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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.
Simple Rating System: Total 2.9, Offense: -1.1, Defense: 4.0, SoS: 7.1, versus averages of 0.0.
Coached by
Harland Svare (4-10-0)
Training Camp: Chapman College (Orange, California)
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Starters
ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+),Hide Non-primary Starters
| Pos | Age | Yrs | GS | Summary of Player Stats | Drafted (tm/rnd/yr) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Offensive Starters | ||||||
| QB | Roman Gabriel | 25 | 3 | 4 | 83 for 173, 1,321 yards, 11 td, 5 int, & 23 rushes for 79 yards and 2 td | Oakland Raiders / 1st / 1st pick / 1962 Los Angeles Rams / 1st / 2nd pick / 1962 |
| QB | Bill Munson | 24 | 1 | 10 | 144 for 267, 1,701 yards, 10 td, 14 int, & 26 rushes for 157 yards and 1 td | Los Angeles Rams / 1st / 7th pick / 1964 Houston Oilers / 16th / 126th pick / 1964 |
| HB | Les Josephson | 23 | 1 | 0 | 71 rushes for 225 yards, 0 td, & 18 catches for 169 yards and 0 td | |
| FB | Dick Bass | 28 | 5 | 0 | 121 rushes for 549 yards, 2 td, & 21 catches for 230 yards and 2 td | Los Angeles Rams / 1st / 2nd pick / 1959 |
| FL | Tommy McDonald* | 31 | 8 | 0 | 67 catches for 1,036 yards, 9 td | Philadelphia Eagles / 3rd / 31st pick / 1957 |
| SE | Jack Snow | 22 | Rook | 0 | 38 catches for 559 yards, 3 td | Minnesota Vikings / 1st / 8th pick / 1965 San Diego Chargers / 7th / 54th pick / 1965 |
| TE | Marlin McKeever | 25 | 4 | 0 | 44 catches for 542 yards, 4 td | Los Angeles Rams / 1st / 4th pick / 1961 San Diego Chargers / 3rd / 23rd pick / 1961 |
| LT | Joe Carollo | 25 | 3 | 0 | 1 fumble recovered | Los Angeles Rams / 2nd / 16th pick / 1962 Dallas Texans / 18th / 139th pick / 1962 |
| LG | Don Chuy | 24 | 2 | 0 | Houston Oilers / 5th / 38th pick / 1963 Los Angeles Rams / 5th / 67th pick / 1963 |
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| C | Ken Iman | 26 | 5 | 14 | ||
| RG | Joe Scibelli | 26 | 4 | 14 | 2 fumbles recovered | New York Titans / 10th / 77th pick / 1961 Los Angeles Rams / 10th / 130th pick / 1961 |
| RT | Charlie Cowan | 27 | 4 | 0 | 2 fumbles recovered | Denver Broncos / 5th / 33rd pick / 1961 Los Angeles Rams / 4th / 45th pick / 1961 |
| Defensive Starters | ||||||
| LDE | Deacon Jones*+ | 27 | 4 | 0 | Los Angeles Rams / 14th / 186th pick / 1961 | |
| LDT | Merlin Olsen* | 25 | 3 | 0 | 0 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | Denver Broncos / 1st / 2nd pick / 1962 Los Angeles Rams / 1st / 3rd pick / 1962 |
| RDT | Rosey Grier | 33 | 10 | 0 | New York Giants / 3rd / 31st pick / 1955 | |
| RDE | Lamar Lundy | 30 | 8 | 0 | 0 interceptions, 2 fumbles recovered | Los Angeles Rams / 4th / 47th pick / 1957 |
