This will be a weekly article series throughout the season looking back on what happened for the Seattle Seahawks 40, 30, 20, and 10 years ago this week.
There’s a pretty ugly 1-3 record with a bad 4th Quarter collapse in 2004 and a failed comeback attempt in 2014 to discuss. Thankfully, we can start out with a win in 1984.
40 Years Ago
Sunday, October 14, 1984
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Up first is a home game for the Seahawks against the undefeated Buffalo Bills. It got a little hairy, yet they managed to pull it out in the end.
The 1st Quarter went the way of the Seahawks with 17 unanswered points. Dave Krieg started off hot finding Daryl Turner for a 4-yard TD and Steve Largent for a 10-yard TD to put Seattle ahead 14-0. Norm Johnson added a 25-yard FG for the 17-0 lead. Then, the Bills took over in the 2nd Quarter with 14 straight points of their own with none of them coming from their offense. Lucius Sanford returned a fumble 46 yards for the defensive score and then Don Wilson had a 65-yard punt return TD to make the score 17-14 Seahawks at the half.
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Seattle extended their lead to 24-14 in the 3rd Quarter on a 1-yard rushing TD by Eric Lane. Buffalo came right back with a 50-yard TD pass from Joe Ferguson to Byron Franklin to pull Buffalo within a FG at 24-21. The Bills then took the 28-24 lead on a 3-yard pass from Joe Ferguson to Preston Dennard in the 4th Quarter. Seattle stormed back and regained the advantage at 31-28 on a Largent’s 2nd receiving TD of the game, this one a 51-yarder from Dave Krieg to keep the Bills winless.
After a rough passing day last week, it was the running game’s turn to have a poor day with just 41 yards on 22 carries. Dave Krieg was 17/29 for 231 yards, 3 TD, 2 INT. Eric Lane was the leading rusher with 6 carries for 21 yards and 1 TD. Steve Largent had 5 catches for 106 yards and 2 TD.
Dave Brown and Terry Jackson each had 1 INT. Mike Fanning had 1.0 sack.
30 Years Ago
Sunday, October 9, 1994
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Similar to the game above, Seattle was facing a winless team in the 1994 Denver Broncos. This time, however, the Broncos and Wade Phillips got their first victory of the season.
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What a game for the kicker aficionados. Jason Elam notched the only points of the 1st Quarter with a 26-yard FG to give Denver the 3-0 lead. John Kasay tied it at 3-3 with a 37-yard FG for the Seahawks in the 2nd Quarter. John Elway put the Broncos ahead 10-3 at halftime with a 2-yard rushing TD.
John Kasay kicked a 36-yard FG in the 3rd Quarter to make the score 10-6. Then, Jason Elam nailed 2 FGs from 33 and 37 yards to put Denver up 16-6. John Kasay pulled the Seahawks within 1 score in the 4th Quarter with a 42-yard FG but Seattle could get no closer as the Broncos won 16-9.
Seattle shot themselves in the foot with 5 turnovers. Rick Mirer was 19/39 for 244 yards, 0 TD, 2 INT. Chris Warren had 18 carries for 80 yards. Brian Blades had 6 catches for 90 yards.
Sam Adams and Bob Spitulski each had 1.0 sack in the defeat.
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20 Years Ago
Sunday, October 10, 2004
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If you remember the 2004 season, the St. Louis Rams were a major thorn in the side for the Seahawks. This game is the first instance of that.
It started off well for Seattle, though. Shaun Alexander scored on a 1-yard rushing TD as the Seahawks took a 7-0 lead. Josh Brown added 3 points on a 48-yard FG shortly into the 2nd Quarter to give the Seahawks a 10-0 lead. Marc Bulger put the Rams on the board with a 9-yard rushing TD to make the score 10-7. Seattle answered back with a 24-yard passing TD from Matt Hasselbeck to Jerramy Stevens to go ahead 17-7. Hasselbeck threw another TD just before halftime – this one an explosive 56-yarder to Darrell Jackson – to give the Seahawks a 24-7 lead at the break.
