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1953 Los Angeles Rams Rosters, Stats, Schedule, Team Draftees

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Record: 8-3-1, 3rd in NFL West Division (Schedule and Results)

Coach: Hampton Pool (8-3-1)

Points For: 366 (30.5/g) 2nd of 12

Points Against: 236 (19.7/g) 5th of 12

Expected W-L: 8.9-3.1

SRS: 7.53 (4th of 12), SOS: -3.31

Other Notable Asst.: Red Hickey (Receivers)

Stadium: Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum

Co-Owner: Edwin Pauley

Co-Owner: Dan Reeves

General Manager: Chile Walsh

Training Camp: University of Redlands (Redlands, California)

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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	366	4713	750	6.3	40	22	214	173	324	2565	19	18	7.9	104	426	2148	23	5.0	105	73	597	5
Opp. Stats	236	3452	741	4.7	43	13	194	161	366	1882	15	30	5.1	92	375	1570	10	4.2	91	51	465	11
Lg Rank Offense	2	2			4	12	3		7	3	3	2	2		4	2	2	1
Lg Rank Defense	5	4			5	11	4		8	4	5	2	2		4	6	3	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	Sun	September 27		boxscore	W		1-0		New York Giants	21	7	16	334	186	148	3	13	192	88	104	3
2	Sun	October 4		boxscore	L		1-1	@	San Francisco 49ers	30	31	21	387	272	115	2	21	296	190	106	3
3	Sun	October 11		boxscore	W		2-1	@	Green Bay Packers	38	20	16	412	320	92	2	18	278	172	106	4
4	Sun	October 18		boxscore	W		3-1	@	Detroit Lions	31	19	18	391	208	183	1	23	426	263	163	4
5	Sun	October 25		boxscore	W		4-1		Chicago Bears	38	24	19	525	312	213	1	24	376	296	80	6
6	Sun	November 1		boxscore	W		5-1		Detroit Lions	37	24	14	392	170	222	4	19	255	116	139	4
7	Sun	November 8		boxscore	L		5-2		San Francisco 49ers	27	31	18	333	52	281	3	17	414	301	113	4
8	Sun	November 15		boxscore	T		5-2-1	@	Chicago Cardinals	24	24	17	291	117	174	3	20	349	149	200	3
9	Sun	November 22		boxscore	W		6-2-1	@	Baltimore Colts	21	13	14	495	192	303	4	12	254	9	245	4
10	Sun	November 29		boxscore	L		6-3-1	@	Chicago Bears	21	24	19	356	215	141	4	10	303	177	126	1
11	Sat	December 5		boxscore	W		7-3-1		Baltimore Colts	45	2	19	334	216	118	4	6	70	39	31	3
12	Sat	December 12		boxscore	W		8-3-1		Green Bay Packers	33	17	23	463	305	158	9	11	239	82	157	4

Passing

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	27	QB	12	12	8-3-1	156	286	54.5	2393	19	6.6	14	4.9	70	8.4	7.49	15.3	199.4	84.1	61	1	2	PB
2	Rudy Bukich	23	QB	8	0		14	32	43.8	169	0	0.0	3	9.4	30	5.3	1.06	12.1	21.1	21.5	46	0	0
3	Skeet Quinlan	25	LH	12	11		2	4	50.0	60	0	0.0	1	25.0	40	15.0	3.75	30.0	5.0	56.2		0	0
4	Vitamin Smith	30	HB	11	3		1	2	50.0	50	0	0.0	0	0.0	50	25.0	25.00	50.0	4.5	95.8		0	0
	Team Totals			12	12	8-3-1	173	324	53.4	2565	19	5.9	18	5.6	70	8.2	6.92	15.4	213.8	77.3	107	1	2

