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1961 Los Angeles Rams

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Record: 4-10-0, Finished 6th in NFL West Division
NFL Season Summary

Scored 263 points (18.8/g), 12th of 14 in the NFL.
 Allowed 333 points (23.8/g), 11th.
 Differential of -70 points (-5.0/g), 11th.
 Expected W-L: 5.1-8.9.

 Takeaway/Giveaway Differential +7 (0.5/g), 3rd.

Simple Rating System: Total -1.5, Offense: -1.2, Defense: -0.3, SoS: 3.5, versus averages of 0.0.

Coached by Bob Waterfield (4-10-0)

Training Camp: University of Redlands (Redlands, California)

Team Stats and Rankings

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 263 4295 848 5.1 236 199 386 2337 13 21 5.4 111 415 1958 17 4.7 109 32 11 16
Team Defense 333 4813 870 5.5 279 184 328 2373 19 23 6.6 121 508 2440 26 4.8 136 39 16 22
Lg Rank Offense 12 10 10 7 10 13 4 11 11 5 3 2 2 2
Lg Rank Defense 11 11 13 2 5 7 9 10 14 13 13 13 9 8

Team Games & Schedule

Score Offense Defense
Week Day Date OT Rec Opp Tm Opp 1stD TotYd PassY RushY TO 1stD TotYd PassY RushY TO
1 Sun September 17 boxscore L 0-1 @ Baltimore Colts 24 27 21 308 123 185 2 19 326 113 213 2
2 Sat September 23 boxscore L 0-2 Chicago Bears 17 21 13 299 219 80 3 15 328 194 134 2
3 Sun October 1 boxscore W 1-2 Pittsburgh Steelers 24 14 17 258 216 42 3 14 218 124 94 8
4 Sun October 8 boxscore L 1-3 @ San Francisco 49ers 0 35 11 166 83 83 2 29 521 262 259
5 Sun October 15 boxscore L 1-4 @ Detroit Lions 13 14 11 244 164 80 3 14 311 159 152 4
6 Sun October 22 boxscore L 1-5 @ New York Giants 14 24 15 372 154 218 4 21 375 171 204 4
7 Sun October 29 boxscore L 1-6 Detroit Lions 10 28 18 258 149 109 2 23 409 241 168
8 Sun November 5 boxscore W 2-6 Minnesota Vikings 31 17 23 392 97 295 1 21 399 146 253 5
9 Sun November 12 boxscore W 3-6 San Francisco 49ers 17 7 20 367 183 184 10 167 57 110 1
10 Sun November 19 boxscore L 3-7 @ Green Bay Packers 17 35 19 312 201 111 1 17 249 173 76 1
11 Sun November 26 boxscore L 3-8 @ Chicago Bears 24 28 19 357 287 70 4 24 371 199 172 3
12 Sun December 3 boxscore L 3-9 @ Minnesota Vikings 21 42 13 348 148 200 5 27 441 231 210 4
13 Sat December 9 boxscore W 4-9 Baltimore Colts 34 17 22 385 203 182 24 414 142 272 2
14 Sun December 17 boxscore L 4-10 Green Bay Packers 17 24 14 229 110 119 2 21 284 161 123 3

Passing

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 Sk% 4QC GWD
12 Zeke Bratkowski 30 QB 13 11 2-9-0 124 230 53.9 1547 8 3.5 13 5.7 84 6.7 4.9 12.5 119.0 63.1 1 1
15 Frank Ryan 25 14 3 2-1-0 72 142 50.7 1115 5 3.5 7 4.9 96 7.9 6.3 15.5 79.6 68.3 0 2
26 Jon Arnett* 26 PR/KR/HB 14 0 3 13 23.1 47 0 0.0 1 7.7 20 3.6 0.2 15.7 3.4 10.1
11 Danny Villanueva 24 P/K 14 0 0 1 0.0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 39.6
Team Total 25.6 14 4-10-0 199 386 51.6 2709 13 3.4 21 5.4 96 7.0 5.2 13.6 193.5 62.8 1 3
Opp Total 14 184 328 56.1 2642 19 5.8 23 7.0 8.1 6.1 14.4 188.7 72.5 34 269 6.6 4.7 9.4

