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The Seahawks became the NFL’s 28th franchise on June 4th, 1974. Talk for
bringing an NFL franchise to Seattle started in 1957. It was agreed that
a domed stadium was needed and talk about the possibilities of building
one was underway. Out of 20,365 suggestions for the name of the team it
was announced on June 17th, 1975 that the Seahawks was chosen. Jack
Petera was brought in as the head coach in January of 1976. Their first
two seasons saw the Seahawks finish with losing records, 2-12 in 1976
and 5-9 in 1977. Patera was named coach of the year in 1979 after
bringing his team two winning seasons in 1978
and 1979 with a 9-7 record. After six years with the Seahawks Jack
Patera was removed as head coach mid season in 1982. Chuck Knox was
brought in for the 1983 season where he rallied the Seahawks to the AFC
Championship where they lost to the Los Angeles Raiders. The team
returned to the playoffs in 1984 and 1987 and picked up the AFC Western
Division title in 1988. Possibly the greatest player in Seahawks
history, Steve Largent, retired after the 1988 season with at the time
six all-time NFL receiving records. In 1995 Largent was honored by being
inducted in the pro football Hall of Fame.
Ownership of the franchise changed hands in 1989 to Ken Behring who
brought in Tom Flores as the new General manager and president of the
franchise. In 1992 Flores was also named the head coach. Flores brought
the Seahawks to two Super Bowl wins before being replaced by Dennis
Erickson in 1995. Ownership changed hands again in 1997 when Paul Allen
purchased the franchise and brought Mike Holmgren in as the head coach
and general manager. Holmgren is now the Vice President of football
Operations and still the head coach while Bob Ferguson took over as
General Manager.
The Seahawks spent over 20 seasons sharing the Kingdome with Major
League Baseballs Seattle Mariners. In 1990 it was announced that two new
stadiums would be constructed, one for the Seattle Mariners and one for
the Seahawks. The Mariners Safeco Field was built next to the Kingdome
while the Seahawks field was designated to go right where the Kingdome
was. While the Seahawks waited for their stadium to finish construction
Husky Stadium for the location of their home games. On September 15th,
2002 the new Qwest Stadium was unveiled. The stadium was constructed in
a horseshoe state with a unique overhanging roof that keeps 70 percent
of the seats out of the weather. An area of 3,000 bleacher seats set up
at the north end of the field is known as the “Hawk’s Next.” The rest of
the stadium has 3 tier seating with 7,000 club seats and 82 luxury
suites with a total seating capacity of 68,000. Qwest Field has a field
turf surface and has a 13 story tower at the north end of the field with
the scoreboard at the top. Qwest Field was a total cost of $450 million.
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