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Raiders quarterback Andrew Walter is sacked by the Seahawks' Craig Terrill, bottom. Seattle had nine sacks in its 16-0 win on Monday.

After rushing a season-low 18 times for 47 yards last week, Seattle had 39 carries against the Raiders and finished with 207 yards rushing.

“For any offense, if you get your running game going, it takes the pressure off the quarterback,” Wallace said.

But it was the defense that won this one. Seattle had allowed at least 28 points in five successive games for the first time since its first five games in existence in 1976, and held the opposition scoreless in only one of the previous 17 quarters.

But the Seahawks had little trouble shutting down Oakland’s last-ranked offense on a wet and windy night. The Raiders gained only 185 yards and failed to score an offensive touchdown for the fifth time in eight games this season.

Seattle sacked Walter five times in the first quarter, including on three successive plays — the last two by Terrill. The Seahawks added four more in the game, raising Oakland’s NFL-worst total to 44 on the season.

“It was just a matter of time,” said defensive lineman Grant Wistrom, who got his first two sacks of the season. “We know we haven’t been playing very well the last few weeks.”

Walter was 16-of-35 for 166 yards and couldn’t get the ball deep to Randy Moss against a defense that had been susceptible to the long pass.

“It seemed like when we dropped back to pass, something bad happens, a sack or something like that,” Oakland coach Art Shell said.

Oakland’s offensive line was once again overmatched as it has been most of the season. Starting left guard Barry Sims missed the game with an abdominal strain and Corey Hulsey struggled in his place.

“That’s the way it is,” Raiders offensive lineman Langston Walker said. “Unfortunately you can have 10 guys doing everything perfect and one guy screws up or loses a battle.”

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The Seahawks got into the end zone on their opening drive, moving the ball 68 yards with help from a personal foul against the Raiders’ coaching staff. Wallace used an exaggerated pump fake to get Fabian Washington out of position on the 22-yard scoring strike to Branch.

A 29-yard punt by three-time All-Pro Shane Lechler set up Josh Brown’s 20-yard field goal on Seattle’s next drive and Brown added a 25-yard field goal in the second quarter to make it 13-0. His final field goal was from 20 yards with 1:17 left in the game.

Notes: The shutout was the Seahawks’ first since Dec. 5, 2005, when they beat Philadelphia 42-0 in their most recent appearance on Monday night. ... Wallace’s 37-yard scramble in the third quarter was Seattle’s longest run of the season. ... The Raiders have lost five straight overall on Mondays, being outscored 116-27.

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