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

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    NFL: SEATTLE at CAROLINA

    <div class="pre">NFL FINAL 1ST 2ND 3RD 4TH TOTAL
    --- --- --- --- -----
    SEATTLE 0 0 0 10 10
    CAROLINA 0 0 0 13 13 FINAL

    SCORING SUMMARY

    1ST QUARTER:

    NONE

    2ND QUARTER:

    NONE

    3RD QUARTER:

    NONE

    4TH QUARTER:

    2:42 CAR - FG, JOHN KASAY 53 YD.
    Drive: 10 plays, 44 yards in 5:25.
    Key plays: Moore 13-yard pass to Smith to Carolina 33; Moore 5-yard
    pass to Carter on 3rd-and-3 to Carolina 45; Moore 12-yard pass to Carter
    to Seattle 43. CAROLINA 3-0.
    6:37 SEA - FG, JOSH BROWN 23 YD.
    Drive: 8 plays, 76 yards in 3:55.
    Key plays: Hasselbeck 13-yard pass to Morris to Seattle 33;
    Hasselbeck 19-yard pass to Engram to Carolina 48; 24-yard pass
    interference penalty on Panthers' Marshall to Carolina 13. SEATTLE 3-3.
    12:01 CAR - FG, JOHN KASAY 37 YD.
    Drive: 10 plays, 40 yards in 5:24.
    Key plays: Moore 15-yard pass to Smith on 3rd-and-9 to Seattle 45;
    Moore 7-yard pass to Smith on 3rd-and-1 to Seattle 29. CAROLINA 6-3.
    13:43 CAR - TD, DEANGELO WILLIAMS 35 YD RUN (JOHN KASAY KICK).
    Drive: 3 plays, 40 yards in 0:21.
    Key plays: Marshall recovery of Hasselbeck fumble at Seattle 40.
    CAROLINA 13-3.
    14:59 SEA - TD, DEION BRANCH 15 YD PASS FROM MATT HASSELBECK (JOSH BROWN KICK).
    Drive: 6 plays, 65 yards in 1:16.
    Key plays: Hasselbeck 20-yard pass to Burleson to Carolina 40;
    Hasselbeck 25-yard pass to Heller on 3rd-and-10 to Carolina 15. CAROLINA
    13-10.

    SEATTLE - CAROLINA Final Statistics

    TEAM STATISTICS SEATTLE CAROLINA

    FIRST DOWNS 18 15
    Rushing 2 2
    Passing 14 12
    Penalty 2 1
    THIRD DOWN EFFICIENCY 3-12-25% 9-18-50%
    FOURTH DOWN EFFICIENCY 0-0-0% 0-1-0%
    TOTAL NET YARDS 282 322
    Total offensive plays 58 65
    Average gain per play 4.9 5.0
    NET YARDS RUSHING 44 114
    Rushing attempts 14 38
    Average gain per rush 3.1 3.0
    Tackles for loss-yards 2-7 3-5
    NET YARDS PASSING 238 208
    Times sacked: Number-Yards 3-36 0-0
    Gross passing yards 274 208
    PASS ATTEMPTS-COMPLETIONS-HAD INTERCEPTED 41-27-0 27-19-0
    Avg gain per pass play 5.4 7.7
    KICKOFFS: Number-In End Zone-Touchbacks 3-1-1 4-1-1
    PUNTS: Number and Average 8-40.6 5-47.0
    Had blocked 0 0
    Net punting average 35.4 43.4
    TOTAL RETURN YARDAGE (Not including kickoffs) 42 18
    Number-Yards: Punt Returns 5-42 2-18
    Number-Yards: Kickoff Returns 2-44 2-16
    Number-Yards: Interception Returns 0-0 0-0
    PENALTIES: Number-Yards 3-15 5-54
    FUMBLES: Number-Lost 3-1 2-0
    TOUCHDOWNS 1 1
    Rushing 0 1
    Passing 1 0
    Interceptions 0 0
    Other (blocked kicks, etc.) 0 0
    EXTRA POINTS: Made-Attempts 1-1 1-1
    Kicking: Made-Attempts 1-1 1-1
    Passing: Made-Attempts 0-0 0-0
    Rushing: Made-Attempts 0-0 0-0
    FIELD GOALS: Made-Attempts 1-1 2-3
    FGs - PATs had blocked 0-0 0-0
    RED ZONE EFFICIENCY 1-2-50% 0-1-0%
    GOAL TO GO EFFICIENCY 0-0-0% 0-0-0%
    SAFETIES 0 0
    TIME OF POSSESSION 24:38 35:22


    INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS

    SEATTLE CAROLINA

    RUSHING ATT YDS AVG LG TD RUSHING ATT YDS AVG LG TD
    -------------------------------------- --------------------------------------
    S ALEXANDE 7 17 2.4 20 0 D WILLIAMS 15 61 4.1 35 1
    M MORRIS 4 15 3.8 6 0 D FOSTER 18 47 2.6 9 0
    M HASSELBE 2 11 5.5 11 0 M MOORE 2 5 2.5 5 0
    N BURLESON 1 1 1.0 1 0 B HOOVER 1 1 1.0 1 0
    S SMITH 2 0 0.0 1 0

    PASSING CM-AT-YDS IN TD LG PASSING CM-AT-YDS IN TD LG
    -------------------------------------- --------------------------------------
    M HASSELBE 27-41-274 0 1 25 M MOORE 19-27-208 0 0 54

    Sacked-Yards Lost: M HASSELBE 3-36. Sacked-Yards Lost: None

    RECEIVING NO YDS AVG LG TD RECEIVING NO YDS AVG LG TD
    -------------------------------------- --------------------------------------
    B ENGRAM 9 84 9.3 19 0 S SMITH 8 72 9.0 15 0
    D BRANCH 8 79 9.9 15 1 D CARTER 3 22 7.3 12 0
    M MORRIS 4 31 7.8 13 0 R ROBINSON 2 20 10.0 12 0
    L WEAVER 2 11 5.5 6 0 J KING 2 13 6.5 13 0
    W HELLER 1 25 25.0 25 0 D WILLIAMS 2 11 5.5 7 0
    N BURLESON 1 20 20.0 20 0 D ROSARIO 1 54 54.0 54 0
    B OBOMANU 1 18 18.0 18 0 C FAURIA 1 16 16.0 16 0
    S ALEXANDE 1 6 6.0 6 0

    INTERCEPTIONS NO YDS AVG LG TD INTERCEPTIONS NO YDS AVG LG TD
    -------------------------------------- --------------------------------------
    Interceptions: None

    PUNTING NO YDS AVG T I LG PUNTING NO YDS AVG T I LG
    -------------------------------------- --------------------------------------
    R PLACKEME 8 325 40.6 2 3 49 J BAKER 5 235 47.0 0 0 53

    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 13 0 R ROBINSON 2 18 9.0 18 0

    KICKOFF RETURNS NO YDS AVG LG TD KICKOFF RETURNS NO YDS AVG LG TD
    -------------------------------------- --------------------------------------
    N BURLESON 2 44 22.0 31 0 G HANGARTNER 1 16 16.0 16 0
    R MARSHALL 1 0 0.0 0 0

    KICKING XP/XPA FG/FGA KICKING XP/XPA FG/FGA
    ---------------------------------- ----------------------------------
    J BROWN 1/1 1/1 J KASAY 1/1 2/3
    Dist.: 23 Dist.: (36) 53 37

    O-D O-D
    FUMBLES NO LOST FF REC FUMBLES NO LOST FF REC
    ------------------------------------ ------------------------------------
    M HASSELBECK 2 1 0 0-0 M MOORE 2 0 0 2-0
    S ALEXANDER 1 0 0 0-0 T DAVIS 0 0 1 0-0
    B ENGRAM 0 0 0 1-0 C HARRIS 0 0 1 0-0
    S LOCKLEAR 0 0 0 1-0 R MARSHALL 0 0 0 0-1

    DEFENSE TK SO AS SK-YD DEFENSE TK SO AS SK-YD
    ------------------------------------ ------------------------------------
    M TRUFANT 9 9 0 0-0 K LUCAS 8 7 1 0-0
    P KERNEY 8 6 2 0-0 J BEASON 8 5 3 0-0
    L TATUPU 7 4 3 0-0 R MARSHALL 7 5 2 0-0
    J BABINEAUX 6 5 1 0-0 C HARRIS 6 6 0 0-0
    D GRANT 6 3 3 0-0 P DENDY 5 5 0 0-0
    D TAPP 5 5 0 0-0 T DAVIS 4 1 3 1-17
    B RUSSELL 5 4 1 0-0 M KEMOEATU 3 3 0 0-0
    B MEBANE 5 4 1 0-0 D LEWIS 3 1 2 0-0
    K JENNINGS 4 4 0 0-0 K JENKINS 2 2 0 1-8
    J PETERSON 4 3 1 0-0 N DIGGS 2 2 0 1-11
    L HILL 2 2 0 0-0 J PEPPERS 2 2 0 0-0
    R BERNARD 2 1 1 0-0 B HOOVER 1 1 0 0-0
    C TERRILL 1 1 0 0-0

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    CHARLOTTE, North Carolina (Ticker) -- Matt Moore did justenough to lead the Carolina Panthers to victory in his firstcareer start.


