The1986 Los Angeles Rams season was the franchise's 49th season in theNational Football League, their fiftieth overall, and their 41st in theGreater Los Angeles Area. The season began with the Rams looking to improve on their 11–5 record from1985, which ended with them getting shut out bythe Chicago Bears in theNFC Championship Game, 24–0. The Rams began the season with three straight wins against theSt. Louis Cardinals,San Francisco 49ers, andIndianapolis Colts. However, in week 4,the Philadelphia Eagles (0–3) upset the Rams, 34–20. The Rams would then win four of their next five, including a 20–17 win overthe Bears in a rematch of the NFC Championship Game. The Rams would then close out the season with losses in four of their final seven games to end the year 10–6, good enough for second place in theNFC West behind the 49ers (10–5–1). In theplayoffs, the Rams lost tothe Washington Redskins, 19–7, in the NFC Wild Card Game.
Jim Everett (Quarterback,Purdue University) was selected by theHouston Oilers as the third pick in the first round, and was the first quarterback taken. Unable to work out a contract agreement with Everett, the Oilers traded his rights to the Rams.[2] In exchange for Everett, the Rams sent the Oilers guardKent Hill, defensive endWilliam Fuller, their first pick and fifth pick in the1987 NFL draft, and their first pick in the1988 NFL draft.
