2007 MEDIA GUIDE - Seahawks Online Media Packet

PLAYOFFS 340NFC CHAMPIONSHIP GAMESEATTLE SEAHAWKS 34, CAROLINA PANTHERS 14SUNDAY, JANUARY 22, 2006 — QWEST FIELDThe Seahawks advanced to their first Super Bowl in club history as theydefeated the Carolina Panthers 34-14 in front of a 12th Man crowd of 67,837in the NFC Championship Game. The Seahawks offense got on the boardfirst as it needed only five plays to cover 57 yards ending with a MattHasselbeck to Jerramy Stevens 17-yard touchdown pass. Seattle’s defense,aided by the raucous crowd, allowed only 6 total first quarter yards andforced two Jake Delhomme interceptions; one each by Lofa Tatupu andMarquand Manuel. Seattle’s offense turned the takeaways in to 10 pointsand took an early 17-0 lead in the second quarter. Carolina’s touchdown inthe second quarter was a 59-yard punt return by Smith that was allowedafter a penalty flag for an illegal block in the back that was picked up. JoshBrown tacked on a 39 yard field goal midway through the quarter for a 20-7 lead at the half. Receiving the opening kickoff, Seattle drove 65 yards ineight plays with Hasselbeck and Darrell Jackson hooking up from 20 yardsout for a 27-7 lead. The teams then exchanged two punts each until MichaelBoulware intercepted Delhomme with 1:25 left in the third quarter. Seattlejumped out to a 34-7 lead after Shaun Alexander scored his second of two1-yard runs with 6:00 left to play in the game. Carolina added its first offensivescore of the day with 5:09 remaining in the game and after a Seattlepunt, Smith caught a 7 yard pass but Craig Terrill forced a fumble that wasrecovered by Marcus Trufant to seal Seattle’s trip to Super Bowl XL inDetroit.Carolina 0 7 0 7 — 14Seattle 10 10 7 7 — 34SEA 1 5:31 0-7 Stevens 17 pass Hasselbeck (Brown kick) [5-57, 2:16]SEA 1 2:23 0-10 Brown 24 FG [6-14, 2:44]SEA 2 14:53 0-17 Alexander 1 run (Brown kick) [4-17, 0:57]CAR 2 9:05 7-17 Smith 59 punt return (Kasay kick)SEA 2 4:03 7-20 Brown 39 FG [10-57, 5:02]SEA 3 11:09 7-27 Jackson 20 pass Hasselbeck (Brown kick) [8-65, 3:51]SEA 4 6:00 7-34 Alexander 1 run (Brown kick) [8-53, 4:48]CAR 4 5:09 14-34 Carter 47 pass Delhomme (Kasay kick) [4-80, :51]INDIVIDUAL STATISTICSRUSHING LEADERSCarolina Att Yds LG TDRobertson 4 19 15 0Delhomme 3 15 6 0Goings 5 2 0 0TOTAL 12 36 15 0Seattle Att Yds LG TDAlexander 34 132 18 2Hasselbeck 6 27 15 02 Others 11 31 10 0TOTAL 51 190 18 2PASSING LEADERSCarolina A C Yds TD IDelhomme 35 15 196 1 3TOTAL 35 15 196 1 3Seattle A C Yds TD IHasselbeck 28 20 219 2 0TOTAL 28 20 219 2 0PASS RECEIVING LEADERSCarolina No Yds LG TDRobertson 5 37 18 0Smith 5 33 12 0Carter 2 88 47t 13 Others 3 38 19 0TOTAL 15 196 47t 1Seattle No Yds LG TDJackson 6 75 20t 1Stevens 6 66 17t 1Engram 3 34 13 0Wallace 1 28 28 04 Others 4 16 7 0TOTAL 20 219 28 2STARTERSOFFENSEWR - EngramLT - JonesLG - HutchinsonC - TobeckRG - GrayRT - LocklearWR - JureviciusWR - JacksonQB - HasselbeckFB - StrongRB - AlexanderK - J. BrownDEFENSELE - FisherDT - DarbyDT - BernardRE - WistromOLB - HillILB - TatupuOLB - LewisLCB - DysonRCB - TrufantSS - BoulwareFS - ManuelP - RouenAtt. — 67,837TEAM STATISTICSCarolina SeattleTotal First Downs 11 27Rush/Pass/Penalty 2/7/2 13/11/3Third Down Eff. 1/9 11% 8/18 44%Fourth Down Eff. 0/0 0% 0/1 0%Total Net Yards 212 393Total Off. Plays 49 81Avg. Per Play 4.3 4.9Net Yards Rushing 36 190Total Rushing Plays 12 51Avg. Gain Per Rush 3.0 3.7Net Yards Passing 176 203Times Sacked/Yards Lost 2/20 2/16Pass Att.-Comp.-Int. 35-15-3 28-20-0Avg. Gain Per Pass Play 4.8 6.8Punts-No. and Avg. 7-34.7 5-38.8Had Blocked 0 0Penalties-No. and Yards 5-57 7-63Return Yardage (No kickoffs) 59 74Fumbles-No. and Lost 1-1 0-0Touchdowns 2 4Rush/Pass/Return 0/1/1 2/2/0Extra Points Made-Att. 2-2 4-4Field Goals Made-Att. 0-0 2-3Time of Possession 18:09 41:51DEFENSECarolina — Tackles: Witherspoon 10. Sacks: Morgan, Rucker1.0. Interceptions: None. Forced Fumbles: None. FumbleRecoveries: None.Seattle — Tackles: Hill 6. Sacks: Bernard 2.0. Interceptions:Boulware, Manuel, Tatupu 1. Forced Fumbles: Terrill 1.Fumble Recoveries: Trufant 1.