Factoid
The Rams kind of snuck up on me last season. I think they were overshadowed by having to share the limelight with all of the other really bad teams last year (most notably the Lions – the Rams won at Detroit in week 8).
St. Louis has a very good running back (Steven Jackson), and they were at least competitive during a stretch of games in the middle of the season before the wheels really feel off.
But the Rams are awful – as in all-time awful.
The Lions may have gone winless last year and just 2-14 in 2009, but St. Louis, believe it or not, has been worse over the last three years. The Rams have gone 3-13, 2-14 and 1-15 over the last three seasons. That’s the worst three-year run by anyone since the league went to the 16-game schedule in 1978.
WORST THREE-YEAR RUNS IN THE NFL, 1978-
Includes only teams playing three consecutive 16-game seasons. With strike-shortened seasons, the Oilers went 6-35 from 1982-1984 and the Bucs went 8-39 from 1985-1987,
W L Pct. Years Team
6 42 .125 '07-'09 St. Louis Rams
8 40 .167 '84-'86 Buffalo Bills
9 39 .188 '90-'92 New England Patriots
9 39 .188 '01-'03 Houston Texans
9 39 .188 '07-'09 Detroit Lions
10 38 .208 '78-'80 San Francisco 49ers
10 38 .208 '83-'85 Houston Oilers
10 38 .208 '83-'85 Tampa Bay Buccaneers
10 38 .208 '84-'86 Tampa Bay Buccaneers
10 38 .208 '94-'96 New York Jets
10 38 .208 '01-'03 Detroit Lions
10 38 .208 '05-'07 Oakland Raiders
10 38 .208 '06-'08 Detroit Lions
10 38 .208 '07-'09 Kansas City Chiefs
—Ian Allan
- Comments [0]
Readers' Comments
Add a Comment
Already a registered user? Please sign in to add comments.
To add comments, you must become a registered user of our site. To register, please click here.
