1962 Los Angeles Rams season

1962 Los Angeles Rams season
Owner	Dan Reeves
Head coach	Bob Waterfield / Harland Svare
Home field	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
Results
Record	1–12–1
Division place	7th NFL Western
Playoff finish	did not qualify

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.

NFL draft

Main article: 1962 NFL draft

Round	Pick	Player	Position	School/Club Team
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	Attendance
1	September 16	at Baltimore Colts	L 27–30	0–1	54,796
2	September 23	Chicago Bears	L 23–27	0–2	44,376
3	September 30	Dallas Cowboys	L 17–27	0–3	26,907
4	October 7	at Washington Redskins	L 14–20	0–4	38,264
5	October 14	at Detroit Lions	L 10–13	0–5	53,714
6	October 21	Minnesota Vikings	L 14–38	0–6	33,071
7	October 28	at San Francisco 49ers	W 28–14	1–6	51,033
8	November 4	Detroit Lions	L 3–12	1–7	44,241
9	November 11	Baltimore Colts	L 2–14	1–8	39,502
10	November 18	San Francisco 49ers	L 17–24	1–9	42,554
11	November 25	at Minnesota Vikings	T 24–24	1–9–1	26,728
12	December 2	at Green Bay Packers	L 10–41	1–10–1	46,833
13	December 9	at Chicago Bears	L 14–30	1–11–1	38,685
14	December 16	Green Bay Packers	L 17–20	1–12–1	60,057

Standings

NFL Western Conference
	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.