2010 MEDIA GUIDE - Seahawks Online Media Packet

280 FRANCHISE HISTORY
with 42 seconds remaining to preserve the victory. 11/7 Seahawks capture their first regular
season victory at home with a 30-13 win over Atlanta. Sherman Smith becomes the first
Seattle back to rush for over 100 yards with 124 yards on 14 carries.
1977 — 1/17 Seahawks host the Pro Bowl and it is the first sellout in the 27-year history of the
game and is the largest crowd under the AFC vs. NFC format. AFC scores a 24-14 win
before 63,214 fans. 5/3 Seattle trades its first-round draft choice, the second player in the
draft, to Dallas for the Cowboys’ first-round selection and three second-round picks. The
Seahawks select Steve August, offensive guard from Tulsa, on the first round. 10/30 After
missing four games with an injury, Jim Zorn returns to lead Seattle to a 56-17 triumph over
Buffalo. The Seahawks set 15 club records and equal six, including Zorn’s four TD passes.
11/13 Seattle defense blanks the New York Jets, 17-0, in Shea Stadium, the first time an
established team is shutout by a second-year team. 12/18 Seahawks win their fifth game
of the year, a 20-19 decision over Cleveland before 61,583 fans in the Kingdome, to establish
a record for most wins ever by a second-year expansion team.
1978 — 5/3 Keith Simpson, cornerback from Memphis State, is selected as Seattle’s first-round
draft choice followed by his college teammate Keith Butler, a linebacker, on the second
round. 10/8 Efren Herrera kicks a 19-yard field goal on the final play of the game to give
Seattle a 29-28 win over the Minnesota Vikings. 11/26 Seattle becomes the first team since
1965 to beat Oakland twice during the regular season with a 17-16 win on Efren Herrera’s
46-yard field goal with just three seconds remaining. 12/17 Seahawks end their third season
with a 9-7 record and finish one game behind Denver in the AFC West standings following
a 23-19 win over Kansas City. Al Hunter rushes for 133 yards on 27 carries as
Seahawks perform before sixth-straight home sellout crowd.
1979 — 1/29 Steve Largent catches a record-equaling five passes as Seattle’s first representative
to the Pro Bowl. National Football Conference defeats Largent and his AFC teammates,
13-7, in the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum. 5/3 Manu Tuiasosopo, defensive tackle from
UCLA, becomes Seattle's first-round draft choice. 10/29 After trailing 14-0, the Seahawks
rebound for a 31-28 win over Atlanta in Seattle’s first appearance on ABC’s Monday Night
Football. Dan Doornink rushes for 122 yards on 21 carries and scores twice. 12/16 The
Seahawks close out their second straight 9-7 season with a 29-24 win over Oakland. Sam
McCullum sets a club record with 173 yards receiving on eight catches.
1980 — 4/29 Seattle trades its first-round draft choice (#16) and a third-round pick to Buffalo
for the Bills’ first-round choice, the tenth player in the draft. The Seahawks then select
defensive end Jacob Green of Texas A&M on the first round. 9/28 Seahawks score second
shutout in the club’s history with a 14-0 win over Washington Redskins in Robert F. Kennedy
Memorial Stadium. 10/5 Sam McCullum catches two touchdown passes and Efren Herrera
kicks four field goals in 26-7 win over Houston at the Astrodome. The win would prove to
be Seattle's last of the season.
1981 — 4/28 Seahawks select UCLA safety Kenny Easley on the first round of the NFL draft.
11/8 Seattle holds the Pittsburgh Steelers scoreless in the second half and rallies for a pair
of fourth quarter touchdowns to capture a 24-21 victory at the Kingdome. 11/16 The
Seahawks score on their last eight possessions to defeat the San Diego Chargers, 44-23,
on Monday Night Football. It is the Seahawks’ first regular season victory over the
Chargers after eight straight losses.
1982 — 3/11 Mike McCormack, former head coach with the Philadelphia Eagles and Baltimore
Colts, is named Director of Football Operations. 4/27 Seahawks select Clemson defensive
end Jeff Bryant in the first round of the college draft. 9/21 Players go on strike for 57 days.
10/13 Mike McCormack named interim head coach after the firing of head coach Jack
Patera and general manager John Thompson. 11/21 Seahawks capture 17-10 victory over
the host Denver Broncos in Mike McCormack’s first game as head coach following the players’
strike. Steve Largent catches a 34-yard touchdown pass from Jim Zorn with 49 sec-