SEATTLE (Ticker) -- A healthy Matt Hasselbeck and ShaunAlexander make a big difference in the Seattle Seahawks'offense. Hasselbeck led scoring drives on four of his five series andAlexander had a touchdown run to lead the Seahawks to a 30-13preseason victory over the Minnesota Vikings on Saturday. Alexander, who was limited to 10 games last season due to abroken foot, capped a nine-play, 74-yard drive with a 1-yard runto give the Seahawks a 16-7 lead with 3:31 left in the openinghalf. He rushed for 30 yards on eight carries. Hasselbeck, who suffered a knee injury against the Vikings thatcaused him to miss four games last season, finished 12-of-17 for129 yards and an interception. Josh Brown kicked field goals of 28, 22 and 46 yards to stakethe Seahawks to a 9-0 lead before the Vikings cashed in on aninterception of Hasselbeck with a trick play. Wide receiver Bobby Wade threw a 6-yard scoring pass to tightend Visanthe Shiancoe to cut the lead to 9-7. Ryan Longwell booted field goals of 47 and 49 yards to get theVikings within 16-13, but Seattle pulled away when backupquarterback Seneca Wallace connected with Ben Obomanu on a57-yard scoring pass. Vikings rookie running back Adrian Peterson, the seventh overallpick, had another solid outing with 10 carries for 41 yards.Chester Taylor, who is in line to start ahead of Peterson, alsowas impressive with 61 yards on eight carries. Minnesota quarterback Tarvaris Jackson was 9-of-18 for 117 yardsbut fumbled on his first possession, leading to Brown's firstfield goal.
NFL: MINNESOTA at SEATTLE <div class="pre">NFL FINAL 1ST 2ND 3RD 4TH TOTAL --- --- --- --- ----- MINNESOTA 0 10 3 0 13 SEATTLE 6 10 7 7 30 FINAL SCORING SUMMARY 1ST QUARTER: 1:30 SEA - FG, JOSH BROWN 28 YD. SEATTLE 3-0. 6:01 SEA - FG, JOSH BROWN 22 YD. SEATTLE 6-0. 2ND QUARTER: 2:03 SEA - FG, JOSH BROWN 46 YD. SEATTLE 9-0. 6:28 MIN - TD, VISANTHE SHIANCOE 6 YD PASS FROM BOBBY WADE (RYAN LONGWELL KICK). SEATTLE 9-7. 11:32 SEA - TD, SHAUN ALEXANDER 1 YD RUN (JOSH BROWN KICK). SEATTLE 16-7. 14:27 MIN - FG, RYAN LONGWELL 47 YD. SEATTLE 16-10. 3RD QUARTER: 14:30 MIN - FG, RYAN LONGWELL 49 YD. SEATTLE 16-13. 14:47 SEA - TD, BEN OBOMANU 57 YD PASS FROM SENECA WALLACE (KURT SMITH KICK). SEATTLE 23-13. 