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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.
Coached by George Allen (10-3-1)
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1968 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* | 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 |
| 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 |
| HB | Tommy Mason | 29 | 7 | 7 | 108 rushes for 395 yards, 3 td, & 15 catches for 144 yards and 0 td | Minnesota Vikings / 1st / 1st pick / 1961 |
| 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 |
| SE | Jack Snow | 25 | 3 | 13 | 29 catches for 500 yards, 3 td | Minnesota Vikings / 1st / 8th pick / 1965 |
| TE | Billy Truax | 25 | 4 | 13 | 35 catches for 417 yards, 3 td | Houston Oilers / 2nd / 14th pick / 1964 |
| LT | Joe Carollo* | 28 | 6 | 14 | Los Angeles Rams / 2nd / 16th pick / 1962 |
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| LG | Tom Mack* | 25 | 2 | 14 | Los Angeles Rams / 1st / 2nd pick / 1966 |
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| C | Ken Iman | 29 | 8 | 14 | 2 fumbles recovered | |
| RG | Joe Scibelli* | 29 | 7 | 14 | New York Titans / 10th / 77th pick / 1961 |
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| RT | Charley Cowan* | 30 | 7 | 13 | Denver Broncos / 5th / 33rd pick / 1961 |
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| Defensive Starters | ||||||
| LDE | Deacon Jones*+ | 30 | 7 | 14 | Los Angeles Rams / 14th / 186th pick / 1961 |
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| LDT | Merlin Olsen*+ | 28 | 6 | 14 | 0 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | Denver Broncos / 1st / 2nd 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 |
| RDE | Lamar Lundy | 33 | 11 | 5 | Los Angeles Rams / 4th / 47th pick / 1957 |
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| 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 |
| 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 |
| RCB | Irv Cross | 29 | 7 | 14 | 3 interceptions, 0 fumbles recovered | Philadelphia Eagles / 7th / 98th pick / 1961 |
| LS | Ron Smith | 25 | 3 | 14 | 3 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | |
| 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 | |
| PR | Ron Smith | 25 | 3 | 14 | 27 punt returns for a 6.3 average and 0 td | |
| KR | Ron Smith | 25 | 3 | 14 | 26 kick returns for a 27.6 average and 1 td |
| Age | Pos | G | GS | Wt | Ht | College/Univ | BirthDate | Yrs | Drafted (tm/rnd/yr) | |
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| Coy Bacon | 26 | DE-DT | 7 | 0 | 270 | 6-4 | Jackson State | 8/30/1942 | Rook | |
| Dick Bass | 31 | FB-HB | 10 | 10 | 197 | 5-10 | Pacific | 3/15/1937 | 8 | Los Angeles Rams / 1st / 2nd pick / 1959 |
| Maxie Baughan* | 30 | LB | 14 | 14 | 227 | 6-1 | Georgia Tech | 8/3/1938 | 8 | Philadelphia Eagles / 2nd / 20th pick / 1960 |
| Gene Breen | 27 | LB | 3 | 0 | 230 | 6-2 | Virginia Tech | 6/21/1941 | 4 | San Diego Chargers / 16th / 122nd pick / 1963 |
| Roger Brown | 31 | DT | 14 | 14 | 300 | 6-5 | Md-Eastern Shore | 5/1/1937 | 8 | Detroit Lions / 4th / 42nd pick / 1960 |
| George Burman | 26 | C-G-T | 1 | 0 | 255 | 6-3 | Northwestern | 12/1/1942 | 4 | Chicago Bears / 15th / 210th pick / 1964 |
| Joe Carollo* | 28 | T | 14 | 14 | 265 | 6-2 | Notre Dame | 3/25/1940 | 6 | Los Angeles Rams / 2nd / 16th pick / 1962 |
| Bernie Casey | 29 | HB-FL-TE-WR | 12 | 11 | 215 | 6-4 | Bowling Green | 6/8/1939 | 7 | San Francisco 49ers / 1st / 9th pick / 1961 |
| Don Chuy | 27 | G | 14 | 0 | 260 | 6-0 | Clemson | 7/20/1941 | 5 | Houston Oilers / 5th / 38th pick / 1963 |
| Charley Cowan* | 30 | T-G | 13 | 13 | 264 | 6-4 | New Mexico Highlands | 6/19/1938 | 7 | Denver Broncos / 5th / 33rd pick / 1961 |
| Claude Crabb | 28 | DB-WR | 3 | 0 | 192 | 6-1 | Colorado,USC | 3/8/1940 | 6 | Buffalo Bills / 27th / 212th pick / 1962 |
| Irv Cross | 29 | DB | 14 | 14 | 195 | 6-2 | Northwestern | 7/27/1939 | 7 | Philadelphia Eagles / 7th / 98th pick / 1961 |
