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1956 Los Angeles Rams Rosters, Stats, Schedule, Team Draftees

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Record: 4-8-0, 5th in NFL West Division (Schedule and Results)

Coach: Sid Gillman (4-8-0)

Points For: 291 (24.3/g) 3rd of 12

Points Against: 307 (25.6/g) 10th of 12

Expected W-L: 5.6-6.4

SRS: -0.68 (5th of 12), SOS: .66

Other Notable Asst.: Jack Faulkner (Defensive Backs) and Joe Thomas (Defensive Line)

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	291	4397	713	6.2	46	18	227	170	329	2419	18	28	7.4	111	384	1978	15	5.2	103	57	583	13
Opp. Stats	307	4106	763	5.4	26	8	224	156	290	2162	17	18	7.5	100	473	1944	21	4.1	109	62	512	15
Lg Rank Offense	3	2			12	11	3		2	1	3	12	3		11	6	6	1
Lg Rank Defense	10	9			11	10	9		8	10	10	5	10		8	8	11	7

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 30		boxscore	W		1-0		Philadelphia Eagles	27	7	15	294	60	234	3	12	188	97	91	5
2	Sun	October 7		boxscore	L		1-1	@	San Francisco 49ers	30	33	21	432	361	71	7	15	219	11	208	1
3	Sun	October 14		boxscore	L		1-2	@	Detroit Lions	21	24	14	381	253	128	3	23	368	193	175	2
4	Sun	October 21		boxscore	L		1-3	@	Green Bay Packers	17	42	18	385	232	153	5	27	492	334	158
5	Sun	October 28		boxscore	L		1-4		Detroit Lions	7	16	18	384	225	159	6	16	293	177	116	2
6	Sun	November 4		boxscore	L		1-5		Chicago Bears	24	35	17	264	163	101	5	16	370	138	232	1
7	Sun	November 11		boxscore	W		2-5		San Francisco 49ers	30	6	17	398	139	259	3	14	264	197	67	5
8	Sun	November 18		boxscore	L		2-6	@	Chicago Bears	21	30	20	326	226	100	2	21	433	267	166	2
9	Sun	November 25		boxscore	L		2-7	@	Baltimore Colts	21	56	23	423	260	163	7	29	574	316	258	2
10	Sun	December 2		boxscore	L		2-8	@	Pittsburgh Steelers	13	30	7	163	63	100	2	16	264	134	130	3
11	Sun	December 9		boxscore	W		3-8		Baltimore Colts	31	7	24	336	140	196	1	16	286	124	162	1
12	Sun	December 16		boxscore	W		4-8		Green Bay Packers	49	21	33	611	297	314	2	19	355	174	181	2

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	Billy Wade	26	QB	12	7	2-6-0	91	178	51.1	1461	10	5.6	13	7.3	76	8.2	6.0	16.1	121.8	67.2	127	0	0
2	Norm Van Brocklin	30	QB	12	5	2-2-0	68	124	54.8	966	7	5.6	12	9.7	58	7.8	4.6	14.2	80.5	59.5	15	0	0
3	Rudy Bukich	26	QB	3	0		10	23	43.5	130	1	4.3	3	13.0	34	5.7	0.7	13.0	43.3	36.8	40	0	0
4	Ron Waller	23	LH	9	5		1	3	33.3	44	0	0.0	0	0.0	44	14.7	14.7	44.0	4.9	81.9		0	0
5	Tommy Wilson	24	LH	12	4		0	1	0.0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0	39.6		0	0
	Team Totals			12	12	4-8-0	170	329	51.7	2419	18	5.5	28	8.5	76	7.9	5.2	15.3	201.6	60.9	182	0	0

