1939 Cleveland Rams (NFL) |
| 4th place Western Division 5-5-1 .500 |
| Head Coach: Dutch Clark |
| Art Lewis | Assistant Coach |
| SCORES | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Day | Date | Opponent | Score | Location | Venue | Attendance | |||
| Wed | 9/6/1939 | H | Ohio College All-Stars | 28-0 | W | Cleveland, OH | Cleveland Stadium | 21442 | |
| Fri | 9/15/1939 | A | Chicago Bears | 21-30 | L | Chicago, IL | Wrigley Field | 13254 | |
| Wed | 9/20/1939 | A | Brooklyn Dodgers | 12-23 | L | New York, NY | Ebbets Field | 12423 | |
| Sun | 10/1/1939 | A | Green Bay Packers | 27-24 | W | Green Bay, WI | City Stadium | 9888 | |
| Sun | 10/8/1939 | H | Chicago Bears | 21-35 | L | Cleveland, OH | Cleveland Stadium | 18209 | |
| Sun | 10/15/1939 | A | Detroit Lions | 7-15 | L | Detroit, MI | Briggs Stadium | 30096 | |
| Sun | 10/22/1939 | A | Chicago Cardinals | 24-0 | W | Chicago, IL | Wrigley Field | 10043 | |
| Sun | 10/29/1939 | H | Pittsburgh Pirates | 14-14 | T | Cleveland, OH | Cleveland Stadium | 11579 | |
| Sun | 11/5/1939 | H | Chicago Cardinals | 14-0 | W | Cleveland, OH | Cleveland Stadium | 8378 | |
| Sun | 11/12/1939 | H | Columbus Bullies | 22-0 | W | Cleveland, OH | Cleveland Stadium | 7989 | |
| Sun | 11/19/1939 | H | Detroit Lions | 14-3 | W | Cleveland, OH | Cleveland Stadium | 28142 | |
| Sun | 11/26/1939 | H | Green Bay Packers | 6-7 | L | Cleveland, OH | Cleveland Stadium | 30691 | |
| Sun | 12/3/1939 | N1 | Philadelphia Eagles | 35-13 | W | Colorado Springs, CO | Broadmoor Stadium | 9189 | |
| ROSTER | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No | Player | Pos | Ht | Wt | Age | College | GP | GS |
| 34 | Chet Adams | LOT-LDT-ROT-RDT | 6-3 | 240 | 24 | Ohio University | 9 | 5 |
| 18 | Alex Atty | ROG-RDG | 5-8 | 216 | 23 | West Virginia | 3 | 0 |
| 8 | Lou Barle | WB-S | 6-1 | 205 | 23 | Minnesota-Duluth | 3 | 0 |
| 26 | Jim Benton | LOE-LDE | 6-3 | 200 | 23 | Arkansas | 11 | 11 |
| 25 | Lew Bostick | LOG-LDG-ROG-RDG-OT-DT | 6-0 | 197 | 23 | Alabama | 8 | 2 |
| 17 | Chuck Cherundolo | C-LB | 6-1 | 215 | 23 | Penn State | 10 | 3 |
| 37 | Bill Conkright | C-LB | 6-1 | 203 | 25 | Oklahoma | 11 | 8 |
| 3 | Corby Davis | FB-LB-WB-S | 5-11 | 212 | 25 | Indiana | 10 | 0 |
| 9 | Jerry Dowd | C-LB | 6-0 | 210 | 23 | St. Mary's (California) | 9 | 0 |
| 14 | Johnny Drake | FB-LB | 6-1 | 213 | 23 | Purdue | 11 | 11 |
| 20 | Moose Dunstan | ROT-RDT-LOT-LDT | 6-3 | 238 | 24 | Marin JC; Santa Clara; Portland | 8 | 6 |
| 35 | Ben Friend | LOT-LDT | 6-5 | 248 | 27 | Louisiana State | 9 | 4 |
| 32 | Parker Hall | TB-LDH | 6-0 | 198 | 23 | Mississippi | 11 | 11 |
| 7 | Joel Hitt | LOE-LDE-ROE-RDE | 6-1 | 179 | 23 | Mississippi College | 3 | 0 |
| 1 | Tom Hupke | ROG-RDG-ROT-RDT | 5-10 | 192 | 29 | Alabama | 8 | 1 |
| 24 | Bill Lazetich | BB-RDH-TB-LDH | 6-0 | 198 | 23 | Montana | 5 | 1 |
| 11 | Art Lewis | LOG-LDG-ROT-RDT | 6-3 | 226 | 27 | Ohio University | 7 | 5 |
| 31 | Ted Livingston | LOG-LDG-ROT-RDT-ROG-RDG | 6-3 | 219 | 26 | Pittsburg State; Indiana | 11 | 9 |
| 28 | Riley Matheson | ROG-RDG | 6-2 | 207 | 25 | Cameron JC; Texas-El Paso | 2 | 2 |
| 19 | Paul McDonough | ROE-RDE | 6-4 | 222 | 23 | Utah | 9 | 0 |
| 30 | Barney McGarry | ROG-RDG-LOG-LDG-OT-DT | 6-1 | 204 | 22 | Utah | 10 | 5 |
| 22 | Bill McRaven | BB-RDH | 5-11 | 170 | 21 | Murray State | 7 | 3 |
| 7 | Kelly Moan | TB-LDH | 6-0 | 193 | 28 | Long Beach CC; Washington State; West Virginia | 2 | 0 |
| 27 | Ralph Niehaus | LOT-LDT | 6-4 | 220 | 23 | Dayton | 5 | 2 |
| 2 | Maury Patt | LOE-LDE | 6-2 | 205 | 24 | Carnegie Mellon | 10 | 0 |
