East Rutherford, NJ (SportsNetwork.com) - The Seattle Seahawks rode the NFL's
 best defense to th...

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 East Rutherford, NJ (SportsNetwork.com) - The Seattle Seahawks rode the NFL's
 best defense to the franchise's first Super Bowl title.
 
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 Peyton Manning? He never came close to winning his second.
 
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 Seattle scored 12 seconds into each half Sunday and racked up 21 points off
 turnovers on the way to a 43-8 rout of Manning's Denver Broncos in Super Bowl
 XLVIII.
 
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 Percy Harvin's 87-yard kickoff return touchdown to start the second half came
 after Seattle also scored 12 seconds into the game on a snap that sailed over
 Manning's head and into the end zone for a safety.
 
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NFL Game Summary - Seattle vs. Denver

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Seahawks

Marshawn Lynch 1 yd run (Steven Hauschka kick)

Malcolm Smith 69 yd interception return (Steven Hauschka kick)

Percy Harvin 87 yd kick return (Steven Hauschka kick)

Jermaine Kearse 23 yd pass from Russell Wilson (Steven Hauschka kick)

Demaryius Thomas 14 yd pass from Peyton Manning (Wes Welker 2pt Pass from Peyton Manning)

Doug Baldwin 10 yd pass from Russell Wilson (Steven Hauschka kick)

Broncos

Super Bowl XLVIII - Seattle (15-3) vs. Denver (15-3) (ET)

East  Rutherford, NJ (SportsNetwork.com) - The Seattle Seahawks rode the NFL's
 best defense to the franchise's first Super Bowl title.

NFL Game Summary - Seattle vs. Denver

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