When Do the Rams Play the 49ers Again

National Football League cantankerous-country rivalry in California

San Francisco 49ers–Los Angeles Rams

San Francisco 49ers Los Angeles Rams
First coming together	October 1, 1950 Rams 35, 49ers 14
Latest coming together	January 30, 2022 Rams 20, 49ers 17
Statistics
Meetings total	146
Best series	49ers, 75–68–3
Postseason results	Tie, one–one Jan 14, 1990: 49ers 30, Rams three Jan thirty, 2022: Rams 20, 49ers 17
Largest victory	Rams, 56–7 (1958) 49ers, 48–0 (1987)
Longest win streak	49ers, 17 (1990–98) Rams, 10 (1970–75)
Current win streak	Rams, 1 (2022–present)

The 49ers–Rams rivalry is a rivalry betwixt the San Francisco 49ers and the Los Angeles Rams of the National Football game League. The rivalry began in 1950 and became one of the almost intense in the National Football League in the 1970s as the two California based teams regularly competed for the NFC Westward Division title. The intensity of the rivalry is also due to the fact that Northern California (where the 49ers are based) and Southern California (where the Rams are based) have long been competitors in the economic, cultural, and political arenas.

During the Rams' 21 years in St. Louis, the rivalry did not have the geographical lore it one time had, but games were still intense regardless of the standings. With the Rams' return to Los Angeles in 2016, the rivalry became geographic once again. Sports Illustrated considers their rivalry the 8th best of all time in the National Football game League.^[i] The 49ers and Rams are likewise the only two teams who have been a part of the NFC West since information technology was formed in 1970.

The Rams, who dominated much of the showtime 30 years of the rivalry, led the series by as many as 22 games in 1980, just the 49ers' strong play in the 1980s and 1990s, including a 17–game winning streak from 1990–1998 allowed them to take the lead. The teams have met twice in the NFL playoffs, once in the 1989 NFC Championship Game with a 30–3 49ers victory and again in the 2021 NFC Championship Game with a 20–17 Rams victory.

History [edit]

In 1950, the National Football game League merged with the All-America Football Conference thus gaining three new teams. I of these teams was the San Francisco 49ers making them the second NFL franchise located on the Due west Coast, the first one being the Los Angeles Rams who had re-located from Cleveland in 1946. The NFL placed both of them in the newly formed National Conference (1950–52) guaranteeing that they would play each other twice during the regular flavour. In 1953, the National Conference was renamed the Western Conference and the American Conference was renamed the Eastern Conference which remained in identify until the AFL merger forced re-alignment in 1970. For the 1967, 1968 and 1969 seasons immediately preceding the 1970 re-alignment, now with 16 franchises, the NFL divided the Western and Eastern Conferences into two Divisions of four teams each. Ironically, very similar to the nowadays day conferences resulting from the 2002 re-alignment. The 49ers and Rams remained together in the Coastal Partitioning of the Western Briefing (1967–1969) and and so in the NFC Due west Division since 1970. Owing to the strength of their rivalry, the 49ers and Rams have remained in place as the just ii teams in the NFC West Division continuously since 1970, despite the Rams re-location to Saint Louis in 1995 and further re-alignment in 2002. They have met twice every season beginning in 1950. Their lone postseason coming together was in the NFC Championship Game during the playoffs following the 1989 season at Candlestick Park in San Francisco. This resulted in a 30–3 victory by the 49ers on January 14, 1990, immediately preceding their fourth Super Bowl appearance.

1950s [edit]

The first meeting betwixt the teams took identify on Oct 1, 1950, in San Francisco. The Rams were alternating starting quarterbacks between Bob Waterfield and Norm Van Brocklin during the 1950 season. Waterfield was the starter for the game, merely during the second quarter San Francisco's Pete Wissman landed a hard tackle on the Los Angeles quarterback. Van Brocklin filled in for Waterfield, and the Rams went on to win the game 35–14.^[2] The two teams played each other once more on November 5, 1950, at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum in Los Angeles. After beating the Baltimore Colts lxx–21 and the Detroit Lions 65–24, the Rams were favored to trounce the 49ers by xx points. Nonetheless, the 49ers played a very concrete game and only lost by a touchdown holding the Rams offensive powerhouse to only 28 points.^[3]

The 49ers got their first win against the Rams on Oct 28, 1951. The 49ers secondary was able to pick off Van Brocklin six times, more than half of the interceptions that he threw all season. The 49ers held the Rams to just 17 points, the lowest they put up all flavour and were able to capitalize on the turnovers en road to a 44–17 victory.

