1963 Los Angeles Rams (NFL) |
| 6th place Western Conference 5-9-0 .357 |
| Head Coach: Harland Svare |
| Lindon Crow | Defensive Backs |
| Don Heinrich | Offensive Backs |
| Jack Patera | Defensive Line |
| Bob Schnelker | Offensive Ends |
| Ray Wietecha | Offensive Line |
| SCORES | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Day | Date | Opponent | Score | Location | Venue | Attendance | |||
| Thu | 8/8/1963 | H | Dallas Cowboys | 14-17 | L | Los Angeles, CA | Memorial Coliseum | 70675 | |
| Sat | 8/17/1963 | H | Minnesota Vikings | 3-27 | L | Los Angeles, CA | Memorial Coliseum | 42966 | |
| Sat | 8/24/1963 | N | Dallas Cowboys | 20-17 | W | Portland, OR | Multnomah Stadium | 29349 | |
| Sat | 8/31/1963 | H | Cleveland Browns | 17-23 | L | Los Angeles, CA | Memorial Coliseum | 45623 | |
| Sat | 9/7/1963 | H | San Francisco 49ers | 17-0 | W | Los Angeles, CA | Memorial Coliseum | 34405 | |
| Sat | 9/14/1963 | H | Detroit Lions | 2-23 | L | Los Angeles, CA | Memorial Coliseum | 49342 | |
| Sat | 9/21/1963 | H | Washington Redskins | 14-37 | L | Los Angeles, CA | Memorial Coliseum | 29295 | |
| Sun | 9/29/1963 | A | Cleveland Browns | 6-20 | L | Cleveland, OH | Cleveland Stadium | 54713 | |
| Sun | 10/6/1963 | A | Green Bay Packers | 10-42 | L | Green Bay, WI | City Stadium | 42327 | |
| Sun | 10/13/1963 | H | Chicago Bears | 14-52 | L | Los Angeles, CA | Memorial Coliseum | 40476 | |
| Sun | 10/20/1963 | H | Minnesota Vikings | 27-24 | W | Los Angeles, CA | Memorial Coliseum | 30555 | |
| Sun | 10/27/1963 | H | San Francisco 49ers | 28-21 | W | Los Angeles, CA | Memorial Coliseum | 45532 | |
| Sun | 11/3/1963 | A | Minnesota Vikings | 13-21 | L | Bloomington, MN | Metropolitan Stadium | 33567 | |
| Sun | 11/10/1963 | A | Chicago Bears | 0-6 | L | Chicago, IL | Wrigley Field | 48312 | |
| Sun | 11/17/1963 | A | Detroit Lions | 28-21 | W | Detroit, MI | Tiger Stadium | 44951 | |
| Sun | 11/24/1963 | H | Baltimore Colts | 17-16 | W | Los Angeles, CA | Memorial Coliseum | 48555 | |
| Sun | 12/1/1963 | A | San Francisco 49ers | 21-17 | W | San Francisco, CA | Kezar Stadium | 33321 | |
| Sat | 12/7/1963 | H | Green Bay Packers | 14-31 | L | Los Angeles, CA | Memorial Coliseum | 52357 | |
| Sun | 12/15/1963 | A | Baltimore Colts | 16-19 | L | Baltimore, MD | Memorial Stadium | 52834 | |
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 |
| 87 | John Adams | SE-TE | 6-3 | 235 | 26 | UCLA; Santa Monica JC; Los Angeles State | 13 | 10 |
| 25 | Duane Allen | SE-TE | 6-4 | 221 | 26 | Mount San Antonio JC; Santa Ana JC | 7 | 0 |
| 26 | Jon Arnett | HB | 5-11 | 197 | 28 | Southern California | 9 | 6 |
| 27 | Pervis Atkins | TE | 6-1 | 200 | 28 | Santa Ana JC; New Mexico State | 14 | 7 |
| 15 | Terry Baker | QB | 6-3 | 198 | 22 | Oregon State | 4 | 1 |
| 22 | Dick Bass | FB-HB | 5-10 | 197 | 26 | Pacific | 12 | 12 |
| 78 | Jim Boeke | LDT-LOT | 6-5 | 250 | 25 | Heidelberg | 14 | 3 |
| 12 | Zeke Bratkowski | QB | 6-4 | 204 | 32 | Georgia | 4 | 4 |
| 17 | Charley Britt | RS | 6-2 | 183 | 25 | Georgia | 10 | 8 |
| 63 | Joe Carollo | LOT | 6-2 | 262 | 23 | Notre Dame | 14 | 14 |
| 62 | Don Chuy | ROG | 6-1 | 255 | 22 | Clemson | 14 | 7 |
| 73 | Charlie Cowan | LOG | 6-4 | 264 | 25 | New Mexico Highlands | 14 | 13 |
| 41 | Lindon Crow | LS | 6-1 | 195 | 30 | Southern California | 14 | 14 |
| 81 | Carroll Dale | SE | 6-1 | 198 | 25 | Virginia Tech | 12 | 8 |
| 79 | Stan Fanning | RDT | 6-6 | 267 | 26 | Idaho | 10 | 0 |
| 18 | Roman Gabriel | QB | 6-4 | 225 | 23 | North Carolina State | 12 | 9 |
| 76 | Rosey Grier | RDT | 6-5 | 284 | 31 | Penn State | 14 | 14 |
