1960 Los Angeles Rams season

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1960 Los Angeles Rams season
Owner Dan Reeves
Head coach Bob Waterfield
Home stadium Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
Results
Record4–7–1
Division place6th NFL Western
PlayoffsDid not qualify
Uniform
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The 1960 Los Angeles Rams season was the team's 23rd year with the National Football League and the 15th season in Los Angeles. Under first-year head coach Bob Waterfield, the team won four and lost seven with one tie, placing the Rams in sixth place in the Western Conference, ahead of only the winless expansion Dallas Cowboys. Their most notable win was an upset of the Green Bay Packers at Milwaukee on November 20. [1] [2] Four weeks later in the season finale, the Packers returned the favor in Los Angeles to win the Western conference title. [3] It was also the first season in which the Rams would share the same venue as the upstart Los Angeles Chargers of the American Football League (AFL) before the team would leave for San Diego in 1961. The Rams would not share the same venue with the Chargers until 2020 when both teams would move into SoFi Stadium in the suburb of Inglewood.

Contents

In the pre-season, the Rams played the Cowboys in rural northeastern Oregon, at Pendleton's rodeo grounds on Sunday, September 4. [4] [5]

Schedule

WeekDateOpponentResultRecordVenueAttendance
1September 23 St. Louis Cardinals L 21–430–1 Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum 47,448
2October 2at San Francisco 49ers L 9–130–2 Kezar Stadium 53,633
3October 9at Chicago Bears L 27–340–3 Wrigley Field 47,776
4October 16at Baltimore Colts L 17–310–4 Memorial Stadium 57,808
5October 23Chicago BearsT 24–240–4–1Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum63,438
6October 30 Detroit Lions W 48–351–4–1Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum53,295
7November 6at Dallas Cowboys W 38–132–4–1 Cotton Bowl 16,000
8November 13at Detroit LionsL 10–122–5–1 Briggs Stadium 54,019
9November 20at Green Bay Packers W 33–313–5–1 Milwaukee County Stadium 35,763
10 Bye
11December 4San Francisco 49ersL 7–233–6–1Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum77,254
12December 11Baltimore ColtsW 10–34–6–1Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum75,461
13December 17Green Bay PackersL 21–354–7–1Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum53,445
Note: Intra-conference opponents are in bold text.

Standings

NFL Western Conference
WLTPCTCONFPFPASTK
Green Bay Packers 840.6677–4332209W3
Detroit Lions 750.5837–4239212W4
San Francisco 49ers 750.5837–4208205W1
Baltimore Colts 660.5005–6288234L4
Chicago Bears 561.4555–5–1194299L3
Los Angeles Rams 471.3644–6–1265297L1
Dallas Cowboys 0111.0000–6177369L1
Note: Tie games were not officially counted in the standings until 1972.

References

  1. ↑ Lea, Bud (November 21, 1960). "Packers lose in last 22 seconds". Milwaukee Sentinel. p. 3, part 2.[ permanent dead link ]
  2. ↑ Hamilton, Clem (November 21, 1960). "Packers are too generous, waste stirring rally, 33-31". Milwaukee Journal. p. 13, part 2.[ permanent dead link ]
  3. ↑ "Packers win banner on air-borne victory". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). Associated Press. December 18, 1960. p. 2, sports.
  4. ↑ "New NFL entry to play Rams in Pendleton Sunday". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). September 2, 1960. p. 13.
  5. ↑ "Rams crush Dallas club". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). Associated Press. September 5, 1960. p. 8.


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