Top 12 most shocking Super Bowl moments

The Giants End New England’s Perfect Season

Six years after they shocked the world and won their first Super Bowl, the New England Patriots were one game away from perfection.

In 2007, they made it a habit of steamrolling every opponent that dared to challenge them. The Pats went undefeated in the regular season, plowed through the playoffs and seemed an inevitable winner against a 10-6 Giants team that had to win its final six regular season games just to make the playoffs.

The official line was Patriots minus-12, and there weren’t many folks who thought the Giants had a chance.

Tom Brady won NFL MVP, becoming the first quarterback to throw 50 touchdown passes in a season. The New England offense set so many offensive records that it became routine.

The biggest shock of this game, other than the result, was that it turned into a defensive battle. The Giants defensive line was able to keep pressure on Brady all game long, disrupting their high powered attack. The Patriots scratched out a 14-10 lead with two and a half minutes left.

Needing a touchdown, Eli Manning began the Giants drive at his own 17 yard line. On a third and 5 from midfield, the Giants pulled off the most improbable pass play to sustain a drive in Super Bowl history. Manning was nearly sacked, somehow escaped the grasp of the defender, heaved a pass down the middle of the field – which was caught between hand and helmet by David Tyree.

The Giants scored the winning touchdown on the drive, completing one of the biggest upsets in Super Bowl history.

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