January 9, 2026 • 8 mins
Former Seattle Seahawks kicker Steven Hauschka joins Dave Softy Mahler and Dick Fain to remember back to his playing days, compare his top teams to this Seahawks team, plus discuss the feelings of having a bye week and a Queen Anne Beerhall event.
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Now back to Football Friday sponsored by Tito's Handmade Vodka
on your Home for the NFL Sports Radio ninety three
point three KJR FL.
Speaker 2 (00:11):
Well, joining us right now, Dick on a Friday Night
is a guy who used to be number one in
field goals made in Seattle until a guy named Jason
Myers unfortunately passed him earlier this year. But they say
records are meant to be broken, and for six years
this guy was money. His nickname was what Nick fae Housh,
money Houch, money Baby. Steven Houska, who's got a big
(00:34):
ping pong tournament coming up on Wednesday at the Queen
Ann Beer Hall benefiting some great causes, is joining us
right now, talking some Hawks, talking some NFL playoffs. Steven,
How are you pal? What's going on?
Speaker 3 (00:46):
Hey? I'm great man, Thank you, thank you for having
me on. When was the last time we talked? Now?
Speaker 2 (00:51):
God, well you have it. Your last hour was twenty sixteen?
Is that correct in Seattle?
Speaker 3 (00:57):
Yes? Yeah, okay, So it's been a while. Man. It's
good to or your voice.
Speaker 2 (01:00):
Well you been We're good man. It's great to have
you back on the show, and obviously great timing. Now
with the Seahawks and the number one seed and got
a big ping pong event benefiting some charities coming up
on Wednesday at the Queen Ann Beer. All that we'll
talk about in a minute. But you know, Dick and
I were just talking there a little bit about how
you know, Jason Myers got you with the field goals
made record. But I gotta tell you, man, my my
(01:23):
favorite Stephen Houchkimoman, I was talking to Dick about this
off the air. Has nothing to do with a field
goal that you made. It's got everything to do with
a field goal that you passed up on. Do you
know what I'm talking about?
Speaker 3 (01:35):
By the way, Oh yeah, Oh of course I do.
Not many fans know about this one either. How do
you know that one?
Speaker 2 (01:42):
Well, because I was at the game, for God's sake,
So I'm talking. I just want to make sure we're
talking about the same thing. I'm talking about. Twenty thirteen
NFC Championship. You're looking at like a fifty three yard
field goal on fourth and five or fourth and six
or whatever, and you went out there, you engauge the win,
you engauged everything and said, nap, I'm going to pass
(02:03):
on this, and then and then the next play, boom,
Russell Wilson to Jermaine Curse to take the lead.
Speaker 3 (02:10):
You know, sometimes things just happen in your favor. I
really went out there and I was like, I've never
passed up a kick. That was the only kick I
passed up my whole career. So I was just feeling
it was a gut instinct. I was like, this is
not a good idea to kick. This coach got us
to the super Bowl. That game was, but then hey
we had I did have to make one a few
(02:32):
cush a few minutes later from forty seven, I think,
to put us up six because then the Niners had
to drive down and try to score a touchdown because
we were up six points, and that's when Term kipped
the ball.
Speaker 4 (02:44):
I think he did. No question about you know, soft
you mentioned that the record Jason broke. But I'll tell
you what I'm looking at percentages. Jason Myers does not
hold a candle to Steven Haushka in field goal made percentage.
As a member of the Seattle Seahawks, you still have
have that crown. Well, let's compare that team. Let's compare
that team that you played on the back to back
(03:05):
Super Bowl team to what you're seeing right now. This
is the first time since you've been a Seahawk that
we've had a legitimate Super Bowl championship contender.
Speaker 3 (03:14):
You know, when they played the Rams a couple of
weeks ago, I was telling people, it's like, I think
that's the biggest win the team's had. It felt like
the old days. I watched that game. I was so
pumped up. It felt like the old days. I mean
that it's fun to see the city come alive too.
(03:36):
And just you know, I'm not one of those guys
holding on to the old days. You know, I'm really
supporting this team and excited for all their success.
