The 1989 Seattle Seahawks season was the team's 14th season with the National Football League. The season marked the end of an era for the team, as the last original Seahawk remaining, wide receiver Steve Largent, retired after the season as the NFL's all-time reception leader up to that time.
1989 NFL Draft
Personnel
Staff
1989 Seattle Seahawks staff
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Front office
- Owner – Ken Behring
- President/General Manager – Tom Flores
- Vice President/Assistant General Manager – Chuck Allen
- Player Personnel Director – Mike Allman
- Assistant Player Personnel Director – Rick Thompson
- Pro Personnel Assistant – Randy Mueller
Head coaches
Offensive coaches
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Defensive coaches
- Defensive Coordinator/Linebackers – Tom Catlin
- Defensive Line – George Dyer
- Assistant Linebackers – Rusty Tillman
- Defensive Backs – Rod Perry
- Special Assignments – Joe Vitt
Special teams coaches
- Special Teams – Rusty Tillman
- Assistant Special Teams – Russ Purnell
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Final roster
1989 Seattle Seahawks final roster
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Quarterbacks
Running backs
Wide receivers
Tight ends
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Offensive linemen
Defensive linemen
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Linebackers
Defensive backs
Special teams
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Reserve lists
Practice squad
Rookies in italics
58 active, 0 inactive, 0 practice squad
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- Starters in bold.
- (*) Denotes players that were selected for the 1990 Pro Bowl.
Schedule
Preseason
- Source: Seahawks Media Guides[2][3]
Regular season
Divisional matchups have the AFC West playing the NFC East.
- Bold indicates division opponents.
- Source: 1989 NFL season results[4]
Standings
Game Summaries
Preseason
Week P1: at Phoenix Cardinals
Preseason Week One: Seattle Seahawks at Phoenix Cardinals – Game summary
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1 |
2 |
3 | 4 | OT | Total |
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| Seahawks |
0 |
3 |
7 | 0 | 6 | 16 |
| Cardinals |
3 |
0 |
0 | 7 | 0 | 10 |
at Sun Devil Stadium, Tempe, Arizona
- Date:
- Game time: 7:30pm local
- Game weather: partly cloudy, 99 °F (37 °C), wind N 8 miles per hour (13 km/h)
- Game attendance: 37,158
- Referee: Howard Roe
- Gamebook
Week P2: vs. New England Patriots
Preseason Week Two: Seattle Seahawks vs. New England Patriots – Game summary
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3 | 4 | Total |
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| Seahawks |
0 |
6 |
6 | 0 | 12 |
| Patriots |
0 |
10 |
7 | 0 | 17 |
at Busch Memorial Stadium, St. Louis, Missouri
- Date:
- Game time: 8:00pm local
- Game weather: cloudy, 75 °F (24��°C), wind S 14 miles per hour (23 km/h)
- Game attendance: 48,746
- Referee: Gene Barth
- Gamebook
Week P3: vs. Detroit Lions
Preseason Week Three: Seattle Seahawks vs. Detroit Lions – Game summary
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3 | 4 | Total |
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| Lions |
0 |
0 |
0 | 7 | 7 |
| Seahawks |
3 |
3 |
7 | 0 | 13 |
at Kingdome, Seattle
Week P4: vs. San Francisco 49ers
Preseason Week Four: Seattle Seahawks vs. San Francisco 49ers – Game summary
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1 |
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3 | 4 | Total |
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| 49ers |
0 |
10 |
7 | 0 | 17 |
| Seahawks |
7 |
0 |
14 | 7 | 28 |
at Kingdome, Seattle
Regular season
Week 1: at Philadelphia Eagles
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First quarter
Second quarter
- PHI – Luis Zendejas 24-yard field goal, 11:27 (PHI 10–7)
- PHI – Cris Carter 8-yard pass from Randall Cunningham (Luis Zendejas kick), 4:51 (PHI 17–7)
Third quarter
