1948 Los Angeles Rams (NFL) - Pro Football Archives

SCORES
Day	Date		Opponent	Score		Location	Venue	Attendance
Thu	9/2/1948	H	Washington Redskins	10-21	L	Los Angeles, CA	Memorial Coliseum	77100
Mon	9/6/1948	A	Hawaiian Warriors	41-20	W	Honolulu, HI	Honolulu Stadium	21000
Fri	9/10/1948	A	Hawaiian Warriors	42-7	W	Honolulu, HI	Honolulu Stadium	14000
Wed	9/15/1948	N	Philadelphia Eagles	7-21	L	Dallas, TX	Dal-Hi Stadium	15000
Wed	9/22/1948	H	Detroit Lions	44-7	W	Los Angeles, CA	Memorial Coliseum	12941
Sun	10/3/1948	H	Philadelphia Eagles	28-28	T	Los Angeles, CA	Memorial Coliseum	36884
Sun	10/10/1948	A	Chicago Bears	21-42	L	Chicago, IL	Wrigley Field	43707
Sun	10/17/1948	A	Green Bay Packers	0-16	L	Green Bay, WI	City Stadium	25119
Sun	10/24/1948	A	Detroit Lions	34-27	W	Detroit, MI	Briggs Stadium	17444
Sun	10/31/1948	H	Chicago Cardinals	22-27	L	Los Angeles, CA	Memorial Coliseum	32149
Sun	11/7/1948	H	Chicago Bears	6-21	L	Los Angeles, CA	Memorial Coliseum	56263
Sun	11/14/1948	A	New York Giants	52-37	W	New York, NY	Polo Grounds	22766
Sun	11/21/1948	A	Chicago Cardinals	24-27	L	Chicago, IL	Comiskey Park	29031
Sun	11/28/1948	H	Green Bay Packers	24-10	W	Los Angeles, CA	Memorial Coliseum	23874
Sun	12/5/1948	A	Washington Redskins	41-13	W	Washington, DC	Griffith Stadium	32970
Sun	12/12/1948	H	Pittsburgh Steelers	31-14	W	Los Angeles, CA	Memorial Coliseum	27967

