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In what became a preview of Super Bowl XLII, the game was a close comeback win for the Patriots, giving them the first undefeated regular season since the 1972 Miami Dolphins, the only undefeated regular season since the league expanded to 16 games, and the only undefeated 16 game season as the NFL season was expanded to 17 games in 2021.
The Giants advanced to the Super Bowl with a 23–20 overtime win over the second-seeded Green Bay Packers in the NFC Championship Game, which was the third coldest game in NFL history (−1 °F at kickoff, −24 °F wind chill) with an interception by Corey Webster that set up Lawrence Tynes's game-winning 47-yard field goal.
Super Bowl III in January 1969 was the first such game that carried the "Super Bowl" moniker in official marketing; the names "Super Bowl I" and "Super Bowl II" were retroactively applied to the first two games. [4] A total of 20 franchises, including teams that have relocated to another city or changed their name, have won the Super Bowl. [5]
The Giants win on wide receiver Plaxico Burress' touchdown catch with 35 seconds left in the game. 2011-2012: In Indianapolis, the Giants once again edge the Patriots with a Super Bowl XLVI victory.
[25] [19] The 2023 season saw the series tied 7–7 as Patriots rookie kicker Chad Ryland missed a game-tying field goal that would have sent the game to overtime, giving the Giants a 10–7 victory. This marked Belichick's final game of the rivalry as the Patriots' head coach as he parted ways with the team the following offseason.
The Patriots pulled away with a resilient 22-20 win over the Giants.
The play gained 32 yards for the Giants and gave them a first down with 58 seconds left. After the play, the Giants called timeout. Four plays later, Plaxico Burress scored the touchdown that won the game for the Giants, 17–14. It was the Patriots' only loss of the season, preventing them from finishing with a perfect 19–0 record.
Seventeen years to the day after their win over the 49ers in the 1990 NFC Championship Game, the Giants won the 2007 NFC Championship Game. And seventeen years to the day that Matt Bahr kicked the winning field goal to send the Giants to the Super Bowl, Giants kicker Lawrence Tynes did exactly the same thing. New York won its fourth NFC ...