1960s [edit]

The rivalry was almost fifty-fifty through the decade, with the Rams property a 10-9-i edge. The 49ers were also-rans throughout the 1960s, while the Rams did not contend until the inflow of motorcoach George Allen in 1966. In 1967, the 49ers and Rams were placed in the Coastal Segmentation of the NFL'due south Western Conference with the Atlanta Falcons (who remained a rival in the NFC West through 2001) and Baltimore Colts.

1970s [edit]

After the AFL-NFL merger, both teams were placed in the NFC West, and were the only teams required to be in the same partitioning past the merger agreement. The rivalry was at its elevation during the 1970s. From 1970 to 1979 one of the two teams won the partition each season. The decade also featured 10 and 8-game win streaks by the Rams (the 8-game streak stretched into the early 1980s). The 49ers were the NFC West's summit team in the beginning of the decade winning the first three postal service merger division crowns despite going 1–v in that catamenia vs. the Rams. The Rams answered correct back winning seven straight division crowns from 1973 to 1979, culminating with Super Bowl Xiv loss to the Pittsburgh Steelers.

1980s [edit]

On Jan ii, 1983, a 1–vii Rams squad met the 3–5 defending Super Bowl champion 49ers in San Francisco for the last game of the 1982 flavor (a players' strike shortened the flavor to 9 games), with the 49ers needing a win to make the playoffs. The Rams led tardily in the 4th quarter 21–twenty until 49ers quarterback Joe Montana led a two-minute bulldoze, putting the 49ers in position for a short field goal. But Ivory Sully blocked Ray Wersching's kick to preserve a 21–20 win and knock the 49ers out of the playoffs.^[four]

On January 14, 1990, the two teams met in the 1989 NFC Championship game. The Rams were heavy underdogs but had already pulled off two upsets on the road in the playoffs (over the Eagles and Giants). The Rams took an early 3–0 pb and were driving once more, but Rams quarterback Jim Everett noticed a broad open Flipper Anderson a 2nd too late and the laissez passer was knocked abroad by 49ers rubber Ronnie Lott. Instead of a 10–0 Rams lead, Montana led the 49ers on a touchdown drive and San Francisco took the lead 7–iii. The 49ers would win the game, xxx–three.

1990s [edit]

The 49ers dominated the rivalry during the 1990s, winning 17 straight games against the Rams. They also won their 5th Super Basin in 1994. Afterwards nearly fifty years, it seemed like the rivalry was coming to an cease when the Rams relocated to St. Louis in 1995. Yet, some players did not believe so. Roger Craig stated in Tales from the San Francisco 49ers Sideline that "the Rams will always be the 49ers' biggest rival. Information technology doesn't matter if they no longer play in Los Angeles. If the Rams played their abode games on Mars, it would still exist a rivalry."^[v]

By the end of the 1998 flavour, San Francisco lead in the best series (49–48–ii) for the first time ever. The Rams previously lead in the series by as many as 22 games in 1980. The 49ers lead in the series was brusque-lived, all the same, as St. Louis won both games against San Francisco during their title season in 1999 to retake the lead.

2000s [edit]

The Rams and their Greatest Show on Turf offense (1999-2001) regained the upper hand against San Francisco with half-dozen consecutive regular season victories confronting them in that time catamenia right after having previously dropped 17 direct games including ane playoff loss in the 1989 NFC Championship game. Ultimately, in the early on part of the decade, they went 8–2 against the 49ers from 2000 to 2004. But both teams vicious into reject and neither team was a playoff contender as the decade wore on. The 49ers had the upper hand during the latter part of the decade, going 8–2 against St. Louis from 2005 to 2009.

During the 2002 realignment, merely the Rams and 49ers would remain in the NFC West, equally their former sectionalization rivals, the Atlanta Falcons, Carolina Panthers, and New Orleans Saints, would all motility to the newly formed NFC South. The Rams and 49ers would be joined by the Arizona Cardinals and Seattle Seahawks in the "new" NFC West.

2010s [edit]

In 2011, the 49ers took the all-time series lead for the starting time fourth dimension in xiii years. The Rams tied it back up with a win at Edward Jones Dome in 2012, just and then they lost both 2013 games to the 49ers.

In 2016, the Rams returned to Los Angeles, making it a restoring of the Bay Area-Los Angeles rivalry. San Francisco finished 25–16–1 against the Rams during their fourth dimension in St. Louis.

