Nobody gave the St. Louis Rams much of a chance to beat the Seahawks in Seattle to start the playoffs. But this was a Rams team which had shown its greatest resilience in October, overcoming a huge deficit to overturn Seattle in overtime. The results of this playoff game on January 8, 2005, were not pretty. But ""The Greatest Show on Turf"" had been reinvigorated, besting the NFC West Champion Seahawks 27-20. The Rams were thus the first team in NFL history to win a post-season game after finishing the regular season at .500.