Seattle Seahawks

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

Seattle Seahawks
Current season
Established June 4, 1974 Play in CenturyLink Field Seattle, Washington Headquartered in the Virginia Mason Athletic Center Renton, Washington
Seattle Seahawks logo Logo
League/conference affiliations
National Football League (1976–present) National Football Conference (1976) NFC West (1976) American Football Conference (1977–2001) AFC West (1977–2001) National Football Conference (2002–present) NFC West (2002–present)
Current uniform
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Team colors	College Navy, Action Green, Wolf Grey
Mascot	Blitz and Taima the Hawk (since 2007)
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, 2010–present)
Championships
League championships (1) Super Bowl championships (1) 2013 (XLVIII)
Conference championships (2) NFC: 2005, 2013
Division championships (8) AFC West: 1988, 1999 NFC West: 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2010, 2013
Playoff appearances (13)
NFL: 1983, 1984, 1987, 1988, 1999, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2010, 2012, 2013
Home fields
The Kingdome (1976–1999), Played first half of the 1994 season at Husky Stadium Husky Stadium (First half of the 1994 season due to repairs at The Kingdome; 2000–2001) CenturyLink Field (2002–present) a.k.a. Seahawks Stadium (2002–2003) a.k.a. Qwest Field (2004–2010)

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

The Seahawks are the only NFL franchise located in the Pacific Northwest region of North America and thus attract support from a wide geographical area, including Oregon, Idaho, Montana, Wyoming, and Alaska, as well as Canadian fans in British Columbia and Alberta. Seahawks fans are known collectively as the "12th Fan", or"12th Man" and have set numerous international stadium sound records.

The Seahawks have won eight division titles and appeared in two Super Bowls, winning the championship in their second appearance, Super Bowl XLVIII. Seattle is the only team to have played in both the AFC and NFC Championship Games, having relocated from the AFC to the NFC during league realignment prior to the 2002 season.

Over the years the Seahawks have had some notable players on the team, such as Steve Largent, Dave Brown, Jim Zorn, Dave Krieg, Kenny Easley, Curt Warner, Joe Nash, Brian Blades, Cortez Kennedy, Joey Galloway, Warren Moon, Walter Jones, Shaun Alexander, Matt Hasselbeck, Marcus Trufant, Marshawn Lynch, Percy Harvin, Earl Thomas, Richard Sherman, Kam Chancellor, and Russell Wilson. Largent, Kennedy, and Moon have been inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame, with Jones' 2014 induction having been announced. 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.

Franchise history

Further information: History of the Seattle Seahawks

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 Husky executive, was hired as the general manager of the new team. The team was originally going to be called the Seattle Kings, but 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 the only NFL team to switch conferences twice in the post-merger era. The franchise began play in 1976 in the NFC West division 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 during their first two seasons.

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. The following season, the Seahawks had their best season to date, finishing 12–4. Knox won the NFL Coach of the Year Award.

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. The team almost relocated, and was in bankruptcy for a short period. In 1997, Microsoft co-creator Paul Allen purchased the team, 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 2005 Super Bowl appearance.

In the 2005 season, the Seahawks had their best season in franchise history with a record of 13–3. That record earned them the #1 seed in the NFC. They won the NFC Championship Game in 2005, then 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 the worst division at the time (Seahawks 7–9, Rams 7–9, 49ers 6–10, Cardinals 5–11) and won the decisive season finale against the Rams. In the playoffs, the Seahawks won in their first game against the then-defending Super Bowl 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 so tackles, to clinch the victory. 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, the Seahawks continued their momentum from the previous season, finishing the regular season an NFL-best 13-3, earning the NFC's #1 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.

Rivalries

San Francisco 49ers

Main article: 49ers–Seahawks rivalry

Most recently, the Seattle Seahawks and the San Francisco 49ers have begun to develop a fierce rivalry, starting with the 49ers hiring of coach Jim Harbaugh in 2011. Harbaugh had coached against Seahawks coach Pete Carroll before in college at Stanford and USC, respectively. The 49ers took the 1st 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 Thursday Night Football at 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 prime time on Sunday Night Football. Seattle came in at 9–5 with back to back blowouts in which the team scored more than 50 points both games. 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 halftime lead at 28–6. The Hawks continued in the 2nd 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 2nd consecutive year. Since rejoining the NFC West, the Hawks are tied 15–15 versus the 49ers. Colin Kaepernick and the Niners 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 decibels. 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 have not won in Candlestick Park since 2008. In the NFC Championship game, the Seahawks took down the 49ers, thanks to Malcolm Smith's interception, which was tipped by Richard Sherman.

