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1942 Cleveland Rams

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Record: 5-6-0, Finished 3rd in NFL West Division
NFL Season Summary

Scored 150 points (13.6/g), 6th of 10 in the NFL.
 Allowed 207 points (18.8/g), 6th.
 Differential of -57 points (-5.2/g), 6th.
 Expected W-L: 3.5-7.5.

 Takeaway/Giveaway Differential -2 (-0.2/g), 6th.

Coached by Dutch Clark (5-6-0)

1942 Statistics / Starters & Roster / Games & Schedule / Team Draftees

Team Games & Schedule

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Score Offense Defense
Week Date Rec Opp Tm Opp 1stD TotYd PassY RushY TO 1stD TotYd PassY RushY TO
1 Sun September 13 box L 0-1 @ Chicago Cardinals 0 7 11 321 161 160 3 10 249 99 150 1
2 Sun September 20 box W 1-1 Philadelphia Eagles 24 14 12 296 200 96 2 14 235 90 145 2
3 Sun September 27 box W 2-1 @ Detroit Lions 14 0 10 222 106 116 3 9 164 57 107 5
4 Sun October 4 box L 2-2 Chicago Bears 7 21 7 148 128 20 4 12 297 179 118 4
5 Sun October 11 box L 2-3 @ Washington Redskins 14 33 5 103 132 -29 3 15 330 143 187 4
6 Sun October 18 box L 2-4 @ Green Bay Packers 28 45 15 388 254 134 2 26 539 330 209
7 Sun October 25 box W 3-4 Chicago Cardinals 7 3 9 153 93 60 3 13 214 114 100 4
8 Sun November 1 box W 4-4 @ Brooklyn Dodgers 17 0 8 204 159 45 2 14 268 94 174 5
9 Sun November 8 box L 4-5 Green Bay Packers 12 30 12 234 96 138 7 21 337 197 140 3
10 Sun November 15 box W 5-5 Detroit Lions 27 7 8 285 160 125 2 17 346 114 232 3
11 Sun November 29 box L 5-6 @ Chicago Bears 0 47 6 58 48 10 4 14 506 323 183 3

Team Stats and Rankings

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Passing Rushing
Pts Yds Ply Y/P 1stD Cmp Att Yds TD Int NY/A 1stD Att Yds TD Y/A 1stD TO FL 1stPy
Team Offense 150 2412 559 4.3 103 109 249 1537 13 27 6.2 60 310 875 5 2.8 36 35 8 7
Team Defense 207 3484 725 4.8 238 125 262 1740 17 23 6.6 60 463 1744 11 3.8 165 33 10 13
Lg Rank Offense 6 7 10 4 4 4 7 6 10 10 8 8 7 2
Lg Rank Defense 6 10 10 9 10 9 4 7 8 10 4 8 4 5

Passing

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Age Pos G GS QBrec Cmp Att Cmp% Yds TD TD% Int Int% Lng Y/A AY/A Y/C Y/G Rate Sk Yds NY/A ANY/A Sk%
Parker Hall 26 TB 10 8 62 140 44.3 815 7 5.0 19 13.6 59 5.8 0.2 13.1 81.5 40.3
Jack Jacobs 23 tb 8 3 43 93 46.2 640 6 6.5 6 6.5 67 6.9 4.6 14.9 80.0 63.9
Gaylon Smith 26 FB 11 6 2 12 16.7 49 0 0.0 1 8.3 19 4.1 0.3 24.5 4.5 9.4
Corby Davis 28 9 2 1 2 50.0 22 0 0.0 1 50.0 22 11.0 -11.5 22.0 2.4 50.0
Len Janiak 27 9 3 1 1 100.0 11 0 0.0 0 0.0 11 11.0 11.0 11.0 1.2 112.5
Dante Magnani* 25 WB 11 10 0 1 0.0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 39.6
Team Total 25.3 11 109 249 43.8 1537 13 5.2 27 10.8 67 6.2 1.8 14.1 139.7 42.1
Opp Total 11 125 262 47.7 1740 17 6.5 23 8.8 6.6 3.3 13.9 158.2 54.6 0 0 6.6 3.3

Rushing & Receiving

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Rushing Receiving
Age Pos G GS Att Yds TD Lng Y/A Y/G A/G Rec Yds Y/R TD Lng R/G Y/G YScm RRTD Fmb
Gaylon Smith 26 FB 11 6 83 332 2 50 4.0 30.2 7.5 3 61 20.3 0 33 0.3 5.5 393 2 0
Dante Magnani* 25 WB 11 10 59 344 1 71 5.8 31.3 5.4 24 276 11.5 4 67 2.2 25.1 620 5 0
Parker Hall 26 TB 10 8 41 -3 1 13 -0.1 -0.3 4.1 -3 1 0
Len Janiak 27 9 3 34 109 0 20 3.2 12.1 3.8 6 51 8.5 1 19 0.7 5.7 160 1 0
Jack Jacobs 23 tb 8 3 32 -31 0 13 -1.0 -3.9 4.0 -31 0 0
Corby Davis 28 9 2 28 55 0 12 2.0 6.1 3.1 2 18 9.0 0 14 0.2 2.0 73 0 0
George Morris 23 9 1 22 65 0 28 3.0 7.2 2.4 65 0 0
Bill Lazetich 26 9 0 3 19 1 18 6.3 2.1 0.3 6 65 10.8 1 49 0.7 7.2 84 2 0
Jack Boone 24 2 0 3 -1 0 3 -0.3 -0.5 1.5 2 58 29.0 1 43 1.0 29.0 57 1 0
Bosh Pritchard* 23 1 0 3 -27 0 0 -9.0 -27.0 3.0 -27 0 0
Dutch Elston 24 BB 11 8 1 15 0 15 15.0 1.4 0.1 4 58 14.5 0 18 0.4 5.3 73 0 0
John Petchel 23 7 1 1 -2 0 -2 -2.0 -0.3 0.1 1 16 16.0 0 16 0.1 2.3 14 0 0
Jim Benton 26 LE 9 7 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 23 345 15.0 1 45 2.6 38.3 345 1 0
Ben Hightower 24 10 2 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 19 317 16.7 3 59 1.9 31.7 317 3 0
Joe Gibson 23 RE 11 8 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 6 79 13.2 0 19 0.5 7.2 79 0 0
Johnny Wilson 27 3 3 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 6 113 18.8 1 45 2.0 37.7 113 1 0
George Platukis 27 9 2 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 5 64 12.8 1 22 0.6 7.1 64 1 0
Warren Plunkett 22 10 2 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 2 16 8.0 0 18 0.2 1.6 16 0 0
Team Total 25.3 11 310 875 5 71 2.8 79.5 28.2 109 1537 14.1 13 67 9.9 139.7 2412 18 0
Opp Total 11 463 1744 11 3.8 158.5 42.1 125 1740 13.9 17 11.4 158.2 3484 28 21

