Editing Seattle Seahawks (section)

{{short description|National Football League franchise in Seattle, Washington}}
{{Redirect|Seahawks|other uses|Sea Hawk (disambiguation){{!}}Sea Hawk}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=May 2024}}
{{Infobox NFL team
| name = Seattle Seahawks
| current = 2025 Seattle Seahawks season
| logo = Seattle Seahawks logo.svg
| wordmark = Seattle Seahawks wordmark.svg
| founded = {{Start date and age|1974|6|04}}<ref>{{cite news|title=On This Date: Seattle Awarded NFL Franchise|url=https://www.seahawks.com/news/on-this-date-seattle-awarded-nfl-franchise-159656|publisher=NFL Enterprises, LLC|website=Seahawks.com|date=June 4, 2016|access-date=March 30, 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Seattle Seahawks Team Facts|url=https://www.profootballhof.com/teams/seattle-seahawks/team-facts/|publisher=NFL Enterprises, LLC|website=ProFootballHOF.com|access-date=March 30, 2022}}</ref>
| first_season = [[1976 Seattle Seahawks season|1976]]
| stadium = [[Lumen Field]], [[Seattle]], [[Washington (state)|Washington]]
| headquartered = The [[Virginia Mason Athletic Center]], [[Renton, Washington]]<ref>{{cite web|title=The Virginia Mason Athletic Center, VMAC, Seattle Seahawks Headquarters|url=https://www.seahawks.com/team/facilities/vmac/|publisher=NFL Enterprises, LLC|website=Seahawks.com|access-date=February 9, 2024}}</ref>
| uniform = Seattle Seahawks Uniforms 2023.png
| colors = College navy, action green, wolf grey<ref>{{cite news|title=Seahawks Unveil Alternate Logo|url=https://www.seahawks.com/news/seahawks-unveil-alternate-logo-192511|publisher=NFL Enterprises, LLC|website=Seahawks.com|date=September 6, 2017|access-date=September 16, 2021|quote=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.}}</ref><ref name="SeahawksFranchiseHistory">{{cite book|chapter=Franchise History|chapter-url=https://static.www.nfl.com/image/upload/league/apps/league-site/media-guides/2023/SEA.pdf#page=284|publisher=NFL Enterprises, LLC|title=2023 Seattle Seahawks Media Guide|url=https://static.www.nfl.com/image/upload/league/apps/league-site/media-guides/2023/SEA.pdf|date=August 2, 2023|access-date=December 19, 2023|quote=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.}}</ref><ref name="SeahawksTeamCapsule">{{cite book|chapter=Seattle Seahawks Team Capsule|chapter-url=https://static.www.nfl.com/image/upload/league/apps/league-site/media-guides/2022/2022_NFL_Record_and_Fact_Book.pdf#page=219|publisher=NFL Enterprises, LLC|title=2022 Official National Football League Record and Fact Book|url=https://static.www.nfl.com/image/upload/league/apps/league-site/media-guides/2022/2022_NFL_Record_and_Fact_Book.pdf|date=July 20, 2022|access-date=December 19, 2023}}</ref><br />{{color box|#002244}} {{color box|#69BE28}} {{color box|#A5ACAF}}
| coach = [[Mike Macdonald]]
| owner = [[Paul Allen|The Paul Allen Estate]]<ref name="SeahawksOwnership" /><!-- sources provided, please do not revert without providing sources that the trust transferred ownership of the team to Jody Allen -->
| chairman = [[Jody Allen]]
| president = Chuck Arnold<ref>{{cite news|title=Chuck Arnold Named President Of Seahawks And First & Goal Inc.|url=https://www.seahawks.com/news/chuck-arnold-named-president-of-seahawks-and-first-goal-inc|publisher=NFL Enterprises, LLC|website=Seahawks.com|date=September 24, 2018|access-date=October 7, 2018|archive-date=September 25, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180925065109/https://www.seahawks.com/news/chuck-arnold-named-president-of-seahawks-and-first-goal-inc|url-status=live}}</ref>
