Editing Lumen Field (section)

=== Seahawks ===
{{See also|Seattle Seahawks}}
[[File:CenturyLink Field panorama 2016.jpg|thumb|upright=1.15|alt=A stadium filled with spectators with two football teams on the field between a play. | A regular season game for the Seahawks in 2016]]

Prior to the stadium opening in 2002, Allen and [[Bob Whitsitt]] said that they hoped the new stadium would help turn the Seahawks into a [[Super Bowl]] contender and that Seattle would be considered to host the championship game.<ref name="Seattle PI Paul Allen" /> The seating is expandable to 72,000 for the purpose of holding the game, but the NFL typically does not consider cities with outdoor stadiums where the average temperature in February is below {{convert|50|°F|0}}.<ref>{{cite news |last=O'Neil |first=Danny |title=Chill on those Super Bowl-to-Seattle questions |url=http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/seahawksblog/2011952041_chillonthosesuperbowltoseattlequestions.html |access-date=May 25, 2010 |newspaper=The Seattle Times |date=May 25, 2010}}</ref> The number of [[season ticket]]s available at Qwest was capped at 61,000 following the Super Bowl appearance. The ensuing waiting list was the first for the Seahawks since the early 1990s.<ref name="Seattle Times 2010-07-20">{{cite news |last=O'Niel |first=Danny |title=No waiting for Seahawks' season tickets |url=http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/seahawks/2012406109_hawk21.html |access-date=August 5, 2010 |newspaper=The Seattle Times |date=July 20, 2010}}</ref>

The team's first season at their new home was in [[2002 Seattle Seahawks season|2002]].{{efn|2002 also marked the Seahawks' first season in the [[National Football Conference]] (NFC) since their inaugural season in [[1976 Seattle Seahawks season|1976]]; they were members of the [[American Football Conference]] (AFC) between [[1977 Seattle Seahawks season|1977]] and [[2001 Seattle Seahawks season|2001]].<ref>{{cite news |last1=Dugar |first1=Michael-Shawn |title=What Seahawks lost, gained in AFC-to-NFC move in NFL realignment 20 years ago |url=https://theathletic.com/3636746/2022/09/29/seahawks-nfc-afc-rivalry-history/ |access-date=April 9, 2023 |work=[[The Athletic]] |date=September 29, 2022 |language=en}}</ref>}} Their first game at the new facility was a 28–10 preseason loss to the [[Indianapolis Colts]] on August 11, 2002.<ref name="First Seahawks Game">{{cite news |url=http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/football/nfl/recaps/2002/08/10/seahawks_colts/ |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130121031857/http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/football/nfl/recaps/2002/08/10/seahawks_colts/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=January 21, 2013 |title=2002 NFL Preview – Recap:Indianapolis Colts 28, Seattle Seahawks 10 |publisher=CNN/Sports Illustrated |access-date=April 4, 2004}}</ref> Their first regular-season game was held on September 15, 2002; the Sehawks lost by a score of 24–13 to the [[Arizona Cardinals]], the same franchise that defeated them in the first regular-season game at the [[Kingdome]] in 1976. The Seahawks went on to end their first season at the new field with a 7–9 record, winning only three home games. In the [[2003 Seattle Seahawks season|2003 season]], the team went undefeated at home and reached the playoffs. It was the first time the franchise had won 10 games in a single season in 17&nbsp;years.<ref name="San Francisco Chronicle 2003-12-28">{{cite news |url=http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/chronicle/archive/2003/12/28/SPGRA3VGE81.DTL |title=Playoffs or not, Holmgren should stay as coach |last=Miller |first=Ira |date=December 12, 2003 |work=San Francisco Chronicle |access-date=September 9, 2009}}</ref> The Seahawks again reached the postseason during the [[2004 Seattle Seahawks season|2004 season]] and played their first playoff game at Qwest Field on January 8, 2005. In that game, they lost to the [[St. Louis Rams]] who had already defeated them twice that season.<ref name="Seattle Times 2005-01-08">{{cite news |title=Seahawks disappointed a third time as Rams continue dominance |last=Romero |first=José Miguel |date=January 18, 2001 |work=The Seattle Times}}</ref> The following [[2005 Seattle Seahawks season|season]], the Seahawks went undefeated at home for the second time in three years and won their first-ever [[NFC Championship]],<ref name="Seattle Times 2005-12-25">{{cite news |url=http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/seahawks/2002703274_hawk25.html |title=Ho-ho-home field: Beating Colts assures best NFC record |last=Romero |first=José Miguel |date=December 12, 2005 |work=The Seattle Times |access-date=September 9, 2009}}</ref> but lost in [[Super Bowl XL]]. Between 2002 and 2005, the Seahawks won 24 of their 32 regular season games at the stadium.<ref name="Washington Post 2006-01-10">{{cite news |first=Scott M. |last=Johnson |title=The Sound Has Effects in Seattle |newspaper=The Washington Post |date=January 10, 2006 |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/01/09/AR2006010901651.html |access-date=January 8, 2008}}</ref>

