GAME THREAD: GAME THREAD: NFL: SAN FRANCISCO (2-6) at SEATTLE (4-4)

NFL: SAN FRANCISCO at SEATTLE

<div class="pre">NFL FINAL 1ST 2ND 3RD 4TH TOTAL
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SAN FRANCISCO 0 0 0 0 0
SEATTLE 10 7 0 7 24 FINAL

SCORING SUMMARY

1ST QUARTER:

6:43 SEA - TD, WILL HELLER 1 YD PASS FROM MATT HASSELBECK (JOSH BROWN KICK).
Drive: 13 plays, 84 yards in 5:33.
Key plays: Hasselbeck 16-yard pass to Engram to Seattle 32;
Hasselbeck 12-yard pass to Burleson on 3rd-and-2 to San Francisco 48;
Hasselbeck 12-yard pass to Hackett to San Francisco 36; Hasselbeck 20-yard
pass to Burleson to San Francisco 16; Hasselbeck 1-yard pass to Heller on
3rd-and-7 plus a 6-yard roughing the passer penalty on 49ers' Haralson to
San Francisco 6. SEATTLE 7-0.
10:53 SEA - FG, JOSH BROWN 20 YD.
Drive: 7 plays, 19 yards in 2:38.
Key plays: Bernard recovery of A Smith fumble at San Francisco 21;
Morris 1-yard run on 3rd-and-1 to San Francisco 11. SEATTLE 10-0.

2ND QUARTER:

9:43 SEA - TD, MAURICE MORRIS 6 YD RUN (JOSH BROWN KICK).
Drive: 3 plays, 52 yards in :44.
Key plays: Hasselbeck 46-yard pass to Hackett to San Francisco 6.
SEATTLE 17-0.

3RD QUARTER:

NONE

4TH QUARTER:

0:05 SEA - TD, D.J. HACKETT 10 YD PASS FROM MATT HASSELBECK (JOSH BROWN KICK).
Drive: 12 plays, 77 yards in 6:12.
Key plays: Hasselbeck 9-yard pass to Hackett on 3rd-and-6 to San
Francisco 39; Hasselbeck 10-yard pass to Burleson to San Francisco 29.
SEATTLE 24-0.

SAN FRANCISCO - SEATTLE Final Statistics

TEAM STATISTICS SAN FRANCISCO SEATTLE

FIRST DOWNS 6 27
Rushing 3 7
Passing 3 17
Penalty 0 3
THIRD DOWN EFFICIENCY 1-12-8% 6-14-43%
FOURTH DOWN EFFICIENCY 0-3-0% 0-0-0%
TOTAL NET YARDS 173 380
Total offensive plays 47 77
Average gain per play 3.7 4.9
NET YARDS RUSHING 79 106
Rushing attempts 16 36
Average gain per rush 4.9 2.9
Tackles for loss-yards 1-2 7-11
NET YARDS PASSING 94 274
Times sacked: Number-Yards 3-20 1-4
Gross passing yards 114 278
PASS ATTEMPTS-COMPLETIONS-HAD INTERCEPTED 28-12-0 40-27-1
Avg gain per pass play 3.0 6.7
KICKOFFS: Number-In End Zone-Touchbacks 1-0-0 5-2-1
PUNTS: Number and Average 7-50.7 5-40.6
Had blocked 0 0
Net punting average 49.1 35.6
TOTAL RETURN YARDAGE (Not including kickoffs) 23 25
Number-Yards: Punt Returns 1-11 5-25
Number-Yards: Kickoff Returns 4-102 1-0
Number-Yards: Interception Returns 1-12 0-0
PENALTIES: Number-Yards 10-53 4-39
FUMBLES: Number-Lost 2-2 3-1
TOUCHDOWNS 0 3
Rushing 0 1
Passing 0 2
Interceptions 0 0
Other (blocked kicks, etc.) 0 0
EXTRA POINTS: Made-Attempts 0-0 3-3
Kicking: Made-Attempts 0-0 3-3
Passing: Made-Attempts 0-0 0-0
Rushing: Made-Attempts 0-0 0-0
FIELD GOALS: Made-Attempts 0-0 1-2
FGs - PATs had blocked 0-0 0-0
RED ZONE EFFICIENCY 0-1-0% 3-4-75%
GOAL TO GO EFFICIENCY 0-0-0% 2-2-100%
SAFETIES 0 0
TIME OF POSSESSION 20:06 39:54


INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS

SAN FRANCISCO SEATTLE

RUSHING ATT YDS AVG LG TD RUSHING ATT YDS AVG LG TD
-------------------------------------- --------------------------------------
F GORE 13 72 5.5 16 0 M MORRIS 28 87 3.1 10 1
A SMITH 1 6 6.0 6 0 M HASSELBE 6 16 2.7 8 0
M NORRIS 1 3 3.0 3 0 L WEAVER 2 3 1.5 5 0
A BATTLE 1 -2 -2.0 0 0

PASSING CM-AT-YDS IN TD LG PASSING CM-AT-YDS IN TD LG
-------------------------------------- --------------------------------------
A SMITH 12-28-114 0 0 45 M HASSELBE 27-40-278 1 2 46

Sacked-Yards Lost: A SMITH 3-20. Sacked-Yards Lost: M HASSELBE 1-4.

RECEIVING NO YDS AVG LG TD RECEIVING NO YDS AVG LG TD
-------------------------------------- --------------------------------------
A BATTLE 4 78 19.5 45 0 D HACKETT 8 101 12.6 46 1
A LELIE 2 18 9.0 12 0 B ENGRAM 4 53 13.3 20 0
F GORE 2 7 3.5 7 0 N BURLESON 4 51 12.8 20 0
V DAVIS 1 4 4.0 4 0 M MORRIS 3 16 5.3 9 0
D JACKSON 1 4 4.0 4 0 W HELLER 3 5 1.7 3 1
D WALKER 1 2 2.0 2 0 L WEAVER 2 22 11.0 15 0
M HICKS 1 1 1.0 1 0 M POLLARD 2 19 9.5 11 0
B OBOMANU 1 11 11.0 11 0

INTERCEPTIONS NO YDS AVG LG TD INTERCEPTIONS NO YDS AVG LG TD
-------------------------------------- --------------------------------------
N CLEMENTS 1 12 12.0 12 0

PUNTING NO YDS AVG T I LG PUNTING NO YDS AVG T I LG
-------------------------------------- --------------------------------------
A LEE 7 355 50.7 0 4 60 R PLACKEME 5 203 40.6 0 2 51

T = Touchbacks, I = Inside 20

PUNT RETURNS NO YDS AVG LG TD PUNT RETURNS NO YDS AVG LG TD
-------------------------------------- --------------------------------------
M LEWIS 1 11 11.0 11 0 N BURLESON 5 25 5.0 10 0

KICKOFF RETURNS NO YDS AVG LG TD KICKOFF RETURNS NO YDS AVG LG TD
-------------------------------------- --------------------------------------
M HICKS 4 102 25.5 32 0 C WALLACE 1 0 0.0 0 0

KICKING XP/XPA FG/FGA KICKING XP/XPA FG/FGA
---------------------------------- ----------------------------------
J BROWN 3/3 1/2
Dist.: 20 (54)

O-D O-D
FUMBLES NO LOST FF REC FUMBLES NO LOST FF REC
------------------------------------ ------------------------------------
A SMITH 2 2 0 0-0 M MORRIS 1 1 0 0-0
A FRANKLIN 0 0 1 0-0 N BURLESON 1 0 0 0-0
M LEWIS 0 0 0 0-1 C SPENCER 1 0 0 0-0
J BABINEAUX 0 0 1 0-0
P KERNEY 0 0 1 0-0
R BERNARD 0 0 0 0-1
D TAPP 0 0 0 0-1
M HASSELBECK 0 0 0 1-0

