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(NFL), the 21st playing their home games at the

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and the second under

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. They were unable to improve on their 8–8 record, finished the season 7–9, and missing the playoffs for the eighth consecutive season. For the first time since 1984, safety Eugene Robinson was not on the opening day roster. Owner

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unsuccessfully attempted to move the team to southern

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. The team was sold to

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in June

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. After the season, the Seahawks would never finish at the bottom of the AFC West again. It would be the final season they finished at the bottom of their division for 25 years.

NFL draft

Undrafted free agents

Personnel

Staff

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 Central. :Bold indicates division opponents. :Source: 1996 NFL season results1996 NFL season results
NFL.com, accessed February 14, 2015.

Standings

Game summaries

Preseason

Week P1: vs. Atlanta Falcons

Week P2: at Oakland Raiders

Week P3: at Indianapolis Colts

Week P4: vs. San Francisco 49ers

Regular season

Week 1: at San Diego Chargers

Week 2: vs. Denver Broncos

Week 3: vs. Kansas City Chiefs

Week 4: at Tampa Bay Buccaneers

Week 5: vs. Green Bay Packers

Week 6: at Miami Dolphins

Week 8: at Kansas City Chiefs

Week 9: vs. San Diego Chargers

Week 10: vs. Houston Oilers

Week 11: vs. Minnesota Vikings

Week 12: at Detroit Lions

Week 13: vs. Oakland Raiders

Week 14 at Denver Broncos

Week 15: vs. Buffalo Bills

Week 16: at Jacksonville Jaguars

Week 17: at Oakland Raiders

References

External links

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1996 Seattle Seahawks season at ESPN

at Pro Football Reference (Profootballreference.com)
1996 Seattle Seahawks Statistics
at jt-sw.com
1996 Seattle Seahawks Schedule
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