The Raiders–Seahawks rivalry is an

American football American football, referred to simply as football in the United States and Canada and also known as gridiron football, is a team sport played by two teams of eleven players on a rectangular American football field, field with goalposts at e ...

rivalry A rivalry is the state of two people or groups engaging in a lasting competitive relationship. Rivalry is the "against each other" spirit between two competing sides. The relationship itself may also be called "a rivalry", and each participant ...

in the

National Football League The National Football League (NFL) is a Professional gridiron football, professional American football league in the United States. Composed of 32 teams, it is divided equally between the American Football Conference (AFC) and the National ...

(NFL) between the

Las Vegas Raiders The Las Vegas Raiders are a professional American football team based in the Las Vegas Valley, Las Vegas metropolitan area. The Raiders compete in the National Football League (NFL) as a member of the American Football Conference (AFC) AFC West ...

and the

Seattle Seahawks The Seattle Seahawks are a professional American football team based in Seattle. The Seahawks compete in the National Football League (NFL) as a member of the National Football Conference (NFC) NFC West, West division. The club entered the NFL a ...

. The teams were

AFC West The American Football Conference – Western Division or AFC West is one of the four divisions of the American Football Conference (AFC) in the National Football League (NFL). The division comprises the Denver Broncos, Kansas City Chiefs, ...

divisional rivals from 1977 until 2001, after which the Seahawks moved to the

NFC West The National Football Conference – Western Division or NFC West is one of the four Division (sport), divisions of the National Football Conference (NFC) in the National Football League (NFL). It currently has four members: the Arizona Card ...

Notable events

1983 AFC Championship Game

The

made their first playoff appearance in 1983. After defeating the

Denver Broncos The Denver Broncos are a professional American football team based in Denver. The Broncos compete in the National Football League (NFL) as a member of the American Football Conference (AFC) AFC West, West division. The team is headquartered in E ...

in the wildcard and the

Miami Dolphins The Miami Dolphins are a professional American football team based in the Miami metropolitan area. The Dolphins compete in the National Football League (NFL) as a member of the American Football Conference (AFC) AFC East, East division. The team ...

in the divisional, the Seahawks met the

Los Angeles Raiders The Los Angeles Raiders were a professional American football team of the National Football League (NFL). The Raiders played in Los Angeles from 1982 to 1994 before relocating back to Oakland, California, where the team played from its inaugural ...

in the

AFC Championship Game The AFC Championship Game is the annual championship game of the American Football Conference (AFC) and one of the two semifinal NFL playoffs, playoff games of the National Football League (NFL), the largest professional American football lea ...

. Although the Seahawks had already won the matchup twice in the regular season, the Raiders won the playoff game 30–14 and would go on to win their third

Super Bowl The Super Bowl is the annual History of the NFL championship, league championship game of the National Football League (NFL) of the United States. It has served as the final game of every NFL season since 1966 NFL season, 1966 (with the excep ...

Season-by-season results

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44–7 ,

Oakland–Alameda County Coliseum Oakland–Alameda County Coliseum, often shortened to the Oakland Coliseum, is a multi-purpose stadium in Oakland, California, United States. It serves as part of the Oakland–Alameda County Coliseum Complex, located next to Oakland Arena. In 2 ...

, Raiders
1–0 , The Seahawks join the NFL as an expansion team and are placed in the NFC West. The following season, they were moved to the AFC West, where they remained through . , - , rowspan=2, , style=", Seahawks
27–7 ,

Kingdome The Kingdome (officially the King County Stadium) was a multi-purpose stadium located in the Industrial District, Seattle, Industrial District (later SoDo, Seattle, SoDo) neighborhood of Seattle, Washington (state), Washington, United States. O ...

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2–1 , , - , style=", Seahawks
17–16 ,

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27–10 ,

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4–1 , , - , style=", Seahawks
29–24 ,

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33–14 , style=", Raiders
19–17 , Seahawks
4–3 , Raiders win

Super Bowl XV Super Bowl XV was an American football game between the American Football Conference (AFC) champion Oakland Raiders and the National Football Conference (NFC) champion Philadelphia Eagles to decide the National Football League (NFL) champion for ...

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20–10 , style=", Raiders
32–31 , Raiders
5–4 , , - , , style=", , style=", Raiders
28–23 , ''no game'' , Raiders
6–4 , Game in Seattle was canceled due to the players strike that reduced the season to 9 games; Raiders relocated from Oakland to Los Angeles. , - , , style=", , style=", Seahawks
38–36 , style=", Seahawks
34–21 , Tie
6–6 , Raiders win

Super Bowl XVIII Super Bowl XVIII was an American football game played on January 22, 1984, at Tampa Stadium between the National Football Conference (NFC) champion and defending Super Bowl XVII champion 1983 Washington Redskins season, Washington Redskins and t ...