DEFENSE TK SO AS SK-YD DEFENSE TK SO AS SK-YD
------------------------------------ ------------------------------------
J ULBRICH 10 9 1 0-0 K BENTLEY 10 6 4 0-0
M LEWIS 9 7 2 0-0 L TATUPU 6 3 3 0-0
N CLEMENTS 6 5 1 0-0 J BABINEAUX 3 3 0 1-8
M HUDSON 6 5 1 0-0 R BERNARD 3 0 3 0-0
P WILLIS 5 5 0 0-0 P KERNEY 2 2 0 1-9
M DOUGLAS 4 4 0 0-0 J PETERSON 2 2 0 1-3
D SMITH 4 3 1 0-0 B RUSSELL 2 2 0 0-0
P HARALSON 3 3 0 1-4 M TRUFANT 2 2 0 0-0
T BANTA-CAIN 3 2 1 0-0 E WYMS 1 1 0 0-0
B YOUNG 2 2 0 0-0 D GRANT 1 1 0 0-0
S SPENCER 2 2 0 0-0 J WILSON 1 1 0 0-0
A FRANKLIN 2 1 1 0-0 D TAPP 1 1 0 0-0
B MOORE 1 1 0 0-0 C TERRILL 1 1 0 0-0
R GREEN 1 1 0 0-0
I SOPOAGA 1 1 0 0-0
R FIELDS 1 1 0 0-0
M ROMAN 1 0 1 0-0

Officials: Referee-Larry Nemmers, Umpire-Bill Schuster, Head
Linesman-Mark Baltz, Line Judge-Michael Spanier, Field Judge-Eddie
Powers, Side Judge-Carl Sheffers, Back Judge-Dino Paganelli.

Att: 68,331 Time of Game: 3:05</div>

 

SEATTLE (Ticker) -- The Seattle Seahawks got well at theexpense of the woeful San Francisco 49ers.


Matt Hasselbeck threw a pair of touchdown passes and theSeahawks dominated all facets of the game in manhandling thereeling 49ers, 24-0, on Monday night.


Backup running back Maurice Morris rushed for 87 yards and atouchdown as Seattle (5-4) maintained a one-game edge over theArizona Cardinals in the NFC West and avenged a pair of lossesto San Francisco last season.


The Seahawks recorded their fifth shutout on Monday NightFootball, extending a league record they already owned.

"It's a great team effort," Seahawks coach Mike Holmgren said."I told the guys that anytime you get a shutout in this leagueit's really something. Your defense played really well. Wewere able to pressure their quarterback. I was pleased with ourdefense and our offense was a little bit better."


The 49ers (2-7) suffered their seventh consecutive defeat undercoach Mike Nolan, who was on the sideline one day after thedeath of his father, Dick Nolan, the longtime San Franciscocoach who died on Sunday at age 75.


During the seven-game streak, the Niners have managed just 67points and the offense turned in another atrocious performance.San Francisco did not get a first down until the final play ofthe first half.


Holmgren had vowed to return to his roots and throw the ballmore to get his team out of its offensive funk.


With his running game ineffective for most of the season andstar running back Shaun Alexander inactive due to multipleinjuries, Holmgren put the ball in the hands of Hasselback onMonday night.


The nine-year veteran quarterback delivered even though he waswithout wide receiver Deion Branch, who sat out his fourthstraight game with a sprained foot.


"Matt has always had the ability to go to the shotgun and hereally likes it," Holmgren said. "He's a little morecomfortable in it now. I was not pleased with how we wererunning the ball."


Hasselbeck finished 27-of-40 for 278 yards, two TDs and oneinterception. He hit tight end Will Heller for 1 yard to openthe scoring in the first quarter and D.J. Hackett from 10 yardsto push the margin to 24-0 in the fourth quarter.


Hackett hauled in eight passes for 101 yards and a touchdown, asHasselbeck completed passes to eight different receivers.

Starting in place of Alexander, Morris also caught three passesfor 16 yards but he was more annoyed by committing a fumble onone of them.


