1955 Los Angeles Rams (NFL) |
| 1st place Western Conference 8-3-1 .727 |
| Playoff Statistics |
| Head Coach: Sid Gillman |
| Jack Faulkner | Backfield |
| Joe Madro | Offensive Line |
| Lowell Storm | Ends |
| Joe Thomas | Defensive Line |
| SCORES | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Day | Date | Opponent | Score | Location | Venue | Attendance | |||
| Sat | 7/30/1955 | H | Fort Ord | 44-17 | W | Long Beach, CA | Veterans Memorial Stadium | 10333 | |
| Sat | 8/6/1955 | N | Pittsburgh Steelers | 35-24 | W | Portland, OR | Multnomah Stadium | 20942 | |
| Wed | 8/17/1955 | H | Washington Redskins | 28-31 | L | Los Angeles, CA | Memorial Coliseum | 77935 | |
| Sun | 8/28/1955 | N | New York Giants | 23-17 | W | OT | Portland, OR | Multnomah Stadium | 22222 |
| Fri | 9/2/1955 | H | Cleveland Browns | 38-21 | W | Los Angeles, CA | Memorial Coliseum | 35498 | |
| Fri | 9/9/1955 | H | San Francisco 49ers | 10-31 | L | Los Angeles, CA | Memorial Coliseum | 65633 | |
| Sat | 9/17/1955 | N | Philadelphia Eagles | 21-35 | L | Denver, CO | University of Denver Stadium | 12500 | |
| Sun | 9/25/1955 | A | San Francisco 49ers | 23-14 | W | San Francisco, CA | Kezar Stadium | 58772 | |
| Sun | 10/2/1955 | H | Pittsburgh Steelers | 27-26 | W | Los Angeles, CA | Memorial Coliseum | 45816 | |
| Sun | 10/9/1955 | A | Detroit Lions | 17-10 | W | Detroit, MI | Briggs Stadium | 54836 | |
| Sun | 10/16/1955 | A | Green Bay Packers | 28-30 | L | Milwaukee, WI | County Stadium | 26960 | |
| Sun | 10/23/1955 | H | Detroit Lions | 24-13 | W | Los Angeles, CA | Memorial Coliseum | 68690 | |
| Sun | 10/30/1955 | H | Chicago Bears | 20-31 | L | Los Angeles, CA | Memorial Coliseum | 69587 | |
| Sun | 11/6/1955 | H | San Francisco 49ers | 27-14 | W | Los Angeles, CA | Memorial Coliseum | 71832 | |
| Sun | 11/13/1955 | A | Chicago Bears | 3-24 | L | Chicago, IL | Wrigley Field | 50187 | |
| Sun | 11/20/1955 | A | Baltimore Colts | 17-17 | T | Baltimore, MD | Memorial Stadium | 41146 | |
| Sun | 11/27/1955 | A | Philadelphia Eagles | 23-21 | W | Philadelphia, PA | Connie Mack Stadium | 31648 | |
| Sun | 12/4/1955 | H | Baltimore Colts | 20-14 | W | Los Angeles, CA | Memorial Coliseum | 37024 | |
| Sun | 12/11/1955 | H | Green Bay Packers | 31-17 | W | Los Angeles, CA | Memorial Coliseum | 90535 | |
| League Championship | |||||||||
| Mon | 12/26/1955 | H | Cleveland Browns | 14-38 | L | Los Angeles, CA | Memorial Coliseum | 58346 | |
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 | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No | Player | Pos | Ht | Wt | Age | College | GP | GS |
| 86 | Jack Bighead | LOE | 6-3 | 215 | 25 | Pepperdine | 2 | 0 |
| 82 | Bob Boyd | ROE-LOE | 6-2 | 201 | 27 | Compton JC; Loyola Marymount | 7 | 6 |
| 25 | Don Burroughs | LS | 6-4 | 185 | 24 | Pasadena CC; Ventura JC; Colorado State | 12 | 12 |
| 41 | Jim Cason | LDH-RDH-RS | 6-0 | 171 | 28 | Louisiana State | 12 | 8 |
| 73 | Bobby Cross | LOT | 6-4 | 248 | 24 | Kilgore JC; Stephen F. Austin State | 12 | 12 |
| 29 | Jack Dwyer | DB | 5-11 | 175 | 28 | Los Angeles CC; Loyola Marymount | 2 | 0 |
| 60 | Jack Ellena | MG | 6-1 | 226 | 24 | Lassen JC; UCLA | 12 | 4 |
| 80 | Tom Fears | LOE-K | 6-2 | 213 | 33 | Santa Clara; UCLA | 12 | 12 |
| 68 | Sid Fournet | MG-RDE | 6-0 | 235 | 23 | Louisiana State | 12 | 1 |
| 71 | Frank Fuller | LDE-MG-RDT | 6-4 | 244 | 26 | Kentucky | 12 | 0 |
| 58 | Bob Griffin | RLB | 6-3 | 235 | 26 | Arkansas | 12 | 8 |
| 65 | Art Hauser | RDT-LDT | 6-0 | 237 | 26 | Xavier (Ohio) | 12 | 6 |
| 22 | Hall Haynes | RDH | 6-0 | 187 | 27 | Santa Clara | 9 | 4 |
