Melvin Gordon ran two yards for a touchdown on the Los Angeles Chargers first possession and undrafted rookie free agent JJ Jones returned a punt 72 yards for a touchdown in the second quarter in a 24-14 victory over the Seattle Seahawks Saturday evening in an NFL preseason game.
Mike Williams caught a 25-yard pass from Geno Smith in third quarter for the lone second-half touchdown for the Chargers (1-1) at StubHub Center.
Jason Myers kicked a 33-yard field goal for Seattle (0-2) on the game’s opening drive. Sebastian Janikowski kicked 25-yard field goal by later in the first quarter.
The Seahawks cut the deficit to 21-14 with four minutes, 31 seconds to play on Alex McGough’s 12-yard touchdown pass to fellow rookie Malik Turner and McGough’s two-point conversion pass to Cyril Grayson Jr.
The Chargers drove 51 yards on nine plays on the ensuing possession, which culminated with Roberto Aguayo’s 39-yard field goal with 40 seconds to play.
Philip Rivers completed six of seven passes for 62 yards in his first action of the preseason. He did not play in the Chargers 24-17 loss to the Arizona Cardinals last Saturday in the preseason opener for both teams.
Smith replaced Rivers at the start of the second quarter, completing six of eight passes for 85 yards. Cardale Jones entered the game on the Chargers second possession of the third quarter, completing three of four passes for 27 yards.
Seattle quarterback Russell Wilson played the entire first half, completing 13 of 21 passes for 193 yards. Austin Davis replaced him at the start of the second half and completed one of three passes for six yards.
McGough completed nine of 12 passes for 97 yards.
The Chargers were outgained, 340 yards to 322. Both teams had 17 first downs. The Chargers led 37:21-22:39 in time of possession.