Post on 19-Aug-2015
NFL Super Bowl XLVIIISeattle Seahawks vs. Denver Broncos
Quick Stats
The Broncos have the No.1 offense in the NFL The Seahawks feature the No. 1 defense.Source: Bleacher Report
Team Leaders: Passing Yards
Seattle: Russell Wilson– ATT: 407– Comp: 257– TD:26
Source: ESPN.com
Denver: Peyton Manning– ATT: 659– Comp: 450– TD: 55
Source: ESPN.com
Seattle was called for 21 Personal foul penalties which includes: unnecessary roughness, unsportsmanlike conduct and taunting.
Source: Bleacher Report.
The Seahawks led the NFL with turnover ratios this seasons while Denver lost more fumbles than anyone else.
Source: Bleacher Report
Super Bowl XLVIII will be the first outdoor Super Bowl ever to be held in a cold-weather
city
This will be the
seventh Super Bowl
appearance of the
Broncos and only the
second for the
SeahawksSource: Forbes
Peyton Manning (born March 24, 1976) and Russell Wilson (born Nov. 29, 1988) will be the greatest age gap ever for a pair of Super Bowl starting quarterbacks.
Source: NFL.com
Four players in Super Bowl XLVIII (all Broncos) have played in a previous Super Bowl. Of those four, Peyton Manning is the only one to have won the Super Bowl.
Source: NFL.com
Richard Sherman made himself one of the game’s biggest story lines and nearly blew up the Internet after his post game interview.
Source: Forbes
In the last two seasons, Richard Sherman has allowed a single receiver more than three catches in a game just once.
Source: Forbes
Manning is looking to
be first QB to win the
Super Bowl as a starter
for two different teams.Source: Forbes
The Broncos and Seahawks have met 52 times in regular-season play (Seattle played in the AFC West from 1977-2001). That's
the second-most previous regular-season meetings for any pair of Super Bowl teams.
Source: NFL.com
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