| general manager = [[John Schneider (American football executive)|John Schneider]]
| mascot = [[Blitz (mascot)|Blitz]], Boom, Taima the Hawk (live [[Augur buzzard]])
| website = {{URL|seahawks.com}}
| hist_yr = 1976
| nicknames =
* The Hawks
* The Hokeys 
* The Blue Wave (1984–1986)<ref>{{cite news|last=Farnsworth|first=Clare|title=Catching up with: Terry Taylor|url=https://www.seahawks.com/news/articles/article-1/Catching-up-with-Terry-Taylor/5718ccae-ea00-45f9-a1ca-879e9344ae24|publisher=NFL Enterprises, LLC|website=Seahawks.com|date=August 25, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130827143400/https://www.seahawks.com/news/articles/article-1/Catching-up-with-Terry-Taylor/5718ccae-ea00-45f9-a1ca-879e9344ae24|archive-date=August 27, 2013|access-date=November 24, 2018|url-status=dead|quote=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.}}</ref>
* The [[Legion of Boom (Seattle Seahawks)|Legion of Boom]] (secondary; 2011–2017)
| NFL_start_yr = 1976
| division_hist =
* [[American Football Conference]] (1977–2001)
** [[AFC West]] (1977–2001)
* '''[[National Football Conference]] (1976, 2002–present)'''
** '''[[NFC West]] (1976, 2002–present)'''
| no_league_champs = 1
| no_sb_champs = 1
| no_div_champs = 11
| no_conf_champs = 3
| sb_champs = [[2013 Seattle Seahawks season|2013]] ([[Super Bowl XLVIII|XLVIII]])
| conf_champs =
* '''NFC:''' [[2005 Seattle Seahawks season|2005]], [[2013 Seattle Seahawks season|2013]], [[2014 Seattle Seahawks season|2014]]
| div_champs =
* '''AFC West:''' [[1988 Seattle Seahawks season|1988]], [[1999 Seattle Seahawks season|1999]]
* '''NFC West:''' [[2004 Seattle Seahawks season|2004]], [[2005 Seattle Seahawks season|2005]], [[2006 Seattle Seahawks season|2006]], [[2007 Seattle Seahawks season|2007]], [[2010 Seattle Seahawks season|2010]], [[2013 Seattle Seahawks season|2013]], [[2014 Seattle Seahawks season|2014]], [[2016 Seattle Seahawks season|2016]], [[2020 Seattle Seahawks season|2020]]
| playoff_appearances =
* '''NFL:''' [[1983–84 NFL playoffs|1983]], [[1984–85 NFL playoffs|1984]], [[1987–88 NFL playoffs|1987]], [[1988–89 NFL playoffs|1988]], [[1999–2000 NFL playoffs|1999]], [[2003–04 NFL playoffs|2003]], [[2004–05 NFL playoffs|2004]], [[2005–06 NFL playoffs|2005]], [[2006–07 NFL playoffs|2006]], [[2007–08 NFL playoffs|2007]], [[2010–11 NFL playoffs|2010]], [[2012–13 NFL playoffs|2012]], [[2013–14 NFL playoffs|2013]], [[2014–15 NFL playoffs|2014]], [[2015–16 NFL playoffs|2015]], [[2016–17 NFL playoffs|2016]], [[2018–19 NFL playoffs|2018]], [[2019–20 NFL playoffs|2019]], [[2020–21 NFL playoffs|2020]], [[2022–23 NFL playoffs|2022]]
| no_playoff_appearances = 20
| stadium_years =
* [[Kingdome]] ({{nfly|1976}}–{{nfly|1999}})
* [[Husky Stadium]] ({{nfly|1994}}, {{nfly|2000}}–{{nfly|2001}})
* '''[[Lumen Field]] ({{nfly|2002}}–present)'''
| team_owners =
* [[Nordstrom]] family & [[Herman Sarkowsky]] (1974–1988)
* [[Ken Behring]] & [[Ken Hofmann]] (1988–1997)
* [[Paul Allen]] (1997–2018)
* '''[[Jody Allen]] (2018–present)'''
}}
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) [[NFC West|West]] division. 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) [[AFC West|West]]; the team rejoined the NFC in 2002. They have played their home games at [[Lumen Field]] in Seattle's [[SoDo, Seattle|SoDo]] neighborhood since 2002, having previously played home games in the [[Kingdome]] (1976–1999) and [[Husky Stadium]] (1994 and 2000–2001).{{efn|The Seattle Seahawks played two preseason and three regular season home games of the 1994 season at Husky Stadium due to repairs at the Kingdome.<ref name="Three home games moved to Husky Stadium">{{cite news|last=Farnsworth|first=Clare|title=On this date: Three home games moved to Husky Stadium|url=https://www.seahawks.com/news/on-this-date-three-home-games-moved-to-husky-stadium-125916|publisher=NFL Enterprises, LLC|website=Seahawks.com|date=July 19, 2015|access-date=July 1, 2019|archive-date=July 1, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190701001319/https://www.seahawks.com/news/on-this-date-three-home-games-moved-to-husky-stadium-125916|url-status=live}}</ref>}}

