Arguably one of the best Super Bowls to date, Super
Bowl XLIX (49) pitted the NFC Champion Seattle Seahawks against the AFC Champion New
England Patriots, each playing for the right to become the sole champion of the 2014
NFL Season.
Pregame: Deflategate controversy, Bill Belichick's flip flops, "I'm Just Here so I Won't Get Fined." That's all you need to know.
Coin Toss:
Seattle wins the toss.
NE receives the ball first.
Qtr 1: Neither team scores. Tom Brady gets intercepted by Jeremy
Lane.
Score: NE 0 | SEA 0
Qtr 2: NE: Brady touchdown pass to Brandon LaFell.
SEA: Run-in touchdown by Marshawn Lynch.
NE: Brady to Rob Gronkowski touchdown (and spike).
SEA: Touchdown pass from Russell Wilson to Chris Matthews.
Score: NE 14 | SEA 14
Halftime: Katy Perry sings & rides on things.
Qtr 3: SEA: Steven Hauschka field goal.
SEA: INT by Bobby Wagner leads to touchdown pass from Wilson to Doug Baldwin. Ten points now separate the two teams.
Score: NE 14 | SEA 24
Qtr 4: NE: Short touchdown reception from Brady to Danny Amendola.
NE: Julian Edelman catches Brady's pass for a touchdown.
Final Moments: SEA: Jermaine Kearse makes a deflected/bobbled catch at the 5-
yard line.
NE: Rookie corner Malcolm Butler makes
game-winning interception, creating one of the best (or worst, whichever way you look at it)
game-ending plays in Super
Bowl history. SEA coach Pete Carroll is later criticized for the call.
Final Score: NE 28 | SEA 24
Super
Bowl XLIX is arguably one of the most exciting Super Bowls to date. On the contrary, most of its $4.5 million-dollar commercials weren't nearly as fun to watch.
Notes: Tom Brady won his fourth Super Bowl in 14 years, and his third Super
Bowl MVP.
With this win, Brady is now tied with Joe Montana and Terry Bradshaw for most Super
Bowl wins by a quarterback.
Brady also holds the record for the most career touchdown passes in the Super
Bowl, as well as most Super
Bowl appearances.
Brady and Belichick further heightened their records for most career playoff wins.
The Patriots became the first team to win a Super Bowl after being down by 10 points in the fourth quarter.
As of 2015, this was the most-watched Super Bowl to date.