1962 Los Angeles Rams (NFL) |
| 7th place • Western Conference • 1-12-1 .077 |
| Head Coach: Bob Waterfield (1-7); Harland Svare (0-5-1) |
| Jimmy David | Defensive Backs |
| Vic Lindskog | Offensive Line |
| Hamp Pool | Offense/Offensive Backs |
| Harland Svare | Defensive Line |
| SCORES | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Day | Date | Opponent | Score | Location | Venue | Attendance | |||
| Sat | 8/11/1962 | H | Washington Redskins | 37-7 | W | Los Angeles, CA | Memorial Coliseum | 65201 | |
| Sat | 8/18/1962 | N | Minnesota Vikings | 33-24 | W | Portland, OR | Multnomah Stadium | 23544 | |
| Sat | 9/1/1962 | H | Cleveland Browns | 24-26 | L | Los Angeles, CA | Memorial Coliseum | 43118 | |
| Sat | 9/8/1962 | H | San Francisco 49ers | 3-19 | L | Los Angeles, CA | Memorial Coliseum | 39569 | |
| Sun | 9/16/1962 | A | Baltimore Colts | 27-30 | L | Baltimore, MD | Memorial Stadium | 54796 | |
| Sun | 9/23/1962 | H | Chicago Bears | 23-27 | L | Los Angeles, CA | Memorial Coliseum | 44376 | |
| Sun | 9/30/1962 | H | Dallas Cowboys | 17-27 | L | Los Angeles, CA | Memorial Coliseum | 26907 | |
| Sun | 10/7/1962 | A | Washington Redskins | 14-20 | L | Washington, DC | D.C. Stadium | 38264 | |
| Sun | 10/14/1962 | A | Detroit Lions | 10-13 | L | Detroit, MI | Tiger Stadium | 53714 | |
| Sun | 10/21/1962 | H | Minnesota Vikings | 14-38 | L | Los Angeles, CA | Memorial Coliseum | 33071 | |
| Sun | 10/28/1962 | A | San Francisco 49ers | 28-14 | W | San Francisco, CA | Kezar Stadium | 51033 | |
| Sun | 11/4/1962 | H | Detroit Lions | 3-12 | L | Los Angeles, CA | Memorial Coliseum | 44241 | |
| Sun | 11/11/1962 | H | Baltimore Colts | 2-14 | L | Los Angeles, CA | Memorial Coliseum | 39502 | |
| Sun | 11/18/1962 | H | San Francisco 49ers | 17-24 | L | Los Angeles, CA | Memorial Coliseum | 42554 | |
| Sun | 11/25/1962 | A | Minnesota Vikings | 24-24 | T | Bloomington, MN | Metropolitan Stadium | 26728 | |
| Sun | 12/2/1962 | A | Green Bay Packers | 10-41 | L | Milwaukee, WI | County Stadium | 46833 | |
| Sun | 12/9/1962 | A | Chicago Bears | 14-30 | L | Chicago, IL | Wrigley Field | 38685 | |
| Sun | 12/16/1962 | H | Green Bay Packers | 17-20 | L | Los Angeles, CA | Memorial Coliseum | 60353 | |
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 |
| Duane Allen | 25 | SE | 6-4 | 221 | 25 | Mount San Antonio JC; Santa Ana JC | 7 | 2 |
| Jon Arnett | 26 | HB-SE | 5-11 | 197 | 27 | Southern California | 10 | 8 |
| Pervis Atkins | 27 | FL-HB-FB | 6-1 | 200 | 27 | Santa Ana JC; New Mexico State | 14 | 9 |
| Dick Bass | 22 | FB-HB | 5-10 | 197 | 25 | Pacific | 14 | 14 |
| Jim Boeke | 78 | LOT | 6-5 | 250 | 24 | Heidelberg | 14 | 10 |
| Zeke Bratkowski | 12 | QB | 6-4 | 204 | 31 | Georgia | 13 | 9 |
| Charley Britt | 17 | RS | 6-2 | 183 | 24 | Georgia | 11 | 7 |
| Doug Brown | 60 | ROT | 6-4 | 250 | 24 | Long Beach CC; Fresno State | 1 | 0 |
| Joe Carollo | 63 | LOT-ROT | 6-2 | 262 | 22 | Notre Dame | 13 | 7 |
| Lou Cordileone | 51 | LDE | 6-0 | 247 | 25 | Clemson | 2 | 0 |
| Charlie Cowan | 73 | LOG-ROG | 6-4 | 264 | 24 | New Mexico Highlands | 14 | 9 |
| Lindon Crow | 41 | LS | 6-1 | 195 | 29 | Southern California | 14 | 14 |
| Carroll Dale | 81 | SE | 6-1 | 198 | 24 | Virginia Tech | 14 | 9 |
| Karl Finch | 88 | SE-TE | 6-3 | 195 | 23 | Iowa; Modesto JC; Cal Poly (Pomona) | 7 | 0 |
| Roman Gabriel | 18 | QB | 6-4 | 225 | 22 | North Carolina State | 6 | 4 |
| Alvin Hall | 46 | RCB | 6-0 | 195 | 29 | none | 14 | 5 |
