Thursday, September 3, 2009

Saint Louis Rams


The St. Louis Rams are an American football team playing in the NFC West division of the National Football League. The team is based in St. Louis, Missouri and Edward Jones Dome is the site of their home games. The Rams have won two NFL Championships in 1945 and 1951, and Super Bowl XXXIV, defeating the Tennessee Titans, in 1999.
The Rams began playing in 1936 in Cleveland, Ohio. In 1946 the team moved to Los Angeles, California and became the Los Angeles Rams. The Rams moved to St. Louis before the start of the 1995 season. Their home games were played at Busch Memorial Stadium until the Trans World Dome was completed. The multi-purpose stadium is now known as the Edward Jones Dome at America’s Center. The Dome provides multiple stadium configurations that can seat up to 70,000 people. There is a private luxury suite level, a private club seat and luxury suite level, a concourse level (lower bowl) and terrace level (upper bowl).

The Rams won 6 conference championships, 2 in the NFL National in 1950 and 1951, 1 in the NFL Western in 1955 and 3 in the NFC in 1979, 1999 and 2001. They won 15 division championships, 2 in the NFL West in 1945 and 1949, 2 in the NFL Coastal in 1967 and 1969 and 11 in the NFC West in 1973-1979, 1985, 1999, 2001 and 2003. They appeared in 27 NFL playoff games in 1945, 1949-1952, 1955, 1967, 1969, 1973-1980, 1983-1986, 1988, 1989, and 1999-2004. Pro Football Hall of Famer’s from the Rams include Joe Namath (12), Ollie Matson (33), Andy Robustelli (81), and Dick ‘Night Train’ Lane (also 81).

The 2009 St. Louis Rams Head Coach is Steve Spagnuolo. He is the 25th head coach in the 72 year history of the Rams and has 11 years of NFL experience. Since January he has assembled a staff of 19 assistants and charted a course for an offseason that would move nonstop through free agency, the draft and training camp. Spagnuolo credits his success on a formula built on Four Pillars: Faith, Character, Core Values and Team First. Among the players under his direction this year are Marc Bulger, Steven Jackson, Torry Holt, Donnie Avery, Josh Brown, Steven Jackson, Pisa Tinoisamoa, Oshiomogho Atogwe, Will Witherspoon and Dante Hall.

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