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1951 Los Angeles Rams Rosters, Stats, Schedule, Team Draftees

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Record: 8-4-0, 1st in NFL National Division (Schedule and Results)

Coach: Joe Stydahar (8-4-0)

Points For: 392 (32.7/g) 1st of 12

Points Against: 261 (21.8/g) 6th of 12

Expected W-L: 8.7-3.3

SRS: 9.10 (2nd of 12), SOS: -1.82

Playoffs:
Won Championship 24-17 vs. Cleveland Browns

Other Notable Asst.: Red Hickey (Receivers), Hampton Pool (Backfield Coach) and Ray Richards (Line Coach)

Stadium: Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum

Co-Owner: Edwin Pauley

Co-Owner: Dan Reeves

General Manager: Chile Walsh

Training Camp: University of Redlands (Redlands, California)

1951 NFL Champion

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Team Stats and Rankings

Team Stats and Rankings Table
			Tot Yds & TO					Passing							Rushing					Penalties
Player	PF	Yds	Ply	Y/P	TO	FL	1stD	Cmp	Att	Yds	TD	Int	NY/A	1stD	Att	Yds	TD	Y/A	1stD	Pen	Yds	1stPy
Team Stats	392	5409	799	6.8	37	15	272	189	373	3199	26	22	8.6	130	426	2210	22	5.2	114	94	813	28
Opp. Stats	261	3879	807	4.8	29	10	231	140	329	1673	13	19	5.1	84	478	2206	17	4.6	125	107	1028	22
Lg Rank Offense	1	1			5	4	1		3	1	2	4	1		7	3	2	1
Lg Rank Defense	6	8			12	11	8		6	4	4	9	2		10	11	9	10

Schedule & Game Results

Schedule & Game Results Table
										Score		Offense					Defense
Week	Day	Date				OT	Rec		Opp	Tm	Opp	1stD	TotYd	PassY	RushY	TO	1stD	TotYd	PassY	RushY	TO
1	Fri	September 28		boxscore	W		1-0		New York Yanks	54	14	34	722	541	181	5	13	111	8	103
2	Sun	October 7		boxscore	L		1-1		Cleveland Browns	23	38	18	312	224	88	4	26	450	157	293	3
3	Sun	October 14		boxscore	W		2-1	@	Detroit Lions	27	21	20	397	247	150	3	14	180	53	127	4
4	Sun	October 21		boxscore	W		3-1	@	Green Bay Packers	28	0	21	491	168	323	2	15	302	225	77	1
5	Sun	October 28		boxscore	L		3-2	@	San Francisco 49ers	17	44	23	371	240	131	6	19	321	127	194
6	Sun	November 4		boxscore	W		4-2		San Francisco 49ers	23	16	16	357	202	155	3	15	253	19	234	5
7	Sun	November 11		boxscore	W		5-2		Chicago Cardinals	45	21	23	518	281	237	2	16	342	214	128	4
8	Sun	November 18		boxscore	W		6-2		New York Yanks	48	21	24	565	194	371	1	24	443	219	224	3
9	Sun	November 25		boxscore	L		6-3	@	Washington Redskins	21	31	23	381	320	61	5	26	469	117	352	3
10	Sun	December 2		boxscore	W		7-3	@	Chicago Bears	42	17	25	496	290	206	3	24	351	85	266
11	Sun	December 9		boxscore	L		7-4		Detroit Lions	22	24	27	403	247	156		19	254	91	163	2
12	Sun	December 16		boxscore	W		8-4		Green Bay Packers	42	14	18	396	245	151	3	20	403	358	45	4
		Playoffs
Championship	Sun	December 23		boxscore	W		9-4		Cleveland Browns	24	17	20	334	253	81	3	22	325	233	92	4

Passing

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Passing Table
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	GS	QBrec	Cmp	Att	Cmp%	Yds	TD	TD%	Int	Int%	Lng	Y/A	AY/A	Y/C	Y/G	Rate	Yds	4QC	GWD	Awards
1	Norm Van Brocklin	25	QB	12	2	1-1-0	100	194	51.5	1725	13	6.7	11	5.7	81	8.9	7.68	17.3	143.8	80.8	65	0	0	PB
2	Bob Waterfield	31	QB	11	10	7-3-0	88	176	50.0	1566	13	7.4	10	5.7	91	8.9	7.82	17.8	142.4	81.8	37	1	1	PB,AP-2
3	Glenn Davis	27	LHB	11	4		1	2	50.0	5	0	0.0	0	0.0	5	2.5	2.50	5.0	0.5	56.2		0	0
4	Tom Keane	25	DB	10	6		0	1	0.0	0	0	0.0	1	100.0		0.0	-45.00		0.0	0.0		0	0
	Team Totals			12	12	8-4-0	189	373	50.7	3199	26	7.0	22	5.9	91	8.8	7.32	17.4	266.6	79.8	97	1	1

