Seattle Seahawks

"Seahawks" redirects here. For other uses, see Seahawk (disambiguation).

Seattle Seahawks
Current season
Established June 4, 1974 (1974-06-04) Play in CenturyLink Field Seattle, Washington Headquartered in the Virginia Mason Athletic Center Renton, Washington
Seattle Seahawks logo Logo Wordmark
League/conference affiliations
National Football League (1976–present) American Football Conference (1977–2001) AFC West (1977–2001) National Football Conference (1976, 2002–present) NFC West (1976, 2002–present)
Current uniform
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Team colors	College Navy, Action Green, Wolf Grey
Mascot	Blitz, Boom, Taima the Hawk (live Augur hawk)
Personnel
Owner(s)	Paul Allen
Chairman	Paul Allen
CEO	Peter McLoughlin
General manager	John Schneider
Head coach	Pete Carroll
Team history
Seattle Seahawks (1976–present)
Team nicknames
The 'Hawks The Blue Wave (1984–1986) The Legion of Boom (secondary, 2012–present)
Championships
League championships (1) Super Bowl championships (1) 2013 (XLVIII)
Conference championships (3) NFC: 2005, 2013, 2014
Division championships (9) AFC West: 1988, 1999 NFC West: 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2010, 2013, 2014
Playoff appearances (15)
NFL: 1983, 1984, 1987, 1988, 1999, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2010, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015
Home fields
Kingdome (1976–1999) Husky Stadium (2000–2001) CenturyLink Field (2002–present) Former name(s): Seahawks Stadium (2002–2003) Qwest Field (2004–2010)

The Seattle Seahawks are a professional American football franchise based in Seattle, Washington. They are members of the West division of the National Football Conference (NFC) in the National Football League (NFL). The Seahawks joined the NFL in 1976 as an expansion team along with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. The Seahawks are owned by Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen and are currently coached by Pete Carroll. Since 2002, the Seahawks have played their home games at CenturyLink Field (formerly Qwest Field), located south of downtown Seattle. The Seahawks previously played home games in the Kingdome (1976–1999) and Husky Stadium (1994, 2000–2001).

The Seahawks are the only NFL franchise based in the Pacific Northwest region of North America and thus attract support from a wide geographical area, including Oregon, Montana, Idaho, and Alaska, as well as Canadian fans in British Columbia and Alberta.

Seahawks fans have been referred to collectively as the "12th Man", "12th Fan", or "12s". The Seahawks' fans have twice set the Guinness World Record for the loudest crowd noise at a sporting event, first on September 15, 2013, registering 136.6 dB during a game against the San Francisco 49ers and again on December 2, 2013, during a Monday Night Football game against the New Orleans Saints, with a then record-setting 137.6 dB.

Over the years the Seahawks have had some notable players on the team, including Steve Largent, Dave Brown, Jim Zorn, Dave Krieg, John Randle, Kenny Easley, Curt Warner, Joe Nash, Brian Blades, Cortez Kennedy, Joey Galloway, Walter Jones, Steve Hutchinson, Shaun Alexander, Matt Hasselbeck and Marcus Trufant. Largent, Kennedy, and Moon have been inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame, as was Jones in 2014. Easley, Jones, Kennedy, Krieg, Largent, Warner, and Zorn have been inducted into the Seahawks Ring of Honor, along with cornerback Dave Brown and defensive end Jacob Green.

The Seahawks have won nine division titles and three conference championships. They are the only team to have played in both the AFC and NFC Championship Games. They have appeared in three Super Bowls, including Super Bowl XLVIII where they defeated the Denver Broncos 43–8 to win their first NFL title. However, the Seahawks went on to lose Super Bowl XLIX to the New England Patriots, 28–24. They are also the first, and to date only, post-merger expansion team in NFL history to advance to play in consecutive Super Bowls.

Franchise history

As per one of the agreed parts of the 1970 AFL–NFL merger, the NFL began planning to expand from 26 to 28 teams. In June 1972, Seattle Professional Football Inc., a group of Seattle business and community leaders, announced its intention to acquire an NFL franchise for the city of Seattle. In June 1974, the NFL gave the city an expansion franchise. That December, NFL Commissioner Pete Rozelle announced the official signing of the franchise agreement by Lloyd W. Nordstrom, representing the Nordstrom family as majority partners for the consortium.

In March 1975, John Thompson, former Executive Director of the NFL Management Council and a former Washington Huskies executive, was hired as the general manager of the new team. The name Seattle Seahawks ("Seahawk" is another name for Osprey) was selected on June 17, 1975 after a public naming contest which drew more than 20,000 entries and over 1,700 different names.

Thompson recruited and hired Jack Patera, a Minnesota Vikings assistant coach, to be the first head coach of the Seahawks; the hiring was announced on January 3, 1976. The expansion draft was held March 30–31, 1976, with Seattle and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers alternating picks for rounds selecting unprotected players from the other 26 teams in the league. The Seahawks were awarded the 2nd overall pick in the 1976 draft, a pick they used on defensive tackle Steve Niehaus. The team took the field for the first time on August 1, 1976 in a pre-season game against the San Francisco 49ers in the then newly constructed Kingdome.

