Which non-super bowl season was your favorite?

[LeveeBreak]

'83

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

ok...if we are talking playoff wins, the next game against Miami was even bigger.

 

[Grahamhawker]

In what sense? I want to know more.

The whole season was fun. The defense was actually good and the offense was scrappy. A rookie Curt Warner provided all kinds of boost to the RB position and ended up leading the AFC in rushing. It was Knox' first season, which seemed to generate an air of hope in the whole fan base. Prior to that year even getting to the playoffs seemed like a pretty far-off concept. Then the 1st franchise playoff game was an absolute stomping of the Broncos at the King Dome. The atmosphere was simply electric and crazy to say the least. Then the team went on to beat the Phins and ended up losing to the Raiders in the AFCCG, both on the road. Quite a season for a team a lot of NFL fans were not even sure actually existed. And that 1st playoff win will forever be one of my all-time Hawk moments.

 

[Crizilla]

Good question. 2012 and 2002 because I knew something special was brewing.

 

[Lagartixa]

I was at that patriots game. It was a late blocked punt.

Yeh. I mentioned that in the thread Paul Moyer started earlier this year.

First live game they ever won I was at.

Me too! And it was my second Seahawks game. I had gone to the one in Foxborough in September of '84 too.

My dad drove 5 hours each way to take me to it

It was only a couple of hours from where I lived in southern Maine. The town police chief lived on my street, and it was his youngest son Chuck, about three years older than I, who taught me to play football. Chief Stevens used to drive down to Foxborough for multiple games every year, and Chuck got to go once or twice a year. So it wasn't as crazy as driving up from what I'm assuming was New Jersey (because of your handle). My parents were from New Jersey and I was born there, so we made the trip from southern Maine to northern New Jersey just every year in the late '70s and early '80s. So I've got a rough idea of the trip you took, and it was a big commitment from your dad.

But now that I think about it, by that time, my parents had separated and my dad lived a good 45 minutes away, so in addition to the just-over-two-hour journey from Kennebunk to Foxborough and the return, Dad had another hour and a half in the car, so he spent a good five and a half hours driving that day to take me to the game.

Like you, I had a dad who put a lot of effort into supporting me being a Seahawks fan. When I was on the train from Puyallup to go to my first Seahawks home game ever in 2019 and for the first time in my life, was completely surrounded by other people in Seahawks gear, I thought of Dad and wished I could call him to tell him I had finally gotten there and to thank him for supporting me being a Seahawks fan all those years. Dad's been gone since 2011, and I really miss him.

 

[Lagartixa]

The whole season was fun. The defense was actually good and the offense was scrappy. A rookie Curt Warner provided all kinds of boost to the RB position and ended up leading the AFC in rushing. It was Knox' first season, which seemed to generate an air of hope in the whole fan base. Prior to that year even getting to the playoffs seemed like a pretty far-off concept. Then the 1st franchise playoff game was an absolute stomping of the Broncos at the King Dome. The atmosphere was simply electric and crazy to say the least. Then the team went on to beat the Phins and ended up losing to the Raiders in the AFCCG, both on the road. Quite a season for a team a lot of NFL fans were not even sure actually existed. And that 1st playoff win will forever be one of my all-time Hawk moments.

Thanks. The reason I asked is because I was all the way across the continent in Maine, and while I definitely watched and enjoyed the wildcard game, the big game that year for me was the Dolphins game the following week.

I think 1983 was the year Seahawks fans brought "the wave" to the NFL. I'm certain it was the year when the national media noticed. As the wildcard game against Denver was ending, one of the announcers on whatever TV network it was said something to the effect of "I guess now the question is: 'can the Dolphins ride "the wave"?'" It was at that point that my dad sat down with me to talk about how great the season had been, how it looked like the Seahawks would be good for a while, and how hard it would be to go and play a team as good as the Dolphins in their stadium. Dad wanted to try to limit how disappointed I would be if they lost the following week. I understood.

And that's why the Seahawks actually winning that game was the biggest moment of what was a magical season for me. I was prepared for them not to win, but when they did, I celebrated by going outside in my neighborhood in a small town in Maine, wearing my numberless royal-blue pre-hawk-on-the-sleeve Seahawks jersey and my Seahawks helmet, and ran around yelling and waving my arms around over my head.