In [[2006 Seattle Seahawks season|2006]], the Seahawks had a 9–7 record and hosted the [[Dallas Cowboys]] in the [[Wild card (sports)|wild card round]] of the playoffs.<ref name="USA Today 2007-01-07">{{cite news |url=https://www.usatoday.com/sports/football/nfl/seahawks/2007-01-07-jordan-babineaux_x.htm?POE=SPOISVA |title=Seahawks saved by Babineaux's corner-turning play |last=Corbett |first=Jim |date=January 7, 2007 |work=USA Today |access-date=September 9, 2009}}</ref> The Seahawks trailed 20–13 with less than 7 minutes remaining but came back to win 21–20.<ref name="Seattle Times January 6, 2007 ">{{cite news |url=http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/sports/2003512878_webhawk06.html |title=Hawks win a wild, wild wild-card game |last=Romero |first=José Miguel |date=January 6, 2007 |work=The Seattle Times |access-date=November 18, 2009}}</ref> In [[2007 Seattle Seahawks season|2007]], the team won seven of their eight home games and clinched their fourth consecutive [[NFC West|division]] title.<ref name="Seattle Post-Intelligencer January 1, 2008">{{cite news |url=http://www.seattlepi.com/football/345629_hawk01.html |title=Seahawks counting on Qwest mystique to stop Redskins |last=Farnsworth |first=Clare |date=January 1, 2008 |work=Seattle Post-Intelligencer |access-date=November 18, 2009}}</ref> Qwest Field was again the site for their wild card game, and they defeated the [[Washington Redskins]] 35–14.<ref name="ESPN Washington '07">{{cite web |url=http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/recap?gameId=280105026 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080109084749/http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/recap?gameId=280105026 |url-status=dead |archive-date=January 9, 2008 |title=Redskins give valiant effort, but Seahawks advance to face Packers |publisher=ESPN |access-date=November 18, 2009}}</ref> In [[2008 Seattle Seahawks season|2008]], the Seahawks went 4–12 and had only two home wins. Holmgren left the organization after the season.<ref name="Kitsap Sun December 30, 2008">{{cite news |url=http://www.kitsapsun.com/news/2008/dec/30/the-big-boss-says-goodbye/ |title=The Big Boss Holmgren Says Goodbye |last=Froschauer |first=John |date=December 30, 2008 |work=Kitsap Sun |access-date=November 26, 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081231195445/http://www.kitsapsun.com/news/2008/dec/30/the-big-boss-says-goodbye/ |archive-date=December 31, 2008}}</ref> When he was interviewed about memorable moments and the fans, he said that Qwest Field was "a remarkable place to compete in and to play professional football".<ref name="Seattle Times Holmgren">{{cite news |url=http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/seahawks/2008543729_hawkgameday21.html |title=Seahawks vs. Jets Preview |last=Romero |first=José Miguel |date=December 21, 2008 |work=The Seattle Times |access-date=November 26, 2009}}</ref> He called a game at the stadium "an experience".<ref name="Seattle Times Holmgren" />

In [[2010 Seattle Seahawks season|2010]], the Seahawks were the first NFL team with a losing record ever to win a division title in a season not shortened by a strike.<ref>{{cite news |last=O'Neil |first=Danny |title=Seahawks upset Saints, 41–36 |url=http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/seahawks/2013885514_hawk09.html |access-date=January 28, 2011 |newspaper=The Seattle Times |date=January 8, 2011}}</ref>  Seattle earned its fifth consecutive home playoff victory with a 41–36 win over the [[New Orleans Saints]]. "God bless the voters," defensive tackle [[Craig Terrill]] said after the game in reference to the stadium's importance to the franchise.<ref>{{cite news |last=Kelley |first=Steve |title=It's been a great two weeks for Seattle sports fans |url=http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/stevekelley/2013893216_kelley10.html |access-date=January 28, 2011 |newspaper=The Seattle Times |date=January 8, 2010 |page=C-6}}</ref>

