the new york giants beat the new england patriots in the super bowl in super bowl xlvii.
the new york giants beat the new england patriots in the super bowl in super bowl xlvii.
when did the new york giants beat the new england patriots in the super bowl?
super bowl xlvii
in super bowl xlii on february 3, 2008, the new york giants defeated the new england patriots 17–14. the biggest play of the game was on third down on the giants 44-yard line with 1:15 remaining. they were down 14–10 after the snap, manning ran back and was surrounded by a cloud of defenders. escaping three near sacks, he made a miraculous pass to david tyree, who caught the ball against his own helmet, while being covered by veteran defender rodney harrison. this set up the giants' final touchdown to win. eli manning was named mvp, completing 19 of 34 passes for 255 yards along with two touchdowns. the giants pulled off one of the biggest upsets in super bowl history by handing the new england patriots their first loss of the season and preventing them from becoming only the second team in the super bowl era to finish undefeated. plaxico burress hauled in the game-winning touchdown pass with 35 seconds left to play to give the giants their third super bowl. this game was also a rematch of their final regular season game, in which the patriots came back from a 12-point deficit to finish the regular season 16–0.
history of the new york giants (1994–present)
since super bowl xiii in january 1979, the home team is given the choice of wearing their colored or white jerseys. originally, the designated home team had to wear their colored jerseys, which resulted in dallas donning their less exposed dark blue jerseys for super bowl v. while most of the home teams in the super bowl have chosen to wear their colored jerseys, there have been six (6) exceptions: the dallas cowboys during super bowl xiii and xxvii, the washington redskins during super bowl xvii, the pittsburgh steelers during super bowl xl, the denver broncos during super bowl 50, and the new england patriots in super bowl lii. the cowboys, since , have worn white jerseys at home. the redskins wore white at home under coach joe gibbs starting in through , continued by richie petitbon and norv turner through , then again when gibbs returned from through . meanwhile, the steelers, who have always worn their black jerseys at home since the afl–nfl merger in , opted for the white jerseys after winning three consecutive playoff games on the road, wearing white. the steelers' decision was compared with the new england patriots in super bowl xx; the patriots had worn white jerseys at home during the season, but after winning road playoff games against the new york jets and miami dolphins wearing red jerseys, new england opted to switch to crimson for the super bowl as the designated home team. for the broncos in super bowl 50, denver general manager john elway simply stated, "we've had super bowl success in our white uniforms"; they previously had been in super bowls when wearing their orange jerseys. the broncos' decision is also perceived to be made out of superstition, losing all super bowl games with the orange jerseys in terrible fashion. it is unclear why the patriots chose to wear their white jerseys for super bowl lii. during the pairing of bill belichick and tom brady, new england has mostly worn their blue jerseys for home games, but have worn white for a home game in the , , and seasons. the new england patriots were 3–0 in their white uniforms in super bowls prior to super bowl lii with belichick and brady, and they may have been going on recent trends of teams who wear white for the super bowl game. white-shirted teams have won 33 of 52 super bowls to date (63%). the only teams to win in their dark-colored uniform in more recent years are the green bay packers against the pittsburgh steelers in super bowl xlv and the philadelphia eagles against the new england patriots in super bowl lii, with teams in white winning 12 of the last 14 super bowls.
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