The last time they met

The Rams are going to need to reverse a lot of history if they're going to make any run to respectability in 2008. If they repeat what they did the last time they played the teams on this year's schedule at the scheduled sites, they're going 4-12. And that includes a highly freaking unlikely win at New England.

The whole rundown, with links:

Week
1 @ Philadelphia, 12/1/2002: Lost 10-3. Andy King makes onto the Rams' All-Worst Team with just one career start.
2 vs. NY Giants, 9/15/2002: Lost 26-21. Freaking Sehorn.
3 @ Seattle, 10/21/2007: Lost 33-6. Seattle plays Tapps for Linehan, or so I'd have thought.
4 vs. Buffalo, 12/10/1995: Lost 45-27. Bills haven't been here since the Dome's first year, before RamView's existence. Link is to Jim Thomas' highly-entertaining game account.
5 @ Washington, 11/24/2002: Lost 20-17. WUERFELLED!
6 vs. Dallas, 9/29/2002: Lost 13-10. The two teams have exactly switched positions from where they were that fateful day.
7 @ New England, 11/18/2001: Won 24-17. The Rams OWN them in their place! j/k
8 vs. Big Dead, 10/7/2007: Lost 34-31. Maybe the referees will wear glasses this year?
9 @ NY Jets, 10/21/2001: Won 34-14. Remember the days when the Rams got criticized for running up the score?
10 @ Whiners, 11/18/2007: Won 13-9. Whiners will be a lot different on offense next time these two meet.
11 vs. Chicago, 12/11/2006: Lost 42-27. Maybe I should have counted this as a home game for the Bears?
12 vs. Miami, 9/30/2001: Won 42-10. Warner and the Rams shocked the league's then-#1 defense, especially with that play right before halftime.
13 @ Big Dead, 12/30/2007: Lost 48-19. And STILL Linehan didn't get fired.
14 vs. Seattle, 11/25/2007: Lost 24-19. Gus Frerotte makes his only lasting impression on Rams Nation.
15 vs. Whiners, 9/17/2007: Lost 20-13. Can't wait for Isaac to run wild in their secondary again, though. Oh.
16 @ Atlanta, 1/15/2005: Lost 47-17. That recently, these two moribund squads actually met in a playoff game. See? There's always hope. The Ram special teams may even improve someday!

You could say I've made this worse than it looks; after all, the Rams beat Atlanta and Washington the last time they played them, didn't they? Yes, but the opposite is true of their last meetings with New England and Miami (and boy, did I not take that loss particularly well.)

Like I said, the Rams have a lot of history to reverse.