1961 Los Angeles Rams (NFL) |
| 6th place • Western Conference • 4-10-0 .286 |
| Head Coach: Bob Waterfield |
| Jimmy David | Defensive Backs |
| Tom Fears | Offensive Ends |
| Vic Lindskog | Offensive Line |
| Don Paul | Defensive Line |
| Hamp Pool | Offense/Offensive Backs |
| SCORES | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Day | Date | Opponent | Score | Location | Venue | Attendance | |||
| Fri | 8/11/1961 | H | Washington Redskins | 26-7 | W | Los Angeles, CA | Memorial Coliseum | 59361 | |
| Sat | 8/19/1961 | H | New York Giants | 17-17 | T | Los Angeles, CA | Memorial Coliseum | 40615 | |
| Fri | 8/25/1961 | H | Cleveland Browns | 17-34 | L | Los Angeles, CA | Memorial Coliseum | 40086 | |
| Fri | 9/1/1961 | H | San Francisco 49ers | 20-38 | L | Los Angeles, CA | Memorial Coliseum | 42558 | |
| Sun | 9/10/1961 | A | Minnesota Vikings | 21-17 | W | Bloomington, MN | Metropolitan Stadium | 27922 | |
| Sun | 9/17/1961 | A | Baltimore Colts | 24-27 | L | Baltimore, MD | Memorial Stadium | 54259 | |
| Sat | 9/23/1961 | H | Chicago Bears | 17-21 | L | Los Angeles, CA | Memorial Coliseum | 53315 | |
| Sun | 10/1/1961 | H | Pittsburgh Steelers | 24-14 | W | Los Angeles, CA | Memorial Coliseum | 40707 | |
| Sun | 10/8/1961 | A | San Francisco 49ers | 0-35 | L | San Francisco, CA | Kezar Stadium | 59004 | |
| Sun | 10/15/1961 | A | Detroit Lions | 13-14 | L | Detroit, MI | Tiger Stadium | 45873 | |
| Sun | 10/22/1961 | A | New York Giants | 14-24 | L | New York, NY | Yankee Stadium | 63053 | |
| Sun | 10/29/1961 | H | Detroit Lions | 10-28 | L | Los Angeles, CA | Memorial Coliseum | 49123 | |
| Sun | 11/5/1961 | H | Minnesota Vikings | 31-17 | W | Los Angeles, CA | Memorial Coliseum | 38594 | |
| Sun | 11/12/1961 | H | San Francisco 49ers | 17-7 | W | Los Angeles, CA | Memorial Coliseum | 63766 | |
| Sun | 11/19/1961 | A | Green Bay Packers | 17-35 | L | Green Bay, WI | City Stadium | 38669 | |
| Sun | 11/26/1961 | A | Chicago Bears | 24-28 | L | Chicago, IL | Wrigley Field | 45965 | |
| Sun | 12/3/1961 | A | Minnesota Vikings | 21-42 | L | Bloomington, MN | Metropolitan Stadium | 30068 | |
| Sat | 12/9/1961 | H | Baltimore Colts | 34-17 | W | Los Angeles, CA | Memorial Coliseum | 41268 | |
| Sun | 12/17/1961 | H | Green Bay Packers | 17-24 | L | Los Angeles, CA | Memorial Coliseum | 49169 | |
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 |
| Duane Allen | 25 | SE-TE | 6-4 | 221 | 24 | Mount San Antonio JC; Santa Ana JC | 10 | 0 |
| Jon Arnett | 26 | HB | 5-11 | 197 | 26 | Southern California | 14 | 14 |
| Pervis Atkins | 27 | FL | 6-1 | 200 | 26 | Santa Ana JC; New Mexico State | 14 | 0 |
| John Baker | 74 | LDE | 6-6 | 279 | 26 | North Carolina Central | 13 | 4 |
| Dick Bass | 22 | FB-HB | 5-10 | 197 | 24 | Pacific | 14 | 9 |
| Jim Boeke | 78 | LOT | 6-5 | 250 | 23 | Heidelberg | 14 | 14 |
| Zeke Bratkowski | 12 | QB | 6-4 | 204 | 30 | Georgia | 13 | 8 |
| Charley Britt | 17 | LS | 6-2 | 183 | 23 | Georgia | 11 | 6 |
| Charlie Cowan | 73 | LOG-ROG | 6-4 | 264 | 23 | New Mexico Highlands | 14 | 8 |
| Ross Coyle | 43 | RS | 6-2 | 195 | 24 | Oklahoma | 13 | 0 |
| Lindon Crow | 41 | LS-RCB | 6-1 | 195 | 28 | Southern California | 14 | 14 |
| Carroll Dale | 91 | SE | 6-1 | 198 | 23 | Virginia Tech | 14 | 14 |
| Alvin Hall | 46 | RCB-RS | 6-0 | 195 | 28 | none | 9 | 9 |