Passing Table
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	GS	QBrec	Cmp	Att	Cmp%	Yds	TD	TD%	Int	Int%	Lng	Y/A	AY/A	Y/C	Y/G	Rate	Yds	4QC	GWD	Awards
1	Norm Van Brocklin	25	QB	1	0		4	6	66.7	128	1	16.7	0	0.0	73	21.3	24.67	32.0	128.0	149.3	0	0	1
2	Bob Waterfield	31	QB	1	1	1-0-0	9	24	37.5	125	0	0.0	2	8.3	20	5.2	1.46	13.9	125.0	20.3	0	0	0
	Team Totals			1	1	1-0-0	13	30	43.3	253	1	3.3	2	6.7	50	8.4	6.10	19.5	253.0	56.7	0

Rushing & Receiving

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Rushing & Receiving Table
						Rushing							Receiving							Scrimmage
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	GS	Att	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/A	Y/G	A/G	Rec	Yds	Y/R	TD	Lng	R/G	Y/G	Touch	Y/Tch	YScm	RRTD	Fmb	Awards
1	Elroy Hirsch	28	RE	12	12	1	3	0	3	3.0	0.3	0.1	66	1495	22.7	17	91	5.5	124.6	67	22.4	1498	17	0	PB,AP-1
2	Dan Towler	23	FB	12	5	126	854	6	79	6.8	71.2	10.5	16	257	16.1	0	46	1.3	21.4	142	7.8	1111	6	7	PB,AP-2
3	Dick Hoerner	29	FB	12	10	94	569	6	43	6.1	47.4	7.8	8	102	12.8	1	21	0.7	8.5	102	6.6	671	7	5
4	Tom Fears	29	LE	7	7	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	32	528	16.5	3	54	4.6	75.4	32	16.5	528	3	0
5	Vitamin Smith	28	RH	12	9	52	143	1	31	2.8	11.9	4.3	16	278	17.4	1	67	1.3	23.2	68	6.2	421	2	2
6	Tank Younger	23	LLB	12	12	36	223	1	24	6.2	18.6	3.0	5	72	14.4	0	52	0.4	6.0	41	7.2	295	1	0	PB,AP-1
7	Glenn Davis	27	LHB	11	4	64	200	1	23	3.1	18.2	5.8	8	90	11.3	1	21	0.7	8.2	72	4.0	290	2	3
8	Jerry Williams	28	LH/LDH	10	10	21	106	2	32	5.0	10.6	2.1	5	49	9.8	0	13	0.5	4.9	26	6.0	155	2	0
9	Tommy Kalmanir	25	HB	12	0	16	61	0	23	3.8	5.1	1.3	6	91	15.2	1	38	0.5	7.6	22	6.9	152	1	0
10	Tom Keane	25	DB	10	6	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	12	133	11.1	0	21	1.2	13.3	12	11.1	133	0	0
11	Bob Boyd	23	FS	12	7	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	9	128	14.2	1	28	0.8	10.7	9	14.2	128	1	0
12	Bob Waterfield	31	QB	11	10	9	49	3	25	5.4	4.5	0.8	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	9	5.4	49	3	2	PB,AP-2
13	Marvin Johnson	24	DB	9	2	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	2	38	19.0	0	28	0.2	4.2	2	19.0	38	0	0
14	Norb Hecker	24	SS	10	10	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	4	35	8.8	1	20	0.4	3.5	4	8.8	35	1	0
15	Norm Van Brocklin	25	QB	12	2	7	2	2	4	0.3	0.2	0.6	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	7	0.3	2	2	3	PB
	Team Totals			12	12	426	2210	22	79	5.2	184.2	35.5	189	3296	17.4	26	91	15.8	274.7	615	9.0	5506	48	22

