List of Los Angeles Rams seasons

This article is a list of seasons completed by the Los Angeles Rams American football franchise in organized play. The list documents the season-by-season records of the Los Angeles Rams franchise 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 thrice, moving to Los Angeles in 1946, moving to St. Louis in 1995, and returning to Los Angeles in 2016.

The franchise has had three periods of success in their history. The first period of 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 record run of seven in a row from the 1973 season through the 1979 seasons (although the New England Patriots have since tied this record with seven straight AFC East division titles from the 2009 season through the 2015 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 most recent period of success 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. 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.

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 1956 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 since 2005 after the collapse of “The Greatest Show on Turf” have not had a single winning season. Their three-season record between 2007 and 2009 of 6–42 is the worst over such a period since the Chicago Cardinals during World War II.

Over the course of the Rams’ 71-year history,[1] they have won 15 division titles. They have appeared in the postseason 27 times, winning three NFL Championships. During the Super Bowl era, they have played in three Super Bowls, winning one.

Key

NFL Champions (1920–1969) Super Bowl Champions (1970–present) Conference Champions Division Champions Wild Card Berth One-Game Playoff Berth

Seasons

Season Team League Conference Division Regular season Postseason results Awards
Finish Wins Losses Ties
Cleveland Rams
1936 1936 AFL 2nd 5 2 2 [2][3][4]
1937 1937 NFL West 5th 1 10 0
1938 1938 NFL West 4th 4 7 0
1939 1939 NFL West 4th 5 5 1 Parker Hall (MVP)
1940 1940 NFL West 4th 4 6 1
1941 1941 NFL West 5th 2 9 0
1942 1942 NFL West 3rd 5 6 0
1943 1943 Team suspended operations due to World War II
1944 1944 NFL West 4th 4 6 0
1945 1945 NFL West 1st 9 1 0 Won NFL Championship (1) (Redskins) 15–14 Adam Walsh (COY)
Bob Waterfield (MVP)
Los Angeles Rams[5]
1946 1946 NFL West 2nd 6 4 1
1947 1947 NFL West 4th 6 6 0
1948 1948 NFL West 3rd 6 5 1
1949 1949 NFL West 1st 8 2 2 Lost NFL Championship (Eagles) 0–14
1950 1950 NFL National 1st 9 3 0 Won National Conference Playoff (Bears) 24–14
Lost NFL Championship (at Browns) 28–30
1951 1951 NFL National 1st 8 4 0 Won NFL Championship (2) (Browns) 24–17
1952 1952 NFL National 2nd 9 3 0 Lost National Conference Playoff (at Lions) 21–31 Hamp Pool (COY)
1953 1953 NFL Western 3rd 8 3 1
1954 1954 NFL Western 4th 6 5 1
1955 1955 NFL Western 1st 8 3 1 Lost NFL Championship (Browns) 14–38
1956 1956 NFL Western T-5th 4 8 0
1957 1957 NFL Western 4th 6 6 0
1958 1958 NFL Western T-2nd 8 4 0
1959 1959 NFL Western 6th 2 10 0
1960 1960 NFL Western 6th 4 7 1
1961 1961 NFL Western 6th 4 10 0
1962 1962 NFL Western 7th 1 12 1
1963 1963 NFL Western 6th 5 9 0
1964 1964 NFL Western 5th 5 7 2
1965 1965 NFL Western 7th 4 10 0
1966 1966 NFL Western 3rd 8 6 0
1967 1967 NFL Western Coastal 1st 11 1 2 Lost Conference Playoff Game (at Packers) 7–28 George Allen (COY)
Deacon Jones (DPOY)
1968 1968 NFL Western Coastal 2nd 10 3 1 Deacon Jones (DPOY)
1969 1969 NFL Western Coastal 1st 11 3 0 Lost Conference Playoff Game (at Vikings) 20–23 Roman Gabriel (MVP)/(Rams MVP)
1970 1970 NFL NFC West 2nd 9 4 1
1971 1971 NFL NFC West 2nd 8 5 1 Isiah Robertson (DROY)
1972 1972 NFL NFC West 3rd 6 7 1
1973 1973 NFL NFC West 1st 12 2 0 Lost Divisional Playoffs (at Cowboys) 16–27 Chuck Knox (COY)
1974 1974 NFL NFC West 1st 10 4 0 Won Divisional Playoffs (Redskins) 19–10
Lost Conference Championship (at Vikings) 10–14
1975 1975 NFL NFC West 1st 12 2 0 Won Divisional Playoffs (Cardinals) 35–23
Lost Conference Championship (Cowboys) 7–37		 Jack Youngblood (DPOY)
1976 1976 NFL NFC West 1st 10 3 1 Won Divisional Playoffs (at Cowboys) 14–12
Lost Conference Championship (at Vikings) 13–24
1977 1977 NFL NFC West 1st 10 4 0 Lost Divisional Playoffs (Vikings) 7–14
1978 1978 NFL NFC West 1st 12 4 0 Won Divisional Playoffs (Vikings) 34–10
Lost Conference Championship (Cowboys) 0–28
1979 1979 NFL NFC West 1st 9 7 0 Won Divisional Playoffs (at Cowboys) 21–19
Won Conference Championship (at Buccaneers) 9–0
Lost Super Bowl XIV (vs. Steelers) 19–31
1980 1980 NFL NFC West 2nd 11 5 0 Lost Wild Card Playoffs (at Cowboys) 13–34
1981 1981 NFL NFC West 3rd 6 10 0
1982[6] 1982 NFL NFC 14th 2 7 0
1983 1983 NFL NFC West 2nd 9 7 0 Won Wild Card Playoffs (at Cowboys) 24–17
Lost Divisional Playoffs (at Redskins) 7–51		 Eric Dickerson (OROY)
1984 1984 NFL NFC West 2nd 10 6 0 Lost Wild Card Playoffs (Giants) 13–16
1985 1985 NFL NFC West 1st 11 5 0 Won Divisional Playoffs (Cowboys) 20–0
Lost Conference Championship (at Bears) 0–24
1986 1986 NFL NFC West 2nd 10 6 0 Lost Wild Card Playoffs (at Redskins) 7–19 Eric Dickerson (OPOY)
1987[7] 1987 NFL NFC West 3rd 6 9 0
1988 1988 NFL NFC West 2nd 10 6 0 Lost Wild Card Playoffs (at Vikings) 17–28
1989 1989 NFL NFC West 2nd 11 5 0 Won Wild Card Playoffs (at Eagles) 21–7
Won Divisional Playoffs (at Giants) 19–13
Lost Conference Championship (at 49ers) 3–30
1990 1990 NFL NFC West 3rd 5 11 0
1991 1991 NFL NFC West 4th 3 13 0
1992 1992 NFL NFC West 4th 6 10 0
1993 1993 NFL NFC West 4th 5 11 0 Jerome Bettis (OROY)
1994 1994 NFL NFC West 4th 4 12 0
St. Louis Rams[8]
1995 1995 NFL NFC West 3rd 7 9 0
1996 1996 NFL NFC West 3rd 6 10 0
1997 1997[9] NFL NFC West 5th 5 11 0
1998 1998 NFL NFC West 5th 4 12 0
1999 1999[10] NFL NFC West 1st 13 3 0 Won Divisional Playoffs (Vikings) 49–37
Won Conference Championship (Buccaneers) 11–6
Won Super Bowl XXXIV[11] (3) (vs. Titans) 23–16		 Dick Vermeil (COY)
Kurt Warner (MVP)/(SB MVP)
Marshall Faulk (OPOY)
2000 2000[12] NFL NFC West 2nd 10 6 0 Lost Wild Card Playoffs (at Saints) 28–31 Marshall Faulk (MVP)/(OPOY)
2001 2001 NFL NFC West 1st 14 2 0 Won Divisional Playoffs (Packers) 45–17
Won Conference Championship (Eagles) 29–24
Lost Super Bowl XXXVI (vs. Patriots) 17–20		 Kurt Warner (MVP)
Marshall Faulk (OPOY)
2002 2002 NFL NFC West 2nd 7 9 0
2003 2003 NFL NFC West 1st 12 4 0 Lost Divisional Playoffs (Panthers) 23–29 (2OT)
2004 2004 NFL NFC West 2nd 8 8 0 Won Wild Card Playoffs (at Seahawks) 27–20
Lost Divisional Playoffs (at Falcons) 17–47
2005 2005 NFL NFC West 2nd 6 10 0
2006 2006 NFL NFC West 2nd 8 8 0
2007 2007 NFL NFC West 4th 3 13 0
2008 2008 NFL NFC West 4th 2 14 0
2009 2009 NFL NFC West 4th 1 15 0
2010 2010 NFL NFC West 2nd 7 9 0 Sam Bradford (OROY)
2011 2011 NFL NFC West 4th 2 14 0
2012 2012 NFL NFC West 3rd 7 8 1
2013 2013 NFL NFC West 4th 7 9 0
2014 2014 NFL NFC West 4th 6 10 0 Aaron Donald (DROY)
2015 2015 NFL NFC West 3rd 7 9 0 Todd Gurley (OROY)
Los Angeles Rams[13]
2016 2016 NFL NFC West
Total
15 Division Titles
6 Conference Titles
3 NFL Titles & Super Bowl XXXIV win		 540 542 21 (regular season)[14]
19 24 0 (playoffs)
559 566 21 (regular season and playoffs)[14]