4TH QUARTER: 0:56 SEA - TD, KEVIN HOBBS 39 YD INTERCEPTION RETURN (KURT SMITH KICK). SEATTLE 30-13. MINNESOTA - SEATTLE Final Statistics TEAM STATISTICS MINNESOTA SEATTLE FIRST DOWNS 19 15 Rushing 11 6 Passing 6 9 Penalty 2 0 THIRD DOWN EFFICIENCY 3-13-23% 3-10-30% FOURTH DOWN EFFICIENCY 1-2-50% 0-0-0% TOTAL NET YARDS 319 281 Total offensive plays 65 47 Average gain per play 4.9 6.0 NET YARDS RUSHING 152 75 Rushing attempts 34 23 Average gain per rush 4.5 3.3 Tackles for loss-yards 5-14 2-8 NET YARDS PASSING 167 206 Times sacked: Number-Yards 1-8 0-0 Gross passing yards 175 206 PASS ATTEMPTS-COMPLETIONS-HAD INTERCEPTED 30-16-2 24-17-1 Avg gain per pass play 5.4 8.6 KICKOFFS: Number-In End Zone-Touchbacks 4-1-0 7-4-2 PUNTS: Number and Average 4-41.5 2-51.0 Had blocked 0 0 Net punting average 41.0 16.0 TOTAL RETURN YARDAGE (Not including kickoffs) 15 109 Number-Yards: Punt Returns 1-2 2-70 Number-Yards: Kickoff Returns 5-115 4-106 Number-Yards: Interception Returns 1-13 2-39 PENALTIES: Number-Yards 5-35 5-26 FUMBLES: Number-Lost 2-1 1-1 TOUCHDOWNS 1 3 Rushing 0 1 Passing 1 1 Interceptions 0 1 Other (blocked kicks, etc.) 0 0 EXTRA POINTS: Made-Attempts 1-1 3-3 Kicking: Made-Attempts 1-1 3-3 Passing: Made-Attempts 0-0 0-0 Rushing: Made-Attempts 0-0 0-0 FIELD GOALS: Made-Attempts 2-3 3-3 FGs - PATs had blocked 0-0 0-0 RED ZONE EFFICIENCY 1-3-33% 1-3-33% GOAL TO GO EFFICIENCY 1-2-50% 1-2-50% SAFETIES 0 0 TIME OF POSSESSION 34:09 25:51 INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS MINNESOTA SEATTLE RUSHING ATT YDS AVG LG TD RUSHING ATT YDS AVG LG TD -------------------------------------- -------------------------------------- C TAYLOR 8 61 7.6 17 0 S ALEXANDE 8 30 3.8 11 1 A PETERSON 10 41 4.1 13 0 M WEEKS 4 25 6.3 16 0 M MOORE 7 24 3.4 14 0 L WEAVER 5 12 2.4 10 0 A PINNER 5 9 1.8 11 0 M MORRIS 3 9 3.0 4 0 B BOLLINGE 1 9 9.0 9 0 D KIRTMAN 1 1 1.0 1 0 C WILLIAMS 1 8 8.0 8 0 M HASSELBE 1 -1 -1.0 0 0 C FASON 1 0 0.0 0 0 S WALLACE 1 -1 -1.0 0 0 T JACKSON 1 0 0.0 0 0 PASSING CM-AT-YDS IN TD LG PASSING CM-AT-YDS IN TD LG -------------------------------------- -------------------------------------- T JACKSON 9-18-117 0 0 35 M HASSELBE 12-17-129 1 0 24 B BOLLINGE 6-11- 52 2 0 24 S WALLACE 5- 7- 77 0 1 57 B WADE 1- 1- 6 0 1 6 Sacked-Yards Lost: B BOLLINGE 1-8. Sacked-Yards Lost: None RECEIVING NO YDS AVG LG TD RECEIVING NO YDS AVG LG TD -------------------------------------- -------------------------------------- B WADE 5 85 17.0 35 0 B ENGRAM 4 53 13.3 20 0 S RICE 3 21 7.0 9 0 M POLLARD 3 38 12.7 24 0 B JONES 2 29 14.5 24 0 D BRANCH 3 25 8.3 10 0 N TAHI 1 16 16.0 16 0 M STRONG 2 14 7.0 11 0 R FERGUSON 1 11 11.0 11 0 B OBOMANU 1 57 57.0 57 1 V SHIANCOE 1 6 6.0 6 1 S ALEXANDE 1 5 5.0 5 0 M MOORE 1 4 4.0 4 0 B JOPPRU 1 5 5.0 5 0 C WILLIAMS 1 4 4.0 4 0 L