Drake Maye had a rough first half. It wasn’t the worst Super Bowl performance by a QB, though
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- Drake Maye completed just six passes for 48 yards with three sacks in Super Bowl LX’s first half, delivering one of his worst performances.
- Yet the Patriots trailed only 9-0 at halftime, keeping New England competitive despite managing just 51 total offensive yards.
- Such struggles aren’t unprecedented: Denver’s Craig Morton threw four first-half interceptions in the 1977 Super Bowl.
New England Patriots quarterback Drake Maye passed for 48 yards in the first half of Super Bowl LX against the Seattle Seahawks.
That’s a pretty low total for one half — but it’s not even the lowest amount of passing yards for an entire Super Bowl.
According to Guiness World Records, the fewest net passing yards allowed in a game came when the Dallas Cowboys held the Denver Broncos to 35 at Super Bowl XII following the 1977 season. Broncos quarterback Craig Morton completed three of 10 passes in the first half for 39 yards and four interceptions.
Behind a standout defensive effort that included six sacks, the Seattle Seahawks defeated the New England Patriots in Super Bowl LX.
After Morton started the third quarter with one completion, four incomplete passes and a sack, he was replaced by Norris Weese, who completed four of 10 passes for 22 yards. Morton and Weese were sacked a combined four times for a loss of 26 yards.
The Cowboys won that game 27-10.
In the first half of this year’s Super Bowl, Maye completed six of 11 passes for 48 yards with no touchdowns or interceptions. He was sacked three times for 30 yards. New England’s total offense was 51 yards, but the Patriots only trailed 9-0 at halftime.
Maye’s numbers improved somewhat in the second half but not nearly enough to prevent the Seahawks from claiming a 29-13 victory.
Maye finished the game with 27 completions in 43 attempts for 295 yards with two touchdowns (both in the fourth quarter) and two interceptions, including one returned 45 yards for a touchdown by Seattle’s Uchenna Nwosu. Maye was sacked a total of six times for 43 yards.
