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1965 Los Angeles Rams

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Record: 4-10-0, Finished 7th in NFL West Division
NFL Season Summary

Scored 269 points (19.2/g), 11th of 14 in the NFL.
 Allowed 328 points (23.4/g), 9th.
 Differential of -59 points (-4.2/g), 12th.
 Expected W-L: 5.4-8.6.

 Takeaway/Giveaway Differential -15 (-1.1/g), 13th.

Coached by Harland Svare (4-10-0)

1965 Statistics / Starters & Roster / Games & Schedule / Team Draftees

Team Games & Schedule

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Score Offense Defense
Week Date Rec Opp Tm Opp 1stD TotYd PassY RushY TO 1stD TotYd PassY RushY TO
1 Sun September 19 box L 0-1 @ Detroit Lions 0 20 9 119 54 65 4 14 324 228 96 2
2 Sat September 25 box W 1-1 Chicago Bears 30 28 24 389 266 123 2 10 224 173 51 2
3 Sun October 3 box L 1-2 Minnesota Vikings 35 38 20 361 240 121 3 18 392 241 151 1
4 Sun October 10 box L 1-3 @ Chicago Bears 6 31 17 284 211 73 5 17 390 301 89 2
5 Sun October 17 box L 1-4 San Francisco 49ers 21 45 17 221 129 92 2 21 386 280 106 5
6 Sun October 24 box L 1-5 @ Baltimore Colts 20 35 13 226 162 64 3 26 356 223 133 2
7 Sun October 31 box L 1-6 Detroit Lions 7 31 18 303 223 80 9 16 343 227 116 2
8 Sun November 7 box L 1-7 @ Minnesota Vikings 13 24 26 320 200 120 1 18 359 187 172 2
9 Sun November 14 box L 1-8 @ Green Bay Packers 3 6 9 142 26 116 4 10 177 75 102 1
10 Sun November 21 box L 1-9 @ San Francisco 49ers 27 30 20 354 249 105 2 19 269 214 55 3
11 Sun November 28 box W 2-9 Green Bay Packers 21 10 19 344 242 102 2 12 254 232 22 1
12 Sun December 5 box W 3-9 @ St. Louis Cardinals 27 3 22 380 203 177 1 11 166 104 62 2
13 Sun December 12 box W 4-9 Cleveland Browns 42 7 23 469 300 169 1 6 119 79 40 1
14 Sat December 18 box L 4-10 Baltimore Colts 17 20 14 267 210 57 2 10 264 50 214

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 269 4179 868 4.8 251 230 445 2715 22 19 5.5 153 378 1464 8 3.9 76 41 22 22
Team Defense 328 4023 798 5.0 334 205 349 2614 22 11 6.9 113 417 1409 16 3.4 208 26 15 13
Lg Rank Offense 11 8 7 3 6 6 8 11 13 12 12 7 11 12
Lg Rank Defense 9 4 1 3 8 7 14 13 7 1 9 1 14 7

Passing

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Age Pos G GS 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%
Bill Munson 24 qb 10 10 144 267 53.9 1701 10 3.7 14 5.2 47 6.4 4.4 11.8 170.1 64.2
Roman Gabriel 25 QB 7 4 83 173 48.0 1321 11 6.4 5 2.9 60 7.6 7.0 15.9 188.7 83.0
Les Josephson 23 HB 13 0 1 2 50.0 15 1 50.0 0 0.0 15 7.5 12.5 15.0 1.2 114.6
Terry Baker 24 9 0 1 1 100.0 14 0 0.0 0 0.0 14 14.0 14.0 14.0 1.6 118.7
Eddie Meador* 28 RS 14 0 0 1 0.0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 39.6
Ben Wilson 26 14 0 1 1 100.0 8 0 0.0 0 0.0 8 8.0 8.0 8.0 0.6 100.0
Team Total 25.1 14 230 445 51.7 3059 22 4.9 19 4.3 60 6.9 5.4 13.3 218.5 72.5
Opp Total 14 205 349 58.7 2614 22 6.3 11 3.2 7.5 6.7 12.8 186.7 90.1 32 270 6.9 5.4

Rushing & Receiving

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Rushing Receiving
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
Dick Bass 28 FB 12 0 121 549 2 49 4.5 45.8 10.1 21 230 11.0 2 36 1.8 19.2 779 4 7
Les Josephson 23 HB 13 0 71 225 0 18 3.2 17.3 5.5 18 169 9.4 0 30 1.4 13.0 394 0 1
Ben Wilson 26 14 0 60 189 1 20 3.2 13.5 4.3 9 110 12.2 0 38 0.6 7.9 299 1 2
Willie F. Brown 23 RET 14 0 44 133 0 19 3.0 9.5 3.1 4 91 22.8 1 37 0.3 6.5 224 1 3
Bill Munson 24 qb 10 10 26 157 1 38 6.0 15.7 2.6 157 1 9
Terry Baker 24 9 0 25 82 1 10 3.3 9.1 2.8 22 210 9.5 2 38 2.4 23.3 292 3 3
Roman Gabriel 25 QB 7 4 23 79 2 17 3.4 11.3 3.3 79 2 5
Jim Stiger 24 RET 6 0 3 12 0 4 4.0 2.0 0.5 12 0 1
Clancy Williams 23 LCB 12 0 3 3 0 2 1.0 0.3 0.3 3 0 0
Eddie Meador* 28 RS 14 0 2 35 1 24 17.5 2.5 0.1 35 1 0
Tommy McDonald* 31 FL 14 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 67 1036 15.5 9 51 4.8 74.0 1036 9 2
Marlin McKeever 25 TE 12 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 44 542 12.3 4 47 3.7 45.2 542 4 4
Jack Snow 22 SE 14 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 38 559 14.7 3 60 2.7 39.9 559 3 0
Billy Truax 22 14 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 6 108 18.0 1 59 0.4 7.7 108 1 0
Steve Heckard 22 13 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 1 4 4.0 0 4 0.1 0.3 4 0 0
Team Total 25.1 14 378 1464 8 49 3.9 104.6 27.0 230 3059 13.3 22 60 16.4 218.5 4523 30 40
Opp Total 14 417 1409 16 3.4 100.6 29.8 205 2614 12.8 22 14.6 186.7 4023 38 27

