LA Rams squeeze past Cincinnati Bengals to claim Superbowl LVI

LA Rams 23-20 Cincinnati Bengals

The hometown Los Angeles Rams beat the Cincinnati Bengals 23-20 on Sunday to win their second Super Bowl championship in franchise history.

With the win, the Rams, whose last NFL title came 22 years ago when they were based in St. Louis, joined last year's Tampa Bay Buccaneers as the only teams to win a Super Bowl on their home field.

Matthew Stafford tossed a one-yard touchdown pass to MVP Cooper Kupp with 1:25 remaining to give the Rams victory.

Stafford's third touchdown throw and Kupp's second scoring catch of the game capped a dramatic 15-play, 79-yard drive. Stafford completed 26 of 40 passes for 283 yards and two interceptions while Kupp caught eight passes for 92 yards.

Aaron Donald recorded two of Los Angeles' seven sacks and pressured Bengals quarterback Joe Burrow to force a desperate fourth-down incompletion with 39 seconds to play. The Rams ran out the clock to earn their second Super Bowl crown - the other coming in St. Louis following the 1999 season.

Burrow (below) was 22-of-33 passing for 263 yards and running back Joe Mixon rushed for 72 yards and threw a touchdown pass on a trick play for the Bengals. Tee Higgins caught four passes for 100 yards and two touchdowns.

Cincinnati made a stunning run to the title game but is now 0-3 in Superbowls, having lost to the San Francisco 49ers in appearances following the1981 and 1988 seasons. The Bengals won just six games over the previous two seasons.

Kupp set a postseason record with 33 receptions, breaking the mark of 31 set last season by Kansas City's Travis Kelce. Von Miller also had two sacks for Los Angeles.

Odell Beckham Jr. also caught a touchdown pass for the Rams before exiting thegame in the second quarter due to a left knee