Answer: 1976
The Seahawks were an expansion team in 1976, along with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.
From Quiz: All About the Seahawks
Answer: Steve Largent
The Seahawks traded an eighth-round draft pick to the Houston Oilers for Largent. The Seahawks wound up with the better end of the deal as Largent went on to play for 13 years in the National Football League.
From Quiz: Seattle Seahawks Firsts
Answer: 1978
The Seahawks' first season in the NFL was 1976 and they finished with a 2-12 record. After finishing 5-9 in 1977, the team won nine of 16 games in 1978, and head coach Jack Patera was named coach of the year in the AFC.
From Quiz: "Lossless" in Seattle
Answer: Chuck Knox
Knox guided the Los Angeles Rams, the Buffalo Bills, and the Seattle Seahawks to the playoffs during his tenure as each teams coach. Flores and Patera never guided the Seahawks to the post season, although Flores did win a Super Bowl with the 1983 Los Angeles Raiders. Erickson, like Flores and Patera, did not lead the Seahawks into the playoffs during his tenure.
From Quiz: The Seahawks of Seattle
Answer: Steve Niehaus
He was a defensive tackle from Notre Dame.
From Quiz: Ultimate Seahawks
Answer: NFC West
The Seahawks moved to the AFC West in 1977.
From Quiz: Seattle Seahawks
Answer: The Nordstrom family
The Nordstrom family owned the team until 1988. Lloyd Nordstrom was the family representative that signed the franchise agreement with the league. He died prior to the first game.
From Quiz: All About the Seahawks
Answer: Milton College
Milton College went under shortly after Krieg graduated in the early 1980's. Tulsa, Tulane, and Florida State are all schools that still exist to this day.
From Quiz: The Seahawks of Seattle
Answer: Jack Patera
Patera had a 35-59 record as Seahawks head coach.
From Quiz: Seattle Seahawks
Answer: Public naming contest
Seahawks was chosen as the team name after more than 20,000 entries were submitted in a public naming contest.
From Quiz: All About the Seahawks
Answer: 1978
In 1978, the Seahawks finished with a record of 9 wins and 7 losses. In 1977, the Seahawks finished with a record of 5 wins and 9 losses. In 1979, the Seahawks finished the season with 9 wins and 7 losses. Their 2005 season was better than any of the others listed.
From Quiz: Seattle Seahawks Firsts
Answer: 10
Zorn, a left-handed scrambling quarterback, was the original starting QB for the team, and played for them from 1976-1984.
From Quiz: "Lossless" in Seattle
Answer: The Boz
The land of BOZ played was a linebacker from 1987 - 1989.
From Quiz: Ultimate Seahawks
Answer: Tampa Bay Buccaneers
Seattle won 13-10 on October 17th, 1976, to end a run of 5 successive losses.
From Quiz: Seattle Seahawks
Answer: The Kingdome
Until 1999, the Seahawks called The Kingdome home. They did play the first half of the 1994 season at Husky Stadium while repairs were being made to the Kingdome, and then again 2000-2001 until Seattle Stadium, which became known as Qwest Field, was ready.
From Quiz: All About the Seahawks
Answer: Sam Adkins
Jersey number 12 was retired for the fans of Seattle, or the 12th man. However, while Sam Adkins played for Seattle, number 12 was his jersey number.
From Quiz: Seattle Seahawks Firsts
Answer: Denver Broncos
The first postseason game the Seahawks ever played in, was the 1983 AFC Wildcard game against the Broncos. The Seahawks won the game, 31-7. They then stunned the Miami Dolphins 27-20 in the second round, before falling to the eventual Super Bowl champion Raiders, 30-14, in the AFC Championship Game.
From Quiz: "Lossless" in Seattle
Answer: Steve Largent
Largent, who was drafted in the 4th round by the Houston Oilers in 1976, played his college football from 1973-1976.
From Quiz: The Seahawks of Seattle
Answer: Atlanta Falcons
It was on November 17, 1976.
From Quiz: Ultimate Seahawks
Answer: 9-7
Their 9-7 record wasn`t good enough to earn them a playoff place.
From Quiz: Seattle Seahawks
Answer: Jack Patera
He finished with a 35-59 regular season record. Patera had the team from their beginning until 1982, when Mike McCormack replaced him.
From Quiz: All About the Seahawks
Answer: Sherman Smith
This was November 1976.
