1959 Los Angeles Rams

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Record: 2-10-0, Finished 6th in NFL West Division
NFL Season Summary

Scored 242 points (20.2/g), 9th of 12 in the NFL.
Allowed 315 points (26.2/g), 10th.
Differential of -73 points (-6.1/g), 10th.
Expected W-L: 4.2-7.8.

Takeaway/Giveaway Differential -20 (-1.7/g), 11th.

Coached by Sid Gillman (2-10-0)

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1959 Statistics / Starters & Roster / Games & Schedule / Team Draftees

Team Games & Schedule

Glossary · ·

								Score		Offense					Defense
Week	Day	Date			Rec		Opp	Tm	Opp	1stD	TotYd	PassY	RushY	TO	1stD	TotYd	PassY	RushY	TO
1	Sat	September 26	box	L	0-1		New York Giants	21	23	20	358	234	124	2	17	407	321	86	1
2	Sun	October 4	box	L	0-2	@	San Francisco 49ers	0	34	12	177	90	87	5	19	296	61	235	1
3	Sun	October 11	box	W	1-2	@	Chicago Bears	28	21	22	420	175	245	1	16	306	285	21	4
4	Sun	October 18	box	W	2-2	@	Green Bay Packers	45	6	23	456	198	258		16	262	145	117	4
5	Sun	October 25	box	L	2-3		Detroit Lions	7	17	23	345	219	126	5	18	259	87	172	2
6	Sun	November 1	box	L	2-4		Chicago Bears	21	26	17	403	237	166	3	20	339	196	143	1
7	Sun	November 8	box	L	2-5		San Francisco 49ers	16	24	28	436	261	175	5	16	300	131	169	2
8	Sun	November 15	box	L	2-6	@	Detroit Lions	17	23	14	302	220	82	3	10	222	87	135	1
9	Sun	November 22	box	L	2-7	@	Philadelphia Eagles	20	23	14	270	93	177	3	21	390	278	112	2
10	Sun	November 29	box	L	2-8	@	Baltimore Colts	21	35	16	374	282	92	4	23	396	208	188	1
11	Sun	December 6	box	L	2-9		Green Bay Packers	20	38	22	286	187	99	5	21	335	192	143	1
12	Sat	December 12	box	L	2-10		Baltimore Colts	26	45	21	433	286	147	5	19	282	99	183	1

Team Stats and Rankings

Glossary · ·

						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	242	4260	757	5.6	232	196	356	2482	14	22	6.4	116	371	1778	15	4.8	101	41	19	15
Team Defense	315	3794	742	5.1	216	151	287	2090	17	7	6.6	100	427	1704	15	4.0	96	21	14	20
Lg Rank Offense	9	2			3		2	4	7	8	5		11	6	3	1		10	9
Lg Rank Defense	10	7			9		3	7	7	12	9		7	6	7	6		12	8

Passing

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · ·

No.		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
9	Billy Wade	29	QB	12	9	2-7-0	153	261	58.6	2001	12	4.6	17	6.5	72	7.7	5.7	13.1	166.8	71.1
15	Frank Ryan	23	qb	10	3	0-3-0	42	89	47.2	709	2	2.2	4	4.5	67	8.0	6.4	16.9	70.9	63.4
26	Jon Arnett*	24	LH	12	0		1	5	20.0	13	0	0.0	0	0.0	13	2.6	2.6	13.0	1.1	39.6
33	Ollie Matson	29	FB	12	0		0	1	0.0	0	0	0.0	1	100.0	0	0.0	-45.0		0.0	0.0
	Team Total	25.7		12		2-10-0	196	356	55.1	2723	14	3.9	22	6.2	72	7.6	5.7	13.9	226.9	67.2
	Opp Total			12			151	287	52.6	2315	17	5.9	7	2.4		8.1	8.2	15.3	192.9	89.1	28	225	6.6	6.7

Rushing & Receiving

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · ·

						Rushing							Receiving
No.		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
33	Ollie Matson	29	FB	12	0	161	863	6	50	5.4	71.9	13.4	18	130	7.2	0	49	1.5	10.8	993	6	9
26	Jon Arnett*	24	LH	12	0	73	371	2	80	5.1	30.9	6.1	38	419	11.0	1	38	3.2	34.9	790	3	5
34	Joe Marconi	25		12	0	52	176	4	21	3.4	14.7	4.3	10	81	8.1	1	80	0.8	6.8	257	5	2
24	Tommy Wilson	27	lh	12	0	40	210	0	60	5.3	17.5	3.3	12	83	6.9	1	20	1.0	6.9	293	1	1
9	Billy Wade	29	QB	12	9	25	95	2	17	3.8	7.9	2.1								95	2	6
15	Frank Ryan	23	qb	10	3	19	57	1	13	3.0	5.7	1.9								57	1	5
29	Del Shofner*+	25	LE	12	0	1	6	0	6	6.0	0.5	0.1	47	936	19.9	7	72	3.9	78.0	942	7	0
82	Red Phillips	23	RH	9	9	0	0	0	0		0.0	0.0	37	541	14.6	4	64	4.1	60.1	541	4	0
84	Leon Clarke	26	RE	11	0	0	0	0	0		0.0	0.0	29	453	15.6	0	60	2.6	41.2	453	0	2
85	Lamar Lundy*	24	LDE	12	0	0	0	0	0		0.0	0.0	4	74	18.5	0	26	0.3	6.2	74	0	0
46	Clendon Thomas	24		10	0	0	0	0	0		0.0	0.0	1	6	6.0	0	6	0.1	0.6	6	0	1
	Team Total	25.7		12		371	1778	15	80	4.8	148.2	30.9	196	2723	13.9	14	80	16.3	226.9	4501	29	34
	Opp Total			12		427	1704	15		4.0	142.0	35.6	151	2090	13.8	17		12.6	174.2	3794	32	25

