SEAHAWKS 13 PATRIOTS 10. KICKOFF FINAL.

SEATTLE — The defending champions opened the ledger. The Seattle Seahawks beat the New England Patriots 13–10 on Wednesday night, 9 September 2026, at Lumen Field — ESPN game 401872656, status Final. Super Bowl LX rematch branding stayed on the house. The Week 1 scoreboard is no longer empty. This Extra is RESULT, not PREP. It is distinct from the Thursday Night Football PREP at /sport/nfl-49ers-rams-netflix-tnf (49ers–Rams, Melbourne, Netflix). Do not merge Kickoff Final with TNF Hold.

Board locked. Final: Seattle Seahawks 13, New England Patriots 10. Week 1 Kickoff Game. Venue: Lumen Field, Seattle. Date: Wednesday, 9 September 2026. Kickoff: 20:20 ET / 8:20 p.m. ET / 5:20 p.m. PT. TV/stream: NBC and Peacock. Prior championship context only: Super Bowl LX, 8 February 2026 — Seattle 29, New England 13. That February line is not Wednesday’s score. ESPN’s Final and NBC Sports’ Kickoff wrap match SEA 13 — NE 10. Extra files that line and stops inventing drive charts the wires did not print.

SEA 13 — NE 10. Kickoff Final. Rematch done. Ledger open.

New England led 10–3 entering the fourth. Then Drake Maye’s night broke. NBC Sports / Pro Football Talk (Myles Simmons, 9 Sep): Maye’s deep throw for Romeo Doubs on the second play of the fourth was intercepted by Nathaniel Pritchett. Seattle answered with Jaxon Smith-Njigba’s 45-yard touchdown catch-and-run — 10–10. On the next Patriots possession, Doubs dropped a second-and-14 ball after Maye rolled right. The following throw over the middle for DeMario Douglas was picked by Julian Love. Jason Myers converted a 26-yard field goal — Seahawks 13–10.

With 26 seconds left and New England at Seattle’s 16, third-and-5, Maye was flushed right and threw a jump ball toward Mack Hollins in the end zone. Josh Jobe intercepted. Game over. 13–10 Seahawks Final. Maye finished 22-of-33 for 178 yards, one touchdown, three interceptions, plus 47 rushing yards on seven carries (NBC Sports). Extra does not invent a second multi-INT path beyond that wrap’s note that Maye’s only multi-interception game last year was Super Bowl LX — also against Seattle.

Sam Darnold’s season opener lasted one drive. On third-and-6 from the New England 46 — Seattle’s sixth snap — Dre’Mont Jones sacked him. Darnold left with a limp, went through the medical tent and locker room, was listed questionable, then ruled out before halftime with a hip injury (NBC Sports; club/medical lines as carried). He completed 1-of-2 for 13 yards to Smith-Njigba before exiting. Drew Lock played the rest of the night: 16-of-22, 187 yards, one touchdown in relief (NBC Sports). Mike Macdonald told NBC’s Kaylee Hartung at the half that Seattle had faith in Lock — attributed only; Extra invents no longer presser. Separately, Patriots receiver A.J. Brown left early in the third with an ankle injury and did not return (NBC Sports). No invented timetable.

CLAIM vs CONFIRMED. CONFIRMED: SEA 13 NE 10 Final; Lumen Field; Wed 9 Sep 2026 Kickoff; NBC/Peacock; Darnold out (hip) after opening drive; Lock relief line as named; Maye three fourth-quarter interceptions ending with Jobe; JSN 45-yard TD; Myers 26-yard FG; Super Bowl LX prior 29–13 labeled February only. NOT on this Extra: TNF Melbourne score (that slug is still PREP Hold); invented quotes beyond named NBC booth/halftime attribution; fake Q1–Q3 play-by-play; branding-card disclaimer meta; AdSense edits.

Still: Lumen Field night exterior — Richardmouser / Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0). Caption: archival venue exterior, not Kickoff game action. Official Seahawks and Patriots crests OK for identification. VIDEO=no. No AI imagery.

Nailed down, 10 September 2026, 06:05 GMT. PATH /sport/nfl-week1-patriots-seahawks. DESK_ID nfl-week1-patriots-seahawks. Beat SPORT / Kickoff FINAL Extra. Verification: ESPN www.espn.com/nfl/game/_/gameId/401872656/patriots-seahawks FINAL SEA 13 NE 10; NBC Sports / PFT Kickoff wrap www.nbcsports.com/nfl/profootballtalk/rumor-mill/news/nfl-kickoff-2026-seahawks-beat-patriots-13-10-but-lose-sam-darnold-to-hip-injury — verification only, do not republish. Photo: Richardmouser / Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0). Distinct from /sport/nfl-49ers-rams-netflix-tnf. NTH MERIDIAN does not invent scores.

DESK_ID nfl-week1-patriots-seahawks. Canonical /sport/nfl-week1-patriots-seahawks. Filed 10 September 2026, 06:05 GMT. RESULT / Kickoff FINAL. Verification: ESPN gameId 401872656 FINAL SEA 13 NE 10; NBC Sports / PFT 9 Sep Kickoff wrap — verification only, do not republish. Photo: Richardmouser / Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0) — Lumen Field exterior, not game action. Official SEA/NE crests OK for ID. Distinct from nfl-49ers-rams-netflix-tnf PREP. VIDEO=no. AdSense untouched. NTH MERIDIAN does not invent scores.