From Quiz: Ultimate Seahawks
Answer: Denver Broncos
The Seahawks defeated the Broncos 31-7, and went on to defeat the Dolphins, before losing the AFC Championsip game to the Raiders.
From Quiz: Seattle Seahawks
Answer: 1978
They finished the regular season 9-7. 1978 was also the year that the NFL expanded from a 14 to a 16-game season. Jack Patera was honored as NFL Coach of the Year after the team's success.
From Quiz: All About the Seahawks
Answer: Jack Patera
Jack Patera, a Minnesota Vikings assistant coach, was named the first head coach in Seahawks history. In 1982, Patera was fired and replaced by Mike McCormack on an interim basis. In 1983, Seattle hired Chuck Knox to coach their team. Mike Holmgren was coach in 2005, hired by new owner Paul Allen.
From Quiz: Seattle Seahawks Firsts
Answer: Chris Warren
It can't get any closer than this. On his last rushing attempt in a Seahawks uniform, Chris Warren passed Curt Warner's total of 6,705 yards by one yard.
From Quiz: "Lossless" in Seattle
Answer: Husky Stadium
The Seahawks played home games at Husky Stadium twice in their 28-year history. In 1994, while ceiling tiles were repaired in the Kingdome, the Seahawks played four games at Husky Stadium. In the 2000 and 2001 seasons, the Seahawks called Husky Stadium home while Seahawks Stadium was being constructed. Cheney Stadium and Safeco Field are both baseball-only stadiums. Autzen Stadium is home of the University of Oregon Ducks football team.
From Quiz: The Seahawks of Seattle
Answer: Ground Chuck
He loved the running game.
From Quiz: Ultimate Seahawks
Answer: Steve Largent
Largent ended his Seahawk career with 13,089 receiving yards.
From Quiz: Seattle Seahawks
Answer: 1983
Seattle had their first playoff game in the 1983 Wild Card Playoffs vs the Broncos, winning 31-7.
From Quiz: All About the Seahawks
Answer: Sherman Smith
On November 7, 1976, in a game against the Atlanta Falcons, Sherman Smith rushed for 124 yards. The Seahawks won that game by a final of 30-13.
From Quiz: Seattle Seahawks Firsts
Answer: Tampa Bay Buccaneers
Both expansion teams came into this game in Tampa having lost their first five games. The Seahawks won 13-10. A few weeks later they got their only other win of the season, 30-13 over the Falcons. The Buccaneers did not win a game all season.
From Quiz: "Lossless" in Seattle
Answer: Steve Niehaus
Niehaus was the #2 overall pick in the 1976 National Football League draft. Zorn was signed by the Seahawks as an un-drafted free agent before training camp in 1976. Largent was drafted in the 4th round by the Houston Oilers in the 1976 draft, but was traded to Seattle before the season started that year. San Adkins was a 10th round draft pick of the Seahawks in the 1977 draft.
From Quiz: The Seahawks of Seattle
Answer: Steve Largent
He was inducted in 1995.
From Quiz: Ultimate Seahawks
Answer: Oklahoma
"Boz" played in just 24 games in 3 years for the Seahawks.
From Quiz: Seattle Seahawks
Answer: 2005
The Seahawks went to Super Bowl XL, capping off a successful 2005 season. They lost to the Steelers 21-10. The game was played February 5, 2006 at Ford Field in Detroit.
From Quiz: All About the Seahawks
Answer: Tampa Bay
By a final score of 13-10, Seattle defeated the Tampa Bay Buccaneers to earn their first win. Tampa Bay like Seattle, was playing in their first NFL season. Their only other win in 1976 came against the Atlanta Falcons.
From Quiz: Seattle Seahawks Firsts
Answer: Chuck Knox
Knox won more than twice as many games(83) as second place Patera(35). Knox's first year as head coach was 1983, the year of the Seahawks first playoff appearance.
From Quiz: "Lossless" in Seattle
Answer: Notre Dame
Mirer was the #2 overall pick of the Seahawks in the 1993 draft. He was picked by the Seahawks right after New England picked Washington State Cougars quarterback Drew Bledsoe, as the #1 overall pick that year.
From Quiz: The Seahawks of Seattle
Answer: 7
thomas played with the Kansas City Chiefs.
From Quiz: Ultimate Seahawks
