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| First meeting | November 22, 1970 Cardinals 6, Chiefs 6 |
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| Latest meeting | September 3, 2015 Chiefs 24, Rams 17 |
| Next meeting | (Defunct)[1] |
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| Meetings total | 11 |
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TheMissouri Governor's Cup (also known as theChiefs–Rams rivalry, orCardinals–Chiefs rivalry) was a trophy awarded to the winner of the football game betweenMissouri's twoNational Football League (NFL) teams. The local press occasionally referred to the game asThe Battle of Missouri,The Show-Me State Showdown, or theI-70 Series. Originally played for between theKansas City Chiefs and theSt. Louis Cardinals, the series went into recess after 1987 following the Cardinals' relocation toPhoenix, Arizona at the end of the season, leaving the Chiefs as the only NFL team in Missouri. In 1996, the year after theSt. Louis Rams relocated fromLos Angeles, the Governor's Cup series returned and was played until 2015 in the preseason and the interconference regular season matchups between the Chiefs and Rams. The series ended once again after the Rams returned to Los Angeles in 2016, leaving the Chiefs as the only NFL team in Missouri for a second time.
The contest began in1968 when St. Louis was home of theSt. Louis football Cardinals[2] until the Cardinals' relocation in1988. The Governor's Cup game was resumed in the1996 season between the Chiefs and the Rams until the Rams' relocation in2016.
The Chiefs posted a 16–7–2 mark in its Governor's Cup series against the Cardinals from 1968 to 1987, going 3–1–1 in the regular season record and 13–6–1 in preseason play.[3]
When the Los Angeles Rams relocated to St. Louis, the rivalry among Missourians re-emerged. Both the Rams and the Chiefs possessed the two most productive offenses in the NFL in the early 2000s, and the meetings often resulted in shootouts. Former Rams coachDick Vermeil was hired by the Chiefs in 2001 after he had wonSuper Bowl XXXIV with the Rams with one of the NFL's most powerful offensive squads in history. Once the Chiefs created their own high-powered offense with the arrival of Vermeil, the rivalry became even more exciting. In often meaningless preseason games, the Chiefs and Rams gave all their energy to secure the Governor's Cup, their spot as the best offense in the league, and bragging rights for their respective city in Missouri. Dick Vermeil faced off against his old coaching staff with the Rams – including his offensive coordinator of "The Greatest Show on Turf",Mike Martz, who succeeded Vermeil for the Rams head coaching job.
Chiefs ownerClark Hunt helped engineer the Rams' return to Los Angeles, their home from 1946–94, in January 2016, when he was the sole dissenting vote for a proposal which would have allowed theRaiders andChargers to move to a new stadium inCarson. Hunt andCowboys ownerJerry Jones then brokered a deal to allow the Rams to move back to California, where ownerStan Kroenke would constructa new stadium inInglewood.[4] The substitute proposal was approved 30–2, with the Raiders and Chargers voting no. The Chargers moved to Los Angeles in 2017, then became tenants of the Rams' stadium in 2020.
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