The '''Seattle Seahawks''' are a professional [[footballNational Football League]] ([[NFL]]) team based in [[Seattle]], [[Washington]]. They are members of the Western Division of the National Football Conference (NFC) of the [[National Football League]] ([[NFL]]). Up until 2001, the Seahawks were members of the [[American Football Conference]] (AFCNFC) WestDivision.
==History and League Success==The Seahawks joined the NFL in 1976 as an expansion team, along with the [[Tampa Bay Buccaneers]]. In order for each team to play every other (then existing) NFL team over their first two seasons, the Seahawks were placed in the NFC West for the first season; the following season the teams were placed in their (then) permanent conferences and divisions, with the Seahawks moving into the [[American Football Conference]] (AFC) West Division.
==Super Bowl==The Seahawks lost to With the [[Pittsburgh Steelers]] in [[Super Bowl]] XL after defeating addition of the [[Carolina PanthersHouston Texans]] in as the 32nd franchise, the NFL decided to realign into the two conferences (NFC Championshipand AFC), with four divisions in each conference (North, East, West, and South), and four teams in each division. The Seahawks are Houston was moved into the only team AFC South, while Seattle was moved (back) to have played in both the AFC and NFC Championship GameWest.
==See also==*The Seahawks have won one [[St. Louis RamsSuper Bowl]](XLVIII). Interestingly, in their first playoff season they made it to the AFC Championship game, thus making them the only NFL franchise to have played in both the AFC and NFC Championship Games.*[[San Francisco 49ers]]==NFC West Rivals==
*[[Arizona Cardinals]]
*[[Los Angeles Rams]]
*[[San Francisco 49ers]]
== External links ==
*[http://www.seahawks.com/Home.aspx Official Website]*[http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/football/nfl/teams/seahawks/index.html Team site]*[http://www.seahawksSI.com/Home.aspx Seattle Seahawks- Team News] {{NFL Teams}}
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