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The NFL’s Los Angeles Rams have called four different cities home. The club, which presently resides in Los Angeles was established in 1936 as the Cleveland Rams. The Rams were most recently based in St Louis.
Originally, the Cleveland Rams were part of the American Football Conference. The franchise, which was founded by attorney Homer Marshall, took on the nickname of the Fordham Rams, a college that had spawned so many tough football players. The Cleveland Rams played in the American Football League for one year, joining the NFL in 1937.
They played in Cleveland until 1945 and then moved to Los Angeles where they resided from 1946-1994. In 1995, the Rams moved back to the Midwest; this time to St. Louis.
The team has been a member of various divisions and conferences. In 1937, they became associated with the Western Division of the NFL. In 1950, they moved to the National Conference where they remained through 1952. They were assigned to the Western Conference in 1953. They played in the NFL West until 1969, spending from 1967-1969 in the Coastal Division. In 1970, when the NFL merged with the AFL, they became members of the NFC West. Despite moving to the central part of the nation, they are still in the West Division.
The Rams have earned 15 Division titles (NFL West 1945, 1949; NFL Coastal 1967, 1969 and NFC West 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1985, 1999, 2001, 2003). Despite dominating the NFC West in the 1970s, they could not win a Super Bowl. They also took the NFL Coastal (1967, 1969) and NFL West (1945, 1949) twice each. They won conference titles six times, with three NFC Championships (1979, 1999, 2001), two NFL National (1950, 1951) and one NFL Western (1955). They’ve won three league crowns—two NFL Championships in 1945 and 1951 and Super Bowl XXXIV in 1999.
The Rams have appeared in three Super Bowls. Their first was Super Bowl XIV (1979). The then Los Angeles Rams lost to the Pittsburgh Steelers 31-19. Super Bowl XXXIV featured the St. Louis Rams versus the Tennessee Titans. The Rams were victorious 23-16. Two years later, the heavily favored Rams were upset by the underdog New England Patriots 20-17 in Super Bowl XXXVI.
The team has called seven different fields home. They occupied Cleveland Municipal Stadium various times (1936-1937, 1939-1941 and 1945). Between stints at Cleveland Municipal, the Rams played at League Park (1937, 1942 and 1944-1945) and Shaw Stadium (1938). In California, they first resided at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum (1946-1979) and then at Anaheim Stadium (1980-1994).
