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1963 Los Angeles Rams

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Record: 5-9-0, Finished 6th in NFL West Division
NFL Season Summary

Scored 210 points (15.0/g), 13th of 14 in the NFL.
 Allowed 350 points (25.0/g), 9th.
 Differential of -140 points (-10.0/g), 13th.
 Expected W-L: 3.2-10.8.

 Takeaway/Giveaway Differential -7 (-0.5/g), 12th.

Coached by Harland Svare (5-9-0)

1963 Statistics / Starters & Roster / Games & Schedule / Team Draftees

Team Games & Schedule

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Score Offense Defense
Week Day Date Rec Opp Tm Opp 1stD TotYd PassY RushY TO 1stD TotYd PassY RushY TO
1 Sat September 14 box L 0-1 Detroit Lions 2 23 9 228 138 90 4 13 210 111 99 3
2 Sat September 21 box L 0-2 Washington Redskins 14 37 16 248 173 75 2 21 404 227 177 2
3 Sun September 29 box L 0-3 @ Cleveland Browns 6 20 12 214 129 85 3 16 283 152 131 4
4 Sun October 6 box L 0-4 @ Green Bay Packers 10 42 13 163 61 102 3 20 418 204 214 1
5 Sun October 13 box L 0-5 Chicago Bears 14 52 14 203 137 66 8 22 286 201 85 3
6 Sun October 20 box W 1-5 Minnesota Vikings 27 24 18 279 180 99 3 13 207 100 107 3
7 Sun October 27 box W 2-5 San Francisco 49ers 28 21 24 390 232 158 1 14 282 213 69 1
8 Sun November 3 box L 2-6 @ Minnesota Vikings 13 21 16 216 139 77 3 14 241 113 128 1
9 Sun November 10 box L 2-7 @ Chicago Bears 0 6 10 88 29 59 18 276 168 108 1
10 Sun November 17 box W 3-7 @ Detroit Lions 28 21 14 343 269 74 1 19 375 288 87 4
11 Sun November 24 box W 4-7 Baltimore Colts 17 16 16 290 91 199 3 19 340 228 112 2
12 Sun December 1 box W 5-7 @ San Francisco 49ers 21 17 15 297 191 106 1 13 312 244 68 3
13 Sat December 7 box L 5-8 Green Bay Packers 14 31 14 170 76 94 3 19 378 197 181
14 Sun December 15 box L 5-9 @ Baltimore Colts 16 19 18 341 232 109 4 23 526 307 219 4

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 210 3470 848 4.1 209 186 384 2077 11 22 4.7 117 405 1393 14 3.4 80 39 17 12
Team Defense 350 4538 837 5.4 244 208 379 2753 25 19 6.8 126 431 1785 14 4.1 100 32 13 18
Lg Rank Offense 13 13 12 7 13 14 10 14 11 13 7 14 9 8
Lg Rank Defense 9 8 8 8 8 9 9 9 8 8 8 10 9 9

Passing

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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%
18 Roman Gabriel 23 QB 12 9 5-4-0 130 281 46.3 1947 8 2.8 11 3.9 77 6.9 5.7 15.0 162.3 62.7
12 Zeke Bratkowski 32 qb 4 4 0-4-0 45 82 54.9 471 3 3.7 6 7.3 42 5.7 3.2 10.5 117.8 53.5
15 Terry Baker 22 4 1 0-1-0 11 19 57.9 140 0 0.0 4 21.1 49 7.4 -2.1 12.7 35.0 41.4
26 Jon Arnett 28 hb 9 0 0 1 0.0 0 0 0.0 1 100.0 0 0.0 -45.0 0.0 0.0
22 Dick Bass* 26 HB 12 0 0 1 0.0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 39.6
Team Total 26.2 14 5-9-0 186 384 48.4 2558 11 2.9 22 5.7 77 6.7 4.7 13.8 182.7 55.9
Opp Total 14 208 379 54.9 3025 25 6.6 19 5.0 8.0 7.0 14.5 216.1 82.2 27 272 6.8 5.9

Rushing & Receiving

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
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
22 Dick Bass* 26 HB 12 0 143 520 5 51 3.6 43.3 11.9 30 348 11.6 0 53 2.5 29.0 868 5 2
36 Ben Wilson 24 FB 13 0 109 394 1 39 3.6 30.3 8.4 9 173 19.2 1 77 0.7 13.3 567 2 4
26 Jon Arnett 28 hb 9 0 58 208 1 20 3.6 23.1 6.4 15 119 7.9 1 41 1.7 13.2 327 2 1
18 Roman Gabriel 23 QB 12 9 39 132 3 16 3.4 11.0 3.3 132 3 10
37 Art Perkins 23 13 0 37 70 4 8 1.9 5.4 2.8 8 61 7.6 0 17 0.6 4.7 131 4 0
15 Terry Baker 22 4 1 9 46 0 12 5.1 11.5 2.3 46 0 1
27 Pervis Atkins 28 14 0 5 11 0 6 2.2 0.8 0.4 14 174 12.4 1 21 1.0 12.4 185 1 3
12 Zeke Bratkowski 32 qb 4 4 3 -1 0 1 -0.3 -0.3 0.8 -1 0 2
81 Carroll Dale 25 FL 12 0 1 12 0 12 12.0 1.0 0.1 34 638 18.8 7 66 2.8 53.2 650 7 0
21 Eddie Meador 26 LCB 14 0 1 1 0 1 1.0 0.1 0.1 1 0 0
82 Red Phillips 27 SE 14 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 54 793 14.7 1 52 3.9 56.6 793 1 0
86 Marlin McKeever 23 LLB/te 13 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 11 152 13.8 0 29 0.8 11.7 152 0 0
87 John Adams 26 TE 13 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 9 93 10.3 0 19 0.7 7.2 93 0 0
47 Carver Shannon 25 RS 14 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 2 7 3.5 0 6 0.1 0.5 7 0 4
Team Total 26.2 14 405 1393 14 51 3.4 99.5 28.9 186 2558 13.8 11 77 13.3 182.7 3951 25 30
Opp Total 14 431 1785 14 4.1 127.5 30.8 208 2753 13.2 25 14.9 196.6 4538 39 25

