{"id":705174,"date":"2026-01-26T01:00:21","date_gmt":"2026-01-26T01:00:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/705174\/"},"modified":"2026-01-26T01:00:21","modified_gmt":"2026-01-26T01:00:21","slug":"rams-vs-seahawks-score-live-updates-nfc-championship-pits-matthew-stafford-vs-sam-darnold-for-third-time-this-season-winner-faces-patriots-in-super-bowl-lx","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/705174\/","title":{"rendered":"Rams vs. Seahawks score, live updates: NFC Championship pits Matthew Stafford vs. Sam Darnold for third time this season; winner faces Patriots in Super Bowl LX"},"content":{"rendered":"

Round 3 for the Los Angeles Rams and Seattle Seahawks\u2019 2025 series takes place Sunday<\/a>, with a trip to Super Bowl LX on the line. These NFC West rivals split the regular-season series, with each team winning at home. Both franchises are riding high, having survived the toughest division in football to advance to the NFC championship game.<\/p>\n

The Rams stumbled down the stretch of the regular season, losing two of their final three games; however, they are the last team to have beaten the Seahawks back on Nov. 16. It took overtime against Chicago last week for the Rams to come out victorious, 20-17. MVP candidate Matthew Stafford didn\u2019t have a great game, completing less than 47%<\/a> of his passes for 258 yards but did enough to have his team in position to win in the end despite some late-game heroics from 2024 No. 1 overall draft pick Caleb Williams.<\/p>\n

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Seattle comes in riding an eight-game winning streak, which includes a 38-37 overtime victory over the Rams on Dec. 18. The Seahawks won\u2019t have running back Zach Charbonnet, who suffered a torn ACL in last week\u2019s playoff win<\/a>, but have been rolling powered by their No. 1 scoring defense (17.2 points per game in the regular season), who have held opponents to 19 combined points in the last three matchups.<\/p>\n

Rams-Seahawks start time: 6:30 p.m. ET
Location: Lumen Field | Seattle
TV channel, live stream: Fox, NFL+<\/p>\n

Follow along with Yahoo Sports for live updates, highlights and more as the Seattle Seahawks host the Los Angeles Rams in the NFC Championship.<\/p>\n

Live27 updatesSun, January 25, 2026 at 3:32 PM PST<\/p>\n

Ian Casselberry<\/p>\n

\"JasonSun, January 25, 2026 at 4:57 PM PST<\/p>\n

Jason Owens<\/p>\n

The Sehawks forced a 3-and-out of their own, and the Rams have punted back to Seattle with 54 seconds remaining before halftime.<\/p>\n

The Sehawks have 3 timeouts and a chance to tie or take the lead before the break.<\/p>\n

\"JasonSun, January 25, 2026 at 4:51 PM PST<\/p>\n

Jason Owens<\/p>\n

The Rams forced a 3-and-out punt and have the ball back with a 13-10 lead and 1:33 remaining in the first half.<\/p>\n

After trailing, 10-6 just minutes ago, the Rams have a chance to seize control before halftime.<\/p>\n

\"JasonSun, January 25, 2026 at 4:46 PM PST<\/p>\n

Jason Owens<\/p>\n

In a matchup of the league\u2019s best offense against its best defense, offense won this time.<\/p>\n

The Rams capped a 12-play, 87-yard drive with a touchdown pass from Matthew Stafford to a wide open Kyren Williams in the flat. The Rams have a 13-10 lead inside the first-half 2-minute warning, and this one\u2019s shaping up to be another nail-biter.<\/p>\n

\"JasonSun, January 25, 2026 at 4:30 PM PST<\/p>\n

Jason Owens<\/p>\n

Braden Fiske sacked Sam Darnold on second down, and the Sehawks have punted for the first time today.<\/p>\n

The Rams have the ball back with a 10-6 deficit and 9:18 remaining in the second quarter.<\/p>\n

\"JasonSun, January 25, 2026 at 4:25 PM PST<\/p>\n

Jason Owens<\/p>\n

The Seahawks ended the third Rams\u2019 possession of the game with their first sack of Matthew Stafford and got away with a facemask penalty in the process.<\/p>\n

Demarcus Lawrence sacked Stafford on third-and-10 to force a 50-yard field-goal attempt that Harrison Mevis hit, cutting Seattle\u2019s lead to 10-6 early in the second quarter.<\/p>\n

Lawrence grabbed Stafford\u2019s facemask as he took him to the ground, and officials missed a penalty that would have given the Rams a first down.<\/p>\n

\"IanSun, January 25, 2026 at 4:17 PM PST<\/p>\n

Ian Casselberry<\/p>\n

Kyren Williams bulls ahead for an 11-yard run on the final play of the first quarter, putting the Rams on the 50-yard line as the first quarter expires.<\/p>\n

