Super Bowl 2015: Loss stuns Seattle fans

SEATTLE -- People in Seattle poised to celebrate a second straight Super Bowl win by the Seahawks were instead left stunned.

"I'm sad," said Rebe Wolverton, who was part of a crowd watching Sunday's game on large screen televisions outside a restaurant near Century Link Field.

A late interception preserved New England's 28-24 victory.

"This hurts," said Wolverton, who was wearing a Seahawks winter cap and holding a bag of Skittles, the favorite candy of the team's star running back, Marshawn Lynch, who's known as "The Beast."

Moments before the turnover, Seattleites were certain their team would score with a run from the 1-yard-line. The boisterous crowd in the Pioneer Square neighborhood near where the Seahawks play home games was instead left shocked.

In the city's University District, police officers kept watch on a crowd of dozens of fans, some waving "12th Man" flags.

People had poured onto the streets as soon as the game ended, reports CBS Seattle affiliate KIRO-TV.

At first, there were fears things could turn ugly.

"I think people are going to be very angry about this game, because I think they thought we could have won this game," said Jack Reinard.

But after about 20 minutes of standing around, confusion seemed to set in, KIRO says. There was no rioting, nor burning couches, as there was after the Seahawks won the Super Bowl last year. There was also a large police presence that quickly surrounded the crowd.

In the end, the crowd disbursed after about 90 minutes of waiting and wondering.

The one thing everyone seem sure about by the time they left: Lynch should been give the ball with the game on the line.

"I think they should have let Beast Mode go Beast Mode, and should have let him take it in," Dustin Curtin said. "Maybe we'd be celebrating right now, maybe a couch would be on fire."

In north Seattle, 46-year-old George Bunting was also mystified that Seahawks coach Pete Carroll would make the "wrong decision" and decide to throw instead of having Lynch take the ball.

"This is a major upset. He should've just used the man," Bunting said, referring to Lynch.

Emily Simpson and Steven Baily were all ready for another celebration.

"This is heartbreaking," the 25-year-old Simpson said. "I didn't hear any fire arms or fireworks or anything. But it's just a game."

Baily called the Seahawks play calling "just insane."

In Boston, fans celebrating the Patriots victory moved around the city, including a stop at the Boston Marathon finish line, reports CBS Boston. Hundreds of fans took to the streets following the win. Late in the game Boston police shut down the area of Kenmore Square to prevent fans from congregating.

Shortly after the final seconds ticked off the clock, fans began to stream out of bars and went to areas such as Boston Common before reaching the finish line.

Police cruisers stopped traffic near the finish line as the fans moved through the area.

Boston police, who urged residents in tweets to "make our city proud," reported that fans celebrated in a "smart, responsible & respectful manner."

After the victory, Boston Mayor Marty Walsh said the city is ready for a parade, tweeting "cue the duck boats."

The top of the Prudential Center was lit up red, white and blue after the game.