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Best Photos from Super Bowl XLVIII
Best Photos from Super Bowl XLVIII
Super Bowl XLVIII
SI presents the bests photos by staff photographers and others from the Super Bowl.
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In winning the first Super Bowl title in franchise history, the Seahawks joined the 1979 NBA Supersonics as the only champions in a major team sports in the city's history.
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Pete Carroll is the third coach to win a Super Bowl and a national football championship.
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The game got off to a rough start for Denver when the first snap from scrimmage went flying past Peyton Manning's head and into the end zone.
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Denver Broncos running back Knowshon Moreno recovered the ball in the end zone for a safety.
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Knowshon Moreno gets to the ball ahead of Seattle Seahawks defensive end Cliff Avril. The points were the fastest scored in Super Bowl history.
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Walter Thurmond reacts after the safety.
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For Malik Jackson and the Broncos, this season had a similar ending to last year -- a disappointing loss.
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Richard Sherman (left) and Clinton McDonald helped the Seahawks to a 22-0 halftime lead.
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Peyton Manning didn't like what he saw on the scoreboard or on the field. He's now 1-2 in Super Bowl appearances.
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Russell Wilson flips a pass to avoid being sacked by outside linebacker Danny Trevathan. Seattle did allow a sack all night.
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Nate Irving, right, breaks up a pass in the end zone intended for Seattle's Jermaine Kearse. Surprisingly, even though Seattle scored 43 points, the Denver defense played better than the Broncos vaunted offense.
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Marshawn Lynch pushes his way into the end zone for his only touchdown.
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Russell Wilson is stopped short of a first down. He only ran the ball three times, finishing with 26 yards.
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Cliff Avril hits Peyton Manning as he releases the ball, leading to a underthrown pass that was intercepted.
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Malcolm Smith picks off the Manning pass....
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and runs it back for a touchdown. Smith would become the third linebacker in Super Bowl history to win the MVP award.
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Bobby Wagner punched this ball out of the arms of Demaryius Thomas in the third quarter for a fumble that the Seahawks recovered.
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Peyton Manning was intercepted twice in the first half and nearly had a third one picked off.
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Percy Harvin returns the second-half kickoff 87 yards for a touchdown to give Seattle a 29-0 lead. It was the first game all season that he started and finished.
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Jermaine Kearse escapes the grasp of Wesley Woodyard and Duke Ihenacho to score a touchdown. He made four receptions for 64 yards.
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Doug Baldwin led the Seahawks in receptons (5) and yards (66) and also scored a touchdown.
Doug Baldwin made a couple of nifty dips and twists before divnig in for this touchdown.
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Russell Wilson quarterbacked the Seahawks to a title in just his second year in the league.
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Demaryius Thomas pulls in a touchdown pass on a night when he set the Super Bowl record for receptions in a game (13).
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Trindon Holliday gets swarmed on a kickoff return.
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Peyton Manning says he has no plans to retire on the heels of the loss.
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The game was so out of hand in the fourth quarter that the Seahawks had time to douse coach Pete Carroll with Gatorade.
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Tony McDaniel poses with a pair of Seahawks fans.
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