| 40 | Elroy Hirsch | ROE-ROH | 6-1 | 190 | 32 | Wisconsin; Michigan | 9 | 8 |
| 63 | John Hock | ROG | 6-2 | 230 | 28 | Santa Clara | 12 | 12 |
| 79 | Glenn Holtzman | ROT-LOT | 6-3 | 250 | 25 | Kilgore JC; North Texas | 12 | 4 |
| 49 | Ed Hughes | LDH | 6-1 | 184 | 28 | Canisius; North Carolina State; Cameron JC; Tulsa | 12 | 7 |
| 20 | Woodley Lewis | LOE-ROE-ROH | 6-0 | 193 | 30 | Los Angeles CC; Oregon | 12 | 1 |
| 78 | Gene Lipscomb | RDT-LDT | 6-6 | 284 | 24 | none | 12 | 6 |
| 89 | Bob Long | ROE | 6-3 | 232 | 21 | UCLA | 1 | 0 |
| 23 | Tom McCormick | ROE-LOH-FB | 5-11 | 185 | 25 | Menlo; Pacific | 6 | 2 |
| 62 | Bud McFadin | LDT-K | 6-3 | 260 | 27 | Texas | 12 | 12 |
| 50 | Leon McLaughlin | C | 6-2 | 228 | 30 | UCLA | 12 | 12 |
| 81 | Paul Miller | LDE | 6-2 | 226 | 25 | Louisiana State | 12 | 12 |
| 56 | Larry Morris | RLB-FB-LLB | 6-2 | 226 | 22 | Georgia Tech | 12 | 7 |
| 57 | Don Paul | MG | 6-1 | 228 | 30 | UCLA | 8 | 7 |
| 61 | Duane Putnam | LOG | 6-0 | 228 | 27 | Pacific | 12 | 12 |
| 21 | Skeet Quinlan | ROH-LOH | 5-11 | 173 | 27 | Texas Christian; San Diego State | 6 | 4 |
| 67 | Les Richter | LLB-K | 6-3 | 238 | 25 | California | 12 | 12 |
| 84 | Andy Robustelli | RDE | 6-1 | 230 | 30 | Arnold | 12 | 12 |
| 43 | Will Sherman | RS-RDH | 6-2 | 197 | 28 | St. Mary's (California) | 12 | 12 |
| 48 | Corky Taylor | RDH-LOH-LDH | 5-10 | 188 | 22 | Kansas State | 10 | 6 |
| 70 | Charley Toogood | ROT | 6-0 | 232 | 28 | Nebraska | 12 | 8 |
| 32 | Dan Towler | FB | 6-2 | 225 | 27 | Washington & Jefferson | 7 | 3 |
| 11 | Norm Van Brocklin | QB-P | 6-1 | 199 | 29 | Oregon | 12 | 12 |
| 9 | Billy Wade | QB | 6-2 | 204 | 25 | Vanderbilt | 7 | 0 |
| 27 | Ron Waller | LOH-ROH | 5-11 | 180 | 22 | Maryland | 12 | 12 |
| 35 | Tank Younger | FB-ROH | 6-3 | 225 | 27 | Grambling State | 8 | 7 |
| DRAFT LIST | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Round | Overall | Player | Pos | College |
| 1 | 7 | Larry Morris | C | Georgia Tech |
| 2 | 15 | Ron Waller | B | Maryland |
| 2 | 18 | Bob Long | B | UCLA |
| 2 | 19 | Corky Taylor | B | Kansas State |
| 2 | 20 | Sid Fournet | T | Louisiana State |
| 4 | 40 | Tom Feamster | E | Florida State |
| 4 | 43 | Ed Fouch | T | Southern California |
| 5 | 55 | Ed Kelley | B | Texas |
| 6 | 67 | Corky Tharp | B | Alabama |
| 7 | 79 | Frank Clayton | B | Southern California |
| 8 | 91 | Billy Teas | B | Georgia Tech |
| 9 | 103 | John Witte | T | Oregon State |
| 10 | 112 | Jesse Arnelle | E | Penn State |
| 10 | 115 | Claude Harland | E | Texas Tech |
| 11 | 127 | Joe Ray | T | UCLA |
| 12 | 139 | Jim Hanifan | E | California |
| 13 | 151 | Dave Parkinson | B | Texas |
| 14 | 163 | George Elliott | B | Northeastern State |
| 15 | 175 | Bob Hoerning | B | St. Norbert |
| 16 | 187 | Charlie Coates | T | Tulane |
| 17 | 199 | Gene Mitcham | E | Arizona State |
| 18 | 211 | Clyde Sweeney | T | West Virginia |
| 19 | 223 | John Davis | E | Miles |
| 20 | 235 | Jack Muldowney | T | Dayton |
| 21 | 247 | Jerry Cvengros | T | Wisconsin |
| 22 | 259 | Ken Elmore | T | Texas Tech |
| 23 | 271 | George Medved | T | Florida |
| 24 | 283 | Billy Andrews | B | Trinity (Texas) |
| 25 | 295 | Ralph Cook | T | Ball State |
| 26 | 307 | Lou Hallow | C | East Carolina |
| 27 | 319 | Bruce Nevitt | C | Washington State |
| 28 | 331 | Bud Hoffman | B | Cincinnati |
| 29 | 343 | Bob Howe | B | Cincinnati |
| 30 | 354 | K.C. Jones | E | San Francisco* |
| SCORING BY QUARTERS | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | OT |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 71 | 40 | 51 | 98 | |
