 The rivalry was played out during Super Bowl XLII in February 2008 , as it was a showdown between football teams from each metropolitan area , the New York Giants and the New England Patriots . The Giants defeated the Patriots in what was considered one of the greatest upsets in Super Bowl history . After the game Giants fans chanted " 18 and 1 ! 18 and 1 ! " , reminiscent of the infamous " 1918 " chant , towards Patriots fans as they left the stadium . ( Had they won the game , the Patriots would have become the first NFL team to ever finish with a 19 – 0 record ; incidentally , New England had defeated the Giants in the last regular season game of that season to achieve the first perfect regular season since 1972 . ) Giants fans called this revenge for the Red Sox comeback in 2004 . The Giants and Patriots faced off again in Super Bowl XLVI ; with the Giants once again defeating the Patriots . Dan Shaughnessy 's piece in The Boston Globe on the Giants victory over the Patriots was headlined , " History Repeats . " 
