List of Los Angeles Rams seasons

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This list of seasons completed by the Los Angeles Rams American football franchise (known as the Cleveland Rams from 1936 to 1945 and the St. Louis Rams from 1995 to 2015) documents season-by-season records from 1936 to present, including conference standings, division standings, postseason records, league awards for individual players or head coaches, and team awards for individual players. The Rams franchise was founded in Cleveland in 1936 when the team was playing in the newly formed American Football League (AFL). The franchise joined the National Football League (NFL) the following year. In 1943 operations were suspended due a depleted player roster due to World War II, and play resumed the following year. The Rams were the only team to suspend completely in 1943. The franchise has changed home cities three times: moving to Los Angeles in 1946, moving to St. Louis in 1995, and returning to Los Angeles in 2016.

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The franchise has had four periods of success in their history. The first period of success came as the Cleveland Rams in NFL when they won the NFL Championship. This period continued until the 1950s as the Los Angeles Rams with them making the playoffs a further five times. The second period of success lasted over 20 years between 1966–1989 where the Rams made the playoffs 16 times and captured ten NFC Division titles including a then-record run of seven in a row from the 1973 season through the 1979 seasons (the New England Patriots broke the record with nine straight AFC East division titles from the 2009 season through the 2017 season). However, this period of success was marred by the fact that the franchise did not win the Super Bowl and only one Conference Championship. The third era began in 1999 as the St. Louis Rams when the Rams capped a surprisingly successful season (after going 4–12 the previous year) by winning Super Bowl XXXIV against the Tennessee Titans with a roster known as "The Greatest Show on Turf". This period continued until 2004 but the franchise failed to win another Super Bowl and suffered a surprise defeat to the New England Patriots in Super Bowl XXXVI. The current and most recent era has come following their return to Los Angeles, where the team has visited two Super Bowls under coach Sean McVay, winning Super Bowl LVI against the Cincinnati Bengals, becoming just the second team in the Super Bowl era to win a Super Bowl in their home stadium.

Alternating with their successful periods, the Rams have experienced severe periods of failure. As the NFL Cleveland Rams they failed to record a single winning season until their final year in the city, whilst from 1959 to 1965 they never won as many games as they lost and in 1962 won just one game. Between 1990 and 1998, affected in part by failure to obtain stadium improvements in Los Angeles and a move to Missouri, the Rams had nine consecutive losing seasons, and after the collapse of "The Greatest Show on Turf" suffered thirteen consecutive seasons without a winning record between 2004 and 2016. Their three-season record between 2007 and 2009 of 6–42 was the worst over such a period between the Chicago Cardinals during World War II and the 4–44 Cleveland Browns from 2015 to 2017.

Over the course of the Rams' 85-year history, [1] they have won 15 division titles. They have appeared in the postseason 32 times, winning five NFC Championships. During the Super Bowl era, they have played in five Super Bowls, winning two. Only five teams have appeared in more Super Bowls than the Rams: the New England Patriots (11), Dallas Cowboys (eight), Pittsburgh Steelers (eight), Denver Broncos (eight), and San Francisco 49ers (seven); The Rams' five appearances are tied with the Green Bay Packers, Las Vegas Raiders, Miami Dolphins, New York Giants, and the Washington Commanders. [2]

