1953 Los Angeles Rams (NFL) |
| 3rd place • Western Conference • 8-3-1 .727 |
| Head Coach: Hamp Pool |
| Bill Battles | Line |
| Red Hickey | Ends |
| Eddie Kotal | Assistant Backfield |
| John Sauer | Backfield |
| SCORES | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Day | Date | Opponent | Score | Location | Venue | Attendance | |||
| Sat | 8/1/1953 | H | Fort Ord | 24-0 | W | Long Beach, CA | Veterans Memorial Stadium | 12370 | |
| Fri | 8/7/1953 | A | Eleventh Naval District | 72-19 | W | San Diego, CA | Balboa Stadium | 18000 | |
| Wed | 8/19/1953 | H | Washington Redskins | 20-7 | W | Los Angeles, CA | Memorial Coliseum | 82678 | |
| Fri | 8/28/1953 | H | Cleveland Browns | 27-9 | W | Los Angeles, CA | Memorial Coliseum | 21440 | |
| Thu | 9/3/1953 | H | San Francisco 49ers | 35-10 | W | Los Angeles, CA | Memorial Coliseum | 30816 | |
| Mon | 9/7/1953 | N | Chicago Cardinals | 10-23 | L | Portland, OR | Multnomah Stadium | 26210 | |
| Sat | 9/12/1953 | N | Philadelphia Eagles | 17-28 | L | Little Rock, AR | War Memorial Stadium | 44300 | |
| Sun | 9/20/1953 | A | Pittsburgh Steelers | 49-6 | W | Pittsburgh, PA | Forbes Field | 27274 | |
| Sun | 9/27/1953 | H | New York Giants | 21-7 | W | Los Angeles, CA | Memorial Coliseum | 49579 | |
| Sun | 10/4/1953 | A | San Francisco 49ers | 30-31 | L | San Francisco, CA | Kezar Stadium | 43922 | |
| Sun | 10/11/1953 | A | Green Bay Packers | 38-20 | W | Milwaukee, WI | County Stadium | 23352 | |
| Sun | 10/18/1953 | A | Detroit Lions | 31-19 | W | Detroit, MI | Briggs Stadium | 55772 | |
| Sun | 10/25/1953 | H | Chicago Bears | 38-24 | W | Los Angeles, CA | Memorial Coliseum | 49546 | |
| Sun | 11/1/1953 | H | Detroit Lions | 37-24 | W | Los Angeles, CA | Memorial Coliseum | 93751 | |
| Sun | 11/8/1953 | H | San Francisco 49ers | 27-31 | L | Los Angeles, CA | Memorial Coliseum | 85505 | |
| Sun | 11/15/1953 | A | Chicago Cardinals | 24-24 | T | Chicago, IL | Comiskey Park | 26674 | |
| Sun | 11/22/1953 | A | Baltimore Colts | 21-13 | W | Baltimore, MD | Memorial Stadium | 27268 | |
| Sun | 11/29/1953 | A | Chicago Bears | 21-24 | L | Chicago, IL | Wrigley Field | 31626 | |
| Sat | 12/5/1953 | H | Baltimore Colts | 45-2 | W | Los Angeles, CA | Memorial Coliseum | 26696 | |
| Sat | 12/12/1953 | H | Green Bay Packers | 33-17 | W | Los Angeles, CA | Memorial Coliseum | 23069 | |
Exhibition game. Playoff game. A=Away game. H=Home game. N=Neutral site game. W=Win. L=Loss. T=Tie. OT=Overtime.
