1956 Los Angeles Rams (NFL) |
| 5th place • Western Conference • 4-8-0 .333 |
| Head Coach: Sid Gillman |
| Jack Faulkner | Backfield |
| Joe Madro | Offensive Line |
| Lowell Storm | Ends |
| Joe Thomas | Defensive Line |
| SCORES | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Day | Date | Opponent | Score | Location | Venue | Attendance | |||
| Sat | 8/11/1956 | A | Fort Ord | 62-7 | W | Long Beach, CA | Veterans Memorial Stadium | 11349 | |
| Fri | 8/17/1956 | H | Washington Redskins | 21-39 | L | Los Angeles, CA | Memorial Coliseum | 82788 | |
| Fri | 8/24/1956 | H | Cleveland Browns | 17-6 | W | Los Angeles, CA | Memorial Coliseum | 40175 | |
| Sat | 9/1/1956 | N | New York Giants | 10-20 | L | Seattle, WA | Husly Stadium | 25500 | |
| Fri | 9/7/1956 | H | Chicago Cardinals | 69-21 | W | Los Angeles, CA | Memorial Coliseum | 35855 | |
| Fri | 9/14/1956 | H | San Francisco 49ers | 33-24 | W | Los Angeles, CA | Memorial Coliseum | 57688 | |
| Sat | 9/22/1956 | N | Pittsburgh Steelers | 17-20 | L | Portland, OR | Multnomah Stadium | 20559 | |
| Sun | 9/30/1956 | H | Philadelphia Eagles | 27-7 | W | Los Angeles, CA | Memorial Coliseum | 54412 | |
| Sun | 10/7/1956 | A | San Francisco 49ers | 30-33 | L | San Francisco, CA | Kezar Stadium | 56489 | |
| Sun | 10/14/1956 | A | Detroit Lions | 21-24 | L | Detroit, MI | Briggs Stadium | 56281 | |
| Sun | 10/21/1956 | A | Green Bay Packers | 17-42 | L | Milwaukee, WI | County Stadium | 24200 | |
| Sun | 10/28/1956 | H | Detroit Lions | 7-16 | L | Los Angeles, CA | Memorial Coliseum | 76758 | |
| Sun | 11/4/1956 | H | Chicago Bears | 24-35 | L | Los Angeles, CA | Memorial Coliseum | 69894 | |
| Sun | 11/11/1956 | H | San Francisco 49ers | 30-6 | W | Los Angeles, CA | Memorial Coliseum | 69828 | |
| Sun | 11/18/1956 | A | Chicago Bears | 21-30 | L | Chicago, IL | Wrigley Field | 48102 | |
| Sun | 11/25/1956 | A | Baltimore Colts | 21-56 | L | Baltimore, MD | Memorial Stadium | 40321 | |
| Sun | 12/2/1956 | A | Pittsburgh Steelers | 13-30 | L | Pittsburgh, PA | Forbes Field | 20540 | |
| Sun | 12/9/1956 | H | Baltimore Colts | 31-7 | W | Los Angeles, CA | Memorial Coliseum | 51037 | |
| Sun | 12/16/1956 | H | Green Bay Packers | 49-21 | W | Los Angeles, CA | Memorial Coliseum | 45209 | |
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 Boyd | 82 | LOE-ROH | 6-2 | 201 | 28 | Compton JC; Loyola Marymount | 12 | 5 |
| Rudy Bukich | 10 | QB | 6-1 | 202 | 26 | Iowa; Southern California | 5 | 0 |
| Don Burroughs | 25 | LS | 6-4 | 185 | 25 | Pasadena CC; Ventura JC; Colorado State | 12 | 12 |
| Bob Carey | 88 | ROE | 6-5 | 219 | 26 | Michigan State | 7 | 4 |
| Jim Cason | 41 | LDH | 6-0 | 171 | 29 | Louisiana State | 12 | 10 |
| Jesse Castete | 23 | DB | 5-11 | 178 | 23 | McNeese State | 3 | 0 |
| Leon Clarke | 84 | ROH-ROE | 6-4 | 232 | 23 | Southern California | 11 | 11 |
| Dick Daugherty | 50 | C-RLB | 6-1 | 219 | 27 | Colgate; Oregon | 12 | 12 |
| Jack Ellena | 60 | MG | 6-1 | 226 | 25 | Lassen JC; UCLA | 9 | 0 |
| Tom Fears | 80 | ROE | 6-2 | 213 | 34 | Santa Clara; UCLA | 2 | 2 |
| Sid Fournet | 68 | RDE-MG | 6-0 | 235 | 24 | Louisiana State | 11 | 7 |
| Bob Fry | 75 | LOT | 6-4 | 235 | 26 | Kentucky | 12 | 12 |
| Bob Griffin | 58 | MG-LLB-RLB | 6-3 | 235 | 27 | Arkansas | 6 | 4 |
| Art Hauser | 65 | RDT | 6-0 | 237 | 27 | Xavier (Ohio) | 12 | 12 |
| Elroy Hirsch | 40 | LOE-ROE | 6-1 | 190 | 33 | Wisconsin; Michigan | 12 | 11 |
| John Hock | 63 | ROG | 6-2 | 230 | 29 | Santa Clara | 12 | 9 |
| Bobby Holladay | 46 | DB | 5-11 | 177 | 24 | Tulsa | 4 | 0 |
| Glenn Holtzman | 79 | ROT-LOT | 6-3 | 250 | 26 | Kilgore JC; North Texas | 12 | 6 |
