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Los Angeles Rams
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Information
League National Football League
Conference NFC
Division NFC West
Established 1936 (joined NFL in 1937)
Home field SoFi Stadium
City Inglewood, California
Uniforms
Color White Alternate
Home Field
Championships
League
4
1945 • 1951 • 1999
2021
Super Bowls
2
XXXIV • LVI
Conference
8
1950 • 1951 • 1955
1979 • 1999 • 2001
2018 • 2021
Division
19
1945 • 1949 • 1967
1969 • 1973 • 1974
1975 • 1976 • 1977
1978 • 1979 • 1985
1999 • 2001 • 2003
2017 • 2018 • 2021
2024

The Los Angeles Rams are a professional football team based in Inglewood, California. They are members of the National Football League (NFL) as part of the National Football Conference (NFC) in the NFC West division. The team has won four NFL Championships, including two Super Bowls. They are the only team to win a championship in three different cities: Cleveland (1945), Los Angeles (1951 and 2021), and St. Louis (1999). They currently play in SoFi Stadium (since 2020), which they share with the AFC's Los Angeles Chargers in Inglewood, California.

The Rams began playing in 1936 in Cleveland, Ohio. The NFL considers the franchise as a second incarnation of the previous Cleveland Rams team that was a charter member of the second American Football League. Although the NFL granted membership to the same owner, the NFL considers it a separate entity since only four of the players and none of the team's management joined the new NFL team.

The team then became known as the Los Angeles Rams after the club moved to Los Angeles, California in 1946, opting not to compete with Paul Brown's Cleveland Browns of the All-America Football Conference. Following the 1979 season, the Rams moved south to the suburbs in nearby Orange County, playing their home games at Anaheim Stadium in Anaheim for fifteen seasons (1980–94), keeping the Los Angeles name. The club moved east to St. Louis prior to the 1995 season, then moved back to the Los Angeles area 21 seasons later in 2016.

Team history[]

Founding[]

The franchise were founded as the Cleveland Rams by attorney Homer Marshman in 1936. Their "Rams" name comes from the nickname of Fordham University. "Rams" was selected to honor the hard work of the football players that came out of that university. In 1936, they were part of the newly formed American Football League (not to be confused with the American Football League that launched in 1960 and merged with the NFL in 1970).

The following year the Rams joined the National Football League (NFL) on February 12, 1937, and were assigned to the Western division to replace the St. Louis Gunners, where coincidently, the Rams would relocate decades later.

From the beginning, the Rams were a team marked by frequent moves. In 1946, the Rams moved to Los Angeles to become the Los Angeles Rams, losing the town to the popularity of the AAFC's Cleveland Browns. In 1980, the Rams would move away to Anaheim in order to fill capacity of its stadium.

In 1995, plans for a new stadium in Anaheim fell through. As a result, the Rams relocated to St. Louis, thus becoming the St. Louis Rams.

In 2016, a Houston meeting resulted in a 30-2 approval to relocate the Rams back to Los Angeles, ending LA's 21 seasons without a NFL team.

Membership[]

League affiliations
American Football League (1936)
National Football League (1937-present)
  • Western Division (1937-1949)
  • National Conference (1950-1952)
  • Western Conference (1953-1969)
    • NFL Coastal (1967–1969)
  • National Football Conference (1970-present)

Championships[]

Super Bowl XXXIV[]

Super Bowl XXXIV
January 30, 2000
Georgia Dome
Atlanta, Georgia
St. Louis Rams 23
Tennessee Titans 16
MVP: Kurt Warner (QB)

"The Greatest Show on Turf" became the talk of the NFL in 1999, where the St. Louis Rams came out of no where to finish with an NFC-best 13–3 record. The Rams were led by head coach Dick Vermeil and undrafted quarterback Kurt Warner, who after being cut by the Green Bay Packers after the 1994 training camp, launched a remarkable story by going from grocery store clerk to NFL MVP. During the Rams playoff run, they defeated the Minnesota Vikings 49–37 en route to the NFC Championship Game, where they defeated the Tampa Bay Buccaneers by a score of 11–6.

At Super Bowl XXXIV against the Tennessee Titans, Rams linebacker Mike Jones tackled Titans' receiver Kevin Dyson a yard shy of the goal line as time expired to secure a 23–16 victory. St. Louis had started the game with a 16-0 lead until the Titans tied it up with 2:12 remaining. Warner launched a 73-yard touchdown pass to Isaac Bruce to give the Rams the lead. Warner was named Super Bowl MVP, finishing 24 of 45 passing for a then record 414 yards and two touchdown passes.

Achievements[]

Achievements
AP Most Valuable Player Offensive Player of the Year Defensive Player of the Year Super Bowl MVP
1969 Roman Gabriel 1986 Eric Dickerson 2017 Aaron Donald 1999 Kurt Warner
1999 Kurt Warner 1999 Marshall Faulk 2018 Aaron Donald
2000 Marshall Faulk 2000 Marshall Faulk
2001 Kurt Warner 2001 Marshall Faulk
2017 Todd Gurley

Rivalry[]

Los Angeles Rams vs. Green Bay Packers
Packers lead series 51–47–2
Season Date Winning team Score Stadium Series Box
1995 Sep. 3 St. Louis Rams L 14–17 Lambeau Field 38–43–2
1996 Nov. 24 Green Bay Packers W 24–9 Trans World Dome 39–43–2
1997 Nov. 9 Green Bay Packers W 17–7 Lambeau Field 40–43–2
2001 St. Louis Rams L 17–45 Dome at America's Center 40–44–2
2003 Oct. 19 St. Louis Rams L 24–34 Edward Jones Dome 40–45–2
2004 Nov. 29 Green Bay Packers W 45–17 Lambeau Field 41–45–2
2006 Oct. 8 St. Louis Rams L 20–23 Lambeau Field 41–46–2
2007 Dec. 16 Green Bay Packers W 33–14 Edward Jones Dome 42–46–2
2009 Sep. 27 Green Bay Packers W 36–17 Edward Jones Dome 43–46–2
2011 Oct. 16 Green Bay Packers W 24–3 Lambeau Field 44–46–2
2012 Oct. 21 Green Bay Packers W 30–20 Edward Jones Dome 45–46–2
2015 Oct. 11 Green Bay Packers W 24–10 Lambeau Field 46–46–2
The St. Louis Rams moved back to Los Angeles before the 2016 season, renamed the Los Angeles Rams.
2018 Oct. 28 Los Angeles Rams L 24–34 Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum 46–47–2
2020 Green Bay Packers W 32–18 Lambeau Field 47–47–2
2021 Nov. 28 Green Bay Packers W 36–28 Lambeau Field 48–47–2
2022 Dec. 19 Green Bay Packers W 24–12 Lambeau Field 49–47–2
2023 Nov. 5 Green Bay Packers W 20–3 Lambeau Field 50–47–2
2024 Oct. 6 Green Bay Packers W 24–19 SoFi Stadium 51–47–2

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