NEW YORK – The New England Patriots (17-3) and Seattle Seahawks (16-3) will meet in Super Bowl LX on Sunday, February 8 (6:30 p.m. ET, NBC) at Levi’s Stadium in Santa Clara. It will mark the first Super Bowl since the 1970 merger between teams that each ranked in the top four in scoring offense and scoring defense during the regular season.
The Patriots will make their 12th Super Bowl appearance, the most among all teams. On Sunday, New England can become the first team to win seven Super Bowls and surpass San Francisco (40 wins) for the most postseason wins by a franchise in NFL history.
The Seahawks, who will appear in the Super Bowl for the fourth time, can secure the second Super Bowl victory in franchise history, previously winning Super Bowl XLVIII following the 2013 season (Seattle 43, Denver 8).
New England and Seattle are the 10th pair of teams to meet in multiple Super Bowls, previously facing off in Super Bowl XLIX in Arizona following the 2014 season (Patriots 28, Seahawks 24). Super Bowl LX marks the 32nd consecutive season to feature a different Super Bowl matchup than the season before.
New England can become the third team since realignment in 2002 to win the Super Bowl the season after finishing in last place in their division, joining the 2017 Philadelphia Eagles and 2009 New Orleans Saints. After finishing with a 4-13 record in 2024, the Patriots are the fifth team to appear in the Super Bowl the season after winning fewer than five games, joining the 2021 Cincinnati Bengals, 2019 San Francisco 49ers, 1999 St. Louis Rams and 1988 Cincinnati Bengals.
With New England and Seattle both advancing to Super Bowl LX, at least one team has advanced to the Super Bowl the season after missing the playoffs in six of the past 10 seasons (2016-25). New England joins the 2021 Cincinnati Bengals as the second team in the past five seasons (2021-25) to advance to the Super Bowl the season after a last place finish.
With Mike Vrabel, in his first season as the Patriots head coach, and Mike Macdonald, hired by the Seahawks in 2024, Super Bowl LX will mark the fourth Super Bowl ever between head coaches each within their first two seasons with a team. The others: Super Bowl XLIII (Mike Tomlin and Ken Whisenhunt), Super Bowl XXXVII (Jon Gruden and Bill Callahan) and Super Bowl XXXVI (Bill Belichick and Mike Martz).
Vrabel can become the first head coach to win 18 games, including the playoffs, in his first season with a team in NFL history. He can also become the fifth person in NFL history to win the Super Bowl as both a player and a head coach, joining Pro Football Hall of Famers Mike Ditka, Tony Dungy and Tom Flores as well as Doug Pederson. As a player, Vrabel won three Super Bowls (XXXVI, XXXVIII and XXXIX) with New England.
Macdonald, who will be 38 years and 227 days old on Super Bowl Sunday, can become the third-youngest head coach to win the Super Bowl, trailing only Sean McVay (36 years, 20 days in Super Bowl LVI) and Mike Tomlin (36 years, 323 days in Super Bowl XLIII). He can also become the first head coach under the age of 40 to win 17 games in a season, including the playoffs, in NFL history.
New England quarterback Drake Maye, at 23 years and 162 days old, can become the youngest starting quarterback ever to win a Super Bowl, surpassing Ben Roethlisberger (23 years and 340 days old in Super Bowl XL). Maye can become the fifth quarterback ever to win the Super Bowl in his first or second season, joining Tom Brady, Ben Roethlisberger, Pro Football Hall of Famer Kurt Warner and Russell Wilson.
Seattle quarterback Sam Darnold can become the fourth quarterback ever to win the Super Bowl in his first season with a team, joining Tom Brady (Super Bowl LV with Tampa Bay), Trent Dilfer (Super Bowl XXXV with Baltimore) and Matthew Stafford (Super Bowl LVI with the Los Angeles Rams).
Seattle wide receiver Jaxon Smith-Njigba can become the fourth player (fifth occurrence) to lead the NFL in receiving yards during the regular season and win the Super Bowl in the same year, joining Pro Football Hall of Famers Drew Pearson (1977) and Jerry Rice (1989 and 1994) as well as Cooper Kupp (2021).
Including the postseason, Smith-Njigba has 1,965 receiving yards – the most receiving yards by a player under the age of 24 in NFL history – and can become the third player ever with at least 2,000 receiving yards in a season, including the playoffs, joining Cooper Kupp (2,425 receiving yards in 2021 with the Los Angeles Rams) and Puka Nacua (2,047 in 2025 with the Los Angeles Rams). He can also become the second player ever with 90-or-more receiving yards in 15 games in a season, including the playoffs, joining Kupp (19 games in 2021).
Seattle wide receiver Cooper Kupp, who was named Super Bowl LVI Most Valuable Player with the Los Angeles Rams, can become the eighth wide receiver to be on the active roster and win the Super Bowl with two different teams, joining Billy Davis (Baltimore and Dallas), Ed McCaffrey (San Francisco and Denver), Marcus Nash (Denver and Baltimore), Ricky Proehl (St. Louis Rams and Indianapolis), Gloster Richardson (Kansas City and Dallas), Torrey Smith (Baltimore and Philadelphia) and Justin Watson (Tampa Bay and Kansas City).
Seattle linebacker DeMarcus Lawrence, who has a sack and forced fumble in both Seahawks wins this postseason, can become the first player since 2000 with a sack and forced fumble in three consecutive playoff games within the same postseason.
New England defensive tackle Milton Williams, who won Super Bowl LIX last season with Philadelphia, can become the sixth player to be on the active roster and win the Super Bowl in consecutive seasons with different teams, joining LeGarrette Blount (2016 with New England, 2017 with Philadelphia), Chris Long (2016 with New England, 2017 with Philadelphia), LeSean McCoy (2019 with Kansas City, 2020 with Tampa Bay), Ken Norton (1993 with Dallas, 1994 with San Francisco) and Pro Football Hall of Famer Deion Sanders (1994 with San Francisco, 1995 with Dallas).
