Rams set up home Super Bowl in LA after narrow NFC championship win over 49ers
by Associated Press from US news | The Guardian on (#5VKJ0)
- Rams will play Cincinnati Bengals for NFL title
- As it happened: San Francisco 49ers 17-20 Los Angeles Rams
Travin Howard made a game-sealing interception with 1:09 to play, and the Los Angeles Rams rallied from a 10-point deficit in the fourth quarter with a narrow 20-17 victory over the San Francisco 49ers. The Rams' win in the NFC championship game secured the team a spot in the Super Bowl at their home stadium next month.
Cooper Kupp caught two touchdown passes from Matthew Stafford for the star-studded Rams, who began the fourth quarter down 17-7 after wasting a multitude of scoring opportunities. But after Kupp's second TD catch and a tying field goal on a drive extended by Jaquiski Tartt's brutal dropped interception, the Rams drove for Matt Gay's go-ahead, 30-yard field goal with 1:46 to play.
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