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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)
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1963 Statistics / Starters & Roster / Games & Schedule / Team Draftees
Starters
Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE · Hide Non-primary Starters| Pos | Age | Yrs | GS | Summary of Player Stats | Drafted (tm/rnd/yr) | |
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| Offensive Starters | Complete Team Stats | |||||
| QB | Roman Gabriel | 23 | 1 | 9 | 130 for 281, 1,947 yards, 8 td, 11 int, & 39 rushes for 132 yards and 3 td | Oakland Raiders / 1st / 1st pick / 1962 |
| QB | Zeke Bratkowski | 32 | 9 | 4 | 45 for 82, 471 yards, 3 td, 6 int, & 3 rushes for -1 yards and 0 td | Chicago Bears / 2nd / 17th pick / 1953 |
| HB | Dick Bass* | 26 | 3 | 0 | 143 rushes for 520 yards, 5 td, & 30 catches for 348 yards and 0 td | Los Angeles Rams / 1st / 2nd pick / 1959 |
| HB | Jon Arnett | 28 | 6 | 0 | 58 rushes for 208 yards, 1 td, & 15 catches for 119 yards and 1 td | Los Angeles Rams / 1st / 2nd pick / 1957 |
| FB | Ben Wilson | 24 | Rook | 0 | 109 rushes for 394 yards, 1 td, & 9 catches for 173 yards and 1 td | Los Angeles Rams / 5th / 68th pick / 1962 |
| FL | Carroll Dale | 25 | 3 | 0 | 34 catches for 638 yards, 7 td, & 1 rush for 12 yards and 0 td | Los Angeles Rams / 8th / 86th pick / 1960 |
| SE | Red Phillips | 27 | 5 | 0 | 54 catches for 793 yards, 1 td | Los Angeles Rams / 1st / 5th pick / 1958 |
| TE | John Adams | 26 | 4 | 0 | 9 catches for 93 yards, 0 td | Chicago Bears / 5th / 57th pick / 1959 |
| TE | Marlin McKeever | 23 | 2 | 0 | 11 catches for 152 yards, 0 td | Los Angeles Rams / 1st / 4th pick / 1961 |
| LT | Joe Carollo | 23 | 1 | 0 | Los Angeles Rams / 2nd / 16th pick / 1962 |
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| LG | Charley Cowan | 25 | 2 | 0 | Denver Broncos / 5th / 33rd pick / 1961 |
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| C | Art Hunter | 30 | 9 | 0 | 1 fumble recovered | Green Bay Packers / 1st / 3rd pick / 1954 |
| RG | Don Chuy | 22 | Rook | 0 | Houston Oilers / 5th / 38th pick / 1963 |
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| RT | Frank Varrichione | 31 | 8 | 0 | Pittsburgh Steelers / 1st / 6th pick / 1955 |
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| Defensive Starters | ||||||
| LDE | Deacon Jones | 25 | 2 | 0 | 1 interception, 1 fumble recovered | Los Angeles Rams / 14th / 186th pick / 1961 |
| LDT | Merlin Olsen* | 23 | 1 | 0 | Denver Broncos / 1st / 2nd pick / 1962 |
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| RDT | Rosey Grier | 31 | 8 | 0 | 0 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | New York Giants / 3rd / 31st pick / 1955 |
| RDE | Lamar Lundy | 28 | 6 | 0 | 0 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | Los Angeles Rams / 4th / 47th pick / 1957 |
| LLB | Marlin McKeever | 23 | 2 | 0 | 0 interceptions, 2 fumbles recovered | Los Angeles Rams / 1st / 4th pick / 1961 |
| LLB | Cliff Livingston | 33 | 9 | 0 | 1 interception, 2 fumbles recovered | |
