2012 St . Louis Rams season The St . Louis Rams season was the team ' s 75th season in the National Football League , the 18th overall in St . Louis and the first under new head coach Jeff Fisher . Finishing at 7 - 8 - 1 , they improved on their 2 - 14 record from 2011 . In Week 10 against the San Francisco 49ers , the game ended in a 24 - 24 tie , the first since the 2008 NFL season . Personnel changes . On January 2 , 2012 , Rams ' owner Stan Kroenke fired coach Steve Spagnuolo and GM Billy Devaney after a 2 - 14 season , and their 10 – 38 record after three seasons . Former Tennessee Titans head coach Jeff Fisher was signed to be the new head coach and Les Snead was hired to be the new general manager . Schedule . Preseason . The Rams ' preseason schedule was announced on April 4 , 2012 . Game summaries . Week 1 : at Detroit Lions . The Rams started their season on the road against the Lions . The Rams drew first blood in the first quarter with a 48 - yard field goal from Greg Zuerlein to take a 3 - 0 lead for the only score of that quarter . The Lions then took a 7 - 3 lead with Joique Bell ' s 1 - yard run for a touchdown in the 2nd quarter . The Rams responded with a 29 - yard field goal from Zuerlein as they came up within a point 7 - 6 before on the Lions ' next possession , Matthew Stafford was picked off by Cortland Finnegan and it was returned 31 yards for a touchdown as the Rams retook the lead 13 - 7 . The Lions then responded with Jason Hanson kicking a 41 - yard field goal to shorten the Rams ' lead to 13 - 10 at halftime . After the break , the Lions scored first with Jason Hanson kicking a 45 - yard field goal to tie the game 13 - 13 for the only score of the 3rd quarter . However , the Rams would move back into the lead in the 4th quarter with Brandon Gibson ' s 23 - yard catch from Sam Bradford to make it 20 - 13 . The Lions tied the game back up with Kevin Smith running for a touchdown from 5 yards out to tie the game 20 - 20 . The Rams then retook the lead with Greg Zuerlein kicking a 46 - yard field goal to make the score 23 - 20 . Finally , on their last possession , the Lions moved down the field and Matthew Stafford found Kevin Smith on a 5 - yard touchdown pass to make the final score 27 - 23 as the Rams would begin their season 0 - 1 . Week 2 : vs . Washington Redskins . After a tough loss , the Rams returned home for a game against the Redskins . With the win , the team improved to 1 - 1 . Before the game , the Rams were fined $ 20 , 000 for not reporting Steven Jackson ' s injury . Week 3 : at Chicago Bears . After defeating the Redskins at home , the Rams traveled on the road against the Bears . The Bears scored first in the first quarter with a 54 - yard field goal from Robbie Gould to take a 3 - 0 lead for the only score of the quarter . In the 2nd quarter , the Bears increased their lead when Michael Bush scored a touchdown on a 5 - yard run to make the score 10 - 0 . The Rams responded with Greg Zuerlein ' s 56 - yard field goal to shorten the lead to 10 - 3 at halftime . In the 3rd quarter , the Rams drew closer as Zuerlein kicked a 46 - yard field goal to make the score 10 - 6 for the only score of the quarter . But in the 4th quarter , the Bears held on for victory as Gould kicked a 22 - yard field goal to make it 13 - 6 then on the Rams ' next possession , Sam Bradford would be intercepted by Major Wright who then returned it 45 yards for a touchdown to make it 20 - 6 . Then finally , Robbie Gould kicked a 37 - yard field goal to make the final score 23 - 6 as the Rams dropped to 1 - 2 . Week 4 : vs . Seattle Seahawks . With the win , the Rams improved to 2 - 2 , And 2 - 0 in home games . Week 5 : vs . Arizona Cardinals . With the win , the Rams improved to 3 - 2 . This would also be the first time since 2006 the Rams have come at least a game above . 500 . Interestingly , the team was 3 - 0 at home and 0 - 2 in road games at this point of the season . Week 6 : at Miami Dolphins . With the loss , the Rams fell to 3 - 3 . Also , with the Seahawks ' win over the Patriots , the team now sits at the bottom of the NFC West . The team was also 0 - 3 in road games . Week 7 : vs . Green Bay Packers . With the loss , the Rams fell to 3 - 4 and suffered their first home loss of the season . Week 8 : vs . New England Patriots . International Series With the loss , the Rams fell to 3 - 5 on the season . The Rams traveled to London and were considered the home team in the 2012 International Series . The Rams ' struggles continued as the team lost to the Patriots 45 - 7 heading into their bye week . Patriots quarterback Tom Brady was able to have his way against the Rams ' secondary , throwing touchdowns to four different Patriot wide receivers including two to ex - Ram Brandon Lloyd . Week 10 : at San Francisco 49ers . With their 3 - game losing streak snapped , the Rams ' record stood at 3 - 5 - 1 after the game ended in a 24 - 24 tie . This would be the first NFL tie game since 2008 when the Bengals and Eagles played to a 13 - 13 tie game . Also , this is the first tie game between the Rams and 49ers since 1968 when both teams played to a 20 - 20 tie game while the Rams were still in Los Angeles , thus this game becoming the first tie game between them and the Niners as the St . Louis Rams . Week 11 : vs . New York Jets . With the loss , the Rams fell to 3 - 6 - 1 . Also , after going 3 - 0 in their first 3 home games , that record now sat at 3 - 3 . Week 12 : at Arizona Cardinals . With the win , the Rams improved to 4 - 6 - 1 and swept the season series with the Cardinals . Week 13 : vs . San Francisco 49ers . With the win , the Rams improved to 5 - 6 - 1 . After going into OT with the 49ers for the second time during the season , the Rams once again faced the threat of a tie . Luckily for the team , kicker Greg Zuerlein kicked a 54 yard field goal to seal the win for the Rams . Week 14 : at Buffalo Bills . With the road win , the Rams improved their record to 6 - 6 - 1 . The win was attributed to a late fourth quarter comeback drive by Rams quarterback Sam Bradford . The drive resulted in a touchdown reception by Brandon Gibson , bringing the score to 13 - 12 . The Rams then scored a 2 - point conversion on a quick pass to Danny Amendola , making the score 15 - 12 Rams . With under 2 minutes left in the game , the Bills attempted a comeback of their own , but came up short in what resulted in the Rams win . Week 15 : vs . Minnesota Vikings . With the loss , the Rams fell to a 6 - 7 - 1 record on the season . The Rams ' loss came due to a stellar , over 200 yards rushing performance by Vikings running back Adrian Peterson , and by early mistakes by the Rams ' offense . Also during the game , Steven Jackson rushed for 73 yards , making him only the 27th player in NFL history to have 10 , 000 rushing yards on his career . Week 16 : at Tampa Bay Buccaneers . Despite the win , the Rams were officially eliminated from playoff contention due to the Vikings 23 - 6 win over the Texans , but are aiming to finish with a winning record for the first time since 2004 with a win at Seattle at next week Week 17 : at Seattle Seahawks . After winning over the Buccaneers , the Rams traveled up to Seattle to take on the Seahawks with a division record of 4 - 0 - 1 , the Seahawks were able to shut down the Rams and hand the team their only divisional loss of the season . The Rams finished 7 - 8 - 1 , their 6th straight losing season dating back to 2007 and their 9th straight non - winning season dating back to 2004 which is interestingly the last time they made it into the playoffs .