Under [[Pete Carroll]], the Seahawks were undefeated at home during the [[2012 Seattle Seahawks season|2012 season]].<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.nwcn.com/home/185238922.html |title=Wilson leads Seahawks past Rams 20-13 |work=Northwest Cable News |date=December 30, 2012 |agency=Associated Press |access-date=January 13, 2013 |author=Booth, Tim |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130103042854/http://www.nwcn.com/home/185238922.html |archive-date=January 3, 2013}}</ref> Season tickets for 2013 sold-out with a franchise-record 98% renewal rate.<ref>{{cite news |last=Eatpm |first=Nick |title=Seahawks see franchise-record renewal rate as 2013 season tickets sell out |url=http://blog.seattlepi.com/football/2013/06/20/seahawks-see-franchise-record-renewal-rate-as-2013-season-tickets-sell-out/ |access-date=July 21, 2013 |newspaper=Seattle Post-Intelligencer |date=June 20, 2013 |archive-date=June 27, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130627195416/http://blog.seattlepi.com/football/2013/06/20/seahawks-see-franchise-record-renewal-rate-as-2013-season-tickets-sell-out/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> Through the [[2018 Seattle Seahawks season|2018 season]], the Seahawks compiled a regular season record of 95–41 at the stadium.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Furman |first1=T. J. |title=The Eagles host the Seahawks Sunday, but home-field advantage is the worst it's been since 1972 |url=https://www.inquirer.com/eagles/philadelphia-eagles-seattle-seahawks-nfl-playoffs-home-field-advantage-worst-since-1972-20200103.html |access-date=April 21, 2023 |work=[[The Philadelphia Inquirer]] |date=January 3, 2020 |language=en}}</ref>

Lumen Field often sells out for Seahawks games; although the team struggled to sell out games (with two resulting [[blackout (broadcasting)|blackout]]s){{efn|Under [[National Football League television blackout policies|then-current NFL policy]], a game that failed to sell out 72 hours prior to its start time would result in its [[blackout (broadcasting)|blackout]] in the home team's television market. This policy was effectively suspended in 2015.<ref name="Times - NFL blackout scrap">{{cite news |last=Condotta |first=Bob |title=NFL scraps blackout policy for 2015 |url=https://www.seattletimes.com/sports/seahawks/nfl-scraps-blackout-policy-for-2015/ |access-date=April 16, 2023 |work=The Seattle Times |date=March 23, 2015}}</ref>}} in its inaugural season at the stadium, it has sold out every game after the 2003 home opener,<ref name="Times - NFL blackout scrap" /><ref>{{cite news |last1=Kaplan |first1=Daniel |title=Leiweke: Wins will chase away TV blackouts |url=https://www.sportsbusinessjournal.com/Journal/Issues/2003/09/15/This-Weeks-Issue/Leiweke-Wins-Will-Chase-Away-TV-Blackouts.aspx |access-date=April 16, 2023 |work=Sports Business Journal |date=September 15, 2003 |language=en}}</ref> with 146 consecutive games sold out through the 2019 season.<ref name="TNT - COVID-19">{{cite news |last=Bell |first=Gregg |date=August 19, 2020 |title=Seahawks make it official: no fans for at least the first 3 home games because of COVID-19 |url=https://www.thenewstribune.com/sports/nfl/seattle-seahawks/article245094410.html |work=[[The News Tribune]] |access-date=September 1, 2020}}</ref>{{efn|All Seahawks home games during the [[2020 Seattle Seahawks season|2020 season]] were played [[behind closed doors (sport)|without spectators]] due to the [[COVID-19 pandemic in Seattle]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Seahawks to allow full crowds at Lumen Field next season |url=https://apnews.com/article/seattle-seahawks-health-coronavirus-pandemic-nfl-sports-60b1d1498ceea67f4441f15aff848be5 |access-date=April 19, 2023 |work=[[Associated Press]] |date=June 22, 2021 |language=en}}</ref>}} Despite dismal on-field performances in 2008 and [[2009 Seattle Seahawks season|2009]], the team maintained its base of season ticket holders;<ref name="Seattle Times July 30, 2009">{{cite news |url=http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/seahawks/2009564266_hawktix30.html?FORM=ZZNR2 |title=Seahawks single-game tickets go on sale Monday morning |last=O'Neil |first=Danny |date=July 30, 2009 |work=The Seattle Times |access-date=November 24, 2009}}</ref> Before the 2008 season, the 14,000 single game tickets not already allotted sold out less than 15 minutes after they became available.<ref name="Seattle Times 2008-08-05">{{cite news |first=Susan |last=Kelleher |title=Hawks tickets gone in a flash |date=August 5, 2008 |url=http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/seahawks/2008091951_tickets05.html |work=The Seattle Times |access-date=May 1, 2009}}</ref> After going 9–23 over two seasons in 2008 and 2009, the number of available season tickets was increased to 62,000.<ref name="Seattle Times 2010-07-20" /> The largest crowd to attend a Seahawks game at Lumen Field was 69,190, against the [[Philadelphia Eagles]] on November 20, 2016.<ref name="TNT - COVID-19" />