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| ROSTER | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | No | Pos | Ht | Wt | Age | College | GP | GS |
| Ben Agajanian | 3 | K | 6-0 | 195 | 34 | Compton JC; New Mexico | 10 | 0 |
| Bob Boyd | 82 | ROE-LOE | 6-2 | 201 | 25 | Compton JC; Loyola Marymount | 12 | 6 |
| Larry Brink | 83 | LDE | 6-5 | 235 | 30 | Northern Illinois | 12 | 12 |
| Rudy Bukich | 10 | QB | 6-1 | 202 | 23 | Iowa; Southern California | 9 | 0 |
| Tom Dahms | 71 | ROT | 6-5 | 242 | 26 | San Diego State | 12 | 12 |
| Dick Daugherty | 67 | ROG | 6-1 | 219 | 24 | Colgate; Oregon | 12 | 7 |
| Jack Dwyer | 29 | LDH | 5-11 | 175 | 26 | Los Angeles CC; Loyola Marymount | 12 | 12 |
| Tom Fears | 80 | LOE | 6-2 | 213 | 31 | Santa Clara; UCLA | 7 | 5 |
| Neil Ferris | 22 | RS | 5-11 | 181 | 26 | Loyola Marymount | 4 | 0 |
| Bob Fry | 72 | LOT | 6-4 | 235 | 23 | Kentucky | 12 | 12 |
| Frank Fuller | 79 | RDT | 6-4 | 244 | 24 | Kentucky | 10 | 10 |
| Bob Griffin | 58 | LLB | 6-3 | 235 | 24 | Arkansas | 2 | 2 |
| Norb Hecker | 88 | LS-LOH | 6-2 | 193 | 26 | Baldwin-Wallace | 12 | 11 |
| Elroy Hirsch | 40 | ROE-LOE | 6-1 | 190 | 30 | Wisconsin; Michigan | 12 | 12 |
| John Hock | 63 | LOG-ROG | 6-2 | 230 | 26 | Santa Clara | 11 | 1 |
| Dick Lane | 81 | RDH | 6-1 | 194 | 24 | Western Nebraska CC | 11 | 11 |
| Woodley Lewis | 20 | RS-LS-RDH-LOH | 6-0 | 193 | 28 | Los Angeles CC; Oregon | 11 | 6 |
| Gene Lipscomb | 85 | LDE | 6-6 | 284 | 22 | none | 2 | 1 |
| Tom McCormick | 23 | ROH | 5-11 | 185 | 23 | Menlo; Pacific | 11 | 8 |
| Bud McFadin | 62 | ROG-MG | 6-3 | 260 | 25 | Texas | 8 | 5 |
| Leon McLaughlin | 50 | C | 6-2 | 228 | 28 | UCLA | 12 | 12 |
| Brad Myers | 27 | LOH | 6-1 | 197 | 24 | Bucknell | 12 | 1 |
| Don Paul | 57 | RLB | 6-1 | 228 | 28 | UCLA | 10 | 10 |
| Duane Putnam | 61 | LOG | 6-0 | 228 | 25 | Pacific | 9 | 9 |
| Skeet Quinlan | 21 | LOH | 5-11 | 173 | 25 | Texas Christian; San Diego State | 12 | 11 |
| Herb Rich | 42 | RS | 5-11 | 181 | 25 | Vanderbilt | 8 | 8 |
| Andy Robustelli | 84 | RDE | 6-1 | 230 | 28 | Arnold | 12 | 12 |
| Vitamin Smith | 47 | ROH | 5-8 | 179 | 30 | Abilene Christian | 11 | 4 |
| Harland Svare | 65 | LLB | 6-0 | 214 | 23 | Washington State | 10 | 10 |
| Len Teeuws | 74 | RDT-LDT-ROG | 6-4 | 242 | 26 | Michigan State; Tulane | 12 | 2 |
| Harry Thompson | 66 | ROG | 6-2 | 225 | 27 | Los Angeles CC; UCLA | 8 | 4 |
| Charley Toogood | 70 | LDT | 6-0 | 232 | 26 | Nebraska | 12 | 12 |
| Dan Towler | 32 | FB-LOH | 6-2 | 225 | 25 | Washington & Jefferson | 12 | 9 |
| Norm Van Brocklin | 11 | QB-P | 6-1 | 199 | 27 | Oregon | 12 | 12 |
| Stan West | 64 | MG | 6-2 | 239 | 27 | Oklahoma | 12 | 9 |
| Tank Younger | 35 | FB-RLB | 6-3 | 225 | 25 | Grambling State | 12 | 5 |
| DRAFT LIST | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Round | Overall | Player | Pos | College |
| 1 | 9 | Donn Moomaw | C | UCLA |
| 1 | 12 | Ed Barker | E | Washington State |
| 2 | 24 | Rudy Bukich | B | Southern California |
| 3 | 36 | Bob Fry | T | Kentucky |
| 4 | 49 | Willie Roberts | E | Tulsa |
| 5 | 61 | Tom Scott | E | Virginia |
| 6 | 65 | Paul Miller | T | Louisiana State |
| 6 | 73 | Howie Waugh | B | Tulsa |
| 7 | 85 | Bobby Reynolds | B | Nebraska |
| 8 | 97 | Bob Morgan | T | Maryland |
| 9 | 109 | Brad Myers | B | Bucknell |
| 10 | 121 | Mickey Lakos | B | Vanderbilt |
| 11 | 133 | Jim Bailey | B | Miami (Ohio) |
| 12 | 145 | Chuck Doud | G | UCLA |
| 13 | 157 | Andy Matto | T | Cincinnati |
| 14 | 169 | Frank James | G | Houston |
| 15 | 181 | Tom Carroll | B | Oklahoma |
| 16 | 193 | Ken DeLoe | T | Mississippi |
| 17 | 205 | Harland Svare | E | Washington State |
| 18 | 217 | Lew Jones | T | Wabash |
| 19 | 229 | Jack Ellena | T | UCLA |
| 20 | 241 | Bob Morford | B | College of Idaho |
| 21 | 253 | Dick Gordon | T | Toledo |
| 22 | 265 | George Porter | T | Texas State |
| 23 | 277 | Larry Willoughby | B | Fresno State |
| 24 | 289 | Marlow Gudmundson | B | North Dakota State |
| 25 | 301 | Ed Clemens | C | Dayton |
| 26 | 313 | Louie Yourkowski | T | Washington |
