Steve McNair's most memorable moment
Watching Andy Roddick force the greatest tennis player ever into the 30th game of the fifth set in yesterday's Wimbledon final, I couldn't help but think of another star athlete whose most memorable moment came in defeat.
In Super Bowl XXXIV on January 31, 2000, Steve McNair and the Tennessee Titans came up one yard short of pulling off one of the most miraculous comebacks in NFL history. The Titans, seven-point underdogs to the St. Louis Rams, fell behind 16-0 midway through the third quarter, but scored the next 16 points to tie it up (they were the first team to ever come back from a deficit that large in a Super Bowl).
On the ensuing play from scrimmage after Eddie George's two-yard TD made it 16-all, Isaac Bruce took a Kurt Warner pass 73 yards for a touchdown to make it 23-16 with 1:54 to play.
Check out the 1:32 mark of this video to see how McNair nearly brought his team back after that...
That day, McNair, just the second black quarterback to ever start a Super Bowl, was 22-of-36 passing for 214 yards, and he rushed for another 64 on eight carries.
-Chris Mascaro
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