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1954 Los Angeles Rams

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Record: 6-5-1, Finished 4th in NFL West Division
NFL Season Summary

Scored 314 points (26.2/g), 3rd of 12 in the NFL.
 Allowed 285 points (23.8/g), 10th.
 Differential of 29 points (2.4/g), 6th.
 Expected W-L: 6.7-5.3.

 Takeaway/Giveaway Differential -12 (-1.0/g), 11th.

Coached by Hampton Pool (6-5-1)

1954 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 26 box W 1-0 @ Baltimore Colts 48 0 26 563 403 160 14 196 177 19 4
2 Sun October 3 box T 1-0-1 San Francisco 49ers 24 24 16 370 222 148 4 22 449 268 181 2
3 Sun October 10 box L 1-1-1 @ Detroit Lions 3 21 20 358 297 61 4 21 374 124 250 3
4 Sun October 17 box L 1-2-1 @ Green Bay Packers 17 35 15 445 277 168 4 28 448 273 175 1
5 Sun October 24 box W 2-2-1 Chicago Bears 42 38 30 557 243 314 3 28 443 338 105 3
6 Sun October 31 box L 2-3-1 Detroit Lions 24 27 25 455 170 285 2 19 351 188 163 3
7 Sun November 7 box W 3-3-1 @ San Francisco 49ers 42 34 21 454 276 178 1 23 414 193 221 1
8 Sun November 14 box W 4-3-1 Chicago Cardinals 28 17 15 243 54 189 3 23 380 189 191 3
9 Sun November 21 box W 5-3-1 @ New York Giants 17 16 24 485 275 210 2 11 286 220 66 1
10 Sun November 28 box L 5-4-1 @ Chicago Bears 13 24 15 428 292 136 5 16 351 236 115 5
11 Sat December 4 box L 5-5-1 Baltimore Colts 21 22 18 259 104 155 9 16 221 166 55 1
12 Sun December 12 box W 6-5-1 Green Bay Packers 35 27 30 570 434 136 4 19 269 195 74 2

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 314 5187 770 6.7 255 171 321 3047 15 23 9.0 125 432 2140 24 5.0 115 41 18 15
Team Defense 285 4182 777 5.4 388 219 393 2567 16 23 6.3 129 368 1615 14 4.4 240 29 6 19
Lg Rank Offense 3 1 1 9 2 5 7 1 3 2 2 2 7 9
Lg Rank Defense 10 8 11 12 9 7 7 10 3 7 8 8 12 12

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%
Norm Van Brocklin* 28 QB 12 11 139 260 53.5 2637 13 5.0 21 8.1 80 10.1 7.0 19.0 219.8 71.9
Billy Wade 24 10 1 31 59 52.5 509 2 3.4 1 1.7 48 8.6 8.2 16.4 50.9 86.1
Skeets Quinlan* 26 LH 11 0 1 2 50.0 34 0 0.0 1 50.0 34 17.0 -5.5 34.0 3.1 56.2
Team Total 26.3 12 171 321 53.3 3180 15 4.7 23 7.2 80 9.9 7.1 18.6 265.0 73.5
Opp Total 12 219 393 55.7 2567 16 4.1 23 5.9 6.5 4.3 11.7 213.9 64.9 16 130 6.3 3.8

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* 26 FB 12 0 149 599 11 24 4.0 49.9 12.4 10 127 12.7 0 36 0.8 10.6 726 11 5
Tank Younger 26 fb 8 0 91 610 8 75 6.7 76.3 11.4 8 76 9.5 0 21 1.0 9.5 686 8 2
Skeets Quinlan* 26 LH 11 0 82 490 4 35 6.0 44.5 7.5 18 324 18.0 2 80 1.6 29.5 814 6 4
Tom McCormick 24 9 0 48 173 0 16 3.6 19.2 5.3 3 58 19.3 0 31 0.3 6.4 231 0 1
Billy Wade 24 10 1 28 190 1 35 6.8 19.0 2.8 190 1 5
Woodley Lewis 29 LDH 12 0 26 72 0 18 2.8 6.0 2.2 2 19 9.5 0 12 0.2 1.6 91 0 1
Norm Van Brocklin* 28 QB 12 11 6 -10 0 5 -1.7 -0.8 0.5 -10 0 3
Tom Fears 31 LE 10 0 1 10 0 10 10.0 1.0 0.1 36 546 15.2 3 43 3.6 54.6 556 3 0
Elroy Hirsch 31 RH 12 0 1 6 0 6 6.0 0.5 0.1 35 720 20.6 3 66 2.9 60.0 726 3 1
Bob Boyd*+ 26 RE 12 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 53 1212 22.9 6 80 4.4 101.0 1212 6 2
Bob Carey 24 2 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 5 49 9.8 0 13 2.5 24.5 49 0 0
Andy Robustelli 29 RDE 12 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 1 49 49.0 1 49 0.1 4.1 49 1 0
Team Total 26.3 12 432 2140 24 75 5.0 178.3 36.0 171 3180 18.6 15 80 14.3 265.0 5320 39 27
Opp Total 12 368 1615 14 4.4 134.6 30.7 219 2567 11.7 16 18.3 213.9 4182 30 18

