1965 Los Angeles Rams (NFL) |
| 7th place • Western Conference • 4-10-0 .286 |
| Head Coach: Harland Svare |
| Bill Austin | Offensive Line |
| Don Doll | Defensive Backs |
| Jack Patera | Defensive Line |
| Bob Schnelker | Offensive Ends |
| Vic Schwenk | Offensive Backs |
| SCORES | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Day | Date | Opponent | Score | Location | Venue | Attendance | |||
| Tue | 8/17/1965 | H | Dallas Cowboys | 9-0 | W | Los Angeles, CA | Memorial Coliseum | 31579 | |
| Sat | 8/22/1965 | H | Cleveland Browns | 19-21 | L | Los Angeles, CA | Memorial Coliseum | 29508 | |
| Sat | 8/28/1965 | N | Chicago Bears | 14-28 | L | Nashville, TN | Dudley Field | 20500 | |
| Sat | 9/4/1965 | H | Philadelphia Eagles | 10-0 | W | Los Angeles, CA | Memorial Coliseum | 26609 | |
| Sun | 9/12/1965 | H | San Francisco 49ers | 34-14 | W | Los Angeles, CA | Memorial Coliseum | 29510 | |
| Sun | 9/19/1965 | A | Detroit Lions | 0-20 | L | Detroit, MI | Tiger Stadium | 46941 | |
| Sun | 9/26/1965 | H | Chicago Bears | 30-28 | W | Los Angeles, CA | Memorial Coliseum | 36359 | |
| Sun | 10/3/1965 | H | Minnesota Vikings | 35-38 | L | Los Angeles, CA | Memorial Coliseum | 36755 | |
| Sun | 10/10/1965 | A | Chicago Bears | 6-31 | L | Chicago, IL | Wrigley Field | 45760 | |
| Sun | 10/17/1965 | H | San Francisco 49ers | 21-45 | L | Los Angeles, CA | Memorial Coliseum | 38615 | |
| Sun | 10/24/1965 | A | Baltimore Colts | 20-35 | L | Baltimore, MD | Memorial Stadium | 60238 | |
| Sun | 10/31/1965 | H | Detroit Lions | 7-31 | L | Los Angeles, CA | Memorial Coliseum | 35187 | |
| Sun | 11/7/1965 | A | Minnesota Vikings | 13-24 | L | Bloomington, MN | Metropolitan Stadium | 47426 | |
| Sun | 11/14/1965 | A | Green Bay Packers | 3-6 | L | Milwaukee, WI | County Stadium | 48485 | |
| Sun | 11/21/1965 | A | San Francisco 49ers | 27-30 | L | San Francisco, CA | Kezar Stadium | 39253 | |
| Sun | 11/28/1965 | H | Green Bay Packers | 21-10 | W | Los Angeles, CA | Memorial Coliseum | 39733 | |
| Sun | 12/5/1965 | A | St. Louis Cardinals | 27-3 | W | St. Louis, MO | Busch Stadium | 27943 | |
| Sun | 12/12/1965 | H | Cleveland Browns | 42-7 | W | Los Angeles, CA | Memorial Coliseum | 49048 | |
| Sat | 12/18/1965 | H | Baltimore Colts | 17-20 | L | Los Angeles, CA | Memorial Coliseum | 46636 | |
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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| Schedule Notes | ||
|---|---|---|
| 8/17/1965 | Dallas Cowboys | Postponed from 8/14 |
| 8/22/1965 | Cleveland Browns | Postponed from 8/21 |
| ROSTER | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | No | Pos | Ht | Wt | Age | College | GP | GS |
| Terry Baker | 11 | HB | 6-3 | 198 | 24 | Oregon State | 9 | 2 |
| Dick Bass | 22 | FB | 5-10 | 197 | 28 | Pacific | 12 | 11 |
| Fred Brown | 81 | RLB | 6-5 | 231 | 22 | American River JC; Miami (Florida) | 14 | 6 |
| Willie Brown | 26 | HB | 6-0 | 185 | 23 | Southern California | 14 | 4 |
| Mac Byrd | 23 | LB | 6-0 | 215 | 23 | Southern California | 2 | 0 |
| Joe Carollo | 63 | LOT | 6-2 | 262 | 25 | Notre Dame | 14 | 14 |
| Don Chuy | 62 | LOG | 6-1 | 255 | 24 | Clemson | 11 | 7 |
| Charlie Cowan | 73 | ROT-LOG | 6-4 | 264 | 27 | New Mexico Highlands | 13 | 12 |
| Dan Currie | 58 | RLB-LLB | 6-3 | 239 | 30 | Michigan State | 14 | 10 |
| Roman Gabriel | 18 | QB | 6-4 | 225 | 25 | North Carolina State | 7 | 4 |
| Bruce Gossett | 30 | K | 6-2 | 229 | 24 | Clarion; Ferrum JC; Duquesne; Richmond | 14 | 0 |
| Rosey Grier | 76 | RDT | 6-5 | 284 | 33 | Penn State | 14 | 13 |
| Tony Guillory | 88 | LLB-MLB | 6-4 | 232 | 23 | Nebraska; Lamar | 14 | 13 |
| Steve Heckard | 20 | SE | 6-1 | 195 | 22 | Davidson | 13 | 0 |
