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FINAL: GIANTS 17, PATRIOTS 14 - GIANTS WIN SUPER BOWL XLII!!!!!
FEBRUARY 5, 2008
The Greatest Football Story Ever Told concluded Sunday night. But instead of it ending with the crowning of an undefeated champion, the Giants authored a shocking and fantastic finish.
Huge underdogs entering the game, Eli Manning engineered a fourth quarter comeback drive for the ages and concluded perhaps the greatest postseason run in NFL history by upsetting the New England Patriots, 17-14, in Super Bowl XLII in University of Phoenix Stadium. The Giants won their third championship of the Super Bowl era – the first in 17 years - and seventh overall in what will surely be remembered as one of the most exciting title games in NFL history. Indeed, it was the first of 42 Super Bowls in which the lead changed hands three times in the fourth quarter.
Plaxico Burress scored the game-winning points with only 35 seconds remaining on a 13-yard pass from Manning. The score concluded a 12-play, 83-yard drive that commenced immediately after New England had taken a 14-10 lead with less than three minutes remaining.
“It feels great,” said Manning, who was voted the game’s Most Valuable Player. “It’s unbelievable. It’s the fight on this team. I’m so proud of our players, our coaches, everybody. We’re always believing and having faith in each other and having faith on our team.
We find a way to win. We had no doubt. We believed the whole time and we made it happen.”
The victory was particularly meaningful because the Giants defeated a Patriots team that many NFL experts had already anointed as the best in history. New England entered the game 18-0, including a three-point victory over the Giants in the regular season finale. Most oddsmakers had installed the Patriots as a two-touchdown favorite over the Giants, who finished 14-6......MORE
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