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1968 Los Angeles Rams
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Record: 10-3-1, Finished 2nd in NFL Coastal Division
NFL Season Summary
Scored 312 points (22.3/g), 5th of 16 in the NFL.
Allowed 200 points (14.3/g), 3rd.
Differential of 112 points (8.0/g), 4th.
Expected W-L: 10.4-3.6.
Takeaway/Giveaway Differential +15 (1.1/g), 2nd.
Simple Rating System: Total 8.7, Offense: 2.0, Defense: 6.7, SoS: 0.7, versus averages of 0.0.
Coached by
George Allen
Training Camp: Fullerton State (Fullerton, 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* | 28 | 6 | 14 | 184 for 366, 2,364 yards, 19 td, 16 int, & 34 rushes for 139 yards and 4 td | Oakland Raiders / 1st / 1st pick / 1962 Los Angeles Rams / 1st / 2nd pick / 1962 |
| HB | Willie Ellison | 23 | 1 | 8 | 151 rushes for 616 yards, 5 td, & 20 catches for 248 yards and 2 td | Los Angeles Rams / 2nd / 33rd pick / 1967 |
| FB | Dick Bass | 31 | 8 | 10 | 121 rushes for 494 yards, 1 td, & 27 catches for 195 yards and 2 td | Los Angeles Rams / 1st / 2nd pick / 1959 |
| FL | Bernie Casey | 29 | 7 | 11 | 29 catches for 565 yards, 5 td | San Francisco 49ers / 1st / 9th pick / 1961 New York Titans / 9th / 69th pick / 1961 |
| SE | Jack Snow | 25 | 3 | 13 | 29 catches for 500 yards, 3 td | Minnesota Vikings / 1st / 8th pick / 1965 San Diego Chargers / 7th / 54th pick / 1965 |
| TE | Billy Truax | 25 | 4 | 13 | 35 catches for 417 yards, 3 td | Houston Oilers / 2nd / 14th pick / 1964 Cleveland Browns / 2nd / 26th pick / 1964 |
| LT | Joe Carollo* | 28 | 6 | 14 | Los Angeles Rams / 2nd / 16th pick / 1962 Dallas Texans / 18th / 139th pick / 1962 |
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| LG | Tom Mack* | 25 | 2 | 14 | Los Angeles Rams / 1st / 2nd pick / 1966 | |
| C | Ken Iman | 29 | 8 | 14 | 2 fumbles recovered | |
| RG | Joe Scibelli* | 29 | 7 | 14 | New York Titans / 10th / 77th pick / 1961 Los Angeles Rams / 10th / 130th pick / 1961 |
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| RT | Charlie Cowan* | 30 | 7 | 13 | Denver Broncos / 5th / 33rd pick / 1961 Los Angeles Rams / 4th / 45th pick / 1961 |
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| Defensive Starters | ||||||
| LDE | Deacon Jones*+ | 30 | 7 | 14 | Los Angeles Rams / 14th / 186th pick / 1961 | |
| LDT | Merlin Olsen*+ | 28 | 6 | 14 | 0 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | Denver Broncos / 1st / 2nd pick / 1962 Los Angeles Rams / 1st / 3rd pick / 1962 |
| RDT | Roger Brown | 31 | 8 | 14 | 0 interceptions, 3 fumbles recovered | Detroit Lions / 4th / 42nd pick / 1960 |
| RDE | Gregg Schumacher | 26 | 1 | 9 | 0 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | San Francisco 49ers / 13th / 170th pick / 1965 |
