The Patriots put up 390 yards of offense versus the 316 put up by the Giants.
This was the first career meeting between Eli Manning and the Patriots; Eli thus became the third member of the Manning family to face off against the Patriots. His father Archie Manning quarterbacked the New Orleans Saints in two career match-ups with the Patriots in 1972 and 1980, both Patriots wins - Archie missed a December 1976 meeting with New England. Eli's older brother Peyton Manning's showdowns with the Patriots (who to that point held an 11-5 record against him after a 24-20 defeat of Peyton earlier that season) as quarterback of the Indianapolis Colts had by then become one of the all-time most famous rivalries in sports.