In contrast, the Rams were able to reach inside the Tennessee 20-yard line on all 4 of their remaining drives before halftime, but on each one, the Titans defense forced St. Louis to settle for field goal attempts from kicker Jeff Wilkins, who was successful in making 3 of them, but missed one attempt from 34 yards.

The Tennessee defense then forced the Rams to a three-and-out, and Horan's 30-yard punt gave them the ball back at their 47-yard line.

With less than two minutes left in the first half, Warner completed a pass to receiver Ricky Proehl at the Rams 40-yard line, but New England defensive back Antwan Harris forced a fumble while tackling him, which was recovered by Patriots defensive back Terrell Buckley.

After Warner's touchdown, the Rams defense forced the Patriots to a three-and-out.

Although the Rams outgained the Patriots 427 – 267 in total yards, New England forced three turnovers that were converted into 17 points.

The Rams are forced to start another quarterback, Thomas Jarrett, in the climactic football game.

He ended the season with 10 sacks, 3 forced fumbles and recovered 3 fumbles ( all three were second on the top-ranked Rams defense ).

He forced a fumble on the Rams ’ three-yard line that led to a 97-yard scoring drive to end the first half and intercepted a Tom Brady pass with 5: 18 left in the third quarter for an 18-yard return.

In 2003, Marc Bulger's first full year as a starter, the Rams fielded a much-improved defense under defensive coordinator Lovie Smith and led the NFL in forced turnovers, and they posted a 12 – 4 regular season record and made the playoffs.

He recorded 144 tackles, 10. 5 sacks, three forced fumbles, and six fumble recoveries in his second tenure with the Rams.

First they forced the Rams to punt, and Rossum returned the ball 39 yards to the St. Louis 32-yard line.

The matchup between two of the league's highly-rated quarterbacks — the Packers ' Brett Favre and Rams ' Kurt Warner, who shared a combined total of five NFL MVP awards, became lopsided thanks to St. Louis ' improved defense, which forced 8 turnovers.

A 13-yard sack by Rams safety Billy Jenkins on the Vikings ensuing drive forced a punt, and Warner once again went to work.

Another sack, this time by linebacker Charlie Clemons, forced Minnesota to punt again, and once again the Rams decided to go deep, but this time the Vikings were ready, and cornerback Jimmy Hitchcock intercepted Warner's pass at his own 4-yard line.

The Vikings were forced to punt on their next possession, and Az-Zahir Hakim returned the ball 15 yards with a facemask penalty adding another 5, giving the Rams a first down on Minnesota's 49-yard line.

NBC was also forced to broadcast the game over CBS ' feed and cameras ( CBS received prerogative to use its feed and camera angles since the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum was home to the NFL's Rams ).

The Panthers forced five turnovers, limited the Giants to only 109 yards of total offense, and became the first club to shut out a home playoff team since the Los Angeles Rams shut out the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in the 1979 NFC Championship Game.

But a third down sack forced the Rams to punt again and the Vikings kept the ball to run out the clock.

The Vikings forced a blocked field goal, a blocked punt, and two interceptions en route to the victory over the Rams.

The Rams defense forced a sack, and then pressured the Dallas quarterback to throw a pass illegally to an ineligible receiver, guard Herbert Scott, on fourth down ; the last pass of his career.

NBC was also forced to broadcast the game over CBS ' feed and cameras ( CBS received prerogative to use its feed and camera angles since the Coliseum was home to the NFL's Rams ).

He was also a Pro Bowl alternate in 1995 and led the Rams in tackles 1995 with 125 to go with his 3 sacks, 3 interceptions a forced fumble and a fumble recovery.

In 1998 he had a career-high 6. 5 sacks and 71 tackles with an intercetion a forced fumble and a fumble recoverey on an improving Rams defense, with his career high in sacks being the result of playing standup defensive end some of the snaps.

The teams Randburg Rams and Centurion Cups in the Central Manes / Northern Bulls province and Heidelberg in the Vaal Buffaloes province were forced to withdraw.

Born-again athletes like New York Jets quarterback Tim Tebow, St. Louis Rams quarterback Sam Bradford and former Rams Superbowl XXXIV winning quarterback Kurt Warner, Olympic hurderler Lolo Jones, boxer Katie Taylor and New York Knicks player Jeremy Lin.

In week 17, the Saints defeated division rivals Carolina ; however, the Saints needed other results to break their way and when the St. Louis Rams beat the New York Jets the Saints were eliminated despite having beaten the Rams, who finished with the same record.

( The Baltimore Colts were favored by 17 over the New York Jets in Super Bowl III, and the St. Louis Rams were favored by 14 over the New England Patriots in Super Bowl XXXVI.

After losing the conference championship in 2001 to the St. Louis Rams, in 2002 to the eventual Super Bowl Champions Tampa Bay Buccaneers and in 2003 to the Carolina Panthers, the Eagles advanced to Super Bowl XXXIX at the end of the 2004 season, where they lost to the New England Patriots, 24 – 21.

Meanwhile, the Bears became the first team in NFL history to shut out both of their opponents in the playoffs, beating the New York Giants 21-0 and the Los Angeles Rams 24-0.

Dallas finished the regular season winning the NFC East with a 10-4 record, winning their final five regular season games to overcome the St. Louis Cardinals ( who lost their final three games and fell to third place in the final standings ) and New York Giants ( who lost their finale 31-3 to the Los Angeles Rams ; a Giants victory would have given New York the NFC East title based upon a better division record ).

