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| SUPER BOWL SUNDAY | 17 SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 7, 2016 NO.3 The Seahawks were on the brink of becom- ing the first repeat cham- pion in 11 years. Standing in their way was the last repeat champion, the Pa- triots. Seattle broke from a 14-14 halftime tie to take a 24-14 lead into the fourth quarter. No team in Super Bowl history had overcome a fourth- quarter deficit of more than seven points, and no team was likely to do it against this Seattle de- fense. But then this was no ordinary team. Tom Brady led the Pa- triots on two touchdown drives, but it would all be for naught. With 26 seconds to play, the Se- ahawks had the ball at the 1-yard line. They had Marshawn Lynch, a run- ning back with 102 yards on the day and a career- long reputation for mak- ing positive yardage no matter the circum- stances. The Seahawks chose to throw, and the pass was intercepted. Bob Glauber: "The fact that the game ended on such a controversial and dramatic play — the big- gest second-guess in pro sports history — put an incredible exclamation point on an already epic game. Best one ever." Peter King: "If Tom Brady goes down in his- tory as the best quar- terback ever, surpass- ing Unitas and Montana and Graham, the fourth quarter of this game will be what clinched it. Brady's fourth Super Bowl win, tying him for most among quarter- backs ever, came on the best quarter of his life. Virtuoso." Dick Enberg: "Even though the Law of Re- cency always does bias, the twists and turns of this game with the highly improbable finish, make this game hard to duplicate for fantas- tic drama and surprise. If leaving the fan breath- less counts anything, this is the cardio-pulmo- nary winner." Nick Canepa: "You tend to remember games by how they finished, and this was the all- timer." SUPER BOWL XLIX New England 28, Seattle 24 KATHY WILLENS — THE ASSOCIATED PRESS FILE