1960 Los Angeles Rams season

1960 Los Angeles Rams season
Owner	Dan Reeves
Head coach	Bob Waterfield
Home field	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
Results
Record	4–7–1
Division place	6th NFL Western
Playoff finish	Did not qualify
Uniform

The 1960 Los Angeles Rams season was the team's 23rd year with the National Football League and the 15th season in Los Angeles. Under first-year head coach Bob Waterfield, the team won four and lost seven with one tie, placing the Rams in sixth place in the Western Conference, ahead of only the winless expansion Dallas Cowboys. Their most notable win was an upset of the Green Bay Packers at Milwaukee on November 20.^[1][2] Four weeks later in the season finale, the Packers returned the favor in Los Angeles to win the Western conference title.^[3] It was also the first season in which the Rams would share the same venue as the upstart Los Angeles Chargers of the American Football League (AFL) before the team would leave for San Diego in 1961. The Rams would not share the same venue with the Chargers until 2020 when both teams would move into SoFi Stadium in the suburb of Inglewood.

In the pre-season, the Rams played the Cowboys in rural northeastern Oregon, at Pendleton's rodeo grounds on Sunday, September 4.^[4][5]

Schedule

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Record	Venue	Attendance
1	September 23	St. Louis Cardinals	L 21–43	0–1	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum	47,448
2	October 2	at San Francisco 49ers	L 9–13	0–2	Kezar Stadium	53,633
3	October 9	at Chicago Bears	L 27–34	0–3	Wrigley Field	47,776
4	October 16	at Baltimore Colts	L 17–31	0–4	Memorial Stadium	57,808
5	October 23	Chicago Bears	T 24–24	0–4–1	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum	63,438
6	October 30	Detroit Lions	W 48–35	1–4–1	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum	53,295
7	November 6	at Dallas Cowboys	W 38–13	2–4–1	Cotton Bowl	16,000
8	November 13	at Detroit Lions	L 10–12	2–5–1	Briggs Stadium	54,019
9	November 20	at Green Bay Packers	W 33–31	3–5–1	Milwaukee County Stadium	35,763
10	Bye
11	December 4	San Francisco 49ers	L 7–23	3–6–1	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum	77,254
12	December 11	Baltimore Colts	W 10–3	4–6–1	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum	75,461
13	December 17	Green Bay Packers	L 21–35	4–7–1	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum	53,445
Note: Intra-conference opponents are in bold text.

• A bye week was necessary in 1960, as the league expanded to an odd number (13) of teams (Dallas); one team was idle each week.

Standings

NFL Western Conference
view talk edit	W	L	T	PCT	CONF	PF	PA	STK
Green Bay Packers	8	4	0	.667	7–4	332	209	W3
Detroit Lions	7	5	0	.583	7–4	239	212	W4
San Francisco 49ers	7	5	0	.583	7–4	208	205	W1
Baltimore Colts	6	6	0	.500	5–6	288	234	L4
Chicago Bears	5	6	1	.455	5–5–1	194	299	L3
Los Angeles Rams	4	7	1	.364	4–6–1	265	297	L1
Dallas Cowboys	0	11	1	.000	0–6	177	369	L1

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

References

1. Lea, Bud (November 21, 1960). "Packers lose in last 22 seconds". Milwaukee Sentinel. p. 3, part 2.^{[permanent dead link‍]}
2. Hamilton, Clem (November 21, 1960). "Packers are too generous, waste stirring rally, 33-31". Milwaukee Journal. p. 13, part 2.^{[permanent dead link‍]}
3. "Packers win banner on air-borne victory". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). Associated Press. December 18, 1960. p. 2, sports.
4. "New NFL entry to play Rams in Pendleton Sunday". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). September 2, 1960. p. 13.
5. "Rams crush Dallas club". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). Associated Press. September 5, 1960. p. 8.