It was pretty good but whenever you have a fumble, I'm not happyabout it," Morris said. "I'm happy about the win. Overall Iguess it was pretty good. We sprayed the ball all over thefield and that kind of softened the run defense up and helped usdo some positive things."


Conversely, San Francisco quarterback Alex Smith was 11-of-23for just 102 yards as the 49ers went three-and-out on theirfirst five possessions and never had the ball more than fiveplays until midway through the fourth quarter, when they hadtheir first third-down conversion.


"Alex Smith is a great athlete," Holmgren said. "He's still ayoung guy learning to play the position."


Running back Frank Gore, who tore up Seattle's defense for 356yards in two games last season, was limited to 72 on 13 carries.

San Francisco finally got their first first down as the openinghalf ended - and even that was in dispute.


Smith connected with Arnaz Battle on a Hail Mary pass that thereceiver appeared to juggle and lose control of as he fell outof bounds. But with the half over, there was no reason toreview the play.


Even Seattle's miscues turned out well on this night.

Josh Brown booted a 46-yard field goal for an apparent 13-0 leadwith 8:46 left in the half, but a holding penalty on Hellertook the points off the board and forced the Seahawks to punt.

No matter. Ryan Plackemeier dropped in a perfectly placed puntand pinned the 49ers at their 1-yard line.


Seattle forced a third straight three-and out and, after takingover on their 48 following a punt, Hasselbeck hit Hackett for 46yards to the 6-yard line.


Two plays later, Morris scampered in from the 6 for a 17-0 leadwith 5:17 left in the half. It was the first rushing TD of theseason for Morris.


In the final two minutes of the first half, a penalty againstthe Seahawks for interfering on a fair catch set up SanFrancisco at Seattle's 31-yard line.


But on second down, safety Jordan Babineaux came in untouched ona blitz and leveled Smith, forcing a fumble that was recoveredby teammate Darryl Tapp.


One mistake finally did come back and bite the Seahawks. Brownconnected on a 49-yard field goal with 12 seconds left in thehalf, but a false-start penalty negated the kick, and he misseda subsequent 54-yard attempt.


"Special teams, we have some work to do," Holmgren said. "Wehad six points taken off the board."

 

SEATTLE (Ticker) -- The Seattle Seahawks got well at theexpense of the woeful San Francisco 49ers.


Matt Hasselbeck threw a pair of touchdown passes and theSeahawks dominated all facets of the game in manhandling thereeling 49ers, 24-0, on Monday night.


Backup running back Maurice Morris rushed for 87 yards and atouchdown as Seattle (5-4) maintained a one-game edge over theArizona Cardinals in the NFC West and avenged a pair of lossesto San Francisco last season.


The Seahawks recorded their fifth shutout on Monday NightFootball, extending a league record they already owned.

"It's a great team effort," Seahawks coach Mike Holmgren said."I told the guys that anytime you get a shutout in this leagueit's really something. Your defense played really well. Wewere able to pressure their quarterback. I was pleased with ourdefense and our offense was a little bit better."


The 49ers (2-7) suffered their seventh consecutive defeat undercoach Mike Nolan, who was on the sideline one day after thedeath of his father, Dick Nolan, the longtime San Franciscocoach who died on Sunday at age 75.


During the seven-game streak, the Niners have managed just 67points and the offense turned in another atrocious performance.San Francisco did not get a first down until the final play ofthe first half.


Holmgren had vowed to return to his roots and throw the ballmore to get his team out of its offensive funk.


With his running game ineffective for most of the season andstar running back Shaun Alexander inactive due to multipleinjuries, Holmgren put the ball in the hands of Hasselback onMonday night.


The nine-year veteran quarterback delivered even though he waswithout wide receiver Deion Branch, who sat out his fourthstraight game with a sprained foot.


"Matt has always had the ability to go to the shotgun and hereally likes it," Holmgren said. "He's a little morecomfortable in it now. I was not pleased with how we wererunning the ball."


