Los Angeles Rams
The only NFL team to win championships in three cities.
The Los Angeles Rams are a professional American football team based in the Greater Los Angeles area. The Rams compete in the National Football League (NFL) as a member of the National Football Conference (NFC) West division. The team plays its home games at SoFi Stadium in Inglewood, California, which it shares with the Los Angeles Chargers. They are headquartered at the Rams Village at Warner Center in Los Angeles.
Quick Facts
- Affiliation
- New York Giants vs. Cleveland/Los Angeles Rams
- First appears
- 1940s (Pre-Merger Era, as the Cleveland Rams)
- Key era
- Late 1950s (including the 1959 NFL Championship Game)
Lore & Background
The franchise was founded in 1936 as the Cleveland Rams in Cleveland, Ohio. The franchise won the 1945 NFL Championship Game, then moved to Los Angeles in 1946. The Rams are the only NFL franchise to win championships representing three different cities: Cleveland in 1945, St. Louis in 1999, and Los Angeles in 1951 and 2021.
Reader's Guide
The Rams' original tenure in Los Angeles lasted from 1946 to 1994. They played at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum until 1980, then moved to Anaheim Stadium. After the 1994 season, the Rams moved to St. Louis, becoming the St. Louis Rams. They returned to Los Angeles for the 2016 season. The Rams have appeared in Super Bowl XIV, XXXIV, XXXVI, LIII, and LVI, winning Super Bowl XXXIV and Super Bowl LVI.
Did You Know?
- The Rams signed Kenny Washington in 1946, reintegrating the NFL after a 13-year ban on black players.
- The Rams were the first professional football team to have all their games televised, in 1950.
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