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1953 Los Angeles Rams

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Record: 8-3-1, Finished 3rd in NFL West Division
NFL Season Summary

Scored 366 points (30.5/g), 2nd of 12 in the NFL.
 Allowed 236 points (19.7/g), 5th.
 Differential of 130 points (10.8/g), 4th.
 Expected W-L: 8.9-3.1.

 Takeaway/Giveaway Differential +3 (0.2/g), 4th.

Coached by Hampton Pool (8-3-1)

1953 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 27 box W 1-0 New York Giants 21 7 16 334 186 148 3 13 192 88 104 3
2 Sun October 4 box L 1-1 @ San Francisco 49ers 30 31 21 387 272 115 2 21 296 190 106 3
3 Sun October 11 box W 2-1 @ Green Bay Packers 38 20 16 412 320 92 2 18 278 172 106 4
4 Sun October 18 box W 3-1 @ Detroit Lions 31 19 18 391 208 183 1 23 426 263 163 4
5 Sun October 25 box W 4-1 Chicago Bears 38 24 19 525 312 213 1 24 376 296 80 6
6 Sun November 1 box W 5-1 Detroit Lions 37 24 14 392 170 222 4 19 255 116 139 4
7 Sun November 8 box L 5-2 San Francisco 49ers 27 31 18 333 52 281 3 17 414 301 113 4
8 Sun November 15 box T 5-2-1 @ Chicago Cardinals 24 24 17 291 117 174 3 20 349 149 200 3
9 Sun November 22 box W 6-2-1 @ Baltimore Colts 21 13 14 495 192 303 4 12 254 9 245 4
10 Sun November 29 box L 6-3-1 @ Chicago Bears 21 24 19 356 215 141 4 10 303 177 126 1
11 Sat December 5 box W 7-3-1 Baltimore Colts 45 2 19 334 216 118 4 6 70 39 31 3
12 Sat December 12 box W 8-3-1 Green Bay Packers 33 17 23 463 305 158 9 11 239 82 157 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 366 4713 763 6.2 214 173 324 2565 19 18 7.6 104 426 2148 23 5.0 105 40 22 5
Team Defense 236 3452 778 4.4 297 161 366 1882 15 30 4.7 92 375 1570 10 4.2 194 43 13 11
Lg Rank Offense 2 2 3 7 3 3 2 2 4 2 2 1 4 12
Lg Rank Defense 5 4 1 8 4 5 2 2 4 6 3 10 5 11

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%
Norm Van Brocklin* 27 QB 12 12 156 286 54.5 2393 19 6.6 14 4.9 70 8.4 6.8 15.3 199.4 84.1
Rudy Bukich 21 8 0 14 32 43.8 169 0 0.0 3 9.4 30 5.3 1.1 12.1 21.1 21.5
Skeets Quinlan 25 LH 12 0 2 4 50.0 60 0 0.0 1 25.0 40 15.0 3.8 30.0 5.0 56.2
Vitamin Smith 30 11 0 1 2 50.0 50 0 0.0 0 0.0 50 25.0 25.0 50.0 4.5 95.8
Team Total 26.1 12 173 324 53.4 2672 19 5.9 18 5.6 70 8.2 6.3 15.4 222.7 77.3
Opp Total 12 161 366 44.0 1882 15 4.1 30 8.2 5.1 1.9 11.7 156.8 39.7 37 299 4.7 1.0

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
Dan Towler* 25 FB 12 0 152 879 7 73 5.8 73.3 12.7 11 125 11.4 1 49 0.9 10.4 1004 8 6
Skeets Quinlan 25 LH 12 0 97 705 4 74 7.3 58.8 8.1 17 260 15.3 2 59 1.4 21.7 965 6 3
Tank Younger* 25 fb 12 0 84 350 8 39 4.2 29.2 7.0 20 259 13.0 1 48 1.7 21.6 609 9 4
Brad Myers 24 12 0 40 124 3 31 3.1 10.3 3.3 4 13 3.3 0 9 0.3 1.1 137 3 1
Tom McCormick 23 RH 11 0 20 29 0 8 1.5 2.6 1.8 5 72 14.4 0 20 0.5 6.5 101 0 3
Rudy Bukich 21 8 0 14 28 1 17 2.0 3.5 1.8 28 1 4
Vitamin Smith 30 11 0 8 26 0 21 3.3 2.4 0.7 6 151 25.2 3 54 0.5 13.7 177 3 1
Norm Van Brocklin* 27 QB 12 12 8 11 0 6 1.4 0.9 0.7 11 0 3
Woodley Lewis 28 RET 12 0 2 2 0 5 1.0 0.2 0.2 2 0 2
Elroy Hirsch*+ 30 LE 12 0 1 -6 0 -6 -6.0 -0.5 0.1 61 941 15.4 4 70 5.1 78.4 935 4 2
Bob Boyd 25 RE 12 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 24 548 22.8 4 70 2.0 45.7 548 4 0
Tom Fears 30 8 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 23 278 12.1 4 31 2.9 34.8 278 4 1
Norb Hecker 26 LS 12 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 2 25 12.5 0 16 0.2 2.1 25 0 0
Team Total 26.1 12 426 2148 23 74 5.0 179.0 35.5 173 2672 15.4 19 70 14.4 222.7 4820 42 32
Opp Total 12 375 1570 10 4.2 130.8 31.3 161 1882 11.7 15 13.4 156.8 3452 25 22

