1963 Los Angeles Rams season

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1963 Los Angeles Rams season
OwnerDan Reeves
Head coachHarland Svare
Home fieldLos Angeles Memorial Coliseum
Results
Record5–9
Division place6th NFL Western
Playoff finishDid not qualify
Uniform
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The 1963 Los Angeles Rams season was the team's 26th year with the National Football League and the 18th season in Los Angeles. The Rams were attempting to improve on a disastrous 1-12-1 record in 1962, the worst in franchise history at the time. The Rams lost their first 5 games, including a 52-14 loss at home to the Chicago Bears, the worst home loss in franchise history at the time. The 52 points allowed in that game are the most ever surrendered by the Rams in a home game in franchise history. The Rams then split their next 4 games to stand at 2-7. Los Angeles then won their next 3 games to stand at 5-7 and keep their slim playoff hopes alive, but 2 more losses sealed their fate as they finished with a 5-9 record, missing the playoffs for the 8th straight year.

Offseason[]

NFL draft[]

Main article: 1963 NFL draft
Player Position Round Pick NFL Club
Terry Baker Quarterback 1 1 Oregon State

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Regular season[]

Schedule[]

Week Date Opponent Result Record Venue Attendance
1 September 14 Detroit Lions L 2–23 0–1 Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum 49,342
2 September 21 Washington Redskins L 14–37 0–2 Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum 29,295
3 September 29 at Cleveland Browns L 6–20 0–3 Cleveland Municipal Stadium 54,713
4 October 6 at Green Bay Packers L 10–42 0–4 City Stadium 42,327
5 October 13 Chicago Bears L 14–52 0–5 Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum 40,476
6 October 20 Minnesota Vikings W 27–24 1–5 Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum 30,565
7 October 27 San Francisco 49ers W 28–21 2–5 Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum 45,532
8 November 3 at Minnesota Vikings L 13–21 2–6 Metropolitan Stadium 33,567
9 November 10 at Chicago Bears L 0–6 2–7 Wrigley Field 48,312
10 November 17 at Detroit Lions W 28–21 3–7 Tiger Stadium 44,951
11 November 24 Baltimore Colts W 17–16 4–7 Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum 48,555
12 December 1 at San Francisco 49ers W 21–17 5–7 Kezar Stadium 33,321
13 December 7 Green Bay Packers L 14–31 5–8 Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum 52,357
14 December 15 at Baltimore Colts L 16–19 5–9 Memorial Stadium 52,834

Note: Intra-conference opponents are in bold text.

Standings[]

NFL Western Conference
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 W L T PCT CONF PF PA STK
Chicago Bears 11 1 2 .917 10–1–1 301 144 W2
Green Bay Packers 11 2 1 .846 9–2–1 369 206 W2
Baltimore Colts 8 6 0 .571 7–5 316 285 W3
Detroit Lions 5 8 1 .385 4–7–1 326 265 L1
Minnesota Vikings 5 8 1 .385 4–7–1 309 390 W1
Los Angeles Rams 5 9 0 .357 5–7 210 350 L2
San Francisco 49ers 2 12 0 .143 1–11 198 391 L5

Note: Tie games were not officially counted in the standings until 1972.

References[]

  1. ^ https://www.pro-football-reference.com/draft/1963.htm[bare URL]
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