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SPORTSWednesday 7 October 2015

Chancellor’s big play allows Seahawks to beat Tiger 13-10

TIM BOOTH Seattle Seahawks strong safety Kam Chancellor (31) knocks the ball loose from Detroit Lions wide receiver Calvin Johnson (81) in
AP Sports Writer the second half of an NFL football game, Monday, Oct. 5, 2015, in Seattle. The fumble went out of bounds in the end zone and was
SEATTLE (AP) — Seattle ruled a touchback. The Seahawks beat the Lions 13-10.
safety Kam Chancellor
knocked the ball from the Associated Press
hands of Detroit’s Calvin
Johnson at the 1-yard line to 13-10. The Lions to the Seattle 11 that stretch. four years due to back
to prevent the Lions tak- However, Seattle’s defense and on third-and-1, Staf- Wilson threw for 287 yards problems that flared up dur-
ing the lead, and the Se- stood up. ford passed to an open and rushed for another 40 ing the pregame warmup.
ahawks held on for a 13-10 The Lions converted a big Johnson. As he stretched yards. Wilson’s most mem- His replacement Thomas
win on Monday. third down on Golden for the goal line while be- orable play was spinning Rawls struggled against the
With Detroit on the verge Tate’s 22-yard catch-and- ing tackled, Chancellor free of two near sacks and strong Lions defense, gain-
of capping a 91-yard drive run and reached the Seat- came across and knocked finding Kearse for 34 yards ing just 48 yards on 17 car-
with the go-ahead touch- tle 46-yard line with 3 min- the ball free. in the second quarter, and ries.
down with less than 2 min- utes left. Matthew Stafford Seattle has not allowed an then hitting Doug Baldwin Stafford was 24 of 35 for 203
utes remaining, Chancellor then zipped a pass to third- offensive touchdown in the on a 24-yard TD on the next yards for Detroit, which lost
came from the side and string tight end Tim Wright two games since Chancel- play. starting tight end Eric Ebron
punched the ball from down the seam for 26 yards lor ended his holdout over Seattle running back Mar- and both starting defensive
Johnson’s arm as he was to the Seattle 20 with 2:30 a contractual dispute, and shawn Lynch missed a tackles Haloti Ngata and
diving into the end zone. remaining. has forced 18 punts during game for the first time in Tyrunn Walker to injuries.q
The ball was then guided
over the back line by K.J.
Wright for a touchback
and Seattle’s ball at the 20.
Wright could have been
called for illegal touching
for hitting the ball out of
the end zone, which would
have given the ball back
to Detroit.
But no flags were thrown
and on the ensuing posses-
sion, Russell Wilson found
Jermaine Kearse for 50
yards on third down. With
Detroit out of timeouts, the
Seahawks (2-2) ran off the
final seconds of their sec-
ond straight win.
Detroit fell to 0-4 for its worst
start since 2010 — when the
Lions also lost their first four
on their way to a 6-10 sea-
son — and with a schedule
that offers little relief going
forward.
It was a winning but ugly
performance by the home
team, filled with offensive
mistakes and two fourth-
quarter fumbles by Wilson,
the second returned 27
yards for a touchdown by
Caraun Reid to pull Detroit