The history of the Rams has not always been in St. Louis as most of youalready know. In 1937 a group of business executives decided they wanted ahome town football team so they built a stadium that held 3000 people in themiddle of Cleveland, Ohio. They held try outs for players who wanted to playon the team. In the Rams debut season they went 1-10-0. I know what yourthinking, they’ve always stunk, but that’s not true. In the Rams 67 yearhistory they have won 3 NFL championships. They have won 11 divisionchampionships along with numerous wild card berths. The Rams have playedin the NFL for 67 years like I said before. They played every year except in1943 when a shortage of players, caused by WW2, left them with no team.All the players were off fighting in the war. On January 11, 1946 team ownerDan Reeves decided to move the team from Cleveland to Los Angeles,California. The Rams are a team with many, never before seen things in theNFL. The Rams were the first football team to move west, many teamsmoved west after this. In their first season in Los Angeles, the Rams post arecord of 6-4-1. The Rams were the first team to have their emblem put ontheir helmets in 1948. In the 1950 season the Rams were the first team tohave both their home and away games televised on national television. In1967 NFL commissioner and former head coach Pete Rozelle split the NFL into 4 divisions. The Rams win the coastal division with a record of 11-1-2, butlose to the Green Bay Packers in the playoffs. In 1978 the NFL expands to a16 game season and the Rams go 12-4-0, they make it to the championshipsand lose to Dallas Cowboys by the score of 28-0. The Rams win their 7th Division title in 1979 with a 9-7-0 record. They defeat the Dallas Cowboys21-19 in the playoffs and win the conference title by beating the Tampa BayBuccaneers 9-0. In their first Super Bowl, the Rams take a 19-17 lead overthe Pittsburgh Steelers into the fourth quarter, but gi...
