GAME THREAD: GAME THREAD: NFL: SEATTLE (9-4) at CAROLINA (5-8)

NFL: SEATTLE (9-4) at CAROLINA (5-8)

<h3>Surging Seahawks visit Panthers</h3>



<div class="pre">Seattle (9-4) at Carolina (5-8) 1:00 pm EST</div>

CHARLOTTE, North Carolina (Ticker) -- A lot has changed sincethe Seattle Seahawks last faced the Carolina Panthers.

Looking to run their winning streak to six games, the surgingSeahawks visit the struggling Panthers on Sunday.


It marks the first meeting between the teams since the Seahawkscruised to a 34-14 victory over the Panthers in the NFCchampionship game in January 2006.


Two seasons later, the Seahawks still are one of the league'sbetter teams and already have won their fourth consecutive NFCWest title.


However, Panthers are not nearly the same team. After missingthe playoffs in 2006, the Panthers have been all but eliminatedfrom postseason contention this campaign, leading to speculationabout the job security of coach John Fox.


In their most dominating performance of the season, the Seahawkslocked up their latest division title last week with a 42-21thrashing of the Arizona Cardinals.


The Seahawks produced on both sides of the ball last week. MattHasselbeck threw for four touchdowns and Marcus Trufant hadthree of the Seahawks' five interceptions.


Mathematically, the Seahawks are still alive for a first-roundbye but for that to happen, they would need the Green BayPackers to collapse.


Seattle trails Green Bay by two games, meaning it likely withhost a first-round playoff game as the NFC's third or fourthseed. The Seahawks are one game ahead of the Tampa BayBuccaneers, the NFC South leader.


While the Seahawks are rolling, the Panthers have collapsed,losing six of their last seven games to likely fall out ofplayoff contention.


To make matter worse, the Panthers have three games remainingagainst first-place teams - Seattle, Dallas and Tampa Bay.

The Panthers endured their latest embarrassment last week in a37-6 loss at Jacksonville. Vinny Testaverde threw for just 84yards as the Panthers established a season low with 149 yards.

 

NFL: SEATTLE at CAROLINA

<div class="pre">NFL
SEATTLE 0
CAROLINA 0 15:00 LEFT, 1ST QTR

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

 

NFL: SEATTLE at CAROLINA

<div class="pre">NFL
SEATTLE 0
CAROLINA 0 13:09 LEFT, 1ST QTR

SEA BALL ON SEA 33 YD LINE
1ST AND 10</div>

 

NFL: SEATTLE at CAROLINA

<div class="pre">NFL
SEATTLE 0
CAROLINA 0 11:15 LEFT, 1ST QTR

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

 

NFL: SEATTLE at CAROLINA

<div class="pre">NFL MISSED FG CAR
JOHN KASAY 36 YD ATTEMPT WIDE LEFT

SEATTLE 0
CAROLINA 0 8:40 LEFT, 1ST QTR</div>

 

NFL: SEATTLE at CAROLINA

<div class="pre">NFL
SEATTLE 0
CAROLINA 0 8:40 LEFT, 1ST QTR

SEA BALL ON SEA 27 YD LINE
1ST AND 10</div>

 

NFL: SEATTLE at CAROLINA

<div class="pre">NFL
SEATTLE 0
CAROLINA 0 7:45 LEFT, 1ST QTR

CAR BALL ON CAR 42 YD LINE
1ST AND 10</div>

 

NFL: SEATTLE at CAROLINA

<div class="pre">NFL
SEATTLE 0
CAROLINA 0 6:12 LEFT, 1ST QTR

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

 

NFL: SEATTLE at CAROLINA

<div class="pre">NFL
SEATTLE 0
CAROLINA 0 4:37 LEFT, 1ST QTR

CAR BALL ON CAR 32 YD LINE
1ST AND 10</div>

 

NFL: SEATTLE at CAROLINA

<div class="pre">NFL
SEATTLE 0
CAROLINA 0 3:14 LEFT, 1ST QTR

SEA BALL ON SEA 26 YD LINE
1ST AND 10</div>

 

NFL: SEATTLE at CAROLINA

<div class="pre">NFL
SEATTLE 0
CAROLINA 0 0:59 LEFT, 1ST QTR

CAR BALL ON CAR 2 YD LINE
1ST AND 10</div>

 

NFL: SEATTLE at CAROLINA

<div class="pre">NFL END, 1ST QTR 1ST 2ND 3RD 4TH TOTAL
--- --- --- --- -----
SEATTLE 0 0
CAROLINA 0 0 END, 1ST QTR

SCORING SUMMARY

1ST QUARTER: NONE</div>

 

NFL: SEATTLE at CAROLINA

<div class="pre">NFL SEATTLE 0
CAROLINA 0 14:55 LEFT, 2ND QTR</div>

 