| 15 | Mike Perrie | WB-S | 5-11 | 197 | 22 | St. Mary's (California) | 2 | 0 |
| 36 | Phil Ragazzo | ROG-RDG-LOG-LDG | 6-0 | 216 | 24 | Western Reserve | 10 | 3 |
| 23 | Mike Rodak | ROE-RDE-LOE-LDE-BB-RDH | 5-10 | 195 | 22 | Western Reserve | 6 | 0 |
| 4 | Doug Russell | BB-RDH-TB-LOH | 6-0 | 190 | 28 | Muskingum; Kansas State | 8 | 3 |
| 38 | Nate Schenker | LOT-LDT-ROT-RDT | 6-2 | 219 | 21 | Samford | 3 | 0 |
| 5 | Marty Slovak | TB-LDH-BB-RDH | 5-10 | 178 | 23 | Toledo | 9 | 0 |
| 21 | Bronko Smilanich | HB-DH | 5-11 | 180 | 24 | Arizona | 2 | 0 |
| 10 | Gaylon Smith | BB-RDH-FB-LB | 5-11 | 202 | 23 | Southwestern (Tennessee) | 11 | 4 |
| 33 | Vic Spadaccini | WB-S | 6-0 | 222 | 23 | Minnesota | 11 | 11 |
| 12 | Johnny Wilson | ROE-RDE | 6-3 | 202 | 24 | Western Reserve | 11 | 11 |
| DRAFT LIST | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Round | Overall | Player | Pos | College |
| 1 | 3 | Parker Hall | B | Mississippi |
| 2 | 13 | Gaylon Smith | B | Southwestern (Tennessee) |
| 3 | 18 | Elmer Tarbox | B | Texas Tech |
| 4 | 28 | Wally Garard | T | St. Mary's (California) |
| 5 | 33 | Eddie Gatto | T | Louisiana State |
| 6 | 43 | Barney McGarry | T | Utah |
| 7 | 53 | Jerry Dowd | C | St. Mary's (California) |
| 8 | 63 | Warren Brunner | B | Tulane |
| 9 | 73 | Lew Bostick | G | Alabama |
| 10 | 83 | Frank Petrick | E | Indiana |
| 11 | 93 | Sid Roth | G | Cornell |
| 12 | 103 | Chet Adams | T | Ohio University |
| 13 | 113 | Joel Hitt | E | Mississippi College |
| 14 | 123 | John Ryland | C | UCLA |
| 15 | 133 | Ben Friend | T | Louisiana State |
| 16 | 143 | Gordon Reupke | B | Iowa State |
| 17 | 153 | Mike Perrie | B | St. Mary's (California) |
| 18 | 163 | Alex Atty | G | West Virginia |
| 19 | 173 | Bill Lane | B | Bucknell |
| 20 | 183 | Paul Graham | B | Indiana |
| SCORING BY QUARTERS | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 55 | 49 | 27 | 64 |
| Opponents Totals | 22 | 64 | 35 | 43 |
| TEAM STATS | TOP | 1ST DOWNS | FDR | FDP | FDX | 3RD DOWN EFFICIENCY | 4TH DOWN EFFICIENCY | PEN | PENY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 131 | 60 | 61 | 10 | / % | / % | 220 | ||
| Opponents Totals | / % | / % |
| SCORING | TD | X1 | X1A | PCT | FG | FGA | PCT | SAF | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Johnny Drake | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 54 | ||
| Jim Benton | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 48 | ||
| Vic Spadaccini | 1 | 12 | 16 | 75.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | |
| Corby Davis | 1 | 4 | 4 | 100.0 | 1 | 2 | 50.0 | 0 | 13 |
| Parker Hall | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Gaylon Smith | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Jerry Dowd | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Bill Lazetich | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Paul McDonough | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Doug Russell | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Johnny Wilson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Chet Adams | 0 | 5 | 5 | 100.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | |
| Lew Bostick | 0 | 2 | 2 | 100.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| Kelly Moan | 0 | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Team Totals | 28 | 24 | 28 | 85.7 | 1 | 2 | 50.0 | 0 | 195 |
| Opponents Totals | 22 | 18 | 22 | 81.8 | 4 | 1 | 164 |
| FIELD GOALS | MADE | ATT | PCT | 1-19 | 20-29 | 30-39 | 40-49 | 50+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Corby Davis | 1 | 2 | 50.0 | 0/ | 1/ | 0/ | 0/ | 0/ |
| Team Totals | 1 | 2 | 50.0 | 0/ | 1/ | 0/ | 0/ | 0/ |
