2007 MEDIA GUIDE - Seahawks Online Media Packet

2006 SEASON 210GAME 15 San Diego Chargers 20, Seattle Seahawks 17Sunday, December 24, 2006 — Qwest FieldDespite losing 20-17 to San Diego, Seattle clinched its third straight NFC West crown when San Franciscolost to Arizona earlier in the day. In the first half, the two teams combined for 12 punts and Seattle held PhilipRivers to just 1 for 10 passing, but his one completion was a 9-yard touchdown pass to Vincent Jackson inthe second quarter. The Chargers defense sacked Matt Hasselbeck four times and intercepted him twice inSan Diego territory to end possible Seahawks scoring drives and the Chargers led 7-0 at the half. San Diegobegan the third quarter with an eight-play 45 yard drive that ended with a Nate Kaeding 46 yard field goaland a 10-0 lead. Seattle’s offense got on the board when Shaun Alexander ran 33 yards to cut the lead to 10-7 but San Diego answered with another Kaeding field goal. Entering the final frame down 13-7, Seattle drove45 yards in five plays with Alexander finding the endzone from 9 yards out, giving Seattle its first lead, 14-13. Seattle’s defense, continuing to pressure Rivers, held LaDainian Tomlinson to just 21 yards rushing in thesecond half, forced San Diego to punt. The Seahawks took the ball down to the San Diego 15 but had to settlefor a Josh Brown 33 yard field goal and a 17-13 lead with 5:07 left in the game. The two teams exchangedpunts with San Diego taking over at its own 41 with 2:00 remaining. Rivers needed five plays to find Jacksonfrom 37 yards out for the game-winning score with 0:29 remaining in the game.San Diego 0 7 6 7 — 20Seattle 0 0 7 10 — 17San Diego SeattleSD 2 3:18 Jackson 9 pass from Rivers (Kaeding kick) (6-86, 2:56) 7 0SD 3 12:12 Kaeding 46 field goal (8-45, 2:48) 10 0SEA 3 6:10 Alexander 33 run (Brown kick) (6-52, 1:56) 10 7SD 3 2:24 Kaeding 40 field goal (9-61, 3:46) 13 7SEA 4 12:58 Alexander 9 run (Brown kick) (5-45, 1:55) 13 14SEA 4 5:07 Brown 33 field goal (12-47, 6:09) 13 17SD 4 0:29 Jackson 37 pass from Rivers (Kaeding kick) (5-59, 1:31) 20 17Att. — 68,174INDIVIDUAL STATISTICSRUSHINGSan Diego Att Yds LG TD Seattle Att Yds LG TDTomlinson 22 123 62 0 Alexander 31 140 33t 2Turner 4 29 21 0 Hasselbeck 1 10 10 0Jackson 2 8 8 0 Morris 1 3 3 0Rivers 4 6 4 0Neal 1 2 2 0TOTAL 33 168 62 0 TOTAL 33 153 33t 2PASSINGSan Diego A C Yds TD Int RT Seattle A C Yds TD Int RTRivers 30 10 181 2 0 77.2 Hasselbeck 37 17 189 0 2 39.1TOTAL 30 10 181 2 0 77.2 TOTAL 37 17 189 0 2 39.1RECEIVINGSan Diego No Yds LG TD Seattle No Yds LG TDJackson 5 97 37t 2 Branch 5 61 17 0Gates 2 63 38 0 Engram 4 65 20 0Tomlinson 1 10 10 0 Hackett 3 37 24 0Neal 1 7 7 0 Stevens 2 24 13 0McCardell 1 4 4 0 Alexander 2 2 1 0Morris 1 0 0 0TOTAL 10 181 38 2 TOTAL 17 189 24 0TEAM STATISTICSSan Diego SeattleTotal First Downs 14 18Third Down Eff. 4-16-25% 10-21-48%Total Net Yards 340 314Total Off. Plays 64 76Avg. per Play 5.3 4.1Net Yards Rushing 168 153Total Rushing Plays 33 33Net Yards Passing 172 161Times Sacked/Yards Lost 1/9 6/28Pass Atts-Comps-Ints 30-10-0 37-17-2Punts-No. and Avg. 10-42.5 9-49.6Penalties-No. and Yards 10-85 6-50Fumbles-No. and Lost 2-0 1-0Touchdowns 2 2Field Goals Made-Att 2-2 1-1Time of Possession 27:09 32:51DEFENSESan Diego T S A QB Yds Int Yds PD FF FRWilliams 8 7 1 0.0 0.0 0 0 1 0 0Cooper 7 5 2 0.5 2.5 0 0 0 0 0Edwards 7 5 2 0.5 2.5 0 0 3 0 0Jammer 7 5 2 0.0 0.0 0 0 1 0 0Cesaire 6 5 1 2.0 14.0 0 0 0 0 0Additional Stats: Sacks: Merriman 3.0; Interceptions: Hart 2.Seattle T S A QB Yds Int Yds PD FF FRTatupu 12 9 3 1.0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0Boulware 5 4 1 0.0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0Hamlin 4 4 0 0.0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0Wistrom 4 4 0 0.0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0four more players with 4 tackles each