| Ken Iman | 50 | C | 6-1 | 236 | 26 | Southeast Missouri State | 14 | 14 |
| Deacon Jones | 75 | LDE | 6-5 | 254 | 27 | South Carolina State; Mississippi Valley State | 14 | 14 |
| Les Josephson | 34 | HB-FB | 6-0 | 209 | 23 | Augustana (South Dakota) | 13 | 6 |
| Jon Kilgore | 13 | P | 6-1 | 203 | 22 | Auburn | 5 | 0 |
| Chuck Lamson | 44 | LS | 6-0 | 189 | 26 | Iowa State; Wyoming | 13 | 11 |
| Cliff Livingston | 89 | RLB | 6-3 | 212 | 35 | Orange Coast JC; UCLA | 10 | 4 |
| Billy Lothridge | 10 | P | 6-1 | 194 | 23 | Georgia Tech | 9 | 0 |
| Lamar Lundy | 85 | RDE | 6-7 | 245 | 30 | Purdue | 12 | 11 |
| Frank Marchlewski | 52 | C | 6-2 | 237 | 22 | Minnesota | 14 | 0 |
| Aaron Martin | 42 | RCB | 6-0 | 187 | 23 | North Carolina Central | 4 | 4 |
| Tommy McDonald | 29 | FL | 5-9 | 176 | 31 | Oklahoma | 14 | 14 |
| Danny McIlhany | 17 | RCB | 6-1 | 195 | 22 | Texas A&M | 10 | 9 |
| Marlin McKeever | 86 | TE | 6-1 | 233 | 25 | Southern California | 12 | 11 |
| Eddie Meador | 21 | RS | 5-11 | 193 | 28 | Arkansas Tech | 14 | 14 |
| Frank Molden | 78 | RDT | 6-5 | 282 | 23 | Jackson State | 11 | 1 |
| Bill Munson | 19 | QB | 6-2 | 203 | 24 | Foothill JC; Utah State | 10 | 10 |
| Merlin Olsen | 74 | LDT-RDE | 6-5 | 270 | 25 | Utah State | 14 | 14 |
| Roger Pillath | 72 | LOG | 6-4 | 249 | 24 | Wisconsin | 14 | 3 |
| Tim Powell | 64 | RDE-LDT | 6-4 | 248 | 23 | Northwestern | 8 | 3 |
| Jerry Richardson | 43 | LCB-LS-RCB | 6-3 | 190 | 24 | West Texas A&M | 14 | 8 |
| Joe Scibelli | 71 | ROG | 6-1 | 256 | 26 | Notre Dame; American International | 14 | 14 |
| Bobby Smith | 23 | LS-LCB | 6-0 | 193 | 27 | Compton JC; UCLA | 7 | 3 |
| Ron Smith | 14 | QB | 6-5 | 220 | 23 | Wake Forest; Richmond | 1 | 0 |
| Jack Snow | 84 | SE | 6-2 | 195 | 22 | Notre Dame | 14 | 14 |
| Jim Stiger | 26 | FB | 5-10 | 214 | 23 | Bakersfield CC; Washington | 6 | 0 |
| Mike Strofolino | 61 | LB | 6-2 | 223 | 21 | Villanova | 9 | 0 |
| Billy Truax | 87 | TE | 6-5 | 238 | 22 | Louisiana State | 14 | 3 |
| Frank Varrichione | 70 | ROT-LOG | 6-1 | 234 | 33 | Notre Dame | 11 | 6 |
| Joe Wendryhoski | 54 | OG | 6-2 | 245 | 27 | Illinois | 4 | 0 |
| Clancy Williams | 24 | LCB-RCB-HB | 6-2 | 197 | 23 | Washington State | 12 | 8 |
| Ben Wilson | 36 | HB-FB | 6-0 | 225 | 26 | Southern California | 14 | 3 |
| Doug Woodlief | 57 | MLB | 6-3 | 231 | 22 | Chipola JC; Memphis | 14 | 10 |
| DRAFT LIST | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Round | Overall | Player | Pos | College |
| 1 | 9 | Clancy Williams | HB | Washington State |
| 3 | 37 | Fred Brown | E-LB | Miami (Florida) |
| 4 | 50 | Mike Strofolino | LB | Villanova |
| 5 | 60 | Frank Marchlewski | C | Minnesota |
| 5 | 65 | Doug Woodlief | E | Memphis |
| 6 | 78 | Rex Harrison | E | Elon |
| 7 | 93 | Tony Guillory | G | Lamar |
| 8 | 106 | Stan Dzura | T | California |
| 9 | 121 | Ronnie Caveness | LB | Arkansas |
| 10 | 134 | Jim Burt | HB | Western Kentucky |
| 11 | 149 | Merlin Walet | FB | McNeese State |
| 12 | 162 | Bob Werl | E | Miami (Florida) |
| 13 | 177 | Brent Berry | T | San Jose State |
| 14 | 190 | Bill Robertson | E | Austin |
| 15 | 205 | Marv Davis | E | Wichita State |
| 16 | 218 | Charlie Brown | T | Tulsa |
| 17 | 233 | Ed Blecksmith | B | Southern California |
| 18 | 246 | Leo Lowery | FB | Texas Tech |
| 19 | 261 | Billy Guy Anderson | QB | Tulsa |
| 20 | 274 | Billy Scott | E | Northeastern State |
| SCORING BY QUARTERS | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 48 | 77 | 68 | 76 | 269 |
| Opponents Totals | 40 | 117 | 45 | 126 | 328 |
| TEAM STATS | TOP | 1st Downs | FDR | FDP | FDX | 3rd Down Efficiency | 4th Down Efficiency | PEN | PENY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 251 | 76 | 153 | 22 | / % | / % | 61 | 560 | |
