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7 crazy stats from Rams' historic 2018 regular season
By: Cameron DaSilva
Jake Roth-USA TODAY Sports
As impressive as their season was, it also came with some historical significance. This team was one of the best in franchise history, setting one major record and coming close to breaking a few others.
Here are the seven best stats from the Rams’ 2018 regular season.
Rams had more 30-point games this season than they did under Jeff Fisher
In five seasons under Fisher, the Rams scored 30 points in a game just 11 times. They had one of the worst offenses in the NFL, ranking 21st or lower in points scored in each of his five years with the team. Since Sean McVay took over, it’s been a completely different story.
This season alone, the Rams scored at least 30 points in 12 games. That’s 75 percent of their games compared to 14 percent (11 times in 80 games) in five years from 2012-16.
The Rams tied a franchise record with 12 30-point games, matching the total set by the 1999 team.
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Third Rams team ever to win 13-plus games
The Rams took a huge step forward in 2017 by winning 11 games after finishing last in the division the year before. Yet, they somehow improved upon that record by going 13-3 this year, winning the NFC West for a second straight season. It’s just the third time in franchise history that a team has won at least 13 games and the first since 2001. The Rams have never won more than 14 games, but if this upward trend continues, they could do it next year.
The other two Rams teams to win at least 13 games both went to reach the Super Bowl, winning it in 1999 but losing in 2001.
Most 1st downs in franchise history, 4th team ever with 400-plus
With Jared Goff and Todd Gurley leading the offense, the Rams made moving the ball look easy in 2018. The Rams picked up a league-high 401 first downs, which was 13 more than any other team in the NFL. It shattered the franchise record of 380 which was set in 2000.
Even more impressively, the Rams are just the fourth team in NFL history to have at least 400 first downs, trailing only the Saints (405 in 2011), Broncos (435 in 2013) and Patriots (444 in 2012).
Second-most points and yards in franchise history
With 527 points scored this season, the Rams finished second in the NFL. They surpassed the 1999 St. Louis team for second in franchise history, coming up just 13 points shy of the 2000 team that scored 540 points – the most ever.
Additionally, they had the second-most yards in franchise history (6,738), passing the 1999 and 2001 teams that had 6,412 and 6,690, respectively. The team record is 7,075 yards set in 2000, which is the third-most in NFL history. The Rams’ 6,738 total yards are the 11th-most ever in the NFL.
Aaron Donald set 3 major records despite missing out on biggest one
Donald came up two sacks short of Michael Strahan’s single-season sack record, but he still made plenty of history this year. He set the franchise record with 20.5 sacks, 1.5 clear of Robert Quinn’s mark. He also holds the all-time record for sacks by a defensive tackle in a season, and is the first player at his position to reach at least 20 sacks in a single season.
But that’s not all!
Donald also set the NFL record for the most sack yards in a season with 183.5, breaking the previous record of 178. So while he would’ve liked to break Strahan’s record, Donald had a historic season in 2018.
Woods, Cooks accomplished something only Holt and Bruce have done
Robert Woods and Brandin Cooks were phenomenal for the Rams this season. They were one of the best wide receiver duos in the NFL, both playing at a very high level all year long. Woods finished with 86 catches for a team-high 1,219 yards and six touchdowns, while Cooks caught 80 passes for 1,204 yards and five touchdowns.
They’re the first Rams tandem with at least 1,200 yards each in a single season since Torry Holt and Isaac Bruce did it in 2004. Holt and Bruce also accomplished the feat in 2000, but Woods and Cooks are the only other Rams wide receiver duo to reach those numbers.
First time Rams have swept division since 1999
The last time the Rams swept the NFC West, there were five teams in the division. That was back in 1999, but the Rams hadn’t swept the West since the conference realignment in 2002 until this year. They were the only team to do it in 2018 and just the first team in the NFC to sweep its division since the Packers did it in 2011.
The 2008 Cardinals are the last NFC West team to go 6-0 in the division.
