Governor's Cup (Missouri)

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Governor's Cup (Missouri)

Kansas City Chiefs St. Louis Cardinals (NFL) St. Louis Rams
First meeting	November 22, 1970 Cardinals 6, Chiefs 6
Latest meeting	September 3, 2015 Chiefs 24, Rams 17
Next meeting	(Defunct) [1]
Statistics
Meetings total	11
All-time series	Chiefs lead Cardinals, 3–1–1 Chiefs lead Rams, 6–0–0
Largest victory	Chiefs (over Cardinals): 38–14 (October 2, 1983) Chiefs (over Rams): 49–10 (December 8, 2002) Cardinals (over Chiefs): 23–14 (November 23, 1986)
Current win streak	Chiefs: 6 wins (1997–2014)

The Missouri Governor's Cup (also known as the Chiefs-Rams rivalry, or Cardinals-Chiefs rivalry) was a trophy awarded to the winner of the football game between Missouri's two National Football League (NFL) teams. The local press occasionally referred to the game as The Battle of Missouri, The Show-Me State Showdown, or the I-70 Series. Originally played for between the Kansas City Chiefs and the St. Louis Cardinals, the series went into recess after 1987 following the Cardinals' relocation to Phoenix, Arizona at the end of the season, leaving the Chiefs as the only NFL team in Missouri. In 1996, the year after the St. Louis Rams relocated from Los Angeles, the Governor's Cup series returned and was played until 2015 in the preseason and the interconference regular season matchups between the Chiefs and Rams. The series ended once again after the Rams returned to Los Angeles in 2016, leaving the Chiefs as the only NFL team in Missouri for a second time.