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Jan 20, 6:30 pm - Giants at Green Bay
Game 19 - NFC Championship
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Giants move on to the Super Bowl with a 23-20 win over Green Bay.
Eli Manning was 25-of-40 for 254 yards.
Brandon Jacobs rushed for 67 yards on 21 carries and 1 touchdown.
Ahmad Bradshaw rushed for 63 yards on 16 carries and 1 touchdown.
Plaxico Burress caught 11 passes for 154 yards.
Amani Toomer caught 4 passes for 42 yards.
Steve Smith caught 2 passes for 25 yards.
R.W. McQuarters and Corey Webster each had 1 interception.
Lawrence Tynes kicked field goals of 29 and 37 yards, missed on 43 and 36 yarders and then made a 47 yarder in OT to win the game.

Game Notes:
"So the Giants won. Well, did you have any doubts? Just kidding of course, because this game turned into a real close-your-eyes, I-can't-look, cliff-hanger. The Giants were in control of the game from the start, but weren't putting many points up. They had just two field goals, and you knew that Brett Favre was itching to wipe out the Giants six scrawny points with one good pass play, and that's just what he did. A sudden quick strike to his receiver Donald Driver went for a 90 yard touchdown, and then they increased their lead to 10-6 with a field goal right near the end of the half.
Points went up faster in the third quarter. The Giants took the lead with a touchdown. Green Bay took it back with their next touchdown, and then the Giants scored another. In the fourth quarter, Mason Crosby's field goal for Green Bay tied everything up at 20-20. Lawrence Tynes missed on his next two (43, 37) field goal tries, and that put the game into overtime.
On the second play, Corey Webster stepped in front of Donald Driver and intercepted Brett Favre's pass. The Giants had the ball at the Packers 34 yard line. You were hoping they could make at least one first down here, but they were only able to move the ball up 5 yards. That meant that Tynes would have to make a 47 yard field goal after missing those last two shorter ones, but guess what? Take your hands off your eyes! He did it, and now the Giants move on to the Super Bowl!"


Game Notes:
"The offense did a great job all game controlling the ball using their mixture of Brandon Jacobs and Ahmad Bradshaw. Both running backs came away with touchdowns in this game. Eli Manning was on target despite the cold, especially to Plaxico Burress who caught 11 of Manning's 25 completions.
Except for one big play, the Giants defensive unit came on strong right from the start. They held Green Bay to just 27 yards in their first eleven plays until that 90 yard touchdown. They never let Brett Favre make any other big play, and intercepted him twice. Domenik Hixon played great on special teams, and you have to say that the Giants are as ready as they'll ever be to take on New England next.
As we said last week, it was time for the Giants to avenge the second game loss to the Packers
in this NFC Championship game, and then if the Patriots were still around, end their perfect season in the Super Bowl."

Early Stats:
Scoring:
First Quarter
GIANTS - FIELDGOAL
Play:
Lawrence Tynes, 29 yd field goal , 4:50. Drive: 14 plays, 71 yards in 7:48.
GIANTS 3-0
Second Quarter
GIANTS - FIELDGOAL
Play:
Lawrence Tynes, 37 yd field goal , 11:41. Drive: 7 plays, 38 yards in 3:04.
GIANTS 6-0
GREEN BAY - TOUCHDOWN

Play:
Donald Driver, 90 yd pass from Brett Favre (Mason Crosby kick is good), 11:18.
Drive: 1 plays, 90 yards in 0:23.
GREEN BAY 7-6
GREEN BAY - FIELDGOAL

Play:
Mason Crosby, 36 yd field goal, 1:30. Drive: 8 plays, 29 yards in 2:58.
GREEN BAY 10-6
Third Quarter

GIANTS - TOUCHDOWN
Play:
Brandon Jacobs, 1 yd run (Lawrence Tynes kick is good), 7:56. Drive: 12 plays, 69 yards in 7:04.
GIANTS 13-10
GREEN BAY - TOUCHDOWN

Play:
Donald Lee, 12 yd pass from Brett Favre (Mason Crosby kick is good), 5:00.
Drive: 6 plays, 39 yards in 2:56.
GREEN BAY 17-13
GIANTS - TOUCHDOWN

Play:
Ahmad Bradshaw, 4 yd run (Lawrence Tynes kick is good), 2:12.
Drive: 7 plays, 57 yards in 2:48.
GIANTS 20-17

Fourth Quarter

GREEN BAY - FIELDGOAL
Play:
Mason Crosby, 37 yd field goal, 11:46.
GIANTS 20-20

Overtime

GIANTS - FIELDGOAL
Play:
Lawrence Tynes, 47 yd field goal , 12:25. Drive: 4 plays, 5 yards in 1:39.
GIANTS 23-20

Game Stats:
  Giants Packers
First Downs
24
13
      Rushing
8
2
      Passing
12
9
      Penalty
4
2
3rd-Down Efficiency
6/16 - 37%
1/10 - 10%
4th-Down Efficiency
0/1  - 0%
0/0  - 0%
Total Net Yards
380
264
      Total plays
81
49
      Average gain
4.7
5.4
Net Yards Rushing
134
28
      Rushes
39
14
      Average gain per rush
3.4
2.0
      Tackles for loss-yards
1-1
1-7
Net Yards Passing
246
236
      Times sacked: Number-Yards
2 - 8
0 - 0
      Gross passing yards
254
236
Pass Attempts-completions-had Intercepted
21 - 40 - 0
19 - 35 - 2
      Avg gain per pass play
5.9
6.7
Kickoffs: Number-in End Zone-touchbacks
6 - 1 - 1
5 - 0 - 0
Punts: Number and Average
4 - 32.5
6 - 32.2
      Had blocked
0
0
Net Punting Average
32.3
28.2
FGs - PATs Had Blocked
0 - 0
0 - 0
Total Return Yardage (not including kickoffs)
44
1
      Number-Yards: Punt Returns
4 - 24
2 - 1
      Number-Yards: Kickoff Returns
5 - 121
5 - 103
      Number-Yards: Interception Returns
2 - 20
0 - 0
Penalties: Number-yards
6 - 50
7 - 37
Fumbles: Number-lost
5 - 1
1 - 0
Touchdowns
2
2
      Rushing
2
0
      Passing
0
2
      Interceptions
0
0
      Kickoff Returns
0
0
      Fumble Returns
0
0
      Punt Returns
0
0
Extra Points: Made-attempts
2 - 2
2 - 2
      Kicking: Made-Attempts
2 - 2
2 - 2
      2 Pointers: Made-Attempts
0 - 0
0 - 0
Field Goals: Made-attempts
3 - 5
2 - 2
Red Zone Efficiency
2/5 - 40%
1/3 - 33%
Goal To Go Efficiency
1/1 - 100%
0/0 - 0%
Safeties
0
0
Final Score
23
20
Time Of Possession
40:01
22:34

Notes:
Giants have won every single road game since the season opener against the Cowboys.

This was the the third-coldest NFL championship game ever played.

The 2007 Giants join the 1985 Patriots and the 2005 Steelers as the only teams to win three road playoff games to reach the Super Bowl.

Giants will face New England, the first team to go 18-0, in the Super Bowl.


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