the rams won the super bowl in the 1999 season.
the rams won the super bowl in the 1999 season.
when did the rams win the super bowl?
1999 season
the 1999 season started with quarterback trent green injuring his leg in preseason play, which left him sidelined for the entire season; the starting job fell to backup kurt warner, who came out of college as an undrafted free agent and whose career had included stints with the iowa barnstormers of the arena football league and the amsterdam admirals of nfl europe. vermeil told the public that the rams would "rally around kurt warner, and play good football." warner synced up with marshall faulk and isaac bruce to lead the rams to one of the most prolific offenses in history, posting 526 points for the season. this was the beginning of what later became known as "the greatest show on turf". warner shocked the league by throwing for 41 touchdowns. this led the rams to super bowl xxxiv, where they beat the tennessee titans, 23–16. warner was named the most valuable player of the super bowl. following the rams' win, vermeil retired, and vermeil's offensive coordinator mike martz was hired as head coach. he managed to take the rams to super bowl xxxvi, where the team lost to the new england patriots 20–17. martz helped the rams establish a pass-first identity that posted an nfl record number of points over the course of three seasons (1999–2001). however, in the first round in the 2004 draft, the rams chose oregon state running back steven jackson as the 24th pick of the draft.
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the game heralded the patriots dynasty, being the first of nine super bowl appearances under the duo of head coach belichick and quarterback brady. the patriots finished the 2002 nfl season 9–7, missing the playoffs. but they went on to win super bowl xxxviii, super bowl xxxix, thus winning three super bowls in four years. then, they won their fourth, fifth, and sixth super bowls (super bowl xlix, super bowl li, and super bowl liii) a decade after their third. brady also won three more super bowl mvp awards in super bowl xxxviii, super bowl xlix, and super bowl li, making him the only player to be named super bowl mvp four times. super bowl xxxvi later became part of the wider 2007 new england patriots videotaping controversy, also known as "spygate". in addition to other videotaping allegations, the "boston herald" reported, citing an unnamed source, that the patriots had also taped the rams' walkthrough practice prior to the game. after further investigations, the league determined that no tape of the rams' super bowl walkthrough was made, and the "herald" later issued an apology in 2008 for their article about the alleged walkthrough tape. nevertheless, the patriots finished the 2007 regular season with a perfect 16–0 record, but failed to record an undefeated 19–0 championship season after losing super bowl xlii to the new york giants. and at the conclusion of the 2015 nfl season, the patriots held the nfl's best record since spygate, compiling a 96–32 record from 2008 to 2015.
super bowl xxxvi