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
1962 Los Angeles Rams Draft Round Selection Player Position College 1 2Roman GabrielQuarterbackNorth 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 Venue Attendance 1 September 16 at Baltimore Colts L 27–30 0–1 Memorial Stadium 54,796 2 September 23 Chicago Bears L 23–27 0–2 Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum 44,376 3 September 30 Dallas Cowboys L 17–27 0–3 Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum 26,907 4 October 7 at Washington Redskins L 14–20 0–4 D.C. Stadium 38,264 5 October 14 at Detroit Lions L 10–13 0–5 Tiger Stadium 53,714 6 October 21 Minnesota Vikings L 14–38 0–6 Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum 33,071 7 October 28 at San Francisco 49ers W 28–14 1–6 Kezar Stadium 51,033 8 November 4 Detroit Lions L 3–12 1–7 Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum 44,241 9 November 11 Baltimore Colts L 2–14 1–8 Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum 39,502 10 November 18 San Francisco 49ers L 17–24 1–9 Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum 42,554 11 November 25 at Minnesota Vikings T 24–24 1–9–1 Metropolitan Stadium 26,728 12 December 2 at Green Bay Packers L 10–41 1–10–1 Milwaukee County Stadium 46,833 13 December 9 at Chicago Bears L 14–30 1–11–1 Wrigley Field 38,685 14 December 16 Green Bay Packers L 17–20 1–12–1 Los Angeles Memorial Colisuem 60,057 Note: Intra-conference opponents are in bold text.
Roster
Standings
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