| Opponents Totals | 40 | 55 | 51 | 85 |
| TEAM STATS | TOP | 1st Downs | FDR | FDP | FDX | 3rd Down Efficiency | 4th Down Efficiency | PEN | PENY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 233 | 118 | 103 | 12 | / % | / % | 64 | 612 | |
| Opponents Totals | 245 | 95 | 122 | 28 | / % | / % | 50 | 430 |
| SCORING | TD | X1 | X1A | PCT | FG | FGA | PCT | SAF | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Les Richter | 0 | 30 | 31 | 96.8 | 13 | 24 | 54.2 | 0 | 69 |
| Ron Waller | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 48 | ||
| Tank Younger | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | ||
| Bob Boyd | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||
| Dan Towler | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||
| Tom Fears | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.0 | 0 | 12 | |
| Elroy Hirsch | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Andy Robustelli | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Corky Taylor | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Jim Cason | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Tom McCormick | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Larry Morris | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Skeet Quinlan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Bud McFadin | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 20.0 | 0 | 3 | |
| Bob Griffin | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Team Totals | 31 | 30 | 31 | 96.8 | 14 | 32 | 43.8 | 1 | 260 |
| Opponents Totals | 29 | 27 | 29 | 93.1 | 10 | 17 | 58.8 | 0 | 231 |
| FIELD GOALS | MADE | ATT | PCT | BL | LG | 1-19 | 20-29 | 30-39 | 40-49 | 50+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Les Richter | 13 | 24 | 54.2 | 0 | 41 | 8/11 | 2/5 | 2/4 | 1/4 | 0/0 |
| Bud McFadin | 1 | 5 | 20.0 | 0 | 41 | 0/2 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 1/3 | 0/0 |
| Tom Fears | 0 | 3 | 0.0 | 0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/1 | 0/2 | 0/0 | |
| Team Totals | 14 | 32 | 43.8 | 0 | 41 | 8/13 | 2/5 | 2/5 | 2/9 | 0/0 |
| Opponents Totals | 10 | 17 | 58.8 | 2/ | 2/ | 3/ | 3/ | 0/ |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ron Waller | 151 | 716 | 4.7 | 55t | 7 |
| Tank Younger | 138 | 644 | 4.7 | 54 | 5 |
| Larry Morris | 40 | 148 | 3.7 | 22 | 1 |
| Dan Towler | 43 | 137 | 3.2 | 14 | 3 |
| Corky Taylor | 26 | 95 | 3.7 | 13 | 0 |
| Skeet Quinlan | 15 | 70 | 4.7 | 12 | 0 |
| Tom McCormick | 16 | 66 | 4.1 | 14 | 1 |
| Billy Wade | 11 | 43 | 3.9 | 14 | 0 |
| Norm Van Brocklin | 11 | 24 | 2.2 | 9 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 451 | 1943 | 4.3 | 55t | 17 |
| Opponents Totals | 423 | 1624 | 3.8 | 10 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INC | YDS | Y/ATT | Y/COM | LG | TD | TD% | INT | INT% | TS | YL | NYP | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Norm Van Brocklin | 272 | 144 | 52.9 | 113 | 1890 | 6.9 | 13.1 | 74t | 8 | 2.9 | 15 | 5.5 | 76 | 1814 | 62.0 | |
| Billy Wade | 71 | 31 | 43.7 | 37 | 316 | 4.5 | 10.2 | 25 | 1 | 1.4 | 3 | 4.2 | 69 | 247 | 44.1 | |
| Ron Waller | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 | ||
| Team Totals | 344 | 175 | 50.9 | 151 | 2206 | 6.4 | 12.6 | 74t | 9 | 2.6 | 18 | 5.2 | 145 | 2061 | 58.1 | |
| Opponents Totals | 351 | 193 | 55.0 | 127 | 2518 | 7.2 | 13.0 | 18 | 5.1 | 31 | 8.8 | 209 | 2309 | 58.1 |
| RECEIVING | REC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tom Fears | 44 | 569 | 12.9 | 31 | 2 |
| Elroy Hirsch | 25 | 460 | 18.4 | 72t | 2 |
| Ron Waller | 24 | 228 | 9.5 | 30 | 1 |
