Seahawks set franchise rushing record in 42-10 triumph over Texans

Shaun Alexander ran for four touchdowns to pace Seattle to the lopsided win.
SEATTLE (AP) -- The mistakes began piling up for Houston at the opening coin toss, when the referee inadvertently referred to the Texans as "Dallas."
And that's about the same time the yards started piling up for Seattle.
Shaun Alexander ran for four touchdowns, cutting back and bouncing off flailing Texans defenders along the way, and the NFC West-leading Seattle Seahawks overwhelmed the Houston Texans 42-10 on Sunday night.
Seattle set a franchise record with 320 yards rushing: Alexander ran for 141, and his backup, Maurice Morris, added 104. Not that Seattle seemed surprised by their easy win.
"This team is finally getting to where it should be," Alexander said. "We're mature. We handle our business."
The Texans, meanwhile, are now the NFL's only winless team at 0-5.
"It's frustrating ... because at 0-5 it's going to be easy to jump off the bridge," quarterback David Carr said after enduring three more sacks in a 19-of-33 performance for 179 yards and one touchdown.
Carr has struggled all year behind an injured and shuffled offensive line that has allowed a league-leading 30 sacks.
Coach is unhappy
Houston coach Dom Capers looked both angered and befuddled.
"I'm very disappointed in the way we played tonight," Capers said. "The thing I was most disappointed in was basically the fundamentals of our team."
One week after a huge win at division rival St. Louis, the Seahawks breezed through this potential letdown to go to 4-2.
"It's good to have a win, but this is a team we should have beaten," veteran center Robbie Tobeck said. "That's the thing that's encouraging -- not the fact we won this game, but that we didn't slip and make it a close game."
Quarterback Matt Hasselbeck had an efficient, 14-of-20 passing night for 168 yards and an easy, 3-yard touchdown toss to receiver Joe Jurevicius. Hasselbeck did throw his first interception after a franchise-record streak of 159 passes without one, late in the first half. But by then, Seattle led 21-3.
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