1948 Los Angeles Rams season

NFL team season November 2013 March 2026 Los Angeles Rams 1948 6–5–1 3rd NFL Western Clark Shaughnessy Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum Did not qualify Rams seasons 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.http://www.profootballhof.com/history/infographic-wednesday.aspx Infographic: NFL on Wednesday Profootballhof.com February 7, 2010 September 6, 2012 October 4, 2013 https://web.archive.org/web/20131004224749/http://www.profootballhof.com/history/infographic-wednesday.aspx dead Draft 1948 NFL draft 1948 Los Angeles Rams 3 18 Tom Keane DB West Virginia yes yes 5 30 Bruce Bailey B Virginia 6 40 George Grimes DB Virginia 7 49 Gene Ruszkowski T Ohio 7 50 Noel Cudd T West Texas State 8 60 Bob Walker B 1947 Colorado Mines Orediggers Colorado Mines 9 70 Mike Graham B Cincinnati Played with Los Angeles Dons (AAFC) 10 80 Glenn Johnson T Arizona State Played with New York Yankees (AAFC) 11 90 Johnny Zisch E Colorado 12 100 Atherton (Pinky) Phleger T Stanford 13 110 Bob Heck DE Purdue 14 120 Bill Schroll LB LSU 15 130 Bob DeMent T Mississippi Southern 16 140 Charley Schoenherr B Wheaton 17 150 Larry Brink DE Northern Illinois State yes yes 18 160 Bill O'Connor E Notre Dame Played with Buffalo Bills (AAFC) 19 170 Bill Nelson B Montana State 20 180 Jim Rees T NC State 21 190 Ray Borneman B Texas 22 200 Ray Yagiello G Catawba yes 23 210 John Pesek E Nebraska yes 24 220 Charlie DeAutremont B 1947 Southern Oregon Raiders Southern Oregon 25 230 Bob Levenhagen G Washington 26 240 Leon Cooper T Hardin–Simmons 27 250 Jim Wade HB Oklahoma City 28 260 Ken Sinofsky G 1947 Nevada Wolfpack Nevada 29 270 Bobby Jack Stuart B Tulsa 30 280 Hilliard (Junior) Crum E Arizona 31 288 Tony Kunkiewicz B 1947 Trinity Bantams Trinity (CT) 32 295 Bill Taylor E Rice nohttps://www.pro-football-reference.com/teams/ram/1948_draft.htm 1948 Los Angeles Rams Draftees Pro Football Reference January 29, 2021 Schedule Game Date Opponent Result Record Venue Attendance Recap Sources 1 September 22 Detroit Lions W 44–7 1–0 L.A. Memorial Coliseum 12,941 Recap 2 October 3 Philadelphia Eagles T 28–28 1–0–1 L.A. Memorial Coliseum 36,884 Recap 3 October 10 at Chicago Bears L 21–42 1–1–1 Wrigley Field 43,707 Recap 4 October 17 Green Bay Packers W 24–10 2–1–1 L.A. Memorial Coliseum 25,119 Recap 5 October 24 at Detroit Lions W 34–27 3–1–1 Briggs Stadium 17,444 Recap 6 October 31 Chicago Cardinals L 22–27 3–2–1 L.A. Memorial Coliseum 32,149 Recap 7 November 7 Chicago Bears L 6–21 3–3–1 L.A. Memorial Coliseum 56,263 Recap 8 November 14 at New York Giants W 52–37 4–3–1 Polo Grounds 22,766 Recap 9 November 21 at Chicago Cardinals L 24–27 4–4–1 Comiskey Park 29,031 Recap 10 November 28 at Green Bay Packers L 16–0 4–5–1 City Stadium 23,874 Recap 11 December 5 at Washington Redskins W 41–13 5–5–1 Griffith Stadium 32,970 Recap 12 December 12 Pittsburgh Steelers W 31–14 6–5–1 L.A. Memorial Coliseum 27,967 Recap Note: Intra-division opponents are in bold text. Standings Roster 1948 Los Angeles Rams roster Backs 30 Bob Agler FB 33 Jack Banta RB/CB/P 25 Joe Corn RB/CB  9 Gerard Cowhig FB/LB 18 Fred Gehrke RB/CB 21 Jim Hardy QB/S 77 Paul Rickards QB/S 16 Bob Hoffman FB/LB 12 Les Horvath RB/CB 10 Tom Keane RB/CB  3 Dante Magnani RB 65 Bruce Smith RB 13 Kenny Washington S/RB  7 Bob Waterfield QB/S/K/P Ends/Receivers 63 Larry Brink 40 Don Currivan 55 Tom Fears 53 Red Hickey 46 Bud Hubbell 79 Bill Smyth 56 Jack Zilly Linemen/Linebackers 66 Gil Bouley T/DT 86 Ed Champagne T/DT 84 Hal Dean G/MG 43 Roger Eason MG/G 58 Jack Finlay G/LB 31 Dick Hoerner LB/FB 20 Dick Huffman T/DT 27 Milan Lazetich G/MG 23 Jack Martin C 22 Fred Naumetz LB/C 57 Don Paul LB/C 42 Joe Repko T/DT 44 Al Sparkman T/DT 54 Ray Yagiello G/MG Reserve list 60 Bob Shaw (end) DE/WR (IR) 7px rookies in italics References 30em Los Angeles Rams Category:Los Angeles Rams seasons Los Angeles