Seahawks two-minute drill

Players of the Game

Seahawks WR Deion Branch: Branch caught four passes for 88 yards and scored two touchdowns, his second multi-touchdown game since coming to Seattle.

Patriots WR Wes Welker: Welker caught 12 passes for 134 yards. Eight of Welker's receptions resulted in first downs.

Seahawks QB Seneca Wallace: Wallace passed for 212 yards and three touchdowns.

Patriots QB Matt Cassel: Cassel passed for 268 yards and committed no turnovers.

Play of the Game

The Seahawks allowed only one sack on Sunday, but it couldn't have come at a worse time for Seattle. In the fourth quarter, the Seahawks had the ball at the New England 44, the Patriots brought safety Brandon Meriweather on a blitz. He came untouched, sacking Wallace and knocking the ball loose. Wallace said if the Seahawks had picked up the pressure, they would have had a big play down the field because Branch had beaten cornerback Deltha O'Neal to the inside.

Turning Point

New England had the ball at the Seattle 44, the Patriots facing third-and-10 with 5:31 left in the game. Cassel completed a 13-yard pass to Welker for the Patriots' third third-down conversion of the drive. New England converted a fourth-and-one play at the goal line to score the go-ahead touchdown with 2:50 left in the game.

Sunday's Seahawks Surprises

• The Seahawks lost a sixth consecutive game, the franchise's longest losing streak since 1994.

• Seattle scored 21 points, its most in more than a month. The last time the Seahawks scored more was Oct. 26 at San Francisco. The Seahawks have scored fewer than 20 points in eight of their 13 games this season.

By the Numbers

357 days since Deion Branch scored his last touchdown. Entering Sunday's game, Branch had not scored since Dec. 16, 2007.

128.9 passer rating for Seneca Wallace after he completed 20 of 28 pass attempts (71.4 percent) and threw for three touchdowns.

87 yards Seattle drove for a touchdown on its first possession, only the second time this season the Seahawks scored a touchdown on their opening drive in a game.

63 yard reception by Branch in the third quarter, the second-longest reception of his Seahawks tenure.

46 catches by John Carlson this season, tying the franchise record for receptions by a tight end in a season. Itula Mili caught 46 passes in 2003.

Injury Report

Patriots: DT Vince Wilfork suffered a shoulder injury in the first quarter. LB Tedy Bruschi suffered a knee injury in the second quarter. S James Sanders suffered a rib injury in the second half.

Seahawks: None.

Danny O'Neil