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Tuesday, February 4, 2014

Linfield, McMinnville connections to Seattle Seahawks Super Bowl championship

Super Bowl rings recap for former Linfield football player Lance Lopes, a 1985 Linfield and 1989 University of Oregon Law School grad:
  • First ring with the 1997 champ (1996 team) Green Bay Packers while he served (1993-2000) as the team's general counsel. Super Bowl XXXI.
  • Second (ring forthcoming) with the 2014 champ Seattle Seahawks (2013 team) for which he is VP/general counsel. Super Bowl XLVIII.
He was a member of two national football championships with Linfield. Lopes was a tight end on the 1982 and 1984 Wildcats' Ad Rutschman-coached NAIA title teams.
Read more about Lopes:
There’s a McMinnville connection to the 2014 Super Bowl champs. Subscribe to the McMinnville N-R? Read its story about McMinnville's Textile Graphics producing Seahawks title shirts.
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Photo from 1984 Linfield football media guide cover. Lance Lopes #83, TE, with Coach Ad Rutschman; Mike McAllister #46, DE; Tim Nacrelli #24, RB, and Steve Boyes, DT, #66.