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Article: Perfect Pats, upstart Giants to Super Bowl: ; New England defense holds San Diego without a TD
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- Charleston Gazette
- Article date:
- January 21, 2008
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FOXBOROUGH, Mass. - Three times the Chargers crossed the 10-yard
line. And three times the Patriots stopped them from crossing the
goal line.
Against a record-breaking offense like New England's, three field
goals instead of three touchdowns are simply not enough.
So the Patriots are headed to face the New York Giants in the
Super Bowl - a 19-0 season just a single win away - after Sunday's
21-12 win over San Diego behind a red-zone defense that wouldn't
budge after being battered most of the season.
"Defense wins championships," cornerback Ellis Hobbs said.
"Tonight you saw that, how time and time again those guys got in the
red zone and time and time again we kept saying, 'no, no, no, no, ...