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1949 Los Angeles Rams

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Record: 8-2-2, Finished 1st in NFL West Division
NFL Season Summary

Scored 360 points (30.0/g), 2nd of 10 in the NFL.
 Allowed 239 points (19.9/g), 4th.
 Differential of 121 points (10.1/g), 2nd.
 Expected W-L: 8.7-3.3.

 Takeaway/Giveaway Differential +3 (0.2/g), 5th.

Coached by Clark Shaughnessy (8-2-2)

1949 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 Fri September 23 box W 1-0 Detroit Lions 27 24 20 331 163 168 3 18 298 233 65 3
2 Sun October 2 box W 2-0 @ Green Bay Packers 48 7 23 420 173 247 16 277 80 197 3
3 Sun October 9 box W 3-0 @ Chicago Bears 31 16 18 336 211 125 4 17 327 251 76 8
4 Sun October 16 box W 4-0 @ Detroit Lions 21 10 15 294 208 86 5 17 294 180 114 5
5 Sun October 23 box W 5-0 Green Bay Packers 35 7 14 248 77 171 5 18 289 106 183 6
6 Sun October 30 box W 6-0 Chicago Bears 27 24 27 385 303 82 4 18 392 225 167 7
7 Sun November 6 box L 6-1 @ Philadelphia Eagles 14 38 13 224 197 27 5 25 439 175 264 1
8 Sun November 13 box T 6-1-1 @ Pittsburgh Steelers 7 7 23 362 167 195 3 7 138 138
9 Sun November 20 box T 6-1-2 @ Chicago Cardinals 28 28 22 465 278 187 6 19 258 89 169 5
10 Sun November 27 box W 7-1-2 New York Bulldogs 42 20 23 462 354 108 19 363 221 142 2
11 Sun December 4 box L 7-2-2 Chicago Cardinals 27 31 19 379 222 157 6 14 277 171 106 2
12 Sun December 11 box W 8-2-2 Washington Redskins 53 27 28 584 405 179 4 25 378 320 58 6
Playoffs
Championship December 18 box L 8-3-2 Philadelphia Eagles 0 14

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 360 4406 829 5.3 245 192 366 2674 23 27 7.0 125 445 1732 19 3.9 103 45 18 17
Team Defense 239 3490 841 4.1 325 144 335 1811 16 30 4.9 92 472 1679 14 3.6 213 48 18 20
Lg Rank Offense 2 3 2 4 2 2 6 3 6 6 4 5 6 7
Lg Rank Defense 4 4 5 7 3 5 3 3 6 4 3 3 3 2

Passing

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Age Pos G GS 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+ 29 QB 12 11 154 296 52.0 2168 17 5.7 24 8.1 71 7.3 4.3 14.1 180.7 61.3
Norm Van Brocklin 23 8 0 32 58 55.2 601 6 10.3 2 3.4 51 10.4 9.8 18.8 75.1 111.4
Bobby Thomason 21 6 0 6 12 50.0 50 0 0.0 1 8.3 15 4.2 0.4 8.3 8.3 26.4
Team Total 26.1 12 192 366 52.5 2819 23 6.3 27 7.4 71 7.7 5.0 14.7 234.9 68.1
Opp Total 12 144 335 43.0 1811 16 4.8 30 9.0 5.4 1.9 12.6 150.9 39.0 34 273 4.9 0.9

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
Dick Hoerner 27 FB 12 12 155 582 6 37 3.8 48.5 12.9 17 213 12.5 0 29 1.4 17.8 795 6 7
Elroy Hirsch 26 12 3 68 287 1 51 4.2 23.9 5.7 22 326 14.8 4 48 1.8 27.2 613 5 4
Fred Gehrke 31 LH 12 7 58 203 2 53 3.5 16.9 4.8 9 140 15.6 2 42 0.8 11.7 343 4 0
Tank Younger 21 RH 12 8 52 191 0 16 3.7 15.9 4.3 7 119 17.0 0 33 0.6 9.9 310 0 4
Vitamin Smith 26 RET 12 4 40 117 2 26 2.9 9.8 3.3 5 63 12.6 1 24 0.4 5.3 180 3 3
Tommy Kalmanir 23 RET 12 2 29 218 1 51 7.5 18.2 2.4 2 36 18.0 0 23 0.2 3.0 254 1 1
Jerry Williams 26 12 0 19 103 3 18 5.4 8.6 1.6 7 102 14.6 0 42 0.6 8.5 205 3 2
Gerry Cowhig 28 11 1 10 32 1 8 3.2 2.9 0.9 32 1 0
Bob Waterfield+ 29 QB 12 11 5 -4 1 5 -0.8 -0.3 0.4 -4 1 4
Bob Agler 25 8 0 4 7 0 4 1.8 0.9 0.5 7 0 0
Norm Van Brocklin 23 8 0 4 -1 0 2 -0.3 -0.1 0.5 -1 0 2
Tom Fears 26 LE 12 10 1 -3 0 -3 -3.0 -0.3 0.1 77 1013 13.2 9 51 6.4 84.4 1010 9 0
Bob Shaw 28 RE 11 10 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 29 535 18.4 6 71 2.6 48.6 535 6 1
Tom Keane 23 10 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 4 70 17.5 0 44 0.4 7.0 70 0 0
Don Currivan 29 12 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 3 78 26.0 1 40 0.3 6.5 78 1 0
Frank Hubbell 27 12 1 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 3 32 10.7 0 12 0.3 2.7 32 0 0
Jack Zilly 28 12 2 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 3 35 11.7 0 14 0.3 2.9 35 0 0
Dick Huffman+ 26 LT 12 12 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 2 36 18.0 0 23 0.2 3.0 36 0 0
Bill Smyth 27 12 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 2 21 10.5 0 14 0.2 1.8 21 0 0
Team Total 26.1 12 445 1732 17 53 3.9 144.3 37.1 192 2819 14.7 23 71 16.0 234.9 4551 40 29
Opp Total 12 472 1679 14 3.6 139.9 39.3 144 1811 12.6 16 12.0 150.9 3490 30 30

