2013 super bowl xlviii seattle seahawks the 12th man ring

SEATTLE SEAHAWKS THE 12TH MAN RING

THE STORY OF 2013 SUPER BOWL XLVIII

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2013 SUPER BOWL XLVIII


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Super Bowl XLVIII was an American football game between the AFC

champion Denver Broncos and NFC champion Seattle Seahawks to

decide the NFL champion for the 2013 season. The Seahawks defeated

the Broncos 43–8, the third largest point differential (35) in Super Bowl

history, and the largest since Super Bowl XXVII (1993). This became the

first Super Bowl victory for the Seahawks and the fifth Super Bowl loss for

the Broncos. The game was played on February 2, 2014, at MetLife

Stadium at the Meadowlands Sports Complex in East Rutherford, New

Jersey, the first Super Bowl played outdoors in a cold-weather city.



The 2013 Seattle Seahawks season was the franchise's 38th season in

the National Football League, and the fourth under head coach Pete

Carroll. With the Seahawks 10th win only eleven weeks into the season,

the team secured double digit victories in consecutive seasons for the

first time in franchise history. Their 13–3 regular season record is tied

with the 2005 season for the best in franchise history. Seattle's defense

was unstoppable throughout the season, and some regard it to be

among the best ever.



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Seattle entered the 2013 season at 17/2 odds to win Super Bowl XLVIII,

just short of the Denver Broncos and San Francisco 49ers at 6/1. This is

despite placing second in the NFC West and dropping its divisional

round game against the Atlanta Falcons the previous year. The

Seahawks were, by power ranking, ranked the strongest team by an

NFL.com analyst before the season and by ESPN analysts after the

regular season.The defense led the league in points allowed (231), yards

allowed (4,378) and takeaways (39), the first team to lead all three

categories since the 1985 Chicago Bears.



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The Seahawks clinched the NFC's No. 1 seed and homefield advantage

throughout the playoffs with their 13–3 record. The Seahawks defeated

the New Orleans Saints 23–15 in the Divisional round and the San

Francisco 49ers 23–17 in the NFC Championship. During Super Bowl

XLVIII, they defeated the Denver Broncos 43–8 for their first Super Bowl

victory in franchise history.



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In dominating fashion, the Seahawks would win their first championship

in the history of the franchise. This was also the first football team since

the 1990 Buffalo Bills to not have any players on the roster have

experience in a Super Bowl.It was Seattle's first major championship in

35 years since the 1979 Seattle SuperSonics. Linebacker Malcolm Smith

would end up earning the Super Bowl MVP award for his 69-yard

interception, 1 fumble recovery, and 6 tackles.



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