Seasons

NFL Champions (1920–1969) Super Bowl Champions (1970–present)Conference ChampionsDivision ChampionsWild Card Berth One-Game Playoff Berth
Season Year League ConferenceDivision Regular season Postseason resultsAwardsHead coaches
FinishWLT
Cleveland Rams
1936 1936 AFL 2nd522 [3] [4] [5] Damon Wetzel
1937 1937 NFLWest5th1100 Hugo Bezdek
1938 1938 NFLWest4th470Hugo Bezdek (0–3)
Art Lewis (4–4)
1939 1939 NFLWest4th551 Parker Hall (MVP) Dutch Clark
1940 1940 NFLWest4th461
1941 1941 NFLWest5th290
1942 1942 NFLWest3rd560
1943 Team suspended operations due to World War II
1944 1944 NFLWest4th460 Aldo Donelli
1945 1945 NFLWest1st910Won NFL Championship (1) (Redskins) 15–14 Adam Walsh (COY)
Bob Waterfield (MVP)		 Adam Walsh
Los Angeles Rams [6]
1946 1946 NFLWest2nd641Adam Walsh
1947 1947 NFLWest4th660 Bob Snyder
1948 1948 NFLWest3rd651 Clark Shaughnessy
1949 1949 NFLWest1st822Lost NFL Championship (Eagles) 0–14
1950 1950 NFLNational1st930Won Conference playoff (Bears) 24–14
Lost NFL Championship (at Browns) 28–30		 Joe Stydahar
1951 1951 NFLNational1st840Won NFL Championship (2) (Browns) 24–17
1952 1952 NFLNational2nd930Lost Conference playoff (at Lions) 21–31 Hamp Pool (COY)Joe Stydahar (0–1)
Hamp Pool (9–2)
1953 1953 NFLWestern3rd831Hamp Pool
1954 1954 NFLWestern4th651
1955 1955 NFLWestern1st831Lost NFL Championship (Browns) 14–38 Sid Gillman
1956 1956 NFLWesternT-5th480
1957 1957 NFLWestern4th660
1958 1958 NFLWesternT-2nd840
1959 1959 NFLWestern6th2100
1960 1960 NFLWestern6th471 Bob Waterfield
1961 1961 NFLWestern6th4100
1962 1962 NFLWestern7th1121Bob Waterfield (1–7)
Harland Svare (0–5–1)
1963 1963 NFLWestern6th590Harland Svare
1964 1964 NFLWestern5th572
1965 1965 NFLWestern7th4100
1966 1966 NFLWestern3rd860 George Allen
1967 1967 NFLWestern Coastal 1st1112Lost Conference playoffs (at Packers) 7–28 George Allen (COY)
Deacon Jones (DPOY)
1968 1968 NFLWesternCoastal2nd1031 Deacon Jones (DPOY)
1969 1969 NFLWesternCoastal1st1130Lost Conference playoffs (at Vikings) 20–23 Roman Gabriel (MVP, Rams MVP)
1970 1970 NFL NFC West 2nd941
1971 1971 NFLNFCWest2nd851 Isiah Robertson (DROY) Tommy Prothro
1972 1972 NFLNFCWest3rd671
1973 1973 NFLNFCWest1st1220Lost Divisional playoffs (at Cowboys) 16–27 Chuck Knox (COY) Chuck Knox
1974 1974 NFLNFCWest1st1040Won Divisional playoffs (Redskins) 19–10
Lost NFC Championship (at Vikings) 10–14
1975 1975 NFLNFCWest1st1220Won Divisional playoffs (Cardinals) 35–23
Lost NFC Championship (Cowboys) 7–37		 Jack Youngblood (DPOY)
1976 1976 NFLNFCWest1st1031Won Divisional playoffs (at Cowboys) 14–12
Lost NFC Championship (at Vikings) 13–24
1977 1977 NFLNFCWest1st1040Lost Divisional playoffs (Vikings) 7–14
1978 1978 NFLNFCWest1st1240Won Divisional playoffs (Vikings) 34–10
Lost NFC Championship (Cowboys) 0–28		 Ray Malavasi
1979 1979 NFLNFCWest1st970Won Divisional playoffs (at Cowboys) 21–19
Won NFC Championship (at Buccaneers) 9–0
Lost Super Bowl XIV (vs. Steelers) 19–31
1980 1980 NFLNFCWest2nd1150Lost Wild Card playoffs (at Cowboys) 13–34
1981 1981 NFLNFCWest3rd6100
1982 [7] 1982 NFLNFC14th270
1983 1983 NFLNFCWest2nd970Won Wild Card playoffs (at Cowboys) 24–17
Lost Divisional playoffs (at Redskins) 7–51		 Eric Dickerson (OROY) John Robinson
1984 1984 NFLNFCWest2nd1060Lost Wild Card playoffs (Giants) 13–16
1985 1985 NFLNFCWest1st1150Won Divisional playoffs (Cowboys) 20–0
Lost NFC Championship (at Bears) 0–24
1986 1986 NFLNFCWest2nd1060Lost Wild Card playoffs (at Redskins) 7–19 Eric Dickerson (OPOY)
1987 [8] 1987 NFLNFCWest3rd690
1988 1988 NFLNFCWest2nd1060Lost Wild Card playoffs (at Vikings) 17–28
1989 1989 NFLNFCWest2nd1150Won Wild Card playoffs (at Eagles) 21–7
Won Divisional playoffs (at Giants) 19–13
Lost NFC Championship (at 49ers) 3–30
1990 1990 NFLNFCWest3rd5110
1991 1991 NFLNFCWest4th3130
1992 1992 NFLNFCWest4th6100Chuck Knox
1993 1993 NFLNFCWest4th5110 Jerome Bettis (OROY)
1994 1994 NFLNFCWest4th4120
St. Louis Rams [9]
1995 1995 NFLNFCWest3rd790 Rich Brooks
1996 1996 NFLNFCWest3rd6100
1997 1997 NFLNFCWest5th5110 Dick Vermeil
1998 1998 NFLNFCWest5th4120
1999 1999 NFLNFCWest1st1330Won Divisional playoffs (Vikings) 49–37
Won NFC Championship (Buccaneers) 11–6
Won Super Bowl XXXIV [10] (3) (vs. Titans) 23–16		 Dick Vermeil (COY)
Kurt Warner (MVP, SB MVP)
Marshall Faulk (OPOY)
2000 2000 NFLNFCWest2nd1060Lost Wild Card playoffs (at Saints) 28–31Marshall Faulk (MVP, OPOY) Mike Martz
2001 2001 NFLNFCWest1st1420Won Divisional playoffs (Packers) 45–17
Won NFC Championship (Eagles) 29–24
Lost Super Bowl XXXVI (vs. Patriots) 17–20		Kurt Warner (MVP)
Marshall Faulk (OPOY)
2002 2002 NFLNFCWest2nd790
2003 2003 NFLNFCWest1st1240Lost Divisional playoffs (Panthers) 23–29 (2OT)
2004 2004 NFLNFCWest2nd880Won Wild Card playoffs (at Seahawks) 27–20
Lost Divisional playoffs (at Falcons) 17–47
2005 2005 NFLNFCWest2nd6100Mike Martz (2–3)
Joe Vitt (4–7)
2006 2006 NFLNFCWest2nd880 Scott Linehan
2007 2007 NFLNFCWest4th3130
2008 2008 NFLNFCWest4th2140Scott Linehan (0–4)
Jim Haslett (2–10)
2009 2009 NFLNFCWest4th1150 Steve Spagnuolo
2010 2010 NFLNFCWest2nd790 Sam Bradford (OROY)
2011 2011 NFLNFCWest4th2140
2012 2012 NFLNFCWest3rd781 Jeff Fisher
2013 2013 NFLNFCWest4th790
2014 2014 NFLNFCWest4th6100 Aaron Donald (DROY)
2015 2015 NFLNFCWest3rd790 Todd Gurley (OROY)
Los Angeles Rams [11]
2016 2016 NFLNFCWest3rd4120Jeff Fisher (4–9)
John Fassel (0–3)
2017 2017 NFLNFCWest1st1150Lost Wild Card playoffs (Falcons) 13–26 Sean McVay (COY)
Aaron Donald (DPOY)
Todd Gurley (OPOY)		 Sean McVay
2018 2018 NFLNFCWest1st1330Won Divisional playoffs (Cowboys) 30–22
Won NFC Championship (at Saints) 26–23 (OT)
Lost Super Bowl LIII (vs. Patriots) 3–13		 Aaron Donald (DPOY)
2019 2019 NFLNFCWest3rd970
2020 2020 NFLNFCWest2nd1060Won Wild Card playoffs (at Seahawks) 30–20
Lost Divisional playoffs (at Packers) 18–32		 Aaron Donald (DPOY)
2021 2021 NFLNFCWest1st1250Won Wild Card playoffs (Cardinals) 34–11
Won Divisional playoffs (at Buccaneers) 30–27
Won NFC Championship (49ers) 20–17
Won Super Bowl LVI (4) (vs. Bengals) 23–20		 Cooper Kupp (SB MVP, OPOY)
Andrew Whitworth (WPMOY)
2022 2022 NFLNFCWest3rd5120
2023 2023 NFLNFCWest2nd1070Lost Wild Card playoffs (at Lions) 23–24
Total61459921Regular season [12]
2628—Postseason
64062721Overall [12]
2 Super Bowl Championships, 2 NFL Championships, 5 NFC Conference Championships, 3 NFL Conference Championships, 18 Division titles

