GAME THREAD: GAME THREAD: NFL: SEATTLE (2-1) at SAN FRANCISCO (2-1)

NFL: SEATTLE at SAN FRANCISCO

<div class="pre">NFL
SEATTLE 23
SAN FRANCISCO 3 14:49 LEFT, 4TH QTR

SFO BALL ON SFO 20 YD LINE
1ST AND 10</div>

 

NFL: SEATTLE at SAN FRANCISCO

<div class="pre">NFL SEATTLE 23
SAN FRANCISCO 3 12:11 LEFT, 4TH QTR</div>

 

NFL: SEATTLE at SAN FRANCISCO

<div class="pre">NFL
SEATTLE 23
SAN FRANCISCO 3 11:16 LEFT, 4TH QTR

SEA BALL ON SEA 20 YD LINE
1ST AND 10</div>

 

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<div class="pre">NFL SEATTLE 23
SAN FRANCISCO 3 8:05 LEFT, 4TH QTR</div>

 

NFL: SEATTLE at SAN FRANCISCO

<div class="pre">NFL
SEATTLE 23
SAN FRANCISCO 3 5:52 LEFT, 4TH QTR

SFO BALL ON SFO 20 YD LINE
1ST AND 10</div>

 

NFL: SEATTLE at SAN FRANCISCO

<div class="pre">NFL
SEATTLE 23
SAN FRANCISCO 3 4:58 LEFT, 4TH QTR

SEA BALL ON SEA 22 YD LINE
1ST AND 10</div>

 

NFL: SEATTLE at SAN FRANCISCO

<div class="pre">NFL
SEATTLE 23
SAN FRANCISCO 3 2:21 LEFT, 4TH QTR

SFO BALL ON SFO 24 YD LINE
1ST AND 10</div>

 

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<div class="pre">NFL SEATTLE 23
SAN FRANCISCO 3 2:21 LEFT, 4TH QTR</div>

 

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<div class="pre">NFL
SEATTLE 23
SAN FRANCISCO 3 1:47 LEFT, 4TH QTR

SEA BALL ON SEA 31 YD LINE
1ST AND 10</div>

 

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<div class="pre">NFL SEATTLE 23
SAN FRANCISCO 3 1:08 LEFT, 4TH QTR</div>

 

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<div class="pre">NFL FINAL 1ST 2ND 3RD 4TH TOTAL
--- --- --- --- -----
SEATTLE 0 13 7 3 23
SAN FRANCISCO 0 0 3 0 3 FINAL

SCORING SUMMARY

1ST QUARTER: NONE
2ND QUARTER: SEA - FG, JOSH BROWN 23 YD, 2:05. Drive: 11
plays, 52 yards in 5:29. Key plays:
Hasselbeck 18-yard pass to Wallace
to San Francisco 24; Hasslebeck
12-yard pass to Strong on 3rd-and-7
to San Francisco 9. SEATTLE 3-0
SEA - TD, BOBBY ENGRAM 17 YD PASS FROM MATT
HASSELBECK (JOSH BROWN KICK), 8:50.
Drive: 2 plays, 82 yards in 0:51.
Key plays: Hasselbeck 65-yard pass
to Branch to San Francisco 17.
SEATTLE 10-0
SEA - FG, JOSH BROWN 31 YD, 14:03. Drive: 8
plays, 68 yards in 2:31. Key plays:
Hasselbeck 31-yard pass to Branch
on 3rd-and-6 to San Francisco 45;
Hasselbeck 26-yard pass to Engram
to San Francisco 19. SEATTLE 13-0
3RD QUARTER: SEA - TD, MARCUS POLLARD 14 YD PASS FROM MATT
HASSELBECK (JOSH BROWN KICK), 2:49.
Drive: 6 plays, 44 yards in 2:37.
Key plays: Trufant 23-yard
interception return to San
Francisco 44; Alexander 17-yard run
to San Francisco 16. SEATTLE 20-0
SFO - FG, JOE NEDNEY 43 YD, 10:24. Drive: 6
plays, 26 yards in 1:44. Key plays:
Clements interception at San
Francisco 49; Gore 17-yard run to
Seattle 25. SEATTLE 20-3
4TH QUARTER: SEA - FG, JOSH BROWN 25 YD, 0:11. Drive: 7
plays, 17 yards in 1:31. Key plays:
Trufant 30-yard interception return
to San Francisco 23; Hasselbeck
6-yard pass to Branch on 3rd-and-4
to San Francisco 11. SEATTLE 23-3

