1959 Los Angeles Rams (NFL) |
| 6th place • Western Conference • 2-10-0 .167 |
| Head Coach: Sid Gillman |
| Jack Faulkner | Defensive Backs |
| Joe Madro | Offensive Backs |
| Don Paul | Defensive Line |
| Lou Rymkus | Offensive Line |
| SCORES | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Day | Date | Opponent | Score | Location | Venue | Attendance | |||
| Sat | 8/8/1959 | N | Detroit Lions | 20-20 | T | Boulder, CO | Folsom Stadium | 18742 | |
| Fri | 8/21/1959 | H | Washington Redskins | 21-23 | L | Los Angeles, CA | Memorial Coliseum | 85888 | |
| Fri | 8/28/1959 | H | Chicago Cardinals | 34-21 | W | Los Angeles, CA | Memorial Coliseum | 52013 | |
| Sat | 9/5/1959 | H | Cleveland Browns | 24-27 | L | Los Angeles, CA | Memorial Coliseum | 55883 | |
| Sat | 9/12/1959 | H | San Francisco 49ers | 48-14 | W | Los Angeles, CA | Memorial Coliseum | 59552 | |
| Sat | 9/19/1959 | H | Philadelphia Eagles | 31-28 | W | Los Angeles, CA | Memorial Coliseum | 46570 | |
| Sat | 9/26/1959 | H | New York Giants | 21-23 | L | Los Angeles, CA | Memorial Coliseum | 71297 | |
| Sun | 10/4/1959 | A | San Francisco 49ers | 0-34 | L | San Francisco, CA | Kezar Stadium | 56028 | |
| Sun | 10/11/1959 | A | Chicago Bears | 28-21 | W | Chicago, IL | Wrigley Field | 47036 | |
| Sun | 10/18/1959 | A | Green Bay Packers | 45-6 | W | Milwaukee, WI | County Stadium | 36174 | |
| Sun | 10/25/1959 | H | Detroit Lions | 7-17 | L | Los Angeles, CA | Memorial Coliseum | 74288 | |
| Sun | 11/1/1959 | H | Chicago Bears | 21-26 | L | Los Angeles, CA | Memorial Coliseum | 77943 | |
| Sun | 11/8/1959 | H | San Francisco 49ers | 16-24 | L | Los Angeles, CA | Memorial Coliseum | 94376 | |
| Sun | 11/15/1959 | A | Detroit Lions | 17-23 | L | Detroit, MI | Briggs Stadium | 52271 | |
| Sun | 11/22/1959 | A | Philadelphia Eagles | 20-23 | L | Philadelphia, PA | Franklin Field | 47425 | |
| Sun | 11/29/1959 | A | Baltimore Colts | 21-35 | L | Baltimore, MD | Memorial Stadium | 57557 | |
| Sun | 12/6/1959 | H | Green Bay Packers | 20-38 | L | Los Angeles, CA | Memorial Coliseum | 61044 | |
| Sat | 12/12/1959 | H | Baltimore Colts | 26-45 | L | Los Angeles, CA | Memorial Coliseum | 65528 | |
| ROSTER | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | No | Pos | Ht | Wt | Age | College | GP | GS |
| Jon Arnett | 26 | LOH-ROH | 5-11 | 197 | 24 | Southern California | 12 | 11 |
| John Baker | 74 | LDT-LDE-RDT | 6-6 | 279 | 24 | North Carolina Central | 12 | 9 |
| Charlie Bradshaw | 79 | ROT | 6-6 | 255 | 23 | Baylor | 12 | 12 |
| Gene Brito | 80 | LDE | 6-1 | 226 | 34 | Loyola Marymount | 2 | 2 |
| Don Burroughs | 25 | LS | 6-4 | 185 | 28 | Pasadena CC; Ventura JC; Colorado State | 10 | 6 |
| Leon Clarke | 84 | ROE-ROH | 6-4 | 232 | 26 | Southern California | 11 | 11 |
| Paul Dickson | 71 | LOT-ROT | 6-5 | 252 | 22 | Baylor | 10 | 0 |
| Tom Franckhauser | 81 | LDH | 6-0 | 195 | 22 | Purdue | 12 | 10 |
| Bob Fry | 75 | LOT-LOG | 6-4 | 235 | 29 | Kentucky | 12 | 11 |
| John Guzik | 65 | MLB | 6-3 | 231 | 23 | Pittsburgh | 12 | 1 |
| John Houser | 62 | ROG-LOG-C | 6-3 | 239 | 24 | Redlands | 12 | 8 |
| Buddy Humphrey | 10 | QB | 6-1 | 198 | 24 | Baylor | 2 | 0 |
| Bill Jobko | 57 | RLB | 6-2 | 224 | 24 | Ohio State | 12 | 3 |
| Carl Karilivacz | 31 | LDH-RS | 6-0 | 188 | 29 | Syracuse | 6 | 2 |
| Buck Lansford | 63 | ROG | 6-2 | 232 | 26 | Texas | 4 | 4 |
