1979 Los Angeles Rams season
| 1979 Los Angeles Rams season | |
|---|---|
| Head coach | Ray Malavasi |
| Owner | Georgia Rosenbloom |
| Home field | Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum |
| Results | |
| Record | 9–7 |
| Division place | 1st NFC West |
| Playoff finish |
Won Divisional (21–19 at Cowboys) Won Conference (9–0 at Buccaneers) Lost Super Bowl XIV (31–19 vs. Steelers) |
The 1979 Los Angeles Rams season was the team's 42nd year with the National Football League and the 34th season in Los Angeles. It was the final season for the franchise in the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum until 2016, as late owner Carroll Rosenbloom previously announced the Rams would move to Anaheim Stadium for the 1980 season.
The Rams won their seventh-consecutive NFC West title in 1979, and went to the Super Bowl for the first time. It was the team's only Super Bowl appearance while based in Los Angeles, and their first appearance in a league championship game since 1955. It would be the Rams' last division title for six seasons.
The 1979 Rams were the first team in NFL history to have a less than a +50 point differential and make it to the Super Bowl. (The Rams scored only 14 points more than their opponents in 1979.) Thirty two years later, the New York Giants, also with a 9–7 record, became the first team to reach the Super Bowl with a negative point differential (−6); unlike the 1979 Rams, the Giants won the big game. The 2008 Arizona Cardinals also reached the Super Bowl, but lost in the final moments of XLIII.
Owner Caroll Rosenbloom drowned on April 2, 1979, while swimming in the Atlantic Ocean just off of his home in Golden Beach, Florida, leaving the team to his widow, Georgia.
Tyler rushed for 141 yards and a first-quarter touchdown, but New Orleans scored the next 27 points to win going away in the Rams' final home game at the Coliseum. The victory allowed the Saints to finish 8–8, the franchise's first non-losing record after 12 consecutive losing seasons.
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