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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)
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1949 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 | |||||
| QB | Bob Waterfield+ | 29 | 4 | 11 | 154 for 296, 2,168 yards, 17 td, 24 int, & 5 rushes for -4 yards and 1 td | Cleveland Rams / 5th / 42nd pick / 1944 |
| FB | Dick Hoerner | 27 | 2 | 12 | 155 rushes for 582 yards, 6 td, & 17 catches for 213 yards and 0 td | Cleveland Rams / 17th / 169th pick / 1945 |
| LH | Fred Gehrke | 31 | 9 | 7 | 58 rushes for 203 yards, 2 td, & 9 catches for 140 yards and 2 td | |
| RH | Tank Younger | 21 | Rook | 8 | 52 rushes for 191 yards, 0 td, & 7 catches for 119 yards and 0 td | |
| LE | Tom Fears | 26 | 1 | 10 | 77 catches for 1,013 yards, 9 td, & 1 rush for -3 yards and 0 td | Cleveland Rams / 11th / 103rd pick / 1945 |
| LT | Dick Huffman+ | 26 | 2 | 12 | 2 fumbles recovered | Cleveland Rams / 9th / 81st pick / 1945 |
| LG | Hal Dean | 27 | 2 | 12 | Los Angeles Rams / 30th / 283rd pick / 1947 |
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| C | Jack Martin | 27 | 2 | 12 | 1 fumble recovered | |
| RG | Ray Yagiello | 26 | 1 | 7 | 1 fumble recovered | Los Angeles Rams / 22nd / 200th pick / 1948 |
| RT | Ed Champagne | 27 | 2 | 7 | Los Angeles Rams / 18th / 163rd pick / 1947 |
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| RT | Gil Bouley | 28 | 4 | 6 | 4 fumbles recovered | Cleveland Rams / 3rd / 26th pick / 1944 |
| RE | Bob Shaw | 28 | 4 | 10 | 29 catches for 535 yards, 6 td | Cleveland Rams / 10th / 97th pick / 1944 |
| Special Teams Starters | ||||||
| K | Bob Waterfield+ | 29 | 4 | 11 | 9 of 16 field goals & 43 of 45 extra points | Cleveland Rams / 5th / 42nd pick / 1944 |
| P | Bob Waterfield+ | 29 | 4 | 11 | 49 punts for a 44.4 average, 1 blocked | Cleveland Rams / 5th / 42nd pick / 1944 |
| PR | Vitamin Smith | 26 | Rook | 4 | 27 punt returns for a 15.8 average and 1 td | |
| KR | Tommy Kalmanir | 23 | Rook | 2 | 18 kick returns for a 22.4 average and 0 td | Pittsburgh Steelers / 25th / 229th pick / 1947 |
| Age | Pos | G | GS | Wt | Ht | College/Univ | BirthDate | Yrs | Drafted (tm/rnd/yr) | |
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| Bob Agler | 25 | HB-DB-FB-LB | 8 | 0 | 208 | 6-1 | Otterbein | 3/13/1924 | 1 | |
| Gil Bouley | 28 | T-DT | 12 | 6 | 235 | 6-2 | Boston College | 11/15/1921 | 4 | Cleveland Rams / 3rd / 26th pick / 1944 |
| Larry Brink | 26 | DE-E | 11 | 1 | 236 | 6-5 | Northern Illinois | 9/12/1923 | 1 | Los Angeles Rams / 17th / 150th pick / 1948 |
| Ed Champagne | 27 | T-DT | 12 | 7 | 236 | 6-3 | LSU | 12/4/1922 | 2 | Los Angeles Rams / 18th / 163rd pick / 1947 |
| Gerry Cowhig | 28 | LB-FB-DB | 11 | 1 | 215 | 6-2 | Notre Dame | 7/5/1921 | 2 | Cleveland Rams / 6th / 48th pick / 1945 |
| Don Currivan | 29 | E | 12 | 0 | 193 | 6-0 | Boston College | 3/6/1920 | 6 | Chicago Cardinals / 3rd / 18th pick / 1943 |
| Hal Dean | 27 | G-LB | 12 | 12 | 205 | 6-0 | Ohio State | 10/30/1922 | 2 | Los Angeles Rams / 30th / 283rd pick / 1947 |