| MLB | Mike Henry | 27 | 4 | 0 | 5 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | Pittsburgh Steelers / 9th / 100th pick / 1958 |
| RLB | Jack Pardee*+ | 27 | 6 | 0 | 2 interceptions, 2 fumbles recovered | Los Angeles Rams / 2nd / 14th pick / 1957 |
| LCB | Eddie Meador | 26 | 4 | 0 | 6 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | Los Angeles Rams / 7th / 80th pick / 1959 |
| RCB | Bobby Smith | 25 | 1 | 0 | 2 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | Los Angeles Rams / 7th / 88th pick / 1961 |
| LS | Lindon Crow | 30 | 8 | 0 | 0 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | Chicago Cardinals / 2nd / 14th pick / 1955 |
| RS | Carver Shannon | 25 | 1 | 0 | 0 interceptions, 3 fumbles recovered | Los Angeles Rams / 19th / 224th pick / 1959 |
| Special Teams Starters | ||||||
| K | Danny Villanueva | 26 | 3 | 0 | 9 of 17 field goals & 25 of 26 extra points | |
| P | Danny Villanueva | 26 | 3 | 0 | 81 punts for a 45.4 average, 0 blocked | |
| PR | Carver Shannon | 25 | 1 | 0 | 15 punt returns for a 8.8 average and 0 td | Los Angeles Rams / 19th / 224th pick / 1959 |
| KR | Carver Shannon | 25 | 1 | 0 | 28 kick returns for a 29.4 average and 1 td | Los Angeles Rams / 19th / 224th pick / 1959 |
| Age | Pos | G | GS | Wt | Ht | College/Univ | BirthDate | Yrs | Drafted (tm/rnd/yr) | |
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| John Adams | 26 | E-FB | 13 | 0 | 235 | 6-3 | Los Angeles State,UCLA | 11/28/1937 | 4 | Chicago Bears / 5th / 57th pick / 1959 |
| Duane Allen | 26 | TE | 7 | 0 | 225 | 6-4 | Mount San Antonio Junior College | 10/21/1937 | 2 | Denver Broncos / 33rd / 258th pick / 1962 |
| Jon Arnett | 28 | HB-E | 9 | 0 | 197 | 5-11 | USC | 4/20/1935 | 6 | Los Angeles Rams / 1st / 2nd pick / 1957 |
| Pervis Atkins | 28 | FL-HB-WR | 14 | 0 | 230 | 6-1 | New Mexico State,San Francisco State | 11/24/1935 | 2 | Los Angeles Rams / 3rd / 30th pick / 1960 |
| Terry Baker | 22 | QB | 4 | 1 | 200 | 6-3 | Oregon State | 5/5/1941 | Rook | Los Angeles Rams / 1st / 1st pick / 1963 |
| Dick Bass* | 26 | FB-HB | 12 | 0 | 197 | 5-10 | Pacific | 3/15/1937 | 3 | Los Angeles Rams / 1st / 2nd pick / 1959 |
| Jim Boeke | 25 | T | 14 | 0 | 255 | 6-5 | Heidelberg | 9/11/1938 | 3 | Los Angeles Rams / 19th / 217th pick / 1960 |
| Zeke Bratkowski | 32 | QB | 4 | 4 | 210 | 6-2 | Georgia | 10/20/1931 | 9 | Chicago Bears / 2nd / 17th pick / 1953 |
| Charley Britt | 25 | DB | 10 | 0 | 180 | 6-2 | Georgia | 3/20/1938 | 3 | Los Angeles Rams / 3rd / 25th pick / 1960 |
| Joe Carollo | 23 | T | 14 | 0 | 265 | 6-2 | Notre Dame | 3/25/1940 | 1 | Los Angeles Rams / 2nd / 16th pick / 1962 |
| Don Chuy | 22 | G | 14 | 0 | 260 | 6-0 | Clemson | 7/20/1941 | Rook | Houston Oilers / 5th / 38th pick / 1963 |
| Charley Cowan | 25 | T-G | 14 | 0 | 264 | 6-4 | New Mexico Highlands | 6/19/1938 | 2 | Denver Broncos / 5th / 33rd pick / 1961 |
| Lindon Crow | 30 | DB | 14 | 0 | 195 | 6-1 | USC | 4/4/1933 | 8 | Chicago Cardinals / 2nd / 14th pick / 1955 |
| Carroll Dale | 25 | WR-TE-FL | 12 | 0 | 200 | 6-2 | Virginia Tech | 4/24/1938 | 3 | Los Angeles Rams / 8th / 86th pick / 1960 |
