1946 Los Angeles Rams (NFL) - Pro Football Archives

SCORES
Day	Date		Opponent	Score		Location	Venue	Attendance
Fri	8/23/1946	A	College All-Stars	0-16	L	Chicago, IL	Soldier Field	97380
Fri	9/6/1946	H	Washington Redskins	16-14	W	Los Angeles, CA	Memorial Coliseum	68188
Sun	9/22/1946	A	San Diego Bomber All-Stars	42-17	W	San Diego, CA	Balboa Stadium	10000
Sun	9/29/1946	H	Philadelphia Eagles	14-25	L	Los Angeles, CA	Memorial Coliseum	30500
Sun	10/6/1946	A	Green Bay Packers	21-17	W	West Allis, WI	Wisconsin State Fair Park	27094
Sun	10/13/1946	A	Chicago Bears	28-28	T	Chicago, IL	Wrigley Field	44211
Sun	10/20/1946	H	Detroit Lions	35-14	W	Los Angeles, CA	Memorial Coliseum	27928
Sun	10/27/1946	A	Chicago Cardinals	10-34	L	Chicago, IL	Comiskey Park	38180
Sun	11/3/1946	A	Detroit Lions	41-20	W	Detroit, MI	Briggs Stadium	34447
Sun	11/10/1946	H	Chicago Bears	21-27	L	Los Angeles, CA	Memorial Coliseum	68381
Sun	11/17/1946	H	Chicago Cardinals	17-14	W	Los Angeles, CA	Memorial Coliseum	38271
Sun	11/24/1946	A	Boston Yanks	21-40	L	Boston, MA	Fenway Park	23689
Sun	12/1/1946	A	New York Giants	31-21	W	New York, NY	Polo Grounds	47366
Sun	12/8/1946	H	Green Bay Packers	38-17	W	Los Angeles, CA	Memorial Coliseum	46838

ROSTER
No	Player	Pos	Ht	Wt	Age	College	GP	GS
33	Jack Banta	ROH-RDH	5-11	191	29	Southern California	10	7
49	Jim Benton	LOE-LDE	6-3	200	30	Arkansas	11	9
66	Gil Bouley	ROT-RDT	6-2	235	25	Boston College	11	11
55	Bob deLauer	C-LB-QB-S-OG-DG-OTT-DT	6-1	218	26	Southern California	10	5
43	Roger Eason	LOG-LDG	6-1	227	28	Oklahoma	11	8
34	Tom Farmer	ROH	5-11	190	25	Iowa	9	1
42	Jake Fawcett	OT-DT-OG-DG	5-10	223	27	Southern Methodist	6	0
18	Fred Gehrke	LOH-LDH-QB-S	5-11	189	28	Utah	10	8
44	Ray Hamilton	ROE-RDE	6-4	212	30	Arkansas	11	7
15	Roger Harding	C-LB	6-2	211	23	California	9	1
21	Jim Hardy	S-QB	6-0	180	23	Southern California	7	0
98	Tom Harmon	S-LOH	6-1	197	27	Michigan	10	1
53	Red Hickey	OE-DE	6-2	204	29	Arkansas	10	0
16	Bob Hoffman	LOH-ROH	6-1	208	29	Southern California	9	2
45	Mike Holovak	FB-LB	6-1	216	27	Boston College	10	3
8	Clyde Johnson	OT-DT	6-6	269	29	Kentucky	11	0
	George Koch	DH	6-0	200	27	Baylor; St. Mary's (Texas)	1	0
27	Mike Lazetich	ROG-RDG	6-1	211	25	Montana; Michigan	10	4
41	Les Lear	LOG-LDG	5-11	225	28	Manitoba	9	1
76	Len Levy	ROG-RDG	6-0	256	25	Minnesota	9	2
11	Riley Matheson	ROG-RDG-C-LB	6-2	207	32	Cameron JC; Texas-El Paso	11	7
31	Art Mergenthal	LOG-LDG	5-11	215	25	Tennessee; Xavier (Ohio); Bowling Green State; Notre Dame	10	1
22	Fred Naumetz	C-LB	6-1	222	24	Boston College	9	4
65	Joe Pasqua	OT-DT	6-1	225	28	Southern Methodist	7	0
30	Steve Pritko	ROE-RDE	6-2	210	26	Villanova	11	4
26	Albie Reisz	S	5-10	175	29	Southeastern Louisiana	3	0
20	Ralph Ruthstrom	LOH-FB-ROH	6-5	212	25	Sam Houston State; Southern Methodist	6	2
40	Elbie Schultz	LOT-LDT	6-4	252	29	Oregon State	11	11
60	Bob Shaw	LDE-LOE	6-4	226	25	Ohio State	11	2
39	Woody Strode	OE-DE	6-3	205	32	UCLA	11	0
46	Steve Sucic	ROH	6-0	210	25	Illinois	4	0
13	Kenny Washington	FB	6-1	210	28	UCLA	6	0
7	Bob Waterfield	QB-S-K	6-1	196	26	UCLA	11	11
36	Pat West	FB	6-0	201	23	Pittsburgh; Southern California	10	7
50	Jack Wilson	ROH-RDH	6-0	200	29	Baylor	8	3