Members of the Seahawks special teams blocking a point-after-touchdown

The Seahawks are, to date, the only NFL team to switch conferences twice in the post-merger era. The franchise began play in 1976 in the aforementioned NFC West but switched conferences with the Buccaneers after one season and joined the AFC West. This realignment was dictated by the league as part of the 1976 expansion plan, so that both expansion teams could play each other twice and every other NFL franchise once (the ones in their conference at the time) during their first two seasons. The Seahawks won both matchups against the Buccaneers in their first two seasons, the former of which was the Seahawks' first regular season victory.

In 1983, the Seahawks hired Chuck Knox as head coach. Finishing with a 9–7 record, the Seahawks made their first post-season appearance, defeating the Denver Broncos in the Wild Card Round, and then the Miami Dolphins, before losing in the AFC Championship to the Los Angeles Raiders. The following season, the Seahawks had their best season before 2005, finishing 12–4. Knox won the NFL Coach of the Year Award.

In 1988, Ken Behring and partner Ken Hofmann purchased the team for $79 or $99 million (both numbers have been reported). The Seahawks won their first division title in 1988, but from 1989 to 1998 had poor records and did not play in the post-season.

In 1996, Behring and Hoffman transferred the team's operations to Anaheim, California, a widely criticized move, although the team continued to play in Seattle. The team almost relocated, and was in bankruptcy for a short period. They sold the team to Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen in 1997, for $200 million, and in 1999 Mike Holmgren was hired as head coach. He would coach for 10 seasons. The Seahawks won their second division title, as well as a wild card berth in the playoffs.

In 2002, the Seahawks returned to the NFC West as part of an NFL realignment plan that gave each conference four balanced divisions of four teams each. This realignment restored the AFC West to its initial post-merger roster of original AFL teams Denver, San Diego, Kansas City, and Oakland.

Matt Hasselbeck played as the Seahawks quarterback from 2001–2010 and led the team to six postseason appearances and a Super Bowl appearance.

In the 2005 season, the Seahawks had their best season in franchise history with a record of 13–3, a feat that would later be matched in 2013. That record earned them the number one seed in the NFC. They won the NFC Championship Game in 2005, but lost in Super Bowl XL against the Pittsburgh Steelers. The loss was controversial; NFL Films has Super Bowl XL at number 8 on its top ten list of games with controversial referee calls. Before 2005, Seattle had the longest drought of playoff victories of any NFL team, dating back to the 1984 season. That drought was ended with a 20–10 win over the Washington Redskins in the 2005 playoffs.

Starting in the 1998 season, Blitz has been the Seahawks' official mascot. In the 2003 and 2004 seasons, a hawk named Faith would fly around the stadium just before the team came out of the tunnel. However, because of her relative small size and an inability to be trained to lead the team out of a tunnel, Faith was replaced by an augur hawk named Taima before the start of the 2005 season. Taima started leading the team out of the tunnel in September 2006. Beginning in 2004, the Seahawks introduced their drum line, the Blue Thunder. The group plays at every home game as well as over 100 events in the Seattle community.

In the 2010 NFL season, the Seahawks made history by making it into the playoffs despite having a 7–9 record. They had the best record in a division full of teams with losing seasons (Seahawks 7–9, Rams 7–9, 49ers 6–10, Cardinals 5–11) and won the decisive season finale against the Rams (not only by overall record, but by division record, as both teams coming into the game had a 3–2 division record). In the playoffs, the Seahawks won in their first game against the defending Super Bowl XLIV champs, the New Orleans Saints, 41–36. The Seahawks made even more history during the game with Marshawn Lynch's 67-yard run, breaking 7 or more tackles, to clinch the victory. After the run the fans reacted so loudly that a small earthquake (a bit above 2 on the Richter Scale) was recorded by seismic equipment around Seattle. The Seahawks lost to the Bears in their second game, 35–24.

Marshawn Lynch scored on a 67-yard touchdown run in the NFC Wild-Card Playoff Game against the New Orleans Saints in 2011.

The 2012 NFL season started with doubt, as the Seahawks lost their season opener against the Arizona Cardinals, after the highly touted Seattle defense gave up a go-ahead score late in the fourth quarter, and rookie quarterback Russell Wilson failed to throw the game winning touchdown after multiple attempts in the red-zone. However, Russell Wilson and the Seahawks went 4–1 in their next five games en route to an 11–5 overall record (their first winning record since 2007). Their 2012 campaign included big wins over the Green Bay Packers, New England Patriots, and San Francisco 49ers. The Seahawks went into the playoffs as the #5 seed and the only team that season to go undefeated at home. In the Wild Card Round, the Seahawks overcame a 14-point deficit to defeat the Washington Redskins. This was the first time since the 1983 Divisional Round that the Seahawks won a playoff game on the road. However, in the 2013 Divisional Round, overcoming a 20-point, fourth quarter deficit wouldn't be enough to defeat the #1 seed Atlanta Falcons. An ill-advised timeout and a defensive breakdown late in the game cost the Seahawks their season, as they lost, 30–28. QB Russell Wilson won the 2012 Pepsi Max Rookie of the Year award.

