Jim Walsh

Seahawks close season with 28-21 win at Oakland. Seattle forces seven turnovers and wins with backup quarterbacks Stan Gelbaugh and Gino Torretta playing for John Friesz (broken leg) and Rick Mirer (quadriceps). Torretta passes 32 yards to Joey Galloway for his first career touchdown. Lamar Smith rushes for two touchdowns.

Jim Mora formally announced as head coach of the Seahawks. Robert Prince hired to coach wide receivers.

Doug Baldwin was awarded the NFL Special Teams Player of the Week versus the St. Louis Rams at CenturyLink Field. Not only did he lead team with seven catches for 93 yards and TD, he took a reverse handoff on the opening kickoff and returned it 37 yards. He also downed the Seahawks first punt of the game at the Rams’ own 6-yard line. After that drive ended in a punt, he blocked the attempt which resulted in a 17-yard return by Michael Robinson for touchdown.

Matt Hasselbeck passes for 273 yards and Shaun Alexander runs for 95 yards, but the Seahawks can’t overcome their own mistakes and some dubious calls by the officials in dropping a 21-10 decision to the Steelers in Super Bowl XL – the franchise’s first appearance in the NFL title game.