Top 30 NFL games of all-time

6. Giants vs. Bills, 1990

Another fantastic Super Bowl. This was a game between two teams that could not have been more different. The Bills were a point-a-minute group led by Jim Kelly, Thurman Thomas and Andre Reed. New York, with backup quarterback Jeff Hostetler and coach Bill Parcells, were about running the ball and playing punishing defense.

Buffalo was expected to win, but the Giants relied on veteran running back Ottis Anderson and were rewarded. Anderson was the MVP, rushing for 102 yards and a touchdown, helping New York hold the ball for more than 40 minutes. Leading 20-19, the Giants held on when Scott Norwood missed the potential game-winning kick from 46 yards out.

5. Cowboys at 49ers, 1981

The beginning of one dynasty, the death of another. The Cowboys had been the best team in football outside the Pittsburgh Steelers for the prior decade, and were playing the upstart 49ers. San Francisco had come out of nowhere, going from 6-10 to 13-3 in 1981. The 49ers had a young head coach in Bill Walsh and a third-year quarterback in Joe Montana.

Despite six turnovers, the 49ers wrote the storybook ending that even Hollywood would be jealous of. Trailing 27-21 late in the fourth quarter, Montana drove San Francisco to the Dallas 6-yard line. With 58 seconds remaining, Montana rolled right, pump-faked twice and then lobbed a throw to Dwight Clark in the right corner of the end zone, sending the 49ers to the Super Bowl and the Bay Area into a state of euphoria.

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