The Complete Super Bowl

Established April 1, 1999 • A Division of Hoffco, Inc. • Not endorsed by the NFL

Games • MVPs • Standings • Records • Rings • Programs • Pre-Super Bowl • Sitemap • About

"A lot of bookies are mad at us right now. But we don't give a damn. We're the champs. We shocked the world."
-Patriots S Ty Law

Super Bowl XXXVI

February 3, 2002 - Louisiana Superdome - New Orleans, LA

St. Louis Rams (16-2)		New England Patriots (13-5)

	St. Louis -17 New England -20

Super Bowl XXXVI Quick Stats
Date:	February 3, 2002
Location:	Louisiana Superdome - New Orleans, LA
Surface:	Indoors on turf
Game Weather:	Partly Cloudy (Outdoors)
Conditions:	Temp: 56 F; Wind: N 5 mph; Humidity: 29% (Outdoors)
Attendance:	72,922
Kickoff Time:	5:00 P.M. Central
Commentary:	Pat Summerall and John Madden (FOX)
Officials:	Referee: Bernie Kukar (86), Umpire: Jeff Rice (44), Head Linesman: Mark Hittner (28), Line Judge: Ron Phares (10), Side Judge: Laird Hayes (125), Back Judge: Scott Green (19), Field Judge: Pete Morelli (135), Replay Official: Howard Slavin, Video Operator: Bud Alexander
Pre-Game Show:	"Freedom" Ftr: Boston Pops, former U.S. Presidents Gerald Ford, Jimmy Carter, George Bush, and Bill Clinton, former First Lady Nancy Reagan, Barry Manilow, Yolanda Adams, James Ingram, Patti LaBelle, Wynonna, Paul McCartney Marc Anthony, Mary J. Blige, Boston Pops, America's Heroes Chorus (America the Beautiful)
National Anthem:	Mariah Carey w/Boston Pops Signed: Joseph Narcisse
Coin Toss:	Former U.S. President George Bush, Roger Staubach
Halftime Show:	"The E*Trade Financial Super Bowl XXXVI Halftime Show" Ftr: U2 Producer: Clear Channel Entertainment
Winner Share:	$63,000
Loser Share:	$34,500
Ticket Price:	$400 (varying ticket colors depending on level)
Favorite:	St. Louis by 14.0 pts.
TV Rating:	40.4, 61 share (FOX)
Most Valuable Player:	Patriots QB Tom Brady (27/16 for 145 yds, 1 TD; 1 for 3 yds)

* Denotes Division Champion | † Denotes Overtime
2001 NFL Playoffs
AFC Wildcard		AFC Divisional		AFC Conference		NFC Conference		NFC Divisional		NFC Wildcard
6. N.Y. Jets (10-6) at 3. Oakland* (10-6)	24 38	3. Oakland (11-6) at 2. New England* (11-5)	13 16†	2. New England (12-5) at 1. Pittsburgh (14-3)	24 17	3. Philadelphia (13-5) at 1. St. Louis (15-2)	24 29	3. Philadelphia (12-5) at 2. Chicago* (13-3)	33 19	6. Tampa Bay (9-7) at 3. Philadelphia* (11-5)	9 31
5. Baltimore (10-6) at 4. Miami (11-5)	20 3	5. Baltimore (11-6) at 1. Pittsburgh* (13-3)	10 27					4. Green Bay (13-4) at 1. St. Louis* (14-2)	17 45	5. San Francisco (12-4) at 4. Green Bay (12-4)	15 25

* Denotes Wildcard Team | Tiebreakers: New England finished ahead of Miami based on better division record (6-2 to Dolphins' 5-3). Baltimore was second wildcard ahead of N.Y. Jets based on better record against common opponents (3-2 to Jets' 2-2). Cleveland finished ahead of Tennessee based on better division record (5-5 to Titans' 3-7). Jacksonville finished ahead of Cincinnati based on head-to-head record (2-0). N.Y. Giants finished ahead of Arizona based on head-to-head record (2-0). Green Bay was first wildcard ahead of San Francisco based on better conference record (9-3 to 49ers' 8-4). New Orleans finished ahead of Atlanta based on better division record (4-4 to Falcons' 3-5).
2001 NFL Standings
American Football Conference
Eastern			Central			Western
New England Patriots Miami Dolphins* New York Jets* Indianapolis Colts Buffalo Bills	11-5-0 11-5-0 10-6-0 6-10-0 3-13-0	0.688 0.688 0.625 0.375 0.188	Pittsburgh Steelers Baltimore Ravens* Cleveland Browns Tennessee Titans Jacksonville Jaguars Cincinnati Bengals	13-3-0 10-6-0 7-9-0 7-9-0 6-10-0 6-10-0	0.813 0.625 0.438 0.438 0.375 0.375	Oakland Raiders Seattle Seahawks Denver Broncos Kansas City Chiefs San Diego Chargers	10-6-0 9-7-0 8-8-0 6-10-0 5-11-0	0.625 0.563 0.500 0.375 0.313
National Football Conference
Eastern			Central			Western
Philadelphia Eagles Washington Redskins New York Giants Arizona Cardinals Dallas Cowboys	11-5-0 8-8-0 7-9-0 7-9-0 5-11-0	0.688 0.500 0.438 0.438 0.313	Chicago Bears Green Bay Packers* Tampa Bay Buccaneers* Minnesota Vikings Detroit Lions	13-3-0 12-4-0 9-7-0 5-11-0 2-14-0	0.813 0.750 0.563 0.313 0.125	St. Louis Rams San Francisco 49ers* New Orleans Saints Atlanta Falcons Carolina Panthers	14-2-0 12-4-0 7-9-0 7-9-0 1-15-0	0.875 0.750 0.438 0.438 0.063

