Four important wins during the 1981 season were two wins each over the Los Angeles Rams and the Dallas Cowboys.

Walsh felt that this was because the Cowboys were scheduled to play the Rams the next week in a rare Sunday night game and that showing the highlights of the 49ers ' win would potentially hurt the game's ratings.

While Mike, Mark, Zonker, BD, and Boopsie were all now graduates, BD and Boopsie were living in Malibu, where BD was a third-string quarterback for the Los Angeles Rams, and Boopsie was making a living from walk-on and cameo roles.

In 1929 it was acquired by Green & Carter, of Winchester, Hampshire, who were engaged in the manufacturing and installation of the well-known Vulcan and Vacher Rams.

The Vikings were 11 – 2 after 14 weeks, but slumped briefly, losing their last three to the Rams, Packers and Colts while starting quarterback Daunte Culpepper was hampered by injury.

In week 17, the Saints defeated division rivals Carolina ; however, the Saints needed other results to break their way and when the St. Louis Rams beat the New York Jets the Saints were eliminated despite having beaten the Rams, who finished with the same record.

The Rams, Saints, and Vikings all were 8 – 8, with the Rams having a 7 – 5 conference record, Saints 6 – 6, and the Vikings 5 – 7.

With the Jets ' victory and victories by the Rams and Eagles, the Giants were eliminated from playoff contention and the Jets gained what many considered respect.

( The Baltimore Colts were favored by 17 over the New York Jets in Super Bowl III, and the St. Louis Rams were favored by 14 over the New England Patriots in Super Bowl XXXVI.

Turner learned the offense from Ernie Zampese, former offense coordinator during the Coryell era, while the two were on the Los Angeles Rams coaching staff.

The Vikings were led by quarterback Fran Tarkenton and the Purple People Eaters defense ; they advanced to their second consecutive Super Bowl and third overall after finishing the regular season with a 10-4 record and defeating the St. Louis Cardinals and the Los Angeles Rams in the playoffs.

The Vikings were making their fourth Super Bowl appearance, and seeking their first Super Bowl title, after posting an 11-2-1 regular season record and playoff victories over the Washington Redskins and the Los Angeles Rams.

The 49ers then entered the NFC Championship Game against the Los Angeles Rams, who had defeated San Francisco in one of their two regular season games against them and were coming off postseason wins against two of the NFC's toughest teams, the New York Giants and the Philadelphia Eagles.

The Rams entered 1999 after having finished 4-12 the prior year and were expected to be among the league's bottom feeders.

In contrast, the Rams were able to reach inside the Tennessee 20-yard line on all 4 of their remaining drives before halftime, but on each one, the Titans defense forced St. Louis to settle for field goal attempts from kicker Jeff Wilkins, who was successful in making 3 of them, but missed one attempt from 34 yards.

With no timeouts remaining and the ball on the Rams ' 10 yard line, the Titans were trailing by a touchdown and had one last opportunity to tie the game.

The Patriots ' physical play led Rams coach Mike Martz to say after the game that the Patriots were " a Super Bowl – caliber team.

As was customary at the time, the Rams ' offensive starters were introduced first, as the Rams were considered the visitors.

In doing so, the Vikings became the second team in NFL history to have a. 500 record ( 8 – 8 ) in the regular season and win a playoff game ( The St. Louis Rams did the same thing only a day earlier ).

Those two championships mark the Eagles as the only NFL team ever to win back-to-back championships by shutouts, defeating the Chicago Cardinals, 7 – 0, in 1948 — in a blizzard — and the Los Angeles Rams, 14 – 0, in 1949.

Meanwhile, Minnesota allowed only a combined 24 points in their playoff wins against the St. Louis Cardinals, 30-14, and their narrow defeat of the Los Angeles Rams, 14-10, after their defense stopped an attempted comeback touchdown drive from the Rams on the Vikings ' own 2-yard line.

This was also the only Super Bowl to date between two teams who had losing records the previous season, although Super Bowl XXXIV matched a team that had a losing record in 1998 ( St. Louis Rams ) vs. a team that finished a mediocre 8-8 that year ( Tennessee Titans ).

The only other Super Bowl to date without a turnover is Super Bowl XXXIV, in which the St. Louis Rams defeated the Tennessee Titans 23-16.

This was the Rams ' first playoff appearance in 10 years and only the second Super Bowl appearance in team history.

The " Gridbirds " made only three playoff appearances during that stretch, losing at the Minnesota Vikings in 1974, Los Angeles Rams in 1975 and Green Bay Packers in 1982.

The Rams nickname is used by the university's football team only ; all other teams at the school are named Regina Cougars.

" In only their second year of playing in the CIAU, the Rams won the Canada West Conference championship and then the Atlantic Bowl.

In comparison, only three of the ten NFL teams ( the Rams, Detroit Lions and New York Giants ) signed a black player before 1950.

Warner began the 2002 season as the Rams ' starter, but he played poorly, throwing seven interceptions against only one touchdown as the team went 0 – 3.

