1948 Los Angeles Rams Statistics

National Football League (NFL)
Team Record: 6-5-1
Finishing 3rd in the NFL's West Division
Coach: Clark Shaughnessy (6-5-1)
Location: Los Angeles, California

1948 Los Angeles Rams Roster
1948 Los Angeles Rams Results

The Los Angeles Rams of the National Football League ended the 1948 season with a record of 6 wins and 5 losses and 1 ties, finishing third in the NFL's West Division.

Los Angeles racked up 327 points, while the defensive squad gave up 269. Jim Hardy tossed for 1,390 yards, and Bob Waterfield took a significant amount of snaps also. Tom Fears snagged 51 balls for 698 yards.

Dick Hoerner ran for a team-leading 354 yards for the Rams, while Kenny Washington additionally contributed to the rushing attack.

Fred Naumetz and Bob Waterfield each picked off 4 opponent throws.

Clark Shaughnessy coached the team.

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Passing:

Player	Att	Comp	Comp %	Yds	Yds/Att	TDs	TD %	Ints	Int %	Long	Rating
Jim Hardy	211	112	53.1	1390	6.6	14	6.6	7	3.3	69	82.1
Bob Waterfield	180	87	48.3	1354	7.5	14	7.8	18	10.0	80	60.0
Paul Rickards	2	2	100.0	4	2.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	3	79.2
Kenny Washington	1	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	39.6
Fred Gehrke	1	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	39.6
Totals	395	201	50.9	2748	7.0	28	7.1	25	6.3	80

Rushing:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long	TDs
Dick Hoerner	76	354	4.7	23	4
Kenny Washington	57	301	5.3	31	2
Fred Gehrke	56	246	4.4	24	1
Gerry Cowhig	46	206	4.5	14	2
Dante Magnani	38	144	3.8	15	0
Les Horvath	30	118	3.9	19	0
Jack Banta	32	105	3.3	14	0
Bob Hoffman	22	68	3.1	8	4
Bob Agler	8	41	5.1	12	0
Bruce Smith	12	38	3.2	0	0
Joe Corn	11	27	2.5	6	0
Pat West	4	24	6.0	16	0
Paul Rickards	2	21	10.5	11	0
Tom Keane	7	16	2.3	3	0
Jim Hardy	5	14	2.8	9	0
Bob Waterfield	7	12	1.7	10	0
Tom Fears	2	8	4.0	8	0
Bob DeFruiter	3	4	1.3	4	0
Jim Mello	7	3	0.4	4	0
Larry Brink	1	-3	-3.0	-3	0
Don Currivan	1	-4	-4.0	-4	0
Totals	427	1743	4.1	31	13

Receiving:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long	TDs
Tom Fears	51	698	13.7	80	4
Red Hickey	30	509	17.0	69	7
Dick Hoerner	18	227	12.6	45	2
Fred Gehrke	16	173	10.8	34	1
Jack Zilly	13	169	13.0	30	4
Tom Keane	11	195	17.7	57	2
Don Currivan	10	189	18.9	58	3
Frank Hubbell	10	134	13.4	48	1
Kenny Washington	6	104	17.3	43	1
Bill Smyth	6	66	11.0	21	1
Les Horvath	4	42	10.5	19	0
Larry Brink	4	36	9.0	18	0
Jack Banta	4	34	8.5	14	0
Bruce Smith	4	29	7.2	10	0
Pat West	3	37	12.3	17	0
Dante Magnani	3	28	9.3	16	1
Bob Hoffman	3	28	9.3	13	1
Gerry Cowhig	3	18	6.0	9	0
Jim Mello	1	17	17.0	17	0
Gil Bouley	1	15	15.0	15	0
Totals	201	2748	13.7	80	28

Kicking:

Player	X/CA	X/CM	X/CP %	FGA	FGM	FG %	Pts.
Bob Waterfield	44	38	86.4	11	6	54.5	56
Fred Gehrke	1	1	100.0				1
Totals	45	39	86.7	11	6	54.5	57

Punting:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long
Bob Waterfield	43	1833	42.6	88
Jack Banta	17	639	37.6	55
Jim Hardy	3	151	50.3	77
Totals	63	2623	41.6	88

Punt Returns:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long
Fred Gehrke	19	217	11.4	48
Les Horvath	13	203	15.6	27
Joe Corn	4	49	12.2	22
Jack Banta	1	14	14.0	14
Kenny Washington	1	12	12.0	12
Bruce Smith	1	10	10.0	10
Dick Hoerner	1	6	6.0	6
Gerry Cowhig	1	3	3.0	3
Totals	41	514	12.5	48

Kick Returns:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long	TDs
Fred Gehrke	17	464	27.3	92	1
Jack Banta	6	119	19.8	28	0
Joe Corn	5	112	22.4	22	0
Kenny Washington	2	54	27.0	33	0
Dante Magnani	3	49	16.3	22	0
Dick Hoerner	2	35	17.5	20	0
Les Horvath	2	31	15.5	16	0
Bob Hoffman	2	19	9.5	10	0
Gil Bouley	1	8	8.0	8	0
Gerry Cowhig	1	3	3.0	3	0
Al Sparkman	1	0	0.0	0	0
Totals	42	894	21.3	92	1

Interceptions:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long	TDs
Fred Naumetz	4	75	18.8	68	0
Bob Waterfield	4	8	2.0	5	0
Kenny Washington	2	45	22.5	40	0
Tom Fears	2	37	18.5	35	1
Fred Gehrke	2	29	14.5	21	0
Les Horvath	2	14	7.0	9	0
Gerry Cowhig	1	9	9.0	9	0
Dick Hoerner	1	6	6.0	6	0
Hal Dean	1	0	0.0	0	0
Totals	19	223	11.7	68	1

Defense and Fumbles:

Player	Tackle	Brup	Fum	FRec	FYds
Bob Waterfield		0	5	4	0
Mike Lazetich			0	4	0
Kenny Washington		0	4	4	17
Frank Hubbell			1	3	0
Les Horvath		0	2	3	4
Dick Hoerner		0	3	2	8
Jack Banta			1	2	0
Ed Champagne			0	2	2
Fred Naumetz		0	0	2	0
Tom Keane			1	2	0
Jack Zilly			1	1	4
Gil Bouley			1	1	0
Roger Eason			0	1	0
Joe Corn			2	1	0
Bruce Smith			1	1	0
Jim Hardy			2	1	0
Larry Brink			0	1	0
Jack Martin			0	1	0
Bob David			0	1	0
Hal Dean		0	0	1	0
Bill Smyth			0	1	0
Al Sparkman			1	0	0
Bob Hoffman			1	0	0
Dante Magnani			2	0	0
Fred Gehrke		0	4	0	0
Totals	0	0	32	39	35

Total Scoring:

	Touchdowns								Other					Total
Player	Rush	Rec	Punt	Kick	MFG	Int	Fum	Other	FG	X/C	Single	2Pt	Saf	Points
Bob Waterfield	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	38	0			56
Red Hickey	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			42
Dick Hoerner	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			36
Bob Hoffman	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			30
Tom Fears	0	4	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0			30
Don Currivan	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0			24
Jack Zilly	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			24
Fred Gehrke	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0			19
Kenny Washington	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			18
Tom Keane	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			12
Gerry Cowhig	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			12
Dante Magnani	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			6
Bill Smyth	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			6
Frank Hubbell	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			6
Les Horvath	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0			6
Totals	13	28	0	1	0	1	0	2	6	39	0	0	0	327