WEAVER 1 5 5.0 5 0 A PINNER 1 -1 -1.0 0 0 C JONES 1 4 4.0 4 0 INTERCEPTIONS NO YDS AVG LG TD INTERCEPTIONS NO YDS AVG LG TD -------------------------------------- -------------------------------------- A WINFIELD 1 13 13.0 13 0 K HOBBS 1 39 39.0 39 1 W HERRING 1 0 0.0 0 0 PUNTING NO YDS AVG T I LG PUNTING NO YDS AVG T I LG -------------------------------------- -------------------------------------- C KLUWE 4 166 41.5 0 1 59 R PLACKEME 2 102 51.0 0 1 54 T = Touchbacks, I = Inside 20 PUNT RETURNS NO YDS AVG LG TD PUNT RETURNS NO YDS AVG LG TD -------------------------------------- -------------------------------------- C GORDON 1 2 2.0 2 0 N BURLESON 1 53 53.0 53 0 B OBOMANU 1 17 17.0 17 0 KICKOFF RETURNS NO YDS AVG LG TD KICKOFF RETURNS NO YDS AVG LG TD -------------------------------------- -------------------------------------- A ALLISON 3 71 23.7 28 0 J WILSON 3 93 31.0 38 0 C WILLIAMS 2 44 22.0 27 0 B OBOMANU 1 13 13.0 13 0 KICKING XP/XPA FG/FGA KICKING XP/XPA FG/FGA ---------------------------------- ---------------------------------- R LONGWELL 1/1 2/2 J BROWN 1/1 3/3 Dist.: 47 49 Dist.: 28 22 46 K SMITH 2/2 0/0 O-D O-D FUMBLES NO LOST FF REC FUMBLES NO LOST FF REC ------------------------------------ ------------------------------------ T JACKSON 1 1 0 0-0 L WEAVER 1 1 0 0-0 M MOORE 1 0 0 0-0 R DAVIS 0 0 1 0-0 F EVANS 0 0 1 0-0 DEFENSE TK SO AS SK-YD DEFENSE TK SO AS SK-YD ------------------------------------ ------------------------------------ A WINFIELD 8 7 1 0-0 M TRUFANT 6 6 0 0-0 E HENDERSON 5 5 0 0-0 K BENTLEY 5 4 1 0-0 M MCCAULEY 5 4 1 0-0 K HOBBS 5 4 1 0-0 C GRIFFIN 4 4 0 0-0 N KOUTOUVIDES 4 4 0 0-0 D HERRON 3 2 1 0-0 P KERNEY 4 3 1 0-0 B LEBER 2 2 0 0-0 B ATKINS 3 3 0 1-8 F EVANS 2 2 0 0-0 D GRANT 3 3 0 0-0 D SMITH 1 1 0 0-0 C DARBY 2 2 0 0-0 H GREEN 1 1 0 0-0 K JENNINGS 2 2 0 0-0 K WILLIAMS 1 1 0 0-0 L LAURY 2 2 0 0-0 H FARWELL 1 1 0 0-0 C WALLACE 2 2 0 0-0 B ROBISON 1 1 0 0-0 R BERNARD 2 2 0 0-0 G BLUE 1 1 0 0-0 C TERRILL 2 2 0 0-0 T WILLIAMS 1 1 0 0-0 R DAVIS 2 1 1 0-0 P BODY 1 1 0 0-0 D GROCE 2 1 1 0-0 P WILLIAMS 1 1 0 0-0 L TATUPU 2 1 1 0-0 D SHARPER 1 1 0 0-0 W HERRING 2 0 2 0-0 C GREENWAY 1 0 1 0-0 B RUSSELL 1 1 0 0-0 J MITCHELL 1 0 1 0-0 M RUCKER 1 1 0 0-0 J WILSON 1 1 0 0-0 B MEBANE 1 1 0 0-0 M GREEN 1 0 1 0-0 N TAFISI 1 0 1 0-0 Officials: Referee-Larry Nemmers, Umpire-Undrey Wash, Head Linesman-Mark Baltz, Line Judge-Michael Spanier, Field Judge-Eddy Powers, Side Judge-Mike Weatherford, Back Judge-Dino Paganelli. Att: 66,723 Time of Game: 2:52</div>
