Four teams headed into Sunday with their Super Bowl dreams alive. By the end of the day, two of those teams had their dreams end.

In the first game, the San Diego Chargers took an early lead when Nate Kaeding made a 26 yard field goal. However, Laurence Maroney quickly answered with a one yard touchdown for the New England Patriots to put the Patriots ahead. While the game remained close throughout, the Chargers would never take the lead again. Tom Brady had two touchdown passes as the Patriots remained undefeated on the season.

The Green Bay Packers hosted the New York Giants in the second game on Sunday. In a back and forth affair with multiple lead changes, both the Packers and Giants fought valiantly for the right to play in the Super Bowl. After the game went into overtime, Brett Favre threw a costly interception for the Packers and the Giants’ Eli Manning marched his team down the field for a game-winning field goal by Lawrence Tynes.

By the end of the day on Sunday, the Patriots and Giants had stamped their tickets to Super Bowl XLII, which is to be played in Phoenix, Arizona on February 3rd. In the Super Bowl, the Patriots will try to remain undefeated while the Giants will try to pull one of the greatest Super Bowl upsets in NFL history.

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