Mike Jones tackled Kevin Dyson at the 1-yard line as time expired, preserving the Rams' first-ever Super Bowl title. The Rams drove inside the Titans' 20 with each of their first six possessions, but compiled just 3 field goals and 1 touchdown to take a 16-0 lead. Holder Mike Horan's bobbled snap averted a 35-yard field-goal attempt to conclude the Rams' first drive.
The Titans responded with a 42-yard drive, their longest of the half, but Al Del Greco missed a 47-yard attempt. Jeff Wilkins added 3 field goals and missed a 34-yard attempt while the Titans did not threaten the rest of the half, giving the Rams a 9-0 lead at the intermission despite outgaining the Titans in total yards (294-89).
Tennessee drove 43 yards with the second half's opening kickoff, but Todd Lyght blocked Del Greco's 47-yard attempt to keep the Titan's off the board. Kurt Warner's 31-yard pass to Isaac Bruce keyed the ensuing drive that was capped by Warner's 9-yard touchdown pass to Torry Holt with 7:20 left in the third quarter to give the Rams a 16-0 lead.
The Titans responded with touchdown drives in excess of seven minutes on each of their next two possessions. Steve McNair's 23-yard scramble set up Eddie George's 1-yard run in the final minute of the third quarter. McNair's 2-point conversion pass to Frank Wycheck was incomplete, but the Titan's defense forced a punt and the offense drove 79 yards in 13 plays, highlighted by 21-yard passes to Isaac Byrd and Jackie Harris, and capped by George's 2-yard run to cut the deficit to 16-13 with 7:21 remaining.
The Rams once again failed to get a first down, and following a punt, the Titans needed just 28 yards to set up Del Greco's game-tying 43-yard kick with 2:12 left. On the next play from scrimmage, Warner fired a deep pass down the right sideline to Bruce, who caught the ball at the Titan's 38, cut toward the inside, and outran the defense to the end zone to give the Rams a 23-16 lead with 1:54 left.
The Titans drove downfield, and McNair avoided a sack and completed a 16-yard pass to Kevin Dyson to place Tennessee at the Rams' 10 with six seconds remaining. With no timeouts, McNair attempted a quick pass to a slanting Dyson, who caught the ball in stride at the Rams' 3. However, Jones reacted quickly and stepped up to tackle Dyson at the 1-yardline as time expired.
Warner, who was named the game's most valuable player, was 24 of 45 for a Super Bowl-record 414 yards and 2 touchdowns. Bruce had 6 catches for 162 yards, and Holt had 7 for 109 yards.
McNair was 22 of 26 for 214 yards.
The Titans were the first team to come back from a 16-point deficit.
SCORING
St. Louis
3 6 7 7 -- 23
Tennessee
0 0 6 10 -- 16
First Quarter
STL - FG, Wilkins 27 Yd, 12:00
Second Quarter
STL - FG, Wilkins 29 Yd, 10:44
STL - FG, Wilkins 28 Yd, 14:45
Third Quarter
STL - TD, Holt, 9 Yd pass from Warner
(Wilkins kick), 7:40
TEN - TD, George, 1 Yd run (pass failed), 14:46
Fourth Quarter
TEN - TD, George, 2 Yd run (Del Greco kick), 7:39
TEN - FG, Del Greco 43 Yd, 12:45
STL - TD, Bruce, 73 Yd pass from Warner
(Wilkins kick), 13:06
TEAM STATISTICS
StL. Ten.
Total First Downs
23 27
Rushing
1 12
Passing
18 13
Penalty
4
2
Total Net Yardage
436 367
Total Offensive Plays
59 73
Avg. Gain per Offensive Play 7.4
5.0
Rushes
13 36
Yards Gained Rushing (Net) 29
159
Average Yards per Rush 2.2
4.4
Passes Attempted
45 36
Passes Completed
24 22
Had Intercepted
0
0
Tackled Attempting to Pass 1
1
Yards Lost Attempting to Pass 7
6
Yards Gained Passing (Net) 407
208
Punts
2
3
Average Distance
38.5 43.0
Punt Returns
2
1