Kick & Punt Returns

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Punt Returns Kick Returns
Age Pos G GS Ret Yds TD Lng Y/R Rt Yds TD Lng Y/Rt APYd
Willie F. Brown 23 RET 14 0 9 63 0 15 7.0 24 615 0 52 25.6 902
Bobby Smith 27 7 0 9 56 0 19 6.2 17 457 0 56 26.9 513
Jim Stiger 24 RET 6 0 13 106 0 35 8.2 118
Clancy Williams 23 LCB 12 0 9 213 0 31 23.7 216
Ben Wilson 26 14 0 3 66 0 29 22.0 365
Dick Bass 28 FB 12 0 1 0 0 0 0.0 779
Team Total 25.1 14 32 225 0 35 7.0 53 1351 0 56 25.5 6099
Opp Total 14 25 1 54 1364 0 25.3

Kicking & Punting

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0--19 20--29 30--39 40--49 50+ Tot PAT Punting
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
Bruce Gossett 24 K 14 0 7 6 3 2 6 3 9 4 1 26 15 57.7% 32 30 93.8%
Billy Lothridge 23 P 9 0 42 1619 55 1 38.5
Jon Kilgore 22 5 0 24 999 56 0 41.6
Team Total 25.1 14 7 6 3 2 6 3 9 4 1 26 15 57.7% 32 30 93.8% 66 2618 56 1 39.7
Opp Total 14 32 16 50.0% 40 40 100.0% 66 2996 45.4

Defense & Fumbles

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Def Interceptions Fumbles Tackles
Age Pos G GS Sk Int Yds TD Lng PD FF Fmb FR Yds TD Tkl Ast Sfty
Terry Baker 24 9 0 3 0 0 0
Dick Bass 28 FB 12 0 7 2 0 0
Willie F. Brown 23 RET 14 0 3 1 0 0
Joe Carollo 25 LT 14 0 0 1 0 0
Charley Cowan 27 RT 13 0 0 2 10 0
Dan Currie 30 RLB 14 0 0 1 0 0
Roman Gabriel 25 QB 7 4 5 2 0 0
Steve Heckard 22 13 0 0 1 0 0
Les Josephson 23 HB 13 0 1 2 0 0
Chuck Lamson 26 LS 13 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
Cliff Livingston 35 10 0 1 8 0 8
Lamar Lundy 30 RDE 12 0 0 2 0 0
Aaron Martin 23 4 4 2 60 1 37
Tommy McDonald* 31 FL 14 0 2 1 0 0
Danny McIlhany 22 RCB 10 0 2 7 0 7 1 1 0 0
Marlin McKeever 25 TE 12 0 4 0 0 0
Eddie Meador* 28 RS 14 0 2 57 0 29 0 2 34 0
Frank Molden 23 11 0 1 59 0 59 0 1 2 1
Bill Munson 24 qb 10 10 9 2 0 0
Merlin Olsen* 25 LDT 14 0 0 1 59 0
Jerry Richardson 24 14 0 1 33 0 33
Joe Scibelli 26 RG 14 14 0 2 0 0
Bobby Smith 27 7 0 2 0 0 0
Jack Snow 22 SE 14 0 0 1 0 0
Jim Stiger 24 RET 6 0 1 1 0 0
Billy Truax 22 14 0 0 1 0 0
Clancy Williams 23 LCB 12 0 0 1 0 0
Ben Wilson 26 14 0 2 1 0 0
Doug Woodlief 22 MLB 14 0 0 3 0 0
Team Total 25.1 14 11 224 1 59 40 33 105 1 1
Opp Total 14 45 27 12

Scoring Summary

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Age Pos G GS RshTD RecTD PR TD KR TD FblTD IntTD OthTD 2PM XPM FGM Sfty Pts
Bruce Gossett 24 K 14 0 30 15 75
Tommy McDonald* 31 FL 14 0 9 54
Dick Bass 28 FB 12 0 2 2 24
Marlin McKeever 25 TE 12 0 4 24
Terry Baker 24 9 0 1 2 18
Jack Snow 22 SE 14 0 3 18
Roman Gabriel 25 QB 7 4 2 12
Willie F. Brown 23 RET 14 0 1 6
Aaron Martin 23 4 4 1 6
Eddie Meador* 28 RS 14 0 1 6
Frank Molden 23 11 0 1 6
Bill Munson 24 qb 10 10 1 6
Billy Truax 22 14 0 1 6
Ben Wilson 26 14 0 1 6
Deacon Jones*+ 27 LDE 14 0 1 2
Team Total 25.1 14 8 22 1 1 30 15 1 269
Opp Total 14 16 22 1 40 16 328