This Week in Seahawks Historical past: Shaun Alexander misses NFL speeding title by a yard

This shall 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.

The 1984 and 1994 groups have been already achieved and the 2014 squad had a 1st spherical bye within the playoffs so it’s simply the 2004 crew to revisit this week. Good factor the sport was fairly eventful!

40 Years In the past
*Remaining 1984 file: 13-5. Misplaced in AFC Divisional Spherical*
30 Years In the past
*Remaining 1994 file: 6-10*
20 Years In the past
Sunday, January 2, 2005

Sport Log

Hey look, it’s future Seattle Seahawks head coach Jim Mora on the sidelines for the Atlanta Falcons! That’s the one notable factor about this sport because the Seahawks had the possibility to clinch the NFC West. I guess you’re on the sting of your seat questioning in the event that they did! Jokes apart, we’ll go just a little extra in depth on this sport because it’s the one one for the week.

Michael Vick was nonetheless on the top of his powers, coming off an injury-shortened 2003 season. He obtained Atlanta out to a 7-0 lead with a 2-yard TD go to Peerless Value about halfway by the first Quarter. The Seahawks answered again with a 1-yard speeding TD by Shaun Alexander to tie the sport at 7-7. Jay Feely kicked a 33-yard FG to present the Falcons a 10-7 lead. Simply over a minute later, they prolonged their result in 17-7 when DeAngelo Corridor picked off Matt Hasselbeck and returned it 48 yards for the TD. Hasselbeck made up for it on the following drive with a 3-yard TD go to Darrell Jackson to shut the deficit to 17-14 at halftime.

The Falcons already had Vick resting up for the playoffs and Matt Schaub took his place at QB for Atlanta. and he proceeded to get picked off by Marcus Trufant on the primary drive after halftime. Seattle turned that into the one factors of the third Quarter on one other 3-yard Hasselbeck TD go, this one to Jerramy Stevens to present the Seahawks their first lead of the sport at 21-17. After lacking a FG within the third Quarter, Feely lower the lead to some extent at 21-20 with a 40-yard FG early within the 4th Quarter. Seattle then milked almost 6 minutes off the clock, ending the drive with a 1-yard TD run by Hasselbeck to take the 28-20 lead. That yard was fairly important; not only for the truth that it put Seattle up by 8 late within the sport. Shaun Alexander was trailing Curtis Martin by 1 yard for the NFL speeding title and would’ve tied him if he carried the ball as a substitute of Hasselbeck. Perhaps they’d get the ball again to present Alexander one other likelihood to safe that honor?

Nope.

Atlanta had over 4 minutes left and used actually each second, scoring on a 3-yard TD go from Matt Schaub to Brian Finneran with no time remaining on the clock. Atlanta failed on the 2-point conversion and the Seahawks have been headed to the playoffs as NFC West Champions with a 28-26 victory!

Matt Hasselbeck was 21/27 for 191 yards, 2 TD, 1 INT. He additionally had 1 carry for 1 necessary yard with the game-winning TD. Shaun Alexander had 19 carries for 80 yards and 1 TD ending 1 yard behind Curtis Martin for the NFL speeding lead. Bobby Engram caught all 6 targets for 79 yards. Why would I point out the proper catch share? Examine again subsequent week…

Marcus Trufant had an INT for the 2nd week in a row. Chad Brown and Ken Hamlin had 1.0 sack a chunk. Rocky Bernard and Antonio Cochran shared a sack with 0.5 every.

The Seahawks would draw their division foe St. Louis Rams within the Wild Card Spherical. After being swept 2-0 in the course of the common season, may they lastly break by within the playoffs within the pleasant confines of Qwest Area? Once more, verify again subsequent week.

That’s known as a tease, of us!

10 Years In the past
Saturday/Sunday, January 3/4, 2015
*2014 file: 12-4. Seahawks have 1st Spherical Bye*

With an ideal end to the season, the Seattle Seahawks obtained to take a seat at residence and watch the Wild Card Spherical. Baltimore upsetting Pittsburgh at Heinz Area was the one upset of the first spherical for both facet. Cam Newton and the Carolina Panthers took care of the Arizona Cardinals and get to journey to CenturyLink subject for the Divisional Spherical which we’ll go over subsequent week. Fortunate them!