editionTier

COMMON

Player Name

Willie McGinest

playerFirstName

Willie

playerLastName

McGinest

playerPosition

LB

playType

Sack

seriesName

Historical (2024 Release)

setName

Gridiron

teamName

New England Patriots

awayTeamName

St. Louis Rams

awayTeamScore

17

description

Willie McGinest and his Patriot teammates were relentless in their pursuit of the quarterback on this play in the fourth quarter of Super Bowl XXXVI. While the QB did his best to dance around the rush, McGinest eventually chased him down, taking him to the turf for a 16-yard loss, putting the Rams into a critical third-and-long situation. McGinest would finish this one with six tackles, three of which went for a loss, including this sack, and also defended one pass, as New England went on to win their first Super Bowl title with a 20-17 win over St. Louis on Feb. 3, 2002.

gameDate

02/03/2002

homeTeamName

New England Patriots