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1946 Los Angeles Rams

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Record: 6-4-1, Finished 2nd in NFL West Division
NFL Season Summary

Scored 277 points (25.2/g), 2nd of 10 in the NFL.
 Allowed 257 points (23.4/g), 8th.
 Differential of 20 points (1.8/g), 4th.
 Expected W-L: 6.0-5.0.

 Takeaway/Giveaway Differential -6 (-0.5/g), 7th.

Coached by Adam Walsh (6-4-1)

1946 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 29 box L 0-1 Philadelphia Eagles 14 25 15 233 117 116 4 16 316 175 141 2
2 Sun October 6 box W 1-1 @ Green Bay Packers 21 17 22 262 105 157 4 15 405 226 179 3
3 Sun October 13 box T 1-1-1 @ Chicago Bears 28 28 18 396 155 241 4 17 312 248 64 2
4 Sun October 20 box W 2-1-1 Detroit Lions 35 14 20 434 312 122 5 10 111 95 16 3
5 Sun October 27 box L 2-2-1 @ Chicago Cardinals 10 34 19 336 173 163 6 21 359 238 121 3
6 Sun November 3 box W 3-2-1 @ Detroit Lions 41 20 19 331 224 107 2 16 293 232 61 5
7 Sun November 10 box L 3-3-1 Chicago Bears 21 27 20 314 180 134 4 19 390 243 147 3
8 Sun November 17 box W 4-3-1 Chicago Cardinals 17 14 16 304 162 142 2 12 268 165 103 5
9 Sun November 24 box L 4-4-1 @ Boston Yanks 21 40 20 382 165 217 5 15 404 224 180 2
10 Sun December 1 box W 5-4-1 @ New York Giants 31 21 25 453 312 141 5 15 394 180 214 6
11 Sun December 8 box W 6-4-1 Green Bay Packers 38 17 20 318 175 143 3 14 227 128 99 4

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 277 3763 730 5.2 214 153 326 2080 19 24 6.4 91 404 1683 16 4.2 102 44 20 21
Team Defense 257 3479 667 5.2 264 112 265 2154 21 23 8.1 75 402 1325 13 3.3 170 38 15 19
Lg Rank Offense 2 1 1 1 1 1 8 7 7 3 4 1 6 7
Lg Rank Defense 8 8 9 9 10 10 6 10 4 6 6 6 6 8

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%
Bob Waterfield+ 26 QB 11 4 127 251 50.6 1747 17 6.8 17 6.8 57 7.0 4.6 13.8 158.8 67.6
Jim Hardy 23 9 0 24 64 37.5 285 2 3.1 7 10.9 60 4.5 -0.2 11.9 31.7 22.7
Kenny Washington 28 6 0 1 8 12.5 19 0 0.0 0 0.0 19 2.4 2.4 19.0 3.2 39.6
Tom Farmer 25 8 1 0 2 0.0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 39.6
Fred Gehrke 28 LH 10 10 1 1 100.0 29 0 0.0 0 0.0 29 29.0 29.0 29.0 2.9 118.7
Team Total 27.0 11 153 326 46.9 2080 19 5.8 24 7.4 60 6.4 3.7 13.6 189.1 56.5
Opp Total 11 112 265 42.3 2154 21 7.9 23 8.7 8.1 5.0 19.2 195.8 61.4 0 0 8.1 5.0

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
Fred Gehrke 28 LH 10 10 71 371 3 53 5.2 37.1 7.1 11 83 7.5 2 21 1.1 8.3 454 5 2
Mike Holovak 27 11 2 55 211 3 22 3.8 19.2 5.0 2 6 3.0 0 8 0.2 0.5 217 3 2
Tom Harmon 27 10 3 47 236 2 84 5.0 23.6 4.7 10 199 19.9 2 45 1.0 19.9 435 4 2
Jack Banta 29 RH 10 6 44 209 0 25 4.8 20.9 4.4 8 81 10.1 1 32 0.8 8.1 290 1 4
Bob Hoffman 29 10 2 43 162 3 19 3.8 16.2 4.3 162 3 0
Pat West 23 FB 10 7 40 226 1 72 5.7 22.6 4.0 226 1 4
Tom Farmer 25 8 1 28 90 1 17 3.2 11.3 3.5 6 17 2.8 0 13 0.8 2.1 107 1 1
Kenny Washington 28 6 0 23 114 1 19 5.0 19.0 3.8 6 83 13.8 0 20 1.0 13.8 197 1 2
Jack Wilson 29 9 3 19 120 0 35 6.3 13.3 2.1 3 30 10.0 1 15 0.3 3.3 150 1 0
Bob Waterfield+ 26 QB 11 4 16 -60 1 6 -3.8 -5.5 1.5 -60 1 6
Jim Hardy 23 9 0 10 -10 0 6 -1.0 -1.1 1.1 -10 0 2
Steve Sucic 25 4 0 7 18 0 9 2.6 4.5 1.8 1 1 1.0 0 1 0.3 0.3 19 0 1
Ralph Ruthstrom 25 6 4 2 -4 0 1 -2.0 -0.7 0.3 1 9 9.0 0 9 0.2 1.5 5 0 2
Jim Benton+ 30 11 4 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 63 981 15.6 6 57 5.7 89.2 981 6 1
Steve Pritko 26 11 4 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 18 185 10.3 2 29 1.6 16.8 185 2 0
Ray Hamilton 30 RE 11 7 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 8 92 11.5 0 16 0.7 8.4 92 0 0
Red Hickey 29 8 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 8 213 26.6 3 60 1.0 26.6 213 3 0
Bob Shaw 25 LE 10 7 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 4 63 15.8 2 28 0.4 6.3 63 2 0
Woody Strode 32 10 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 4 37 9.3 0 19 0.4 3.7 37 0 0
Team Total 27.0 11 405 1683 15 84 4.2 153.0 36.8 153 2080 13.6 19 60 13.9 189.1 3763 34 30
Opp Total 11 402 1325 13 3.3 120.5 36.5 112 2154 19.2 21 10.2 195.8 3479 34 35