| 45 | John Griffin | DB | 6-1 | 190 | 24 | Memphis | 10 | 0 |
| 46 | Alvin Hall | CB | 6-0 | 195 | 30 | none | 3 | 0 |
| 31 | Larry Hayes | C-LB | 6-3 | 230 | 29 | Vanderbilt | 9 | 4 |
| 53 | Mike Henry | RLB-MLB | 6-2 | 220 | 27 | Southern California | 14 | 14 |
| 56 | Art Hunter | C | 6-4 | 243 | 30 | Notre Dame | 12 | 7 |
| 75 | Deacon Jones | LDE | 6-5 | 254 | 25 | South Carolina State; Mississippi Valley State | 14 | 14 |
| 51 | Ken Kirk | C | 6-2 | 229 | 25 | Mississippi | 8 | 3 |
| 89 | Cliff Livingston | RLB-MLB-LLB | 6-3 | 212 | 33 | Orange Coast JC; UCLA | 14 | 5 |
| 85 | Lamar Lundy | RDE | 6-7 | 245 | 28 | Purdue | 14 | 14 |
| 86 | Marlin McKeever | MLB-RLB-TE | 6-1 | 233 | 23 | Southern California | 13 | 11 |
| 21 | Eddie Meador | LCB | 5-11 | 193 | 26 | Arkansas Tech | 14 | 14 |
| 74 | Merlin Olsen | LDT | 6-5 | 270 | 23 | Utah State | 14 | 11 |
| 32 | Jack Pardee | LLB | 6-2 | 224 | 27 | Texas A&M | 14 | 2 |
| 37 | Art Perkins | HB-FB | 6-0 | 233 | 23 | North Texas | 13 | 14 |
| 82 | Jim Phillips | FL | 6-1 | 197 | 27 | Auburn | 14 | 7 |
| 71 | Joe Scibelli | ROG | 6-1 | 256 | 24 | Notre Dame; American International | 14 | 7 |
| 66 | Harley Sewell | LOG | 6-1 | 230 | 32 | Texas | 2 | 1 |
| 47 | Carver Shannon | RS-HB | 6-1 | 201 | 25 | Southern Illinois | 14 | 5 |
| 23 | Bobby Smith | RCB | 6-0 | 193 | 25 | Compton JC; UCLA | 14 | 14 |
| 52 | Bill Swain | LLB-MLB | 6-2 | 229 | 22 | Oregon | 14 | 0 |
| 70 | Frank Varrichione | ROT | 6-1 | 234 | 31 | Notre Dame | 14 | 14 |
| 11 | Danny Villanueva | K-P | 5-11 | 202 | 26 | Reedley JC; New Mexico State | 14 | 0 |
| 44 | Nat Whitmyer | RS | 6-0 | 182 | 23 | Allan Hancock JC; Washington | 7 | 1 |
| 36 | Ben Wilson | FB | 6-0 | 225 | 24 | Southern California | 13 | 8 |
| DRAFT LIST | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Round | Overall | Player | Pos | College |
| 1 | 1 | Terry Baker | B | Oregon State |
| 1 | 10 | Rufus Guthrie | G | Georgia Tech |
| 2 | 15 | Tom Nomina | T | Miami (Ohio) |
| 3 | 29 | Dave Costa | G | Utah |
| 3 | 37 | Johnny Baker | LB | Mississippi State |
| 4 | 43 | John Griffin | B | Memphis |
| 5 | 57 | Joe Auer | B | Georgia Tech |
| 5 | 60 | Rex Benson | T | Miami (Florida) |
| 5 | 67 | Don Chuy | T | Clemson |
| 6 | 71 | George Saimes | B | Michigan State |
| 6 | 79 | Terry Monaghan | T | Penn State |
| 7 | 85 | Bill Zorn | T | Michigan State |
| 8 | 99 | Anton Peters | T | Florida |
| 9 | 113 | Mel Profit | E | UCLA |
| 10 | 127 | Curt Farrier | T | Montana State |
| 11 | 141 | Dave Theisen | B | Nebraska |
| 12 | 155 | Billy Joe Moody | B | Arkansas |
| 13 | 169 | Al Hildebrand | T | Stanford |
| 14 | 183 | Alan Arbuse | T | Rhode Island |
| 15 | 197 | Larry Campbell | FB | Utah State |
| 16 | 211 | Walt Burden | LB | McNeese State |
| 17 | 225 | Jerrel Wilson | LB-K | Southern Mississippi |
| 18 | 239 | Buddy Soefker | B | Louisiana State |
| 19 | 253 | Dornel Nelson | B | Arizona State |
| 20 | 267 | Bill Redell | DB | Occidental |
| SCORING BY QUARTERS | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | OT |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 55 | 76 | 25 | 54 | |
| Opponents Totals | 63 | 97 | 108 | 82 |
| TEAM STATS | TOP | 1st Downs | FDR | FDP | FDX | 3rd Down Efficiency | 4th Down Efficiency | PEN | PENY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 209 | 80 | 117 | 12 | / % | / % | 70 | 788 | |
| Opponents Totals | 244 | 100 | 126 | 18 | / % | / % | 63 | 558 |
| SCORING | TD | X1 | X1A | PCT | FG | FGA | PCT | SAF | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Danny Villanueva | 0 | 25 | 26 | 96.2 | 9 | 17 | 52.9 | 0 | 52 |
