2014_Seattle_Seahawks_season

2014 Seattle Seahawks season
2014 Seattle Seahawks season
Owner	Paul Allen
General manager	John Schneider
Head coach	Pete Carroll
Offensive coordinator	Darrell Bevell
Defensive coordinator	Dan Quinn
Home field	CenturyLink Field
Results
Record	12–4
Division place	1st NFC West
Playoff finish	Won Divisional Playoffs; (vs. Panthers) 31–17; Won NFC Championship; (vs. Packers) 28–22 (OT); Lost Super Bowl XLIX; (vs. Patriots) 24–28
Pro Bowlers	6 Selected but did not participate due to participation in Super Bowl XLIX:; SS Kam Chancellor; RB Marshawn Lynch; CB Richard Sherman; FS Earl Thomas; LB Bobby Wagner; QB Russell Wilson;
AP All-Pros	5 SS Kam Chancellor (2nd team); RB Marshawn Lynch (2nd team); CB Richard Sherman (1st team); FS Earl Thomas (1st team); LB Bobby Wagner (1st team);
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2014 Seattle Seahawks season

39th season in franchise history; second Super Bowl loss

The 2014 season was the Seattle Seahawks' 39th in the National Football League (NFL) and their fifth under head coach Pete Carroll. The Seahawks started the season as the defending Super Bowl champions for the first time in franchise history.

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The season began with a 36–16 victory over the Green Bay Packers in their first meeting since the controversial Fail Mary Game. After struggling to a 3–3 record, which included a rare home loss to the Dallas Cowboys, they went on a 9–1 run to finish the season, which included a sweep of their division rivals, the Arizona Cardinals, who battled with them the whole season. They repeated as NFC West champions and finished in a three-way tie with the Packers and Cowboys for the NFC's best record, but they earned the No. 1 seed based on intra-conference tiebreaker, securing home-field advantage for the second consecutive season. Not only are they first defending Super Bowl champion to do so since the 1990 San Francisco 49ers, but also the first NFC team to repeat as the No. 1 seed in the conference since the 2004 Philadelphia Eagles, and the first team to do so since the 2013 Denver Broncos.

The Seahawks fielded the #1 rushing attack in the league with Marshawn Lynch finishing the year with 1,306 yards and a league-leading 13 rushing touchdowns. In addition to Lynch, Russell Wilson had one of the most prolific running quarterback seasons ever with a career high 849 rushing yards and 6 rushing touchdowns along with a league-leading 7.2 yards per attempt.

The Seahawks opened the playoffs with a win over the Carolina Panthers in the Divisional round, becoming the first defending champion since the 2005 New England Patriots to win a playoff game the following season. In one of the greatest comebacks in NFL history, the Seahawks advanced to Super Bowl XLIX by defeating the Green Bay Packers 28–22 in overtime after trailing 16–0 at halftime and 19–7 with less than three minutes left in regulation. In doing so, they became the first team since the 2004 New England Patriots to repeat as conference champions, the first NFC team since the 1997 Green Bay Packers to repeat as NFC Champions, the first team to go to consecutive Super Bowls as the No. 1 seed in the playoffs since the 1990–1991 Buffalo Bills, and the first NFC team to go to consecutive Super Bowls as the No. 1 seed in the playoffs since the 1982–1983 Washington Redskins. In Super Bowl XLIX, the Seahawks were defeated by the New England Patriots 28–24, thereby being dethroned^[2] and failed to become the first back-to-back champion since the 2004 New England Patriots, as well as the first NFC team to do so since the 1993 Dallas Cowboys. This was also the first time head coach Pete Carroll met his former team, the Patriots, and his successor, Bill Belichick in the Super Bowl, as Carroll was the Patriots head coach from 1997 to 1999, the last head coach before Belichick was hired in 2000.

Game summaries

Regular season

Postseason

Seattle entered the postseason as the #1 seed in the NFC.

NFC Divisional Playoff: vs. #4 Carolina Panthers

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NFC Divisional Playoff: #4 Carolina Panthers at #1 Seattle Seahawks – Game summary

at CenturyLink Field, Seattle, Washington

Date: January 10, 2015
Game time: 5:21pm local
Game weather: cloudy, 48 °F (9 °C), 89% humidity, wind calm
Game attendance: 68,524
Referee: Terry McAulay
TV announcers (Fox): Kevin Burkhardt, John Lynch & Pam Oliver
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The Seahawks defeated the Panthers 31-17, becoming the first defending Super Bowl champion to win a playoff game since the 2005 Patriots, and advanced to their second consecutive NFC Championship game. They hosted the Green Bay Packers, who defeated the Dallas Cowboys 26-21.

