Seattle Seahawks

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Seattle Seahawks
Current season
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Seattle Seahawks logo
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Seattle Seahawks wordmark
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Established June 4, 1974; 50 years ago (1974-06-04)[1][2]
First season: 1976
Play in Lumen Field
Seattle, Washington
Headquartered in the Virginia Mason Athletic Center
Renton, Washington[3]
League / conference affiliations
National Football League (1976–present)
Uniforms
Team colorsCollege navy, action green, wolf grey[4][5][6]
     
MascotBlitz, Boom, Taima the Hawk (live Augur buzzard)
Websiteseahawks.com
Personnel
Owner(s)The Paul Allen Estate[7]
ChairmanJody Allen
General managerJohn Schneider
PresidentChuck Arnold[8]
Head coachMike Macdonald
Team history
  • Seattle Seahawks (1976–present)
Team nicknames
  • The 'Hawks
  • The Blue Wave (1984–1986)[9]
  • The Legion of Boom (secondary; 2011–2017)
Championships
League championships (1)
Conference championships (3)
Division championships (11)
Playoff appearances (20)
Home fields
Team owner(s)

The Seattle Seahawks are a professional American football team based in Seattle. The Seahawks compete in the National Football League (NFL) as a member of the National Football Conference (NFC) West, which they rejoined in 2002 as part of a conference realignment. The club entered the NFL as an expansion team in 1976 in the NFC. From 1977 to 2001, Seattle was assigned to the American Football Conference (AFC) West. They have played their home games at Lumen Field in Seattle's SoDo neighborhood since 2002, having previously played home games in the Kingdome (1976–1999) and Husky Stadium (1994 and 2000–2001).[a]

Seahawks fans have been referred to collectively as the "12s" (formerly the "12th Man"),[11][12][13] or the "12th Fan".[14][15][16][17][18] The team's fans twice set the Guinness World Record for the loudest crowd noise at a sporting event within the span of a few months, first registering 136.6 decibels during a game against the San Francisco 49ers in September 2013,[19] and later registering 137.6 dB during a Monday Night Football game against the New Orleans Saints that December.[20][21] As the only NFL team based in the Pacific Northwest region of North America, the Seahawks attract support from a wide geographical area that includes parts of the U.S. states of Alaska, Idaho, Montana, Oregon, and Utah, as well as the Canadian province of British Columbia.[22]

The Seahawks have won 11 division titles and three conference championships, and are the only team to have played in both the AFC and NFC Championship Games. They have reached three Super Bowls, losing 21–10 to the Pittsburgh Steelers at Super Bowl XL, defeating the Denver Broncos 43–8 for their first championship at Super Bowl XLVIII, and losing 28–24 to the New England Patriots at Super Bowl XLIX. Players Kenny Easley, Walter Jones, Steve Hutchinson, Cortez Kennedy, and Steve Largent have been voted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame primarily or wholly for their accomplishments as Seahawks. In addition, players Dave Brown, Jacob Green, Dave Krieg, Curt Warner, Jim Zorn, Matt Hasselbeck and Shaun Alexander have been inducted into the Seahawks Ring of Honor, along with head coaches Chuck Knox, and Mike Holmgren, radio announcer Pete Gross, and franchise owner Paul Allen.