\"IanSun, January 25, 2026 at 4:15 PM PST<\/p>\n

Ian Casselberry<\/p>\n

A holding penalty on Seattle\u2019s Anthony Bradford pushed the Seahawks back to the 19-yard line, undercutting what looked like a potential touchdown drive.<\/p>\n

Sam Darnold compieted a 10-yard pass to Kenneth Walker III on second-and-goal, but missed A.J. Barner on third-and-goal from the 9-yard line, forcing Seattle to settle for a field goal.<\/p>\n

Jason Myers kicks a 27-yarder to give the Seahawks a 7-point lead.<\/p>\n

\"IanSun, January 25, 2026 at 4:10 PM PST<\/p>\n

Ian Casselberry<\/p>\n

Jaxon Smith-Njigba catches two consecutive passes for a combined 17 yards. But the second one was a highlight, as the receiver snared the ball solely with his right hand as he ran out of bounds.<\/p>\n

Seattle has a first-and-goal at the Rams\u2019 7-yard line.<\/p>\n

\"IanSun, January 25, 2026 at 4:08 PM PST<\/p>\n

Ian Casselberry<\/p>\n

Kenneth Walker III is showing off some moves, making a quick cut to the left to gain 8 yards.<\/p>\n

He followed that up with a 14-yard catch-and-run on a screen pass.<\/p>\n

\"IanSun, January 25, 2026 at 4:00 PM PST<\/p>\n

Ian Casselberry<\/p>\n

Following the 44-yard catch by Puka Nacua, Matthew Stafford throws three consecutive incompletions and the Rams have to settle for a field goal.<\/p>\n

Harrison Mevis kicks a 44-yard attempt to get the Rams on the board.<\/p>\n

\"IanSun, January 25, 2026 at 3:57 PM PST<\/p>\n

Ian Casselberry<\/p>\n

The Rams get an explosive play with Matthew Stafford hitting Puka Nacua for a 44-yard gain.<\/p>\n

First down for the Rams at the Seahawks\u2019 26-yard line.<\/p>\n

\"IanSun, January 25, 2026 at 3:55 PM PST<\/p>\n

Ian Casselberry<\/p>\n

Rashid Shaheed was a trade deadline pick-up for the Seahawks, acquired from the New Orleans Saints for 2026 fourth- and fifth-round draft picks.<\/p>\n

Read more here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\"IanSun, January 25, 2026 at 3:53 PM PST<\/p>\n

Ian Casselberry<\/p>\n

Seattle is on the board first on a 2-yard run by Kenneth Walker III.<\/p>\n

The Seahawks got into the red zone on a 16-yard pass from Sam Darnold to Jaxon Smith-Njigba and Walker took care of the remaining 9 yards on three rushes.<\/p>\n

\"IanSun, January 25, 2026 at 3:50 PM PST<\/p>\n

Ian Casselberry<\/p>\n

On third-and-5, Sam Darnold looks deep down the right sideline and hits Rashid Shaheed for a 51-yard gain.<\/p>\n

Shaheed got by Darious Williams and burned him big-time on that catch.<\/p>\n

\"IanSun, January 25, 2026 at 3:47 PM PST<\/p>\n

Ian Casselberry<\/p>\n

Following a 4-yard rush by Kyren Williams and 3-yard reception from Puka Nacua, Matthew Stafford throws incomplete to Nacua on third-and-3.<\/p>\n

Ethan Evans punts 43 yards for the Rams and the Seahawks will begin on their 19-yard line.<\/p>\n

\"IanSun, January 25, 2026 at 3:43 PM PST<\/p>\n

Ian Casselberry<\/p>\n

The Seahawks won the opening coin toss and will defer to the second half. So the Rams and Matthew Stafford will begin the NFC championship game on offense.<\/p>\n

\"IanSun, January 25, 2026 at 3:38 PM PST<\/p>\n

Ian Casselberry<\/p>\n

\"IanSun, January 25, 2026 at 3:32 PM PST<\/p>\n

Ian Casselberry<\/p>\n

\"IanSun, January 25, 2026 at 3:27 PM PST<\/p>\n

Ian Casselberry<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Round 3 for the Los Angeles Rams and Seattle Seahawks\u2019 2025 series takes place Sunday, with a trip…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":705175,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2081],"tags":[1036,692,7,58,32,871,6,102587,238,237,261,2635,12062],"class_list":{"0":"post-705174","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-seattle-seahawks","8":"tag-caleb-williams","9":"tag-chicago","10":"tag-football","11":"tag-los-angeles-rams","12":"tag-matthew-stafford","13":"tag-nfc-championship-game","14":"tag-nfl","15":"tag-regular-season-series","16":"tag-seahawks","17":"tag-seattle","18":"tag-seattle-seahawks","19":"tag-seattleseahawks","20":"tag-zach-charbonnet"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/115958700858479635","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/705174","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=705174"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/705174\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/705175"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=705174"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=705174"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=705174"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}