DRAFT LIST
Round	Overall	Player	Pos	College
1	10	Emil Sitko	B	Notre Dame
3	25	Don Samuel	B	Oregon State
5	40	Don Paul	C	UCLA
6	50	Newell Oestreich	B	Southern California
7	60	Fay King	E	Georgia
8	70	Joe Whisler	B	Ohio State
9	80	Mike Schumchyk	E	Arkansas
10	90	Joe Signaigo	G	Notre Dame
11	100	Tom Phillips	B	Ohio State
12	110	Ted Strojny	T	Holy Cross
13	120	George Strohmeyer	C	Notre Dame
14	130	Bob Palladino	B	Notre Dame
15	140	Dick Lorenz	E	Oregon State
16	150	Larry Bouley	B	Georgia
17	160	Gasper Urban	G	Notre Dame
18	170	Bob Wise	G	Colorado
19	180	Jerry Ford	E	Notre Dame
20	190	Bob Albrecht	B	Marquette
21	200	Cliff Lewis	B	Duke
22	210	Bob Richardson	T	Marquette
23	220	Derald Lebow	B	Oklahoma
24	230	Bill Lippincott	B	Washington State
25	240	Kay Jamison	E	Florida
26	250	D.J. Gambrell	C	Alabama
27	260	Joe Dickey	B	Colorado
28	270	Marty Grbovaz	E	San Francisco
29	280	Jay Perrin	T	Southern California
30	290	Frank Plant	C	Georgia
31	295	Dale Cowan	T	Kansas State
32	300	John West	B	Oklahoma

SCORING BY QUARTERS	1st	2nd	3rd	4th
Team Totals	66	76	56	79
Opponents Totals	75	60	58	64

TEAM STATS	TOP	1ST DOWNS	FDR	FDP	FDX	3RD DOWN EFFICIENCY	4TH DOWN EFFICIENCY	PEN	PENY
Team Totals		214	102	91	21	/ %	/ %	80	763
Opponents Totals		170	76	75	19	/ %	/ %	89	702

SCORING	TD	X1	X1A	PCT	FG	FGA	PCT	SAF	PTS
Bob Waterfield	1	37	37	100.0	6	9	66.7	0	61
Jim Benton	6	0	0		0	0		0	36
Fred Gehrke	5	0	0		0	0		0	30
Tom Harmon	5	0	0		0	0		0	30
Red Hickey	3	0	0		0	0		0	18
Bob Hoffman	3	0	0		0	0		0	18
Mike Holovak	3	0	0		0	0		0	18
Bob Shaw	3	0	0		0	0		0	18
Steve Pritko	2	0	0		0	0		0	12
Jack Banta	1	0	0		0	0		0	6
Tom Farmer	1	0	0		0	0		0	6
Len Levy	1	0	0		0	0		0	6
Kenny Washington	1	0	0		0	0		0	6
Pat West	1	0	0		0	0		0	6
Jack Wilson	1	0	0		0	0		0	6
Bob deLauer	0	0	0		0	2	0.0	0	0
Team Totals	37	37	37	100.0	6	11	54.5	0	277
Opponents Totals	35	30	35	85.7	5	11	45.5	1	257

FIELD GOALS	MADE	ATT	PCT	1-19	20-29	30-39	40-49	50+
Bob deLauer	0	2	0.0	0/	0/	0/	0/	0/
Bob Waterfield	6	9	66.7	2/	2/	2/	0/	0/
Team Totals	6	11	54.5	2/	2/	2/	0/	0/
Opponents Totals	5	11	45.5	1/	2/	0/	2/	0/

RUSHING	ATT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Fred Gehrke	71	371	5.2	53	3
Tom Harmon	47	236	5.0	84t	2
Pat West	40	226	5.7	72	1
Mike Holovak	55	211	3.8	22	3
Jack Banta	44	209	4.8	25	0
Bob Hoffman	43	162	3.8	19	3
Jack Wilson	19	120	6.3	35	0
Kenny Washington	23	114	5.0	19	1
Tom Farmer	28	90	3.2	17	1
Steve Sucic	7	18	2.6	9	0
Ralph Ruthstrom	2	-4	-2.0	1	0
Jim Hardy	10	-10	-1.0	6	0
Bob Waterfield	16	-60	-3.8	6	1
Team Totals	405	1683	4.2	84t	15
Opponents Totals	402	1325	3.3		13

