Seattle Seahawks' best seasons

The Hawks wrapped up 2007 with a 10-6 record -- the third best season in their history. Go Seahawks!

1. 2005 (13-3, .813)
2. 1984 (12-4, .750)
3. 2007 (10-6, .625) RECENT SEASON
3. 2003 (10-6, .625)
3. 1986 (10-6, .625)
6. 1987 (9-6, .600)
7. 2006 (9-7, .563)
7. 2004 (9-7, .563)
7. 2001 (9-7, .563)
7. 1999 (9-7, .563)
7. 1990 (9-7, .563)
7. 1988 (9-7, .563)
7. 1983 (9-7, .563)
7. 1979 (9-7, .563)
7. 1978 (9-7, .563)

Seattle Seahawks' postseason games

After Seattle's first round playoff win Saturday, here is a run-down of the ten postseasons in Seattle history. Their 16 game record: 7 wins, 9 losses.

(The years, by the way, refer to the season. The specific playoff games may have been played in January of the following year. The Super Bowl game was played in February, 2006.)

1983- W, 31- 7: AFC Wildcard Game vs. Denver Broncos
1983- W, 27-20: AFC Divisional Playoff at Miami Dolphins
1983- L, 14-30: AFC Championship Game at Los Angeles Raiders

1984- W, 13- 7: AFC Wildcard Game vs. Los Angeles Raiders
1984- L, 10-31: AFC Divisional Playoff at Miami Dolphins

1987- L, 20-23: AFC Wildcard Game at Houston Oilers

1988- L, 13-21: AFC Divisional Playoff at Cincinnati Bengals

1999- L, 17-20: AFC Wildcard Game vs. Miami Dolphins

2003- L, 27-33: NFC Wildcard Game at Green Bay Packers

2004- L, 20-27: NFC Wildcard Game vs. St Louis Rams

2005- W, 20-10: NFC Divisional Playoff vs. Washington Redskins
2005- W, 34-14: NFC Championship Game vs. Carolina Panthers
2005- L, 10-21: Super Bowl "at" Pittsburgh Steelers (in Detroit)

2006- W, 21-20: NFC Wildcard Game vs. Dallas Cowboys
2006- L, 24-27: NFC Divisional Playoff at Chicago Bears

2007- W, 35-14: NFC Wildcard Game vs. Washington Redskins

Seattle Seahawks' coaches

In 2007, Mike Holmgren passed Chuck Knox as the most most successful in Seahawks team history. Remarkably, there have only been six coaches in 31 seasons. Six! Seemed so few that I decided to present their listing in four different contortions so no one feels cheated.

Sorted by number of wins

1. Mike Holmgren, 82 CURRENT COACH
2. Chuck Knox, 80
3. Jack Patera, 35
4. Dennis Erickson, 31
5. Tom Flores, 14
6. Mike McCormack, 4

Sorted by winning percentage

1. Mike McCormack, 1982 (4-3 .571)
2. Mike Holmgren, 1999-2007 (82-62 .569) CURRENT COACH
3. Chuck Knox, 1983-91 (80-63 .559)
4. Dennis Erickson, 1995-98 (31-33 .484)
5. Jack Patera, 1976-82 (35-59 .372)
6. Tom Flores, 1992-94 (14-34 .292)

Sorted by number of games

1. Mike Holmgren, 144 CURRENT COACH
2. Chuck Knox, 143
3. Jack Patera, 94
4. Dennis Erickson, 64
5. Tom Flores, 48
6. Mike McCormack, 7

Sorted chronologically

1. Jack Patera, 1976-82
2. Mike McCormack, 1982
3. Chuck Knox, 1983-91
4. Tom Flores, 1992-94
5. Dennis Erickson, 1995-98
6. Mike Holmgren, 1999-2007 CURRENT COACH

These numbers, by the way, represent regular-season games only (no pre/post season) and is current through the end of the 2007 regular season.

Seattle Seahawks' games, 2006

It was a rough season with injuries to key players, heroic efforts by teammates, and inconsistent play in the last quarter season, but the Seahawks scraped together another NFC West title. Except for the 37-6 loss to the Bears, most of the games were close. Even Game #3 against the Giants, which I was lucky enough to attend, ended much closer than the blow-out the first half implied. So even with a winning 9-7 season record, the Seahawks actually gave up more points to opponents than they scored themselves. Fortunately, the win total is more important than the sum of the scores.

W- 9- 6, at Detroit Lions
W- 21-10, Arizona Cardinals
W- 42-30, New York Giants
L- 6-37, at Chicago Bears
. BYE WEEK
W- 30-28, at St Louis Rams
L- 13-31, Minnesota Vikings
L- 28-35, at Kansas City Chiefs
W- 16- 0, Oakland Raiders
W- 24-22, St Louis Rams
L- 14-20, at San Francisco 49ers
W- 34-24, Green Bay Packers
W- 23-20, at Denver Broncos
L- 21-27, at Arizona Cardinals
L- 14-24, San Francisco 49ers
L- 17-20, San Diego Chargers
W- 23- 7, at Tampa Bay Buccaneers

9-7
PF: 335, PA: 341