Los Angeles Rams

Sid Gillman



1956 Los Angeles Rams   4-4

Score By Quarter   1st  2nd  3rd  4th   OT    Tot  
1956 Los Angeles    41   70   23   72    0    206
Opponent            45   78   69   59    0    251


                 Team           Opp             W/L   Game Scores            
     Points       206           251             1-0   20  Philadelphia 14    74ø Light Rain     
First Downs       146           157             2-0   41 @San Francisco 24   65ø 10-20                
       Rush        71            82             2-1   17 @Detroit 28         66ø 
       Pass        69            72             2-2    3 @Green Bay 41       71ø 10-20 
        Pen         6             3             3-2   28  Detroit 24         68ø                
  Penalties        42            46             3-3   12  Chicago(B) 37      76ø 
      Yards       299           374             4-3   55  San Francisco 34   79ø 
                                                4-4   30 @Chicago(B) 49      59ø 5-15 
Rushing Att       241           296       
      Yards      1273          1472       
        Ave       5.3           5.0       
         TD        10            16       
Passing Att       181           150       
       Comp        97            87       
          %      53.6          58.0       
        Int        15             6       
          %       8.3           4.0       
         TD        13            13       
          %       7.2           8.7       
      Yards      1349          1363       
     Sacked        12            20       

Punt Return        24            14       
      Yards       287            88       
        Ave      12.0           6.3       

Kick Return        46            39 
      Yards      1204           939 
        Ave      26.2          24.1

      Punts        22            31 
      Yards       933          1165 
        Ave      42.4          37.6

     FG Att        11             9 
       Made         7             7 
          %      63.6          77.8

Third Downs        80            99 
       Made        35            51 
          %      43.8          51.5

Fourth Downs        4             4 
       Made         1             3 
          %      25.0          75.0

   Safeties         0             0 
    Fumbles        17            11 
       Lost        12             5 
  Turnovers        27            11 

Net Offense      2537          2737 
   Per Play       5.8           5.9



1956 Los Angeles Rams

Rushing    Att  Yds  Ave 10  FD Lg TD  Receiving   Rec Dp  Yds  Ave 25  FD Lg TD
Younger     87  361  4.1  8  18 33  4  Clarke       20  0  283 14.2  1  17 35  3
Waller      43  300  7.0 16  18 36  1  Boyd         19  0  323 17.0  3  14 53  6
Wilson,T.   38  273  7.2 12  15 17  1  Hirsch       18  1  346 19.2  3  17 78  2
Marconi     49  218  4.4  5  15 14  3  Younger      17  0  187 11.0  0  10 18  1
Wade        19  116  6.1  5   5 18  1  Marconi       9  0   50  5.6  0   1 14  0
Myers        2    4  2.0  0   0  4  0  Waller        5  0   42  8.4  0   2 12  0
Quinlan      3    1  0.3  0   0  2  0  Wilson        4  0   60 15.0  0   4 17  0
           241 1273  5.3 46  71 36 10  Fears         3  1   37 12.3  0   3 13  1
                                       Carey         2  0   21 10.5  0   1 12  0
                                                    97  2 1349 13.9  7  69 78 13


Passing     Att Cmp    C%  Yds  Ave  Lg  Bd 25  In    I%   Sk  TD   TD%  Rate
Bukich        5   3  60.0   44 14.7  28   0  1   1  20.0    0   1  20.0  88.8
Wade        125  66  52.8  967 14.7  78  10  5   8   6.4    8   9   7.2  75.7
VanBrockli   51  28  54.9  338 12.1  53   3  1   6  11.8    4   3   5.9  55.5
            181  97  53.6 1349 13.9  78  13  7  15   8.3   12  13   7.2  67.2

Kicking      XPA XPM   XP%  FGA FGM   FG%    40+   50+   Lg   Pts
McFadin        2   0   0.0    1   0   0.0    0.0   0.0    0     0
Richter       25  23  92.0   10   7  70.0    0.0   0.0   35    44

Punting        No Yards  Lg TB BK 20   Ret  Yds    Net   Gross
VanBrockli     22   933  61  3  0  8    14   88   35.7    42.4

Kick Returns  No Yards  Ave   Lg TD      Punt Returns No FC Yards  Ave  Lg TD
Wilson,T.     36  1009  28.0  99  1      Waller       17  0   146  8.6  22  0
Waller         4    92  23.0  30  0      Sherman       7  0   141 20.1  69  1
Whittenton     4    89  22.3  30  0                   24  0   287 12.0  69  1
Boyd           1    10  10.0  10  0
Morris         2     4   2.0   4  0
Putnam         1     0   0.0   0  0
              46  1204  26.2  99  1

Fumbles                                                                        
Younger   6   Wade       5   Marconi    3   Wilson,T   1   Waller     1   Clarke     1

