The St. Louis Rams were a professional American football team of the National Football League (NFL). They played in St. Louis from 1995 to 2015 season, before relocating back to Los Angeles, where the team had played from 1946 to 1994. The relocation was the second for the franchise, who previously played in Cleveland until moving to Los Angeles in 1946. The Rams' relocation to St. Louis gave the city a professional football team for the first time since 1987 following the departure of the St. Louis Cardinals to Arizona.