1951 Los Angeles Rams (NFL) Scores, Roster, Stats , Coaches, Draft

SCORES
Day	Date		Opponent	Result			Location	Venue	Attendance
Fri	8/3/1951	A	Eleventh Naval District	55	2	W	San Diego, CA	Balboa Stadium	20000
Wed	8/15/1951	H	Washington Redskins	58	14	W	Los Angeles, CA	Memorial Coliseum	91985
Thu	8/23/1951	H	Chicago Bears	42	14	W	Los Angeles, CA	Memorial Coliseum	65134
Sat	9/1/1951	N	Philadelphia Eagles	31	26	W	Little Rock, AR	War Memorial Stadium	27000
Sat	9/8/1951	N	Chicago Cardinals	21	36	L	Salt Lake City, UT	Utah Stadium	18000
Fri	9/14/1951	A	Cleveland Browns	6	7	L	Cleveland, OH	Cleveland Stadium	38851
Thu	9/20/1951	A	New York Giants	23	21	W	New York, NY	Polo Grounds	27912
Fri	9/28/1951	A	New York Yanks	54	14	W	Los Angeles, CA	Memorial Coliseum	30315
Sun	10/7/1951	H	Cleveland Browns	23	38	L	Los Angeles, CA	Memorial Coliseum	67186
Sun	10/14/1951	A	Detroit Lions	27	21	W	Detroit, MI	Briggs Stadium	50567
Sun	10/21/1951	A	Green Bay Packers	28	0	W	West Allis, WI	Wisconsin State Fair Park	21393
Sun	10/28/1951	A	San Francisco 49ers	17	44	L	San Francisco, CA	Kezar Stadium	51987
Sun	11/4/1951	H	San Francisco 49ers	23	16	W	Los Angeles, CA	Memorial Coliseum	54346
Sun	11/11/1951	H	Chicago Cardinals	45	21	W	Los Angeles, CA	Memorial Coliseum	29995
Sun	11/18/1951	H	New York Yanks	48	21	W	Los Angeles, CA	Memorial Coliseum	34717
Sun	11/25/1951	A	Washington Redskins	21	31	L	Washington, DC	Griffith Stadium	26307
Sun	12/2/1951	A	Chicago Bears	42	17	W	Chicago, IL	Wrigley Field	50286
Sun	12/9/1951	H	Detroit Lions	22	24	L	Los Angeles, CA	Memorial Coliseum	52937
Sun	12/16/1951	H	Green Bay Packers	42	14	W	Los Angeles, CA	Memorial Coliseum	23698
League Championship
Sun	12/23/1951	H	Cleveland Browns	24	17	W	Los Angeles, CA	Memorial Coliseum	57540

Schedule Notes
9/28/1951	New York Yanks	Moved from New York, NY

ROSTER
Player	No	Pos	Ht	Wt	Age	College	GP	GS
Bob Boyd	80	RS-LDH-OE	6-2	201	23	Compton JC; Loyola Marymount	12	5
Larry Brink	63	LDE	6-5	235	28	Northern Illinois	12	12
Bobby Collier	72	ROT-DE	6-3	230	22	Southern Methodist	11	0
Tom Dahms	71	ROT	6-5	242	24	San Diego State	12	12
Dick Daugherty	67	LOG	6-1	219	22	Colgate; Oregon	12	12
Glenn Davis	41	LOH	5-11	171	27	Army	11	4
Tom Fears	55	LOE-K	6-2	213	29	Santa Clara; UCLA	8	8
Jack Finlay	58	RDT-LOG	6-1	217	30	UCLA	10	0
Jack Halliday	73	RDT	6-3	238	23	Southern Methodist	12	12
Norb Hecker	88	LS-LOE	6-2	193	24	Baldwin-Wallace	10	10
Elroy Hirsch	40	ROE-LOH	6-1	190	28	Wisconsin; Michigan	12	12
Dick Hoerner	31	FB	6-4	220	29	Iowa	12	9
Marv Johnson	27	LS-LOH	5-11	183	24	San Jose State	5	2
Tommy Kalmanir	24	ROH	5-8	171	25	Pittsburgh; Nevada-Reno	9	0
Tom Keane	10	LOE-LDH	6-1	192	25	Ohio State; West Virginia	10	3
Bill Lange	26	ROG	6-1	239	23	Dayton	11	10
Woodley Lewis	30	RDH	6-0	193	26	Los Angeles CC; Oregon	12	12
Leon McLaughlin	50	C	6-2	228	26	UCLA	12	12
Don Paul	57	RLB	6-1	228	26	UCLA	12	12
Joe Reid	52	LB	6-3	225	22	Louisiana State	11	0
Herb Rich	42	RS	5-11	181	23	Vanderbilt	7	7
Andy Robustelli	84	RDE	6-1	230	26	Arnold	11	8
Don Simensen	76	LOT	6-2	220	25	St. Thomas (Minnesota)	12	11
Vitamin Smith	77	ROH	5-8	179	28	Abilene Christian	12	9
Harry Thompson	44	ROG-RDE	6-2	225	25	Los Angeles CC; UCLA	12	3
Charley Toogood	70	LOT-RDT	6-0	232	24	Nebraska	9	1
Dan Towler	32	FB-LOH	6-2	225	23	Washington & Jefferson	12	6
Norm Van Brocklin	25	QB-P	6-1	199	25	Oregon	12	2
Bob Waterfield	7	QB-K	6-1	196	31	UCLA	11	10
Stan West	11	MG	6-2	239	25	Oklahoma	12	12
Jerry Williams	33	LDH-LOH	5-10	175	28	Idaho; Washington State	11	11
Jim Winkler	78	LDT	6-2	250	24	Texas A&M	12	12
Tank Younger	13	LB-ROH	6-3	225	23	Grambling State	12	12
Jack Zilly	56	RDE	6-2	212	30	Notre Dame	4	4