Kick & Punt Returns

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · ·

						Punt Returns					Kick Returns
No.		Age	Pos	G	GS	Ret	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/R	Rt	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/Rt	APYd
26	Jon Arnett*	24	LH	12	0	17	184	1	71	10.8	14	320	0	42	22.9	1294
33	Ollie Matson	29	FB	12	0	14	61	0	20	4.4	16	367	0	48	22.9	1421
24	Tommy Wilson	27	lh	12	0						7	243	0	85	34.7	536
46	Clendon Thomas	24		10	0	3	6	0	6	2.0	3	95	0	48	31.7	107
35	Roy Wilkins	25	RLB	12	0						2	29	0	17	14.5	29
25	Don Burroughs	28		10	0	1	0	0	0	0.0						0
71	Paul Dickson	22		10	0						1	0	0	0	0.0	0
21	Eddie Meador	22	RDH	12	0	1	0	0	0	0.0						0
	Team Total	25.7		12		36	251	1	71	7.0	43	1054	0	85	24.5	5806
	Opp Total			12		30		1			42	980	1		23.3

Kicking & Punting

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · ·

						0-19		20-29		30-39		40-49		50+		Tot			PAT			Punting
No.		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
29	Del Shofner*+	25	LE	12	0																	48	2004	66	1	41.8
83	Lou Michaels	24	RDE	12	0											17	8	47.1%	14	12	85.7%
40	Jack Morris	28	LS	12	0											8	3	37.5%	15	15	100.0%
34	Joe Marconi	25		12	0																	2	81	44	0	40.5
48	Les Richter*	29	MLB	12	0											1		0.0%
	Team Total	25.7		12												26	11	42.3%	29	27	93.1%	50	2085	66	1	41.7
	Opp Total			12												31	17	54.8%	38	36	94.7%	60	2646			44.1

Defense & Fumbles

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · ·

							Def Interceptions					Fumbles					Tackles
No.		Age	Pos	G	GS	Sk	Int	Yds	TD	Lng	PD	FF	Fmb	FR	Yds	TD	Tkl	Ast	Sfty
26	Jon Arnett*	24	LH	12	0								5	1	0	0
79	Charlie Bradshaw	23	RT	12	0								0	3	0	0
25	Don Burroughs	28		10	0								0	1	0	0
84	Leon Clarke	26	RE	11	0								2	1	0	0
81	Tom Franckhauser	22	LDH	12	0		3	2	0	2			0	1	0	0
57	Bill Jobko	24		12	0		1	0	0	0			0	5	0	0
76	John LoVetere	23	RDT	12	0								0	2	0	0
85	Lamar Lundy*	24	LDE	12	0								0	1	0	0
34	Joe Marconi	25		12	0								2	2	0	0
33	Ollie Matson	29	FB	12	0								9	0	0	0
21	Eddie Meador	22	RDH	12	0		3	3	0	3			2	0	0	0
83	Lou Michaels	24	RDE	12	0								0	1	0	0
40	Jack Morris	28	LS	12	0								0	1	0	0
32	Jack Pardee	23	LLB	12	0								1	1	0	0
61	Duane Putnam	31	LG	10	0								0	1	0	0
48	Les Richter*	29	MLB	12	0								0	2	0	0
15	Frank Ryan	23	qb	10	3								5	3	0	0
70	Gene Selawski	24		12	0								0	1	0	0
77	George Strugar	25		11	0								0	1	0	0
46	Clendon Thomas	24		10	0								1	0	0	0
9	Billy Wade	29	QB	12	9								6	0	0	0
24	Tommy Wilson	27	lh	12	0								1	1	0	0
	Team Total	25.7		12			7	5	0	3			34	29	0	0			1
	Opp Total			12		30							25	11

Scoring Summary

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · ·

No.		Age	Pos	G	GS	RshTD	RecTD	PR TD	KR TD	AllTD	XPM	FGM	Sfty	Pts
29	Del Shofner*+	25	LE	12	0		7			7				42
33	Ollie Matson	29	FB	12	0	6				6				36
83	Lou Michaels	24	RDE	12	0						12	8		36
34	Joe Marconi	25		12	0	4	1			5				30
26	Jon Arnett*	24	LH	12	0	2	1	1		4				24
40	Jack Morris	28	LS	12	0						15	3		24
82	Red Phillips	23	RH	9	9		4			4				24
9	Billy Wade	29	QB	12	9	2				2				12
15	Frank Ryan	23	qb	10	3	1				1				6
24	Tommy Wilson	27	lh	12	0		1			1				6
88	Sam Williams	28		12	0								1	2
	Team Total	25.7		12		15	14	1		30	27	11	1	242
	Opp Total			12		15	17	1	1		36	17		315

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