1946 Los Angeles Rams Statistics
National Football League (NFL)
Team Record: 6-4-1
Finishing 2nd in the NFL's West Division
Coach: Adam Walsh (6-4-1)
Location: Los Angeles, California
1946 Los Angeles Rams RosterTeam Record: 6-4-1
Finishing 2nd in the NFL's West Division
Coach: Adam Walsh (6-4-1)
Location: Los Angeles, California
1946 Los Angeles Rams Results
The Los Angeles Rams of the National Football League ended the 1946 season with a record of 6 wins and 4 losses and 1 ties, finishing second in the NFL's West Division.
The Rams piled up points with 277 points, while the defense conceded 257. Fred Gehrke ran for a team-leading 371 yards for Los Angeles.
Bob Waterfield threw for 1,747 yards. Jim Benton snagged 63 balls for 981 yards.
Bob Waterfield intercepted 5 opponent throws.
Adam Walsh coached the team.
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Passing:
| Player | Att | Comp | Comp % | Yds | Yds/Att | TDs | TD % | Ints | Int % | Long | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bob Waterfield | 251 | 127 | 50.6 | 1747 | 7.0 | 17 | 6.8 | 17 | 6.8 | 57 | 67.6 |
| Jim Hardy | 64 | 24 | 37.5 | 285 | 4.5 | 2 | 3.1 | 7 | 10.9 | 60 | 22.7 |
| Fred Gehrke | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 29 | 29.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 29 | 118.8 |
| Kenny Washington | 8 | 1 | 12.5 | 19 | 2.4 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 19 | 39.6 |
| Tom Farmer | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 39.6 |
| Totals | 326 | 153 | 46.9 | 2080 | 6.4 | 19 | 5.8 | 24 | 7.4 | 60 |
Rushing:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fred Gehrke | 71 | 371 | 5.2 | 53 | 3 |
| Tom Harmon | 47 | 236 | 5.0 | 84 | 2 |
| Pat West | 40 | 226 | 5.6 | 72 | 1 |
| Mike Holovak | 55 | 211 | 3.8 | 22 | 3 |
| Jack Banta | 44 | 209 | 4.8 | 25 | 0 |
| Bob Hoffman | 43 | 162 | 3.8 | 19 | 3 |
| Jack Wilson | 19 | 120 | 6.3 | 35 | 0 |
| Kenny Washington | 23 | 114 | 5.0 | 19 | 1 |
| Tom Farmer | 28 | 90 | 3.2 | 17 | 1 |
| Steve Sucic | 7 | 18 | 2.6 | 9 | 0 |
| Ralph Ruthstrom | 2 | -4 | -2.0 | 1 | 0 |
| Jim Hardy | 10 | -10 | -1.0 | 6 | 0 |
| Bob Waterfield | 16 | -60 | -3.8 | 6 | 1 |
| Totals | 405 | 1683 | 4.2 | 84 | 15 |
Receiving:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jim Benton | 63 | 981 | 15.6 | 57 | 6 |
| Steve Pritko | 18 | 185 | 10.3 | 29 | 2 |
| Fred Gehrke | 11 | 83 | 7.5 | 21 | 2 |
| Tom Harmon | 10 | 199 | 19.9 | 45 | 2 |
| Red Hickey | 8 | 213 | 26.6 | 60 | 3 |
| Ray Hamilton | 8 | 92 | 11.5 | 16 | 0 |
| Jack Banta | 8 | 81 | 10.1 | 32 | 1 |
| Kenny Washington | 6 | 83 | 13.8 | 20 | 0 |
| Tom Farmer | 6 | 17 | 2.8 | 13 | 0 |
| Bob Shaw | 4 | 63 | 15.8 | 28 | 2 |
| Woody Strode | 4 | 37 | 9.2 | 19 | 0 |
| Jack Wilson | 3 | 30 | 10.0 | 15 | 1 |
| Mike Holovak | 2 | 6 | 3.0 | 8 | 0 |
| Ralph Ruthstrom | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Steve Sucic | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| Totals | 153 | 2080 | 13.6 | 60 | 19 |
Kicking:
| Player | X/CA | X/CM | X/CP % | FGA | FGM | FG % | Pts. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bob Waterfield | 37 | 37 | 100.0 | 9 | 6 | 66.7 | 55 |
| Bob deLauer | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | ||||
| Totals | 37 | 37 | 100.0 | 11 | 6 | 54.5 | 55 |
Punting:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bob Waterfield | 39 | 1743 | 44.7 | 65 |
| Jim Hardy | 5 | 209 | 41.8 | 47 |
| Jack Banta | 1 | 44 | 44.0 | 44 |
| Totals | 45 | 1996 | 44.4 | 65 |
Punt Returns:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jack Wilson | 5 | 99 | 19.8 | 70 | 0 |
| Fred Gehrke | 8 | 59 | 7.4 | 20 | 0 |
| Tom Harmon | 5 | 57 | 11.4 | 21 | 0 |
| Tom Farmer | 4 | 40 | 10.0 | 13 | 0 |
| Jack Banta | 2 | 26 | 13.0 | 24 | 0 |
| Bob Waterfield | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 |
| Ralph Ruthstrom | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| Totals | 26 | 295 | 11.3 | 70 | 0 |
Kick Returns:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fred Gehrke | 8 | 186 | 23.2 | 28 | 0 |
| Jack Wilson | 6 | 145 | 24.2 | 68 | 0 |
| Jack Banta | 8 | 142 | 17.8 | 33 | 0 |
| Tom Harmon | 6 | 134 | 22.3 | 31 | 0 |
| Tom Farmer | 4 | 129 | 32.2 | 92 | 0 |
