Players of the game

Seahawks RB Shaun Alexander: 22 carries, 140 yards, 4 TDs

QB Matt Hasselbeck: 20-31, 242 yards, on his 30th birthday

WR Darrell Jackson: 8 catches, 125 yards

SS Michael Boulware: 5 tackles, sack, forced fumble.

DE Bryce Fisher: 3 tackles, sack, good pass rush.

Cardinals LB Orlando Huff: 11 tackles (8 solo, 1 for no gain, 3 for loss).

Play of the game

Alexander's 45-yard run late in the third quarter. He started to the right, reversed his field when he got hemmed in, then bolted back to the left and up the field before being chased out of bounds at the Arizona 7-yard line.

Turning point

A big hit early in the third quarter by Boulware on Cardinals backup QB Josh McCown, on a blitz that forced a fumble. Seahawks DT Rocky Bernard recovered it at Arizona 5 and was down at the 1. That set up a touchdown that gave the Seahawks a 24-9 lead, the second of two touchdowns in a 30-second span.

Sunday's Seahawks surprises

• CB Jordan Babineaux had six tackles, an interception and a pass breakup in his first significant action (beyond special teams and extra defensive-back packages) this season.

• The Seahawks ran the ball with relative ease against a Cardinals run defense ranked eighth entering the game. And on defense, Seattle held the league's fourth-best passing offense to 176 net yards.

By the numbers

29 — Seahawks first downs, to just 15 for the Cardinals.

447 — Total yards for the Seahawks, the most in a game this season.

2 — Turnovers forced by the Seahawks, their first two this season.

27 — Seahawks second-half points, their first such points this season.

Injury report

Cardinals — QB Kurt Warner strained his right groin muscle on a scramble late in the second quarter and was replaced by backup Josh McCown. Warner did not return. ... Starting DT Russell Davis left with a strained left biceps and LB Eric Johnson left with a hamstring injury, both in the second half. ... CB David Macklin left with a left hamstring injury in the fourth quarter and did not return. ... CB Antrel Rolle left with a strained left knee early in the fourth quarter and did not return.

Seahawks — CB Andre Dyson started but left in the first series. Dyson said he felt lightheaded, dizzy and fatigued. He had a runny nose and cold symptoms that grew worse as the week went along. Dyson went into the locker room in the first half to get fluids. He was replaced by Kelly Herndon at left cornerback, but returned to action in the third quarter. ... Herndon took a hard hit trying to tackle Arizona TE Adam Bergen in the third and left with a pinched shoulder nerve. He was briefly replaced by Babineaux.

José Miguel Romero