The Seattle Seahawks have beaten the Washington Redskins 24-14 in their Wildcard playoff encounter at the FedEx Field.
The Seahawks will now take on the Atlanta Falcons next weekend in the Divisional round.
Evan Royster's touchdown five minutes into the first quarter gave the Redskins the lead before a second score from Logan Paulsen made it 14-0 to the hosts going into the second.
A Steven Hauschka field goal early in the second quarter got the Seahawks on the board and they edged themselves to within four points of their hosts soon after thanks to Michael Robinson's touchdown.
Hauschka kicked between the posts again to on the stroke of half time to cut the Redskins' lead down to a single point.
Both teams failed to notch up any points in a cagey third quarter, but Marshawn Lynch went over with seven minutes remaining to give the Seahawks the lead for the first time in the match. They then made the score 21-14 thanks to a two-point conversion.
The triumph was sealed with five minutes left on the clock thanks to another Hauschka field goal.
Jack Prescott
