 Trailing the Minnesota Vikings 20 – 19 with 72 seconds left in the fourth quarter at the Metrodome in week 11 , Phil Simms completed a desperate 22 @-@ yard pass on fourth and 17 to Bobby Johnson for a first down . The completion led to Raul Allegre 's fifth field goal and an important Giants victory 22 – 20 . In the Giants ' three previous games , Simms had completed only six passes to wide receivers . In the Giants ' victory he completed eight to wide receivers , four to tight end Mark Bavaro and 13 to his running backs — four to Ottis Anderson in the final two drives , three to Maurice Carthon , three to Joe Morris and three to Tony Galbreath . Simms commented years later , " [ i ] t 's my favorite game in my career , because it 's everything I always wanted to be as a player . I wanted to be tough , making big throws , immune to pressure , not worried about outcomes . It was truly like standing on the tee box in golf and there 's trees on each side and water and you just go ' Man , I 'm gonna rip it down the middle . ' And no other thought crosses your mind . " The game has frequently been credited as a signature game of their season , and the Giants players celebrated the victory in the tunnel leading to their locker room and in the locker room itself in a raucous manner that was highly atypical for the team . " They high @-@ fived themselves silly , " recalled Peter King . " They were screaming and hooting and raising hell — happier than they had been all year . " 