PASSING	ATT	COM	PCT	INC	YDS	Y/ATT	Y/COM	LG	TD	TD%	INT	INT%	RTG
Bob Waterfield	251	127	50.6	107	1747	7.0	13.8	57	17	6.8	17	6.8	67.6
Jim Hardy	64	24	37.5	33	285	4.5	11.9	60	2	3.1	7	10.9	22.7
Fred Gehrke	1	1	100.0	0	29	29.0	29.0	29	0	0.0	0	0.0	118.8
Kenny Washington	8	1	12.5	7	19	2.4	19.0	19	0	0.0	0	0.0	39.6
Tom Farmer	2	0	0.0	2	0	0.0			0	0.0	0	0.0	39.6
Team Totals	326	153	46.9	149	2080	6.4	13.6	60	19	5.8	24	7.4	56.5
Opponents Totals	265	112	42.3	130	2154	8.1	19.2		21	7.9	23	8.7	61.4

RECEIVING	REC	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Jim Benton	63	981	15.6	57	6
Steve Pritko	18	185	10.3	29	2
Fred Gehrke	11	83	7.5	21t	2
Tom Harmon	10	199	19.9	45t	2
Jack Banta	8	81	10.1	32	1
Ray Hamilton	8	92	11.5	16	0
Red Hickey	8	213	26.6	60	3
Tom Farmer	6	17	2.8	13	0
Kenny Washington	6	83	13.8	20	0
Bob Shaw	4	63	15.8	28t	2
Woody Strode	4	37	9.3	19	0
Jack Wilson	3	30	10.0	15	1
Mike Holovak	2	6	3.0	8	0
Ralph Ruthstrom	1	9	9.0	9	0
Steve Sucic	1	1	1.0	1	0
Team Totals	153	2080	13.6	60	19
Opponents Totals	112	2154	19.2		21

INTERCEPTIONS	INT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Bob Waterfield	5	72	14.4	28	0
Riley Matheson	4	11	2.8	7	0
Tom Harmon	3	97	32.3	85t	1
Fred Gehrke	3	63	21.0	41	0
Jack Banta	2	44	22.0	39	0
Jack Wilson	1	32	32.0	32	0
Roger Harding	1	14	14.0	14	0
Jim Hardy	1	8	8.0	8	0
Jake Fawcett	1	5	5.0	5	0
Fred Naumetz	1	1	1.0	1	0
Les Lear	1	0	0.0	0	0
Team Totals	23	376	16.3	85t	1
Opponents Totals	24	386	16.1		0

PUNTING	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	BL	RYDS	NET
Bob Waterfield	39	1743	44.7	65	0
Jim Hardy	5	209	41.8	47	0
Jack Banta	1	44	44.0	44	0
Team Totals	45	1996	44.4	65	0	350	35.3
Opponents Totals	51	2060	40.4			295	33.1

PUNT RETURNS	NO	YDS	AVG	LG
Fred Gehrke	8	59	7.4	20
Jack Wilson	5	99	19.8	70
Tom Harmon	5	57	11.4	21
Tom Farmer	4	40	10.0	13
Jack Banta	2	26	13.0	24
Bob Waterfield	1	12	12.0	12
Ralph Ruthstrom	1	2	2.0	2
Team Totals	26	295	11.3	70
Opponents Totals	27	350	13.0

KICKOFF RETURNS	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Fred Gehrke	8	186	23.3	28	0
Jack Banta	8	142	17.8	33	0
Jack Wilson	6	145	24.2	68	0
Tom Harmon	6	134	22.3	31	0
Tom Farmer	4	129	32.3	92	0
Pat West	4	49	12.3	19	0
Kenny Washington	2	39	19.5	24	0
Bob Shaw	1	52	52.0	52t	1
Steve Sucic	1	20	20.0	20	0
Mike Holovak	1	18	18.0	18	0
Red Hickey	1	14	14.0	14	0
Woody Strode	1	6	6.0	6	0
Team Totals	43	887	20.6	92	1
Opponents Totals	52	1301	25.0		1

FUMBLES	NO	LOST	OWN	OPP	REC	YDS
Jack Banta	4		2	1	3	6
Jim Benton	1		0	0	0	0
Gil Bouley	0	0	0	3	3	0
Roger Eason	0	0	0	1	1	0
Tom Farmer	1		1	1	2	0
Fred Gehrke	2		0	0	0	0
Ray Hamilton	0	0	0	1	1	0
Roger Harding	1		0	0	0	0
Jim Hardy	2		1	0	1	0
Tom Harmon	2		0	1	1	0
Mike Holovak	2		0	0	0	0
Mike Lazetich	0	0	0	2	2	0
Riley Matheson	0	0	0	1	1	0
Joe Pasqua	0	0	0	1	1	0
Steve Pritko	0	0	0	1	1	0
Ralph Ruthstrom	2		0	0	0	0
Elbie Schultz	0	0	0	2	2	15
Bob Shaw	0	0	0	2	2	14
Steve Sucic	1		1	0	1	-4
Kenny Washington	2		0	0	0	0
Bob Waterfield	6		3	0	3	0
Pat West	4		1	0	1	0
Jack Wilson	0	0	1	0	1	0
Team Totals	31	20	11	15	26	31
Opponents Totals	35	15	20	20	40

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