1964 Los Angeles Rams (NFL) |
| 5th place Western Conference 5-7-2 .417 |
| Head Coach: Harland Svare |
| Lindon Crow | Defensive Backs |
| Don Heinrich | Offensive Backs |
| Jack Patera | Defensive Line |
| Bob Schnelker | Offensive Ends |
| Vic Schwenk | Offensive Assistant |
| Ray Wietecha | Offensive Line |
| SCORES | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Day | Date | Opponent | Score | Location | Venue | Attendance | |||
| Sat | 8/8/1964 | H | Dallas Cowboys | 17-6 | W | Los Angeles, CA | Memorial Coliseum | 57450 | |
| Sat | 8/15/1964 | H | Cleveland Browns | 31-56 | L | Los Angeles, CA | Memorial Coliseum | 43183 | |
| Sat | 8/22/1964 | N | Dallas Cowboys | 25-16 | W | Portland, OR | Multnomah Stadium | 30565 | |
| Sat | 8/29/1964 | H | Minnesota Vikings | 23-34 | L | Los Angeles, CA | Memorial Coliseum | 39938 | |
| Sat | 9/5/1964 | H | San Francisco 49ers | 21-17 | W | Los Angeles, CA | Memorial Coliseum | 39569 | |
| Sun | 9/13/1964 | A | Pittsburgh Steelers | 26-14 | W | Pittsburgh, PA | Pitt Stadium | 33988 | |
| Sat | 9/19/1964 | H | Detroit Lions | 17-17 | T | Los Angeles, CA | Memorial Coliseum | 52001 | |
| Sun | 9/27/1964 | H | Minnesota Vikings | 22-13 | W | Los Angeles, CA | Memorial Coliseum | 50009 | |
| Sun | 10/4/1964 | A | Baltimore Colts | 20-35 | L | Baltimore, MD | Memorial Stadium | 56537 | |
| Sun | 10/11/1964 | A | Chicago Bears | 17-38 | L | Chicago, IL | Wrigley Field | 47358 | |
| Sun | 10/18/1964 | H | San Francisco 49ers | 42-14 | W | Los Angeles, CA | Memorial Coliseum | 54355 | |
| Sun | 10/25/1964 | A | Green Bay Packers | 27-17 | W | Milwaukee, WI | County Stadium | 46617 | |
| Sun | 11/1/1964 | A | Detroit Lions | 17-37 | L | Detroit, MI | Tiger Stadium | 52064 | |
| Sun | 11/8/1964 | H | Philadelphia Eagles | 20-10 | W | Los Angeles, CA | Memorial Coliseum | 53994 | |
| Sun | 11/15/1964 | H | Chicago Bears | 24-34 | L | Los Angeles, CA | Memorial Coliseum | 61115 | |
| Sun | 11/22/1964 | H | Baltimore Colts | 7-24 | L | Los Angeles, CA | Memorial Coliseum | 72137 | |
| Sun | 11/29/1964 | A | Minnesota Vikings | 13-34 | L | Bloomington, MN | Metropolitan Stadium | 31677 | |
| Sun | 12/6/1964 | A | San Francisco 49ers | 7-28 | L | San Francisco, CA | Kezar Stadium | 31791 | |
| Sun | 12/13/1964 | H | Green Bay Packers | 24-24 | T | Los Angeles, CA | Memorial Coliseum | 40735 | |
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 |
| 25 | Duane Allen | TE | 6-4 | 221 | 27 | Mount San Antonio JC; Santa Ana JC | 7 | 1 |
| 15 | Terry Baker | HB | 6-3 | 198 | 23 | Oregon State | 5 | 1 |
| 22 | Dick Bass | HB-FB | 5-10 | 197 | 27 | Pacific | 9 | 5 |
| 26 | Willie Brown | FL | 6-0 | 185 | 22 | Southern California | 9 | 0 |
| 45 | Frank Budka | LS-RS | 6-0 | 195 | 22 | Notre Dame | 14 | 1 |
| 63 | Joe Carollo | LOT | 6-2 | 262 | 24 | Notre Dame | 14 | 14 |
| 62 | Don Chuy | LOG-ROG | 6-1 | 255 | 23 | Clemson | 12 | 3 |
| 73 | Charlie Cowan | LOG-ROT | 6-4 | 264 | 26 | New Mexico Highlands | 14 | 14 |
| 41 | Lindon Crow | LS-LLB | 6-1 | 195 | 31 | Southern California | 9 | 7 |
| 81 | Carroll Dale | SE | 6-1 | 198 | 26 | Virginia Tech | 13 | 13 |
| 67 | Roger Davis | LOG | 6-3 | 236 | 26 | Syracuse | 11 | 1 |
| 18 | Roman Gabriel | QB | 6-4 | 225 | 24 | North Carolina State | 7 | 6 |
| 30 | Bruce Gossett | K | 6-2 | 229 | 23 | Clarion; Ferrum JC; Duquesne; Richmond | 14 | 0 |
| 76 | Rosey Grier | RDT | 6-5 | 284 | 32 | Penn State | 14 | 14 |
| 60 | Marv Harris | RLB-MLB | 6-1 | 225 | 22 | Stanford | 14 | 1 |
