The Rams will face the Seattle Seahawks in the NFC championship game Sunday in Seattle, seeking to advance to the Super Bowl for the first time since their 2021 championship season.
The game is a matchup of the NFL’s best offensive and defensive teams. The Rams averaged a league-high 30.5 points per game while the Seahawks allowed a league-low 17.2 points.
The teams split their two regular-season games, with the home team winning both times.
The Rams won 21-19 Nov. 16 at SoFi Stadium with Jason Myers’ 61-yard field goal attempt as time expired falling short.
Seattle won 38-37 Dec. 18 at Lumen Field, rallying from a 30-14 deficit with touchdowns and 2-point conversions with 8:03 and 6:23 left in regulation and winning on a touchdown and 2-point conversion in overtime after the Rams had regained a seven-point lead.
The Rams reached the NFC championship game with two road victories over higher-seeded teams. The Rams were 12-5 in the regular season, which gave them the No. 5 seed in the NFC. They defeated the fourth-seeded Carolina Panthers, 34-31, in a wild-card round game Jan. 10 and the second-seeded Chicago Bears, 20-17, in overtime, in a divisional round game Sunday.
The Seahawks are the top seed in the NFC after winning the NFC West with a 14-3 record, receiving a bye in the wild-card round. They defeated the sixth-seeded San Francisco 49ers, 41-6, in a divisional round game last Saturday.
Oddsmakers have made the Rams a 2 1/2-point underdog.
ESPN Analytics’ matchup predictor gives Seattle a 53.8% chance of winning, the Rams a 46.2% chance.
Seattle is seeking its first Super Bowl berth since the 2014 season.
A watch party will be held at SoFi Stadium, with gates opening at 2 p.m. for the 3:30 p.m. game. Tickets are $5 for season ticket members and $10 the general public.
All proceeds will go to the Rams Foundation, the team’s charitable arm, which “aims to inspire change with a focus on providing access and opportunity, driving equity and fighting for equality for all Angelenos,” according to the team.
The game will be televised by Fox, broadcast in English on ESPN 710 and in Spanish on Tu Liga Radio, 1330 AM.