RECAP: GIANTS WIN THRILLER AT SITE OF SUPER BOWL XLII
The Arizona Cardinals probably wish they were as successful and exciting in University of Phoenix Stadium as the Giants are.
The Giants certainly feel at home here. They used an exhilarating fourth-quarter to erase a late 10-point deficit and defeat the Cardinals, 31-27, their third victory in as many visits here – including the thriller in Super Bowl XLII. This time, Eli Manning threw two touchdown passes in 58 seconds, including the game-winning 29-yarder to Hakeem Nicks with 2:39 left, to give the Giants their third consecutive victory this season.
The Giants overcame a fourth-quarter deficit to win for the second week in a row. In Philadelphia, they trailed, 16-14, before rallying for a 29-16 victory. The 10-point fourth-quarter deficit was the largest they overcame in a victory since Sept. 17, 2006, when then trailed in Philadelphia, 24-7, but won in overtime, 30-24. It was the largest fourth-quarter deficit they overcame in a victory without an overtime since Oct. 23, 2005, when they rallied from a 23-10 deficit to defeat Denver in Giants Stadium, 24-23.
**POSTGAME QUOTES
**Coach Coughlin: *Well it was fun. I'll say this, for a long time it was an absolute struggle, as you saw. Give them credit. They are a good team. I told Ken [Whisenhunt] that. We just kept playing. We hung in there. We found a way to finish. We won the fourth quarter again, which we absolutely had to do. They had the ball a lot. They did a lot of good things with the ball. We just hung in there and occasionally denied or forced a field goal. In the long run, we were able to get two there late in the game. I thought Corey [Webster]'s play on fourth down was a very good veteran play, because I think he had been beaten on that route a couple of times during the game and he came up on fourth and two. *FULL TRANSCRIPT
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**BOX SCORE
PASSING LEADERS**
|
NYG |
C/ATT |
YDS |
AVG |
TD |
INT |
RAT. |
|
Manning |
27/40 |
321 |
8.0 |
2 |
0 |
108.4 |
|
ARI |
C/ATT |
YDS |
AVG |
TD |
INT |
RAT. |
|
Kolb |
20/34 |
237 |
7.0 |
0 |
1 |
67.9 |
RUSHING LEADERS
|
NYG |
CAR |
YDS |
AVG |
TD |
LG |
|
Bradshaw |
12 |
39 |
3.3 |
1 |
13 |
|
Jacobs |
9 |
18 |
2.0 |
1 |
7 |
|
ARI |
CAR |
YDS |
AVG |
TD |
LG |
|
Wells |
27 |
138 |
5.1 |
3 |
39 |
|
Smith |
2 |
16 |
8.0 |
0 |
12 |
RECEIVING LEADERS
|
NYG |
REC |
YDS |
AVG |
TD |
LG |
TGTS |
|
Nicks |
10 |
162 |
16.2 |
1 |
29 |
14 |
|
Cruz |
6 |
98 |
16.3 |
0 |
26 |
9 |
|
ARI |
REC |
YDS |
AVG |
TD |
LG |
TGTS |
|
Fitzgerald |
8 |
102 |
12.8 |
0 |
47 |
11 |
|
Doucet |
3 |
42 |
14.0 |
0 |
21 |
6 |
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