1949 Los Angeles Rams season

1949 Los Angeles Rams season
Head coachClark Shaughnessy
Home fieldLos Angeles Memorial Coliseum
Local radioKFI
Results
Record8–2–2
Division place1st NFL Western
Playoff finishLost NFL Championship
(vs. Eagles) 0–14

The 1949 Los Angeles Rams season was the team's 12th year with the National Football League and the fourth in Los Angeles. The Rams were 8–2–2 and won the Western Division title,[1] then lost to the Philadelphia Eagles in the NFL Championship Game.[2][3][4]

This is the only season where the Rams wore red jerseys at home and red helmets for both home and away games, the next season they would switch back to purple.

  1. ^ "Rams tip Skins for grid title". Milwaukee Sentinel. Associated Press. December 12, 1949. p. 5, part 2.
  2. ^ Warren, Harry (December 19, 1949). "Eagles keep title in Los Angeles rain". Chicago Daily Tribune. p. 1, part 3.
  3. ^ "Small payoff irks Eagles and Rams". Pittsburgh Press. United Press. December 19, 1949. p. 22.
  4. ^ "Eagles submerge Rams for title, 14-0". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Associated Press. December 19, 1949. p. 20.