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St Louis Rams
St Louis Rams logo
St Louis Rams logo
Logo
Basic info
Established1936
ColorsNew Century Gold, Millennium Blue, and White
Personnel
Owner(s)Georgia Frontiere and E. Stanley Kroenke
General managerCharlie Armey
Head coachScott Linehan
Team history
Home fields
League / conference affiliations
National Football League (1937–present)
  • Western Division (1937-1949)
  • National Conference (1950-1952)
  • Western Conference (1953-1969)
    • Coastal Division (1967-1969)
  • National Football Conference (1970-present)
Championships
League championships: 3
Conference championships: 6
  • NFL National: 1950, 1951
  • NFL Western: 1955
  • NFC: 1979, 1999, 2001
Division championships: 15
  • NFL West: 1945, 1949
  • NFL Coastal: 1967, 1969
  • NFC West: 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1985, 1999, 2001, 2003

The St. Louis Rams are a professional American football team based in St. Louis, Missouri. They are currently members of the Western Division of the National Football Conference (NFC) in the National Football League (NFL). The team has won two NFL Championships and one Super Bowl.

The Rams began playing in 1937 in Cleveland, Ohio as a second incarnation of the previous Cleveland Rams team that was a charter member of the 1936-37 American Football League. Although the NFL granted membership to the same owner, this new NFL franchise technically became a separate entity since only four of the players (William "Bud" Cooper, Harry "The Horse" Mattos, Stan Pincura, Mike Sebastian) and none of the team's personnel joined the new NFL team.[citation needed]

The team then became known as the Los Angeles Rams after the club moved to Los Angeles, California in 1946. The Rams then played at Anaheim Stadium in Anaheim, California in 1980, keeping the Los Angeles name. The club relocated to St. Louis in 1995.[1]

Franchise history

Further information: History of the St. Louis Rams

Cleveland Rams (1936-1945)

The Cleveland Rams were founded by attorney Homer Marshman in 1936. They were part of the newly formed American Football League. The following year they joined the National Football League and were placed in the Western division to replace the St. Louis Gunners, who disbanded after the 1934 season.[citation needed] From the beginning, they were a team marked by frequent moves playing in three stadiums over several losing seasons. The franchise suspended operations and sat out the 1943 season because of a shortage of players during World War II and resumed playing in 1944.[2] The team finally achieved success in 1945, which proved to be their last season in Ohio, achieving a 9-1 record and winning their first NFL Championship, a 15-14 home field victory over the Washington Redskins on December 16.[3]

Los Angeles Rams (1946-1994)

St Louis Rams (1995-present)

For details about the current season, see 2006 St. Louis Rams season.

Logo and uniforms

The Rams became the first professional American football team to have a logo on their helmets. Ever since halfback Fred Gehrke painted ram horns on the team's helmets in 1948, the logo has been the club's trademark.

When the team debuted in 1937, the Rams' colors were red and black, featuring red helmets and black uniforms with red shoulders and sleeves. One year later they would switch their team colors to yellow and blue, with yellow helmets, white pants and blue uniforms. The Rams switched to yellow uniforms in the mid 1940s. When Gehrke introduced the horns, they were painted yellow on blue helmets. During the late 1950s, the team wore blue jerseys again.

In 1965, the colors were changed to blue and white. The helmets became blue with white rams horns, the uniform design was changed to white pants and either blue or white jerseys. When George Allen was named head coach in 1966, he had the Rams wear their white jerseys at home, a tradition that continued through the 1971 season under Tommy Prothro. Prothro switched the Rams to the blue jerseys at home in 1972, the final season of the blue and white combination.

The colors reverted back to yellow and blue in 1973. The new uniform design consisted of white pants and curling rams horns on the sleeves – yellow horns on the blue jerseys and blue horns on the white jerseys. The white jerseys had yellow sleeves.

The team's colors where changed from yellow and blue to gold and navy blue in 2000. A new logo of a ram head was added to the sleeves and gold stripes were added to the sides of the jerseys. The helmet design essentially remains the same as it was in 1948, except for updates to the coloring, navy blue field with gold horns.

In 2003, the Rams wore blue pants with their white jerseys for a pair of early-season games, but after losses to the New York Giants and Seattle Seahawks, the Rams reverted to gold pants with their white jerseys. In 2005, the Rams wore an all-blue combination for games against the Arizona Cardinals and Dallas Cowboys.

