Twelves also traveled to away games in unprecedented numbers. Their support was noted gratefully and repeatedly by head coach Pete Carroll and his players. During the weeks leading up to playoff victories against New Orleans and San Francisco and continuing to the Super Bowl, fan enthusiasm grew to new heights. Number 12 flags flew from the Space Needle, Starbucks headquarters, construction cranes, and houses and offices all over the city.
Boeing had a jet painted with the Seahawk logo. Even buildings got into the act. At night, the new story Wave apartment building just north of the stadium used its interior lights to create two story 12s. The story Russell Investments Center in downtown Seattle coordinated its office lights to produce an illuminated 12 that was 18 floors high and easily visible from West Seattle.
Within two miles of CenturyLink Field, there were 20 billboards saluting the Seahawks and their fans. A byfeet 12th Man flag that had topped the Space Needle during previous playoff runs was signed by hundreds of fans at a Seattle Center rally, flown to New Jersey, and taken to Super Bowl Week functions, attracting hordes of Seahawk fans assembling for the big game. The team, with a surprising number of its fans, had recently been in MetLife Stadium and faced a quarterback named Manning. On Dec.
Seattle won , intercepting Eli five times and not allowing the Giants to cross midfield until the fourth quarter. That dominating performance was a preview of things to come. The championship game started like no other Super Bowl had. Running back Knowshon Moreno flopped onto the loose ball and was tackled by Cliff Avril for a safety and Seattle lead. The center and Manning later attributed the blunder to the crowd noise, an indication that the 12th Man was present in loud numbers.
Coincidentally, the scoreboard clock showed that the safety came 12 seconds into the game. Denver punted to Seattle, and the Seahawks moved the ball into field-goal range for Steven Hauschka, who kicked a yarder that extended the lead to The Broncos were forced to punt on their next possession, and the Seahawks drove to another Hauschka field goal, making the score The Seahawks drove 37 yards, scoring on a one-yard touchdown by Marshawn Lynch. The ball fluttered to linebacker Malcolm Smith, who ran it back 69 yards for a touchdown.
He raced 87 yards for a touchdown. An electrifying receiver and kick returner, Harvin had been acquired by trade the previous spring from the Minnesota Vikings. His touchdown, coming 12 seconds into the second half, essentially finished the Broncos. The Seahawks responded with a yard touchdown pass from Wilson to Jermaine Kearse, who twice spun away from would-be tacklers to reach the end zone.
Seahawks 36, Denver 0. The 36 consecutive points broke the old Super Bowl record by The Seahawks then loosened their pass coverage a bit, willing to let Manning complete short passes while using up precious minutes. A final Seahawks touchdown — a yard pass from Wilson to Doug Baldwin — came early in the fourth quarter and ended the scoring at The Seattle defense thwarted three more Denver possessions, one ending in a fumble, before time ran out.
Commentators were stunned — not by the victory, but by its decisiveness. They seemed to scare him. They made him a non-factor. They made a case to be considered among the best defenses of all time. Smith was essentially a utility linebacker during the season, mostly playing when other linebackers were injured, but always playing well.
The year-old was representative of the Seahawks in general — young and loaded with previously unappreciated talent. Smith, who had played for Carroll at the University of Southern California, was taken in the final round of the draft, after other players.
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