- PHI – Mike Quick 8-yard pass from Randall Cunningham (Luis Zendejas kick), 9:49 (PHI 24–7)
Fourth quarter
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Top passers
Top rushers
Top receivers
Team – – – –
- SEA – 193 – 77 – 270 – 3
- PHI – 234 – 131 – 365 – 0
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Week 2: vs. Phoenix Cardinals
Week Two: Seattle Seahawks vs. Phoenix Cardinals – Game summary
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3 | 4 | Total |
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| Cardinals |
13 |
0 |
7 | 14 | 34 |
| Seahawks |
0 |
7 |
7 | 10 | 24 |
at Kingdome, Seattle
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First quarter
Second quarter
Third quarter
- PHX – J.T. Smith 25-yard pass from Gary Hogeboom (Al Del Greco kick), 11:50 (PHX 20–7)
- SEA – Paul Skansi 17-yard pass from Dave Krieg (Norm Johnson kick), 7:59 (PHX 20–14)
Fourth quarter
- PHX – Roy Green 6-yard pass from Gary Hogeboom (Al Del Greco kick), 14:52 (PHX 27–14)
- SEA – Norm Johnson 39-yard field goal, 7:55 (PHX 27–17)
- PHX – Roy Green 59-yard pass from Gary Hogeboom (Al Del Greco kick), 4:16 (PHX 34–17)
- SEA – Brian Blades 5-yard pass from Dave Krieg (Norm Johnson kick), 1:45 (PHX 34–24)
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Top passers
Top rushers
Top receivers
Team – – – –
- PHX – 298 – 171 – 469 – 2
- SEA – 269 – 77 – 346 – 1
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Week 3: at New England Patriots
Week Three: Seattle Seahawks at New England Patriots – Game summary
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3 | 4 | Total |
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| Seahawks |
0 |
21 |
3 | 0 | 24 |
| Patriots |
3 |
0 |
0 | 0 | 3 |
at Sullivan Stadium, Foxborough, Massachusetts
- Date: September 24
- Game time: 1:00pm local
- Game weather: clear, 58 °F (14 °C), 52% humidity, wind NW 20 miles per hour (32 km/h)
- Game attendance: 48,025
- Referee: Bob McElwee
- TV: NBC
- Gamebook
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First quarter
Second quarter
Third quarter
- SEA – Norm Johnson 23-yard field goal, 8:03 (SEA 24–3)
Fourth quarter
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Top passers
Top rushers
Top receivers
Team – – – –
- SEA – 159 – 157 – 316 – 0
- NE – 128 – 91 – 219 – 3
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Week 4: at Los Angeles Raiders
Week Four: Seattle Seahawks at Los Angeles Raiders – Game summary
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| Seahawks |
7 |
0 |
0 | 17 | 24 |
| Raiders |
0 |
10 |
7 | 3 | 20 |
at Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, Los Angeles
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First quarter
Second quarter
Third quarter
Fourth quarter
- SEA – Curt Warner 6-yard run (Norm Johnson kick), 14:02 (LA 17–14)
- SEA – Brian Blades 19-yard pass from Dave Krieg (Norm Johnson kick), 9:58 (SEA 21–17)
- LA – Jeff Jaeger 28-yard field goal, 5:58 (SEA 21–20)
- SEA – Norm Johnson 48-yard field goal, 1:15 (SEA 24–20)
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Top passers
Top rushers
Top receivers
Team – – – –
- SEA – 194 – 160 – 354 – 2
- LA – 197 – 114 – 311 – 2
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Week 5: vs. Kansas City Chiefs
Week Five: Seattle Seahawks vs. Kansas City Chiefs – Game summary
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3 | 4 | Total |
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| Chiefs |
3 |
0 |
7 | 10 | 20 |
| Seahawks |
7 |
9 |
0 | 0 | 16 |
at Kingdome, Seattle
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First quarter
Second quarter
- SEA – Norm Johnson 37-yard field goal, 5:03 (SEA 10–3)
- SEA – Norm Johnson 26-yard field goal, 1:49 (SEA 13–3)
- SEA – Norm Johnson 37-yard field goal, 0:04 (SEA 16–3)
Third quarter
Fourth quarter
- KC – Nick Lowery 25-yard field goal, 11:52 (SEA 16–13)
- KC – Alfredo Roberts 2-yard pass from Ron Jaworski (Nick Lowery kick), 9:27 (KC 20–16)
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Top passers