Punt Return Yardage
8 (-1)
Kickoff Returns
4
5
Kickoff Return Yardage 55
122
Interception Return Yardage 0
0
Fumbles
2
0
Fumbles Lost
0
0
Own Fumbles Recovered
2
0
Opponent Fumbles Recovered 0
0
Penalties
8
7
Yards Penalized
60 45
Total Points Scored
23 16
Touchdowns
2
2
Rushing
0
2
Passing
2
0
Returns
0
0
Extra Points
2
1
Field Goals
3
1
Field Goals Attempted
4
3
Safeties
0
0
Third-Down Efficiency
5/12 6/13
Fourth-Down Efficiency
0/1 1/1
Time of Possession
23:34 36:26
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS
Rushing
St. Louis
ATT YDS AVG LG TD
M.Faulk 10
17 1.7 4 0
R.Holcombe 1
11 11.0 11 0
K.Warner 1
1 1.0 1 0
M.Horan
1 0 0.0 0 0
Total
13 29 2.2 11 0
Tennessee
ATT YDS AVG LG TD
E.George 28
95 3.4 13 2
S.McNair 8
64 8.0 23 0
Total
36 159 4.4 23 2
Passing
St. Louis
ATT CMP YDS
TKD/YD TD LG IN
K.Warner 45 24 414 1/7 2
73 0
Tennessee
ATT CMP YDS
TKD/YD TD LG IN
S.McNair 36 22 214 1/6 0
32 0
Receiving
St. Louis
NO YRDS AVG LONGEST TD
T.Holt 7 109
15.6 32 1
I.Bruce 6 162 27.0
73 1
M.Faulk 5 90
18.0 52 0
A.Hakim 1 17
17.0 17 0
E.Conwell 1 16 16.0
16 0
R.Proehl 1 11 11.0
11 0
R.Williams 1 9 9.0
9 0
R.Holcombe 1 1 1.0
1 0
F.Miller 1 -1 -1.0
-1 0
Total 24 414
17.3 73 2
Tennessee
NO YRDS AVG LONGEST TD
J.Harris 7 64
9.1 21 0
F.Wycheck 5 35 7.0
13 0
K.Dyson 4 41
10.3 16 0
E.George 2 35 17.5
32 0
I.Byrd 2
21 10.5 21 0
D.Mason 2 18
9.0 9 0
Total 22 214
9.7 32 0
Punting
St. Louis
NO YDS AVG TB IN20 LG
M.Horan 2 77
38.5 0 0 47
Tennessee
NO YDS AVG TB IN20 LG
C.Hentrich 3 129 43.0 0
1 49
Punt Returns
St. Louis
NO FC YARDS LG TD
A.Hakim
2 0 8 10 0
[DOWNED]
1 0 0 0 0
Returns
2 8 10 0
Tennessee
NO FC YARDS LG TD
D.Mason
1 0 -1 -1 0
[DOWNED]
1 0 0 0 0
Returns
1 -1 0 0
Kickoff Returns
St. Louis
KICKOFF RETURNS NO FC YARDS LG TD
T.Horne
4 0 55 25 0
M.Morton
0 0 0 0 0
Returns
4 55 25 0
Tennessee
NO FC YARDS LG TD
D.Mason
5 0 122 35 0
[TOUCHBACK] 1
0 0 0 0
Returns
5 122 35 0
St. Louis Rams
Tennessee Titans
== Offense ==
WR 88 T.Holt
WR 87 K.Dyson
LT 76 O.Pace
LT 72 B.Hopkins
LG 61 T.Nutten LG
74 B.Matthews
C 60 M.Gruttadauria C 60 K.Long
RG 62 A.Timmerman RG 75 B.Olson
RT 73 F.Miller RT
69 J.Runyan
TE 86 R.Williams TE 89
F.Wycheck
WR 80 I.Bruce
WR 83 I.Byrd
QB 13 K.Warner QB
9 S.McNair
FB 25 R.Holcombe RB 27 E.George
RB 28 M.Faulk
TE 88 J.Harris
== Defense ==
LE 93 K.Carter LE
90 J.Kearse
LT 99 R.Agnew LT
91 J.Evans
RT 75 D.Farr
RT 97 J.Fisk
RE 98 G.Wistrom RE 99
K.Holmes
LLB 52 M.Jones LLB 55
E.Robinson
MLB 59 L.Fletcher MLB 52 B.Wortham
RLB 54 T.Collins RLB 58 J.Bowden
LCB 41 T.Lyght LCB 25
D.Walker
RCB 21 D.McCleon RCB 21 S.Rolle
SS 22 B.Jenkins SS 23
B.Bishop
FS 35 K.Lyle
FS 33 A.Dorsett
== Substitute ==
P 2 M.Horan
K 3 A.Del Greco
K 14 J.Wilkins P
15 C.Hentrich
S 23 D.Bush
RB 20 R.Thomas
RB 31 A.Lee
S 24 S.Jackson
CB 32 D.Bly
CB 30 D.Mitchell
S 38 R.Coady
S 35 P.Phenix
RB 42 J.Hodgins CB 37
D.Sidney
TE 45 J.Robinson CB 38
G.McCullough
C 50 R.Tucker
FB 41 L.Neal
LB 51 L.Styles LB
50 T.Killens
LB 56 C.Clemons LB 51
G.Favors
LB 57 L.Little LB
59 D.Colman
LB 58 M.Morton G
66 J.Layman
G 64 A.McCollum DT 78
J.Thornton
WR 81 A.Hakim
WR 81 C.Sanders
WR 82 T.Horne
TE 84 L.Brown
TE 84 E.Conwell WR 85
D.Mason
WR 87 R.Proehl WR
86 J.Kent
DT 90 J.Zgonina DT 92
H.Ford
DT 95 N.Hobgood-Chittick DT 95 J.Salave'a
DE 96 J.Williams
== Did Not Play ==
QB 16 P.Justin QB 14
N.O'Donnell
CB 20 T.Allen T
76 J.Mathews
== Not Active ==
QB 9 J.Germaine QB 13 K.Daft
S 24 R.Carpenter RB 26 S.George
RB 36 C.Thomas S 31
M.Robertson
LB 91 T.Pelshak LB 54 P.Glover
DE 92 L.Barnes C 62
C.Page
G 71 Z.Piller
WR 82 Y.Thigpen
DE 94 M.Frederick