7 crazy stats from Rams' historic 2018 regular season
By: Cameron DaSilva
Jake Roth-USA TODAY Sports
As impressive as their season was, it also came with some historical significance. This team was one of the best in franchise history, setting one major record and coming close to breaking a few others.
Here are the seven best stats from the Rams’ 2018 regular season.
Rams had more 30-point games this season than they did under Jeff Fisher
In five seasons under Fisher, the Rams scored 30 points in a game just 11 times. They had one of the worst offenses in the NFL, ranking 21st or lower in points scored in each of his five years with the team. Since Sean McVay took over, it’s been a completely different story.
This season alone, the Rams scored at least 30 points in 12 games. That’s 75 percent of their games compared to 14 percent (11 times in 80 games) in five years from 2012-16.
The Rams tied a franchise record with 12 30-point games, matching the total set by the 1999 team.
View: https://twitter.com/JB_Long/status/1079515088455897090?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1079515088455897090&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Ftheramswire.usatoday.com%2F2018%2F12%2F31%2Fnfl-rams-stats-2018-season-records-history%2F
Third Rams team ever to win 13-plus games
The Rams took a huge step forward in 2017 by winning 11 games after finishing last in the division the year before. Yet, they somehow improved upon that record by going 13-3 this year, winning the NFC West for a second straight season. It’s just the third time in franchise history that a team has won at least 13 games and the first since 2001. The Rams have never won more than 14 games, but if this upward trend continues, they could do it next year.
The other two Rams teams to win at least 13 games both went to reach the Super Bowl, winning it in 1999 but losing in 2001.
Most 1st downs in franchise history, 4th team ever with 400-plus
With Jared Goff and Todd Gurley leading the offense, the Rams made moving the ball look easy in 2018. The Rams picked up a league-high 401 first downs, which was 13 more than any other team in the NFL. It shattered the franchise record of 380 which was set in 2000.
Even more impressively, the Rams are just the fourth team in NFL history to have at least 400 first downs, trailing only the Saints (405 in 2011), Broncos (435 in 2013) and Patriots (444 in 2012).
Second-most points and yards in franchise history
With 527 points scored this season, the Rams finished second in the NFL. They surpassed the 1999 St. Louis team for second in franchise history, coming up just 13 points shy of the 2000 team that scored 540 points – the most ever.
Additionally, they had the second-most yards in franchise history (6,738), passing the 1999 and 2001 teams that had 6,412 and 6,690, respectively. The team record is 7,075 yards set in 2000, which is the third-most in NFL history. The Rams’ 6,738 total yards are the 11th-most ever in the NFL.
Aaron Donald set 3 major records despite missing out on biggest one
Donald came up two sacks short of Michael Strahan’s single-season sack record, but he still made plenty of history this year. He set the franchise record with 20.5 sacks, 1.5 clear of Robert Quinn’s mark. He also holds the all-time record for sacks by a defensive tackle in a season, and is the first player at his position to reach at least 20 sacks in a single season.
But that’s not all!
Donald also set the NFL record for the most sack yards in a season with 183.5, breaking the previous record of 178. So while he would’ve liked to break Strahan’s record, Donald had a historic season in 2018.
Woods, Cooks accomplished something only Holt and Bruce have done
Robert Woods and Brandin Cooks were phenomenal for the Rams this season. They were one of the best wide receiver duos in the NFL, both playing at a very high level all year long. Woods finished with 86 catches for a team-high 1,219 yards and six touchdowns, while Cooks caught 80 passes for 1,204 yards and five touchdowns.
They’re the first Rams tandem with at least 1,200 yards each in a single season since Torry Holt and Isaac Bruce did it in 2004. Holt and Bruce also accomplished the feat in 2000, but Woods and Cooks are the only other Rams wide receiver duo to reach those numbers.
First time Rams have swept division since 1999
The last time the Rams swept the NFC West, there were five teams in the division. That was back in 1999, but the Rams hadn’t swept the West since the conference realignment in 2002 until this year. They were the only team to do it in 2018 and just the first team in the NFC to sweep its division since the Packers did it in 2011.
The 2008 Cardinals are the last NFC West team to go 6-0 in the division.
