1957 Los Angeles Rams (NFL) |
| 4th place Western Conference 6-6-0 .500 |
| Head Coach: Sid Gillman |
| George Allen | Ends |
| Jack Faulkner | Backfield |
| Joe Madro | Offensive Line |
| Lowell Storm | Defensive Line |
| SCORES | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Day | Date | Opponent | Score | Location | Venue | Attendance | |||
| Sat | 8/10/1957 | A | Southern California All-Stars | 84-0 | W | Long Beach, CA | Veterans Memorial Stadium | 7908 | |
| Fri | 8/16/1957 | H | Washington Redskins | 45-14 | W | Los Angeles, CA | Memorial Coliseum | 85871 | |
| Sat | 8/24/1957 | H | New York Giants | 7-24 | L | Los Angeles, CA | Memorial Coliseum | 60094 | |
| Sat | 8/31/1957 | N | Chicago Cardinals | 63-21 | W | Portland, OR | Multnomah Stadium | 21208 | |
| Fri | 9/6/1957 | H | Cleveland Browns | 20-14 | W | Los Angeles, CA | Memorial Coliseum | 45011 | |
| Fri | 9/13/1957 | H | San Francisco 49ers | 58-27 | W | Los Angeles, CA | Memorial Coliseum | 75172 | |
| Thu | 9/19/1957 | N | Washington Redskins | 14-3 | W | Mobile, AL | Ladd Memorial Stadium | 10217 | |
| Sun | 9/29/1957 | H | Philadelphia Eagles | 17-13 | W | Los Angeles, CA | Memorial Coliseum | 62506 | |
| Sun | 10/6/1957 | A | San Francisco 49ers | 20-23 | L | San Francisco, CA | Kezar Stadium | 59637 | |
| Sun | 10/13/1957 | A | Detroit Lions | 7-10 | L | Detroit, MI | Briggs Stadium | 55914 | |
| Sun | 10/20/1957 | A | Chicago Bears | 26-34 | L | Chicago, IL | Wrigley Field | 47337 | |
| Sun | 10/27/1957 | H | Detroit Lions | 35-17 | W | Los Angeles, CA | Memorial Coliseum | 77314 | |
| Sun | 11/3/1957 | H | Chicago Bears | 10-16 | L | Los Angeles, CA | Memorial Coliseum | 80456 | |
| Sun | 11/10/1957 | H | San Francisco 49ers | 37-24 | W | Los Angeles, CA | Memorial Coliseum | 102368 | |
| Sun | 11/17/1957 | A | Green Bay Packers | 31-27 | W | Milwaukee, WI | County Stadium | 19540 | |
| Sun | 11/24/1957 | A | Cleveland Browns | 31-45 | L | Cleveland, OH | Cleveland Stadium | 65407 | |
| Sun | 12/1/1957 | A | Baltimore Colts | 14-31 | L | Baltimore, MD | Memorial Stadium | 52060 | |
| Sun | 12/8/1957 | H | Green Bay Packers | 42-17 | W | Los Angeles, CA | Memorial Coliseum | 70572 | |
| Sun | 12/15/1957 | H | Baltimore Colts | 37-21 | W | Los Angeles, CA | Memorial Coliseum | 52560 | |
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 | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No | Player | Pos | Ht | Wt | Age | College | GP | GS |
| 26 | Jon Arnett | LOH-LOE-ROH | 5-11 | 197 | 22 | Southern California | 12 | 8 |
| 82 | Bob Boyd | ROE-ROH | 6-2 | 201 | 29 | Compton JC; Loyola Marymount | 12 | 4 |
| 21 | Alex Bravo | RS-LS | 6-0 | 190 | 27 | Cal Poly (San Luis Obispo) | 12 | 0 |
| 25 | Don Burroughs | LS-RS | 6-4 | 185 | 26 | Pasadena CC; Ventura JC; Colorado State | 12 | 12 |
| 23 | Jesse Castete | RS-LDH | 5-11 | 178 | 24 | McNeese State | 11 | 5 |
| 84 | Leon Clarke | ROE-LOH | 6-4 | 232 | 24 | Southern California | 9 | 8 |
| 36 | Paige Cothren | K | 5-11 | 201 | 22 | Mississippi | 12 | 0 |
| 50 | Dick Daugherty | LB | 6-1 | 219 | 28 | Colgate; Oregon | 9 | 8 |
| 57 | Bob Dougherty | LLB | 6-0 | 238 | 25 | Cincinnati; Kentucky | 10 | 9 |
| 75 | Bob Fry | LOT | 6-4 | 235 | 27 | Kentucky | 12 | 12 |
| 71 | Frank Fuller | LDT | 6-4 | 244 | 28 | Kentucky | 11 | 11 |
| 58 | Bob Griffin | C | 6-3 | 235 | 28 | Arkansas | 12 | 12 |
| 65 | Art Hauser | RDT | 6-0 | 237 | 28 | Xavier (Ohio) | 12 | 11 |