The Rams were the only team to lose to the 49ers in 2016, equally the 49ers swept the two-game series against the Rams only went 0–14 confronting the residuum of the NFL. The two teams won one NFC championship each to close out the decade (Los Angeles in 2018, San Francisco in 2019), merely neither team won the Super Bowl. In 2019, the second 49ers–Rams game was in Week 15; the Rams held an early on 21–ten lead, but the 49ers came back, defeating Los Angeles 34–31 to knock the Rams out of playoff contention.^{[half dozen]}

2020s [edit]

The 49ers swept the Rams for the second straight flavor in 2020, winning 24–sixteen on Sun Night Football in Week 6, followed by a 23–xx victory in Calendar week 12. It was the Rams' first-always loss in their new venue SoFi Stadium. In 2021, the 49ers again won both head-to-head meetings. This included the regular season finale in Los Angeles, which had playoff implications for both sides. The Rams were already in the playoffs but could assure the NFC West title with a win, while the 49ers needed a win to brand it into the playoffs. The Rams held a 17–0 lead late in the 2d quarter, but the 49ers came back to win 27–24 in overtime, clinching a playoff spot. Ultimately the Rams won the NFC W anyway as the Arizona Cardinals lost their terminal game.

On January 30, 2022, the 49ers and Rams met for the NFC Championship Game in Los Angeles. The Rams defeated the 49ers 20–17 afterwards abaft by x in the fourth quarter, advancing to Super Bowl LVI.

Game results [edit]

