Super Bowl XXXIV, 23 - 16
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he National Football Conference (NFC) champion St. Louis Rams defeated the American Football Conference (AFC) champion Tennessee Titans, 23–16, to claim their first Super Bowl win and first NFL championship since 1951.[5] To date, it is the most recent NFL championship where both teams were seeking their first Super Bowl title.
The game featured teams both returning to the postseason after a period of struggles and relocation. Led by The Greatest Show on Turf offense, the Rams entered their second Super Bowl appearance with an NFC-best 13–3 regular season record. Their season marked the franchise's first playoff run since 1989 and first since relocating from Los Angeles to St. Louis. The Titans also finished the regular season with a 13–3 record, but obtained a wild card berth to advance to their Super Bowl debut.[6] In their first season after retiring the franchise's original Oilers name, the Titans were making their first playoff run since 1993 and first since relocating from Houston to Tennessee.
Largely a defensive battle during the first half, the Rams were only able to take a 9–0 halftime lead on three field goals, despite outgaining the Titans 294–89 in total offensive yards. The Rams increased their lead to 16–0 through a touchdown in the third quarter, but Titans scored sixteen unanswered points to tie the game near the end of regulation, the then-largest deficit to be erased in a Super Bowl and first greater than ten points. On their ensuing drive, the Rams regained the lead off wide receiver Isaac Bruce's 73-yard touchdown. Super Bowl XXXIV became best remembered for its final play, where the Titans reached St. Louis' 10-yard line with six seconds remaining, but linebacker Mike Jones tackled wide receiver Kevin Dyson one yard short of the goal line to prevent a potential game-tying touchdown. The play became known as "One Yard Short" and "The Tackle".[7] Rams quarterback Kurt Warner, who was the first undrafted quarterback and first first-year starter to win a Super Bowl, was named Super Bowl MVP after setting the Super Bowl records for passing yards and 45 pass attempts without an interception.[8][9][10] He became the sixth player to win both Super Bowl MVP and NFL MVP during the same season and is the most recent to do so.
The game has been referred to as the "Dot-com Super Bowl" due to the large amount of advertisements purchased by dot-com companies. Regarded as one of the greatest Super Bowls of all time, it was featured on NFL's Greatest Games as "The Longest Yard".
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