New England is 3-1 vs the NFC this season. Seattle is 2-2 vs the AFC. New England lost to Green Bay at Green Bay, while Seattle defeated Green Bay twice, both times in Seattle. That was the only common opponent that these two teams played.

Both teams have identical 14-4 records and for the second straight year, the Superbowl gets both #1 seeded teams. These two teams have met once in the Pete Carroll era, wth Seattle winning at home, 24-23 in 2012.

Seattle is going for their 2nd straight Superbowl win. The last team to do that was New England, way back in 2003-2004. New England has been to the Superbowl twice since, losing both times to the Giants, 17-14 and 21-17. Seattle is the first team to go to the Superbowl in two consecutive years since New England did it in 2003-2004. The NFC has won 3 out of the last 4 Superbowls.