The Los Angeles Rams lost to the San Francisco 49ers on Thursday night in Melbourne, 27-7. It was not the start that the Rams would have wanted heading into a season with high expectations.
Sean McVay and the Los Angeles Rams wanted their season to start on a different note. Instead, the San Francisco 49ers handed them a 27-7 loss in the 2026 NFL season opener, played in Australia, and exposed problems in nearly every phase of the game.
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Matthew Stafford and the Los Angeles Rams had nothing going offensively in Melbourne, and that turned into the story of the night. The reigning NFL MVP finished just 15-of-25 for 155 yards as the San Francisco 49ers rolled to a 27-7 win at the Melbourne Cricket Ground.
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Myles Garrett was just out there doing cardio during his debut for the Los Angeles Rams. The Rams began the season on Thursday with a matchup against the hated rival San Francisco 49ers at Melbourne Cricket Ground in Melbourne, Australia.
The Los Angeles Rams decided to roll the dice and get to Australia just hours before the game against the 49ers, as opposed to San Francisco, which had been there for a week, and there was clearly an advantage for one side.
Sean McVay is going to hear plenty about the Los Angeles Rams' travel schedule after losing 27-7 to the San Francisco 49ers in Australia. That's understandable.
The Los Angeles Rams and the San Francisco 49ers kicked off their respective 2026 NFL campaigns with a Week 1 rivalry matchup on Thursday night. The two NFC West sides took their rivalry overseas for the new season’s first international game.
The Los Angeles Rams traveled to Australia without Aaron Donald. They then watched the San Francisco 49ers lose rising wide receiver De’Zhaun Stribling.
Los Angeles Rams wide receiver Puka Nacua, who spent time in a rehabilitation facility during the offseason, detailed his problems with alcohol in an interview that aired Thursday on Netflix.
In the first major upset of the 2026 season, it was the San Francisco 49ers, not the Los Angeles Rams, who put on a show on Thursday night.
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The Los Angeles Rams and San Francisco 49ers are in Melbourne, Australia for a Week 1 showdown, And commissioner Roger Goodell got right in the swing — or should we say hop — of things.
The LA Rams vs San Francisco 49ers are set to play their first NFL game of the 2026 season at the iconic MCG Stadium in just under an hour. Both teams adopted a different approach towards the game, as the San Francisco 49ers came a week ahead of the game, while the Rams reached just 28 hours before this fixture.
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The Los Angeles Rams open their season today in Australia without defensive end Aaron Donald as the club delays his comeback debut to give him a measured return from retirement.
Coming off a 12–5 campaign that brought them to the brink of another Super Bowl appearance, the Los Angeles Rams enter the 2026–27 season positioned at the very pinnacle of the NFL.
Los Angeles Rams veteran quarterback Matthew Stafford was the subject of retirement rumors long before he returned to the Rams for at least the 2026 season.
Nacua has remained in the final year of his team-friendly rookie contract through the upcoming campaign.
Donald won't play in the Rams' regular-season opener against the rival San Francisco 49ers in Melbourne, Australia, on Thursday night (ET U.S. time).
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The team made a decision on his final status for the game.
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