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Updated Nov 4, 9:34 AM ET
2026

Week 5 · Sunday 4:25 PM ET · Lumen Field

SEAvsSF

Seahawks offensevs49ers defense

Season numbers through Week 8: 8 games for Seahawks, 7 for 49ers. Ranks are out of 32; #1 is the best offense or the stingiest defense.

How it played out · win probability, snap by snapFinal · SF 32 · SEA 29

The 49ers won 32–29 from as low as 24% (Q3 5:01, down 23⁠–⁠21). The Seahawks had been 58% favorites at kickoff. The game turned for good at Q4 7:41: S.Darnold sacked at SF 22 for -5 yards (K.White) (47% → 53%). The biggest single swing came at Q3 7:24, 20 points for the Seahawks.

At kickoffSEA 58%SEA by 3 on the line
SF low point24%Q3 5:01 · down 23⁠–⁠21
Swings past 50%13times the favorite changed
Biggest swing20 ptsSEA · Q3 7:24
SEA wins50%SF wins
Q1Q2Q3Q4

The plays that swung it

  1. 1Q3 7:24SFB.Purdy pass short left intended for J.Cowing INTERCEPTED by N.Pritchett at SF 43. N.Pritchett pushed ob at SF 23 for 20 yards (C.Colby).35% → 55%+20 SEA
  2. 2Q2 0:18SEAG.Holani left guard to SEA 0 for -4 yards (G.Halton). FUMBLES (G.Halton), touched at SEA 0, RECOVERED by SF-G.Halton at SEA -4. TOUCHDOWN.57% → 76%+20 SF
  3. 3Q4 0:54SEAS.Darnold pass short left to C.Kupp pushed ob at SF 41 for 9 yards (M.Mustapha). The Replay Official reviewed the short of the line to gain…77% → 95%+19 SF
  4. 4Q1 9:34SEAM.Dickson punts 39 yards to SF 35 J.Cowing MUFFS catch, touched at SF 33, RECOVERED by SEA-E.Saubert at SF 24.37% → 53%+16 SEA
  5. 5Q3 5:06SFD.Samuel left end to SF 35 for no gain (D.Thomas). FUMBLES (D.Thomas), RECOVERED by SEA-J.Jobe at SF 36. SF-D.Samuel was injured during the play.…61% → 76%+15 SEA
  6. ★Q4 7:41SEAS.Darnold sacked at SF 22 for -5 yards (K.White).turning point47% → 53%+7 SF

Win probability is nflverse's model, which starts from the betting line and updates before every snap with the score, the clock, down, distance, field position and timeouts. A swing is the change in one team's chance across a play, in percentage points. Each play is tagged with the team that had the ball; the bar names the team it helped. The turning point is the play after which the winner never fell to 50% again.

Box score · every offensive player who touched the ballWeek 5

M.Evans led the 49ers at +10.4 EPA (7 catches for 113). J.Smith-Njigba led the Seahawks at +3.3 EPA (5 catches for 102).

SF 49ers

PassingC/AYdsTDINTSkEPA
B.Purdy100%19/29189213-2.0
RushingCarShareYdsTDEPA
C.McCaffrey82%1146%681+4.0
K.Black18%625%16-1.8
B.Purdy100%521%6-1.1
D.Sr.43%28%4-5.6
ReceivingTgtShareRecYdsTDEPA
M.Evans63%1037%71131+10.4
G.Kittle92%622%524-2.4
C.McCaffrey82%311%315+0.2
D.Sr.43%311%221+0.7
B.Cooks40%27%171+1.3
J.Cowing43%27%19-3.4
L.Farrell60%14%00-0.7

Defense R.Green 2 INT, O.Odighizuwa 1 sack, K.White 1 sack, S.Valdez 1 sack · Kicking E.Pineiro 1/2 FG (52 no good), 3/3 XP, 6 pts