St. Louis Rams

One of the more memorable games against St. Louis was in Week 6, 2006. The Hawks were ineffective for much of the first half. Trailing 21–7, Mike Holmgren blistered the paint in the locker room and a different Hawks team took the field in the second half. Seattle scored 20 unanswered points to lead 27–21 and looked to have put the game away after a Lofa Tatupu interception late in the game. However, RB Maurice Morris fumbled on the Ram 7-yard line with 2:48 left. A few plays later Ram QB Marc Bulger hit Torry Holt with a 67-yard TD pass to give the Rams a 28–27 lead with 1:38 remaining. Matt Hasselbeck engineered a final drive from the Seahawks' 17-yard line and led the team to the Rams' 31-yard line. A premature celebration erupted on the Rams' sideline as the Seahawks were called for an illegal formation after Hasselbeck spiked the ball to stop the clock with four seconds left in the game. The Rams believed the Seahawks had committed a false start which would have resulted in a ten-second runoff on the clock that would have ended the game. Instead, the Seahawks were penalized five yards, pushing them back to the 36-yard line. Despite the setback, Josh Brown still kicked a 54-yard field goal to win the game, 30–28.

Denver Broncos

From the 1980s to the 2002 reshuffle, the Denver Broncos were a major rival for the Seahawks. With John Elway, the Broncos were one of the better teams of the NFL, going 200-124-1 overall, and were 32-18 against the Seahawks. Since 2002, Seattle has won once out 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

The Seattle Seahawks have won one Super Bowl in the 2013 season under Pete Carroll.

Season	Coach	Location	Stadium	Opponent	Result	Record
2005	Mike Holmgren	Detroit, MI	Ford Field	Pittsburgh Steelers	L, 21-10	15-4
2013	Pete Carroll	East Rutherford, NJ	MetLife Stadium	Denver Broncos	W, 43-8	16-3
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 (77,000 m²) 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.

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

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 has 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.

With the Oakland Raiders wearing their white jerseys at home for the first time ever in a game against the San Diego Chargers on September 28, 2008, the Seahawks have become the only NFL team to have never worn their white jerseys at home, not even against the Dallas Cowboys whose blue jerseys are said to be "jinxed", causing many teams to wear white when hosting the Cowboys on several occasions.

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 stripes, gray with navy blue stripes, and white with navy blue stripes. Their new logo replaces the Seahawk blue with gray.

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

Main article: List of Seattle Seahawks seasons

As of the end of the 2013 season, the Seattle Seahawks have competed in 38 NFL seasons, dating back to their expansion year of 1976. The team has compiled a 293–303 record (305–315 counting the playoffs) for a .492 winning percentage (.492 counting the playoffs). Seattle has reached the playoffs in thirteen separate seasons, including in the 2005 season when they lost Super Bowl XL to the Pittsburgh Steelers, and in the 2013 season when they defeated the Denver Broncos to win Super Bowl XLVIII. 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); that year, 7 teams in the NFL with a record of 7–9 or better did not make the playoffs, including two 10–6 teams. However, 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. The Seattle Seahawks won the 2013-2014 Super Bowl against the Denver Broncos with a stunning score of 43-8 for their first Super Bowl win.

Team records

Main article: List of Seattle Seahawks records

Players of note

Main article: List of Seattle Seahawks players

35th Anniversary Team (2010)

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

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

Current roster

Seattle Seahawks roster

Quarterbacks  6 Sam Howell  7 Geno Smith 15 P. J. Walker Running backs 26 Zach Charbonnet 36 George Holani 44 Kobe Lewis 25 Kenny McIntosh  9 Kenneth Walker III 31 TaMerik Williams Wide receivers 19 Jake Bobo  1 D'Wayne Eskridge 84 Hayden Hatten 16 Tyler Lockett 14 DK Metcalf 81 Laviska Shenault 11 Jaxon Smith-Njigba 82 Cody White 33 Dee Williams 13 Easop Winston 83 Dareke Young Tight ends 88 A. J. Barner 86 Pharaoh Brown 87 Noah Fant 85 Tyler Mabry 38 Brady Russell 89 Jack Westover