DRAFT LIST
Round	Overall	Player	Pos	College
1	11	Bud McFadin	G	Texas
2	24	Herb Rich	B	Vanderbilt
3	35	Charley Toogood	T	Nebraska
4	48	George Kinek	B	Tulane
5	59	Tony Momsen	C	Michigan
6	72	Norb Hecker	E	Baldwin-Wallace
7	83	Alan Egler	B	Colgate
8	96	Hugo Primiani	T	Boston University
9	107	Nolan Lang	B	Oklahoma
10	121	Roland Kirkby	B	Washington
11	132	John Natyshak	B	Tampa
12	145	Don Hardey	B	Pacific
13	156	Joe Reid	C	Louisiana State
14	169	Bob McCoy	B	Georgia Tech
15	180	Odie Posey	B	Southern University
16	193	Billy Robertson	E	Memphis
17	204	Hal Riley	E	Baylor
18	217	Dick Daugherty	G	Oregon
19	228	Andy Robustelli	E	Arnold
20	241	Jim Nutter	B	Wichita State
21	252	Earl Stelle	B	Oregon
22	265	Billy Baggett	B	Louisiana State
23	276	Deane Thomas	T	Michigan State
24	289	Harry Abeltin	T	Colgate
25	300	Jackie Calvert	T	Clemson
26	313	Howie Ruetz	T	Loras
27	324	Al Brosky	B	Illinois
28	337	Sterling Wingo	B	Virginia Tech
29	348	Earl Jackson	B	Texas Tech
30	361	Alvin Hanley	B	Kentucky State

SCORING BY QUARTERS	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	PTS
Team Totals	105	71	94	122	392
Opponents Totals	55	108	44	54	261

TEAM STATS	TOP	1st Downs	FDR	FDP	FDX	3rd Down Efficiency	4th Down Efficiency	PEN	PENY
Team Totals		272	114	130	28	/ %	/ %	94	813
Opponents Totals		231	125	84	22	/ %	/ %	107	1028

SCORING	TD	X1	X1A	PCT	FG	FGA	PCT	PTS
Elroy Hirsch	17	0	1	0.0	0	0		102
Bob Waterfield	3	41	43	95.3	13	23	56.5	98
Dick Hoerner	7	0	0		0	0		42
Dan Towler	6	0	0		0	0		36
Jerry Williams	4	0	0		0	0		24
Tom Fears	3	6	7	85.7	0	0		24
Glenn Davis	2	0	0		0	0		12
Tommy Kalmanir	2	0	0		0	0		12
Vitamin Smith	2	0	0		0	0		12
Norm Van Brocklin	2	0	0		0	0		12
Bob Boyd	1	0	0		0	0		6
Norb Hecker	1	0	0		0	1	0.0	6
Tank Younger	1	0	0		0	0		6
Team Totals	51	47	51	92.2	13	24	54.2	392
Opponents Totals	35	33	35	94.3	6	12	50.0	261

FIELD GOALS	MADE	ATT	PCT	BL	LG	1-19	20-29	30-39	40-49	50+
Bob Waterfield	13	23	56.5	3	47	1/4	5/7	4/7	3/5	0/0
Norb Hecker	0	1	0.0	0		0/1	0/0	0/0	0/0	0/0
Team Totals	13	24	54.2	3	47	1/5	5/7	4/7	3/5	0/0
Opponents Totals	6	12	50.0			1/	3/	1/	1/	0/

RUSHING	ATT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Dan Towler	126	854	6.8	79t	6
Dick Hoerner	94	569	6.1	43t	6
Tank Younger	36	223	6.2	24	1
Glenn Davis	64	200	3.1	23	1
Vitamin Smith	52	143	2.8	31t	1
Jerry Williams	21	106	5.0	32	2
Tommy Kalmanir	16	61	3.8	23	0
Bob Waterfield	9	49	5.4	25	3
Elroy Hirsch	1	3	3.0	3	0
Norm Van Brocklin	7	2	0.3	4	2
Team Totals	426	2210	5.2	79t	22
Opponents Totals	478	2206	4.6		17

