Seattle crushed New England 29-13.
The Seattle Seahawks rode an all-time nice defensive efficiency to a 29-13 win over the New England Patriots in Tremendous Bowl LX. This was the Seahawks’ second Tremendous Bowl win in franchise historical past, and their first since 2013.
The Seahawks appeared unstoppable on the defensive facet of the ball, with six sacks and three pressured turnovers. A kind of turnovers was an interception that was returned for a landing to interrupt the sport open within the fourth quarter.
Seattle’s defensive dominance continued into the second half, the place they pressured a Patriots three-and-out on their opening drive. After that, Kenneth Walker III picked up the place he left off within the first half by recording a 20-yard catch-and-run to arrange the fourth discipline aim of the day, giving the Seahawks a 12-0 benefit.
After that, nothing of curiosity occurred till the second-to-last play of the third quarter. Derick Corridor recorded his second sack of the day, this one was a strip-sack fumble recovered by the Seahawks at New England’s 37 yard line. That well-timed turnover was Seattle’s ninth third-down cease of the sport.
That mistake turned out to be a expensive one. Seattle used that turnover to attain the sport’s first landing early within the fourth quarter. Quarterback Sam Darnold linked with tight finish A.J Barner for a 16-yard TD to extend the Seahawks’ result in 19-0 with 13:24 to go within the sport. Barner completed the evening with 4 catches for 54 yards and a landing.
After that, New England lastly got here alive. Quarterback Drake Maye threw a rainbow cross to wideout Mack Hollins that was caught for a 35-yard landing to chop the result in 19-7. Hollins was the Pats’ main receiver with 4 catches for 78 yards and a landing.
One of many Patriots’ finest drives of the evening led to catastrophe. Regardless of beginning at their very own 4 yard line, they made it to the 44 when Drake Msye threw a completely horrible interception that was returned 35 yards to the New England 38 yard line. Maye completed the night with a misplaced fumble, two passing touchdowns, and two interceptions.
Following the INT, Seattle was capable of salt away the clock on their strategy to one other rating. As soon as once more, Kenneth Walker III performed an enormous half within the drive, accounting for 27 of the Seahawks’ 30 yards. That led to a different discipline aim to place Seattle forward 22-7 with lower than six minutes to go within the sport. With that kick, Jason Myers set a Tremendous Bowl document with 5 made discipline targets.
On the subsequent Patriots drive, the Seahawks pressured one other turnover. This time, Drake Maye threw an interception whereas taking a giant hit that was caught within the air and returned 44 yards for a landing by Uchenna Nwosu for a 29-7 Seahawks lead.
The Pats managed to attain as soon as extra earlier than the top of the sport. Operating again Rhamondre Stevenson caught a cross and walked into the top zone untouched for a seven-yard TD. Nevertheless, the scoring stopped there as a result of New England’s two-point conversion try was unsuccessful.
This was a record-breaking loss for New England. This was the Pats’ sixth-ever Tremendous Bowl loss, breaking a tie with the Denver Broncos for probably the most all-time.
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