ROSTER
No	Player	Pos	Ht	Wt	Age	College	GP	GS
30	Bob Agler	FB-LB	6-1	210	24	Otterbein	9	0
33	Jack Banta	ROH-RDH	5-11	191	31	Southern California	12	10
66	Gil Bouley	ROT-RDT	6-2	235	27	Boston College	12	12
63	Larry Brink	ROE-RDE-LOE-LDE	6-5	235	25	Northern Illinois	12	0
86	Ed Champagne	ROT-RDT-LOT-LDT	6-3	236	27	Louisiana State	12	0
25	Joe Corn	RDH-ROH-LDH-LOH	5-6	168	25	none	10	0
9	Gerry Cowhig	FB-LB-ROH-RDH	6-2	215	27	Notre Dame	12	3
40	Don Currivan	ROE-RDE	6-0	193	28	Boston College	10	2
77	Bob David	LOG-LDG	6-0	219	27	Notre Dame; Villanova	3	1
84	Hal Dean	LOG-LDG	6-0	205	26	Ohio State	11	9
50	Bob DeFruiter	RDH-ROH-LDH-LOH	6-0	190	30	Nebraska	3	0
43	Roger Eason	ROG-RDG	6-1	227	30	Oklahoma	11	6
55	Tom Fears	LOE-LDE	6-2	213	26	Santa Clara; UCLA	12	1
58	Jack Finlay	LOG-LDG	6-1	217	27	UCLA	11	2
18	Fred Gehrke	LOH-LDH	5-11	189	30	Utah	12	8
21	Jim Hardy	QB-S	6-0	180	25	Southern California	12	3
53	Red Hickey	ROE-RDE-LOE-LDE	6-2	204	31	Arkansas	12	0
31	Dick Hoerner	FB-LB	6-4	220	26	Iowa	12	5
16	Bob Hoffman	FB-LB	6-1	208	31	Southern California	11	4
12	Les Horvath	RDH-ROH-LDH-LOH	5-10	173	27	Ohio State	12	2
46	Frank Hubbell	LOE-LDE	6-2	222	26	Tennessee	12	11
20	Dick Huffman	LOT-LDT	6-1	255	25	Tennessee	12	11
10	Tom Keane	LOH-LDH-ROH-RDH	6-1	192	22	Ohio State; West Virginia	11	0
27	Mike Lazetich	ROG-RDG	6-1	211	27	Montana; Michigan	12	6
3	Dante Magnani	ROH-RDH	5-10	182	31	St. Mary's (California)	8	1
23	Jack Martin	C-LB	6-3	238	26	Princeton; Navy	12	5
65	Jim Mello	FB-LB	5-10	190	28	Notre Dame	2	0
22	Fred Naumetz	C-LB	6-1	222	26	Boston College	12	7
57	Don Paul	C-LB	6-1	228	23	UCLA	12	0
42	Joe Repko	ROT-RDT	6-0	236	28	Seton Hall; Boston College	12	0
77/50	Paul Rickards	QB-S	6-1	193	22	Pittsburgh	3	0
65	Bruce Smith	LOH-LDH	6-0	197	28	Minnesota	8	0
79	Bill Smyth	ROE-RDE	6-3	243	26	Notre Dame; Cincinnati; Penn State; Cincinnati	11	4
44	Al Sparkman	LOT-LDT2	6-6	260	22	Texas A&M; Louisville	12	1
13	Kenny Washington	LOH-DB	6-1	210	30	UCLA	10	3
7	Bob Waterfield	QB-S-K	6-1	196	28	UCLA	12	9
36	Pat West	FB-LB	6-0	201	25	Pittsburgh; Southern California	4	0
54	Ray Yagiello	ROG-RDG	6-0	220	25	Franklin & Marshall; Catawba	12	0
56	Jack Zilly	ROE-RDE-LOE-LDE	6-2	212	27	Notre Dame	12	6

DRAFT LIST
Round	Overall	Player	Pos	College
3	18	Tom Keane	B	West Virginia
5	30	Bruce Bailey	B	Virginia
6	40	George Grimes	B	Virginia
7	49	Gene Ruszkowski	T	Ohio University
7	50	Noel Cudd	T	West Texas A&M
8	60	Bob Walker	B	Colorado Mines
9	70	Mike Graham	B	Cincinnati
10	80	Glenn Johnson	T	Arizona State
11	90	Johnny Zisch	E	Colorado
12	100	Atherton Phleger	T	Stanford
13	110	Bob Heck	E	Purdue
14	120	Bill Schroll	B	Louisiana State
15	130	Bob DeMent	T	Southern Mississippi
16	140	Charley Schoenherr	B	Wheaton
17	150	Larry Brink	E	Northern Illinois
18	160	Bill O'Connor	G	Notre Dame
19	170	Bill Nelson	B	Montana State
20	180	Jim Rees	T	North Carolina State
21	190	Ray Borneman	B	Texas
22	200	Ray Yagiello	T	Catawba
23	210	Jack Pesek	E	Nebraska
24	220	Chhuck DeAutremont	B	Southern Oregon
25	230	Bob Levenhagen	G	Washington
26	240	Leon Cooper	T	Hardin-Simmons
27	250	Jim Wade	B	Oklahoma City
28	260	Ken Sinofsky	G	Nevada-Reno
29	270	Bobby Jack Stuart	B	Army
30	280	Hilliard Crum	E	Arizona
31	288	Tony Kunkiewicz	B	Trinity (Connecticut)
32	295	Bill Taylor	E	Rice

SCORING BY QUARTERS	1st	2nd	3rd	4th
Team Totals	31	86	88	122
Opponents Totals	37	109	82	41

TEAM STATS	TOP	1ST DOWNS	FDR	FDP	FDX	3RD DOWN EFFICIENCY	4TH DOWN EFFICIENCY	PEN	PENY
Team Totals		239	100	123	16	/ %	/ %	98	859
Opponents Totals		204	90	97	17	/ %	/ %	77	719