| Bob Shaw | 1 | 52 | 52.0 | 52 | 1 |
| Pat West | 4 | 49 | 12.2 | 19 | 0 |
| Kenny Washington | 2 | 39 | 19.5 | 24 | 0 |
| Steve Sucic | 1 | 20 | 20.0 | 20 | 0 |
| Mike Holovak | 1 | 18 | 18.0 | 18 | 0 |
| Red Hickey | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 |
| Woody Strode | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| Totals | 43 | 934 | 21.7 | 92 | 1 |
Interceptions:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bob Waterfield | 5 | 72 | 14.4 | 28 | 0 |
| Riley Matheson | 4 | 21 | 5.2 | 7 | 0 |
| Tom Harmon | 3 | 97 | 32.3 | 85 | 1 |
| Fred Gehrke | 3 | 63 | 21.0 | 41 | 0 |
| Jack Banta | 2 | 44 | 22.0 | 29 | 0 |
| Jack Wilson | 1 | 32 | 32.0 | 32 | 0 |
| Roger Harding | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 |
| Jim Hardy | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| Jake Fawcett | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Fred Naumetz | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| Les Lear | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 23 | 357 | 15.5 | 85 | 1 |
Defense and Fumbles:
| Player | Tackle | Brup | Fum | FRec | FYds | FTD | FF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gil Bouley | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jack Banta | 0 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Bob Waterfield | 0 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Mike Lazetich | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Tom Farmer | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Elbie Schultz | 0 | 2 | 15 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bob Shaw | 0 | 2 | 14 | 0 | |||
| Steve Sucic | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Steve Pritko | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Jack Wilson | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Roger Eason | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Pat West | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Tom Harmon | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Riley Matheson | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jim Hardy | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ray Hamilton | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Joe Pasqua | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Fred Gehrke | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ralph Ruthstrom | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Kenny Washington | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Roger Harding | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jim Benton | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Mike Holovak | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Totals | 0 | 0 | 30 | 27 | 35 | 0 | 0 |
Total Scoring:
| Touchdowns | Other | Total | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | Rush | Rec | Punt | Kick | MFG | Int | Fum | Other | FG | X/C | Single | 2Pt | Saf | Points |
| Bob Waterfield | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 37 | 0 | 61 | |||||||
| Jim Benton | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | |||||||||
| Tom Harmon | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | |||||
| Fred Gehrke | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | |||||
| Bob Shaw | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||||||||
| Bob Hoffman | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | |||||||||
| Mike Holovak | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | |||||||
| Red Hickey | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||||||||
| Steve Pritko | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |||||||||
| Jack Wilson | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||
| Tom Farmer | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||||
| Kenny Washington | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||
| Pat West | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||
| Jack Banta | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||
| Len Levy | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
| Totals | 15 | 19 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 37 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 277 |
