1955 Los Angeles Rams (NFL)

1st place Western Conference 8-3-1 .727

Jack Faulkner	Backfield
Joe Madro	Offensive Line
Lowell Storm	Ends
Joe Thomas	Defensive Line

SCORES
Day	Date		Opponent	Score			Location	Venue	Attendance
Sat	7/30/1955	H	Fort Ord	44-17	W		Long Beach, CA	Veterans Memorial Stadium	10333
Sat	8/6/1955	N	Pittsburgh Steelers	35-24	W		Portland, OR	Multnomah Stadium	20942
Wed	8/17/1955	H	Washington Redskins	28-31	L		Los Angeles, CA	Memorial Coliseum	77935
Sun	8/28/1955	N	New York Giants	23-17	W	OT	Portland, OR	Multnomah Stadium	22222
Fri	9/2/1955	H	Cleveland Browns	38-21	W		Los Angeles, CA	Memorial Coliseum	35498
Fri	9/9/1955	H	San Francisco 49ers	10-31	L		Los Angeles, CA	Memorial Coliseum	65633
Sat	9/17/1955	N	Philadelphia Eagles	21-35	L		Denver, CO	University of Denver Stadium	12500
Sun	9/25/1955	A	San Francisco 49ers	23-14	W		San Francisco, CA	Kezar Stadium	58772
Sun	10/2/1955	H	Pittsburgh Steelers	27-26	W		Los Angeles, CA	Memorial Coliseum	45816
Sun	10/9/1955	A	Detroit Lions	17-10	W		Detroit, MI	Briggs Stadium	54836
Sun	10/16/1955	A	Green Bay Packers	28-30	L		Milwaukee, WI	County Stadium	26960
Sun	10/23/1955	H	Detroit Lions	24-13	W		Los Angeles, CA	Memorial Coliseum	68690
Sun	10/30/1955	H	Chicago Bears	20-31	L		Los Angeles, CA	Memorial Coliseum	69587
Sun	11/6/1955	H	San Francisco 49ers	27-14	W		Los Angeles, CA	Memorial Coliseum	71832
Sun	11/13/1955	A	Chicago Bears	3-24	L		Chicago, IL	Wrigley Field	50187
Sun	11/20/1955	A	Baltimore Colts	17-17	T		Baltimore, MD	Memorial Stadium	41146
Sun	11/27/1955	A	Philadelphia Eagles	23-21	W		Philadelphia, PA	Connie Mack Stadium	31648
Sun	12/4/1955	H	Baltimore Colts	20-14	W		Los Angeles, CA	Memorial Coliseum	37024
Sun	12/11/1955	H	Green Bay Packers	31-17	W		Los Angeles, CA	Memorial Coliseum	90535
League Championship
Mon	12/26/1955	H	Cleveland Browns	14-38	L		Los Angeles, CA	Memorial Coliseum	58346

Exhibition game. Playoff game. A=Away game. H=Home game. N=Neutral site game. W=Win. L=Loss. T=Tie. OT=Overtime.

ROSTER
No	Player	Pos	Ht	Wt	Age	College	GP	GS
86	Jack Bighead	LOE	6-3	215	25	Pepperdine	2	0
82	Bob Boyd	ROE-LOE	6-2	201	27	Compton JC; Loyola Marymount	7	6
25	Don Burroughs	LS	6-4	185	24	Pasadena CC; Ventura JC; Colorado State	12	12
41	Jim Cason	LDH-RDH-RS	6-0	171	28	Louisiana State	12	8
73	Bobby Cross	LOT	6-4	248	24	Kilgore JC; Stephen F. Austin State	12	12
29	Jack Dwyer	DB	5-11	175	28	Los Angeles CC; Loyola Marymount	2	0
60	Jack Ellena	MG	6-1	226	24	Lassen JC; UCLA	12	4
80	Tom Fears	LOE-K	6-2	213	33	Santa Clara; UCLA	12	12
68	Sid Fournet	MG-RDE	6-0	235	23	Louisiana State	12	1
71	Frank Fuller	LDE-MG-RDT	6-4	244	26	Kentucky	12	0
58	Bob Griffin	RLB	6-3	235	26	Arkansas	12	8
65	Art Hauser	RDT-LDT	6-0	237	26	Xavier (Ohio)	12	6
22	Hall Haynes	RDH	6-0	187	27	Santa Clara	9	4
40	Elroy Hirsch	ROE-ROH	6-1	190	32	Wisconsin; Michigan	9	8
63	John Hock	ROG	6-2	230	28	Santa Clara	12	12
79	Glenn Holtzman	ROT-LOT	6-3	250	25	Kilgore JC; North Texas	12	4
49	Ed Hughes	LDH	6-1	184	28	Canisius; North Carolina State; Cameron JC; Tulsa	12	7
20	Woodley Lewis	LOE-ROE-ROH	6-0	193	30	Los Angeles CC; Oregon	12	1
78	Gene Lipscomb	RDT-LDT	6-6	284	24	none	12	6
89	Bob Long	ROE	6-3	232	21	UCLA	1	0
23	Tom McCormick	ROE-LOH-FB	5-11	185	25	Menlo; Pacific	6	2
62	Bud McFadin	LDT-K	6-3	260	27	Texas	12	12
50	Leon McLaughlin	C	6-2	228	30	UCLA	12	12
81	Paul Miller	LDE	6-2	226	25	Louisiana State	12	12
56	Larry Morris	RLB-FB-LLB	6-2	226	22	Georgia Tech	12	7
57	Don Paul	MG	6-1	228	30	UCLA	8	7
61	Duane Putnam	LOG	6-0	228	27	Pacific	12	12
21	Skeet Quinlan	ROH-LOH	5-11	173	27	Texas Christian; San Diego State	6	4
67	Les Richter	LLB-K	6-3	238	25	California	12	12
84	Andy Robustelli	RDE	6-1	230	30	Arnold	12	12
43	Will Sherman	RS-RDH	6-2	197	28	St. Mary's (California)	12	12
48	Corky Taylor	RDH-LOH-LDH	5-10	188	22	Kansas State	10	6
70	Charley Toogood	ROT	6-0	232	28	Nebraska	12	8
32	Dan Towler	FB	6-2	225	27	Washington & Jefferson	7	3
11	Norm Van Brocklin	QB-P	6-1	199	29	Oregon	12	12
9	Billy Wade	QB	6-2	204	25	Vanderbilt	7	0
27	Ron Waller	LOH-ROH	5-11	180	22	Maryland	12	12
35	Tank Younger	FB-ROH	6-3	225	27	Grambling State	8	7