First Super Bowl championship

In 2013 NFL season, the Seahawks continued their momentum from the previous season, finishing tied with the Denver Broncos for an NFL-best regular season record of 13–3, while earning the NFC's #1 playoff seed. Their 2013 campaign included big wins over the Carolina Panthers, New Orleans Saints, and the San Francisco 49ers. Six Seahawks players were named to the Pro Bowl: Quarterback Russell Wilson, center Max Unger, running back Marshawn Lynch, cornerback Richard Sherman, free safety Earl Thomas, and strong safety Kam Chancellor. However, none of them were able to play in the Pro Bowl, as the Seahawks defeated the New Orleans Saints, 23–15, and the San Francisco 49ers, 23–17, in the playoffs to advance to Super Bowl XLVIII against the Denver Broncos. On February 2, 2014, the Seahawks won their first Super Bowl Championship, defeating Denver 43–8. The Seahawks' defense performance in 2013 was acclaimed as one of the best in the Super Bowl era.

The following season, Seattle advanced to Super Bowl XLIX, their second consecutive Super Bowl, but they were dethroned of their title by the New England Patriots by a score of 28–24.

Since moving into the NFC West, the Seahawks have had considerably more success, having won 7 of 13 division titles, and making the playoffs in 9 out of 13 seasons.

Rivalries

San Francisco 49ers

Main article: 49ers–Seahawks rivalry

Most recently, the Seahawks and the San Francisco 49ers have begun to develop a rivalry, starting with the 49ers hiring of coach Jim Harbaugh for the 2011 NFL season. Harbaugh had coached against Seahawks coach Pete Carroll before in college at Stanford and Southern California, respectively. The 49ers won the first contest between the coaches at the NFL level, then proceeded to win a close game at CenturyLink Field to eliminate the Seahawks from playoff contention. 2012 brought a new season and another Seahawks loss, week 7 on NFL Network's Thursday Night Football at Candlestick Park in San Francisco, as they dropped a 13–6 game where the offense failed to score a touchdown and 49ers quarterback Alex Smith did just enough to survive. Week 16 brought a fever anxiety as the Seahawks and 49ers prepared to face off in primetime on NBC Sunday Night Football. The Seahawks entered the game at 9–5, with back-to-back blowouts in which the team scored more than 50 points in games against the Buffalo Bills and Arizona Cardinals. Quickly, the Seahawks imposed their will with a Marshawn Lynch 24-yard touchdown run, two of quarterback Russell Wilson's touchdown passes and a blocked field goal return had the Seahawks lead at halftime 28–6. The Seahawks continued in the second half, eventually winning 42–13 capped off by Seahawks strong safety Kam Chancellor's hit on 49ers tight end Vernon Davis. The 49ers, however, won the following week, locking up the division title for the second consecutive season. Since rejoining the NFC West, the Seahawks lead the series 18–15 versus the 49ers, including playoffs. Colin Kaepernick and the 49ers lost their first 2013 season matchup against their NFC West rivals 29–3, with the help of Marshawn Lynch's three touchdowns, with the fans setting a new Guinness World Record for the loudest crowd roar at 136.6 dB. However, the Seahawks were defeated 19–17 in their second 2013 game with the 49ers at Candlestick Park. This was largely due to a late game 51-yard run by Frank Gore. The Seahawks had not won in San Francisco since 2008 until defeating the 49ers in convincing 19–3 fashion on Thanksgiving Day in 2014. In the 2013 NFC Championship Game, the Seahawks defeated the 49ers 23 to 17, thanks to Malcolm Smith's interception, which was tipped by Richard Sherman. This clinched the Seahawks' berth into Super Bowl XLVIII.

Denver Broncos

From the 1980s to the 2002 league realignment, the Denver Broncos were a major rival for the Seahawks. With John Elway, the Broncos were one of the best teams in the NFL, going 200–124–1 overall, and were 32–18 against the Seahawks. Since 2002, Seattle has won one of three interconference meetings, and the teams met in Super Bowl XLVIII on February 2, 2014, where the Seahawks won 43–8.