| John LoVetere | 76 | RDT | 6-4 | 283 | 23 | Compton JC | 12 | 11 |
| Lamar Lundy | 85 | LDE-ROE-RDE | 6-7 | 245 | 24 | Purdue | 12 | 11 |
| Joe Marconi | 34 | FB-P | 6-2 | 225 | 25 | West Virginia | 12 | 3 |
| Ollie Matson | 33 | FB | 6-2 | 210 | 29 | San Francisco CC; San Francisco | 12 | 9 |
| Eddie Meador | 21 | RDH | 5-11 | 193 | 22 | Arkansas Tech | 12 | 11 |
| Lou Michaels | 83 | RDE-LDT-K | 6-2 | 243 | 24 | Kentucky | 12 | 12 |
| Jack Morris | 40 | LS-RS-K | 6-0 | 189 | 28 | Oregon | 12 | 5 |
| John Morrow | 51 | C-LOG | 6-3 | 244 | 26 | Michigan | 11 | 11 |
| Jack Pardee | 32 | LLB | 6-2 | 224 | 23 | Texas A&M | 12 | 9 |
| Jim Phillips | 82 | ROH-ROE | 6-1 | 197 | 23 | Auburn | 10 | 8 |
| Duane Putnam | 61 | LOG | 6-0 | 228 | 31 | Pacific | 10 | 7 |
| Les Richter | 48 | MLB-C | 6-3 | 238 | 29 | California | 12 | 12 |
| Frank Ryan | 15 | QB | 6-3 | 199 | 23 | Rice | 11 | 3 |
| Gene Selawski | 70 | LOT-ROT | 6-4 | 252 | 24 | Purdue | 12 | 5 |
| Will Sherman | 43 | RS | 6-2 | 197 | 32 | St. Mary's (California) | 10 | 6 |
| Del Shofner | 29 | LOE-P | 6-3 | 188 | 25 | Baylor | 12 | 12 |
| George Strugar | 77 | LDT-RDT | 6-5 | 259 | 25 | Washington | 11 | 4 |
| Clendon Thomas | 46 | RS-LDH-OHB | 6-2 | 196 | 24 | Oklahoma | 10 | 6 |
| Billy Wade | 9 | QB | 6-2 | 204 | 29 | Vanderbilt | 12 | 9 |
| Roy Wilkins | 35 | RLB-LLB | 6-3 | 224 | 26 | Georgia | 12 | 12 |
| Sam Williams | 88 | LDE-RDE | 6-5 | 235 | 28 | Michigan State | 12 | 1 |
| Tommy Wilson | 24 | LOH | 6-0 | 203 | 27 | none | 12 | 4 |
| DRAFT LIST | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Round | Overall | Player | Pos | College |
| 1 | 2 | Dick Bass | B | Pacific |
| 1 | 9 | Paul Dickson | T | Baylor |
| 2 | 16 | Buddy Humphrey | QB | Baylor |
| 2 | 20 | Don Brown | B | Houston |
| 3 | 31 | Larry Hickman | B | Baylor |
| 3 | 33 | Tom Franckhauser | E | Purdue |
| 4 | 43 | Blanche Martin | B | Michigan State |
| 4 | 44 | John Tracey | E | Texas A&M |
| 4 | 45 | Bob Reifsnyder | T | Navy |
| 5 | 56 | John Lands | E | Montana |
| 6 | 69 | Dave Painter | C | Tulane |
| 7 | 80 | Eddie Meador | B | Arkansas Tech |
| 8 | 93 | Bill Conner | E | Jackson State |
| 9 | 104 | Larry Cundiff | T | Michigan State |
| 10 | 117 | Al Goldstein | E | North Carolina |
| 11 | 128 | Joe Kelly | B | New Mexico State |
| 12 | 141 | Mike Connelly | C | Utah State |
| 13 | 152 | Al Witcher | E | Baylor |
| 14 | 165 | Pete Davidson | T | The Citadel |
| 15 | 176 | Walt Kelly | B | Houston |
| 16 | 189 | Ted Royall | C | Duke |
| 17 | 200 | Dave Wilemon | T | Southern Methodist |
| 18 | 213 | Dave Van Metre | E | Colorado College |
| 19 | 224 | Carver Shannon | B | Southern Illinois |
| 20 | 237 | Ross Coyle | E | Oklahoma |
| 21 | 248 | Marv Bergmann | T | Washington |
| 22 | 261 | Bill Meglen | G | Utah State |
| 23 | 272 | George Deiderich | G | Vanderbilt |
| 24 | 285 | Tom Campbell | B | Indiana |
| 25 | 296 | Bob Borah | E | Houston |
| 26 | 309 | Bill Strumke | B | Georgia |
| 27 | 320 | Alex Kroll | C | Rutgers |
| 28 | 333 | Rafer Johnson | B | UCLA* |
| 29 | 344 | Ernie Moore | E | Alabama State |
| 30 | 357 | Don Millich | B | Washington |
| SCORING BY QUARTERS | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 45 | 64 | 72 | 61 | 242 |
| Opponents Totals | 69 | 132 | 54 | 60 | 315 |
| TEAM STATS | TOP | 1st Downs | FDR | FDP | FDX | 3rd Down Efficiency | 4th Down Efficiency | PEN | PENY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 232 | 101 | 116 | 15 | / % | / % | 51 | 465 | |
