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CHAMPIONSHIP RING
THE STORY OF 2000 SUPER BOWL XXXV
St. LOUIS RAMS
Super Bowl XXXIV was an American football game between the National Football
Conference (NFC) champion St. Louis Rams and the American Football Conference
(AFC) champion Tennessee Titans to decide the National Football League (NFL)
champion for the 1999 season. The Rams defeated the Titans by the score of 23–16,
capturing their first Super Bowl win and first NFL championship since 1951. The game,
played on January 30, 2000 at the Georgia Dome in Atlanta, Georgia, was the fourth
Super Bowl to be held a week after the conference championship games (the previous
time this happened was Super Bowl XXVIII, and coincidentally that game was also
played on January 30 at the Georgia Dome in Atlanta).
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The Rams entered their second Super Bowl in team history with an NFC-best 13–3
regular season record. It was the franchise’s first playoff appearance since 1989, when
they were still in Los Angeles. The Titans, who were originally the Houston Oilers, also
finished the regular season with a 13–3 record, but advanced to their first Super Bowl
in team history after entering the playoffs as a wild-card team. Tennessee finished in
second place in the AFC Central division behind the Jacksonville Jaguars.
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The first two quarters of Super Bowl XXXIV were largely a defensive battle. Despite outgaining
the Titans in total offensive yards in the first half, 294–89, the Rams held only a 9–0 halftime
lead on three field goals. St. Louis later scored their first touchdown midway through the 3rd
quarter to go up 16–0. Tennessee then responded by scoring 16 consecutive points to tie the
game with 2:12 left in regulation. This was the largest deficit to be erased in a Super Bowl and
the first deficit that was greater than 10 points. On the Rams' ensuing drive, quarterback Kurt
Warner completed a 73-yard touchdown pass to wide receiver Isaac Bruce to regain the lead.
The Titans then drove to the St. Louis 10-yard line with six seconds remaining, but on the final
play of the game, Rams linebacker Mike Jones tackled Tennessee wide receiver Kevin Dyson
one yard short of the goal line to prevent a potential game-tying touchdown. This play went into
NFL lore as One Yard Short, or simply The Tackle.
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Warner completed 24 out of 45 passes for 414 yards and 2 touchdowns and was
named the Most Valuable Player. His 414 passing yards and 45 pass attempts without
an interception were both Super Bowl records. Warner became the sixth player to win
both the NFL Most Valuable Player Award and the Super Bowl MVP award during the
same season. He followed Bart Starr, Terry Bradshaw, Joe Montana, Emmitt Smith,
and Steve Young.This game is often referred to as the "Dot-com Super Bowl" due to
the large amount of advertisements purchased by dot-com companies.This game was
featured as one of NFL's Greatest Games as The Longest Yard.
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ABC televised the game in the United States with play-by-play announcer Al Michaels and color
commentator Boomer Esiason. Chris Berman from Disney-owned corporate sibling ESPN
hosted all the events. Berman was joined by fellow ESPN analyst Steve Young, while ESPN's
Mike Tirico was on hand for the post-game presentation of the Vince Lombardi Trophy. Lesley
Visser and Lynn Swann served as sideline reporters.It was also the first Super Bowl to be aired
in high definition and 5.1 Dolby Digital. ABC Sports chose to use the 720p format.Ironically, the
ABC affiliate in St. Louis, KDNL-TV, has been regarded as one of the network's weakest
affiliates since joining the network in 1995[citation needed]. The previous ABC affiliate, KTVI, in
contrast, was one of the strongest affiliates[citation needed] – it had become a Fox station in
1995, and thus, has televised the majority of the Rams' games in this period.The game was
later featured as one of the NFL's Greatest Games as The Longest Yard.
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