Rams-Lions connections: More to this wild-card matchup than Stafford-Goff trade
LOS ANGELES — It’s been more than seven decades since the Rams played the Detroit Lions in the only playoff matchup between the teams. In 1952 a Rams team featuring stars such as Norm Van Brocklin, Bob Waterfield and Tom Fears lost 31-21 to a Lions team led by Bobby Layne and Doak Walker. On Sunday at Ford Field in Detroit, the sixth-seeded Rams play the third-seeded Lions in an NFC wild-card ...
by Gary Klein, Los Angeles Times
Jan 09, 2024
3 minutes
LOS ANGELES — It’s been more than seven decades since the Rams played the Detroit Lions in the only playoff matchup between the teams.
In 1952 a Rams team featuring stars such as Norm Van Brocklin, Bob Waterfield and Tom Fears lost 31-21 to a Lions team led by Bobby Layne and Doak Walker.
On Sunday at Ford Field in Detroit, the sixth-seeded Rams play the third-seeded Lions in an NFC wild-card game between teams
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