| Opponents Totals | 216 | 96 | 100 | 20 | / % | / % | 60 | 562 |
| SCORING | TD | X1 | X1A | PCT | FG | FGA | PCT | SAF | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Del Shofner | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 42 | ||
| Ollie Matson | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | ||
| Lou Michaels | 0 | 12 | 14 | 85.7 | 8 | 17 | 47.1 | 0 | 36 |
| Joe Marconi | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | ||
| Jon Arnett | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | ||
| Jack Morris | 0 | 15 | 15 | 100.0 | 3 | 8 | 37.5 | 0 | 24 |
| Jim Phillips | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | ||
| Billy Wade | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Frank Ryan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Tommy Wilson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Sam Williams | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Eddie Meador | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Les Richter | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 30 | 27 | 30 | 90.0 | 11 | 26 | 42.3 | 1 | 242 |
| Opponents Totals | 38 | 36 | 38 | 94.7 | 17 | 31 | 54.8 | 0 | 315 |
| FIELD GOALS | MADE | ATT | PCT | BL | LG | 1-19 | 20-29 | 30-39 | 40-49 | 50+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lou Michaels | 8 | 17 | 47.1 | 0 | 40 | 3/3 | 3/3 | 1/2 | 1/7 | 0/2 |
| Jack Morris | 3 | 8 | 37.5 | 1 | 33 | 1/1 | 1/2 | 1/3 | 0/2 | 0/0 |
| Les Richter | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 1 | 0/1 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | |
| Team Totals | 11 | 26 | 42.3 | 2 | 40 | 4/5 | 4/5 | 2/5 | 1/9 | 0/2 |
| Opponents Totals | 17 | 31 | 54.8 | 5/ | 6/ | 2/ | 4/ | 0/ |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ollie Matson | 161 | 863 | 5.4 | 50 | 6 |
| Jon Arnett | 73 | 371 | 5.1 | 80t | 2 |
| Tommy Wilson | 40 | 210 | 5.3 | 60 | 0 |
| Joe Marconi | 52 | 176 | 3.4 | 21 | 4 |
| Billy Wade | 25 | 95 | 3.8 | 17 | 2 |
| Frank Ryan | 19 | 57 | 3.0 | 13 | 1 |
| Del Shofner | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 371 | 1778 | 4.8 | 80t | 15 |
| Opponents Totals | 427 | 1704 | 4.0 | 15 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INC | YDS | Y/ATT | Y/COM | LG | TD | TD% | INT | INT% | TS | YL | NYP | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Billy Wade | 261 | 153 | 58.6 | 91 | 2001 | 7.7 | 13.1 | 72t | 12 | 4.6 | 17 | 6.5 | 124 | 1877 | 71.1 | |
| Frank Ryan | 89 | 42 | 47.2 | 43 | 709 | 8.0 | 16.9 | 67 | 2 | 2.2 | 4 | 4.5 | 117 | 592 | 63.4 | |
| Jon Arnett | 5 | 1 | 20.0 | 4 | 13 | 2.6 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 39.6 |
| Ollie Matson | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | ||
| Team Totals | 356 | 196 | 55.1 | 138 | 2723 | 7.6 | 13.9 | 72t | 14 | 3.9 | 22 | 6.2 | 241 | 2482 | 67.2 | |
| Opponents Totals | 287 | 151 | 52.6 | 129 | 2315 | 8.1 | 15.3 | 88t | 17 | 5.9 | 7 | 2.4 | 225 | 2090 | 89.1 |
| RECEIVING | REC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Del Shofner | 47 | 936 | 19.9 | 72t | 7 |
| Jon Arnett | 38 | 419 | 11.0 | 38t | 1 |
| Jim Phillips | 37 | 541 | 14.6 | 64 | 4 |
| Leon Clarke | 29 | 453 | 15.6 | 60 | 0 |
| Ollie Matson | 18 | 130 | 7.2 | 49 | 0 |
| Tommy Wilson | 12 | 83 | 6.9 | 20 | 1 |