Super Bowl appearances

Seahawks 2013 Championship Ring

Season	Super Bowl	Coach	Location	Stadium	Opponent	Result	Record
2005	XL	Mike Holmgren	Detroit, MI	Ford Field	Pittsburgh Steelers	L 10–21	15–4
2013	XLVIII	Pete Carroll	East Rutherford, NJ	MetLife Stadium	Denver Broncos	W 43–8	16–3
2014	XLIX	Pete Carroll	Glendale, AZ	University of Phoenix Stadium	New England Patriots	L 24–28	14–5
Total Super Bowls won:							1

Headquarters and training camps

During the Seahawks' first ten seasons (1976–85), the team's headquarters was at Carillon Point on the shores of Lake Washington. The summer training camps were initially held at Eastern Washington University in Cheney, just southwest of Spokane. When the team's new headquarters across town in Kirkland were completed in 1986, the Seahawks held training camp at home for the next eleven seasons (1986–96), staying in the dormitories of the adjacent Northwest College. In Dennis Erickson's third season as head coach, the team returned to the hotter and more isolated Cheney in 1997, where they held training camp through 2006. In 2007, training camp returned to their Kirkland facility, because of the scheduled China Bowl game that was later canceled. In 2008, the Seahawks held the first three weeks of camp in Kirkland, then moved to the new 19-acre (92,000 sq yd) Virginia Mason Athletic Center (VMAC) on August 18 for the final week of training camp. The new facility, adjacent to Lake Washington in Renton, has four full-size practice fields: three natural grass outdoors and one FieldTurf indoors.

Logos and uniforms

Russell Wilson wearing the current Seahawks home uniform.

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Seattle Seahawks uniform combinations, 2002–2011. A green alternate jersey was used, but only for one game of the 2009 season.

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Seattle Seahawks uniform, 1976–1982

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Seattle Seahawks uniform, 1983–2001. The number font was changed to Pro Block in 1994.

Seahawks players wearing green jerseys in 2009

When the Seahawks debuted in 1976, the team's logo was a stylized royal blue and forest green osprey's head based on Northwestern tribal art. The helmet and pants were silver while the home uniforms were royal blue with white, blue and green arm stripes. The road uniform was white with blue and green arm stripes. Black shoes were worn for the first four seasons, one of the few NFL teams that did in the late 1970s. They then changed to white shoes in 1980.

In 1983, coinciding with the arrival of Chuck Knox as head coach, the uniforms were updated slightly. The striping on the arms now incorporated the Seahawks logo, and the TV numbers moved onto the shoulders. Helmet facemasks changed from gray to blue. Also, the socks went solid blue at the top, and white on bottom. In the 1985 season, the team wore 10th Anniversary patches on the right side of their pants. It had the Seahawks logo streaking through the number 10. Starting in the 1989 NFL season, jerseys were no longer sand-knit. In 1994, the year of the NFL's 75th Anniversary, the Seahawks changed the style of their numbering to something more suitable for the team; Pro Block from then until 2001. That same year, the Seahawks wore a vintage jersey for select games resembling the 1976–82 uniforms. However the helmet facemasks remained blue. The logos also became sewn on instead of being screen-printed. In 2000, Shaun Alexander's rookie year and Cortez Kennedy's last, the Seattle Seahawks celebrated their 25th Anniversary; the logo was worn on the upper left chest of the jersey. In 2001, the Seahawks switched to the new Reebok uniform system still in their current uniforms, but it would be their last in this uniform after the season ended. Previously, the team's uniforms were made by Wilson, Wilson/Staff, Russell Athletics, Logo Athletics, and Puma.

In March 1, 2002, to coincide with the team moving to the NFC as well as the opening of Seahawks Stadium (which would later be renamed Qwest Field, then CenturyLink Field), both the logo and the uniforms were heavily redesigned. The Wordmark was designed by Mark Verlander and the logo was designed by NFL Properties in-house design team. The colors were modified to a lighter "Seahawks Blue", a darker "Seahawks Navy" and lime green piping. The helmets also were changed from silver to the lighter "Seahawks Blue" color after a fan poll was conducted. Silver would not be seen again until 2012. The logo artwork was also subtly altered, with an arched eyebrow and a forward-facing pupil suggesting a more aggressive-looking bird. At first, the team had planned to wear silver helmets at home and blue helmets on the road, but since NFL rules forbid the use of multiple helmets, the team held the fan poll to decide which color helmet would be worn. The team had usually worn all blue at home and all white on the road since 2003, but late in the 2009 season, the Seahawks wore the white jersey-blue pants combo. The blue jersey and white pants combo has been worn for only one regular season game, the 2005 season opener at the Jacksonville Jaguars, while the white jersey and blue pants combination has not been worn regularly since late in the 2002 season, with the exception of late in the 2009 season. In 2009, the Seahawks once again wore the white jersey and blue pants combination for road games against Minnesota (November 22), St. Louis (November 29), Houston (December 13) and Green Bay (December 27).

The Seahawks wore their home blue jerseys during Super Bowl XL despite being designated as the visitor, since the Pittsburgh Steelers, the designated home team, elected to wear their white jerseys.

Since the Oakland Raiders wore their white jerseys at home for the first time ever in a game against the San Diego Chargers on September 28, 2008, the Seahawks are currently the only NFL team to have never worn their white jerseys at home.

