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Matthew Stafford in 2023
Matthew Stafford won a championship as the Rams' starting quarterback during Super Bowl LVI at the end of the 2021 season.[1]

The Los Angeles Rams are a professional American football team based in the Greater Los Angeles area of California. The Rams have competed in the National Football League (NFL) since 1937, one year after their formation in Cleveland, Ohio, as a charter member of the second incarnation of the American Football League.[2] The team moved to Los Angeles in 1946 where they became the city's first professional sports team.[3] They first played their home games at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum before moving to Anaheim, California, in 1980, where they played their home games at Anaheim Stadium.[4] The Rams moved to St. Louis, Missouri, in 1995, and remained there for two decades until they returned to Los Angeles after the 2015 NFL season.[5] Currently, they are members of the Western Division of the National Football Conference (NFC) and play their home games at SoFi Stadium in Inglewood, California.[6][7]

The early era of the NFL and American football in general was not conducive to passing the football, with the forward pass not being legalized until the early 1900s and not fully adopted for many more years.[8] Although the quarterback position has historically been the one to receive the snap and thus handle the football on every offensive play,[9] the importance of the position during this era was limited by various rules, like having to be five yards behind the line of scrimmage before a forward pass could be attempted.[10] These rules and the tactical focus on rushing the ball limited the importance of the quarterback position while enhancing the value of different types of backs, such as the halfback and the fullback.[11] Some of these backs were considered triple-threat men, capable of rushing, passing or kicking the football, making it common for multiple players to attempt a pass during a game.[12]

As rules changed and the NFL began adopting a more pass-centric approach to offensive football, the importance of the quarterback position grew.[10][11] Beginning in 1950, total wins and losses by a team's starting quarterback were tracked.[13] Throughout the late 20th century and early 21st century, the significance of the position has grown exponentially.[11] The modern starting quarterback is often viewed as the leader of the team and its player spokesperson.[9] The position is often the highest paid player on an NFL team's roster, with teams assigning significant resources in trying to draft, acquire or trade for a franchise quarterback.[14][15] These resources are based on the high expectations placed on the position, which include handling the ball on every offensive play (whether it be to pass the ball or hand it off to another player), relaying plays (or sometimes calling plays themselves) to the offense and understanding every teammate's role, formation and responsibility for every play.[9] The emergence of the dual-threat quarterback has also seen additional focus on the position, with quarterbacks like Lamar Jackson and Josh Allen leading their team in both passing and rushing yards during any given game.[16]

Prior to 1950, the Rams had numerous players identified as playing the quarterback position, including Pro Football Hall of Fame inductee Bob Waterfield.[17] However, the combination of unreliable statistics in the early era of the NFL and the differences in the early quarterback position make tracking starts by quarterbacks impractical for this timeframe. Since 1950 however, the Rams have had 58 starting quarterbacks in the history of their franchise.[18] Eight of those quarterbacks made over 50 starts, and three of them were inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame: Norm Van Brocklin, Kurt Warner, and Waterfield. Joe Namath was also inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame.[18][19]

Starting quarterbacks

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Bob Waterfield in 1946
Bob Waterfield won two NFL championships as the Rams' starting quarterback from 1945 to 1952.
Roman Gabriel in 1970
Roman Gabriel started 121 games as the Rams' quarterback from 1962 to 1972.
Kurt Warner in 2000
Kurt Warner led the team to a win in Super Bowl XXXIV at the end of the 1999 season and earned both the NFL Most Valuable Player Award and Super Bowl Most Valuable Player Award for the season.[20]
Jared Goff in 2020
Jared Goff started 74 games for the Rams from 2016 to 2020.
Key
‡ Inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame

Regular season

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Cleveland/Los Angeles/St. Louis starting quarterbacks in the regular season
Quarterback Seasons with
the Rams 		Seasons with at least
one start as QB 		Games
started 		Record Refs
W L T %[a]
Terry Baker 1963–65 1963 1 0 1 0 .000 [22]
Tony Banks 1996–98 1996–98 43 14 29 0 .326 [23]
Steve Bartkowski 1986 1986 6 4 2 0 .667 [24]
Pete Beathard 1972–73 1972 2 0 1 1 .250 [25]
Brock Berlin 2007–08 2007 1 0 1 0 .000 [26]
Kyle Boller 2009 2009 4 0 4 0 .000 [27]
Steve Bono 1998 1998 2 0 2 0 .000 [28]
Sam Bradford 2010–14 2010–13 49 18 30 1 .378 [29]
Zeke Bratkowski 1961–63 1961–63 24 3 21 0 .125 [30]
Dieter Brock 1985 1985 15 11 4 0 .733 [31]
Marc Bulger 2000–09 2002–09 95 41 54 0 .432 [32]
Chris Chandler 1994, 04 1994, 04 8 2 6 0 .250 [33]
Kellen Clemens 2011–13 2011–13 12 4 8 0 .333 [34]
Scott Covington 2002–03 2002 1 0 1 0 .000 [35]
Austin Davis 2012, 13–14 2014 8 3 5 0 .375 [36]
Steve Dils 1984–87 1986–87 9 4 5 0 .444 [37]
Jim Everett 1986–93 1986–93 105 46 59 0 .438 [38]
A. J. Feeley 2010–11 2011 3 1 2 0 .333 [39]
Vince Ferragamo 1977–80, 82–84 1979–80, 82–84 44 26 18 0 .591 [40]
Ryan Fitzpatrick 2005–06 2005 3 0 3 0 .000 [41]
Nick Foles 2015 2015 11 4 7 0 .364 [42]
Gus Frerotte 2006–07 2007 3 1 2 0 .333 [43]
Roman Gabriel 1962–72 1962–72 119 74 39 6 .647 [44]
Jimmy Garoppolo 2024 2024 1 0 1 0 .000 [45]
Jared Goff 2016–20 2016–20 69 42 27 0 .609 [46]
Trent Green 1999–2000, 08 2000, 08 6 2 4 0 .333 [47]
Pat Haden 1976–81 1976–81 55 35 19 1 .645 [48]
John Hadl 1973–74 1973–74 19 15 4 0 .789 [49]
James Harris 1973–76 1974–76 27 21 6 0 .778 [50]
Shaun Hill 2014 2014 8 3 5 0 .375 [51]
Buddy Humphrey 1959–60 1960 1 0 1 0 .000 [52]
Ron Jaworski 1973–76 1975–76 3 3 0 0 1.000 [53]
Bert Jones 1982 1982 4 1 3 0 .250 [54]
Case Keenum 2015–16 2015–16 14 7 7 0 .500 [55]
Jeff Kemp 1981–85 1984–85 14 9 5 0 .643 [56]
Sean Mannion 2015–18 2017 1 0 1 0 .000 [57]
Jamie Martin 1993–96, 01–02, 04–05 2002, 05 7 4 3 0 .571 [58]
Baker Mayfield 2022 2022 4 1 3 0 .250 [59]
Chris Miller 1994–95 1994–95 23 9 14 0 .391 [60]
Ron Miller 1962 1962 1 0 1 0 .000 [61]
Bill Munson 1964–67 1964–65 18 3 13 2 .222 [62]
Joe Namath ‡ 1977 1977 4 2 2 0 .500 [63][64]
Keith Null 2009 2009 4 0 4 0 .000 [65]
Dan Pastorini 1981 1981 5 1 4 0 .200 [66]
Bryce Perkins 2020–22 2022 1 0 1 0 .000 [67]
T. J. Rubley 1993–95 1993 7 2 5 0 .286 [68]
Jeff Rutledge 1979–82 1979 1 0 1 0 .000 [69]
Frank Ryan 1958–61 1959–61 11 5 5 1 .500 [70]
Brett Rypien 2023 2023 1 0 1 0 .000 [71]
Mark Rypien 1995 1995 3 0 3 0 .000 [72]
Matthew Stafford 2021–24 2021–24 57 34 23 0 .596 [73]
Norm Van Brocklin ‡ 1949–57 1950–57 65 42 20 3 .669 [74][75]
Bill Wade 1954–60 1954, 56, 58–60 36 13 23 0 .361 [76]
Steve Walsh 1996 1996 3 1 2 0 .333 [77]
Kurt Warner ‡ 1998–2003 1999–2003 50 35 15 0 .700 [78][79]
Bob Waterfield ‡ 1945–52 1945–52 22[b] 14[b] 8[b] 0[b] .636[b] [80][81]
Carson Wentz 2023 2023 1 1 0 0 1.000 [82]
John Wolford 2019–22 2020, 22 4 2 2 0 .500 [83]

Postseason

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Cleveland/Los Angeles/St. Louis starting quarterbacks in the postseason
Quarterback Seasons with
the Rams 		Seasons with at least
one start as QB 		Games
started 		Record Refs
W L %[a]
Marc Bulger 2002–09 2003–04 3 1 2 .333 [32]
Vince Ferragamo 1977–80, 82–84 1979–80, 83 6 3 3 .500 [40]
Roman Gabriel 1962–72 1967, 69 2 0 2 .000 [44]
Jared Goff 2016–20 2017–18, 20 5 2 3 .400 [46]
Pat Haden 1976–81 1976–78 5 2 3 .400 [48]
John Hadl 1973–74 1973 1 0 1 .000 [49]
James Harris 1973–76 1974–75 3 1 2 .333 [50]
Ron Jaworski 1973–76 1975 1 1 0 1.000 [53]
Jeff Kemp 1981–85 1984 1 0 1 .000 [56]
Matthew Stafford 2021–23 2021, 23–24 7 5 2 .714 [73]
Norm Van Brocklin ‡ 1949–57 1952, 55 2 0 2 .524 [74][75]
Kurt Warner ‡ 1998–2003 1999–2001 7 5 2 .714 [78][79]
Bob Waterfield ‡ 1950–1951 1950–51 2[b] 1[b] 1[b] .500 [80][81]
John Wolford 2019–22 2020 1 1 0 1.000 [83]

See also

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Notes

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  1. ^ a b Winning percentage is determined by dividing total wins by total games started, with ties counting as one-half win.[21]
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h Waterfield's win-loss record only accounts for seasons he played starting in 1950, the year in which the NFL began recording said statistic for starting quarterbacks.

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