* Denotes night game | † Denotes Overtime
St. Louis 2001 Schedule
Date		Opponent	Score
Regular Season (14-2)
Sun	9/9	at Philadelphia	W	20-17
Sun	9/16	Atlanta	Postponed
Sun	9/23	at San Francisco	W	30-26
Sun	9/30	Miami	W	42-10
Mon*	10/8	at Detroit	W	35-0
Sun	10/14	N.Y. Giants	W	15-14
Sun	10/21	at N.Y. Jets	W	34-14
Sun	10/28	New Orleans	L	31-34
Sun	11/4	BYE
Sun	11/11	Carolina	W	48-14
Sun*	11/18	at New England	W	24-17
Mon*	11/26	Tampa Bay	L	17-24
Sun	12/2	at Atlanta	W	35-6
Sun	12/9	San Francisco	W	27-14
Mon*	12/17	at New Orleans	W	34-21
Sun	12/23	at Carolina	W	38-32
Sun	12/30	Indianapolis	W	42-17
Sun	1/6	Atlanta	W	31-13
Post Season
Sun	1/20	Green Bay	W	45-17
Sun	1/27	Philadelphia	W	29-24

* Denotes night game | † Denotes Overtime
New England 2001 Schedule
Date		Opponent	Score
Regular Season (11-5)
Sun	9/9	at Cincinnati	L	17-23
Sun	9/16	at Carolina	Postponed
Sun	9/23	N.Y. Jets	L	3-10
Sun	9/30	Indianapolis	W	44-13
Sun	10/7	at Miami	L	10-30
Sun	10/14	San Diego	W	29-26
Sun	10/21	at Indianapolis	W	38-17
Sun	10/28	at Denver	L	20-31
Sun	11/4	at Atlanta	W	24-10
Sun	11/11	Buffalo	W	21-11
Sun*	11/18	St. Louis	L	17-24
Sun	11/25	New Orleans	W	34-17
Sun	12/2	at N.Y. Jets	W	17-16
Sun	12/9	Cleveland	W	27-16
Sun	12/16	at Buffalo	W	12-9
Sat	12/22	Miami	W	20-13
Sun	12/30	BYE
Sun	1/6	at Carolina	W	38-6
Post Season
Sat*	1/19	Oakland	W	16-13†
Sun	1/27	at Pittsburgh	W	24-17

Starting Lineups
ST. LOUIS				NEW ENGLAND
OFFENSE		DEFENSE		OFFENSE		DEFENSE
T.Holt	WR	C.Ahanotu	LE	T.Brown	WR	B.Hamilton	LE
O.Pace	LT	B.Young	DT	M.Light	LT	B.Mitchell	DT
T.Nutten	LG	J.Zgonina	DT	M.Compton	LG	R.Seymour	DT
A.McCollum	C	G.Wistrom	RE	D.Woody	C	A.Pleasant	RE
A.Timmerman	RG	D.Davis	LLB	J.Andruzzi	RG	M.Vrabel	LLB
R.Jones	RT	L.Fletcher	MLB	G.Robinson-Randall	RT	T.Bruschi	MLB
E.Conwell	TE	T.Polley	RLB	J.Wiggins	TE	R.Phifer	RLB
I.Bruce	WR	A.Williams	LCB	D.Patten	WR	T.Law	LCB
K.Warner	QB	D.McCleon	RCB	T.Brady	QB	O.Smith	RCB
J.Hodgins	FB	A.Archuleta	SS	M.Edwards	FB	L.Milloy	SS
M.Faulk	RB	K.Herring	FS	A.Smith	RB	T.Jones	FS