| Willie Daniel | 31 | DB | 14 | 0 | 190 | 5-11 | Mississippi State | 11/10/1937 | 7 | |
| Mike Dennis | 24 | RB | 14 | 0 | 207 | 6-1 | Mississippi | 7/22/1944 | Rook | Buffalo Bills / 1st / 8th pick / 1966 |
| Henry Dyer | 23 | RB | 8 | 0 | 230 | 6-2 | Grambling State | 1/28/1945 | 2 | Los Angeles Rams / 4th / 50th pick / 1966 |
| Willie Ellison | 23 | RB | 14 | 8 | 210 | 6-2 | Texas Southern | 11/1/1945 | 1 | Los Angeles Rams / 2nd / 33rd pick / 1967 |
| Vilnis Ezerins | 24 | RB | 14 | 0 | 217 | 6-2 | Wisconsin-Whitewater | 4/22/1944 | Rook | Los Angeles Rams / 8th / 112th pick / 1966 |
| Roman Gabriel* | 28 | QB | 14 | 14 | 220 | 6-5 | North Carolina State | 8/5/1940 | 6 | Oakland Raiders / 1st / 1st pick / 1962 |
| Bruce Gossett* | 27 | K | 14 | 0 | 204 | 6-1 | Clarion,Duquesne,Ferrum,Richmond | 11/9/1941 | 4 | |
| Tony Guillory | 26 | LB | 13 | 0 | 236 | 6-4 | Lamar,Nebraska | 11/10/1942 | 3 | Los Angeles Rams / 7th / 93rd pick / 1965 |
| Dean Halverson | 22 | LB | 1 | 0 | 230 | 6-2 | Washington | 8/24/1946 | Rook | Los Angeles Rams / 13th / 351st pick / 1968 |
| Ken Iman | 29 | C | 14 | 14 | 240 | 6-1 | Southeast Missouri State | 2/8/1939 | 8 | |
| Harold Jackson | 22 | WR-FL | 2 | 0 | 175 | 5-10 | Jackson State | 1/6/1946 | Rook | Los Angeles Rams / 12th / 323rd pick / 1968 |
| Deacon Jones*+ | 30 | DE | 14 | 14 | 272 | 6-5 | Miss. Valley State,South Carolina State | 12/9/1938 | 7 | Los Angeles Rams / 14th / 186th pick / 1961 |
| Lamar Lundy | 33 | DE-E | 5 | 5 | 245 | 6-7 | Purdue | 4/17/1935 | 11 | Los Angeles Rams / 4th / 47th pick / 1957 |
| Tom Mack* | 25 | G | 14 | 14 | 250 | 6-3 | Michigan | 11/1/1943 | 2 | Los Angeles Rams / 1st / 2nd pick / 1966 |
| Frank Marchlewski | 25 | C | 13 | 0 | 240 | 6-2 | Minnesota | 10/14/1943 | 3 | Los Angeles Rams / 5th / 60th pick / 1965 |
| Tommy Mason | 29 | RB | 12 | 7 | 196 | 6-1 | Tulane | 7/8/1939 | 7 | Minnesota Vikings / 1st / 1st pick / 1961 |
| Eddie Meador*+ | 31 | DB | 14 | 14 | 193 | 5-11 | Arkansas Tech | 8/10/1937 | 9 | Los Angeles Rams / 7th / 80th pick / 1959 |
| Merlin Olsen*+ | 28 | DT | 14 | 14 | 270 | 6-5 | Utah State | 9/15/1940 | 6 | Denver Broncos / 1st / 2nd pick / 1962 |
| Jack Pardee | 32 | LB | 14 | 14 | 225 | 6-2 | Texas A&M | 4/19/1936 | 11 | Los Angeles Rams / 2nd / 14th pick / 1957 |
| Dave Pivec | 25 | TE | 14 | 0 | 240 | 6-3 | Notre Dame | 9/25/1943 | 2 | Chicago Bears / 14th / 185th pick / 1965 |
| Milt Plum | 33 | QB | 4 | 0 | 205 | 6-1 | Penn State | 1/20/1935 | 11 | Cleveland Browns / 2nd / 17th pick / 1957 |
| Myron Pottios | 29 | LB | 14 | 14 | 232 | 6-2 | Notre Dame | 1/18/1939 | 7 | Pittsburgh Steelers / 2nd / 19th pick / 1961 |
| Gregg Schumacher | 26 | DE | 14 | 9 | 240 | 6-2 | Illinois | 6/30/1942 | 1 | San Francisco 49ers / 13th / 170th pick / 1965 |
| Joe Scibelli* | 29 | G-T | 14 | 14 | 256 | 6-1 | American International College,Notre Dame | 4/19/1939 | 7 | New York Titans / 10th / 77th pick / 1961 |
| Ron Smith | 25 | DB-WR | 14 | 14 | 195 | 6-1 | Wisconsin | 5/3/1943 | 3 | |
| Jack Snow | 25 | WR-SE | 14 | 13 | 190 | 6-2 | Notre Dame | 1/25/1943 | 3 | Minnesota Vikings / 1st / 8th pick / 1965 |
| Pat Studstill | 30 | FL-HB-WR-P | 14 | 0 | 180 | 6-0 | Houston | 6/4/1938 | 7 | |
| Diron Talbert | 24 | DT-DE | 14 | 0 | 255 | 6-5 | Texas | 7/1/1944 | 1 | Los Angeles Rams / 5th / 66th pick / 1966 |
| Billy Truax | 25 | TE | 14 | 13 | 240 | 6-5 | LSU | 7/15/1943 | 4 | Houston Oilers / 2nd / 14th pick / 1964 |
| Wendell Tucker | 25 | WR-FL | 10 | 0 | 185 | 5-10 | South Carolina State | 9/4/1943 | 1 | |
| Clancy Williams | 26 | DB | 14 | 14 | 194 | 6-3 | Washington State | 9/24/1942 | 3 | Los Angeles Rams / 1st / 9th pick / 1965 |
| Jim Wilson | 26 | G-T | 14 | 0 | 258 | 6-3 | Georgia | 6/12/1942 | 3 | San Francisco 49ers / 4th / 43rd pick / 1964 |
| Kelton Winston | 28 | DB | 11 | 0 | 195 | 6-0 | Wiley | 10/22/1940 | 1 | Chicago Bears / 9th / 119th pick / 1962 |
| Doug Woodlief | 25 | LB | 14 | 0 | 225 | 6-3 | Memphis | 9/4/1943 | 3 | Los Angeles Rams / 5th / 65th pick / 1965 |
| Team Total | 27.3 | 14 | 226.3 | 6-2.1 | 4.7 |