2 OPENINGS: Kansas City & Chicago

Giants Beat San Diego 20-11 to Win Super Bowl VII

The NY Giants avenged their only two losses of the regular season by first defeating the Dallas Cowboys 22-3 and then the Baltimore Ravens 17-15 in the Conference Championship game. The San Diego Chargers came into the Super Bowl as the hottest team with a 15 game winning streak coming into the Super Bowl. The Chargers started the season 1-2 and then rattled 15 straight wins including a 21-16 playoff win against Indianapolis and a 34-13 drubbing of the Chicago Bears in the Conference Championship.

The game started with the Giants winning the toss and deferring to the 2nd half. Both teams had two short drives and punts in the feeling out process beginning the game. A big break came on the 1st play of the Chargers second drive of the game when Marcedes Lewis fumbled after a 7 yard reception that was pounced on by New York's Charles Woodson for the only turnover of the game. Four plays later, Ronnie Brown found his way into the endzone on a 4 yard dive play.

After another 3 and out and a punt by the Chargers, NY proceeded to make a quick drive of 80 yards all on the ground by Ronnie Brown and a 15 yard personal foul call on San Diego. The final play of the drive was a 47 yard dash to paydirt by Ronnie Brown. The remainder of the half included one short drive after another with punts ending each drive. NY took a 14-0 lead into halftime.

The second half started with the Giants receiving the opening kickoff. The Giants really took the spirit out of the Chargers by running the ball one play after another on a methodical drive that covered 78 yards on 18 plays. The drive stalled at the Charger 2 yard line but the damage was done with the Giants taking 11:20 off of the clock taking a 3 score, 17-0 lead.

The teams traded field goals over the next quarter of football. The Chargers then made the score look more respectable adding a touchdown and 2 point conversion with 8 seconds left in the game and giving the Giants a 20-11 Super Bowl win.

Ronnie Brown was named MVP of the game rushing for 104 yards on17 carries and 2 TD's. Cedric Benson and Clinton Portis also added valuable yards on the ground giving New York a total of 196 yards on the ground. This also helped the Giants to 40:21 time of possession and giving the ball to the Chargers for only 19:39. The Giants defense also did a great job of continuing their dominating performances by holding the Chargers to 227 yards for the game.