10 things you forgot about the Los Angeles Rams

Feb 16, 2016; Los Angeles, CA, USA; General view of Los Angeles Rams helmet and NFL Wilson Duke football at Griffith Park with the Hollywood sign as a backdrop. NFL owners voted 30-2 to allow owner Stan Kroenke (not pictured) to move the St. Louis Rams to Los Angeles for the 2016 season. Mandatory Credit: Kirby Lee-USA TODAY Sports /

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9. Classic Underachievers

From 1973 to 1989, the Los Angeles Rams appeared in the playoffs 14 times.

Sounds great right? Here’s where it goes wrong.

Seven times they appeared in the NFC Championship Game, losing six of them and at one point they lost four of them in five seasons. A few of those losses occurred at home.

With only one Super Bowl appearance in 14 attempts the Rams of the 70’s and 80’s are the embodiment of underachievers.

8. Super Bowl run of 1979

Previously I talked about how the Rams underachieved, well here’s the one time they actually reached the Super Bowl in of course the most unlikely way possible. After slogging to a 9-7 finish, the Rams weren’t expected to make much of a run in the playoffs but with two upsets of the Cowboys and Buccaneers, they found themselves in the Super Bowl against the Pittsburgh Steelers.

In Super Bowl XIV, the Rams went shot for shot with the reigning world champs for three quarters before succumbing to a dramatic Pittsburgh rally in the fourth quarter and lost 31-19.

Still on of the greatest runs in NFL history.

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