Kick & Punt Returns

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Punt Returns Kick Returns
Age Pos G GS Ret Yds TD Lng Y/R Rt Yds TD Lng Y/Rt APYd
Woodley Lewis 29 LDH 12 0 22 82 0 16 3.7 34 836 1 88 24.6 1009
Will Sherman 27 LS 12 0 6 89 0 50 14.8 6 130 0 38 21.7 219
Tom McCormick 24 9 0 7 8 0 6 1.1 3 49 0 22 16.3 288
Jack Dwyer 27 RS 11 0 6 18 0 7 3.0 3 65 0 33 21.7 83
Skeets Quinlan* 26 LH 11 0 1 4 0 4 4.0 4 69 0 23 17.3 887
Tom Dahms 27 12 0 2 23 0 15 11.5 23
Don Doll 28 12 0 1 0 0 0 0.0 0
Ed Hughes 27 11 0 1 0 0 0 0.0 0
Gene Lipscomb 23 RDT 11 0 1 6 0 6 6.0 6
Duane Putnam* 26 LG 11 0 1 13 0 13 13.0 13
Andy Robustelli 29 RDE 12 0 1 0 0 0 0.0 49
Charlie Toogood 27 RT 12 0 1 11 0 11 11.0 11
Team Total 26.3 12 44 201 0 50 4.6 56 1202 1 88 21.5 6723
Opp Total 12 32 0 46 1058 0 23.0

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
Les Richter* 24 K 12 0 15 8 53.3% 38 38 100.0%
Norm Van Brocklin* 28 QB 12 11 44 1874 61 0 42.6
Bob Carey 24 2 0 1 1 100.0% 2 2 100.0%
Tom Fears 31 LE 10 0 1 1 100.0%
Team Total 26.3 12 16 9 56.3% 41 41 100.0% 44 1874 61 0 42.6
Opp Total 12 26 16 61.5% 34 33 97.1% 58 2494 43.0

Defense & Fumbles

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Def Interceptions Fumbles Tackles
Age Pos G GS Sk Int Yds TD Lng PD FF Fmb FR Yds TD Tkl Ast Sfty
Bill Bowers 26 8 0 0 1 0 0
Bob Boyd*+ 26 RE 12 0 2 0 0 0
Bobby Cross 23 LT 12 0 0 1 0 0
Don Doll 28 12 0 5 51 0 26
Jack Dwyer 27 RS 11 0 4 90 1 76 1 0 0 0
Bob Griffin 25 12 0 0 1 0 0
Hall Haynes 26 RDH 11 0 1 0 0 0
Elroy Hirsch 31 RH 12 0 1 12 0 12 1 0 0 0
Ed Hughes 27 11 0 2 24 0 24 1 0 0 0
Woodley Lewis 29 LDH 12 0 1 1 0 0
Gene Lipscomb 23 RDT 11 0 0 1 0 0
Tom McCormick 24 9 0 1 1 0 0
Leon McLaughlin* 29 C 12 0 0 1 0 0
Paul Miller 24 12 0 1 0 0 0
Don Paul 29 RLB 12 0 0 2 0 0
Duane Putnam* 26 LG 11 0 0 1 0 0
Skeets Quinlan* 26 LH 11 0 4 0 0 0
Les Richter* 24 K 12 0 1 24 0 24 0 1 0 0
Andy Robustelli 29 RDE 12 0 0 1 0 0
Will Sherman 27 LS 12 0 6 70 0 28 1 0 0 0
Harry Thompson 28 RG 12 0 0 1 0 0
Charlie Toogood 27 RT 12 0 1 3 0 3 0 1 0 0
Dan Towler* 26 FB 12 0 5 1 0 0
Norm Van Brocklin* 28 QB 12 11 3 0 0 0
Billy Wade 24 10 1 5 0 0 0
Stan West 28 MG 9 0 1 0 0 0
Tank Younger 26 fb 8 0 2 0 0 0
Team Total 26.3 12 23 274 1 76 27 15 0 0
Opp Total 12 17 18 12

Scoring Summary

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Age Pos G GS RshTD RecTD PR TD KR TD FblTD IntTD OthTD 2PM XPM FGM Sfty Pts
Dan Towler* 26 FB 12 0 11 66
Les Richter* 24 K 12 0 38 8 62
Tank Younger 26 fb 8 0 8 48
Bob Boyd*+ 26 RE 12 0 6 36
Skeets Quinlan* 26 LH 11 0 4 2 36
Tom Fears 31 LE 10 0 3 1 19
Elroy Hirsch 31 RH 12 0 3 18
Jack Dwyer 27 RS 11 0 1 6
Woodley Lewis 29 LDH 12 0 1 6
Andy Robustelli 29 RDE 12 0 1 6
Billy Wade 24 10 1 1 6
Bob Carey 24 2 0 2 1 5
Team Total 26.3 12 24 15 1 1 41 9 314
Opp Total 12 14 16 33 16 285