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	Tank Younger	28	FB	12	10	114	518	3	33	4.5	43.2	9.5	18	268	14.9	0	54	1.5	22.3	132	6.0	786	3	8
2	Leon Clarke	23	FL	12	11	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	36	650	18.1	4	60	3.0	54.2	36	18.1	650	4	1	PB
3	Ron Waller	23	LH	9	5	83	543	1	46	6.5	60.3	9.2	9	76	8.4	0	16	1.0	8.4	92	6.7	619	1	3
4	Elroy Hirsch	33	LE	12	11	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	35	603	17.2	6	76	2.9	50.3	35	17.2	603	6	0
5	Bob Boyd	28	FL	12	5	1	-7	0	-7	-7.0	-0.6	0.1	30	586	19.5	7	61	2.5	48.8	31	18.7	579	7	3
6	Tommy Wilson	24	LH	12	4	64	470	0	46	7.3	39.2	5.3	6	86	14.3	0	34	0.5	7.2	70	7.9	556	0	2
7	Joe Marconi	22	FB	12	3	75	298	7	23	4.0	24.8	6.3	12	70	5.8	0	31	1.0	5.8	87	4.2	368	7	4
8	Ron Miller	23	RE	7	4	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	11	129	11.7	0	21	1.6	18.4	11	11.7	129	0	0
9	Billy Wade	26	QB	12	7	26	93	3	33	3.6	7.8	2.2	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	26	3.6	93	3	4
10	Bob Carey	26	RE	7	4	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	5	60	12.0	1	18	0.7	8.6	5	12.0	60	1	0
11	Tom Fears	34	E	2	2	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	5	49	9.8	0	18	2.5	24.5	5	9.8	49	0	0
12	Skeet Quinlan	28	HB	2	0	10	21	0	9	2.1	10.5	5.0	3	24	8.0	0	12	1.5	12.0	13	3.5	45	0	3
13	Brad Myers	27	HB	5	1	6	33	0	12	5.5	6.6	1.2	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	6	5.5	33	0	1
14	Rudy Bukich	26	QB	3	0	1	8	0	8	8.0	2.7	0.3	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	1	8.0	8	0	0
15	Norm Van Brocklin	30	QB	12	5	4	1	1	1	0.3	0.1	0.3	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	4	0.3	1	1	2
	Team Totals			12	12	384	1978	15	46	5.2	164.8	32.0	170	2601	15.3	18	76	14.2	216.8	554	8.3	4579	33	31

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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	Don Burroughs	25	SS	12	12	2	9	0	9	0	0	0	0	0.0	0
2	Dick Daugherty	27	C	12	12	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
3	Bob Fry	26	LT	12	12	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
4	Art Hauser	27	RDT	12	12	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
5	Bud McFadin	28	LDT	12	12	0	0	0	0	1	2	21	1	0.0	0	PB
6	Paul Miller	26	LDE	12	12	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0	PB
7	Duane Putnam	28	LG	12	12	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0	PB,AP-2
8	Will Sherman	29	FS	12	12	4	122	1	95	0	0	0	0	0.0	0
9	Jesse Whittenton	22	RDH	12	12	3	83	1	32	0	0	0	0	0.0	0
10	Leon Clarke	23	FL	12	11	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	0.0	0	PB
11	Jim Cason	29	LDH	12	10	4	63	0	29	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
12	Tank Younger	28	FB	12	10	0	0	0	0	8	0	0	0	0.0	0
13	Sid Fournet	24	LLB	12	7	1	29	0	29	0	0	0	0	0.0	0
14	Billy Wade	26	QB	12	7	0	0	0	0	4	3	0	0	0.0	0
15	Hugh Pitts	22	RLB	9	6	3	22	0	16	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
16	Bob Boyd	28	FL	12	5	0	0	0	0	3	2	0	0	0.0	0
17	Norm Van Brocklin	30	QB	12	5	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0.0	0
18	Ron Waller	23	LH	9	5	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	0	0.0	0
19	Tommy Wilson	24	LH	12	4	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0.0	0
20	Joe Marconi	22	FB	12	3	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0.0	0
21	Rex Shiver	24	DB	8	2	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
22	Brad Myers	27	HB	5	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0
23	Jack Ellena	25	MG	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
24	Ken Panfil	26	T	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
25	Skeet Quinlan	28	HB	2	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0.0	0
	Team Totals			12	12	18	328	2	95	32	22	21	1	0.0	0

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