Editor's note: Much of the NFL action in the new movie "American Underdog" focuses on Kurt Warner's first regular-season start with the Rams on Sept. 12, 1999. Here is how Jim Thomas covered that game.
There were a few bumps in the road, amid much congestion. But no car wreck. The Rams merely wanted Kurt Warner to "drive the car" Sunday in the Trans World Dome and let their gifted group of fleet-footed receivers do the rest.
Warner did just that, guiding the Rams to a season-opening 27-10 victory over the Baltimore Ravens before 62,100 at the Dome.