NFC Championship Game: vs. #2 Green Bay Packers

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NFC Championship Game: #2 Green Bay Packers at #1 Seattle Seahawks – Game summary

at CenturyLink Field, Seattle, Washington

Date: January 18, 2015
Game time: 12:06pm local
Game weather: rain, 52 °F (11 °C), 70% humidity, wind SSW 15 miles per hour (24 km/h)
Game attendance: 68,538
Referee: Tony Corrente
TV announcers (Fox): Joe Buck, Troy Aikman, Erin Andrews & Chris Myers
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After trailing 16-0 in the 3rd quarter and 19-7 with just over 2 minutes remaining, Russell Wilson, who threw 4 interceptions in the game, rallied Seattle to a much needed touchdown to bring the score to 19-14 with 2:09 left in regulation. The Seahawks then recovered an onside kick to re-gain possession of the football. After a relatively quick drive, Marshawn Lynch scored on a 24-yard touchdown run, making the score 22-19 after a successful 2-point conversion with 1:25 left. Aaron Rodgers then drove the Packers to the Seattle 30 yard line, where Mason Crosby kicked a 48-yard field goal to tie and send the game into overtime. Seattle then won the coin toss and drove 87 yards in 6 plays, capped by consecutive 35 yard completions, the first on 3rd-and-6 from the Seahawks own 30 yard line to Doug Baldwin, and the second a touchdown pass from Wilson to Jermaine Kearse to win the game 28-22. With the win, the Seahawks became the first defending champion to return to the Super Bowl since the 2004 Patriots. Additionally, they ended the Packers' season the same way it began, as they lost to the Seahawks at CenturyLink Field in the Kickoff Game.

Super Bowl XLIX: vs. #A1 New England Patriots

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Super Bowl XLIX: #A1 New England Patriots vs. #N1 Seattle Seahawks – Game summary

at University of Phoenix Stadium, Glendale, Arizona

Date: February 1, 2015
Game time: 4:30pm local
Game weather: clear, 66 °F (19 °C), 49% humidity, wind S 6 miles per hour (9.7 km/h)
Game attendance: 70,288
Referee: Bill Vinovich
TV announcers (NBC): Al Michaels, Cris Collinsworth & Michele Tafoya
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The game was a back and forth battle, but best remembered for Seattle throwing a game-sealing interception at the one-yard line on 2nd and 1 instead of going for a Marshawn Lynch rushing touchdown. The decision was highly scrutinized; Carroll stated "You've trained your players to do the right thing, and I trust them to do right."^[9]

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[12–4_TEAMS-5] Seattle, Green Bay and Dallas were ranked in seeds 1–3 based on conference record.

[11–5_TEAMS-6] Arizona defeated Detroit head-to-head (Week 11, 14–6).

[7–9_TEAMS-7] New Orleans defeated Minnesota head-to-head (Week 3, 20–9).

[6–10_TEAMS-8] The NY Giants defeated both Atlanta and St. Louis head-to-head (Atlanta: Week 5, 30–20; St. Louis: Week 16, 37–27), while Atlanta finished ahead of St. Louis based on conference record.

[9] When breaking ties for three or more teams under the NFL's rules, they are first broken within divisions, then comparing only the highest-ranked remaining team from each division.

