As the Lombardi Trophy was carried toward the stage at Levi's Stadium in Santa Clara, California, no former Sooner laid their hand on it as a Super Bowl champion for the first time in nearly a decade.
The Seattle Seahawks got a delayed revenge on the New England Patriots with a 29-13 thumping on Sunday in Super Bowl LX to earn that coveted Lombardi Trophy. Patriots running back Rhamondre Stevenson was the only Oklahoma representative in Super Bowl LX, so with his team losing, it was the first time since 2018 that at least one former Sooner, who finished their college football career at OU, didn't conclude an NFL season as a Super Bowl champion.
Rhamondre Stevenson's Patriots losing to Seahawks in Super Bowl concludes OU's Lombardi Trophy streak
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Despite the loss, Stevenson was one of just a few Patriots who even looked worthy of playing in the biggest sporting event of the year. He finished with 63 total yards while rushing for 23 on only seven carries and caught five passes for another 40. It was the lowest rushing total of the NFL Playoffs for Stevenson, but he didn't even get a rushing attempt in the second half thanks to an early deficit and offensive woes.
Even in the midst of desperation time with no run game in the fourth quarter, Stevenson still found the end zone after just barely keeping a pass off the turf before running it in for a seven-yard touchdown, which ended up being the last points of the game. He became the first former Sooner to reach the end zone in a Super Bowl since Damien Williams' long TD run for the Kansas City Chiefs in Super Bowl 54.
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Stevenson being the lone OU representative also ended the Sooners' run of having more former players than any other college football program the last three Super Bowls. Most of OU's recent Super Bowl success has been because of the Chiefs, who didn't even make the NFL Playoffs this season after appearing in five of the previous six Super Bowls with a roster loaded with Sooners.
Stevenson did, though, at least keep one OU streak alive by just getting to the Super Bowl for the first time in his career. Super Bowl LII between the Patriots and Philadelphia Eagles in 2018 was also the last time a former Sooner wasn't even suited up to appear in a Super Bowl. With Stevenson reaching Super Bowl LX, OU's eight-year streak of being represented in the Super Bowl lives on until at least Super Bowl LXI on Feb. 14, 2027 in Inglewood, California.