NFL: SEATTLE at CAROLINA

<div class="pre">NFL
SEATTLE 0
CAROLINA 0 12:18 LEFT, 2ND QTR

SEA BALL ON SEA 21 YD LINE
1ST AND 10</div>

 

NFL: SEATTLE at CAROLINA

<div class="pre">NFL
SEATTLE 0
CAROLINA 0 8:26 LEFT, 2ND QTR

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

 

NFL: SEATTLE at CAROLINA

<div class="pre">NFL TWO MINUTE WARNING, 1ST HALF

SEATTLE 0
CAROLINA 0

CAR BALL ON CAR 34 YD LINE
4TH AND 24</div>

 

NFL: SEATTLE at CAROLINA

<div class="pre">NFL
SEATTLE 0
CAROLINA 0 1:50 LEFT, 2ND QTR

SEA BALL ON SEA 28 YD LINE
1ST AND 10</div>

 

NFL: SEATTLE at CAROLINA

<div class="pre">NFL
SEATTLE 0
CAROLINA 0 0:09 LEFT, 2ND QTR

CAR BALL ON CAR 3 YD LINE
1ST AND 10</div>

 

NFL: SEATTLE at CAROLINA

<div class="pre">NFL HALFTIME 1ST 2ND 3RD 4TH TOTAL
--- --- --- --- -----
SEATTLE 0 0 0
CAROLINA 0 0 0 HALFTIME

SCORING SUMMARY

1ST QUARTER: NONE
2ND QUARTER: NONE</div>

 

NFL: SEATTLE at CAROLINA

<div class="pre">NFL HALFTIME 1ST 2ND 3RD 4TH TOTAL
--- --- --- --- -----
SEATTLE 0 0 0
CAROLINA 0 0 0 HALFTIME

SCORING SUMMARY

1ST QUARTER:

NONE

2ND QUARTER:

NONE

Seattle - Carolina End 2nd Qtr Statistics

TEAM STATISTICS Seattle Carolina

FIRST DOWNS 6 6
Rushing 1 1
Passing 5 4
Penalty 0 1
THIRD DOWN EFFICIENCY 1-7-14% 4-10-40%
TOTAL NET YARDS 111 139
Total offensive plays 29 33
Average gain per play 3.8 4.2
NET YARDS RUSHING 18 44
Rushing attempts 9 19
Average gain per rush 2.0 2.3
NET YARDS PASSING 93 95
Times sacked: Number-Yards 0-0 0-0
Gross passing yards 93 95
PASS ATTEMPTS-COMPLETIONS-HAD INTERCEPTED 20-11-0 14-8-0
Avg gain per pass play 4.7 6.8
PUNTS: Number and Average 6-42.0 5-47.0
PENALTIES: Number-Yards 1-5 3-20
FUMBLES: Number-Lost 1-0 2-0
TOUCHDOWNS 0 0
Rushing 0 0
Passing 0 0
Interceptions 0 0
Other (blocked kicks, etc.) 0 0
EXTRA POINTS: Made-Attempts 0-0 0-0
Kicking: Made-Attempts 0-0 0-0
Passing: Made-Attempts 0-0 0-0
Rushing: Made-Attempts 0-0 0-0
FIELD GOALS: Made-Attempts 0-0 0-1
SAFETIES 0 0
TIME OF POSSESSION 12:11 17:40


INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS

Seattle Carolina

RUSHING ATT YDS AVG LG TD RUSHING ATT YDS AVG LG TD
-------------------------------------- --------------------------------------
M HASSELBE 2 11 5.5 11 0 D FOSTER 8 23 2.9 6 0
M MORRIS 2 5 2.5 6 0 D WILLIAMS 8 17 2.1 6 0
S ALEXANDE 4 1 0.3 1 0 M MOORE 2 5 2.5 5 0
N BURLESON 1 1 1.0 1 0 S SMITH 1 -1 -1.0 0 0

PASSING CM-AT-YDS IN TD LG PASSING CM-AT-YDS IN TD LG
-------------------------------------- --------------------------------------
M HASSELBE 11-20- 93 0 0 13 M MOORE 8-14- 95 0 0 54

Sacked-Yards Lost: None Sacked-Yards Lost: None

RECEIVING NO YDS AVG LG TD RECEIVING NO YDS AVG LG TD
-------------------------------------- --------------------------------------
D BRANCH 5 45 9.0 13 0 J KING 2 13 6.5 13 0
B ENGRAM 4 34 8.5 10 0 S SMITH 2 11 5.5 8 0
M MORRIS 1 8 8.0 8 0 D ROSARIO 1 54 54.0 54 0
L WEAVER 1 6 6.0 6 0 R ROBINSON 1 8 8.0 8 0
D CARTER 1 5 5.0 5 0
D WILLIAMS 1 4 4.0 4 0

KICKING XP/XPA FG/FGA KICKING XP/XPA FG/FGA
---------------------------------- ----------------------------------
J KASAY 0/0 0/1
Dist.: (36)</div>