| 40 | Elroy Hirsch | LOE | 6-1 | 190 | 34 | Wisconsin; Michigan | 12 | 7 |
| 63 | John Hock | ROG | 6-2 | 230 | 30 | Santa Clara | 12 | 9 |
| 79 | Glenn Holtzman | ROT-LDE | 6-3 | 250 | 27 | Kilgore JC; North Texas | 12 | 6 |
| 65 | John Houser | ROG-LOG-C | 6-3 | 239 | 22 | Redlands | 12 | 0 |
| 85 | Lamar Lundy | ROH-LOE-LDE | 6-7 | 245 | 22 | Purdue | 12 | 8 |
| 34 | Joe Marconi | FB | 6-2 | 225 | 23 | West Virginia | 10 | 4 |
| 81 | Paul Miller | LDE | 6-2 | 226 | 27 | Louisiana State | 12 | 10 |
| 31 | Larry Morris | LB-C | 6-2 | 226 | 24 | Georgia Tech | 6 | 3 |
| 73 | Ken Panfil | ROT-LOT | 6-6 | 262 | 27 | Purdue | 12 | 7 |
| 32 | Jack Pardee | RLB | 6-2 | 224 | 21 | Texas A&M | 12 | 4 |
| 61 | Duane Putnam | LOG | 6-0 | 228 | 29 | Pacific | 12 | 12 |
| 48 | Les Richter | MG | 6-3 | 238 | 27 | California | 12 | 12 |
| 43 | Will Sherman | RS-LS | 6-2 | 197 | 30 | St. Mary's (California) | 10 | 9 |
| 29 | Del Shofner | RDH-LDH-P | 6-3 | 188 | 23 | Baylor | 12 | 10 |
| 80 | Billy Ray Smith | RDE | 6-4 | 240 | 22 | Arkansas | 12 | 12 |
| 77 | George Strugar | RDT-LDT | 6-5 | 259 | 23 | Washington | 9 | 3 |
| 47 | Corky Taylor | DB | 5-10 | 188 | 24 | Kansas State | 2 | 0 |
| 11 | Norm Van Brocklin | QB-P | 6-1 | 199 | 31 | Oregon | 12 | 12 |
| 9 | Billy Wade | QB | 6-2 | 204 | 27 | Vanderbilt | 5 | 0 |
| 27 | Ron Waller | LOH-ROH | 5-11 | 180 | 24 | Maryland | 11 | 3 |
| 44 | Jesse Whittenton | LDH-RDH | 6-0 | 193 | 23 | Texas-El Paso | 12 | 12 |
| 24 | Tommy Wilson | LOH | 6-0 | 203 | 25 | none | 11 | 7 |
| 35 | Tank Younger | FB | 6-3 | 225 | 29 | Grambling State | 12 | 8 |
| DRAFT LIST | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Round | Overall | Player | Pos | College |
| 1 | 2 | Jon Arnett | B | Southern California |
| 1 | 11 | Del Shofner | B | Baylor |
| 2 | 14 | Jack Pardee | B | Texas A&M |
| 3 | 26 | Billy Ray Smith | T | Arkansas |
| 3 | 27 | George Strugar | T | Washington |
| 4 | 38 | Bobby Cox | QB | Minnesota |
| 4 | 47 | Lamar Lundy | E | Purdue |
| 5 | 51 | Dean Derby | B | Washington |
| 5 | 57 | Dick Enright | G | Southern California |
| 6 | 64 | Roy Wilkins | E | Georgia |
| 7 | 75 | Ed Gray | T | Oklahoma |
| 8 | 88 | Roy Hord | T | Duke |
| 8 | 94 | Charlie Bradshaw | T | Baylor |
| 9 | 99 | John Mitchell | C | Texas Christian |
| 10 | 112 | Warren Spragg | T | Hillsdale |
| 11 | 123 | Don Smith | T | Miami (Ohio) |
| 12 | 136 | Don Klochak | B | North Carolina |
| 13 | 147 | Bobby Wolfenden | B | Virginia Tech |
| 14 | 160 | Joe Lazzarino | T | Maryland |
| 15 | 171 | Ed Hinman | B | Wichita State |
| 16 | 184 | John Luck | T | Georgia |
| 17 | 195 | Dave Trippett | T | Hillsdale |
| 18 | 208 | Clarence Cook | E | Nebraska |
| 19 | 219 | Bill Zuhowski | T | Arizona State |
| 20 | 232 | Byron Beams | T | Notre Dame |
| 21 | 243 | Pat Pinkston | E | UCLA |
| 22 | 256 | Paige Cothren | B | Mississippi |
| 23 | 267 | Dalva Allen | T | Houston |
| 24 | 280 | Darryl Rogers | B | Fresno State |
| 25 | 291 | Jimmy Orr | B | Georgia |
| 26 | 304 | Dick Blakely | B | Minnesota |
| 27 | 315 | Clancy Osborne | E | Arizona State |
| 28 | 328 | Bob Gudath | E | Compton JC |
| 29 | 339 | Dean Maas | C | Minnesota |
| 30 | 351 | Lee Williams | B | Ohio State |
| SCORING BY QUARTERS | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | OT |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 62 | 93 | 61 | 91 | |
| Opponents Totals | 55 | 96 | 48 | 79 |