| Larry Hayes | 31 | C | 6-3 | 230 | 28 | Vanderbilt | 9 | 6 |
| Mike Henry | 53 | RLB-LLB | 6-2 | 220 | 26 | Southern California | 14 | 6 |
| Roy Hord | 64 | LOG | 6-4 | 244 | 28 | Duke | 3 | 1 |
| Art Hunter | 56 | C | 6-4 | 243 | 29 | Notre Dame | 2 | 2 |
| Bill Jobko | 57 | RLB-MLB | 6-2 | 224 | 27 | Ohio State | 13 | 4 |
| Deacon Jones | 75 | LDE | 6-5 | 254 | 24 | South Carolina State; Mississippi Valley State | 14 | 14 |
| John LoVetere | 76 | RDT-LDT | 6-4 | 283 | 26 | Compton JC | 14 | 7 |
| Lamar Lundy | 85 | RDE-RDT | 6-7 | 245 | 27 | Purdue | 14 | 14 |
| Ollie Matson | 33 | FL-FB | 6-2 | 210 | 32 | San Francisco CC; San Francisco | 13 | 5 |
| Marlin McKeever | 86 | RLB-MLB | 6-1 | 233 | 22 | Southern California | 14 | 13 |
| Eddie Meador | 21 | LCB | 5-11 | 193 | 25 | Arkansas Tech | 14 | 14 |
| Ron Miller | 9 | QB | 6-0 | 190 | 23 | Wisconsin | 6 | 1 |
| Merlin Olsen | 74 | LDT | 6-5 | 270 | 22 | Utah State | 12 | 12 |
| Jack Pardee | 32 | LLB | 6-2 | 224 | 26 | Texas A&M | 14 | 13 |
| Art Perkins | 37 | HB-FB | 6-0 | 233 | 22 | North Texas | 13 | 7 |
| Jim Phillips | 82 | TE | 6-1 | 197 | 26 | Auburn | 14 | 14 |
| Duane Putnam | 61 | LOG | 6-0 | 228 | 34 | Pacific | 11 | 5 |
| Les Richter | 48 | C-MLB | 6-3 | 238 | 32 | California | 14 | 14 |
| Joe Scibelli | 71 | ROG | 6-1 | 256 | 23 | Notre Dame; American International | 14 | 13 |
| Carver Shannon | 47 | RCB | 6-1 | 201 | 24 | Southern Illinois | 12 | 9 |
| Glenn Shaw | 34 | FB | 6-1 | 221 | 24 | Kentucky | 3 | 2 |
| Bobby Smith | 23 | RS | 6-0 | 193 | 24 | Compton JC; UCLA | 14 | 7 |
| Larry Stephens | 79 | RDT-RDE-LDT | 6-4 | 245 | 24 | Texas | 14 | 9 |
| Frank Varrichione | 70 | ROT | 6-1 | 234 | 30 | Notre Dame | 12 | 11 |
| Danny Villanueva | 11 | K-P | 5-11 | 202 | 25 | Reedley JC; New Mexico State | 14 | 0 |
| DRAFT LIST | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Round | Overall | Player | Pos | College |
| 1 | 2 | Roman Gabriel | QB | North Carolina State |
| 1 | 3 | Merlin Olsen | T | Utah State |
| 2 | 16 | Joe Carollo | T | Notre Dame |
| 3 | 31 | John Meyers | T | Washington |
| 3 | 33 | John Cornett | T | Rice |
| 4 | 44 | Art Perkins | FB | North Texas |
| 5 | 60 | Jim Smith | T | Penn State |
| 5 | 68 | Ben Wilson | FB | Southern California |
| 7 | 87 | Sherwyn Thorson | G | Iowa |
| 7 | 88 | Jim Bakken | QB | Wisconsin |
| 8 | 100 | Dick Farris | G | North Texas |
| 9 | 115 | Ike Lassiter | T | St. Augustine's |
| 10 | 128 | Jim Norris | T | Houston |
| 11 | 143 | Bert Wilder | T | North Carolina State |
| 12 | 156 | Marv Marinovich | T | Southern California |
| 13 | 171 | Bob Fearnside | HB | Bowling Green State |
| 14 | 184 | Gary Henson | E | Colorado |
| 15 | 199 | Pete Nikirk | T | Houston |
| 16 | 212 | Ron Skufca | T | Purdue |
| 17 | 227 | Dave Steadman | T | Georgia Tech |
| 18 | 240 | Charlie Furlow | QB | Mississippi State |
| 19 | 255 | Jerry Barto | T | Drake |
| 20 | 268 | Foster Andersen | T | UCLA |
| SCORING BY QUARTERS | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 26 | 60 | 37 | 97 | 220 |
| Opponents Totals | 85 | 114 | 50 | 85 | 334 |
| TEAM STATS | TOP | 1st Downs | FDR | FDP | FDX | 3rd Down Efficiency | 4th Down Efficiency | PEN | PENY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 201 | 84 | 107 | 10 | / % | / % | 71 | 704 | |
| Opponents Totals | 256 | 119 | 124 | 13 | / % | / % | 52 | 592 |
| SCORING | TD | X1 | X1A | PCT | FG | FGA | PCT | SAF | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Danny Villanueva | 0 | 26 | 27 | 96.3 | 10 | 20 | 50.0 | 0 | 56 |
