SEATTLE -- Now isn’t that what everyone was expecting to see in the Super Bowl seven months ago?

After Peyton Manning led the Denver Broncos on an 80-yard touchdown drive in the final minute of the fourth quarter, including a two-point conversion pass to tie the score, Manning was out-Manning-ed by Russell Wilson.

The Seattle quarterback made sure Manning wouldn’t get another chance, leading the Seahawks on an 80-yard drive to win the game 26-20 in overtime on Marshawn Lynch's 6-yard touchdown run.

It was the 11th time in his three-year NFL career that Wilson has led the Seahawks to a victory when they were tied or trailed the opponent in the fourth quarter or OT.

"He’s just an amazing football player," Seahawks coach Pete Carroll said of Wilson. "He really is. He just keeps a drive alive. It’s really hard to stop us in that situation, because he’s so good at it. He makes something happen."

Wilson accounted for 56 yards on the OT drive, 35 passing and 21 rushing. He converted two third downs by scrambling for the first down, once for 5 yards on a third-and-3 and another for 5 yards on a third-and-4 at the Denver 29.

"Anybody who loves football, or even if you don’t love football, that was one for the ages," Wilson said. "You have a guy like Peyton Manning to go up against, that’s what you want. It was a battle to the end. It definitely felt like a Super Bowl out there today."

The Seattle defense, which had a terrible day one week ago in the 30-21 loss at San Diego, had shut down Manning and the Broncos most of the day until a total collapse on the final drive when Denver tied it with 18 seconds to play.

"He’s still Peyton Manning," said Seahawks linebacker Malcolm Smith, the Super Bowl MVP last February. "He still had some magic left in his pocket. We gave that game away at the end, but Russell Wilson and the offense won it for us."

Wilson was under enormous pressure most of the day, including being sacked three times, but he passed for 258 yards, completing 24 of 34 throws.

Wilson was far from perfect against a much-improved Denver defense, which had nine different starters than the defense the Seahawks faced in the 43-8 Super Bowl victory. Wilson threw his first interception in the past six games, which led to Denver’s first touchdown after the defense had shut them down for more than three quarters.

And the Broncos might have won the game in regulation if not for an interception by strong safety Kam Chancellor that he returned 52 yards, setting up a 28-yard Steven Hauschka field goal that made it 20-12 with 59 seconds to go.

It looked like it was over.

"You never know," Wilson said. "They have Peyton Manning over there."

And the Seahawks have Wilson, who beat the master in the end and made sure Manning didn't get back on the field.

"I don't want to say this the wrong way, but I was almost hoping it would happen," Wilson said of Manning's final touchdown drive. "I was hoping our defense would make the stop. But if they didn't, I was ready to get back on the field. I live for those moments."