| Joe Marconi | 34 | FB-LOH | 6-2 | 225 | 22 | West Virginia | 12 | 3 |
| Bud McFadin | 62 | LDT | 6-3 | 260 | 28 | Texas | 12 | 12 |
| Paul Miller | 81 | LDE | 6-2 | 226 | 26 | Louisiana State | 12 | 12 |
| Ron Miller | 89 | ROE-ROH | 6-4 | 201 | 23 | Southern California | 7 | 4 |
| Larry Morris | 36 | LLB-RLB | 6-2 | 226 | 23 | Georgia Tech | 7 | 7 |
| John Morrow | 51 | ROG-C | 6-3 | 244 | 23 | Michigan | 12 | 6 |
| Brad Myers | 28 | LOH-ROH | 6-1 | 197 | 27 | Bucknell | 5 | 1 |
| Ken Panfil | 73 | ROT-LOT | 6-6 | 262 | 26 | Purdue | 6 | 0 |
| Hugh Pitts | 56 | RLB | 6-2 | 223 | 22 | Texas Christian | 9 | 6 |
| Duane Putnam | 61 | LOG | 6-0 | 228 | 28 | Pacific | 12 | 12 |
| Skeet Quinlan | 21 | LOH | 5-11 | 173 | 28 | Texas Christian; San Diego State | 2 | 0 |
| Les Richter | 48 | LLB-MG | 6-3 | 238 | 26 | California | 12 | 12 |
| Will Sherman | 43 | RS | 6-2 | 197 | 29 | St. Mary's (California) | 12 | 12 |
| Rex Shiver | 22 | LDH | 6-0 | 189 | 24 | Miami (Florida) | 8 | 2 |
| Charley Toogood | 70 | ROT | 6-0 | 232 | 29 | Nebraska | 7 | 6 |
| Norm Van Brocklin | 11 | QB-P | 6-1 | 199 | 30 | Oregon | 12 | 5 |
| Billy Wade | 9 | QB | 6-2 | 204 | 26 | Vanderbilt | 12 | 7 |
| Ron Waller | 27 | LOH | 5-11 | 180 | 23 | Maryland | 9 | 6 |
| Duane Wardlow | 83 | RDE | 6-4 | 215 | 24 | Washington | 9 | 9 |
| Jesse Whittenton | 44 | RDH | 6-0 | 193 | 22 | Texas-El Paso | 12 | 12 |
| Tommy Wilson | 37 | LOH-ROH | 6-0 | 203 | 24 | none | 10 | 4 |
| Tank Younger | 35 | FB-LOH | 6-3 | 225 | 28 | Grambling State | 12 | 10 |
| DRAFT LIST | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Round | Overall | Player | Pos | College |
| 1 | 6 | Joe Marconi | B | West Virginia |
| 1 | 11 | Charley Horton | B | Vanderbilt |
| 2 | 14 | Leon Clarke | E | Southern California |
| 2 | 23 | Hugh Pitts | C | Texas Christian |
| 3 | 32 | A.D. Williams | E | Pacific |
| 3 | 35 | John Marshall | B | Southern Methodist |
| 4 | 46 | Willie Berzinski | B | Wisconsin-LaCrosse |
| 4 | 48 | Jim Carmichael | E | California |
| 5 | 51 | Jim Freeman | E | Iowa |
| 5 | 53 | Herb Nakken | B | Utah |
| 5 | 60 | Jesse Whittenton | B | Texas-El Paso |
| 6 | 72 | Eddie Vincent | B | Iowa |
| 7 | 84 | Jack Morris | B | Oregon |
| 8 | 96 | George Boyer | LB | Florida State |
| 9 | 108 | Maury Wolford | T | Louisville |
| 10 | 120 | Charlie Sticka | B | Trinity (Connecticut) |
| 11 | 132 | Jim Decker | B | UCLA |
| 12 | 144 | Em Lindbeck | QB | Illinois |
| 13 | 156 | Mike Norcia | B | Kent State |
| 14 | 168 | Tommy Runnels | B | North Texas |
| 15 | 180 | Dick Shatto | B | Kentucky |
| 16 | 192 | Arnie Pelluer | E | Washington State |
| 17 | 204 | Jack Butler | T | Kentucky |
| 18 | 216 | Jack Klotz | T | Widener |
| 19 | 228 | Charley Dees | T | McNeese State |
| 20 | 240 | John Coyne | T | Eastern Kentucky |
| 21 | 252 | Milt Robichaux | E | Trinity (Texas) |
| 22 | 264 | Dick Fouts | E | Missouri |
| 23 | 276 | Al Paulson | B | Washington State |
| 24 | 288 | Sam Williams | DE | Michigan State |
| 25 | 300 | Glen Tunning | G | Pittsburgh |
| 26 | 312 | Hardiman Cureton | T | UCLA |
| 27 | 324 | Roger Siesel | T | Miami (Ohio) |
| 28 | 336 | John Morrow | T | Michigan |
| 29 | 348 | Mickey Bates | B | Illinois |
| 30 | 359 | Dick Kackmeister | C | Central Michigan |
| SCORING BY QUARTERS | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 79 | 47 | 86 | 79 | 291 |
| Opponents Totals | 61 | 105 | 56 | 85 | 307 |
| TEAM STATS | TOP | 1st Downs | FDR | FDP | FDX | 3rd Down Efficiency | 4th Down Efficiency | PEN | PENY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 227 | 103 | 111 | 13 | / % | / % | 57 | 583 | |
| Opponents Totals | 224 | 109 | 100 | 15 | / % | / % | 62 | 512 |