Kick & Punt Returns

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Punt Returns Kick Returns
Age Pos G GS Ret Yds TD Lng Y/R Rt Yds TD Lng Y/Rt APYd
Fred Gehrke 28 LH 10 10 8 59 0 20 7.4 8 186 0 28 23.3 699
Tom Harmon 27 10 3 5 57 0 21 11.4 6 134 0 31 22.3 626
Jack Wilson 29 9 3 5 99 0 70 19.8 6 145 0 68 24.2 394
Jack Banta 29 RH 10 6 2 26 0 24 13.0 8 142 0 33 17.8 458
Tom Farmer 25 8 1 4 40 0 13 10.0 4 129 0 92 32.3 276
Pat West 23 FB 10 7 4 49 0 19 12.3 275
Kenny Washington 28 6 0 2 39 0 24 19.5 236
Red Hickey 29 8 0 1 14 0 14 14.0 227
Mike Holovak 27 11 2 1 18 0 18 18.0 235
Ralph Ruthstrom 25 6 4 1 2 0 2 2.0 7
Bob Shaw 25 LE 10 7 1 52 1 52 52.0 115
Woody Strode 32 10 0 1 6 0 6 6.0 43
Steve Sucic 25 4 0 1 20 0 20 20.0 39
Bob Waterfield+ 26 QB 11 4 1 12 0 12 12.0 -48
Team Total 27.0 11 26 295 0 70 11.3 43 934 1 92 21.7 4992
Opp Total 11 27 0 52 1301 1 25.0

Kicking & Punting

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
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
Bob Waterfield+ 26 QB 11 4 9 6 66.7% 37 37 100.0% 39 1743 65 0 44.7
Jim Hardy 23 9 0 5 209 47 0 41.8
Bob deLauer 26 C 11 6 2 0.0%
Jack Banta 29 RH 10 6 1 44 44 0 44.0
Team Total 27.0 11 11 6 54.5% 37 37 100.0% 45 1996 65 0 44.4
Opp Total 11 11 5 45.5% 35 30 85.7% 51 2060 40.4

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 Banta 29 RH 10 6 2 44 0 29 4 3 6 0
Jim Benton+ 30 11 4 1 0 0 0
Gil Bouley 25 RT 11 11 0 3 0 0
Roger Eason 28 LG 9 8 0 1 0 0
Tom Farmer 25 8 1 1 2 0 0
Jake Fawcett 27 4 0 1 5 0 5
Fred Gehrke 28 LH 10 10 3 63 0 41 2 0 0 0
Ray Hamilton 30 RE 11 7 0 1 0 0
Roger Harding 23 10 1 1 14 0 14 1 0 0 0
Jim Hardy 23 9 0 1 8 0 8 2 1 0 0
Tom Harmon 27 10 3 3 97 1 85 2 1 0 0
Mike Holovak 27 11 2 2 0 0 0
Mike Lazetich 25 10 4 0 2 0 0
Les Lear 28 11 1 1 0 0 0
Riley Matheson+ 32 RG 11 7 4 21 0 7 0 1 0 0
Fred Naumetz 24 11 4 1 1 0 1
Joe Pasqua 28 4 0 0 1 0 0
Steve Pritko 26 11 4 0 1 0 0
Ralph Ruthstrom 25 6 4 2 0 0 0
Elbie Schultz 29 LT 11 11 0 2 15 0
Bob Shaw 25 LE 10 7 0 2 14 0
Steve Sucic 25 4 0 1 1 0 0
Kenny Washington 28 6 0 2 0 0 0
Bob Waterfield+ 26 QB 11 4 5 72 0 28 6 3 0 0
Pat West 23 FB 10 7 4 1 0 0
Jack Wilson 29 9 3 1 32 0 32 0 1 0 0
Team Total 27.0 11 23 357 1 85 30 27 35 0
Opp Total 11 35 20 1

Scoring Summary

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Age Pos G GS RshTD RecTD PR TD KR TD FblTD IntTD OthTD 2PM XPM FGM Sfty Pts
Bob Waterfield+ 26 QB 11 4 1 37 6 61
Jim Benton+ 30 11 4 6 36
Fred Gehrke 28 LH 10 10 3 2 30
Tom Harmon 27 10 3 2 2 1 30
Red Hickey 29 8 0 3 18
Bob Hoffman 29 10 2 3 18
Mike Holovak 27 11 2 3 18
Bob Shaw 25 LE 10 7 2 1 18
Steve Pritko 26 11 4 2 12
Jack Banta 29 RH 10 6 1 6
Tom Farmer 25 8 1 1 6
Len Levy 25 10 2 1 6
Kenny Washington 28 6 0 1 6
Pat West 23 FB 10 7 1 6
Jack Wilson 29 9 3 1 6
Team Total 27.0 11 15 19 1 1 1 37 6 277
Opp Total 11 13 21 1 30 5 1 257