Cardinals vs. Rams: Upcoming Game Info & Rivalry History

When Do the Arizona Cardinals and the Los Angeles Rams Play Next?

Arizona Cardinals tickets and Los Angeles Rams tickets can be found on their respective team pages, along with schedule information.

Are the Arizona Cardinals and the Los Angeles Rams Rivals?

Yes, the Arizona Cardinals and the Los Angeles Rams have an intense division rivalry in the NFL. As both teams are in the National Football Conference (NFC) Western Division, they play each other twice a year, allowing the rivalry to continue to expand with each season. Along with the Seattle Seahawks and the San Francisco 49ers, the winner of the NFC West every year gets an automatic berth into the NFL Playoffs. The NFC West has been one most competitive divisions in the NFL, with each team making the playoffs at least once. Additionally, each team in the NFC West, including the Cardinals and the Rams, has won the division once between 2015–2022.

Who are the Arizona Cardinals’ Biggest Rivals?

The Arizona Cardinals have several rivalries within the National Football League, most notably within the NFC West. The Cardinals’ biggest rivals are the Los Angeles Rams, the Seattle Seahawks and the San Francisco 49ers. The Cardinals also have a rivalry with the Chicago Bears that dates back to 1920, as they are the only two teams that remain from the NFL’s inception in 1920.

Who are the Los Angeles Rams’ Biggest Rivals?

As a franchise that has been located in a number of different cities since its inception, the Los Angeles Rams have amassed several rivals in the NFL. Currently, the Rams’ most prominent rivals are within the NFC West: the Arizona Cardinals, the Seattle Seahawks and the San Francisco 49ers. The Rams also have a geographically based rivalry with the Los Angeles Chargers, as the two teams share both a city and a stadium. Finally, the Rams have an intense rivalry with the Dallas Cowboys that dates back to the 1970s.

Arizona Cardinals vs. Los Angeles Rams History

The Arizona Cardinals and the Los Angeles Rams have a rivalry that dates back all the way to 1937. The two teams have squared off 93 times between their first meeting and 2022, with the Rams holding a narrow edge in the all-time series, 50-41-2. The Rams also hold the edge in postseason series, 2–0, with the most recent game coming in the 2021–2022 season. The Rams walloped the Cardinals, 34–11, on the way to their Super Bowl victory that season. Both teams secured their largest margin of victory against the other in the 2017 season, when the Rams blanked the Cardinals 34–0, and then the Cardinals exacted their revenge, 44–6.

The two teams both also possess an eight-game win streak as the longest in the series, with the Rams winning eight in a row from 2017–2021 and the Cardinals winning eight in a row from 2006–2010.

Where Do the Arizona Cardinals and Los Angeles Rams Play?

State Farm Stadium is the home of the Arizona Cardinals. The stadium, located in Glendale, Arizona, opened in August 2006 and cost $455 million to construct. State Farm is a domed stadium with a retractable roof, and houses up to 78,600 fans. Apart from being the home of the Arizona Cardinals, State Farm Stadium has hosted events across sports and entertainment, including more than a dozen International Club and Country soccer matches, The NCAA Division I Men’s Basketball National Championship of 2017, the College Football Playoff National Championship Game of 2016, Wrestlemania XXVI, and concerts from the Rolling Stones, U2, One Direction, and more.

The home of the Los Angeles Rams is SoFi Stadium, a sports and entertainment indoor facility that also houses the Los Angeles Chargers. Opened in September 2020, SoFi Stadium cost an estimated $6 billion, marking the most expensive stadium to date in the United States. It’s regarded as a modern architectural and design marvel, receiving awards like Stadium of the Year from StadiumDB and Outstanding Architectural Engineering Project from the American Society of Civil Engineers. SoFi has 70,240 fixed seats, and can be expanded to 100,240 for special events.

Regarded as one of the premier stadiums in the United States, SoFi Stadium has been tabbed to host the 2023 CONCACAF Gold Cup Final, several matches in the 2026 FIFA World Cup, the opening and closing ceremonies of the 2028 Summer Olympics, and the 2031 and 2033 Rugby World Cups. It has also hosted the 2023 College Football Playoff National Championship, the annual LA Bowl, and Super Bowl LVI in 2022, where the hometown Los Angeles Rams beat the Cincinnati Bengals 23–20.

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