On September 27, 2009, the Seahawks wore lime green jerseys for the first time, paired with new dark navy blue pants in a game against the Chicago Bears. The jerseys matched their new sister team, the expansion Seattle Sounders FC of Major League Soccer who wear green jerseys with blue pants. On December 6, 2009, the Seahawks wore their Seahawks blue jersey with the new dark navy blue pants for the first time, in a game against the San Francisco 49ers. The Seahawks broke out the same combo two weeks later against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, and two weeks after that in the 2009 regular season finale against the Tennessee Titans. In December 2009, then-coach Jim Mora announced that the new lime green jerseys were being retired because the team did not win in them, because he liked the home jerseys better, and added that the home jersey is a better match for the navy pants. In the same press conference, he stated that the new navy pants "felt better" on players as opposed to the Seahawks blue pants. For the 2010 season, Seattle returned to the traditional all "Seahawks Blue" at home and all white on the road.

On April 3, 2012, Nike, which took over as the official uniform supplier for the league from Reebok, unveiled new uniform and logo designs for the Seahawks for the 2012 season. The new designs incorporate a new accent color, "Wolf Grey", and the main colors are "College Navy" and "Action Green". The uniforms incorporate "feather trims", multiple feathers on the crown of the helmet, twelve feathers printed on the neckline and down each pant leg to represent the "12th Man", referring to the team's fans. The Seahawks have three different jersey colors: navy blue, white, and an alternate grey jersey. The Seahawks will have three different pants: navy blue with green feathers, gray with navy blue feathers, and white with navy blue feathers. Their new logo replaces the Seahawk blue with wolf grey. Altogether, there are nine (9) different uniform combinations possible.

The Seahawks wore their Nike home blue jerseys for the first regular season game on September 16, 2012 against the Dallas Cowboys. The uniform Marshawn Lynch wore in that game is preserved at the Pro Football Hall of Fame. On September 9, 2012, the Seahawks wore their Nike white away jerseys for the first regular season game against the Arizona Cardinals; on October 14, 2012, with the Carolina Panthers wearing white at home, they wore their blue jerseys with gray pants (and would do so again against the Miami Dolphins seven weeks later); and on December 16, 2012 they wore their Alternate Wolf Grey jerseys for the first time against the Buffalo Bills.

Seasons and overall records

Main article: List of Seattle Seahawks seasons

As of the end of the 2014 season, the Seattle Seahawks have competed in 39 NFL seasons, dating back to their expansion year of 1976. The team has compiled a 305–307 record (317–319 counting the playoffs) for a .498 winning percentage (.498 counting the playoffs). Seattle has reached the playoffs in 14 separate seasons, including in the 2005 season when they lost Super Bowl XL to the Pittsburgh Steelers, the 2013 season when they defeated the Denver Broncos to win Super Bowl XLVIII, and the 2014 season when they lost Super Bowl XLIX to the New England Patriots. In the 2010 season, the Seahawks became the first team in NFL history to earn a spot in the playoffs with a losing record (7–9, .438) in a full season; this was by virtue of winning the division. The Seahawks would go on to defeat the reigning Super Bowl champion New Orleans Saints in the Wild Card round, becoming the first team ever to win a playoff game with a losing record. They are also the oldest existing team in the NFL to never have had a tie game, not even in the preseason.

Team records

Main article: List of Seattle Seahawks records

Players of note

Main article: List of Seattle Seahawks players

Current roster

Seattle Seahawks roster
Quarterbacks  7 Tarvaris Jackson  3 Russell Wilson Running backs 36 Bryce Brown 22 Fred Jackson 24 Marshawn Lynch 32 Christine Michael Wide receivers 89 Doug Baldwin 15 Jermaine Kearse 16 Tyler Lockett 17 Kevin Smith 18 Kasen Williams Tight ends 86 Chase Coffman 84 Cooper Helfet 82 Luke Willson		Offensive linemen 78 Alvin Bailey G/T 68 Justin Britt G 79 Garry Gilliam T 63 Mark Glowinski G 61 Lemuel Jeanpierre C 65 Patrick Lewis C 76 Russell Okung T 67 Kristjan Sokoli G 64 J. R. Sweezy G Defensive linemen 56 Cliff Avril DE 72 Michael Bennett DE 55 Frank Clark DE 95 Demarcus Dobbs DE 99 A. J. Francis DT 97 Jordan Hill DT 91 Cassius Marsh DE 92 Brandon Mebane DT 77 Ahtyba Rubin DT		Linebackers 52 Brock Coyle MLB 51 Bruce Irvin OLB 57 Mike Morgan OLB 58 Kevin Pierre-Louis OLB 47 Eric Pinkins LB 54 Bobby Wagner MLB 50 K. J. Wright OLB Defensive backs 28 Marcus Burley CB 31 Kam Chancellor SS 20 Jeremy Lane CB 33 Kelcie McCray SS 35 DeShawn Shead CB 25 Richard Sherman CB 21 Tye Smith CB 23 Steven Terrell FS 29 Earl Thomas FS Special teams 49 Clint Gresham LS  4 Steven Hauschka K  9 Jon Ryan P				Reserve lists 88 Jimmy Graham TE (IR) 10px 83 Ricardo Lockette WR (IR) 10px 85 Anthony McCoy TE (IR) 10px 53 Nick Moody LB (IR) 10px 69 Terry Poole T (IR) 10px 34 Thomas Rawls RB (IR) 10px 10 Paul Richardson WR (IR) 10px 44 Ryan Robinson DE (IR) 10px 53 Kona Schwenke OT (IR) 10px 39 Mohammed Seisay CB (IR) 10px 27 Tharold Simon CB (IR) 10px 90 Jesse Williams DT (NF-Inj.) 10px Practice squad 42 Brandon Cottom FB 41 George Farmer CB  1 Deshon Foxx WR 14 Antwan Goodley WR 98 Justin Hamilton DT 30 Stanley Jean-Baptiste CB 19 Douglas McNeil III WR 62 Drew Nowak C 75 Will Pericak C 37 Trovon Reed CB Rookies in italics Roster updated December 30, 2015 Depth Chart • Transactions 53 Active, 12 Inactive, 10 Practice Squad → AFC rosters → NFC rosters
AFC East BUF MIA NE NYJ North BAL CIN CLE PIT South HOU IND JAX TEN West DEN KC OAK SD NFC East DAL NYG PHI WAS North CHI DET GB MIN South ATL CAR NO TB West ARI LA SF SEA