ATT: 67,651</div>

 

NFL: SEATTLE at SAN FRANCISCO

<div class="pre">NFL FINAL 1ST 2ND 3RD 4TH TOTAL
--- --- --- --- -----
SEATTLE 0 13 7 3 23
SAN FRANCISCO 0 0 3 0 3 FINAL

SCORING SUMMARY

1ST QUARTER:

NONE

2ND QUARTER:

2:05 SEA - FG, JOSH BROWN 23 YD.
Drive: 11 plays, 52 yards in 5:29.
Key plays: Hasselbeck 18-yard pass to Wallace to San Francisco 24;
Hasslebeck 12-yard pass to Strong on 3rd-and-7 to San Francisco 9. SEATTLE
3-0.
8:50 SEA - TD, BOBBY ENGRAM 17 YD PASS FROM MATT HASSELBECK (JOSH BROWN KICK).
Drive: 2 plays, 82 yards in 0:51.
Key plays: Hasselbeck 65-yard pass to Branch to San Francisco 17.
SEATTLE 10-0.
14:03 SEA - FG, JOSH BROWN 31 YD.
Drive: 8 plays, 68 yards in 2:31.
Key plays: Hasselbeck 31-yard pass to Branch on 3rd-and-6 to San
Francisco 45; Hasselbeck 26-yard pass to Engram to San Francisco 19.
SEATTLE 13-0.

3RD QUARTER:

2:49 SEA - TD, MARCUS POLLARD 14 YD PASS FROM MATT HASSELBECK (JOSH BROWN KICK).
Drive: 6 plays, 44 yards in 2:37.
Key plays: Trufant 23-yard interception return to San Francisco 44;
Alexander 17-yard run to San Francisco 16. SEATTLE 20-0.
10:24 SFO - FG, JOE NEDNEY 43 YD.
Drive: 6 plays, 26 yards in 1:44.
Key plays: Clements interception at San Francisco 49; Gore 17-yard
run to Seattle 25. SEATTLE 20-3.

4TH QUARTER:

0:11 SEA - FG, JOSH BROWN 25 YD.
Drive: 7 plays, 17 yards in 1:31.
Key plays: Trufant 30-yard interception return to San Francisco 23;
Hasselbeck 6-yard pass to Branch on 3rd-and-4 to San Francisco 11. SEATTLE
23-3.

SEATTLE - SAN FRANCISCO Final Statistics

TEAM STATISTICS SEATTLE SAN FRANCISCO

FIRST DOWNS 17 9
Rushing 4 3
Passing 13 6
Penalty 0 0
THIRD DOWN EFFICIENCY 5-17-29% 2-14-14%
FOURTH DOWN EFFICIENCY 0-0-0% 0-1-0%
TOTAL NET YARDS 371 184
Total offensive plays 71 59
Average gain per play 5.2 3.1
NET YARDS RUSHING 93 109
Rushing attempts 37 19
Average gain per rush 2.5 5.7
Tackles for loss-yards 6-14 2-5
NET YARDS PASSING 278 75
Times sacked: Number-Yards 2-3 6-53
Gross passing yards 281 128
PASS ATTEMPTS-COMPLETIONS-HAD INTERCEPTED 32-23-1 34-12-2
Avg gain per pass play 8.2 1.9
KICKOFFS: Number-In End Zone-Touchbacks 6-3-2 2-0-0
PUNTS: Number and Average 8-38.3 10-54.3
Had blocked 0 0
Net punting average 33.0 48.0
TOTAL RETURN YARDAGE (Not including kickoffs) 96 63
Number-Yards: Punt Returns 5-42 6-63
Number-Yards: Kickoff Returns 1-22 4-92
Number-Yards: Interception Returns 2-54 1-0
PENALTIES: Number-Yards 3-15 9-65
FUMBLES: Number-Lost 0-0 5-1
TOUCHDOWNS 2 0
Rushing 0 0
Passing 2 0
Interceptions 0 0
Other (blocked kicks, etc.) 0 0
EXTRA POINTS: Made-Attempts 2-2 0-0
Kicking: Made-Attempts 2-2 0-0
Passing: Made-Attempts 0-0 0-0
Rushing: Made-Attempts 0-0 0-0
FIELD GOALS: Made-Attempts 3-3 1-1
FGs - PATs had blocked 0-0 0-0
RED ZONE EFFICIENCY 2-5-40% 0-0-0%
GOAL TO GO EFFICIENCY 0-1-0% 0-0-0%
SAFETIES 0 0
TIME OF POSSESSION 35:43 23:50


INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS

SEATTLE SAN FRANCISCO

RUSHING ATT YDS AVG LG TD RUSHING ATT YDS AVG LG TD
-------------------------------------- --------------------------------------
S ALEXANDE 25 78 3.1 17 0 F GORE 16 79 4.9 17 0
M MORRIS 5 13 2.6 9 0 M ROBINSON 1 28 28.0 28 0
L WEAVER 3 6 2.0 3 0 M HICKS 2 2 1.0 4 0
S WALLACE 1 -1 -1.0 0 0
M HASSELBE 3 -3 -1.0 0 0

PASSING CM-AT-YDS IN TD LG PASSING CM-AT-YDS IN TD LG
-------------------------------------- --------------------------------------
M HASSELBE 23-31-281 1 2 65 T DILFER 12-33-128 2 0 22
S WALLACE 0- 1- 0 0 0 0 A SMITH 0- 1- 0 0 0 0

Sacked-Yards Lost: M HASSELBE 2-3. Sacked-Yards Lost: T DILFER 5-43,
A SMITH 1-10.

RECEIVING NO YDS AVG LG TD RECEIVING NO YDS AVG LG TD
-------------------------------------- --------------------------------------
D BRANCH 7 130 18.6 65 0 F GORE 3 42 14.0 22 0
B ENGRAM 4 53 13.3 26 1 D JACKSON 3 38 12.7 20 0
L WEAVER 4 26 6.5 10 0 A BATTLE 3 19 6.3 7 0
M POLLARD 2 23 11.5 14 1 T JACOBS 1 14 14.0 14 0
N BURLESON 2 10 5.0 5 0 M HICKS 1 8 8.0 8 0
S WALLACE 1 18 18.0 18 0 D WALKER 1 7 7.0 7 0
M STRONG 1 12 12.0 12 0
S ALEXANDE 1 5 5.0 5 0
M MORRIS 1 4 4.0 4 0

INTERCEPTIONS NO YDS AVG LG TD INTERCEPTIONS NO YDS AVG LG TD
-------------------------------------- --------------------------------------
M TRUFANT 2 54 27.0 30 0 N CLEMENTS 1 0 0.0 0 0

PUNTING NO YDS AVG T I LG PUNTING NO YDS AVG T I LG
-------------------------------------- --------------------------------------
R PLACKEME 8 306 38.3 1 2 53 A LEE 10 543 54.3 3 2 71

T = Touchbacks, I = Inside 20

PUNT RETURNS NO YDS AVG LG TD PUNT RETURNS NO YDS AVG LG TD
-------------------------------------- --------------------------------------
N BURLESON 5 42 8.4 27 0 M LEWIS 6 63 10.5 23 0

KICKOFF RETURNS NO YDS AVG LG TD KICKOFF RETURNS NO YDS AVG LG TD
-------------------------------------- --------------------------------------
B OBOMANU 1 22 22.0 22 0 M HICKS 4 92 23.0 29 0

KICKING XP/XPA FG/FGA KICKING XP/XPA FG/FGA
---------------------------------- ----------------------------------
J BROWN 2/2 3/3 J NEDNEY 0/0 1/1
Dist.: 23 31 25 Dist.: 43

O-D O-D
FUMBLES NO LOST FF REC FUMBLES NO LOST FF REC
------------------------------------ ------------------------------------
J PETERSON 0 0 2 0-0 F GORE 2 1 0 1-0
D TAPP 0 0 1 0-0 T DILFER 2 0 0 1-0
L TATUPU 0 0 1 0-0 M HICKS 1 0 0 0-0
B RUSSELL 0 0 0 0-1 J JENNINGS 0 0 0 1-0
J ULBRICH 0 0 0 1-0