The 3rd Quarter was nearly over before Jeff Wilkins hit a 39-yard FG to cut Seattle’s lead to 14 points at 24-10. Josh Brown put the Seahawks back up by 3 scores with a 34-yard FG with 8:42 left in the game. Seems like a pretty safe lead, right?
Wrong.
St. Louis marched right down the field and Brandon Manumaleuna caught an 8-yard TD pass from Bulger to pull the Rams closer at 27-17. Seattle’s offense went 3-and-out giving the ball back to Bulger. On the first play of the ensuing drive, he found Kevin Curtis for a 41-yard TD as the Rams were within a FG at 27-24 with 3:37 left in the game. The Seahawks got a quick first down and then stalled, punting the ball back to St. Louis with a little over 1 minute remaining. The Rams had used all their timeouts but that didn’t matter to Bulger who got them within FG range easily and Wilkins kicked the game tying FG with 13 seconds left to send the game to OT at 27-27.
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The Rams won the toss and drove to midfield with a few timely 1st downs. On 3rd and 8 from the STL 48, Bulger ended the game on a 52-yard game-winning TD pass to Shaun McDonald to send the Seahawks into the showers with a bitter 33-27 OT loss.
Matt Hasselbeck was 20/35 for 216 yards, 2 TD, 0 INT. Shaun Alexander had a strong game with 150 yards on 23 carries and 1 TD. Darrell Jackson had 5 catches for 91 yards and 1 TD.
Ken Lucas had 2 INT. Marcus Trufant added 1 INT. Chike Okeafor recorded 2.0 sacks.
10 Years Ago
Sunday, October 12, 2014
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Ugh, I remember this game against the Dallas Cowboys. It was the year when DeMarco Murray was going absolutely nuts. Granted, Dallas ran him into the ground with 392 carries, but they got their use out of him before he hit free agency.
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Seattle scored first with a 33-yard FG by Stephen Hauschka to go ahead 3-0. The Seahawks defense held and forced a punt on the Cowboys first drive. Angry Doug Baldwin blocked the punt and Mike Morgan returned it 25 yards for a special teams TD and the 10-0 lead. It seemed like one of those games where the Seahawks would roll.
“Hold your horses,” said the Cowboys.
Dallas scored 17 consecutive points to pull ahead. First, Gavin Escobar caught a 2-yard TD pass from Tony Romo. Then, Dan Bailey hit a 42-yard FG in the 2nd Quarter to tie the game at 10-10. Finally, Romo threw a 3-yard TD pass to Jason Witten with 16 seconds left before the half to give the Cowboys a 17-10 lead.
The Seahawks tied it up at 17-17 in the 3rd Quarter on a 9-yard rushing TD by Russell Wilson. They went ahead 20-17 on another 33-yard FG from Hauschka but Dallas would tie it at 20-20 near the end of the 3rd Quarter on a 56-yard FG from Bailey. Hauschka was money once again in the 4th Quarter from 48 yards to give Seattle the 23-20 lead. Dallas then chewed 5 minutes off the clock and DeMarco Murray finished the drive with a 15-yard rushing TD to put Dallas back ahead at 27-23 with a little over 3 minutes left in the game. Seattle went 4-and-out giving the ball back to Dallas at the SEA 23. The Seahawks defense forced a 31-yard Bailey FG with 1:12 left to make the score 30-23. Their offense had one last gasp, but Russ was intercepted by Rolando McClain on the 2nd play of the drive and the game was over.
Seattle’s offense mustered just 206 total yards. Russell Wilson was 14/28 for 201 yards, 0 TD, 1 INT. Marshawn Lynch had 10 carries for 61 yards. Jermaine Kearse had 3 catches for 62 yards.
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One week after allowing just 32 rushing yards on 17 carries, the Seahawks defense was shredded on the ground to the tune of 36 carries for 162 yards. Bruce Irvin had 1.0 sack.
As a last little nugget, this was the last game that Percy Harvin would play for the Seahawks. It was reported that he refused to go back into this game late in the 4th Quarter which was seemingly the last straw. He was traded to the New York Jets on October 19, 2014.
