15. 2007 SUPER BOWL CHAMPION NEW YORK GIANTS at 2. 1989 SUPER BOWL CHAMPION SAN FRANCISCO 49ERS
2. 1989 SUPER BOWL CHAMPION SAN FRANCISCO 49ERS
Record: 14-2
Pythag: 13-3
Off: 1st
Def: 3rd
1st NFC West
d. Vikings Div Rnd 41-13
d. Rams NFC Title 30-3
d. Broncos Super Bowl 55-10
HC George Seifert OC Mike Holmgren DC Bill McPherson
Candlestick Park: 55 degrees
Joe Starkey/Wayne Walker
Offense
QB Joe Montana 33 All Pro N Dame
RB Roger Craig 29 Nebraska
FB Tom Rathman 27 Nebraska
WR Jerry Rice All Pro 27 Miss Vall St
WR John Taylor 27 Delaware St
TE Brent Jones 26 S Clara
LT Bubba Paris 29 Michigan
LG Guy McIntyre 28 UGA
C Jesse Sapolu 28 Hawaii
RG Bruce Collie 27 Tex Arlington
RT Harris Barton 25 UNC
Defense
LDE Pierce Holt 27 Angelo St
NT Michael Carter 29 SMU
RDE Kevin Fagan 28 Miami
LOLB Charles Haley 25 J Madison
LILB Matt Millen 31 Penn St
RILB Mike Walter 29 Oregon
ROLB Keena Turner 31 Purdue
LCB Darryl Pollard 25 Weber St
RCB Don Griffin 25 Mid Tenn St
SS Chet Brooks 23 A&M
FS Ronnie Lott 30 All Pro USC
K Mike Cofer 25 All Pro NC St
P Barry Helton 24 Colorado
KR Terrence Flagler 25 Clemson
PR John Taylor 27
Last game in Round 1 - the 17th overall seed in the field is the '89 Niners, best offense in football, third best defense. 33 year old Joe Montana is an All Pro, in 13 games he had 29 scores and 8 picks. Over 1500 yards from scrimmage for 29 year old Roger Craig. 27 year old Jerry Rice is an All Pro, he had over 1400 yards receiving and 17 TDs. 27 year old John Taylor is also over 1000 yards receiving. 30 year old Ronnie Lott is an All Pro on defense, 25 year old Mike Cofer is also an All Pro. 27 year old Pierce Holt and 25 year old Charles Haley combined for 21 sacks.
15. 2007 SUPER BOWL CHAMPION NEW YORK GIANTS
Record: 10-6
Pythag: 9-7
Off: 14th
Def: 17th
2nd NFC East
d. Bucs WC 24-14
d. Cowboys Div Rnd 21-17
d. Packers AFC Title 23-20
d. Patriots Super Bowl 17-14
d. '70 Colts 19-14
d. '15 Steelers 25-10
HC Tom Coughlin OC Kevin Gilbride DC Steve Spagnuolo
Offense
QB Eli Manning 26 Ole Miss
RB Brandon Jacobs 25 S Illinois
RB Derrick Ward 27 Ottawa
WR Plaxico Burress 30 Mich St
WR Amani Toomer 33 Michigan
TE Jeremy Shockey 27 Miami
LT David Diehl 27 Illinois
LG Rich Seubert 28 W Illinois
C Shaun O'Hara 30 Rutgers
RG Chris Snee 25 B College
RT Kareem McKenzie 28 Penn St
Defense
LDE Michael Strahan 36 Tex Southern
LDT Barry Cofield 23 Nwestern
RDT Fred Robbins 30 Wake
RDE Osi Umenyiora 26 Troy
LLB Mathias Kiwanuka 24 B College
MLB Antonio Pierce 29 Arizona
RLB Kawika Mitchell 28 S Florida
LCB Aaron Ross 25 R Texas
RCB Sam Madison 33 Louisville
SS James Butler 25 Geo Tech
FS Gibril Wilson 26 Tenn
K Lawrence Tynes 29 Troy
P Jeff Feagles 41 Miami
KR Ahmad Bradshaw 21 Marshall
PR RW McQuarters 31 Ok St
The 2007 SB Giants not only don't have an All Pro, they have only one Pro Bowler, 26 year old Osi Umenyiora, he had 13 sacks and 36 year old Michael Strahan added 9. 26 year old Eli Manning had 24 scores and 20 picks. 25 year old Brandon Jacobs had over a thousand yards rushing. 30 year old Plaxico Burress over a thousand receiving. The Giants knocked off the '70 Colts 19-14 and then the '15 Steelers 25-10. The Giants had 4 wins in '07 to win the Super Bowl and now add 2 tournament wins to that -- can they go to San Francisco and knock off the 17th overall seed in the field?
