1966 Los Angeles Rams (NFL) |
| 3rd place • Western Conference • 8-6-0 .571 |
| Head Coach: George Allen |
| Tom Catlin | Defensive Backs |
| Ted Marchibroda | Offensive Backs |
| Jack Patera | Defensive Line |
| Ray Prochaska | Offensive Line |
| Howard Schnellenberger | Offensive Ends |
| Joe Sullivan | Special Assistant |
| SCORES | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Day | Date | Opponent | Score | Location | Venue | Attendance | |||
| Sat | 8/6/1966 | H | Cleveland Browns | 16-6 | W | Los Angeles, CA | Memorial Coliseum | 63285 | |
| Sat | 8/13/1966 | H | Dallas Cowboys | 10-20 | L | Los Angeles, CA | Memorial Coliseum | 44217 | |
| Sat | 8/20/1966 | A | Minnesota Vikings | 10-24 | L | Bloomington, MN | Metropolitan Stadium | 40270 | |
| Sat | 8/27/1966 | H | St. Louis Cardinals | 32-14 | W | Los Angeles, CA | Memorial Coliseum | 33172 | |
| Sat | 9/3/1966 | H | San Francisco 49ers | 29-9 | W | Los Angeles, CA | Memorial Coliseum | 39879 | |
| Sun | 9/11/1966 | A | Atlanta Falcons | 19-14 | W | Atlanta, GA | Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium | 54418 | |
| Fri | 9/16/1966 | H | Chicago Bears | 31-17 | W | Los Angeles, CA | Memorial Coliseum | 58916 | |
| Sun | 9/25/1966 | A | Green Bay Packers | 13-24 | L | Green Bay, WI | Lambeau Field | 50861 | |
| Fri | 9/30/1966 | H | San Francisco 49ers | 34-3 | W | Los Angeles, CA | Memorial Coliseum | 45642 | |
| Sun | 10/9/1966 | A | Detroit Lions | 14-7 | W | Detroit, MI | Tiger Stadium | 52793 | |
| Sun | 10/16/1966 | A | Minnesota Vikings | 7-35 | L | Bloomington, MN | Metropolitan Stadium | 47426 | |
| Sun | 10/23/1966 | A | Chicago Bears | 10-17 | L | Chicago, IL | Wrigley Field | 47475 | |
| Sun | 10/30/1966 | H | Baltimore Colts | 3-17 | L | Los Angeles, CA | Memorial Coliseum | 57898 | |
| Sun | 11/6/1966 | A | San Francisco 49ers | 13-21 | L | San Francisco, CA | Kezar Stadium | 35372 | |
| Sun | 11/13/1966 | H | New York Giants | 55-14 | W | Los Angeles, CA | Memorial Coliseum | 34746 | |
| Sun | 11/20/1966 | H | Minnesota Vikings | 21-6 | W | Los Angeles, CA | Memorial Coliseum | 38775 | |
| Sun | 11/27/1966 | A | Baltimore Colts | 23-7 | W | Baltimore, MD | Memorial Stadium | 60238 | |
| Sun | 12/4/1966 | H | Detroit Lions | 23-3 | W | Los Angeles, CA | Memorial Coliseum | 40039 | |
| Sun | 12/18/1966 | H | Green Bay Packers | 23-27 | L | Los Angeles, CA | Memorial Coliseum | 72416 | |
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 |
| Bruce Anderson | 79 | LB | 6-4 | 250 | 22 | Willamette | 7 | 0 |
| Dick Bass | 22 | FB | 5-10 | 197 | 29 | Pacific | 14 | 14 |
| Maxie Baughan | 55 | RLB | 6-1 | 227 | 28 | Georgia Tech | 14 | 14 |
| Joe Carollo | 63 | LOT | 6-2 | 262 | 26 | Notre Dame | 14 | 14 |
| Don Chuy | 62 | LOG | 6-1 | 255 | 25 | Clemson | 9 | 5 |
| Charlie Cowan | 73 | ROT | 6-4 | 264 | 28 | New Mexico Highlands | 14 | 14 |
| Claude Crabb | 49 | LS-FL | 6-0 | 193 | 26 | Monterey Peninsula JC; Southern California; Colorado | 14 | 1 |
| Irv Cross | 27 | RCB | 6-1 | 192 | 27 | Northwestern | 14 | 14 |
| Dan Currie | 58 | LLB | 6-3 | 239 | 31 | Michigan State | 14 | 1 |
| Henry Dyer | 35 | FB | 6-2 | 230 | 21 | Grambling State | 8 | 0 |
| Roman Gabriel | 18 | QB | 6-4 | 225 | 26 | North Carolina State | 14 | 14 |
| Bill George | 61 | MLB | 6-2 | 237 | 37 | Wake Forest | 14 | 13 |
| Bruce Gossett | 30 | K | 6-2 | 229 | 25 | Clarion; Ferrum JC; Duquesne; Richmond | 14 | 0 |
| Hank Gremminger | 46 | RS-LS | 6-1 | 200 | 33 | Baylor | 8 | 0 |
| Rosey Grier | 76 | RDT | 6-5 | 284 | 34 | Penn State | 14 | 14 |
| Steve Heckard | 20 | FL-SE | 6-1 | 195 | 23 | Davidson | 12 | 1 |
