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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)
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1942 Statistics / Starters & Roster / Games & Schedule / Team Draftees
Starters
Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE · Hide Non-primary Starters| Pos | Age | Yrs | GS | Summary of Player Stats | Drafted (tm/rnd/yr) | |
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| Offensive Starters | Complete Team Stats | |||||
| TB | Parker Hall | 26 | 3 | 8 | 41 rushes for -3 yards, 1 td, & 0 catches for 0 yards and 0 td | Cleveland Rams / 1st / 3rd pick / 1939 |
| TB | Jack Jacobs | 23 | Rook | 3 | 32 rushes for -31 yards, 0 td, & 0 catches for 0 yards and 0 td | Cleveland Rams / 2nd / 12th pick / 1942 |
| FB | Gaylon Smith | 26 | 3 | 6 | 83 rushes for 332 yards, 2 td, & 3 catches for 61 yards and 0 td | Cleveland Rams / 2nd / 13th pick / 1939 |
| BB | Dutch Elston | 24 | Rook | 8 | 1 rush for 15 yards, 0 td, & 4 catches for 58 yards and 0 td | |
| WB | Dante Magnani* | 25 | 2 | 10 | 59 rushes for 344 yards, 1 td, & 24 catches for 276 yards and 4 td | Cleveland Rams / 19th / 175th pick / 1940 |
| LE | Jim Benton | 26 | 4 | 7 | 23 catches for 345 yards, 1 td | Cleveland Rams / 2nd / 11th pick / 1938 |
| LT | Chet Adams* | 27 | 3 | 11 | Cleveland Rams / 12th / 103rd pick / 1939 |
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| LG | Riley Matheson+ | 28 | 3 | 8 | ||
| C | Bill Conkright | 28 | 5 | 8 | Chicago Bears / 5th / 48th pick / 1937 |
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| RG | Roy Stuart | 22 | Rook | 6 | ||
| RG | Wilfred Thorpe | 25 | 1 | 5 | Cleveland Rams / 9th / 75th pick / 1940 |
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| RT | Joe Pasqua | 24 | Rook | 11 | ||
| RE | Joe Gibson | 23 | Rook | 8 | 6 catches for 79 yards, 0 td | |
| Special Teams Starters | ||||||
| K | Chet Adams* | 27 | 3 | 11 | 3 of 6 field goals & 14 of 15 extra points | Cleveland Rams / 12th / 103rd pick / 1939 |
| P | Parker Hall | 26 | 3 | 8 | 36 punts for a 38.8 average, 0 blocked | Cleveland Rams / 1st / 3rd pick / 1939 |
| PR | Parker Hall | 26 | 3 | 8 | 12 punt returns for a 12.3 average and 0 td | Cleveland Rams / 1st / 3rd pick / 1939 |
| KR | Dante Magnani* | 25 | 2 | 10 | 11 kick returns for a 22.7 average and 0 td | Cleveland Rams / 19th / 175th pick / 1940 |
| Age | Pos | G | GS | Wt | Ht | College/Univ | BirthDate | Yrs | Drafted (tm/rnd/yr) | |
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| Chet Adams* | 27 | T-E-DT | 11 | 11 | 233 | 6-3 | Ohio | 10/24/1915 | 3 | Cleveland Rams / 12th / 103rd pick / 1939 |
| Jim Benton | 26 | E | 9 | 7 | 200 | 6-3 | Arkansas | 9/25/1916 | 4 | Cleveland Rams / 2nd / 11th pick / 1938 |
| Jack Boone | 24 | B | 2 | 0 | 175 | 5-11 | Elon | 5/28/1918 | Rook | |
| Lew Bostick | 26 | G-T | 1 | 0 | 197 | 6-0 | Alabama | 10/3/1916 | 3 | Cleveland Rams / 9th / 73rd pick / 1939 |
| Larry Brahm | 26 | G | 10 | 0 | 204 | 5-10 | Temple | 8/12/1916 | Rook | |
| Boyd Clay | 27 | T | 8 | 0 | 220 | 6-1 | Tennessee | 5/6/1915 | 2 | Cleveland Rams / 11th / 95th pick / 1940 |