35th Anniversary Team (2010)

The 35th Anniversary team was voted upon by users on Seahawks.com and announced in 2010.

Seahawks 35th Anniversary Team (2010)
Team	Position	Players
Offense	Quarterback	Matt Hasselbeck (QB) 2001 to 2010
	Running Back	Shaun Alexander (RB) 2000 to 2007 Mack Strong (FB) 1993 to 2007
	Wide Receiver	Steve Largent (WR) 1976 to 1989 Brian Blades (WR) 1988 to 1998 Bobby Engram (WR) 2001 to 2008
	Tight End	John Carlson (TE) 2008 to 2011
	Offensive Line	Walter Jones (T) 1997 to 2010 Howard Ballard (T) 1994 to 1998 Steve Hutchinson (G) 2001 to 2005 Bryan Millard (G) 1984 to 1991 Robbie Tobeck (C) 2000 to 2006
Defense	Defensive Line	Jacob Green (DE) 1980 to 1992 Michael Sinclair (DE) 1991 to 2001 Cortez Kennedy (DT) 1990 to 2000 Joe Nash (DT) 1982 to 1996
	Linebacker	Chad Brown (OLB) 1997 to 2004 Rufus Porter (OLB) 1988 to 1994 Fredd Young (ILB) 1984 to 1987 Lofa Tatupu (MLB) 2005 to 2010
	Cornerback	Marcus Trufant (CB) 2003 to 2012 Dave Brown (CB) 1976 to 1986 Shawn Springs (NB) 1997 to 2003
	Safety	Kenny Easley (SS) 1981 to 1987 Eugene Robinson (FS) 1985 to 1995
Special Teams	Kicker	Norm Johnson (K) 1982 to 1990 Rick Tuten (P) 1991 to 1997
	Returner	Steve Broussard (KOR) 1995 to 1998 Nate Burleson (PR) 2006 to 2009
	Coverage	Rufus Porter 1988 to 1994

Retired numbers

Seahawks' retired numbers at CenturyLink Field.

Seattle Seahawks retired numbers
N°	Player	Position	Tenure	N° Retirem.
12	(12th Man)	Fan	1976–present	1984
71	Walter Jones	OT	1997–2009	2010
80 1	Steve Largent	WR	1976–1989	1996
96	Cortez Kennedy	DT	1990–2000	2012

• ¹ Jerry Rice wore #80 for his 2004 stint with the Seahawks. According to Rice, the team offered him the jersey number, with Largent's permission.
• Several other players and individuals related to the team have been honored by their induction into the Seattle Seahawks Ring of Honor

Pro Football Hall of Famers

Seattle Seahawks Pro Football Hall of Famers
No.	Player	Position	Tenure	Inducted
34	Franco Harris	FB	1984	1990
80	Steve Largent	WR	1976 to 1989	1995
81	Carl Eller	DE	1979	2004
1	Warren Moon	QB	1997 to 1998	2006
93	John Randle	DT	2001 to 2003	2010
80	Jerry Rice	WR	2004	2010
96	Cortez Kennedy	DT	1990 to 2000	2012
71	Walter Jones	OT	1997 to 2009	2014
Names in bold spent their entire career with the Seattle Seahawks

Note: Although Mike McCormack served as head coach, president, and general manager for the Seahawks, he is only listed in the Pro Football Hall of Fame for his contributions as a tackle for the New York Yanks and the Cleveland Browns.

