1949 Los Angeles Rams (NFL) Scores, Roster, Stats , Coaches, Draft

SCORES
Day	Date		Opponent	Result		Location	Venue	Attendance
Fri	8/26/1949	H	Washington Redskins	28-34	L	Los Angeles, CA	Memorial Coliseum	64227
Mon	9/5/1949	N	New York Bulldogs	21-14	W	San Antonio, TX	Alamo Stadium	17452
Sat	9/10/1949	N	Philadelphia Eagles	24-24	T	Little Rock, AR	War Memorial Stadium	24000
Wed	9/14/1949	N	New York Giants	14-7	W	Omaha, NE	Rosenblatt Stadium	13110
Fri	9/23/1949	H	Detroit Lions	27-24	W	Los Angeles, CA	Memorial Coliseum	17878
Sun	10/2/1949	A	Green Bay Packers	48-7	W	Green Bay, WI	City Stadium	24308
Sun	10/9/1949	A	Chicago Bears	31-16	W	Chicago, IL	Wrigley Field	42124
Sun	10/16/1949	A	Detroit Lions	21-10	W	Detroit, MI	Briggs Stadium	19839
Sun	10/23/1949	H	Green Bay Packers	35-7	W	Los Angeles, CA	Memorial Coliseum	37546
Sun	10/30/1949	H	Chicago Bears	27-24	W	Los Angeles, CA	Memorial Coliseum	86080
Sun	11/6/1949	A	Philadelphia Eagles	14-38	L	Philadelphia, PA	Shibe Park	38320
Sun	11/13/1949	A	Pittsburgh Steelers	7-7	T	Pittsburgh, PA	Forbes Field	20510
Sun	11/20/1949	A	Chicago Cardinals	28-28	T	Chicago, IL	Comiskey Park	34100
Sun	11/27/1949	H	New York Bulldogs	42-20	W	Los Angeles, CA	Memorial Coliseum	38052
Sun	12/4/1949	H	Chicago Cardinals	27-31	L	Los Angeles, CA	Memorial Coliseum	74673
Sun	12/11/1949	H	Washington Redskins	53-27	W	Los Angeles, CA	Memorial Coliseum	44899
League Championship
Sun	12/18/1949	H	Philadelphia Eagles	0-14	L	Los Angeles, CA	Memorial Coliseum	22245

ROSTER
Player	No	Pos	Ht	Wt	Age	College	GP	GS
Bob Agler	30	FB	6-1	210	25	Otterbein	9	0
Gil Bouley	66	RDT-ROT	6-2	235	28	Boston College	12	12
Larry Brink	63	LDE	6-5	235	26	Northern Illinois	11	1
Ed Champagne	86	ROT-RDT-MG	6-3	236	28	Louisiana State	12	10
Gerry Cowhig	9	LLB-FB	6-2	215	28	Notre Dame	12	12
Don Currivan	34	RDH-ROE	6-0	193	29	Boston College	12	12
Hal Dean	84	LOG	6-0	205	27	Ohio State	12	12
Tom Fears	55	LOE	6-2	213	27	Santa Clara; UCLA	12	12
Jack Finlay	58	LB	6-1	217	28	UCLA	12	0
Fred Gehrke	18	LOH	5-11	189	31	Utah	12	7
Elroy Hirsch	40	LOH	6-1	190	26	Wisconsin; Michigan	12	3
Dick Hoerner	31	FB	6-4	220	27	Iowa	12	12
Frank Hubbell	46	LDE-LOE	6-2	222	27	Tennessee	12	11
Dick Huffman	20	LOT-LDT	6-1	255	26	Tennessee	12	12
Tommy Kalmanir	24	LOH	5-8	171	23	Pittsburgh; Nevada-Reno	12	2
Tom Keane	10	LOE-LDE	6-1	192	23	Ohio State; West Virginia	11	0
Mike Lazetich	27	MG-ROG	6-1	211	28	Montana; Michigan	8	8
Jack Martin	23	C	6-3	238	27	Princeton; Navy	12	12
Fred Naumetz	22	RLB-C	6-1	222	27	Boston College	12	12
Don Paul	57	MLB-C	6-1	228	24	UCLA	12	12
Joe Repko	42	LOT-MG	6-0	236	29	Seton Hall; Boston College	8	1
Bob Shaw	60	RDE-ROE	6-4	226	28	Ohio State	12	12
George Sims	17	LDH	5-11	170	22	Baylor	12	12
Vitamin Smith	77	ROH-LOH	5-8	179	26	Abilene Christian	12	2
Bill Smyth	79	RDT-RDE-ROE	6-3	243	27	Notre Dame; Cincinnati; Penn State; Cincinnati	12	4
Al Sparkman	42	LOT-LDT	6-6	260	23	Texas A&M; Louisville	4	0
Bobby Thomason	47	QB	6-1	196	21	Virginia Military Institute	6	0
Norm Van Brocklin	25	QB	6-1	199	23	Oregon	8	0
Bob Waterfield	7	QB	6-1	196	29	UCLA	12	12
Jerry Williams	33	S-ROH	5-10	175	26	Idaho; Washington State	12	12
Ray Yagiello	54	ROG-RDG	6-0	220	26	Franklin & Marshall; Catawba	12	8
Tank Younger	13	LLB-ROH	6-3	225	21	Grambling State	12	10
Jack Zilly	56	RDE-ROE	6-2	212	28	Notre Dame	12	12

