The Giants' second Super Bowl win came under similar circumstances to their fourth with one significant difference.
New York had won it all four years earlier in 1987 so the novelty of being champions certainly hadn't worn off. Also, the Giants were underdogs in the game, as mentioned in the previous slide, but the thought of them winning wasn't inconceivable. Like the 2011 team though, their run to Super Sunday was improbable, from losing starting quarterback Phil Simms in Week 15 of the regular season to defeating the 49ers on the road in the NFC Championship Game, which ended San Francisco's bid for a third title in a row.
The reason that this game jumps Super Bowl XLVI is that it was arguably the most dramatic, high-quality game in Super Bowl history. Played in front of a nation entrenched in the Persian Gulf war, the two teams representing opposite ends of New York state exchanged four leads and committed zero turnovers over 60 minutes of play. The Bills high-powered offensive attack that had put up 95 points in their two AFC playoff games was slowed down by an interesting Giants philosophy. It centered around controlling the ball on offense while on defense allowing Buffalo to run the ball at will in order to keep them from throwing. When they did try to air it out, Big Blue was sure to pound the Bills finesse receivers into submission.
