Friday, February 15, 2013

1999 NFL


1.  Kurt Warner: Was the MVP of the regular season and Super Bowl.

He set the Super Bowl record with 414 yards and also threw 2 TDs.

He started the season with 3 TDs in the first three career starts, an NFL record.

Warner finished the season with the 3rd most TDs ever with 41 and a 109.3 rating, the 4th best ever in a season.

He also led the league in completions % at 65.1, and yards per attempt. He was 2nd in the NFL yards with 4,325 and 4th in completions.   

During the regular season Warner finished with nine 300 yard games and nine 3 TD games.

In his first playoff start, he torched Minnesota for five scores on a 27-33 effort and 391 yards. (143 rating).
He threw the go ahead TD to Ricky Proehl in the NFC title game, an 11-6 over Tampa Bay.

He led the Rams to a 16-0 led in the Super Bowl. Then with the game tied, Warner gave the Rams the lead with less than two minutes to play on a 73 yard bomb to Issac Bruce.

St. Louis went 13-3 and were NFC West champs. The “Greatest Show on Turf” lead the NFL in scoring at nearly 33 PPG and won games by an average of 17.8 points per game to complete worst to champions run.

2. Marshall Faulk: Was the Offensive Player of the Year.

He was a consensus All-Pro and a Pro Bowler.

On his way to a record 2,429 yards from scrimmage in a season, Marshall became the second player ever (Roger Craig), to have over 1,000 yards rushing and receiving in a season.

He lead the league averaging 5.5 yards per carry, score 12 TDs and had 87 receptions.

Faulk compiled seven 100 yard games rushing and 200 yard effort in air vs. Chicago.

He hit the end zone twice, including a 41 yard catch and run, in the Rams 49-37 rout of the Vikings in the divisional round.


1999 was the first year Faulk joined the Rams.


3. Eddie George : Ran for 1,304 yards 9 TDs and added 47 rec. 454 yards and 4 TDs.

He was in the top 6 in the league in carries, rushing yards, total TDs, and yards from scrimmage.

George went to the Pro Bowl, was 2nd team All-Pro and all-AFC.

In the classic now known as the Music City Miracle George ran for 106 yards.

His breakout performance came against the 13-3 Colts in the divisional round. His 68 yard burst put the Titans up 13-9 in the 3rd quarter. They would never give up the lead and go on to upset Indy 19-16.

George finished with 168 yards in the game.

 In the Super Bowl his 2 TD runs pulled Tennessee within 16-13 after trailing 16-0 in the 4th quarter.

He had 130 total yards in the game.

The Titans went 13-3 and beat all three division champions in the AFC before falling to the Rams in their first Super Bowl appearance.

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