
1955 Los Angeles Rams Statistics
Team Record: 8-3-1
Finishing 1st in the NFL's West Division
Postseason: 0-1 Lost Championship
Coach: Sid Gillman (8-3-1)
Location: Los Angeles, California
1955 Los Angeles Rams Results
The Los Angeles Rams of the National Football League ended the 1955 season with a record of 8 wins and 3 losses and 1 ties, finishing first in the NFL's West Division. The team compiled a postseason mark of 0-1.
The Rams scored 260 points, and the defensive squad allowed 231. Ron Waller ran for a team-leading 716 yards for Los Angeles, and Tank Younger also contributed to the rushing attack.
Norm Van Brocklin tossed for 1,890 yards. Tom Fears topped pass catchers, snagging 44 balls for 569 yards, while Elroy Hirsch contributed to the receiving game, too.
Will Sherman picked off 11 opponent throws.
Sid Gillman coached the team. The 1955 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 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Norm Van Brocklin | 272 | 144 | 52.9 | 1890 | 6.9 | 8 | 2.9 | 15 | 5.5 | 74 | 62.0 |
Billy Wade | 71 | 31 | 43.7 | 316 | 4.5 | 1 | 1.4 | 3 | 4.2 | 25 | 44.1 |
Ron Waller | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 39.6 |
Totals | 344 | 175 | 50.9 | 2206 | 6.4 | 9 | 2.6 | 18 | 5.2 | 74 |
Rushing:
Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Ron Waller | 151 | 716 | 4.7 | 55 | 7 |
Tank Younger | 138 | 644 | 4.7 | 54 | 5 |
Larry Morris | 40 | 148 | 3.7 | 22 | 1 |
Dan Towler | 43 | 137 | 3.2 | 14 | 3 |
Corky Taylor | 26 | 95 | 3.7 | 13 | 0 |
Skeet Quinlan | 15 | 70 | 4.7 | 12 | 0 |
Tom McCormick | 16 | 66 | 4.1 | 14 | 1 |
Billy Wade | 11 | 43 | 3.9 | 14 | 0 |
Norm Van Brocklin | 11 | 24 | 2.2 | 9 | 0 |
Totals | 451 | 1943 | 4.3 | 55 | 17 |
Receiving:
Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Tom Fears | 44 | 569 | 12.9 | 31 | 2 |
Elroy Hirsch | 25 | 460 | 18.4 | 72 | 2 |
Ron Waller | 24 | 228 | 9.5 | 30 | 1 |
Bob Boyd | 22 | 383 | 17.4 | 74 | 3 |
Skeet Quinlan | 19 | 245 | 12.9 | 46 | 0 |
Woodley Lewis | 19 | 199 | 10.5 | 19 | 0 |
Corky Taylor | 7 | 47 | 6.7 | 17 | 1 |
Tank Younger | 6 | 51 | 8.5 | 13 | 0 |
Dan Towler | 6 | 25 | 4.2 | 11 | 0 |
Tom McCormick | 3 | -1 | -0.3 | 4 | 0 |
Totals | 175 | 2206 | 12.6 | 74 | 9 |
Kicking:
Player | X/CA | X/CM | X/CP % | FGA | FGM | FG % | Pts. |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Les Richter | 31 | 30 | 96.8 | 24 | 13 | 54.2 | 69 |
Bud McFadin | 5 | 1 | 20.0 | 3 | |||
Tom Fears | 3 | 0.0 | 0 | ||||
Totals | 31 | 30 | 96.8 | 32 | 14 | 43.8 | 72 |
Punting:
Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long |
---|---|---|---|---|
Norm Van Brocklin | 60 | 2676 | 44.6 | 61 |
Totals | 60 | 2676 | 44.6 | 61 |
Punt Returns:
Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Woodley Lewis | 29 | 105 | 3.6 | 22 | 0 |
Ron Waller | 14 | 60 | 4.3 | 21 | 0 |
Skeet Quinlan | 1 | 55 | 55.0 | 55 | 1 |
Totals | 44 | 220 | 5.0 | 55 | 1 |
Kick Returns:
Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Ron Waller | 17 | 461 | 27.1 | 39 | 0 |
Woodley Lewis | 20 | 450 | 22.5 | 32 | 0 |
Tom McCormick | 2 | 42 | 21.0 | 23 | 0 |
Gene Lipscomb | 2 | 32 | 16.0 | 17 | 0 |
Art Hauser | 2 | 17 | 8.5 | 17 | 0 |
Charlie Toogood | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 |
Totals | 44 | 1013 | 23.0 | 39 | 0 |
Interceptions:
Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Will Sherman | 11 | 101 | 9.2 | 36 | 0 |
Don Burroughs | 9 | 103 | 11.4 | 34 | 0 |
Jim Cason | 5 | 41 | 8.2 | 25 | 1 |
Corky Taylor | 2 | 55 | 27.5 | 55 | 1 |
Les Richter | 2 | 23 | 11.5 | 20 | 0 |
Bob Griffin | 1 | 20 | 20.0 | 20 | 0 |
Andy Robustelli | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 1 |
Totals | 31 | 353 | 11.4 | 55 | 3 |
Defense and Fumbles:
Player | Tackle | Brup | Fum | FRec | FYds | FTD | FF |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Andy Robustelli | 0 | 0 | 5 | 18 | 1 | 0 | |
Paul Miller | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Norm Van Brocklin | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Glenn Holtzman | 0 | 2 | 11 | 0 | 0 | ||
Jack Ellena | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Leon McLaughlin | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Woodley Lewis | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Larry Morris | 0 | 1 | 6 | 0 | |||
Billy Wade | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Bud McFadin | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
Ed Hughes | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Tom Fears | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
John Hock | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Art Hauser | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Will Sherman | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Bobby Cross | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Skeet Quinlan | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
Tank Younger | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
Dan Towler | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
Corky Taylor | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Ron Waller | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
Totals | 0 | 0 | 23 | 28 | 35 | 1 | 0 |
Total Scoring:
Touchdowns | Other | Total | ||||||||||||
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Player | Rush | Rec | Punt | Kick | MFG | Int | Fum | Other | FG | X/C | Single | 2Pt | Saf | Points |
Les Richter | 0 | 13 | 30 | 0 | 69 | |||||||||
Ron Waller | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 48 | ||||||
Tank Younger | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | ||||||||
Bob Boyd | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | |||||||||
Dan Towler | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||||||||
Corky Taylor | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |||||||
Andy Robustelli | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||||||||
Elroy Hirsch | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |||||||||
Tom Fears | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |||||||||
Tom McCormick | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||
Larry Morris | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
Jim Cason | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
Skeet Quinlan | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||
Bud McFadin | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | ||||||||||
Bob Griffin | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | ||||||||
Totals | 17 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 260 |