Schedule The Rams' regular season schedule was announced on April 20.
Note: Intra-division opponents are in
bold text.
Game summaries Week 1: vs. Indianapolis Colts The Rams started their season with a blowout win over the Colts as second-year quarterback
Jared Goff got both his first victory and the first 300-yard passing game of his career, including a touchdown pass to rookie wide receiver
Cooper Kupp. Cornerback
Trumaine Johnson was named NFC Defensive Player of the Week after returning an interception 39 yards for the Rams' first touchdown of the season, while also recording two tackles including a forced fumble and a fumble recovery. Safety
Lamarcus Joyner also returned an interception for a touchdown and added four tackles. Defensive end
Michael Brockers had five tackles to lead the defense, which had four sacks and forced three turnovers as
Sean McVay became the youngest head coach ever (31 years, 7 months, 2 weeks, 3 days) to win in his NFL debut.
Week 2: vs. Washington Redskins Facing his former team,
Sean McVay was dealt his first career defeat as the Rams fell behind 13–0. Running back
Todd Gurley had 132 yards in total offense and two scores, including the first receiving touchdown of his career on an 18-yard pass from Goff in which he hurdled Redskins cornerback
Bashaud Breeland on his way to the end zone. Rookie tight end
Gerald Everett turned in a strong performance with three receptions for 95 yards, while linebacker
Alec Ogletree had 11 tackles including a sack on defense.
Week 3: at San Francisco 49ers In their first NFC West matchup of the season, the Rams came out ahead of a high-scoring battle with the rival 49ers on
Thursday Night Football. With friends and family in attendance, Jared Goff (a Bay Area native) completed 22 of 28 passes for 288 yards and three touchdowns, two to wide receiver
Sammy Watkins. Both Watkins and fellow wideout
Robert Woods surpassed 100 yards receiving on six receptions each. Todd Gurley caught one touchdown and ran for two more (his first three-TD effort in the NFL) to go along with his 149 yards in total offense. Cornerback
Nickell Robey-Coleman had an interception, a fumble recovery and five tackles to lead the Rams defense. As this was an
NFL Color Rush game, the Rams went with all-yellow uniforms for the first time since their final home game in St. Louis in
2015, which offset the host 49ers' all-black scheme.
Week 4: at Dallas Cowboys Kicker
Greg Zuerlein hit a team-record seven field goals and
Todd Gurley totaled 215 offensive yards (121 rushing, 94 receiving) along with a spectacular 53-yard touchdown on a screen pass as the Rams defeated the favored Cowboys on the road. Both earned NFC Player of the Week honors for Special Teams and Offense, respectively. Linebacker
Mark Barron's eight tackles and an interception led the Rams defense. Because the Cowboys wore their white uniforms at home, the Rams wore their Millennium Blue uniforms with blue pants, which clashed terribly with their blue and white helmets. The Rams' uniform choice was widely derided by pro football pundits and on social media.
Week 5: vs. Seattle Seahawks The Rams staked out a 10–0 lead in the second quarter, but were undone by two interceptions and three lost fumbles in losing to the visiting Seahawks. Wide receiver
Tavon Austin scored the Rams' only touchdown on a 27-yard run in the second quarter. Starting with just over a minute left in the fourth quarter,
Jared Goff drove the Rams 55 yards to the Seattle 20-yard line and just missed connecting with
Cooper Kupp in the end zone for a potential game-winner in the final seconds. On defense, rookie strong safety
John Johnson got his first career interception and returned it 69 yards while
Mark Barron had 15 tackles.
Week 6: at Jacksonville Jaguars The Rams got off to a fast start in Jacksonville as return man
Pharoh Cooper took back the opening kickoff 103 yards for a touchdown, which earned him NFC Special Teams Player of the Week honors. The teams traded scores four times in the first quarter, with
Greg Zuerlein converting a 56-yard field goal and
Gerald Everett scoring on a 4-yard shovel pass from
Jared Goff. In the second quarter,
Cory Littleton blocked a punt by which
Malcolm Brown picked up at the 8-yard-line for a touchdown. Zuerlein added a second field goal in the fourth quarter for the final margin.
Nickell Robey-Coleman had an interception, and the Rams defense totaled five sacks of Jaguars quarterback
Blake Bortles. Los Angeles, which had worn their blue-and-yellow throwback uniforms at home vs. Seattle the previous week, petitioned the NFL to allow them to wear the throwbacks on the road in Jacksonville, but their request was denied. With the host Jaguars wearing white, the Rams wore their Millennium Blue jerseys for the final time in franchise history, this time with white pants.
