Super Bowl XLVIII

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Super Bowl XLVIII, played in 2014, was the championship game of the National Football League (NFL) for the 2013 season. The game featured the Seattle Seahawks of the National Football Conference (NFC) against the Denver Broncos of the American Football Conference (AFC). The Seahawks defeated the Broncos with a decisive score of 43–8, marking their first Super Bowl victory. This game is noted for the Seahawks' dominant defensive performance. The Super Bowl is the annual title game contested between the champions of the NFL's two conferences.12

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…Seattle Seahawks in a 43–8 Super Bowl loss.
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…games to advance to the Super Bowl. There Seattle’s commanding defense corralled a Denver Broncos team that had set numerous offensive records during the 2013 regular season in a 43–8 victory to capture the franchise’s first world championship. In 2014 the Seahawks again posted the best record in the NFC…
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…games to advance to the Super Bowl. There Seattle’s commanding defense corralled a Denver Broncos team that had set numerous offensive records during the 2013 regular season in a 43–8 victory to capture the franchise’s first world championship. In 2014 the Seahawks again posted the best record in the NFC…
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