The
Seattle Seahawks are a National Football
League (NFL) team. The Seahawks have called
home three different stadiums, the Kingdome
from 1976-1999, Husky Stadium from 2000-2001
and they have been home at Qwest Field
since 2002. The Seahawks were founded
in 1976 and are one of four teams playing
in the Western Division of the National
Football Conference (NFC). On June 4,
1974, the National Football League awarded
its 28th franchise to Seattle to play
in the 64,984-seat Kingdome. The Seahawks
entered the National Football League (NFL)
as an expansion team along with the Tampa
Bay Buccaneers in 1976. A year later,
they switched conferences with their expansion
partners, the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, and
joined the AFC West. They played in the
American Conference until 2002, when,
with league realignment, they were returned
to the National Football Conference.
In the club’s first season, quarterback
Jim Zorn passed for more than 2,500 yards
and was named the league’s top offensive
rookie. Jack Patera was named coach of
the year in 1978 after leading the Seahawks
to their first winning season. Zorn led
the AFC in passing yardage that year,
and wide receiver Steve Largent notched
the first of his eight 1,000-yard seasons.
By their third season, the Seahawks posted
a winning record which they repeated in
1979. The 1980s featured more winning
ways with several playoff appearances
for the Seahawks. The team advanced to
the American Football Conference (AFL)
championship for the first time in 1983
and claimed its first division title in
1988. They claimed their second division
title in 1999. With it's six playoff appearances,
the Seattle Seahawks have never won or
been to a Super Bowl Championship game.
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