The 1977 season was the Seattle Seahawks' 2nd in the National Football League (NFL). This season was the team's first in the AFC West (the conference swap was part of the NFL's expansion plan that saw both the Seahawks and Tampa Bay Buccaneers play every other team in the NFL in their first two seasons; the Seahawks would return to the NFC West in 2002). The Seahawks lost five of their first six games. On October 30, the Seahawks earned their second win of the season when quarterback Jim Zorn returned from an injury and threw four touchdown passes in a 56–17 win over the Buffalo Bills at the Kingdome. Two weeks later, the team recorded its first shutout, beating the New York Jets 17–0 in New York. The Seahawks would go on to finish with a 5–9 record, winning their final two games in the process; it was a three-game improvement from the inaugural season.
Offseason Draft
Supplemental draft
Undrafted free agents
+ 1977 undrafted free agents of notePlayerPositionCollegeCharles BellDefensive backTexas A&MGreg ChamplinWide receiverDenverJim CramerLinebackerPittsburghMurray CunninghamKickerTennessee TechTom FineTackleNotre DameJim GagnonDefensive EndWisconsin–River FallsDick GeddesDefensive tackleIllinois WesleyanDave LowryRunning backBYUCarl Van ValkenbergTackleWashington
Personnel
Staff
Final roster
Starters in bold.
Schedule
Preseason Week Date Opponent Result Record Game site Recap 1 August 7 at San Francisco 49ers W 34–24 1–0 Candlestick Park Recap 2 Dallas Cowboys W 23–17 2–0 Kingdome Recap 3 Oakland Raiders W 12–10 3–0 Kingdome Recap 4 Detroit Lions L 14–16 3–1 Kingdome Recap 5 Denver Broncos L 10–27 3–2 Kingdome Recap 6 September 11 at San Diego Chargers L 20–38 3–3 San Diego Stadium Recap
Source: Seahawks Media Guides1977 Seahawks Media Guide, accessed February 14, 2015.1978 Seahawks Media Guide, accessed February 14, 2015.
Regular season In its second year, Seattle played all of the teams in the AFC as a member of the AFC West, with one inter-conference game against Tampa Bay.
Week Date Opponent Result Record Game site Recap 1 September 18 Baltimore Colts L 14–29 0–1 Kingdome Recap 2 September 25 at Cincinnati Bengals L 20–42 0–2 Riverfront Stadium Recap 3 October 2 Denver Broncos L 13–24 0–3 Kingdome Recap 4 October 9 at New England Patriots L 0–31 0–4 Schaefer Stadium Recap 5 October 16 Tampa Bay Buccaneers W 30–23 1–4 Kingdome Recap 6 October 23 at Miami Dolphins L 13–31 1–5 Miami Orange Bowl Recap 7 October 30 Buffalo Bills W 56–17 2–5 Kingdome Recap 8 November 6 at Oakland Raiders L 7–44 2–6 Oakland–Alameda County Coliseum Recap 9 November 13 at New York Jets W 17–0 3–6 Shea Stadium Recap 10 November 20 Houston Oilers L 10–22 3–7 Kingdome Recap 11 November 27 San Diego Chargers L 28–30 3–8 Kingdome Recap 12 December 4 at Pittsburgh Steelers L 20–30 3–9 Three Rivers Stadium Recap 13 December 11 at Kansas City Chiefs W 34–31 4–9 Arrowhead Stadium Recap 14 December 18 Cleveland Browns W 20–19 5–9 Kingdome Recap
Bold indicates division opponents. Source: 1977 NFL season results1977 NFL season results, NFL.com, accessed February 14, 2015.
Standings
Game summaries
Preseason
Week P1: at San Francisco 49ers
Week P2: vs. Dallas Cowboys
Week P3: vs. Oakland Raiders
Week P4: vs. Detroit Lions
Week P5: vs. Denver Broncos
Week P6: at San Diego Chargers
Regular season
Week 1: vs. Baltimore Colts
Week 2: at Cincinnati Bengals
Week 3: vs. Denver Broncos
Week 4: at New England Patriots
Week 5: vs. Tampa Bay Buccaneers
Week 6: at Miami Dolphins
Week 7: vs. Buffalo Bills
Week 8: at Oakland Raiders
Week 9: at New York Jets
Week 10: vs. Houston Oilers
Week 11: vs. San Diego Chargers
Week 12: at Pittsburgh Steelers
Week 13: at Kansas City Chiefs
Week 14: vs. Cleveland Browns
References
External links
1977 Seattle Seahawks season at ESPN 1977 Seattle Seahawks season at Pro Football Reference (pro-football-reference.com) 1977 Seattle Seahawks Statistics at jt-sw.com 1977 Seattle Seahawks Schedule at jt-sw.com