NEW YORK (AP) — By holding serve at home, the Seattle Seahawks and New England Patriots get to try again. The next prize: a spot in the Super Bowl.

Defending NFL champion Seattle used a slew of big plays to beat Carolina 31-17 Saturday night in an NFC divisional-round game. The Seahawks (13-4) will host either Green Bay or Dallas next weekend after becoming the first Super Bowl winner in nine years to win a postseason match the next season.

Russell Wilson threw three touchdown passes and Kam Chancellor returned an interception 90 yards for a touchdown. Wilson hit Doug Baldwin for a 16-yard TD, found Jermaine Kearse on a 63-yard score, and capped the night with a 25-yard TD pass to Luke Willson early in the fourth quarter.

“We’re just looking for this next challenge, and looking for this NFC championship and we’re just ready to go,” Chancellor said. “We’re ready to get back to practice, get the preparation going and find out who we’ll play and just get it going.”

The Patriots are making what seems like their annual trip to the AFC championship game. Tom Brady set a career record for postseason touchdown passes, leading New England back from two 14-point deficits for a 35-31 victory over Baltimore on Saturday. The Patriots will host either the Broncos or Colts next weekend for a berth in the Super Bowl.

New England (13-4) is 9-0 this season at Gillette Stadium.

“Showed a lot of toughness coming back from those two deficits,” Brady said. “So it took a lot of effort, took a lot of guys making a lot of good plays, and we’ll be happy to host the championship game next week.”

Brady broke Joe Montana’s record with 46 postseason TD passes.

Seahawks 31, Panthers 17

While Wilson was superb, Chancellor made the most eye-catching plays. He twice jumped over the Carolina offensive line on Graham Gano’s field goal attempts at the end of the first half, although to no avail.

And with Carolina (8-9-1) driving down by 14 points in the fourth quarter, Chancellor jumped in front of tight end Ed Dickson and returned his third career postseason interception for a touchdown. The 90-yarder was the longest touchdown in Seattle’s postseason history, topping Percy Harvin’s 87-yard kickoff return for a scored in last February’s Super Bowl.

“It felt awesome,” said the defensive back who normally is overshadowed by All-Pros Richard Sherman and Earl Thomas. “It felt like preparation. It felt like everything I worked all week for. That was my first return of my career and it felt good.”

Patriots 35, Ravens 31

Since Brady took over as New England’s quarterback in 2001, the Patriots have been to eight conference title games and five Super Bowls. They won the first three times, the last after the 2004 season, and lost the two most recent tries, both against the New York Giants. This will be their fourth consecutive appearance in the AFC championship.

It was a tough go getting there. They were outrushed 136-14 — Justin Forsett had 129 yards for Baltimore (11-7). Joe Flacco threw for four touchdowns.

But he also was intercepted twice, and New England gained 408 yards passing.

New England’s Bill Belichick tied Tom Landry for most postseason wins by a coach with 20.