Rushing & Receiving Table
						Rushing							Receiving							Scrimmage
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	GS	Att	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/A	Y/G	A/G	Rec	Yds	Y/R	TD	Lng	R/G	Y/G	Touch	Y/Tch	YScm	RRTD	Fmb	Awards
1	Tom Fears	29	LE	1	1	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	4	146	36.5	1	73	4.0	146.0	4	36.5	146	1	0
2	Elroy Hirsch	28	RE	1	1	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	4	66	16.5	0	20	4.0	66.0	4	16.5	66	0	0
3	Dan Towler	23	FB	1	1	16	36	1	9	2.3	36.0	16.0	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	16	2.3	36	1	1
4	Vitamin Smith	28	RH	1	0	9	15	0	8	1.7	15.0	9.0	1	18	18.0	0	18	1.0	18.0	10	3.3	33	0	0
5	Tank Younger	23	LLB	1	1	4	20	0	14	5.0	20.0	4.0	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	4	5.0	20	0	1
6	Dick Hoerner	29	FB	1	1	5	5	1	4	1.0	5.0	5.0	1	13	13.0	0	13	1.0	13.0	6	3.0	18	1	0
7	Bob Waterfield	31	QB	1	1	2	8	0	6	4.0	8.0	2.0	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	2	4.0	8	0	0
8	Glenn Davis	27	LHB	1	0	6	-6	0	5	-1.0	-6.0	6.0	3	10	3.3	0	11	3.0	10.0	9	0.4	4	0	0
9	Norm Van Brocklin	25	QB	1	0	1	3	0	3	3.0	3.0	1.0	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	1	3.0	3	0	0
	Team Totals			1	1	43	81	2	15	1.9	81.0	43.0	13	253	19.5	1	73	13.0	253.0	56	6.0	334	3	2

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Defense & Fumbles

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Defense & Fumbles Table
						Def Interceptions				Fumbles
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	GS	Int	Yds	IntTD	Lng	Fmb	FR	Yds	FRTD	Sk	Sfty	Awards
1	Larry Brink	28	LDE	12	12	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0	PB,AP-1
2	Dick Daugherty	22	LG	12	12	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0.0	0
3	Elroy Hirsch	28	RE	12	12	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	0	0.0	0	PB,AP-1
4	Woodley Lewis	26	RDH	12	12	3	34	0	20	0	1	6	0	0.0	0
5	Don Paul	26	RLB	12	12	1	16	0	16	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	PB
6	Jim Winkler	24	LDT	12	12	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
7	Tank Younger	23	LLB	12	12	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	PB,AP-1
8	Norb Hecker	24	SS	10	10	3	74	0	36	0	0	0	0	0.0	0
9	Dick Hoerner	29	FB	12	10	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0.0	0
10	Bob Waterfield	31	QB	11	10	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0.0	0	PB,AP-2
11	Jerry Williams	28	LH/LDH	10	10	3	53	1	21	0	0	0	0	0.0	0
12	Vitamin Smith	28	RH	12	9	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0.0	0
13	Andy Robustelli	26	RDE	11	8	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
14	Bob Boyd	23	FS	12	7	2	3	0	3	0	0	0	0	0.0	0
15	Herb Rich	23	FS	7	7	3	11	0	6	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
16	Tom Keane	25	DB	10	6	2	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0.0	0
17	Dan Towler	23	FB	12	5	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0.0	0	PB,AP-2
18	Glenn Davis	27	LHB	11	4	0	0	0	0	3	2	12	0	0.0	0
19	Marvin Johnson	24	DB	9	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
20	Norm Van Brocklin	25	QB	12	2	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0.0	0	PB
21	Charlie Toogood	24	T	8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0
22	Bobby Collier	22	T	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
23	Tommy Kalmanir	25	HB	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	10	0	0.0	0
24	Joe Reid	22	LB	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
	Team Totals			12	12	19	0	1		22	7	31	0	0	0

Defense & Fumbles Table
						Def Interceptions					Fumbles
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	GS	Int	Yds	IntTD	Lng	PD	Fmb	FR	Yds	FRTD	Sk	Comb	Sfty	Awards
1	Larry Brink	28	LDE	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.0	0	0
2	Don Paul	26	RLB	1	1	1	26	0	26	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0
3	Andy Robustelli	26	RDE	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	22	0	2.0	0	0
4	Dan Towler	23	FB	1	1				0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0	0
5	Tank Younger	23	LLB	1	1				0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0	0
6	Marvin Johnson	24	DB	1	0	1	35	0	35	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0
7	Tom Keane	25	DB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0	0
8	Jerry Williams	28	LH/LDH	1	0	1	15	0	15	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0
	Team Totals			1	1						2	0	0	0			0

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