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1956 Los Angeles Rams

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Record: 4-8-0, Finished 5th in NFL West Division
NFL Season Summary

Scored 291 points (24.2/g), 3rd of 12 in the NFL.
 Allowed 307 points (25.6/g), 10th.
 Differential of -16 points (-1.3/g), 6th.
 Expected W-L: 5.6-6.4.

 Takeaway/Giveaway Differential -20 (-1.7/g), 12th.

Coached by Sid Gillman (4-8-0)

1956 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 30 box W 1-0 Philadelphia Eagles 27 7 15 294 60 234 3 12 188 97 91 5
2 Sun October 7 box L 1-1 @ San Francisco 49ers 30 33 21 432 361 71 7 15 219 11 208 1
3 Sun October 14 box L 1-2 @ Detroit Lions 21 24 14 381 253 128 3 23 368 193 175 2
4 Sun October 21 box L 1-3 @ Green Bay Packers 17 42 18 385 232 153 5 27 492 334 158
5 Sun October 28 box L 1-4 Detroit Lions 7 16 18 384 225 159 6 16 293 177 116 2
6 Sun November 4 box L 1-5 Chicago Bears 24 35 17 264 163 101 5 16 370 138 232 1
7 Sun November 11 box W 2-5 San Francisco 49ers 30 6 17 398 139 259 3 14 264 197 67 5
8 Sun November 18 box L 2-6 @ Chicago Bears 21 30 20 326 226 100 2 21 433 267 166 2
9 Sun November 25 box L 2-7 @ Baltimore Colts 21 56 23 423 260 163 7 29 574 316 258 2
10 Sun December 2 box L 2-8 @ Pittsburgh Steelers 13 30 7 163 63 100 2 16 264 134 130 3
11 Sun December 9 box W 3-8 Baltimore Colts 31 7 24 336 140 196 1 16 286 124 162 1
12 Sun December 16 box W 4-8 Green Bay Packers 49 21 33 611 297 314 2 19 355 174 181 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 291 4397 736 6.0 227 170 329 2419 18 28 6.9 111 384 1978 15 5.2 103 46 18 13
Team Defense 307 4106 790 5.2 339 156 290 2162 17 18 6.8 100 473 1944 21 4.1 224 26 8 15
Lg Rank Offense 3 2 3 2 1 3 12 3 11 6 6 1 12 11
Lg Rank Defense 10 9 9 8 10 10 5 10 8 8 11 7 11 10

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%
Billy Wade 26 QB 12 8 91 178 51.1 1461 10 5.6 13 7.3 76 8.2 5.5 16.1 121.8 67.2
Norm Van Brocklin 30 qb 12 4 68 124 54.8 966 7 5.6 12 9.7 58 7.8 4.0 14.2 80.5 59.5
Rudy Bukich 24 3 0 10 23 43.5 130 1 4.3 3 13.0 34 5.7 0.2 13.0 43.3 36.8
Ron Waller 23 LH 9 0 1 3 33.3 44 0 0.0 0 0.0 44 14.7 14.7 44.0 4.9 81.9
Tommy Wilson 24 lh 12 0 0 1 0.0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 39.6
Team Total 26.0 12 170 329 51.7 2601 18 5.5 28 8.5 76 7.9 4.6 15.3 216.8 60.9
Opp Total 12 156 290 53.8 2162 17 5.9 18 6.2 7.5 5.2 13.9 180.2 71.7 27 212 6.8 4.1

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
Tank Younger 28 FB 12 0 114 518 3 33 4.5 43.2 9.5 18 268 14.9 0 54 1.5 22.3 786 3 8
Ron Waller 23 LH 9 0 83 543 1 46 6.5 60.3 9.2 9 76 8.4 0 16 1.0 8.4 619 1 3
Joe Marconi 22 12 0 75 298 7 23 4.0 24.8 6.3 12 70 5.8 0 31 1.0 5.8 368 7 4
Tommy Wilson 24 lh 12 0 64 470 0 46 7.3 39.2 5.3 6 86 14.3 0 34 0.5 7.2 556 0 2
Billy Wade 26 QB 12 8 26 93 3 33 3.6 7.8 2.2 93 3 4
Skeets Quinlan 28 2 0 10 21 0 9 2.1 10.5 5.0 3 24 8.0 0 0 1.5 12.0 45 0 3
Brad Myers 27 5 0 6 33 0 12 5.5 6.6 1.2 33 0 1
Norm Van Brocklin 30 qb 12 4 4 1 1 1 0.3 0.1 0.3 1 1 2
Bob Boyd 28 12 0 1 -7 0 -7 -7.0 -0.6 0.1 30 586 19.5 7 61 2.5 48.8 579 7 3
Rudy Bukich 24 3 0 1 8 0 8 8.0 2.7 0.3 8 0 0
Leon Clarke* 23 RH 12 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 36 650 18.1 4 60 3.0 54.2 650 4 1
Elroy Hirsch 33 LE 12 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 35 603 17.2 6 76 2.9 50.3 603 6 0
Ron Miller 23 7 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 11 129 11.7 0 21 1.6 18.4 129 0 0
Bob Carey 26 RE 7 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 5 60 12.0 1 18 0.7 8.6 60 1 0
Tom Fears 33 2 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 5 49 9.8 0 18 2.5 24.5 49 0 0
Team Total 26.0 12 384 1978 15 46 5.2 164.8 32.0 170 2601 15.3 18 76 14.2 216.8 4579 33 32
Opp Total 12 473 1944 21 4.1 162.0 39.4 156 2162 13.9 17 13.0 180.2 4106 38 13