Season-by-season records

Season records
Season W L T Finish Playoff results
Cleveland Rams (AFL)
1936 5 2 2 2nd AFL --
Cleveland Rams (NFL)
1937 1 10 0 5th NFL West --
1938 4 7 0 4th NFL West --
1939 5 5 1 4th NFL West --
1940 4 6 1 4th NFL West --
1941 2 9 0 5th NFL West --
1942 5 6 0 3rd NFL West --
1943 Season suspended due to World War II
1944 4 6 0 4th NFL West --
1945 9 1 0 1st NFL West Won NFL Championship (Redskins)
Los Angeles Rams
1946 6 4 1 2nd NFL West --
1947 6 6 0 4th NFL West --
1948 6 5 1 3rd NFL West --
1949 8 2 2 1st NFL West Lost NFL Championship (Eagles)
1950 9 3 0 1st NFL NFC Won National Conference Playoff (Bears)
Lost NFL Championship (Browns)
1951 8 4 0 1st NFL NFC Won NFL Championship (Browns)
1952 9 3 0 2nd NFL NFC Lost National Conference Playoff (Lions)
1953 8 3 1 3rd NFL West --
1954 6 5 1 4th NFL West --
1955 8 3 1 1st NFL West Lost NFL Championship (Browns)
1956 4 8 0 T-5th NFL West --
1957 6 6 0 4th NFL West --
1958 8 4 0 T-2nd NFL West --
1959 2 10 0 6th NFL West --
1960 4 7 1 6th NFL West --
1961 4 10 0 6th NFL West --
1962 1 12 1 7th NFL West --
1963 5 9 0 6th NFL West --
1964 5 7 2 5th NFL West --
1965 4 10 0 7th NFL West --
1966 8 6 0 3rd NFL West --
1967 11 1 2 1st NFL Coastal Lost Conference Playoff Game (Packers)
1968 10 3 1 2nd NFL Coastal --
1969 11 3 0 1st NFL Coastal Lost Conference Playoff Game (Vikings)
1970 9 4 1 2nd NFC West --
1971 8 5 1 2nd NFC West --
1972 6 7 1 3rd NFC West --
1973 12 2 0 1st NFC West Lost Divisional Playoffs (Cowboys)
1974 10 4 0 1st NFC West Won Divisional Playoffs (Redskins)
Lost Conference Championship (Vikings)
1975 12 2 0 1st NFC West Won Divisional Playoffs (Cardinals)
Lost Conference Championship (Cowboys)
1976 10 3 1 1st NFC West Won Divisional Playoffs (Cowboys)
Lost Conference Championship (Vikings)
1977 10 4 0 1st NFC West Lost Divisional Playoffs (Vikings)
1978 12 4 0 1st NFC West Won Divisional Playoffs (Vikings)
Lost Conference Championship (Cowboys)
1979 9 7 0 1st NFC West Won Divisional Playoffs (Cowboys)
Won Conference Championship (Buccaneers)
Lost Super Bowl XIV (Steelers)
1980 11 5 0 2nd NFC West Lost Wild Card Playoffs (Cowboys)
1981 6 10 0 3rd NFC West --
1982 2 7 0 14th NFC Conf. --
1983 9 7 0 2nd NFC West Won Wild Card Playoffs (Cowboys)
Lost Divisional Playoffs (Redskins)
1984 10 6 0 2nd NFC West Lost Wild Card Playoffs (Giants)
1985 11 5 0 1st NFC West Won Divisional Playoffs (Cowboys)
Lost Conference Championship (Bears)
1986 10 6 0 2nd NFC West Lost Wild Card Playoffs (Redskins)
1987 6 9 0 3rd NFC West --
1988 10 6 0 2nd NFC West Lost Wild Card Playoffs (Vikings)
1989 11 5 0 2nd NFC West Won Wild Card Playoffs (Eagles)
Won Divisional Playoffs (Giants)
Lost Conference Championship (49ers)
1990 5 11 0 3rd NFC West --
1991 3 13 0 4th NFC West --
1992 6 10 0 4th NFC West --
1993 5 11 0 4th NFC West --
1994 4 12 0 4th NFC West --
St. Louis Rams
1995 7 9 0 3rd NFC West --
1996 6 10 0 3rd NFC West --
1997 5 11 0 5th NFC West --
1998 4 12 0 5th NFC West --
1999 13 3 0 1st NFC West Won Divisional Playoffs (Vikings)
Won Conference Championship (Buccaneers)
Won Super Bowl XXXIV (Titans)
2000 10 6 0 2nd NFC West Lost Wild Card Playoffs (Saints)
2001 14 2 0 1st NFC West Won Divisional Playoffs (Packers)
Won Conference Championship (Eagles)
Lost Super Bowl XXXVI (Patriots)
2002 7 9 0 2nd NFC West --
2003 12 4 0 1st NFC West Lost Divisional Playoffs (Panthers)
2004 8 8 0 2nd NFC West Won Wild Card Playoffs (Seahawks)
Lost Divisional Playoffs (Falcons)
2005 6 10 0 2nd NFC West --
*2006 1 1 0 T-2nd West --
Totals 509 457 20 (1937-2005, including NFL playoffs and excluding 1936 AFL Team)

