Darnold’s 5th Team 1st Super Bowl Win
Photo: Michael Henriquez – NY Beacon
Levi’s Stadium – Santa Clara, Ca.
By Andrew Rosario
SANTA CLARA, CA.- THE SEATTLE SEAHAWKS ARE THE 2025-26 SUPER BOWL CHAMPIONS AFTER DOMINATING THE NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS 29-13 AT LEVI’S STADIUM IN SANTA CLARA CALIFORNIA. SEATTLE SHOWED WHY THEY ALLOWED THE LEAST NUMBER OF POINTS DURING THE REGULAR SEASON AS THEY SHUT OUT THE PATRIOTS IN THE FIRST QUARTERS. THE SEAHAWKS WERE ABLE TO MOVE THE BALL DOWN FIELD BUT COULD ONLY COME AWAY WITH 4 JAY MYERS FIELD GOALS AS THEY TOOK A 12-0 HALFTIME LEAD. DEFENSIVELY, SEATTLE PRESSURED AND PESTERED PATRIOTS QUARTERBACK DRAKE MAYE ALL AFTER AFTERNOON. MAYE FINISHED HIS DAY COMPLETING 27 OF 43 PASSES FOR 295 YARDS. HE THREW 2 TD’S AND 2 INTERCEPTIONS. HE LED THE TEAM IN RUSHING WITH 5 CARRIES FOR 37 YARDS. HAWKS QAURTERBACK SAM DONALD DID JUST ENOUGH AS HE COMPLETED 19 OF 38 PASSES FOR 202 YARDS AND 1 TD. THE HAWKS RUNNING ATTACK WAS BOLSTERED BY KEVIN WILLIAMS III. NAMED THE MOST VALUABLE PLAYER WILLIAMS RAN FOR 135 YARDS ON 27 CARRIES…HE BECAME THE FIRST RUNNING BACK TO WIN THE AWARD SINCE THE DENVERS TERRELL DAVIS TOOK HOME THE AWARD IN SUPER BOWL 32.
THE PATRIOTS WOULD FINALLY GET ON THE BOARD AFTER SEATTLE TOOK A 19-0 LEAD WHEN MAYE CONNECTED WITH WIDE RECEIVER MACK HOLMS FOR A 35-YARD TOUCHDOWN. MYERS EXTENDED THE LEAD TO 22-7 AFTER HIS 5TH FIELD GOAL OF THE GAME. SEATTLE WOULD PUT THE GAME AWAY WHEN MAYE WAS PICKED OFF BY UCHENNA NWOSU AND RUMBLED 45 YARDS FOR THE TOUCHDOWN SENDING THE 70,823 CROWD MANY OF SEATLLE OF THEM SEAHAWKS FANS INTO A FRENZIE. SO THE SEAHAWKS GOT REVENGE FROM THEIR 2015 STUNNING LAST SECOND LOSS TO NEW ENGLAND.
SAID SECOND YEAR HEAD COACH MIKE MCDONALD AFTER THE GAME, ““We’re in the business of winning football games and to win football games, you have to be a great team. And, great teams have people from all over the place that come together. That’s why football is so special”
PATRIOTS HEAD COACH AND EX-LINEBACKER MIKE VRABEL TOOK NEW ENGLAND TO THE FINAL GAME IN HIS FIRST YEAR AS HEAD COACH. HE WAS DISAPPOINTED IN THE OUTCOME BUT STILL PRAISED HIS TEAM. “I am proud of everything they’ve done. I am disappointed just like they are. I reminded them that we are 307 days into what hopefully is a long successful relationship and program and that it is ok to be disappointed. We have to be disappointed and upset together, and I tell them I am appreciative of them, thankful, and grateful that I get to coach them.”
EVEN THOUGH IT WAS A LOPSIDED WIN, SEATTLE SHOWED WHY THEY WERE WORTHY OF REPRESENTING THE NFC IN SUPER BOWL 60. NEXT YEAR, SUPER BOWL 61 WILL REMAIN ON THE WEST COAST AS THE GAME WILL BE PLAYED IN INGELWOOD CALIFORNIA AT SOFI STADIUM.
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