Substitutions
ST. LOUIS		NEW ENGLAND
OFFENSE	DEFENSE	OFFENSE	DEFENSE
T.Canidate (RB)	J.Butler (CB)	J.Redmond (RB)	T.Shaw (CB)
R.Holcombe (RB)	W.Gary (S)	K.Faulk (RB)	A.Harris (S)
J.Robinson (TE)	D.Bly (CB)	P.Pass (FB)	M.Stevens (S)
R.Tucker (T)	N.Sorensen (CB/S)	L.Paxton (C)	T.Buckley (CB)
F.Garcia (C/G)	M.Fields (LB)	G.Ruegamer (C/G)	J.Cherry (S)
C.Spikes (G)	O.Brigance (LB)	G.Williams (T)	B.Cox (LB)
A.Hakim (WR)	S.Moran (DE)	C.Johnson (WR)	T.Johnson (LB)
Y.Murphy (WR)	R.Pickett (DT)	R.Rutledge (TE)	L.Izzo (LB)
B.Manumaleuna (TE)	L.Little (DE)	F.Coleman (WR)	W.McGinest (DE/LB)
R.Proehl (WR)	T.Jackson (DT)		M.Chatham (LB)
KICKERS		KICKERS
J.Wilkins (K)	J.Baker (P)	A.Vinatieri (K)	K.Walter (P)
DID NOT PLAY		DID NOT PLAY
J.Martin (QB)		D.Bledsoe (QB)	R.Parker (DE)

Team Statistics
	STL	NE
FIRST DOWNS-Total Rushing Passing Penalty	26 7 16 3	15 6 8 1
3rd DOWN EFF.	5/13-38%	2/11-18%
4th DOWN EFF.	0/0-0%	0/0-0%
TOTAL NET YARDS Total Offensive Plays Average Gain	427 69 6.2	267 54 4.9
NET RUSH YARDS Rushing Plays Average Gain	90 22 4.1	133 25 5.3
NET PASS YARDS Pass Att-Comp-INT Tackled-Yds Lost Gross Yards Passing	337 44-28-2 3-28 365	134 27-16-0 2-11 145
PUNTS-Yards Average Dist. Blocked	4-159 39.8 0	8-345 43.1 0
RETURN YARDS-Total Punt Returns Kickoff Returns Interception Returns	88 3-6 4-82 0-0	181 1-4 4-100 2-77
PENALTIES-yards	6-39	5-31
TOTAL TURNOVERS Fumbles-Lost Had Intercepted	3 2-1 2	0 0-0 0
TOUCHDOWNS-Total Rushing Passing Returns	2 1 1 0	2 0 1 1
FIELD GOALS-Made/Att Blocked	1/2 0	2/2 0
EXTRA POINTS-Made Kicking-Made/Att Blocked 2-Point-Made/Att	2 2/2 0 0/0	2 2/2 0 0/0
SAFETIES	0	0
TOTAL POINTS	17	20
T.O.P.	33:30	26:30

Scoring Summary
Team	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Total
ST. LOUIS	3	0	0	14	17
NEW ENGLAND	0	14	3	3	20

1st Quarter

STL - J.Wilkins, 50-yard FG. 10-48, TOP 5:05 (11:50)

2nd Quarter

NE - T.Law, 47-yard INT return. A.Vinatieri kick. (6:11)
NE - D.Patten, 8 yard pass from T.Brady. A.Vinatieri kick. 5-40, TOP 0:49 (14:29)

3rd Quarter

NE - A.Vinatieri, 37-yard FG. 5-14, TOP 2:07 (13:42)

4th Quarter

STL - K.Warner, 2 yard rush. J.Wilkins kick. 12-77, TOP 6:47 (5:29)
STL - R.Proehl, 26 yard pass from K.Warner. J.Wilkins kick. 3-55, TOP 0:21 (13:30)
NE - A.Vinatieri, 48-yard FG. 9-53, TOP 1:30 (15:00)

St. Louis vs. New England / Lombardi Trophy (AP)

Individual Statistics

ST. LOUIS RAMS

NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS

PASSING

	AT	CMP	PCT	YDS	TD	INT	YDS/CMP	SK/YD	RT
K.Warner	44	28	63.6	365	1	2	13.0	3/28	78.3

PASSING

	AT	CMP	PCT	YDS	TD	YDS/CMP	SK/YD	RT
T.Brady	27	16	59.3	145	1	9.1	1/7	86.2
K.Faulk	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	1/4	0.0
TOTAL	27	16	59.3	145	1	9.1	2/11	86.2

RUSHING

	ATT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
M.Faulk	17	76	4.5	15	0
K.Warner	3	6	2.0	5	1
A.Hakim	1	5	5.0	5	0
J.Hodgins	1	3	3.0	3	0
TOTAL	22	90	4.1	15	1

RUSHING

	ATT	YDS	AVG	LG
A.Smith	18	92	5.1	17
D.Patten	1	22	22.0	22
K.Faulk	2	15	7.5	8
M.Edwards	2	5	2.5	3
T.Brady	1	3	3.0	3
J.Redmond	1	-4	-4.0	-4
TOTAL	25	133	5.3	22

