Giants fans called it revenge for the Red Sox coming back from 3–0 down to beat the Yankees in the After the game Giants fans chanted "18 and 1! And honestly The Giants also played in an NFC championship game that was arguably better than this Super Bowl. Arizona wore their red jerseys, which it has done at home since moving into Pittsburgh improved to 3–0 lifetime wearing white jerseys in the Super Bowl after the victory in Super Bowl XLIII (Pittsburgh would eventually lose to the Another pre-game storyline involved backup Steelers The Cardinals became the second team to have their city/state location painted in their end zone for a With all the cutbacks resulting from the severe economic downturn in the United States, the game was dubbed "The Recession Bowl. The Giants recovered, though, notching six consecutive wins and finishing the year with a 10–6 record. With Troy Aikman, Ahmad Bradshaw, Terry Bradshaw, Kyle Brady. Directed by Artie Kempner. After beating the fourth-seeded Meanwhile, the Patriots continued to set NFL records on their road to the Super Bowl. Pittsburgh then finished the 2008 season with the second best record in the AFC at 12–4, making the playoffs for the sixth time in the last eight seasons, and went on to earn their seventh Super Bowl trip in franchise history, breaking a three-way tie with the New England Patriots and Denver Broncos for second most Super Bowl appearances and most Super Bowl appearances by an AFC team. The Patriots' record-setting offense gave up five sacks and one lost fumble, while the Giants' offense managed only five first downs in the second and third quarters. Up front, their line was anchored by defensive end For the fifth year in a row the Steelers offense was led by quarterback It had been a long journey for Arizona to get to their first Super Bowl appearance. You must be a registered user to use the IMDb rating plugin. The drive was 27 seconds longer than the previous record, which the Giants had set in winning Due to the length of the Giants' opening drive (which itself contained a record 4 third-down conversions), the first quarter featured only two possessions, a record for an opening quarter.The three lead changes in the fourth quarter were also a Super Bowl record.Although not a record, the 17 points scored by the Giants was the fewest points for a Super Bowl victor since Because the teams were from New York City and Boston, which are approximately four and a half hours apart by car, the Super Bowl echoed the fierce rivalry between the Before the game, Patriots fans said they wanted to continue the trademark "Yankees Suck!" Both of the prior occasions saw the Giants beat said opponents in the Super Bowl (defeating For the third consecutive year, the arrival dates for the teams were staggered, with the Patriots arriving on Sunday, January 27 (corresponding to the traditional day that teams arrive for the game with the two-week break) and the Giants waiting to arrive until Monday, January 28. The game played in the brand-new Cardinals Stadium, that opened for the 2006 season. Use the HTML below. 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.The Giants defeated the Patriots by the score of 17–14.
But due to the Patriots' quest for an undefeated season, this game was one of the most heavily watched games in league history. His top targets were receivers The Cardinals defense, however, had played inconsistently during the regular season, ranking just 28th in points allowed. For the Super Bowl that was played at the completion of the 2009 season, see Das Team von Coach Die Giants fingen mit der längsten Angriffsserie der Super-Bowl-Geschichte an (9:59 Minuten) und gingen durch Kicker Im dritten Viertel kam New England bis an die 32-Yards-Linie der Giants. However, after the play had been run, Patriots' head coach On the Giants' first drive of the fourth quarter, Manning completed a 45-yard pass to rookie tight end After consecutive three-and-outs by the Patriots and Giants, New England got the ball at its own 20 with 7:54 to play. Following an errant pass attempt by Brady, Giants’ rookie defensive tackle Manning completed 19 of his 34 passes for 255 yards, including a mark of 9-of-14 for 152 yards and two touchdowns in the fourth quarter, with one interception, to be named the game's With this game, the Giants set a record with 11 consecutive victories away from home in a single season.
Technically, the game had little significance, since both teams had already clinched their respective spots in the playoffs. Woodley had two sacks and a forced fumble, thus he continued setting NFL play-off records for consecutive multiple sack games by a player with 4. With this victory, the Steelers became the first team to win six Super Bowl championships. However, Fox stated that it would not accept such ads, citing both Outside North America, Super Bowl XLII was distributed by the NFL and NFL International. Directed by Artie Kempner. However when we watch football movies they follow the formula of a plucky underdog team going on a run and overcoming odds to beat an invincible foe and winning the game on a miracle play.