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Beginning his pro career as an undrafted free agent, Kurt Warner underwent a complete transformation in the NFL. He made a rare leap from the Arena Football League to the NFL, going from undesirable to undeniable, winning two regular-season MVPs and leading the St. Louis Rams to the championship in a game where he was named Super Bowl MVP.

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How Many Super Bowls has Kurtis Warner Won?
Kurtis Warner Super Bowl wins and losses
Here is a list of Kurt Warner’s wins and losses:
What is Kurt Warners’ Super Bowl Record?
What Super Bowls did Kurt Warner play in?
What team did Kurt Warner win the Super Bowl against?
What teams did Kurt Warner lose the Super Bowl against?

Warner’s career is one of the more unique ones in football. In addition to his Super Bowl XXXIV victory against the Titans, which wasn’t decided until the final play of the game, Warner played a critical role in two other unforgettable Super Bowls. He led the heavily favored Rams against the Patriots in Super Bowl XXXVI, where a young Tom Brady engineered the game-winning drive, ending any potential of a Rams dynasty while starting one of his own. Seven years later, Warner brought the Cardinals to Super Bowl XLIII, throwing for 377 yards in a crushing 27–23 defeat to the Steelers.

Warner’s journey is now captured in American Underdog, a biopic on his rise from stocking shelves to Super Bowl MVP. Set for release on Christmas Day, the film stars Zachary Levi as Warner.

Speaking with Sports Illustrated, Warner discussed the film, his Hall of Fame career and who he would like to see in this season’s Super Bowl.

This interview has been edited for clarity and context.

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Sports Illustrated: After you went undrafted in 1994, you tried out for the Packers. But there was already so much depth on the roster and you were released, which is when you took work stocking shelves in a Cedar Falls, Iowa, grocery store. At this point, were you still confident you had a future in the NFL?

Kurt Warner: Going from Green Bay’s training camp, right there on the cusp of my dream, to working in a grocery store, there was a point where I doubted it. But I still believed it would happen. I’d ask myself, How do I get out of here?

I needed to find a path to get where I wanted to be. There was definitely self-doubt, but I was only a year out of college, and I was more confident than ever after playing in the Green Bay camp against Brett [Favre], Mark [Brunell] and Ty [Detmer]. So I believed I’d find a way to earn another opportunity. I needed to work through the disappointment of failing and then refocus on getting ready and staying prepared for the next opportunity.

My doubt wasn’t whether I could play. It was whether I would get the opportunity. That wasn’t something that was going to fall into aisle seven. So I kept asking myself, What did I need to do to parlay something into another opportunity? I was looking for that path, that opportunity.

SI: In 1999, St. Louis’s starting QB Trent Green was injured in a preseason game. You received a chance at quarterback and led the Rams all the way to the Super Bowl. Was there a moment that season when you realized that the team was capable of winning the title?

KW: We knew going in that we were pretty good. Trent had been playing so well, we had some good talent and we thought we had a chance. Then Trent suffered the injury, and I got put in there. I felt like I could play well, and it sunk in that we were a really good team by Week 5. We played the 49ers, who’d beaten us something like 17 straight times. They’d owned the division for so long, so we heard that nonstop all week. Then we just destroyed them. That’s when it clicked. That’s the moment where people looked around and thought, O.K., maybe we have something special here.

SI: Titans QB Steve McNair put together an 89-yard drive, falling just one yard short of a touchdown. That Rams team led the NFL that season in total yards, passing yards and scoring but prevailed, 23–16, in a Super Bowl that was won in the closing moments by the defense.

KW: The greatest thing about football is it’s a team sport. Anything you accomplish, you do it as a team. So when you have those great moments, you get to enjoy them with your teammates. It was tough to sit there on the sideline and watch, but even though our offense got a lot of credit that year, our defense stepped up all season. We trusted and believed in them. That was a microcosm of that whole season—we were all needed to win that championship. None of us could have won it alone.

SI: How did American Underdog come together?

KW: It’s been in the works for a long time, almost a decade. It would start and come to a stop—that happened a few times. But with the Erwin brothers as directors and Lionsgate, it took on a different light. This group just seemed to get it from early on, and it felt like it really had a chance where this was going to get made. It got put on hold because of the pandemic, but the right people were fighting for the movie, even during the pandemic. They were passionate about it and found a way to tell the story, and that’s what has me so excited about it.

SI: How far into your journey does the film depict? Do we see the Super Bowl against Tom Brady and the Patriots?

KW: It doesn’t go into the game against the Patriots. It ends after the Super Bowl win. We felt that was the perfect place to end the first part of the story.