| TEAM STATS | TOP | 1ST DOWNS | Rush | Pass | Pen | 3RD DOWN | Att | Pct | 4TH DOWN | Att | Pct | PEN | YDS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 235 | 112 | 104 | 19 | / % | / % | 60 | 580 | |||||
| Opponents Totals | 216 | 96 | 101 | 19 | / % | / % | 49 | 516 |
| SCORING | TD | X1 | X1A | PCT | FG | FGA | PCT | SAF | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paige Cothren | 0 | 38 | 38 | 100.0 | 11 | 19 | 57.9 | 0 | 71 |
| Jon Arnett | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | ||
| Elroy Hirsch | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | ||
| Leon Clarke | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | ||
| Joe Marconi | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | ||
| Norm Van Brocklin | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | ||
| Tommy Wilson | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | ||
| Bob Boyd | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||
| Lamar Lundy | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||
| Tank Younger | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||
| Dick Daugherty | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8 | ||
| Art Hauser | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| (Team) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 39 | 38 | 39 | 97.4 | 11 | 19 | 57.9 | 1 | 307 |
| Opponents Totals | 33 | 33 | 33 | 100.0 | 15 | 26 | 57.7 | 1 | 278 |
| FIELD GOALS | MADE | ATT | PCT | 1-19 | 20-29 | 30-39 | 40-49 | 50+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paige Cothren | 11 | 19 | 57.9 | 3/ | 5/ | 1/ | 2/ | 0/ |
| Team Totals | 11 | 19 | 57.9 | 3/ | 5/ | 1/ | 2/ | 0/ |
| Opponents Totals | 15 | 26 | 57.7 | 3/ | 4/ | 6/ | 2/ | 0/ |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tommy Wilson | 127 | 616 | 4.9 | 46 | 3 |
| Joe Marconi | 104 | 481 | 4.6 | 31 | 3 |
| Tank Younger | 96 | 401 | 4.2 | 29 | 3 |
| Jon Arnett | 86 | 347 | 4.0 | 68t | 2 |
| Ron Waller | 48 | 292 | 6.1 | 76 | 0 |
| Elroy Hirsch | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| Billy Wade | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Leon Clarke | 1 | -4 | -4.0 | -4 | 0 |
| Norm Van Brocklin | 10 | -4 | -0.4 | 3 | 4 |
| Team Totals | 474 | 2142 | 4.5 | 76 | 15 |
| Opponents Totals | 440 | 1845 | 4.2 | 15 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INC | YDS | Y/ATT | Y/COM | LG | TD | TD% | INT | INT% | TS | YL | NYP | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Norm Van Brocklin | 265 | 132 | 49.8 | 112 | 2105 | 7.9 | 15.9 | 70t | 20 | 7.5 | 21 | 7.9 | 114 | 1991 | 68.8 | |
| Billy Wade | 24 | 10 | 41.7 | 13 | 116 | 4.8 | 11.6 | 35t | 1 | 4.2 | 1 | 4.2 | 136 | -20 | 53.5 | |
| Ron Waller | 6 | 2 | 33.3 | 4 | 35 | 5.8 | 17.5 | 30 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 5 | 30 | 54.2 | |
| Tank Younger | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | ||
| Team Totals | 296 | 144 | 48.6 | 129 | 2256 | 7.6 | 15.7 | 70t | 21 | 7.1 | 23 | 7.8 | 255 | 2001 | 65.7 | |
| Opponents Totals | 301 | 153 | 50.8 | 134 | 2186 | 7.3 | 14.3 | 15 | 5.0 | 14 | 4.7 | 306 | 1880 | 71.9 |
| RECEIVING | REC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Elroy Hirsch | 32 | 477 | 14.9 | 45 | 6 |
| Bob Boyd | 29 | 534 | 18.4 | 51 | 3 |
| Leon Clarke | 23 | 442 | 19.2 | 70t | 4 |
| Jon Arnett | 18 | 322 | 17.9 | 66t | 3 |
| Joe Marconi | 16 | 171 | 10.7 | 61t | 1 |
| Tank Younger | 8 | 61 | 7.6 | 16 | 0 |
| Tommy Wilson | 7 | 95 | 13.6 | 19 | 1 |
