On Thursday night, the Seattle Seahawks eeked out a narrow 6-3 victory over the Chicago Bears under the lights of prime time. Cornerback Riq Woolen iced the game on 4th down with less than 20 seconds left by intercepting quarterback Caleb Williams. This was on an exotic new blitz the Seahawks ran for the first time all season, and it was the perfect time for head coach Mike Macdonald to dial it up.
Outside of that particular sequence, it was hardly the most thrilling game fans have seen this year. During the game, I joked on Twitter about how the score was closer to resembling a game between the Seattle Mariners and Chicago White Sox than a Seahawks vs Bears showdown.
The Mariners continue to lead the White Sox 6-3… wait… no wait, my mistake.
Seahawks lead the Bears 6-3 with 2:14 left in the game.
— Kole Musgrove (@KoleMusgrove23) December 27, 2024
Turns out, I was closer to the truth than I had realized! Interestingly enough, a Seattle sports team winning by a margin of 6-3 over a Chicago sports team in the Windy City is something that has actually happened three times this year.
- July 27th, 2024 – Mariners defeat White Sox 6-3
- July 28th, 2024 – Mariners defeat White Sox 6-3
- December 26th, 2024 – Seahawks defeat Bears 6-3
Taking it one step further, I am sure folks were wondering about Scorigami implications of such an uncommon score in football. For those who do not know what Scorigami is, it is when a game ends in a score that has never occurred before. The Seahawks had an unusual trend of having at least one Scorigami a year from 2010-2018. Surely they earned another with their 6-3 win, right?
Well, you’d think, but no. There have actually been 34 other games in NFL history that ended with a 6-3 final tally, with the last one happening on October 23rd, 2011. Hang on, there is something oddly familiar about that particular date…
SEA 6 – 3 CHI
FinalNo Scorigami. That score has happened 34 times before, most recently on October 23, 2011.
— Scorigami (@NFL_Scorigami) December 27, 2024
*checks my notes*
…oh my goodness, the last 6-3 game played in 2011 also included the Seahawks! Unfortunately, the Seahawks were on the losing end of that one, dropping a game to the Cleveland Browns. As boring/frustrating as winning 6-3 may be, the alternative is much worse, and the 12th Man knows it.
While the 6-3 loss to the Browns was a bummer, it did give us this bone crushing Kam Chancellor highlight, so at least something memorable came from it.
