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Super Bowl XXXIV featured that same Titans team against the St. Louis Rams, the NFL’s dominant offensive team. The Rams’ offense was known as the Greatest Show on Turf. It was a tight game, and with 6 seconds left and the Rams leading 23-16, the Super Bowl victory came down to the final play. At the snap, Titan QB Steve McNair fired a quick pass to Dyson at the Rams’ 5-yard line. Rams linebacker Mike Jones was waiting. Dyson took two strides before Jones wrapped him up and started to drag him down. Dyson extended the ball in a valiant effort to get it over the goal line, but he famously came up one yard short. This game was the high point for each franchise. The Rams returned to the Super Bowl two years later but lost to Tom Brady’s Patriots. Neither team has won a playoff game since 2004.

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