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
Woodley Lewis 28 RET 12 0 35 267 1 78 7.6 32 830 0 69 25.9 1099
Vitamin Smith 30 11 0 12 30 0 21 2.5 2 44 0 26 22.0 251
Bob Boyd 25 RE 12 0 5 26 0 13 5.2 3 42 0 21 14.0 616
Tom McCormick 23 RH 11 0 2 2 0 2 1.0 5 134 0 44 26.8 237
Skeets Quinlan 25 LH 12 0 2 38 0 22 19.0 1003
Bud McFadin 25 7 0 1 5 0 5 5.0 5
Brad Myers 24 12 0 1 1 0 1 1.0 138
Harry Thompson 27 8 0 1 0 0 0 0.0 0
Charlie Toogood 26 LDT 12 0 1 19 0 19 19.0 19
Tank Younger* 25 fb 12 0 1 24 0 24 24.0 633
Team Total 26.1 12 55 326 1 78 5.9 48 1136 0 69 23.7 6282
Opp Total 12 45 0 59 1600 0 27.1

Kicking & Punting

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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
Ben Agajanian 34 K 10 0 24 10 41.7% 37 36 97.3%
Norm Van Brocklin* 27 QB 12 12 60 2529 57 0 42.2
Tom Fears 30 8 0 1 1 100.0% 6 5 83.3%
Elroy Hirsch*+ 30 LE 12 0 5 4 80.0%
Team Total 26.1 12 25 11 44.0% 48 45 93.8% 60 2529 57 0 42.2
Opp Total 12 23 11 47.8% 29 27 93.1% 75 3038 40.5

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 Boyd 25 RE 12 0 1 35 0 35 0 1 8 0
Larry Brink 30 LDE 12 0 0 1 0 0
Rudy Bukich 21 8 0 4 1 0 0
Tom Dahms 26 RT 12 0 0 1 0 0
Jack Dwyer 26 LDH 12 0 2 31 1 31
Tom Fears 30 8 0 1 0 0 0
Norb Hecker 26 LS 12 0 7 91 0 24
Elroy Hirsch*+ 30 LE 12 0 2 1 0 0
Night Train Lane 26 RDH 11 0 3 9 0 8 0 3 26 1
Woodley Lewis 28 RET 12 0 7 87 1 45 2 0 0 0
Gene Lipscomb 22 2 0 0 1 0 0
Tom McCormick 23 RH 11 0 3 0 0 0
Bud McFadin 25 7 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
Brad Myers 24 12 0 1 0 0 0
Don Paul*+ 28 RLB 10 0 3 50 0 32 0 1 0 0
Skeets Quinlan 25 LH 12 0 3 1 0 0
Herb Rich 25 RS 7 0 3 95 1 53 1 1 0 0
Andy Robustelli*+ 28 RDE 12 0 0 2 0 0
Vitamin Smith 30 11 0 1 0 0 0
Harland Svare 23 LLB 10 0 1 9 0 9
Harry Thompson 27 8 0 0 2 0 0
Charlie Toogood 26 LDT 12 0 1 0 0 0 1 2 21 0
Dan Towler* 25 FB 12 0 6 2 0 0
Norm Van Brocklin* 27 QB 12 12 3 1 0 0
Stan West 27 MG 12 0 1 10 0 10
Tank Younger* 25 fb 12 0 4 1 0 0
Team Total 26.1 12 30 417 3 53 32 23 55 1
Opp Total 12 13 22 9 1

Scoring Summary

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Age Pos G GS RshTD RecTD PR TD KR TD FblTD IntTD OthTD 2PM XPM FGM Sfty Pts
Ben Agajanian 34 K 10 0 36 10 66
Tank Younger* 25 fb 12 0 8 1 54
Dan Towler* 25 FB 12 0 7 1 48
Skeets Quinlan 25 LH 12 0 4 2 36
Tom Fears 30 8 0 4 5 1 32
Elroy Hirsch*+ 30 LE 12 0 4 4 28
Bob Boyd 25 RE 12 0 4 24
Brad Myers 24 12 0 3 18
Vitamin Smith 30 11 0 3 18
Night Train Lane 26 RDH 11 0 1 1 12
Woodley Lewis 28 RET 12 0 1 1 12
Rudy Bukich 21 8 0 1 6
Jack Dwyer 26 LDH 12 0 1 6
Herb Rich 25 RS 7 0 1 6
Team Total 26.1 12 23 19 1 1 3 1 45 11 366
Opp Total 12 10 15 27 11 1 236