Eye on the Hawks - 2015 Seahawks at 49ers

It's 10:45am on game day, and Bobby Wagner studies game footage outside of the conference room in the team hotel where walk thru is due to begin.

The punt unit goes through its paces during the team's brief walk thru on the morning of the game.

At the end of the brief walk thru, defensive backs Earl Thomas and Richard Sherman confer.

Cornerback Richard Sherman and defensive coordinator Kris Richard leave the large conference room where the walk thru took place. It's now 11:35am on game day.

Two hours later, punter Jon Ryan, nattily attired in a suit, makes his way to the team buses for the trip to Levi's Stadium.

Fans at the team hotel cheer as players headed to the buses for the trip to the game.

Pete Carroll and the team arrives at Levi's Stadium and make the walk to the visitor's locker room.

On the field, friends and teammates Richard Sherman and Doug Baldwin hug at the end of their traditional early warmup together.

San Francisco quarterback Colin Kaepernick pays a pregame visit to former teammate and current Seahawks Ricardo Lockette near midfield hours before kickoff.

In the visitor's locker room, Cassius Marsh returns from applying his facial markings while B.J. Daniels lies down and focuses on his pregame routine.

Michael Bennett talks to his teammates just before the Seahawks take the field for pregame introductions.

Offensive linemen Alvin Bailey, Russell Okung and Garry Gilliam walk from the locker room to the field, passing a Thursday Night Football banner along the way.

Once the game began, the Seahawks worked quickly to establish the run. Running back Marshawn Lynch (hear being helped by the block of Luke Willson) carried nine times and scored a touchdown on the opening drive.

Marshawn Lynch flies to the top of a pile of players to score from one-yard out to give the Seahawks an early lead.

Marshawn Lynch reaches the ball over the goal line for the Seahawks opening touchdown. Beneath him is center Drew Nowak whose blocking helped lead the way.

Thomas Rawls carries during the second series and again it's Luke Willson helping with the blocking. Rawls broke open this run for a 17-yard gain.

Seahawks tight end Jimmy Graham hauls in a 23-yard pass in the second quarter to set up a field goal.

Seahawks kicker Steven Hauschka grimaces as his field goal attempt flies low but good after getting caught in the grass of Levi's Stadium.

Tyler Lockett looks up to find Russell Wilson's pretty 43-yard touchdown pass headed towards him in the second quarter.

Tyler Lockett hauls in the 43-yard touchdown pass from Russell Wilson that gave the Seahawks a 17-0 lead in the second quarter.

Tyler Lockett celebrates his touchdown as the referee signals.

Seattle's Pete Carroll congratulates rookie Tyler Lockett on the first touchdown reception of his career.

This young fan has his support of the Seahawks literally written all over his face.

Jermaine Kearse fights away defenders on a 36-yard pass reception late in the first half.

At halftime, offensive line coach Tom Cable and lineman Lemuel Jeanpierre are oblivious to the Sammy Hagar concert that was the halftime show.

Back in the locker room, the defense listens to quick instructions from defensive coordinator Kris Richard.

In the third quarter, Seattle's defense clamped down. Linebackers K.J. Wright and Bobby Wagner combine to stop 49ers running back Carlos Hyde.

A couple of plays later, defensive linemen Cliff Avril and Michael Bennett combine to tackle Hyde, and although Avril punches the ball out for a fumble, the 49ers recovered.

David King, Ahtyba Rubin and Bruce Irvin triple-tackle Carlos Hyde.

As has become custom at Seahawks road games, 12s were in full effect both being seen and heard around the stadium.

Running back Fred Jackson gets running room thanks to a block by Seattle tight end Jimmy Graham in the third quarter.

Alvin Bailey provides the block as Marshawn Lynch gained another chunk of his 122 yards rushing.

Michael Bennett tallies one on his 3.5 sacks of San Francisco quarterback Colin Kaepernick on the night.

Michael Bennett kisses his biceps after sacking 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick, who made the gesture famous.

Near the end of the game, Richard Sherman, defensive coordinator Kris Richard and linebackers coach Michael Barrow enjoy a laugh with defensive lineman Cliff Avril

In happy visitor's locker room, Russell Wilson and Cary Williams celebrate.

As he did before the game, Michael Bennett gathers his teammates around as they cap off a victorious night in Santa Clara.