| Bob Boyd | 22 | 383 | 17.4 | 74t | 3 |
| Skeet Quinlan | 19 | 245 | 12.9 | 46 | 0 |
| Woodley Lewis | 19 | 199 | 10.5 | 19 | 0 |
| Corky Taylor | 7 | 47 | 6.7 | 17t | 1 |
| Tank Younger | 6 | 51 | 8.5 | 13 | 0 |
| Dan Towler | 6 | 25 | 4.2 | 11 | 0 |
| Tom McCormick | 3 | -1 | -0.3 | 4 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 175 | 2206 | 12.6 | 74t | 9 |
| Opponents Totals | 193 | 2518 | 13.0 | 18 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Will Sherman | 11 | 101 | 9.2 | 36 | 0 |
| Don Burroughs | 9 | 103 | 11.4 | 34 | 0 |
| Jim Cason | 5 | 41 | 8.2 | 25t | 1 |
| Corky Taylor | 2 | 55 | 27.5 | 55t | 1 |
| Les Richter | 2 | 23 | 11.5 | 20 | 0 |
| Bob Griffin | 1 | 20 | 20.0 | 20 | 0 |
| Andy Robustelli | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10t | 1 |
| Team Totals | 31 | 353 | 11.4 | 55t | 3 |
| Opponents Totals | 18 | 338 | 18.8 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL | TB | I20 | RYDS | NYDS | NET |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Norm Van Brocklin | 60 | 2676 | 44.6 | 61 | 0 | 6 | 264 | 38.2 | ||
| Team Totals | 60 | 2676 | 44.6 | 61 | 0 | 264 | 40.2 | |||
| Opponents Totals | 56 | 2373 | 42.4 | 229 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ron Waller | 14 | 60 | 4.3 | 21 | 0 | |
| Woodley Lewis | 29 | 105 | 3.6 | 22 | 0 | |
| Skeet Quinlan | 1 | 55 | 55.0 | 55t | 1 | |
| Jack Ellena | 0 | 9 | 9L | 0 | ||
| Team Totals | 44 | 229 | 5.2 | 55t | 1 | |
| Opponents Totals | 41 | 264 | 6.4 | 0 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ron Waller | 17 | 461 | 27.1 | 39 | 0 | |
| Woodley Lewis | 20 | 450 | 22.5 | 32 | 0 | |
| Tom McCormick | 2 | 42 | 21.0 | 23 | 0 | |
| Gene Lipscomb | 2 | 32 | 16.0 | 17 | 0 | |
| Art Hauser | 2 | 17 | 8.5 | 17 | 0 | |
| Charley Toogood | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 44 | 1013 | 23.0 | 39 | 0 | |
| Opponents Totals | 35 | 690 | 19.7 | 0 |
| FUMBLES | NO | LOST | OWN | OPP | REC | YDS | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bobby Cross | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Jack Ellena | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Tom Fears | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Art Hauser | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| John Hock | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Glen Holtzman | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 0 |
| Ed Hughes | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Woodley Lewis | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bud McFadin | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Leon McLaughlin | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Paul Miller | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Larry Morris | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 0 |
| Skeet Quinlan | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Andy Robustelli | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 18 | 1 |
| Will Sherman | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Corky Taylor | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Dan Towler | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Norm Van Brocklin | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Billy Wade | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ron Waller | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tank Younger | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 23 | 10 | 13 | 15 | 28 | 35 | 1 |
| Opponents Totals | 20 | 15 | 5 | 10 | 15 | 1 |
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