2019 Team Records (Coach, Quarterback, Rushers, Receivers)

2019 Team Records (Coach, Quarterback, Rushers, Receivers) – Rams

by Chase Stuart on August 27, 2019

In this series, I will be looking at the history of coaches, quarterbacks, rushers, and receivers for all 32 franchises. For coaches and quarterbacks, I will be looking at how much their franchise’s career records (regular season only) would change if we removed the games with that person. For rushers and receivers, I will note how many times that player was the team’s leading rusher/receiver over the course of their time with that franchise (regular plus postseason).

Previous Teams:

AFC East: Dolphins, Bills, Jets, and Patriots
NFC East: Cowboys, Eagles, Giants, and Redskins
AFC North: Steelers, Browns, Ravens, and Bengals
NFC North: Packers, Vikings, Bears, and Lions
AFC South: Jaguars, Colts, Texans, and Titans
NFC South: Panthers, Falcons, Saints, and Buccaneers
AFC West: Raiders, Chiefs
NFC West: Seahawks

The Rams have been around for a long time, but no one coach has won more than 75 games with the team. George Allen is probably the most successful regular season head coach in franchise history, and he was only there for four seasons. Mike Martz was the team’s head coach for a little bit longer than Allen and had more wins, but had a worse winning percentage. Chuck Knox was Rams head coach for a little bit longer than Martz and had more wins, but a worse winning percentage. And John Robinson was there the longest, with the most wins in franchise history, but was barely above .500. That’s better than Super Bowl winner Dick Vermeil, who actually had a losing record with the team! Sean McVay has a pretty clear path to becoming the bet head coach in franchise history, given his age and early success. Oh, and the worst coach the Rams have ever had? That honor belongs to Steve Spagnuolo, who went 10-38 over three seasons.

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Ovr Rk	Coach	G	W	L	T	HC Win %	FrG	FrW	FL	FrT	Fr W%	Win% w/o HC	Diff
44	George Allen	70	49	17	4	0.729	1151	568	562	21	0.503	0.488	1.5%
61	Chuck Knox	118	69	48	1	0.589	1151	568	562	21	0.503	0.493	1%
62	Mike Martz	85	53	32	0	0.624	1151	568	562	21	0.503	0.493	1%
80	Sean McVay	32	24	8	0	0.75	1151	568	562	21	0.503	0.496	0.7%
89	Hampton Pool	35	23	10	2	0.686	1151	568	562	21	0.503	0.497	0.6%
102	Adam Walsh	21	15	5	1	0.738	1151	568	562	21	0.503	0.498	0.4%
109	Joe Stydahar	25	17	8	0	0.68	1151	568	562	21	0.503	0.499	0.4%
120	John Robinson	143	75	68	0	0.524	1151	568	562	21	0.503	0.5	0.3%
121	Ray Malavasi	73	40	33	0	0.548	1151	568	562	21	0.503	0.5	0.3%
122	Clark Shaughnessy	24	14	7	3	0.646	1151	568	562	21	0.503	0.5	0.3%
158	Tommy Prothro	28	14	12	2	0.536	1151	568	562	21	0.503	0.502	0.1%
190	Art Lewis	8	4	4	0	0.5	1151	568	562	21	0.503	0.503	0%
192	Bob Snyder	12	6	6	0	0.5	1151	568	562	21	0.503	0.503	0%
227	Aldo Donelli	10	4	6	0	0.4	1151	568	562	21	0.503	0.504	-0.1%
252	John Fassel	3	0	3	0	0	1151	568	562	21	0.503	0.504	-0.1%
254	Joe Vitt	11	4	7	0	0.364	1151	568	562	21	0.503	0.504	-0.1%
259	Sid Gillman	60	28	31	1	0.475	1151	568	562	21	0.503	0.504	-0.2%
274	Dick Vermeil	48	22	26	0	0.458	1151	568	562	21	0.503	0.505	-0.2%
313	Rich Brooks	32	13	19	0	0.406	1151	568	562	21	0.503	0.505	-0.3%
346	Jim Haslett	12	2	10	0	0.167	1151	568	562	21	0.503	0.506	-0.4%
370	Dutch Clark	44	16	26	2	0.386	1151	568	562	21	0.503	0.507	-0.5%
389	Hugo Bezdek	14	1	13	0	0.071	1151	568	562	21	0.503	0.508	-0.5%
410	Scott Linehan	36	11	25	0	0.306	1151	568	562	21	0.503	0.509	-0.6%
421	Jeff Fisher	77	31	45	1	0.409	1151	568	562	21	0.503	0.509	-0.7%
423	Bob Waterfield	34	9	24	1	0.279	1151	568	562	21	0.503	0.509	-0.7%
440	Harland Svare	48	14	31	3	0.323	1151	568	562	21	0.503	0.51	-0.8%
493	Steve Spagnuolo	48	10	38	0	0.208	1151	568	562	21	0.503	0.515	-1.3%