DRAFT LIST
Round	Overall	Player	Pos	College
1	7	Larry Morris	C	Georgia Tech
2	15	Ron Waller	B	Maryland
2	18	Bob Long	B	UCLA
2	19	Corky Taylor	B	Kansas State
2	20	Sid Fournet	T	Louisiana State
4	40	Tom Feamster	E	Florida State
4	43	Ed Fouch	T	Southern California
5	55	Ed Kelley	B	Texas
6	67	Corky Tharp	B	Alabama
7	79	Frank Clayton	B	Southern California
8	91	Billy Teas	B	Georgia Tech
9	103	John Witte	T	Oregon State
10	112	Jesse Arnelle	E	Penn State
10	115	Claude Harland	E	Texas Tech
11	127	Joe Ray	T	UCLA
12	139	Jim Hanifan	E	California
13	151	Dave Parkinson	B	Texas
14	163	George Elliott	B	Northeastern State
15	175	Bob Hoerning	B	St. Norbert
16	187	Charlie Coates	T	Tulane
17	199	Gene Mitcham	E	Arizona State
18	211	Clyde Sweeney	T	West Virginia
19	223	John Davis	E	Miles
20	235	Jack Muldowney	T	Dayton
21	247	Jerry Cvengros	T	Wisconsin
22	259	Ken Elmore	T	Texas Tech
23	271	George Medved	T	Florida
24	283	Billy Andrews	B	Trinity (Texas)
25	295	Ralph Cook	T	Ball State
26	307	Lou Hallow	C	East Carolina
27	319	Bruce Nevitt	C	Washington State
28	331	Bud Hoffman	B	Cincinnati
29	343	Bob Howe	B	Cincinnati
30	354	K.C. Jones	E	San Francisco*

SCORING BY QUARTERS	1st	2nd	3rd	4th
Team Totals	71	40	51	98
Opponents Totals	40	55	51	85

TEAM STATS	TOP	1ST DOWNS	FDR	FDP	FDX	3RD DOWN EFFICIENCY	4TH DOWN EFFICIENCY	PEN	PENY
Team Totals		233	118	103	12	/ %	/ %	64	612
Opponents Totals		245	95	122	28	/ %	/ %	50	430

SCORING	TD	X1	X1A	PCT	FG	FGA	PCT	SAF	PTS
Les Richter	0	30	31	96.8	13	24	54.2	0	69
Ron Waller	8	0	0		0	0		0	48
Tank Younger	5	0	0		0	0		0	30
Bob Boyd	3	0	0		0	0		0	18
Dan Towler	3	0	0		0	0		0	18
Tom Fears	2	0	0		0	3	0.0	0	12
Elroy Hirsch	2	0	0		0	0		0	12
Andy Robustelli	2	0	0		0	0		0	12
Corky Taylor	2	0	0		0	0		0	12
Jim Cason	1	0	0		0	0		0	6
Tom McCormick	1	0	0		0	0		0	6
Larry Morris	1	0	0		0	0		0	6
Skeet Quinlan	1	0	0		0	0		0	6
Bud McFadin	0	0	0		1	5	20.0	0	3
Bob Griffin	0	0	0		0	0		1	2
Team Totals	31	30	31	96.8	14	32	43.8	1	260
Opponents Totals	29	27	29	93.1	10	17	58.8	0	231