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
Ron Waller 23 LH 9 0 14 65 0 15 4.6 11 276 0 40 25.1 960
Tommy Wilson 24 lh 12 0 2 0 0 0 0.0 15 477 1 103 31.8 1033
Jesse Whittenton 22 RDH 12 12 10 21 0 10 2.1 4 85 0 27 21.3 106
Will Sherman 29 RS 12 0 12 100 1 76 8.3 100
Skeets Quinlan 28 2 0 4 41 0 19 10.3 3 37 0 0 12.3 123
Bob Boyd 28 12 0 4 62 0 23 15.5 641
Brad Myers 27 5 0 1 26 0 26 26.0 3 57 0 21 19.0 116
Ken Panfil 26 6 0 1 0 0 0 0.0 0
Duane Putnam* 28 LG 12 12 1 0 0 0 0.0 0
Les Richter*+ 26 MG 12 0 1 4 0 4 4.0 4
Charlie Toogood 29 RT 7 0 1 13 0 13 13.0 13
Team Total 26.0 12 43 253 1 76 5.9 44 1011 1 103 23.0 5843
Opp Total 12 31 0 52 1068 1 20.5

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
Les Richter*+ 26 MG 12 0 15 8 53.3% 38 36 94.7%
Norm Van Brocklin 30 qb 12 4 48 2070 72 0 43.1
Bud McFadin* 28 LDT 12 0 4 1 25.0%
Team Total 26.0 12 19 9 47.4% 38 36 94.7% 48 2070 72 0 43.1
Opp Total 12 20 12 60.0% 39 37 94.9% 58 2436 42.0

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 28 12 0 3 2 0 0
Don Burroughs 25 LS 12 0 2 9 0 9
Jim Cason 29 LDH 12 0 4 63 0 29 0 1 0 0
Leon Clarke* 23 RH 12 0 1 2 0 0
Dick Daugherty 27 C 12 0 0 1 0 0
Jack Ellena 25 9 0 0 1 0 0
Sid Fournet 24 12 0 1 29 0 29
Bob Fry 26 LT 12 0 0 1 0 0
Art Hauser 27 RDT 12 0 0 1 0 0
Joe Marconi 22 12 0 4 0 0 0
Bud McFadin* 28 LDT 12 0 1 2 21 1
Paul Miller* 26 LDE 12 0 0 1 0 0
Brad Myers 27 5 0 1 0 0 0
Ken Panfil 26 6 0 0 1 0 0
Hugh Pitts 22 RLB 9 0 3 22 0 16 0 1 0 0
Duane Putnam* 28 LG 12 12 0 1 0 0
Skeets Quinlan 28 2 0 3 0 0 0
Will Sherman 29 RS 12 0 4 122 1 95
Rex Shiver 24 8 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
Norm Van Brocklin 30 qb 12 4 2 1 0 0
Billy Wade 26 QB 12 8 4 3 0 0
Ron Waller 23 LH 9 0 3 1 0 0
Jesse Whittenton 22 RDH 12 12 3 83 1 32
Tommy Wilson 24 lh 12 0 2 1 0 0
Tank Younger 28 FB 12 0 8 0 0 0
Team Total 26.0 12 18 328 2 95 32 22 21 1
Opp Total 12 23 13 5

Scoring Summary

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Age Pos G GS RshTD RecTD PR TD KR TD FblTD IntTD OthTD 2PM XPM FGM Sfty Pts
Les Richter*+ 26 MG 12 0 36 8 60
Bob Boyd 28 12 0 7 42
Joe Marconi 22 12 0 7 42
Elroy Hirsch 33 LE 12 0 6 36
Leon Clarke* 23 RH 12 0 4 24
Billy Wade 26 QB 12 8 3 18
Tank Younger 28 FB 12 0 3 18
Will Sherman 29 RS 12 0 1 1 12
Bud McFadin* 28 LDT 12 0 1 1 9
Bob Carey 26 RE 7 0 1 6
Norm Van Brocklin 30 qb 12 4 1 6
Ron Waller 23 LH 9 0 1 6
Jesse Whittenton 22 RDH 12 12 1 6
Tommy Wilson 24 lh 12 0 1 6
Team Total 26.0 12 15 18 1 1 1 2 36 9 291
Opp Total 12 21 17 1 37 12 307