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The Seattle Seahawks are a professional American Football team based in Seattle, Washington , USA. They are currently members of the Western Division of the National Football Conference (NFC) in the National Football League (NFL). The team, along with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers , joined the NFL in 1976 as Expansion Team s. Seattle is the only team to play in both the AFC (American Football Conference) and NFC Championship Games. The Seahawks have one Super Bowl appearance, losing 21-10 to the Pittsburgh Steelers in Super Bowl XL . FRANCHISE HISTORY On , 1974 , the NFL awarded the group an expansion franchise. On December 5 , 1974 , 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. Nordstrom died of a heart attack on January 20 , 1976 , just months before the Seahawks played their first game. {Link without Title} On , 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 . During the Seahawks' first ten seasons (1976-1985), summer training camps were held at Eastern Washington University in Cheney , just southwest of Spokane . When the team's present headquarters in Kirkland were completed in 1986, the Seahawks held camp at home for the next eleven seasons (1986-1996), staying in the dormitories of the adjacent Northwest College . Under Dennis Erickson 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 Practice Facility. This was done because of the scheduled "China Bowl" game that was later canceled. The Seahawks are scheduled to move their summer training camp back to suburban Seattle in 2008, when their new Renton complex is completed. 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 2002, the Seahawks were returned to the NFC West as part of an NFL realignment plan that gave each conference four balanced divisions of four teams each. This was done after the Houston Texans were added as the thirty-second team. This realignment restored the AFC West to its initial post-merger roster of original AFL teams Denver , San Diego , Kansas City and Oakland . Seattle has won five division titles in their franchise history: the 1988 and 1999 AFC West titles, and the 2004, 2005, and 2006 NFC West titles. They have won the NFC Championship Game once in 2005, and lost the AFC Championship Game once in 1983. Prior to 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 . The all-time Seahawks playoff record is (6-9). As a tribute to the raucous fans that made the Kingdome the loudest stadium in the NFL the Seahawks retired the number 12 on December 15 1984 . Since then #12 Jerseys have been sold by the team and worn by Seahawk fans, often with the name "Fan" on the back. The Seahawks also have a ceremony before each home game where a flag bearing the #12 is raised by a prominent individual. In the 2005 season the fans were again making a difference in games and were recognized with the presentation of a special game ball for their efforts in a game against the New York Giants , a game in which the Giants committed 11 false start penalties due in large part to the crowd noise.1 The team's use of the phrase " 12th Man " was in a legal limbo for a while between the 2005 and 2006 season when Texas A&M University sued the team for Trademark Infringement . Prior to going to trial, both parties settled out of court with Seattle agreeing to acknowledge ownership rights to the 12th Man slogan to A&M. In return the Seahawks were allowed to continue to use the phrase.2 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, due to 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 prior to the start of the 2005 season. Taima started leading the team out of the tunnel in September 2006.3 LOGO AND UNIFORMS When the Seahawks debuted in 1976, the team's logo was a stylized royal blue and forest green hawk'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. In 1983 , coinciding with the arrival of Chuck Knox as 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 silver to blue. In 2002 , both the logo and the uniforms were heavily redesigned. The logo was designed by Mark Verlander. The colors were modified to a lighter "Seahawks Blue", a darker "Seahawks Navy" and neon green piping. The helmets also were changed from silver to the lighter "Seahawks Blue" color after a fan poll was conducted. 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. Due to the reflectivity of the paint used, the appearance of the helmets' color can vary widely between gray, navy, and turquoise, depending on the lighting. The team has usually worn all blue at home and all white on the road since 2003. The blue-on-white combo has been worn for only one regular season game, the 2005 season opener at the Jacksonville Jaguars , while the white-on-blue combination has not been worn regularly since late in the 2002 season and made its final appearance to date in a December 7 , 2003 game against the Minnesota Vikings . The Seahawks also wore their home blues during Super Bowl XL despite the fact they were designated as the visitor. This was as a result of the Pittsburgh Steelers insisting on wearing their road uniforms because of their recent road success. In 2005, there were rumors of a primarily neon green Seahawks jersey to be used as an alternate. However, this jersey never appeared. |
1983 9 7 0 2nd AFC West '''Won''' (
| "http://wwwinformationdelightinfo/information/entry/Oakland_Raiders" class="copylinks">LA Raiders ) 30-14 |
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1984 12 4 0 2nd AFC West '''Won''' (
| "http://wwwinformationdelightinfo/information/entry/Miami_Dolphins" class="copylinks">Dolphins ) 31-10 |
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1987 9 6 0 2nd AFC West Lost (
| "http://wwwinformationdelightinfo/information/entry/Tennessee_Titans" class="copylinks">Oilers ) 23-20 (OT) |
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1988 9 7 0 '''1st AFC West''' Lost (
| "http://wwwinformationdelightinfo/information/entry/Cincinnati_Bengals" class="copylinks">Bengals ) 21-13 |
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1999 9 7 0 '''1st AFC West''' Lost (
| "http://wwwinformationdelightinfo/information/entry/Miami_Dolphins" class="copylinks">Dolphins ) 20-17 |
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2003 10 6 0 2nd NFC West Lost (
| "http://wwwinformationdelightinfo/information/entry/Green_Bay_Packers" class="copylinks">Packers ) 33-27 (OT) |
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2004 9 7 0 '''1st NFC West''' Lost (
| "http://wwwinformationdelightinfo/information/entry/St_Louis_Rams" class="copylinks">Rams ) 27-20 |
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| "http://wwwinformationdelightinfo/information/entry/Carolina_Panthers" class="copylinks">Panthers ) 34-14<br>Lost Super Bowl XL ( Steelers ) 21-10 |
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| "http://wwwinformationdelightinfo/information/entry/2006_Seattle_Seahawks_season" class="copylinks">2006 9 7 0 '''1st NFC West''' '''Won''' Wild Card Playoffs ( Cowboys ) 21-20<br> Lost Divisional Playoffs ( Bears ) 27-24 (OT) |
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| "http://wwwinformationdelightinfo/information/entry/2007_Seattle_Seahawks_season" class="copylinks">2007 0 0 0 |
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