| 53 | Mike Henry | MLB | 6-2 | 220 | 28 | Southern California | 14 | 14 |
| 56 | Art Hunter | C-ROT | 6-4 | 243 | 31 | Notre Dame | 14 | 2 |
| 75 | Deacon Jones | LDE | 6-5 | 254 | 26 | South Carolina State; Mississippi Valley State | 14 | 14 |
| 34 | Les Josephson | HB-FB | 6-0 | 209 | 22 | Augustana (South Dakota) | 14 | 9 |
| 83 | Gary Larsen | LDT-RDE-RDT | 6-5 | 256 | 24 | Concordia (Moorhead) | 14 | 1 |
| 89 | Cliff Livingston | RLB-LLB | 6-3 | 212 | 34 | Orange Coast JC; UCLA | 14 | 13 |
| 85 | Lamar Lundy | RDE | 6-7 | 245 | 29 | Purdue | 13 | 13 |
| 42 | Aaron Martin | RCB | 6-0 | 187 | 22 | North Carolina Central | 14 | 10 |
| 86 | Marlin McKeever | TE | 6-1 | 233 | 24 | Southern California | 14 | 13 |
| 21 | Eddie Meador | RS | 5-11 | 193 | 27 | Arkansas Tech | 14 | 14 |
| 19 | Bill Munson | QB | 6-2 | 203 | 23 | Foothill JC; Utah State | 11 | 8 |
| 74 | Merlin Olsen | LDT-RDE | 6-5 | 270 | 24 | Utah State | 14 | 14 |
| 34 | Jack Pardee | LLB | 6-2 | 224 | 28 | Texas A&M | 14 | 7 |
| 82 | Jim Phillips | FL-SE | 6-1 | 197 | 28 | Auburn | 7 | 7 |
| 80 | Bucky Pope | FL-SE | 6-5 | 199 | 23 | Duke; Catawba | 14 | 8 |
| 43 | Jerry Richardson | LCB | 6-3 | 190 | 23 | West Texas A&M | 14 | 14 |
| 71 | Joe Scibelli | ROG | 6-1 | 256 | 25 | Notre Dame; American International | 14 | 13 |
| 47 | Carver Shannon | HB | 6-1 | 201 | 26 | Southern Illinois | 12 | 0 |
| 23 | Bobby Smith | RCB-LS | 6-0 | 193 | 26 | Compton JC; UCLA | 14 | 13 |
| 87 | Billy Truax | TE-SE | 6-5 | 238 | 21 | Louisiana State | 10 | 0 |
| 70 | Frank Varrichione | ROT | 6-1 | 234 | 32 | Notre Dame | 10 | 10 |
| 11 | Danny Villanueva | P | 5-11 | 202 | 27 | Reedley JC; New Mexico State | 14 | 0 |
| 46 | Andy Von Sonn | LLB-MLB | 6-2 | 223 | 24 | UCLA | 14 | 7 |
| 54 | Joe Wendryhoski | C-LOG | 6-2 | 245 | 26 | Illinois | 13 | 13 |
| 55 | Fred Whittingham | ROG | 6-2 | 240 | 25 | Brigham Young; Cal Poly (San Luis Obispo) | 5 | 0 |
| 36 | Ben Wilson | FB-HB | 6-0 | 225 | 25 | Southern California | 14 | 12 |
| DRAFT LIST | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Round | Overall | Player | Pos | College |
| 1 | 7 | Bill Munson | QB | Utah State |
| 3 | 31 | John Mims | T | Rice |
| 3 | 32 | Willie Brown | B | Southern California |
| 3 | 35 | Jerry Richardson | B | West Texas A&M |
| 3 | 39 | Roger Pillath | T | Wisconsin |
| 5 | 63 | Ken Henson | C | Texas Christian |
| 6 | 77 | Herm Johnson | HB | Michigan State |
| 7 | 91 | Johnny Varnell | T | West Texas A&M |
| 8 | 105 | Bucky Pope | E | Catawba |
| 9 | 119 | Jerry Burton | B | Northwestern State (Louisiana) |
| 10 | 131 | Ron Smith | QB | Richmond |
| 10 | 133 | Gary Larsen | T | Concordia (Moorhead) |
| 11 | 147 | John Farris | T | San Diego State |
| 12 | 161 | Bill Dawson | E | Florida State |
| 13 | 175 | Marv Harris | C | Stanford |
| 14 | 189 | John Garrett | LB | Oklahoma |
| 15 | 203 | Mike Mayne | E | Idaho |
| 16 | 217 | Phil Zera | B | St. Joseph's (Indiana) |
| 17 | 231 | Jim Galmin | E | Tampa |
| 18 | 245 | Tom Smith | G | Villanova |
| 19 | 259 | Bob Cherry | E | Wittenberg |
| 20 | 273 | Bob Hohn | HB | Nebraska |
| SCORING BY QUARTERS | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | OT |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 58 | 95 | 66 | 64 | |
| Opponents Totals | 65 | 103 | 82 | 89 |
| TEAM STATS | TOP | 1st Downs | FDR | FDP | FDX | 3rd Down Efficiency | 4th Down Efficiency | PEN | PENY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 208 | 78 | 104 | 26 | / % | / % | 76 | 803 | |