Front office and coaching staff

Current staff

Seattle Seahawks staff
	Front Office Chairman – Paul Allen President – Peter McLoughlin Executive Vice President/General Manager – John Schneider Vice President of Football Administration – Matt Thomas Co-Director of Player Personnel – Scott Fitterer Co-Director of Player Personnel - Trent Kirchner Director of College Scouting – Matt Berry Director of Pro Personnel – Dan Morgan Senior Personnel Executive – Ed Dodds Head Coaches Head Coach/Executive Vice President of Football Operations – Pete Carroll Assistant Head Coach/Offensive Line – Tom Cable Assistant Head Coach/Defense – Rocky Seto Offensive Coaches Offensive Coordinator – Darrell Bevell Quarterbacks – Carl Smith Assistant Quarterbacks - Will Harriger Running Backs – Sherman Smith Wide Receivers – Dave Canales Assistant Wide Receivers – Nate Carroll Tight Ends – Pat McPherson Assistant Offensive Line – Pat Ruel & Brennan Carroll			Defensive Coaches Defensive Coordinator – Kris Richard Defensive Line – Travis Jones Defensive Line – Dwaine Board Linebackers – Micheal Barrow Assistant Linebackers – Lofa Tatupu Defensive Backs – Andre Curtis Assistant Defensive Backs - Ricky Manning Jr. Defensive Assistant – John Glenn Special Teams Coaches Special Teams Coordinator – Brian Schneider Assistant Special Teams/Assistant DBs – Nick Sorensen Assistant Special Teams/Assistant RBs – Chad Morton Strength and Conditioning Head Strength and Conditioning – Chris Carlisle Assistant Strength and Conditioning – Mondray Gee Assistant Strength and Conditioning – Jamie Yancher → Coaching Staff → Management → More NFL staffs
AFC East BUF MIA NE NYJ North BAL CIN CLE PIT South HOU IND JAX TEN West DEN KC OAK SD NFC East DAL NYG PHI WAS North CHI DET GB MIN South ATL CAR NO TB West ARI LA SF SEA

Previous head coaches

Main article: List of Seattle Seahawks head coaches

Sea Gals (cheerleaders)

The Seahawks cheerleaders are called the Sea Gals. During the off-season, a select performing group from the Sea Gals travel parades and with other NFL Cheerleaders on the road.

12th Man

See also: 12th man (football)

"Home of the 12th Man" signage within CenturyLink Field in 2013.

A giant #12 flag of the Seattle Seahawks

The 12th man (also known as the 12s) refers to the fan support of the Seahawks. The team's first home stadium, the Kingdome, was one of the loudest and most disruptive environments in the NFL. Opponents were known to practice with rock music blaring at full blast to prepare for the often painfully high decibel levels generated at games in the Kingdome.

In 2002, the Seahawks began playing at what is now CenturyLink Field. Every regular season and playoff game at CenturyLink Field since the 2nd week of the 2003 season has been played before a sellout crowd. Like the Kingdome before it, CenturyLink Field is one of the loudest stadiums in the league. The stadium's partial roof and seating decks trap and amplify the noise and bang it back down to the field. This noise has caused problems for opposing teams, causing them to commit numerous false-start penalties. From 2002 through 2012, there have been 143 false-start penalties on visiting teams in Seattle, second only to the Minnesota Vikings.

The Seahawks' fans have twice set the Guinness World Record for the loudest crowd noise at a sporting event, first on September 15, 2013, registering 136.6 dB during a game against the San Francisco 49ers and again on December 2, 2013, during a Monday Night Football game against the New Orleans Saints, with a roar of 137.6 dB. As of September 29, 2014, the record of 142.2 dB is held in Arrowhead Stadium by fans of the Kansas City Chiefs.

A Boeing 747-8F painted in 12th man livery for the team's Super Bowl appearance.

Prior to kickoff of each home game, the Seahawks salute their fans by raising a giant #12 flag at the south end of the stadium. Current and former players, coaches, local celebrities, prominent fans, Seattle-area athletes, and current owner Paul Allen have raised the flag. Earlier, the Seahawks retired the #12 jersey on December 15, 1984 as a tribute to their fans. Before their Super Bowl win, the Seahawks ran onto the field under a giant 12th Man flag.

In September 1990, Texas A&M filed, and was later granted, a trademark application for the "12th Man" term, based on their continual usage of the term since the 1920s. In January 2006, Texas A&M filed suit against the Seattle Seahawks to protect the trademark and in May 2006, the dispute was settled out of court. In the agreement, which expires in 2016, Texas A&M licensed the Seahawks to continue using the phrase, in exchange for a licensing fee, public acknowledgement of A&M's trademark when using the term, a restriction in usage of the term to seven states in the Northwest United States, and a prohibition from selling any "12th Man" merchandise. Once the agreement expires, the Seahawks will continue to be able to use the number "12" but will no longer license the "12th Man" phrase. In August 2015, the Seahawks have decided to drop their signage of the "12th Man" term and shifted towards to calling their fans as the "12s" instead.

Team owners

• The Nordstrom family: 1976–1988
• Ken Behring & Ken Hofmann: 1988–1996
• Paul Allen: 1997–present

Radio and television

Map of radio affiliates (lower 48 and Canada).

