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2012 Week 16 · Sun, Dec 23, 2012 · CenturyLink Field

San Francisco 49ers

13

Seattle SeahawksWinner

42

SEA -2.5 ✓O 40 ✓

Seattle Seahawks 42–13 — never really in doubt late.

Pre-2018 game — box score & context only; play-by-play visuals start in 2018

Who moved the needle

Top performers

Passing · SF

Colin KaepernickQB

19/36, 244 yds, 1 TD, 1 INT

1.2 expected points added · -0.9% completion over expected

Passing · SEA

Russell WilsonQB

15/21, 171 yds, 4 TD, 1 INT

16.5 expected points added · +19.3% completion over expected

Rushing · SEA

Marshawn LynchRB

26 att, 111 yds, 1 TD

0.6 expected points added on the ground

Rushing · SF

Colin KaepernickQB

7 att, 31 yds, 0 TD

0.2 expected points added on the ground

Receiving · SF

Michael CrabtreeWR

4/9 for 65 yds, 0 TD

26% of team targets · 1.0 expected points added

Receiving · SF

Delanie WalkerTE

4/7 for 54 yds, 1 TD

20% of team targets · 4.4 expected points added

Full stat lines

Box score

San Francisco 49ers

Passing

PlayerC/AttYdsTDINTSackedEPA
Colin Kaepernick19/362441111.2

Rushing

PlayerAttYdsAvgTDEPA
Colin Kaepernick7314.400.2
Frank Gore6284.701.2
LaMichael James4153.801.7
Anthony Dixon284.00-1.4

Receiving

PlayerRecTgtYdsTDTgt shareEPA
Michael Crabtree4965026%1.0
Delanie Walker4754120%4.4
Randy Moss3644017%-3.3
Garrett Celek234109%2.6
Vernon Davis112703%2.1
LaMichael James221406%0.7
Frank Gore01003%-1.5
Mario Manningham140011%-6.3
Bruce Miller22-106%-1.0

Defense (top contributors)

PlayerSoloAstSacksINTPD
NaVorro Bowman3120.000
Aldon Smith150.000
Carlos Rogers420.001
Patrick Willis240.011
Ray McDonald140.000
Donte Whitner410.001
Isaac Sopoaga131.000
Dashon Goldson210.001
Chris Culliver110.000
David Akers100.000

Seattle Seahawks

Passing

PlayerC/AttYdsTDINTSackedEPA
Russell Wilson15/2117141116.5
Sidney Rice0/10000-0.5

Rushing

PlayerAttYdsAvgTDEPA
Marshawn Lynch261114.310.6
Robert Turbin33812.701.6
Russell Wilson6294.801.1
Michael Robinson111.000.5
Matt Flynn3-3-1.000.0

Receiving

PlayerRecTgtYdsTDTgt shareEPA
Doug Baldwin4653229%8.1
Golden Tate2327014%2.9
Robert Turbin2320014%-3.2
Marshawn Lynch2219110%3.7
Jermaine Kearse1217010%1.9
Zach Miller2215010%0.4
Sidney Rice1214010%0.8
Anthony McCoy11615%3.2

Defense (top contributors)

PlayerSoloAstSacksINTPD
Bobby Wagner350.000
K.J. Wright421.000
Kam Chancellor230.000
Richard Sherman500.014
Earl Thomas220.000
Clinton McDonald210.000
Byron Maxwell210.000
Jeremy Lane120.000
Jermaine Kearse200.000
Leroy Hill100.000

Closing number vs result

Betting context

Closing spread
SEA -2.5
Closing total
40
SF moneyline
+122
SEA moneyline
-135

Seahawks closed -2.5 and covered, winning by 29.

Total closed 40; the game landed 55 — over by 15.0.

Conditions and crew

Game environment

Venue
CenturyLink Field
Roof / surface
outdoors · fieldturf
Kickoff weather
45°F, wind 3 mph
Referee
Bill Vinovich
Rest
SF 7 days · SEA 7 days
Coaches
Jim Harbaugh vs Pete Carroll

Division game — familiarity tightens these matchups; closing numbers tend to be sharper.