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Indianapolis, IN (Sports Network) - Eli Manning and the New York Giants did it
again, beating the New England Patriots with another game-winning drive in the
Super Bowl. Ahmad Bradshaw scored on a six-yard touchdown run with 57 seconds
remaining to lift the Giants to a 21-17 win on Sunday.
Manning led the 88-yard
drive to win the game and was named Most Valuable Player, just like he
orchestrated an 83-yard drive to capture the 2008 Super Bowl over the
Patriots, which ended New England's hopes of a perfect season and ended with
Manning winning MVP.
With time running down -- and a chance to let it tick off
even further -- Bradshaw nearly sat at the half-yard line before falling back
into the end zone for the touchdown. Tom Brady completed a 19-yard pass to
Deion Branch on 4th-and-16, but a last-second Hail Mary pass fell incomplete
in the end zone, just out of the reach of injured tight end Rob Gronkowski.
Manning finished the game 30-of-40 for 296 yards and a touchdown pass to
Victor Cruz in the first quarter. Brady set a Super Bowl record by completing
16 straight passes and ended 27-of-41 for 276 yards with touchdown passes to
Danny Woodhead and Aaron Hernandez. But Brady failed in his attempt to win
four titles in the last 11 seasons and match his idol, Joe Montana, and Terry
Bradshaw with four Super Bowl wins as a quarterback.
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