NobodyMan of the New York Giants official message board posted a great analysis of the
Giants Super Bowl win in comparison to every other Super Bowl.
The Giants are the only team in NFL history to trail both the Conference Championship game and the Super Bowl and come back to win both.
Year Champ:Final Halftime Score (BOLD= 2nd Half Comeback)
2008 Giants:17-14 Patriots: 7-3
2007 Indy:29-17 Indy: 17-14
2006 Pitt:21-10 Pitt: 7-3
2005 Patriots:24-21 Tied: 7-7 (Eagles)
2004: Patriots:32-29 Patriots: 14-10
2003: Tampa:48-21 Tampa: 20-3
2002: Patriots:20-17 Patriots: 14-3
2001: Ravens: 34-7 Ravens: 10-0
2000: Rams: 23-16 Rams: 9-0
1999: Broncos: 34-19 Broncos: 17-6
1998: Broncos: 31-24 Broncos: 17-14
1997: Packers: 35-21 Packers: 27-14
1996: Dallas: 27-17 Dallas: 13-7
1995: 49ers: 49-26 49ers: 28-10
1994: Dallas: 30-13 Buffalo: 13-6
1993: Dallas: 52-17 Dallas: 28-10
1992: Skins: 37-24 Skins: 17-0
1991: Giants: 20-19 Buffalo: 12-10
1990: 49ers: 55-10 49ers: 27-3
1989: 49ers: 20-16 Tied: 3-3 (Bengals)
1988: Skins: 42-10 Skins: 35-10
1987: Giants: 39-20 Broncos: 10-9
1986: Bears: 46-10 Bears: 27-3
1985: 49ers: 38-16 49ers: 28-16
1984: Raiders: 38-9 Raiders: 21-3
1983: Skins: 27-17 Miami: 17-10
1982: 49ers: 26-21 49ers: 20-0
1981: Raiders: 27-10 Raiders: 14-3
1980: Pitt: 31-19 Rams: 13-10
1979: Pitt: 35-31 Pitt: 21-14
1978: Dallas: 27-10 Dallas: 13-0
1977: Raiders: 32-14 Raiders: 16-0
1976: Pitt: 21-17 Dallas: 10-7
1975: Pitt: 16-6 Pitt: 2-0
1974: Miami: 24-7 Miami: 17-0
1973: Miami: 14-7 Miami: 14-0
1972: Dallas: 24-3 Dallas: 10-3
1971: Colts: 16-13 Dallas: 13-6
1970: Chiefs: 23-7 Chiefs: 16-0
1969: NY Jets: 16-7 NY Jets: 7-0
1968: Packers: 33-14 Packers: 16-7
1967: Packers: 35-10 Packers: 14-10
Conference Championship Game
1970 Colts led Raiders 10-3 at Halftime; won: 27-17.
1975 Steelers led Raiders 10-3 at Halftime; won: 16-10.
1979 Steelers led Oilers 17-10 at Halftime; won: 27-13.
1986 Giants led Redskins 17-0 at Halftme; won: 17-0.
1990 Giants & 49ers tied: 3-3 at Halftime; Giants won: 15-13.
1993 Cowboys led the 49ers 28-7 at Halftime; Cowboys won: 38-21.
2007 Giants TRAILED Packers 10-6 at Halftime; Giants won: 23-20 (OT).
According to Cold Hard Football Facts, Eli Manning is also the only player in NFL history to lead a game-winning drive with less than a minute left in the Super Bowl.
“The NFL has been around a long time, but Eli Manning is the only quarterback in history to lead a last-minute, championship-winning touchdown drive – at least when he absolutely positively needed a touchdown and when anything less would have meant failure.”
When I look at stats like these, it makes me think the Giants playoff run was the greatest of all time. No team has ever overcome odds like this. The Giants won all their games on the road, were trailing two games at halftime (Patriots and Packers), tied in one game (Cowboys), and up just a touchdown at halftime against the Bucs.