==== Home field advantage ====
Lumen Field has earned a reputation as one of the loudest stadiums in the NFL. It was, at one point in time, in the Guinness World Record books for being the loudest stadium in the world.<ref name="NY Times 2006-09-24" /><ref name="Fox Sports">{{Cite web |date=September 12, 2013 |title=Seattle Seahawks fans set stadium noise record Sunday |url=https://www.foxnews.com/sports/seattle-seahawks-fans-set-stadium-noise-record-sunday/ |access-date=September 16, 2013 |website=FOX Sports|agency=Associated Press}}</ref><ref name="Chicago Tribune, 2009-28-09">{{cite news |url=http://www.chicagotribune.com/sports/football/bears/chi-28-bears-seahawks-sep28,0,1967559.story |title=Chicago Bears beat Seattle Seahawks 25–19 |last=Pompei |first=Dan |date=September 28, 2009 |work=Chicago Tribune |access-date=September 28, 2009}}</ref> The seating decks and partial roof, both trap and amplify exceptional amounts of noise and reflect it back onto the field.<ref name="KOMO 2008-01-04">{{cite news |url=http://www.komonews.com/sports/13058992.html |title=Redskins on Qwest Field: 'That stadium was loud' |agency=Associated Press |publisher=KOMO News |access-date=April 30, 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090801144457/http://www.komonews.com/sports/13058992.html |archive-date=August 1, 2009}}</ref> This noise possibly contributes to increased [[false start]] penalties since opposing offenses can miss [[Audible (American football)|audibles]] and the [[snap count]], as well as [[delay of game]] penalties due to the reduced efficiency of communicating plays to the offense.<ref name="Washington Post 2006-01-10" /><ref name="ESPN 2006-01-21">{{cite news |url=https://www.espn.com/espn/print?id=2299446&type=story |title=Crowd noise makes venues tough for road teams |last=Clayton |first=John |date=January 21, 2006 |publisher=ESPN |access-date=September 9, 2009}}</ref> From 2002 through 2012, there have been 143 false-start penalties on visiting teams in Seattle, second only to the Minnesota Vikings.<ref name="ESPN 2012-10-10">{{cite news |url=https://www.espn.com/blog/boston/new-england-patriots/post/_/id/4731877/three-point-stance-seattle-seahawks |title=Three-point stance: Seattle Seahawks |last=Parolin |first=John |date=October 10, 2012 |publisher=ESPN |access-date=November 9, 2012}}</ref> During that same time period, the Seahawks have accumulated a home win record of 59–29, with a simultaneous road record of 33–55.<ref>{{cite web |title=How Important is the Seahawks' Home Field Advantage? |url=http://thesportspost.com/blogs/view/how-important-is-the-seahawks-home-field-advantage |work=thesportspost.com |publisher=The Sports Post |access-date=September 5, 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140905213854/http://thesportspost.com/blogs/view/how-important-is-the-seahawks-home-field-advantage |archive-date=September 5, 2014 }}</ref>

[[File:12th man qwest field.JPG|thumb|upright=1.15|alt=A blue flag with a white number 12 flies against a clear sky. An expansive white roof truss is behind the flagpole.| The 12th Man flag and a portion of the roof's support truss]]