PASSING	ATT	COM	PCT	INC	YDS	Y/ATT	Y/COM	LG	TD	TD%	INT	INT%	TS	YL	NYP	RTG
Bob Waterfield	176	88	50.0	78	1566	8.9	17.8	91t	13	7.4	10	5.7		37	1529	81.8
Norm Van Brocklin	194	100	51.5	83	1725	8.9	17.3	81t	13	6.7	11	5.7		60	1665	80.8
Glenn Davis	2	1	50.0	1	5	2.5	5.0	5	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0	5	56.3
Tom Keane	1	0	0.0	0	0	0.0			0	0.0	1	100.0	0	0	0	0.0
Team Totals	373	189	50.7	162	3296	8.8	17.4	91t	26	7.0	22	5.9		97	3199	79.8
Opponents Totals	329	140	42.6	170	1992	6.1	14.2		13	4.0	19	5.8		319	1673	51.9

RECEIVING	REC	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Elroy Hirsch	66	1495	22.7	91t	17
Tom Fears	32	528	16.5	54	3
Vitamin Smith	16	278	17.4	67t	1
Dan Towler	16	257	16.1	46	0
Tom Keane	12	133	11.1	21	0
Bob Boyd	9	128	14.2	28t	1
Dick Hoerner	8	102	12.8	21	1
Glenn Davis	8	90	11.3	21	1
Tommy Kalmanir	6	91	15.2	38t	1
Tank Younger	5	72	14.4	52	0
Jerry Williams	5	49	9.8	13	0
Norb Hecker	4	35	8.8	20t	1
Marv Johnson	2	38	19.0	28	0
Team Totals	189	3296	17.4	91t	26
Opponents Totals	140	1992	14.2		13

INTERCEPTIONS	INT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Norb Hecker	3	74	24.7	36	0
Jerry Williams	3	53	17.7	21	1
Woodley Lewis	3	34	11.3	20	0
Herb Rich	3	11	3.7	6	0
Bob Boyd	2	3	1.5	3	0
Tom Keane	2	2	1.0	2	0
Don Paul	1	16	16.0	16	0
Charley Toogood	1	0	0.0	0	0
Tank Younger	1	0	0.0	0	0
Team Totals	19	193	10.2	36	1
Opponents Totals	22	313	14.2		1

PUNTING	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	BL	RYDS	NET
Norm Van Brocklin	48	1992	41.5	62	1
Bob Waterfield	4	166	41.5	52	0
Team Totals	52	2158	41.5	62	1	365	34.5
Opponents Totals	75	3064	40.9			344

PUNT RETURNS	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Vitamin Smith	12	139	11.6	37	0
Glenn Davis	15	85	5.7	31	0
Tommy Kalmanir	5	86	17.2	67t	1
Jerry Williams	4	22	5.5	11	0
Woodley Lewis	1	12	12.0	12	0
Team Totals	37	344	9.3	67t	1
Opponents Totals	33	365	11.1		3

KICKOFF RETURNS	NO	YDS	AVG	LG
Glenn Davis	9	179	19.9	33
Vitamin Smith	15	274	18.3	36
Jerry Williams	6	133	22.2	28
Tommy Kalmanir	6	120	20.0	32
Woodley Lewis	4	67	16.8	24
Dick Hoerner	1	22	22.0	22
Don Simensen	1	13	13.0	13
Dan Towler	1	10	10.0	10
Bobby Collier	1	8	8.0	8
Team Totals	44	826	18.8	36
Opponents Totals	54	1478	27.4

FUMBLES	NO	LOST	OWN	OPP	REC	YDS	TD
Larry Brink	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Bobby Collier	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Dick Daugherty	0	0	2	2	4	0	0
Glenn Davis	3		2	0	2	12	0
Elroy Hirsch	0	0	1	0	1	3	0
Dick Hoerner	5		0	0	0	0	0
Marv Johnson	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Tommy Kalmanir	0	0	1	0	1	10	0
Woodley Lewis	0	0	0	1	1	6	0
Joe Reid	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Herb Rich	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Andy Robustelli	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Vitamin Smith	2		0	0	0	0	0
Dan Towler	7		0	0	0	0	0
Norm Van Brocklin	3		0	0	0	0	0
Bob Waterfield	2		1	0	1	0	0
Jim Winkler	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Team Totals	22	15	7	10	17	31	0
Opponents Totals	26	10	16	15	31		2

Red Hickey	Ends
Eddie Kotal	Backfield Assistant
Hamp Pool	Backfield
Ray Richards	Line