On December 27, 2009, Warner became only the second quarterback in NFL history to throw 100 touchdown passes with two different teams ( Hall of Famer Fran Tarkenton is the other ), in the Cardinals ' 31 – 10 win over the St. Louis Rams.

In 1959 the NFL had no teams south of Washington, D. C., and only two teams west of Chicago ( the 49ers and the Los Angeles Rams, now the St. Louis Rams ).

The 49ers and Rams were guaranteed to be in the same division as the only NFC teams west of the Rocky Mountains.

The Rams returned to the Super Bowl the next year as their defense returned to form, allowing only 273 points, and the offense once again scored over 500 points, with 503.

The Colts ' only loss was a 34 – 10 setback to the Rams at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum on the final Sunday of the season.

In 1972, Culverhouse had a handshake deal to buy the Los Angeles Rams from owner Dan Reeves for $ 17 million, only to learn that Reeves later sold the team to Robert Irsay for $ 19 million.

After only one year at Shaw, which was primarily a high school stadium, the Rams returned for three years before taking 1943 off due to player shortages during World War II.

They would only play one more game at the stadium-the 1945 NFL Championship Game, when the Rams won their only title in Cleveland.

Leahy took over as line coach at Fordham University in 1933 and stayed until 1938 under Jim Crowley, coaching the famed Seven Blocks of Granite from 1935 to 1937 when the Rams lost only two games in three seasons.

The Patriots reached the Super Bowl XXXVI, where Milloy recorded 7 tackles and led the team with 3 pass defenses in the Patriots 20 – 17 victory vs St. Louis Rams earning him his first and only Super Bowl ring.

The Saints punted to the Rams ' Az-Zahir Hakim ( who would play one season for the Saints in 2005 ), who fumbled the punt deep in Rams ' territory.

This game was also noted for a controversial procedure penalty during one Rams ' drive when Los Angeles guard Tom Mack was called for a false start near the Viking goal line following Alan Page crossing the line of scrimmage unabated.

It was also the first time that the Super Bowl was coincidentally played in the home market of one of the participants ; at the time, the Rams played at nearby Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum.

The Titans then drove to the St. Louis 10-yard line with six seconds remaining, but on the final play of the game, Rams linebacker Mike Jones tackled Tennessee wide receiver Kevin Dyson one yard short of the goal line to prevent a potential game-tying touchdown.

The previous ABC affiliate, KTVI, in contrast, was one of the strongest affiliates-it had become a Fox station in 1995, and thus, has televised the majority of the Rams ' games in this period.

The Rams ended up leading at halftime, 9 – 0, but their scoring margin over the Titans seemed somewhat small considering they drove into scoring range on every one of their first half possessions and outgained Tennessee in total yards, 294 – 89.

On the final play of Super Bowl XXXIV, Rams ' linebacker Mike Jones applies The Tackle to Titans receiver Kevin Dyson, who fell one yard short of the goal line.

In one of the biggest upsets in Super Bowl history, the 14-point underdog Patriots defeated the Rams by the score of 20 – 17, to win the franchise's first ever Super Bowl.

However, the Rams had one of the worst defenses in the league, ranking second to last in points allowed.

The Rams ' 1999 – 2001 offense, nicknamed " The Greatest Show on Turf ," is widely considered one of the best in NFL history.

* Lamar Lundy, football player, one of the L. A. Rams Fearsome Foursome

* American football: Super Bowl XXXVI: New England Patriots 20, Saint Louis Rams 17 — one of the most astonishing upsets in Super Bowl history.

Bradlee Van Pelt, one of the all-time favorite quarterbacks for the Colorado State University Rams, set several records there during his years as a starter.

Prior to the formation of the East Allegheny School District, North Versailles high school age students were able to choose to go to one of several high schools in other districts including: East McKeesport High School ( the Rams ), Westinghouse Memorial High School ( the Wildcats ), Turtle Creek High School ( the Creekers ), McKeesport Area High School ( the Tigers ), and East Pittsburgh High School ( the Shamrocks ).

He played professionally for one season in 1936 with the Cleveland Rams of the 1936 American Football League.

Gillman played one year in the American Football League ( 1936 ) for the Cleveland Rams, then became an assistant coach at Denison University, Ohio State University, and was an assistant coach to Earl Blaik of Army, then head coach at Miami University and at the University of Cincinnati.

He returned to professional football as a head coach with the Los Angeles Rams, leading the team to the NFL's championship game, and then moved to the American Football League ( 1960 – 1969 ), where he coached the Los Angeles and San Diego Chargers to five Western Division titles and one league championship in the first six years of the league's existence.

Two weeks later, one day after the Cowboys ' 27-17 loss to the Detroit Lions, a team that had come into the game tied with the Chiefs, Giants and Rams for the worst record in the NFL, Schramm said on his radio show " There's an old saying, " If the teacher doesn't teach, the student doesn't learn ".

It was during one of these teases that Barack Obama spoofed his announcement for the 2008 Presidential candidacy in favor of his hometown Chicago Bears in their game against the St. Louis Rams.