Super Bowl XXXVI

**Super Bowl XXXVI** was a Super Bowl game. It was played on February 3, 2002 at the Louisiana Superdome in New Orleans, Louisiana. The New England Patriots won their first Super Bowl by defeating the St. Louis Rams (now called the Los Angeles Rams), 20–17. The national anthem was sung by Mariah Carey and the halftime show featured the band, U2.

## Team statistics

||**St. Louis Rams**|**New England Patriots**|
| --- | --- | --- |
|First downs|26|15|
|Third down efficiency|5/13|2/11|
|Fourth down efficiency|0-0|0-0|
|Total yards|427|267|
|Passing yards|337|134|
|Passing – Completions-attempts|28-44|16-27|
|Rushing yards|90|133|
|Rushing attempts|22|15|
|Yards per rush|4.1|5.3|
|Penalties-yards|6-39|5-31|
|Sacks against|3-28|2-11|
|Turnovers|3|0|
|Fumbles-lost|2-1|0-0|
|Interceptions thrown|2|0|
|Time of possession|33:30|26:30|

### Team statistics leaders

<div style="float:left; width:48%;">
|colspan="5" style="; ;"|Rams Passing||||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|Kurt Warner|28/44|365|1|2|
|Marshall Faulk|17|76|0|15|
|Az-Zahir Hakim|5|90|0|29|
|Issac Bruce|5|56|0|22|
|Torry Holt|5|49|0|18|
|Marshall Faulk|4|54|0|22|
</div>
<div style="float:right; width:48%;">
|colspan="5" style="; ;"|Patriots Passing||||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|Tom Brady|16/27|145|1|0|
|Antowain Smith|18|92|0|17|
|Troy Brown|6|89|0|23|
|J. R. Redmond|3|24|0|11|
</div>

<small><sup>*</sup>Completions/Attempts</small>
<small><sup>a</sup>Carries</small>
<small><sup>b</sup>Long play</small>
<small><sup>c</sup>Receptions</small>

## Starting players

|St. Louis|Position|New England|
| --- | --- | --- |
|colspan="3" align="center"|**OFFENSE**||
|Torry Holt|WR|Troy Brown|
|Orlando Pace|LT|Matt Light|
|Tom Nütten|LG|Mike Compton|
|Andy McCollum|C|Damien Woody|
|Adam Timmerman|RG|Joe Andruzzi|
|Rod Jones|RT|Greg Robinson-Randall|
|Ernie Conwell|TE|Jermaine Wiggins|
|Issac Bruce|WR|David Patten|
|Kurt Warner|QB|Tom Brady|
|Marshall Faulk|RB|Antowain Smith|
|Jeff Robinson|TE/FB|Marc Edwards|
|colspan="3" align="center"|**DEFENSE**||
|Chidi Ahanotu|LE|Bobby Hamilton|
|Brian Young|LDT|Brandon Mitchell|
|Jeff Zgonina|RDT|Richard Seymour|
|Grant Wistrom|RE|Anthony Pleasant|
|Don Davis|LOLB|Mike Vrabel|
|London Fletcher|MLB|Tedy Bruschi|
|Tommy Polley|ROLB|Roman Phifer|
|Aeneas Williams|LCB|Ty Law|
|Dexter McCleon|RCB|Otis Smith|
|Adam Archuleta|SS|Lawyer Milloy|
|Kim Herring|FS|Tebucky Jones|

## Game officials

- **Referee:** Bernie Kukar
- **Umpire:** Jeff Rice
- **Head Linesman:** Mark Hittner
- **Line Judge:** Ron Phares
- **Field Judge:** Pete Morelli
- **Side Judge:** Laird Hayes
- **Back Judge:** Scott Green
- **Alternate Referee:** Mike Carey
- **Alternate Umpire:** Ron Botchan

## Other websites

- Super Bowl official website
- https://www.pro-football-reference.com - Large online database of NFL data and statistics

## Infobox (super bowl)

- **type**: sb
- **name**: XXXVI
- **visitor**: 2001 St. Louis Rams season, St. Louis Rams
- **home**: 2001 New England Patriots season, New England Patriots
- **home coach**: Bill Belichick
- **visitor coach**: Mike Martz
- **home record**: 11–5
- **home place**: 2
- **visitor record**: 14–2
- **visitor place**: 1
- **visitor abbr**: STL
- **home abbr**: NE
- **visitor conf**: National Football Conference, NFC
- **home conf**: American Football Conference, AFC
- **visitor total**: 17
- **home total**: 20
- **visitor qtr1**: 3
- **visitor qtr2**: 0
- **visitor qtr3**: 0
- **visitor qtr4**: 14
- **home qtr1**: 0
- **home qtr2**: 14
- **home qtr3**: 3
- **home qtr4**: 3
- **stadium**: Mercedes-Benz Superdome, Louisiana Superdome
- **city**: New Orleans, New Orleans, Louisiana
- **attendance**: 72,922
- **odds**: Rams by 14 points
- **mvp**: Tom Brady, quarterback
- **anthem**: Mariah Carey
- **coin toss**: George H. W. Bush and Roger Staubach
- **referee**: Bernie Kukar
- **hofers**: **Rams:** Isaac Bruce, Marshall Faulk, Orlando Pace, Kurt Warner, Aeneas Williams
**Patriots:** Ty Law, Richard Seymour
- **halftime**: U2
- **network**: NFL on Fox, Fox
- **last**: XXXV
- **next**: XXXVII