| Dick Bass | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 48 | ||
| Jim Phillips | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | ||
| Carroll Dale | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||
| Duane Allen | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Jon Arnett | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Art Perkins | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Jack Pardee | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8 | ||
| Pervis Atkins | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Lindon Crow | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Ollie Matson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Merlin Olsen | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Team Totals | 27 | 26 | 27 | 96.3 | 10 | 20 | 50.0 | 1 | 220 |
| Opponents Totals | 42 | 38 | 42 | 90.5 | 14 | 33 | 42.4 | 1 | 334 |
| FIELD GOALS | MADE | ATT | PCT | BL | LG | 1-19 | 20-29 | 30-39 | 40-49 | 50+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Danny Villanueva | 10 | 20 | 50.0 | 1 | 51 | 5/5 | 1/1 | 1/4 | 2/8 | 1/2 |
| Team Totals | 10 | 20 | 50.0 | 1 | 51 | 5/5 | 1/1 | 1/4 | 2/8 | 1/2 |
| Opponents Totals | 14 | 33 | 42.4 | 2/ | 0/ | 8/ | 4/ | 0/ |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dick Bass | 196 | 1033 | 5.3 | 57 | 6 |
| Jon Arnett | 76 | 238 | 3.1 | 40 | 2 |
| Art Perkins | 48 | 181 | 3.8 | 20 | 2 |
| Roman Gabriel | 18 | 93 | 5.2 | 15 | 0 |
| Glenn Shaw | 18 | 76 | 4.2 | 38 | 0 |
| Ron Miller | 3 | 27 | 9.0 | 13 | 0 |
| Pervis Atkins | 7 | 19 | 2.7 | 16 | 0 |
| Zeke Bratkowski | 7 | 14 | 2.0 | 11 | 0 |
| Les Richter | 0 | 8 | 8L | 0 | |
| Ollie Matson | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 376 | 1689 | 4.5 | 57 | 10 |
| Opponents Totals | 501 | 2092 | 4.2 | 14 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INC | YDS | Y/ATT | Y/COM | LG | TD | TD% | INT | INT% | TS | YL | NYP | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Zeke Bratkowski | 219 | 110 | 50.2 | 93 | 1541 | 7.0 | 14.0 | 80t | 9 | 4.1 | 16 | 7.3 | 175 | 1366 | 56.5 | |
| Roman Gabriel | 101 | 57 | 56.4 | 42 | 670 | 6.6 | 11.8 | 65t | 3 | 3.0 | 2 | 2.0 | 80 | 590 | 78.4 | |
| Ron Miller | 43 | 17 | 39.5 | 25 | 250 | 5.8 | 14.7 | 55t | 1 | 2.3 | 1 | 2.3 | 68 | 182 | 57.3 | |
| Jon Arnett | 5 | 3 | 60.0 | 2 | 28 | 5.6 | 9.3 | 15t | 1 | 20.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 115.0 |
| Ollie Matson | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 13 | 13.0 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 118.8 |
| Dick Bass | 3 | 1 | 33.3 | 2 | 22 | 7.3 | 22.0 | 22 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 60.4 |
| Team Totals | 372 | 189 | 50.8 | 164 | 2524 | 6.8 | 13.4 | 80t | 14 | 3.8 | 19 | 5.1 | 348 | 2176 | 64.0 | |
| Opponents Totals | 379 | 217 | 57.3 | 143 | 3144 | 8.3 | 14.5 | 25 | 6.6 | 19 | 5.0 | 255 | 2889 | 85.5 |
| RECEIVING | REC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jim Phillips | 60 | 875 | 14.6 | 65t | 5 |
| Pervis Atkins | 35 | 393 | 11.2 | 48t | 1 |
| Dick Bass | 30 | 262 | 8.7 | 33t | 2 |
| Carroll Dale | 29 | 584 | 20.1 | 80t | 3 |
| Art Perkins | 14 | 83 | 5.9 | 13 | 0 |
| Jon Arnett | 12 | 137 | 11.4 | 40 | 0 |
| Duane Allen | 3 | 90 | 30.0 | 43t | 2 |
| Glenn Shaw | 3 | 51 | 17.0 | 30 | 0 |
| Ollie Matson | 3 | 49 | 16.3 | 20t | 1 |
| Team Totals | 189 | 2524 | 13.4 | 80t | 14 |
