The Seattle Seahawks routed the New England Patriots in Super Bowl LX, 29–13, Feb. 8 at Levi’s Stadium in Santa Clara, Calif. This marked the team’s second Super Bowl championship, its first since Super Bowl XLVIII in 2014.
Following the opening kickoff, the Seahawks found every way to make plays on both sides of the ball. Running back Kenneth Walker III torched the Patriots’ rush defense for 135 yards, averaging five yards per carry. Meanwhile, quarterback Sam Darnold completed 19 of his 38 passes for 202 yards and a touchdown.
On defense, linebacker Ernest Jones IV made 11 total tackles, while cornerback Julian Love and linebacker Uchenna Nwosu each notched an interception, with Nwosu returning his interception 45 yards for a game-sealing touchdown.
Special teams proved decisive, as kicker Jason Myers concluded his historic season by making five field goals and two extra points, scoring 17 of the Seahawks’ 29 points. In the process, Myers also set a National Football League (NFL) record for total points scored in a season (regular season and postseason combined) with 206, breaking Hall of Fame running back LaDainian Tomlinson’s 2006 mark of 198.
After shutting out New England for three quarters, Seattle closed out the victory with its suffocating defense and timely stops in the fourth quarter. Walker’s performance earned him Super Bowl Most Valuable Player honors, making him the first running back to win the award since Terrell Davis in Super Bowl XXXII. For the Seahawks, the win also avenges their 28-24 loss to the Patriots in Super Bowl XLIX.
Throughout the city, the Super Bowl enthusiasm was at an all-time high. “12” flags were flown across Seattle, “SEA-HAWKS!” chants echoed through neighborhoods and restaurants and bars overflowed with post-game celebrations.
The Chieftain on 12th Ave. was buzzing with excitement both inside and outside as they held a watch party for the game. Cheers rang out after big plays and scores as more fans piled in.
During the game, many fans connected with their roots. Oliver Scofield, a fourth-year biology major, was at the Chieftain watching the game with his friends. Originally from Bend, Ore., he credited his uncle for sparking his loyalty to the team.
Despite early uncertainty, seeing the Seahawks back in the Super Bowl stirred memories of their previous appearances for Scofield.
“It’s exciting, it’s a long time coming. Since I was a kid, it was the last time I remember the Seahawks being even really relevant,” Scofield said.
Julia Chou, a fourth-year film and media studies major, attributes being from Hawai’i as an influence on her loyalty as a fan. Without a local team to support, her family and social ties to Seattle helped shape her loyalty to the Seahawks. Watching them make the Super Bowl was especially meaningful to her.
“This is a once-in-a-lifetime experience,” Chou said. “There will never be another time in our lives when we’re in college watching the team that I’ve been rooting for since I was little in the city that they’re from.”
Campion Hall hosted a watch party in the lobby, where students could gather together and enjoy the game. Like at the Chieftain, the energy was off the charts. Ovations arose as the Seahawks moved down the field, mixing with ongoing conversations and even a karaoke sing-along in a Coinbase commercial before halftime.
Paige Hamada, a first-year marketing and accounting double major, was sitting with her group of friends during the game. While reflecting on the team’s season, she offered her thoughts on the team’s performance.
“I didn’t watch every single game, but from what I’ve seen, I think they’re doing really, really good,” Hamada said.
As celebrations spilled out across the city, students began envisioning their own ways of celebrating this win. Scofield planned on sticking close to those around him, possibly also attending the championship parade. Hamada joked that her celebration would be simpler, treating herself to ice cream or a stop at Carmelo’s.
The Seahawks’ win also continues a monumental sports year for the city, following the Seattle Mariners’ successful 2025 season, making it to the ALCS for the first time since 2001, and the Seattle Sounders’ Leagues Cup win.
The team returned home Monday afternoon and immediately hit the streets to celebrate with the community, including an appearance from Darnold at the newly built Raising Cane’s location in the University District.
The celebrations continued Wednesday morning when over a million Seahawks fans lined up on 4th Ave for the 2025 Championship Parade. The day kicked off with 70,000 fans packing into Lumen Field for the Trophy Ceremony at 10 a.m. After the team took the stage to receive the Lombardi Trophy, as well as speeches from the players and team management, they packed onto buses to celebrate with the 12’s.
Many fans showed up to the event hours in advance, some reportedly arriving and camping out as early as 3 a.m. John Cortes, better known as “Corteezyy” on all social media platforms, is a Seattle-based content creator who did extensive coverage of the Super Bowl celebrations around Seattle.
“The first official people that I saw from outside of Seattle was at 3 a.m. from Yakima, and they were camping right here outside the library, their whole family, there were like 12 of them, and they were having a cookout at 3 a.m… The Hawks fanbase goes crazy,” Cortes said.
Cortes attended the 2014 Super Bowl parade when the Hawks defeated the Denver Broncos in Super Bowl XLVIII. He mentioned that the first time around, Seattle was not prepared for the massive number of fans that flooded the city. But this year, the city overcompensated to accommodate more than one million fans that poured into the streets. 1 Line trains ran more frequently than usual, coming every 6 minutes to provide increased transportation. Streets intersecting with the parade route down 4th Ave. were also closed to traffic.
“The city was unprepared… But this year I talked to a lot of city officials, they prepared, they overprepared and they said ‘we can handle a million people’ so props to Seattle,” Cortes said.
The parade began at 4th Ave and Washington and made its way down the two-mile route, ending at the Space Needle. Though the official celebrations may be over, the 2025 season is a historic one that will be remembered for years to come.