The Dolphins game was on New Year's Eve, but I honestly didn't remember that myself. I noticed it when I went to look up the box score from that game a few years ago. All I remembered is that it was getting late, and it was about as cold as you'd expect in the afternoon on one of the shortest days of the year in Maine. Early winter in Maine means that nobody had their doors or windows open, so I don't know if anyone other than my dad saw me celebrating.

I don't recall Dad talking to me about expectations again after the Dolphins game. I think he knew that I knew the Seahawks were already playing with house money, having gotten to the AFCCG in their first time ever in the playoffs.
Even so, I may or may not have gotten my expectations too high for the AFCCG in a way I hadn't for the divisional-round game because the Seahawks had already beaten the Raiders twice that season and had just gone into Miami and beaten the 12-4 Dolphins in their stadium (voice of Ron Howard as the Narrator: "he did.").

 

[pittpnthrs]

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.

Same. I remember watching the game with my cousin who was a Raiders fan. F**kin' Raiders is right.

 

[Grahamhawker]

Thanks. The reason I asked is because I was all the way across the continent in Maine, and while I definitely watched and enjoyed the wildcard game, the big game that year for me was the Dolphins game the following week.

I think 1983 was the year Seahawks fans brought "the wave" to the NFL. I'm certain it was the year when the national media noticed. As the wildcard game against Denver was ending, one of the announcers on whatever TV network it was said something to the effect of "I guess now the question is: 'can the Dolphins ride "the wave"?'" It was at that point that my dad sat down with me to talk about how great the season had been, how it looked like the Seahawks would be good for a while, and how hard it would be to go and play a team as good as the Dolphins in their stadium. Dad wanted to try to limit how disappointed I would be if they lost the following week. I understood.

And that's why the Seahawks actually winning that game was the biggest moment of what was a magical season for me. I was prepared for them not to win, but when they did, I celebrated by going outside in my neighborhood in a small town in Maine, wearing my numberless royal-blue pre-hawk-on-the-sleeve Seahawks jersey and my Seahawks helmet, and ran around yelling and waving my arms around over my head.

The Dolphins game was on New Year's Eve, but I honestly didn't remember that myself. I noticed it when I went to look up the box score from that game a few years ago. All I remembered is that it was getting late, and it was about as cold as you'd expect in the afternoon on one of the shortest days of the year in Maine. Early winter in Maine means that nobody had their doors or windows open, so I don't know if anyone other than my dad saw me celebrating.

I don't recall Dad talking to me about expectations again after the Dolphins game. I think he knew that I knew the Seahawks were already playing with house money, having gotten to the AFCCG in their first time ever in the playoffs.
Even so, I may or may not have gotten my expectations too high for the AFCCG in a way I hadn't for the divisional-round game because the Seahawks had already beaten the Raiders twice that season and had just gone into Miami and beaten the 12-4 Dolphins in their stadium (voice of Ron Howard as the Narrator: "he did.").

Great reflection on that season. You could feel palpably feel the change that elevated the team. Somehow I missed your first post regarding the 1983 season, so mine was a bit redundant in retrospect.

 

[bileever]

1983, but honorable mention to 2010 (the Beastquake season) because that was the year my son became a Seahawk fan (unlike my daughter the Jets fan).

 

[Lagartixa]

Great reflection on that season. You could feel palpably feel the change that elevated the team. Somehow I missed your first post regarding the 1983 season, so mine was a bit redundant in retrospect.

Not redundant at all. Your story. I already know mine. I'm here to hear others' stories and share mine.

 

[LeveeBreak]

Thanks. The reason I asked is because I was all the way across the continent in Maine, and while I definitely watched and enjoyed the wildcard game, the big game that year for me was the Dolphins game the following week.

I think 1983 was the year Seahawks fans brought "the wave" to the NFL. I'm certain it was the year when the national media noticed. As the wildcard game against Denver was ending, one of the announcers on whatever TV network it was said something to the effect of "I guess now the question is: 'can the Dolphins ride "the wave"?'" It was at that point that my dad sat down with me to talk about how great the season had been, how it looked like the Seahawks would be good for a while, and how hard it would be to go and play a team as good as the Dolphins in their stadium. Dad wanted to try to limit how disappointed I would be if they lost the following week. I understood.

And that's why the Seahawks actually winning that game was the biggest moment of what was a magical season for me. I was prepared for them not to win, but when they did, I celebrated by going outside in my neighborhood in a small town in Maine, wearing my numberless royal-blue pre-hawk-on-the-sleeve Seahawks jersey and my Seahawks helmet, and ran around yelling and waving my arms around over my head.