Footnotes

  1. ↑ The Rams spent one year in the AFL. The NFL does not officially recognize the one year they spent in the AFL.
  2. ↑ "Super Bowl Standings". Pro-Football-Reference.com . Retrieved March 16, 2024.
  3. ↑ The Championship Game was scratched and the Rams awarded the Championship as the Boston Shamrocks were unable to field a team due to a players strike; however, the Shamrocks, who finished with the best regular season record, are credited in later sources as the League Champions.
  4. ↑ Toney, Nick (January 12, 2016). "Want a crazy L.A. relocation story? Meet the 1946 Cleveland Rams". Fox Sports . Retrieved March 18, 2016.
  5. ↑ Clayman, Andrew (January 13, 2016). "The Cleveland Rams: Remembering the Original L.A. Move & a Rivalry Born". Waiting For Next Year. Retrieved March 18, 2016.
  6. ↑ Dan Reeves moved the team due to poor attendance; the Rams became the first NFL team based on the West Coast.
  7. ↑ 1982 was a strike-shortened season so the league was divided up into two conferences instead of its normal divisional alignment.
  8. ↑ The strike of 1987 reduced the regular season schedule from 16 to 15 games.
  9. ↑ The team had new logo featuring the Gateway Arch National Park (then known as the Jefferson National Expansion Memorial) for this season to honor the move to St. Louis
  10. ↑ This game featured The Tackle.
  11. ↑ The Rams moved back to Los Angeles prior to the start of the season.
  12. 1 2 1937–present, excludes AFL team.

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