| SCORING | TD | X1 | X1A | PCT | FG | FGA | PCT | SAF | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Les Richter | 0 | 36 | 38 | 94.7 | 8 | 15 | 53.3 | 0 | 60 |
| Bob Boyd | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 42 | ||
| Joe Marconi | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 42 | ||
| Elroy Hirsch | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | ||
| Leon Clarke | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | ||
| Billy Wade | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||
| Tank Younger | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||
| Will Sherman | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Bud McFadin | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 25.0 | 0 | 9 | |
| Bob Carey | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Norm Van Brocklin | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Ron Waller | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Jesse Whittenton | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Tommy Wilson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Team Totals | 38 | 36 | 38 | 94.7 | 9 | 19 | 47.4 | 0 | 291 |
| Opponents Totals | 39 | 37 | 39 | 94.9 | 12 | 20 | 60.0 | 0 | 307 |
| FIELD GOALS | MADE | ATT | PCT | BL | LG | 1-19 | 20-29 | 30-39 | 40-49 | 50+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Les Richter | 8 | 15 | 53.3 | 2 | 32 | 4/6 | 3/4 | 1/4 | 0/1 | 0/0 |
| Bud McFadin | 1 | 4 | 25.0 | 0 | 45 | 0/1 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 1/2 | 0/1 |
| Team Totals | 9 | 19 | 47.4 | 2 | 45 | 4/7 | 3/4 | 1/4 | 1/1 | 0/0 |
| Opponents Totals | 12 | 20 | 60.0 | 6/ | 2/ | 3/ | 1/ | 0/ |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ron Waller | 83 | 543 | 6.5 | 46 | 1 |
| Tank Younger | 114 | 518 | 4.5 | 33 | 3 |
| Tommy Wilson | 64 | 470 | 7.3 | 46 | 0 |
| Joe Marconi | 75 | 298 | 4.0 | 23 | 7 |
| Billy Wade | 26 | 93 | 3.6 | 33 | 3 |
| Brad Myers | 6 | 33 | 5.5 | 12 | 0 |
| Skeet Quinlan | 10 | 21 | 2.1 | 9 | 0 |
| Rudy Bukich | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| Norm Van Brocklin | 4 | 1 | 0.3 | 1t | 1 |
| Bob Boyd | 1 | -7 | -7.0 | -7 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 384 | 1978 | 5.2 | 46 | 15 |
| Opponents Totals | 473 | 1944 | 4.1 | 21 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INC | YDS | Y/ATT | Y/COM | LG | TD | TD% | INT | INT% | TS | YL | NYP | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Billy Wade | 178 | 91 | 51.1 | 74 | 1461 | 8.2 | 16.1 | 76t | 10 | 5.6 | 13 | 7.3 | 127 | 1334 | 67.2 | |
| Norm Van Brocklin | 124 | 68 | 54.8 | 44 | 966 | 7.8 | 14.2 | 58t | 7 | 5.6 | 12 | 9.7 | 15 | 951 | 59.5 | |
| Rudy Bukich | 23 | 10 | 43.5 | 10 | 130 | 5.7 | 13.0 | 34 | 1 | 4.3 | 3 | 13.0 | 40 | 90 | 36.8 | |
| Ron Waller | 3 | 1 | 33.3 | 2 | 44 | 14.7 | 44.0 | 44 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 44 | 81.9 |
| Tommy Wilson | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 | ||
| Team Totals | 329 | 170 | 51.7 | 131 | 2601 | 7.9 | 15.3 | 76t | 18 | 5.5 | 28 | 8.5 | 182 | 2419 | 60.9 | |
| Opponents Totals | 290 | 156 | 53.8 | 116 | 2374 | 8.2 | 15.2 | 68t | 17 | 5.9 | 18 | 6.2 | 212 | 2162 | 74.7 |
| RECEIVING | REC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Leon Clarke | 36 | 650 | 18.1 | 60t | 4 |
| Elroy Hirsch | 35 | 603 | 17.2 | 76t | 6 |
| Bob Boyd | 30 | 586 | 19.5 | 61t | 7 |
| Tank Younger | 18 | 268 | 14.9 | 54 | 0 |
| Joe Marconi | 12 | 70 | 5.8 | 31 | 0 |
| Ron Miller | 11 | 129 | 11.7 | 21 | 0 |
| Ron Waller | 9 | 76 | 8.4 | 16 | 0 |
| Tommy Wilson | 6 | 86 | 14.3 | 34 | 0 |
| Bob Carey | 5 | 60 | 12.0 | 18 | 1 |
| Tom Fears | 5 | 49 | 9.8 | 18 | 0 |
