| Los Angeles Rams at New York Yanks Game Statistics |
| Date: September 28, 1951 Location: Los Angeles, CA |
| Venue: Memorial Coliseum Attendance: 30315 |
| Weather: Mostly Clear Temp: 65 F Humidty: 81% Wind: 2 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles RamsLARM | 21 | 13 | 7 | 13 | 54 |
| New York YanksNYY | 0 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 14 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | NYY | LARM |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Los Angeles RamsLARM | Elroy Hirsch 41 pass from Norm Van Brocklin (Tom Fears kick) | 0 | 7 |
| 1 | Los Angeles RamsLARM | Dick Hoerner 22 run (Tom Fears kick) | 0 | 14 |
| 1 | Los Angeles RamsLARM | Vitamin Smith 67 pass from Norm Van Brocklin (Tom Fears kick) | 0 | 21 |
| 2 | Los Angeles RamsLARM | Norm Van Brocklin 1 run (Tom Fears kick) | 0 | 28 |
| 2 | Los Angeles RamsLARM | Elroy Hirsch 47 pass from Norm Van Brocklin (failed) | 0 | 34 |
| 2 | New York YanksNYY | Buddy Young 79 punt return (Harvey Johnson kick) | 7 | 34 |
| 3 | Los Angeles RamsLARM | Elroy Hirsch 26 pass from Norm Van Brocklin (Tom Fears kick) | 7 | 41 |
| 4 | New York YanksNYY | Art Tait 30 opponents fumble recovery (Harvey Johnson kick) | 14 | 41 |
| 4 | Los Angeles RamsLARM | Elroy Hirsch 1 pass from Norm Van Brocklin (Tom Fears kick) | 14 | 48 |
| 4 | Los Angeles RamsLARM | Dan Towler 1 run (failed) | 14 | 54 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles Rams | ||
| Offense | ||
| 55 | LOE | Tom Fears |
| 76 | LOT | Don Simensen |
| 67 | LOG | Dick Daugherty |
| 50 | C | Leon McLaughlin |
| 44 | ROG | Harry Thompson |
| 71 | ROT | Tom Dahms |
| 40 | ROE | Elroy Hirsch |
| 25 | QB | Norm Van Brocklin |
| 33 | LOH | Jerry Williams |
| 77 | ROH | Vitamin Smith |
| 31 | FB | Dick Hoerner |
| Defense | ||
| 63 | LDE | Larry Brink |
| 78 | LDT | Jim Winkler |
| 11 | MG | Stan West |
| 73 | RDT | Jack Halliday |
| 56 | RDE | Jack Zilly |
| 13 | LLB | Tank Younger |
| 57 | RLB | Don Paul |
| 10 | LDH | Tom Keane |
| 88 | LS | Norb Hecker |
| 80 | RS | Bob Boyd |
| 30 | RDH | Woodley Lewis |
| New York Yanks | ||
| Offense | ||
| 66 | LOE | Bill O'Connor |
| 47 | LOT | Paul Mitchell |
| 21 | LOG | Johnny Clowes |
| 22 | C | Brad Ecklund |
| 7 | ROG | John Wozniak |
| 71 | ROT | Mike McCormack |
| 4 | ROE | Danny Edwards |
| 18 | QB | John Rauch |
| 20 | LOH | George Taliaferro |
| 46 | ROH | Sherman Howard |
| 86 | FB | Zollie Toth |
| Defense | ||
| 51 | LDE | Art Tait |
| 39 | LDT | Art Donovan |
| 35 | MG | Jim Champion |
| 36 | RDT | Don Colo |
| 84 | RDE | Barney Poole |
| 15 | LLB | Duke Iversen |
| 62 | RLB | Harvey Johnson |
| 31 | LDH | Bennie Aldridge |
| 61 | LS | Bobbie Griffin |
| 10 | RS | Joe Golding |
| 3 | RDH | Paul Crowe |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles Rams | |||||
| Dick Hoerner | 8 | 81 | 10.1 | 22t | 1 |
| Tommy Kalmanir | 4 | 38 | 9.5 | 23 | 0 |
| Jerry Williams | 8 | 29 | 3.6 | 11 | 0 |
| Vitamin Smith | 3 | 27 | 9.0 | 19 | 0 |
| Dan Towler | 3 | 6 | 2.0 | 4 | 1 |
| Elroy Hirsch | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Norm Van Brocklin | 2 | -3 | -1.5 | 1t | 1 |
| New York Yanks | |||||
| Zollie Toth | 15 | 57 | 3.8 | 12 | 0 |
| Sherman Howard | 11 | 34 | 3.1 | 15 | 0 |
| Buddy Young | 3 | 16 | 5.3 | 11 | 0 |
| Bob Celeri | 2 | 7 | 3.5 | 14 | 0 |
| Al Pollard | 1 | -1 | -1.0 | -1 | 0 |
| George Taliaferro | 1 | -2 | -2.0 | -2 | 0 |
| Bev Wallace | 1 | -8 | -8.0 | -8 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles Rams | |||||||||||
| Norm Van Brocklin | 41 | 27 | 65.9 | 2 | 554 | 13.5 | 67t | 5 | 13 | 128.3 | |
| Tom Keane | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | ||
| New York Yanks | |||||||||||
| John Rauch | 17 | 7 | 41.2 | 0 | 38 | 2.2 | 14 | 0 | 22 | 48.9 | |
| Bob Celeri | 10 | 2 | 20.0 | 0 | 16 | 1.6 | 9 | 0 | 14 | 39.6 | |
| Bev Wallace | 8 | 1 | 12.5 | 0 | 9 | 1.1 | 9 | 0 | 19 | 39.6 | |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles Rams | |||||
| Elroy Hirsch | 9 | 173 | 19.2 | 47t | 4 |
| Tom Fears | 7 | 162 | 23.1 | 54 | 0 |
| Vitamin Smith | 2 | 103 | 51.5 | 67t | 1 |
| Tommy Kalmanir | 2 | 40 | 20.0 | 37 | 0 |
| Dan Towler | 2 | 30 | 15.0 | 20 | 0 |
| Jerry Williams | 2 | 22 | 11.0 | 13 | 0 |
| Tom Keane | 2 | 10 | 5.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Bob Boyd | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 |
| New York Yanks | |||||
| Danny Edwards | 3 | 25 | 8.3 | 9 | 0 |
| Buddy Young | 3 | 17 | 5.7 | 9 | 0 |
| Zollie Toth | 2 | 19 | 9.5 | 14 | 0 |
| Sherman Howard | 2 | 2 | 1.0 | 4 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles Rams | |||||
| New York Yanks | |||||
| Bennie Aldridge | 1 | 36 | 36.0 | 36 | 0 |
| Bobbie Griffin | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Paul Crowe | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles Rams | |||||
| Norm Van Brocklin | 4 | 160 | 40.0 | 43 | 0 |
| New York Yanks | |||||
| George Taliaferro | 14 | 484 | 34.6 | 72 | 1 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles Rams | ||||||
| New York Yanks | ||||||
| Buddy Young | 1 | |||||
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles Rams | ||||||
| New York Yanks | ||||||
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