UPDATE

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - Eli Manning and the Giants one-upped Tom
Brady and the Patriots again, coming back with a last-minute
touchdown to beat New England 21-17 Sunday night for New York's
fourth Super Bowl title.

It was a rematch of the 2008 NFL championship, when Manning led
New York past New England to ruin the Patriots' bid for a perfect
season.

This was the first Super Bowl with two starting quarterbacks who
previously won the big game's MVP award - and they took turns being
brilliant. Manning became the first QB to open a Super Bowl with
nine consecutive completions. Later, Brady put together a run of 16
completions in a row, breaking another Super Bowl mark.

But in the end, it was Manning - the winner of his second MVP
award - who directed the nine-play, 88-yard drive that put New York
ahead.

"It's been a wild game, a wild season," Manning said.

Ahmad Bradshaw capped the winning drive with a 6-yard run up the middle. He wanted to stop at the 1-yard line but fell backward into
the end zone.

Less than a minute later it came down to one last play, when
Brady's long heave into the end zone fell incomplete among a maze
of players.

New England had the ball for all of one play in the first 11 1-2
minutes, and that play was an utter failure, a rare poor decision
by Brady. After Steve Weatherford's punt was downed at the New
England 6, Brady dropped to pass in the end zone and had time. With
everyone covered and Giants defensive end Justin Tuck finally
coming free to provide pressure, Brady heaved the ball downfield
while still in the pocket.

Only problem: No Patriots receivers were anywhere near the pass.
The Giants were awarded a safety for Brady's grounding in the end
zone.

Manning, meanwhile, couldn't have been more on target early,
hitting six receivers in the first period, completing his first
nine throws, a Super Bowl record. He also was aided by Ahmad
Bradshaw, who hardly looked like a running back with a bad foot.
Bradshaw broke a 24-yard run, and New England made another critical mistake by having 12 men on the field on a third-and-3 on which the Giants fumbled.

Instead, New York got a first down at the 6, and two plays later
Victor Cruz beat James Ihedigbo on a slant to make it 9-0,
prompting Cruz to break into his signature salsa move.

Manning's first incompletion didn't come until 1:19 into the
second quarter.

At that point, it was 9-3 after Stephen Gostkowski's 29-yard
field goal. The Patriots got to the Giants' 11, but All-Pro DE
Jason Pierre-Paul blocked a third-down pass.

Soon after, when the Patriots had a three-and-out and
Pierre-Paul blocked another throw, Belichick and offensive
coordinator Bill O'Brien had a quick discussion. Then O'Brien, soon
to take over as Penn State coach, went over to the struggling
Brady.

The talk must have helped. On the final series of the opening
half, Brady was masterful. Starting at his 4, and ignoring the last
time the Patriots began a series in the shadow of the end zone, he
was vintage Brady.

With New York's vaunted pass rush disappearing, Brady went
10-for-10 for 98 yards, capping the drive that included two
Patriots penalties with Woodhead's 4-yard TD reception with 8
seconds to go in the half. Hernandez and Woodhead each had four
catches on the drive that, stunningly, put New England ahead
despite being outplayed for so much of the first 30 minutes.

Brady kept firing - and hitting - in the third quarter, with
five more completions. The Giants didn't come within shouting
distance of the record-setting quarterback. He capped a 79-yard
drive to open the second half with a 12-yard TD to Hernandez, but
then the game turned. Again.

Consecutive field goals by Lawrence Tynes of 38 and 33 yards
brought New York within 17-15. Brady then threw deep for his tight
end after weaving away from two pass rushers. His throw was short,
and Chase Blackburn picked it off early in the fourth quarter.

Although the Giants moved into New England territory again, as
they did on every drive to that point, they bogged down and punted.