| December 31 - PSINet Stadium | January 7 - Adelphia Coliseum | |||||||||||||||||
| 5 | Denver | 3 | ||||||||||||||||
| 4 | Baltimore | 24 | ||||||||||||||||
| 4 | Baltimore | 21 | January 14 - Network Associates Coliseum | |||||||||||||||
| 1 | Tennessee | 10 | ||||||||||||||||
| AFC | ||||||||||||||||||
| December 30 - Pro Player Stadium | 4 | Baltimore | 16 | |||||||||||||||
| January 6 - Network Associates Coliseum | ||||||||||||||||||
| 2 | Oakland | 3 | ||||||||||||||||
| 6 | Indianapolis | 17 | AFC Championship | |||||||||||||||
| 3 | Miami | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
| 3 | Miami | 23* | January 28 - Raymond James Stadium | |||||||||||||||
| 2 | Oakland | 27 | ||||||||||||||||
| Wild Card Playoffs | ||||||||||||||||||
| Divisional Playoffs | ||||||||||||||||||
| December 30 - Louisiana Superdome | A4 | Baltimore | 34 | |||||||||||||||
| January 6 - Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome | ||||||||||||||||||
| N1 | N.Y. Giants | 7 | ||||||||||||||||
| 6 | St. Louis | 28 | Super Bowl XXXV | |||||||||||||||
| 3 | New Orleans | 16 | ||||||||||||||||
| 3 | New Orleans | 31 | January 14 - Giants Stadium | |||||||||||||||
| 2 | Minnesota | 34 | ||||||||||||||||
| NFC | ||||||||||||||||||
| December 31 - Veterans Stadium | 2 | Minnesota | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| January 7 - Giants Stadium | ||||||||||||||||||
| 1 | N.Y. Giants | 41 | ||||||||||||||||
| 5 | Tampa Bay | 3 | NFC Championship | |||||||||||||||
| 4 | Philadelphia | 10 | ||||||||||||||||
| 4 | Philadelphia | 21 | ||||||||||||||||
| 1 | N.Y. Giants | 20 | ||||||||||||||||
January 14, 2001
[edit]NFC: New York Giants 41, Minnesota Vikings 0
1 2 3 4 Total Vikings 0 0 0 0 0 Giants 14 20 7 0 41 at Giants Stadium, East Rutherford, New Jersey
- Game time: 12:30 p.m. EST
- Game weather: 40 °F (4 °C), cloudy
- TV announcers (Fox): Pat Summerall, John Madden, D.J. Johnson, and Pam Oliver
- Referee: Tony Corrente
- Game attendance: 79,310
Quarterback Kerry Collins led the Giants to a victory by throwing for 381 yards and 5 touchdowns, tying a postseason record for touchdown passes set by Sid Luckman in 1943. Meanwhile, the Giants shut out the Vikings by limiting them to only 114 offensive yards, sacking quarterback Daunte Culpepper 4 times, and forcing 5 turnovers. New York wide receiver Ike Hilliard had 10 receptions for 155 yards and 2 touchdowns. The Minnesota sports community sometimes refers to this as "41–doughnut" after a post game comment from Randy Moss: "I was just talking to Daunte, and 41-to-doughnut, I think that's the worst defeat I've ever been in my life." [1] Culpepper completed only 13 of 28 passes for 78 yards, with 3 interceptions, while Moss caught only 2 passes for 18 yards.
Minnesota got off to a bad start and never recovered. After the opening kickoff, Collins led the Giants 74 yards in just 4 plays, scoring on a 46-yard touchdown pass to Hilliard to give them a 7–0 lead less than 2 minutes into the game. Then Vikings kick returner Moe Williams fumbled the ensuing kickoff at his own 18-yard line and Collins capitalized with an 18-yard touchdown pass to fullback Greg Comella on the next play, giving New York a 14–0 lead before the Vikings offense had even stepped onto the field. New York was shut down for the rest of the quarter, with Collins throwing two interceptions, but it hardly mattered, as the Vikings could not convert either of them into points. After the second one, Mitch Berger's 26-yard punt gave the Giants great field position on the Minnesota 41-yard line, setting up a Brad Daluiso field goal on the first play of the second quarter.
The next time New York got the ball, Collins' 43-yard completion to Ron Dixon set up an 8-yard touchdown pass to receiver Joe Jurevicius, making the score 24-0. Then after a punt, New York drove 62 yards and scored another Daluiso field goal, aided by a 21-yard pass interference penalty against defensive back Wasswa Serwanga. And on the last drive of the half, Hilliard caught 4 passes for 59 yards on a 77-yard drive that ended with his 7-yard touchdown catch with 12 seconds left.
By the time the first half ended, New York had scored 34 points (more than they had scored in any of their regular season games) and gained 386 yards, while holding the Vikings to 45.
In the third quarter, Culpepper lost a fumble while being sacked by safety Shaun Williams, and Cornelius Griffin recovered the ball, setting up Amani Toomer's 7-yard touchdown reception to close out the scoring.
By starting this game, Collins became the sixth quarterback to start in the conference championship for two different franchises joining Craig Morton, Ron Jaworski, Doug Williams, Jay Schroeder and Joe Montana. He started the '96 NFC contest for the Carolina Panthers.
- Scoring
- NYG - Hilliard 46 pass from Collins (Daluiso kick) NYG 7-0
- NYG - Comella 18 pass from Collins (Daluiso kick) NYG 14-0
- NYG - field goal Daluiso 21 NYG 17-0
- NYG - Jurevicius 8 pass from Collins (Daluiso kick) NYG 24-0
- NYG - field goal Daluiso 22 NYG 27-0
- NYG - Hilliard 7 pass from Collins (Daluiso kick) NYG 34-0
- NYG - Toomer 7 pass from Collins (Daluiso kick) NYG 41-0
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