Speaker 2 (03:46):
Stephen hashkint with us and Steven. The last time the
Hawks had the number one seed, twenty fourteen season, you
were on that team and you played in the Super Bowl.
And there's already starting to become some comparisons to that
lollb defense to the dark Side defense that we're seeing
now in Seattle. Do you see any comps between the
two defenses in your mind?
Speaker 3 (04:05):
You know what I'll what I'll say about this defense.
I'm just a kicker man. I didn't I didn't know
anything about football to be honest. So you guys, you
guys see it though, like there's some incredible players out there.
But I got to say, these guys have come together.
They play as a team, and they never quit. They're
(04:25):
so they're relentless. I know it's a word coach, and
I uses a lot, but they just keep coming in waves,
and you know, it's it's what he's been trying to
create since day one. Is this this unstoppable force and
you can really feel it out there. It's it's it's
fun to watch, and you know, he's got such a
coaches that's a brilliant mind to get all these incredible
(04:47):
players in there, and obviously John Schneider getting all those
players in there with unique talents. It's it's cool to
see it all happen.
Speaker 4 (04:56):
Take us back to the bye weeks. You went through
two of them in twenty thirteen and in twenty fourteen,
and this team now has to wait. They don't know
who they're gonna play yet. They got two weeks. Was
it you know, what was that like? Was it you know,
did it feel like forever for the two weeks or
did it go by pretty quick?
Speaker 3 (05:14):
It was a nice little break. It's it's kind of
you need the time for your body, but it's also
it's challenging. It doesn't feel like a bye weekend season,
bye weekend season. You feel like, hey, I can like
shut it down a little bit. There's plenty of time
to get back into it. But this time of year,
if you if you let your body or mind shut
it down, it's going to be hard to get it
(05:35):
back online. So you kind of kind of stay in it.
But I think one of the years, I went up
to Whistler and probably was a dumb idea, but we
went out to dinner and turns out that dinner was
up the mountain, and we took we went snowmobiling up
the mountain. And this was like a week before our
(05:57):
game and I was somehow snowmobiling up a mountain. I
had no deal what I was doing. So, you know,
urging the guys to make smart decisions this weekend, yeah.
Speaker 2 (06:06):
No question, no doubt, man, No, No, it's.
Speaker 3 (06:09):
An odd it's an odd time of year to have
you know, three you know, have a handful of days
off right, no question, you know, but it's they, you know,
these guys will I'm sure handle it the right way.
They've they're so committed you can tell, right.
Speaker 2 (06:27):
Great to see that you're doing some stuff still around town.
Tell me about what's going on Wednesday night at the
Queen Anne Beer Hall, buddy.
Speaker 3 (06:34):
Yeah, well this is you know, this is something that
I was running as a bit little ping pong charity
tournament back in the day when I was playing there
and ran it a couple of years and had to
to leave town unfortunately, to Buffalo. I wish I could
have stayed in Seattle at the time, but ended up
being a fun, fun journey in Buffalo. But anyway, just
(06:57):
bring this back to Seattle. Got a lot of feedback
and rano some people and they're like, hey, man, you
should you should start that thing up again and get
some of the guys around. So there'll be a few
few former Hawks there, you know, a few local celebs
and you know, it's just a great, great way to
support a local charity. And yeah, it'll be it'll be
(07:17):
a fun night, so hopefully people can join.
Speaker 2 (07:19):
Yeah, the Rise Above Foundation, man, just phenomenal people over there.
So Wednesday night, Queen n Beer Hall, seven to ten,
feel free to show up and watch, and who knows,
maybe you might run into one of the greatest legs
in Seattle sports history, and our friend Stephen Hauskiss. So
hey man, great to hear your voice. Don't be a
stranger and we'll talk soon, buddy.
Speaker 3 (07:38):
Appreciate it, man, Yeah, thank you guys so much.
