CNNSI.com NFL Playoffs 2001 NFL Playoffs 2001


  Posted: Thursday January 31, 2002 10:06 AM


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CNNSI.com's Jon A. Dolezar breaks down Super Bowl XXXVI.
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   St. Louis (16-2) 6:20 p.m. EST
Sunday
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Stats Matchup
Injury Report
Key Stat 31.6.-9.6 -- Average score of previous eight Super Bowls played in New Orleans.
Key
Matchup
Rams wide receivers Isaac Bruce (nine catches, 103 yards, one touchdown this postseason) and Torry Holt (10 catches, 142 yards, one TD this postseason) against Patriots cornerbacks Otis Smith (12 tackles, one pass defensed this postseason) and Ty Law (19 tackles, three passes defensed this postseason).
Player to Watch Kurt Warner, QB, St. Louis: The NFL MVP has completed 141 of 224 (62.9 percent) for 1,856 yards, 14 TDs and eight interceptions in six career postseason games.



 
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