When [[Tod Leiweke]] was hired as the Seahawks' new CEO in 2003, he had a large flagpole installed in the south end to fly the 12th Man Flag as a tribute to the team's fans, collectively known as the [[12th man (football)|12th man]].<ref name="Seattle Post-Intelligencer 2006-01-13">{{cite news |first=John |last=Levesque |title=Leiweke's handiwork best seen in Seahawks aura |date=January 13, 2006 |url=http://www.seattlepi.com/football/255504_leve13.html |work=Seattle Post-Intelligencer |access-date=April 18, 2009}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Farnsworth |first1=Clare |title=On This Date: 12th Man flag raised for first time |url=http://blog.seahawks.com/2012/10/12/on-this-date-12th-man-flag-raised-for-first-time/ |publisher=Seahawks.com |access-date=February 8, 2016 |date=October 12, 2012}}</ref>{{efn|As of 2014, the Seahawks refer to their fans as the "12s" due to licensing restrictions from [[Texas A&M University]], which holds the rights to the "12th Man" trademark.<ref>{{cite news |title=The Seahawks' ubiquitous 12s |url=https://archive.kitsapsun.com/news/local/the-seahawks-ubiquitous-12s-ep-298472156-355720801.html/ |access-date=April 18, 2022 |work=Kitsap Sun |date=February 1, 2014 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Rovell |first1=Darren |title=Seahawks reach 5-year licensing deal with Texas A&M |url=https://www.espn.com/college-football/story/_/id/17274864/texas-aggies-lends-12th-man-trademark-seattle-seahawks-5-year-deal |access-date=April 18, 2022 |work=ESPN |date=August 11, 2016 |language=en}}</ref>}} The team had retired the number 12 in 1984 to honor its fans, who had gained notoriety for intensifying the Kingdome's noisy acoustics such that the NFL enacted a rule in 1989 penalizing home teams for disruptive crowd noise when visiting teams are on offense; the rule itself is rarely enforced due to the futility of controlling such noise leaguewide.<ref name="NY Times 2006-09-24" /><ref>{{cite news |last1=Belson |first1=Ken |title=Seahawks Fans Act as Extra Player, Tormenting Opponents and Eardrums |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2014/01/20/sports/football/when-fans-turn-up-volume-seahawks-play-with-a-man-advantage.html |access-date=May 20, 2023 |work=The New York Times |date=January 19, 2014}}</ref> A local celebrity, sometimes a former Seahawk, raises the flag during the network television pre-game events.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.seahawks.com/spirit-of-12/history-of-the-12s |title=The 12s |website=Seahawks.com|date=August 24, 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161203012510/http://www.seahawks.com/spirit-of-12/history-of-the-12s |archive-date=December 3, 2016}}</ref>

In 2005, the stadium gained national attention when the visiting [[New York Giants]] committed 11 false start penalties.<ref name="ESPN 2006-01-21" /><ref name="ESPN Recap 2005 Giants">{{cite news |url=http://espn.go.com/nfl/recap?gameId=251127026 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110226121926/http://espn.go.com/nfl/recap?gameId=251127026 |url-status=dead |archive-date=February 26, 2011 |title=Three missed FGs doom Giants in OT loss to Seahawks |publisher=ESPN |access-date=November 18, 2009}}</ref> Seahawks head coach Mike Holmgren attributed the penalties to the enthusiasm and noise from the crowd. He dedicated the ball used to make the game-winning [[field goal]] to the fans, and it is now displayed at the stadium.<ref name="Seattle Times 2005-11-29">{{cite news |url=http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/sports/2002652430_hawk29.html |title=Hawk Notes: "12th man" key to latest victory over Giants |last=Romero |first=José Miguel |date=November 29, 2005 |work=The Seattle Times |access-date=September 9, 2009}}</ref> The Giants' general manager, [[Ernie Accorsi]], asked an NFL senior vice president whether the Seahawks had broadcast [[artificial crowd noise]] over the [[public address system]] during this game.<ref name="Daily News September 26, 2006">{{cite news |url=http://www.nydailynews.com/archives/sports/a-giant-mistake-loud-clear-article-1.610270 |title=A Giant Mistake, Loud & Clear |last=Raissman |first=Bob |date=September 26, 2006 |work=Daily News |access-date=March 20, 2012 |location=New York}}</ref> The NFL sent a memorandum early in the 2006 season about such complaints and sent officials to monitor two games.<ref name="KOMO 2008-01-04" /> Holmgren denied the allegations, and the crowd responded by being even louder than usual when the Giants returned to Qwest Field.<ref name="Daily News September 26, 2006" /><ref name="Seattle Post-Intelligencer September 21, 2006">{{cite news |url=http://www.seattlepi.com/football/285932_noise21.html |title=Seahawks: The sound by the sound |last=Farnsworth |first=Clare |date=September 21, 2006 |work=Seattle Post-Intelligencer |access-date=November 18, 2009}}</ref> Since 2005 the Seahawks have tracked the number of false starts committed by visiting teams and display the statistic on a scoreboard to motivate the crowd. As of 2013, the stadium has had a league-high number of false starts since.<ref>{{cite web |last=Langland |first=Tyson |title=Seattle's 12th Man Helped the Seahawks Set a New Record and More NFC West News |url=http://bleacherreport.com/articles/1521602-seattles-12th-man-helped-the-seahawks-set-a-new-record-and-more-nfc-west-news |work=Bleacher Report |date=February 8, 2013 |access-date=January 21, 2016}}</ref><ref name="ESPN 2006-05-08">{{cite web |url=https://www.espn.com/nfl/news/story?id=2437992 |title=Seahawks, A&M resolve '12th man' dispute |date=May 8, 2006 |publisher=ESPN |access-date=November 3, 2009}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |first=Chris |last=Colsto |title=Hasselbeck, Seahawks light up Giants 42–30 |work=USA Today |date=September 24, 2006 |url=https://www.usatoday.com/sports/football/games/2006-09-24-seahawks-giants_x.htm?POE=SPOISVA |access-date=January 7, 2008}}</ref> In preparation for the [[2005–06 NFL playoffs|2005 NFC Championship Game]] at Qwest Field, the [[Carolina Panthers]] practiced with the recorded sounds of jet engines in the background to prepare for the volume of the crowd.<ref name="New York Times 2006-01-22">{{cite news |url=https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9E06E2DE133FF931A15752C0A9609C8B63&sec=&spon=&pagewanted=1 |title=Pro Football; Hold the Coffee: The Seahawks and Their Fans Have a Thirst for the Bubbly |last=Brown |first=Clifton |date=January 22, 2006 |work=The New York Times |access-date=September 9, 2009}}</ref>