DRAFT LIST
Round	Overall	Player	Pos	College
1	7	Bobby Thomason	B	Virginia Military Institute
2	17	George Sims	B	Baylor
3	27	Jim Winkler	T	Texas A&M
4	37	Norm Van Brocklin	QB	Oregon
5	47	Earl Howell	B	Mississippi
6	57	Charlie Reynolds	B	Texas Tech
7	63	Jerry Williams	B	Washington State
7	67	Jon Baker	G	California
8	77	John Waldrum	G	Sul Ross State
9	87	Johnny Smith	E	Arizona
10	94	George Buksar	B	San Francisco
10	97	Max Minnich	B	Bowling Green State
11	107	Jim Cozad	T	Iowa
12	117	Bill Renna	C	Santa Clara
13	127	Paul Barry	B	Tulsa
14	137	Ed Carmichael	T	Oregon State
15	147	J.C. Dodd	B	Sul Ross State
16	157	Joe Morgan	G	Southern Mississippi
17	167	Dick Sheffield	E	Tulane
18	177	Hillary Chollet	B	Cornell
19	187	Joe Leonard	T	Virginia
20	197	Lloyd Eisenberg	T	Duke
21	207	George Teufel	B	Lock Haven
22	217	Ed Hamilton	E	Arkansas
23	227	Walt Kersulis	E	Illinois
24	237	Fred Klemenok	B	San Francisco
25	247	Clay Matthews	T	Georgia Tech

SCORING BY QUARTERS	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	PTS
Team Totals	91	84	72	113	360
Opponents Totals	37	61	62	79	239

TEAM STATS	TOP	1st Downs	FDR	FDP	FDX	3rd Down Efficiency	4th Down Efficiency	PEN	PENY
Team Totals		245	103	125	17	/ %	/ %	83	795
Opponents Totals		213	101	92	20	/ %	/ %	72	676

SCORING	TD	X1	X1A	PCT	FG	FGA	PCT	SAF	PTS
Bob Waterfield	1	43	45	95.6	9	16	56.3	0	76
Tom Fears	9	0	0		0	0		0	54
Elroy Hirsch	6	0	0		0	0		0	36
Dick Hoerner	6	0	0		0	0		0	36
Bob Shaw	6	0	0		0	0		0	36
Fred Gehrke	5	2	3	66.7	0	1	0.0	0	32
Vitamin Smith	4	0	0		0	0		0	24
Jerry Williams	4	0	0		0	0		0	24
Gerry Cowhig	2	0	0		0	0		0	12
Tommy Kalmanir	2	0	0		0	0		0	12
Don Currivan	1	0	0		0	0		0	6
Frank Hubbell	1	0	0		0	0		0	6
George Sims	1	0	0		0	0		0	6
Team Totals	48	45	48	93.8	9	17	52.9	0	360
Opponents Totals	32	30	32	93.8	5	13	38.5	1	239

FIELD GOALS	MADE	ATT	PCT	BL	LG	1-19	20-29	30-39	40-49	50+
Bob Waterfield	9	16	56.3	1	46	1/4	2/3	4/5	2/4	0/0
Fred Gehrke	0	1	0.0	0		0/0	0/1	0/0	0/0	0/0
Team Totals	9	17	52.9	1	46	1/4	2/4	4/5	2/4	0/0
Opponents Totals	5	13	38.5			2/	1/	1/	1/	0/

RUSHING	ATT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Dick Hoerner	155	582	3.8	37	6
Elroy Hirsch	68	287	4.2	51	2
Tommy Kalmanir	29	218	7.5	51	1
Fred Gehrke	58	203	3.5	53	2
Tank Younger	52	191	3.7	16	0
Vitamin Smith	40	117	2.9	26t	2
Jerry Williams	19	103	5.4	18	3
Gerry Cowhig	10	32	3.2	8	1
Bob Agler	4	7	1.8	4	0
Norm Van Brocklin	4	-1	-0.3	2	0
Tom Fears	1	-3	-3.0	-3	0
Bob Waterfield	5	-4	-0.8	5	1
Team Totals	445	1732	3.9	53	18
Opponents Totals	472	1679	3.6		14

