FOOTBALL
By The Associated Press
Wild-card Playoffs
Saturday, Jan. 7
Houston 31, Cincinnati 10
New Orleans 45, Detroit 28
Sunday, Jan. 8
New York Giants 24, Atlanta 2
Denver 29, Pittsburgh 23, OT
Divisional Playoffs
Saturday, Jan. 14
San Francisco 36, New Orleans 32
New England 45, Denver 10
Sunday, Jan. 15
Baltimore 20, Houston 13
N.Y. Giants 37, Green Bay 20
Conference Championships
Sunday, Jan. 22
New England 23, Baltimore 20
N.Y. Giants 20, San Francisco 17, OT
Pro Bowl
Sunday, Jan. 29
At Honolulu
AFC 59, NFC 41
Super Bowl
Sunday, Feb. 5
At Indianapolis
N.Y. Giants 21, New England 17
Super Bowl Summary
Giants 21, Patriots 17
Super Bowl Stats
N.Y. Giants 9 0 6 6—21
New England 0 10 7 0—17First QuarterNYG—Team safety, 8:52.NYG—Cruz 2 pass from Manning (Tynes kick), 3:24.Second QuarterNE—FG Gostkowski 29, 13:48.NE—Woodhead 4 pass from Brady (Gostkowski kick), :08.Third QuarterNE—Hernandez 12 pass from Brady (Gostkowski kick), 11:20.NYG—FG Tynes 38, 6:43.NYG—FG Tynes 33, :35.Fourth QuarterNYG—Bradshaw 6 run (run failed), :57.A—68,658.———
NYG NEFirst downs 26 21Total Net Yards 396 349Rushes-yards 28-114 19-83Passing 282 266Punt Returns 1-10 0-0Kickoff Returns 4-75 3-73Interceptions Ret. 1-0 0-0Comp-Att-Int 30-40-0 27-41-1Sacked-Yards Lost 3-14 2-10Punts 4-40.8 3-41.0Fumbles-Lost 2-0 0-0Penalties-Yards 4-24 5-28Time of Possession 37:05 22:55———INDIVIDUAL STATISTICSRUSHING—N.Y. Giants, Bradshaw 17-72, Jacobs 9-37, Ware 1-6, Manning 1-(minus 1). New England, Green-Ellis 10-44, Welker 2-21, Woodhead 7-18.PASSING—N.Y. Giants, Manning 30-40-0-296. New England, Brady 27-41-1-276.RECEIVING—N.Y. Giants, Nicks 10-109, Manningham 5-73, Pascoe 4-33, Cruz 4-25, Bradshaw 2-19, Hynoski 2-19, Ballard 2-10, Ware 1-8. New England, Hernandez 8-67, Welker 7-60, Woodhead 4-42, Branch 3-45, Gronkowski 2-26, Green-Ellis 2-15, Ochocinco 1-21.MISSED FIELD GOALS—None.
Super Bowl RecordsBy The Associated PressINDIANAPOLIS — Records set or tied in the 2012 Super Bowl:RECORDS SETIndividualOldest Winning Head Coach: 65, Tom Coughlin, NY Giants.Most Consecutive Completions: 16, Tom Brady, New England.Most Consecutive Completions To Start Game: 9, Eli Manning. NY Giants.Most Passing Yards, Career: 1,277, Tom Brady, New England.Most Passes, Career: 197, Tom Brady, New England.Most Completions, Career: 127, Tom Brady, New England.Most Punts Inside 10, Game: 3, Steve Weatherford, NY Giants.TeamMost First Downs Passing, Game, Both Teams: 33 (NY Giants 18, New England 15).RECORDS TIEDMost Games Started: 5, Tom Brady and Matt Light, New England.TeamLongest Touchdown Drive, Team: 96 yards, New England.Fewest Turnovers, Game, Team: 0, NY Giants.Most Safeties, Game, Team: 1, NY Giants.Fewest Touchdowns Rushing, Game, Team: 0, New England.Fewest Passes Had Intercepted, Game, Team: 0, NY Giants.Fewest First Downs By Penalty, Game, Team: 0, New England.Fewest Punt Returns, Game, Team: 0, New England.Fewest Fumbles, Game, Team: 0, New England.Fewest Fumbles Lost, Game, Both Teams: 0 (NY Giants 0, New England 0).NOTABLES— Eli Manning of New York is the fifth player to win the Super Bowl MVP Award at least twice. Joe Montana of San Francisco won it three times; Bart Starr of Green Bay, Terry Bradshaw of Pittsburgh and Tom Brady of New England, won it twice.