1951 Los Angeles Rams Statistics
Team Record: 8-4
Finishing 1st in the NFL's National Division
Postseason: 1-0 Won Championship
Coach: Joe Stydahar (8-4)
Location: Los Angeles, California
1951 Los Angeles Rams Results
The Los Angeles Rams of the National Football League ended the 1951 season with a record of 8 wins and 4 losses, finishing first in the NFL's National Division. The team compiled a postseason mark of 1-0.
Offensively, Los Angeles paced the league with 392 points. On the other side of the ball, the defensive squad allowed 261 points. Norm Van Brocklin passed for 1,725 yards, and Bob Waterfield spent time under center also. Elroy Hirsch topped pass catchers, snagging 66 balls for 1,495 yards.
Dan Towler ran for a team-leading 854 yards for the Rams.
Herb Rich, Jerry Williams, Norb Hecker and Woodley Lewis each snatched 3 opponent throws.
Joe Stydahar coached the team. The 1951 Los Angeles Rams won the Championship.
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Passing:
| Player | Att | Comp | Comp % | Yds | Yds/Att | TDs | TD % | Ints | Int % | Long | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Norm Van Brocklin | 194 | 100 | 51.5 | 1725 | 8.9 | 13 | 6.7 | 11 | 5.7 | 81 | 80.8 |
| Bob Waterfield | 176 | 88 | 50.0 | 1566 | 8.9 | 13 | 7.4 | 10 | 5.7 | 91 | 81.8 |
| Glenn Davis | 2 | 1 | 50.0 | 5 | 2.5 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 5 | 56.3 |
| Tom Keane | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Totals | 373 | 189 | 50.7 | 3296 | 8.8 | 26 | 7.0 | 22 | 5.9 | 91 |
Rushing:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dan Towler | 126 | 854 | 6.8 | 79 | 6 |
| Dick Hoerner | 94 | 569 | 6.1 | 43 | 6 |
| Tank Younger | 36 | 223 | 6.2 | 24 | 1 |
| Glenn Davis | 64 | 200 | 3.1 | 23 | 1 |
| Vitamin Smith | 52 | 143 | 2.8 | 31 | 1 |
| Jerry Williams | 21 | 106 | 5.0 | 32 | 2 |
| Tommy Kalmanir | 16 | 61 | 3.8 | 23 | 0 |
| Bob Waterfield | 9 | 49 | 5.4 | 25 | 3 |
| Elroy Hirsch | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Norm Van Brocklin | 7 | 2 | 0.3 | 4 | 2 |
| Totals | 426 | 2210 | 5.2 | 79 | 22 |
Receiving:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Elroy Hirsch | 66 | 1495 | 22.7 | 91 | 17 |
| Tom Fears | 32 | 528 | 16.5 | 54 | 3 |
| Vitamin Smith | 16 | 278 | 17.4 | 67 | 1 |
| Dan Towler | 16 | 257 | 16.1 | 46 | 0 |
| Tom Keane | 12 | 133 | 11.1 | 21 | 0 |
| Bob Boyd | 9 | 128 | 14.2 | 28 | 1 |
| Dick Hoerner | 8 | 102 | 12.8 | 21 | 1 |
| Glenn Davis | 8 | 90 | 11.2 | 21 | 1 |
| Tommy Kalmanir | 6 | 91 | 15.2 | 38 | 1 |
| Tank Younger | 5 | 72 | 14.4 | 52 | 0 |
| Jerry Williams | 5 | 49 | 9.8 | 13 | 0 |
| Norb Hecker | 4 | 35 | 8.8 | 20 | 1 |
| Marvin Johnson | 2 | 38 | 19.0 | 28 | 0 |
| Totals | 189 | 3296 | 17.4 | 91 | 26 |
Kicking:
| Player | X/CA | X/CM | X/CP % | FGA | FGM | FG % | Pts. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bob Waterfield | 43 | 41 | 95.3 | 23 | 13 | 56.5 | 80 |
| Tom Fears | 7 | 6 | 85.7 | 6 | |||
| Elroy Hirsch | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | ||||
| Norb Hecker | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | ||||
| Totals | 51 | 47 | 92.2 | 24 | 13 | 54.2 | 86 |
Punting:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Norm Van Brocklin | 48 | 1992 | 41.5 | 62 |
| Bob Waterfield | 4 | 166 | 41.5 | 52 |
| Totals | 52 | 2158 | 41.5 | 62 |
Punt Returns:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vitamin Smith | 12 | 139 | 11.6 | 37 | 0 |
| Tommy Kalmanir | 5 | 86 | 17.2 | 67 | 1 |
| Glenn Davis | 15 | 85 | 5.7 | 31 | 0 |
| Jerry Williams | 4 | 22 | 5.5 | 11 | 0 |
| Woodley Lewis | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 |
| Totals | 37 | 344 | 9.3 | 67 | 1 |
