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Super Bowl XLIX (Patriots vs Seahawks) Mystery Cache

Hidden : 1/30/2015
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SUPER BOWL XLIX

Cache is not at the posted coordinates. To figure out where the cache is located, you must first solve the puzzle below. As always, enjoy.

Super Bowl XLIX is an upcoming American football game between the American Football Conference (AFC) champion New England Patriots and National Football Conference (NFC) champion Seattle Seahawks to decide the National Football League (NFL) champion for the 2014 season. The game is scheduled to be played on February 1, 2015, at University of Phoenix Stadium in Glendale, Arizona. Kickoff is scheduled for 4:30pm MST (6:30pm EST/23:30 UTC). This will be the second Super Bowl played in that stadium (XLII), and the third one held in the Phoenix metropolitan area (XXX at Sun Devil Stadium in Tempe). The game will be broadcast in the United States by NBC.

For the second season in a row, but only the third time in 21 seasons, the number one seed from each conference will meet in the league championship game. This will also be the first time in a decade that an NFL team will play in consecutive Super Bowl games, with the last such instance in 2004 and 2005, when the Patriots played in Super Bowls XXXVIII and XXXIX, respectively. Super Bowl XLIX will be the Seahawks' second consecutive Super Bowl appearance, having defeated the Denver Broncos 43–8 in Super Bowl XLVIII in 2014, while the New England Patriots will be returning for their eighth Super Bowl appearance, and their first since losing 21–17 to the New York Giants in Super Bowl XLVI in 2012. With their appearance in Super Bowl XLIX, the New England Patriots will join the Dallas Cowboys and the Pittsburgh Steelers as one of the three teams that collectively share the record for most Super Bowl appearances, as each has appeared in eight separate Super Bowls to date.

Pete Carroll will be the third head coach to face his former team: Dan Reeves lost to the Denver Broncos in Super Bowl XXXIII and Jon Gruden defeated the Oakland Raiders in Super Bowl XXXVII; Carroll coached the Patriots from 1997 to 1999, and he was succeeded by Bill Belichick.

With Interstate 90 going from Seattle to Boston, this Super Bowl has been known to some as the I-90 Bowl.

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A. Referee Bill Vinovich will be wearing jersey number (A)2.

B. The New England Patriots had a rough start to their 2014 season, starting the season with a 2–2 record and hitting a low point with a humiliating (B)1–14 loss to the Kansas City Chiefs in week four.

C. The flagship stations of each station in the markets of each team will carry their local play-by-play calls. In Seattle, KIRO-FM (9(C).3) and KIRO (710 AM) will carry the game, with Steve Raible on play-by-play and Warren Moon on color commentary. As a clear-channel station, KIRO's commentary will be audible over much of the West Coast of North America after sunset. In New England, WBZ-FM (98.5) will carry the game, with Bob Socci on play-by-play and Scott Zolak on color commentary.

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D. Quarterback Russell Wilson was back in control of the Seattle offense, completing 63.(D) percent of his passes for 3,475 yards and 20 touchdowns, with seven interceptions, while also rushing for 849 yards and six touchdowns.

E. Super Bowl XLIX is the first Super Bowl matchup, and the first postseason matchup, between the Patriots and the Seahawks (the Seahawks were part of the AFC before moving to the NFC due to realignment caused by the Houston Texans joining the NFL as an expansion team in 2002; the Patriots and the Seahawks had never matched up in postseason play during the Seahawks' tenure in the AFC). It is notable for featuring the coach of one team who had replaced the other coach at one point. Current Patriots head coach Bill Belichick was hired in 199(E) to replace Pete Carroll, who is now the coach of the Seahawks. This is only the third time this has occurred. The other two times were in Super Bowl III and Super Bowl XXXVII. In both cases, the team coached by the man who was replaced by the other won the game.

F. Line judge Mark Perlman’s jersey number = (F).


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Decryption Key

A|B|C|D|E|F|G|H|I|J|K|L|M
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N|O|P|Q|R|S|T|U|V|W|X|Y|Z

(letter above equals below, and vice versa)