Anyone else remember this game?

[Maulbert]

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This is still one of my favorite Seahawks games of all time. We were 5-9, the Raiders were 11-3. They had blown us out 31-3 in Oakland that year, and were still in competition for the #1 seed with the Titans. I will never forget the elation-turned-gutcheck-turned-relief when with 2:40 to play and down 24-19, Ricky Watters bust through the line at our own 19 and looked like he was going to score the go ahead TD only to have Charles Woodson force a fumble at the Oakland 30 that was recovered by Marquez Pope at their 1. Fortunately, he slid into the end zone and it was ruled a safety, after which Jon Kitna led the offense down the field and threw a TD pass to rookie Darrell Jackson with 28 seconds left to put us up 27-24. We really tried to shoot ourselves in the foot after that, with a botched extra point, an out of bounds kickoff, and a personal foul to put the Raiders at our 45 with 19 seconds left. Fortunately, Willie Williams intercepted Rich Gannon to end the game. I just loved raining on the Raiders parade back then.

 

[Zebulon Dak]

One of the two games I attended that year at Husky Stadium. The whole thing was crazy. Looking forward to watching it tonight now, thanks for sharing!

 

[Uncle Si]

The Holmgren 2 and 20 draw play... to perfection

Great find..

 

[Seahawks Guy]

Nice find.

I have to wonder...would that still be ruled a safety today?

 

[Joygazm]

For anyone wondering

47min mark second video

100% imo that is a touchback as much today as it was then. Also the guy who recovers the football is never touched.

 

[Uncle Si]

Nice find.

I have to wonder...would that still be ruled a safety today?

oh definitely not. Should not have been ruled one at that time i imagine.

 

[mrt144]

Should have batted it out the back.

 

[Glasgow Seahawk]

Could they not put hawks logos on the field for the game instead of the Huskies at the time? Looks weird

 

[kearly]

Did they ever change that rule? I remember there being a game against the Chiefs, maybe even during that same season, where a similar safety was called in Seattle's favor.

 

[dadof3]

The start of the Travis Brown era

 

[Hawkstorian]

I was there. Husky Stadium sucked.

 

[XxXdragonXxX]

Yeah I remember that game because of the safety call. I thought it was a terrible call but obviusly didnt caee cause it helped Seattle.

 

[RampagingMice]

That was the first game I ever got to attend in Seattle, and all I remember is being in the Raiders section watching their fans throw punches at one another, in the rain, in a game they were leading.