Les Josephson
Lester Andrew Josephson
Born: July 29, 1942
Minneota, MN USA
Deceased: January 1, 2020
Position: RB
Height: 6'1"
Weight: 207
College: Augustana (SD)
High School: Minneota (MN)
Career: 1964-1974
Les Josephson played from 1964 to 1974 during his career with the Los Angeles Rams. Josephson ran for 3,407 yards in his career on 797 attempts, scoring 17 rushing touchdowns. He also caught 194 passes for 1,970 yards and 11 receiving touchdowns..
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Passing:
| Year | Team | Att | Comp | Comp % | Yds | Yds/Att | TDs | TD % | Ints | Int % | Long | Sacked | Yds Lost | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1965 | NFL Los Angeles Rams | 2 | 1 | 50.0 | 15 | 7.5 | 1 | 50.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 15 | 114.6 | ||
| 1967 | NFL Los Angeles Rams | 5 | 2 | 40.0 | 47 | 9.4 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 20.0 | 24 | 35.0 | ||
| 1970 | NFL Los Angeles Rams | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 25 | 25.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 25 | 1 | 1 | 118.8 |
| Totals | 8 | 4 | 50.0 | 87 | 10.9 | 1 | 12.5 | 1 | 12.5 | 25 | 1 | 1 |
Rushing:
| Year | Team | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1964 | NFL Los Angeles Rams | 96 | 451 | 4.7 | 75 | 3 |
| 1965 | NFL Los Angeles Rams | 71 | 225 | 3.2 | 18 | 0 |
| 1966 | NFL Los Angeles Rams | 14 | 97 | 6.9 | 14 | 0 |
| 1967 | NFL Los Angeles Rams | 178 | 800 | 4.5 | 27 | 4 |
| 1969 | NFL Los Angeles Rams | 124 | 461 | 3.7 | 17 | 0 |
| 1970 | NFL Los Angeles Rams | 150 | 640 | 4.3 | 23 | 5 |
| 1971 | NFL Los Angeles Rams | 99 | 449 | 4.5 | 57 | 3 |
| 1972 | NFL Los Angeles Rams | 18 | 75 | 4.2 | 13 | 0 |
| 1973 | NFL Los Angeles Rams | 36 | 174 | 4.8 | 14 | 2 |
| 1974 | NFL Los Angeles Rams | 11 | 35 | 3.2 | 8 | 0 |
| Totals | 797 | 3407 | 4.3 | 75 | 17 |
Receiving:
| Year | Team | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1964 | NFL Los Angeles Rams | 21 | 269 | 12.8 | 58 | 1 |
| 1965 | NFL Los Angeles Rams | 18 | 169 | 9.4 | 30 | 0 |
| 1966 | NFL Los Angeles Rams | 2 | 10 | 5.0 | 6 | 1 |
| 1967 | NFL Los Angeles Rams | 37 | 400 | 10.8 | 48 | 4 |
| 1969 | NFL Los Angeles Rams | 32 | 295 | 9.2 | 51 | 2 |
| 1970 | NFL Los Angeles Rams | 44 | 427 | 9.7 | 30 | 0 |
| 1971 | NFL Los Angeles Rams | 26 | 230 | 8.8 | 29 | 2 |
| 1972 | NFL Los Angeles Rams | 14 | 170 | 12.1 | 34 | 1 |
| Totals | 194 | 1970 | 10.2 | 58 | 11 |
Kick Returns:
| Year | Team | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1967 | NFL Los Angeles Rams | 5 | 91 | 18.2 | 35 | 0 |
| 1971 | NFL Los Angeles Rams | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 6 | 91 | 15.2 | 35 | 0 |
Defense and Fumbles:
| Year | Team | Tackle | Brup | Fum | F Rec | FYds | FTD | FF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1964 | NFL Los Angeles Rams | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 1965 | NFL Los Angeles Rams | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1966 | NFL Los Angeles Rams | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 1967 | NFL Los Angeles Rams | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 1969 | NFL Los Angeles Rams | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 1970 | NFL Los Angeles Rams | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 1971 | NFL Los Angeles Rams | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 1972 | NFL Los Angeles Rams | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Totals | 0 | 0 | 22 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Total Scoring:
| Touchdowns | Other | Total | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Team | Rush | Rec | Punt | Kick | MFG | Int | Fum | Other | FG | X/C | Single | 2Pt | Saf | Points |
| 1964 | NFL Los Angeles Rams | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | ||||||||
| 1966 | NFL Los Angeles Rams | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||
| 1967 | NFL Los Angeles Rams | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 48 | |||||||
| 1969 | NFL Los Angeles Rams | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||||||||
| 1970 | NFL Los Angeles Rams | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | ||||||||
| 1971 | NFL Los Angeles Rams | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | |||||||
| 1972 | NFL Los Angeles Rams | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||
| 1973 | NFL Los Angeles Rams | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |||||||||
| Totals | 17 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 168 | |
Playing Career:
| Year | League | Team | GP | GS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1964 | NFL | Los Angeles Rams | 14 | 0 |
| 1965 | NFL | Los Angeles Rams | 13 | 0 |
| 1966 | NFL | Los Angeles Rams | 14 | 0 |
| 1967 | NFL | Los Angeles Rams | 14 | 0 |
| 1969 | NFL | Los Angeles Rams | 14 | 14 |
| 1970 | NFL | Los Angeles Rams | 12 | 12 |
| 1971 | NFL | Los Angeles Rams | 14 | 9 |
| 1972 | NFL | Los Angeles Rams | 8 | 0 |
| 1973 | NFL | Los Angeles Rams | 14 | 0 |
| 1974 | NFL | Los Angeles Rams | 12 | 0 |
