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Article: SUPER BOWL XLII: GIANTS 17 PATRIOTS 14 NOTES; Manning joins elite ranks; Giants QB matches brother as MVP

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February 4, 2008
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Glendale, Ariz. -- Eli Manning, the ugly duckling of pro football's first family, is ugly no more.

Last year, older brother Peyton led the Indianapolis Colts to victory over the Chicago Bears in Super Bowl XLI. On Sunday night, 27-year-old Eli passed the ultimate National Football League litmus test by passing the New York Giants by the New England Patriots, 17- 14, in a king-size Super Bowl shocker.

The younger Manning marshaled the Giants 83 yards in 12 plays and delivered the winning touchdown pass to Plaxico Burress in the final minute.

"That's what quarterbacking is about," said father Archie Manning, a superb quarterback himself in the 1970s for the New Orleans Saints. "Just like Tom ...

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