DEFENSE TK SO AS SK-YD DEFENSE TK SO AS SK-YD
------------------------------------ ------------------------------------
L HILL 9 6 3 0-0 P WILLIS 12 10 2 0-0
L TATUPU 8 7 1 0-0 M DOUGLAS 9 8 1 1-3
B RUSSELL 6 6 0 0-0 M ROMAN 8 8 0 0-0
D GRANT 5 4 1 0-0 D SMITH 8 6 2 0-0
J PETERSON 4 4 0 3-31 W HARRIS 5 4 1 0-0
M TRUFANT 3 3 0 0-0 D STRICKLAND 5 4 1 0-0
P KERNEY 3 2 1 1-7 M LEWIS 4 4 0 0-0
D TAPP 3 2 1 1-5 N CLEMENTS 3 3 0 0-0
R BERNARD 2 2 0 1-10 B YOUNG 3 1 2 0-0
C DARBY 1 1 0 0-0 T BANTA-CAIN 2 2 0 1-0
K JENNINGS 1 1 0 0-0 R FIELDS 2 2 0 0-0
B MEBANE 1 1 0 0-0 H NAVIES 2 1 1 0-0
J BABINEAUX 1 1 0 0-0 A FRANKLIN 1 1 0 0-0
I SOPOAGA 1 1 0 0-0

Att: 67,651</div>

 

By Damin Esper
PA SportsTicker Contributing Writer


<div class="pre">SAN FRANCISCO (Ticker) The Seattle Seahawks used a dominating</div>performance on both sides of the ball to beat the San Francisco49ers, 23-3, on Sunday.


The win allows the Seahawks to take sole possession of firstplace in the NFC West at 3-1. Seattle also avenged a seriessweep to the 49ers last season.


San Francisco fell to 2-2 and also lost quarterback Alex Smithto a shoulder injury.


Seattle started slow, punting on its first three possessions.Then, quarterback Matt Hasselbeck and company got it into gear.

Hasselbeck completed 23-of-31 passes for 281 yards and twotouchdowns. Deion Branch caught seven of those passes for 130yards, setting up 10 of Seattle's points.


Running back Shaun Alexander ran for 78 yards on 25 carries.

On the other side of the ball, Seattle knocked out Smith on thethird play of the game with a right (throwing) shoulder injury.

Backup Trent Dilfer came on to complete 12-of-33 passes for 128yards with two interceptions. Dilfer was sacked five times andthe 49ers fumbled five times, losing three.


Frank Gore, who destroyed Seattle in two games last season with356 yards rushing, was not a factor, rushing for 79 yards on 16carries.


Smith was sacked on a clean hit by Rocky Bernard coming up themiddle. He left the game immediately and was carted to thelocker room.


Seattle used a big second quarter to take over the game. JoshBrown kicked a 23-yard field goal early in the quarter to getthe Seahawks on the board.


Midway through the quarter, Seattle's defense came up big,forcing a three-and-out after San Francisco's Keith Lewispartially blocked a Ryan Plackmeier punt and the 49ers took overon the Seahawka 48.


On the first play following the punt, Hasselbeck hit Branch fora 65-yard pass to the San Francisco 17. On the next play,Hasselbeck connected with Bobby Engram for the touchdown.

Seattle added a 31-yard field goal by Brown late in the half,set up by a 31-yard catch-and-run by Branch.


San Francisco recovered an onside kick to start the second half,but Dilfer was immediately intercepted by Marcus Trufant, whobrought the ball back 24 yards to the 49ers 44.


Alexander had a nice 17-yard run on the ensuing drive andHasselbeck hit Marcus Pollard for a 14-yard touchdown and a 20-0lead.


San Francisco came back later in the quarter to get a 43-yardfield goal from Joe Nedney to get on the board. But the 49ers'offense never got going and Seattle chewed up the clock in thefourth quarter.

