With a 29-13 victory over the New England Patriots, the Seattle Seahawks are Super Bowl champions for the first time since their victory against the Denver Broncos in 2014.
The majority of the game was a slow roller, with no touchdowns being scored until early in the fourth quarter. For the first 45 minutes of Super Bowl LX, it appeared that Seattle kicker, Jason Myers, was going to be the sole scorer of the game. Myers set the record for most field goals made in a Super Bowl, ending the night with five through the goalposts. The Seattle defense was their strongest asset on the field, forcing the Patriots to punt on eight consecutive drives to start the game.
The Seahawks scored the first points of the game just over three minutes in, taking the lead 3–0. Soon after, they extended it to 6–0 after an 8-play drive, culminating in Myers’ second field goal. Myers concluded the uneventful first half with a third field goal as the game went into the halftime show with a score of 9–0 Seahawks.
The second half opened with a Patriots punt, followed by the Seahawks, yet again, marching down the field to set up Myers for his 41-yard fourth field goal. The majority of the third quarter was a punting contest, with each team trading possession twice.
At the end of the third, Patriots 23-year-old quarterback Drake Maye fumbled the football and the Seahawks recovered at the New England 37-yard line, enabling them to secure the first touchdown of the game. A minute into the fourth quarter, Seahawks quarterback, Sam Darnold, passed it 16 yards to tight end AJ Barner to secure the touchdown. With the Seahawks up 19–0, many viewers began to wonder if this would be the first Super Bowl to end in a shutout. However, Maye and the Patriots found their first points of the game on the following drive to put an end to that idea. Maye threw a deep pass to wide receiver Mack Hollins for 35 yards and a touchdown. The New England defense then forced Seattle to punt, and the outcome was suddenly looking a bit brighter for the Patriots.
Unfortunately for New England, this hope was stripped from them shortly thereafter. Maye threw his first interception of the night with just under nine minutes left in the game to Seattle’s Julian Love. A short Seattle drive ended with Myers’ fifth and final field goal of the game, wrapping up a historic performance by the kicker and giving Seattle a 22–7 lead.
The nightmare of a game kept getting worse for Maye and the Patriots. A short pass intended for wide receiver Kayshon Boutte, was intercepted by Seattle linebacker Uchenna Nwosu, and returned 45 yards for the touchdown. This pick-six put the Seahawks up 29–7.
While the Patriots got six points back on the following drive, it wouldn’t be enough, and Super Bowl LX ended with a final score of 29–13 in favor of Seattle. Seahawks running back Kenneth Walker III was awarded Most Valuable Player with a total of 135 yards on 27 carries. This award makes Walker III the first running back this century to win Super Bowl MVP. Seattle’s Sam Darnold is the first quarterback from the 2018 draft class to make, and win, the Super Bowl, getting to this milestone before superstars Josh Allen, Lamar Jackson, and Baker Mayfield.
