It’s been 20 years since the Seattle Seahawks first appeared in a Super Bowl. The trip to Super Bowl 40 did not go according to plan.
The quarterback from that squad, Matt Hasselbeck, said in a recent interview that he still has regrets about that game.
Led by Hasselbeck and that season’s MVP Shaun Alexander, the Seahawks fell to the Pittsburgh Steelers, 21-10, in what would be Jerome Bettis’ last game as a Steeler happening in his hometown of Detroit. For those that remember based on the halftime performer, it was The Rolling Stones’ year.
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In that game, Hasselbeck went 26-for-49 with 273 yards passing, one touchdown and one interception. Now, a day before the Seahawks face the New England Patriots in Super Bowl 60, he shared what went wrong during the big game 20 years ago.
He told Fox News Digital that he lost his composure a few times during the game because he was upset with the referees.
“I don’t think there’s anything that I would have done differently other than maybe not losing my poise. There were a couple of calls in the game that didn’t go our way, and I lost my cool on the referee and didn’t regain my poise by the time the 40-second clock had, you know, it was time to snap the next play,” Hasselbeck said.
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“So, I did throw an interception on that play that I’m talking about, and then I made the tackle on that interception, and then I got flagged again for making the tackle, which, you know, that’s a whole (other thing) I got even more upset.”
Although the Seahawks lost Super 40, they returned in Super Bowl 48 and blew out the Denver Broncos. They made the Super Bowl again the following season but lost to the New England Patriots.
Now, these new Seahawks look to write their own Seattle history.
