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Drake Maye drove the drive by running for 68 yards and passing for 86 yards in sloppy snow conditions, scoring New England’s only touchdown on a 6-yard keeper. patriots Defeated Team USA 10-7 and won the Super Bowl for the 12th time denver broncos on Sunday.
Christian Gonzalez, who started in place of the injured Bo Nix, intercepted Jarrett Stidham with 2:11 remaining in New England’s 36 and the Patriots (17-3) picked up their first playoff win in Denver when Meyer ran 7 yards from his 41.
New England became just the third team in the Super Bowl era to win the division title by 10 points or less. buffalo Defeated the Denver Nuggets 10-7 in the 1991 AFC Championship Game. Los Angeles Defeated Tampa Bay 9-0 in the 1979 NFC Championship Game.
The Broncos (15-4) are one step away from a trip to Super Bowl 60 that Sean Payton predicted in preseason.
Both kickers missed two field goals in the cold weather, with Denver’s Will Lutz and New England’s Andy Borregales missing long attempts before snow fell at halftime.
The Patriots trailed 7-0 but sparked a comeback with a key stop on fourth down near their own end zone. It was their 40th win of the postseason, breaking a tie with the San Francisco 49ers for most postseason wins. National Football League history.
It was sunny and 26 degrees at kickoff, but by halftime, snow started falling and the ground crew had to use snow blowers to mark hash marks and yard lines in the fourth quarter, when the temperature was 16 degrees.
After gaining just 72 yards in the first half, the Patriots kicked off a 16-play, 64-yard drive in heavy snow that took 9 1/2 minutes and ended with Borregales’ 23-yard field goal to give New England its first lead at 10-7.
The Patriots managed just four first downs in the first half, gained 72 yards, punted five times and missed one field goal. But they took advantage of the short field, and New England’s defense threw a pass to Meyer at the Denver 12, who caught the ball from 6 yards out to tie the game at 7 at halftime.
Stidham, who replaced the injured Nix (ankle surgery), made his first completion since the 2023 regular-season finale, throwing a 52-yard dart to Marvin Mims Jr. to the New England 7, which was followed by a 6-yard touchdown catch by Courtland Sutton to start the scoring.
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