Top rushers
- KC – Christian Okoye: 30 car, 156 yds, 1 TD
- SEA – Dave Krieg: 3 car, 29 yds
Top receivers
Team – – – –
- KC – 104 – 199 – 303 – 1
- SEA – 236 – 52 – 288 – 2
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Week 6: at San Diego Chargers
Week Six: Seattle Seahawks at San Diego Chargers – Game summary
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| Seahawks |
10 |
0 |
7 | 0 | 17 |
| Chargers |
7 |
3 |
0 | 6 | 16 |
at San Diego Stadium, San Diego, California
- Date: October 15
- Game time: 1:00pm local
- Game weather: partly cloudy, 67 °F (19 °C), 47% humidity, wind WNW 15 miles per hour (24 km/h)
- Game attendance: 50,079
- Referee: Red Cashion
- TV: NBC
- Gamebook
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First quarter
Second quarter
- SD – Chris Bahr 29-yard field goal, 8:44 (Tied 10–10)
Third quarter
Fourth quarter
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Top passers
Top rushers
Top receivers
Team – – – –
- SEA – 139 – 85 – 224 – 3
- SD – 263 – 99 – 362 – 4
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Week 7: vs. Denver Broncos
Week Seven: Seattle Seahawks vs. Denver Broncos – Game summary
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| Broncos |
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7 | 14 | 3 | 24 |
| Seahawks |
7 |
7 |
0 | 7 | 0 | 21 |
at Kingdome, Seattle
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First quarter
Second quarter
- SEA – John L. Williams 6-yard pass from Dave Krieg (Norm Johnson kick), 12:10 (SEA 14–0)
Third quarter
Fourth quarter
- DEN – Clarence Kay 2-yard pass from John Elway (David Treadwell kick), 10:23 (Tied 14–14)
- SEA – Paul Skansi 24-yard pass from Dave Krieg (Norm Johnson kick), 5:33 (SEA 21–14)
- DEN – Vance Johnson 54-yard pass from John Elway (David Treadwell kick), 2:19 (Tied 21–21)
- DEN – David Treadwell 27-yard field goal, 7:14 (DEN 24–21)
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Top passers
Top rushers
Top receivers
Team – – – –
- DEN – 316 – 55 – 371 – 1
- SEA – 224 – 139 – 363 – 4
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Week 8: vs. San Diego Chargers
Week Eight: Seattle Seahawks vs. San Diego Chargers – Game summary
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| Chargers |
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0 |
0 | 7 | 7 |
| Seahawks |
3 |
0 |
0 | 7 | 10 |
at Kingdome, Seattle
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First quarter
Second quarter
Third quarter
Fourth quarter
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Top passers
Top rushers
Top receivers
Team – – – –
- SD – 103– 92 – 195 – 1
- SEA – 269 – 70 – 339 – 2
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Week 9: at Kansas City Chiefs
Week Nine: Seattle Seahawks at Kansas City Chiefs – Game summary
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| Seahawks |
7 |
3 |
0 | 0 | 10 |
| Chiefs |
7 |
10 |
0 | 3 | 20 |
at Arrowhead Stadium, Kansas City, Missouri
- Date: November 5
- Game time: 12:00pm local
- Game weather: clear, 63 °F (17 °C), 69% humidity, wind W 17 miles per hour (27 km/h)
- Game attendance: 54,489
- Referee: Ben Dreith
- TV: NBC
- Gamebook
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First quarter
Second quarter
- KC – Steve Pelluer 10-yard run (Nick Lowery kick), 11:49 (KC 14–7)
- KC – Nick Lowery 34-yard field goal, 4:33 (KC 17–7)
- SEA – Norm Johnson 18-yard field goal, 0:15 (KC 17–10)
Third quarter
Fourth quarter
- KC – Nick Lowery 33-yard field goal, 5:37 (KC 20–10)
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Top passers
Top rushers
Top receivers
Team – – – –
- SEA – 90 – 39 – 129 – 4
- KC – 69 – 246 – 315 – 2
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Week 10: vs. Cleveland Browns
Week Ten: Seattle Seahawks vs. Cleveland Browns – Game summary
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| Browns |
0 |
7 |
7 | 3 | 17 |
| Seahawks |
7 |
0 |
0 | 0 | 7 |
at Kingdome, Seattle
- Date: November 12
- Game time: 1:02pm local
