The expansion Seahawks
Seattle switched conferences after one season and quickly built a creative passing game that made the Kingdome an energetic home.
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NFL team archive
Seattle Seahawks
Indexed from 1976 through 2025 · NFC West
832
Games
50
Seasons
1976
First season
2025
Latest season
The full franchise story
Every era of the Seattle Seahawks.
Seattle grew from expansion novelty into an AFC contender, reached its first Super Bowl under Mike Holmgren and then built the Legion of Boom champion that gave the Pacific Northwest its defining NFL team.
Historical reference: Seattle Seahawks official NFL team page ↗The Chuck Knox years
Knox's physical style produced the franchise's first playoffs and a 1983 run to the AFC Championship Game before years of ownership uncertainty.
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Holmgren builds an NFC champion
Paul Allen stabilized the club, Holmgren built around an elite line and the 2005 Seahawks won the NFC behind Alexander's MVP season.
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The Legion of Boom
Pete Carroll built a young, physical roster that overwhelmed Denver in Super Bowl XLVIII and returned the next year before a goal-line interception.
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Wilson carries the transition
The Legion dispersed, but Wilson's deep passing and Wagner's consistency kept Seattle in the playoffs until the partnership reached its limit.
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After the Wilson trade
Seattle received a vast package for Wilson, watched Smith revive his career and began the franchise's first coaching transition in fourteen years.
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Franchise leaders
Most indexed appearances
Joe NashNT-DT · 225 gamesSteve LargentWR · 213 gamesMack StrongFB · 200 gamesJacob GreenDE · 185 gamesBobby WagnerMLB · 183 gamesJeff BryantDE-DT · 182 gamesRussell WilsonQB · 174 gamesJon RyanP · 173 gamesEugene RobinsonDB · 172 gamesCortez KennedyDT · 168 gamesTyler LockettWR · 168 gamesDave BrownDB · 164 games
Season history
Every indexed season
50 seasons · newest first
Game archive
Latest indexed games
832 total · loaded 10 at a time