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 RamsNew England PatriotsFirst downs2615Third down efficiency5/132/11Fourth down efficiency0-00-0Total yards427267Passing yards337134Passing – Completions-attempts28-4416-27Rushing yards90133Rushing attempts2215Yards per rush4.15.3Penalties-yards6-395-31Sacks against3-282-11Turnovers30Fumbles-lost2-10-0Interceptions thrown20Time of possession33:3026:30

 Team statistics leaders
 Rams Passing C/ATT*YdsTDINT Kurt Warner  28/44  365  1  2 Rams Rushing CaraYdsTDLGb Marshall Faulk  17  76  0  15 Rams ReceivingReccYdsTDLGb 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
 Patriots Passing C/ATT*YdsTDINT Tom Brady  16/27  145  1  0 Patriots Rushing CaraYdsTDLGb Antowain Smith  18  92  0  17 Patriots ReceivingReccYdsTDLGb Troy Brown  6  89  0  23 J. R. Redmond  3  24  0  11

*Completions/Attempts
aCarries
bLong play
cReceptions

 Starting players 
 St. Louis Position  New England 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 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

References

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

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Category:2002 in sports
Category:New England Patriots
Category:St. Louis Rams
Category:2002 in Louisiana