| Willie Hector | 62 | LOT-ROT | 6-2 | 220 | 22 | Pacific | 12 | 0 |
| Urban Henry | 67 | LDT | 6-4 | 265 | 26 | Georgia Tech | 14 | 13 |
| Roy Hord | 64 | LOG-ROG | 6-4 | 244 | 27 | Duke | 14 | 8 |
| Art Hunter | 56 | C | 6-4 | 243 | 28 | Notre Dame | 14 | 14 |
| Bill Jobko | 57 | RLB | 6-2 | 224 | 26 | Ohio State | 11 | 11 |
| Deacon Jones | 75 | LDE-RDE-LOT | 6-5 | 254 | 23 | South Carolina State; Mississippi Valley State | 14 | 10 |
| Elbert Kimbrough | 83 | DB | 5-11 | 193 | 23 | Northwestern | 5 | 0 |
| Bob Long | 84 | RLB-LLB-MLB | 6-3 | 232 | 27 | UCLA | 13 | 4 |
| John LoVetere | 76 | RDT | 6-4 | 283 | 25 | Compton JC | 13 | 13 |
| Lamar Lundy | 85 | RDE | 6-7 | 245 | 26 | Purdue | 14 | 14 |
| Joe Marconi | 34 | FB | 6-2 | 225 | 27 | West Virginia | 13 | 0 |
| Ollie Matson | 33 | FL | 6-2 | 210 | 31 | San Francisco CC; San Francisco | 14 | 14 |
| Marlin McKeever | 86 | MLB | 6-1 | 233 | 21 | Southern California | 3 | 0 |
| Eddie Meador | 21 | LCB | 5-11 | 193 | 24 | Arkansas Tech | 14 | 14 |
| Jack Pardee | 32 | LLB | 6-2 | 224 | 25 | Texas A&M | 13 | 13 |
| Jim Phillips | 82 | TE | 6-1 | 197 | 25 | Auburn | 14 | 14 |
| Les Richter | 48 | MLB | 6-3 | 238 | 31 | California | 14 | 14 |
| Frank Ryan | 15 | QB | 6-3 | 199 | 25 | Rice | 14 | 6 |
| Joe Scibelli | 71 | ROG-LOG | 6-1 | 256 | 22 | Notre Dame; American International | 14 | 12 |
| George Strugar | 77 | RDT-LDT | 6-5 | 259 | 27 | Washington | 14 | 2 |
| Bruce Tarbox | 61 | LOG-ROG-LOT | 6-2 | 230 | 22 | Syracuse | 7 | 0 |
| Clendon Thomas | 35 | RS | 6-2 | 196 | 26 | Oklahoma | 13 | 13 |
| Frank Varrichione | 70 | ROT | 6-1 | 234 | 29 | Notre Dame | 14 | 14 |
| Danny Villanueva | 11 | K-P | 5-11 | 202 | 24 | Reedley JC; New Mexico State | 14 | 0 |
| Frank Williams | 36 | FB | 6-2 | 215 | 29 | Pepperdine | 2 | 0 |
| Tommy Wilson | 24 | FB-HB | 6-0 | 203 | 29 | none | 11 | 5 |
| DRAFT LIST | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Round | Overall | Player | Pos | College |
| 1 | 4 | Marlin McKeever | LB | Southern California |
| 2 | 18 | Elbert Kimbrough | E | Northwestern |
| 3 | 32 | Harold Beaty | G | Oklahoma State |
| 3 | 41 | Ron Miller | QB | Wisconsin |
| 4 | 45 | Charlie Cowan | T | New Mexico Highlands |
| 5 | 60 | Willie Hector | G | Pacific |
| 6 | 74 | Bruce Olderman | T | Allegheny |
| 6 | 75 | Larry Wood | B | Northwestern |
| 7 | 88 | Bobby Smith | B | UCLA |
| 8 | 102 | Reg Carolan | E | Idaho |
| 9 | 116 | Duane Allen | E | Santa Ana JC |
| 10 | 130 | Joe Scibelli | T | American International* |
| 11 | 144 | Bobby Lane | E | Baylor |
| 12 | 158 | Walt Mince | B | Arizona |
| 13 | 172 | Mike McKeever | G | Southern California |
| 14 | 186 | Deacon Jones | T | Mississippi Valley State |
| 15 | 200 | Ernie Wright | T | Ohio State |
| 16 | 214 | Mike Zeno | G | Virginia Tech |
| 17 | 228 | Chuck Allen | G | Washington |
| 18 | 242 | Bill Williamson | T | Utah State |
| 19 | 256 | Lou Zivkovich | T | New Mexico State |
| 20 | 270 | Al Lederle | E | Georgia Tech |
| SCORING BY QUARTERS | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 65 | 54 | 54 | 90 | 263 |
| Opponents Totals | 76 | 111 | 77 | 69 | 333 |
| TEAM STATS | TOP | 1st Downs | FDR | FDP | FDX | 3rd Down Efficiency | 4th Down Efficiency | PEN | PENY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 236 | 109 | 111 | 16 | / % | / % | 63 | 599 | |
