With the arrival of the defending NFL Champion Rams, Los Angeles finally had a major professional team. The NFL once experimented with a team based in Los Angeles, but they played all their games on the road.

The new Los Angeles Rams proved to be ahead of their time right away as they signed halfback Kenny Washington and receiver Woody Strode. The two became the first black players to play in the NFL since the NFL instituted a ban on black players in 1932.

On September 29th, the city of Los Angeles hosted its first game at the historic Los Angels Memorial Coliseum, which hosted the 1932 Olympics. In the first official NFL game at the Coliseum, the Rams were defeated by the Philadelphia Eagles 25-14.

After a win and a tie oh the road, the Rams got their first win in LA on October 20th against the Detroit Lions. The Rams would lose three of their next five games, hoping for a repeat NFL Championship faded.

The Rams would close their first season in Los Angeles with a 6-4-1 record.