| Lamar Lundy | 6 | 114 | 19.0 | 34t | 3 |
| Ron Waller | 5 | 40 | 8.0 | 17 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 144 | 2256 | 15.7 | 70t | 21 |
| Opponents Totals | 153 | 2186 | 14.3 | 15 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Les Richter | 4 | 60 | 15.0 | 25 | 0 |
| Don Burroughs | 3 | 29 | 9.7 | 24 | 0 |
| Del Shofner | 2 | 27 | 13.5 | 15 | 0 |
| Will Sherman | 1 | 51 | 51.0 | 51 | 0 |
| Dick Daugherty | 1 | 32 | 32.0 | 32t | 1 |
| Jesse Whittenton | 1 | 31 | 31.0 | 31 | 0 |
| Bob Dougherty | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| Larry Morris | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 14 | 236 | 16.9 | 51 | 1 |
| Opponents Totals | 23 | 381 | 16.6 | 1 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL | TB | I20 | RYDS | NYDS | NET |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Norm Van Brocklin | 54 | 2392 | 44.3 | 71 | 0 | |||||
| Del Shofner | 2 | 97 | 48.5 | 52 | 0 | |||||
| Team Totals | 56 | 2489 | 44.4 | 71 | 0 | 229 | 39.5 | |||
| Opponents Totals | 61 | 2455 | 40.2 | 198 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jon Arnett | 14 | 85 | 6.1 | 22 | 0 | |
| Ron Waller | 16 | 33 | 2.1 | 24 | 0 | |
| Corky Taylor | 3 | 41 | 13.7 | 28 | 0 | |
| Tommy Wilson | 1 | 28 | 28.0 | 28 | 0 | |
| Don Burroughs | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 | |
| Will Sherman | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 36 | 198 | 5.5 | 28 | 0 | |
| Opponents Totals | 37 | 229 | 6.2 | 0 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jon Arnett | 18 | 504 | 28.0 | 98t | 1 | |
| Ron Waller | 13 | 289 | 22.2 | 46 | 0 | |
| Tommy Wilson | 11 | 290 | 26.4 | 35 | 0 | |
| Jack Pardee | 3 | 21 | 7.0 | 15 | 0 | |
| Duane Putnam | 2 | 11 | 5.5 | 11 | 0 | |
| Corky Taylor | 1 | 35 | 35.0 | 35 | 0 | |
| Lamar Lundy | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 49 | 1150 | 23.5 | 98t | 1 | |
| Opponents Totals | 53 | 1268 | 23.9 | 1 |
| FUMBLES | NO | LOST | OWN | OPP | REC | YDS | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jon Arnett | 5 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bob Boyd | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Alex Bravo | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Bob Griffin | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Art Hauser | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 53 | 1 |
| Lamar Lundy | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Joe Marconi | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Paul Miller | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Larry Morris | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Ken Panfil | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Jack Pardee | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Les Richter | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Will Sherman | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Del Shofner | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| George Strugar | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Norm Van Brocklin | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ron Waller | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tommy Wilson | 6 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tank Younger | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 24 | 14 | 10 | 11 | 21 | 53 | 1 |
| Opponents Totals | 24 | 11 | 13 | 14 | 27 | 0 |
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