2000_St._Louis_Rams_season

2000 St. Louis Rams season
2000 St. Louis Rams season
Owner	Georgia Frontiere
General manager	Mike Martz and Charley Armey
Head coach	Mike Martz
Offensive coordinator	Bobby Jackson
Defensive coordinator	Peter Giunta
Home field	Trans World Dome
Results
Record	10–6
Division place	2nd NFC West
Playoff finish	Lost Wild Card Playoffs; (at Saints) 28–31
Pro Bowlers	QB Kurt Warner; RB Marshall Faulk; WR Isaac Bruce; WR Torry Holt; OT Orlando Pace
AP All-Pros	RB Marshall Faulk (1st team); OT Orlando Pace (2nd team); PR Az-Zahir Hakim (1st team)
	← 1999; Rams seasons; 2001 →;

2000 St. Louis Rams season

NFL team season

The 2000 season was the St. Louis Rams' 63rd in the National Football League (NFL) and their sixth in St. Louis. For the first time in franchise history, the Rams entered the season as the defending Super Bowl champions. The Rams finished the regular-season with a record of 10–6 but would go on to lose to the New Orleans Saints 31–28 in the wild-card round of the playoffs. They led the NFL in scoring for a second straight year with 540 points. The Rams became the first team in NFL history to score more than 500 points on offense, while allowing more than 450 points on defense.^[1]

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Running back Marshall Faulk was named the MVP of the regular season. It was the second straight time a Rams player was named MVP.

After the resignation of Dick Vermeil, who had been the Rams' head coach through St. Louis' 1999 championship season, Mike Martz took over as head coach, and attempted to defend the Rams' Super Bowl XXXIV title. The Rams' "Greatest Show on Turf" continued its offensive dominance, scoring 33.7 points per game.

Statistically, Football Outsiders calculates that the 2000 Rams had the most efficient rushing attack of any single-season NFL team from 1993 to 2010.^[2] The 2000 Rams are one of only three teams in NFL history to score 35 points or more nine times in a single season.^[3]^{[note 1]} The Denver Broncos did it 10 times in 2013. The Rams' offense offset the team's defensive struggles: St. Louis' 471 points allowed in 2000 is the most ever surrendered by an NFL team with a winning record.^[4] The Rams had the best offense in the league, but had the worst defense in the league.

The season saw the Rams change their logo and add a new color scheme of navy and gold, replacing blue and yellow, donning new uniforms in the process. The Rams' new logo consisted of a charging blue ram outlined in gold with a matching gold outline. It would be their logo for 16 years.

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Round	Pick	Player	Position	College
2000 St. Louis Rams draft
1	31	Trung Canidate	Running back	Arizona
5	139	Brian Young	Defensive tackle	UTEP
Made roster

Player	Position	College
Mark Chicarelli	Running back	Northern Colorado
Derek Fox	Safety	Penn State
Alex Hass	Tight end	Minnesota
Bill Marsaut	Tackle	Iowa State
Corte McGuffey	Quarterback	Northern Colorado


	Quarterbacks 9 Joe Germaine 10 Trent Green 13 Kurt Warner Running backs 43 Chad Dukes 28 Marshall Faulk 42 James Hodgins FB 25 Robert Holcombe 33 Justin Watson FB Wide receivers 83 Darrius Blevins KR 80 Isaac Bruce 81 Az-Zahir Hakim PR 88 Torry Holt 82 Tony Horne KR 87 Ricky Proehl 89 Chris Thomas Tight ends 84 Ernie Conwell 45 Jeff Robinson LS 86 Roland Williams		Offensive linemen 60 Steve Everitt C 67 Andy McCollum C 61 Tom Nütten G 76 Orlando Pace T 73 Cameron Spikes G 70 John St. Clair T 68 Pete Swanson G 62 Adam Timmerman G 50 Ryan Tucker T Defensive linemen 99 Ray Agnew DT 93 Kevin Carter DE 75 D'Marco Farr DT 94 Gaylon Hyder DT 91 Leonard Little DE 77 Sean Moran DE 98 Grant Wistrom DE 66 Brian Young DT 90 Jeff Zgonina DT		Linebackers 54 Todd Collins OLB 56 Dustin Cohen OLB 59 London Fletcher MLB 52 Mike Jones OLB 53 Keith Miller MLB 51 Lorenzo Styles OLB Defensive backs 20 Taje Allen CB 32 Dré Bly CB 27 Matt Bowen SS 23 Devin Bush SS 41 Todd Lyght CB 35 Keith Lyle FS 21 Dexter McCleon CB 22 Jacoby Shepherd CB 30 Shevin Smith FS Special teams 4 John Baker P 14 Jeff Wilkins K		Reserve lists -- Matt Beck LB (IRTooltip Injured reserve) 24 Trung Canidate RB (IRTooltip Injured reserve) 38 Rich Coady S (IRTooltip Injured reserve) 72 Andrew Kline G (IRTooltip Injured reserve) 71 Kaulana Noa G/T (IRTooltip Injured reserve) Practice squad -- Jonathan Brown DE -- James Kidd WR -- Mike Newell C -- Anthony White RB Rookies in italics 53 active, 5 inactive, 4 practice squad

