week of the season with a 6–9 record, they were still eligible to a playoff spot thanks to the extreme weakness of the NFC West, and Whitehurst's backup performance in their regular season finale against the St. Louis Rams was enough to clinch the NFC West title with a 16–6 win, making the Seahawks the first division champion in NFL history to finish the season with a losing record. In the playoffs' Wild Card match up, the Seahawks hosted the defending Super Bowl champion New Orleans Saints, who had previously beaten the Seahawks 34–19 in Week 11. Though they fell behind by 10 points on two separate occasions during the game, a 4-touchdown performance by Hasselbeck (two to Brandon Stokley) and an electrifying 67-yard touchdown run by Marshawn Lynch late in the game propelled the Seahawks to a stunning 41–36 upset over the Saints. The game also was noteworthy for a small earthquake produced by the enormous noise generated by the 12th Man (Seahawks fans) at Qwest Field. The "Beast-quake", as it was called, was a 67-yard breakaway touchdown run by Marshawn Lynch (Seattle's running back who earned the nickname "Beast Mode") which was the margin of victory. Reaction by the home crowd to the play resonated as seismic activity to local seismologists, thus earning the moniker. Lynch broke 9 tackles on the play and it was the winning touchdown. It was also Hasselbeck's final game there, where he had played from 2001 to 2010. The Seahawks then traveled to Chicago for a rematch with the Bears in the divisional round, but as most experts predicted, the latter won the game easily: thanks to two passing touchdowns and two rushing touchdowns by Jay Cutler, the Bears jumped out to a 21-0 halftime lead and eventually defeated the Seahawks 35–24. It marked the third time in five years that the Seahawks were eliminated in the divisional round, and the second time by the Bears. 2011 In 2011, the Seahawks let Hasselbeck go and made free agent acquisition Tarvaris Jackson their starting quarterback. The Seahawks opened 2-6 and then went on a 5–1 run capped by a big win against the Chicago Bears by a score of 38-14 pulling their record to 7-7. But, the Seahawks lost a home game against the San Francisco 49ers 19-17 and then lost to the Arizona Cardinals on the road in overtime. So, the team finished