1944 Cleveland Rams Statistics

National Football League (NFL)
Team Record: 4-6
Finishing 4th in the NFL's West Division
Coach: Aldo Donelli (4-6)
Location: Cleveland, Ohio

1944 Cleveland Rams Roster
1944 Cleveland Rams Results

The Cleveland Rams of the National Football League ended the 1944 season with a record of 4 wins and 6 losses, finishing fourth in the NFL's West Division.

The Rams netted 188 points, but the defensive squad surrendered 224. Walter West ran for a team-leading 220 yards for Cleveland, while Tom Colella also buoyed the ground attack.

Albie Reisz threw for 777 yards. Jim Benton hauled in 39 balls for 505 yards.

The opportunistic defense led the way with 44 turnovers. Tom Colella picked off 4 opponent throws.

Aldo Donelli coached the team.

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Passing:

Player	Att	Comp	Comp %	Yds	Yds/Att	TDs	TD %	Ints	Int %	Long	Rating
Albie Reisz	113	49	43.4	777	6.9	8	7.1	10	8.8	70	53.6
Tom Colella	75	27	36.0	336	4.5	4	5.3	10	13.3	25	28.9
Mike Kabealo	1	1	100.0	54	54.0	1	100.0	0	0.0	54	158.3
John Karrs	10	4	40.0	49	4.9	0	0.0	4	40.0	23	16.3
John Petchel	3	2	66.7	27	9.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	14	95.1
Lou Zontini	2	2	100.0	18	9.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	18	104.2
Dave Bernard	4	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	2	50.0	0	0.0
Totals	208	85	40.9	1261	6.1	13	6.2	26	12.5	70

Rushing:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long	TDs
Walter West	66	220	3.3	31	1
Tom Colella	53	208	3.9	75	2
Mike Kabealo	47	152	3.2	11	1
Albie Reisz	69	134	1.9	46	2
Harvey Jones	38	133	3.5	36	1
Jim Gillette	26	131	5.0	58	2
Lou Zontini	33	105	3.2	16	3
Roy Huggins	12	41	3.4	15	0
John Petchel	5	11	2.2	6	0
Dave Bernard	1	6	6.0	6	0
Stan Skoczen	1	0	0.0	0	0
John Karrs	7	0	0.0	3	0
Totals	358	1141	3.2	75	12

Receiving:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long	TDs
Jim Benton	39	505	12.9	36	6
Steve Pritko	18	296	16.4	53	3
Walter West	9	64	7.1	18	0
Harvey Jones	6	59	9.8	19	0
Ray Hamilton	3	113	37.7	70	1
Lou Zontini	3	88	29.3	53	1
Tom Colella	2	64	32.0	54	1
Mike Kabealo	2	20	10.0	12	0
John Petchel	1	43	43.0	43	1
Jake Fawcett	1	9	9.0	9	0
Roy Huggins	1	0	0.0	0	0
Totals	85	1261	14.8	70	13

Kicking:

Player	X/CA	X/CM	X/CP %	FGA	FGM	FG %	Pts.
Lou Zontini	16	14	87.5	6	3	50.0	23
Tom Colella				1	1	100.0	3
Walter West	8	6	75.0				6
Totals	24	20	83.3	7	4	57.1	32

Punting:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long
Tom Colella	33	1247	37.8	63
Albie Reisz	24	959	40.0	66
Totals	57	2206	38.7	66

Punt Returns:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long
Albie Reisz	5	68	13.6	21
Harvey Jones	6	66	11.0	18
Tom Colella	4	65	16.2	29
Mike Kabealo	7	64	9.1	16
Lou Zontini	4	47	11.8	14
Jim Gillette	1	16	16.0	16
Walter West	1	0	0.0	0
Totals	28	326	11.6	29

Kick Returns:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long
Albie Reisz	12	285	23.8	44
Tom Colella	10	241	24.1	41
Mike Kabealo	4	126	31.5	51
Jim Gillette	4	115	28.8	38
Lou Zontini	3	66	22.0	34
Harvey Jones	1	33	33.0	33
Norm Olsen	1	19	19.0	19
John Petchel	1	17	17.0	17
Walter West	1	15	15.0	15
Jim Benton	2	4	2.0	3
Jake Fawcett	2	2	1.0	2
Totals	41	923	22.5	51

Interceptions:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long
Tom Colella	4	53	13.2	19
Albie Reisz	3	72	24.0	25
Harvey Jones	3	71	23.7	32
Jim Gillette	3	29	9.7	15
Riley Matheson	3	12	4.0	6
Lou Zontini	2	14	7.0	10
Mike Kabealo	2	9	4.5	9
Walter West	2	5	2.5	3
John Petchel	1	25	25.0	25
Bill Rieth	1	12	12.0	12
Mike Scarry	1	5	5.0	5
Steve Pritko	1	3	3.0	3
Tom Corbo	1	0	0.0	0
Totals	27	310	11.5	32

Defense and Fumbles:

Player	Tackle	Brup	Fum	FRec	FYds	FTD	FF
Jim Benton			0			1
Totals	0	0	0	0	0	1	0

Total Scoring:

	Touchdowns								Other					Total
Player	Rush	Rec	Punt	Kick	MFG	Int	Fum	Other	FG	X/C	Single	2Pt	Saf	Points
Lou Zontini	3	1	0	0		0			3	14	0			47
Jim Benton		6		0			1		0	0	0			42
Tom Colella	2	1	0	0		0			1	0	0			21
Steve Pritko		3				0			0	0	0			18
Jim Gillette	2		0	0		0			0	0	0			12
Albie Reisz	2		0	0		0			0	0	0			12
Walter West	1	0	0	0		0			0	6	0			12
Mike Kabealo	1	0	0	0		0			0	0	0			6
John Petchel	0	1		0		0			0	0	0			6
Harvey Jones	1	0	0	0		0			0	0	0			6
Ray Hamilton		1							0	0	0			6
Totals	12	13	0	0	0	0	1	0	4	20	0	0	0	188