Week 7: vs. Arizona Cardinals NFL International Series The Rams turned in a dominant performance over the NFC West rival
Cardinals at London's
Twickenham Stadium for their first-ever regular season victory outside the United States.
Jared Goff threw for 235 yards and had a touchdown pass to
Cooper Kupp (four receptions, 51 yards), with one interception. Goff also scored on a 9-yard run as the Rams built a 23–0 halftime lead.
Todd Gurley had his fourth 100-yard rushing game of the season with 22 carries for 106 yards and a touchdown, plus four receptions for 48 yards. The Rams defense shut down Cardinals running back
Adrian Peterson (12 carries, 21 yards) for the game and allowed only 196 total yards to Arizona. Cardinals quarterback
Carson Palmer was hit hard by Rams linebacker
Alec Ogletree as he threw late in the second quarter and the pass was picked off by
Lamarcus Joyner to set up a Todd Gurley touchdown run. Palmer suffered a broken left arm on the play and was knocked out for the year (Palmer retired following the season).
Mark Barron added another interception off
Drew Stanton to set up the third of
Greg Zuerlein's four field goals on the day. It was the Rams' first shutout victory since
2014, and their first-ever win in the
NFL International Series. It was also one of two NFL London Games of the 2017 season to end in a shutout, the other being the New Orleans Saints' 20–0 victory over the Miami Dolphins in
Wembley Stadium in Week 4.
Week 9: at New York Giants Returning to action after their bye week, the Rams put on a dominating performance against the host
Giants, who suffered their worst loss since
1964.
Jared Goff was named NFC Offensive Player of the Week after throwing for 311 yards and four touchdowns, two to
Robert Woods and one each to
Tyler Higbee and
Sammy Watkins.
Todd Gurley scored a pair of rushing touchdowns and added a 44-yard catch-and-run that set up another. The Rams defense forced three turnovers, including fumble recoveries by defensive tackle
Aaron Donald and linebacker
Connor Barwin and an interception by
Trumaine Johnson, all of which led to Rams scores. Their special teams also contributed to the win, with three field goals by Greg Zuerlein and a blocked punt by
Cory Littleton also setting up a touchdown by the offense.
Week 10: vs. Houston Texans Taking a 9–7 lead on three field goals by
Greg Zuerlein during a quiet first half, the Rams exploded for three touchdowns during the third quarter of the Texans' first-ever visit to Los Angeles.
Jared Goff passed for a career-high 355 yards and three touchdowns. Two went to
Robert Woods, one of which went for 94 yards (the third-longest touchdown pass in Rams history), with the other going to
Sammy Watkins. Meanwhile, the Rams defense forced four Texans turnovers, two of which were strip sack recoveries from
Connor Barwin and rookie linebacker
Samson Ebukam while the other two were interceptions by linebacker
Mark Barron and strong safety
Blake Countess. Zuerlein closed out the Rams' fourth-straight win with his fourth field goal. The 7–2 start was the best for the Rams since
2001. They now have at least one home victory against all 31 other franchises.
Week 11: at Minnesota Vikings The Rams took the opening kickoff and drove 75 yards in nine plays, capping the drive with a 6-yard touchdown run by
Todd Gurley. After the Vikings tied the game in the second quarter on a
Latavius Murray touchdown run, Los Angeles came close to regaining the lead when
Jared Goff connected with
Cooper Kupp near the goal line. But Vikings safety
Anthony Harris stripped the ball from Kupp and recovered it, and the Rams never threatened to score again. Vikings quarterback
Case Keenum bedeviled his former Ram teammates, passing for 280 yards and a touchdown as Minnesota scored 17 unanswered points in the fourth quarter.
Alec Ogletree had 12 tackles in what would be the only loss on the road for the Rams during the regular season.
Week 12: vs. New Orleans Saints Jared Goff passed for 354 yards and touchdowns to wide receivers
Sammy Watkins and rookie
Josh Reynolds as the Rams grabbed an early lead and kept it throughout in holding off the eventual NFC South Division champions.
Cooper Kupp had a season-high eight receptions for 116 yards, and
Greg Zuerlein added four field goals. On defense, both
Aaron Donald and defensive end
Robert Quinn had five tackles and a sack for the game. With the win over the New Orleans Saints, the Rams improved to 8–3, their first non-losing season since
2006.
