Super Bowl LX is set. The New England Patriots will face the Seattle Seahawks on February 8 in Santa Clara, California. This is the second time these two teams have met in the Super Bowl, and the first time was a thrilling encounter.
We have good reason to believe this will be exciting too. Here’s a closer look at the stakes through the numbers.
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(Special thanks to Josh Dubow of the Associated Press and NFL researchers Dante Koplowitz-Fleming, Tony Holzman-Escareno and Jack Andrade for providing facts and figures.)
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Number of wins against quarterbacks 24 or younger since Mike Macdonald became Seahawks head coach. Derek Meyer is 23 years old.
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Seattle’s John Schneider is the first general manager in NFL history to lead the same team to multiple Super Bowl championships with a new roster and head coach.
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Drake Maye is the second quarterback in NFL history to beat the highest-rated regular-season defense in the same postseason, joining Peyton Manning in the 2006 season.
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This is the third Super Bowl between the top five starting quarterbacks in their respective drafts, following Peyton Manning vs. Cam Newton in Super Bowl 50 and Matthew Stafford vs. Joe Burrow in Super Bowl LVI, and the first between the third-overall quarterbacks.
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This is the fourth Super Bowl for a head coach in his first or second season, joining Super Bowl XXXVI (Bill Belichick’s Patriots vs. Mike Martz’s Rams), Super Bowl XXXVII (Jon Gruden’s Buccaneers vs. Bill Callahan’s Raiders) and Super Bowl XLVIII (Mike Tomlin’s Steelers vs. Ken Whisenhunt’s Cardinals).
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Sam Darnold has played for five teams in his NFL career, the most by a quarterback making his first Super Bowl start since Atlanta’s Chris Chandler (6) in 1998.
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This is the sixth time in Super Bowl history that two teams that missed the playoffs last season will face off, following Super Bowl III (Jets-Colts), XVI (49ers-Bengals), XXXIV (Rams-Titans), XXXV (Ravens-Giants) and XXXVIII (Patriots-Panthers).
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The Patriots are seeking their seventh Super Bowl title, which would break a tie with the Steelers for the most titles by a single team in history. (Tom Brady, of course, scored seven times with both the Patriots and Buccaneers.)
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This is the Patriots’ 12th Super Bowl appearance, extending their own NFL record. Four teams (Cowboys, Steelers, 49ers and Broncos) are tied for second and tied for eighth.
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The Seahawks hope to become the 17th NFL team to win multiple Super Bowl titles. The Eagles were the most recent team to accomplish the feat last season.
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This season, including the playoffs, the Seahawks and Patriots defenses have allowed the fewest points combined by the league average.
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Sam Darnold had the most giveaways during the regular season. The last quarterback to lead the NFL in giveaways and make it to the Super Bowl? In 2007, Eli Manning led the Giants to win the championship over the Patriots.
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The Patriots allowed the fewest total points in a playoff game heading into the Super Bowl since the 2000 Ravens allowed just 16 points in their first three postseason games.
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Drake Maye was a few days older than Dan Marino when he started in Super Bowl LX. Marino is the youngest starting quarterback in Super Bowl history at 23 years and 127 days, while Meyer is 23 years and 162 days old.
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The total number of regular season games played by Patriots players in their first season with the team is by far the most of any team that has reached the Super Bowl in the same year. (The previous record was 327 by the Bengals in 2021.)