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1944 Cleveland Rams
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Record: 4-6-0, Finished 4th in NFL West Division
NFL Season Summary
Scored 188 points (18.8/g), 6th of 11 in the NFL.
Allowed 224 points (22.4/g), 9th.
Differential of -36 points (-3.6/g), 8th.
Expected W-L: 4.0-6.0.
Takeaway/Giveaway Differential +3 (0.3/g), 5th.
Coached by Aldo Donelli (4-6-0)
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1944 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 | |||||
| HB | Mike Kabealo | 29 | Rook | 7 | 47 rushes for 152 yards, 1 td, & 2 catches for 20 yards and 0 td | |
| TB | Tom Colella | 26 | 2 | 8 | 53 rushes for 208 yards, 2 td, & 2 catches for 64 yards and 1 td | Detroit Lions / 7th / 55th pick / 1942 |
| TB | Albie Reisz | 27 | Rook | 2 | 69 rushes for 134 yards, 2 td, & 0 catches for 0 yards and 0 td | |
| FB | Harvey Jones | 23 | Rook | 8 | 38 rushes for 133 yards, 1 td, & 6 catches for 59 yards and 0 td | |
| BB | John Karrs | 29 | Rook | 8 | 7 rushes for 0 yards, 0 td, & 0 catches for 0 yards and 0 td | |
| LE | Floyd Konetsky | 24 | Rook | 6 | Cleveland Rams / 29th / 275th pick / 1943 |
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| LT | Chet Pudloski | 29 | Rook | 10 | ||
| LG | Riley Matheson+ | 30 | 5 | 8 | ||
| C | Mike Scarry | 24 | Rook | 10 | ||
| RG | Tom Corbo | 26 | Rook | 6 | ||
| RT | Jake Fawcett | 25 | 2 | 10 | ||
| RE | Steve Pritko | 24 | 1 | 10 | 18 catches for 296 yards, 3 td | Cleveland Rams / 28th / 265th pick / 1943 |
| Special Teams Starters | ||||||
| K | Lou Zontini | 27 | 4 | 0 | 3 of 6 field goals & 14 of 16 extra points | |
| P | Tom Colella | 26 | 2 | 8 | 33 punts for a 37.8 average, 0 blocked | Detroit Lions / 7th / 55th pick / 1942 |
| PR | Mike Kabealo | 29 | Rook | 7 | 7 punt returns for a 9.1 average and 0 td | |
| KR | Albie Reisz | 27 | Rook | 2 | 12 kick returns for a 23.8 average and 0 td |
| Age | Pos | G | GS | Wt | Ht | College/Univ | BirthDate | Yrs | Drafted (tm/rnd/yr) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jim Benton | 28 | E | 10 | 4 | 200 | 6-3 | Arkansas | 9/25/1916 | 6 | Cleveland Rams / 2nd / 11th pick / 1938 |
| Dave Bernard | 32 | LB-BB | 8 | 0 | 194 | 5-10 | Mississippi | 9/26/1912 | Rook | |
| Boyd Clay | 29 | T | 4 | 0 | 220 | 6-1 | Tennessee | 5/6/1915 | 4 | Cleveland Rams / 11th / 95th pick / 1940 |
| Tom Colella | 26 | HB-TB | 10 | 8 | 187 | 6-0 | Canisius | 7/3/1918 | 2 | Detroit Lions / 7th / 55th pick / 1942 |
| Bill Conkright | 30 | C-LB-E-DE | 1 | 0 | 203 | 6-1 | Oklahoma | 4/17/1914 | 7 | Chicago Bears / 5th / 48th pick / 1937 |
| Tom Corbo | 26 | G | 10 | 6 | 210 | 5-11 | Duquesne | 1/11/1918 | Rook | |
| Jake Fawcett | 25 | T-G | 10 | 10 | 223 | 5-11 | SMU | 5/29/1919 | 2 | |
| Joe Gibson | 25 | C-E | 10 | 1 | 213 | 6-3 | Cameron,Tulsa | 6/28/1919 | 2 | |
| Jim Gillette | 27 | HB | 7 | 2 | 185 | 6-1 | Virginia | 12/19/1917 | 4 | Green Bay Packers / 18th / 169th pick / 1940 |
| Al Gutknecht | 27 | G-LB | 1 | 0 | 205 | 6-0 | Niagara | 6/11/1917 | 1 | |
| Ray Hamilton | 28 | E | 9 | 0 | 212 | 6-4 | Arkansas | 1/21/1916 | 6 | Cleveland Rams / 6th / 41st pick / 1938 |
| Roy Huggins | 26 | FB | 5 | 0 | 195 | 5-11 | Vanderbilt | 10/6/1918 | Rook | |
| Harvey Jones | 23 | FB-DB-HB | 10 | 8 | 175 | 6-0 | Baylor | 4/15/1921 | Rook | |
| Mike Kabealo | 29 | HB | 10 | 7 | 185 | 5-8 | Ohio State | 10/1/1915 | Rook | |
| John Karrs | 29 | BB | 10 | 8 | 210 | 6-1 | Duquesne | 9/19/1915 | Rook | |
| Floyd Konetsky | 24 | E | 8 | 6 | 197 | 6-0 | Florida | 5/26/1920 | Rook | Cleveland Rams / 29th / 275th pick / 1943 |
| Les Lear | 26 | T | 10 | 1 | 225 | 5-11 | Manitoba | 8/22/1918 | Rook | |
| Del Lyman | 26 | T | 2 | 0 | 223 | 6-3 | UCLA | 7/9/1918 | 3 | Green Bay Packers / 14th / 126th pick / 1941 |
| Riley Matheson+ | 30 | G | 9 | 8 | 207 | 6-2 | Cameron,Texas-El Paso | 12/12/1914 | 5 | |
| Norm Olsen | 23 | T | 10 | 0 | 220 | 6-2 | Alabama | 12/1/1921 | Rook | |
| John Petchel | 25 | BB | 10 | 2 | 185 | 5-11 | Duquesne | 5/27/1919 | 2 | |
| Steve Pritko | 24 | E-DE | 10 | 10 | 209 | 6-2 | Villanova | 12/21/1920 | 1 | Cleveland Rams / 28th / 265th pick / 1943 |
| Chet Pudloski | 29 | T | 10 | 10 | 210 | 6-1 | Villanova | 8/3/1915 | Rook | |
| Albie Reisz | 27 | TB-HB-QB | 10 | 2 | 175 | 5-10 | Southeastern Louisiana | 11/29/1917 | Rook | |
| Bill Rieth | 28 | G-C | 9 | 3 | 203 | 5-11 | Carnegie Mellon | 6/20/1916 | 3 | |
| Charley Riffle | 26 | G | 8 | 1 | 212 | 6-0 | Notre Dame | 1/6/1918 | Rook | |
| Mike Scarry | 24 | C-T | 10 | 10 | 214 | 6-0 | Waynesburg | 2/1/1920 | Rook | |
| Stan Skoczen | 24 | HB | 1 | 0 | 187 | 5-11 | Case Western Reserve | 10/12/1920 | Rook | |
| Walter West | 27 | FB-DB | 9 | 3 | 197 | 6-0 | Pittsburgh | 10/26/1917 | Rook | |
| Lou Zontini | 27 | B | 10 | 0 | 189 | 5-9 | Notre Dame | 8/30/1917 | 4 | |
| Team Total | 26.7 | 10 | 202.3 | 6-0.2 | 1.7 |