| Carroll Dale | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 42 | ||
| Dick Bass | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | ||
| Art Perkins | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | ||
| Roman Gabriel | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||
| Jon Arnett | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Ben Wilson | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Pervis Atkins | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Jim Phillips | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Carver Shannon | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Lindon Crow | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Team Totals | 26 | 25 | 26 | 96.2 | 9 | 17 | 52.9 | 1 | 210 |
| Opponents Totals | 43 | 39 | 43 | 90.7 | 17 | 35 | 48.6 | 1 | 350 |
| FIELD GOALS | MADE | ATT | PCT | BL | LG | 1-19 | 20-29 | 30-39 | 40-49 | 50+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Danny Villanueva | 9 | 17 | 52.9 | 1 | 47 | 2/2 | 3/4 | 1/4 | 3/7 | 0/0 |
| Team Totals | 9 | 17 | 52.9 | 1 | 47 | 2/2 | 3/4 | 1/4 | 3/8 | 0/0 |
| Opponents Totals | 17 | 35 | 48.6 | 3/ | 2/ | 7/ | 5/ | 0/ |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dick Bass | 143 | 520 | 3.6 | 51 | 5 |
| Ben Wilson | 109 | 394 | 3.6 | 39 | 1 |
| Jon Arnett | 58 | 208 | 3.6 | 20 | 1 |
| Roman Gabriel | 39 | 132 | 3.4 | 16 | 3 |
| Art Perkins | 37 | 70 | 1.9 | 8 | 4 |
| Terry Baker | 9 | 46 | 5.1 | 12 | 0 |
| Carroll Dale | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 |
| Pervis Atkins | 5 | 11 | 2.2 | 6 | 0 |
| Eddie Meador | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| Zeke Bratkowski | 3 | -1 | -0.3 | 0 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 405 | 1393 | 3.4 | 51 | 14 |
| Opponents Totals | 431 | 1785 | 4.1 | 14 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INC | YDS | Y/ATT | Y/COM | LG | TD | TD% | INT | INT% | TS | YL | NYP | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Roman Gabriel | 281 | 130 | 46.3 | 140 | 1947 | 6.9 | 15.0 | 77t | 8 | 2.8 | 11 | 3.9 | 44 | 337 | 1610 | 62.7 |
| Zeke Bratkowski | 82 | 45 | 54.9 | 31 | 471 | 5.7 | 10.5 | 42 | 3 | 3.7 | 6 | 7.3 | 84 | 387 | 53.5 | |
| Terry Baker | 19 | 11 | 57.9 | 4 | 140 | 7.4 | 12.7 | 49 | 0 | 0.0 | 4 | 21.1 | 6 | 60 | 80 | 41.4 |
| Dick Bass | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 | ||
| Jon Arnett | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | ||
| Team Totals | 384 | 186 | 48.4 | 176 | 2558 | 6.7 | 13.8 | 77t | 11 | 2.9 | 22 | 5.7 | 59 | 481 | 2077 | 55.9 |
| Opponents Totals | 379 | 208 | 54.9 | 152 | 3025 | 8.0 | 14.5 | 25 | 6.6 | 19 | 5.0 | 27 | 272 | 2753 | 82.2 |
| RECEIVING | REC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jim Phillips | 54 | 793 | 14.7 | 52 | 1 |
| Carroll Dale | 34 | 638 | 18.8 | 66t | 7 |
| Dick Bass | 30 | 348 | 11.6 | 53 | 0 |
| Jon Arnett | 15 | 119 | 7.9 | 41 | 1 |
| Pervis Atkins | 14 | 174 | 12.4 | 21 | 1 |
| Marlin McKeever | 11 | 152 | 13.8 | 29 | 0 |
| Ben Wilson | 9 | 173 | 19.2 | 77t | 1 |
| John Adams | 9 | 93 | 10.3 | 19 | 0 |
| Art Perkins | 8 | 61 | 7.6 | 17 | 0 |
| Carver Shannon | 2 | 7 | 3.5 | 6 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 186 | 2558 | 13.8 | 77t | 11 |
| Opponents Totals | 208 | 3025 | 14.5 | 25 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Charley Britt | 1 | 45 | 45.0 | 45 | 0 |
| Nat Whitmyer | 1 | 27 | 27.0 | 27 | 0 |
| Eddie Meador | 6 | 38 | 6.3 | 20 | 0 |
| Cliff Livingston | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 |
| Mike Henry | 5 | 43 | 8.6 | 28 | 0 |