- Game weather: indoors
- Game attendance: 58,978
- Referee: Howard Roe
- TV: NBC
- Gamebook
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First quarter
Second quarter
Third quarter
Fourth quarter
- CLE – Matt Bahr 29-yard field goal, 3:25 (CLE 17–7)
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Top passers
Top rushers
Top receivers
Team – – – –
- CLE – 138 – 139 – 277 – 0
- SEA – 134 – 46 – 180 – 3
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Week 11: at New York Giants
Week Eleven: Seattle Seahawks at New York Giants – Game summary
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| Seahawks |
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0 |
0 | 3 | 3 |
| Giants |
7 |
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8 | 0 | 15 |
at Giants Stadium, East Rutherford, New Jersey
- Date: November 19
- Game time: 4:03pm local
- Game weather: partly cloudy, 38 °F (3 °C), 47% humidity, wind W 10 miles per hour (16 km/h)
- Game attendance: 75,014
- Referee: Fred Wyant
- TV: NBC
- Gamebook
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First quarter
Second quarter
- NYG – Björn Nittmo 32-yard field goal, 11:32 (NYG 10–0)
- NYG – Safety, Kelly Stouffer fumbled ball out of end zone, 10:40 (NYG 12–0)
- NYG – Björn Nittmo 32-yard field goal, 0:32 (NYG 15–0)
Third quarter
Fourth quarter
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Top passers
Top rushers
Top receivers
Team – – – –
- SEA – 132 – 63 – 195 – 2
- NYG – 187 – 162 – 349 – 1
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Week 12: at Denver Broncos
Week Twelve: Seattle Seahawks at Denver Broncos – Game summary
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| Seahawks |
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7 | 7 | 14 |
| Broncos |
14 |
24 |
0 | 3 | 41 |
at Mile High Stadium, Denver, Colorado
- Date: November 26
- Game time: 1:00pm local
- Game weather: partly cloudy, 61 °F (16 °C), 28% humidity, wind SW 20 miles per hour (32 km/h)
- Game attendance: 75,117
- Referee: Dick Hantak
- TV: NBC
- Gamebook
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First quarter
Second quarter
- DEN – David Treadwell 30-yard field goal, 12:47 (DEN 17–0)
- DEN – Vance Johnson 10-yard pass from John Elway (David Treadwell kick), 5:18 (DEN 24–0)
- DEN – Steve Sewell 32-yard pass from John Elway (David Treadwell kick), 5:00 (DEN 31–0)
- DEN – Mike Young 9-yard pass from John Elway (David Treadwell kick), 1:03 (DEN 38–0)
Third quarter
Fourth quarter
- DEN – David Treadwell 45-yard field goal, 11:05 (DEN 41–7)
- SEA – Steve Largent 31-yard pass from Dave Krieg (Norm Johnson kick), 1:10 (DEN 41–14)
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Top passers
Top rushers
Top receivers
Team – – – –
- SEA – 192 – 133 – 325 – 4
- DEN – 216 – 137 – 353 – 0
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Week 13: vs. Buffalo Bills
Week Thirteen: Seattle Seahawks vs. Buffalo Bills – Game summary
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| Bills |
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10 |
6 | 0 | 16 |
| Seahawks |
10 |
0 |
0 | 7 | 17 |
at Kingdome, Seattle
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First quarter
Second quarter
Third quarter
- BUF – Scott Norwood 40-yard field goal, 12:131 (BUF 13–10)
- BUF – Scott Norwood 43-yard field goal, 6:40 (BUF 16–10)
Fourth quarter
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Top passers
Top rushers
Top receivers
Team – – – –
- BUF – 135 – 97 – 232 – 2
- SEA – 277 – 78 – 355 – 2
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Week 14 at Bengals
Week Fourteen: Seattle Seahawks at Cincinnati Bengals – Game summary
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| Seahawks |
0 |
7 |
10 | 7 | 24 |
| Bengals |
7 |
3 |
0 | 7 | 17 |
at Riverfront Stadium • Cincinnati, Ohio
- Date: December 10
- Game time: 1:00pm local
- Game weather: Cloudy • 30 °F (−1 °C) • Wind 12 miles per hour (19 km/h) SW
- Game attendance: 54,744
- Referee: Bob McElwee
- TV: NBC
