Los Angeles Rams

The Los Angeles Rams are an NFL NFLThe NFL (National Football League) is a U.S. professional American football league of 32 clubs. Founded in 1920 as the APFA and renamed in 1922, it is organized into the AFC and NFC, with the season culminating in the Super Bowl.Open the full entry professional American football team in the NFC West. They joined the NFL in Cleveland in 1937, later played in Los Angeles and St. Louis, and returned to the Los Angeles area in 2016. Their current home is SoFi Stadium in Inglewood, California. Owned by Stan Kroenke and coached by Sean McVay, the Rams won the 1945 and 1951 NFL titles and Super Bowls XXXIV and LVI.

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Key facts

1937–1945Cleveland origins and the first title

The NFL awarded a Cleveland franchise to Homer Marshman and his associates on February 13, 1937. After difficult early years and a wartime suspension in 1943, the Rams went 9–1 under coach Adam Walsh and rookie quarterback Bob Waterfield in 1945, then beat Washington 15–14 for the NFL title.⁠[1][2]

1946Relocation to Los Angeles and integration

Dan Reeves, who had bought the team in 1941, moved the Rams to Los Angeles in 1946. The club signed Kenny Washington and Woody Strode that year, an important step in the postwar reintegration of professional football.⁠[2]

1951A second NFL championship

A passing offense featuring Waterfield, Norm Van Brocklin, Tom Fears and Elroy Hirsch returned the club to contention. In the 1951 championship game, Van Brocklin found Fears for a decisive 73-yard touchdown as the Rams beat Cleveland 24–17.⁠[1][2]

1967–1979Defensive strength and a first Super Bowl

Under George Allen, defenders including Deacon Jones and Merlin Olsen became defining figures. Chuck Knox won five consecutive NFC West titles from 1973 through 1977, followed by further division titles under Ray Malavasi. The Rams won their first NFC championship in the 1979 season before losing Super Bowl XIV to Pittsburgh.⁠[2]

1972–1979Ownership changes

In 1972, Robert Irsay purchased the Rams and exchanged franchises with Baltimore Colts owner Carroll Rosenbloom. After Rosenbloom died in 1979, his wife Georgia assumed majority ownership and later oversaw the move to St. Louis.⁠[1]

1995–1999St. Louis and Super Bowl XXXIV

The Rams moved to St. Louis in 1995. Dick Vermeil became head coach in 1997 and, with Kurt Warner and Marshall Faulk as key players, led the team to a 23–16 victory over Tennessee in Super Bowl XXXIV after the 1999 season.⁠[2]

2010–2016Kroenke takes control and returns to Los Angeles

NFL owners approved Stan Kroenke as principal owner in 2010. On January 12, 2016, the league approved the Rams’ return to Southern California, ending their St. Louis period.⁠[1]

2017–2018McVay arrives and reaches the Super Bowl

Sean McVay became head coach on January 12, 2017, going 11–5 and returning the Rams to the playoffs in his first year. The club won the NFC title in the 2018 season but lost Super Bowl LIII to New England 13–3 on February 3, 2019.⁠[3][4]

2020–2021SoFi Stadium and another championship

The Rams began playing at SoFi Stadium in 2020. After acquiring Matthew Stafford from Detroit in 2021, Stafford, Cooper Kupp and their teammates reached Super Bowl LVI and beat Cincinnati 23–20 at their home stadium.⁠[5][2]

2025Another NFC Championship Game

The Rams went 12–5 in the 2025 regular season and reached the NFC Championship Game. Stafford led the league with 46 touchdown passes and 4,707 passing yards and was named the season’s AP NFL Most Valuable Player.⁠[3]

Current home city

The Rams share SoFi Stadium in Inglewood, California, with the Los Angeles Chargers Los Angeles ChargersThe Los Angeles Chargers are an NFL professional American football team awarded an AFL franchise in 1959. They began play in Los Angeles in 1960, moved to San Diego in 1961 and returned to the Los Angeles area in 2017. Winners of the 1963 AFL title and the 1994-season AFC championship, they now play at SoFi Stadium in Inglewood, California.Open the full entry. Los Angeles identifies the club’s metropolitan market; the stadium itself is in Inglewood.⁠[2]

Related organizations, websites and public accounts

Los Angeles Rams: Official website: https://www.therams.com/ (opens in a new window) .⁠[6]

Los Angeles Rams: X: https://twitter.com/ramsnfl (opens in a new window) .⁠[6]

Los Angeles Rams: YouTube YouTubeYouTube is Google’s video-sharing and creator platform, founded in 2005 by Steve Chen, Chad Hurley, and Jawed Karim and acquired by Google in 2006. Built around video uploading, viewing, and creator earnings, the platform has developed Shorts, YouTube Music, Premium, YouTube TV, and products for children, and is headquartered in San Bruno, California, United States.Open the full entry: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCyJ6yZdVUkBvt2vl4R03jcA (opens in a new window) .⁠[6]

Los Angeles Rams: LinkedIn LinkedInLinkedIn is a social networking platform for professionals. It was founded in 2002 by Reid Hoffman and others, launched in 2003, and listed on the New York Stock Exchange in 2011; after Microsoft acquired it for approximately $26.2 billion in 2016, it became a wholly owned Microsoft subsidiary. Its revenue comes from membership subscriptions, advertising, and recruitment solutions.Open the full entry: https://www.linkedin.com/company/los-angeles-rams (opens in a new window) .⁠[6]