Which non-super bowl season was your favorite?

[GetNjigbaWithIt]

For me, I've been following this team for going on 13 seasons, so I have to go with the 2022 season, barely edging out the 2012 season. Not just because they defied expectations and ended up 9-8 with a wild card spot, but what they did along the way, started out by beating Wilson & Denver, Geno beating all his former teams, us sweeping the Rams, etc..All that made for a memorable season.

How about you? I know a lot of you guys here have been following the team for a lot longer than I have, so you guys have a lot more seasons to choose from, so I'm curious, if you had to pick one, which non-super bowl season was the most memorable for you?

 

[AROS]

2003 for me. The second year in the new stadium, we went undefeated at home that season and Hasselbeck, Jones, Hutch and Alexander were at the top of their game. We ended up 10-6 making the playoffs as a wildcard. We could feel something magical brewing.

Temple Billiards was hopping with .NETTERS, the prefunks were fantastic back then.

Although the season came to a jolting halt in Green Bay thanks to Alex Bannister not stopping and turning for the ball at the exact spot Hasselbeck was expecting (causing Al Harris to trot triumphantly into the end zone on a season-ending Pick 6, ugh), Hasselbeck's bravado and well-known good humor was caught on national TV when he famously said during the overtime coin toss...

"We want the ball and we're gonna score!"

A perfect cap to what was the beginning of what would eventually become the first Seahawks Super Bowl team in franchise history.

Plus, I was only 34-years-old, matching the size of my waistline. Sigh.

 

[hawkfan68]

1986 Seahawks. They were the hottest team at the end of the regular season and narrowly missed the playoffs due to tiebreakers. They most likely would have been in the Superbowl had they made the playoffs.

 

[chris98251]

It's the Era's with me, Each one had memorable games, Patera Era was about Gimmicky stuff and not being able to win but finding a way too, We got to be introduced to the NFL with our own team, found our own Super Stars in Largent, Zorn.

Knox Era, we become a legitimate force with a nasty defense, make the playoffs just by a whisker.

Flores, Erickson Era, or really the Behring Era, learned to appreciate things when you have it good, even as a start up expansion team it wasn't as bad as when he owned us. Be careful what you wish for !

Holmgren and Paul Allen Era, we hit the big time, we were winning every season, took over the NFC West for a decade from the Rams and 49ers, Went to a Super Bowl and had it stolen away by the league and Officials. Forever and a Day we will have a chip due to that.

Mora, no we don't count that season.

Pete, once again the Big Time, but now feared across the land, won a Super Bowl, should have won another......

Every Era had times and games that were memorable, Hot Dog eating incident in the Erickson Era with Kennedy and Mirer was the most notable of that time for me, watching Kennedy play was a privilege even though we were bottom feeders then.

 

[Lagartixa]

1986 Seahawks. They were the hottest team at the end of the regular season and narrowly missed the playoffs due to tiebreakers. They most likely would have been in the Superbowl had they made the playoffs.

Was that the year when the Seahawks needed a win in the final game to have a shot at the playoffs, and they ended up having every linebacker on the roster get injured, but they hobbled to a win, and then the TV network showed Chuck Knox telling the team in the locker room that he'd never been so proud of a team in his life?

That was a great one. And I went to a Seahawks game in September of '86 in Foxborough. The Seahawks won a back-and-forth battle with a fourth quarter that featured 14 Patriots points and 24 Seahawks points. A key play was a special-teams fumble-recovery touchdown by Paul Moyer to tie the game at 31 (well, after Norm Johnson hit the extra point) late in the fourth quarter.

But I have to go with the magical 1983 season. Curt Warner burst on the scene. The Seahawks swept the Raiders in the regular season, rolled through the Broncos in the wildcard round, surprised the world by going to Miami and beating the Dolphins in the divisional round, and then the AFCCG was against those same Raiders the Seahawks had beaten twice that season. In the team's eighth season, it was "this close" to the Super Bowl. F**kin' Raiders.

 

[knownone]

2011 is still my favorite season. The team was on an upward trajectory, with Lynch and the LOB starting to stretch their wings. The best part, though, was the atmosphere. Despite only winning seven games, the building was electric and always loud. 2011 was one of the last seasons where our home-field advantage felt tangible.

 

[LeveeBreak]

2012

• We saw the blossoming of the best back-to-back drafts in our history.
• We were in every game we lost that year.
• Finished 11-5 for the season
• Won the last 5 reg season games by 234-60
  • Bears 23-17
  • Cards 58-0
  • Bills 50-17
  • 9ers 42-13
  • Rams 20-13
• Won our wild card game
• Barely lost to the falcons in the divisional

You just knew something special was brewing.

 

[warden]

1984

 

[AROS]

2011 is still my favorite season. The team was on an upward trajectory, with Lynch and the LOB starting to stretch their wings. The best part, though, was the atmosphere. Despite only winning seven games, the building was electric and always loud. 2011 was one of the last seasons where our home-field advantage felt tangible.

There was a noticeable decibel drop off after 2014, ironically coinciding with that terrible last play in Arizona. It was still plenty loud, and still louder than most stadiums in the NFL but "Volume 12" suddenly became "Volume 7.5".

 

[hawkfan68]

Was that the year when the Seahawks needed a win in the final game to have a shot at the playoffs, and they ended up having every linebacker on the roster get injured, but they hobbled to a win, and then the TV network showed Chuck Knox telling the team in the locker room that he'd never been so proud of a team in his life?

