This Week in Seahawks Historical past: BeastQuake 2.0 occurs

This will likely be a weekly article collection all through the season wanting again on what occurred for the Seattle Seahawks 40, 30, 20, and 10 years in the past this week.

There’s a great starting and finish this week with a playoff win in 1984 and a basic Seahawks historical past second in 2014. Let’s get to it!

40 Years In the past
Saturday, December 22, 1984

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Regardless that the 1984 Seattle Seahawks squad missed out on an opportunity to win the division the week prior in opposition to the Denver Broncos, they nonetheless made the playoffs and drew one other AFC West division foe within the Wild Card spherical once they confronted the Los Angeles Raiders.

Neither group obtained on the board till the 2nd Quarter when Daryl Turner caught a 26-yard TD cross from Dave Krieg to place Seattle forward 7-0. Norm Johnson adopted that up with FGs of 35 and 44 yards within the third and 4th Quarter because the Seahawks prolonged their result in 13-0. The Raiders broke their scoring droop within the 4th Quarter on a 46-yard TD cross from Jim Plunkett to Marcus Allen as Los Angeles pulled inside 1 rating at 13-7. Fortunately, the Seahawks held on in entrance of the house crowd and moved on to the Divisional spherical!

Seattle head coach Chuck Knox lived as much as his “Ground Chuck” nickname on this sport even within the absence of star RB Curt Warner who was injured within the season opener. Dave Krieg was simply 4/10 for 70 yards, 1 TD, 0 INT. Dan Doornink had 29 carries for 126 yards. In the meantime, David Hughes had 14 carries for 54 yards. All in all, Seattle rushed the ball 51 occasions for 205 yards. With solely 4 completions, it’s no shock that Daryl Turner’s lone catch for 26 yards and a TD made him the main receiver for the Seahawks.

Seattle’s protection helped the offense by forcing 3 turnovers and racking up 6 sacks! Kenny Easley and John Harris every had 1 INT. Keith Simpson recovered 1 fumble. Jacob Inexperienced had 2.5 sacks. Keith Butler, Mike Fanning, and Dino Mangiero all had 1.0 sack. Jeff Bryant picked up the ultimate 0.5 sack.

Up subsequent is a playoff rematch with the Seahawks heading to Florida to play the Miami Dolphins. We’ll get to that subsequent week so simply take pleasure in this one when you can!

30 Years In the past
Sunday, December 18, 1994

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No, you’re not seeing double…it’s the Seahawks vs the Raiders once more a decade later! Not as a lot to play for this time for Seattle, sadly, though it was a primetime matchup. The Seahawks held the lead within the 4th Quarter earlier than Jeff Hostetler threw a 77-yard TD cross to Tim Brown to place LA forward 17-16. Then, John Kasay missed a 43-yard area aim with lower than 30 seconds left to seal the loss.

Dan McGwire was 14/34 for 166 yards, 0 TD, 0 INT. Chris Warren had 24 carries for 122 yards and 1 TD. Brian Blades had 5 catches for 70 yards.

Seattle’s protection had 5 sacks. Michael Sinclair led the best way with 2.0 sacks. Antonio Edwards and Rufus Porter every had 1.5 sacks.

20 Years In the past
Sunday, December 19, 2004

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Not loads of good to put in writing about with this sport in opposition to the New York Jets. Seattle held an early 7-3 lead earlier than giving up 21 consecutive factors and taking part in catch up for the remainder of the sport.

Matt Hasselbeck was 22/30 for 301 yards, 2 TD, 1 INT. Shaun Alexander had 19 carries for 77 yards. Darrell Jackson had 4 catches for 45 yards to steer Seattle. Jerry Rice had 3 catches for 25 yards and 1 TD. Which may not appear important besides that TD – an superior one-handed catch by the best way – was the final of Rice’s Corridor of Fame profession, giving him 208 complete TDs.

Seattle’s protection didn’t pressure any turnover nor have any sacks.

10 Years In the past
Sunday, December 21, 2014

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Right here, the 2014 Seahawks continued on their quest to make it to back-to-back Tremendous Bowls with a primetime matchup in opposition to the division main Arizona Cardinals from what would turn into Seattle’s home of horrors. The Cardinals had been a lot weaker than their report indicated, having misplaced beginning quarterback Carson Palmer for the season. Seattle beat the snot out of Ryan Lindley in response.

Russell Wilson was 20/31 for 339 yards, 2 TD,0 INT. Russ additionally pitched in 88 yards and 1 TD on 6 carries. Marshawn Lynch had 10 carries for 113 yards and a couple of TD. A kind of two TDs simply occurred to be BeastQuake 2.0, the place BeastMode broke a number of tackles and rumbled 79 yards for the rating. Simply one other spotlight in a profession stuffed with them for Marshawn. Test the movies beneath to relive it in all its glory! Luke Willson additionally had a monster day with 139 yards receiving and a couple of TDs on simply 3 catches. The yardage and TDs had been each profession highs.

Richard Sherman had 1 INT. Michael Bennett, Jordan Hill, David King, and O’Brien Schofield all had 1.0 sack.