We’ve finally reached the curtain call of the 2025 NFL season, as the Seahawks and Patriots will send the campaign off on Sunday night during Super Bowl LX. Neither Seattle nor New England were anticipated to be true Super Bowl contenders heading into the year, yet both teams defied the odds in order to make a run to the championship game.
Sunday’s showdown will be a rematch of Super Bowl XLIX, when the Patriots defeated the Seahawks, 28–24. That game, and particularly Seattle’s final offensive play––an interception in the end zone of Russell Wilson by Malcolm Butler—lives on in infamy among the fan base. The Seahawks haven’t been back to the Super Bowl since, and they’ll finally have the chance to erase that memory from their brains on Sunday. Historically, the Seahawks are 1–2 in the Super Bowl in franchise history, while the Patriots have six wins in 11 trips.