Hasselbeck finished 27-of-40 for 278 yards, two TDs and oneinterception. He hit tight end Will Heller for 1 yard to openthe scoring in the first quarter and D.J. Hackett from 10 yardsto push the margin to 24-0 in the fourth quarter.


Hackett hauled in eight passes for 101 yards and a touchdown, asHasselbeck completed passes to eight different receivers.

Starting in place of Alexander, Morris also caught three passesfor 16 yards but he was more annoyed by committing a fumble onone of them.


It was pretty good but whenever you have a fumble, I'm not happyabout it," Morris said. "I'm happy about the win. Overall Iguess it was pretty good. We sprayed the ball all over thefield and that kind of softened the run defense up and helped usdo some positive things."


Conversely, San Francisco quarterback Alex Smith was 11-of-23for just 102 yards as the 49ers went three-and-out on theirfirst five possessions and never had the ball more than fiveplays until midway through the fourth quarter, when they hadtheir first third-down conversion.


"Alex Smith is a great athlete," Holmgren said. "He's still ayoung guy learning to play the position."


Running back Frank Gore, who tore up Seattle's defense for 356yards in two games last season, was limited to 72 on 13 carries.

San Francisco finally got their first first down as the openinghalf ended - and even that was in dispute.


Smith connected with Arnaz Battle on a Hail Mary pass that thereceiver appeared to juggle and lose control of as he fell outof bounds. But with the half over, there was no reason toreview the play.


Even Seattle's miscues turned out well on this night.

Josh Brown booted a 46-yard field goal for an apparent 13-0 leadwith 8:46 left in the half, but a holding penalty on Hellertook the points off the board and forced the Seahawks to punt.

No matter. Ryan Plackemeier dropped in a perfectly placed puntand pinned the 49ers at their 1-yard line.


Seattle forced a third straight three-and out and, after takingover on their 48 following a punt, Hasselbeck hit Hackett for 46yards to the 6-yard line.


Two plays later, Morris scampered in from the 6 for a 17-0 leadwith 5:17 left in the half. It was the first rushing TD of theseason for Morris.


In the final two minutes of the first half, a penalty againstthe Seahawks for interfering on a fair catch set up SanFrancisco at Seattle's 31-yard line.


But on second down, safety Jordan Babineaux came in untouched ona blitz and leveled Smith, forcing a fumble that was recoveredby teammate Darryl Tapp.


One mistake finally did come back and bite the Seahawks. Brownconnected on a 49-yard field goal with 12 seconds left in thehalf, but a false-start penalty negated the kick, and he misseda subsequent 54-yard attempt.


"Special teams, we have some work to do," Holmgren said. "Wehad six points taken off the board."

 

SEATTLE (Ticker) -- The Seattle Seahawks got well at theexpense of the woeful San Francisco 49ers.


Matt Hasselbeck threw a pair of touchdown passes and theSeahawks dominated all facets of the game in manhandling thereeling 49ers, 24-0, on Monday night.


Backup running back Maurice Morris rushed for 87 yards and atouchdown as Seattle (5-4) maintained a one-game edge over theArizona Cardinals in the NFC West and avenged a pair of lossesto San Francisco last season.


The Seahawks recorded their fifth shutout on Monday NightFootball, extending a league record they already owned.

"It's a great team effort," Seahawks coach Mike Holmgren said."I told the guys that anytime you get a shutout in this leagueit's really something. Your defense played really well. Wewere able to pressure their quarterback. I was pleased with ourdefense and our offense was a little bit better."


The 49ers (2-7) suffered their seventh consecutive defeat undercoach Mike Nolan, who was on the sideline one day after thedeath of his father, Dick Nolan, the longtime San Franciscocoach who died on Sunday at age 75.


During the seven-game streak, the Niners have managed just 67points and the offense turned in another atrocious performance.San Francisco did not get a first down until the final play ofthe first half.


It was frustrating tonight," 49ers quarterback Alex Smith. "Weare better than that. Not taking anything away from Seattle,they played a great game tonight, but it was frustrating."

