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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.
Coached by Bob Waterfield (4-10-0)
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1961 Statistics / Starters & Roster / Games & Schedule / Team Draftees
Starters
| Pos | Age | Yrs | GS | Summary of Player Stats | Drafted (tm/rnd/yr) | |
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| Offensive Starters | Complete Team Stats | |||||
| QB | Zeke Bratkowski | 30 | 7 | 11 | 124 for 230, 1,547 yards, 8 td, 13 int, & 12 rushes for 36 yards and 3 td | Chicago Bears / 2nd / 17th pick / 1953 |
| HB | Jon Arnett* | 26 | 4 | 0 | 158 rushes for 609 yards, 4 td, & 28 catches for 194 yards and 0 td | Los Angeles Rams / 1st / 2nd pick / 1957 |
| FB | Dick Bass | 24 | 1 | 9 | 98 rushes for 608 yards, 4 td, & 16 catches for 145 yards and 0 td | Los Angeles Rams / 1st / 2nd pick / 1959 |
| FL | Ollie Matson | 31 | 9 | 0 | 29 catches for 537 yards, 3 td, & 24 rushes for 181 yards and 2 td | Chicago Cardinals / 1st / 3rd pick / 1952 |
| SE | Red Phillips*+ | 25 | 3 | 0 | 78 catches for 1,092 yards, 5 td | Los Angeles Rams / 1st / 5th pick / 1958 |
| TE | Carroll Dale | 23 | 1 | 0 | 35 catches for 561 yards, 2 td | Los Angeles Rams / 8th / 86th pick / 1960 |
| LT | Jim Boeke | 23 | 1 | 0 | Los Angeles Rams / 19th / 217th pick / 1960 |
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| LG | Charley Cowan | 23 | Rook | 0 | Denver Broncos / 5th / 33rd pick / 1961 |
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| C | Art Hunter | 28 | 7 | 0 | Green Bay Packers / 1st / 3rd pick / 1954 |
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| RG | Roy Hord | 27 | 1 | 0 | Los Angeles Rams / 8th / 88th pick / 1957 |
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| RT | Frank Varrichione | 29 | 6 | 0 | Pittsburgh Steelers / 1st / 6th pick / 1955 |
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| Defensive Starters | ||||||
| LDE | Deacon Jones | 23 | Rook | 0 | 0 interceptions, 3 fumbles recovered | Los Angeles Rams / 14th / 186th pick / 1961 |
| LDT | Urban Henry | 26 | Rook | 0 | 0 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | Los Angeles Rams / 4th / 38th pick / 1958 |
| RDT | John LoVetere | 25 | 2 | 0 | ||
| RDE | Lamar Lundy | 26 | 4 | 0 | Los Angeles Rams / 4th / 47th pick / 1957 |
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| LLB | Jack Pardee | 25 | 4 | 0 | 1 interception, 1 fumble recovered | Los Angeles Rams / 2nd / 14th pick / 1957 |
| MLB | Les Richter* | 31 | 7 | 0 | 4 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | Dallas Texans / 1st / 2nd pick / 1952 |
| RLB | Bill Jobko | 26 | 3 | 0 | 1 interception, 0 fumbles recovered | Los Angeles Rams / 7th / 80th pick / 1958 |
| LCB | Eddie Meador | 24 | 2 | 0 | 1 interception, 5 fumbles recovered | Los Angeles Rams / 7th / 80th pick / 1959 |
