Before Pete Carroll arrived in Seattle in 2010, the Seahawks and Panthers met four times. Under Carroll, the Seahawks have played Carolina nine times. In those contests, Seattle has posted a 7-2 record, including 1-1 in the postseason, but 4-0 in Carolina in the regular season.
This Sunday, Carroll is hoping to make it 8-2 and 5-0, which would seal the Seahawks seventh trip to the postseason in the Russell Wilson era and keep them alive for the NFC West and a bye week. The Panthers have not been so lucky this year, starting 5-3 but losing five straight as backup quarterback Kyle Allen has proven to be a lot more of the backup you’d have expected than the one who started with four straight wins.