The Seattle Seahawks lost to the Los Angeles Rams 9-3 on Sunday -- in a game in which no touchdowns were made by either team.
[See photos from the #SEAvsLA game.]
Here's four takeaways from the game so far:
1. Seahawks stood in unity during anthem.
For the second week in a row, the Seattle Seahawks linked arms during the national anthem in a demonstration of unity.
The Rams assumed their usual line of players on the sideline.
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2. The game scores were solely composed of field goals.
The Rams marched down the field early in first quarter and scored their first points of the season on a field goal by Greg Zuerlein.
Steven Hauschka kicked a 3-point field goal for the Seahawks, but the Rams made another field goal right after halftime bringing the score 6-3.
3. Thomas Rawls didn’t return to the field after halftime due to a leg injury.
Details were not released around the leg injury. Tyler Lockett was also questionable to return, but he was back on the field in the fourth quarter.
Rawls has a leg injury. Listed as questionable to return.
— Cale Ramaker (@CaleKIRO7) September 18, 2016
Thomas Rawls did not come out with the team at half. Christine Michael starts 2nd half at RB.
— Cale Ramaker (@CaleKIRO7) September 18, 2016
4. Coach Pete Carroll upset over game calls.
Carroll was visibly furious in the fourth quarter when his headset flew down the sidelines after a pass interference call against the Seahawks.
Pete Carroll bonkers on sideline after 3rd offensive pass interference call against Seahawks.
— Cale Ramaker (@CaleKIRO7) September 18, 2016
5. Sunday's Seahawks-Rams game was the first regular-season game in LA since Dec. 24, 1994.
The nation's second-largest city has waited nearly 22 years for Sunday.
A football-loving town had both of its teams simultaneously taken away by two owners with wanderlust after the 1994 season. But Stan Kroenke has brought the game back to a sprawling town that seems eager to unite behind the Rams.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
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