Demarcus Robinson made a one-handed 39-yard touchdown catch with 4:57 left in overtime to give the Los Angeles Rams a 26-20 victory against the host Seattle Seahawks on Sunday.
The Seahawks (4-5) got the ball first in the extra session, but Kenneth Walker III, who rushed for a game-high 83 yards, was stopped on fourth-and-1 from the Los Angeles 16-yard line. The Rams then needed only four plays to score the game-winning touchdown.
Rookie safety Kamren Kinchens intercepted two passes in the fourth quarter — returning one of them 103 yards for a touchdown to break a 13-13 tie — for the Rams (4-4), who won their third consecutive game.
Seattle quarterback Geno Smith hit Jaxon Smith-Njigba for a 14-yard scoring strike with 51 seconds remaining in regulation to tie the game once again, this time at 20-all.
Smith-Njigba finished with seven catches for a career-high 180 yards and two scores.
Los Angeles quarterback Matthew Stafford completed 25 of 44 passes for 298 yards, two touchdowns and a pick. Cooper Kupp had 11 receptions for 104 yards.
Smith was 21-of-34 passing for 363 yards, three touchdowns and three interceptions. He was sacked seven times.
After trailing 13-3 at the break, the Rams controlled the ball for nearly the entire third quarter, running 22 offensive plays to Seattle’s four.
The Rams took the second half’s opening kickoff and marched down the field, with Stafford hitting Robinson for a 1-yard TD to trim Los Angeles’ deficit to 13-10 with 8:28 left in the third quarter.
Los Angeles tied the game on Joshua Karty’s 21-yard field goal with 27 seconds to go in the third.
Neither team got its offense untracked until late in the second quarter.
The Rams broke a scoreless tie with a 38-yard field goal by Karty with 3:31 left in the first half.
Seattle responded with Smith’s 30-yard scoring strike to Tyler Lockett down the right sideline with 51 seconds to go. Jason Myers had his extra point blocked, leaving the Seahawks up 6-3.
Stafford was intercepted by Riq Woolen on a deep ball down the right sideline intended for Puka Nacua with 27 seconds left. After the play, Nacua threw a punch at Seahawks defensive back Coby Bryant and was ejected.
The Seahawks then went 60 yards in three plays, with Smith lobbing a 24-yard pass to Smith-Njigba in the end zone with five seconds to go to make it 13-3.