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The final play of Super Bowl XXXIV (also known as The Tackle〔 〕 and One Yard Short〔(ESPN.com – Page2 – 100 Greatest Super Bowl Moments )〕〔(Les Steckel: Faith, Family and Football )〕) occurred January 30, 2000, in the game between the St. Louis Rams and the Tennessee Titans. Rams linebacker Mike Jones tackled Titans wide receiver Kevin Dyson at the one-yard line, preserving the Rams' 23–16 victory.〔(ESPN.com – NFL/PLAYOFFS99 – Frozen Moment: The most Super of stops )〕〔(Washingtonpost.com: Rams Get Late Score, Final Tackle to Win, 23–16 )〕 Given the pressure of the Super Bowl and the wild game that preceded it, the play is considered one of the most exciting game-ending plays in recent National Football League history. The image of Dyson stretching the ball towards the goal line with Jones wrapped around him has become a staple of NFL highlights, especially in the participating teams' markets. ESPN.com ranked The Tackle as the 35th-greatest moment of the past 25 years in sports (as of 2007)〔(ESPN.com – ESPN 25 – 35: Rams win Super Bowl with game-ending tackle )〕 and the second-greatest moment in Super Bowl history.〔 ==Play== The 1999 season had shown Jones and the Rams' defense to be a powerful and stout unit, though overshadowed by the team's high-powered offense, known as The Greatest Show on Turf. As Super Bowl XXXIV drew to its close, the Titans drove to the Rams' 10-yard line and called their last timeout, stopping the clock with six seconds remaining. Trailing by a touchdown, they had one last chance to tie the game. The Titans drew up their plan: tight end Frank Wycheck would run straight up the field on the right side to lure Jones away from Dyson, who would slant left over the middle. With Jones focused on Wycheck, quarterback Steve McNair would pass the ball to Dyson, who would be open from about five yards out for the score. Moments before this play, the Titans' radio broadcasters were quoted as saying: "It has never happened in Super Bowl history, for a team to score on the last play of regulation!" (NFL Films video of Super Bowl XXXIV) This would happen two years later in Super Bowl XXXVI, when the New England Patriots kicked a game winning field goal on the final play of the game, which was coincidentally against the St. Louis Rams. In the first moments after the snap, the play proceeded as the Titans had envisioned. Jones stayed with Wycheck on the streak route from the beginning of the play. After McNair fired to an open Dyson, Jones, now at the goal line, glanced over his left shoulder and noticed Dyson catching the ball. Jones then switched directions and managed to wrap up Dyson's legs about 2½ yards from the goal line. With his legs immobilized, Dyson then attempted to reach towards the end zone and breach the plane with the ball. Both players then went into a rolling motion of sorts as Dyson—his back in the air but nearly touching the ground, as his legs were on top of Jones—stretched out his hand with the football towards the goal line. When Dyson's knee hit the turf, ending the play and the game, the ball was inside the one-yard line. He reached one last time and placed the ball over the goal line, but it was already too late. Captured by NFL Films following the final play was Frank Wycheck (on one knee) and Kevin Dyson (hunched over with his hands on his knees) inside the yellow Rams' end zone. Both Titans' players looked on in sheer disbelief at the final spotting of the game ball, a game official standing right over the ball which was spotted inside the 1-yard line (presumably at the ½-yard line). 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Final play of Super Bowl XXXIV」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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