Super Bowl 2022 LIVE: Los Angeles Rams vs Cincinnati Bengals result as Cooper Kupp wins MVP
The Los Angeles Rams beat the Cincinnati Bengals to win the Super Bowl and the Vince Lombardi Trophy
The Los Angeles Rams won Super Bowl 56 after a rollercoaster game with the Cincinnati Bengals. Cooper Kupp scored the winning touchdown before Aaron Donald made the decisive play in a 23-20 game at SoFi Stadium in Los Angeles.
Quarterback Matthew Stafford threw for three touchdowns as he out duelled Joe Burrow in a see-saw game that went back and forth before LA, on their home field, emerged victorious in the fourth quarter. It is a second Super Bowl win for the Rams, following their first - as the St Louis Rams - back in 1999, as coach Sean McVay makes amends for defeat in the big game three years ago.
Odell Beckham Jr grabbed the opening score in the first quarter before Kupp hauled in his first of the night as the Rams jumped out to an early lead. But the Bengals, who have gone from the foot of the AFC North a year ago all the way to the showpiece game, came roaring back and a pair of Tee Higgins touchdowns either side of half-time saw them come back to lead heading into the fourth.
Crucially though Stafford still had time and on the Rams’ final possession drove all the way down before finding Kupp in the end zone to recapture the advantage. And with time ticking down Donald sacked Burrow on fourth down on the following drive to end the game and spark jubilant scenes in LA.
Los Angeles Rams 23-20 Cincinnati Bengals, 0:43 left, 4th Quarter
An inside run! And Samaje Perine does not get there! Aaron Donald drags him back and it’ll be fourth down with the game on the line and 43 seconds left.
Los Angeles Rams 23-20 Cincinnati Bengals, 0:48 left, 4th Quarter
Pressure, and a hurried throwaway deep downfield from Burrow. Third and one.
Los Angeles Rams 23-20 Cincinnati Bengals, 1:00 left, 4th Quarter
Another pinpoint pass. Tyler Boyd is rocked but holds on. Nine more yards and into Los Angeles territory.
Los Angeles Rams 23-20 Cincinnati Bengals, 1:19 left, 4th Quarter
A completion to Ja’Marr Chase, and Jalen Ramsey slips! A short route from Chase, who evades Ramsey as he catches and canters up the sideline for 17 yards.
Los Angeles Rams 23-20 Cincinnati Bengals, 1:25 left, 4th Quarter
The Bengals have two timeouts. Does Joe Cool have another game-winning drive in him?
TOUCHDOWN! COOPER KUPP GRABS IT AND THE LOS ANGELES RAMS LEAD!
A feign to the inside, a shimmy to the outside, and Eli Apple is shaken just enough in coverage for Matthew Stafford to connect with Cooper Kupp on the fade. The Rams lead with less than a minute-and-a-half to play! What a drive from Stafford and Kupp!
Los Angeles Rams 23-20 Cincinnati Bengals, 1:25 left, 4th Quarter
Los Angeles Rams 16-20 Cincinnati Bengals, 1:29, 4th Quarter
QB Sneak! Stafford doesn’t get in. Cincinnati take a timeout. Second down. How are your nerves?
Another flag! Los Angeles Rams 16-20 Cincinnati Bengals, 1:35, 4th Quarter
It’s been a super clean game, but suddenly the referees are airing their laundry! A clear grab of the jersey from Eli Apple as Cooper Kupp runs a stool route to the front of the endzone, and that’ll be pass interference.
The Rams have the ball at the one-yard line.
Los Angeles Rams 16-20 Cincinnati Bengals, 1:38, 4th Quarter
Drama! Cooper Kupp has caught a touchdown but there is a flag on the play, and a possible helmet-to-helmet hit.
Offsetting penalties! A hold against the Rams, the hit from Vonn Bell on Kupp as he caught it also deemed illegal. Replay 1st down from the four yard line.
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