Offensive linemen 73 Tremayne Anchrum G 75 Anthony Bradford G 67 Charles Cross T 66 McClendon Curtis G 74 George Fant T 78 Stone Forsythe T 76 Garret Greenfield T 56 Nick Harris C 64 Christian Haynes G 65 Michael Jerrell T 63 Sataoa Laumea T 72 Abraham Lucas T 60 Mike Novitsky C 79 Raiqwon O'Neal T 51 Olusegun Oluwatimi C 69 Max Pircher T (Int.) 70 Laken Tomlinson G Defensive linemen 95 Myles Adams DE 77 Matthew Gotel NT 97 Johnathan Hankins DT 55 Dre'Mont Jones DE 98 DeVere Levelston DE 94 Mike Morris DE 91 Byron Murphy II DT 57 Nathan Pickering DE 90 Jarran Reed NT 99 Leonard Williams DE 92 Rason Williams II DE 93 Cameron Young DT

Linebackers 47 Sunny Anderson OLB 17 Jerome Baker ILB 46 Nelson Ceaser OLB  0 Tyrel Dodson ILB 40 Easton Gibbs ILB 58 Derick Hall OLB 48 Tyrice Knight ILB 53 Boye Mafe OLB 10 Uchenna Nwosu OLB 50 Patrick O'Connell ILB 49 Joshua Onujiogu OLB 59 Jon Rhattigan ILB 43 Devin Richardson ILB 52 Darrell Taylor OLB 42 Drake Thomas ILB Defensive backs 18 Lance Boykin CB 22 Tre Brown CB  8 Coby Bryant CB 23 Artie Burns CB 30 Mike Jackson CB 29 D. J. James CB  2 Rayshawn Jenkins SS 37 Carlton Johnson CB 20 Julian Love SS 39 Ty Okada SS 28 Nehemiah Pritchett CB 32 Jerrick Reed II FS 34 Jonathan Sutherland FS 35 Ro Torrence CB 24 K'Von Wallace FS 38 Andrew Whitaker CB 21 Devon Witherspoon CB 27 Riq Woolen CB Special teams  4 Michael Dickson P  5 Jason Myers K 41 Chris Stoll LS

Reserve lists 62 Buddha Jones NT (IRTooltip Injured reserve) Rookies in italics Roster updated June 20, 2024 Depth chart Transactions 90 active (+1 exempt) → AFC rosters → NFC rosters

Retired numbers

Seahawks' retired numbers at CenturyLink Field.

Seattle Seahawks retired numbers
N°	Player	Position	Tenure	N° Retirem.
12	Fans (12th Man)	–	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, it was the team that offered him to wear the #80, 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
Players
No.	Name	Position	Tenure	Inducted
34	Franco Harris	FB	1984	1990
80	Steve Largent	WR	1976–1989	1995
81	Carl Eller	DE	1979	2004
1	Warren Moon	QB	1997–1998	2006
93	John Randle	DT	2001–2003	2010
80	Jerry Rice	WR	2004	2010
96	Cortez Kennedy	DT	1990–2000	2012
71	Walter Jones	OT	1997–2009	2014
45	Kenny Easley	S	1981–1987	2017
52	Kevin Mawae	C	1994–1997	2019
76	Steve Hutchinson	G	2001–2005	2020
17	Devin Hester	RS	2016	2024
93	Dwight Freeney	DE	2017	2024
Coaches and Executives
Name		Position	Tenure	Inducted
Tom Flores		Head coach	1992–1994	2021
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 Owning entity – Paul Allen estate Chairwoman/trustee – Jody Allen Vice chairman – Bert Kolde President – Chuck Arnold President of football operations/general manager – John Schneider Assistant general manager – Nolan Teasley Vice president of football administration – Joey Laine Vice president of player personnel – Trent Kirchner Senior Director of player personnel – Matt Berry Director of college scouting – Aaron Hineline Director of pro personnel – Willie Schneider Assistant director of college scouting – Jason Barnes Assistant director of pro personnel – D. J. Hord Head coaches Head coach – Mike Macdonald Assistant head coach – Leslie Frazier Offensive coaches Offensive coordinator – Ryan Grubb Passing game coordinator – Jake Peetz Quarterbacks – Charles London Running backs – Kennedy Polamalu Wide receivers – Frisman Jackson Assistant wide receivers – Tyson Prince Tight ends – Mack Brown Offensive line – Scott Huff Assistant offensive line – Brendan Nugent Offensive assistant/quality control-offensive line – Quinshon Odom Offensive assistant/quality control – Zak Hill			Defensive coaches Defensive coordinator – Aden Durde Defensive line – Justin Hinds Outside linebackers – Chris Partridge Inside linebackers – Kirk Olivadotti Passing game coordinator/defensive backs – Karl Scott Safeties – Jeff Howard Defensive assistant/linebackers – Josh Bynes Defensive quality control – Nick Perry Defensive intern – Rob Caprice Special teams coaches Special teams coordinator – Jay Harbaugh Assistant special teams – Devin Fitzsimmons Strength and conditioning Head strength and conditioning – Ivan Lewis Assistant strength and conditioning – Thomas Garcia Assistant strength and conditioning – Mark Philipp Assistant strength and conditioning – Grant Steen Assistant strength and conditioning – Danny Van Dijk Assistant strength and conditioning – Jamie Yanchar → Coaching staff → Management → More NFL staffs

