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Super Bowl shellacking
Seahawks rout Denver Broncos
APTOPIX Super Bowl Fo Heal
Seattle Seahawks' Zach Miller dumps Gatorade on Seattle Seahawks head coach Pete Carroll during the second half of the NFL Super Bowl XLVIII football game Sunday, Feb. 2, 2014, in East Rutherford, N.J. The Seahawks won 43-8. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull) - photo by Associated Press
EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. — Defense wins championships, and the NFL has not seen a defense like Seattle's in a long time. The Seahawks won their first Super Bowl title Sunday night in overpowering fashion, punishing Peyton Manning and the Denver Broncos 43-8. That relentless defense, the NFL's stingiest, never let the five-time MVP get going, disarming the highest-scoring offense in league history.