1st Qtr
Niners at the 27.
3 and out. Giants take over at the 32.
1/10 - Eli Manning 10 to Plaxico Burress, offsides on the next play makes it 1st and 5.
1/5 - Incomplete
2/5 - Manning to Jeremy Shockey, first down.
1/10 - Incomplete
2/10 - Manning to Brandon Jacobs, 8 yards to the 49er 35.
1/10 - Derrick Ward for 4.
2/6 - Manning to Amani Toomer, its 9 yards to the 22. A false start backs NY 5.
1/15 - Brandon Jacobs carries for 13.
2/2 - Ward is stopped at the line.
3/2 - Jacobs busts through -- he goes all the way to the Niner 4 and the Giants have first and goal.
The Niners hold them here - short Tynes FG and it is 3-0.
Niners at their own 36, on second and 9, Michael Strahan drills Joe Montana -- Fumble -- and the Giants recover at the 49er 30 yard line -- big early play for this New York defense.
1/10 - Ward goes for 16 - the Giants are at the 14.
1/10 - Ward is stacked up.
2/10 - Incomplete
3/10 - Manning -- End Zone -- Sinorice Moss -- TOUCHDOWN GIANTS -- Eli to Moss - the Giants jump out to a 10-0 lead!
Niners at the 31.
1/10 - Roger Craig for 9.
2/10 - Montana -- Downfield to a wide open Brent Jones -- Jones all the way to the New York 25 yard line.
1/10 - Craig stopped at the line and the qtr ends.
2nd Qtr: Giants 10 49ers 0
The '07 Giants cinderella ride took them to a Super Bowl - they've won 2 Play in Games to get this shot against the 17th overall seed in the field and jump out to a 10-0 lead. Niners have 2nd and 10 at the 25.
The Niner drive ends here - Cofer FG makes it 10-3.
Giants at the 39.
1/10 - Manning to Toomer for 4.
2/6 - Jacobs is buried in the backfield.
3/10 - Manning finds Burress in space -- Plaxico Burress all the way to the 49er 38.
1/10 - Brandon Jacobs busts one -- Jacobs running downhill all the way to the 1 yard line! The Giants have really found an offensive rhythm as the tournament has continued and they are just rolling right now.
1/goal -- Derrick Ward Is Into the End Zone -- TOUCHDOWN GIANTS -- Wow, Wow, Wow -- the Giants have already won the only battle of Super Bowl Champs in the tournament and they have come into San Francisco and are just blasting away, 17-3!
Niner ball at the 19.
1/10 - 3 for Craig
2/7 - Tom Rathman for 1
3/6 - Montana to Jerry Rice, Rice has the first down and more, Rice 13 yards.
1/10 - Incomplete
2/10 - Terrence Flagler gets a carry, 1 yard.
3/9 - Montana crossing route to John Taylor, Taylor's got space -- 20 yards for Taylor to the Giants 43.
1/10 - Craig gets 3.
2/7 - Montana downfield to Taylor -- big gainer for John Taylor, 22 yards and San Francisco is at the 18.
1/10 - Craig gets 5.
2/5 - It's an end around to Rice -- Rice has a first down -- the Niners have a first and goal at the 4.
1/goal -- Rathman....Rathman is Into the End Zone...TOUCHDOWN 49ERS -- that's more of what you'd expect -- San Francisco goes 81 yards down the field and it's 17-10 Giants, about 4 minutes left in the half.
Giants at the 21. They get one first down, Shockey 8 yard reception.
But just before the 2 minute warning, it's a punt -- and John Taylor with the big return - JT to the Giants 37 yard line - big second quarter for John Taylor and the Niners are in business.
1/10 - Montana to Rice, it's a 16 yard pickup and it is the 2 minute warning.
1/10 - Montana again to Taylor, 10 yards, the Niners are at the Giants 11.
1/10 - Incomplete. 90 seconds left in the half.
2/10 - Montana -- End Zone -- Brent Jones -- TOUCHDOWN 49ERS -- It takes less than a minute, the Niners tie the score -- there's a little more than a minute left in the half, the Giants will get a couple first downs, 11 yards to Burress, 15 to Shockey, but Charles Haley sacks Manning and the half comes to an end.