Sacks        Hurries      Stuffs       Deflections  Forced Fmb   Fumble Rec
Miller,P  6  McFadin  10  McFadin   6  Whittent  4  Cason     2  Richter   2
Ellena    4  Miller,P  5  Richter   4  Richter   4  Ellena    2  Younger   2
Richter   4  Hauser    1  Miller,P  3  Cason     3  Fournet   1  Morrow    2
McFadin   3  Ellena    1  Hauser    2  Pitts     3  Wilson,T  1  Pitts     1
Hauser    2               Fournet   2  Hauser    2  Hauser    1  Waller    1
Fournet   1               Pitts     2  Fournet   2  Hock      1  Ellena    1
                          Shiver    1  Daughert  2  McFadin   1  Fournet   1
                          Burrough  1  Sherman   1  Burrough  1
                          Ellena    1  Burrough  1  Whittent  1
                                       McFadin   1

Tackles                                                                        
Richter   62  Ellena     30  Hauser     17  Boyd        4  Castete     3  Wilson,T    2
McFadin   44  Fournet    29  Shiver      8  Myers       3  Holladay    3  Wardlow     2
Cason     42  Pitts      29  Griffin     8  Miller,R    3  Carey       2  Hock        2
Miller,P  41  Burrough   23  Daughert    7  Toogood     3  Hirsch      2  Clarke      2
Sherman   31  Whittent   20  Panfil      5  Holtzman    3  Putnam      2  Morris      1

Ints      No Yds  Ave  Lg TD
Burroughs  2  20 10.0  11  0
Whittento  2 132 66.0  69  1
Cason      1  38 38.0  38  0
Sherman    1  60 60.0  60  0
           6 250 41.7  69  1


1956 Los Angeles Rams    Coach: Sid Gillman

      Quarterbacks        Dur   Run Sho Bkwy Special
QB    Bukich,Rudy          1     O   1   1  
QB    Van Brocklin,Norm    5     B   1   1  P
QB    Wade,Billy           5     B   2   1  

      Skill Players        BkR BkP Dur  Att  Yds Lg  Ave  Rec  No  Yds Lg  Ave   Special
RB    Younger,Tank         10   3   5   114  518 33  4.5    3  18  268 54 14.9  
RB    Waller,Ron            1   1   3    83  543 46  6.5    2   9   76 16  8.4  RET
RB    Marconi,Joe           4   1   5    75  298 23  4.0    2  12   70 31  5.8  
RB    Wilson,Tom            1   1   5    64  470 46  7.3    2   6   86 34 14.3  RET
RB    Quinlan,Skeets        1   1   5    10   21 21  2.1    3   3   24 24  8.0  PR
RB    Myers,Brad            3   1   2     6   33 12  5.5    0   0    0  0  0.0  RET
RB    Morris,Larry          1   1   3     0    0  0  0.0    0   0    0  0  0.0  

WR    Clarke,Leon           0   0   5     0    0  0  0.0    6  36  650 60 18.1  
WR    Hirsch,Elroy          0   0   5     0    0  0  0.0    6  35  603 76 17.2  
WR    Fears,Tom             0   0   1     0    0  0  0.0    5   5   49 18  9.8  

TE    Boyd,Bob              4   2   5     1   -7 -7 -7.0    5  30  586 61 19.5  KR
TE    Carey,Bob             4   2   3     0    0  0  0.0    1   5   60 18 12.0  
TE    Miller,Ron            3   1   3     0    0  0  0.0    0   0    0  0  0.0  


      Lineman              BkR  BkP    Dur  Special
C     Richter,Les           4    4       5     ALL
G     Putnam,Duane          9    9       5     KR
G     Hock,John             7    5       5     

T     Holtzman,Glenn        7    5       5     
T     Fry,Bob               7    5       5     
T     Panfil,Ken            6    5       3     KR
T     Toogood,Charlie       6    5       3     KR

C-G   Morrow,John           7    6       5     
C-G   Daugherty,Dick        6    5       5     


      Defense              Overall  Run  Pass Rush   Dur  Sacks  Int  Special
DT    McFadin,Bud            8       7    0    4       5    12    0  K
DT    Hauser,Art             4       4    0    1       5     0    0  KR
DT    Panfil,Ken             4       4    0    1       3     0    0  KR
DE    Miller,Paul            6       5    0    4       5     8    0  
DE    Wardlow,Duane          5       5    0    1       3     0    0  
DE    Morrow,John            4       4    0    2       5     0    0  

ILB   Richter,Les            9       7    3    2       5     8    0  ALL
OLB   Griffin,Bob            4       4    1    0       2     0    0  
LB    Pitts,Hugh             5       4    2    0       3     0    3  
DE-LB Fournet,Sid            5       4    2    1       5     0    1  
LB    Ellena,Jack            5       4    2    1       3     0    0  
LB    Daugherty,Dick         5       4    2    0       5     0    0  
LB    Morris,Larry           4       4    1    0       3     0    0  

CB    Cason,Jim              4       0    4    0       5     0    4  
CB    Whittenton,Jesse       3       0    3    0       5     0    3  RET
S     Sherman,Will           7       2    5    0       5     0    4  PR
S     Burroughs,Don          5       1    4    0       5     0    2  
DB    Shiver,Ray             3       1    2    0       3     0    1  
DB    Castete,Jesse          3       1    2    0       3     0    0  
DB    Holladay,Bob           3       1    2    0       4     0    0  
      Wade,Billy             4       1    3    0       5     0    0  

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