Before the Seattle Seahawks’ season faded to black Saturday, several television sets around Coupeville beat them to it.

Power was interrupted for about 45 minutes during the first half of the Seahawk’s NFL Division Playoff game against Atlanta Saturday, causing some fans around Coupeville to scramble to turn on generators or go elsewhere to watch the game.

Coupeville farmer and teacher Wilbur Purdue had gone outside to check on his chickens around 9 a.m. Saturday when he heard a loud, metal bang sound and noticed a big ball of brown smoke in the sky.

The sound appeared to come from a blown transformer on Terry Road, according to Coupeville resident Wayne Lewis, who lost power and went outside to examine the source of the “weird noise” near his home and saw a power line laying on the ground.

The more extended power outage, which happened shortly after the Seahawks’ game kicked off, likely was the result of workers attempting to restore power, said Austin Melhart, a spokesperson for Puget Sound Energy.

Melhart said lines will be “de-energized” temporarily while workers attempt to fix the problem.

Melhart said he didn’t know how many Coupeville residents were impacted, but an app on Lewis’ cell phone at the time showed a red circle hovering over a good portion of the town and outlying areas indicating power was down.

The afternoon outage occurred only moments before the Seahawks scored on their first possession and didn’t return to many households in the area until just before halftime.

Some of the Seahawk-clad patrons at the nearby Tyee Restaurant left the bar when the TV shut off, then returned once power was restored. By that time, the Seahawks were well on their way to defeat.

Lewis spoke with a utility worker about the timing of the ordeal.

“The guy that was here said we were going to mess it up for the whole squad,” Lewis said with a smile.