The New England Patriots forced three fumbles during Super Bowl XLVI, but they failed to recover any of them. If they had recovered just one of them, they could have turned the game around and prevented the New York Giants from scoring, while creating scoring opportunities for themselves.
The first of the three fumbles was recovered by the Patriots, but because there were 12 players on the field the recovery was nullified. Instead the Giants moved forward, and they scored a touchdown few plays later.
The second fumble there were six Patriot players around Hakeem Nicks who dropped the ball, but not one of them was able to pick the ball up. Henry Hynoski was able to pick it up instead, and the Giants kicked a field goal few minutes later.
The last of the fumbles was in the fourth quarter near the Giants end zone. Ahmad Bradshaw lost the ball at the 13 yard line, which bounced of James Ihedigbo's helmet, but Giants lineman Chris Snee recovered it.
With none of the three fumbles recovered, the Patriots weren’t able to get the one touchdown to win the game. "I thought we played very competitive, had our moments where we moved the ball and stopped them. We were in the lead for a good part of the game. We just came up a couple of plays short," Bill Belichick said to the Associated Press.
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