A SPECIAL REPORT: FOOTBALL

By Mike DiGiovanna, Chris Foster and Tim Kawakami

Aug. 31, 1992 12 AM PT

NEW DEAL: Football begins for real next weekend, and in Orange County, fans will see changes on all levels of play. . . . The Rams, who have won just eight times during the past two regular seasons, hope rehiring Chuck Knox as coach will change things beginning Sunday in Buffalo. But the fans aren’t sold yet. The season-ticket base is expected to be about 40,000, down from 50,000 in 1990, the season following their NFC Championship Game appearance. . . . Ticket manager Don Nims said hiring Knox caused a “little surge” in sales, but “maybe they’re waiting for us to beat Buffalo.”

Ram Reversals

The Rams’ average home crowd dropped in 1991, along with their win-loss record:

1988 54,469 10-6 ’89 58,846 11-5 ’90 59,919 5-11 ’91 51,585 3-13

Source: Los Angeles Rams

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Mike DiGiovanna

Mike DiGiovanna has been covering Major League Baseball for the Los Angeles Times since 1995 and spent 19 years as the Angels beat writer and two seasons on the Dodgers. He won Associated Press Sports Editors awards for game-story writing in 2001, feature-story writing in 2017 and breaking news in 2019. A native of East Lyme, Conn., and a graduate of Cal State Fullerton, he began writing for The Times in 1981.

Chris Foster

Chris Foster is a former sports writer for the Los Angeles Times who covered UCLA football and basketball, USC basketball, the Kings and the Ducks. He grew up in San Clemente, arriving long before Richard Nixon came to town. As a teen, he surfed, played football and basketball, and fell in love with sports journalism. Foster died Dec. 13, 2023.

A SPECIAL REPORT: FOOTBALL

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