| Ken Iman | 50 | C | 6-1 | 236 | 27 | Southeast Missouri State | 14 | 14 |
| Deacon Jones | 75 | LDE | 6-5 | 254 | 28 | South Carolina State; Mississippi Valley State | 14 | 14 |
| Les Josephson | 34 | FB | 6-0 | 209 | 24 | Augustana (South Dakota) | 14 | 0 |
| Ted Karras | 67 | LOG | 6-1 | 240 | 32 | Indiana | 4 | 2 |
| Jon Kilgore | 13 | P | 6-1 | 203 | 23 | Auburn | 14 | 0 |
| Chuck Lamson | 44 | LS | 6-0 | 189 | 27 | Iowa State; Wyoming | 14 | 13 |
| Earl Leggett | 72 | RDT-LDT | 6-3 | 264 | 33 | Hinds CC; Louisiana State | 10 | 0 |
| Lamar Lundy | 85 | RDE | 6-7 | 245 | 31 | Purdue | 14 | 14 |
| Tom Mack | 65 | LOG-ROG | 6-3 | 249 | 23 | Michigan | 14 | 7 |
| Tommy McDonald | 29 | FL | 5-9 | 176 | 32 | Oklahoma | 13 | 13 |
| Marlin McKeever | 86 | TE | 6-1 | 233 | 26 | Southern California | 11 | 5 |
| Eddie Meador | 21 | RS | 5-11 | 193 | 29 | Arkansas Tech | 14 | 14 |
| Tom Moore | 25 | HB | 6-2 | 213 | 28 | Vanderbilt | 14 | 14 |
| Bill Munson | 19 | QB | 6-2 | 203 | 25 | Foothill JC; Utah State | 5 | 0 |
| Bob Nichols | 77 | ROT | 6-3 | 250 | 23 | Stanford | 13 | 0 |
| Merlin Olsen | 74 | LDT | 6-5 | 270 | 26 | Utah State | 14 | 14 |
| Jack Pardee | 32 | LLB | 6-2 | 224 | 30 | Texas A&M | 14 | 13 |
| Dave Pivec | 83 | TE | 6-3 | 240 | 23 | Notre Dame | 3 | 0 |
| Bucky Pope | 80 | SE | 6-5 | 199 | 25 | Duke; Catawba | 3 | 0 |
| Myron Pottios | 66 | MLB | 6-2 | 236 | 27 | Notre Dame | 12 | 1 |
| Joe Scibelli | 71 | ROG | 6-1 | 256 | 27 | Notre Dame; American International | 14 | 14 |
| Jack Snow | 84 | SE | 6-2 | 195 | 23 | Notre Dame | 14 | 14 |
| Jim Stiger | 26 | HB | 5-10 | 214 | 24 | Bakersfield CC; Washington | 14 | 0 |
| Billy Truax | 87 | TE | 6-5 | 238 | 23 | Louisiana State | 14 | 9 |
| Joe Wendryhoski | 54 | C | 6-2 | 245 | 28 | Illinois | 14 | 0 |
| Clancy Williams | 24 | LCB | 6-2 | 197 | 24 | Washington State | 14 | 14 |
| Doug Woodlief | 57 | RLB | 6-3 | 231 | 23 | Chipola JC; Memphis | 14 | 0 |
| George Youngblood | 45 | CB | 6-3 | 205 | 21 | Los Angeles State | 14 | 0 |
| DRAFT LIST | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Round | Overall | Player | Pos | College |
| 1 | 2 | Tom Mack | T | Michigan |
| 2 | 18 | Mike Garrett | HB | Southern California |
| 3 | 34 | Dick Tyson | G | Tulsa |
| 4 | 50 | Henry Dyer | FB | Grambling State |
| 5 | 66 | Diron Talbert | T | Texas |
| 5 | 77 | Dick Arndt | T | Idaho |
| 6 | 82 | Bruce Anderson | T | Willamette |
| 7 | 97 | George Youngblood | DB | Los Angeles State |
| 8 | 112 | Vilnis Ezerins | HB | Wisconsin-Whitewater |
| 9 | 127 | Burt Matthies | HB | Wayne State (Nebraska) |
| 10 | 142 | Mike Capshaw | T | Abilene Christian |
| 11 | 157 | Darrell Hoover | HB | Arizona State |
| 12 | 172 | George Clayton | DB | Fairmont State |
| 13 | 187 | Jake David | HB | Lamar |
| 14 | 202 | Perry Parks | T | Los Angeles State |
| 15 | 217 | Mike Sullivan | E | Oregon State |
| 16 | 232 | Joe O'Brien | E | Texas-Arlington |
| 17 | 247 | Danny Gilbert | T | Arkansas Tech |
| 18 | 262 | Ray Johnson | LB | Whitworth |
| 19 | 277 | Homer Williams | FL | Southern California |
| 20 | 292 | Bud Harrington | FB | Tulsa |
| SCORING BY QUARTERS | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 60 | 88 | 60 | 81 | 289 |
| Opponents Totals | 44 | 92 | 21 | 55 | 212 |
| TEAM STATS | TOP | 1st Downs | FDR | FDP | FDX | 3rd Down Efficiency | 4th Down Efficiency | PEN | PENY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 255 | 103 | 133 | 19 | / % | / % | 72 | 651 | |
| Opponents Totals | 196 | 64 | 114 | 18 | / % | / % | 76 | 704 |