Rushing & Receiving

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
26 Jon Arnett* 26 PR/KR/HB 14 0 158 609 4 26 3.9 43.5 11.3 28 194 6.9 0 29 2.0 13.9 803 4 3
22 Dick Bass 24 FB 14 9 98 608 4 73 6.2 43.4 7.0 16 145 9.1 0 37 1.1 10.4 753 4 6
24 Tommy Wilson 29 11 0 44 220 1 34 5.0 20.0 4.0 1 12 12.0 0 12 0.1 1.1 232 1 2
15 Frank Ryan 25 14 3 38 139 0 28 3.7 9.9 2.7 139 0 3
34 Joe Marconi 27 13 0 36 146 3 14 4.1 11.2 2.8 4 20 5.0 1 8 0.3 1.5 166 4 0
33 Ollie Matson 31 FL 14 0 24 181 2 69 7.5 12.9 1.7 29 537 18.5 3 96 2.1 38.4 718 5 0
12 Zeke Bratkowski 30 QB 13 11 12 36 3 16 3.0 2.8 0.9 36 3 4
27 Pervis Atkins 26 14 0 5 19 0 13 3.8 1.4 0.4 5 67 13.4 0 28 0.4 4.8 86 0 1
82 Red Phillips*+ 25 SE 14 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 78 1092 14.0 5 69 5.6 78.0 1092 5 1
81 Carroll Dale 23 TE 14 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 35 561 16.0 2 68 2.5 40.1 561 2 1
25 Duane Allen 24 10 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 2 80 40.0 2 48 0.2 8.0 80 2 0
71 Joe Scibelli 22 14 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 1 1 1.0 0 1 0.1 0.1 1 0 0
Team Total 25.6 14 415 1958 17 73 4.7 139.9 29.6 199 2709 13.6 13 96 14.2 193.5 4667 30 21
Opp Total 14 508 2440 26 4.8 174.3 36.3 184 2373 12.9 19 13.1 169.5 4813 45 27

Kick & Punt Returns

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* 26 PR/KR/HB 14 0 10 75 0 17 7.5 25 653 1 105 26.1 1531
22 Dick Bass 24 FB 14 9 4 109 1 90 27.3 23 698 0 64 30.3 1560
27 Pervis Atkins 26 14 0 4 77 0 20 19.3 163
70 Frank Varrichione 29 RT 14 0 3 23 0 11 7.7 23
75 Deacon Jones 23 LDE 14 0 1 12 0 12 12.0 12
Team Total 25.6 14 14 184 1 90 13.1 56 1463 1 105 26.1 6314
Opp Total 14 36 0 53 1380 0 26.0

Kicking & Punting

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
11 Danny Villanueva 24 P/K 14 0 27 13 48.1% 32 32 100.0% 46 1845 53 0 40.1
12 Zeke Bratkowski 30 QB 13 11 12 458 51 0 38.2
34 Joe Marconi 27 13 0 6 265 50 0 44.2
Team Total 25.6 14 27 13 48.1% 32 32 100.0% 64 2568 53 0 40.1
Opp Total 14 21 6 28.6% 45 45 100.0% 51 2208 43.3

Defense & Fumbles

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
22 Dick Bass 24 FB 14 9 0 6 2 0 0
12 Zeke Bratkowski 30 QB 13 11 0 4 4 0 0
41 Lindon Crow 28 LS 14 0 6 117 0 31 0 0 0 1 0 0
21 Eddie Meador 24 LCB 14 0 1 34 0 34 0 0 0 5 0 0
17 Charley Britt 23 11 0 5 29 0 13 0
48 Les Richter* 31 MLB 14 0 4 44 0 17 0 0 0 1 0 0
26 Jon Arnett* 26 PR/KR/HB 14 0 0 3 1 0 0
35 Clendon Thomas 26 RS 13 0 3 11 0 7 0 0 0 1 0 0
75 Deacon Jones 23 LDE 14 0 0 0 3 10 0
15 Frank Ryan 25 14 3 0 3 0 0 0
81 Carroll Dale 23 TE 14 0 0 1 1 0 0
32 Jack Pardee 25 LLB 13 0 1 2 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0
82 Red Phillips*+ 25 SE 14 0 0 1 1 0 0
77 George Strugar 27 14 0 1 4 0 4 0 0 0 1 0 0
24 Tommy Wilson 29 11 0 0 2 0 0 0
27 Pervis Atkins 26 14 0 0 1 0 0 0
46 Alvin Hall 27 RCB 9 9 0 0 1 0 0
67 Urban Henry 26 LDT 14 0 0 0 1 0 0
57 Bill Jobko 26 RLB 11 0 1 16 0 16 0
84 Bob W. Long 27 13 0 1 10 0 10 0
34 Joe Marconi 27 13 0 0 0 1 0 0
71 Joe Scibelli 22 14 0 0 0 1 0 0
Team Total 25.6 14 23 277 0 34 0 0 21 26 10 0
Opp Total 14 47 27 11

Scoring Summary

ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+),
No. Age Pos G GS RshTD RecTD PR TD KR TD FblTD IntTD OthTD AllTD 2PM XPM FGM Sfty Pts
11 Danny Villanueva 24 P/K 14 0 32 13 71
26 Jon Arnett* 26 PR/KR/HB 14 0 4 1 5 30
22 Dick Bass 24 FB 14 9 4 1 5 30
33 Ollie Matson 31 FL 14 0 2 3 5 30
82 Red Phillips*+ 25 SE 14 0 5 5 30
34 Joe Marconi 27 13 0 3 1 4 24
12 Zeke Bratkowski 30 QB 13 11 3 3 18
25 Duane Allen 24 10 0 2 2 12
81 Carroll Dale 23 TE 14 0 2 2 12
24 Tommy Wilson 29 11 0 1 1 6
Team Total 25.6 14 17 13 1 1 32 32 13 263
Opp Total 14 26 19 45 6 333