| RCB | Alvin Hall | 27 | Rook | 9 | 0 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | |
| LS | Lindon Crow | 28 | 6 | 0 | 6 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | Chicago Cardinals / 2nd / 14th pick / 1955 |
| RS | Clendon Thomas | 26 | 3 | 0 | 3 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | Los Angeles Rams / 2nd / 19th pick / 1958 |
| Special Teams Starters | ||||||
| K | Danny Villanueva | 24 | 1 | 0 | 13 of 27 field goals & 32 of 32 extra points | |
| P | Danny Villanueva | 24 | 1 | 0 | 46 punts for a 40.1 average, 0 blocked | |
| PR | Jon Arnett* | 26 | 4 | 0 | 10 punt returns for a 7.5 average and 0 td | Los Angeles Rams / 1st / 2nd pick / 1957 |
| KR | Jon Arnett* | 26 | 4 | 0 | 25 kick returns for a 26.1 average and 1 td | Los Angeles Rams / 1st / 2nd pick / 1957 |
| No. | Age | Pos | G | GS | Wt | Ht | College/Univ | BirthDate | Yrs | Drafted (tm/rnd/yr) | |
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| 25 | Duane Allen | 24 | TE | 10 | 0 | 225 | 6-4 | Mount San Antonio Junior College | 10/21/1937 | Rook | Denver Broncos / 33rd / 258th pick / 1962 |
| 26 | Jon Arnett* | 26 | HB-E | 14 | 0 | 197 | 5-11 | USC | 4/20/1935 | 4 | Los Angeles Rams / 1st / 2nd pick / 1957 |
| 27 | Pervis Atkins | 26 | FL-HB-WR | 14 | 0 | 230 | 6-1 | New Mexico State,San Francisco State | 11/24/1935 | Rook | Los Angeles Rams / 3rd / 30th pick / 1960 |
| 74 | John Baker | 26 | DE-DT-T | 13 | 0 | 279 | 6-6 | North Carolina Central | 6/10/1935 | 3 | Los Angeles Rams / 5th / 56th pick / 1958 |
| 22 | Dick Bass | 24 | FB-HB | 14 | 9 | 197 | 5-10 | Pacific | 3/15/1937 | 1 | Los Angeles Rams / 1st / 2nd pick / 1959 |
| 78 | Jim Boeke | 23 | T | 14 | 0 | 255 | 6-5 | Heidelberg | 9/11/1938 | 1 | Los Angeles Rams / 19th / 217th pick / 1960 |
| 12 | Zeke Bratkowski | 30 | QB | 13 | 11 | 210 | 6-2 | Georgia | 10/20/1931 | 7 | Chicago Bears / 2nd / 17th pick / 1953 |
| 17 | Charley Britt | 23 | DB | 11 | 0 | 180 | 6-2 | Georgia | 3/20/1938 | 1 | Los Angeles Rams / 3rd / 25th pick / 1960 |
| 73 | Charley Cowan | 23 | T-G | 14 | 0 | 264 | 6-4 | New Mexico Highlands | 6/19/1938 | Rook | Denver Broncos / 5th / 33rd pick / 1961 |
| 43 | Ross Coyle | 24 | DB | 13 | 0 | 195 | 6-3 | Oklahoma | 3/23/1937 | Rook | Los Angeles Rams / 20th / 237th pick / 1959 |
| 41 | Lindon Crow | 28 | DB | 14 | 0 | 195 | 6-1 | USC | 4/4/1933 | 6 | Chicago Cardinals / 2nd / 14th pick / 1955 |
| 81 | Carroll Dale | 23 | WR-TE-FL | 14 | 0 | 200 | 6-2 | Virginia Tech | 4/24/1938 | 1 | Los Angeles Rams / 8th / 86th pick / 1960 |
| 46 | Alvin Hall | 27 | DB | 9 | 9 | 198 | 6-0 | none | 8/12/1934 | Rook | |
| 62 | Willie Hector | 22 | T | 12 | 0 | 220 | 6-2 | Pacific | 12/23/1939 | Rook | Los Angeles Rams / 5th / 60th pick / 1961 |
| 67 | Urban Henry | 26 | DT | 14 | 0 | 265 | 6-4 | Georgia Tech | 6/7/1935 | Rook | Los Angeles Rams / 4th / 38th pick / 1958 |
| 64 | Roy Hord | 27 | G | 14 | 0 | 244 | 6-4 | Duke | 12/25/1934 | 1 | Los Angeles Rams / 8th / 88th pick / 1957 |
