The Only Man to Wear 12 For the Seattle Seahawks

The Seattle Seahawks are a professional American football team based in Seattle. The Seahawks compete in the National Football League (NFL) as a member of the National Football Conference (NFC) West division. They have played their home games at Lumen Field in Seattle's SoDo neighborhood since 2002. The only NFL team in the Pacific Northwest, the Seahawks are named for the osprey, a species of bird also referred to as the sea hawk. The Seahawks joined the NFL in 1976, as an expansion team in the NFC West. From 1977 to 2001, Seattle was assigned to the American Football Conference (AFC) West; the team rejoined the NFC in 2002. From 1976 to 1999, the Seahawks played in the Kingdome, alongside fellow 1970s Seattle sports establishments in the Mariners, SuperSonics, and Sounders. The Seahawks briefly played in Husky Stadium from 2000 to 2001, before moving to Lumen Field, on the former ground of the Kingdome, which they share with Sounders FC and Reign FC. Seahawks fans, then collectively referred to as the "12th man" (officially known as the 12s since 2016), set the Guinness World Record for the loudest crowd noise at a sporting event twice during the 2013 NFL season. As the only NFL team in the northwestern United States, the Seahawks attract support from a wide geographical area including the U.S. states of Alaska, Idaho, Montana, Oregon, and Utah, as well as the Canadian province of British Columbia. The Seahawks struggled during their time in the AFC, making occasional playoff appearances under head coach Chuck Knox. Their first extended success came in the NFC West under head coach Mike Holmgren, leading them to four consecutive division championships and the team's first Super Bowl appearance in Super Bowl XL. They achieved their greatest success in the 2010s, under head coach Pete Carroll and the historic Legion of Boom defense, achieving five consecutive 10+ win seasons and appearing in back-to-back Super Bowls, including the first victory in franchise history, blowing out the Denver Broncos in Super Bowl XLVIII before failing to repeat as champions in Super Bowl XLIX. In 2025, head coach Mike Macdonald led the Seahawks to another championship in Super Bowl LX. The Seahawks have won 12 division titles and four conference championships, and are the only team to have played in both the AFC and NFC Championship Games. Since joining the division in the 2002 reorganization, the Seahawks have led the NFC West in division titles, having won the division 10 times, most recently in 2025. From 2011 to 2016, the Seahawks set an NFL record for playing 95 consecutive games without losing by more than 10 points. Seahawks players Kenny Easley, Walter Jones, Steve Hutchinson, Cortez Kennedy, and Steve Largent have been voted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame primarily or wholly for their accomplishments as Seahawks. In addition, players Dave Brown, Jacob Green, Dave Krieg, Curt Warner, Jim Zorn, Matt Hasselbeck and Shaun Alexander have been inducted into t