The Rams' offense was among the worst in the league in 2011. They scored only 193 points (12.1 points per game), last in the league, and 11th-fewest all-time for a 16-game season.[1] Their −214-point differential was last in the league.[2]
Football Outsiders ranked St. Louis the worst team in the league, per play, in 2011.[3] The 2012 Football Outsiders Almanac, however, noted that the Rams went from the league's easiest schedule in 2010 to the league's hardest schedule in 2011.[4]
With their 2–14 record, the Rams capped a stretch from
2007 to 2011 in which they went 15–65, setting a new mark for the worst five-season span in NFL history. This mark has since been matched by
the Cleveland Browns of
2013 to
2017. To date, this is the last season with the Rams getting at most two victories. As of 2022, the 2011 Rams are the most recent team to finish a season scoring less than 200 points.
^[a] The
Rams traded its sixth-round selection (#145 overall) to the
Atlanta Falcons in exchange for the
Falcons' sixth-round selection (#158 overall) and their seventh-round selection (#229 overall).
This home game for the team also had a celebration of the St. Louis Cardinals showing off the World Series trophy. The Rams would then go on to win this game and improve to 1–6.
Week 9: at Arizona Cardinals
Week Nine: St. Louis Rams at Arizona Cardinals – Game summary
The game featured the Rams' scoring the four points in the third quarter as they got two safeties on consecutive drives. This was first time in NFL history that a team had recorded four points in a quarter.
With the loss, the Rams fell to 1–7 and last place in the NFC West.[8]
Week 10: at Cleveland Browns
Week Ten: St. Louis Rams at Cleveland Browns – Game summary
^Football Outsiders Almanac 2012 (
ISBN978-1-4782-0152-6), p.216-217: "In 2011, St. Louis became the first person in [Football Outsiders' history] (1991–2011) to go from the easiest schedule one season to the hardest schedule the next."
The Rams' offense was among the worst in the league in 2011. They scored only 193 points (12.1 points per game), last in the league, and 11th-fewest all-time for a 16-game season.[1] Their −214-point differential was last in the league.[2]
Football Outsiders ranked St. Louis the worst team in the league, per play, in 2011.[3] The 2012 Football Outsiders Almanac, however, noted that the Rams went from the league's easiest schedule in 2010 to the league's hardest schedule in 2011.[4]
With their 2–14 record, the Rams capped a stretch from
2007 to 2011 in which they went 15–65, setting a new mark for the worst five-season span in NFL history. This mark has since been matched by
the Cleveland Browns of
2013 to
2017. To date, this is the last season with the Rams getting at most two victories. As of 2022, the 2011 Rams are the most recent team to finish a season scoring less than 200 points.
^[a] The
Rams traded its sixth-round selection (#145 overall) to the
Atlanta Falcons in exchange for the
Falcons' sixth-round selection (#158 overall) and their seventh-round selection (#229 overall).
This home game for the team also had a celebration of the St. Louis Cardinals showing off the World Series trophy. The Rams would then go on to win this game and improve to 1–6.
Week 9: at Arizona Cardinals
Week Nine: St. Louis Rams at Arizona Cardinals – Game summary
The game featured the Rams' scoring the four points in the third quarter as they got two safeties on consecutive drives. This was first time in NFL history that a team had recorded four points in a quarter.
With the loss, the Rams fell to 1–7 and last place in the NFC West.[8]
Week 10: at Cleveland Browns
Week Ten: St. Louis Rams at Cleveland Browns – Game summary
^Football Outsiders Almanac 2012 (
ISBN978-1-4782-0152-6), p.216-217: "In 2011, St. Louis became the first person in [Football Outsiders' history] (1991–2011) to go from the easiest schedule one season to the hardest schedule the next."