Super Bowl: Los Angeles Rams rally behind Cooper Kupp touchdown, Aaron Donald sack over Cincinnati

The hometown Los Angeles Rams came from behind to beat Cincinnati Bengals 23-20 in a thrilling Super Bowl, claiming the franchise's first championship since returning to Los Angeles and its second overall.

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

Quarterback Matthew Stafford kept his poise to put together a 15-play drive that ended with a short touchdown pass to Super Bowl MVP Cooper Kupp with 1m 25s to play and Aaron Donald wrapped up Bengals quarterback Joe Burrow, sealing the win.

"I dreamed this, man," an emotional Donald said after the game. "I feel amazing."

The Rams lost star wide receiver Odell Beckham Jr to a knee injury in the second quarter and gave up a 13-10 halftime lead, but rallied to deliver Los Angeles its Hollywood ending under the lights of SoFi Stadium.

"I'm so proud of this team," said Stafford, who joined the team from Detroit last offseason. "So many guys on our team deserve this, guys that have given their heart and soul to this team. 

"That game today is the story of this season - it's up and down, it's tough, but we got it done."

Reuters