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"The Greatest Show on Turf" was a nickname for the high-flying offense of the St. Louis Rams during the 1999, 2000, and 2001 National Football League (NFL) seasons. The offense was designed by attack-oriented offensive coordinator (during the 1999 season) and head coach (during the 2000 and 2001 seasons) Mike Martz who mixed an aerial attack and a run offense in an Air Coryell-style offense.
XXXIV (34, 1999) St. Louis Rams 23, Tennessee Titans 16. The "Greatest Show On Turf" scored its third-fewest points of the season, but MVP Kurt Warner's then-record 414 passing yards and LB Mike ...
Michael Martz (born May 13, 1951) is an American football coach. Best known for his coaching tenure with the St. Louis Rams of the National Football League (NFL), he served as the offensive coordinator for the Rams' Greatest Show on Turf offense in 1999 that led the franchise to its first Super Bowl title in Super Bowl XXXIV.
It was the first season of the Rams' "Greatest Show on Turf" offense. The 1999 Rams remain one of only five teams in NFL history to score more than 30 points twelve separate times in a single season. [note 1] [2] On defense, the Rams recorded seven interceptions returned for touchdowns, third most in NFL history. [3]
8. 1999 St. Louis Rams, won Super Bowl 34 (XXXIV) Though many sophisticated passing attacks had shined previously, the "Greatest Show on Turf" was in some ways the vanguard of today's pass ...
Led by the Greatest Show on Turf offense, the Rams entered their second Super Bowl appearance with an NFC-best 13–3 regular-season record. It was the franchise's first playoff run and first season with a winning record since 1989 and first since moving from Los Angeles to St. Louis.
St. Louis Rams def. Tennessee Titans, 23-16. ... Eventually, the game would be tied 16-16 with 2:12 left in the fourth quarter before the Rams, aka “The Greatest Show on Turf,” took the lead ...
The St. Louis Rams played their last game in St. Louis, Missouri on December 17, 2015, defeating the Tampa Bay Buccaneers 31–23 in a home stadium that had been renamed the Edward Jones Dome. Their last game as a St. Louis–based franchise was on January 3, 2016, against the San Francisco 49ers at Levi's Stadium , which they lost 19–16.