| Joe Marconi | 10 | 81 | 8.1 | 30 | 1 |
| Lamar Lundy | 4 | 74 | 18.5 | 26 | 0 |
| Clendon Thomas | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 196 | 2723 | 13.9 | 72t | 14 |
| Opponents Totals | 151 | 2315 | 15.3 | 88t | 17 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eddie Meador | 3 | 3 | 1.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Tom Franckhauser | 3 | 2 | 0.7 | 2 | 0 |
| Bill Jobko | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 7 | 5 | 0.7 | 3 | 0 |
| Opponents Totals | 22 | 305 | 13.9 | 1 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL | TB | I20 | RYDS | NYDS | NET |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Del Shofner | 48 | 2004 | 41.8 | 66 | 1 | |||||
| Joe Marconi | 2 | 81 | 40.5 | 44 | 0 | |||||
| Team Totals | 50 | 2085 | 41.7 | 66 | 1 | 205 | 36.1 | |||
| Opponents Totals | 60 | 2648 | 44.1 | 251 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jon Arnett | 17 | 184 | 10.8 | 71t | 1 | |
| Ollie Matson | 14 | 61 | 4.4 | 20 | 0 | |
| Clendon Thomas | 3 | 6 | 2.0 | 6 | 0 | |
| Don Burroughs | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Eddie Meador | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 36 | 251 | 7.0 | 71t | 1 | |
| Opponents Totals | 30 | 205 | 6.8 | 1 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ollie Matson | 16 | 367 | 22.9 | 48 | 0 | |
| Jon Arnett | 14 | 320 | 22.9 | 42 | 0 | |
| Tommy Wilson | 7 | 243 | 34.7 | 85 | 0 | |
| Clendon Thomas | 3 | 95 | 31.7 | 48 | 0 | |
| Roy Wilkins | 2 | 29 | 14.5 | 17 | 0 | |
| Paul Dickson | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 43 | 1054 | 24.5 | 85 | 0 | |
| Opponents Totals | 42 | 980 | 23.3 | 1 |
| FUMBLES | NO | LOST | OWN | OPP | REC | YDS | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jon Arnett | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Charlie Bradshaw | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Don Burroughs | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Leon Clarke | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tom Franckhauser | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Bill Jobko | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| John Lo Vetere | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Lamar Lundy | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Joe Marconi | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ollie Matson | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Eddie Meador | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Lou Michaels | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Jack Morris | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Jack Pardee | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Duane Putnam | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Les Richter | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Frank Ryan | 5 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
| Gene Selawski | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| George Strugar | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Clendon Thomas | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Billy Wade | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tommy Wilson | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 34 | 19 | 15 | 14 | 29 | 0 | 0 |
| Opponents Totals | 25 | 14 | 11 | 19 | 30 | 1 |
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