Week 17 2007 vs New York Giants
The 2007 finale that completed the first 16-0 regular season.
In the final game of the 2007 regular season the Patriots faced the New York Giants with the chance to finish 16–0, which no NFL team had done before, and they won to complete the record. Tom Brady and Randy Moss connected on two touchdown passes in the game. The same two teams met again in Super Bowl XLII, where the Giants won 17–14 and ended New England's bid for a perfect season.
Quick Facts
- Date
- December 29, 2007
- Location
- Gillette Stadium, Foxborough, Massachusetts
- Result
- Patriots 38, Giants 35
- Final record
- 16-0 (Perfect Season)
- Key player
- Tom Brady (4 TDs)
- Opponent coach
- Eli Manning
Did You Know?
- Tom Brady set the single-season record with 50 touchdown passes during this campaign.
- Randy Moss caught the game-winning touchdown on fourth down from the two-yard line.
- This was the only time in NFL history that a team finished 16-0 but did not win the Super Bowl.
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