| 56 | Art Hunter | 28 | C-T | 14 | 0 | 245 | 6-4 | Notre Dame | 4/24/1933 | 7 | Green Bay Packers / 1st / 3rd pick / 1954 |
| 57 | Bill Jobko | 26 | LB | 11 | 0 | 224 | 6-2 | Ohio State | 10/7/1935 | 3 | Los Angeles Rams / 7th / 80th pick / 1958 |
| 75 | Deacon Jones | 23 | DE | 14 | 0 | 272 | 6-5 | Miss. Valley State,South Carolina State | 12/9/1938 | Rook | Los Angeles Rams / 14th / 186th pick / 1961 |
| 83 | Elbert Kimbrough | 23 | DB | 5 | 0 | 196 | 5-11 | Northwestern | 3/24/1938 | Rook | Los Angeles Rams / 2nd / 18th pick / 1961 |
| 84 | Bob W. Long | 27 | LB | 13 | 0 | 232 | 6-3 | UCLA | 2/24/1934 | 6 | Los Angeles Rams / 2nd / 18th pick / 1955 |
| 76 | John LoVetere | 25 | DT | 13 | 0 | 280 | 6-4 | Compton Community College (CA) | 5/31/1936 | 2 | |
| 85 | Lamar Lundy | 26 | DE-E | 14 | 0 | 245 | 6-7 | Purdue | 4/17/1935 | 4 | Los Angeles Rams / 4th / 47th pick / 1957 |
| 34 | Joe Marconi | 27 | FB | 13 | 0 | 225 | 6-2 | West Virginia | 2/6/1934 | 5 | Los Angeles Rams / 1st / 6th pick / 1956 |
| 33 | Ollie Matson | 31 | RB-FL | 14 | 0 | 220 | 6-2 | San Francisco | 5/1/1930 | 9 | Chicago Cardinals / 1st / 3rd pick / 1952 |
| 86 | Marlin McKeever | 21 | LB-TE | 3 | 0 | 235 | 6-1 | USC | 1/1/1940 | Rook | Los Angeles Rams / 1st / 4th pick / 1961 |
| 21 | Eddie Meador | 24 | DB | 14 | 0 | 193 | 5-11 | Arkansas Tech | 8/10/1937 | 2 | Los Angeles Rams / 7th / 80th pick / 1959 |
| 32 | Jack Pardee | 25 | LB | 13 | 0 | 225 | 6-2 | Texas A&M | 4/19/1936 | 4 | Los Angeles Rams / 2nd / 14th pick / 1957 |
| 82 | Red Phillips*+ | 25 | E | 14 | 0 | 197 | 6-1 | Auburn | 2/5/1936 | 3 | Los Angeles Rams / 1st / 5th pick / 1958 |
| 48 | Les Richter* | 31 | LB-MG | 14 | 0 | 238 | 6-3 | California | 10/6/1930 | 7 | Dallas Texans / 1st / 2nd pick / 1952 |
| 15 | Frank Ryan | 25 | QB | 14 | 3 | 199 | 6-3 | Rice | 7/12/1936 | 3 | Los Angeles Rams / 5th / 55th pick / 1958 |
| 71 | Joe Scibelli | 22 | G-T | 14 | 0 | 256 | 6-1 | American International College,Notre Dame | 4/19/1939 | Rook | New York Titans / 10th / 77th pick / 1961 |
| 77 | George Strugar | 27 | DT | 14 | 0 | 239 | 6-5 | Washington | 4/2/1934 | 4 | Los Angeles Rams / 3rd / 27th pick / 1957 |
| 61 | Bruce Tarbox | 22 | G | 7 | 0 | 230 | 6-2 | Syracuse | 5/10/1939 | Rook | New York Giants / 2nd / 25th pick / 1961 |
| 35 | Clendon Thomas | 26 | DB-E-FL-HB | 13 | 0 | 196 | 6-2 | Oklahoma | 12/28/1935 | 3 | Los Angeles Rams / 2nd / 19th pick / 1958 |
| 70 | Frank Varrichione | 29 | T | 14 | 0 | 234 | 6-1 | Notre Dame | 1/14/1932 | 6 | Pittsburgh Steelers / 1st / 6th pick / 1955 |
| 11 | Danny Villanueva | 24 | K | 14 | 0 | 200 | 5-11 | New Mexico State | 11/5/1937 | 1 | |
| 36 | Frank Williams | 29 | FB | 2 | 0 | 215 | 6-2 | Pepperdine | 5/9/1932 | Rook | |
| 24 | Tommy Wilson | 29 | HB-FB | 11 | 0 | 203 | 6-0 | none | 9/1/1932 | 5 | |
| Team Total | 25.6 | 14 | 224.4 | 6-2.2 | 2.5 |