Super Bowl XXXIV
The only Super Bowl where both teams sought their first title.
Super Bowl XXXIV was an American football game played at the Georgia Dome in Atlanta, Georgia, on January 30, 2000, to determine the National Football League (NFL) champion for the 1999 season. The 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. It is the only NFL championship in which both teams were seeking their first Super Bowl title.
Quick Facts
- Visitor
- St. Louis Rams
- Home
- Tennessee Titans
- Home coach
- Jeff Fisher
- Visitor coach
- Dick Vermeil
- Home record
- 13–3
- Home place
- 4
- Visitor place
- 1
- Visitor total
- 23
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Background
Both teams were returning to the postseason after 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 moving from Los Angeles to St. Louis. The Titans also finished the regular season with a 13–3 record and advanced to their Super Bowl debut as a wild card. In their first season after retiring the franchise's Oilers name, the Titans were making their first playoff run since 1993 and first since moving from Houston to Tennessee.
Did You Know?
- The game has been called the 'Dot-com Super Bowl' for 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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