| LLB | Jack Pardee | 32 | 11 | 14 | 2 interceptions, 0 fumbles recovered | Los Angeles Rams / 2nd / 14th pick / 1957 |
| MLB | Myron Pottios | 29 | 7 | 14 | 0 interceptions, 4 fumbles recovered | Pittsburgh Steelers / 2nd / 19th pick / 1961 Oakland Raiders / 3rd / 20th pick / 1961 |
| RLB | Maxie Baughan* | 30 | 8 | 14 | 4 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | Philadelphia Eagles / 2nd / 20th pick / 1960 |
| LCB | Clancy Williams | 26 | 3 | 14 | 7 interceptions, 0 fumbles recovered | Los Angeles Rams / 1st / 9th pick / 1965 San Diego Chargers / 8th / 62nd pick / 1965 |
| RCB | Irv Cross | 29 | 7 | 14 | 3 interceptions, 0 fumbles recovered | Philadelphia Eagles / 7th / 98th pick / 1961 |
| KR | Ron Smith | 25 | 3 | 14 | 26 kick returns for a 27.6 average and 1 td | |
| RS | Eddie Meador*+ | 31 | 9 | 14 | 6 interceptions, 4 fumbles recovered | Los Angeles Rams / 7th / 80th pick / 1959 |
| Special Teams Starters | ||||||
| K | Bruce Gossett* | 27 | 4 | 0 | 17 of 31 field goals & 37 of 37 extra points | |
| P | Pat Studstill | 30 | 7 | 0 | 81 punts for a 39.6 average, 0 blocked | |
| KR | Ron Smith | 25 | 3 | 14 | 26 kick returns for a 27.6 average and 1 td | |
| KR | Ron Smith | 25 | 3 | 14 | 26 kick returns for a 27.6 average and 1 td |
| No. | Age | Pos | G | GS | Wt | Ht | College/Univ | BirthDate | Yrs | AV | Drafted (tm/rnd/yr) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 79 | Coy Bacon | 26 | 7 | 0 | 270 | 6-4 | Jackson St. | 8/30/1942 | Rook | 1 | ||
| 22 | Dick Bass | 31 | FB | 10 | 10 | 197 | 5-10 | Pacific | 3/15/1937 | 8 | 8 | Los Angeles Rams / 1st / 2nd pick / 1959 |
| 55 | Maxie Baughan* | 30 | RLB | 14 | 14 | 227 | 6-1 | Georgia Tech | 8/3/1938 | 8 | 16 | Philadelphia Eagles / 2nd / 20th pick / 1960 |
| 53 | Gene Breen | 27 | 3 | 0 | 230 | 6-2 | Virginia Tech | 6/21/1941 | 4 | 0 | San Diego Chargers / 16th / 122nd pick / 1963 Green Bay Packers / 15th / 210th pick / 1963 |
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| 78 | Roger Brown | 31 | RDT | 14 | 14 | 300 | 6-5 | Md-Eastern Shore | 5/1/1937 | 8 | 11 | Detroit Lions / 4th / 42nd pick / 1960 |
| 51 | George Burman | 26 | 1 | 0 | 255 | 6-3 | Northwestern | 12/1/1942 | 4 | 0 | Chicago Bears / 15th / 210th pick / 1964 | |
| 63 | Joe Carollo* | 28 | LT | 14 | 14 | 265 | 6-2 | Notre Dame | 3/25/1940 | 6 | 9 | Los Angeles Rams / 2nd / 16th pick / 1962 Dallas Texans / 18th / 139th pick / 1962 |
| 25 | Bernie Casey | 29 | FL | 12 | 11 | 215 | 6-4 | Bowling Green | 6/8/1939 | 7 | 6 | San Francisco 49ers / 1st / 9th pick / 1961 New York Titans / 9th / 69th pick / 1961 |
| 62 | Don Chuy | 27 | 14 | 0 | 260 | 6-0 | Clemson | 7/20/1941 | 5 | 1 | Houston Oilers / 5th / 38th pick / 1963 Los Angeles Rams / 5th / 67th pick / 1963 |
