The Seattle Seahawks dominated the New England Patriots en route to a 29-13 victory in Super Bowl LX on Sunday. The effort was led by Seattle’s stifling defense and an efficient, mistake-free effort on offense.
We’ve collected a series of key numbers that truly tell the story of this matchup.
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The amount of points the Patriots scored in the first half. Zero is also the number of teams that have won the Super Bowl after getting shut out in the first half. Those teams are now 0-15 in Super Bowls.
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The Seahawks are the first team in NFL history to win the Super Bowl while committing zero turnovers in the postseason.
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The Seahawks collected their second Super Bowl title in franchise history. They are the 17th team to win multiple Super Bowls.
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Seattle’s Mike Macdonald became the third coach in NFL history to: lead a No. 1 scoring defense as a coordinator, lead a No. 1 scoring defense as a head coach and win a Super Bowl as a head coach. The other two are Bill Belichick and Chuck Noll.
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5
Sam Darnold became the first Super Bowl champion quarterback while playing for a fifth different team. He previously played for the Jets, Panthers, 49ers and Vikings before signing with the Seahawks last year.
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Before Kenneth Walker III won Super Bowl LX MVP, there were eight previous running backs to win the award. The last one was 28 years ago, when Denver Broncos RB Terrell Davis won it in Super Bowl XXXII.
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The Seahawks lost three games this season by a combined nine points. Only six other Super Bowl champs have finished a season with a combined margin of defeat under 10 points for the season.
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12
Seattle improved to 12-0 on the season, including playoffs, when scoring first in a game. They led 19-0 in Super Bowl LX before allowing a Patriots touchdown in the fourth quarter.
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The Seahawks’ quarterback pressures in the Super Bowl, their most in a single game in the NextGenStats era. Patriots tackle Will Campbell gave up 14 of those pressures, a single-game high for any player in the playoffs or regular season this season, according to NFL Network’s Jack Andrade.
1 million
By winning the Super Bowl, Seahawks QB Sam Darnold cashed a $1 million contract incentive. It’s a cherry on top of a storybook season for Darnold, who signed a three-year, $100 million deal with Seattle last offseason.
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