[[Placekicker|Kickers]] experience further disadvantages when attempting field goals at Lumen Field. Both the stadium's proximity to Puget Sound and the open north end create winds that are challenging to gauge.<ref name="ESPN 2006-01-21" /> Former Seahawks kicker [[Josh Brown (American football)|Josh Brown]] adjusted to the winds, and he believed the moisture in the air caused trouble for others.<ref name="Seattle Post-Intelligencer Kicking">{{cite news |url=http://www.seattlepi.com/football/286208_hawk23.html |title=Giants kicker back at scene of meltdown |last=Farnsworth |first=Clare |date=September 23, 2006 |work=Seattle Post-Intelligencer |access-date=November 19, 2009}}</ref>

On September 15, 2013, Seattle Seahawks fans successfully broke the [[Guinness World Records]] for the loudest stadium in the world. The 131.9-decibel record occurred during the sack of [[San Francisco 49ers]] quarterback [[Colin Kaepernick]] in the first quarter.<ref name="Fox Sports" />  Fans then broke their new record during the third quarter of the same game when a level of 136.6 decibels was achieved during a goal line stand by the Seahawks defense.<ref>[http://seattletimes.com/html/seahawks/2021833455_seahawksscene16xml.html 136.6 decibels! Hawks fans break Guinness mark for loudest stadium] ''The Seattle Times''</ref> The record was broken by the crowd at [[Arrowhead Stadium]] on October 13, 2013, with a sound pressure level of 137.57 decibels.<ref>{{cite web |title=Kansas City Chiefs fans set loudest stadium record at Arrowhead |url=https://www.nfl.com/news/kansas-city-chiefs-fans-set-loudest-stadium-record-at-arrowhead-0ap2000000261582 |work=NFL.com |publisher=National Football League |access-date=October 13, 2013}}</ref> The record was later regained by the Seahawks fans on December 2, 2013, with 137.6 decibels against the [[New Orleans Saints]], but lost once again to Arrowhead Stadium in a Monday Night Football game between the [[Kansas City Chiefs]] and [[New England Patriots]] on September 29, 2014, setting the record that still stands at 142.2 decibels.<ref>{{cite web |last=Thorman |first=Joel |title=Kansas City Chiefs break Guinness World record against Patriots with 142.2 decibels |url=http://www.arrowheadpride.com/2014/9/29/6870283/kansas-city-chiefs-guinness-world-record-crowd-noise-decibels-patriots-mnf |work=SB Nation |date=September 29, 2014 |access-date=January 21, 2016}}</ref>