What about the quarterbacks? This data only goes back to 1950, so we do miss some of the early years of the Rams franchise. Mainly, that means Bob Waterfield doesn’t get a fair shake. But the best quarterback in Rams history, in terms of improving the team’s winning percentage, was clearly Roman Gabriel. He was a whopping 35 games over .500; Norm Van Brocklin (+22) and Kurt Warner (+20) round out the top three in that metric.

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Ovr Rk	QB	G	W	L	T	QB Win %	FrG	FrW	FL	FrT	Fr W%	Win% w/o QB	Diff
30	Roman Gabriel	119	74	39	6	0.647	1018	508	495	15	0.506	0.488	1.9%
56	Norm Van Brocklin	65	42	20	3	0.669	1018	508	495	15	0.506	0.495	1.1%
62	Kurt Warner	50	35	15	0	0.700	1018	508	495	15	0.506	0.496	1%
78	Pat Haden	55	35	19	1	0.645	1018	508	495	15	0.506	0.498	0.8%
82	James Harris	27	21	6	0	0.778	1018	508	495	15	0.506	0.499	0.7%
98	John Hadl	19	15	4	0	0.789	1018	508	495	15	0.506	0.501	0.5%
108	Jared Goff	38	24	14	0	0.632	1018	508	495	15	0.506	0.502	0.5%
127	Vince Ferragamo	44	26	18	0	0.591	1018	508	495	15	0.506	0.503	0.4%
140	Dieter Brock	15	11	4	0	0.733	1018	508	495	15	0.506	0.503	0.3%
152	Bob Waterfield	22	14	8	0	0.636	1018	508	495	15	0.506	0.504	0.3%

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The Rams have a remarkable history at running back, continued on today by Todd Gurley. The Rams have two inner circle HOFers in Marshall Faulk and Eric Dickerson, while Steven Jackson had the longest sustained success with the team. Jerome Bettis is another Hall of Famer who began his career with the team, while Dan Towler was a legendary rusher with the team in the early ’50s.

So who led the team in rushing yards most frequently? That honor belongs to Jackson, although it’s Dickerson who did it in the highest percentage of games played.

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Rusher	First Yr	Last Yr	Leading Rusher	Total Games	%
Steven Jackson	2004	2012	116	133	87%
Marshall Faulk	1999	2005	80	109	73%
Eric Dickerson	1983	1987	67	71	94%
Lawrence McCutcheon	1972	1979	63	100	63%
Dick Bass	1960	1969	57	113	50%
Todd Gurley	2015	2018	56	62	90%
Jerome Bettis	1993	1995	37	47	79%
Wendell Tyler	1977	1982	36	64	56%
Les Josephson	1964	1974	34	134	25%
Dan Towler	1950	1955	32	72	44%

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At wide receiver, this was a three-man race between Torry Holt, Isaac Bruce, and Henry Ellard. The Rams have a pair of Hall of Famers from the ’50s in Crazy Legs Hirsch and Tom Fears, but in the modern era, these are the best three in team history (with a helmet knock to Harold Jackson, who was perhaps equally good but spent less than half of his career with the Rams).

We could debate for hours who was the best out of Holt, Bruce, and Ellard (who was not only a first down machine, but led his teams in receiving yards an amazing 13 times). So who led the team in rushing yards most frequently? The answer below:

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Receiver	First Yr	Last Yr	Leading Receiver	Total Games	%
Torry Holt	1999	2008	84	168	50%
Henry Ellard	1983	1993	77	168	46%
Isaac Bruce	1994	2007	77	206	37%
Jack Snow	1965	1975	45	156	29%
Harold Jackson	1968	1977	39	80	49%
Red Phillips	1958	1964	31	82	38%
Flipper Anderson	1988	1994	31	110	28%
Elroy Hirsch	1949	1957	30	109	28%
Preston Dennard	1978	1983	26	88	30%
Tom Fears	1948	1956	24	93	26%

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That’s it for the Rams version of this series. Please leave your thoughts in the comments.

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