Super Bowl XXV
Jan. 27, 1991
Tampa Stadium
Tampa, Florida

MVP: Ottis Anderson, RB, New York
Buffalo Bills 19
New York Giants 20

It seems like a hundred years ago that the Buffalo Bills were proclaiming themselves to be the "Team of the 90s", even though the decade had barely begun. Four straight big-game losses can cloud your memory like that. The Bills' high-powered offense was blowing by defenses like John Madden to the front of the buffet line. Their "no-huddle" attack was so exhausting that, after his Raiders got pimp-slapped 51-3, Howie Long said he'd retire if the rest of the NFL adopted Buffalo's gameplan.

So how do you stop a point-a-minute offense? Limit their minutes. This is why Bill Parcells is in the Hall of Fame. He sets his pride aside and realizes the only way to slow down the Buffalo roll -- is to keep them off the field. And that's precisely what the Giants do: New York grinds out a Super Bowl record 40-minutes-plus of possession time, with the ageless Ottis Anderson leading the ground assault.

Throw in enough subplots to fill a Lifetime TV movie: the backdrop of war in the Middle East, pre-crackhead-era Whitney Houston stirring already high emotions with her rendition of the National Anthem, career backup quarterback Jeff Hostetler finally living his dream and playing superbly -- oh yeah, and of the most fantastic finishes in Super Bowl History....known simply as "Wide Right".