Governor's Cup (Missouri)
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The Governor's Cup is the trophy awarded to the winner between the NFL's Kansas City Chiefs and St. Louis Rams' annual meetings in the pre-season and occasional contests in the regular season. The contest has been a staple of Missourian's football teams from 1968 to 1987 and 1996 to the present.
The local press occasionally refer to the game as The Battle of Missouri.
The Chiefs and Rams meet every year in the pre-season but have only met four times in the regular season.
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[edit] History
The contest began in 1968 when St. Louis had the football Cardinals [1] until the Cardinal's relocation in 1988. The Governor's Cup game was resumed in the 1996 season between the Chiefs and the Rams.
The Chiefs posted a 16-7-2 mark in its Governor's Cup series against the Cardinals from 1968 to 1987, going 2-1-1 in the regular season record and 14-6-1 in preseason play. [2]
[edit] All-Time Pre-Season Results
The Chiefs and Rams meet every pre-season to determine the best NFL team in Missouri. The Rams lead the pre-season series 5-4.
August 19, 1996: Rams 34, Chiefs 30 at Arrowhead Stadium.
August 22, 1997: Chiefs 13, Rams 14 at Trans World Dome.
August 28, 1998: Rams 10, Chiefs 6 at Arrowhead Stadium.
August 31, 2001: Chiefs 17, Rams 21 at Edward Jones Dome.
August 30, 2002: Rams 16, Chiefs 23 at Arrowhead Stadium.
August 28, 2003: Chiefs 22, Rams 6 at Edward Jones Dome.
August 23, 2003: Rams 7, Chiefs 24 at Arrowhead Stadium.
September 2, 2005: Chiefs 23, Rams 27 at Edward Jones Dome.
August 26, 2006: Rams 12, Chiefs 16 at Arrowhead Stadium.
[edit] All-Time Regular Season Results
Note: The Governor's Cup was not rewarded between the Los Angeles Rams and Kansas City Chiefs, only since the Rams relocated to St. Louis in 1995.
The Chiefs lead the regular season series 4-0. [3] [4]
October 26, 1997: Chiefs 28, Rams 20 at Trans World Dome.
- Kansas City's first game in St. Louis since 1986 (against the Cardinals).
October 20, 2000: Rams 34, Chiefs 54 at Arrowhead Stadium.
- Most points scored at Arrowhead.
December 8, 2002: Rams 10, Chiefs 49 at Arrowhead Stadium.
- Dante Hall records two kick returns for touchdowns.
November 5, 2006: Chiefs 31, Rams 17 at Edward Jones Dome.
- Three penalties in the fourth quarter stop the Rams from coming back from a 7-point deficit.
[edit] References
- ^ Dean, Rick. Grbac to get playing time tonight, The Capital-Journal, 22 August 1997
- ^ Chiefs-Rams news release for 9/2/05 preseason game
- ^ Chiefs-Rams news release for 11/5/06 regular season game
- ^ Herb, Patrick. BATTERING RAM: Johnson and Chiefs take Governor's Cup 31-17 KCChiefs.com, 5 November 2006.