3rd Qtr: 49ers 17 Giants 17
San Francisco scores twice in the last couple of minutes of the half and we are dead even.
Giants at the 32.
3 and out. Niners will start at the 35.
1/10 - Montana to Rice -- 14 yards.
1/10 - Big gainer for Craig, Roger Craig with the high knees - Craig busting tackles for a 25 yard pickup to the New York 26.
1/10 - Terrence Flagler gets 15 - the 49ers go bang-bang-bang to the 11.
1/10 - Montana to Craig, 5 yards.
2/5 - Incomplete
3/5 - Montana to Flagler -- Flagler is going to be just short of the first down.
Niners 4th and less than a yard at the 2. Seifert and Holmgren are going for it - big spot here.
4/1 - Roger Craig....Is Into the End Zone....TOUCHDOWN 49ERS - the Niners go for it on 4th and it pays off -- San Francisco now leads 24-17.
Giants at the 37.
3 and out. The Niners defense has stepped up since the early Giants blitz. Niners at the 32.
3 and out. Giants at the 25. 6 minutes left in the third.
One first down, Jacobs 9 yard run. But Pierce Holt gets a sack - the Niners will regain at their own 17.
1/10 - Craig for 12.
1/10 - Craig for 4
2/6 - Craig - Is Popped by Antonio Pierce -- Fumble - the Giants recover. Big play - the Giants down 7 get their second turnover and with 2 minutes left the Giants take over at the 49er 35.
1/10 - Jacobs for 4
2/6 - Nothing for Jacobs
3/6 - Manning to Jacobs -- he breaks tackles, he's got 11 - the Giants are at the Niner 20 as the qtr ends.
4th Qtr: 49ers 24 Giants 17
San Francisco takes the lead - the Giants have first down at the SF 20 - 15 minutes of regulation play remain in round 1.
1/10 - Give to Ward -- Rocked by Ronnie Lott at the line of scrimmage --- Fumble -- Fumble -- the 49ers recover! San Francisco forces the turnover -- the 49ers regain possession at the 19.
3 and out including an Osi Umenyiora sack. Giants regain at their own 35.
1/10 - Jacobs gets 1.
2/9 - Ward for 4.
3/5 - Manning to Toomer, 8 yards and the Giants are at the 48.
1/10 - Jacobs for 1.
2/9 - Manning -- Picked Off by Lott! Ronnie Lott with the Interception -- in back to back Giants drives, Lott forces turnovers -- San Francisco has the ball at their own 36 yard line, now with less than 10 minutes to go in the game, still up 7.
1 first down, Montana 6 to Rathman the biggest play - but the Niners kick -- and it's a great one from Helton, rolling dead at the New York 3 yard line.
Giants up against it here -- they need to go 97 yards, there's less than 6 to play and the Niners lead by 7.
1/10 - Incomplete
2/10 - Manning, 4 yards to Moss
3/6 - Incomplete
There's 4 minutes left, the Giants have a 4th and 6 at their own 7 yard line.
They're gonna go for it.
4/6 - Incomplete
The 49ers take the game by the the throat, the defense really put the clamps on after that early Giants blitz and now the Niners have the ball at the New York 8.
1/goal - Terrence Flagler takes the pitch -- and he will go Into the End Zone -- TOUCHDOWN 49ERS -- San Francisco goes up 2 scores and it looks like the Niners are headed to round 2.
Giants at the 26 - they get a first down when Jacobs busts a 47 yard run -- but again, the Niners turn them over on downs, there's less than 3 minutes to go, Niner ball at their own 26 - they're gonna burn through the Giants timeouts, getting first downs on runs by Craig and Harry Sydney - the Giants get the ball back with less than 2 minutes left, out of timeouts, at their own 31 - they get one first down, Manning 14 to Toomer -- but once again, the Niners stop the drive - it's victory formation for San Francisco and it is done.
Round 1 is done.
Final: 49ers 31 Giants 17
We started with 274 teams -- there are now 128.
Montana: 15 for 21 203 yds TD
Manning: 16 for 35 167 yds TD/INT
Craig: 18 carries, 62 yds TD
Jacobs: 20 carries, 131 yds
Rice: 4 catches, 45 yds
Burress: 4 catches 61 yds
Player of the Game: Ronnie Lott
Region 16 Rnd 1 MVP: Mean Joe Greene
When we hit Rnd 2
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2009 Saints v. 1984 Raiders
1989 49ers v. 1968 Rams