  1. ^ "On This Date: Seattle Awarded NFL Franchise". Seahawks.com. NFL Enterprises, LLC. June 4, 2016. Retrieved March 30, 2022.
  2. ^ "Seattle Seahawks Team Facts". ProFootballHOF.com. NFL Enterprises, LLC. Retrieved March 30, 2022.
  3. ^ "The Virginia Mason Athletic Center, VMAC, Seattle Seahawks Headquarters". Seahawks.com. NFL Enterprises, LLC. Retrieved February 9, 2024.
  4. ^ "Seahawks Unveil Alternate Logo". Seahawks.com. NFL Enterprises, LLC. September 6, 2017. Retrieved September 16, 2021. The alternate look shows the team's primary Seahawks logo, which is seen at a profile angle, facing forward. It maintains the same color scheme — College Navy, Wolf Grey and Action Green — that Seattle unveiled in 2012 when the NFL introduced Nike as the League's new uniform provider.
  5. ^ "Franchise History" (PDF). 2023 Seattle Seahawks Media Guide (PDF). NFL Enterprises, LLC. August 2, 2023. Retrieved December 19, 2023. Nike unveils the new NFL uniform design in New York, and Kam Chancellor represents the Seahawks in the fashion show. Along with the new uniform, the Seahawks unveil a new tweaked logo that freshens up the team colors. The new team colors are college navy, action green and wolf grey.
  6. ^ "Seattle Seahawks Team Capsule" (PDF). 2022 Official National Football League Record and Fact Book (PDF). NFL Enterprises, LLC. July 20, 2022. Retrieved December 19, 2023.
  7. ^ "Seahawks Staff, Management, Front Office". Seahawks.com. NFL Enterprises, LLC. Archived from the original on January 2, 2020. Retrieved December 10, 2019.
  8. ^ "Chuck Arnold Named President Of Seahawks And First & Goal Inc". Seahawks.com. NFL Enterprises, LLC. September 24, 2018. Archived from the original on September 25, 2018. Retrieved October 7, 2018.
  9. ^ Farnsworth, Clare (August 25, 2013). "Catching up with: Terry Taylor". Seahawks.com. NFL Enterprises, LLC. Archived from the original on August 27, 2013. Retrieved November 24, 2018. What he did: The Seahawks' first-round draft choice in 1984 out of Southern Illinois, Terry Taylor started 52 games at cornerback through the 1988 season and then returned in 1994 to start three more in an injury-depleted secondary. Taylor's 16 career interceptions for the Seahawks rank No. 10 on the franchise's all-time list and he returned two for touchdowns. He also appeared in the Seahawks' infamous Locker Room Rock video in 1985.
  10. ^ Farnsworth, Clare (July 19, 2015). "On this date: Three home games moved to Husky Stadium". Seahawks.com. NFL Enterprises, LLC. Archived from the original on July 1, 2019. Retrieved July 1, 2019.
  11. ^ Gola, Hank (January 9, 2014). "The art of noise in Seattle: Seahawks' 12th man helps create NFL's biggest home-field advantage". New York Daily News. Retrieved February 21, 2014.
  12. ^ Narciso, Gerald (January 25, 2014). "Seahawks Mania Bigger Than U.S. Can Contain". The New York Times. Retrieved February 21, 2014.
  13. ^ Cimini, Rich (February 3, 2014). "Twelfth Night: Number featured in win". ESPN. Retrieved February 21, 2014.
  14. ^ "Seres 'alados' hacen retumbar el MetLife Stadium". mediotiempo.com. February 2, 2014. Archived from the original on October 6, 2014. Retrieved January 19, 2015.
  15. ^ Shelton, Don (January 7, 2015). "12th Fan of the Week: Cheering the Seahawks all the way from Chile". The Seattle Times. Archived from the original on January 29, 2015. Retrieved January 29, 2015.
  16. ^ Drovetto, Tony (August 14, 2015). "Seahawks Rookies React To Roar of 12s at CenturyLink Field". Seahawks.com. NFL Enterprises, LLC. Archived from the original on September 22, 2020. Retrieved July 1, 2019.
  17. ^ Burnside, Jeff (September 26, 2014). "Seahawks 12s rally for fellow fan in his final days". KOMO-TV. Archived from the original on January 31, 2015. Retrieved January 19, 2015.
  18. ^ Horn, Barry (October 9, 2014). "Horn: Seahawks' home fans participators, Cowboys' home fans are spectators". The Dallas Morning News. Archived from the original on October 15, 2014. Retrieved January 19, 2015.
  19. ^ Wilson, Ryan (September 16, 2013). "Seahawks fans set Guinness World Record for loudest stadium". CBS Sports. Archived from the original on February 27, 2014. Retrieved October 1, 2014.
  20. ^ Schwab, Frank (December 2, 2013). "Seahawks take back the Guinness World Record for crowd noise at 137.6 decibels". Yahoo! Sports. Archived from the original on December 5, 2013. Retrieved October 1, 2014.
  21. ^ Drovetto, Tony (December 2, 2013). "Seahawks fan base retakes Guinness World Record for crowd noise". Seahawks.com. NFL Enterprises, LLC. Archived from the original on September 30, 2014. Retrieved October 1, 2014.
  22. ^ Prunty, Brendan (January 26, 2014). "Seahawks' 12th Man draws from all over Pacific Northwest, bringing diverse fan base to Super Bowl". The Star-Ledger. Retrieved March 3, 2014.


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