1961 Los Angeles Rams Statistics

National Football League (NFL)
Team Record: 4-10
Finishing 6th in the NFL's West Division
Coach: Bob Waterfield (4-10)
Location: Los Angeles, California

1961 Los Angeles Rams Roster
1961 Los Angeles Rams Results

The Los Angeles Rams of the National Football League ended the 1961 season with a record of 4 wins and 10 losses, finishing sixth in the NFL's West Division.

The Rams scored 263 points, but the defensive squad surrendered 333. Jon Arnett ran for a team-leading 609 yards for Los Angeles, and Dick Bass additionally aided the ground game.

Zeke Bratkowski threw for 1,547 yards, and Frank Ryan played quarterback, too. Red Phillips topped pass catchers, snagging 78 balls for 1,092 yards.

Lindon Crow picked off 6 opponent throws.

Bob Waterfield coached the team.

Click on column headings to sort.

Passing:

Player	Att	Comp	Comp %	Yds	Yds/Att	TDs	TD %	Ints	Int %	Long	Rating
Zeke Bratkowski	230	124	53.9	1547	6.7	8	3.5	13	5.7	84	63.1
Frank Ryan	142	72	50.7	1115	7.9	5	3.5	7	4.9	96	68.3
Jon Arnett	13	3	23.1	47	3.6	0	0.0	1	7.7	20	10.1
Danny Villanueva	1	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	39.6
Totals	386	199	51.6	2709	7.0	13	3.4	21	5.4	96

Rushing:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long	TDs
Jon Arnett	158	609	3.9	26	4
Dick Bass	98	608	6.2	73	4
Tommy Wilson	44	220	5.0	34	1
Ollie Matson	24	181	7.5	69	2
Joe Marconi	36	146	4.1	14	3
Frank Ryan	38	139	3.7	28	0
Zeke Bratkowski	12	36	3.0	16	3
Pervis Atkins	5	19	3.8	13	0
Totals	415	1958	4.7	73	17

Receiving:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long	TDs
Red Phillips	78	1092	14.0	69	5
Carroll Dale	35	561	16.0	68	2
Ollie Matson	29	537	18.5	96	3
Jon Arnett	28	194	6.9	29	0
Dick Bass	16	145	9.1	37	0
Pervis Atkins	5	67	13.4	28	0
Joe Marconi	4	20	5.0	8	1
Duane Allen	2	80	40.0	48	2
Tommy Wilson	1	12	12.0	12	0
Joe Scibelli	1	1	1.0	1	0
Totals	199	2709	13.6	96	13

Kicking:

Player	X/CA	X/CM	X/CP %	FGA	FGM	FG %	Pts.
Danny Villanueva	32	32	100.0	27	13	48.1	71
Totals	32	32	100.0	27	13	48.1	71

Punting:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long
Danny Villanueva	46	1845	40.1	53
Zeke Bratkowski	12	458	38.2	51
Joe Marconi	6	265	44.2	50
Totals	64	2568	40.1	53

Punt Returns:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long	TDs
Dick Bass	4	109	27.2	90	1
Jon Arnett	10	75	7.5	17	0
Totals	14	184	13.1	90	1

Kick Returns:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long	TDs
Dick Bass	23	698	30.3	64	0
Jon Arnett	25	653	26.1	105	1
Pervis Atkins	4	77	19.2	20	0
Frank Varrichione	3	23	7.7	11	0
Deacon Jones	1	12	12.0	12	0
Totals	56	1463	26.1	105	1

Interceptions:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long
Lindon Crow	6	117	19.5	31
Charley Britt	5	29	5.8	13
Les Richter	4	44	11.0	17
Clendon Thomas	3	11	3.7	7
Eddie Meador	1	34	34.0	34
Bill Jobko	1	16	16.0	16
Bob Long	1	10	10.0	10
George Strugar	1	4	4.0	4
Jack Pardee	1	2	2.0	2
Totals	23	267	11.6	34

Defense and Fumbles:

Player	Tackle	Brup	Fum	FRec	FYds	FTD
Eddie Meador		0	0	5	0	0
Zeke Bratkowski			4	4	0
Deacon Jones			0	3	10	0
Dick Bass			6	2	0
Clendon Thomas		0	0	1	0	0
Urban Henry			0	1	0	0
Jon Arnett			3	1	0
George Strugar		0	0	1	0	0
Red Phillips			1	1	0
Joe Marconi			0	1	0
Les Richter		0	0	1	0	0
Lindon Crow		0	0	1	0	0
Joe Scibelli			0	1	0	0
Alvin Hall			0	1	0	0
Jack Pardee		0	0	1	0	0
Carroll Dale			1	1	0
Tommy Wilson			2	0	0
Frank Ryan			3	0	0	0
Pervis Atkins			1	0	0	0
Totals	0	0	21	26	10	0

Total Scoring:

	Touchdowns								Other					Total
Player	Rush	Rec	Punt	Kick	MFG	Int	Fum	Other	FG	X/C	Single	2Pt	Saf	Points
Danny Villanueva									13	32	0			71
Ollie Matson	2	3							0	0	0			30
Dick Bass	4	0	1	0					0	0	0			30
Red Phillips		5							0	0	0			30
Jon Arnett	4	0	0	1					0	0	0			30
Joe Marconi	3	1							0	0	0			24
Zeke Bratkowski	3								0	0	0			18
Duane Allen		2							0	0	0			12
Carroll Dale		2							0	0	0			12
Tommy Wilson	1	0							0	0	0			6
Totals	17	13	1	1	0	0	0	0	13	32	0	0	0	263