SI: Your win against the Titans was incredibly tense, as were your losses, particularly against Brady and the Patriots. What stuck with you longer—the wins or the losses?

KW: I haven’t thought about that Super Bowl loss to New England in a long, long time. For a long time, I thought about it. I focused on those opportunities I missed. That’s the way it was for a big part of my career after that Super Bowl against the Patriots. Then we made that run in Arizona, and there was a crazy play at the end of that game. That changed my perspective. For so long, all it was for me was winning or losing. That Super Bowl taught me that winning and losing is not always on the scoreboard. I had to learn to appreciate and enjoy the moments, rather than solely focus on the results of those moments.

Now, when I look back, I relish that I played in three Super Bowls. Those were three unbelievable Super Bowls. All of those games could have gone either way. I could be 3–0; I could be 0–3. That’s a great way to look at life. Too often, that’s how we define ourselves. How would people view me if I’d won all three games, or if I’d lost all three, even if I’d done nothing differently? We allow different things to define us instead of how we live our lives. So my perspective has changed greatly over the years. For a long time, I did look at who had more points on the scoreboard. I don’t quite look at life the same way now.

SI: Why should people see American Underdog?

KW: People are going to get something out of it. They’re going to get value from it, whether it encourages people or challenges people, whether they are sports fans or not. This movie will get you to look at life differently.

SI: As of now, who is your Super Bowl pick?

KW: It changes on a daily basis. I just love the story lines this game creates. As much as I would love to see Arizona there, and they’ve played so well this year, there is no better story line than Tom Brady against Bill Belichick. Tampa against New England, watching that whole thing play out, it would be so much more high-profile than what we saw when they played in the regular season.

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Kurt Warner has a fascinating NFL story as he was undrafted after graduating from college in Northern Iowa. He signed for the St. Louis Rams (now known as Los Angeles Rams) in 1994 and won his first and only Super Bowl with them. Super Bowl XXXIV (2000) was the first Super Bowl win for both Kurt Warner and the St. Louis Rams. He went on to appear in another Super Bowl with the Rams in 2002 (Super Bowl XXXVI) but lost it. Kurt Warner went on to play for the New York Giants and the Arizona Cardinals before retiring. He also helped the Cardinals reach their first-ever Super Bowl appearance in 2009 (Super Bowl XLIII). Warner was awarded as the Super Bowl MVP in his Super Bowl win and is the only undrafted NFL player to be named Super Bowl MVP.

Full Name	Kurtis Eugene Warner
Team	St. Louis Rams (1998-2003), New York Giants (2004), Arizona Cardinals (2005-2009)
Draft	Undrafted
Position	Quarterback
Super Bowl Win Year	XXXIV (2000)
Rings	1

How Many Super Bowls has Kurtis Warner Won?

Warner has won only one Super Bowl in his 12-year playing career. Kurt Warner led the St. Louis Rams (now the Los Angeles Rams), to their first Super Bowl victory in Super Bowl XXXIV. Warner helped the Rams reach a Super Bowl after 20 years and won the match against the Tennessee Titans.

Kurtis Warner Super Bowl wins and losses

Kurtis Warner had a difficult start to his NFL journey, but he made it to the Pro-Football Hall of Fame after his career. The quarterback won his only Super Bowl match in Super Bowl XXXIV (2000) in a match where he threw two touchdown passes. He also created a then Super Bowl record by throwing a total of 414 passing yards. The match ended 23-16 and Warner made a decisive 73-yard touchdown pass to Isaac Bruce to break the tie in the last quarter.

Warner made another Super Bowl appearance in 2002 (Super Bowl XXXVI) with the Rams, against the New England Patriots. The Rams lost the match 20-17 although Warner had managed an impressive 365 passing yards along with a touchdown pass and a rushing touchdown.

Warner’s final Super Bowl appearance was in 2009, as a member of the Arizona Cardinals. He helped the Cardinals reach their first Super Bowl (XLIII). The Cardinals lost the match to the Pittsburgh Steelers.

Here is a list of Kurt Warner’s wins and losses:

XXXIV: St. Louis Rams 23, Tennessee Titans 16 (2000)

XXXVI: St. Louis Rams 17, New England Patriots 20 (2002)

XLIII: Arizona Cardinals 23, Pittsburgh Steelers 27 (2009)

What is Kurt Warners’ Super Bowl Record?

Kurt Warner ended his career with a Super Bowl record of 1-2. He won his first Super Bowl (XXXIV) and lost in his other two appearances (XXXVI and XLIII). He is the only undrafted player to win an NFL MVP award and a Super Bowl MVP award. Warner is one of the few players to reach a Super Bowl with more than one team.