| LLB | Tony Guillory | 23 | Rook | 14 | Los Angeles Rams / 7th / 93rd pick / 1965 Houston Oilers / 15th / 114th pick / 1965 |
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| MLB | Doug Woodlief | 22 | Rook | 0 | 0 interceptions, 3 fumbles recovered | Los Angeles Rams / 5th / 65th pick / 1965 |
| RLB | Dan Currie | 30 | 7 | 0 | 0 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | Green Bay Packers / 1st / 3rd pick / 1958 |
| LCB | Clancy Williams | 23 | Rook | 0 | 0 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | Los Angeles Rams / 1st / 9th pick / 1965 San Diego Chargers / 8th / 62nd pick / 1965 |
| RCB | Danny McIlhany | 22 | Rook | 0 | 2 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | |
| LS | Chuck Lamson | 26 | 3 | 0 | 2 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | Minnesota Vikings / 4th / 43rd pick / 1961 |
| RS | Eddie Meador* | 28 | 6 | 0 | 2 interceptions, 2 fumbles recovered | Los Angeles Rams / 7th / 80th pick / 1959 |
| Special Teams Starters | ||||||
| K | Bruce Gossett | 24 | 1 | 0 | 15 of 26 field goals & 30 of 32 extra points | |
| P | Billy Lothridge | 23 | 1 | 0 | 42 punts for a 38.5 average, 1 blocked | Dallas Cowboys / 6th / 73rd pick / 1964 Oakland Raiders / 12th / 95th pick / 1964 |
| PR | Jim Stiger | 24 | 2 | 0 | 13 punt returns for a 8.2 average and 0 td | Dallas Cowboys / 19th / 258th pick / 1963 |
| KR | Willie F. Brown | 23 | 1 | 0 | 24 kick returns for a 25.6 average and 0 td | Los Angeles Rams / 3rd / 32nd pick / 1964 San Diego Chargers / 6th / 48th pick / 1964 |
| No. | Age | Pos | G | GS | Wt | Ht | College/Univ | BirthDate | Yrs | Drafted (tm/rnd/yr) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11 | Terry Baker | 24 | QB | 9 | 0 | 200 | 6-3 | Oregon St. | 5/5/1941 | 2 | Los Angeles Rams / 1st / 1st pick / 1963 San Diego Chargers / 12th / 90th pick / 1963 |
| 22 | Dick Bass | 28 | FB-HB | 12 | 0 | 197 | 5-10 | Pacific | 3/15/1937 | 5 | Los Angeles Rams / 1st / 2nd pick / 1959 |
| 81 | Fred R. Brown | 22 | LB-TE | 14 | 0 | 240 | 6-4 | Miami (FL) | 5/4/1943 | Rook | Los Angeles Rams / 3rd / 37th pick / 1965 Boston Patriots / 8th / 63rd pick / 1965 |
| 26 | Willie F. Brown | 23 | WR-HB | 14 | 0 | 188 | 6-0 | USC | 3/21/1942 | 1 | Los Angeles Rams / 3rd / 32nd pick / 1964 San Diego Chargers / 6th / 48th pick / 1964 |
| 23 | Mac Byrd | 23 | LB | 2 | 0 | 215 | 6-0 | USC | 4/28/1942 | Rook | |
| 63 | Joe Carollo | 25 | T | 14 | 0 | 265 | 6-2 | Notre Dame | 3/25/1940 | 3 | Los Angeles Rams / 2nd / 16th pick / 1962 Dallas Texans / 18th / 139th pick / 1962 |
| 62 | Don Chuy | 24 | G | 11 | 0 | 260 | 6-0 | Clemson | 7/20/1941 | 2 | Houston Oilers / 5th / 38th pick / 1963 Los Angeles Rams / 5th / 67th pick / 1963 |
