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The XLIX super bowl was held at University of Phoenix Stadium. The contest was between the Seattle Seahawks and the New England Patriots. The game was played on February 1, 2015. The Seattle Seahawks were the defending champions after winning the super bowl the previous year. It was a game of great coaching and quarterback matchups. The coaches were Seattles Pete Carroll and New England's Bill Belichick. The quarterbacks were Russell Wilson and Tom Brady. Brady had three super bowl rings and Russell had 1.

The game had many unexpected performances from very unexpected people. One of those people was Seattles wide receiver Chris Matthews. His super bowl performance was one of the best from a wide receiver ever. Just a year before he wasn't on a NFL and was working at footlocker. Then he put up 176 receiving yards, 16 catches, and 1 touchdown. If the Seahawks had one the game he most likely would have been named super bowl MVP.

The game started out very slow as both teams were feeling each other out. The first quarter ended and it was scoreless. In the second quarter is where it opened up. Seattles wide receiver Chris Matthews started to make plays and New England responded by scoring points of their own. At halftime both teams put up two touchdowns and the score was tied 14-14. Once the third quarter started Seattle started to pull away scoring 10 unanswered points to make the score 24-14. Once again Tom Brady would have to come up clutch in the fourth quarter to win the game.

In the fourth quarter Tom Brady came up clutch yet again and lead a game winning drive to take the lead 28-24. The game winning drive was capped off with a touchdown to Julian Edelman. There was still time left on the clock. The Seattle Seahawks drove down the field needing a touchdown to win the game. They drove all the way down to the 1 yard line. Instead of giving the ball to Marshawn Lynch they threw the ball and it was intercepted by the Patriots Malcolm Butler in the final seconds to win the game. It was one of the most incredible endings to a super bowl ever.

This super bowl was one of the craziest ever. It ended on the last play and won Tom Brady his 4th super bowl ring. The Patriot Dynasty continued as the organization won their 4th championship. Tom Brady tied his childhood hero Joe Montana with 4 super bowl rings. Tom Brady's stats for the gam were 37-50, 328 yards and 4 touchdowns. This game clutched a super bowl record of most touchdowns scored by a player in super bowl games by Tom Brady combining all his touchdowns from previous super bowls.

This game was significant in Tom Brady's career because he tied his childhood hero Joe Montana in super bowl wins. Tom looked up to Joe his whole life and was aspiring to be better than him. This win also solidified the Patriots dynasty the patriots had one 4 super bowls within a 13 year span. Tom Brady started to enter the greatest of all time conversation after this win. Whats even more impressive was that he threw for 4 touchdowns against the NFL's best defense which included the legion of boom. One of the NFL's most feared secondaries of all time.