Super Bowl LX
The Seattle Seahawks beat the New England Patriots 29-13 in Super Bowl LX on February 8, 2026 at Levi's Stadium, with Kenneth Walker III named MVP.
The Seattle Seahawks won Super Bowl LX, beating the New England Patriots 29–13 at Levi’s Stadium in Santa Clara, California on February 8, 2026 to claim the second Lombardi Trophy in franchise history. Running back Kenneth Walker III ran for 135 yards and was named the game’s Most Valuable Player, the first running back to take the award since Terrell Davis after Super Bowl XXXII in January 1998. Seattle’s defense held New England scoreless into the fourth quarter, and kicker Jason Myers set a Super Bowl record with five made field goals, closing the Seahawks’ 2025–26 NFL season with the second championship in team history and the first since Super Bowl XLVIII in February 2014.
| Fast facts | |
|---|---|
| Champion | Seattle Seahawks (2nd title) |
| Runner-up | New England Patriots |
| Date | February 8, 2026 |
| Venue | Levi’s Stadium, Santa Clara, California |
| Result | Seahawks 29, Patriots 13 |
| MVP | Kenneth Walker III (RB, Seattle) — 135 rushing yards |
| Attendance / audience | 70,823 in attendance; 125.6 million average U.S. viewers (NBC, Peacock, Telemundo), peak 137.8 million |
The setup
Seattle arrived at Super Bowl LX as the No. 1 seed in the NFC with a 14–3 record, the franchise’s first top seed since the 2014 playoffs. The team that reached Levi’s Stadium had been rebuilt around a new quarterback in the preceding offseason. On March 10, 2025 the Seahawks signed Sam Darnold to a three-year, $100.5 million contract, and on March 13, 2025 they traded incumbent starter Geno Smith to the Las Vegas Raiders. The same window brought in receiver Cooper Kupp on a three-year, $45 million deal (March 14, 2025) and edge rusher DeMarcus Lawrence on a three-year, $32.5 million deal (March 13, 2025); receiver Rashid Shaheed was acquired from the New Orleans Saints on November 4, 2025. Head coach Mike Macdonald, in his second season, built the group around Walker and a defense that would define the postseason.
New England reached its first Super Bowl of the Macdonald–Vrabel era as the AFC’s No. 2 seed, coached by Mike Vrabel and quarterbacked by Drake Maye. The Patriots’ path was carried by a defense that allowed three, sixteen and seven points across its three playoff wins, setting up a title game between two of the stingiest units in the field.
How it happened
Seattle’s No. 1 seed earned a first-round bye. In the divisional round (January 17–18, 2026) the Seahawks routed the San Francisco 49ers 41–6, then edged the Los Angeles Rams 31–27 in the NFC Championship Game on January 25, 2026. New England opened on Wild Card Weekend (January 10–12, 2026) with a 16–3 win over the Los Angeles Chargers, beat the Houston Texans 28–16 in the divisional round, and won the AFC Championship Game over the Denver Broncos 10–7 on January 25, 2026.
The Super Bowl itself was a field-position struggle for three quarters. Jason Myers opened the scoring with a 33-yard field goal late in the first quarter and added kicks of 39 and 41 yards in the second, sending Seattle to the break ahead 9–0. A fourth Myers field goal, from 41 yards, made it 12–0 in the third quarter. New England did not score until the fourth.
Walker was the engine while the game stayed close. With Zach Charbonnet lost to a knee injury in the divisional round, Walker absorbed an expanded workload and broke long runs to keep Seattle moving, finishing with 135 yards on 27 carries. The Seahawks finally reached the end zone early in the fourth quarter, when Sam Darnold found tight end AJ Barner on a 16-yard touchdown for a 19–0 lead. Maye answered quickly with a 35-yard touchdown pass to Mack Hollins to make it 19–7, but Myers restored the two-score cushion from 26 yards, and linebacker Uchenna Nwosu returned an interception 45 yards for a touchdown and a 29–7 margin. Rhamondre Stevenson’s seven-yard touchdown catch from Maye late accounted for the 29–13 final. Darnold completed 19 of 38 passes for 202 yards and a touchdown with no interceptions; Maye threw for 295 yards and two touchdowns but was intercepted twice. Seattle committed zero turnovers across its entire postseason run.
By the numbers
| Game | Date | Score | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| NFC Divisional | Jan. 17–18, 2026 | Seahawks 41, 49ers 6 | Seattle advances after a first-round bye |
| NFC Championship | Jan. 25, 2026 | Seahawks 31, Rams 27 | Seattle clinches the NFC title |
| AFC Wild Card | Jan. 10–12, 2026 | Patriots 16, Chargers 3 | New England’s defense allows three points |
| AFC Divisional | Jan. 17–18, 2026 | Patriots 28, Texans 16 | New England advances |
| AFC Championship | Jan. 25, 2026 | Patriots 10, Broncos 7 | New England clinches the AFC title |
| Super Bowl LX | Feb. 8, 2026 | Seahawks 29, Patriots 13 | Walker MVP; Myers five field goals |
Per the 2025–26 NFL playoffs record and the Pro-Football-Reference box score, through Oct. 27, 2026.
The record
Per the Pro-Football-Reference box score and NBC Sports, through Oct. 27, 2026.
Honors
- Super Bowl LX champions — Seattle Seahawks
- Super Bowl LX MVP — Kenneth Walker III
- Jason Myers — Super Bowl record five field goals
- Mike Macdonald — first Super Bowl title as head coach
- Second Lombardi Trophy in Seahawks history (first since Super Bowl XLVIII)
Per NFL.com and the Super Bowl LX record, through Oct. 27, 2026.
The arguments
The most durable debate about Super Bowl LX is whether it is remembered as a Seattle defensive masterpiece or a New England offensive no-show. The Seahawks held the Patriots without a point for three quarters and forced two interceptions, one returned for a touchdown; by that reading the Seattle front and secondary dictated the game. Observers on the other side note that New England, which had allowed three, sixteen and seven points in its three playoff wins, produced almost nothing on offense until the outcome was decided, and argue the scoreboard reflected a Patriots collapse as much as a Seattle clampdown.
A second argument surrounds Darnold. Per the Super Bowl LX record, he had led the NFL in turnovers during the regular season with 20, then played the postseason without giving the ball away. Supporters frame Super Bowl LX as a redemption arc for a quarterback on his third franchise; skeptics counter that Seattle won on the strength of Walker and the defense, with Darnold asked mainly to avoid mistakes rather than to carry the offense.
The MVP vote drew its own discussion. Walker became the first running back to win the award since Terrell Davis, unusual in an era of quarterback-dominated selections, and some argued the defense — Nwosu’s pick-six in particular — had as strong a case in a game that stayed scoreless for the Patriots so long. Walker’s backers point to his 135 rushing yards and 161 scrimmage yards as the clearest sustained offense either team generated.
Why it matters
Super Bowl LX settled the question most searched after the 2025–26 NFL season: the Seattle Seahawks are the reigning NFL champions, winners of the franchise’s second title a dozen years after its first. It marked a first championship for head coach Mike Macdonald and a career peak for Kenneth Walker III, and it gave the Super Bowl a rare running-back MVP in a low-scoring, defense-led final. As the most recent entry in the Super Bowl lineage, following Super Bowl LIX, it is the baseline answer to “who won the 2026 Super Bowl” until the next champion is crowned.
