Los Angeles Rams · Franchise era 5 of 7
The Greatest Show on Turf: the Los Angeles Rams story
The story in one sentence
Warner's emergence, Faulk's versatility and a deep receiving corps produced two Super Bowls and the championship after the 1999 season.
Speed and spacing transform the league
Kurt Warner, Marshall Faulk and Isaac Bruce gave the era its recognizable core.
Its ending created the conditions for the long rebuild and return home.
Timeline
How it unfolded
Before 1999
What came before
The final Anaheim teams faded before Georgia Frontiere moved the club to St. Louis, where Bruce became the first piece of a sudden offensive leap.
- 12TradeApril 15, 1999
April 15, 1999
The two-pick trade that completed the Greatest Show on Turf
The Colts had drafted Edgerrin James and moved an unhappy Faulk. The Rams saw the receiving back Mike Martz needed to connect every part of a new offense.
To LAR
To IND19992NDround asset1999PICKround assetMarshall Faulk to St. LouisLAR receives Marshall FaulkIND receives 1999 second · No. 36, 1999 fifth · No. 1383 original assets · 2 outcomes tracedOpen trade → 2000-01-30
Super Bowl: St. Louis Rams vs Tennessee Titans
2002-01-27
Conference Championship: Philadelphia Eagles vs St. Louis Rams
2002-02-03
Super Bowl: St. Louis Rams vs New England Patriots
After 2004
What came next
Jackson carried years of losing, Donald arrived as a foundational defender and the franchise returned to Los Angeles in 2016.
The core