1947 Los Angeles Rams Statistics

National Football League (NFL)
Team Record: 6-6
Finishing 4th in the NFL's West Division
Coach: Bob Snyder (6-6)
Location: Los Angeles, California

1947 Los Angeles Rams Roster
1947 Los Angeles Rams Results

The Los Angeles Rams of the National Football League ended the 1947 season with a record of 6 wins and 6 losses, finishing fourth in the NFL's West Division.

The Rams ran up 259 points, and the solid defense surrendered 214. Kenny Washington carried the ball for a team-leading 444 yards for Los Angeles.

Bob Waterfield tossed for 1,210 yards. Jim Benton snagged 35 passes for 511 yards.

The larcenous defense created 48 turnovers. Tom Harmon picked off 8 opponent throws.

Bob Snyder coached the team.

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Passing:

Player	Att	Comp	Comp %	Yds	Yds/Att	TDs	TD %	Ints	Int %	Long	Rating
Bob Waterfield	221	96	43.4	1210	5.5	8	3.6	18	8.1	45	39.2
Jim Hardy	57	23	40.4	388	6.8	5	8.8	7	12.3	64	53.7
Tom Harmon	3	1	33.3	31	10.3	0	0.0	0	0.0	31	72.9
John Ksionzyk	7	1	14.3	17	2.4	0	0.0	2	28.6	17	0.0
Kenny Washington	5	2	40.0	14	2.8	0	0.0	1	20.0	18	8.3
Totals	293	123	42.0	1660	5.7	13	4.4	28	9.6	64

Rushing:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long	TDs
Kenny Washington	60	444	7.4	92	5
Tom Harmon	60	306	5.1	32	1
Fred Gehrke	59	304	5.2	29	0
Jack Banta	40	193	4.8	23	1
Dante Magnani	48	178	3.7	27	0
Pat West	42	162	3.9	21	2
Bob Hoffman	42	159	3.8	20	3
Dick Hoerner	30	124	4.1	23	2
Mel Bleeker	23	111	4.8	35	0
Gerry Cowhig	25	104	4.2	21	0
Les Horvath	18	68	3.8	25	0
Steve Bagarus	3	15	5.0	10	0
Bob Waterfield	3	6	2.0	4	1
Jack Wilson	3	3	1.0	4	0
Jim Hardy	3	-6	-2.0	7	0
Totals	459	2171	4.7	92	15

Receiving:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long	TDs
Jim Benton	35	511	14.6	43	6
Jack Banta	14	198	14.1	64	0
Red Hickey	12	196	16.3	42	2
Ray Hamilton	12	193	16.1	39	1
Steve Pritko	10	101	10.1	20	0
Jack Zilly	7	75	10.7	19	0
Fred Gehrke	6	19	3.2	11	0
Tom Harmon	5	89	17.8	33	1
Dante Magnani	4	57	14.2	40	1
Kenny Washington	3	40	13.3	21	0
Les Horvath	3	29	9.7	14	0
Bill Smyth	3	26	8.7	11	0
Frank Hubbell	2	60	30.0	45	2
Bob Hoffman	2	22	11.0	12	0
Bob Waterfield	2	14	7.0	18	0
Dick Hoerner	1	20	20.0	20	0
Gil Bouley	1	15	15.0	15	0
Jack Wilson	1	-5	-5.0	-5	0
Totals	123	1660	13.5	64	13

Kicking:

Player	X/CA	X/CM	X/CP %	FGA	FGM	FG %	Pts.
Bob Waterfield	30	27	90.0	16	7	43.8	48
Fred Gehrke	4	4	100.0	1	1	100.0	7
Totals	34	31	91.2	17	8	47.1	55

Punting:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long
Bob Waterfield	59	2500	42.4	86
Jim Hardy	10	263	26.3	45
Jack Banta	3	125	41.7	45
Totals	72	2888	40.1	86