That was a great one. And I went to a Seahawks game in September of '86 in Foxborough. The Seahawks won a back-and-forth battle with a fourth quarter that featured 14 Patriots points and 24 Seahawks points. A key play was a special-teams fumble-recovery touchdown by Paul Moyer to tie the game at 31 (well, after Norm Johnson hit the extra point) late in the fourth quarter.

But I have to go with the magical 1983 season. Curt Warner burst on the scene. The Seahawks swept the Raiders in the regular season, rolled through the Broncos in the wildcard round, surprised the world by going to Miami and beating the Dolphins in the divisional round, and then the AFCCG was against those same Raiders the Seahawks had beaten twice that season. In the team's eighth season, it was "this close" to the Super Bowl. F**kin' Raiders.

It might be. I recall that they start off strong then sputtered in mid-season but then went red hot for the final 5 games, all wins. However, they lost a playoff tiebreaker to Chiefs and the Jets. It was also that season the Broncos got crushed in the Superbowl by Phil Simms and the Giants. But your pick 1983 was a magical season too. First time the Seahawks made the playoffs. I believe in game 1 of that season the first carry for rookie Curt Warner, he went 60+ yards.

 

[DeSeahawk]

Gotta go with 1992 due to that's what brought me to the 12's.

But the most fun and enjoyable ? Getting to the first SB . The excitement of that season made all the years of hanging in during the hard times worth it. And I could tell all the Eagle fans around here to suck it.

 

[seabowl]

Was that the year when the Seahawks needed a win in the final game to have a shot at the playoffs, and they ended up having every linebacker on the roster get injured, but they hobbled to a win, and then the TV network showed Chuck Knox telling the team in the locker room that he'd never been so proud of a team in his life?

That was a great one. And I went to a Seahawks game in September of '86 in Foxborough. The Seahawks won a back-and-forth battle with a fourth quarter that featured 14 Patriots points and 24 Seahawks points. A key play was a special-teams fumble-recovery touchdown by Paul Moyer to tie the game at 31 (well, after Norm Johnson hit the extra point) late in the fourth quarter.

But I have to go with the magical 1983 season. Curt Warner burst on the scene. The Seahawks swept the Raiders in the regular season, rolled through the Broncos in the wildcard round, surprised the world by going to Miami and beating the Dolphins in the divisional round, and then the AFCCG was against those same Raiders the Seahawks had beaten twice that season. In the team's eighth season, it was "this close" to the Super Bowl. F**kin' Raiders.

No, the last game of the year they destroyed the Denver Broncos. That season they also beat the Giants. In my opinion, they likely would’ve won the Super Bowl that year if they would’ve made the playoffs, but some ridiculous tiebreaker rule had the Chiefs getting in over the Seahawks.

 

[Grahamhawker]

'83

That Wildcard win over the Broncos was completely off the friggin' hook.

 

[Lagartixa]

'83

That Wildcard win over the Broncos was completely off the friggin' hook.

In what sense? I want to know more.

 

[GemCity]

Been a fan for a long time…hard to chose although I agree 2012 gave you the feeling something special was coming.

 

[Bobblehead]

Was that the year when the Seahawks needed a win in the final game to have a shot at the playoffs, and they ended up having every linebacker on the roster get injured, but they hobbled to a win, and then the TV network showed Chuck Knox telling the team in the locker room that he'd never been so proud of a team in his life?

That was a great one. And I went to a Seahawks game in September of '86 in Foxborough. The Seahawks won a back-and-forth battle with a fourth quarter that featured 14 Patriots points and 24 Seahawks points. A key play was a special-teams fumble-recovery touchdown by Paul Moyer to tie the game at 31 (well, after Norm Johnson hit the extra point) late in the fourth quarter.

But I have to go with the magical 1983 season. Curt Warner burst on the scene. The Seahawks swept the Raiders in the regular season, rolled through the Broncos in the wildcard round, surprised the world by going to Miami and beating the Dolphins in the divisional round, and then the AFCCG was against those same Raiders the Seahawks had beaten twice that season. In the team's eighth season, it was "this close" to the Super Bowl. F**kin' Raiders.

Yep.. We were in full Ground Chuck mode and it was awesome.. fav year.

 

[NJlargent]

Was that the year when the Seahawks needed a win in the final game to have a shot at the playoffs, and they ended up having every linebacker on the roster get injured, but they hobbled to a win, and then the TV network showed Chuck Knox telling the team in the locker room that he'd never been so proud of a team in his life?

That was a great one. And I went to a Seahawks game in September of '86 in Foxborough. The Seahawks won a back-and-forth battle with a fourth quarter that featured 14 Patriots points and 24 Seahawks points. A key play was a special-teams fumble-recovery touchdown by Paul Moyer to tie the game at 31 (well, after Norm Johnson hit the extra point) late in the fourth quarter.

But I have to go with the magical 1983 season. Curt Warner burst on the scene. The Seahawks swept the Raiders in the regular season, rolled through the Broncos in the wildcard round, surprised the world by going to Miami and beating the Dolphins in the divisional round, and then the AFCCG was against those same Raiders the Seahawks had beaten twice that season. In the team's eighth season, it was "this close" to the Super Bowl. F**kin' Raiders.

 

[NJlargent]

I was at that patriots game. It was a late blocked punt. First live game they ever won I was at. My dad drove 5 hours each way to take me to it

 

[Seahawks Guy]

2010

 

[seabowl]

2024