On Februay13th, the National Football League grants a Cleveland franchise to Homer Marshman and Associates, a prominent group of local businessmen. It was Cleveland's fourth NFL franchise.

There had been a pair of teams called the Indians, one at the NFL's founding and another in 1931 . Cleveland was also home to the Cleveland Bulldogs , 1924 NFL Champions.

The group had owned a team in the rival American Football League in 1936. That team was also known as the Rams and finished with a 5-2-2 record, second-best in the league.

This new NFL franchise was a separate entity since none of the personal joined the new NFL team. The NFL Rams' first coach was Hugo Bezdek, and he led the Rams on to the field at Cleveland Municipal Stadium for their first game in on September 10th.

Unfortunately, the Detroit Lions would shut down the Rams 28-0. The Rams would get their first win 11 days later when they beat the Eagles in Philadelphia 21-3.

However, the Rams would not score more than ten points in any more games that the first season finishing with a 1-10 record.