| Deacon Jones | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bobby Smith | 2 | 11 | 5.5 | 11 | 0 |
| Jack Pardee | 2 | 5 | 2.5 | 5 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 19 | 182 | 9.6 | 45 | 0 |
| Opponents Totals | 22 | 369 | 16.8 | 2 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL | TB | I20 | RYDS | NYDS | NET |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Danny Villanueva | 81 | 3678 | 45.4 | 68 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| John Adams | 4 | 121 | 30.3 | 42 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Team Totals | 85 | 3799 | 44.7 | 68 | 0 | 0 | 681 | 3118 | 36.7 | |
| Opponents Totals | 61 | 2591 | 42.5 | 206 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carver Shannon | 15 | 11 | 132 | 8.8 | 29 | 0 |
| Pervis Atkins | 12 | 3 | 36 | 3.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Bobby Smith | 2 | 0 | 20 | 10.0 | 20 | 0 |
| Dick Bass | 1 | 0 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 |
| Jon Arnett | 1 | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| Nat Whitmyer | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Team Totals | 31 | 16 | 206 | 6.6 | 29 | 0 |
| Opponents Totals | 60 | 681 | 11.4 | 0 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carver Shannon | 28 | 823 | 29.4 | 99t | 1 | |
| Pervis Atkins | 19 | 429 | 22.6 | 35 | 0 | |
| Jon Arnett | 12 | 279 | 23.3 | 34 | 0 | |
| Nat Whitmyer | 3 | 80 | 26.7 | 30 | 0 | |
| Marlin McKeever | 2 | 8 | 4.0 | 8 | 0 | |
| Charlie Cowan | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ben Wilson | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 17 | 0 | |
| Art Perkins | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 | |
| Alvin Hall | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Merlin Olsen | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 70 | 1651 | 23.6 | 99t | 1 | |
| Opponents Totals | 44 | 1076 | 24.5 | 2 |
| FUMBLES | NO | LOST | OWN | OPP | REC | YDS | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| John Adams | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Jon Arnett | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Pervis Atkins | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Terry Baker | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Dick Bass | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Zeke Bratkowski | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Lindon Crow | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Roman Gabriel | 10 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Rosey Grier | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Mike Henry | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Art Hunter | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Deacon Jones | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Cliff Livingston | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Lamar Lundy | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Marlin McKeever | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Eddie Meador | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Merlin Olsen | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jack Pardee | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 0 |
| Carver Shannon | 4 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bobby Smith | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Nat Whitmyer | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ben Wilson | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 30 | 17 | 13 | 13 | 26 | 12 | 0 |
| Opponents Totals | 25 | 13 | 12 | 17 | 29 | 0 |
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