    With the game scoreless through three quarters, the undraftedrookie from Oregon State directed three fourth-quarter scoringdrives to lead the Panthers to a 13-10 victory over the SeattleSeahawks on Sunday.


    Seattle, which clinched their fourth consecutive NFC West titlelast week, had its five-game winning streak snapped.

    Moore, who was the fourth starting quarterback for the Panthersthis season, completed 19-of-27 passes for 208 yards. JakeDelhomme, David Carr and Vinny Testaverde previously had startedfor Carolina.


    Carolina (6-8) finally got on the board with 12:18 left in thefourth quarter on a 53-yard field goal by John Kasay.

    The Seahawks (9-5) countered with a 10-play, 61-yard drive toknot the score with a 23-yard field goal by Josh Brown with 8:26remaining.


    Undaunted, Moore moved the Panthers downfield on their ensuingpossession, completing three passes to Steve Smith for 31 yards.

    The drive stalled at the Seattle 20-yard line, and Kasay kickeda 37-yard field goal to put the Panthers ahead, 6-3, with justunder three minutes left.


    Seattle's Matt Hasselbeck tried to get his team in scoringposition, but was sacked by linebacker Thomas Davis and fumbled.Carolina cornerback Richard Marshall pounced on the ball at theSeattle 40-yard line with 1:38 left.


    DeAngelo Williams scored three plays later on a 35-yard scoringrun to give the Panthers a 13-3 lead with 21 seconds left.

    Hasselbeck narrowed the final margin with a 15-yard touchdownpass to wide receiver Deion Branch with one second left.

    Hasselbeck finished 27-of-41 for 274 yards.


    It was just the second win for Carolina in its last eight games.
     
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    CHARLOTTE, North Carolina (Ticker) -- Matt Moore did justenough to lead the Carolina Panthers to victory in his firstcareer start.


    With the game scoreless through three quarters, the undraftedrookie from Oregon State directed three fourth-quarter scoringdrives to lead the Panthers to a 13-10 victory over the SeattleSeahawks on Sunday.


    Seattle, which clinched their fourth consecutive NFC West titlelast week, had its five-game winning streak snapped.

    Moore, who was the fourth starting quarterback for the Panthersthis season, completed 19-of-27 passes for 208 yards. JakeDelhomme, David Carr and Vinny Testaverde previously had startedfor Carolina.


    Carolina (6-8) finally got on the board with 12:18 left in thefourth quarter on a 53-yard field goal by John Kasay.

    The Seahawks (9-5) countered with a 10-play, 61-yard drive toknot the score with a 23-yard field goal by Josh Brown with 8:26remaining.


    Undaunted, Moore moved the Panthers downfield on their ensuingpossession, completing three passes to Steve Smith for 31 yards.

    The drive stalled at the Seattle 20-yard line, and Kasay kickeda 37-yard field goal to put the Panthers ahead, 6-3, with justunder three minutes left.


    Seattle's Matt Hasselbeck tried to get his team in scoringposition, but was sacked by linebacker Thomas Davis and fumbled.Carolina cornerback Richard Marshall pounced on the ball at theSeattle 40-yard line with 1:38 left.


    DeAngelo Williams scored three plays later on a 35-yard scoringrun to give the Panthers a 13-3 lead with 21 seconds left.

    Hasselbeck narrowed the final margin with a 15-yard touchdownpass to wide receiver Deion Branch with one second left.

    Hasselbeck finished 27-of-41 for 274 yards.


    It was just the second win for Carolina in its last eight games.
     
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    CHARLOTTE, North Carolina (Ticker) -- Matt Moore did justenough to lead the Carolina Panthers to victory in his firstcareer start.


    With the game scoreless through three quarters, the undraftedrookie from Oregon State directed three fourth-quarter scoringdrives to lead the Panthers to a 13-10 victory over the SeattleSeahawks on Sunday.


    Seattle, which clinched their fourth consecutive NFC West titlelast week, had its five-game winning streak snapped.

    Moore, who was the fourth starting quarterback for the Panthersthis season, completed 19-of-27 passes for 208 yards. JakeDelhomme, David Carr and Vinny Testaverde previously had startedfor Carolina.


