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NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTSCHAMPIONSHIP RING
THE STORY OF 2002 SUPER BOWL XXXVI
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. The Patriots defeated the Rams 20–17. It was New
England's first Super Bowl championship.
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The game was played at the Louisiana Superdome in New Orleans, Louisiana, on
February 3, 2002. Following the September 11 attacks earlier in the season, the NFL
postponed a week of regular season games and moved the league's playoff schedule
back. As a result, Super Bowl XXXVI was rescheduled from the original date of January
27 to February 3, becoming the first Super Bowl played in February. Due to heightened
security measures following the terrorist attacks, this was the first Super Bowl
designated as a National Special Security Event (NSSE) by the Office of Homeland
Security (OHS). The OHS would later name each subsequent Super Bowl an NSSE.
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This game marked the Rams' third Super Bowl appearance in franchise history and the
second in three seasons. St. Louis posted an NFL-best 14–2 regular season record,
led by quarterback Kurt Warner and "The Greatest Show on Turf" offense. The Patriots
clinched their third Super Bowl berth after posting an 11–5 regular season record, led
by second-year quarterback Tom Brady and a defense that ended the regular season
ranked sixth in scoring.
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Although the Rams out-gained the Patriots 427–267 in total yards, New England built a
17–3 third-quarter lead off of three St. Louis turnovers. After a holding penalty in the
fourth quarter negated a Patriots fumble return for a touchdown, Warner scored a 2-yard
touchdown run and threw a 26-yard touchdown pass to tie the game, 17–17 with 1:30
remaining. Without any timeouts, Brady led his team down the field to set up kicker
Adam Vinatieri's game-winning 48-yard field goal as time expired. Brady, who completed
16 of 27 passes for 145 yards and a touchdown, was named Super Bowl MVP.
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Warner finished the game with 28 completions out of 44 passes for 365 yards, 1
touchdown, and 2 interceptions, and rushed 3 times for 6 yards and a touchdown.
Warner's 365 passing yards were the second highest total in Super Bowl history behind
his own record of 414 yards set in Super Bowl XXXIV. Hakim was the top receiver of the
game with 5 catches for 90 yards, and also rushed once for 5 yards. Faulk led the team
with 76 rushing yards, and also caught 4 passes for 54 yards.Patriots running back
Antowain Smith was the top rusher of the game with 92 yards, and caught a pass for 4
yards. Troy Brown was the Patriots leading receiver with 6 catches for 89 yards. Brown
also had a 15-yard kickoff return, and a 4-yard punt return, which gave him 108 total
yards. Although the Rams outgained the Patriots 427–267 in total yards, New England
forced three turnovers that were converted into 17 points. The Patriots on the other-hand
committed no turnovers.
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