Kick & Punt Returns

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Punt Returns Kick Returns
No. Age Pos G GS Ret Yds TD Lng Y/R Rt Yds TD Lng Y/Rt APYd
47 Carver Shannon 25 RS 14 0 15 132 0 29 8.8 28 823 1 99 29.4 962
27 Pervis Atkins 28 14 0 12 36 0 9 3.0 19 429 0 35 22.6 650
26 Jon Arnett 28 hb 9 0 1 7 0 7 7.0 12 279 0 34 23.3 613
44 Nat Whitmyer 23 7 0 3 80 0 30 26.7 80
73 Charley Cowan 25 LG 14 0 2 0 0 0 0.0 0
86 Marlin McKeever 23 LLB/te 13 0 2 8 0 8 4.0 160
23 Bobby Smith 25 RCB 14 0 2 20 0 20 10.0 20
22 Dick Bass* 26 HB 12 0 1 11 0 11 11.0 879
46 Alvin Hall 29 3 0 1 0 0 0 0.0 0
74 Merlin Olsen* 23 LDT 14 0 1 0 0 0 0.0 0
37 Art Perkins 23 13 0 1 15 0 15 15.0 146
36 Ben Wilson 24 FB 13 0 1 17 0 17 17.0 584
Team Total 26.2 14 31 206 0 29 6.6 70 1651 1 99 23.6 5808
Opp Total 14 60 0 44 1076 2 24.5

Kicking & Punting

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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 26 P 14 0 17 9 52.9% 26 25 96.2% 81 3678 68 0 45.4
87 John Adams 26 TE 13 0 4 121 42 0 30.3
Team Total 26.2 14 17 9 52.9% 26 25 96.2% 85 3799 68 0 44.7
Opp Total 14 35 17 48.6% 43 39 90.7% 61 2592 42.5

Defense & Fumbles

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Def Interceptions Fumbles Tackles
No. Age Pos G GS Sk Int Yds TD Lng PD FF Fmb FR Yds TD Tkl Ast Sfty
87 John Adams 26 TE 13 0 0 1 0 0
26 Jon Arnett 28 hb 9 0 1 0 0 0
27 Pervis Atkins 28 14 0 3 2 0 0
15 Terry Baker 22 4 1 1 0 0 0
22 Dick Bass* 26 HB 12 0 2 1 0 0
12 Zeke Bratkowski 32 qb 4 4 2 1 0 0
17 Charley Britt 25 10 0 1 45 0 45
41 Lindon Crow 30 LS 14 0 0 1 0 0 1
18 Roman Gabriel 23 QB 12 9 10 1 0 0
76 Rosey Grier 31 RDT 14 0 0 1 0 0
53 Mike Henry 27 MLB 14 0 5 43 0 28 0 1 0 0
56 Art Hunter 30 C 12 0 0 1 0 0
75 Deacon Jones 25 LDE 14 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
89 Cliff Livingston 33 llb 14 0 1 13 0 13 0 2 0 0
85 Lamar Lundy 28 RDE 14 0 0 1 0 0
86 Marlin McKeever 23 LLB/te 13 0 0 2 0 0
21 Eddie Meador 26 LCB 14 0 6 38 0 20 0 1 0 0
74 Merlin Olsen* 23 LDT 14 0 1 0 0 0
32 Jack Pardee*+ 27 RLB 14 0 2 5 0 5 0 2 12 0
47 Carver Shannon 25 RS 14 0 4 3 0 0
23 Bobby Smith 25 RCB 14 0 2 11 0 11 1 1 0 0
44 Nat Whitmyer 23 7 0 1 27 0 27 1 3 0 0
36 Ben Wilson 24 FB 13 0 4 0 0 0
Team Total 26.2 14 19 182 0 45 30 26 12 0 1
Opp Total 14 59 25 12 1

Scoring Summary

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No. Age Pos G GS RshTD RecTD PR TD KR TD FblTD IntTD OthTD AllTD 2PM XPM FGM Sfty Pts
11 Danny Villanueva 26 P 14 0 25 9 52
81 Carroll Dale 25 FL 12 0 7 7 42
22 Dick Bass* 26 HB 12 0 5 5 30
37 Art Perkins 23 13 0 4 4 24
18 Roman Gabriel 23 QB 12 9 3 3 18
26 Jon Arnett 28 hb 9 0 1 1 2 12
36 Ben Wilson 24 FB 13 0 1 1 2 12
27 Pervis Atkins 28 14 0 1 1 6
82 Red Phillips 27 SE 14 0 1 1 6
47 Carver Shannon 25 RS 14 0 1 1 6
41 Lindon Crow 30 LS 14 0 1 2
Team Total 26.2 14 14 11 1 26 25 9 1 210
Opp Total 14 14 25 2 39 17 1 350