| Stan Fanning | 26 | T-DE-DT | 10 | 0 | 270 | 6-7 | Idaho | 11/22/1937 | 3 | Chicago Bears / 11th / 128th pick / 1960 |
| Roman Gabriel | 23 | QB | 12 | 9 | 220 | 6-5 | North Carolina State | 8/5/1940 | 1 | Oakland Raiders / 1st / 1st pick / 1962 |
| Rosey Grier | 31 | DT-DE | 14 | 0 | 284 | 6-5 | Penn State | 7/14/1932 | 8 | New York Giants / 3rd / 31st pick / 1955 |
| John Griffin | 24 | DB | 10 | 0 | 190 | 6-1 | Memphis | 11/2/1939 | Rook | Los Angeles Rams / 4th / 43rd pick / 1963 |
| Alvin Hall | 29 | DB | 3 | 0 | 198 | 6-0 | none | 8/12/1934 | 2 | |
| Larry Hayes | 28 | C-LB | 9 | 0 | 220 | 6-3 | Vanderbilt | 7/21/1935 | 2 | |
| Mike Henry | 27 | LB | 14 | 0 | 220 | 6-2 | USC | 8/15/1936 | 4 | Pittsburgh Steelers / 9th / 100th pick / 1958 |
| Art Hunter | 30 | C-T | 12 | 0 | 245 | 6-4 | Notre Dame | 4/24/1933 | 9 | Green Bay Packers / 1st / 3rd pick / 1954 |
| Deacon Jones | 25 | DE | 14 | 0 | 272 | 6-5 | Miss. Valley State,South Carolina State | 12/9/1938 | 2 | Los Angeles Rams / 14th / 186th pick / 1961 |
| Ken Kirk | 25 | LB | 8 | 0 | 230 | 6-2 | Mississippi | 2/26/1938 | 3 | Chicago Bears / 9th / 104th pick / 1960 |
| Cliff Livingston | 33 | LB-DE | 14 | 0 | 218 | 6-3 | UCLA | 7/2/1930 | 9 | |
| Lamar Lundy | 28 | DE-E | 14 | 0 | 245 | 6-7 | Purdue | 4/17/1935 | 6 | Los Angeles Rams / 4th / 47th pick / 1957 |
| Marlin McKeever | 23 | LB-TE | 13 | 0 | 235 | 6-1 | USC | 1/1/1940 | 2 | Los Angeles Rams / 1st / 4th pick / 1961 |
| Eddie Meador | 26 | DB | 14 | 0 | 193 | 5-11 | Arkansas Tech | 8/10/1937 | 4 | Los Angeles Rams / 7th / 80th pick / 1959 |
| Merlin Olsen* | 23 | DT | 14 | 0 | 270 | 6-5 | Utah State | 9/15/1940 | 1 | Denver Broncos / 1st / 2nd pick / 1962 |
| Jack Pardee*+ | 27 | LB | 14 | 0 | 225 | 6-2 | Texas A&M | 4/19/1936 | 6 | Los Angeles Rams / 2nd / 14th pick / 1957 |
| Art Perkins | 23 | FB | 13 | 0 | 225 | 6-0 | North Texas | 5/1/1940 | 1 | Los Angeles Rams / 4th / 44th pick / 1962 |
| Red Phillips | 27 | E | 14 | 0 | 197 | 6-1 | Auburn | 2/5/1936 | 5 | Los Angeles Rams / 1st / 5th pick / 1958 |
| Joe Scibelli | 24 | G-T | 14 | 0 | 256 | 6-1 | American International College,Notre Dame | 4/19/1939 | 2 | New York Titans / 10th / 77th pick / 1961 |
| Harley Sewell | 32 | G-LB | 2 | 0 | 230 | 6-1 | Texas | 4/18/1931 | 10 | Detroit Lions / 1st / 13th pick / 1953 |
| Carver Shannon | 25 | DB-HB | 14 | 0 | 198 | 6-1 | Southern Illinois | 4/28/1938 | 1 | Los Angeles Rams / 19th / 224th pick / 1959 |
| Bobby Smith | 25 | DB | 14 | 0 | 197 | 5-11 | UCLA | 7/5/1938 | 1 | Los Angeles Rams / 7th / 88th pick / 1961 |
| Bill Swain | 22 | LB | 14 | 0 | 230 | 6-2 | Oregon | 2/22/1941 | Rook | |
| Frank Varrichione | 31 | T | 14 | 0 | 234 | 6-1 | Notre Dame | 1/14/1932 | 8 | Pittsburgh Steelers / 1st / 6th pick / 1955 |
| Danny Villanueva | 26 | K | 14 | 0 | 200 | 5-11 | New Mexico State | 11/5/1937 | 3 | |
| Nat Whitmyer | 23 | DB | 7 | 0 | 180 | 5-11 | Washington | 8/31/1940 | Rook | |
| Ben Wilson | 24 | FB-HB | 13 | 0 | 225 | 6-0 | USC | 3/9/1939 | Rook | Los Angeles Rams / 5th / 68th pick / 1962 |
| Team Total | 26.2 | 14 | 224.9 | 6-2.0 | 3.4 |