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Two teams. One game. It all comes down to this. Chances are your favorite squad is at home watching the game with everyone else. And you thought your team was going to make it?
With the help of our friends at Numberfire, AGSH gives you the numbers that may decide the last man standing…
You know on Sunday, February 1, the New England Patriots and Seattle Seahawks will meet in Super Bowl XLIX at University of Phoenix Stadium in Arizona.
But did you know these interesting figures regarding the game? My guess is you did not…until now.
For the second consecutive season, the game will feature the No. 1 seed in each conference. Super Bowl XLIX will pit the NFL’s top two teams in point differential during the regular season – New England (+155) and Seattle (+140).
The Seahawks are seeking to become the ninth team to win back-to-back Super Bowls and the first since New England in 2003-04.
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Marshawn Lynch rushed for 157 yards and a touchdown in the win over Green Bay and his 815 career postseason rushing yards are the most by a Seahawk. Since 2011, Lynch’s 6,039 rushing yards and 55 rushing touchdowns are both the most in the NFL (including the playoffs).
Wide receiver Doug Baldwin had 106 receiving yards in the NFC Championship Game, his fourth playoff game in a row with either 100+ receiving yards or a touchdown catch. Kearse has now caught a touchdown pass in four consecutive postseason games.
Defensively, cornerback Richard Sherman has an interception in both playoff games this season and his 26 interceptions since entering the NFL in 2011 are the most in the league (including the postseason). Safety Kam Chancellor has an interception in three of his past four playoff games, including a 90-yard interception-return touchdown in the Divisional Playoff victory over Carolina, the longest touchdown in Seattle postseason history.
Seattle has won five consecutive playoff games and head coach Pete Carroll is 7-2 (.778) in the postseason with the Seahawks. Carroll, who guided the Patriots to two playoff berths (1997-98) in his three seasons in New England (1997-99), has led Seattle to the postseason in four of the past five years (2010, 2012-14).
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Wilson will be the youngest quarterback (26 years, 64 days) to start two Super Bowls and also the first QB to start two Super Bowls in his first three NFL seasons to begin a career. His 36 regular-season wins, six playoff victories and 42 overall wins are all the most by a starting quarterback in his first three NFL seasons to start a career.
The Patriots defeated Indianapolis 45-7 in the AFC Championship Game to advance to the team’s eighth Super Bowl. That is tied with Dallas and Pittsburgh for the most Super Bowl appearances in NFL history. Tom Brady threw hree touchdown passes to extend his career postseason total to 49, the most in NFL history. This postseason, five different Patriots have caught at least one touchdown pass: wide receiver Danny Amendola (two), tight end Rob GronkowskiI (two), fullback James Develin (one), wide receiver Brandon LaFell (one) and tackle Nate Solder (one).
Who is better, Brady or Wilson? Numberfire breaks down some intriguing stats for that answer.
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New England head coach Bill Belichick and Brady will make their sixth Super Bowl appearance, the most by any head coach-quarterback tandem in NFL history. Belichick and Pro Football Hall of Famer Don Shula (six) are the only head coaches in NFL history to lead their teams to six Super Bowls. Brady will start his sixth Super Bowl, the most ever by a quarterback, passing Pro Football Hall of Famer John Elway (five).
Belichick’s 21 postseason victories are the most by a head coach in NFL history. Brady has won 20 career playoff games, the most ever by a starting quarterback.
In this great article by our friends at Numberfire, they explain the best coaches in NFL history. Where does the Patriots’ head coach rank on this list?
New England averaged 29.3 points per game in the regular season, the fourth-best mark in the NFL. The Patriots will face a Seattle defense that led the league in points allowed (15.9 per game), total defense (267.1 yards per game) and pass defense (185.6 yards per game). The Seahawks have led the NFL in points allowed in each of the past three regular seasons.
The Patriots and Seahawks have met 16 times with the series being split 8-8. This will mark the first postseason meeting ever between the two clubs. The two teams last met during the 2012 season (October 14) in a game won by the Seahawks 24-23 in Seattle. In that contest, then-rookie quarterback Russell Wilson threw two fourth-quarter touchdown passes as the Seahawks erased a 13-point deficit.
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