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Position	Player	Tag	2014 Team	Notes
CB	Brandon Browner	UFA	New England Patriots	Signed 3 year/$16.8 million deal
WR	Arceto Clark	UFA	Seattle Seahawks	Signed 2 year/$930 thousand deal
TE	Kellen Davis	UFA	Detroit Lions	Signed 1 year/$730 thousand deal
OT	Breno Giacomini	UFA	New York Jets	Signed 4 year/$18 million deal
K	Steven Hauschka	UFA	Seattle Seahawks	Signed 3 year/$12.15 million deal
QB	Tarvaris Jackson	UFA	Seattle Seahawks	Signed 1 year/$1.25 million deal
S	Chris Maragos	UFA	Philadelphia Eagles	Signed 3 year/$4 million deal
DT	Clinton McDonald	UFA	Tampa Bay Buccaneers	Signed 4 year/$12 million deal
G	Paul McQuistan	UFA	Cleveland Browns	Signed 2 year/$3 million deal
WR	Sidney Rice	UFA	Retired
FB	Michael Robinson	NONE	Retired
WR	Golden Tate	UFA	Detroit Lions	Signed 5 year/$31 million deal
CB	Walter Thurmond	UFA	New York Giants	Signed 1 year/$3 million deal
WR	Bryan Walters	UFA	Seattle Seahawks	Signed 1 year/$570 thousand deal

Round	Pick	Player	Position	College	Notes
2014 Seattle Seahawks draft
2	45	Paul Richardson	WR	Colorado	Pick from DET^[b]
2	64	Justin Britt	OT	Missouri
4	108	Cassius Marsh	DE	UCLA	Pick from MIN^[a]
4	123	Kevin Norwood	WR	Alabama	Pick from CIN^[d]
4	132	Kevin Pierre-Louis	OLB	Boston College
5	172	Jimmy Staten	DT	Middle Tennessee St
6	199	Garrett Scott	OT	Marshall	Pick from CIN^[d]
6	208	Eric Pinkins	S	San Diego St
7	227	Kiero Small	FB	Arkansas	Pick from DET^[b]
Made roster † Pro Football Hall of Fame * Made at least one Pro Bowl during career

Position	Player	College
S	Dion Bailey	USC
LB	Brock Coyle	Montana
TE	Chase Dixon	UCA
OT	Garry Gilliam	Penn State
OG	Bronson Irwin	Oklahoma
DE	Jackson Jeffcoat	Texas
CB	Jimmy Legree	South Carolina
DT	Andru Pulu	EWU


	Quarterbacks 3 Russell Wilson 7 Tarvaris Jackson Running backs 24 Marshawn Lynch 33 Christine Michael 22 Robert Turbin 46 Will Tukuafu FB Wide receivers 89 Doug Baldwin 15 Jermaine Kearse 83 Ricardo Lockette 13 Chris Matthews 81 Kevin Norwood 10 Paul Richardson 19 Bryan Walters Tight ends 84 Cooper Helfet 88 Tony Moeaki 82 Luke Willson		Offensive linemen 78 Alvin Bailey G 68 Justin Britt T 77 James Carpenter G 79 Garry Gilliam T 61 Lemuel Jeanpierre C 65 Patrick Lewis C 66 Keavon Milton T 76 Russell Okung T 64 J. R. Sweezy G 60 Max Unger C Defensive linemen 56 Cliff Avril DE 72 Michael Bennett DE 95 Demarcus Dobbs DE 97 Jordan Hill DT 70 David King DE 99 Tony McDaniel DT 93 O'Brien Schofield DE 94 Kevin Williams DT		Linebackers 52 Brock Coyle MLB 51 Bruce Irvin OLB 57 Mike Morgan OLB 53 Malcolm Smith OLB 54 Bobby Wagner MLB * 50 K. J. Wright OLB Defensive backs 28 Marcus Burley CB 31 Kam Chancellor SS * 23 Jeron Johnson SS 20 Jeremy Lane CB 41 Byron Maxwell CB 35 DeShawn Shead CB 25 Richard Sherman CB * 27 Tharold Simon CB 29 Earl Thomas FS * Special teams 49 Clint Gresham LS 4 Stephen Hauschka K 9 Jon Ryan P		Reserve lists 40 Derrick Coleman FB (IRTooltip Injured reserve) 55 Heath Farwell MLB (IRTooltip Injured reserve) 6 David Gilreath WR (IRTooltip Injured reserve) 91 Cassius Marsh DE (IRTooltip Injured reserve) 85 Anthony McCoy TE (IRTooltip Injured reserve) 92 Brandon Mebane DT (IRTooltip Injured reserve) 86 Zach Miller TE (IRTooltip Injured reserve) 58 Kevin Pierre-Louis OLB (IRTooltip Injured reserve) 39 Eric Pinkins S (NF-Inj.Tooltip Non-football injury and illness) 63 Stephen Schilling G (IRTooltip Injured reserve) 75 Garrett Scott T (NF-Ill.Tooltip Non-football injury and illness) 98 Greg Scruggs DE (IRTooltip Injured reserve) 75 De'Anthony Smith DT (IRTooltip Injured reserve) 46 Mike Taylor LB (IRTooltip Injured reserve) 90 Jesse Williams DT (IRTooltip Injured reserve) Practice squad 87 RaShaun Allen TE 37 Dion Bailey S 59 Allen Bradford LB 30 Demitrius Bronson RB (IRTooltip Injured reserve) 5 B. J. Daniels QB 69 Nate Isles G 16 Douglas McNeil WR 62 Drew Nowak G 44 Ryan Robinson DE 67 Jimmy Staten DT 26 Steven Terrell S 74 Julius Warmsley DE (IRTooltip Injured reserve) Rookies in italics 52 active, 17 inactive, 10 practice squad