| SCORING | TD | X1 | X1A | PCT | FG | FGA | PCT | SAF | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bruce Gossett | 0 | 29 | 29 | 100.0 | 28 | 49 | 57.1 | 0 | 113 |
| Dick Bass | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 48 | ||
| Tom Moore | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | ||
| Roman Gabriel | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||
| Jack Snow | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||
| Tommy McDonald | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Irv Cross | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Les Josephson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Chuck Lamson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Lamar Lundy | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Marlin McKeever | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Bucky Pope | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Jim Stiger | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Billy Truax | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Clancy Williams | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Rosey Grier | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Team Totals | 29 | 29 | 29 | 100.0 | 28 | 49 | 57.1 | 1 | 289 |
| Opponents Totals | 26 | 26 | 26 | 100.0 | 10 | 22 | 45.5 | 0 | 212 |
| FIELD GOALS | MADE | ATT | PCT | BL | LG | 1-19 | 20-29 | 30-39 | 40-49 | 50+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bruce Gossett | 28 | 49 | 57.1 | 2 | 48 | 14/14 | 5/8 | 7/14 | 2/13 | 0/0 |
| Team Totals | 28 | 49 | 57.1 | 2 | 48 | 14/14 | 5/8 | 7/14 | 2/13 | 0/0 |
| Opponents Totals | 10 | 22 | 45.5 | 4/ | 2/ | 2/ | 2/ | 0/ |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dick Bass | 248 | 1090 | 4.4 | 50 | 8 |
| Tom Moore | 104 | 272 | 2.6 | 18 | 1 |
| Roman Gabriel | 52 | 176 | 3.4 | 14 | 3 |
| Les Josephson | 14 | 97 | 6.9 | 14 | 0 |
| Jim Stiger | 24 | 95 | 4.0 | 19 | 0 |
| Eddie Meador | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| Bill Munson | 4 | 3 | 0.8 | 2 | 0 |
| Ken Iman | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 448 | 1742 | 3.9 | 50 | 12 |
| Opponents Totals | 401 | 1302 | 3.2 | 10 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INC | YDS | Y/ATT | Y/COM | LG | TD | TD% | INT | INT% | TS | YL | NYP | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Roman Gabriel | 397 | 217 | 54.7 | 164 | 2540 | 6.4 | 11.7 | 84t | 10 | 2.5 | 16 | 4.0 | 48 | 319 | 2221 | 65.9 |
| Bill Munson | 50 | 30 | 60.0 | 19 | 284 | 5.7 | 9.5 | 25 | 2 | 4.0 | 1 | 2.0 | 6 | 32 | 252 | 80.8 |
| Jon Kilgore | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 47 | 47.0 | 47.0 | 47 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 47 | 118.8 |
| Tom Moore | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 20 | 20.0 | 20.0 | 20 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 118.8 |
| Eddie Meador | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 | ||
| Team Totals | 450 | 249 | 55.3 | 184 | 2891 | 6.4 | 11.6 | 84t | 12 | 2.7 | 17 | 3.8 | 54 | 351 | 2540 | 68.1 |
| Opponents Totals | 406 | 190 | 46.8 | 190 | 2830 | 7.0 | 14.9 | 13 | 3.2 | 26 | 6.4 | 45 | 361 | 2469 | 54.1 |
| RECEIVING | REC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tom Moore | 60 | 433 | 7.2 | 30t | 3 |
| Tommy McDonald | 55 | 714 | 13.0 | 62 | 2 |
| Jack Snow | 34 | 634 | 18.6 | 84t | 3 |
| Dick Bass | 31 | 274 | 8.8 | 40 | 0 |
| Billy Truax | 29 | 314 | 10.8 | 21 | 0 |
| Marlin McKeever | 23 | 277 | 12.0 | 31 | 1 |
| Jim Stiger | 8 | 72 | 9.0 | 18 | 1 |
| Steve Heckard | 5 | 102 | 20.4 | 50 | 0 |
| Les Josephson | 2 | 10 | 5.0 | 6 | 1 |