PASSING	ATT	COM	PCT	INC	YDS	Y/ATT	Y/COM	LG	TD	TD%	INT	INT%	YL	NYP	RTG
Bob Waterfield	296	154	52.0	118	2168	7.3	14.1	71t	17	5.7	24	8.1	61	2107	61.3
Norm Van Brocklin	58	32	55.2	24	601	10.4	18.8	51t	6	10.3	2	3.4	69	532	111.4
Bobby Thomason	12	6	50.0	5	50	4.2	8.3	15	0	0.0	1	8.3	15	35	26.4
Team Totals	366	192	52.5	147	2819	7.7	14.7	71t	23	6.3	27	7.4	145	2674	68.1
Opponents Totals	335	144	43.0	161	2084	6.2	14.5		16	4.8	30	9.0	273	1811	42.4

RECEIVING	REC	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Tom Fears	77	1013	13.2	51t	9			0
Bob Shaw	29	535	18.4	71t	6
Elroy Hirsch	22	326	14.8	48t	4
Dick Hoerner	17	213	12.5	39	0		0
Fred Gehrke	9	140	15.6	42	2			0
Jerry Williams	7	102	14.6	42	0
Tank Younger	7	119	17.0	33	0		0
Vitamin Smith	5	63	12.6	24	1		0
Tom Keane	4	70	17.5	44	0			0
Don Currivan	3	78	26.0	40t	1			0
Frank Hubbell	3	32	10.7	13	0	0	0	0
Jack Zilly	3	35	11.7	14	0	0	0	0
Dick Huffman	2	36	18.0	23	0	1	0	0
Tommy Kalmanir	2	36	18.0	23	0	1	0
Bill Smyth	2	21	10.5	14	0	0	0	0
Team Totals	192	2819	14.7	71t	23
Opponents Totals	144	2084	14.5		16

INTERCEPTIONS	INT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
George Sims	9	78	8.7	27	1
Jerry Williams	5	42	8.4	25t	1
Don Currivan	5	31	6.2	16	0
Gerry Cowhig	4	62	15.5	26	1
Elroy Hirsch	2	55	27.5	32	0
Mike Lazetich	2	47	23.5	29	0
Don Paul	2	23	11.5	19	0
Frank Hubbell	1	21	21.0	21t	1
Team Totals	30	359	12.0	32	4
Opponents Totals	27	229	8.5		1

PUNTING	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	BL	RYDS	NET
Bob Waterfield	49	2177	44.4	61	1
Norm Van Brocklin	2	91	45.5	46	0
Dick Hoerner	1	43	43.0	43	0
Team Totals	52	2311	44.4	61	1	215	40.3
Opponents Totals	68	3005	44.2			624	34.2

PUNT RETURNS	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Vitamin Smith	27	427	15.8	85	1
Tommy Kalmanir	14	164	11.7	62t	1
Jerry Williams	2	33	16.5	20	0
Team Totals	43	624	14.5	85	2
Opponents Totals	26	215	8.3		0

KICKOFF RETURNS	NO	YDS	AVG	LG
Tommy Kalmanir	18	403	22.4	57
Vitamin Smith	13	235	18.1	31
Don Paul	2	32	16.0	20
Gerry Cowhig	2	20	10.0	10
Hal Dean	1	0	0.0	0
Jack Zilly	1	0	0.0	0
Team Totals	37	690	18.6	57
Opponents Totals	55	1144	20.8

FUMBLES	NO	LOST	OWN	OPP	REC	YDS	TD
Bob Agler	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Gil Bouley	0	0	0	4	4	19	0
Larry Brink	0	0	0	2	2	0	0
Elroy Hirsch	4		0	0	0	0	0
Dick Hoerner	7		1	0	1	0	0
Frank Hubbell	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Dick Huffman	0	0	2	0	2	0	0
Tommy Kalmanir	1		0	0	0	0	0
Mike Lazetich	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Jack Martin	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Don Paul	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Bob Shaw	1		0	0	0	0	0
George Sims	1		0	0	0	0	0
Vitamin Smith	3		1	0	1	0	0
Bill Smyth	0	0	0	2	2	0	0
Al Sparkman	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Norm Van Brocklin	2		1	0	1	0	0
Bob Waterfield	4		3	0	3	0	0
Jerry Williams	2		1	1	2	0	0
Ray Yagiello	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Tank Younger	4		2	0	2	0	0
Jack Zilly	0	0	0	2	2	0	0
Team Totals	29	18	11	18	29	19	0
Opponents Totals	30	18	12	18	30		1

Red Hickey	Ends
Joe Stydahar	Line
George Trafton	Assistant Coach