1948 Los Angeles Rams season

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]

1948 Los Angeles Rams season
Head coach	Clark Shaughnessy
Home field	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
Results
Record	6–5–1
Division place	3rd NFL Western
Playoff finish	Did not qualify
← 1947 Rams seasons 1949 →

Draft

Main article: 1948 NFL Draft

1948 Los Angeles Rams draft
Round	Pick	Player	Position	College	Notes
3	18	Tom Keane *	DB	West Virginia
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	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
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
23	210	John Pesek	E	Nebraska
24	220	Charlie DeAutremont	B	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	Nevada
29	270	Bobby Jack Stuart	B	Tulsa
30	280	Hilliard (Junior) Crum	E	Arizona
31	288	Tony Kunkiewicz	B	Trinity (CT)
32	295	Bill Taylor	E	Rice
Made roster    *   Made at least one Pro Bowl during career

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Schedule

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Record	Venue	Attendance	Recap
1	September 22	Detroit Lions	W 44–7	1–0	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum	12,941	Recap
2	Bye
3	October 3	Philadelphia Eagles	T 28–28	1–0–1	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum	36,884	Recap
4	October 10	at Chicago Bears	L 21–42	1–1–1	Wrigley Field	43,707	Recap
5	October 17	Green Bay Packers	W 24–10	2–1–1	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum	25,119	Recap
6	October 24	at Detroit Lions	W 34–27	3–1–1	Briggs Stadium	17,444	Recap
7	October 31	Chicago Cardinals	L 22–27	3–2–1	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum	32,149	Recap
8	November 7	Chicago Bears	L 6–21	3–3–1	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum	56,263	Recap
9	November 14	at New York Giants	W 52–37	4–3–1	Polo Grounds	22,766	Recap
10	November 21	at Chicago Cardinals	L 24–27	4–4–1	Comiskey Park	29,031	Recap
11	November 28	Green Bay Packers	L 16–0	4–5–1	City Stadium	23,874	Recap
12	December 5	at Washington Redskins	W 41–13	5–5–1	Griffith Stadium	32,970	Recap
13	December 12	Pittsburgh Steelers	W 31–14	6–5–1	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum	27,967	Recap
Note: Intra-division opponents are in bold text.

Standings

NFL Western Division
view talk edit	W	L	T	PCT	DIV	PF	PA	STK
Chicago Cardinals	11	1	0	.917	7–1	395	226	W10
Chicago Bears	10	2	0	.833	7–1	375	151	L1
Los Angeles Rams	6	5	1	.545	3–5	327	269	W3
Green Bay Packers	3	9	0	.250	2–6	154	290	L7
Detroit Lions	2	10	0	.167	1–7	200	407	L3

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.