* = Current Standing


Players

Current players

Los Angeles Rams roster
Quarterbacks (QB)

Running backs (RB)

Wide receivers (WR)

Tight ends (TE)

Offensive linemen (OL)

Defensive linemen (DL)

Linebackers (LB)

Defensive backs (DB)

Special teams (ST)

As of May 31, 2025. Rookies in italics.
87 active, 1 unsigned

Pro Football Hall of Famers

These Rams, and St. Louis Cardinals Hall-of-Famers Dan Dierdorf, Jackie Smith and Larry Wilson, are honored in the Ring of Honor at the Edward Jones Dome. Only Slater, however, played for the Rams in St. Louis, and then only for the inaugural 1995 season.

Ollie Matson (33), Andy Robustelli (81), Dick "Night Train" Lane (also 81), coach Dutch Clark, general manager Tex Schramm, GM and later NFL Commissioner Pete Rozelle, and coach Sid Gillman are also members of the Hall of Fame, but were elected on the basis of their performances with other teams or (in the case of Rozelle) NFL administration. Dick Vermeil has become the first and still only St. Louis Rams figure inducted into the Missouri Sports Hall of Fame. Cardinals inducted into it include Dierdorf, Smith, Wilson, Conrad Dobler, Jim Hart and coach Jim Hanifan.

Cleveland/Los Angeles/St. Louis Rams Hall of Famers
No. Player Class Position(s) Years Played
-- George Allen 2002 Coach 1966-1970
76 Bob Brown 2004 OT 1969-1970
29 Eric Dickerson 1999 RB 1983-1987
55 Tom Fears 1970 End 1948-1956
40 Elroy "Crazy Legs" Hirsch 1968 RB, WR 1949-1957
75 Deacon Jones 1980 DE 1961-1971
65 Tom Mack 1999 G 1966-1978
74 Merlin Olsen 1982 DT 1962-1976
-- Dan Reeves 1967 Owner 1941-1971
78 Jackie Slater 2001 OT 1976-1995
78 Norm Van Brocklin 1971 QB, P 1949-1957
7 Bob Waterfield 1965 QB, DB, K, P 1945-1952
85 Jack Youngblood 2001 DE 1974-1984

Retired numbers


Staff

Head coaches

Name From To Record Titles[4]
W L T
? 1936 1936 5 2 2 0
Hugo Bezdek 1937 1938 1 13 0 0
Art Lewis 1938 1938 4 4 0 0
Dutch Clark 1939 1942 16 26 2 0
Buff Donelli 1944 1944 4 6 0 0
Adam Walsh 1945 1946 16 5 1 1
Bob Snyder 1947 1947 6 6 0 0
Clark Shaughnessy 1948 1949 6 6 0 0
Joe Stydahar 1950 1952 19 9 0 1
Hamp Pool 1952 1954 23 11 2 0
Sid Gillman 1955 1959 28 32 1 0
Bob Waterfield 1960 1962 9 24 1 0
Harland Svare 1962 1965 14 31 3 0
George Allen 1966 1970 49 19 4 0
Tommy Prothro 1971 1972 14 12 2 0
Chuck Knox 1973 1977 57 20 1 0
Ray Malavasi 1978 1982 43 36 0 0
John Robinson 1983 1991 79 74 0 0
Chuck Knox 1992 1994 15 33 0 0
Rich Brooks 1995 1996 13 19 0 0
Dick Vermeil 1997 1999 25 26 0 1
Mike Martz 2000 2005 56 36 0 0
Joe Vitt[5] 2005 2005 4 7 0 0
Scott Linehan January 19, 2006 present 1 0 0 0

Current Staff

See also

Notes and references

  1. ^ St. Louis Rams History: Chronology. Official Website of the St. Louis Rams. Retrieved 13 September 2006
  2. ^ St. Louis Rams History: Chronology. Official Website of the St. Louis Rams. Retrieved 13 September 2006
  3. ^ NFL History, 1945. Official Site of the NFL. Retrieved 13 September 2006
  4. ^ NFL Championships and Super Bowl Championships collected during a coaching tenure
  5. ^ Joe Vitt was an iterim head coach during the 2005 season.
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