Map of radio affiliates (Alaska).

As of 2009, the Seahawks' flagship station is KIRO (AM) 710 kHz – KIRO-FM 97.3 MHz. Games are heard on 47 stations in five western states and Canada. Microsoft holds naming rights for the broadcasts for their search engine under the moniker of the "Bing Radio Network". The current announcers are former Seahawks players Steve Raible (who was the team's color commentator from 1982 to 2003) and Warren Moon. The Raible-Moon regular season pairing has been together since 2004 (during the preseason Moon works for the local television broadcast so the color commentary is split between former Seahawks Paul Moyer, Sam Adkins, and Brock Huard). Pete Gross, who called the games from 1976 until just days before his death from cancer in 1992, is a member of the team's Ring of Honor. Other past announcers include Steve Thomas from 1992 to 1997, Lee Hamilton (also known as "Hacksaw") from 1998 to 1999, and Brian Davis from 2000 to 2003.

Preseason games not shown on national networks were produced by Seahawks Broadcasting and televised by KING-TV, channel 5 (and, in 2008, also on sister station KONG-TV since KING, an NBC affiliate, was committed to the Summer Olympics in China). Seahawks Broadcasting is the Emmy Award Winning in-house production and syndication unit for the Seattle Seahawks. Curt Menefee (the host of Fox NFL Sunday) has been the Seahawks TV voice since the 2009 preseason. Since the 2012 season, KCPQ-TV, which airs most of the Seahawks regular season games (as the Seattle-Tacoma area's Fox affiliate), is the television partner for the team and has replaced KING 5 as broadcaster for preseason games, while simulcasts of any Seahawks games on ESPN's Monday Night Football or NFL Network's Thursday Night Football airs on either KONG-TV or KZJO. In addition, any Saturday or Sunday afternoon games broadcast by CBS (with the Seahawks hosting an AFC opponent) will air on local CBS affiliate KIRO-TV.

Radio affiliates

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Washington

City	Call Sign	Frequency
Aberdeen	KDUX-FM	104.7 kHz
Bellingham	KPUG-AM	1170 kHz
Centralia	KMNT	104.3 MHz
Chelan	KOZI-FM	93.5 MHz
Colfax	KMAX (AM)	840 kHz
Colville	KCRK-FM	92.1 MHz
Ellensburg	KXLE (AM)	1240 kHz
Forks	KFKB (AM)	1490 kHz
Grand Coulee	KEYG-FM	98.5 MHz
Longview	KEDO (AM)	1400 kHz
Moses Lake	KBSN	1470 kHz
Mount Vernon	KAPS (AM)	660 kHz
Olympia	KYYO	96.9 MHz
Omak	KNCW-FM	92.7 MHz
Port Angeles	KONP (AM)	1450 kHz
Seattle (Flagship station)	KIRO (AM)	710 kHz
Seattle (Flagship station)	KIRO-FM	97.3 MHz
Shelton	KMAS (AM)	1030 kHz
Spokane	KHTQ	94.5 MHz
Tri-Cities	KONA (AM)	610 kHz
Walla Walla	KUJ (AM)	1420 kHz
Wenatchee	KPQ (AM)	560 kHz
Yakima	KIT (AM)	1280 kHz
Yakima	KMGW	99.3 MHz

Alaska

City	Call Sign	Frequency
Anchorage	KBYR (AM)	700 kHz
Anchorage	KTMB	102.1 MHz
Cordova	KLAM (AM)	1450 kHz
Juneau	KINY	800 kHz
Kodiak	KVOK (AM)	560 kHz
Sitka	KIFW	1230 kHz

Idaho

City	Call Sign	Frequency
Boise	KBOI (AM)	670 kHz
Lewiston	KCLK (AM)	1430 kHz
St. Maries	KOFE	1240 kHz

Montana

City	Call Sign	Frequency
Helena	KCAP (AM)	950 kHz
Missoula	KGRZ	1450 kHz
Missoula	KYLT	1340 kHz

Oregon

City	Call Sign	Frequency
Astoria	KCRX-FM	102.3 MHz
Baker City	KKBC-FM	95.3 MHz
Bend	KRCO	690 kHz
Eugene	KUJZ-FM	95.3 MHz
La Grande	KRJT	105.9 MHz
Lebanon	KGAL	1580 kHz
Medford	KTMT (AM)	580 kHz
Newport	KCUP	1230 kHz
Pendleton	KTIX (AM)	1240 kHz
Portland	KFXX (AM)	1080 kHz
Portland	KGON	92.3 MHz
The Dalles	KODL	1440 kHz

British Columbia

City	Call Sign	Frequency
Kelowna	CKFR (AM)	1150 kHz
Vancouver	CFTE	1410 kHz
Victoria	CFAX (AM)	1070 kHz

See also

• Active NFL playoff appearance streaks
• Legion of Boom
• Seattle Seahawks Ring of Honor

Notes and references

Explanatory notes

Citations