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
Vitamin Smith 26 RET 12 4 27 427 1 85 15.8 13 235 0 31 18.1 842
Tommy Kalmanir 23 RET 12 2 14 164 1 62 11.7 18 403 0 57 22.4 821
Gerry Cowhig 28 11 1 2 20 0 10 10.0 52
Don Paul 24 12 0 2 32 0 20 16.0 32
Jerry Williams 26 12 0 2 33 0 30 16.5 238
Hal Dean 27 LG 12 12 1 0 0 0 0.0 0
Jack Zilly 28 12 2 1 0 0 0 0.0 35
Team Total 26.1 12 43 624 2 85 14.5 37 690 0 57 18.6 5865
Opp Total 12 26 0 55 1144 0 20.8

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+ 29 QB 12 11 16 9 56.3% 45 43 95.6% 49 2177 61 1 44.4
Fred Gehrke 31 LH 12 7 1 0.0% 3 2 66.7%
Norm Van Brocklin 23 8 0 2 91 46 0 45.5
Dick Hoerner 27 FB 12 12 1 43 43 0 43.0
Team Total 26.1 12 17 9 52.9% 48 45 93.8% 52 2311 61 1 44.4
Opp Total 12 13 5 38.5% 32 30 93.8% 68 3006 44.2

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
Bob Agler 25 8 0 0 1 0 0
Gil Bouley 28 rt 12 6 0 4 19 0
Larry Brink 26 11 1 0 2 0 0
Gerry Cowhig 28 11 1 4 62 1 26
Don Currivan 29 12 0 5 31 0 16
Elroy Hirsch 26 12 3 2 55 0 32 4 0 0 0
Dick Hoerner 27 FB 12 12 7 1 0 0
Frank Hubbell 27 12 1 1 21 1 21 0 1 0 0
Dick Huffman+ 26 LT 12 12 0 2 0 0
Tommy Kalmanir 23 RET 12 2 1 0 0 0
Mike Lazetich 28 7 4 2 47 0 29 0 1 0 0
Jack Martin 27 C 12 12 0 1 0 0
Don Paul 24 12 0 2 23 0 19 0 1 0 0
Bob Shaw 28 RE 11 10 1 0 0 0
George Sims 22 12 0 9 78 1 27 1 0 0 0
Vitamin Smith 26 RET 12 4 3 1 0 0
Bill Smyth 27 12 0 0 2 0 0
Al Sparkman 23 4 0 0 1 0 0
Norm Van Brocklin 23 8 0 2 1 0 0
Bob Waterfield+ 29 QB 12 11 4 3 0 0
Jerry Williams 26 12 0 5 42 1 25 2 2 0 0
Ray Yagiello 26 RG 12 7 0 1 0 0
Tank Younger 21 RH 12 8 4 2 0 0
Jack Zilly 28 12 2 0 2 0 0
Team Total 26.1 12 30 359 4 32 29 29 19 0
Opp Total 12 18 30 12 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+ 29 QB 12 11 1 43 9 76
Tom Fears 26 LE 12 10 9 54
Elroy Hirsch 26 12 3 1 4 1 36
Dick Hoerner 27 FB 12 12 6 36
Bob Shaw 28 RE 11 10 6 36
Fred Gehrke 31 LH 12 7 2 2 1 2 32
Vitamin Smith 26 RET 12 4 2 1 1 24
Jerry Williams 26 12 0 3 1 24
Gerry Cowhig 28 11 1 1 1 12
Tommy Kalmanir 23 RET 12 2 1 1 12
Don Currivan 29 12 0 1 6
Frank Hubbell 27 12 1 1 6
George Sims 22 12 0 1 6
Team Total 26.1 12 17 23 2 4 2 45 9 360
Opp Total 12 14 16 30 5 1 239