SUPER BOWL XXXIV RETROSPECTIVE
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| Game logo moves from colorful late 90s graphics to a sleek, red-white-blue NFL shield motif to celebrate the Millennium. |
GREATEST SHOW ON TURF
SURVIVES A SCARE
Kevin Dyson ends up a yard short on the last play of the game. (AP)
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| Date | January 30, 2000 | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Stadium | Georgia Dome, Atlanta, Georgia | ||||||||||||||||||
| MVP | Kurt Warner, Quarterback | ||||||||||||||||||
| Favorite | Rams by 7[1][2] | ||||||||||||||||||
| Referee | Bob McElwee | ||||||||||||||||||
| Attendance | 72,625[3] | ||||||||||||||||||
| Future Hall of Famers | |||||||||||||||||||
| Rams: Marshall Faulk, Orlando Pace Titans: Bruce Matthews | |||||||||||||||||||
| Ceremonies | |||||||||||||||||||
| National anthem | Faith Hill | ||||||||||||||||||
| Coin toss | Super Bowl IV participants: Bud Grant, Lamar Hunt, Bobby Bell, Paul Krause, Willie Lanier, Alan Page, and Jan Stenerud | ||||||||||||||||||
| Halftime show | Phil Collins, Christina Aguilera, Enrique Iglesias, Toni Braxton, and Edward James Olmos | ||||||||||||||||||
| TV in the United States | |||||||||||||||||||
| Network | ABC | ||||||||||||||||||
| Announcers | Al Michaels and Boomer Esiason | ||||||||||||||||||
| Nielsen ratings | 43.3 (est. 88.5 million viewers)[4] | ||||||||||||||||||
| Market share | 63 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Cost of 30-second commercial | $1.1 million (down from the previous year) | ||||||||||||||||||
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| The Program does not match the Ticket! Repeat, the Program does not match the Ticket! Horrible peach graphics for the first Atlanta game w/ a NFL magazine format for program. Back to photorealism on the ticket with a saluting the NFL in the 20th Century theme. |
Tennessee drove 43 yards with the second half's opening kickoff, but Todd Lyght blocked Del Greco's 47-yard attempt to keep the Titan's off the board. Kurt Warner's 31-yard pass to Isaac Bruce keyed the ensuing drive that was capped by Warner's 9-yard touchdown pass to Torry Holt with 7:20 left in the third quarter to give the Rams a 16-0 lead.
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| I watched the game alone in my East Lansing apartment in a somewhat depressing era of my life. |
The Titans responded with touchdown drives in excess of seven minutes on each of their next two possessions. Steve McNair's 23-yard scramble set up Eddie George's 1-yard run in the final minute of the third quarter. McNair's 2-point conversion pass to Frank Wycheck was incomplete, but the Titan's defense forced a punt and the offense drove 79 yards in 13 plays, highlighted by 21-yard passes to Isaac Byrd and Jackie Harris, and capped by George's 2-yard run to cut the deficit to 16-13 with 7:21 remaining.
The Rams once again failed to get a first down, and following a punt, the Titans needed just 28 yards to set up Del Greco's game-tying 43-yard kick with 2:12 left. On the next play from scrimmage, Warner fired a deep pass down the right sideline to Bruce, who caught the ball at the Titan's 38, cut toward the inside, and outran the defense to the end zone to give the Rams a 23-16 lead with 1:54 left.
The Titans drove downfield, and McNair avoided a sack and completed a 16-yard pass to Kevin Dyson to place Tennessee at the Rams' 10 with six seconds remaining. With no timeouts, McNair attempted a quick pass to a slanting Dyson, who caught the ball in stride at the Rams' 3. However, Jones reacted quickly and stepped up to tackle Dyson at the 1-yardline as time expired.
Warner, who was named the game's most valuable player, was 24 of 45 for a Super Bowl-record 414 yards and 2 touchdowns. Bruce had 6 catches for 162 yards, and Holt had 7 for 109 yards.
McNair was 22 of 26 for 214 yards.
The Titans were the first team to come back from a 16-point deficit.
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