Seahawks 20, 49ers 3
Seattle running back Marshawn Lynch ( 24) jumps over the top of a pile as San Francisco linebacker NaVorro Bowman ( 53) tries to pull him down during the first half of Thursday night’s game. Lynch finished with 122 yards and one touchdown as the Seahawks beat their NFC West rivals for the sixth time in their past seven meetings. The victory also allowed Seattle to move into second place in the division.
SANTA CLARA, Calif. — Russell Wilson and the Seahawks ruled their one- sided rivalry against the 49ers for another night.
Another Thursday night, in fact, and on San Francisco’s home field again. No turkey this time, just some high- flying defense and hard running by Marshawn Lynch.
Wilson threw a 43- yard touchdown pass to Tyler Lockett late in the first half, Lynch added a leaping 1- yard score, and Seattle beat San Francisco 20- 3 for its fourth consecutive victory against its NFC West rival.
“It felt like a really normal Seahawk night tonight,” Coach Pete Carroll said. “Defense played really well all night. … Nice to see us run the football again and run it with some authority.”
The Seahawks ( 3- 4) whipped the Niners in Levi’s Stadium in prime time 11 months after Richard Sherman chomped turkey on the field last Thanksgiving night following a 19- 3 victory.
Wilson completed 10 of his first 12 passes and finished with 235 yards passing and Lynch ran for 122 yards after throwing up on the sideline in the first half. Seattle won for the first time in four road games this season.
“The idea was to believe in one another,” Wilson said about his message to the team along with defensive end Michael Bennett. “We lost four tough games but we thought we could have won.”
This game lacked its usual intrigue with both teams trying to save their seasons and Carroll missing former nemesis and current Michigan Coach Jim Harbaugh.
Wilson made the key plays and Colin Kaepernick struggled once again facing Seattle as the 49ers ( 2- 5) lost four days after snapping a fourgame losing streak by beating Baltimore.
Steven Hauschka sent dirt flying when he kicked a 49yard field goal in the second quarter four days after Ravens kicker Justin Tucker slipped on the turf and shanked one off the right upright and slipped to the ground on the field that will host the Super Bowl in early February.
Wilson was sacked five times to push his NFL- leading total to 31 and threw two interceptions, but still made plenty of big plays for another lopsided result against the Niners.
“It’s always cool to win in the division, it’s great to win on the road,” Carroll said.
Fans left early again in an eerily similar scene to Thanksgiving night, when 49ers CEO Jed York apologized on Twitter in the waning moments by saying: “This performance wasn’t acceptable. I apologize for that.”
This time, it was former 49ers wideout Kassim Osgood weighing in on Twitter with: “‘ Something ain’t right in SF.”
Kaepernick’s errant passes sailed into both sidelines, one ball even hitting a 49ers staff member in the head early in the game and requiring him to be checked.
Phil Dawson kicked a 35yard field goal late in the third, and the 49ers have been held to single digits in their past three losses to Seattle with just one touchdown — outscored 56- 13.
Kaepernick dropped to 1- 6 in 7 starts against the Seahawks with 3 touchdown passes to 9 interceptions and 24 sacks, 6 more Thursday.