| Claude Crabb | 1 | 47 | 47.0 | 47 | 0 |
| Bucky Pope | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14t | 1 |
| Team Totals | 249 | 2891 | 11.6 | 84t | 12 |
| Opponents Totals | 190 | 2830 | 14.9 | 13 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clancy Williams | 8 | 97 | 12.1 | 32t | 1 |
| Eddie Meador | 5 | 60 | 12.0 | 31 | 0 |
| Chuck Lamson | 5 | 59 | 11.8 | 44t | 1 |
| Maxie Baughan | 2 | 3 | 1.5 | 3 | 0 |
| Jack Pardee | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Irv Cross | 1 | 60 | 60.0 | 60t | 1 |
| Deacon Jones | 1 | 50 | 50.0 | 50 | 0 |
| Lamar Lundy | 1 | 33 | 33.0 | 33t | 1 |
| Hank Gremminger | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 26 | 362 | 13.9 | 60t | 4 |
| Opponents Totals | 17 | 338 | 19.9 | 101t | 2 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL | TB | I20 | RYDS | NYDS | NET |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jon Kilgore | 71 | 3037 | 42.8 | 58 | 0 | 4 | 269 | 2688 | 37.9 | |
| Team Totals | 71 | 3037 | 42.8 | 58 | 0 | 4 | 269 | 2688 | 37.9 | |
| Opponents Totals | 73 | 3194 | 43.8 | 341 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jim Stiger | 33 | 7 | 259 | 7.8 | 49 | 0 |
| Irv Cross | 12 | 4 | 82 | 6.8 | 24 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 45 | 11 | 341 | 7.6 | 49 | 0 |
| Opponents Totals | 49 | 269 | 5.5 | 0 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clancy Williams | 15 | 420 | 28.0 | 81 | 0 | |
| Irv Cross | 12 | 348 | 29.0 | 67 | 0 | |
| Jim Stiger | 7 | 150 | 21.4 | 28 | 0 | |
| Henry Dyer | 5 | 61 | 12.2 | 21 | 0 | |
| Dan Currie | 1 | 25 | 25.0 | 25 | 0 | |
| Marlin McKeever | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 | |
| Chuck Lamson | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 42 | 1015 | 24.2 | 81 | 0 | |
| Opponents Totals | 58 | 1329 | 22.9 | 1 |
| FUMBLES | NO | LOST | OWN | OPP | REC | YDS | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dick Bass | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Maxie Baughan | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Charlie Cowan | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Claude Crabb | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Irv Cross | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| Roman Gabriel | 10 | 6 | 0 | 6 | -11 | 0 | |
| Bill George | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Bruce Gossett | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Steve Heckard | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Deacon Jones | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Les Josephson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Chuck Lamson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 0 |
| Lamar Lundy | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Tommy McDonald | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Marlin McKeever | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Eddie Meador | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Tom Moore | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Merlin Olsen | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 0 | |
| Jack Pardee | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Jack Snow | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Jim Stiger | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Billy Truax | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| George Youngblood | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 25 | 12 | 13 | 20 | 33 | 3 | 1 |
| Opponents Totals | 37 | 20 | 17 | 12 | 29 | 0 |
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