- Play-by-Play
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Drive
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Team
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Scoring information
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Score
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Yards
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CIN
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5:18
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0:48
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Tim McGee 21-yard touchdown reception from Boomer Esiason, Jim Breech kick good
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5:51
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Bengals
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24-yard field goal by Jim Breech
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2:25
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Seahawks
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Steve Largent 10-yard touchdown reception from Dave Krieg, Norm Johnson kick good
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12:58
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37
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1:51
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Seahawks
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48-yard field goal by Norm Johnson
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10:14
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60
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0:12
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Seahawks
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Brian Blades 60-yard touchdown reception from Dave Krieg, Norm Johnson kick good
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9:39
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Bengals
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Interception returned 18 yards for touchdown by Eric Thomas, Jim Breech kick good
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3:51
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10
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80
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5:42
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Seahawks
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Curt Warner 1-yard touchdown reception from Dave Krieg, Norm Johnson kick good
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Week 15: vs. Los Angeles Raiders
Week Fifteen: Seattle Seahawks vs. Los Angeles Raiders – Game summary
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| Raiders |
3 |
0 |
14 | 0 | 17 |
| Seahawks |
7 |
6 |
7 | 3 | 23 |
at Kingdome, Seattle
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First quarter
Second quarter
- SEA – Norm Johnson 29-yard field goal, 10:38 (SEA 10–3)
- SEA – Norm Johnson 25-yard field goal, 1:57 (SEA 13–3)
Third quarter
Fourth quarter
- SEA – Norm Johnson 43-yard field goal, 6:44 (SEA 23–17)
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Top passers
Top rushers
Top receivers
Team – – – –
- LA – 175 – 98 – 273 – 1
- SEA – 268 – 82 – 350 – 0
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Week 16: vs. Washington Redskins
Week Sixteen: Seattle Seahawks vs. Washington Redskins – Game summary
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| Redskins |
10 |
3 |
16 | 0 | 29 |
| Seahawks |
0 |
0 |
0 | 0 | 0 |
at Kingdome, Seattle
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First quarter
Second quarter
- WAS – Chip Lohmiller 27-yard field goal, 7:25 (WAS 13–0)
Third quarter
Fourth quarter
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Top passers
Top rushers
Top receivers
- WAS – Gary Clark: 9 rec, 149 yds, 1 TD
- SEA – John L. Williams: 6 rec, 65 yds
Team – – – –
- WAS – 319 – 137 – 456 – 1
- SEA – 176 – 25 – 201 – 4
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Steve Largent's final game with Seahawks
References
External links
