Ed Hughes | 2 | 24 | 12.0 | 24 | 0 |
| Les Richter | 1 | 24 | 24.0 | 24 | 0 |
| Elroy Hirsch | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 |
| Charley Toogood | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Hall Haynes | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Paul Miller | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Stan West | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 23 | 274 | 11.9 | 76t | 1 |
| Opponents Totals | 23 | 293 | 12.7 | 1 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL | TB | I20 | RYDS | NYDS | NET |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Norm Van Brocklin | 44 | 1874 | 42.6 | 61 | 0 | 373 | ||||
| Team Totals | 44 | 1874 | 42.6 | 61 | 0 | 373 | 34.1 | |||
| Opponents Totals | 58 | 2492 | 43.0 | 201 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Woodley Lewis | 22 | 82 | 3.7 | 36 | 0 | |
| Tom McCormick | 7 | 8 | 1.1 | 5 | 0 | |
| Will Sherman | 6 | 89 | 14.8 | 50 | 0 | |
| Jack Dwyer | 6 | 18 | 3.0 | 7 | 0 | |
| Skeet Quinlan | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 | |
| Don Doll | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ed Hughes | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 44 | 201 | 4.6 | 50 | 0 | |
| Opponents Totals | 32 | 373 | 11.7 | 0 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Woodley Lewis | 34 | 836 | 24.6 | 88t | 1 | |
| Will Sherman | 6 | 130 | 21.7 | 38 | 0 | |
| Skeet Quinlan | 4 | 69 | 17.3 | 23 | 0 | |
| Jack Dwyer | 3 | 65 | 21.7 | 33 | 0 | |
| Tom McCormick | 3 | 49 | 16.3 | 22 | 0 | |
| Tom Dahms | 2 | 23 | 11.5 | 15 | 0 | |
| Duane Putnam | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 | |
| Charley Toogood | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 | |
| Gene Lipscomb | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 | |
| Andy Robustelli | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 56 | 1202 | 21.5 | 88t | 1 | |
| Opponents Totals | 46 | 1058 | 23.0 | 0 |
| FUMBLES | NO | LOST | OWN | OPP | REC | YDS | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bill Bowers | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Bob Boyd | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bobby Cross | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Jack Dwyer | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bob Griffin | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Elroy Hirsch | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ed Hughes | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Woodley Lewis | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Gene Lipscomb | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Tom McCormick | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Leon McLaughlin | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Don Paul | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Duane Putnam | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Skeet Quinlan | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Les Richter | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Andy Robustelli | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Will Sherman | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Harry Thompson | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Charley Toogood | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Dan Towler | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Norm Van Brocklin | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Billy Wade | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tank Younger | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 27 | 18 | 9 | 6 | 15 | 0 | 0 |
| Opponents Totals | 18 | 6 | 12 | 18 | 30 | 2 |
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