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.
== Team=={| class="toccolours" style="text-align: left;"|-!colspan="7" style="background-color: #3300CC;"|<font color="White"> Seattle The Seahawks have won one [[Super 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.
Roster</font> |-| style="font-size: 95%;" valign="top" | '''Quarterbacks'''* <span styleNFC West Rivals="font-family: Courier New;">5</span> [[Charlie Frye]] * <span style="font-family: Courier New;">8</span> [[Matt Hasselbeck]]* <span style="font-family: Courier New;">15</span> [[Seneca WallaceArizona Cardinals]] '''Running Backs'''* <span style="font-family: Courier New;">37</span> [[Shaun Alexander]] * <span style="font-family: Courier New;">20</span> [[Maurice Morris]] '''Wide Receivers'''* <span style="font-family: Courier New;">83</span> [[Deion Branch]]* <span style="font-family: Courier New;">81</span> [[Nate Burleson]]* <span style="font-family: Courier New;">84</span> [[Bobby Engram]]* <span style="font-family: Courier New;">18</span> [[D.J. Hackett]]* <span style="font-family: Courier New;">87</span> [[Ben Obomanu]]* <span style="font-family: Courier New;">86</span> ''[[Courtney Taylor]]'' '''Tight Ends'''* <span style="font-family: Courier New;">85</span> [[Will Heller]]* <span style="font-family: Courier New;">47</span> [[Ben Joppru]]* <span style="font-family: Courier New;">88</span> [[Marcus Pollard]] | style="width: 25px;" | | style="font-size: 95%;" valign="top" | '''Offensive Linemen'''* <span style="font-family: Courier New;">68</span> [[Tom Ashworth]] T* <span style="font-family: Courier New;">62</span> [[Chris Gray]] G* <span style="font-family: Courier New;">71</span> [[Walter Jones]] T* <span style="font-family: Courier New;">75</span> [[Sean Locklear]] T* <span style="font-family: Courier New;">67</span> [[Rob Sims]] G* <span style="font-family: Courier New;">65</span> [[Chris Spencer]] C* <span style="font-family: Courier New;">74</span> [[Ray Willis]] T* <span style="font-family: Courier New;">77</span> [[Floyd Womack]] G/T* <span style="font-family: Courier New;">66</span> ''[[Mansfield Wrotto]]'' G '''Defensive Linemen'''* <span style="font-family: Courier New;">98</span> ''[[Baraka Atkins]]'' DE* <span style="font-family: Courier New;">52</span> [[Jason Babin]] DE * <span style="font-family: Courier New;">99</span> [[Rocky Bernard]] DT * <span style="font-family: Courier New;">94</span> [[Howard Green]] DT * <span style="font-family: Courier New;">97</span> [[Patrick Kerney]] DE * <span style="font-family: Courier New;">92</span> ''[[Brandon Mebane]]'' DT* <span style="font-family: Courier New;">55</span> [[Darryl Tapp]] DE * <span style="font-family: Courier New;">93</span> [[Craig Terrill]] DT* <span style="font-family: Courier New;">95</span> [[Ellis Wyms]] DT | style="width: 25px;" || style="font-size: 95%;" valign="top" | '''Linebackers'''* <span style="font-family: Courier New;">57</span> [[Kevin Bentley]] OLB* <span style="font-family: Courier New;">54</span> ''[[Will Herring]]'' LB* <span style="font-family: Courier New;">56</span> [[Leroy Hill]] OLB* <span style="font-family: Courier New;">53</span> [[Niko Koutouvides]] MLB* <span style="font-family: Courier New;">50</span> [[Lance Laury]] OLB* <span style="font-family: Courier New;">59</span> [[Julian Peterson]] OLB* <span style="font-family: Courier New;">51</span> [[Lofa Tatupu]] MLB '''Defensive Backs'''* <span style="font-family: Courier New;">27</span> [[Jordan Babineaux]] FS* <span style="font-family: Courier New;">24</span> [[Deon Grant]] FS* <span style="font-family: Courier New;">42</span> [[Mike Green]] SS* <span style="font-family: Courier New;">21</span> [[Kelly Jennings]] CB* <span style="font-family: Courier New;">25</span> [[Brian Russell]] SS* <span style="font-family: Courier New;">23</span> [[Marcus Trufant]] CB* <span style="font-family: Courier New;">39</span> ''[[C.J. Wallace]]'' SS* <span style="font-family: Courier New;">26</span> ''[[Josh Wilson]]'' CB | style="width: 25px;" | | style="font-size: 95%;" valign="top" | '''Special Teams'''* <span style="font-family: Courier New;">3</span> [[Josh Brown]] K* <span style="font-family: Courier New;">1</span> [[Ryan Plackemeier]] P* <span style="font-family: Courier New;">89</span> [[Boone Stutz]] LS '''Coaches'''*[[Mike Holmgren]] Executive Vice President of Football Operations/Head Coach*[[Bill Laveroni]] Offensive Line *[[Gary Reynolds]] Quality Control/Offense *[[Gil Haskell]] Assistant Head Coach/Offensive Coordinator *[[Jim Lind]] Tight Ends *[[Jim Zorn]] Quarterbacks *[[Keith Gilbertson]] Assistant Offensive Line *[[Nolan Cromwell]] Wide Receivers *[[Stump Mitchell]] Running Backs *[[Dwaine Board]] Defensive Line *[[Jim Mora]] Assistant Head Coach/Secondary *[[John Marshall]] Defensive Coordinator *[[Larry Marmie]] Defensive Assistant/Secondary *[[Ray Rhodes]] Special Projects/Defense *[[Tom Headlee]] Quality Control/Defense *[[Zerick Rollins]] Linebackers *[[Bruce DeHaven]] Special Teams *[[Darren Krein]] Assistant Strength & Conditioning *[[John Jamison]] Special Teams Assistant *[[Mike Clark]] Head Strength and Conditioning <span class="plainlinks">[http://www.seahawks.com/Team/Team.aspx?grid=team&sort=position Roster - Position sort]</span><br><span class="plainlinks">[http://sportsline.com/nfl/teams/roster/SEA?&_2:col_1=3 Sportsline Roster with News]</span><br><span class="plainlinks">[http://www.seahawks.com/Team/Team.aspx?show=depth Depth Chart]</span><br><br>''Rookies in italics''|-|} [[category:National Football League]] ==See also==*[[St. Louis Los Angeles Rams]]
*[[San Francisco 49ers]]
*[[Arizona Cardinals]]
== External links ==
*[http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/football/nfl/teams/seahawks/index.html SI.com - Team News]
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