where were the rams before

The Rams were originally based in Cleveland and later in St. Louis before becoming today’s Los Angeles Rams.

Short answer

• The franchise started in Cleveland, Ohio , in 1936, first in the American Football League and then in the NFL.

• They moved to Los Angeles in 1946 and stayed in the LA area (Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, then Anaheim) until 1994.

• From 1995 to 2015 , the team was in St. Louis, Missouri , playing in the Edward Jones Dome.

• In 2016 , the Rams returned to Los Angeles, where they now play at SoFi Stadium in Inglewood.

Mini timeline: “Where were the Rams before?”

• 1936–1945: Cleveland Rams (Cleveland, Ohio).

• 1946–1979: Los Angeles Rams at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum.

• 1980–1994: Still in the LA area, but at Anaheim Stadium in Orange County.

• 1995–2015: St. Louis Rams (St. Louis, Missouri), including the “Greatest Show on Turf” era.

• 2016–present: Back in the Los Angeles area, temporary return to the Coliseum, then into SoFi Stadium (Inglewood).

Quick forum-style takeaway

When people ask “where were the Rams before,” they usually mean before the current Los Angeles era — and the answer most fans give is:
“They were in St. Louis from 1995–2015, but way back they even started in Cleveland before first coming to LA in the 1940s.”

TL;DR:
They started in Cleveland, became the Los Angeles Rams, spent 20 seasons as the St. Louis Rams, and then moved back to Los Angeles in 2016.

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