The Rams barely outscored their opponents in total points, 323 to 309, and finished the regular season with a 9-7 record, the worst ever by a team who advanced to the Super Bowl ( that record was later tied by the Arizona Cardinals in Super Bowl XLIII and the New York Giants in Super Bowl XLVI ).

The 49ers then entered the NFC Championship Game against the Los Angeles Rams, who had defeated San Francisco in one of their two regular season games against them and were coming off postseason wins against two of the NFC's toughest teams, the New York Giants and the Philadelphia Eagles.

Super Bowl XXXVI was an American football game between the National Football Conference ( NFC ) champion St. Louis Rams and the American Football Conference ( AFC ) champion New England Patriots to decide the National Football League ( NFL ) champion for the 2001 season.

Although the Rams outgained the Patriots 427 – 267 in total yards, New England built a 17-3 third-quarter lead off of three St. Louis turnovers.

In the second half, the Rams wore New England down and won 24 – 17.

Early in the second quarter, the Rams drove to New England's 34-yard line, but quarterback Kurt Warner threw an incompletion on third down, and Wilkins ' subsequent 52-yard field goal attempt sailed wide left.

Aided by a 20-yard reception by wide receiver Az-Zahir Hakim, a 22-yard reception by Bruce, and a defensive pass interference penalty on Patriots defensive back Otis Smith, the Rams advanced to the New England 41-yard line.

* 8 Tommy Maddox QB ( UCLA ) Maddox, a former first round draft pick, played five seasons in the NFL seeing playing time with the Denver Broncos, St. Louis Rams, New York Giants, and Atlanta Falcons.

* Milt Plum, former professional football player, Cleveland Browns, Detroit Lions, Los Angeles Rams and New York Giants ( Westville ).

* Most opponents ' fumbles recovered for touchdowns, season: 4 ; Detroit Lions, 1937 ; Chicago Bears, 1942 ; Boston ( AAFC ), 1948 ; Los Angeles Rams, 1952 ; San Francisco 49ers, 1965 ; Denver Broncos, 1984 ; St. Louis Cardinals, 1987 ; Minnesota Vikings, 1989 ; Atlanta Falcons, 1991 and 1998 ; Philadelphia Eagles, 1995 ; New Orleans Saints, 1998 ; Kansas City Chiefs, 1999.

* American football: Super Bowl XXXVI: New England Patriots 20, Saint Louis Rams 17 — one of the most astonishing upsets in Super Bowl history.

* Mosi Tatupu-National Football League Running back who during a fifteen year professional career played for the New England Patriots and the Los Angeles Rams

* Super Bowl XXXVI – New England Patriots win 20-17 over the St. Louis Rams

Guerrero began her show-business career in the 1980s as a cheerleader for the Los Angeles Rams, after which she became Entertainment Director for the Atlanta Falcons and New England Patriots.

* 2001 ( NFL )-Super Bowl XXXVI-2 / 03 / 02 AFC New England Patriots 20, NFC St. Louis Rams 17

Cover art was by Henry Higgenbotham, with interior art by Dave Allsop, David Bircham, Matt Cavotta, Wayne England, Emily Fiegenschuh, Rafa Garres, Ralph Horsley, Frazer Irving, Rom Lemen, Howard Lyon, Leslie Minnis, Dean Ormston, Lucio Parrillo, Steve Prescott, Vinod Rams, Adam Rex, Wayne Reynolds, Anne Stokes, Mark Tedin, Francis Tsai, Franz Vohwinkel, Anthony Waters, Jonathan Wayshak, Sam Wood, and James Zhang.

In a survey of 70 celebrities by The Sporting News just before the 2002 Super Bowl, she correctly predicted that the New England Patriots would beat the St. Louis Rams in Super Bowl XXXVI 20 to 17.

Even after a scuffle with the New York media and losses to New England Patriots and the St. Louis Rams, the Jets managed to earn a wild card berth with a 10-6 record.

Dryer was traded to the New England Patriots in February 1972 for three draft choices ( a first, second, and sixth ), then on draft day of that year he was dealt to the Los Angeles Rams for a first round draft pick and backup defensive end Rick Cash.

Henry Austin Ellard ( born July 21, 1961 ) is a former American football wide receiver who played for the Los Angeles Rams ( 1983 – 1993 ), Washington Redskins ( 1994 – 1998 ), and the New England Patriots ( 1998 ).

Martz's Rams went on to win the NFC Championship game against the Eagles before losing in Super Bowl XXXVI to New England.

He started all 3 playoff contests, the St. Louis Rams claimed the NFC West title and advanced to Super Bowl XXXVI falling to New England Patriots, 20-17.

* Two years later, in Super Bowl XXXVI against the New England Patriots, with the Rams trailing 17-10, Proehl caught a touchdown pass with 1: 30 to play to tie the game, but the Patriots won on a last-second field goal by Adam Vinatieri, 20-17.

Gorin has also played for the New England Patriots, Arizona Cardinals, St. Louis Rams and Denver Broncos.

Cover art is by Matt Cavotta, with interior art by Kalman Andrasofszky, Mitch Cotie, Ed Cox, Steve Ellis, Wayne England, Emily Fiegenschuh, Randy Gallegos, Brian Hagan, Ginger Kubic, Raven Mimura, William O ' Connor, Michael Phillippi, Vinod Rams, Wayne Reynolds, Dan Scott, Ron Spencer, Arnie Swekel, and Franz Vohwinkel.

Moore caught the Vikings ’ two longest passes on the season, both 50-yarders, one from Brooks Bollinger vs. New England and the other from Tarvaris Jackson vs. the St. Louis Rams.