The Cleveland Rams were founded by attorney Homer Marshman in 1936. Their name, the Rams, comes from the nickname of Fordham University. Rams was selected to honor the hard work of the football players that came out of that university. They were part of the newly formed American Football League.

On January 11, 1946, Reeves pressured the NFL to allow his team to relocate to Los Angeles and its 92,000 seat Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum in 1946. This was despite the fact that the closest NFL city to Los Angeles was over 2000 miles away in Chicago. At the time, the NFL did not allow African-Americans to play in the league. The commissioners of the Los Angeles Coliseum stipulated as part of the agreement that the team be integrated. As a result, the team signed UCLA players Kenny Washington and Woody Strode, who became the first two blacks to play in the NFL, post World War II. The Rams' first heyday in Southern California was from 1949 to 1955, when they played in the NFL championship game (not yet called the Super Bowl) four times, winning once in 1951.

Prior to the 1979 Super Bowl season, owner Carroll Rosenbloom died in a drowning accident and his widow, Georgia Frontiere, inherited 70% ownership of the team. Frontiere then fired stepson Steve Rosenbloom and assumed total control of Rams operations. As had been planned prior to Rosenbloom's death, the Rams moved from their longtime home at the Coliseum to Anaheim Stadium in nearby Orange County in 1980.

Under the terms of the Rams' deal with Anaheim, they were to receive the rights to develop plots of land near the Stadium. When nothing came of these plans Georgia Frontiere got permission to relocate the team. This permission was only granted after the building of the Arrowhead Pond, a multi-use sports arena for hockey and basketball now known as Honda Center, in close proximity to Anaheim Stadium. The Rams agreed to let the Pond be built within miles of Anaheim Stadium with an 'out clause' to pay the City of Anaheim an amount of money in millions to release them from the lease. This caused a loss in sales of Rams Tickets.

On May 31, 2009, the St. Louis Post-Dispatch reported that the majority owners Chip Rosenbloom and Lucia Rodriguez officially offered the Rams for sale. They have retained the services of Goldman Sachs, a prominent investment banking firm, to help facilitate the sale of the Rams by evaluating bids and soliciting potential buyers. The sale price is unknown, but Forbes magazine's most recent estimate listed the Rams' value at $929 million.

The divisional schedule this season includes the November 22 at 3:05 PM with the Arizona Cardinals at home in the Edward Jones Dome, November 29 at 12:00 PM with the Seattle Seahawks at home in the Edward Jones Dome, December 27 at 3:05 PM at Arizona Cardinals University of Phoenix Stadium, and January 3, 2010 at 12:00 PM San Francisco 49ers at home in the Edward Jones Dome. This could be the beginning of a new era in St. Louis, get St. Louis Rams tickets to see if the team can get something positive going for seasons to come.