— Ahmad Bradshaw of New York is the fourth player to score the game-winning touchdown in the last minute of a Super Bowl, joining John Taylor, San Francisco (Super Bowl XXIII), Plaxico Burress, NY Giants (Super Bowl XLII) and Santonio Holmes, Pittsburgh (Super Bowl XLIII).— In each of the Giants' four Super Bowl victories, they had trailed at halftime (10-9 to Denver in Super Bowl XXI, 12-10 to Buffalo in Super Bowl XXV, 7-3 to New England in Super Bowl XLII, and 10-9 to New England in Super Bowl XLVI).Source: Elias Sports Bureau
Super Bowl ChampionsBy The Associated Press2012—N.Y. Giants (NFC) 21, New England (AFC) 172011—Green Bay (NFC) 31, Pittsburgh (AFC) 252010—New Orleans (NFC) 31, Indianapolis (AFC) 172009—Pittsburgh (AFC) 27, Arizona (NFC) 232008—N.Y. Giants (NFC) 17, New England (AFC) 142007—Indianapolis (AFC) 29, Chicago (NFC) 172006—Pittsburgh (AFC) 21, Seattle (NFC) 102005—New England (AFC) 24, Philadelphia (NFC) 212004—New England (AFC) 32, Carolina (NFC) 292003—Tampa Bay (NFC) 48, Oakland (AFC) 212002—New England (AFC) 20, St. Louis (NFC) 172001—Baltimore Ravens (AFC) 34, N.Y. Giants (NFC) 72000—St. Louis (NFC) 23, Tennessee (AFC) 161999—Denver (AFC) 34, Atlanta (NFC) 191998—Denver (AFC) 31, Green Bay (NFC) 241997—Green Bay (NFC) 35, New England (AFC) 211996—Dallas (NFC) 27, Pittsburgh (AFC) 171995—San Francisco (NFC) 49, San Diego (AFC) 261994—Dallas (NFC) 30, Buffalo (AFC) 131993—Dallas (NFC) 52, Buffalo (AFC) 171992—Washington (NFC) 37, Buffalo (AFC) 241991—N.Y. Giants (NFC) 20, Buffalo (AFC) 191990—San Francisco (NFC) 55, Denver (AFC) 101989—San Francisco (NFC) 20, Cincinnati (AFC) 161988—Washington (NFC) 42, Denver (AFC) 101987—N.Y. Giants (NFC) 39, Denver (AFC) 201986—Chicago (NFC) 46, New England (AFC) 101985—San Francisco (NFC) 38, Miami (AFC) 161984—L.A. Raiders (AFC) 38, Washington (NFC) 91983—Washington (NFC) 27, Miami (AFC) 171982—San Francisco (NFC) 26, Cincinnati (AFC) 211981—Oakland (AFC) 27, Philadelphia (NFC) 101980—Pittsburgh (AFC) 31, L.A. Rams (NFC) 191979—Pittsburgh (AFC) 35, Dallas (NFC) 311978—Dallas (NFC) 27, Denver (AFC) 101977—Oakland (AFC) 32, Minnesota (NFC) 141976—Pittsburgh (AFC) 21, Dallas (NFC) 171975—Pittsburgh (AFC) 16, Minnesota (NFC) 61974—Miami (AFC) 24, Minnesota (NFC) 71973—Miami (AFC) 14, Washington (NFC) 71972—Dallas (NFC) 24, Miami (AFC) 31971—Baltimore Colts (AFC) 16, Dallas (NFC) 131970—Kansas City (AFL) 23, Minnesota (NFL) 71969—N.Y. Jets (AFL) 16, Baltimore Colts (NFL) 71968—Green Bay (NFL) 33, Oakland (AFL) 141967—Green Bay (NFL) 35, Kansas City (AFL) 10