| Opponents Totals | 279 | 136 | 121 | 22 | / % | / % | 75 | 662 |
| SCORING | TD | X1 | X1A | PCT | FG | FGA | PCT | SAF | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Danny Villanueva | 0 | 32 | 32 | 100.0 | 13 | 27 | 48.1 | 0 | 71 |
| Jon Arnett | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | ||
| Dick Bass | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | ||
| Ollie Matson | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | ||
| Jim Phillips | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | ||
| Joe Marconi | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | ||
| Zeke Bratkowski | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||
| Duane Allen | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Carroll Dale | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Tommy Wilson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Team Totals | 32 | 32 | 32 | 100.0 | 13 | 27 | 48.1 | 0 | 263 |
| Opponents Totals | 45 | 45 | 45 | 100.0 | 6 | 21 | 28.6 | 0 | 333 |
| FIELD GOALS | MADE | ATT | PCT | BL | LG | 1-19 | 20-29 | 30-39 | 40-49 | 50+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Danny Villanueva | 13 | 27 | 48.1 | 3 | 38 | 5/5 | 4/7 | 4/5 | 0/9 | 0/1 |
| Team Totals | 13 | 27 | 48.1 | 3 | 38 | 5/5 | 4/7 | 4/5 | 0/9 | 0/1 |
| Opponents Totals | 6 | 21 | 28.6 | 0/ | 3/ | 3/ | 0/ | 0/ |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jon Arnett | 158 | 609 | 3.9 | 26 | 4 |
| Dick Bass | 98 | 608 | 6.2 | 73t | 4 |
| Tommy Wilson | 44 | 220 | 5.0 | 34 | 1 |
| Ollie Matson | 24 | 181 | 7.5 | 69t | 2 |
| Joe Marconi | 36 | 146 | 4.1 | 14 | 3 |
| Frank Ryan | 38 | 139 | 3.7 | 28 | 0 |
| Zeke Bratkowski | 12 | 36 | 3.0 | 16 | 3 |
| Pervis Atkins | 5 | 19 | 3.8 | 13 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 415 | 1958 | 4.7 | 73t | 17 |
| Opponents Totals | 503 | 2440 | 4.9 | 26 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INC | YDS | Y/ATT | Y/COM | LG | TD | TD% | INT | INT% | TS | YL | NYP | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Zeke Bratkowski | 230 | 124 | 53.9 | 93 | 1547 | 6.7 | 12.5 | 84t | 8 | 3.5 | 13 | 5.7 | 168 | 1379 | 63.1 | |
| Frank Ryan | 142 | 72 | 50.7 | 63 | 1115 | 7.9 | 15.5 | 96t | 5 | 3.5 | 7 | 4.9 | 204 | 911 | 68.3 | |
| Jon Arnett | 13 | 3 | 23.1 | 9 | 47 | 3.6 | 15.7 | 20 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 7.7 | 0 | 0 | 47 | 10.1 |
| Danny Villanueva | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 | ||
| Team Totals | 386 | 199 | 51.6 | 166 | 2709 | 7.0 | 13.6 | 96t | 13 | 3.4 | 21 | 5.4 | 372 | 2337 | 62.8 | |
| Opponents Totals | 328 | 184 | 56.1 | 121 | 2642 | 8.1 | 14.4 | 19 | 5.8 | 23 | 7.0 | 269 | 2373 | 72.5 |
| RECEIVING | REC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jim Phillips | 78 | 1092 | 14.0 | 69t | 5 |
| Carroll Dale | 35 | 561 | 16.0 | 68t | 2 |
| Ollie Matson | 29 | 537 | 18.5 | 96t | 3 |
| Jon Arnett | 28 | 194 | 6.9 | 29 | 0 |
| Dick Bass | 16 | 145 | 9.1 | 37 | 0 |
| Pervis Atkins | 5 | 67 | 13.4 | 28 | 0 |
| Joe Marconi | 4 | 20 | 5.0 | 8t | 1 |
| Duane Allen | 2 | 80 | 40.0 | 48t | 2 |
| Tommy Wilson | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 |
| Joe Scibelli | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 199 | 2709 | 13.6 | 96t | 13 |