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Record	Venue	Recap
1	August 5	Oakland Raiders	W 31–17	1–0	Trans World Dome	Recap
2	August 14	at Tennessee Titans	L 3–30	1–1	Adelphia Coliseum	Recap
3	August 19	Buffalo Bills	L 27–31	1–2	Trans World Dome	Recap
4	August 24	at Dallas Cowboys	W 24–17	2–2	Texas Stadium	Recap

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Record	Venue	Recap
1	September 4	Denver Broncos	W 41–36	1–0	Trans World Dome	Recap
2	September 10	at Seattle Seahawks	W 37–34	2–0	Husky Stadium	Recap
3	September 17	San Francisco 49ers	W 41–24	3–0	Trans World Dome	Recap
4	September 24	at Atlanta Falcons	W 41–20	4–0	Georgia Dome	Recap
5	October 1	San Diego Chargers	W 57–31	5–0	Trans World Dome	Recap
6	Bye
7	October 15	Atlanta Falcons	W 45–29	6–0	Trans World Dome	Recap
8	October 22	at Kansas City Chiefs	L 34–54	6–1	Arrowhead Stadium	Recap
9	October 29	at San Francisco 49ers	W 34–24	7–1	3Com Park	Recap
10	November 5	Carolina Panthers	L 24–27	7–2	Trans World Dome	Recap
11	November 12	at New York Giants	W 38–24	8–2	Giants Stadium	Recap
12	November 20	Washington Redskins	L 20–33	8–3	Trans World Dome	Recap
13	November 26	New Orleans Saints	L 24–31	8–4	Trans World Dome	Recap
14	December 3	at Carolina Panthers	L 3–16	8–5	Ericsson Stadium	Recap
15	December 10	Minnesota Vikings	W 40–29	9–5	Trans World Dome	Recap
16	December 18	at Tampa Bay Buccaneers	L 35–38	9–6	Raymond James Stadium	Recap
17	December 24	at New Orleans Saints	W 26–21	10–6	Louisiana Superdome	Recap
Note: Intra-division opponents are in bold text.

2000_St._Louis_Rams_season

2000 St. Louis Rams season

Offseason

NFL Draft

Undrafted Free Agents

Staff

Roster

Preseason

Regular season

Schedule

Game summaries

Week 1: vs. Denver Broncos

Week 2: at Seattle Seahawks

Week 3: vs. San Francisco 49ers

Week 4: at Atlanta Falcons

Week 5: vs. San Diego Chargers

Week 7: vs. Atlanta Falcons

Week 8: at Kansas City Chiefs

Week 9: at San Francisco 49ers

Week 10: vs. Carolina Panthers

Week 11: at New York Giants

Week 12: vs. Washington Redskins

Week 13: vs. New Orleans Saints

Week 14: at Carolina Panthers

Week 15: vs. Minnesota Vikings

Week 16: at Tampa Bay Buccaneers

Week 17: at New Orleans Saints

Standings

Postseason

Game summaries

NFC Wild Card Game: at (3) New Orleans Saints

Best performances

Statistics

Awards and records

Notes

References

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NFC West
view talk edit	W	L	T	PCT	PF	PA	STK
⁽³⁾ New Orleans Saints	10	6	0	.625	354	305	L1
⁽⁶⁾ St. Louis Rams	10	6	0	.625	540	471	W1
Carolina Panthers	7	9	0	.438	310	310	L1
San Francisco 49ers	6	10	0	.375	388	422	L1
Atlanta Falcons	4	12	0	.250	252	413	W1

Period	1	2	3	4	Total
Broncos	7	10	10	9	36
Rams	7	14	14	6	41

Period	1	2	3	4	Total
Rams	3	10	7	17	37
Seahawks	3	7	10	14	34

Period	1	2	3	4	Total
49ers	7	10	0	7	24
Rams	3	14	7	17	41

Period	1	2	3	4	Total
Rams	3	14	10	14	41
Falcons	7	6	0	7	20