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| 73 | Charlie Cowan* | 30 | RT | 13 | 13 | 264 | 6-4 | New Mex. Highlands | 6/19/1938 | 7 | 11 | Denver Broncos / 5th / 33rd pick / 1961 Los Angeles Rams / 4th / 45th pick / 1961 |
| 49 | Claude Crabb | 28 | 3 | 0 | 192 | 6-1 | USC,Colorado | 3/8/1940 | 6 | 0 | Buffalo Bills / 27th / 212th pick / 1962 Washington Redskins / 19th / 253rd pick / 1962 |
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| 27 | Irv Cross | 29 | RCB | 14 | 14 | 195 | 6-2 | Northwestern | 7/27/1939 | 7 | 9 | Philadelphia Eagles / 7th / 98th pick / 1961 |
| 46 | Willie Daniel | 31 | 14 | 0 | 190 | 5-11 | Mississippi St. | 11/10/1937 | 7 | 1 | ||
| 43 | Mike Dennis | 24 | 14 | 0 | 207 | 6-1 | Mississippi | 7/22/1944 | Rook | 2 | Buffalo Bills / 1st / 8th pick / 1966 Atlanta Falcons / 3rd / 33rd pick / 1966 |
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| 35 | Henry Dyer | 23 | 8 | 0 | 230 | 6-2 | Grambling St. | 1/28/1945 | 2 | 1 | Los Angeles Rams / 4th / 50th pick / 1966 | |
| 33 | Willie Ellison | 23 | HB | 14 | 8 | 210 | 6-2 | Texas Southern | 11/1/1945 | 1 | 8 | Los Angeles Rams / 2nd / 33rd pick / 1967 |
| 37 | Vilnis Ezerins | 24 | 14 | 0 | 217 | 6-2 | Wisc-Whitewater | 4/22/1944 | Rook | 0 | Los Angeles Rams / 8th / 112th pick / 1966 | |
| 18 | Roman Gabriel* | 28 | QB | 14 | 14 | 220 | 6-5 | North Carolina St. | 8/5/1940 | 6 | 10 | Oakland Raiders / 1st / 1st pick / 1962 Los Angeles Rams / 1st / 2nd pick / 1962 |
| 30 | Bruce Gossett* | 27 | K | 14 | 0 | 204 | 6-1 | Ferrum,Clarion,Duquesne,Richmond | 11/9/1941 | 4 | 0 | |
| 88 | Tony Guillory | 26 | 13 | 0 | 236 | 6-4 | Nebraska,Lamar | 11/10/1942 | 3 | 2 | Los Angeles Rams / 7th / 93rd pick / 1965 Houston Oilers / 15th / 114th pick / 1965 |
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| 56 | Dean Halverson | 22 | 1 | 0 | 230 | 6-2 | Washington | 8/24/1946 | Rook | 0 | Los Angeles Rams / 13th / 351st pick / 1968 | |
| 50 | Ken Iman | 29 | C | 14 | 14 | 240 | 6-1 | SE Missouri St. | 2/8/1939 | 8 | 6 | |
| 29 | Harold Jackson | 22 | 2 | 0 | 175 | 5-10 | Jackson St. | 1/6/1946 | Rook | 0 | Los Angeles Rams / 12th / 323rd pick / 1968 | |
| 75 | Deacon Jones*+ | 30 | LDE | 14 | 14 | 272 | 6-5 | South Carolina St.,Miss. Valley St. | 12/9/1938 | 7 | 17 | Los Angeles Rams / 14th / 186th pick / 1961 |
| 85 | Lamar Lundy | 33 | rde | 5 | 5 | 245 | 6-7 | Purdue | 4/17/1935 | 11 | 3 | Los Angeles Rams / 4th / 47th pick / 1957 |
| 65 | Tom Mack* | 25 | LG | 14 | 14 | 250 | 6-3 | Michigan | 11/1/1943 | 2 | 8 | Los Angeles Rams / 1st / 2nd pick / 1966 |
| 56 | Frank Marchlewski | 25 | 13 | 0 | 240 | 6-2 | Minnesota | 10/14/1943 | 3 | 1 | Los Angeles Rams / 5th / 60th pick / 1965 Buffalo Bills / 19th / 152nd pick / 1965 |