| 27 | 325 | Lou Welsh | C | Southern California |
| 28 | 337 | Jim Murray | E | Montana |
| 29 | 349 | Ray Lewis | E | Boise JC |
| 30 | 360 | Fritz Phren | B | College of the Ozarks |
| SCORING BY QUARTERS | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 77 | 108 | 101 | 80 | 366 |
| Opponents Totals | 58 | 71 | 40 | 67 | 236 |
| TEAM STATS | TOP | 1st Downs | FDR | FDP | FDX | 3rd Down Efficiency | 4th Down Efficiency | PEN | PENY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 214 | 105 | 104 | 5 | / % | / % | 73 | 597 | |
| Opponents Totals | 194 | 91 | 92 | 11 | / % | / % | 51 | 465 |
| SCORING | TD | X1 | X1A | PCT | FG | FGA | PCT | SAF | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ben Agajanian | 0 | 36 | 37 | 97.3 | 10 | 24 | 41.7 | 0 | 66 |
| Tank Younger | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 54 | ||
| Dan Towler | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 48 | ||
| Skeet Quinlan | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | ||
| Tom Fears | 4 | 5 | 6 | 83.3 | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 32 |
| Elroy Hirsch | 4 | 4 | 5 | 80.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 28 | |
| Bob Boyd | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | ||
| Brad Myers | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||
| Vitamin Smith | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||
| Dick Lane | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Woodley Lewis | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Rudy Bukich | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Jack Dwyer | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Herb Rich | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Team Totals | 48 | 45 | 48 | 93.8 | 11 | 25 | 44.0 | 0 | 366 |
| Opponents Totals | 29 | 27 | 29 | 93.1 | 11 | 23 | 47.8 | 1 | 236 |
| FIELD GOALS | MADE | ATT | PCT | BL | LG | 1-19 | 20-29 | 30-39 | 40-49 | 50+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ben Agajanian | 10 | 24 | 41.7 | 0 | 47 | 5/16 | 3/4 | 1/3 | 1/1 | 0/0 |
| Tom Fears | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 10 | 1/1 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 |
| Team Totals | 11 | 25 | 44.0 | 0 | 47 | 6/17 | 3/4 | 1/3 | 1/1 | 0/0 |
| Opponents Totals | 11 | 23 | 47.8 | 4/ | 1/ | 4/ | 2/ | 0/ |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dan Towler | 152 | 879 | 5.8 | 73t | 7 |
| Skeet Quinlan | 97 | 705 | 7.3 | 74t | 4 |
| Tank Younger | 84 | 350 | 4.2 | 39t | 8 |
| Brad Myers | 40 | 124 | 3.1 | 31t | 3 |
| Tom McCormick | 20 | 29 | 1.5 | 8 | 0 |
| Rudy Bukich | 14 | 28 | 2.0 | 17 | 1 |
| Vitamin Smith | 8 | 26 | 3.3 | 21 | 0 |
| Norm Van Brocklin | 8 | 11 | 1.4 | 6 | 0 |
| Woodley Lewis | 2 | 2 | 1.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Elroy Hirsch | 1 | -6 | -6.0 | -6 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 426 | 2148 | 5.0 | 74t | 23 |
| Opponents Totals | 375 | 1570 | 4.2 | 10 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INC | YDS | Y/ATT | Y/COM | LG | TD | TD% | INT | INT% | TS | YL | NYP | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Norm Van Brocklin | 286 | 156 | 54.5 | 116 | 2393 | 8.4 | 15.3 | 70t | 19 | 6.6 | 14 | 4.9 | 61 | 2332 | 84.1 | |
| Rudy Bukich | 32 | 14 | 43.8 | 15 | 169 | 5.3 | 12.1 | 30 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 9.4 | 46 | 123 | 21.5 | |
| Skeet Quinlan | 4 | 2 | 50.0 | 1 | 60 | 15.0 | 30.0 | 40 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 25.0 | 0 | 0 | 60 | 56.3 |
| Vitamin Smith | 2 | 1 | 50.0 | 1 | 50 | 25.0 | 50.0 | 50 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 50 | 95.8 |
| Team Totals | 324 | 173 | 53.4 | 133 | 2672 | 8.2 | 15.4 | 70t | 19 | 5.9 | 18 | 5.6 | 107 | 2565 | 77.3 | |
| Opponents Totals | 366 | 161 | 44.0 | 175 | 2181 | 6.0 | 13.5 | 80t | 15 | 4.1 | 30 | 8.2 | 299 | 1882 | 43.1 |
| RECEIVING | REC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Elroy Hirsch | 61 | 941 | 15.4 | 70 | 4 |
| Bob Boyd | 24 | 548 | 22.8 | 70t | 4 |
| Tom Fears | 23 | 278 | 12.1 | 31 | 4 |