    Carolina (6-8) finally got on the board with 12:18 left in thefourth quarter on a 53-yard field goal by John Kasay.

    The Seahawks (9-5) countered with a 10-play, 61-yard drive toknot the score with a 23-yard field goal by Josh Brown with 8:26remaining.


    Undaunted, Moore moved the Panthers downfield on their ensuingpossession, completing three passes to Steve Smith for 31 yards.

    The drive stalled at the Seattle 20-yard line, and Kasay kickeda 37-yard field goal to put the Panthers ahead, 6-3, with justunder three minutes left.


    Seattle's Matt Hasselbeck tried to get his team in scoringposition, but was sacked by linebacker Thomas Davis and fumbled.Carolina cornerback Richard Marshall pounced on the ball at theSeattle 40-yard line with 1:38 left.


    DeAngelo Williams scored three plays later on a 35-yard scoringrun to give the Panthers a 13-3 lead with 21 seconds left.

    Hasselbeck narrowed the final margin with a 15-yard touchdownpass to wide receiver Deion Branch with one second left.

    Hasselbeck finished 27-of-41 for 274 yards.


    It was just the second win for Carolina in its last eight games.
     
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    NFL: SEATTLE at CAROLINA

    <div class="pre">NFL FINAL 1ST 2ND 3RD 4TH TOTAL
    --- --- --- --- -----
    SEATTLE 0 0 0 10 10
    CAROLINA 0 0 0 13 13 FINAL

    SCORING SUMMARY

    1ST QUARTER:

    NONE

    2ND QUARTER:

    NONE

    3RD QUARTER:

    NONE

    4TH QUARTER:

    2:42 CAR - FG, JOHN KASAY 53 YD.
    Drive: 10 plays, 44 yards in 5:25.
    Key plays: Moore 13-yard pass to Smith to Carolina 33; Moore 5-yard
    pass to Carter on 3rd-and-3 to Carolina 45; Moore 12-yard pass to Carter
    to Seattle 43. CAROLINA 3-0.
    6:37 SEA - FG, JOSH BROWN 23 YD.
    Drive: 8 plays, 76 yards in 3:55.
    Key plays: Hasselbeck 13-yard pass to Morris to Seattle 33;
    Hasselbeck 19-yard pass to Engram to Carolina 48; 24-yard pass
    interference penalty on Panthers' Marshall to Carolina 13. SEATTLE 3-3.
    12:01 CAR - FG, JOHN KASAY 37 YD.
    Drive: 10 plays, 41 yards in 5:24.
    Key plays: Moore 15-yard pass to Smith on 3rd-and-9 to Seattle 45;
    Moore 7-yard pass to Smith on 3rd-and-1 to Seattle 29. CAROLINA 6-3.
    13:43 CAR - TD, DEANGELO WILLIAMS 35 YD RUN (JOHN KASAY KICK).
    Drive: 3 plays, 40 yards in 0:21.
    Key plays: Marshall recovery of Hasselbeck fumble at Seattle 40.
    CAROLINA 13-3.
    14:59 SEA - TD, DEION BRANCH 15 YD PASS FROM MATT HASSELBECK (JOSH BROWN KICK).
    Drive: 6 plays, 65 yards in 1:16.
    Key plays: Hasselbeck 20-yard pass to Burleson to Carolina 40;
    Hasselbeck 25-yard pass to Heller on 3rd-and-10 to Carolina 15. CAROLINA
    13-10.