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| 20 | Tommy Mason | 29 | hb | 12 | 7 | 196 | 6-1 | Tulane | 7/8/1939 | 7 | 5 | Minnesota Vikings / 1st / 1st pick / 1961 Boston Patriots / 1st / 2nd pick / 1961 |
| 21 | Eddie Meador*+ | 31 | RS | 14 | 14 | 193 | 5-11 | Arkansas Tech | 8/10/1937 | 9 | 19 | Los Angeles Rams / 7th / 80th pick / 1959 |
| 74 | Merlin Olsen*+ | 28 | LDT | 14 | 14 | 270 | 6-5 | Utah St. | 9/15/1940 | 6 | 17 | Denver Broncos / 1st / 2nd pick / 1962 Los Angeles Rams / 1st / 3rd pick / 1962 |
| 32 | Jack Pardee | 32 | LLB | 14 | 14 | 225 | 6-2 | Texas A&M | 4/19/1936 | 11 | 11 | Los Angeles Rams / 2nd / 14th pick / 1957 |
| 83 | Dave Pivec | 25 | 14 | 0 | 240 | 6-3 | Notre Dame | 9/25/1943 | 2 | 1 | Chicago Bears / 14th / 185th pick / 1965 | |
| 16 | Milt Plum | 33 | 4 | 0 | 205 | 6-1 | Penn St. | 1/20/1935 | 11 | 0 | Cleveland Browns / 2nd / 17th pick / 1957 | |
| 66 | Myron Pottios | 29 | MLB | 14 | 14 | 232 | 6-2 | Notre Dame | 1/18/1939 | 7 | 11 | Pittsburgh Steelers / 2nd / 19th pick / 1961 Oakland Raiders / 3rd / 20th pick / 1961 |
| 81 | Gregg Schumacher | 26 | RDE | 14 | 9 | 240 | 6-2 | Illinois | 6/30/1942 | 1 | 7 | San Francisco 49ers / 13th / 170th pick / 1965 |
| 71 | Joe Scibelli* | 29 | RG | 14 | 14 | 256 | 6-1 | Notre Dame,merican Int. | 4/19/1939 | 7 | 8 | New York Titans / 10th / 77th pick / 1961 Los Angeles Rams / 10th / 130th pick / 1961 |
| 41 | Ron Smith | 25 | KR | 14 | 14 | 195 | 6-1 | Wisconsin | 5/3/1943 | 3 | 10 | |
| 84 | Jack Snow | 25 | SE | 14 | 13 | 190 | 6-2 | Notre Dame | 1/25/1943 | 3 | 6 | Minnesota Vikings / 1st / 8th pick / 1965 San Diego Chargers / 7th / 54th pick / 1965 |
| 28 | Pat Studstill | 30 | P | 14 | 0 | 180 | 6-0 | Houston | 6/4/1938 | 7 | 1 | |
| 72 | Diron Talbert | 24 | 14 | 0 | 255 | 6-5 | Texas | 7/1/1944 | 1 | 2 | Los Angeles Rams / 5th / 66th pick / 1966 | |
| 87 | Billy Truax | 25 | TE | 14 | 13 | 240 | 6-5 | LSU | 7/15/1943 | 4 | 7 | Houston Oilers / 2nd / 14th pick / 1964 Cleveland Browns / 2nd / 26th pick / 1964 |
| 14 | Wendell Tucker | 25 | 10 | 0 | 185 | 5-10 | South Carolina St. | 9/4/1943 | 1 | 1 | ||
| 24 | Clancy Williams | 26 | LCB | 14 | 14 | 194 | 6-3 | Washington St. | 9/24/1942 | 3 | 10 | Los Angeles Rams / 1st / 9th pick / 1965 San Diego Chargers / 8th / 62nd pick / 1965 |
| 77 | Jim Wilson | 26 | 14 | 0 | 258 | 6-3 | Georgia | 6/12/1942 | 3 | 1 | San Francisco 49ers / 4th / 43rd pick / 1964 Boston Patriots / 14th / 109th pick / 1964 |
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| 47 | Kelton Winston | 28 | 11 | 0 | 195 | 6-0 | Wiley | 10/22/1940 | 1 | 1 | Chicago Bears / 9th / 119th pick / 1962 | |
| 57 | Doug Woodlief | 25 | 14 | 0 | 225 | 6-3 | Memphis | 9/4/1943 | 3 | 2 | Los Angeles Rams / 5th / 65th pick / 1965 | |
| Team Total | 27.3 | 14 | 226.3 | 6-2.1 | 4.7 |
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