| Tom Fears | 26 | E | 12 | 10 | 216 | 6-2 | Santa Clara,UCLA | 12/3/1923 | 1 | Cleveland Rams / 11th / 103rd pick / 1945 |
| Jack Finlay | 28 | G-LB | 12 | 0 | 217 | 6-1 | UCLA | 9/8/1921 | 2 | |
| Fred Gehrke | 31 | HB | 12 | 7 | 189 | 5-11 | Utah | 4/24/1918 | 9 | |
| Elroy Hirsch | 26 | E-HB-DE | 12 | 3 | 190 | 6-2 | Michigan,Wisconsin | 6/17/1923 | 3 | Cleveland Rams / 1st / 5th pick / 1945 |
| Dick Hoerner | 27 | FB | 12 | 12 | 220 | 6-4 | Iowa | 7/25/1922 | 2 | Cleveland Rams / 17th / 169th pick / 1945 |
| Frank Hubbell | 27 | E-DE | 12 | 1 | 222 | 6-2 | Tennessee | 1/19/1922 | 2 | Cleveland Rams / 15th / 152nd pick / 1944 |
| Dick Huffman+ | 26 | T | 12 | 12 | 255 | 6-1 | Tennessee | 3/27/1923 | 2 | Cleveland Rams / 9th / 81st pick / 1945 |
| Tommy Kalmanir | 23 | HB | 12 | 2 | 171 | 5-8 | Nevada-Reno,Pittsburgh | 3/30/1926 | Rook | Pittsburgh Steelers / 25th / 229th pick / 1947 |
| Tom Keane | 23 | DB-E | 10 | 0 | 192 | 6-1 | Ohio State,West Virginia | 9/7/1926 | 1 | Los Angeles Rams / 3rd / 18th pick / 1948 |
| Mike Lazetich | 28 | G-LB | 7 | 4 | 211 | 6-1 | Michigan,Montana | 8/27/1921 | 4 | Cleveland Rams / 2nd / 16th pick / 1945 |
| Jack Martin | 27 | C | 12 | 12 | 238 | 6-3 | Navy,Princeton | 4/10/1922 | 2 | |
| Fred Naumetz+ | 27 | C | 12 | 0 | 222 | 6-1 | Boston College | 3/28/1922 | 3 | Cleveland Rams / 3rd / 20th pick / 1943 |
| Don Paul | 24 | LB-MG-C | 12 | 0 | 228 | 6-1 | UCLA | 3/18/1925 | 1 | Los Angeles Rams / 3rd / 21st pick / 1947 |
| Joe Repko | 29 | T | 8 | 0 | 236 | 6-0 | Boston College,Seton Hall | 3/15/1920 | 3 | Phi/Pit Eagles/Steelers / 12th / 107th pick / 1943 |
| Bob Shaw | 28 | E | 11 | 10 | 226 | 6-4 | Ohio State | 5/22/1921 | 4 | Cleveland Rams / 10th / 97th pick / 1944 |
| George Sims | 22 | DB | 12 | 0 | 170 | 5-11 | Baylor | 10/23/1927 | Rook | Los Angeles Rams / 2nd / 17th pick / 1949 |
| Vitamin Smith | 26 | HB | 12 | 4 | 179 | 5-8 | Abilene Christian | 10/30/1923 | Rook | |
| Bill Smyth | 27 | DE-E-T | 12 | 0 | 243 | 6-3 | Cincinnati,Notre Dame,Penn State | 4/8/1922 | 2 | Los Angeles Rams / 7th / 53rd pick / 1947 |
| Al Sparkman | 23 | T | 4 | 0 | 253 | 6-6 | Texas A&M | 2/17/1926 | 1 | |
| Bobby Thomason | 21 | QB | 6 | 0 | 196 | 6-1 | VMI | 3/26/1928 | Rook | Los Angeles Rams / 1st / 7th pick / 1949 |
| Norm Van Brocklin | 23 | QB | 8 | 0 | 190 | 6-1 | Oregon | 3/15/1926 | Rook | Los Angeles Rams / 4th / 37th pick / 1949 |
| Bob Waterfield+ | 29 | QB | 12 | 11 | 200 | 6-1 | UCLA | 7/26/1920 | 4 | Cleveland Rams / 5th / 42nd pick / 1944 |
| Jerry Williams | 26 | DB-HB | 12 | 0 | 175 | 5-10 | Idaho,Washington State | 11/1/1923 | Rook | Los Angeles Rams / 7th / 63rd pick / 1949 |
| Ray Yagiello | 26 | G-LB | 12 | 7 | 220 | 6-0 | Catawba,Franklin & Marshall | 9/23/1923 | 1 | Los Angeles Rams / 22nd / 200th pick / 1948 |
| Tank Younger | 21 | FB-LB-HB | 12 | 8 | 225 | 6-3 | Grambling State | 6/25/1928 | Rook | |
| Jack Zilly | 28 | DE-E | 12 | 2 | 212 | 6-2 | Notre Dame | 11/11/1921 | 2 | Cleveland Rams / 4th / 32nd pick / 1945 |
| Team Total | 26.1 | 12 | 212.8 | 6-1.2 | 2.0 |