<Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> <Ul> <Li> ← XLVIII </Li> <Li> Super Bowl </Li> <Li> 50 → </Li> </Ul> </Td> </Tr> <Ul> <Li> ← XLVIII </Li> <Li> Super Bowl </Li> <Li> 50 → </Li> </Ul> <P> Super Bowl XLIX was an American football game played to determine the champion of the National Football League (NFL) for the 2014 season . The American Football Conference (AFC) champion New England Patriots defeated the National Football Conference (NFC) champion Seattle Seahawks, 28--24, to earn their fourth Super Bowl title . The game was played on February 1, 2015, at University of Phoenix Stadium in Glendale, Arizona . It was the second time the stadium has hosted a Super Bowl, and the third one held in the Phoenix metropolitan area . </P> <P> With the loss, the Seahawks became the fourth defending Super Bowl champions to lose in the following year's title game, after the 1978 Dallas Cowboys, 1983 Washington Redskins and the 1997 Green Bay Packers . After finishing the previous season by defeating the Denver Broncos, 43--8, in Super Bowl XLVIII, Seattle completed the 2014 regular season with a 12--4 record . The Patriots, who also posted a 12--4 record, joined the Dallas Cowboys and Pittsburgh Steelers as one of the three teams to have made eight appearances in the Super Bowl . For the second straight season, but only the third time in the prior 21 seasons, the number one seeds from both conferences met in the league championship game . Seattle became the first team to appear in consecutive Super Bowls since New England won two straight (XXXVIII and XXXIX). </P>

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