Posts with players, coaches, and other topics from the Los Angeles Rams for The Football History Dude podcast, covering the history of the NFL.
From 1956 to 1965, the LA Rams were not a good football team, posting just one winning season in 1958. But things began to change in 1966 with the hiring of George Allen as Head Coach. Allen had been the defensive Coach of the Chicago Bears. Allen’s hiring paid off immediately, as he took a … Read more
The 1970 Rams were 8–3–1 going into week thirteen, but they needed to win their last two games to make the playoffs. A 28–23 loss to the Lions in the next-to-last game of the season did them in, as they finished the season at 9–4–1 and missed the playoffs. Offensive tackles Charlie Cowan and Bob … Read more
Most pro football historians who study the past Super Bowls will tell you that the greatest goal-line stand in Super Bowl history came in the third quarter of Super Bowl XVI. That goal-line stand by the San Francisco 49ers did detrimental harm to the chances of the Cincinnati Bengals to score what would have been … Read more
Today we have Super Bowl XV, which was held on January 25, 1981, between the third-time AFC champion Oakland Raiders, and the first-time NFC champions. Philadelphia Eagles. If you’re looking for the full story of this 1980 season, pick up my Great Eighties book and you’ll learn more than you ever wanted to know about that year … Read more
Today we have Super Bowl XIV, which was held on January 20, 1980, in the Rose Bowl in Pasadena, California between the three-time and defending Super Bowl champion Pittsburgh Steelers and the first-time NFC champion Los Angeles Rams. As always, we have a pop quiz, and then homework at the end of the episode. The … Read more