And that scenario was setup the week prior by the Seahawks beating the Chiefs in the last regular season game in the Kingdome.conace21 wrote: ↑Thu Jun 19, 2025 6:17 pmGetting back on target of the post, the Seahawks also backed into the playoffs, though their fate wasn't decided until after they had played their final regular season game. Seattle could clinch the AFC West with a win against the surging Jets, or a Chiefs loss to Oakland. (The two games were played simultaneously.)
The Chiefs jumped up on the Raiders 17-0 in the first 5 minutes, but the Seahawks did not rise to the occasion, and they lost to the Jets. The loss was pretty much clinched when John Hall kicked a FG with about 4 minutes left to put NY up 19-9.
But the Raiders surged back to tie the Chiefs. Pete Stoyanovich had a chance to win the game for Kansas City at the end of regulation, but he missed a 44 yard field goal. Then, in overtime, the kickoff specialist Jon Baker kicked the ball out of bounds for the third time that day. Oakland took advantage of the short field and kicked a game-winning field goal. The Seahawks discovered they had won the AFC West from the locker room.
Going into that game the Seahawks had lost four straight and the Chiefs had won four straight. Way I remember it is Seattle got out to an early lead and the Chiefs started airing it out and Grbac kept throwing incs and ints, besides hitting on one deep ball to Joe Horn.
So the Seahawks both backed in and earned the right to back in by sweeping the Chiefs -- of note the Chiefs went to the air in the previous SEA-KC meeting, too. Obviously didn't lead to a win then, either.