It was not remotely as easy as Super Bowl 60, but the Seattle Seahawks once again beat the New England Patriots, this time rallying from a 10-0 2nd half deficit to prevail 13-10 on opening night of the 2026 NFL season. On a night of mixed emotions ranging from the joy of unveiling another Super Bowl banner to the dread after Sam Darnold’s injury, fans left Lumen Field happy after Josh Jobe’s game-clinching interception on a truly puzzling Drake Maye decision.
Dating back to last season, the Seahawks have won 11 consecutive games when including the playoffs. That not only ties a franchise record set by the 2005 NFC champion squad led by Mike Holmgren, it’s also a historic moment for head coach Mike Macdonald. Hired two seasons ago as the youngest coach in the NFL (which he’s no longer, thanks to Kellen Moore and Joe Brady), the 39-year-old Macdonald is now the youngest coach in NFL history to win 11 in a row.
The Seattle Seahawks enjoyed a whole lot of success and a Super Bowl under Pete Carroll, whom by the end of his Seahawks career was the oldest coach in the league but has the seemingly eternal youthfulness of someone half his age. His successor has already brought Seattle a second Super Bowl to go along with the one Pete captured over a decade ago. The hope is that Macdonald keeps the winning ways and is here for decades to come.