| Opponents Totals | 235 | 92 | 131 | 12 | / % | / % | 70 | 675 |
| SCORING | TD | X1 | X1A | PCT | FG | FGA | PCT | SAF | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bruce Gossett | 0 | 31 | 33 | 93.9 | 18 | 24 | 75.0 | 0 | 85 |
| Bucky Pope | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 60 | ||
| Ben Wilson | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | ||
| Les Josephson | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | ||
| Dick Bass | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Carroll Dale | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Jim Phillips | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Bobby Smith | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Duane Allen | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Roman Gabriel | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Lamar Lundy | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Aaron Martin | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Marlin McKeever | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Team Totals | 33 | 31 | 33 | 93.9 | 18 | 24 | 75.0 | 0 | 283 |
| Opponents Totals | 44 | 42 | 44 | 95.5 | 11 | 27 | 40.7 | 0 | 339 |
| FIELD GOALS | MADE | ATT | PCT | BL | LG | 1-19 | 20-29 | 30-39 | 40-49 | 50+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bruce Gossett | 18 | 24 | 75.0 | 2 | 44 | 4/4 | 5/6 | 6/9 | 3/4 | 0/1 |
| Team Totals | 18 | 24 | 75.0 | 2 | 44 | 4/4 | 5/6 | 6/9 | 3/4 | 0/1 |
| Opponents Totals | 11 | 27 | 40.7 | 5/ | 1/ | 2/ | 3/ | 0/ |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ben Wilson | 159 | 553 | 3.5 | 27 | 5 |
| Les Josephson | 96 | 451 | 4.7 | 75 | 3 |
| Dick Bass | 72 | 342 | 4.8 | 59 | 2 |
| Bill Munson | 19 | 150 | 7.9 | 83 | 0 |
| Terry Baker | 24 | 82 | 3.4 | 18 | 0 |
| Carver Shannon | 17 | 35 | 2.1 | 8 | 0 |
| Bucky Pope | 2 | 11 | 5.5 | 17 | 0 |
| Roman Gabriel | 11 | 5 | 0.5 | 6 | 1 |
| Team Totals | 400 | 1629 | 4.1 | 75 | 11 |
| Opponents Totals | 419 | 1501 | 3.6 | 14 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INC | YDS | Y/ATT | Y/COM | LG | TD | TD% | INT | INT% | TS | YL | NYP | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Roman Gabriel | 143 | 65 | 45.5 | 73 | 1236 | 8.6 | 19.0 | 70t | 9 | 6.3 | 5 | 3.5 | 23 | 183 | 1053 | 82.4 |
| Bill Munson | 223 | 108 | 48.4 | 100 | 1533 | 6.9 | 14.2 | 95t | 9 | 4.0 | 15 | 6.7 | 42 | 307 | 1226 | 56.5 |
| Terry Baker | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 | ||
| Eddie Meador | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 | ||
| Team Totals | 368 | 173 | 47.0 | 175 | 2769 | 7.5 | 16.0 | 95t | 18 | 4.9 | 20 | 5.4 | 65 | 490 | 2279 | 66.3 |
| Opponents Totals | 435 | 213 | 49.0 | 205 | 3094 | 7.1 | 14.5 | 27 | 6.2 | 17 | 3.9 | 49 | 400 | 2694 | 76.9 |
| RECEIVING | REC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Marlin McKeever | 41 | 582 | 14.2 | 46 | 1 |
| Carroll Dale | 32 | 544 | 17.0 | 44 | 2 |
| Bucky Pope | 25 | 786 | 31.4 | 95t | 10 |
| Les Josephson | 21 | 269 | 12.8 | 58 | 1 |
| Jim Phillips | 17 | 245 | 14.4 | 33 | 2 |
| Ben Wilson | 15 | 116 | 7.7 | 30 | 1 |
| Dick Bass | 9 | 83 | 9.2 | 24 | 0 |
| Terry Baker | 8 | 92 | 11.5 | 31 | 0 |
| Duane Allen | 2 | 29 | 14.5 | 19 | 1 |
| Carver Shannon | 2 | 4 | 2.0 | 10 | 0 |
| Willie Brown | 1 | 19 | 19.0 | 19 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 173 | 2769 | 16.0 | 95t | 18 |