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Record	Venue	Attendance	Recap
1	August 7	at Denver Broncos	L 16–21	0–1	Sports Authority Field at Mile High	75,593	Recap
2	August 15	San Diego Chargers	W 41–14	1–1	CenturyLink Field	67,615	Recap
3	August 22	Chicago Bears	W 34–6	2–1	CenturyLink Field	67,608	Recap
4	August 28	at Oakland Raiders	L 31–41	2–2	O.co Coliseum	50,831	Recap

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Record	Venue	Attendance	Recap
1	September 4	Green Bay Packers	W 36–16	1–0	CenturyLink Field	68,424	Recap
2	September 14	at San Diego Chargers	L 21–30	1–1	Qualcomm Stadium	67,916	Recap
3	September 21	Denver Broncos	W 26–20 (OT)	2–1	CenturyLink Field	68,447	Recap
4	Bye
5	October 6	at Washington Redskins	W 27–17	3–1	FedExField	79,522	Recap
6	October 12	Dallas Cowboys	L 23–30	3–2	CenturyLink Field	68,432	Recap
7	October 19	at St. Louis Rams	L 26–28	3–3	Edward Jones Dome	57,855	Recap
8	October 26	at Carolina Panthers	W 13–9	4–3	Bank of America Stadium	74,042	Recap
9	November 2	Oakland Raiders	W 30–24	5–3	CenturyLink Field	68,337	Recap
10	November 9	New York Giants	W 38–17	6–3	CenturyLink Field	68,352	Recap
11	November 16	at Kansas City Chiefs	L 20–24	6–4	Arrowhead Stadium	76,463	Recap
12	November 23	Arizona Cardinals	W 19–3	7–4	CenturyLink Field	68,327	Recap
13	November 27	at San Francisco 49ers	W 19–3	8–4	Levi's Stadium	70,799	Recap
14	December 7	at Philadelphia Eagles	W 24–14	9–4	Lincoln Financial Field	69,596	Recap
15	December 14	San Francisco 49ers	W 17–7	10–4	CenturyLink Field	68,526	Recap
16	December 21	at Arizona Cardinals	W 35–6	11–4	University of Phoenix Stadium	63,806	Recap
17	December 28	St. Louis Rams	W 20–6	12–4	CenturyLink Field	68,453	Recap

Round	Date	Opponent (seed)	Result	Record	Venue	Attendance	Recap
Wild Card	First-round bye
Divisional	January 10, 2015	Carolina Panthers (4)	W 31–17	1–0	CenturyLink Field	68,524	Recap
NFC Championship	January 18, 2015	Green Bay Packers (2)	W 28–22 (OT)	2–0	CenturyLink Field	68,538	Recap
Super Bowl XLIX	February 1, 2015	vs. New England Patriots (A1)	L 24–28	2–1	University of Phoenix Stadium	70,288	Recap

NFC West
view talk edit	W	L	T	PCT	DIV	CONF	PF	PA	STK
⁽¹⁾ Seattle Seahawks	12	4	0	.750	5–1	10–2	394	254	W6
⁽⁵⁾ Arizona Cardinals	11	5	0	.688	3–3	8–4	310	299	L2
San Francisco 49ers	8	8	0	.500	2–4	7–5	306	340	W1
St. Louis Rams	6	10	0	.375	2–4	4–8	324	354	L3

