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The Melonheads are a group of fans of the Los Angeles Rams that attend games with a carved out watermelon placed on their head. The Melonheads are similar to the Cheeseheads of the Green Bay Packers with their usage of food memorabilia on their heads—though Wisconsin is known for cheese products, while Los Angeles is not known for watermelons.
The team moved to Los Angeles in 1946 where they became the city's first professional sports team. [2] 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. [3] The Rams moved to St. Louis, Missouri in 1995, and remained there ...
The Rams were so popular in Los Angeles that the upstart Chargers chose to move to San Diego rather than attempt to compete with the Rams. The Los Angeles Times put the Chargers plight as such: "Hilton [the Chargers owner at the time] quickly realized that taking on the Rams in L.A. was like beating his head against the wall." [52]
St. Louis Rams (1995–2015) Los Angeles Rams (2016–present) 2016: 2016: NFL NFC West 3rd 4 12 0 84,457 (2/32) 2017: 2017: NFL NFC West: 1st: 11 5 0 Lost Wild Card Playoffs 26-13 Sean McVay Todd Gurley Aaron Donald 2018: 2018: NFL NFC: West: 1st: 13 3 0 Won Divisional Playoffs 30–22 Won NFC Championship 26–23 (OT)
John Alexander Robinson (July 25, 1935 – November 11, 2024) was an American football coach best known for his two stints as head coach of the University of Southern California (USC) football team (1976–1982, 1993–1997) and for his tenure as head coach of the NFL's Los Angeles Rams (1983–1991).
Aaron Donald has been the definitive leader of the Rams defense throughout the Mob Squad era. Jared Goff led the Rams to an NFC Championship title in 2018.. The Mob Squad era was defined by defensive tackle Aaron Donald, the team's 2014 first-round selection who has won multiple Defensive Player of the Year awards and is widely considered the best defensive player in the league; [4] [5 ...
In the process, McVay became the Rams' all-time winningest head coach during the regular season with his 76th victory, surpassing John Robinson, who coached the Rams from 1983 to 1991 (McVay had surpassed Robinson for overall team victories in the Rams' Week 8 victory against Minnesota). Though New Orleans ran 40 plays to L.A.'s 23 and ...
James Thompson Prothro Jr. (July 20, 1920 – May 14, 1995) was an American football coach and player. He was the head coach at Oregon State University from 1955 to 1964 and the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) from 1965 to 1970, compiling a career college football record of 104–55–5 (.649).