1949 Los Angeles Rams Statistics

National Football League (NFL)
Team Record: 8-2-2
Finishing 1st in the NFL's West Division
Postseason: 0-1 Lost Championship
Coach: Clark Shaughnessy (8-2-2)
Location: Los Angeles, California

1949 Los Angeles Rams Roster
1949 Los Angeles Rams Results

The Los Angeles Rams of the National Football League ended the 1949 season with a record of 8 wins and 2 losses and 2 ties, finishing first in the NFL's West Division. The team compiled a postseason mark of 0-1.

The Rams lit up the scoreboard for 360 points, and the defense gave up 239. Bob Waterfield threw for 2,168 yards. Tom Fears topped the receiving corps, snagging 77 balls for 1,013 yards.

Dick Hoerner ran for a team-leading 582 yards for Los Angeles.

George Sims picked off 9 opponent throws.

Clark Shaughnessy coached the team. The 1949 Los Angeles Rams lost in the Championship.

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Passing:

Player	Att	Comp	Comp %	Yds	Yds/Att	TDs	TD %	Ints	Int %	Long	Rating
Bob Waterfield	296	154	52.0	2168	7.3	17	5.7	24	8.1	71	61.3
Norm Van Brocklin	58	32	55.2	601	10.4	6	10.3	2	3.4	51	111.4
Bobby Thomason	12	6	50.0	50	4.2	0	0.0	1	8.3	15	26.4
Totals	366	192	52.5	2819	7.7	23	6.3	27	7.4	71

Rushing:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long	TDs
Dick Hoerner	155	582	3.8	37	6
Elroy Hirsch	68	287	4.2	51	1
Tommy Kalmanir	29	218	7.5	51	1
Fred Gehrke	58	203	3.5	53	2
Tank Younger	52	191	3.7	16	0
Vitamin Smith	40	117	2.9	26	2
Jerry Williams	19	103	5.4	18	3
Gerry Cowhig	10	32	3.2	8	1
Bob Agler	4	7	1.8	4	0
Norm Van Brocklin	4	-1	-0.2	2	0
Tom Fears	1	-3	-3.0	-3	0
Bob Waterfield	5	-4	-0.8	5	1
Totals	445	1732	3.9	53	17

Receiving:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long	TDs
Tom Fears	77	1013	13.2	51	9
Bob Shaw	29	535	18.4	71	6
Elroy Hirsch	22	326	14.8	48	4
Dick Hoerner	17	213	12.5	29	0
Fred Gehrke	9	140	15.6	42	2
Tank Younger	7	119	17.0	33	0
Jerry Williams	7	102	14.6	42	0
Vitamin Smith	5	63	12.6	24	1
Tom Keane	4	70	17.5	44	0
Don Currivan	3	78	26.0	40	1
Jack Zilly	3	35	11.7	14	0
Frank Hubbell	3	32	10.7	12	0
Tommy Kalmanir	2	36	18.0	23	0
Dick Huffman	2	36	18.0	23	0
Bill Smyth	2	21	10.5	14	0
Totals	192	2819	14.7	71	23

Kicking:

Player	X/CA	X/CM	X/CP %	FGA	FGM	FG %	Pts.
Bob Waterfield	45	43	95.6	16	9	56.2	70
Fred Gehrke	3	2	66.7	1		0.0	2
Totals	48	45	93.8	17	9	52.9	72

Punting:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long
Bob Waterfield	49	2177	44.4	61
Norm Van Brocklin	2	91	45.5	46
Dick Hoerner	1	43	43.0	43
Totals	52	2311	44.4	61

Punt Returns:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long	TDs
Vitamin Smith	27	427	15.8	85	1
Tommy Kalmanir	14	164	11.7	62	1
Jerry Williams	2	33	16.5	30	0
Totals	43	624	14.5	85	2

Kick Returns:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long
Tommy Kalmanir	18	403	22.4	57
Vitamin Smith	13	235	18.1	31
Don Paul	2	32	16.0	20
Gerry Cowhig	2	20	10.0	10
Hal Dean	1	0	0.0	0
Jack Zilly	1	0	0.0	0
Totals	37	690	18.6	57

Interceptions:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long	TDs
George Sims	9	78	8.7	27	1
Jerry Williams	5	42	8.4	25	1
Don Currivan	5	31	6.2	16	0
Gerry Cowhig	4	62	15.5	26	1
Elroy Hirsch	2	55	27.5	32	0
Mike Lazetich	2	47	23.5	29	0
Don Paul	2	23	11.5	19	0
Frank Hubbell	1	21	21.0	21	1
Totals	30	359	12.0	32	4

Defense and Fumbles:

Player	Tackle	Brup	Fum	FRec	FYds	FTD
Gil Bouley			0	4	19	0
Bob Waterfield			4	3	0
Jack Zilly			0	2	0	0
Dick Huffman			0	2	0	0
Larry Brink			0	2	0	0
Tank Younger			4	2	0	0
Jerry Williams		0	2	2	0
Bill Smyth			0	2	0	0
Jack Martin			0	1	0	0
Frank Hubbell		0	0	1	0
Mike Lazetich		0	0	1	0	0
Dick Hoerner			7	1	0
Norm Van Brocklin			2	1	0	0
Don Paul		0	0	1	0	0
Al Sparkman			0	1	0	0
Ray Yagiello			0	1	0	0
Bob Agler			0	1	0	0
Vitamin Smith			3	1	0
Bob Shaw			1	0	0
Elroy Hirsch		0	4	0	0
George Sims		0	1	0	0
Tommy Kalmanir			1	0	0
Totals	0	0	29	29	19	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								9	43	0			76
Tom Fears	0	9							0	0	0			54
Dick Hoerner	6	0							0	0	0			36
Elroy Hirsch	1	4				0		1	0	0	0			36
Bob Shaw		6							0	0	0			36
Fred Gehrke	2	2						1	0	2	0			32
Jerry Williams	3	0	0			1			0	0	0			24
Vitamin Smith	2	1	1	0					0	0	0			24
Tommy Kalmanir	1	0	1	0					0	0	0			12
Gerry Cowhig	1			0		1			0	0	0			12
Frank Hubbell		0				1			0	0	0			6
Don Currivan		1				0			0	0	0			6
George Sims						1			0	0	0			6
Totals	17	23	2	0	0	4	0	2	9	45	0	0	0	360