SCORING	TD	X1	X1A	PCT	FG	FGA	PCT	SAF	PTS
Bob Waterfield	0	38	44	86.4	6	11	54.5	0	56
Red Hickey	7	0	0		0	0		0	42
Dick Hoerner	6	0	0		0	0		0	36
Tom Fears	5	0	0		0	0		0	30
Bob Hoffman	5	0	0		0	0		0	30
Don Currivan	4	0	0		0	0		0	24
Jack Zilly	4	0	0		0	0		0	24
Fred Gehrke	3	1	1	100.0	0	0		0	19
Kenny Washington	3	0	0		0	0		0	18
Gerry Cowhig	2	0	0		0	0		0	12
Tom Keane	2	0	0		0	0		0	12
Les Horvath	1	0	0		0	0		0	6
Frank Hubbell	1	0	0		0	0		0	6
Dante Magnani	1	0	0		0	0		0	6
Bill Smyth	1	0	0		0	0		0	6
Team Totals	45	39	45	86.7	6	11	54.5	0	327
Opponents Totals	36	33	36	91.7	6	11	54.5	1	269

FIELD GOALS	MADE	ATT	PCT	1-19	20-29	30-39	40-49	50+
Bob Waterfield	6	11	54.5	2/	0/	2/	2/	0/
Team Totals	6	11	54.5	2/	0/	2/	2/	0/
Opponents Totals	6	11	54.5	0/	3/	2/	1/	0/

RUSHING	ATT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Dick Hoerner	76	354	4.7	23	4
Kenny Washington	57	301	5.3	31t	2
Fred Gehrke	56	246	4.4	24	1
Gerry Cowhig	46	206	4.5	14	2
Dante Magnani	38	144	3.8	15	0
Les Horvath	30	118	3.9	19	0
Jack Banta	32	105	3.3	14	0
Bob Hoffman	22	68	3.1	8	4
Bruce Smith	16	62	3.9		0
Bob Agler	8	41	5.1	12	0
Joe Corn	11	27	2.5	6	0
Paul Rickards	2	21	10.5	11	0
Tom Keane	7	16	2.3	3	0
Jim Hardy	5	14	2.8	9	0
Bob Waterfield	7	12	1.7	10	0
Tom Fears	2	8	4.0	8	0
Bob DeFruiter	3	4	1.3	4	0
Jim Mello	7	3	0.4	4	0
Larry Brink	1	-3	-3.0	-3	0
Don Currivan	1	-4	-4.0	-4	0
Team Totals	427	1743	4.1	31t	13
Opponents Totals	441	1570	3.6		13

PASSING	ATT	COM	PCT	INC	YDS	Y/ATT	Y/COM	LG	TD	TD%	INT	INT%	TS	YL	NYP	RTG
Jim Hardy	211	112	53.1	92	1390	6.6	12.4	69t	14	6.6	7	3.3		11	1379	82.1
Bob Waterfield	180	87	48.3	75	1354	7.5	15.6	80t	14	7.8	18	10.0		23	1331	60.0
Paul Rickards	2	2	100.0	0	4	2.0	2.0	3	0	0.0	0	0.0		31	-27	79.2
Fred Gehrke	1	0	0.0	1	0	0.0			0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0	0	39.6
Kenny Washington	1	0	0.0	1	0	0.0			0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0	0	39.6
Team Totals	395	201	50.9	169	2748	7.0	13.7	80t	28	7.1	25	6.3				70.7
Opponents Totals	309	164	53.1	126	2143	6.9	13.1		20	6.5	19	6.1				71.2

