![]() ![]() This Super Bowl was also a rematch of the final game of the regular season, in which New England won, 38–35. ![]() The Giants, who finished the regular season with a 10–6 record, were seeking to become the first NFC wild card team to win a Super Bowl, and were also looking for their third Super Bowl victory and first since they won Super Bowl XXV seventeen years earlier. The Patriots entered the game as 12-point favorites after becoming the first team to complete a perfect regular season since the 1972 Miami Dolphins, and the only one since the league expanded to a 16-game regular season schedule in 1978. The game is regarded as one of the biggest upsets in the history of professional sports, as well as one of the greatest Super Bowl games ever. The game was played on February 3, 2008, at the University of Phoenix Stadium in Glendale, Arizona. Many also consider this game the biggest upset of all time. The Giants defeated the Patriots by the score of 17–14 with the now well known "Helmet Catch" often being considered the best Super Bowl catch of all time. Super Bowl XLII was an American football game between the National Football Conference (NFC) champion underdog New York Giants and the American Football Conference (AFC) champion undefeated New England Patriots to decide the National Football League (NFL) champion for the 2007 season. Marv Albert, Boomer Esiason, John Dockery and Kevin Kiley Joe Buck, Troy Aikman, Pam Oliver and Chris Myers Ronnie Lott, Jerry Rice, Steve Young, along with Bill Walsh's children, Craig and Elizabeth Patriots: Randy Moss, Junior Seau, Richard Seymour University of Phoenix Stadium, Glendale, Arizona ![]() For the Super Bowl that was played at the completion of the 2008 season, see Super Bowl XLIII. ![]()
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