Editing Super Bowl XXV (section)

===Aftermath===
The defensive game plan for the Giants, written by then-[[defensive coordinator]] [[Bill Belichick]], has been included in the [[Pro Football Hall of Fame]]. The Giants' triumph helped Belichick and wide receivers coach [[Tom Coughlin]] make their names and eventually land head-coaching jobs with the [[Cleveland Browns]] and [[Boston College]], respectively. Belichick was head coach of the [[New England Patriots]], while Coughlin went from Boston College to be the first head coach for the [[Jacksonville Jaguars]], and spent 12 seasons as the head coach of the New York Giants before resigning in [[2016 New York Giants season|2016]]. Giants head coach [[Bill Parcells]] retired shortly after winning his second Super Bowl with the Giants. However, he went on to coach three other teams since then: the [[New England Patriots]] (whom he helped bring to [[Super Bowl XXXI]]) from [[1993 New England Patriots season|1993]]–[[1996 New England Patriots season|1996]], the [[New York Jets]] from [[1997 New York Jets season|1997]]–[[1999 New York Jets season|1999]], and the [[Dallas Cowboys]] from [[2003 Dallas Cowboys season|2003]]–[[2006 Dallas Cowboys season|2006]]. Both Coughlin and Belichick have gone on to win Super Bowls as head coaches: Belichick with the Patriots in Super Bowls [[Super Bowl XXXVI|XXXVI]], [[Super Bowl XXXVIII|XXXVIII]], [[Super Bowl XXXIX|XXXIX]], [[Super Bowl XLIX|XLIX]], [[Super Bowl LI|LI]], and [[Super Bowl LIII|LIII]]; Coughlin with the Giants in Super Bowls [[Super Bowl XLII|XLII]] and [[Super Bowl XLVI|XLVI]], coincidentally both against Belichick's Patriots.

It was the first Super Bowl (and NFL Playoff game) in which neither team committed a turnover.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/blog/indexcffb.html?p=8837 |title=Super Bowl XXV: Correcting the Narrative |last=Stuart |first=Chase |website=Pro Football Reference |access-date=November 17, 2017}}</ref> The only other Super Bowl to date without a turnover is [[Super Bowl XXXIV]], in which the [[1999 St. Louis Rams season|St. Louis Rams]] defeated the [[1999 Tennessee Titans season|Tennessee Titans]] 23–16. Because of Thomas's high production, some sports writers, such as ''Sports Illustrated''{{'}}s [[Paul Lionel Zimmerman|Paul Zimmerman]], felt that he should have won the game MVP even though his team lost, just as [[Chuck Howley]] had done in [[Super Bowl V]].<ref>{{cite magazine|last=Zimmerman|first=Paul|author-link=Paul Lionel Zimmerman|title=HIGH AND MIGHTY|url=https://www.si.com/vault/1991/02/04/123547/high-and-mighty-in-one-of-the-best-played-super-bowls-in-xxv-years-the-new-york-giants-used-their-power-game-to-wear-down-the-buffalo-bills-who-fought-back-but-fell-one-point-short|magazine=[[Sports Illustrated]]|date=February 4, 1991|access-date=January 6, 2016}}</ref>

Jim Kelly was the fourth starting quarterback to lose their Super Bowl debut and eventually make it back, after [[Craig Morton]], whose Cowboys lost [[Super Bowl V]] to the Baltimore Colts but then got their redemption the next year in [[Super Bowl VI]] against the Dolphins, Bob Griese, who was the starting QB for the Dolphins in said loss but went on to get their redemption in [[Super Bowl VII]] the next year and then defend their title [[Super Bowl VIII|a year later]], and [[John Elway]], whose Broncos lost [[Super Bowl XXI]] but reached [[Super Bowl XXII]] the next year only to lose again. They eventually triumphed by winning back to back Super Bowls in [[Super Bowl XXXII|XXXII]] and [[Super Bowl XXXIII|XXXIII]]. Kelly was the final starting quarterback to lose his Super Bowl debut and return until [[Jalen Hurts]], whose Eagles reached [[Super Bowl LVII]] in 2023 but fell short against the Kansas City Chiefs, and then in 2025 reached [[Super Bowl LIX]] two years later with the two teams meeting again and the Eagles coming out on top.