The 2000 season was the St. Louis Rams' 63rd in the National Football League 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 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. 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 1993–2010. The 2000 Rams are one of only three teams in NFL history to score 35 points or more nine times in a single season. 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. 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.
Offseason
NFL Draft
Staff
Regular season
Schedule
The Rams' 31-24 loss to the New Orleans Saints on November 26 marked the first time ever for a quarterback defeating the defending Super Bowl champions at their home field in his first career NFL start.
Season summary
Week 1
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Standings
Best performances
Marshall Faulk, October 15, 208 rushing yards vs. Atlanta Falcons
Marshall Faulk, December 24, 220 rushing yards vs. New Orleans Saints
Trent Green, 431 passing yards vs. the Carolina Panthers,
Kurt Warner, 441 passing yards vs. the Denver Broncos,
The Saints won their first playoff game in their 34-year history with quarterback Aaron Brooks' 266 passing yards and four touchdowns, by holding off the defending champion Rams, who scored three touchdowns in the final quarter. Rams quarterback Kurt Warner lost four turnovers, while running back Marshall Faulk, who shredded the Saints with 220 rushing yards when they played against them in the regular season, was held to a season low of 24 yards on the ground.