Rushing & Receiving

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	Dan Towler	25	FB	12	9	152	879	7	73	5.8	73.3	12.7	11	125	11.4	1	49	0.9	10.4	163	6.2	1004	8	6	PB
2	Skeet Quinlan	25	LH	12	11	97	705	4	74	7.3	58.8	8.1	17	260	15.3	2	59	1.4	21.7	114	8.5	965	6	3
3	Elroy Hirsch	30	LE/RE	12	12	1	-6	0	-6	-6.0	-0.5	0.1	61	941	15.4	4	70	5.1	78.4	62	15.1	935	4	2	PB,AP-1
4	Tank Younger	25	FB	12	3	84	350	8	39	4.2	29.2	7.0	20	259	13.0	1	48	1.7	21.6	104	5.9	609	9	4	PB
5	Bob Boyd	25	RE	12	7	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	24	548	22.8	4	70	2.0	45.7	24	22.8	548	4	0
6	Tom Fears	31	LE	8	5	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	23	278	12.1	4	31	2.9	34.8	23	12.1	278	4	1
7	Vitamin Smith	30	HB	11	3	8	26	0	21	3.3	2.4	0.7	6	151	25.2	3	54	0.5	13.7	14	12.6	177	3	1
8	Brad Myers	24	HB	12	1	40	124	3	31	3.1	10.3	3.3	4	13	3.3	0	9	0.3	1.1	44	3.1	137	3	1
9	Tom McCormick	23	RH	11	9	20	29	0	8	1.5	2.6	1.8	5	72	14.4	0	20	0.5	6.5	25	4.0	101	0	3
10	Rudy Bukich	23	QB	8	0	14	28	1	17	2.0	3.5	1.8	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	14	2.0	28	1	4
11	Norb Hecker	26	SS	12	11	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	2	25	12.5	0	16	0.2	2.1	2	12.5	25	0	0
12	Norm Van Brocklin	27	QB	12	12	8	11	0	6	1.4	0.9	0.7	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	8	1.4	11	0	3	PB
13	Woodley Lewis	28	FS	12	8	2	2	0	5	1.0	0.2	0.2	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	2	1.0	2	0	2
	Team Totals			12	12	426	2148	23	74	5.0	179.0	35.5	173	2672	15.4	19	70	14.4	222.7	599	8.0	4820	42	30

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Defense & Fumbles

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	30	LDE	12	12	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
2	Tom Dahms	26	RT	12	12	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
3	Jack Dwyer	26	LDH	12	12	2	31	1	31	0	0	0	0	0.0	0
4	Elroy Hirsch	30	LE/RE	12	12	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0.0	0	PB,AP-1
5	Andy Robustelli	28	RDE	12	12	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0.0	0	PB,AP-1
6	Charlie Toogood	26	LDT	12	12	1	0	0	0	1	2	21	0	0.0	0
7	Norm Van Brocklin	27	QB	12	12	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	0	0.0	0	PB
8	Norb Hecker	26	SS	12	11	7	91	0	24	0	0	0	0	0.0	0
9	Night Train Lane	25	RDH	11	11	3	9	0	8	0	3	26	1	0.0	0
10	Skeet Quinlan	25	LH	12	11	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	0	0.0	0
11	Don Paul	28	RLB	10	10	3	50	0	32	0	1	0	0	0.0	0	PB,AP-1
12	Harland Svare	23	LLB	10	10	1	9	0	9	0	0	0	0	0.0	0
13	Tom McCormick	23	RH	11	9	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0.0	0
14	Dan Towler	25	FB	12	9	0	0	0	0	6	2	0	0	0.0	0	PB
15	Woodley Lewis	28	FS	12	8	7	87	1	45	2	0	0	0	0.0	0
16	Stan West	27	MG	12	8	1	10	0	10	0	0	0	0	0.0	0
17	Bob Boyd	25	RE	12	7	1	35	0	35	0	1	8	0	0.0	0
18	Bud McFadin	25	MG	7	6	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
19	Tom Fears	31	LE	8	5	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0
20	Herb Rich	25	FS	7	4	3	95	1	53	1	1	0	0	0.0	0
21	Vitamin Smith	30	HB	11	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0
22	Harry Thompson	27	G	8	3	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0.0	0
23	Tank Younger	25	FB	12	3	0	0	0	0	4	1	0	0	0.0	0	PB
24	Gene Lipscomb	22	DT	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
25	Brad Myers	24	HB	12	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0
26	Rudy Bukich	23	QB	8	0	0	0	0	0	4	1	0	0	0.0	0
	Team Totals			12	12	30	417	3	53	32	23	55	1	0.0	0

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