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)

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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	AllTD	XPM	FGM	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

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