Rams lead Governor's Cup contests 6-5

by Ryan Van Bibber on Sep 2, 2009 9:30 AM CDT

Tomorrow night the St. Louis Rams close out the preseason with their yearly intra-state battle for the ages known as the Governor's Cup.

You read the "two bad teams rebuilding" piece in the Post-Dispatch this morning that Kevin linked to in Random Ramsdom, but did you know...

The Governor's Cup goes back to 1968, when the Chiefs and Cardinals would meet each year.
The Cup is awarded as part of the two team's preseason games, despite several meetings during the regular season.
The home team has won the last five preseason Governor's Cup games. The location goes back and forth each year; this year it's in St. Louis.
The Rams lead the Governor's Cup series 6-5.
The Chiefs are 4-0 against the Rams since the team moved to St. Louis in 1996.

No matter who wins the game, Missouri's the real winner...whatever that means.

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My dad's a Chiefs fan and I'm a Rams fan

It’ll be fun…

Carp (or Waino) for NL Cy Young!

by zoomzoomj88 on Sep 2, 2009 10:31 AM CDT reply actions

I can remember one year

After the game the sports announcer on the field was interviewing one of the new rookie players who played a big role in the game and asked the rookie ‘What do you think about winning the Governor’s Cup?

The answer was classic…

He said ‘Fine I guess…What’s the Governor’s Cup?’

What a hoot. He had never heard of it before. The sports announcer was sort of dumbfounded.

Go Rams!

"We can't run. We can't pass. We can't stop the run. We can't stop the pass. We can't kick. Other than that, we're just not a very good football team right now." --- Bruce Coslett, New York Jets Head Coach circa 1990s

by Nbr1RamFan on Sep 2, 2009 11:31 AM CDT reply actions