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, the Seahawks narrowly missed the

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, 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

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on the shore of

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to a new facility at Northwest College. Summer training camp was held at the new site rather than at

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in Cheney, southwest of

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1986 NFL draft

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

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Schedule

Preseason

:Source: Seahawks Media Guides

Regular season

Divisional matchups have the AFC West playing the NFC East. :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

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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

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on ''

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'' 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

at Pro Football Reference (Profootballreference.com)
1986 Seattle Seahawks Statistics
at jt-sw.com
1986 Seattle Seahawks Schedule
at jt-sw.com {{DEFAULTSORT:1986 Seattle Seahawks Season

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