The Dolphins game was on New Year's Eve, but I honestly didn't remember that myself. I noticed it when I went to look up the box score from that game a few years ago. All I remembered is that it was getting late, and it was about as cold as you'd expect in the afternoon on one of the shortest days of the year in Maine. Early winter in Maine means that nobody had their doors or windows open, so I don't know if anyone other than my dad saw me celebrating.

I don't recall Dad talking to me about expectations again after the Dolphins game. I think he knew that I knew the Seahawks were already playing with house money, having gotten to the AFCCG in their first time ever in the playoffs.
Even so, I may or may not have gotten my expectations too high for the AFCCG in a way I hadn't for the divisional-round game because the Seahawks had already beaten the Raiders twice that season and had just gone into Miami and beaten the 12-4 Dolphins in their stadium (voice of Ron Howard as the Narrator: "he did.").

Yep. I remember the media essentially said we had no hope against the phins.

We were underdogs by more than a TD and called Cinderella (hated that term as a kid).

They had the marky mark show with Duper and Clayton and Marino slinging them rock like a neighborhood game. Loved Marino, but not that game.

I remember Easley knocking the snot out of one of those guys. Kreig to Largent, Warner at the top of his career, Tice at TE, Green/Nash/Bryant as our d-line.

That was a really good team.

 

[evergreen]

I think all the great seasons have been mentioned. Definitely the '83,84,86 years were memorable, each for different reasons. People may forget that we were 10-2 at one point in '84. We were also 10-2 in 2019 or 2020 I think and we lost both our rbs, and barely lost to the niners at the end.
We were 5-6 in '86 and won out going 10-6 and red hot! We beat both Super Bowl teams too but lost some bs tie breaker.
I remember how close that Tavaris Jackson team was in 2011. We saw the birth of LOB and the rise of the Beast that year. Lynch was the only runner to get over 100 yards against the Niners that year and we were driving for the winning FG when he was strip sacked. The last game was a winnable game in AZ that we lost in OT. 9-7 would've made the playoffs.
Pete's first season had that magical ending with the game against NO! Also, while it appeared we were blown out by Chicago, that game was only a few missed plays from going our way. Chicago was driving for a TD when Cutler threw it right at Babs on the goal line. He dropped it and they scored. Remember it was 35-24. That was a 14 point swing we lost. Later it was a 3rd down deep in our territory when Babs missed tackling Cutler behind the line of scrimmage and force a fg. They scored another td. He makes those two plays and the score is drastically different.
2003 we were lighting up the league and finished 10-6 but were so close to 12-4. We lost to Baltimore just barely when the refs gave them essentially four timeouts (they stopped the clock 4x!) and lost in St. Louis when our receiver was taken out by the ref in the end zone.
No one mentioned 2006. We became the first SB loser to make the playoffs, and we had that great game against Tony Romo in the playoffs! Then an OT loss to Chicago when Alexander and Hass muffed the handoff.

 

[SeAhAwKeR4life]

Has to be our first playoff berth year, 1983, all the way!



Definitely worth a watch on YouTube, especially for you youngsters, 13 years lol! (It's got the epic narration by John Facenda!)

 

[BlueTalon]

ok...if we are talking playoff wins, the next game against Miami was even bigger.

"Off the hook" doesn't necessarily mean "bigger." In that win against Denver in the wildcard, our first ever playoff game, the Kingdome crowd went absolutely nuts. The Broncos never stood a chance.

To answer the thread's question, I think my answer is both the '83 and '84 seasons. Maybe because of how old I was at the time, but those seasons gripped me emotionally in a way that felt really significant.

 

[Jac]

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.

Yep, that's my answer as well. We beat both SB participants that season (Denver and the Giants). We actually dismantled the Broncos 41-16 in the final game of the season. If not for the limited number of playoff teams in that era, it really could have been our first SB. I suppose that leads me to, was it my favorite or most frustrating? But I was a kid back then so everything was magical so I'll go with favorite.

 

[Streamhawk]

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.

Yeah, 2012 was definitely it in the modern era for me. We were on freaking fire! If only we had less predictable prevent defense against the Falcons. That was rough, but I kind of knew we probably couldn’t go to the top after losing Clemons that game. Also knew we’d win the SB the next year!
2003 was the next best as others have said. Felt something special was brewing. I was too young during the 80s heyday.