Giants win in the Super Bowl, defeat the Patriots 21-17.
Eli Manning was 30 of 40 for 296 yards with 1 TD.
Ahmad Bradshaw rushed for 72 yards on 17 carries and 1 TD and had 2 catches for 19 yards.
Brandon Jacobs rushed for 37 yards on 9 carries.
Hakeem Nicks caught 10 passes for 109 yards.
Mario Manningham caught 5 passes for 73 yards.
Bear Pascoe caught 4 passes for 33 yards.
Victor Cruz caught 4 passes for 25 yards and 1 TD.
Henry Hynoski caught 2 passes for 19 yards.
Jake Ballard caught 2 passes for 10 yards.
Danny Ware caught 1 pass for 8 yards.
Chase Blackburn had 1 INT.
Justin Tuck had 2 sacks.
Lawrence Tynes kicked 2 field goals of 38 and 33 yards.

Game Notes:
"The Giants had the ball first and while they didn't score and even with Eli Manning being sacked twice, they showed that they could move the ball making three first downs. As a result, after they punted, the Patriots were backed up at their own 5 yard line. That's when Tom Brady made a rookie mistake. Right - how is that possible? Well, he was in the endzone and he threw the ball downfield to get rid of it when Justin Tuck came at him. That resulted in an intentional grounding penalty and a safety.
That was some way for the Patriots to start a Super Bowl game, one-and-out while giving up 2 points. It might just be me, but I felt that the Patriots looked ill at ease and less confident than the Giants on the field tonight and that didn't help them. They played as if they were waiting for the inevitable to happen. Losing the last Super Bowl to the Giants and then the regular season game was clearly on their minds.
They managed to take the lead and hold it for most of the game. Victor Cruz had that one early touchdown and then they were mostly holding him in check, but that meant that Hakeem Nicks and Mario Manningham would have more opportunities. Nicks caught most of the passes in this game, but Manningham came away with one for the highlight reel when he made a 38 yard sideline catch with two defenders on him.
It was right in front of Bill Belichick and when Manning rushed everyone to midfield Belichick had to waste a time out on a challenge on the chance that maybe it was no good. It was a catch, a great catch and you can almost know what the Patriots were thinking at that point. The Giants got the 21-17 go ahead touchdown and had to hold the Patriots for the last minute while the fans held their breath, and the defense held them off for the dramatic finish. Justin Tuck finished with two sacks and even though Eli Manning was named the MVP of the game, I have to give a big shout-out to Chase Blackburn who had one interception and played a big part in the Giants being here tonight to play in this game and come away with another Super Bowl trophy."

Game Notes:
"You can be a football team with an unbeaten season (Patriots 18-0 in 2007), be the 2010 Super Bowl champions with a 15-1 season record (Green Bay), win ten straight games (Patriots 2011), and it all means nothing when you come up against these Giants. Give them a chance to rise to a higher greatness, and Tom Coughlin's team - as Madonna put it at halftime - "will take you there."
Tonight the Giants finished the season with six straight wins and that trumped the Patriots 10 victories. This one was for all the marbles in the yearly NFL football race that leaves just one team standing tall over the other 31 competitors. That team gets to call themselves the Super Bowl Champions. The Giants accomplished that in what has become their typical fashion of late. Despite taking a 9-0 lead into the second quarter, they allowed the Patriots to take a 10-9 lead into halftime.
They let the Patriots hold on to the lead until the score was 17-15 in the fourth quarter with under four minutes to go. That's when Eli Manning went to work, once again in this long season, with about a three minute drive that started at his 12 yard line and ended with an Ahmad Bradshaw 6 yard touchdown run, and awkward backwards-hesitant-sitdown in the endzone.
The hesitation was the fear that Tom Brady would be able to engineer a comeback with the remaining 57 seconds that were left. The Giants already had a miracle Super Bowl catch on that last drive when Eli hit Mario Manningham with a 38 yard pass that took them to midfield. So wasn't it time to go home and celebrate with those clowns on Giants.com who posted a victory a day too early?
No, Giants.com and all you eager fans, it's still too early. It has to come down to the last play of the game. That's when Tom Brady tossed a Hail Mary pass with the ball being batted up just enough to maybe allow tight end Rob Gronkowski to grab it and snatch the victory. But wait now. It didn't happen, as the ball dropped to the ground in the endzone. This was after all a Giants-New England game and the Giants are the ones who make the big sensational plays, so there you go. Now, if Madonna didn't take you there with her halftime show extravaganza, the Giants certainly took you there, and more and all the way in this game."

Giants became the first team to finish the regular season 9-7 and win a Super Bowl.

Giants Eli Manning set a record for the most consecutive completions to start a SB game with 9.

Patriots Tom Brady set a Super Bowl record for the most consecutive completions with 16.

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