The National Football League's two conference championship games took place on Sunday.
At Denver:
Peyton Manning completed 32 of 43 passes for 400 yards and a pair of touchdowns (one yard to Jacob Tamme and three yards to Demaryius Thomas) while Matt Prater made four field goals (27, 35, 19, 54 yards) as the Denver Broncos defeated the visiting New England Patriots 26-16 to win their first American Football Conference championship (and their first trip to the Super Bowl, their seventh overall) in 15 years.
At Seattle:
Quarterback Russell Wilson threw a 35-yard fourth-quarter touchdown pass to Jermaine Kearse while Malcolm Smith grabbed Richard Sherman's defection in the end zone for the interception that sealed the Seattle Seahawks 23-17 come-from-behind home win over the San Francisco 49ers in the National Football Conference championship game as Niners quarterback Colin Kaepernick ran 11 times for 130 yards and threw a 26-yard touchdown pass to Anquan Boldin in the third quarter, but turned the ball over in each of San Francisco's last three possessions (a fumble and two interceptions). Marshawn Lynch, who carried the ball 22 times for 109 yards, 40 yards for a Seahawks touchdown. Seattle will be playing in their second Super Bowl (they lost to the Pittsburgh Steelers at Detroit in Super Bowl XL, eight years ago).
The Denver Broncos and Seattle Seahawks will battle against each other in Super Bowl XLVIII on February 2 at Met Life Stadium in East Rutherford, New Jersey at 3:20 PM Pacific Time (FOX).
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