2009 St. Louis Rams season
| 2009 St. Louis Rams season | |
|---|---|
| Head coach | Steve Spagnuolo |
| General manager | Billy Devaney |
| Owner | Rosenbloom Family |
| Home field | Edward Jones Dome |
| Results | |
| Record | 1–15 |
| Division place | 4th NFC West |
| Playoff finish | Did not qualify |
| AP All-Pros |
Steven Jackson (2nd team) Donnie Jones (2nd team) |
The 2009 St. Louis Rams season was the team’s 72nd season in the National Football League, and its 15th in St. Louis. Due to the Rams winning only against the Detroit Lions, they finished with the NFL’s worst record at 1-15, earning the first overall selection in the 2010 NFL Draft in Steve Spagnuolo’s first season as a head coach.
The 2009 Rams scored 175 points (10.9 per game), the sixth-fewest for a 16-game NFL season. The Rams threw only twelve combined touchdown passes all season – including one by kicker Josh Brown. Quarterback Marc Bulger led the team with five touchdown passes. Pro Football Reference argues that the 2009 Rams were the worst team fielded in the NFL since the expansion Tampa Bay Buccaneers of 1976 and 1977, having a much weaker schedule than the winless 2008 Lions.
In the three seasons from 2007 to 2009, the Rams won a total of six games, this being the worst record over such a period since the Chicago Cardinals during World War II. Ironically, the Cardinals never won fewer than four games in any season during their tenure in St. Louis from 1960 through 1987.
The Rams announced that Jim Haslett would not be returning as head coach after a disastrous 2–14 finish to the 2008 season. On January 16, New York Giants’ Defensive Coordinator Steve Spagnuolo signed a four-year $11.5 million. deal to be their new head coach.
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