1962 Los Angeles Rams season

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The 1962 Los Angeles Rams season was the team's 25th year with the National Football League and the 17th season in Los Angeles. Eventual Hall of Famer Bob Waterfield, the team's head coach for the past two seasons, came back and coached the Rams to a 1–7 record before being fired. Harland Svare, Waterfield's successor, led the Rams to a 0–5–1 record to finish the season.

1962 Los Angeles Rams season
OwnerDan Reeves
Head coachBob Waterfield / Harland Svare
Home stadiumLos Angeles Memorial Coliseum
Results
Record1–12–1
Division place7th NFL Western
PlayoffsDid not qualify
Uniform

NFL draft

1962 Los Angeles Rams Draft
Round Selection Player Position College
1 2 Roman Gabriel Quarterback North Carolina State
1 3 Merlin Olsen Defensive Tackle Utah State University
12 156 Marv Marinovich Guard University of Southern California

Regular season

Schedule

Week Date Opponent Result Record Venue Attendance
1 September 16 at Baltimore Colts L 27–30 0–1 Memorial Stadium 54,796
2 September 23 Chicago Bears L 23–27 0–2 Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum 44,376
3 September 30 Dallas Cowboys L 17–27 0–3 Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum 26,907
4 October 7 at Washington Redskins L 14–20 0–4 D.C. Stadium 38,264
5 October 14 at Detroit Lions L 10–13 0–5 Tiger Stadium 53,714
6 October 21 Minnesota Vikings L 14–38 0–6 Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum 33,071
7 October 28 at San Francisco 49ers W 28–14 1–6 Kezar Stadium 51,033
8 November 4 Detroit Lions L 3–12 1–7 Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum 44,241
9 November 11 Baltimore Colts L 2–14 1–8 Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum 39,502
10 November 18 San Francisco 49ers L 17–24 1–9 Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum 42,554
11 November 25 at Minnesota Vikings T 24–24 1–9–1 Metropolitan Stadium 26,728
12 December 2 at Green Bay Packers L 10–41 1–10–1 Milwaukee County Stadium 46,833
13 December 9 at Chicago Bears L 14–30 1–11–1 Wrigley Field 38,685
14 December 16 Green Bay Packers L 17–20 1–12–1 Los Angeles Memorial Colisuem 60,057
Note: Intra-conference opponents are in bold text.

Roster

1962 Los Angeles Rams roster
Quarterbacks (QB)
  • 12 Zeke Bratkowski
  • 18 Roman Gabriel
  •  9 Ron Miller

Running backs (RB)

  • 26 Jon Arnett
  • 22 Dick Bass
  • 37 Art Perkins
  • 34 Glenn Shaw

Wide receivers (WR)

  • 27 Pervis Atkins
  • 81 Carroll Dale
  • 88 Karl Finch
  • 33 Ollie Matson

Tight ends (TE)

  • 82 Jim Phillips
 Offensive linemen (OL)
  • 78 Jim Boeke T
  • 63 Joe Carollo T
  • 73 Charley Cowan G
  • 31 Larry Hayes C/OLB
  • 61 Duane Putnam G
  • 48 Les Richter C/MLB
  • 71 Joe Scibelli G
  • 70 Frank Varrichione T

Defensive linemen (DL)

  • 75 Deacon Jones DE
  • 76 John LoVetere DT
  • 85 Lamar Lundy DE/DT
  • 74 Merlin Olsen DT
  • 79 Larry Stephens DT/DE
 Linebackers (LB)
  • 53 Mike Henry OLB
  • 57 Bill Jobko OLB
  • 86 Marlin McKeever MLB/OLB
  • 32 Jack Pardee OLB

Defensive backs (DB)

  • 17 Charley Britt FS
  • 41 Lindon Crow SS
  • 46 Alvin Hall CB
  • 21 Eddie Meador CB
  • 47 Carver Shannon CB
  • 23 Bobby Smith FS

Special teams (ST)

  • 11 Danny Villanueva K/P

Reserve

  • 25 Duane Allen TE (IR)
  • 56 Art Hunter C (IR)


Rookies in italics

Standings

NFL Western Conference
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 W L T PCT CONF PF PA STK
Green Bay Packers 13 1 0 .929 11–1 415 148 W3
Detroit Lions 11 3 0 .786 10–2 315 177 L1
Chicago Bears 9 5 0 .643 8–4 321 287 W2
Baltimore Colts 7 7 0 .500 5–7 293 288 W2
San Francisco 49ers 6 8 0 .429 5–7 282 331 L2
Minnesota Vikings 2 11 1 .154 1–10–1 254 410 L3
Los Angeles Rams 1 12 1 .077 1–10–1 220 334 L3
Note: Tie games were not officially counted in the standings until 1972.

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