Week 13: at Arizona Cardinals The Rams jumped out to a 16-0 first quarter lead and never looked back against the host Cardinals. Tight end
Gerald Everett and wide receiver
Sammy Watkins both scored on touchdown passes from
Jared Goff, and kicker
Greg Zuerlein converted four field goals. The defense combined for a season-high seven sacks of Cardinals quarterback
Blaine Gabbert, with
Aaron Donald,
Robert Quinn and
Ethan Westbrooks totaling two sacks each. Cornerback
Trumaine Johnson had a team-high seven tackles and
Alec Ogletree picked off a Gabbert pass and returned it 41 yards for a touchdown. With the win over Arizona, the Rams improved to 9-3 and achieved their first winning season since
2003.
Week 14: vs. Philadelphia Eagles The showdown between two of the NFC's top teams did not disappoint, as the first two picks in the
2016 NFL draft faced off for the first time in a high-scoring game that featured four lead changes. Eagles quarterback
Carson Wentz threw three touchdown passes in the second quarter as Philadelphia came back to stake out a 24–14 halftime lead. The Rams rallied in the third period as
Jared Goff found
Sammy Watkins for his second touchdown pass of the game and
Blake Countess recovered a blocked punt for a score that put the Rams on top 28–24.
Wentz drove the Eagles to the goal line and suffered what would be a season-ending torn ACL injury, but Wentz did not leave the field before throwing his fourth TD pass of the game to
Alshon Jeffery to give Philadelphia a 31–28 lead. Early in the fourth quarter,
Todd Gurley (13 carries, 96 yards) scored his second touchdown of the game to give the Rams a 35–31 advantage. But former Rams QB
Nick Foles stepped in for the injured Wentz and engineered two scoring drives that ended in field goals for the Eagles, who took a 37–35 lead. With just seven seconds remaining, the Rams' last-ditch play went disastrously, as
Tavon Austin fumbled a lateral from
Pharoh Cooper which Eagles defensive end
Brandon Graham ran in for a touchdown as time expired. With the loss, the Rams fell to 9–4 while the Eagles clinched the NFC East for the first time since 2013.
Week 15: at Seattle Seahawks The Rams thoroughly dominated the Seahawks, rolling to a 40-point lead by the third quarter in their biggest-ever win in Seattle. Running back
Todd Gurley ran 21 times for 152 yards and three touchdowns, while also catching three passes for 28 yards and another score and was named NFC Offensive Player of the Week. The Rams defense menaced Seahawks quarterback
Russell Wilson all day long with seven sacks, three coming from
Aaron Donald and two more credited to
Robert Quinn. Kicker
Greg Zuerlein kicked two field goals and four PATs to add to his league-leading total of 158 points, but aggravated a back injury so severely that he was placed on injured reserve soon after the game. The Rams improved to 10–4 as head coach
Sean McVay became the youngest coach to win 10 regular season games since 1937.
Week 16: at Tennessee Titans In this
Super Bowl XXXIV rematch, the Rams clinched their first
NFC Western Division title since
2003 in a wild shootout with the
Titans in Nashville. Running back
Todd Gurley repeated as NFC Offensive Player of the Week after finishing with 22 carries for 118 yards and 10 catches for 158 yards and 2 TDs, including an 80-yard catch-and-run in the second quarter. Trailing by three in the fourth quarter,
Jared Goff engineered the first comeback win of his professional career, completing 22 of 38 passes for 301 yards and four touchdowns, the last going to
Cooper Kupp on a 14-yard scoring strike with 11:51 remaining. The Rams defense held the Titans scoreless on their final three drives to seal the victory. The victory also guaranteed the Rams their first playoff berth since
2004.
Week 17: vs. San Francisco 49ers With no chance to improve his team's standing, Rams head coach
Sean McVay opted to rest most of his starting lineup for the season finale. The 49ers got their fifth straight win to close the season as
Jimmy Garoppolo passed for 292 yards and two touchdowns while
Carlos Hyde ran for two more scores for San Francisco. Rams replacement kicker
Sam Ficken kicked a pair of field goals in the first half and backup running back
Lance Dunbar scored on an 8-yard run in the fourth quarter.
Sean Mannion made his first pro start for the Rams at quarterback, going 20-of-34 for 169 yards. On defense, cornerback
Kevin Peterson led the Rams in tackles (eight), pass deflections (five), and interceptions (two) as the Rams finished with an 11–5 record. The Rams wore their classic blue-and-yellow throwback uniforms for the second time in the season.
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