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# A Limited History With Unlimited Thrills: Seahawks vs. Texans
- URL: https://www.emeraldcityspectrum.com/a-limited-history-with-unlimited-thrills-seattle-seahawks-vs-houston-texans/
- Published: 2025-10-21T01:13:11.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-08T05:36:16.000Z
- Author: Nick Lee
- Tags: Analysis, Seahawks

The Seahawks and Texans are set to do battle on Monday Night Football in Seattle. It’s always fun to see the Seahawks play under the bright lights of prime time at home, even if their recent home record suggests they’re better off racking up hotel points elsewhere.

Of the entire NFL, the Seahawks have played the Houston Texans the least amount of times (just five). Yet, it feels like almost every time these two squads get together, it’s an absolute barn-burner. At least since 2013.

Not counting the first two matchups in 2005 and 2009, where the teams split with the home team winning, these have been classics. Let’s start in 2013, yes, the season the Seahawks won the Super Bowl. 

Seattle was still a young, up-and-coming team at this point. They entered the game at Reliant Stadium in Texas at 3-0 to begin the season. Texans quarterback Matt Schaub, of all players, was giving Seattle trouble early. Houston entered the locker room at halftime with a commanding 20-3 lead. Seattle managed just a field goal in the third quarter, making it 20-6 heading into the final stanza.

Midway through the fourth quarter, Marshawn Lynch punched it in for a three-yard rushing score to cut the lead to 20-13\. The defense bowed their necks and forced a punt by Houston, giving Seattle the ball with six minutes left in the game. However, Russell Wilson threw an interception which seemed to nearly ice the game for Houston. 

Facing a third down in Seattle territory with less than three minutes left, the Texans had a choice to make. Do they run to chew up clock and risk bringing up fourth down, or risk a pass to try and get the first down, which would almost end the game? They opted for the latter. The ensuing play is the unofficial beginning of Seattle’s magical run to a Super Bowl title.

Schaub faked a handoff left and faced pressure immediately, which caused him to float a pass to the right with nothing behind the throw. It floated up there long enough for All-Pro cornerback Richard Sherman to snag it and go the other way. Famously, Sherman lost his shoe at the beginning of this run and returned the interception 58 yards for a game-tying pick six, all with one shoe.

The game eventually went into overtime, where again, the defense stepped up. They forced two punts in the overtime period before finally, the offense mounted a drive that got them into field goal range. Steven Hauschka nailed the 45-yarder to seal the exciting comeback win after they had been down 17 points at halftime.

Many remember the meeting in Seattle in 2017\. It was Russell Wilson 2.0, with him slinging the ball all over the yard in the post-Legion of Boom era. Deshaun Watson was an exciting rookie eager to have his coming-out party.

Russell Wilson ended up setting the Seattle single-game passing record with 452 yards and four touchdowns. Watson matched him tit-for-tat, with 402 yards and four scores of his own. The two quarterbacks combined for 854 passing yards, eight touchdowns, and 97 rushing yards. It was one of the most electric shootouts in Seahawks franchise history and of the entire 2017 season around the league.

The Texans took a late 38-34 lead with Watson connecting with DeAndre Hopkins. Seattle later got the ball with less than two minutes left, still down by four points. A deep pass to Paul Richardson set up a scoring drive for Seattle. Wilson eventually found Jimmy Graham in the endzone for the go-ahead touchdown. Richard Sherman sealed the deal on the ensuing drive, intercepting Watson, as Seattle won 41-38 in a classic. 

The matchup in 2021 was not quite up to that level. Backup quarterback Davis Mills tossed for 331 yards against the Seahawks defense. But it was 137 yards and two scores from running back Rashaad Penny and a Tyler Lockett 55-yard touchdown that led to Seattle blowing out Houston 33-13\. 

With how things are matching up in the 2025 version, expect more of the one-score, thriller type games these two have played. Both defenses are talented and feisty and both quarterbacks know how to get the ball to playmakers. 

Monday Night should be another classic.