RECEIVING

	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
A.Hakim	5	90	18.0	29	0
I.Bruce	5	56	11.2	22	0
T.Holt	5	49	9.8	18	0
M.Faulk	4	54	13.5	22	0
R.Proehl	3	71	23.7	30	1
J.Robinson	2	18	9.0	12	0
E.Conwell	2	8	4.0	9	0
Y.Murphy	1	11	11.0	11	0
J.Hodgins	1	8	8.0	8	0
TOTAL	28	365	13.0	30	1

RECEIVING

	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
T.Brown	6	89	14.8	23	0
J.Redmond	3	24	8.0	11	0
J.Wiggins	2	14	7.0	8	0
M.Edwards	2	7	3.5	5	0
D.Patten	1	8	8.0	8	1
A.Smith	1	4	4.0	4	0
K.Faulk	1	-1	-1.0	-1	0
TOTAL	16	145	9.1	23	1

PUNTING

	NO	YDS	AVG	TB	IN20	LG
J.Baker	4	459	39.8	1	3	49

PUNTING

	NO	YDS	AVG	TB	IN20	LG
K.Walter	8	345	43.1	2	4	53

PUNT RETURNS

	NO	YDS	AVG	FC	LG	TD
D.Bly	3	6	2.0	2	7	0

PUNT RETURNS

	NO	YDS	AVG	FC	LG	TD
T.Brown	1	4	4.0	1	4	0

KICKOFF RETURNS

	NO	YDS	AVG	LG
Y.Murphy	3	81	27.0	38
M.Faulk	1	1	1.0	1
TOTAL	4	82	20.5	38

KICKOFF RETURNS

	NO	YDS	AVG	LG
P.Pass	3	85	28.3	35
T.Brown	1	15	15.0	15
TOTAL	4	100	25.0	35

INTERCEPTIONS BY

	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
TOTAL	0	0	0.0	0	0

INTERCEPTIONS BY

	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
T.Law	1	47	47.0	47	1
O.Smith	1	30	30.0	30	0
TOTAL	2	77	38.5	47	1

FUMBLES

ST. LOUIS	FUM	OWN-REC	YDS	TD	FRCD	OPP-REC	YDS	TD	OOB
K.Warner	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
R.Proehl	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
TOTAL	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
NEW ENGLAND	FUM	OWN-REC	YDS	TD	FRCD	OPP-REC	YDS	TD	OOB
A.Harris	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0
T.Buckley	0	0	0	0	0	1	15	0	0
TOTAL	0	0	0	0	1	1	15	0	0

Defensive Statistics

ST. LOUIS RAMS

REGULAR DEFENSIVE PLAYS

SPECIAL TEAMS

MISC

TKL

AST

COM

SCK/

YDS

INT

TKL

AST

TKL

AST

T.Polley

0.0

A.Archuleta

0.0

L.Fletcher

0.0

K.Herring

0.0

A.Williams

0.0

G.Wistrom

1.0

4.0

L.Little

1.0

7.0

B.Young

0.0

J.Zgonina

0.0

C.Ahanotu

0.0

D.Bly

0.0

D.McCleon

0.0

D.Davis

0.0

T.Jackson

0.0

M.Fields

0.0

R.Holcombe

0.0

J.Robinson

0.0

T.Canidate

0.0

S.Moran

0.0

K.Warner

0.0

T.Holt

0.0

TOTAL

2.0

11.0

TKL = Tackle
PD = Pass Defense

AST = Assist
FF = Forced Fumble

COM = Combined
FR = Fumble Recovery

INT = Interception
BL = Blocked

NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS

REGULAR DEFENSIVE PLAYS

SPECIAL TEAMS

MISC

TKL

AST

COM

SCK/

YDS

INT

TKL

AST

TKL

AST

T.Law

0.0

L.Milloy

0.0

W.McGinest

1.0

16.0

T.Jones

0.0

A.Pleasant

0.0

R.Phifer

0.0

O.Smith

0.0

T.Bruschi

0.0

B.Hamilton

1.0

5.0

M.Vrabel

0.0

R.Seymour

1.0

7.0

T.Buckley

0.0

A.Harris

0.0

B.Cox

0.0

B.Mitchell

0.0

J.Cherry

0.0

T.Shaw

0.0

TOTAL

3.0

28.0

The Original Super Bowl XXXVI logo, before the attacks on September 11, 2001

© 2010, Hoffco, Inc. The CompleteSuperBowl.com website is maintained by Hoffco, Inc. This site is for reference use only, and is not a money-making enterprise. This site is in no way endorsed or sponsored by the NFL. The name "NFL" and the NFL shield design are registered trademarks of the National Football League. The team names, logos and uniform designs are registered trademarks of the teams indicated. For more information, please visit NFL.com.