| 73 | Charlie Cowan | 27 | T-G | 13 | 0 | 264 | 6-4 | New Mex. Highlands | 6/19/1938 | 4 | Denver Broncos / 5th / 33rd pick / 1961 Los Angeles Rams / 4th / 45th pick / 1961 |
| 58 | Dan Currie | 30 | LB | 14 | 0 | 235 | 6-3 | Michigan St. | 6/27/1935 | 7 | Green Bay Packers / 1st / 3rd pick / 1958 |
| 18 | Roman Gabriel | 25 | QB | 7 | 4 | 220 | 6-5 | North Carolina St. | 8/5/1940 | 3 | Oakland Raiders / 1st / 1st pick / 1962 Los Angeles Rams / 1st / 2nd pick / 1962 |
| 30 | Bruce Gossett | 24 | K | 14 | 0 | 204 | 6-1 | Ferrum,Clarion,Duquesne,Richmond | 11/9/1941 | 1 | |
| 76 | Rosey Grier | 33 | DT-DE | 14 | 0 | 284 | 6-5 | Penn St. | 7/14/1932 | 10 | New York Giants / 3rd / 31st pick / 1955 |
| 88 | Tony Guillory | 23 | LB | 14 | 14 | 236 | 6-4 | Nebraska,Lamar | 11/10/1942 | Rook | Los Angeles Rams / 7th / 93rd pick / 1965 Houston Oilers / 15th / 114th pick / 1965 |
| 20 | Steve Heckard | 22 | WR | 13 | 0 | 195 | 6-1 | USC,Davidson | 4/12/1943 | Rook | |
| 50 | Ken Iman | 26 | C | 14 | 14 | 240 | 6-1 | SE Missouri St. | 2/8/1939 | 5 | |
| 75 | Deacon Jones*+ | 27 | DE | 14 | 0 | 272 | 6-5 | South Carolina St.,Miss. Valley St. | 12/9/1938 | 4 | Los Angeles Rams / 14th / 186th pick / 1961 |
| 34 | Les Josephson | 23 | RB | 13 | 0 | 207 | 6-1 | Augustana (SD) | 7/29/1942 | 1 | |
| 13 | Jon Kilgore | 22 | P | 5 | 0 | 205 | 6-1 | Auburn | 12/3/1943 | Rook | |
| 44 | Chuck Lamson | 26 | DB | 13 | 0 | 190 | 6-0 | Iowa St.,Wyoming | 3/14/1939 | 3 | Minnesota Vikings / 4th / 43rd pick / 1961 |
| 89 | Cliff Livingston | 35 | LB-DE | 10 | 0 | 218 | 6-3 | UCLA | 7/2/1930 | 11 | |
| 10 | Billy Lothridge | 23 | DB-P | 9 | 0 | 194 | 6-1 | Georgia Tech | 1/1/1942 | 1 | Dallas Cowboys / 6th / 73rd pick / 1964 Oakland Raiders / 12th / 95th pick / 1964 |
| 85 | Lamar Lundy | 30 | DE-E | 12 | 0 | 245 | 6-7 | Purdue | 4/17/1935 | 8 | Los Angeles Rams / 4th / 47th pick / 1957 |
| 52 | Frank Marchlewski | 22 | C | 14 | 0 | 240 | 6-2 | Minnesota | 10/14/1943 | Rook | Los Angeles Rams / 5th / 60th pick / 1965 Buffalo Bills / 19th / 152nd pick / 1965 |
| 42 | Aaron Martin | 23 | DB | 4 | 4 | 190 | 6-0 | North Carolina Central | 2/10/1942 | 1 | |
| 29 | Tommy McDonald* | 31 | FL-HB-SE-WR | 14 | 0 | 178 | 5-9 | Oklahoma | 7/26/1934 | 8 | Philadelphia Eagles / 3rd / 31st pick / 1957 |
| 17 | Danny McIlhany | 22 | DB | 10 | 0 | 195 | 6-1 | Texas A&M | 1/12/1943 | Rook | |
| 86 | Marlin McKeever | 25 | LB-TE | 12 | 0 | 235 | 6-1 | USC | 1/1/1940 | 4 | Los Angeles Rams / 1st / 4th pick / 1961 San Diego Chargers / 3rd / 23rd pick / 1961 |
| 21 | Eddie Meador* | 28 | DB | 14 | 0 | 193 | 5-11 | Arkansas Tech | 8/10/1937 | 6 | Los Angeles Rams / 7th / 80th pick / 1959 |
| 78 | Frank Molden | 23 | DT | 11 | 0 | 276 | 6-5 | Jackson St. | 7/28/1942 | Rook | Houston Oilers / 5th / 34th pick / 1965 Pittsburgh Steelers / 11th / 143rd pick / 1965 |