| Tank Younger | 20 | 259 | 13.0 | 48 | 1 |
| Skeet Quinlan | 17 | 260 | 15.3 | 59t | 2 |
| Dan Towler | 11 | 125 | 11.4 | 49 | 1 |
| Vitamin Smith | 6 | 151 | 25.2 | 54t | 3 |
| Tom McCormick | 5 | 72 | 14.4 | 20 | 0 |
| Brad Myers | 4 | 13 | 3.3 | 9 | 0 |
| Norb Hecker | 2 | 25 | 12.5 | 16 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 173 | 2672 | 15.4 | 70t | 19 |
| Opponents Totals | 161 | 2181 | 13.5 | 80t | 15 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Norb Hecker | 7 | 91 | 13.0 | 24 | 0 |
| Woodley Lewis | 7 | 87 | 12.4 | 45t | 1 |
| Herb Rich | 3 | 95 | 31.7 | 53t | 1 |
| Don Paul | 3 | 50 | 16.7 | 32 | 0 |
| Dick Lane | 3 | 9 | 3.0 | 8 | 0 |
| Jack Dwyer | 2 | 31 | 15.5 | 31t | 1 |
| Bob Boyd | 1 | 35 | 35.0 | 35 | 0 |
| Stan West | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 |
| Harland Svare | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Bud McFadin | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Charley Toogood | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 30 | 417 | 13.9 | 53t | 3 |
| Opponents Totals | 18 | 373 | 20.7 | 2 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL | TB | I20 | RYDS | NYDS | NET |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Norm Van Brocklin | 60 | 2529 | 42.2 | 57 | 0 | 356 | ||||
| Team Totals | 60 | 2529 | 42.2 | 57 | 0 | 356 | 36.2 | |||
| Opponents Totals | 75 | 3036 | 40.5 | 326 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Woodley Lewis | 35 | 267 | 7.6 | 78t | 1 | |
| Vitamin Smith | 12 | 30 | 2.5 | 21 | 0 | |
| Bob Boyd | 5 | 26 | 5.2 | 13 | 0 | |
| Tom McCormick | 2 | 2 | 1.0 | 2 | 0 | |
| Brad Myers | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 55 | 326 | 5.9 | 78t | 1 | |
| Opponents Totals | 45 | 356 | 7.9 | 0 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Woodley Lewis | 32 | 830 | 25.9 | 69 | 0 | |
| Tom McCormick | 5 | 134 | 26.8 | 44 | 0 | |
| Bob Boyd | 3 | 42 | 14.0 | 21 | 0 | |
| Vitamin Smith | 2 | 44 | 22.0 | 26 | 0 | |
| Skeet Quinlan | 2 | 38 | 19.0 | 22 | 0 | |
| Tank Younger | 1 | 24 | 24.0 | 24 | 0 | |
| Charley Toogood | 1 | 19 | 19.0 | 19 | 0 | |
| Bud McFadin | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 | |
| Harry Thompson | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 48 | 1136 | 23.7 | 69 | 0 | |
| Opponents Totals | 59 | 1600 | 27.1 | 0 |
| FUMBLES | NO | LOST | OWN | OPP | REC | YDS | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bob Boyd | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 0 |
| Larry Brink | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Rudy Bukich | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tom Dahms | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Tom Fears | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Elroy Hirsch | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Dick Lane | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 26 | 1 |
| Woodley Lewis | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Gene Lipscomb | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Tom McCormick | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bud McFadin | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Brad Myers | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Don Paul | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Skeet Quinlan | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Herb Rich | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Andy Robustelli | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Vitamin Smith | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Harry Thompson | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Charley Toogood | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 21 | 0 | |
| Dan Towler | 6 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Norm Van Brocklin | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tank Younger | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 32 | 22 | 10 | 13 | 23 | 55 | 1 |
| Opponents Totals | 22 | 13 | 9 | 22 | 31 | 1 |
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