Footnotes

  1. ↑ The Rams spent one year in the AFL and seventy years in the NFL. The NFL does not officially recognize the one year they spent in the AFL.
  2. ↑ Boston Shamrocks forfeited Championship game due to players strike. Rams win championship by default. However, the Shamrocks, who finished with the best regular season record, are usually credited as the league champions in most subsequent records.
  3. ↑ Toney, Nick (January 12, 2016). "Want a crazy L.A. relocation story? Meet the 1946 Cleveland Rams". Fox Sports. Retrieved March 18, 2016.
  4. ↑ 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.
  5. ↑ Dan Reeves moved the team due to poor attendance; the Rams became the first NFL team based on the West Coast.
  6. ↑ 1982 was a strike-shortened season so the league was divided up into two conferences instead of its normal divisional alignment.
  7. ↑ The strike of 1987 reduced the regular season schedule from sixteen to fifteen games.
  8. ↑ The team had new logo featuring the Jefferson National Expansion Memorial for this season to honor the move to St. Louis
  9. ↑ This was Dick Vermeil's first season as head coach of the team.
  10. ↑ The team became known as The Greatest Show on Turf during this season.
  11. ↑ This game featured The Tackle.
  12. ↑ The team changed their colors to metallic gold and navy for this season
  13. ↑ The Rams moved back to Los Angeles prior to the start of the season.
  14. 1 2 1937–present, excludes AFL team.

References

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