| Opponents Totals | 208 | 82 | 113 | 13 | / % | / % | 70 | 566 |
| SCORING | TD | X1 | X1A | PCT | FG | FGA | PCT | SAF | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bruce Gossett | 0 | 30 | 32 | 93.8 | 15 | 26 | 57.7 | 0 | 75 |
| Tommy McDonald | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 54 | ||
| Dick Bass | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | ||
| Marlin McKeever | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | ||
| Terry Baker | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||
| Jack Snow | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||
| Roman Gabriel | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Willie Brown | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Aaron Martin | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Eddie Meador | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Frank Molden | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Bill Munson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Billy Truax | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Ben Wilson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Deacon Jones | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Team Totals | 32 | 30 | 32 | 93.8 | 15 | 26 | 57.7 | 1 | 269 |
| Opponents Totals | 40 | 40 | 40 | 100.0 | 16 | 32 | 50.0 | 0 | 328 |
| FIELD GOALS | MADE | ATT | PCT | BL | LG | 1-19 | 20-29 | 30-39 | 40-49 | 50+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bruce Gossett | 15 | 26 | 57.7 | 2 | 49 | 6/9 | 2/3 | 3/5 | 4/8 | 0/1 |
| Team Totals | 15 | 26 | 57.7 | 2 | 49 | 6/9 | 2/3 | 3/5 | 4/8 | 0/1 |
| Opponents Totals | 16 | 32 | 50.0 | 3/ | 5/ | 4/ | 1/ | 3/ |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dick Bass | 121 | 549 | 4.5 | 49t | 2 |
| Les Josephson | 71 | 225 | 3.2 | 18 | 0 |
| Ben Wilson | 60 | 189 | 3.2 | 20 | 1 |
| Bill Munson | 26 | 157 | 6.0 | 38 | 1 |
| Willie Brown | 44 | 133 | 3.0 | 19 | 0 |
| Terry Baker | 25 | 82 | 3.3 | 10 | 1 |
| Roman Gabriel | 23 | 79 | 3.4 | 17 | 2 |
| Eddie Meador | 2 | 35 | 17.5 | 24 | 1 |
| Jim Stiger | 3 | 12 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Clancy Williams | 3 | 3 | 1.0 | 2 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 378 | 1464 | 3.9 | 49t | 8 |
| Opponents Totals | 417 | 1409 | 3.4 | 16 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INC | YDS | Y/ATT | Y/COM | LG | TD | TD% | INT | INT% | TS | YL | NYP | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Roman Gabriel | 173 | 83 | 48.0 | 85 | 1321 | 7.6 | 15.9 | 60t | 11 | 6.4 | 5 | 2.9 | 14 | 97 | 1224 | 83.0 |
| Bill Munson | 267 | 144 | 53.9 | 109 | 1701 | 6.4 | 11.8 | 47t | 10 | 3.7 | 14 | 5.2 | 30 | 244 | 1457 | 64.2 |
| Terry Baker | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 14 | 14.0 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 118.8 |
| Ben Wilson | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 8 | 8.0 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 100.0 |
| Les Josephson | 2 | 1 | 50.0 | 1 | 15 | 7.5 | 15.0 | 15t | 1 | 50.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 114.6 |
| Eddie Meador | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 | ||
| Team Totals | 445 | 230 | 51.7 | 196 | 3059 | 6.9 | 13.3 | 60t | 22 | 4.9 | 19 | 4.3 | 45 | 344 | 2715 | 72.5 |
| Opponents Totals | 349 | 205 | 58.7 | 133 | 2884 | 8.3 | 14.1 | 22 | 6.3 | 11 | 3.2 | 32 | 270 | 2614 | 93.3 |
| RECEIVING | REC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tommy McDonald | 67 | 1036 | 15.5 | 51 | 9 |
| Marlin McKeever | 44 | 542 | 12.3 | 47t | 4 |
| Jack Snow | 38 | 559 | 14.7 | 60t | 3 |
| Terry Baker | 22 | 210 | 9.5 | 38t | 2 |
| Dick Bass | 21 | 230 | 11.0 | 36 | 2 |
| Les Josephson | 18 | 169 | 9.4 | 30 | 0 |
| Ben Wilson | 9 | 110 | 12.2 | 38 | 0 |