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#	Team	Division	W	L	T	PCT	DIV	CONF	SOS	SOV	STK
Division leaders
1^{[lower-alpha 1]}	Seattle Seahawks	West	12	4	0	.750	5–1	10–2	.525	.513	W6
2^{[lower-alpha 1]}	Green Bay Packers	North	12	4	0	.750	5–1	9–3	.482	.440	W2
3^{[lower-alpha 1]}	Dallas Cowboys	East	12	4	0	.750	4–2	8–4	.445	.422	W4
4	Carolina Panthers	South	7	8	1	.469	4–2	6–6	.490	.357	W4
Wild Cards
5^{[lower-alpha 2]}	Arizona Cardinals	West	11	5	0	.688	3–3	8–4	.523	.477	L2
6^{[lower-alpha 2]}	Detroit Lions	North	11	5	0	.688	5–1	9–3	.471	.392	L1
Did not qualify for the postseason
7	Philadelphia Eagles	East	10	6	0	.625	4–2	6–6	.490	.416	W1
8	San Francisco 49ers	West	8	8	0	.500	2–4	7–5	.527	.508	W1
9^{[lower-alpha 3]}	New Orleans Saints	South	7	9	0	.438	3–3	6–6	.486	.415	W1
10^{[lower-alpha 3]}	Minnesota Vikings	North	7	9	0	.438	1–5	6–6	.475	.308	W1
11^{[lower-alpha 4]}	New York Giants	East	6	10	0	.375	2–4	4–8	.512	.323	L1
12^{[lower-alpha 4]}	Atlanta Falcons	South	6	10	0	.375	5–1	6–6	.482	.380	L1
13^{[lower-alpha 4]}	St. Louis Rams	West	6	10	0	.375	2–4	4–8	.531	.427	L3
14	Chicago Bears	North	5	11	0	.313	1–5	4–8	.529	.338	L5
15	Washington Redskins	East	4	12	0	.250	2–4	2–10	.496	.422	L1
16	Tampa Bay Buccaneers	South	2	14	0	.125	0–6	1–11	.486	.469	L6
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Seattle, Green Bay and Dallas were ranked in seeds 1–3 based on conference record. Arizona defeated Detroit head-to-head (Week 11, 14–6). New Orleans defeated Minnesota head-to-head (Week 3, 20–9). The NY Giants defeated both Atlanta and St. Louis head-to-head (Atlanta: Week 5, 30–20; St. Louis: Week 16, 37–27), while Atlanta finished ahead of St. Louis based on conference record. When breaking ties for three or more teams under the NFL's rules, they are first broken within divisions, then comparing only the highest-ranked remaining team from each division.

Period	1	2	3	4	Total
Seahawks	0	10	3	3	16
Broncos	7	0	7	7	21

Period	1	2	3	4	Total
Chargers	0	7	7	0	14
Seahawks	10	14	3	14	41

Period	1	2	3	4	Total
Bears	0	0	0	6	6
Seahawks	14	17	3	0	34

Period	1	2	3	4	Total
Seahawks	7	14	0	10	31
Raiders	21	14	3	3	41

2014_Seattle_Seahawks_season

Roster changes

Free agents

Draft

Undrafted free agents

Staff

Final roster

Schedule

Preseason

Regular season

Postseason

Standings

Division

Conference

Game summaries

Preseason

Week P1: at Denver Broncos

Week P2: vs. San Diego Chargers

Week P3: vs. Chicago Bears

Week P4: at Oakland Raiders

Regular season

Week 1: vs. Green Bay Packers

Week 2: at San Diego Chargers

Week 3: vs. Denver Broncos

Week 5: at Washington Redskins

Week 6: vs. Dallas Cowboys

Week 7: at St. Louis Rams

Week 8: at Carolina Panthers

Week 9: vs. Oakland Raiders

Week 10: vs. New York Giants

Week 11: at Kansas City Chiefs

Week 12: vs. Arizona Cardinals

Week 13: at San Francisco 49ers

Week 14: at Philadelphia Eagles

Week 15: vs. San Francisco 49ers

Week 16: at Arizona Cardinals

Week 17: vs. St. Louis Rams

Postseason

NFC Divisional Playoff: vs. #4 Carolina Panthers

NFC Championship Game: vs. #2 Green Bay Packers

Super Bowl XLIX: vs. #A1 New England Patriots

References

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