| Opponents Totals | 184 | 2642 | 14.4 | 19 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lindon Crow | 6 | 117 | 19.5 | 31 | 0 |
| Charley Britt | 5 | 29 | 5.8 | 13 | 0 |
| Les Richter | 4 | 44 | 11.0 | 17 | 0 |
| Clendon Thomas | 3 | 11 | 3.7 | 7 | 0 |
| Eddie Meador | 1 | 34 | 34.0 | 34 | 0 |
| Bill Jobko | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 16 | 0 |
| Bob Long | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 |
| George Strugar | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Jack Pardee | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| Alvin Hall | 0 | 10 | 10L | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 23 | 277 | 12.0 | 34 | 0 |
| Opponents Totals | 21 | 280 | 13.3 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL | TB | I20 | RYDS | NYDS | NET |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Danny Villanueva | 46 | 1845 | 40.1 | 53 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| Zeke Bratkowski | 12 | 458 | 38.2 | 51 | 0 | |||||
| Joe Marconi | 6 | 265 | 44.2 | 50 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Team Totals | 64 | 2568 | 40.1 | 53 | 0 | 1 | 384 | 2164 | 33.8 | |
| Opponents Totals | 51 | 2206 | 43.3 | 184 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jon Arnett | 10 | 75 | 7.5 | 17 | 0 | |
| Dick Bass | 4 | 109 | 27.3 | 90t | 1 | |
| Team Totals | 14 | 184 | 13.1 | 90t | 1 | |
| Opponents Totals | 36 | 384 | 10.7 | 0 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dick Bass | 23 | 698 | 30.3 | 64 | 0 | |
| Jon Arnett | 25 | 653 | 26.1 | 105t | 1 | |
| Pervis Atkins | 4 | 77 | 19.3 | 22 | 0 | |
| Frank Varrichione | 3 | 23 | 7.7 | 11 | 0 | |
| Deacon Jones | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 56 | 1463 | 26.1 | 105t | 1 | |
| Opponents Totals | 53 | 1380 | 26.0 | 0 |
| FUMBLES | NO | LOST | OWN | OPP | REC | YDS | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jon Arnett | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Pervis Atkins | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Dick Bass | 6 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Zeke Bratkowski | 4 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | |
| Lindon Crow | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Carroll Dale | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Alvin Hall | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Urban Henry | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Deacon Jones | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 0 |
| Joe Marconi | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Eddie Meador | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| Jack Pardee | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Jim Phillips | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Les Richter | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Frank Ryan | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Joe Scibelli | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| George Strugar | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Clendon Thomas | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Tommy Wilson | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 21 | 11 | 10 | 16 | 26 | 10 | 0 |
| Opponents Totals | 27 | 16 | 11 | 11 | 22 | 0 |
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