Tom Brady and the New England Patriots clinched an historic sixth Lombardi Trophy as they outlasted the Los Angeles Rams in Super Bowl LIII with a 13-3 victory that marked the lowest-scoring Super Bowl ever.
With the Rams having shocked the New Orleans Saints in the NFC Championship game to reach the season-ending showpiece following a campaign in which they piled up 527 points, a high-scoring matchup was expected after the Patriots outgunned the Kansas City Chiefs in an overtime thriller.
Instead what the Mercedes-Benz Stadium crowd were treated to was a defensive struggle in which the Rams were shutout in the first half, punting on eight successive drives before Greg Zuerlein's third-quarter field goal cancelled out Stephen Gostkowski's kick on Sunday.
Yet New England's decisive control of possession finally told in the fourth quarter as Brady led a five-play, 69-yard drive capped off by a two-yard touchdown run from Sony Michel that proved decisive when Rams quarterback Jared Goff was intercepted by Stephon Gilmore.
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Brady and the Patriots offense ground out the remaining minutes to set up another Gostkowski field goal that made sure their quarterback becomes the first player to win six Super Bowls, with New England tying the Pittsburgh Steelers for the most won by a team in NFL history.