The Rams unveiled the 2025-26 schedule Wednesday on X by roasting each upcoming opponent with the help of actress Brenda Song. (Paige Austin/Patch)
INGLEWOOD, CA — The Rams will open the season Sept. 7 by playing host to the Houston Texans, the NFL announced Wednesday as it revealed the bulk of the 2025 schedule, including three prime-time games for the team.
The team unveiled the 2025-26 schedule Wednesday on X by [roasting each upcoming opponent](https://x.com/RamsNFL/status/1922804137617436776) with the help of actress Brenda Song.
The Rams' Thursday night games will be Oct. 2 against the San Francisco 49ers at SoFi Stadium and Dec. 18 at Seattle. The lone Monday night game on the schedule will be Dec. 29 at Atlanta.
The Rams will face the Jacksonville Jaguars on Oct. 18 at London's Wembley Stadium in their first game outside the United State since 2019 and fifth all-time. The Rams will be considered the road team.
Record-setting receiver Cooper Kupp could face his former team for the first time on Nov. 16 when the Rams host the Seattle Seahawks on Nov. 16 at SoFi Stadium.
Kupp set five league records -- including most receptions through a player's first 100 games (625) and most yards from scrimmage by a wide receiver in a single season (1,965 in 2021) -- in an eight-season Rams career that ended on March 12 when he was released.
The Rams' other home games in their 17-game schedule will be on Sept. 28 against the Indianapolis Colts, Nov. 2 against the New Orleans Saints, Nov. 23 against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, Dec. 14 against the Detroit Lions and Jan. 3 or 4 against the Arizona Cardinals.
The date for the Week 18 game will be determined and announced following the conclusion of Week 17.
The Rams' other road games will be on Sept. 14 at Tennessee, Sept. 21 at Philadelphia, Oct. 12 at Baltimore, Nov. 9 at San Francisco, Nov. 30 at Carolina and Dec. 7 at Arizona.
The NFL's schedule is based on a formula assuring that a team will face each of the 31 other teams at least once over four years.
During a season, a team plays home and road games against each of the other three teams in its division, one game each against all the teams in one division in its conference and one in the other conference, the remaining teams in its conference that finished in the same position in the standings as it did and the team from a designated division in the other conference that finished in the same position it did.
The Rams were the NFC West champions in 2024 with a 10-7 record, defeated the Minnesota Vikings 27-9, in a wild-card playoff game shifted to Glendale, Arizona because of the Palisades and Eaton fires, and lost to the eventual Super Bowl champion Philadelphia Eagles, 28-22, in a divisional round playoff game.
The NFL also announced Wednesday that the Rams will open their three- game preseason schedule Aug. 9 by playing the Dallas Cowboys at SoFi Stadium and face the Chargers Aug. 16 with the Rams designated as the home team.
The Rams will conclude the preseason Aug. 23 by playing at Cleveland.
Here is the Rams' 2025 regular-season schedule:
Sept. 7: Houston
Sept. 14: at Tennessee
Sept. 21: at Philadelphia
Sept. 28: Indianapolis
Oct. 2: San Francisco
Oct. 12: at Baltimore
Oct. 19: Jacksonville (at London)
Nov. 2: New Orleans
Nov. 9: at San Francisco
Nov. 16: Seattle
Nov. 23: Tampa Bay
Nov. 30: at Carolina
Dec. 7: at Arizona
Dec. 14: Detroit
Dec. 18: at Seattle
Dec. 29: at Atlanta
Jan. 3/4: Arizona
_City News Service_