| Opponents Totals | 217 | 3144 | 14.5 | 25 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lindon Crow | 5 | 100 | 20.0 | 65t | 1 |
| Carver Shannon | 4 | 33 | 8.3 | 20 | 0 |
| Charley Britt | 3 | 50 | 16.7 | 28 | 0 |
| Marlin McKeever | 2 | 1 | 0.5 | 1 | 0 |
| Bobby Smith | 1 | 47 | 47.0 | 47 | 0 |
| Merlin Olsen | 1 | 20 | 20.0 | 20t | 1 |
| Mike Henry | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 |
| Alvin Hall | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Eddie Meador | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 19 | 261 | 13.7 | 65t | 2 |
| Opponents Totals | 19 | 293 | 15.4 | 2 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL | TB | I20 | RYDS | NYDS | NET |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Danny Villanueva | 87 | 3960 | 45.5 | 65 | 1 | 7 | 567 | 3253 | 37.4 | |
| Team Totals | 87 | 3960 | 45.5 | 65 | 1 | 7 | 567 | 3253 | 37.8 | |
| Opponents Totals | 56 | 2550 | 45.5 | 252 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pervis Atkins | 11 | 5 | 94 | 8.5 | 45 | 0 |
| Dick Bass | 6 | 3 | 81 | 13.5 | 48 | 0 |
| Jon Arnett | 5 | 1 | 49 | 9.8 | 21 | 0 |
| Alvin Hall | 4 | 1 | 21 | 5.3 | 11 | 0 |
| Bobby Smith | 1 | 2 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 27 | 12 | 252 | 9.3 | 48 | 0 |
| Opponents Totals | 55 | 567 | 10.3 | 1 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pervis Atkins | 28 | 676 | 24.1 | 41 | 0 | |
| Dick Bass | 19 | 446 | 23.5 | 40 | 0 | |
| Alvin Hall | 8 | 178 | 22.3 | 32 | 0 | |
| Jon Arnett | 2 | 87 | 43.5 | 50 | 0 | |
| Bobby Smith | 2 | 60 | 30.0 | 41 | 0 | |
| Deacon Jones | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 60 | 1447 | 24.1 | 50 | 0 | |
| Opponents Totals | 50 | 1211 | 24.2 | 0 |
| FUMBLES | NO | LOST | OWN | OPP | REC | YDS | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jon Arnett | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Pervis Atkins | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Dick Bass | 7 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jim Boeke | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Zeke Bratkowski | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Roman Gabriel | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Alvin Hall | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Mike Henry | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Roy Hord | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Bill Jobko | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Deacon Jones | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Lamar Lundy | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Marlin McKeever | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Eddie Meador | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 0 |
| Ron Miller | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Merlin Olsen | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Jack Pardee | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 32 | 1 |
| Art Perkins | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jim Phillips | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Les Richter | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Carver Shannon | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Larry Stephens | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Frank Varrichione | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 26 | 16 | 10 | 18 | 28 | 35 | 1 |
| Opponents Totals | 30 | 18 | 12 | 16 | 28 | 0 |
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