Speaker 2 (07:41):
All here you go. Steven Houch get Housh money with
us on the radio show, really really big show today
if you missed anything including Jedfish was on today really
yeah about the Demon Williams story, so check it out
of the podcast. I thought some really interesting and good
stuff from Jed. That's it for us and we'll talk
to you Monday at two o'clock right here on ninety
(08:02):
three three kJ RFM by Fox Sports Radio. Coming to
Now back to Football Friday sponsored by Tito's Handmade Vodka
on your Home for the NFL Sports Radio ninety three
point three KJR FL.
Speaker 2 (00:11):
Well, joining us right now, Dick on a Friday Night
is a guy who used to be number one in
field goals made in Seattle until a guy named Jason
Myers unfortunately passed him earlier this year. But they say
records are meant to be broken, and for six years
this guy was money. His nickname was what Nick fae Housh,
money Houch, money Baby. Steven Houska, who's got a big
(00:34):
ping pong tournament coming up on Wednesday at the Queen
Ann Beer Hall benefiting some great causes, is joining us
right now, talking some Hawks, talking some NFL playoffs. Steven,
How are you pal? What's going on?
Speaker 3 (00:46):
Hey? I'm great man, Thank you, thank you for having
me on. When was the last time we talked? Now?
Speaker 2 (00:51):
God, well you have it. Your last hour was twenty sixteen?
Is that correct in Seattle?
Speaker 3 (00:57):
Yes? Yeah, okay, So it's been a while. Man. It's
good to or your voice.
Speaker 2 (01:00):
Well you been We're good man. It's great to have
you back on the show, and obviously great timing. Now
with the Seahawks and the number one seed and got
a big ping pong event benefiting some charities coming up
on Wednesday at the Queen Ann Beer. All that we'll
talk about in a minute. But you know, Dick and
I were just talking there a little bit about how
you know, Jason Myers got you with the field goals
made record. But I gotta tell you, man, my my
(01:23):
favorite Stephen Houchkimoman, I was talking to Dick about this
off the air. Has nothing to do with a field
goal that you made. It's got everything to do with
a field goal that you passed up on. Do you
know what I'm talking about?
Speaker 3 (01:35):
By the way, Oh yeah, Oh of course I do.
Not many fans know about this one either. How do
you know that one?
Speaker 2 (01:42):
Well, because I was at the game, for God's sake,
So I'm talking. I just want to make sure we're
talking about the same thing. I'm talking about. Twenty thirteen
NFC Championship. You're looking at like a fifty three yard
field goal on fourth and five or fourth and six
or whatever, and you went out there, you engauge the win,
you engauged everything and said, nap, I'm going to pass
(02:03):
on this, and then and then the next play, boom,
Russell Wilson to Jermaine Curse to take the lead.
Speaker 3 (02:10):
You know, sometimes things just happen in your favor. I
really went out there and I was like, I've never
passed up a kick. That was the only kick I
passed up my whole career. So I was just feeling
it was a gut instinct. I was like, this is
not a good idea to kick. This coach got us
to the super Bowl. That game was, but then hey
we had I did have to make one a few
(02:32):
cush a few minutes later from forty seven, I think,
to put us up six because then the Niners had
to drive down and try to score a touchdown because
we were up six points, and that's when Term kipped
the ball.
Speaker 4 (02:44):
I think he did. No question about you know, soft
you mentioned that the record Jason broke. But I'll tell
you what I'm looking at percentages. Jason Myers does not
hold a candle to Steven Haushka in field goal made percentage.
As a member of the Seattle Seahawks, you still have
have that crown. Well, let's compare that team. Let's compare
that team that you played on the back to back
(03:05):
Super Bowl team to what you're seeing right now. This
is the first time since you've been a Seahawk that
we've had a legitimate Super Bowl championship contender.
Speaker 3 (03:14):
You know, when they played the Rams a couple of
weeks ago, I was telling people, it's like, I think
that's the biggest win the team's had. It felt like
the old days. I watched that game. I was so
pumped up. It felt like the old days. I mean
that it's fun to see the city come alive too.
(03:36):
And just you know, I'm not one of those guys
holding on to the old days. You know, I'm really
supporting this team and excited for all their success.
Speaker 2 (03:46):
Stephen hashkint with us and Steven. The last time the
Hawks had the number one seed, twenty fourteen season, you
were on that team and you played in the Super Bowl.
