Seahawks clinch high NFC seed with 14 wins in franchise document season

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The Seattle Seahawks locked down the highest seed within the NFC playoffs and a robust path to the Tremendous Bowl on Saturday evening with a season finale win over the San Francisco 49ers .

Seattle additionally completed with their greatest common season document in franchise history , clinching 14 wins for the primary time ever.

The Seahawks held on to a 10-point victory regardless of outgaining the 49ers 363 yards to 173, and operating 64 performs to San Francisco's 42.

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Jaxon Smith-Njigba #11 of the Seattle Seahawks fails to catch the ball in opposition to Ji'Ayir Brown #27 of the San Francisco 49ers throughout an NFL recreation on Jan. 3, 2026 at Levi's Stadium in Santa Clara, California. (Matthew Huang/Icon Sportswire)

Seattle missed a area objective within the fourth quarter and turned the ball over on downs within the first quarter to waste two crimson zone drives, however dominated on protection to stop these missed alternatives from coming again to hang-out them.

The 49ers wasted their greatest drive of the evening as properly when quarterback Brock Purdy was intercepted at Seattle's three-yard line within the fourth quarter going through a 10-point deficit, which seemingly secured the sport for the Seahawks.

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Seahawks quarterback Sam Darnold , in his first season on the group, accomplished 20 passes on 26 makes an attempt for 198 yards and helped arrange the one landing of your complete recreation within the first quarter.

Darnold redeemed a disappointing Week 18 recreation for the Minnesota Vikings final season when he accomplished simply 18 of 41 passes for 166 yards in a battle for the highest seed in opposition to the Detroit Lions.

Darnold stated "Studying from errors, and staying calm from the pocket," made the distinction in his efficiency Saturday in comparison with a 12 months in the past, in a postgame interview with ESPN.

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Jaxon Smith-Njigba #11 of the Seattle Seahawks carries the ball in opposition to the San Francisco 49ers in the course of the second quarter of a recreation at Levi's Stadium on Jan. 3, 2026 in Santa Clara, California. (Ezra Shaw/Getty Photographs)

In the meantime, 49ers quarterback Brock Purdy had simply 127 yards with the late interception, and took a giant hit on his remaining go of the evening, then took some time to get again up. He was ultimately capable of stroll off the sector, and Seattle ran the clock out.

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