    SEATTLE - CAROLINA Final Statistics

    TEAM STATISTICS SEATTLE CAROLINA

    FIRST DOWNS 18 15
    Rushing 2 2
    Passing 14 12
    Penalty 2 1
    THIRD DOWN EFFICIENCY 3-12-25% 9-18-50%
    FOURTH DOWN EFFICIENCY 0-0-0% 0-1-0%
    TOTAL NET YARDS 282 322
    Total offensive plays 58 65
    Average gain per play 4.9 5.0
    NET YARDS RUSHING 44 114
    Rushing attempts 14 38
    Average gain per rush 3.1 3.0
    Tackles for loss-yards 2-7 3-5
    NET YARDS PASSING 238 208
    Times sacked: Number-Yards 3-36 0-0
    Gross passing yards 274 208
    PASS ATTEMPTS-COMPLETIONS-HAD INTERCEPTED 41-27-0 27-19-0
    Avg gain per pass play 5.4 7.7
    KICKOFFS: Number-In End Zone-Touchbacks 3-1-1 4-1-1
    PUNTS: Number and Average 8-40.6 5-47.0
    Had blocked 0 0
    Net punting average 35.4 43.4
    TOTAL RETURN YARDAGE (Not including kickoffs) 42 18
    Number-Yards: Punt Returns 5-42 2-18
    Number-Yards: Kickoff Returns 2-44 2-16
    Number-Yards: Interception Returns 0-0 0-0
    PENALTIES: Number-Yards 3-15 5-54
    FUMBLES: Number-Lost 3-1 2-0
    TOUCHDOWNS 1 1
    Rushing 0 1
    Passing 1 0
    Interceptions 0 0
    Other (blocked kicks, etc.) 0 0
    EXTRA POINTS: Made-Attempts 1-1 1-1
    Kicking: Made-Attempts 1-1 1-1
    Passing: Made-Attempts 0-0 0-0
    Rushing: Made-Attempts 0-0 0-0
    FIELD GOALS: Made-Attempts 1-1 2-3
    FGs - PATs had blocked 0-0 0-0
    RED ZONE EFFICIENCY 1-2-50% 0-1-0%
    GOAL TO GO EFFICIENCY 0-0-0% 0-0-0%
    SAFETIES 0 0
    TIME OF POSSESSION 24:38 35:22


    INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS

    SEATTLE CAROLINA

    RUSHING ATT YDS AVG LG TD RUSHING ATT YDS AVG LG TD
    -------------------------------------- --------------------------------------
    S ALEXANDE 7 17 2.4 20 0 D WILLIAMS 15 61 4.1 35 1
    M MORRIS 4 15 3.8 6 0 D FOSTER 18 47 2.6 9 0
    M HASSELBE 2 11 5.5 11 0 M MOORE 2 5 2.5 5 0
    N BURLESON 1 1 1.0 1 0 B HOOVER 1 1 1.0 1 0
    S SMITH 2 0 0.0 1 0

    PASSING CM-AT-YDS IN TD LG PASSING CM-AT-YDS IN TD LG
    -------------------------------------- --------------------------------------
    M HASSELBE 27-41-274 0 1 25 M MOORE 19-27-208 0 0 54

    Sacked-Yards Lost: M HASSELBE 3-36. Sacked-Yards Lost: None

    RECEIVING NO YDS AVG LG TD RECEIVING NO YDS AVG LG TD
    -------------------------------------- --------------------------------------
    B ENGRAM 9 84 9.3 19 0 S SMITH 8 72 9.0 15 0
    D BRANCH 8 79 9.9 15 1 D CARTER 3 22 7.3 12 0
    M MORRIS 4 31 7.8 13 0 R ROBINSON 2 20 10.0 12 0
    L WEAVER 2 11 5.5 6 0 J KING 2 13 6.5 13 0
    W HELLER 1 25 25.0 25 0 D WILLIAMS 2 11 5.5 7 0
    N BURLESON 1 20 20.0 20 0 D ROSARIO 1 54 54.0 54 0
    B OBOMANU 1 18 18.0 18 0 C FAURIA 1 16 16.0 16 0
    S ALEXANDE 1 6 6.0 6 0

    INTERCEPTIONS NO YDS AVG LG TD INTERCEPTIONS NO YDS AVG LG TD
    -------------------------------------- --------------------------------------
    Interceptions: None

    PUNTING NO YDS AVG T I LG PUNTING NO YDS AVG T I LG
    -------------------------------------- --------------------------------------
    R PLACKEME 8 325 40.6 2 3 49 J BAKER 5 235 47.0 0 0 53

    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 13 0 R ROBINSON 2 18 9.0 18 0

    KICKOFF RETURNS NO YDS AVG LG TD KICKOFF RETURNS NO YDS AVG LG TD
    -------------------------------------- --------------------------------------
    N BURLESON 2 44 22.0 31 0 G HANGARTNER 1 16 16.0 16 0
    R MARSHALL 1 0 0.0 0 0

    KICKING XP/XPA FG/FGA KICKING XP/XPA FG/FGA
    ---------------------------------- ----------------------------------
    J BROWN 1/1 1/1 J KASAY 1/1 2/3
    Dist.: 23 Dist.: (36) 53 37