SEA Seahawks

PassingC/AYdsTDINTSkEPA
S.Darnold100%18/29195125-12.0
RushingCarShareYdsTDEPA
E.Wilson59%2077%611-8.3
G.Holani41%415%7-7.8
S.Darnold100%14%5+1.6
J.Smith-Njigba84%14%16+1.1
ReceivingTgtShareRecYdsTDEPA
J.Smith-Njigba84%830%51021+2.2
A.Barner95%519%320+0.1
R.Shaheed46%415%223-0.9
G.Holani41%415%424-0.9
C.Kupp81%311%215+0.9
E.Wilson59%27%211+0.6
E.Arroyo32%14%00-5.1

Defense B.II 2 sacks, N.Pritchett 1 INT, E.Jones 1 sack · Kicking J.Myers 5/5 FG, 2/2 XP, 17 pts

Each player's line for this game from nflverse's weekly stats; the percentage beside his name is his share of the offense's snaps. Share is his part of the team's carries or targets in this game. Defense lists sacks and interceptions; kicking lists field goals.

Keys to the game · from the season numbers, not this game alone4 reads
01
Biggest edge

Backs catch passes

49ers give up 49 yards a game to running backs (32nd), against a league average of 32. Seahawks' running backs produce 28 (19th).

02
Opportunity

Short left is open

49ers are worst against short left throws, allowing +0.36 EPA per attempt. Seahawks send 29% of their throws there.

03
Watch out

Nowhere to run

Seahawks' run game is 30th in EPA per carry (-0.21). 49ers allow -0.18 (2nd).

04
Wash

Success rate

Call this one even. Seahawks succeed on 41% of plays (26th) against a defense that allows 44% (20th).

The series · 49ers and Seahawks since 1999, and this season's records52 meetings

The Seahawks lead the series 31–21 since 1999 (they first met in 2002). This game is the latest meeting.

49ers at home11–13the 49ers' record
In Seattle10–17the 49ers' record
Most points49ers 41 · Seahawks 432022 · 2018
Biggest win49ers by 20 · Seahawks by 382022 · 2005
Playoffs1–2the 49ers' record

The last 5

2026 · Wk 5SF 32 at SEA 29
2025 · Wk 20 · playoffsSF 6 at SEA 41
2025 · Wk 18SEA 13 at SF 3
2025 · Wk 1SF 17 at SEA 13
2024 · Wk 11SEA 20 at SF 17

2026 records

49ersSeahawks
Overall6–14–4
Division3–01–1
Conference4–11–3
Other conference2–03–1
Home4–03–2
Away2–11–2
Last 5WWWWLWLLWL
StreakLost 1Lost 1
Points a game28.1 – 19.923.1 – 19.9

Every meeting since 1999, regular season and playoffs, from nflverse's game list, which starts in 1999; the all-time series goes back further. Franchises that moved count as one team (the Raiders, Chargers and Rams). Home and away are from the 49ers' side. Records are this regular season.

Head to head · SEA offense against SF defense
StatSEA SEA offFavors SEA · Favors SFSF SF def allowsNFL avg
Overall
EPA per play
-0.06#24
-0.05#8+0.00
Success rate
41%#26
44%#2044%
Yards per play
5.3#20
4.8#45.4
Explosive play rate
9%#18
4%#19%
Passing
Pass EPA per dropback
+0.02#18
+0.04#18+0.03
Sack rate
7%#20
6%#227%
Running
Run EPA per carry
-0.21#30
-0.18#2-0.08
Yards per carry
3.7#22
3.6#74.1
Money downs
3rd down conversion
37%#27
38%#1141%
Red zone TD rate
50%#27
48%#761%
Targets by position
WR yards per game
181#4
132#11147
TE yards per game
30#29
44#755
TE targets per game
5.1#30
7.9#197.6
RB receiving yards per game
28#19
49#3232
Where the ball goes · EPA per throwDeep is 15+ air yds

Seahawks: EPA per throw

Left
Middle
Right
Deep
+0.445% of throws
+0.623% of throws
+1.216% of throws
Short
+0.0229% of throws
-0.1221% of throws
+0.0736% of throws

49ers: EPA allowed per throw

Left
Middle
Right
Deep
-0.0514 throws
+0.637 throws
+0.0823 throws
Short
+0.3685 throws
-0.2024 throws
-0.0391 throws

Green gains more than expected, red loses value. Cells with fewer than 5 throws are grayed out.