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January 20, 2015 Seahawks Set to Defend Super Bowl Title Against New England in Super Bowl XLIX 2014 Schedule Seahawks vs. Patriots Preseason (2-2) Sunday, February 1 Day Date Opponent Result Score 3:30 p.m. (PT), NBC Thu. 8/7 at Denver L 21-16 Fri. 8/15 San Diego W 41-14 Univ. of Phoenix Stadium Fri. 8/22 Chicago W 34-6 The top-seeded Seahawks (14-4) meet AFC Champion and the Thu. 8/28 at Oakland L 41-31 Regular Season (12-4) AFC’s No. 1 seed New England Patriots (14-4) at University of Phoenix Day Date Opponent Result Score Stadium in Super Bowl XLIX on February 1. Kickoff is slated for 3:30 p.m. Thu. 9/4 Green Bay W 36-16 (PT). It will be the second-consecutive year that two No. 1 seeds meet Sun. 9/14 at San Diego L 30-21 in consecutive Super Bowls and the first time since Super Bowls XVIII & Sun. 9/21 Denver W (ot) 26-20 Sun. 9/28 Bye Week XIX after the 1983 and 1984 seasons. Mon. 10/6 at Washington W 27-17 Seattle becomes the 12th team to make the Super Bowl after win- Sun. 10/12 Dallas L 30-23 ning it the previous season and teams are 8-3 in their attempts to Sun. 10/19 at St. Louis L 28-26 become back-to-back champions. Sun. 10/26 at Carolina W 13-9 Sun 11/2 Oakland W 30-24 This is the ninth time in the last 12 seasons that Seattle has qualified Sun. 11/9 N.Y. Giants W 38-17 for the postseason. The Seahawks are 14-12 all-time in the postseason Sun. 11/16 at Kansas City L 24-20 and hold an 11-2 home record, 2-9 road record and a 1-1 Super Bowl Sun. 11/23 Arizona W 19-3 record. Seattle has won its last nine home postseason games dating Thu. 11/27 at San Francisco W 19-3 Sun. 12/7 at Philadelphia W 24-14 back to 2005, tying for the third-longest streak in NFL history, and Sun. 12/14 San Francisco W 17-7 claimed the top seed for the third time in franchise history (2005, 2013). Sun. 12/21 at Arizona W 35-6 Seattle ended the season with a franchise-best six-game winning Sun. 12/28 St. Louis W 20-6 streak, clinching its ninth division title in club history, third under Pete Postseason (2-0) Time (PT) TV Sat. 1/10 Carolina W 31-17 Carroll, advancing to the divisional round for the fourth time in Carroll’s Sun. 1/18 Green Bay W (ot) 28-22 five years and participating in its second-consecutive Super Bowl. Sun. 2/1 New England 3:30 p.m. NBC Seattle has won eight in a row and 11 of its last 12 games, including Table of Contents postseason. Seattle has won nine of its last 10 regular season games, 32 of its last Pgs. Note 3 Postseason Notes 40, and 41 of its last 56 dating back to the final half of the 2011 season. 4 #3: Highest Postseason Rtg. in NFL History On the road, Seattle is 15-6 away from CenturyLink Field, including post- 5 Explosive Plays, Defense Makes History season, dating back to 2012. 6 Record in Close Games, Best Home Record Seattle and New England have split the 16 regular season meetings 7 Seahawks - Patriots Series Breakdown 8 Seahawks in the Postseason and this will be the first postseason meeting between the two clubs. 9 Defense Notes Seattle won the last meeting, 24-23, on October 14, 2012, in Seattle. 10 Offense Notes, Youngest NFL rosters The game will be televised on NBC (channel 5 in Seattle) and 11 2013 vs. 2014 comparison, Hot Decembers broadcast on 710 ESPN Seattle, KIRO Radio 97.3 FM, 1490 ESPN 12 vs. NYG, Fewest Giveaways 13-18 Russell Wilson Deportes and Westwood One. On NBC, Al Michaels will serve as the 19-21 Marshawn Lynch play-by-play man and will be joined in the booth by Cris Collinsworth, 22 Richard Sherman, Turnovers Since 2011 with Michele Tafoya on the sidelines. On 710 ESPN Seattle and KIRO 22 Record when Winning Turnover Battle Radio 97.3 FM is former Seahawks receiver Steve Raible in his 33rd year 23 Bobby Wagner, Special Teams Notes 24 B. Mebane, C. Avril, Carroll Record of broadcasting, joined by Hall of Famer Warren Moon with Jen Mueller 25 CenturyLink Field Home & Road Records on the sidelines. Calling the action on 1490 is Noe Menendez, Rene 26 Prime Time Records Aleman and Tony Pena. Kevin Harlan, Boomer Esiason, Mark Malone 27 Pro Bowl, Steven Hauschka and James Lofton will be on site for Westwood One. 28 False Starts at CenturyLink Field 29 All-Pro, Captains This Week’s Schedule 31-34 Statistics 35-36 Transactions This week’s schedule can be found on page 2. 