| Opponents Totals | 4 | 3/ | 0/ | 1/ | 0/ | 0/ |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Parker Hall | 120 | 458 | 3.8 | 2 | |
| Johnny Drake | 118 | 453 | 3.8 | 9 | |
| Marty Slovak | 42 | 135 | 3.2 | 0 | |
| Gaylon Smith | 58 | 98 | 1.7 | 2 | |
| Bill McRaven | 7 | 29 | 4.1 | 0 | |
| Doug Russell | 5 | 26 | 5.2 | 0 | |
| Bill Lazetich | 6 | 23 | 3.8 | 0 | |
| Maury Patt | 6 | 20 | 3.3 | 0 | |
| Jim Benton | 7 | 19 | 2.7 | 0 | |
| Corby Davis | 13 | 15 | 1.2 | 1 | |
| Joel Hitt | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Mike Rodak | 1 | -1 | -1.0 | -1 | 0 |
| Bronko Smilanich | 1 | -3 | -3.0 | -3 | 0 |
| Kelly Moan | 2 | -15 | -7.5 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 387 | 1260 | 3.3 | 14 | |
| Opponents Totals | 431 | 1499 | 3.5 | 11 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INC | YDS | Y/ATT | Y/COM | LG | TD | TD% | INT | INT% | TS | YL | NYP | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Parker Hall | 208 | 106 | 51.0 | 89 | 1227 | 5.9 | 11.6 | 9 | 4.3 | 13 | 6.3 | 57.5 | ||||
| Marty Slovak | 27 | 13 | 48.1 | 9 | 97 | 3.6 | 7.5 | 2 | 7.4 | 5 | 18.5 | 42.3 | ||||
| Gaylon Smith | 5 | 4 | 80.0 | 1 | 3 | 0.6 | 0.8 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 79.2 | ||||
| Kelly Moan | 9 | 3 | 33.3 | 4 | 77 | 8.6 | 25.7 | 1 | 11.1 | 2 | 22.2 | 63.0 | ||||
| Bronko Smilanich | 2 | 1 | 50.0 | 1 | 11 | 5.5 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 66.7 | |||
| Doug Russell | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 39.6 | |||||
| Mike Rodak | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 100.0 | 0.0 | |||||
| Team Totals | 253 | 127 | 50.2 | 105 | 1415 | 5.6 | 11.1 | 12 | 4.7 | 21 | 8.3 | 48.4 | ||||
| Opponents Totals | 199 | 78 | 39.2 | 98 | 1249 | 6.3 | 16.0 | 9 | 4.5 | 23 | 11.6 | 36.4 |
| RECEIVING | REC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vic Spadaccini | 32 | 292 | 9.1 | 1 | |
| Jim Benton | 27 | 388 | 14.4 | 7 | |
| Maury Patt | 15 | 165 | 11.0 | 0 | |
| Bill Lazetich | 8 | 44 | 5.5 | 1 | |
| Paul McDonough | 8 | 73 | 9.1 | 1 | |
| Johnny Wilson | 8 | 108 | 13.5 | 1 | |
| Johnny Drake | 5 | 53 | 10.6 | 0 | |
| Doug Russell | 5 | 67 | 13.4 | 1 | |
| Joel Hitt | 4 | 51 | 12.8 | 0 | |
| Mike Rodak | 4 | 54 | 13.5 | 0 | |
| Corby Davis | 3 | 49 | 16.3 | 0 | |
| Gaylon Smith | 3 | 57 | 19.0 | 0 | |
| Lou Barle | 2 | 16 | 8.0 | 0 | |
| Bill McRaven | 2 | 14 | 7.0 | 0 | |
| Parker Hall | 1 | -16 | -16.0 | -16 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 127 | 1415 | 11.1 | 12 | |
| Opponents Totals | 78 | 1249 | 16.0 | 9 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jerry Dowd | 1 | ||||
| Team Totals | 23 | 1 | |||
| Opponents Totals | 21 | 2 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL | TB | I20 | RYDS | NYDS | NET |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Parker Hall | 58 | 2369 | 40.8 | 80 | ||||||
| Corby Davis | 10 | 393 | 39.3 | 58 | ||||||
| Doug Russell | 8 | 329 | 41.1 | 56 | ||||||
| Lew Bostick | 1 | 55 | 55.0 | 55 | ||||||
| Kelly Moan | 1 | 30 | 30.0 | 30 | ||||||
| Marty Slovak | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | ||||||
| Team Totals | 79 | 40.4 | 80 | |||||||
| Opponents Totals | 247 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 247 | 0 | ||||
| Opponents Totals | 0 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 0 | |||||
| Opponents Totals | 0 |
| FUMBLES | NO | LOST | OWN | OPP | REC | YDS | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 28 | 14 | 0 | ||||
| Opponents Totals | 14 | 0 |
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