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1949 Los Angeles Rams Statistics
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 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.
Los Angeles lit up the scoreboard for 360 points, while 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 the Rams.
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 | TDs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Tommy Kalmanir | 18 | 403 | 22.4 | 57 | 0 |
Vitamin Smith | 13 | 235 | 18.1 | 31 | 0 |
Don Paul | 2 | 32 | 16.0 | 20 | 0 |
Gerry Cowhig | 2 | 20 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 |
Hal Dean | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
Jack Zilly | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
Totals | 37 | 690 | 18.6 | 57 | 0 |
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 | FF |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Gil Bouley | 0 | 4 | 19 | 0 | 0 | ||
Bob Waterfield | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |||
Jack Zilly | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Dick Huffman | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Larry Brink | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Tank Younger | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Jerry Williams | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
Bill Smyth | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Jack Martin | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Frank Hubbell | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
Mike Lazetich | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Dick Hoerner | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
Norm Van Brocklin | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Don Paul | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Al Sparkman | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Ray Yagiello | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Bob Agler | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Vitamin Smith | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
Bob Shaw | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
Elroy Hirsch | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
George Sims | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Tommy Kalmanir | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
Totals | 0 | 0 | 29 | 29 | 19 | 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 | 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 |