| Opponents Totals | 213 | 3094 | 14.5 | 27 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jerry Richardson | 5 | 146 | 29.2 | 41 | 0 |
| Eddie Meador | 3 | 50 | 16.7 | 30 | 0 |
| Aaron Martin | 2 | 107 | 53.5 | 71t | 1 |
| Bobby Smith | 2 | 97 | 48.5 | 97t | 1 |
| Frank Budka | 2 | 18 | 9.0 | 18 | 0 |
| Jack Pardee | 1 | 32 | 32.0 | 32 | 0 |
| Lindon Crow | 1 | 23 | 23.0 | 23 | 0 |
| Lamar Lundy | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14t | 1 |
| Team Totals | 17 | 487 | 28.6 | 97t | 3 |
| Opponents Totals | 20 | 452 | 22.6 | 2 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL | TB | I20 | RYDS | NYDS | NET |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Danny Villanueva | 82 | 3616 | 44.1 | 58 | 0 | 5 | 360 | 3156 | 38.5 | |
| Team Totals | 82 | 3616 | 44.1 | 58 | 0 | 5 | 360 | 3156 | 38.5 | |
| Opponents Totals | 73 | 3291 | 45.1 | 181 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carver Shannon | 15 | 6 | 81 | 5.4 | 22 | 0 |
| Bobby Smith | 12 | 9 | 68 | 5.7 | 16 | 0 |
| Willie Brown | 4 | 3 | 23 | 5.8 | 8 | 0 |
| Eddie Meador | 2 | 2 | 9 | 4.5 | 9 | 0 |
| Dick Bass | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 34 | 20 | 181 | 5.3 | 22 | 0 |
| Opponents Totals | 43 | 360 | 8.4 | 0 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carver Shannon | 18 | 442 | 24.6 | 40 | 0 | |
| Bobby Smith | 20 | 489 | 24.5 | 56 | 0 | |
| Eddie Meador | 6 | 148 | 24.7 | 30 | 0 | |
| Willie Brown | 6 | 122 | 20.3 | 26 | 0 | |
| Aaron Martin | 2 | 18 | 9.0 | 11 | 0 | |
| Gary Larsen | 2 | 14 | 7.0 | 14 | 0 | |
| Dick Bass | 1 | 25 | 25.0 | 25 | 0 | |
| Marv Harris | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 56 | 1258 | 22.5 | 56 | 0 | |
| Opponents Totals | 58 | 1544 | 26.6 | 2 |
| FUMBLES | NO | LOST | OWN | OPP | REC | YDS | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dick Bass | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Willie Brown | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Frank Budka | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Joe Carollo | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Charlie Cowan | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Carroll Dale | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Roman Gabriel | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Rosey Grier | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Marv Harris | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Mike Henry | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Deacon Jones | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Les Josephson | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Gary Larsen | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Cliff Livingston | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Lamar Lundy | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| Aaron Martin | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Marlin McKeever | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Eddie Meador | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bill Munson | 7 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | |
| Joe Scibelli | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Carver Shannon | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bobby Smith | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ben Wilson | 3 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 40 | 19 | 21 | 13 | 34 | 2 | 0 |
| Opponents Totals | 28 | 13 | 15 | 19 | 34 | 1 |
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