2007 MEDIA GUIDE - Seahawks Online Media Packet

AFC WILD CARD PLAYOFFSSEATTLE SEAHAWKS 31, DENVER BRONCOS 7SATURDAY, DECEMBER 24, 1983 — KINGDOMEDave Krieg threw three touchdown passes to lead the Seahawks to a win in thefirst playoff game in their history. Krieg, who completed 12-of-13 passes,increased a 10-7 Seahawks halftime lead with touchdown passes on Seattle’sfirst two second half possessions. Seattle scored on the game’s opening driveon a Krieg touchdown pass. After a Denver touchdown, Seattle took the lead forgood with a field goal. Krieg then opened the second half by throwing twotouchdown passes. Seattle recorded three takeaways, all deep in Seahawks territory.Of Denver’s 360 total yards, 140 were gained on their last two drives.Steve DeBerg, who was activated two days before the game after missing ninegames with a shoulder injury, was 14-of-19 for 131 yards, before being replacedmidway through the fourth quarter by rookie John Elway. Both teams had 9-7records in the regular season with Seattle gaining the home-field advantage byvirtue of their win on the season’s last week and Denver’s loss at Kansas City.Denver 7 0 0 0 — 7Seattle 7 3 7 14 — 31SEA 1 4:42 0-7 Largent 17 pass Krieg (N. Johnson kick) [8-62, 4:33]DEN 1 11:22 7-7 Myles 13 pass DeBerg (Karlis kick) [9-76, 4:08]SEA 2 5:35 7-10 N. Johnson 37 FG [9-32, 4:33]SEA 3 7:02 7-17 Metzelaars 5 pass Krieg (N. Johnson kick)[5-73, 3:19]SEA 4 0:04 7-24 Johns 18 pass Krieg (N. Johnson kick) [9-61,4:17]SEA 4 5:26 7-31 Hughes 2 run (N. Johnson kick) [9-64, 4:43)Att. — 60,752INDIVIDUAL STATISTICSRUSHING LEADERSDenver Att Yds LG TDWinder 16 59 35 0Poole 7 25 7 0TOTAL 33 125 35 0Seattle Att Yds LG TDWarner 23 99 15 0Hughes 3 16 9 1TOTAL 38 145 15 1PASSING LEADERSDenver A C Yds TD IDeBerg 19 14 131 1 1Elway 15 10 123 0 1TOTAL 34 24 254 1 2Seattle A C Yds TD IKrieg 13 12 200 3 0TOTAL 13 12 200 3 0PASS RECEIVING LEADERSDenver No Yds LG TDMyles 7 73 18 1Watson 4 51 22 0Poole 4 17 8 0Simpson 3 52 31 0TOTAL 24 254 31 1Seattle No Yds LG TDLargent 4 76 34 1Warner 3 22 9 0Johns 2 59 41 1Young 2 38 28 0Metzelaars 1 5 5 1TOTAL 12 200 41 3PLAYOFF GAMESSTARTERSOFFENSETE - MetzelaarsLT - EssinkLG - BaileyC - BushRG - PrattRT - AugustTE - YoungWR - LargentQB - KriegRB - WarnerFB - C. BryantK - N. JohnsonDEFENSELE - GreenNT - NashRE - J. BryantLOLB - ScholtzLILB - NormanRILB - ButlerROLB - GainesLCB - JustinRCB - BrownSS - EasleyFS - HarrisP - WestTEAM STATISTICSDenver SeattleTotal First Downs 21 17Rush/Pass/Penalty 5/14/2 8/9/0Third Down Eff. 9/17 52.9% 5/10 50.0%Fourth Down Eff. 1/2 50.0% 1/1 100.0%Total Net Yards 360 324Total Off. Plays 69 53Avg. Per Play 5.2 6.1Net Yards Rushing 125 145Total Rushing Plays 33 38Avg. Gain Per Rush 3.8 3.8Net Yards Passing 235 179Times Sacked/Yards Lost 2-19 2-21Pass Att.-Comp.-Int. 34-24-2 13-12-0Avg. Gain Per Pass Play 6.5 11.9Punts-No. and Avg. 4-47.8 3-41.7Had Blocked 0 0Penalties-No. and Yards 5-35 3-34Return Yardage 128 146Fumbles-No. and Lost 1-1 1-0Touchdowns 1 4Rush/Pass/Return 0/1/0 1/3/0Extra Points Made-Att. 1-1 4-4Field Goals Made-Att. 0-0 1-1Time of Possession 30:57 29:03DEFENSEDenver — Tackles: Ryan 7. Sacks: Manor 1.0, Woodard 1.0.Interceptions: None. Forced Fumbles: None. FumbleRecoveries: None.Seattle — Tackles: Easley 11. Sacks: Clancy 1.0, Easley 1.0.Interceptions: G. Johnson 1, Justin 1. Forced Fumbles:Robinson 1. Fumble Recoveries: Moyer 1.PLAYOFFS 329