Game 96. Detroit at Seattle
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Game 75. Seattle at Tampa Bay
1997 Game 190 (Week 14) Atlanta at Seattle
Seahawks blow past the Falcons; stay in playoff hunt
One of the best free agent acquisitions this offseason has to be the Seattle Seahawks signing veteran QB Warren Moon, who has found chemistry in the Emerald City with his receivers. Moon and the Hawks won their fourth straight game and seventh of their last eight as they defeated the Atlanta Falcons 38-17 Sunday in the Kingdome. The Hawks are in the thick of the Wildcard race in the AFC as they are now 9-4 on the season.
Moon was outstanding on Sunday as he torched the Falcons for 231 yards on 23 of 29 passing and 3 touchdown passes. Moon had a QB rating of 134.3 on the day. Earlier in the season, Moon was throwing interceptions, which really hurt the Hawks. On this four-game winning streak, Moon has thrown eight TD passes and only two interceptions.
The Seahawks also got their running game going on Sunday as they piled up 199 yards on the ground. RB Lamar Smith led the way with 86 yards on 13 carries with a TD. RB Chris Warren carried the ball 20 times for 42 yards and a TD. Steve Broussard chipped in 40 yards on five carries.
As for Atlanta, QB Chris Chandler had a decent day. He was 22 of 39 passing for 221 yards and 2 touchdowns. RB Jamal Anderson rushed for 98 yards on 10 carries, but the Falcons got behind early and could not lean on their running game to keep in the game.
The Seahawks will try to keep things rolling as they go on the road for the next two weeks. Next Sunday they travel to Baltimore to take on the Ravens and then in two weeks they travel to take on arch-rival the Oakland Raiders. The Falcons are now 5-8 on the season and they will travel to San Diego next Sunday.
Game 64. Seattle at Green Bay
Game 54. Dallas at Seattle
Game 41. San Francisco at Seattle
1997 Game 177 (Week 13) Kansas City at Seattle
The Chiefs finally go down!
The 1972 Dolphins can finally smoke their undefeated cigars as the Kansas City Chiefs fell Sunday afternoon in the Kingdome, 17-15, to the Seattle Seahawks ruining their undefeated season. The Chiefs were the last of the undefeated in 1997. On the flip side, the Seattle Seahawks are proving that they can compete with the elite in the NFL.
The Chiefs’ Pete Stoyanovich kicked a 22-yd field goal with 4:45 left in the 4th quarter to give the Chiefs a 15-14 lead; however, that was more than enough time for the Seahawks and QB Warren Moon to counter. Moon drove the Seahawks down, converting on two huge third-down plays, inside the Chiefs’ territory. Moon connected with WR Joey Galloway twice and then once with WR Mike Pritchard to set the Seahawks up at the 20-yard line.
The Seahawks ran the ball once and then brought in kicker Todd Peterson and he drilled a 37-yard kick with no time left to win the game 17-15 giving the Chiefs their first loss of the season.
The Chiefs racked up 383 total yards with 143 of it on the ground, but they killed themselves with penalties. They were flagged 12 times for 123 yards with many of them coming at crucial moments knocking them out of scoring position.
As for the Seahawks, they just chipped away at one of the league’s top defenses. They only managed 209 yards of total offense but took advantage of great field position and timely throws from Moon, who finished with 174 yards on 22 of 42 passing with a TD and 2 INTs.
The Seahawk defense also took away the Chiefs’ top offensive passing target in WR Andre Rison. They held Rison to just 3 catches on the day for just 15 yards. Rison came into the game near the top of the league in catches and receiving yards.
The Seahawks are in the mix for a Wildcard position as they are now 8-4. They will host Atlanta in the Kingdome next Sunday, while the Chiefs’ try to bounce back from their firs loss with a huge task at Arrowhead when they take on one of the league’s best in the San Francisco 49ers.
Game 21. Seattle at Washington
Game 12. St. Louis at Seattle
1997 Game 160 (Week 12) Seattle at New Orleans
Moon’s acquisition paying dividends
Seattle Seahawks’ QB Warren Moon was one of the big free agent moves in the offseason and it’s starting to pay off. The Seahawks went into the Louisianna Superdome Sunday and thumped the New Orleans Saints, 34-16. The victory has propelled the Seahawks into a legitimate Wild Card spot in the AFC now that they are 7-4.
Moon struggled to start the season. At one time, he held the distinct honor of throwing the most interceptions on the season. Over the past six weeks, the Seahawks have won 5 of their last six games and you can’t point to Moon’s play as the cause of it.
On Sunday, Moon came out slinging the football. In the second quarter, he zipped two touchdown passes to give the Seahawks a 17-0 lead. The first TD was a 49-yard catch and run from WR Mike Pritchard and the other was a 61-yard bomb to Joey Galloway. Later in the 4th quarter, Moon hooked up with WR James McKnight on another bomb from 68 yards out.
On the day, Moon threw for 316 yards on 18 of 28 passing with 3 TDs and 0 interceptions. He had a 138.4 quarterback rating.
The Seahawks defense has been up to the challenge also. They knocked Saints’ starting QB Heath Shuler out of the game and then harassed Billy Joe Hobert the rest of the game. The two quarterbacks were sacked and intercepted three times. DB Willie Williams had two of the Seahawks’ interceptions.
Seattle (7-4) will have a huge showdown on Sunday as they face the undefeated Kansas City Chiefs in the Kingdome. After starting the season 6-2, the Saints have now dropped three consecutive games and will travel to Atlanta next Sunday.