Jimothy, a raccoon who may have short-spine syndrome, has gone viral overnight after being spotted around Seattle.
KIRO host John Curley tried to describe the uniquely shaped animal, who has quickly become a local celebrity, on “The John Curley Show” on KIRO Newsradio.
“Just imagine a raccoon for a moment,” Curley said. “Normal raccoon in your mind. There’s a raccoon. He has the black around his eyes. You know why that is? That’s to cut down on glare, so he can see better. Like a football player has the black eye shade on there. So, a normal raccoon. Now, just imagine if you took the raccoon and you put one hand on his like snout, and you put the other hand on his backside there, and you had superhuman strength, and you were able to kind of crush him like a can, without killing him.
“No, then you kill him and throw him in the garbage. No, you just squish him a little bit, and you crush him up,” he continued. “Imagine if he’s made out of clay. Then all of a sudden, like, OK, you know he’s got this kind of bump on his back. Well, that’s what this thing looks like. Took me a long way to get to it.”
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Jimothy seen on porches, wandering through Ballard
In one video, Jimothy is seen dipping his hands into a bowl on a porch. Curley debunked the common myth that raccoons wash their food, explaining that water actually stimulates nerve endings in their fingers, helping them feel what they’re eating better.
“The raccoon will dip the food, if they find food, in water all the time, and people like, ‘Oh, they’re always washing their food. They got hygiene on their mind.’ No, it helps to stimulate the end of their fingers so that the nerve endings are more sensitive,” he said. “So they do that, and even when they can’t find water, they’ll turn it like they’re spinning it to put it in water. It’s to create more sensitivity, so they have a better idea of what they’re eating.”
Ballard residents have reported seeing Jimothy wandering across backyard decks, drinking from a dog’s water bowl, and sitting in neighborhood trees.
Watch the full discussion in the video above.
Listen to John Curley weekday afternoons from 3 – 7 p.m. on KIRO Newsradio, 97.3 FM. Subscribe to the podcast here.
A 70-year-old Seattle real estate owner was sentenced to prison for tax evasion and filing false tax returns.
Steven Loo was convicted following a nine-day trial and ordered to spend 20 months in prison for his $4.7 million tax evasion scheme, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office.
“Mr. Loo made a sustained, willful decision to evade taxes. The only thing that explains that is greed,” First Assistant U.S. Attorney Neil Floyd stated. “A man who amasses $43 million in wealth can afford to pay his taxes — just like the 85% of us who pay our taxes fully and on time.”
Loo owned and operated multiple commercial real estate properties in western Washington and California, according to records filed in the case. He hired property management companies to manage the properties, and had the companies send profit from the properties to two bank accounts in the name of shell companies he controlled.
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Loo hid real estate profits through shell companies, claimed zero tax for 20 years
Loo spent the money for his benefit and for his friends and family. He also re-invested funds in various businesses he controlled. However, Loo did not declare that income— over $4.7 million — on his tax returns. He used shell companies and repeated transfers of funds to conceal the income from the IRS, according to records filed in the case.
“At trial, the government presented evidence detailing the eight properties operated by Loo via various limited liability companies (LLCs),” the attorney’s office stated. “The income from the LLCs was funneled into bank accounts associated with two specific inactive entities that were established in Washington in 1999. Loo did not report this income to the IRS. Loo failed to inform his tax return preparer of these funds that were income from his properties.”
Loo claimed he owed no tax at all over 20 years and even claimed a net refund from the IRS.
“Loo is living the American dream yet believes he has no obligation to pay the taxes that support our nation,” prosecutors said in asking for a 51-month sentence. “Loo was not content with merely failing to report his income. Instead, he contrived a plan to hide his wealth from the IRS using shell companies and money-routing schemes. When Loo’s luck ran out, and an IRS criminal investigator knocked on his door, he continued his deception by trotting out a fairy tale about using imaginary losses to offset his income.”
Along with serving prison time, Loo must also pay a $250,000 fine and serve three years of supervised release following his prison term. The attorney’s office noted Loo has already paid back taxes to the IRS of $1,603,686.
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