| Billy Truax | 6 | 108 | 18.0 | 59t | 1 |
| Willie Brown | 4 | 91 | 22.8 | 37 | 1 |
| Steve Heckard | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 230 | 3059 | 13.3 | 60t | 22 |
| Opponents Totals | 205 | 2884 | 14.1 | 22 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aaron Martin | 2 | 60 | 30.0 | 37t | 1 |
| Eddie Meador | 2 | 57 | 28.5 | 29 | 0 |
| Danny McIlhany | 2 | 7 | 3.5 | 7 | 0 |
| Chuck Lamson | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Frank Molden | 1 | 59 | 59.0 | 59 | 0 |
| Jerry Richardson | 1 | 33 | 33.0 | 33 | 0 |
| Cliff Livingston | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 11 | 224 | 20.4 | 59 | 1 |
| Opponents Totals | 19 | 156 | 8.2 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL | TB | I20 | RYDS | NYDS | NET |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Billy Lothridge | 42 | 1619 | 38.5 | 55 | 1 | 3 | ||||
| Jon Kilgore | 24 | 999 | 41.6 | 56 | 0 | |||||
| Team Totals | 66 | 2618 | 39.7 | 56 | 1 | 176 | ||||
| Opponents Totals | 66 | 2997 | 45.4 | 225 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jim Stiger | 13 | 1 | 106 | 8.2 | 22 | 0 |
| Willie Brown | 9 | 7 | 63 | 7.0 | 15 | 0 |
| Bobby Smith | 9 | 0 | 56 | 6.2 | 0 | 0 |
| Dick Bass | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 32 | 8 | 225 | 7.0 | 22 | 0 |
| Opponents Totals | 25 | 176 | 7.0 | 1 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bobby Smith | 17 | 457 | 26.9 | 56 | 0 | |
| Willie Brown | 24 | 615 | 25.6 | 52 | 0 | |
| Clancy Williams | 9 | 213 | 23.7 | 31 | 0 | |
| Ben Wilson | 3 | 66 | 22.0 | 29 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 53 | 1351 | 25.5 | 56 | 0 | |
| Opponents Totals | 54 | 1364 | 25.3 | 0 |
| FUMBLES | NO | LOST | OWN | OPP | REC | YDS | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Terry Baker | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Dick Bass | 7 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Willie Brown | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Joe Carollo | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Charlie Cowan | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 0 |
| Dan Currie | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Roman Gabriel | 5 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Steve Heckard | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Les Josephson | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Chuck Lamson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Lamar Lundy | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Tommy McDonald | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Dan McIlhany | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Marlin McKeever | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Eddie Meador | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 34 | 0 |
| Frank Molden | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| Bill Munson | 9 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Merlin Olsen | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 59 | 0 |
| Joe Scibelli | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Bobby Smith | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jack Snow | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Jim Stiger | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Billy Truax | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Clancy Williams | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Ben Wilson | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Doug Woodlief | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 40 | 22 | 18 | 15 | 33 | 105 | 1 |
| Opponents Totals | 27 | 15 | 12 | 22 | 34 | 0 |
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