Former New York Giants quarterback Jeff Hostetler says in a new book that he started and won Super Bowl XXV against the Buffalo Bills with a torn ACL in his left knee.
Hostetler, who became the first backup quarterback to start and win a Super Bowl, was injured on a controversial low hit to the knee from former teammate Jim Burt early in the fourth quarter of the 1991 NFC Championship Game against the San Francisco 49ers.
The two-time defending champion 49ers were attempting to pull off a three-peat in that 1990 season, but Hostetler led a comeback after getting hurt.