Super Bowl XXXVI was an American football game between the National Football Conference (NFC) champion St. Louis Rams and the American Football Conference (AFC) champion New England Patriots to decide the National Football League (NFL) champion for the 2001 season. In one of the biggest upsets in Super Bowl history, the 14-point underdog Patriots defeated the Rams by the score of 20–17, winning their first ever Super Bowl.
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Super Bowl XXXVI was an American football game between the National Football Conference (NFC) champion St. Louis Rams and the American Football Conference (AFC) champion New England Patriots to decide the National Football League (NFL) champion for the 2001 season. In one of the biggest upsets in Super Bowl history, the 14-point underdog Patriots defeated the Rams by the score of 20–17, winning their first ever Super Bowl.
The game was played at the Louisiana Superdome in New Orleans, Louisiana, on February 3, 2002. The September 11 attacks led the NFL to postpone a week of regular season games and move the league's playoff schedule back. As a result, Super Bowl XXXVI was rescheduled from the original date of January 27 to February 3, becoming the first Super Bowl played in February. Due to heightened security measures following the terrorist attacks, this Super Bowl was designated a National Special Security Event (NSSE) for the first time by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS)...
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