Seahawks won it all in 2014

By Tim Clinton

A name the team contest first brought the word Seahawks into the Seattle consciousness after the National Football League awarded the city an expansion franchise in 1974.

The Seahawks first hit the field in the fall season of 1976, led by what would become a dazzling pass combination of Jim Zorn to Steve Largent.

Also on that first team was Steve Raible, who later would become the team's radio announcer.

Seattle was initially placed in the National Football Conference West Division, but the Seahawks were switched to the American Football Conference West Division in 1977.  They stayed there until they were switched back in 2002.

Seattle played its home games in the Kingdome from 1976 until 1999, except in 1994 when it played at Husky Stadium after tiles came loose and fell from the Kingdome ceiling before a Seattle Mariners baseball game.

The Seahawks returned to Husky Stadium in 2000 and 2001 until their new digs at what is now known as Lumen Field were completed.

Seattle first made the playoffs in 1983, then knocked off the mighty Miami Dolphins to reach the 1984 AFC championship game, where it lost to the Los Angeles Raiders.

The Seahawks have now reached the postseason 20 times and reached the Super Bowl three times after taking NFC championships following the 2005, 2013 and 2014 seasons.

They won it all under coach Pete Carroll in the 2014 Super Bowl after the 2013 season, blasting the Denver Broncos by a 43-8 score.  They appeared on the verge of another title the next year when the New England Patriots snatched away a Russell Wilson pass from the 1-yard line in the end zone.

Seattle has not been to the postseason since 2022, including in 2024 when it tied the Los Angeles Rams for first place in the NFC West but lost on the fifth tiebreaker.

The Seahawks are hoping for better fortunes this coming fall with what will be a revamped roster.