Just like the bookies predicted, the Super Bowl was tight throughout. The new school versus the old school came down to the wire as the New England Patriots outlasted the Seattle Seahawks in a game for the ages.
After a seldom first quarter with no points to show, the second quarter saw its first score with 10 minutes left, with a touchdown from Patriots quarterback, Tom Brady, to Brandon Lafell to give the Patriots a 7-0 lead.
After the Seahawks tied up the game two drives later on a Marshawn Lynch touchdown, the Patriots tossed a touchdown to tight end Rob Gronkowski to give the Pats a 14-7 lead.
The last drive in the first half was the Seahawks chance to tie the game before going to the break.
Seahawks quarterback, Russell Wilson, drove down the field in a timely fashion. With six tics on the clock and the ball on the 11 yard line, the Seahawks took a chance and threw it to the undrafted wide receiver, out of the University of Kentucky, Chris Matthews, for the first touchdown of his NFL career. Going into the locker room, the Super Bowl was tied 14-14.
After a fast first half, the second half was underway to be one of the most entertaining endings in football history.
The third quarter was all Seahawks, as they scored 10 points to the Patriots zero.
Going into the fourth quarter, the Patriots trailed the defending champions 24-14.
With 12 minutes left in the game, soon to be Super Bowl MVP, Brady, drove the team down to the four yard line, only to toss a touchdown to Danny Amendola to cut the lead to 24-21.
After the Seahawks gained possession with eight minutes left, they had a quick three and out to give the football back to the Patriots.
In the last two minutes of the game, the Patriots got in the end zone on a Brady to Julian Edelman touchdown pass to give the Patriots the lead. The Seahawks retained possession of the football with two minutes left.
The game was 28-24 with two minutes, and Wilson, a young clutch quarterback who has proven himself on the big stage, came out on the field to give the Seahawks the best chance to get in the end zone and win back-to-back championships.
After Wilson and the Seahawks quickly moved the football to the opponents’ side of the field, the young quarterback chucked the football to NFC Championship hero Jermaine Kearse. The ball ricochet off of Patriots cornerback Malcolm Butler’s hands and, what seemed like magic, landed into webbing of Kearse’s hands.
Was this going to be like the David Tyree catch seven years ago, where the championship was taken away from the Patriots by one unbelievable catch? Could this have been the catch to kill the dreams for Bill Belichick’s Patriots?
With 26 seconds left in the game, the Seahawks were sitting on the one yard line. They were one yard away from stealing the Lombardi Trophy from the winningest quarterback, Brady.
As Wilson came to the line in shotgun formation and called for the football, he dropped back one step. He reared back and threw a dart to the intended target, Seahawks receiver Ricardo Lockette. The soon to be hero for the Patriots, Butler, suddenly saw the pass and jumped in to intercept the football to give the Patriots their fourth Super Bowl in the Belichick and Brady era.