Punt Returns:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long	TDs
Tom Harmon	27	392	14.5	88	1
Fred Gehrke	4	112	28.0	66	1
Kenny Washington	3	44	14.7	23	0
Les Horvath	4	29	7.2	15	0
Gil Bouley	1	24	24.0	24	0
Jack Banta	2	19	9.5	15	0
Steve Bagarus	2	18	9.0	13	0
Bob Waterfield	1	2	2.0	2	0
Totals	44	640	14.5	88	2

Kick Returns:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long
Tom Harmon	9	208	23.1	34
Dante Magnani	6	186	31.0	75
Les Horvath	3	58	19.3	25
Kenny Washington	2	52	26.0	27
Jack Banta	2	50	25.0	31
Mel Bleeker	3	50	16.7	20
Gerry Cowhig	2	29	14.5	16
Fred Gehrke	2	29	14.5	21
Pat West	1	21	21.0	21
Bob Hoffman	1	12	12.0	12
Steve Bagarus	1	11	11.0	11
Jack Zilly	1	10	10.0	10
Ray Hamilton	1	10	10.0	10
Mike Lazetich	1	1	1.0	1
Totals	35	727	20.8	75

Interceptions:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long	TDs
Tom Harmon	8	136	17.0	36	1
Bob Waterfield	5	56	11.2	35	0
Jack Banta	2	13	6.5	13	0
Steve Bagarus	1	31	31.0	31	0
Pat West	1	24	24.0	24	0
Bob Hoffman	1	14	14.0	14	0
Fred Naumetz	1	9	9.0	9	0
Riley Matheson	1	5	5.0	5	0
Fred Gehrke	1	0	0.0	0	0
Gerry Cowhig	1	0	0.0	0	0
Mel Bleeker	1	0	0.0	0	0
Jack Martin	1	0	0.0	0	0
Totals	24	288	12.0	36	1

Defense and Fumbles:

Player	Tackle	Brup	Fum	FRec	FYds	FTD
Mel Bleeker		0	3	4	37	1
Bob Waterfield		0	2	4	-3
Gil Bouley			0	3	26	1
Ray Hamilton			0	3	0
Hal Dean			0	3	0	0
Dick Huffman			0	2	15	1
Les Horvath			3	2	0	0
Steve Pritko			0	2	0	0
Mike Lazetich			0	2	0	0
Kenny Washington			4	2	0
Pat West		0	2	1	0
Bob Hoffman		0	1	1	0
Dante Magnani			2	1	0
Tom Harmon		0	3	1	0
Jack Martin		0	0	1	0	0
Jack Finlay			0	1	0	0
Fred Gehrke		0	3	1	0
Riley Matheson		0	0	1	0	0
Jim Hardy			2	1	0	0
Gerry Cowhig		0	2	1	12	0
Jack Banta		0	1	0	0
Steve Bagarus		0	1	0	0	0
Red Hickey			1	0	0
Dick Hoerner			2	0	0
Jim Benton			1	0	0
Totals	0	0	33	37	87	3

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			0			7	27	0			54
Jim Benton		6							0	0	0			36
Kenny Washington	5	0	0	0					0	0	0			30
Tom Harmon	1	1	1	0		1			0	0	0			24
Bob Hoffman	3	0		0		0			0	0	0			18
Fred Gehrke	0	0	1	0		0			1	4	0			13
Pat West	2			0		0			0	0	0			12
Dick Hoerner	2	0							0	0	0			12
Frank Hubbell		2							0	0	0			12
Red Hickey		2							0	0	0			12
Dante Magnani	0	1		0					0	0	0			6
Gil Bouley		0	0				1		0	0	0			6
Jack Banta	1	0	0	0		0			0	0	0			6
Ray Hamilton		1		0					0	0	0			6
Dick Huffman							1		0	0	0			6
Mel Bleeker	0			0		0	1		0	0	0			6
Totals	15	13	2	0	0	1	3	0	8	31	0	0	0	259