The workforce beat the Cincinnati Bengals within the recreation, which aired Sunday evening reside on NBC from SoFi Stadium outdoors of Los Angeles.
The Los Angeles Rams emerged because the winner of Tremendous Bowl LVI on Sunday evening.
The workforce beat the Cincinnati Bengals to take house the Vince Lombardi Trophy by a rating of 23-20. The Rams had been favored to beat the Bengals within the recreation.
The sport was performed at Stan Kroenke’s multibillion-dollar SoFi Stadium in Inglewood, Calif., simply outdoors of Los Angeles, which opened in September 2020.
After 54 consecutive Tremendous Bowls with out an NFL workforce enjoying in its house stadium, the Rams are the second workforce to do it in two seasons after the Tampa Bay Buccaneers broke the streak final yr.
This marked the fifth time the Rams have appeared within the Tremendous Bowl. The primary time was in 1980, once they misplaced to Pittsburgh. Till Sunday evening, their most up-to-date look had been in 2019, once they misplaced to New England. Nonetheless, when the franchise was primarily based in St. Louis from 1995-2015, they went to the large recreation twice: profitable in 2000 towards Tennessee and dropping in 2002 to New England.
The Tremendous Bowl aired reside on NBC, with Al Michaels and Cris Collinsworth calling the sport. Michaels’ contract with NBC expires after the Tremendous Bowl, and there was a lot hypothesis about his future, fueled by his on-air remark to Collinsworth earlier than the sport, when he informed Collinsworth to “come sliding in right here for one remaining time.” The 77-year-old, who has stated he isn’t able to retire, reportedly has curiosity from ESPN and Amazon.
The sport additionally marked the final for sideline reporter Michele Tafoya, who beforehand introduced she’d be leaving NBC’s Sunday Night time Soccer with a purpose to pursue different areas of curiosity “each personally and professionally.”
Earlier than kickoff, Mickey Guyton carried out the Nationwide Anthem, Jhené Aiko sang “America the Stunning,” and Mary Mary carried out “Raise Each Voice and Sing.”
A slew of stars — from Ryan Reynolds to The Rock — had been on the recreation, not stunning on condition that it was performed mainly in Hollywood’s yard.