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First Super Bowl Victory Brady led the New England to their third Super Bowl appearance, the first since the 1996 season. In that game (Super Bowl XXXI with Drew Bledsoe as QB), the result was a 35–21 loss to the Green Bay Packers. In 2001–02, after wins over the Oakland Raiders (16–13) and the Pittsburgh Steelers (24–17), the Patriots faced a Kurt Warner-led St. Louis (now Los Angeles) Rams team in Super Bowl XXXVI. Brady completed 16 of 27 passes for 59.3 completion percentage for 145 yards and his first playoff touchdown pass. Brady did enough to lead the Patriots to a 20–17 win and earn his first Super Bowl MVP award.

Brady completes a 9-yard pass to TE Jermaine Wiggins to set up kicker Adam Vinatieri for a game winning field goal in a 20–17 victory over the St. Louis Rams in Super Bowl XXXVI on February 3, 2002.

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Chapter 1: Greatest Moments