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The Seattle Seahawks are a professional American football team based in Seattle, Washington. The Seahawks are currently members of the Western Division of the National Football Conference (NFC) in the NFL. Seattle is currently the only team in the NFL that has played in both the American Football Conference (AFC) and NFC Championship games. On June 4, 1974, Seattle was awarded an expansion franchise by the NFL and they played for the first time on August 1, 1976 in a pre-season game against the San Francisco 49ers at the Kingdome. After one season, Seattle switched conferences with Tampa Bay and joined the AFC West. In 1983 the Seahawks were battling for a playoff berth with a 6-6 record. Then in week 13, the Seahawks beat the Kansas City Chiefs 51-48 at the Kingdome to start their winning ways. They would win 2 of the next 3 games to earn their first ever playoff berth. In the wild-card playoffs the Seahawks shut down the Denver Broncos and their rookie quarterback John Elway 31-7. The next week at the Miami Orange Bowl the Seahawks drove 66 yards in 5 plays that ended with a game-winning touchdown for the Seahawks' 27-20 victory over the Miami Dolphins. The Seahawks' miracle season ended in the AFC Championship as they lost to the eventual Super Bowl XVIII champion Los Angeles Raiders 30-14.  The Seahawks moved to nearby Husky Stadium on the campus of the University of Washington for 3 games after an acoustic tile fell inside the Kingdome in 1994. Upon returning to the Kingdome, the Seahawks finished with a 6-10 record; Tom Flores resigned his coaching position and returned to his general manager duties and was replaced by University of Miami coach Dennis Erickson. The Seahawks entered the 2004 season with lofty expectations. Publications such as Sports Illustrated predicted the team would represent the NFC in the Super Bowl XXXIX. The Seahawks started off strongly going 3-0 including a 34-0 shutout of San Francisco. The season would take a dramatic turn when the Seahawks blew a 27-17 lead late in the fourth quarter to the division-rival St. Louis Rams, eventually losing in overtime. The Seahawks never fully recovered from the shocking loss and went 6-6 the rest of the way. The Seahawks got off to a rocky start in their 2005 season but it would end with their first Super Bowl appearance. After having the first round bye in the playoffs, the Seahawks hosted the Washington Redskins in the Divisional Playoff Round. Shaun Alexander suffered a concussion in the first quarter, but the Seahawks managed to prevail by a final score of 20-10. The win ended the Seahawks' 21-year playoff victory drought. On January 22, 2006, the Seahawks grabbed their first Super Bowl berth in franchise history as they beat the Carolina Panthers 34-14. The Seahawks fell short in their bid for their first NFL title, losing to the Pittsburgh Steelers at Super Bowl XL in Detroit, Michigan on February 5, 2006 by a score of 21-10. The Seattle Seahawks have won four division titles in their franchise history: the 1988 and 1999 AFC West titles, and the 2004 and 2005 NFC West titles.

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1974 -The NFL on June 4 approved an expansion franchise for Seattle, to start play in 1976.
1976 - Minnesota Vikings defensive line coach Jack Patera was hired as the Seattle Seahawks first head coach on January 3.
1982 - Mike McCormack was named interim head coach after Patera was fired on October 13.
1983 - Chuck Knox was named head coach on January 26 and the Seahawks reached the playoffs for the first time.
1986 - The Seahawks won a lottery for the first Seattle Seahawks Tickets pick in the supplemental draft and chose Oklahoma linebacker Brian Bosworth.
1987 - Steve Largent caught six passes in a 41-20 loss at Kansas City on December 27 and became the NFL's all-time leader with 751 career receptions.
1988 - Largent became the career leader in receiving yards on September 18 when he passed the Charlie Joiner's total of 12,146 in a game at San Diego.
1991 - Knox departed on December 27 after nine years and a record of 80-63-0, just eight months after he had signed a two-year extension.
1994 - Falling tiles in the Kingdome on July 19 forced the Seahawks to play five home games outdoors at the university of Washington's Husky Stadium.
1995 - Largent became the first Seahawks player elected to the Pro Football Hall of Fame.
1999 - Seattle Seahawks traded a draft choice to Green Bay to secure the services of Mike Holmgren, who became head coach and general manager.
2001 - The Seahawks switched from the West Division in the AFC to the same division in the NFC. That reversed a move that was made after the team's first season.