RECEIVING	REC	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Tom Fears	51	698	13.7	80t	4
Red Hickey	30	509	17.0	60t	7
Dick Hoerner	18	227	12.6	45	2
Fred Gehrke	16	173	10.8	34	1
Jack Zilly	13	169	13.0	30	4
Tom Keane	11	195	17.7	57	2
Don Currivan	10	189	18.9	58t	3
Frank Hubbell	10	134	13.4	48	1
Bill Smyth	6	66	11.0	21	1
Kenny Washington	6	104	17.3	43	1
Jack Banta	4	34	8.5	14	0
Larry Brink	4	36	9.0	18	0
Les Horvath	4	42	10.5	19	0
Bruce Smith	4	29	7.3	10	0
Gerry Cowhig	3	18	6.0	9	0
Bob Hoffman	3	28	9.3	13	1
Dante Magnani	3	28	9.3	16t	1
Pat West	3	37	12.3	17	0
Gil Bouley	1	15	15.0	15	0
Jim Mello	1	17	17.0	17	0
Team Totals	201	2748	13.7	80t	28
Opponents Totals	164	2143	13.1		20

INTERCEPTIONS	INT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Fred Naumetz	4	75	18.8	68	0
Bob Waterfield	4	8	2.0	5	0
Kenny Washington	2	45	22.5	40	0
Tom Fears	2	37	18.5	35t	1
Fred Gehrke	2	29	14.5	21	0
Les Horvath	2	14	7.0	9	0
Gerry Cowhig	1	9	9.0	9	0
Dick Hoerner	1	6	6.0	6	0
Hal Dean	1	0	0.0	0	0
Team Totals	19	223	11.7		1
Opponents Totals	25	311	12.4		3

PUNTING	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	BL	RYDS	NET
Bob Waterfield	43	1843	42.9	88	0
Jack Banta	17	639	37.6	55	0
Jim Hardy	3	151	50.3	77	0
Team Totals	63	2633	41.8	88	0	445
Opponents Totals	77	3155	41.0			514	33.8

PUNT RETURNS	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Les Horvath	13	203	15.6	27	0
Fred Gehrke	19	217	11.4	48	0
Joe Corn	4	49	12.3	22	0
Jack Banta	1	14	14.0	14	0
Kenny Washington	1	12	12.0	12	0
Bruce Smith	1	10	10.0	10	0
Dick Hoerner	1	6	6.0	6	0
Gerry Cowhig	1	3	3.0	3	0
Team Totals	41	514	12.5	48	0
Opponents Totals	32	445	13.9		1

KICKOFF RETURNS	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Fred Gehrke	17	464	27.3	92t	1
Jack Banta	6	119	19.8	28	0
Joe Corn	5	112	22.4	22	0
Dante Magnani	3	49	16.3	22	0
Kenny Washington	2	54	27.0	33	0
Dick Hoerner	2	35	17.5	20	0
Les Horvath	2	31	15.5	16	0
Bob Hoffman	2	19	9.5	10	0
Gil Bouley	1	8	8.0	8	0
Gerry Cowhig	1	3	3.0	3	0
Al Sparkman	1	0	0.0	0	0
Team Totals	42	894	21.3	92t	1
Opponents Totals	53	1177	22.2		1

FUMBLES	NO	LOST	OWN	OPP	REC	YDS	TD
Jack Banta	1		1	1	2	0	0
Gil Bouley	1		1	0	1	0	0
Larry Brink	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Ed Champagne	0	0	0	2	2	2	0
Joe Corn	2		1	0	1	0	0
Bob David	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Hal Dean	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Roger Eason	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Fred Gehrke	4		0	0	0	0	0
Jim Hardy	2		1	0	1	0	0
Dick Hoerner	3		2	0	2	8	0
Bob Hoffman	1		0	0	0	0	0
Les Horvath	2		1	2	3	4	0
Frank Hubbell	1		0	3	3	0	0
Tom Keane	1		0	2	2	0	0
Mike Lazetich	0	0	1	3	4	0	0
Dante Magnani	2		0	0	0	0	0
Jack Martin	0	0	1	0	1	0	0
Fred Naumetz	0	0	0	2	2	0	0
Bruce Smith	1		1	0	1	0	0
Bill Smyth	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Al Sparkman	1		0	0	0	0	0
Kenny Washington	4		2	2	4	17	0
Bob Waterfield	5		3	1	4	0	0
Jack Zilly	1		0	1	1	4	0
Team Totals	32	17	15	24	39	35	0
Opponents Totals	42	24	18	17	35		3

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