Holmgren had felt his offense was not good enough and vowed toreturn to his roots and throw the ball more to get his team outof its funk.


With his running game ineffective for most of the season andstar running back Shaun Alexander inactive due to multipleinjuries, Holmgren put the ball in the hands of Hasselback onMonday night, letting him line up in shotgun formation.

"I think it's great. I think it makes things a lot easier,"Hasselbeck said. "We don't have a lot of experience with it. Iam trying to use it and not abuse it so he doesn't take itaway."


The nine-year veteran quarterback delivered even though he waswithout wide receiver Deion Branch, who sat out his fourthstraight game with a sprained foot.


Hasselbeck finished 27-of-40 for 278 yards, two TDs and oneinterception. He hit tight end Will Heller for 1 yard to openthe scoring in the first quarter and D.J. Hackett from 10 yardsto push the margin to 24-0 in the fourth quarter.


"Matt has always had the ability to go to the shotgun and hereally likes it," Holmgren said. "He's a little morecomfortable in it now. I was not pleased with how we wererunning the ball."


Hackett hauled in eight passes for 101 yards and a touchdown, asHasselbeck completed passes to eight different receivers.

Starting in place of Alexander, Morris also caught three passesfor 16 yards but he was more annoyed by committing a fumble onone of them.


It was pretty good but whenever you have a fumble, I'm not happyabout it," Morris said. "I'm happy about the win. Overall Iguess it was pretty good. We sprayed the ball all over thefield and that kind of softened the run defense up and helped usdo some positive things."


Conversely, Smith was 11-of-23 for just 102 yards as the 49erswent three-and-out on their first five possessions and never hadthe ball more than five plays until midway through the fourthquarter, when they had their first third-down conversion.

"No one said it was going to be easy and it's not," Smith."We're all going to have to look inward to come out of this. Wehave to fight our way out. There is absolutely no questionthat I could have been better tonight. Without a doubt, I wasnot good enough."


Running back Frank Gore, who tore up Seattle's defense for 356yards in two games last season, was limited to 72 on 13 carries.

San Francisco finally got their first first down as the openinghalf ended - and even that was in dispute.


Smith connected with Arnaz Battle on a Hail Mary pass that thereceiver appeared to juggle and lose control of as he fell outof bounds. But with the half over, there was no reason toreview the play.


Even Seattle's miscues turned out well on this night.

Josh Brown booted a 46-yard field goal for an apparent 13-0 leadwith 8:46 left in the half, but a holding penalty on Hellertook the points off the board and forced the Seahawks to punt.

No matter. Ryan Plackemeier dropped in a perfectly placed puntand pinned the 49ers at their 1-yard line.


Seattle forced a third straight three-and out and, after takingover on their 48 following a punt, Hasselbeck hit Hackett for 46yards to the 6-yard line.


Two plays later, Morris scampered in from the 6 for a 17-0 leadwith 5:17 left in the half. It was the first rushing TD of theseason for Morris.


In the final two minutes of the first half, a penalty againstthe Seahawks for interfering on a fair catch set up SanFrancisco at Seattle's 31-yard line.


But on second down, safety Jordan Babineaux came in untouched ona blitz and leveled Smith, forcing a fumble that was recoveredby teammate Darryl Tapp.


The 49ers had their best opportunity to break the shutout andget back in the game following an interception by Nate Clementsearly in the third quarter.


San Francisco drove to the Seahawks 1-yard line, but on fourthdown Gore was swallowed up by a wave of defenders.

"That was big, especially after a sudden change like that,"Seattle linebacker Julian Peterson said. "For us to make astand like that was real big for us. Hopefully this will carryover for us and show everybody how dominant we can be."

One mistake finally did come back and bite the Seahawks. Brownconnected on a 49-yard field goal with 12 seconds left in thehalf, but a false-start penalty negated the kick, and he misseda subsequent 54-yard attempt.


"Special teams, we have some work to do," Holmgren said. "Wehad six points taken off the board."