{"id":652739,"date":"2026-01-04T07:56:13","date_gmt":"2026-01-04T07:56:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/652739\/"},"modified":"2026-01-04T07:56:13","modified_gmt":"2026-01-04T07:56:13","slug":"seattle-seahawks-earn-a-dominant-win-over-49ers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/652739\/","title":{"rendered":"Seattle Seahawks earn a &#8216;dominant win&#8217; over 49ers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Seattle Seahawks have made some statements this season, but none may have been greater than the one they made while clinching the NFC\u2019s No. 1 seed for the playoffs.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/sports.mynorthwest.com\/nfl\/seattle-seahawks\/recap-seattle-seahawks-secure-no-1-seed-49ers\/1834354\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Seattle Seahawks beat 49ers<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/sports.mynorthwest.com\/nfl\/seattle-seahawks\/instant-reaction-seattle-seahawks-beat-niners-for-nfcs-no-1-seed\/1834309\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Instant Reaction<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/seattlesports.sports.gracenote.com\/football\/nfl\/boxscore\/102279\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Box score<\/a><\/p>\n<p>With the stakes as high as they\u2019ve been all season, Seattle never trailed and its defense was stellar all night against San Francisco\u2019s high-powered offense in a 13-3 victory over the 49ers on Saturday night.<\/p>\n<p>Seahawks Radio Network analyst and former NFL linebacker Dave Wyman shared his thoughts on Seattle\u2019s monumental win postgame.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTalk about defense just dominating. \u2026 You held Christian McCaffrey to 57 total yards. He had 134 the last time we played the 49ers,\u201d Wyman said.<\/p>\n<p>McCaffrey came into the contest averaging 131.9 total yards per game this year and 155.7 in seven career matchups with the Seahawks. The 49ers standout\u2019s 4.1 yards per touch on Saturday were just over one yard below the 5.2 he\u2019s averaged this year.<\/p>\n<p>Another number that jumped out to Wyman was the three points the Seahawks held the Niners to. It tied their lowest scoring output under well-renowned offensive play-caller and head coach Kyle Shanahan, a number that was previously set in his first game with San Francisco in 2017.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is a team coming in with a six-game winning streak and they\u2019re point differential was plus-86 (during the stretch),\u201d Wyman said of the 49ers. \u201c\u2026 Everything about it was dominant.\u201d<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">QB down. \ud83d\ude08<\/p>\n<p>\ud83d\udcfa: ESPN\/ABC <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/UsDp07Kp7F\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/UsDp07Kp7F<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 xz* \u2013 Seattle Seahawks (@Seahawks) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Seahawks\/status\/2007644260494127136?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">January 4, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Wyman pointed to a few more numbers that illustrated just how impressive the Seahawks\u2019 effort was against their bitter rival. The 49ers mustered just a season-low 173 total yards of offense on 4.1 yards per play. They had just 53 rushing yards, their second-lowest mark this year. They managed only nine first downs. They went just 2 of 9 on third downs. And Seattle dominated the time of possession, holding the ball for 37:48 compared to San Francisco\u2019s 22:12.<\/p>\n<p>The Seahawks also didn\u2019t turn the ball over, keeping head coach Mike Macdonald\u2019s record perfect in games without a turnover.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cJust a total dominant win by the Seahawks in every fashion except for the points at the end of the game,\u201d Wyman said.<\/p>\n<p>Watch Dave Wyman\u2019s full postgame thoughts in the video at the top of this story.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>More on Seattle Seahawks\u2019 win<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 <a href=\"https:\/\/sports.mynorthwest.com\/nfl\/seattle-seahawks\/stacy-rost-hawks-show-why-their-biggest-flaw-may-not-matter\/1834367\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Stacy Rost: Hawks show their fatal flaw may not matter<\/a><br \/>\u2022\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/sports.mynorthwest.com\/nfl\/seattle-seahawks\/seattle-seahawks-49ers-clinch-nfc-no-1-seed\/1834330\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Seahawks beat 49ers, clinch NFC No. 1 seed for fourth time in team history<\/a><br \/>\u2022\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/sports.mynorthwest.com\/nfl\/seattle-seahawks\/surging-run-game-shines-seattle-seahawks-massive-win-49ers\/1834332\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Seahawks\u2019 season-long commitment to run game pays off in massive win<\/a><br \/>\u2022\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/sports.mynorthwest.com\/nfl\/seattle-seahawks\/san-francisco-49ers-offense-silent-seattle-seahawks-defense\/1834378\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">49ers\u2019 offense goes silent against suffocating Seattle Seahawks defense<\/a><br \/>\u2022\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/sports.mynorthwest.com\/nfl\/seattle-seahawks\/seattle-seahawks-top-5-plays-win-49ers\/1834343\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">The five biggest plays that delivered Seattle Seahawks\u2019 win over 49ers<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a class=\"twitter-follow-button\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ZacHereth\" data-show-count=\"false\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Follow @ZacHereth<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/sports.mynorthwest.com\/newsletters\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-perfmatters-preload=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/SeattleSportsEmail-830x100-1.jpg\" style=\"margin: 0 auto;\" class=\"mobile-signup\"\/>\t&#13;<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/SeattleSportsEmail-830x100-1.jpg\" style=\"margin: 0 auto;\" class=\"desktop-signup\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>                    <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Seattle Seahawks have made some statements this season, but none may have been greater than the one&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":652740,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2081],"tags":[7,1631,3932,3930,6,238,237,261,2635,9,3931,1951,1952],"class_list":{"0":"post-652739","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-seattle-seahawks","8":"tag-football","9":"tag-home","10":"tag-mynorthwest-com","11":"tag-mynorthwest-com-seattle-news","12":"tag-nfl","13":"tag-seahawks","14":"tag-seattle","15":"tag-seattle-seahawks","16":"tag-seattleseahawks","17":"tag-sports","18":"tag-talk-and-community","19":"tag-traffic","20":"tag-weather"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/115835764573002301","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/652739","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=652739"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/652739\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/652740"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=652739"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=652739"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=652739"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}