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Super Bowl XLII was an American football game between the National Football Conference (NFC) champion New York Giants and the American Football Conference (AFC) champion New England Patriots to decide the National Football League (NFL) champion for the 2007 season.
Santos and Cappelletti returned for their sixth Super Bowl as broadcast team for the Patriots while Papa and Banks called their third and second Super Bowls, respectively, for the Giants. This was the first Super Bowl broadcast for the Giants not to feature longtime analyst Dick Lynch, who had retired from the team's radio booth following the ...
The Giants defeated the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in the Wild Card Round, 24–14, the Cowboys in the Divisional Round, 21–17, and the Green Bay Packers in the NFC Championship Game, 23–20 in overtime, setting up a Super Bowl rematch. The Giants won Super Bowl XLII, 17–14, denying the Patriots their perfect season and leaving the 1972 Dolphins ...
This is the most recent Super Bowl where both teams had their first Super Bowl appearance. The Patriots hold the record for most Super Bowl appearances (11) and are tied for both most wins (6, tied with the Steelers) and most losses (5, tied with the Broncos).
Parcells left the Giants following the Super Bowl victory, but in 1993, he took over as the Patriots head coach. In his fourth season, Parcells led the Patriots to a berth in Super Bowl XXXI, with Belichick returning as an assistant coach following a five-year stint as head coach of the Cleveland Browns. Along the way, the Patriots clinched a ...
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.
The Giants, the NFC's #5 seed, became just the second NFC wild card team ever to win a conference championship (the 1975 Dallas Cowboys being the other) and the third team ever (and first NFC team) to reach the Super Bowl with three road playoff wins (joining the 1985 New England Patriots and the 2005 Pittsburgh Steelers.
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 16 February 2025. 2015 National Football League championship game "2015 Super Bowl" redirects here. For the Super Bowl that was played at the completion of the 2015 season, see Super Bowl 50. Super Bowl XLIX New England Patriots (1) (AFC) (12–4) Seattle Seahawks (1) (NFC) (12–4) 28 24 Head coach ...