 

NFL: SEATTLE at SAN FRANCISCO

<div class="pre">** CONFIRMED **
NFL
SEATTLE 23
SAN FRANCISCO 3 FINAL</div>

 

NFL: SEATTLE at SAN FRANCISCO

<div class="pre">NFL FINAL 1ST 2ND 3RD 4TH TOTAL
--- --- --- --- -----
SEATTLE 0 13 7 3 23
SAN FRANCISCO 0 0 3 0 3 FINAL

SCORING SUMMARY

1ST QUARTER:

NONE

2ND QUARTER:

2:05 SEA - FG, JOSH BROWN 23 YD.
Drive: 11 plays, 52 yards in 5:29.
Key plays: Hasselbeck 18-yard pass to Wallace to San Francisco 24;
Hasslebeck 12-yard pass to Strong on 3rd-and-7 to San Francisco 9. SEATTLE
3-0.
8:50 SEA - TD, BOBBY ENGRAM 17 YD PASS FROM MATT HASSELBECK (JOSH BROWN KICK).
Drive: 2 plays, 82 yards in 0:51.
Key plays: Hasselbeck 65-yard pass to Branch to San Francisco 17.
SEATTLE 10-0.
14:03 SEA - FG, JOSH BROWN 31 YD.
Drive: 8 plays, 68 yards in 2:31.
Key plays: Hasselbeck 31-yard pass to Branch on 3rd-and-6 to San
Francisco 45; Hasselbeck 26-yard pass to Engram to San Francisco 19.
SEATTLE 13-0.

3RD QUARTER:

2:49 SEA - TD, MARCUS POLLARD 14 YD PASS FROM MATT HASSELBECK (JOSH BROWN KICK).
Drive: 6 plays, 44 yards in 2:37.
Key plays: Trufant 24-yard interception return to San Francisco 44;
Alexander 17-yard run to San Francisco 16. SEATTLE 20-0.
10:24 SFO - FG, JOE NEDNEY 43 YD.
Drive: 6 plays, 26 yards in 1:44.
Key plays: Clements interception at San Francisco 49; Gore 17-yard
run to Seattle 25. SEATTLE 20-3.

4TH QUARTER:

0:11 SEA - FG, JOSH BROWN 25 YD.
Drive: 7 plays, 17 yards in 1:31.
Key plays: Trufant 30-yard interception return to San Francisco 23;
Hasselbeck 6-yard pass to Branch on 3rd-and-4 to San Francisco 11. SEATTLE
23-3.

SEATTLE - SAN FRANCISCO Final Statistics

TEAM STATISTICS SEATTLE SAN FRANCISCO

FIRST DOWNS 17 9
Rushing 4 3
Passing 13 6
Penalty 0 0
THIRD DOWN EFFICIENCY 5-17-29% 2-14-14%
FOURTH DOWN EFFICIENCY 0-0-0% 0-1-0%
TOTAL NET YARDS 371 184
Total offensive plays 71 59
Average gain per play 5.2 3.1
NET YARDS RUSHING 93 109
Rushing attempts 37 19
Average gain per rush 2.5 5.7
Tackles for loss-yards 6-14 2-5
NET YARDS PASSING 278 75
Times sacked: Number-Yards 2-3 6-53
Gross passing yards 281 128
PASS ATTEMPTS-COMPLETIONS-HAD INTERCEPTED 32-23-1 34-12-2
Avg gain per pass play 8.2 1.9
KICKOFFS: Number-In End Zone-Touchbacks 6-3-2 2-0-0
PUNTS: Number and Average 8-38.3 10-54.3
Had blocked 0 0
Net punting average 33.0 48.0
TOTAL RETURN YARDAGE (Not including kickoffs) 96 63
Number-Yards: Punt Returns 5-42 6-63
Number-Yards: Kickoff Returns 1-22 4-92
Number-Yards: Interception Returns 2-54 1-0
PENALTIES: Number-Yards 3-15 9-65
FUMBLES: Number-Lost 0-0 5-1
TOUCHDOWNS 2 0
Rushing 0 0
Passing 2 0
Interceptions 0 0
Other (blocked kicks, etc.) 0 0
EXTRA POINTS: Made-Attempts 2-2 0-0
Kicking: Made-Attempts 2-2 0-0
Passing: Made-Attempts 0-0 0-0
Rushing: Made-Attempts 0-0 0-0
FIELD GOALS: Made-Attempts 3-3 1-1
FGs - PATs had blocked 0-0 0-0
RED ZONE EFFICIENCY 2-5-40% 0-0-0%
GOAL TO GO EFFICIENCY 0-1-0% 0-0-0%
SAFETIES 0 0
TIME OF POSSESSION 36:10 23:50


INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS

SEATTLE SAN FRANCISCO

RUSHING ATT YDS AVG LG TD RUSHING ATT YDS AVG LG TD
-------------------------------------- --------------------------------------
S ALEXANDE 25 78 3.1 17 0 F GORE 16 79 4.9 17 0
M MORRIS 5 13 2.6 9 0 M ROBINSON 1 28 28.0 28 0
L WEAVER 3 6 2.0 3 0 M HICKS 2 2 1.0 4 0
S WALLACE 1 -1 -1.0 0 0
M HASSELBE 3 -3 -1.0 0 0

PASSING CM-AT-YDS IN TD LG PASSING CM-AT-YDS IN TD LG
-------------------------------------- --------------------------------------
M HASSELBE 23-31-281 1 2 65 T DILFER 12-33-128 2 0 22
S WALLACE 0- 1- 0 0 0 0 A SMITH 0- 1- 0 0 0 0

Sacked-Yards Lost: M HASSELBE 2-3. Sacked-Yards Lost: T DILFER 5-43,
A SMITH 1-10.

RECEIVING NO YDS AVG LG TD RECEIVING NO YDS AVG LG TD
-------------------------------------- --------------------------------------
D BRANCH 7 130 18.6 65 0 F GORE 3 42 14.0 22 0
B ENGRAM 4 53 13.3 26 1 D JACKSON 3 38 12.7 20 0
L WEAVER 4 26 6.5 10 0 A BATTLE 3 19 6.3 7 0
M POLLARD 2 23 11.5 14 1 T JACOBS 1 14 14.0 14 0
N BURLESON 2 10 5.0 5 0 M HICKS 1 8 8.0 8 0
S WALLACE 1 18 18.0 18 0 D WALKER 1 7 7.0 7 0
M STRONG 1 12 12.0 12 0
S ALEXANDE 1 5 5.0 5 0
M MORRIS 1 4 4.0 4 0

INTERCEPTIONS NO YDS AVG LG TD INTERCEPTIONS NO YDS AVG LG TD
-------------------------------------- --------------------------------------
M TRUFANT 2 54 27.0 30 0 N CLEMENTS 1 0 0.0 0 0

PUNTING NO YDS AVG T I LG PUNTING NO YDS AVG T I LG
-------------------------------------- --------------------------------------
R PLACKEME 8 306 38.3 1 2 53 A LEE 10 543 54.3 3 2 71

T = Touchbacks, I = Inside 20

PUNT RETURNS NO YDS AVG LG TD PUNT RETURNS NO YDS AVG LG TD
-------------------------------------- --------------------------------------
N BURLESON 5 42 8.4 27 0 M LEWIS 6 63 10.5 23 0

KICKOFF RETURNS NO YDS AVG LG TD KICKOFF RETURNS NO YDS AVG LG TD
-------------------------------------- --------------------------------------
B OBOMANU 1 22 22.0 22 0 M HICKS 4 92 23.0 29 0

KICKING XP/XPA FG/FGA KICKING XP/XPA FG/FGA
---------------------------------- ----------------------------------
J BROWN 2/2 3/3 J NEDNEY 0/0 1/1
Dist.: 23 31 25 Dist.: 43

O-D O-D
FUMBLES NO LOST FF REC FUMBLES NO LOST FF REC
------------------------------------ ------------------------------------
J PETERSON 0 0 2 0-0 F GORE 2 1 0 1-0
D TAPP 0 0 1 0-0 T DILFER 2 0 0 1-0
L TATUPU 0 0 1 0-0 M HICKS 1 0 0 0-0
B RUSSELL 0 0 0 0-1 J JENNINGS 0 0 0 1-0
J ULBRICH 0 0 0 1-0