Kick & Punt Returns

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Punt Returns Kick Returns
Age Pos G GS Ret Yds TD Lng Y/R Rt Yds TD Lng Y/Rt APYd
Parker Hall 26 TB 10 8 12 148 0 32 12.3 10 155 0 22 15.5 300
Dante Magnani* 25 WB 11 10 2 27 0 25 13.5 11 250 0 37 22.7 897
Jack Jacobs 23 tb 8 3 8 63 0 16 7.9 4 83 0 25 20.8 115
Gaylon Smith 26 FB 11 6 6 62 0 21 10.3 6 109 0 25 18.2 564
Dutch Elston 24 BB 11 8 2 46 0 24 23.0 119
George Morris 23 9 1 1 2 0 2 2.0 1 15 0 15 15.0 82
John Petchel 23 7 1 2 26 0 14 13.0 40
Jack Boone 24 2 0 1 5 0 5 5.0 62
Bill Lazetich 26 9 0 1 27 0 27 27.0 111
Warren Plunkett 22 10 2 1 4 0 4 4.0 20
Bosh Pritchard* 23 1 0 1 24 0 24 24.0 -3
Team Total 25.3 11 30 307 0 32 10.2 39 739 0 37 18.9 3458
Opp Total 11 40 0 27 545 0 20.2

Kicking & Punting

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0--19 20--29 30--39 40--49 50+ Tot PAT Punting
Age Pos G GS FGA FGM FGA FGM FGA FGM FGA FGM FGA FGM FGA FGM FG% XPA XPM XP% Pnt Yds Lng Blck Y/P
Parker Hall 26 TB 10 8 36 1397 67 0 38.8
Jack Jacobs 23 tb 8 3 33 1395 66 0 42.3
Chet Adams* 27 LT 11 11 6 3 50.0% 15 14 93.3%
Corby Davis 28 9 2 7 275 49 0 39.3
Boyd Clay 27 8 0 4 4 100.0%
Joe Pasqua 24 RT 11 11 1 1 100.0%
Bosh Pritchard* 23 1 0 1 34 34 0 34.0
Team Total 25.3 11 6 3 50.0% 20 19 95.0% 77 3101 67 0 40.3
Opp Total 11 9 4 44.4% 28 25 89.3% 56 2274 40.6

Defense & Fumbles

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Def Interceptions Fumbles Tackles
Age Pos G GS Sk Int Yds TD Lng PD FF Fmb FR Yds TD Tkl Ast Sfty
Jack Boone 24 2 0 1 4 0 4
Larry Brahm 26 10 0 1 15 0 15
Bill Conkright 28 C 11 8 2 10 0 9
Corby Davis 28 9 2 1 3 0 3
Parker Hall 26 TB 10 8 3 60 0 25
Jack Jacobs 23 tb 8 3 4 22 0 22
Riley Matheson+ 28 LG 10 8 1 13 0 13
George Morris 23 9 1 2 7 0 4
George Platukis 27 9 2 1 12 0 12
Hank Rockwell 25 8 1 1 58 0 58
Gaylon Smith 26 FB 11 6 4 20 0 12
Roy Stuart 22 RG 10 6 1 25 0 25
Wilfred Thorpe 25 rg 11 5 1 5 0 5
Team Total 25.3 11 23 254 0 58
Opp Total 11 21 11 1

Scoring Summary

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Age Pos G GS RshTD RecTD PR TD KR TD FblTD IntTD OthTD 2PM XPM FGM Sfty Pts
Dante Magnani* 25 WB 11 10 1 4 30
Chet Adams* 27 LT 11 11 14 3 23
Ben Hightower 24 10 2 3 18
Bill Lazetich 26 9 0 1 1 12
George Platukis 27 9 2 1 1 12
Gaylon Smith 26 FB 11 6 2 12
Johnny Wilson 27 3 3 1 1 12
Jim Benton 26 LE 9 7 1 6
Jack Boone 24 2 0 1 6
Parker Hall 26 TB 10 8 1 6
Len Janiak 27 9 3 1 6
Boyd Clay 27 8 0 4 4
Joe Pasqua 24 RT 11 11 1 1
Team Total 25.3 11 5 13 1 1 19 3 148
Opp Total 11 11 17 25 4 1 207