Seahawks Desecrate 49ers’ Locker Room With Cigar Smoke After Winning Super Bowl

Joe Kukura — Mon, 09 Feb 2026 23:58:39 GMT

After knocking the 49ers out of the playoffs, the Seattle Seahawks rubbed it in even harder after winning the Super Bowl Sunday night on the Niners' home field, hotboxing the 49ers locker room with the awful smell of cigars.

Even though the Super Bowl is always played on a neutral field, there is still a designated home team and away team, for coin-flip and uniform choice purposes. The 49ers’ NFC West rival Seattle Seahawks were considered the home team, and because of that, they used the Niners’ locker room for Sunday night's Super Bowl.

And after they won the Super Bowl 29-13 on the 49ers’ home field, the Seahawks were hardly gracious guests. As seen in the video below, a number of Seahawks blazed up and smoked cigars in the 49ers locker room, a further insult to their division foe 49ers.

The final victory cigars of the season are out for the Seahawks. Champagne to come. pic.twitter.com/hB4xv8CdNO
— Dianna Russini (@DMRussini) February 9, 2026

“We love this field. We had a good year on this field,” Seahawks safety Julian Love told the Bay Area News Group. “Four weeks ago, we had cigars in this stadium. We didn’t have to travel too far and were familiar with the surroundings so we felt good today.”

“It’s Lumen South today,” Love also said. “The 12s showed up in full force. Super Bowl is crazy so I appreciate the people that spent their hard-earned money to attend.”

This “Lumen South” reference is a play on how the 49ers refer to the LA Rams’ SoFi Stadium as “Levi’s South.” That seems justified, though, because so many 49ers fans typically pack the Rams’ stadium that they outnumber actual Rams fans. But the 49ers have never had that problem with Seahawks fans taking over Levi’s.

But still, this Seattle team has won nine of their last 14 games at Levi’s Stadium.

It was not the first time that the Seattle Seahawks smoked cigars in Levi's Stadium. As the Bay Area News Group reminds us, “Seattle, of course, broke out victory cigars in Levi’s Stadium’s other locker room, in the northwest corner, after their 13-3 win on January 3.”

Image: SANTA CLARA, CALIFORNIA - FEBRUARY 08: Patrick O'Connell #52 of the Seattle Seahawks celebrates in the locker room after defeating the New England Patriots in Super Bowl LX at Levi's Stadium on February 08, 2026 in Santa Clara, California. (Photo by Kathryn Riley/Getty Images)

Today in San Francisco History - "Small Boy Defends Himself"

sfist_richard — Wed, 14 Jan 2009 09:06:00 GMT

Timecapsule: January 14, 1899

In this San Francisco Chronicle story from 1899, a North Beach street urchin defends himself in court. No, we don't know why he was allowed to act as his own lawyer -- or for that matter, why a six-year old was arrested in the first place! It's just another peep-hole into life during the Gilded Age:

John Manuel Parodi, aged six years, successfully defended himself yesterday in Judge Treadwell's court, where he was on trial for the alleged theft of a box of cigars from the store of Carlos Sobrano on Prescott place, near Vallejo street. Sobrano testified that he missed the cigars a moment after young Parodi left his store about 7 o'clock last Sunday evening.

"I'd like to ask him something" piped the boy defendant in a small treble voice, after Sobrano had told his story.

"Haven't you a lawyer, my boy?" asked the Court, leaning over the bench to get a better view of the tiny prisoner.

"No sir," said John Manuel Parodi. "I think I can acquit the case myself."

"All right; take the witness," said Judge Treadwell, with a poorly concealed smile.

"Did you see me take your cigars, mister?" queried Parodi.

"No, I did not." answered Sobrano.

"Then you don't know I took 'em. Don't you know, mister, that you sold a package of cigarettes to me which is against the law, and then you come and say I stole your cigars. You're all right, you are."

Sobrano was excused, and Giovanni Cerino, a larger boy than the defendant, took the stand. Cerino said he saw Parodi leaving the store with a box of cigars under his arm.

"Where were you then?" inquired the amateur attorney.

"On the opposite side of the street," replied the witness.

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Seahawks Desecrate 49ers’ Locker Room With Cigar Smoke After Winning Super Bowl

Today in San Francisco History - "Small Boy Defends Himself"