San Francisco 49ers vs. St. Louis / Los Angeles Rams Season-past-Season Results
1950s (Rams, 12–7–ane) Season Flavor serial at San Francisco 49ers at Los Angeles Rams Overall series Notes 1950 Rams 2–0 Rams 35–fourteen Rams 28–21 Rams 2–0 49ers motility from the All-America Football Conference and are placed in the NFL Western Conference along with the Rams. 1951 Tie 1–1 49ers 44–17 Rams 23–16 Rams 3–1 Rams win 1951 NFL Championship. 1952 Rams 2–0 Rams 34–21 Rams 35–9 Rams 5–1 1953 49ers 2–0 49ers 31–30 49ers 31–27 Rams 5–iii 1954 Rams i–0–one Rams 42–34 Necktie 24–24 Rams 6–three–1 1955 Rams 2–0 Rams 23–14 Rams 27–14 Rams 8–3–1 Rams lose 1955 NFL Championship. 1956 Necktie ane–1 49ers 33–30 Rams 30–6 Rams nine–4–1 1957 Necktie ane–1 49ers 23–20 Rams 37–24 Rams ten–5–1 Rams' home game was played in front end of 102,368 fans, an NFL attendance record that stood until 2009. 1958 Rams 2–0 Rams 33–three Rams 56–7 Rams 12–five–1 Rams' 56–7 win is the biggest blowout in the history of the rivalry. 1959 49ers ii–0 49ers 34–0 49ers 24–16 Rams 12–7–1
1960s (Rams, 10–9–ane) Season Season series at San Francisco 49ers at Los Angeles Rams Overall serial Notes 1960 49ers ii–0 49ers 23–7 49ers 13–9 Rams 12–9–1 1961 Tie 1–one 49ers 35–0 Rams 17–7 Rams thirteen–x–1 1962 Tie 1–one Rams 28–fourteen 49ers 24–17 Rams 14–11–1 1963 Rams 2–0 Rams 21–17 Rams 28–21 Rams 16–eleven–i 1964 Tie 1–1 49ers 28–7 Rams 42–xiv Rams 17–12–ane 1965 49ers ii–0 49ers 45–21 49ers 30–27 Rams 17–14–1 1966 Necktie 1–1 49ers 21–xiii Rams 34–3 Rams 18–15–1 1967 Tie ane–1 Rams 17–vii 49ers 27–24 Rams nineteen–sixteen–one 1968 Rams 1–0–1 Tie 20–20 Rams 24–10 Rams 20–xvi–2 1969 Rams 2–0 Rams 27–21 Rams 41–30 Rams 22–sixteen–2
1970s (Rams, 17–3) Season Season series at San Francisco 49ers at Los Angeles Rams Overall serial Notes 1970 Necktie 1–i Rams 30–13 49ers xx–6 Rams 23–17–2 Both teams placed in the NFC West after AFL-NFL merger. 1971 Rams 2–0 Rams twenty–xiii Rams 17–half-dozen Rams 25–17–ii 49ers open Candlestick Park. 1972 Rams two–0 Rams 26–16 Rams 31–7 Rams 27–17–two 1973 Rams 2–0 Rams 37–14 Rams 31–13 Rams 29–17–2 1974 Rams 2–0 Rams 15–13 Rams 37–14 Rams 31–17–2 1975 Tie i–ane Rams 23–14 49ers 24–23 Rams 32–xviii–2 Rams win 10 straight meetings (1970–75). 1976 Tie 1–1 Rams 23–3 49ers 16–0 Rams 33–19–2 1977 Rams 2–0 Rams 23–10 Rams 34–14 Rams 35–19–ii 1978 Rams ii–0 Rams 31–28 Rams 27–10 Rams 37–19–two 1979 Rams 2–0 Rams 26–20 Rams 27–24 Rams 39–19–2 Rams lose Super Bowl Fourteen.
1980s (49ers, 13–8) Flavour Season serial at San Francisco 49ers at Los Angeles Rams Overall series Notes 1980 Rams two–0 Rams 31–17 Rams 48–26 Rams 41–19–ii Rams win 12 directly games in San Francisco (1969–eighty). Rams move to Anaheim Stadium. 1981 49ers 2–0 49ers xx–17 49ers 33–31 Rams 41–21–2 49ers sweep flavour series for first fourth dimension since 1965. 49ers win Super Bowl XVI. 1982 Necktie 1–ane Rams 21–20 49ers 30–24 Rams 42–22–two Both games played despite players strike reducing the season to ix games. Rams cake a potential 49ers' game-winning field goal in the final seconds of the game in San Francisco. 1983 Tie ane–1 Rams 10-vii 49ers 45-35 Rams 43–23–ii 1984 49ers 2–0 49ers xix–16 49ers 33–0 Rams 43–25–two 49ers win Super Basin XIX. 1985 Tie i–i Rams 27–xx 49ers 28–14 Rams 44–26–2 1986 Tie 1–1 49ers 24–14 Rams sixteen–13 Rams 45–27–ii 1987 49ers 2–0 49ers 48–0 49ers 31–10 Rams 45–29–2 1988 Tie 1–1 Rams 38–16 49ers 24–21 Rams 46–30–2 49ers win Super Bowl XXIII. 1989 Tie 1–ane Rams 13–12 49ers 30–27 Rams 47–31–2 49ers win Super Bowl XXIV. 1989 Playoffs 49ers one–0 49ers 30–three Rams 47–32–two NFC Championship Game. First playoff meeting betwixt the ii teams.
1990s (49ers, 17–3) Season Season series at San Francisco 49ers at LA/St. Louis Rams Overall serial Notes 1990 Tie 1–1 Rams 28–17 49ers 26–x Rams 48–33–two 1991 49ers two–0 49ers 27–10 49ers 33–10 Rams 48–35–ii 1992 49ers 2–0 49ers 27–24 49ers 27–10 Rams 48–37–2 1993 49ers ii–0 49ers twoscore–17 49ers 35–10 Rams 48–39–2 1994 49ers ii–0 49ers 31–27 49ers 34–19 Rams 48–41–2 49ers win Super Bowl XXIX. 1995 49ers ii–0 49ers 41–13 49ers 44–ten Rams 48–43–2 Rams re-locate to St. Louis, play at Busch Memorial Stadium for 1995 season. 1996 49ers 2–0 49ers 34–0 49ers 28–xi Rams 48–45–2 Rams open up Trans World Dome (now known as The Dome at America'due south Center). 1997 49ers 2–0 49ers 30–x 49ers fifteen–12 Rams 48–47–2 1998 49ers two–0 49ers 38-nineteen 49ers 28-10 49ers 49–48–2 49ers win 17 directly meetings (1990–98) and 12 straight meetings in LA/St. Louis (1987–98). 49ers have lead in the series for the first time. 1999 Rams 2–0 Rams 23–seven Rams 42–twenty Rams fifty–49–2 Rams' get-go flavour sweep since 1980. Rams win Super Bowl XXXIV.
