SANTA CLARA, Calif. — The playoffs will have to wait another week.
The Seahawks’ bid to clinch a postseason bid dissolved in the rain against San Francisco on Sunday as the 49ers led or were tied for almost the entire game, and then got a 36-yard field goal from Robbie Gould in overtime to beat Seattle 26-23.
The loss dropped Seattle’s record to 8-6 and means to clinch a playoff spot, Seattle still has to win one of its last two games — against Kansas City next Sunday, or against Arizona the week after.
The Seahawks had numerous chances to win the game but largely had themselves to blame, with a litany of penalties and misplays forcing overtime and then allowing the 49ers to win the game and send what was left of a smallish crowd into relative bedlam.