| 19 | Bill Munson | 24 | QB | 10 | 10 | 203 | 6-2 | Utah St. | 8/11/1941 | 1 | Los Angeles Rams / 1st / 7th pick / 1964 Houston Oilers / 16th / 126th pick / 1964 |
| 74 | Merlin Olsen* | 25 | DT | 14 | 0 | 270 | 6-5 | Utah St. | 9/15/1940 | 3 | Denver Broncos / 1st / 2nd pick / 1962 Los Angeles Rams / 1st / 3rd pick / 1962 |
| 72 | Roger Pillath | 24 | T | 14 | 0 | 242 | 6-4 | Wisconsin | 12/21/1941 | Rook | Los Angeles Rams / 3rd / 39th pick / 1964 Buffalo Bills / 7th / 53rd pick / 1964 |
| 64 | Tim Powell | 23 | DE | 8 | 0 | 248 | 6-4 | Northwestern | 9/2/1942 | Rook | |
| 43 | Jerry Richardson | 24 | DB | 14 | 0 | 190 | 6-3 | West Texas A&M | 11/13/1941 | 1 | Los Angeles Rams / 3rd / 35th pick / 1964 Denver Broncos / 7th / 54th pick / 1964 |
| 71 | Joe Scibelli | 26 | G-T | 14 | 14 | 256 | 6-1 | Notre Dame,merican Int. | 4/19/1939 | 4 | New York Titans / 10th / 77th pick / 1961 Los Angeles Rams / 10th / 130th pick / 1961 |
| 23 | Bobby Smith | 27 | DB | 7 | 0 | 197 | 5-11 | UCLA | 7/5/1938 | 3 | Los Angeles Rams / 7th / 88th pick / 1961 New York Titans / 26th / 205th pick / 1961 |
| 14 | Ron C. Smith | 23 | QB | 1 | 0 | 220 | 6-5 | Wake Forest,Richmond | 6/27/1942 | Rook | Los Angeles Rams / 10th / 131st pick / 1964 San Diego Chargers / 23rd / 184th pick / 1964 |
| 84 | Jack Snow | 22 | WR-SE | 14 | 0 | 190 | 6-2 | Notre Dame | 1/25/1943 | Rook | Minnesota Vikings / 1st / 8th pick / 1965 San Diego Chargers / 7th / 54th pick / 1965 |
| 26 | Jim Stiger | 24 | HB | 6 | 0 | 204 | 5-11 | Washington | 1/7/1941 | 2 | Dallas Cowboys / 19th / 258th pick / 1963 |
| 61 | Mike Strofolino | 21 | LB | 9 | 0 | 230 | 6-2 | Villanova | 2/6/1944 | Rook | Los Angeles Rams / 4th / 50th pick / 1965 Denver Broncos / 13th / 97th pick / 1965 |
| 87 | Billy Truax | 22 | TE | 14 | 0 | 240 | 6-5 | LSU | 7/15/1943 | 1 | Houston Oilers / 2nd / 14th pick / 1964 Cleveland Browns / 2nd / 26th pick / 1964 |
| 70 | Frank Varrichione | 33 | T | 11 | 0 | 234 | 6-1 | Notre Dame | 1/14/1932 | 10 | Pittsburgh Steelers / 1st / 6th pick / 1955 |
| 54 | Joe Wendryhoski | 27 | C | 4 | 0 | 245 | 6-2 | Illinois | 3/1/1938 | 1 | New York Titans / 13th / 101st pick / 1961 |
| 24 | Clancy Williams | 23 | DB | 12 | 0 | 194 | 6-3 | Washington St. | 9/24/1942 | Rook | Los Angeles Rams / 1st / 9th pick / 1965 San Diego Chargers / 8th / 62nd pick / 1965 |
| 36 | Ben Wilson | 26 | FB-HB | 14 | 0 | 225 | 6-0 | USC | 3/9/1939 | 2 | Los Angeles Rams / 5th / 68th pick / 1962 San Diego Chargers / 28th / 224th pick / 1962 |
| 57 | Doug Woodlief | 22 | LB | 14 | 0 | 225 | 6-3 | Memphis | 9/4/1943 | Rook | Los Angeles Rams / 5th / 65th pick / 1965 |
| Team Total | 25.1 | 14 | 223.8 | 6-2.0 | 2.6 |