As the play began, everything appeared to go as planned. Despite missing 2.5 games, Green Bay Packers receiver Davante Adams will still enter Week 17 with a chance to set new single-season team records in the triple crown of receiving statistics. [29], The Titans finished the regular season with a 13–3 record (including a home win over the Rams), but finished second behind the 14–2 Jacksonville Jaguars in the AFC Central. Tennessee wide receiver Derrick Mason returned the ensuing kickoff 35 yards to the 34-yard line. The previous ABC affiliate, KTVI, in contrast, was one of the strongest affiliates[citation needed] – it had become a Fox NFL station in 1995, and thus, has televised the majority of the Rams' games in this period. [25][26] With Tennessee's Super Bowl appearance, every former AFL team had now played in the Super Bowl, including the original eight AFL teams and two AFL expansion teams: the Miami Dolphins and the Cincinnati Bengals. h�b```b``ma`e`�. This game is often referred to as the "Dot-com Super Bowl" due to the large amount of advertisements purchased by dot-com companies. For the rest of the half, the Titans were forced to punt on all of their possessions. Faulk gained 101 combined rushing/receiving yards and scored 2 touchdowns. [31], The Rams then narrowly defeated the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, 11–6 at home, in a hard-fought defensive struggle in the NFC Championship Game. career record to 29-19 as a head . OPPONENTS. Super Bowls Won: 0 (1 Appearance) Championships Won *: 2 All-time Passing Leader: Warren Moon 2,632/4,546, 33,685 yds, 196 TD All-time Rushing Leader: Eddie George 2,733 att, 10,009 yds, 64 TD With Jones occupying Wycheck, quarterback Steve McNair would pass the ball to Dyson, who would be open from about five yards out for the score. The game was delayed for several minutes while Bishop was being treated. 0000040102 00000 n Seasons: 61 (1960 to 2020) Record (W-L-T): 451-475-6 Playoff Record: 17-22. Bruce caught 4 passes for 133 yards and a touchdown. Tennessee then responded by scoring 16 consecutive points to tie the game with 2:12 left in regulation---it was the largest deficit to be erased in a Super Bowl at the time and the first greater than 10 points. ABC Sports chose to use the 720p format.[38]. while breakout rookie wide receiver Torry Holt recorded 52 receptions, 788 yards, and 6 touchdowns. After the new Adelphia Coliseum (now known as Nissan Stadium) was completed in 1999, the team's name was changed to Tennessee Titans. [46][47] Tennessee's plan was to use tight end Frank Wycheck as a decoy. Derrick Mason 2004 96 1,168 12.2 37t 7 4. Then McNair scrambled 23 yards to the 2-yard line, setting up a 1-yard touchdown run by George two plays later. Heading into Week 17, the Minnesota wideout already had the franchise’s rookie reception record, which he beat in Week 15 in the defeat to the Bears.. Veteran receiver Isaac Bruce was the top Rams receiver with 77 receptions for 1,165 yards and 12 touchdowns. Ironically, the ABC affiliate in St. Louis, KDNL-TV, has been regarded as one of the network's weakest affiliates since joining the network in 1995[citation needed]. Up front, their line was anchored by Pro Bowl tackle Bruce Matthews. 113 247 31. He also set the record for the longest amount of time between going to his first Super Bowl (Super Bowl XV in the 1980 season) to winning it for the first time. On the next play, St. Louis was penalized 5 yards for being offside, moving the ball to the 40-yard line with 59 seconds left. xref The 16-point deficit was the largest deficit to be erased in a Super Bowl and the first greater than 10 points. Titans’ loss, combined with Indianapolis’ win at Detroit, put the Titans and The ... Give the Titans a 2-0 record against the NFC North in 2020 and . 0000018215 00000 n Chris Berman from Disney-owned corporate sibling ESPN hosted all the events. 0000000016 00000 n Most receiving yards in a single-season in franchise history. Meanwhile, the Titans started out their postseason by narrowly defeating the Buffalo Bills, 22–16 in Nashville, on a famous, trick kickoff return play that became known in NFL lore as the Music City Miracle. Mason returned 5 kickoffs for 122 yards, and caught 2 passes for 18 yards.[56]. 0 But some residents believe the poor weather during Super Bowl week negatively impacted the city's chances of hosting another Super Bowl, including the bid it lost for the Super Bowl XLIII. The Titans had 11 100-yard receiving games, and WR Corey Davis had a team-high five such games. The secondary was led by Pro Bowler Todd Lyght (6 interceptions), Dexter McCleon (4 interceptions), and rookie Dré Bly (3 interceptions). But on third down, safety Blaine Bishop pressured quarterback Kurt Warner to throw an incomplete pass. 0000027903 00000 n [59] Some of these records have since been surpassed in subsequent Super Bowl games. The Tennessee defense then forced the Rams to a three-and-out, and Horan's 30-yard punt gave the Titans the ball back at their 47-yard line. Give the Titans a 7-4 conference record in 2020. Considering the magnitude of the Super Bowl, and the wild game that preceded it, "The Tackle" is considered one of the greatest and most exciting game-ending plays in modern NFL history. 