The 1986 Los Angeles Rams season was the team's 49th year with the National Football League and the 41st season in Los Angeles.
Offseason
NFL Draft
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Round |
Pick |
Player |
Position |
School/Club Team |
Regular season
Schedule
Week |
Date |
Opponent |
Result |
Summary |
Attendance |
1 |
September 7, 1986 |
at St. Louis Cardinals |
W 16–10 |
Eric Dickerson ran for 193 yards and two TD's, which offset a 5-for-21 passing performance by new Ram QB Steve Bartkowski. The Rams sacked Cardinal QB Neil Lomax five times and intercepted him once. |
40,347
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2 |
September 14, 1986 |
San Francisco 49ers |
W 16–13 |
Rams took advantage of the 49ers being without an injured Joe Montana by winning a close one at home on a late FG by Mike Lansford. |
65,195
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3 |
September 21, 1986 |
at Indianapolis Colts |
W 24–7 |
Bartkowski had a fine day, passing for a TD, and Dickerson had 121 yards and another TD as Rams dominated. The Colts had only 177 yards of total offense and were sacked seven times. |
59,012
|
4 |
September 28, 1986 |
at Philadelphia Eagles |
L 34–20 |
Rams were blown out by an 0–3 Eagles team. Ron Jaworski passed for 3 TD's and Keith Byars threw a halfback option pass for another TD. Steve Dils replaced an injured Bartkowski and passed for 3 TD's late after Philadelphia had built a 34–0 lead. |
65,646
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5 |
October 5, 1986 |
Tampa Bay Buccaneers |
W 26–20 |
Dickerson had 207 yards rushing, including the winning TD in overtime. |
50,585
|
6 |
October 12, 1986 |
at Atlanta Falcons |
L 26–14 |
Bartkowski returned from injury and passed for 196 yards and a TD against his former team, but the Rams couldn't overcome 141 yards rushing and a TD by Gerald Riggs and four Mick Luckhurst field goals. |
51,662
|
7 |
October 19, 1986 |
Detroit Lions |
W 14–10 |
Rams built an early 14–0 lead behind an 80-yard interception return TD by Nolan Cromwell and a rushing TD by Dickerson, who had 130 yards, and held on for the win. |
50,992
|
8 |
October 26, 1986 |
Atlanta Falcons |
W 14–7 |
Rams held Falcons to 151 yards of offense. Dickerson had 170 yards and got into the passing act with a TD pass to TE David Hill. |
56,993
|
9 |
November 3, 1986 |
at Chicago Bears |
W 20–17 |
Despite only six pass completions on the day, Dils threw a game-tying TD bomb to Ron Brown and Lansford kicked a 50-yard FG to win it as the Rams upended the defending Super Bowl champs. |
64,877
|
10 |
November 9, 1986 |
at New Orleans Saints |
L 6–0 |
Rams lost a defensive struggle on the road. |
62,352
|
11 |
November 16, 1986 |
New England Patriots |
L 30–28 |
Coach John Robinson figured the time was right to start rookie Jim Everett, and the rookie passed for 3 TD's. But, the Rams couldn't overcome a 375-yard passing performance by Tony Eason and two late TD's to Irving Fryar. |
64,339
|
12 |
November 23, 1986 |
New Orleans Saints |
W 26–13 |
Rookie Everett had only 7 completions for 56 yards, but ran for a TD and Lansford kicked 4 FG's |
58,600
|
13 |
November 30, 1986 |
at New York Jets |
W 17–3 |
Rams upended a suddenly slumping Jets team on the road with a TD pass from Everett and a TD run by Dickerson. |
70,539
|
14 |
December 7, 1986 |
Dallas Cowboys |
W 29–10 |
Rams dominated the Cowboys at home with 212 yards passing and a TD by Everett, a 41-yard TD run by Barry Redden, and five sacks, including one for a safety. |
64,949
|
15 |
December 14, 1986 |
Miami Dolphins |
L 37–31 |
Everett was good in this game (251 yards passing, 2 TD's), but Dan Marino was better, passing for 403 yards and 5 TD's, including the winning one to Mark Duper in OT. |
62,629
|
16 |
December 19, 1986 |
at San Francisco 49ers |
L 24–14 |
Needing a victory to win the NFC West division, the 49ers outplayed the Rams, holding Everett to 13–35 passing and intercepting him 3 times. 49ers also had four sacks. |
60,366
|
Standings
Playoffs
Week |
Date |
Opponent |
Result |
Attendance |
Wildcard |
December 28, 1986 |
at Washington Redskins |
L 19–7 |
54,180
|
Awards and records
See also
- Other Anaheim–based teams in 1986
External links
References
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Lore |
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Rivalries |
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Retired numbers |
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Media |
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Wild card berths (9) |
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Division championships (18) |
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Conference championships (8) |
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League championships (3) |
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Current league affiliations |
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Former league affiliation |
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