| Skeet Quinlan | 3 | 24 | 8.0 | 12 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 170 | 2601 | 15.3 | 76t | 18 |
| Opponents Totals | 156 | 2374 | 15.2 | 68t | 17 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Will Sherman | 4 | 122 | 30.5 | 95t | 1 |
| Jim Cason | 4 | 63 | 15.8 | 29 | 0 |
| Jesse Whittenton | 3 | 83 | 27.7 | 32 | 1 |
| Hugh Pitts | 3 | 22 | 7.3 | 16 | 0 |
| Don Burroughs | 2 | 9 | 4.5 | 9 | 0 |
| Sid Fournet | 1 | 29 | 29.0 | 29 | 0 |
| Rex Shiver | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 18 | 328 | 18.2 | 95t | 2 |
| Opponents Totals | 28 | 331 | 11.8 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL | TB | I20 | RYDS | NYDS | NET |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Norm Van Brocklin | 48 | 2070 | 43.1 | 72 | 0 | 342 | ||||
| Team Totals | 48 | 2070 | 43.1 | 72 | 0 | 342 | 36.0 | |||
| Opponents Totals | 58 | 2435 | 42.0 | 253 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Will Sherman | 12 | 100 | 8.3 | 76t | 1 | |
| Ron Waller | 14 | 65 | 4.6 | 15 | 0 | |
| Jesse Whittenton | 10 | 21 | 2.1 | 10 | 0 | |
| Skeet Quinlan | 4 | 41 | 10.3 | 19 | 0 | |
| Tommy Wilson | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Brad Myers | 1 | 26 | 26.0 | 26 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 43 | 253 | 5.9 | 76t | 1 | |
| Opponents Totals | 31 | 342 | 11.0 | 0 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tommy Wilson | 15 | 477 | 31.8 | 103t | 1 | |
| Ron Waller | 11 | 276 | 25.1 | 40 | 0 | |
| Jesse Whittenton | 4 | 85 | 21.3 | 27 | 0 | |
| Bob Boyd | 4 | 62 | 15.5 | 23 | 0 | |
| Brad Myers | 3 | 57 | 19.0 | 21 | 0 | |
| Skeet Quinlan | 3 | 37 | 12.3 | 0 | ||
| Charley Toogood | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 | |
| Les Richter | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 | |
| Ken Panfil | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Duane Putnam | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 44 | 1011 | 23.0 | 103t | 1 | |
| Opponents Totals | 52 | 1068 | 20.5 | 1 |
| FUMBLES | NO | LOST | OWN | OPP | REC | YDS | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bob Boyd | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jim Cason | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Leon Clarke | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Dick Daugherty | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Jack Ellena | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Bob Fry | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Art Hauser | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Joe Marconi | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bud McFadin | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 21 | 1 | |
| Paul Miller | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Brad Myers | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ken Panfil | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Hugh Pitts | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Duane Putnam | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Skeet Quinlan | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ray Shiver | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Norm Van Brocklin | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Billy Wade | 4 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ron Waller | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tommy Wilson | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tank Younger | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 32 | 18 | 14 | 8 | 22 | 21 | 1 |
| Opponents Totals | 13 | 8 | 5 | 18 | 23 | 0 |
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