2000s (Necktie, 10–10) Flavour Season series at San Francisco 49ers at St. Louis Rams Overall series Notes 2000 Rams two–0 Rams 34–24 Rams 41–24 Rams 52–49–ii 2001 Rams 2–0 Rams 30–26 Rams 27–fourteen Rams 54–49–2 Rams lose Super Bowl XXXVI. 2002 Tie one–i 49ers 37–thirteen Rams 31–xx Rams 55–fifty–two 2003 Tie 1–1 49ers xxx–10 Rams 27–24(OT) Rams 56–51–ii 2004 Rams 2–0 Rams 24–14 Rams xvi–6 Rams 58–51–ii 2005 49ers ii–0 49ers 28–25 49ers 24–20 Rams 58–53–2 2006 Tie one–1 49ers xx–xiii Rams xx–17 Rams 59–54–ii 2007 Tie one–1 Rams thirteen–9 49ers 17–16 Rams 60–55–2 2008 49ers 2–0 49ers 35–sixteen 49ers 17–sixteen Rams 60–57–2 2009 49ers 2–0 49ers 35–0 49ers 28–6 Rams 60–59–2
2010s (49ers, 12–seven–ane) Season Flavour serial at San Francisco 49ers at St. Louis/LA Rams Overall series Notes 2010 Tie i–one 49ers 23–20(OT) Rams 25–17 Rams 61–60–2 2011 49ers 2–0 49ers 26–0 49ers 34–27 49ers 62–61–2 2012 Rams i–0–1 Tie 24–24(OT) Rams 16–thirteen(OT) Necktie 62–62–iii Simply tie game in the series since the 1974 introduction of overtime in regular flavor games. The Rams had what would accept been a game-winning field goal taken away because of a penalization. The Rams kicked a field goal every bit time expired in OT of the second game, narrowly averting a second straight tie. 49ers lose Super Bowl XLVII. 2013 49ers 2–0 49ers 23–xiii 49ers 35–11 49ers 64–62–3 2014 Tie 1–ane Rams 13–10 49ers 31–17 49ers 65–63–three 49ers open up Levi's Stadium in Santa Clara. 2015 Necktie 1–i 49ers xix–16(OT) Rams 27–six 49ers 66–64–3 Game in Santa Clara is Rams' last game as a St. Louis-based franchise. 2016 49ers 2–0 49ers 28–0 49ers 22–21 49ers 68–64–iii Rams return to the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum in LA. 49ers' wins over the Rams are their merely wins in a 2–14 season. 49ers' 9th shutout win in squad history vs. Rams. 2017 Tie 1–i Rams 41–39 49ers 34–13 49ers 69–65–3 2018 Rams 2–0 Rams 39–10 Rams 48–32 49ers 69–67–3 Rams sweep season series for offset time since 2004, and assure first-round bye in their habitation win in week 17. Rams lose Super Basin LIII. 2019 49ers 2–0 49ers 34–31 49ers 20–seven 49ers 71–67–3 49ers eliminate Rams from playoff contention with win in Santa Clara. 49ers lose Super Bowl LIV.
2020s (49ers, 4–1) Flavor Season serial at San Francisco 49ers at Los Angeles Rams Overall series Notes 2020 49ers 2–0 49ers 24–16 49ers 23–twenty 49ers 73–67–3 No fans in attendance for either game due to COVID-nineteen pandemic. Rams open SoFi Stadium in Inglewood. 2021 49ers 2–0 49ers 31–x 49ers 27–24(OT) 49ers 75–67–3 49ers overcome 17–0 deficit, assure playoff berth in game in Los Angeles. Rams win Super Bowl LVI. 2021 Playoffs Rams 1–0 Rams 20–17 49ers 75–68–3 NFC Championship Game. Showtime playoff coming together since 1989. Rams come up back from 17–seven deficit in quaternary quarter. 2022 TBD TBD
Summary of Results Season Season series at San Francisco 49ers at LA/St. Louis Rams Notes Regular flavour 49ers 74–67–3 49ers 36–34–2 49ers 38–33–1 49ers lead the serial in Los Angeles 27–23–1 and won the series in St. Louis 11–10 Postseason Tie 1–1 49ers one–0 Rams 1–0 NFC Championship Game: 1989, 2021 Regular and postseason 49ers 75–68–3 49ers 37–34–2 49ers 38–34–1

Run into also [edit]

• Dodgers–Giants rivalry
• Sports in California#Northern California – Southern California rivalry
• Kings–Sharks rivalry
• California Clásico

Notes [edit]

References [edit]

General [edit]

• 49ers vs Rams Results
• Craig, Roger; Bill Walsh; and Matt Maiocco (2004). Roger Craig's Tales from the San Francisco 49ers Sideline . Sports Publishing LLC. ISBN1-58261-307-ix. {{cite volume}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
• Hession, Joseph (1986). The Rams: Five Decades of Football game. Foghorn Press. ISBN0-935701-40-0.
• Hunstein, Jim (2000). How 'Bout Them Rams; A Guide to Rams Football History. Palmerston & Reed. ISBN0-911921-62-1.

Specific [edit]

1. ^ "Height 10 NFL Rivalries of All Time". Sports Illustrated. Archived from the original on 2007-12-14. Retrieved 2008-01-30 .
2. ^ Hession (1987) 46
3. ^ Hession (1987) 49
4. ^ Hession (1987) 158-161
5. ^ Craig (2004) 37
6. ^ Posey, Kyle (2019-12-21). "49ers comeback to beat Rams in some other thriller, 34-31". Niners Nation . Retrieved 2019-12-24 .

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