Giants Beat Patriots to Win Super Bowl XLVI

By Newsroom America Staff at 6 Feb 2012

(Newsroom America) -- For the second time in four years, the New York Giants beat the New England Patriots in the Super Bowl Sunday night to earn the franchise's fourth Lombardi Trophy.

Giants QB Eli Manning picked up his first Super Bowl MVP award but in postgame interviews was humble as well as appreciative of the effort the entire squad put in to win.

"This isn't about one person. This is about a team coming together," he said.

As they did in 2007, the Giants edged past the Patriots late in the fourth quarter, then held on to win Super Bowl XLVI 21-17. Manning took the offense 88 yards for the final score, which came on a 6-yard run by Ahmad Bradshaw that the Patriots did not contest in order to get the ball back in the hands of QB Tom Brady with 53 seconds left on the clock.

It was a gamble by head coach Bill Belichick that didn't pay off.

"Ball was inside the 10-yard line, a 90-percent field goal conversion," he said in an interview after the game, explaining that he believed the Giants would simply move the ball down the field far enough to kick a last-minute field goal instead. "Sure, could have done a better job in a lot of things."

Manning finished the game 30 for 40 for 296 yards and one touchdown, while Brady was 27 for 41 for 276 yards with two TDs and one interception. Brady managed to throw 16 straight completions over the second and third quarters, breaking Joe Montana's Super Bowl record of 13.

"It's been a wild game, a wild season," said Manning, who led his team from a 7-7 record late in the season to finish 13-7 overall - and with another Super Bowl ring.

For Brady, the disappointment was obvious, as he left the field head bowed holding his helmet, still one Super Bowl victory shy of the record four victories by Pittsburgh Steelers' QB Terry Bradshaw and San Francisco 49'ers' signal caller Joe Montana.

"Certainly it wasn't one play that was the reason we lost," he said. "Everybody feels they could do a little more. I'd rather come to this game and lose than not get here."

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