37-42 Participation, How Built, Rosters, Depth Super Bowl XLIX Seahawks vs. Patriots Sunday, February 1, 2015 - 3:30 p.m. This Week’s Schedule Wednesday, January 21 12:25 p.m. Selected players available in auditorium & open locker room 2:00 p.m. Practice* Darrell Bevell, Tom Cable and assistants available after practice Thursday, January 22 12:15 p.m. Selected players available in auditorium & open locker room 1:45 p.m. Practice* Dan Quinn and assistants available after practice Friday, January 23 12:30 p.m. Practice* 2:00 p.m. Head Coach Pete Carroll available Locker room closed Saturday, January 24 No media availability Sunday, January 25 Travel Day approx. 3:00 p.m. (MT) Media availability at team hotel upon arrival Arizona Grand Resort & Spa 8000 South Arizona Grand Parkway Phoenix, AZ 85044 *Local TV and newspaper photographers may shoot the first 5-10 minutes of practice. *Only local reporters who cover the team on a daily basis will be allowed to watch practice. *Other local and visiting media are asked to remain in the media rooms and will be escorted to the field following the con- clusion of practice. * This week, non-writing media are asked to utilize the auxiliary press work room behind the reception desk. *Subject to change Bam Bam Kam Safety Kam Chancellor set Seattle’s postseason record with a 90-yard interception return for a touchdown in the Divisional Playoff Game vs. Carolina (1/10), the first touchdown of his career. That return also ties for the fifth-longest in NFL postseason history. Longest Interception Touchdowns in Postseason History Return Player Game Date 101 yards George Teague Green Bay at Detroit 1/8/94 100 yards James Harrison Pittsburgh vs. Arizona 2/1/09 98 yards Darrol Ray N.Y. Jets at Cincinnati 1/9/83 92 yards Ronde Barber Tampa Bay at Philadelphia 1/19/03 90 yards Kam Chancellor Seattle vs. Green Bay 1/18/15 90 yards Tory James Oakland vs. Miami 1/6/01 2 Super Bowl XLIX Seahawks vs. Patriots Sunday, February 1, 2015 - 3:30 p.m. The Champs are Back With its 28-22 overtime victory over the Green Bay Packers in the NFC Championship Game (1/18), Seattle became the 12th team in NFL history to return to the Super Bowl after winning it the previous season. Eight Super Bowl winners won the title game and three came up on the losing end. The last back-to-back Super Bowl champion were the New England Patriots (2003-04). Season Super Bowl Winner Next Season 1966 I Green Bay Won Super Bowl 1972 VII Miami Won Super Bowl 1974 IX Pittsburgh Won Super Bowl 1977 XII Dallas Lost Super Bowl 1978 XIII Pittsburgh Won Super Bowl 1982 XVII Washington Lost Super Bowl 1988 XXIII San Francisco Won Super Bowl 1992 XXVII Dallas Won Super Bowl 1996 XXXI Green Bay Lost Super Bowl 1997 XXXII Denver Won Super Bowl 2003 XXXVIII New England Won Super Bowl 2013 XLVIII Seattle TBD Largest Comebacks in Championship Game History Finding themselves trailing 16-0 midway through the third quarter and down 19-7 with 2:13 remaining in the game, the Seahawks completed one of the largest comebacks in championship game history, scoring 15 points in 44 seconds late in the fourth quarter and sending the game in to overtime. In the extra period, Seattle won the coin toss and Russell Wilson led a six-play, 87-yard touchdown drive, with the last two plays gaining 35 yards each, one pass to Doug Baldwin and the game-winner to Jermaine Kearse with 11:41 remaining in overtime. Deficit Game Score Date 18 Indianapolis vs. New England 38-34 1/21/07 17 San Francisco at Atlanta 28-24 1/20/13 16 Seattle vs. Green Bay 28-22 ot 1/18/15 13 Atlanta at Minnesota 30-27 ot 1/17/99 Game-Winning TD Passes in Overtime to Win a Postseason Game Despite a four-interception performance vs. Green Bay, Russell Wilson never lost confidence in himself or his teammates as he led Seattle to an overtime victory to send the team to Super Bowl XLIX. Over the final three Seattle possessions, Wilson was 6 of 7 for 114 yards and one touchdown for a passer rating of 158.3. It was the fifth time that a game ended on a touchdown pass in overtime in NFL history. Play Game Date Russell Wilson to Jermaine Kearse (35 yards, ot) Seattle vs. Green Bay 1/18/15 Tim Tebow to Demaryius Thomas (80 yards, ot) Denver vs.