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    Game recap: Seahawks 20, 49ers 3

    SPNW StaffBy SPNW StaffOctober 22, 20156 Comments4 Mins Read
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    Marshawn Lynch pounded San Francisco for 122 yards in Seattle’s 20-3 win Thursday night. / Drew Sellers, Sportspress Northwest file photo

    Takeaway

    The Seahawks entered the fourth quarter with a 17-3 lead and the ball Thursday night at Levi’s Stadium and — for a change — didn’t blow it, coming away with a 20-3 victory over the San Francisco 49ers that kept their playoff hopes from circling the drain (box). Russell Wilson tossed a dazzling 43-yard touchdown to rookie WR Tyler Lockett, RB Marshawn Lynch pounded for 122 yards and Seattle’s defense utterly overwhelmed QB Colin Kaepernick in a decisive victory.

    The Seahawks improved to 3-4, moved into third place in the NFC West and have 10 days to prepare for the Dallas Cowboys.

    Essential moment

    After Steven Hauschka provided the Seahawks with a 20-3 lead with a 46-yard field goal at 9:23 of the fourth quarter, the Seahawks stuffed the 49ers’ offense on three consecutive drives, all 3-and-outs. In contrast to the past two weeks with last-quarter gags against Cincinnati and Carolina, Seattle sustained its next drive by having Lynch convert a 3rd-and-5 with two minutes to play to squash any chance of a San Francisco comeback.

    Offense

    The Seahawks had 388 total yards to San Francisco’s 142, collecting their 2o points on Lynch’s one-yard touchdown run, Wilson’s TD to Lockett and two Hauschka field goals.

    Lynch had his first 100-yard rushing game of the season and the sixth of his career against the 49ers. Only Hall of Famer Jim Taylor of Green Bay had as many as six 100-yard rushing games against San Francisco.

    Wilson completed 18 of 24 for 235 yards, but threw two interceptions, one a reckless downfield shot that blunted a scoring opportunity. He finished with an a subpar 84.5  passer rating and was sacked five times, jacking his season total to 31. Wilson is on pace to get sacked 71 times, which would rank among the top five totals in NFL history.

    Lockett caught five passes for a team-leading 79 yards. His 43-yard TD catch was the play of the game. He is the first rookie since Randall Cobb of Green Bay in 2011 to score touchdowns on a kickoff return, punt and and a reception.

    Wilson targeted TE Jimmy Graham five times, Graham responding with two catches for 31 yards.

    Defense

    The Seahawks sacked Kaepernick six times, including 3.5 by DE Michael Bennett and 1.5 by DE Cliiff Avril. Kaepernick did not record a single rushing yard and threw for only 124 yards. For the majority of the game, his receivers were smothered and he labored under constant pressure.

    CB Richard Sherman had his best game of the year. Assigned almost exclusively to WR Torrey Smith, San Francisco’s major deep threat, Sherman made him invisible, holding him to no catches.

    The Seahawks forced the 49ers into six 3-and-outs and held them to 1-for-11 on third downs.

    Burned by tight ends all season, the Seahawks held Vernon Davis and Garrett Celek to five catches for 63 yards.

    Words

    “That’s the way we should be playing. That’s the way we’re supposed to finish these games. We had the right mentality and the right attitude” — coach Pete Carroll after the Seahawks blanked the 49ers in the fourth quarter.

    “Not many people can say they scored on a punt return, a kick return and a pass in the same season. Russell threw a perfect ball and I was able to run under it” — Lockett on his 43-yard scoring pass.

    “The defense really executed tonight and we did what we needed to do on offense” — Wilson.

    Noteworthy

    The 90-yard drive that culminated in Wilson’s TD to Lockett in the second quarter tied Seattle’s longest march of the season (also 90 vs. Carolina Sunday) . . . Hauschka is 16-for-16 on field goal attempts . . . The Seahawks are 15-2 in prime-time games under Carroll . . . Seattle has won five of its last six regular-season games against San Francisco and leads the all-time series 18-15 . . . Carroll is 6-5 against the Niners since 2010 . . . Lynch’s first-quarter rushing TD was the 56th of his Seattle career and moved him into second place on the franchise’s all-time list behind Shaun Alexander, who had 100 . . . This marked the first time since Week 3 of the 2009 season that Seattle and San Francisco (2-5) entered the game with sub.-500 records.

    Next

    The Seahawks travel to Dallas to face the Cowboys Nov. 1 at 1:25 p.m. (FOX). The Seahawks have a bye week before returning to CenturyLink Field Nov. 15 to face the Arizona Cardinals.

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    6 Comments

    1. 1coolguy on October 22, 2015 10:26 pm

      Best pass play of the game: Wilson to Lockett for TD
      Worst pass play of the game: Kearse not pushing/tackling the DB to prevent the interception at the 12. He saw the ball and just slowed down and watched the interception. Weak baby, weak!

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      • Pixdawg13 on October 23, 2015 5:01 am

        Kearse had already slowed down. IF he hadn’t, he likely can catch that one.

    2. Buggy White on October 23, 2015 7:54 am

      “A reckless downfield shot”? Really? If one DB didn’t guess right, it’s a TD!

    3. Jeff Shope on October 23, 2015 9:49 am

      They are wonderful when playing the bottom of nfl in sf det and chi not so much against better teams

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