| Bill Conkright | 28 | C-LB-E-DE | 11 | 8 | 203 | 6-1 | Oklahoma | 4/17/1914 | 5 | Chicago Bears / 5th / 48th pick / 1937 |
| Corby Davis | 28 | BB-FB-K | 9 | 2 | 212 | 5-11 | Indiana | 12/18/1914 | 4 | Cleveland Rams / 1st / 1st pick / 1938 |
| Dutch Elston | 24 | C-BB | 11 | 8 | 190 | 5-11 | South Carolina | 11/19/1918 | Rook | |
| Jake Fawcett | 23 | T-G | 10 | 0 | 223 | 5-11 | SMU | 5/29/1919 | Rook | |
| Joe Gibson | 23 | C-E | 11 | 8 | 213 | 6-3 | Cameron,Tulsa | 6/28/1919 | Rook | |
| Herb Godfrey | 23 | E | 3 | 0 | 187 | 6-1 | Washington State | 8/23/1919 | Rook | |
| Parker Hall | 26 | TB-HB | 10 | 8 | 198 | 6-0 | Mississippi | 12/10/1916 | 3 | Cleveland Rams / 1st / 3rd pick / 1939 |
| Ben Hightower | 24 | E | 10 | 2 | 184 | 6-2 | Sam Houston State | 12/5/1918 | Rook | Cleveland Rams / 11th / 92nd pick / 1942 |
| Jack Jacobs | 23 | QB-TB-HB | 8 | 3 | 186 | 6-1 | Oklahoma | 8/7/1919 | Rook | Cleveland Rams / 2nd / 12th pick / 1942 |
| Len Janiak | 27 | B | 9 | 3 | 203 | 6-1 | Ohio | 10/29/1915 | 3 | Brooklyn Dodgers / 6th / 45th pick / 1939 |
| Don Johnson | 22 | C-LB | 1 | 0 | 205 | 6-0 | Northwestern | 9/14/1920 | Rook | |
| Bill Lazetich | 26 | WB-DB | 9 | 0 | 195 | 6-0 | Montana | 10/16/1916 | 3 | Detroit Lions / 16th / 147th pick / 1939 |
| Dante Magnani* | 25 | HB-WB | 11 | 10 | 182 | 5-10 | St. Mary's (CA) | 3/16/1917 | 2 | Cleveland Rams / 19th / 175th pick / 1940 |
| Riley Matheson+ | 28 | G | 10 | 8 | 207 | 6-2 | Cameron,Texas-El Paso | 12/12/1914 | 3 | |
| Barney McGarry | 25 | G | 4 | 1 | 203 | 6-1 | Utah | 12/24/1917 | 3 | Cleveland Rams / 6th / 43rd pick / 1939 |
| Tex Mooney | 25 | T | 1 | 0 | 280 | 6-5 | West Texas A&M | 3/8/1917 | Rook | |
| George Morris | 23 | HB | 9 | 1 | 189 | 5-11 | Baldwin-Wallace | 2/24/1919 | 1 | |
| Joe Pasqua | 24 | T | 11 | 11 | 225 | 6-1 | SMU | 7/31/1918 | Rook | |
| Maury Patt | 27 | E | 7 | 0 | 205 | 6-2 | Carnegie Mellon | 1/31/1915 | 4 | Detroit Lions / 5th / 47th pick / 1937 |
| John Petchel | 23 | BB | 7 | 1 | 185 | 5-11 | Duquesne | 5/27/1919 | Rook | |
| George Platukis | 27 | E-DE | 9 | 2 | 196 | 6-0 | Duquesne | 3/15/1915 | 4 | Pittsburgh Pirates / 6th / 44th pick / 1938 |
| Warren Plunkett | 22 | BB | 10 | 2 | 200 | 6-0 | Minnesota | 8/4/1920 | Rook | |
| Bosh Pritchard* | 23 | HB | 1 | 0 | 164 | 5-11 | Georgia Tech,VMI | 9/10/1919 | Rook | |
| Manny Rapp | 34 | TB-FB | 1 | 0 | 215 | 6-0 | St. Louis | 9/17/1908 | 8 | |
| Bill Rieth | 26 | G-C | 10 | 4 | 203 | 5-11 | Carnegie Mellon | 6/20/1916 | 1 | |
| Hank Rockwell | 25 | G | 8 | 1 | 231 | 6-4 | Arizona State | 2/10/1917 | 2 | |
| Gaylon Smith | 26 | FB-WB-BB-DB-LB | 11 | 6 | 202 | 5-11 | Rhodes | 7/15/1916 | 3 | Cleveland Rams / 2nd / 13th pick / 1939 |
| Roy Stuart | 22 | G-LB | 10 | 6 | 188 | 5-8 | Tulsa | 7/25/1920 | Rook | |
| Wilfred Thorpe | 25 | G-LB-DE | 11 | 5 | 205 | 6-3 | Arkansas | 1/8/1917 | 1 | Cleveland Rams / 9th / 75th pick / 1940 |
| Johnny Wilson | 27 | E | 3 | 3 | 203 | 6-3 | Case Western Reserve | 11/2/1915 | 3 | |
| Team Total | 25.3 | 11 | 203.1 | 6-0.6 | 1.8 |