The Rams will open the 2025 season Sept. 7 by playing host to the Houston Texans at SoFi Stadium in the first of five games in the 17-game regular-season schedule against a team that made the playoffs last season.
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The Texans won the AFC South with a 10-7 record, defeated the Chargers in a wild-card round game, 32-12, then lost to the Kansas City Chiefs, 23- 14, in a divisional round game.
The Rams will face the reigning Super Bowl champion Philadelphia Eagles Sept. 21 at Philadelphia in a rematch of their 28-22 loss in a divisional round playoff game.
The next 2024 playoff team the Rams will face is the reigning AFC North champion Baltimore Ravens Oct. 12 in Baltimore.
The Rams will play the 2024 NFC South champion Tampa Bay Buccaneers Nov. 23 in a "Sunday Night Football" game at SoFi Stadium.
The final 2024 playoff team on the Rams' schedule is the Detroit Lions, who they will meet Dec. 14 at SoFi Stadium in the fourth meeting between the teams in five seasons, including playoffs. The home team has won each of the past three games.
The Rams' other prime-time games will be Thursday night games Oct. 2 against the San Francisco 49ers at SoFi Stadium and Dec. 18 at Seattle, and a Monday night game at Atlanta Dec. 29.
The Rams will face the Jacksonville Jaguars on Oct. 19 at London's Wembley Stadium in their first game outside the United State since 2019 and fifth all-time. The Rams will be considered the road team.
Record-setting receiver Cooper Kupp could face his former team for the first time on Nov. 16 when the Rams play to host the Seattle Seahawks at SoFi Stadium.
Kupp set five league records -- including most receptions through a player's first 100 games (625) and most yards from scrimmage by a wide receiver in a single season (1,965 in 2021) -- in an eight-season Rams career that ended on March 12 when he was released.
The Rams' other home games in their 17-game schedule will be on Sept. 28 against the Indianapolis Colts, Nov. 2 against the New Orleans Saints and Jan. 3 or 4 against the Arizona Cardinals, the NFL announced Wednesday as it revealed the bulk of the 2025 schedule.
The date for the Week 18 game will be determined and announced following the conclusion of Week 17.
The Rams' other road games will be on Sept. 14 at Tennessee, Nov. 9 at San Francisco, Nov. 30 at Carolina and Dec. 7 at Arizona.
NFL rules allow games to be shifted in and out for prime time from the fifth through 17th weeks of the 18-week schedule.
The NFL's schedule is based on a formula assuring that a team will face each of the 31 other teams at least once over four years.
During a season, a team plays home and road games against each of the other three teams in its division, one game each against all the teams in one division in its conference and one in the other conference, the remaining teams in its conference that finished in the same position in the standings as it did and the team from a designated division in the other conference that finished in the same position it did.
The Rams were the NFC West champions in 2024 with a 10-7 record, defeated the Minnesota Vikings 27-9, Jan. 13 in a wild-card playoff game shifted to Glendale, Arizona because of the Palisades and Eaton fires. Their season ended six days later with the loss at Philadelphia.
The NFL also announced Wednesday that the Rams will open their three- game preseason schedule Aug. 9 by playing the Dallas Cowboys at SoFi Stadium and face the Chargers Aug. 16 with the Rams designated as the home team.
The Rams will conclude the preseason Aug. 23 by playing at Cleveland.
Here is the Rams' 2025 regular-season schedule:
Sept. 7: Houston
Sept. 14: at Tennessee
Sept. 21: at Philadelphia
Sept. 28: Indianapolis
Oct. 2: San Francisco
Oct. 12: at Baltimore
Oct. 19: Jacksonville (at London)
Nov. 2: New Orleans
Nov. 9: at San Francisco
Nov. 16: Seattle
Nov. 23: Tampa Bay
Nov. 30: at Carolina
Dec. 7: at Arizona
Dec. 14: Detroit
Dec. 18: at Seattle
Dec. 29: at Atlanta
Jan. 3/4: Arizona
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