The 1986 Seattle Seahawks season was the team's eleventh in the National Football League (NFL). Despite posting a 10–6 record and having a dominant five-game win streak to close out the season, the Seahawks narrowly missed the playoffs, losing the tiebreakers with both AFC wild card teams.
Prior to this season, the team moved its Kirkland headquarters a mile east, from the former shipyard on the shore of Lake Washington to a new facility at Northwest College. Summer training camp was held at the new site rather than at Eastern Washington University in Cheney, southwest of Spokane.
1986 NFL draft
1986 Seattle Seahawks draft Round Selection Player Position College 1 15 John L. Williams Running back Florida3 68 Patrick Hunter Defensive back Nevada-Reno5 126 Bobby Joe Edmonds Running Back Arkansas6153 Eddie Anderson Defensive Back Fort Valley State7 181 Paul Miles Running Back Nebraska8 211 Alonzo Mitz Defensive end Florida9 237 Mike Black Offensive tackle Sacramento State10 264 Don Fairbanks Defensive End Colorado11 291 David Norrie Quarterback UCLA12 321 John McVeigh Linebacker Miami (FL)
Personnel
Staff / Coaches
Head athletic trainer - Jim Whitesel Assistant athletic trainer - John Kasik
Final roster
Starters in bold. (*) Denotes players that were selected for the 1987 Pro Bowl.
Schedule Preseason Week Date Opponent Result Record Game site Recap 1 Indianapolis Colts W 21–14 1–0 Kingdome Recap 2 at Detroit Lions L 27–30 1–1 Pontiac Silverdome Recap 3 Minnesota Vikings W 27–17 2–1 Kingdome Recap 4 at San Francisco 49ers L 10–21 2–2 Candlestick Park Recap
Source: Seahawks Media Guides1986 Seahawks Media Guide, accessed February 14, 2015.1987 Seahawks Media Guide, accessed February 14, 2015.
Regular season Divisional matchups have the AFC West playing the NFC East.
Week Date Opponent Result Record Game site Recap 1 September 7 Pittsburgh Steelers W 30–0 1–0 Kingdome Recap 2 September 14 Kansas City Chiefs W 23–17 2–0 Kingdome Recap 3 September 21 at New England Patriots W 38–31 3–0 Sullivan Stadium Recap 4 September 28 at Washington Redskins L 14–19 3–1 RFK Stadium Recap 5 San Diego Chargers W 33–7 4–1 Kingdome Recap 6 October 12 at Los Angeles Raiders L 10–14 4–2 Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum Recap 7 October 19 New York Giants W 17–12 5–2 Kingdome Recap 8 October 26 at Denver Broncos L 13–20 5–3 Mile High Stadium Recap 9 November 2 New York Jets L 7–38 5–4 Kingdome Recap 10 November 9 at Kansas City Chiefs L 7–27 5–5 Arrowhead Stadium Recap 11 November 16 at Cincinnati Bengals L 7–34 5–6 Riverfront Stadium Recap 12 November 23 Philadelphia Eagles W 24–20 6–6 Kingdome Recap 13 at Dallas Cowboys W 31–14 7–6 Texas Stadium Recap 14 Los Angeles Raiders W 37–0 8–6 Kingdome Recap 15 December 14 at San Diego Chargers W 34–24 9–6 Jack Murphy Stadium Recap 16 December 20 Denver Broncos W 41–16 10–6 Kingdome Recap Bold indicates division opponents. Source: 1986 NFL season results1986 NFL season results, NFL.com, accessed February 14, 2015.
Standings
Game summaries Even though the Seahawks did not qualify for the playoffs, a memorable moment during the season was Steve Largent breaking Harold Carmichael's NFL record for consecutive games (128) with at least one reception. It came on October 6 in a 33–7 home victory over the San Diego Chargers on Monday Night Football as Seattle improved its record to 4–1.
Preseason Week P1: vs. Indianapolis Colts
Week P2: at Detroit Lions
Week P3: vs. Minnesota Vikings
Week P4: at San Francisco 49ers
Regular season
Week 1: vs. Pittsburgh Steelers
Week 2: vs. Kansas City Chiefs
Week 3: at New England Patriots
Week 4: at Washington Redskins
Week 5: vs. San Diego Chargers
Week 6: at Los Angeles Raiders
Week 7: vs. New York Giants
Week 8: at Denver Broncos
Week 9: vs. New York Jets
Week 10: at Kansas City Chiefs
Week 11: at Cincinnati Bengals
Week 12: vs. Philadelphia Eagles
Week 13: at Dallas Cowboys
Week 14: vs. Los Angeles Raiders
Week 15: at San Diego Chargers
Week 16: vs. Denver Broncos
References
External links
1986 Seattle Seahawks season at ESPN 1986 Seattle Seahawks at Pro Football Reference (Profootballreference.com) 1986 Seattle Seahawks Statistics at jt-sw.com 1986 Seattle Seahawks Schedule at jt-sw.com