For three quarters, the Tampa Bay Buccaneers looked to be on their way to a 2-0 start under new coach Greg Schiano.
Ultimately, though, Eli Manning and the defending Super Bowl champions New York Giants made more plays, rallying from 14 points behind to pull out an unlikely 41-34 win at MetLife Stadium in the Meadowlands Sunday.
The Bucs led 27-16 entering the fourth quarter, but Manning, who finished 31-of-51 for 510 yards and three touchdowns, threw two of his scores in the final period to tie the game, then led another scoring drive capped by running back Andre Brown scoring from 2 yards out for the winning margin with 31 seconds to play.
Manning's first fourth-quarter score came on an 80-yard strike to Victor Cruz with 6:48 to play, followed by a successful 2-point conversion run by Brown to tie game. Manning then found TE Martellus Bennett for a 33-yard score with 3:59 left to put the Giants ahead, 34-27, for the first time since the opening minutes of the game.
Tampa Bay Buccaneers
Record: 7-9
4th in NFC South
Home: Raymond James Stadium, Tampa, Florida
Capacity: 65,890
4th in NFC South
Home: Raymond James Stadium, Tampa, Florida
Capacity: 65,890
Manning rallies Giants to wild win over Bucs
Tampa Tribune 9/16/2012
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