1948 Los Angeles Rams season

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1948 Los Angeles Rams season
Head coach Clark Shaughnessy
Home stadium Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
Results
Record6–5–1
Division place3rd NFL Western
PlayoffsDid not qualify

The 1948 Los Angeles Rams season was the team's 11th year with the National Football League and the third season in Los Angeles. The Rams debuted the first helmet logo in league history in 1948, an idea that was conceived by running back Fred Gehrke. The season opener against the Lions was the final Wednesday night game in the NFL until a 2012 Wednesday game between the Cowboys and Giants. In his first NFL game, future Pro Football Hall of Famer Tom Fears scored twice in the fourth quarter, and had his only pick-six of his career in a 44–7 victory. [1]

Contents

Draft

1948 Los Angeles Rams draft
RoundPickPlayerPositionCollegeNotes
318 Tom Keane  *  DB West Virginia
530Bruce Bailey  B Virginia
640 George Grimes  DBVirginia
749Gene Ruszkowski  T Ohio
750Noel Cudd T West Texas State
860Bob Walker B Colorado Mines
970Mike Graham B Cincinnati Played with Los Angeles Dons (AAFC)
1080 Glenn Johnson  T Arizona State Played with New York Yankees (AAFC)
1190Johnny Zisch  E Colorado
12100Atherton (Pinky) Phleger T Stanford
13110Bob Heck  DE Purdue
14120 Bill Schroll   LB LSU
15130Bob DeMent T Mississippi Southern
16140Charley Schoenherr BWheaton
17150 Larry Brink  * DE Northern Illinois State
18160 Bill O'Connor  E Notre Dame Played with Buffalo Bills (AAFC)
19170Bill Nelson B Montana State
20180Jim Rees T NC State
21190Ray Borneman B Texas
22200 Ray Yagiello   G Catawba
23210John Pesek E Nebraska
24220Charlie DeAutremont B Southern Oregon
25230 Bob Levenhagen  G Washington
26240Leon Cooper T Hardin–Simmons
27250 Jim Wade   HB Oklahoma City
28260Ken Sinofsky G Nevada
29270Bobby Jack Stuart B Tulsa
30280Hilliard (Junior) Crum E Arizona
31288Tony Kunkiewicz B Trinity (CT)
32295Bill Taylor E Rice
      Made roster    *   Made at least one Pro Bowl during career

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Schedule

GameDateOpponentResultRecordVenueAttendanceRecapSources
1September 22 Detroit Lions W 44–71–0 L.A. Memorial Coliseum 12,941 Recap
2October 3 Philadelphia Eagles T 28–281–0–1 L.A. Memorial Coliseum 36,884 Recap
3October 10at Chicago Bears L 21–421–1–1 Wrigley Field 43,707 Recap
4October 17 Green Bay Packers W 24–102–1–1 L.A. Memorial Coliseum 25,119 Recap
5October 24at Detroit Lions W 34–273–1–1 Briggs Stadium 17,444 Recap
6October 31 Chicago Cardinals L 22–273–2–1 L.A. Memorial Coliseum 32,149 Recap
7November 7 Chicago Bears L 6–213–3–1 L.A. Memorial Coliseum 56,263 Recap
8November 14at New York Giants W 52–374–3–1 Polo Grounds 22,766 Recap
9November 21at Chicago Cardinals L 24–274–4–1 Comiskey Park 29,031 Recap
10November 28 Green Bay Packers L 16–04–5–1 City Stadium 23,874 Recap
11December 5at Washington Redskins W 41–135–5–1 Griffith Stadium 32,970 Recap
12December 12 Pittsburgh Steelers W 31–146–5–1 L.A. Memorial Coliseum 27,967 Recap
Note: Intra-division opponents are in bold text.

Standings

NFL Western Division
WLTPCTDIVPFPASTK
Chicago Cardinals 1110.9177–1395226W10
Chicago Bears 1020.8337–1375151L1
Los Angeles Rams 651.5453–5327269W3
Green Bay Packers 390.2502–6154290L7
Detroit Lions 2100.1671–7200407L3
Note: Tie games were not officially counted in the standings until 1972.
NFL Eastern Division
WLTPCTDIVPFPASTK
Philadelphia Eagles 921.8187–1376156W1
Washington Redskins 750.5835–3291287W1
New York Giants 480.3333–5297388L2
Pittsburgh Steelers 480.3333–5200243L1
Boston Yanks 390.2502–6174372W1
Note: Tie games were not officially counted in the standings until 1972.

References

  1. "Infographic: NFL on Wednesday". Profootballhof.com. February 7, 2010. Archived from the original on October 4, 2013. Retrieved September 6, 2012.
  2. "1948 Los Angeles Rams Draftees". Pro Football Reference. Retrieved January 29, 2021.