Super Bowl XXV (25) New York VS Buffalo Recap

Super Bowl XXV New York 20, Buffalo 19 Recap

New York Defeats Buffalo in Super Bowl XXV. Ottis Anderson named MVP

The NFC champion New York Giants won their second Super Bowl in five years with a 20-19 victory over the AFC Buffalo Bills.

New York, employing a ball controled offense, possessed the ball for 40 minutes, 33 seconds, a Super Bowl record. The Bills, who scored 95 points in their previous two playoff games leading to Super Bowl XXV, had the ball for less than eight minutes in the second half and just 19:27 for the entire game.

Fourteen of New York's 73 plays came on its initial drive of the third quarter that covered 75 yards and consumed a Super Bowl-record 9:29 before running back Ottis Anderson's one yard touchdown run.

Giants quarterback Jeff Hostetler kept the long drive going by converting three third-down plays; an 11-yard pass to running back David Meggett on third-and-eight, a 14-yard toss to wide receiver Mark Ingram on third and 13, and a 9-yard pass to Howard Cross on third and four to give the Giants a 17-12 lead in the third.

Buffalo jumped to a 12-3 lead midway through the second quarter before Hostetler completed a 14-yard scoring strike to wide receiver Stephen Baker to close the score to 12-10 at halftime. Buffalo's Thurman Thomas ran 31 yards for a touchdown on the opening play of the fourth quarter to help Buffalo recapture the lead 19-17. Matt Bahr's 21-yard field goal gave the Giants a 20-19 lead, then with seonds remaining Buffalo's Scott Norwood had a chance to win the game but his 47-yard field-goal attempt sailed wide right.

Hostetler completed 20 of 32 passes for 222 yards and one touchdown. Anderson rushed 21 times for 102 yards and a touchdown to capture most-valuable-player honors. Thomas totaled 190 scrimmage yards, rushing 15 times for 135 yards and catching five passes for 55 yards.

Scoring Information

                       1  2  3  4  Final
                       _________________
Buffalo  Bills         3  9  0  7     19
New York Giants        3  7  7  3     20

New York Giants - FG Bahr 28                                
7:46 into the 1st

Buffalo  Bills  - FG Norwood 23                             
9:09 into the 1st

Buffalo  Bills  - D. Smith 1 run (Norwood kick)             
2:30 into the 2nd

Buffalo  Bills  - safety B. Smith 0                         
6:33 into the 2nd

New York Giants - Baker 14 pass from Hostetler (Bahr kick) 
14:35 into the 2nd

New York Giants - Anderson 1 run  (Bahr kick)               
9:29 into the 3rd

Buffalo  Bills  - Thomas 31 run  (Norwood kick)             
0:08 into the 4th

New York Giants - FG Bahr 21                                
7:40 into the 4th

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Score:

Super Bowl XXV

New York 20
Buffalo 19

Location:
Tampa Stadium
Tampa, Florida
January 27, 1991
Attendance: 73,813

MVP:
Ottis Anderson, Running Back
of the New York Giants

Coaches
NYG Bill Parcells
BUF Marv Levy

Super Bowl XXV Ring, New York 20 vs Buffalo 19, Tampa Stadium, Tampa, Florida, MVP Ottis Anderson, Running Back of the New York Giants

Super Bowl XXV Ring