    O-D O-D
    FUMBLES NO LOST FF REC FUMBLES NO LOST FF REC
    ------------------------------------ ------------------------------------
    M HASSELBECK 2 1 0 0-0 M MOORE 2 0 0 2-0
    S ALEXANDER 1 0 0 0-0 T DAVIS 0 0 1 0-0
    B ENGRAM 0 0 0 1-0 C HARRIS 0 0 1 0-0
    S LOCKLEAR 0 0 0 1-0 R MARSHALL 0 0 0 0-1

    DEFENSE TK SO AS SK-YD DEFENSE TK SO AS SK-YD
    ------------------------------------ ------------------------------------
    M TRUFANT 9 9 0 0-0 K LUCAS 8 7 1 0-0
    P KERNEY 8 6 2 0-0 J BEASON 8 5 3 0-0
    L TATUPU 7 4 3 0-0 R MARSHALL 7 5 2 0-0
    J BABINEAUX 6 5 1 0-0 C HARRIS 6 6 0 0-0
    D GRANT 6 3 3 0-0 P DENDY 5 5 0 0-0
    D TAPP 5 5 0 0-0 T DAVIS 4 1 3 1-17
    B RUSSELL 5 4 1 0-0 M KEMOEATU 3 3 0 0-0
    B MEBANE 5 4 1 0-0 D LEWIS 3 1 2 0-0
    K JENNINGS 4 4 0 0-0 K JENKINS 2 2 0 1-8
    J PETERSON 4 3 1 0-0 N DIGGS 2 2 0 1-11
    L HILL 2 2 0 0-0 J PEPPERS 2 2 0 0-0
    R BERNARD 2 1 1 0-0 B HOOVER 1 1 0 0-0
    C TERRILL 1 1 0 0-0

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    CHARLOTTE, North Carolina (Ticker) -- Matt Moore did justenough to lead the Carolina Panthers to victory in his firstcareer start.


    With the game scoreless through three quarters, the undraftedrookie from Oregon State directed three fourth-quarter scoringdrives to lead the Panthers to a 13-10 victory over the SeattleSeahawks on Sunday.


    Seattle, which clinched their fourth consecutive NFC West titlelast week, had its five-game winning streak snapped.

    "There's not a lot to say about this game," Seattle coach MikeHolmgren said. "We didn't play very inspired football. Today,with that young quarterback, they got just enough points to winthe game."


    Moore, who was the fourth starting quarterback for the Panthersthis season, completed 19-of-27 passes for 208 yards. JakeDelhomme, David Carr and Vinny Testaverde previously had startedfor Carolina.


    "I think (Moore) did a great job," Panthers wide receiver SteveSmith said. "For a young guy like that, who comes in as anundrafted free agent rookie, he showed poise.


    "Everybody makes mistakes, but the way he handled his mistakesshows his poise and his potential for the future."

    Carolina (6-8) finally got on the board with 12:18 left in thefourth quarter on a 53-yard field goal by John Kasay.

    The Seahawks (9-5) countered with a 10-play, 61-yard drive toknot the score with a 23-yard field goal by Josh Brown with 8:26remaining.


    Undaunted, Moore moved the Panthers downfield on their ensuingpossession, completing three passes to Steve Smith for 31 yards.

    The drive stalled at the Seattle 20-yard line, and Kasay kickeda 37-yard field goal to put the Panthers ahead, 6-3, with justunder three minutes left.


    "It's a little nerve-wracking, sitting there at three points,then six points, knowing you have to punch it in," Moore said."Everyone was making plays. The guys up front were definitelyhuge. I think I only got touched one time.


    "Personally, I'm glad I just managed the game. I didn't makeany major mistakes."


    Seattle's Matt Hasselbeck tried to get his team in scoringposition, but was sacked by linebacker Thomas Davis and fumbled.Carolina cornerback Richard Marshall pounced on the ball at theSeahawks' 40-yard line with 1:38 left.


    "Seattle's a great team and they have a great offense," Carolinadefensive tackle Kris Jenkins said. "They're capable of greatthings. It wasn't just one series. The energy was continuousfor the whole game."


    DeAngelo Williams scored three plays after Hasselbeck's fumbleon a 35-yard touchdown run to give the Panthers a 13-3 lead with21 seconds left.


    Hasselbeck narrowed the final margin with a 15-yard touchdownpass to wide receiver Deion Branch with one second left.

    Hasselbeck finished 27-of-41 for 274 yards.


    It was just the second win for Carolina in its last eight games.

    "This games a lot about confidence, a lot about belief,"Carolina coach John Fox said. "I have a lot of respect for thekind of guys we have in that locker room.


    "We've had a tough hand here for a while and they've hung inthere and fought. I was glad to see them be able to get a wintoday."
     

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