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) and CenturyLink Field § Home field advantage

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

The 12th Man refers to the fan support of the Seahawks. In the early years of the franchise, the number 12 jersey with "Fan" across back, was popular with supporters of the expansion franchise. The team's first home stadium, the Kingdome, was a particularly loud and disruptive environment, with fans priding themselves for their ability to disrupt opposing offenses by yelling in key moments. Opposing teams 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. The raucous environment at the Kingdome has continued at CenturyLink Field. 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. On December 2, 2013, fans inside CenturyLink Field successfully set a new world record for loudest stadium noise when they generated a 137.6 dB audio measurement.

Prior to kickoff of each home game, the Seahawks salute their fans in the NFL by raising the 12th man 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 number #12 jersey on December 15, 1984 as a tribute to their fans.

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, 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, and a restriction in usage of the term to seven states in the Northwest United States.

Team owners

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

Radio and television

KWOK

KPUG-AM

KMNT

KMAX (AM)

KCRK-FM

KXLE (AM)

KRKZ (AM)

KEYG-FM

KONA (AM)

KEDO (AM)

KBSN

KAPS (AM)

KGY (AM)

KNCW-FM

KONP (AM)

KIRO (AM)

KIRO-FM

KMAS (AM)

KXLX

KUJ (AM)

KPQ (AM)

KIT (AM)

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Seahawks Washington Radio Affiliates

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 1992 to 1997, Lee Hamilton also known as "Hacksaw" 1998 to 1999, and Brian Davis 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. Starting in the 2012 season, KCPQ-TV, which airs most of the Seahawks regular season games (as the Seattle-Tacoma area's Fox affiliate), will be the new television partner for the team, while simulcasts of any Seahawks games on Monday Night Football or NFL Network will air on KONG-TV. 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

Seahawks Radio Affiliates

Washington

City	Call Sign	Frequency
Aberdeen	KWOK	1490 kHz
Bellingham	KPUG-AM	1170 kHz
Centralia	KMNT	104.3 MHz
Colfax	KMAX (AM)	840 kHz
Colville	KCRK-FM	92.1 MHz
Ellensburg	KXLE (AM)	1240 kHz
Forks	KRKZ (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	KGY (AM)	1240 kHz
Olympia	KXXO	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 MHz
Walla Walla	KUJ (AM)	1420 kHz
Wenatchee	KPQ (AM)	560 kHz
Yakima	KIT (AM)	1280 kHz
Yakima	KIT-FM	99.3 MHz

Alaska

City	Call Sign	Frequency
Anchorage	KOAN	1080 kHz
Anchorage	KZND-FM	94.7 MHz
Cordova	KLAM (AM)	1450 kHz
Juneau	KINY	800 kHz
Kodiak	KVOK (AM)	560 kHz

Idaho

City	Call Sign	Frequency
Boise	KTIK (AM)	1350 kHz
Boise	KTIK-FM	93.1 MHz
Lewiston	KCLK (AM)	1430 kHz
Pocatello	KSEI	930 kHz
St. Maries	KOFE	1240 kHz

Montana

City	Call Sign	Frequency
Missoula	KGRZ	1450 kHz
Missoula	KYLT	1340 kHz

Oregon

City	Call Sign	Frequency
Astoria	KEHK	102.3 MHz
Baker City	KKBC-FM	95.3 MHz
Bend	KWLZ-FM	96.5 MHz
Eugene	KUJZ-FM	MHz {{{2}}}
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	KUFO (AM)	970 kHz
The Dalles	KODL	1440 kHz

British Columbia

City	Call Sign	Frequency
Vancouver	CFTE	1410 kHz

See also

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

External links

• Official website