FIELD GOALS	MADE	ATT	PCT	1-19	20-29	30-39	40-49	50+
Tom Fears	0	3	0.0	0/	0/	0/	0/	0/
Bud McFadin	1	5	20.0	0/	0/	0/	1/	0/
Les Richter	13	24	54.2	8/	2/	2/	1/	0/
Team Totals	14	32	43.8	8/	2/	2/	2/	0/
Opponents Totals	10	17	58.8	2/	2/	3/	3/	0/

RUSHING	ATT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Ron Waller	151	716	4.7	55t	7
Tank Younger	138	644	4.7	54	5
Larry Morris	40	148	3.7	22	1
Dan Towler	43	137	3.2	14	3
Corky Taylor	26	95	3.7	13	0
Skeet Quinlan	15	70	4.7	12	0
Tom McCormick	16	66	4.1	14	1
Billy Wade	11	43	3.9	14	0
Norm Van Brocklin	11	24	2.2	9	0
Team Totals	451	1943	4.3	55t	17
Opponents Totals	423	1624	3.8		10

PASSING	ATT	COM	PCT	INC	YDS	Y/ATT	Y/COM	LG	TD	TD%	INT	INT%	TS	YL	NYP	RTG
Norm Van Brocklin	272	144	52.9	113	1890	6.9	13.1	74t	8	2.9	15	5.5		76	1814	62.0
Billy Wade	71	31	43.7	37	316	4.5	10.2	25	1	1.4	3	4.2		69	247	44.1
Ron Waller	1	0	0.0	1	0	0.0			0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0	0	39.6
Team Totals	344	175	50.9	151	2206	6.4	12.6	74t	9	2.6	18	5.2		145	2061	58.1
Opponents Totals	351	193	55.0	127	2518	7.2	13.0		18	5.1	31	8.8		209	2309	58.1

RECEIVING	REC	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Tom Fears	44	569	12.9	31	2
Elroy Hirsch	25	460	18.4	72t	2
Ron Waller	24	228	9.5	30	1
Bob Boyd	22	383	17.4	74t	3
Skeet Quinlan	19	245	12.9	46	0
Woodley Lewis	19	199	10.5	19	0
Corky Taylor	7	47	6.7	17t	1
Tank Younger	6	51	8.5	13	0
Dan Towler	6	25	4.2	11	0
Tom McCormick	3	-1	-0.3	4	0
Team Totals	175	2206	12.6	74t	9
Opponents Totals	193	2518	13.0		18

INTERCEPTIONS	INT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Will Sherman	11	101	9.2	36	0
Don Burroughs	9	103	11.4	34	0
Jim Cason	5	41	8.2	25t	1
Corky Taylor	2	55	27.5	55t	1
Les Richter	2	23	11.5	20	0
Bob Griffin	1	20	20.0	20	0
Andy Robustelli	1	10	10.0	10t	1
Team Totals	31	353	11.4	55t	3
Opponents Totals	18	338	18.8		0

PUNTING	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	BL	TB	RYDS	NET
Norm Van Brocklin	60	2676	44.6	61	0	6	264	38.2
Team Totals	60	2676	44.6	61	0		264	40.2
Opponents Totals	56	2373	42.4				229

PUNT RETURNS	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Ron Waller	14	60	4.3	21	0
Woodley Lewis	29	105	3.6	22	0
Skeet Quinlan	1	55	55.0	55t	1
Jack Ellena	0	9		9L	0
Team Totals	44	229	5.2	55t	1
Opponents Totals	41	264	6.4		0

KICKOFF RETURNS	NO	YDS	AVG	LG
Ron Waller	17	461	27.1	39
Woodley Lewis	20	450	22.5	32
Tom McCormick	2	42	21.0	23
Gene Lipscomb	2	32	16.0	17
Art Hauser	2	17	8.5	17
Charley Toogood	1	11	11.0	11
Team Totals	44	1013	23.0	39
Opponents Totals	35	690	19.7

FUMBLES	NO	LOST	OWN	OPP	REC	YDS	TD
Bobby Cross	0	0	1	0	1	0	0
Jack Ellena	0	0	0	2	2	0	0
Tom Fears	0	0	1	0	1	0	0
Art Hauser	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
John Hock	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Glenn Holtzman	0	0	2	0	2	11	0
Ed Hughes	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Woodley Lewis	2		2	0	2	0	0
Bud McFadin	0	0	1	0	1	0	0
Leon McLaughlin	0	0	2	0	2	0	0
Paul Miller	0	0	0	3	3	0	0
Larry Morris	0	0	0	1	1	6	0
Skeet Quinlan	2		1	0	1	0	0
Andy Robustelli	0	0	0	5	5	18	1
Will Sherman	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Corky Taylor	1		0	0	0	0	0
Dan Towler	2		0	0	0	0	0
Norm Van Brocklin	3		2	0	2	0	0
Billy Wade	4		1	0	1	0	0
Ron Waller	6		0	0	0	0	0
Tank Younger	3		0	0	0	0	0
Team Totals	23	10	13	15	28	35	1
Opponents Totals	20	15	5	10	15		1