LOS ANGELES -- The boos began early in the first quarter Sunday and started fresh every time Los Angeles Rams quarterback Case Keenum missed an intended receiver, every time he took a third-down sack, every time one of his passes was batted down at the line of scrimmage. At one point, with the first half winding down and the Rams minutes away from their fifth consecutive scoreless quarter, the Los Angeles Coliseum crowd of 86,109 began to chant: "We want Goff! We want Goff! We want Goff!"

There would be no Jared Goff.

There would be no saving grace for this dreary Rams offense.

Keenum completed 27 of his 46 passes, throwing an interception and nearly coughing up a fumble as the Rams dropped their fourth consecutive game, a 13-10 loss to the Carolina Panthers on Sunday afternoon. Keenum methodically led the Rams to a touchdown with less than a minute left, completing a fourth-down pass to Kenny Britt for a 10-yard score. But the Rams needed that a lot sooner.

"Obviously, we have to score points to win games," running back Todd Gurley said after the Rams fell to 3-5 and became the first of six teams to lose at home following a bye. "It’s not the end of the world. Just gotta win games.”

The Rams' defensive line -- fully healthy with Robert Quinn, William Hayes and Michael Brockers returning from injury to help Aaron Donald -- did an excellent job bringing pressure to Panthers quarterback Cam Newton, who seven days earlier complained about absorbing too many hits in the pocket that were not flagged. The Rams recorded five sacks -- two from Donald and one each from Mark Barron, Eugene Sims and Cam Thomas.

But the unit could not do enough to save an anemic offense, which entered the contest averaging 307.6 yards per game -- 30th in the NFL -- and then totaled 339 yards on Sunday.

"Defense has given up a touchdown to Eli Manning and Cam Newton [over the last two games] and that's it, and that's a winning effort," said Rams head coach Jeff Fisher, who didn't provide any indication he was ready to make a change at quarterback. "The problem is we've only scored two touchdowns in the last two weeks, and therein lies our problem."

Keenum, who was coming off a four-interception game against the New York Giants in London two weeks ago and entered Sunday with the NFL's lowest Total QBR (41.4), had three of his first five passes batted at the line of scrimmage. On two third-down attempts, he took sacks against a devastating Panthers front seven. On another, he was sacked while rearing back to throw and would've lost a fumble if Benny Cunningham hadn't caught the loose ball. On another instance, Keenum had Brian Quick open up the sideline and overthrew him on what could've been a long touchdown.

The Rams went nine straight drives without a score, then settled for a 25-yard field goal in the fourth quarter after tight end Lance Kendricks had a potential touchdown pass bounce off his chest. Three of the Rams' drives went three-and-out. And with the pass not much of a threat, Gurley rushed for only 48 yards on 12 carries and was held below 100 yards for the 15th time in his past 16 games.

Trailing by seven in the final seconds of the third quarter, with the ball near midfield, Keenum tried to hit rookie tight end Tyler Higbee but was intercepted on a leaping catch by Panthers linebacker Thomas Davis. It was Keenum's 11th interception, two more than the number of touchdowns he has thrown this season.

And the boos grew only louder.

"I'm really glad the fans care," Keenum said, sincerely, when asked about the boos. "I care, too."