{{anchor|12th man}}Seahawks fans have been referred to collectively as the "[[12s]]" (formerly the "[[12th man (football)|12th Man]]"),<ref>{{cite news|last=Gola|first=Hank|title=The art of noise in Seattle: Seahawks' 12th man helps create NFL's biggest home-field advantage|url=http://www.nydailynews.com/sports/football/hold-seismometer-loud-seattle-article-1.1571671|work=[[New York Daily News]]|access-date=February 21, 2014|date=January 9, 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last=Narciso|first=Gerald|title=Seahawks Mania Bigger Than U.S. Can Contain|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2014/01/26/sports/football/seahawks-mania-bigger-than-us-can-contain.html|work=[[The New York Times]]|access-date=February 21, 2014|date=January 25, 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Cimini|first=Rich|title=Twelfth Night: Number featured in win|url=https://www.espn.com/nfl/playoffs/2013/story/_/id/10395235/super-bowl-xlviii-seattle-seahawks-win-heavily-features-no-12|publisher=ESPN|access-date=February 21, 2014|date=February 3, 2014}}</ref> or the "12th Fan".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mediotiempo.com/mas-deportes/nfl/noticias/2014/02/02/seres-alados-hacen-retumbar-el-metlife-stadium|title=Seres 'alados' hacen retumbar el MetLife Stadium|date=February 2, 2014|work=mediotiempo.com|access-date=January 19, 2015|archive-date=October 6, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141006080509/http://www.mediotiempo.com/mas-deportes/nfl/noticias/2014/02/02/seres-alados-hacen-retumbar-el-metlife-stadium|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Shelton |first=Don |title=12th Fan of the Week: Cheering the Seahawks all the way from Chile |url=http://blogs.seattletimes.com/seahawks/2015/01/07/12th-fan-of-the-week-cheering-the-seahawks-all-the-way-from-chile/ |newspaper=The Seattle Times |date=January 7, 2015 |access-date=January 29, 2015 |archive-date=January 29, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150129111711/http://blogs.seattletimes.com/seahawks/2015/01/07/12th-fan-of-the-week-cheering-the-seahawks-all-the-way-from-chile/ |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last=Drovetto|first=Tony|title=Seahawks Rookies React To Roar of 12s at CenturyLink Field|url=https://www.seahawks.com/news/seahawks-rookies-react-to-roar-of-12s-at-centurylink-field-128467|publisher=NFL Enterprises, LLC|website=Seahawks.com|date=August 14, 2015|access-date=July 1, 2019|archive-date=September 22, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200922181710/https://www.seahawks.com/news/seahawks-rookies-react-to-roar-of-12s-at-centurylink-field-128467|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last=Burnside |first=Jeff |url=http://www.komonews.com/news/local/Seahawks-12s-rally-for-fellow-fan-in-his-final-days-277302241.html |title=Seahawks 12s rally for fellow fan in his final days |work=[[KOMO-TV]] |date=September 26, 2014 |access-date=January 19, 2015 |archive-date=January 31, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150131145811/http://www.komonews.com/news/local/Seahawks-12s-rally-for-fellow-fan-in-his-final-days-277302241.html |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last=Horn |first=Barry |url=http://www.dallasnews.com/sports/columnists/barryhorn/20141009-horn-the-12s-bring-the-noise-while-the-seahawks-bring-the-boom.ece |title=Horn: Seahawks' home fans participators, Cowboys' home fans are spectators |work=[[The Dallas Morning News]] |date=October 9, 2014 |access-date=January 19, 2015 |archive-date=October 15, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141015033615/http://www.dallasnews.com/sports/columnists/barryhorn/20141009-horn-the-12s-bring-the-noise-while-the-seahawks-bring-the-boom.ece |url-status=live }}</ref> 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 [[decibel]]s during a game against the [[San Francisco 49ers]] in September 2013,<ref name="noise1.1">{{cite web|last=Wilson|first=Ryan|title=Seahawks fans set Guinness World Record for loudest stadium|url=http://www.cbssports.com/nfl/eye-on-football/23678037/seahawks-fans-sets-guinness-world-record-for-loudest-stadium|work=CBS Sports|access-date=October 1, 2014|date=September 16, 2013|archive-date=February 27, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140227013123/http://www.cbssports.com/nfl/eye-on-football/23678037/seahawks-fans-sets-guinness-world-record-for-loudest-stadium|url-status=live}}</ref> and later registering 137.6&nbsp;dB during a ''[[Monday Night Football]]'' game against the [[New Orleans Saints]] that December.<ref name="noise2.1">{{cite news|last=Schwab|first=Frank|title=Seahawks take back the Guinness World Record for crowd noise at 137.6 decibels|url=https://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/nfl-shutdown-corner/seahawks-back-guinness-world-record-crowd-noise-137-030804215--nfl.html|work=Yahoo! Sports|access-date=October 1, 2014|date=December 2, 2013|archive-date=December 5, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131205155938/https://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/nfl-shutdown-corner/seahawks-back-guinness-world-record-crowd-noise-137-030804215--nfl.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="noise2.2">{{cite news|last=Drovetto|first=Tony|title=Seahawks fan base retakes Guinness World Record for crowd noise|url=http://www.seahawks.com/12th-Man/spirit-of-12/article-fans/Seahawks-fan-base-retakes-Guinness-World-Record-for-crowd-noise/d4158472-8c74-45f0-8ef4-76f8263c594c|publisher=NFL Enterprises, LLC|website=Seahawks.com|date=December 2, 2013|access-date=October 1, 2014|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140930220533/http://www.seahawks.com/12th-Man/spirit-of-12/article-fans/Seahawks-fan-base-retakes-Guinness-World-Record-for-crowd-noise/d4158472-8c74-45f0-8ef4-76f8263c594c|archive-date=September 30, 2014}}</ref> 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 [[Canada|Canadian]] province of [[British Columbia]].<ref>{{cite news|last=Prunty|first=Brendan|title=Seahawks' 12th Man draws from all over Pacific Northwest, bringing diverse fan base to Super Bowl|url=http://www.nj.com/super-bowl/index.ssf/2014/01/seahawks_12th_man_super_bowl.html|work=[[The Star-Ledger]]|date=January 26, 2014|access-date=March 3, 2014}}</ref>

The Seahawks have won 11 division titles and three conference championships, and are the only team to have played in both the [[AFC Championship Game|AFC]] and [[NFC Championship Game|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 (American football)|Walter Jones]], [[Steve Hutchinson (American football)|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 (cornerback)|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]].