2 – From 1966 to 1969, the first four Super Bowls were "World Championship" games played between two independent professional football leagues, AFL and NFL, and when the league, This page was last edited on 20 January 2021, at 07:39. The Rams' defense led the league in fewest rushing yards allowed (1,189) and fewest rushing touchdowns allowed (4), while giving up just 242 points. Since this new stadium was not ready until the 1999 season, Adams decided to move his team to Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium in Memphis, Tennessee in 1997 after playing before small Houston crowds in 1996. In contrast, the Rams were able to reach inside the Tennessee 20-yard line on all four 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 three of them, but missed one attempt from 34 yards. Sacks. The game was later featured as one of the NFL's Greatest Games as The Longest Yard. [33] The play was reviewed to determine whether Wycheck had lateraled the ball to Dyson or made an illegal forward pass. Faulk wasn’t the only weapon at Warner's disposal in 1999. 0000010435 00000 n You don't think about it, and when you do achieve something, you know luck has nothing to do with it. [6], The Rams entered their second Super Bowl in team history with an NFC-best 13–3 regular season record. Tennessee finished in second place in the AFC Central division behind the 14–2 Jacksonville Jaguars. Titans WR A.J. On the Rams' ensuing drive, quarterback Kurt Warner completed a 73-yard touchdown pass to wide receiver Isaac Bruce to regain the lead. The touchdown cut the Titans' deficit to 16–6 after McNair's pass to Wycheck on the two-point conversion attempt fell incomplete.[44]. He scored 12 touchdowns, rushed for 1,381 yards, and recorded a team-leading 87 receptions for 1,048 yards. McNair set a Super Bowl record for rushing yards by a quarterback, recording 64 yards on 8 carries. 0000001987 00000 n The following records were set in Super Bowl XXXIV, according to the official NFL.com boxscore,[57] the 2016 NFL Record & Fact Book[58] and the Pro-Football-Reference.com game summary. [22], This was the Rams' first playoff appearance since 1989 and only the second Super Bowl appearance in team history.[23]. The game's final play from the Rams' 10-yard line has gone down in NFL history as simply "The Tackle" or "One Yard Short". Tennessee Titans Updated Records Updated Through Jan. 1, 2017 4 SEASON RECEPTIONS PlayerYear No YdsAvg Lg TD 1. On the next play, Tennessee nearly lost the ball when Bly stepped in front of a pass intended for Mason, only to have it go right through his arms. 1 – Dates in the list denote the season, not necessarily the calendar year in which the championship game was played. Timmerman, acquired by the Rams in 1999, had previously won Super Bowl XXXI with the Green Bay Packers. Indeed, ESPN The Magazine's 1999 NFL preview predicted the Rams would be the worst team in the NFL, worse even than the Cleveland Browns, who had returned as an expansion team that year. The Titans' first score sparked them to rally. [34], The Titans then eliminated the Jacksonville Jaguars, 33–14, in the AFC Championship Game at Jacksonville. Seasons: 61 … This time, Del Greco's kick was good, tying the score at 16–16 with just 2:12 left in the game. Then the ensuing field goal attempt failed when punter/holder Mike Horan fumbled the snap. 0000017819 00000 n 0000062054 00000 n This game is often referred to as the "dot-com" Super Bowl since it was held during the height of the dot-com bubble, and several Internet companies purchased television commercials. Little was expected of the Rams for 1999. However, Buffalo came back to take the lead, 13–12 with Antowain Smith's two touchdown runs in the second half (the two-point conversion after Smith's second touchdown failed). In the regular-season finale against the Texans, Brown became the ninth player in NFL history to record at least 2,000 receiving yards … The Rams ended up leading at halftime, 9–0, but their scoring margin over the Titans seemed somewhat small, considering they drove into scoring range on every one of their first-half possessions and outgained Tennessee in total yards, 294–89. Both players went into a rolling motion as Dyson outstretched his hand with the football towards the goal line in the hopes of scoring the touchdown. After an incomplete pass, defensive back Dré Bly's 15-yard face-mask penalty while tackling McNair on a 12-yard scramble gave the Titans a 1st down at the St. Louis 45-yard line. It featured a full symphony orchestra conducted by Steven Byess; a multi-generational, 80-person choir; and singers Phil Collins, Christina Aguilera, Enrique Iglesias, and Toni Braxton.[42]. It was also the first time in any Super Bowl a team down double digits in the 4th quarter had tied the game. Sure, I had my tough times, but you don't sit there and say, 'Wow, I was stocking groceries five years ago, and look at me now.' Their secondary was led by cornerback Samari Rolle, who led the team with 4 interceptions. The image of Dyson stretching the ball to the goal line with Jones wrapped around him has become a staple of NFL highlights. [40], The E-Trade Super Bowl Halftime Show[41] was produced by Disney and titled "Tapestry of Nations" after the Epcot parade of the same name. Tennessee Titans Updated Records Updated Through Dec. 31, 2017 4 SEASON RECEPTIONS PlayerYear No YdsAvg Lg TD 1. Referee Phil Luckett upheld the original call on the field of a touchdown, giving Tennessee the win. 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