KURT WARNER / RAMS

VITAL STATISTICS

Completed 24 of 45 passes for 414 yards and two touchdowns, with no interceptions.

DEFINING MOMENT

With Jevon Kearse in his face, Warner was able to muscle the ball out to Isaac Bruce, who ran into the end zone for a 73-yard touchdown pass play and a 23-16 lead.

LITTLE-KNOWN FACT

Warner led NFL Europe in passing yards and touchdown passes as a member of the Amsterdam Admirals in 1998.

OTHER KEY PLAYS

Warner connected with Torry Holt on a nine-yard touchdown pass with 7:20 left in the third quarter. He threw for 277 yards in the first half.

IN HIS WORDS

“You may think of this as a Hollywood story, but it’s just my life.”

Super Bowl MVPs

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1967 BART STARR Quarterback Green Bay 1968 BART STARR Quarterback Green Bay 1969 JOE NAMATH Quarterback N.Y. Jets 1970 LEN DAWSON Quarterback Kansas City 1971 CHUCK HOWLEY Linebacker Dallas 1972 ROGER STAUBACH Quarterback Dallas 1973 JAKE SCOTT Safety Miami 1974 LARRY CSONKA Running back Miami 1975 FRANCO HARRIS Running back Pittsburgh 1976 LYNN SWANN Wide receiver Pittsburgh 1977 FRED BILETNIKOFF Wide receiver Oakland 1978 RANDY WHITE DL Dallas HARVEY MARTIN1979 TERRY BRADSHAW Quarterback Pittsburgh 1980 TERRY BRADSHAW Quarterback Pittsburgh 1981 JIM PLUNKETT Quarterback Oakland 1982 JOE MONTANA Quarterback San Francisco 1983 JOHN RIGGINS Running back Washington 1984 MARCUS ALLEN Running back L.A. Raiders 1985 JOE MONTANA Quarterback San Francisco 1986 RICHARD DENT Defensive end Chicago 1987 PHIL SIMMS Quarterback N.Y. Giants 1988 DOUG WILLIAMS Quarterback Washington 1989 JERRY RICE Wide receiver San Francisco 1990 JOE MONTANA Quarterback San Francisco 1991 OTTIS ANDERSON Running back N.Y. Giants 1992 MARK RYPIEN Quarterback Washington 1993 TROY AIKMAN Quarterback Dallas 1994 EMMITT SMITH Running back Dallas 1995 STEVE YOUNG Quarterback San Francisco 1996 LARRY BROWN Cornerback Dallas 1997 DESMOND HOWARD Kick returner Green Bay 1998 TERRELL DAVIS Running back Denver 1999 JOHN ELWAY Quarterback Denver 2000 KURT WARNER Quarterback St. Louis

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