And there's already starting to become some comparisons to that
lollb defense to the dark Side defense that we're seeing
now in Seattle. Do you see any comps between the
two defenses in your mind?
Speaker 3 (04:05):
You know what I'll what I'll say about this defense.
I'm just a kicker man. I didn't I didn't know
anything about football to be honest. So you guys, you
guys see it though, like there's some incredible players out there.
But I got to say, these guys have come together.
They play as a team, and they never quit. They're
(04:25):
so they're relentless. I know it's a word coach, and
I uses a lot, but they just keep coming in waves,
and you know, it's it's what he's been trying to
create since day one. Is this this unstoppable force and
you can really feel it out there. It's it's it's
fun to watch, and you know, he's got such a
coaches that's a brilliant mind to get all these incredible
(04:47):
players in there, and obviously John Schneider getting all those
players in there with unique talents. It's it's cool to
see it all happen.
Speaker 4 (04:56):
Take us back to the bye weeks. You went through
two of them in twenty thirteen and in twenty fourteen,
and this team now has to wait. They don't know
who they're gonna play yet. They got two weeks. Was
it you know, what was that like? Was it you know,
did it feel like forever for the two weeks or
did it go by pretty quick?
Speaker 3 (05:14):
It was a nice little break. It's it's kind of
you need the time for your body, but it's also
it's challenging. It doesn't feel like a bye weekend season,
bye weekend season. You feel like, hey, I can like
shut it down a little bit. There's plenty of time
to get back into it. But this time of year,
if you if you let your body or mind shut
it down, it's going to be hard to get it
(05:35):
back online. So you kind of kind of stay in it.
But I think one of the years, I went up
to Whistler and probably was a dumb idea, but we
went out to dinner and turns out that dinner was
up the mountain, and we took we went snowmobiling up
the mountain. And this was like a week before our
(05:57):
game and I was somehow snowmobiling up a mountain. I
had no deal what I was doing. So, you know,
urging the guys to make smart decisions this weekend, yeah.
Speaker 2 (06:06):
No question, no doubt, man, No, No, it's.
Speaker 3 (06:09):
An odd it's an odd time of year to have
you know, three you know, have a handful of days
off right, no question, you know, but it's they, you know,
these guys will I'm sure handle it the right way.
They've they're so committed you can tell, right.
Speaker 2 (06:27):
Great to see that you're doing some stuff still around town.
Tell me about what's going on Wednesday night at the
Queen Anne Beer Hall, buddy.
Speaker 3 (06:34):
Yeah, well this is you know, this is something that
I was running as a bit little ping pong charity
tournament back in the day when I was playing there
and ran it a couple of years and had to
to leave town unfortunately, to Buffalo. I wish I could
have stayed in Seattle at the time, but ended up
being a fun, fun journey in Buffalo. But anyway, just
(06:57):
bring this back to Seattle. Got a lot of feedback
and rano some people and they're like, hey, man, you
should you should start that thing up again and get
some of the guys around. So there'll be a few
few former Hawks there, you know, a few local celebs
and you know, it's just a great, great way to
support a local charity. And yeah, it'll be it'll be
(07:17):
a fun night, so hopefully people can join.
Speaker 2 (07:19):
Yeah, the Rise Above Foundation, man, just phenomenal people over there.
So Wednesday night, Queen n Beer Hall, seven to ten,
feel free to show up and watch, and who knows,
maybe you might run into one of the greatest legs
in Seattle sports history, and our friend Stephen Hauskiss. So
hey man, great to hear your voice. Don't be a
stranger and we'll talk soon, buddy.
Speaker 3 (07:38):
Appreciate it, man, Yeah, thank you guys so much.
Speaker 2 (07:41):
All here you go. Steven Houch get Housh money with
us on the radio show, really really big show today
if you missed anything including Jedfish was on today really
yeah about the Demon Williams story, so check it out
of the podcast. I thought some really interesting and good
stuff from Jed. That's it for us and we'll talk
to you Monday at two o'clock right here on ninety
(08:02):
three three kJ RFM by Fox Sports Radio. Coming to
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