Seattle Seahawks hold out against New England Patriots with stubborn last stand
Seattle take a small measure of revenge for the Super Bowl loss to the Patriots two seasons back by making a strong goal-line stand to hang on for a road victory
Seattle took a small measure of revenge for the Super Bowl loss to New England two seasons back by making a strong goal-line stand to hang on for a 31-24 road victory against the Patriots on Sunday.
In that Super Bowl, it was the Patriots who made the goal-line stand, eventually making an interception, to take a narrow win. This time the Seahawks resisted strongly, preventing New England scoring despite four plays from inside the 2-yard-line.
Seattle improved to a 6-2 win-loss record with one tie; the second-best record in the NFC behind Dallas, who improved to 8-1 with a thrilling victory at Pittsburgh.
Dallas surged late, but not as late as Denver, who pulled off a remarkable win at New Orleans thanks to a blocked extra-point attempt that turned into the winning score at the other end.
Elsewhere, Philadelphia blunted free-scoring Atlanta to close the gap between those teams to one game.
New England seemed likely to pull off a win against Atlanta when Tom Brady had first-and-goal from inside the 2, but came up empty, with Brady’s attempted pass to Rob Gronkowski on the fourth down ending incomplete.