DEFENSE TK SO AS SK-YD DEFENSE TK SO AS SK-YD
------------------------------------ ------------------------------------
L HILL 9 6 3 0-0 P WILLIS 12 10 2 0-0
L TATUPU 8 7 1 0-0 M DOUGLAS 9 8 1 1-3
B RUSSELL 6 6 0 0-0 M ROMAN 8 8 0 0-0
D GRANT 5 4 1 0-0 D SMITH 8 6 2 0-0
J PETERSON 4 4 0 3-31 W HARRIS 5 4 1 0-0
M TRUFANT 3 3 0 0-0 D STRICKLAND 5 4 1 0-0
P KERNEY 3 2 1 1-7 M LEWIS 4 4 0 0-0
D TAPP 3 2 1 1-5 N CLEMENTS 3 3 0 0-0
R BERNARD 2 2 0 1-10 B YOUNG 3 1 2 0-0
C DARBY 1 1 0 0-0 T BANTA-CAIN 2 2 0 1-0
K JENNINGS 1 1 0 0-0 R FIELDS 2 2 0 0-0
B MEBANE 1 1 0 0-0 H NAVIES 2 1 1 0-0
J BABINEAUX 1 1 0 0-0 A FRANKLIN 1 1 0 0-0
I SOPOAGA 1 1 0 0-0

Officials: Referee-Mike Carey, Umpire-Dan Ferrell, Head Linesman-Kent
Payne, Line Judge-Mark Perlman, Field Judge-Buddy Horton, Side
Judge-Tom Fincken, Back Judge-Bill Schmitz.

Att: 67,651 Time of Game: 3:09</div>

 

By Damin Esper
PA SportsTicker Contributing Writer


SAN FRANCISCO (Ticker) - The Seattle Seahawks used a dominatingperformance on both sides of the ball to beat the San Francisco49ers, 23-3, on Sunday.


The win allows the Seahawks to take sole possession of firstplace in the NFC West at 3-1.


"It was a great win for us," Seattle coach Mike Holmgren said."For early in the year, it was as big a game as you can play."

It was especially big because despite winning the NFC WestDivision last season, the Seahawks were swept by the 49ers.

"This was a statement game," said Seahawks linebacker JulianPeterson, a former 49er who had three sacks.


San Francisco fell to 2-2 and also lost quarterback Alex Smithto a separated throwing shoulder. 49ers coach Mike Nolan saidthe injury will be re-evaluated on Monday.


"It's frustrating," Smith said. "I came out here to win thegame. I prepared all week and I couldn't be out there."

Seattle started slow, punting on its first three possessions.Then, quarterback Matt Hasselbeck and company got it into gear.

Hasselbeck completed 23-of-31 passes for 281 yards and twotouchdowns. Deion Branch caught seven of those passes for 130yards, setting up 10 of Seattle's points.


"We still haven't played our best game," Branch said. "Ifanybody thinks that's our best game, they've got a rudeawakening coming to them."


Running back Shaun Alexander ran for 78 yards on 25 carries.

On the other side of the ball, Seattle knocked out Smith on thethird play of the game with a right (throwing) shoulder injury.

Backup Trent Dilfer came on to complete 12-of-33 passes for 128yards with two interceptions. Dilfer was sacked five times andthe 49ers fumbled five times, losing three.


Frank Gore, who destroyed Seattle in two games last season with356 yards rushing, was not a factor, rushing for 79 yards on 16carries.


Smith was sacked on a clean hit by Rocky Bernard coming up themiddle. He left the game immediately and was carted to thelocker room.


Seattle used a big second quarter to take over the game. JoshBrown kicked a 23-yard field goal early in the quarter to getthe Seahawks on the board.


Midway through the quarter, Seattle's defense came up big,forcing a three-and-out after San Francisco's Keith Lewispartially blocked a Ryan Plackmeier punt and the 49ers took overon the Seahawka 48.


On the first play following the punt, Hasselbeck hit Branch fora 65-yard pass to the San Francisco 17. On the next play,Hasselbeck connected with Bobby Engram for the touchdown.

"We called a double-move," Hasselbeck said of the long pass toBranch. "(Cornerback) Nate Clemments actually had pretty goodcoverage. I just led Deion inside just a little bit."

Seattle added a 31-yard field goal by Brown late in the half,set up by a 31-yard catch-and-run by Branch.


San Francisco recovered an onside kick to start the second half,but Dilfer was immediately intercepted by Marcus Trufant, whobrought the ball back 24 yards to the 49ers 44.


Alexander had a nice 17-yard run on the ensuing drive andHasselbeck hit Marcus Pollard for a 14-yard touchdown and a 20-0lead.


San Francisco came back later in the quarter to get a 43-yardfield goal from Joe Nedney to get on the board. But the 49ers'offense never got going and Seattle chewed up the clock in thefourth quarter.