Seattle beat Los Angeles 30-23 as the Seahawks improved to 3-1, but the game was repeatedly broken up by late personal-foul, 15-yard penalties. Seattle and the Chargers were flagged 30 times for 280 penalty yards (Seahawks 14, Chargers 16), a figure fans noted is the most combined penalty yards in a Seahawks game since a 1976 meeting with Tampa Bay when both teams totaled 39 flags for 310 yards, still the post-merger NFL record. Earlier in the contest observers reported 28 combined penalties, the most in an NFL game this season at that point. Many posts singled out the officiating and the number of 15-yard infractions as repeatedly interrupting the flow and effectively gifting yardage to the opponent, and others pointed out the penalties kept the Chargers within reach despite Seattle holding the lead. Final team totals listed Seahawks 286 yards, Chargers 301 yards, with 280 penalty yards affecting field position and late drives.