Kick Returns:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vitamin Smith | 15 | 274 | 18.3 | 36 | 0 |
| Glenn Davis | 9 | 179 | 19.9 | 33 | 0 |
| Jerry Williams | 6 | 133 | 22.2 | 28 | 0 |
| Tommy Kalmanir | 6 | 120 | 20.0 | 32 | 0 |
| Woodley Lewis | 4 | 67 | 16.8 | 24 | 0 |
| Dick Hoerner | 1 | 22 | 22.0 | 22 | 0 |
| Don Simensen | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 |
| Dan Towler | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 |
| Bobby Collier | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| Totals | 44 | 826 | 18.8 | 36 | 0 |
Interceptions:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Norb Hecker | 3 | 74 | 24.7 | 36 | 0 |
| Jerry Williams | 3 | 53 | 17.7 | 21 | 1 |
| Woodley Lewis | 3 | 34 | 11.3 | 20 | 0 |
| Herb Rich | 3 | 11 | 3.7 | 6 | 0 |
| Bob Boyd | 2 | 3 | 1.5 | 3 | 0 |
| Tom Keane | 2 | 2 | 1.0 | 2 | 0 |
| Don Paul | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 16 | 0 |
| Tank Younger | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Charlie Toogood | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 19 | 193 | 10.2 | 36 | 1 |
Defense and Fumbles:
| Player | Tackle | Brup | Fum | FRec | FYds | FTD | FF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dick Daugherty | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Glenn Davis | 3 | 2 | 12 | 0 | |||
| Bobby Collier | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Larry Brink | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Joe Reid | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Tommy Kalmanir | 0 | 1 | 10 | 0 | |||
| Bob Waterfield | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Elroy Hirsch | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | |||
| Herb Rich | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Marvin Johnson | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Andy Robustelli | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jim Winkler | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Woodley Lewis | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | |
| Vitamin Smith | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Dick Hoerner | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Dan Towler | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Norm Van Brocklin | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Totals | 0 | 0 | 22 | 17 | 31 | 0 | 0 |
Total Scoring:
| Touchdowns | Other | Total | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | Rush | Rec | Punt | Kick | MFG | Int | Fum | Other | FG | X/C | Single | 2Pt | Saf | Points |
| Elroy Hirsch | 0 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 102 | ||||||||
| Bob Waterfield | 3 | 13 | 41 | 0 | 98 | |||||||||
| Dick Hoerner | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 42 | |||||||
| Dan Towler | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | |||||||
| Jerry Williams | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | ||||
| Tom Fears | 3 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 24 | |||||||||
| Norm Van Brocklin | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |||||||||
| Glenn Davis | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||||||
| Vitamin Smith | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||||||
| Tommy Kalmanir | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||||||
| Norb Hecker | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||
| Tank Younger | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||
| Bob Boyd | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||
| Totals | 22 | 26 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 47 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 392 |
