The Seattle Seahawks and New England Patriots have played 16 times before and are deadlocked at 8-8.
This matchup will be without a doubt be the biggest and most meaningful of the 17.
The Seahawks are the defending Super Bowl champions and are ironically looking to become the first back-to-back winners since these Patriots won two straight in 2003 and 2004.
The New England duo of head coach Bill Belichick and quarterback Tom Brady produced six appearances and three Super Bowl championships in 2001, 2003 and 2004. This is the eighth appearance by the Patriots franchise, which ties NFL record also held by Dallas and Pittsburgh.
A closer look at the all-time rivalry reveals it went all New England's way with them winning 5 of the first six. But The Seahawks have dominated the Patriots by a 7-3 record since then.
In 16 games, the Patriots have scored a total of 321 points against 295 by the Seahawks. The last time the two played was on October 14, 2012, with the Seahawks winning 24-23 in rather dramatic fashion.
We can only hope we get a game that entertaining for Super Bowl
XLIX in Arizona.
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