Seattle Seahawks defeat New England Patriots 29-13 to win Super Bowl LX

[p]Seattle's Mike Macdonald became the third-youngest (38) head coach to win the Super Bowl. The Seahawks also became the first team in history to not commit a single turnover during their Super Bowl run through the playoffs.[/p][p]They became the 17th franchise to win multiple Super Bowls. [/p][embed guid="f28068c2-6f50-449e-9511-b087be171f54" url="https://x.com/NFL/status/2020700244380623068?s=20" social-type="twitter" /][p]Quarterback [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/darnold-sam/zykWdDh4/"]Sam Darnold[/a] became the first quarterback of the widely popular 2018 NFL Draft class (Josh Allen, Lamar Jackson, Baker Mayfield) to win the Super Bowl.[/p][p]He finished the win with 202 passing yards and one touchdown on 19-of-38 passing. [/p][p]Running back [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/walker-kenneth/nmrpbWBf/"]Kenneth Walker III[/a] led all backs with 135 rushing yards on 27 carries, also recording 26 receiving yards on a couple of receptions. [/p][p]New England's [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/maye-drake/A5SpHBoA/"]Drake Maye[/a] threw for 295 yards and two touchdowns on 27-of-43 passing, also leading all Patriots rushers with 37 yards, and committed three turnovers. [/p][h2]First half highlights[/h2][p]It was all defence in the first half as the [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/seattle-seahawks/f5h1oOee/"]Seahawks[/a] held the [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/new-england-patriots/G6oNfmi8/"]Patriots[/a] to just four first downs and 51 total yards - the third fewest in a half in Super Bowl history. They punted on all five of their offensive drives, with four of those not going for more than 15 yards.[/p][p]On the other side, outside of Walker III putting 94 rushing yards on 14 carries, Seattle was held to 88 yards passing and 10 first downs. [/p][p]Walker's biggest runs came at the start of the second quarter, which originally had the Seahawks sitting in good field position. [/p][embed guid="cd5ea375-b297-4f4b-9d4b-0dd10c6e3f0b" url="https://x.com/nfl/status/2020655139909230920?s=61" social-type="twitter" /][p]But neither team could find the endzone as Seahawks kicker [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/myers-jason/8KT9uTJS/"]Jason Myers[/a] put up the only points of the half with three field goals (41, 39, 33).[/p][p]Patriots cornerback [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/gonzalez-christian/hC6muijH/"]Christian Gonzalez[/a] had two crucial pass break ups that prevented possible touchdowns to make sure the score stayed at 9-0 heading into the half, with the first coming on a deep shot from Darnold. [/p][embed guid="cb795102-4a98-4cea-9f5f-b9e5b8e80ff2" url="https://x.com/nfl/status/2020654666523255292?s=61" social-type="twitter" /][p]In what could be considered the savior of the first half for the Pats, Gonzalez came through in the clutch to keep them in the game.[/p][p]The second came on a post to the endzone that would've put the Seahawks up to a possible 13-0.[/p][embed guid="faffbc1f-1f21-4ab4-8ef0-d71ff55c1658" url="https://x.com/nfl/status/2020665838538461652?s=61" social-type="twitter" /][h2]Second half highlights[/h2][p]New England punted the ball eight times on their first nine offensive drives, the odd one being a knee to end the first half. [/p][p]Myers would hit his fourth field goal (41 yards) of the game to give the Seahawks a 12-0 lead. He became the first person in NFL history to record 200+ in a season (playoffs included). [/p][embed guid="2d31ff85-9e04-477b-a5fa-e437ed164087" url="https://x.com/nfl/status/2020677598213501210?s=61" social-type="twitter" /][p]Right before the end of the third quarter, the Seahawks strip-sacked Maye to force the first turnover of the game. [/p][p]It was the 20th time Maye had been sacked during these playoffs, surpassing Cincinnati Bengals quarterback Joe Burrow for the most ever in NFL history.[/p][embed guid="f3c126fb-7aaf-40a9-9e93-50f57cf584fd" url="https://x.com/nfl/status/2020684418369912865?s=61" social-type="twitter" /][p]The first touchdown of the game finally came at the start of the fourth quarter following the turnover. [/p][p]Darnold hit tight end AJ Barner for a 16-yard touchdown to put the Seahawks up to a commanding 19-0 lead.[/p][embed guid="59289d0d-c81c-447e-8cca-6c695b10172e" url="https://x.com/nfl/status/2020676320993374540?s=61" social-type="twitter" /][p]With just 12:17 left in the game, New England had final found pay dirt.[/p][p]Maye connected with wide receiver Mack Hollins for a 35-yard touchdown pass to cut the lead to 19-7 shortly after getting just their seventh first down of the game.[/p][embed guid="3b95014a-e4a4-4160-b8ed-d5a6c9ca7b27" url="https://x.com/nfl/status/2020688295936840028?s=61" social-type="twitter" /][p]After getting the ball back, the Patriots' offence started to gain momentum. That was, until, the Seahawks forced the second turnover of the game.[/p][p]Maye threw an interception on a deep throw down the field intended for Kyle Williams. Seattle defensive back Julian Love was the one who came down with the pick. [/p][p]Myers would hit his fifth field goal of the season - another Super Bowl record - to make it 22-7 with 5:35 left in the game, officially putting it out of reach.[/p][embed guid="21a781a7-45a8-4838-bdb3-e39595a9bff4" url="https://x.com/nfl/status/2020691306520187315?s=61" social-type="twitter" /][p]The chaos just continued to flood the Patriots' offence after Maye was strip-sacked by Devon Witherspoon for the second time of the game, his third turnover.[/p][p]Seahawks' Uchenna Nwosu recovered the ball and returned it for a touchdown to make it 29-7. [/p][embed guid="145b1169-3b8f-4b8b-a8f0-011784c74d33" url="https://x.com/NFL/status/2020693977473908778?s=20" social-type="twitter" /][p]With not much time left in the game, the Patriots continued to show fight. [/p][p]Maye connected with running back Rhamondre Stevenson for a seven-yard touchdown pass, but failed to convert the two-point attempt shortly after, cutting the lead to 29-13. [/p][p]But that was all she wrote from Super Bowl LX as the Seahawks were crowned champions![/p][embed guid="5725d37a-361e-452a-a4a7-3a1535065142" url="https://x.com/NFL/status/2020696325042659656?s=20" social-type="twitter" /]