. , - style="font-weight:bold; background:#f2f2f2;" , 1983 Playoffs , style=", , style=", Raiders
30–14 , , Raiders
7–6 , AFC Championship Game. , - , , Tie 1–1 , style=", Raiders
28–14 , style=", Seahawks
17–14 , Raiders
8–7 , , - style="font-weight:bold; background:#f2f2f2;" , 1984 Playoffs , style=", , , style=", Seahawks
13–7 , Tie
8–8 , AFC Wild Card Game. It was the most recent playoff meeting between the two teams. As Seattle moved to the NFC in 2002, the only way the two teams can now meet in the playoffs is in a Super Bowl. , - , , Tie 1–1 , style=", Raiders
13–3 , style=", Seahawks
33–3 , Tie
9–9 , , - , , Tie 1–1 , style=", Raiders
14–10 , style=", Seahawks
37–0 , Tie
10–10 , , - , , Tie 1–1 , style=", Seahawks
35–13 , style=", Raiders
37–14 , Tie
11–11 , , - , , style=", , style=", Seahawks
43–37 , style=", Seahawks
35–27 , Seahawks
13–11 , , - , , style=", , style=", Seahawks
24–20 , style=", Seahawks
23–17 , Seahawks
15–11 , , - , , style=", , style=", Raiders
24–17 , style=", Raiders
17–13 , Seahawks
15–13 , , - , , style=", , style=", Raiders
31–7 , style=", Raiders
23–20(OT) , Tie
15–15 , , - , , style=", , style=", Raiders
20–3 , style=", Raiders
19–0 , Raiders
17–15 , , - , , style=", , style=", Raiders
27–23 , style=", Raiders
17–13 , Raiders
19–15 , , - , , Tie 1–1 , style=", Seahawks
38–9 , style=", Raiders
17–16 , Raiders
20–16 , , - , , Tie 1–1 , style=", Raiders
17–16 , style=", Seahawks
44–10 , Raiders
21–17 , Raiders relocate from Los Angeles back to Oakland. , - , , Tie 1–1 , style=", Seahawks
28–21 , style=", Raiders
27–21 , Raiders
22–18 , , - , , style=", , style=", Seahawks
22–21 , style=", Seahawks
45–34 , Raiders
22–20 , , - , , style=", , style=", Raiders
27–23 , style=", Raiders
17–13 , Raiders
24–20 , , - , , Tie 1–1 , style=", Raiders
30–21 , style=", Seahawks
22–21 , Raiders
25–21 , , - , rowspan=2, , style=", Raiders
31–3 , Network Associates Coliseum , rowspan=2, Raiders
26–22 , - , style=", Seahawks
27–24 ,

Husky Stadium Husky Stadium (officially Alaska Airlines Field at Husky Stadium for sponsorship purposes) is an outdoor American football, football stadium in the Northwestern United States, located on the campus of the University of Washington in Seattle, Wa ...

, Seahawks temporarially relocate to

at the

University of Washington The University of Washington (UW and informally U-Dub or U Dub) is a public research university in Seattle, Washington, United States. Founded in 1861, the University of Washington is one of the oldest universities on the West Coast of the Uni ...

during construction of their new stadium. , - , rowspan=2, , style=", Raiders
38–14 , Network Associates Coliseum , rowspan=2, Raiders
27–23 , - , style=", Seahawks
34–27 , Husky Stadium , , - , , style=", Raiders
31–17 , Network Associates Coliseum , Raiders
28–23 , Raiders lose

Super Bowl XXXVII Super Bowl XXXVII was an American football game between the American Football Conference (AFC) champion Oakland Raiders and the National Football Conference (NFC) champion Tampa Bay Buccaneers to decide the National Football League (NFL) champio ...

. Seahawks move to the NFC West as a result of NFL realignment. Seahawks open Seahawks Stadium (now known as

Lumen Field Lumen Field is a multi-purpose stadium in Seattle, Washington, United States. Located in the city's SoDo neighborhood, it is the home field for the Seattle Seahawks of the National Football League (NFL), Seattle Sounders FC of Major League ...

). , - , , style=", Seahawks
16–0 , Qwest Field , Raiders
28–24 , , - , , style=", Raiders
33–3 , Oakland Coliseum , Raiders
29–24 , , - , , style=", Seahawks
30–24 , CenturyLink Field , Raiders
29–25 , Seahawks lose

Super Bowl XLIX Super Bowl XLIX was an American football game played to determine the champion of the National Football League (NFL) for the 2014 NFL season, 2014 season. The American Football Conference (AFC) champion 2014 New England Patriots season, New Eng ...

. , - , , style=", Seahawks
27–3 ,

Wembley Stadium Wembley Stadium, currently branded as Wembley Stadium connected by EE Limited, EE for sponsorship reasons, is an association football stadium in Wembley, London. It opened in 2007 on the site of the Wembley Stadium (1923), original Wembley Sta ...

, Raiders
29–26 , Game played in London as part of the

NFL International Series The NFL International Series is a series of American football games during the National Football League (NFL) regular season that are played outside the United States. The series has several sub-series: the NFL London Games in the United Ki ...

, officially a Raiders home game. The last meeting with the Seahawks was with the Oakland Raiders. , - , , style=", Raiders
40–34(OT) ,

, Raiders
30–26 , The first meeting between the Seahawks and the Las Vegas Raiders was held when the Raiders moved to Las Vegas in 2020. , - , Regular season , style=", , Raiders 18–10 , Seahawks 15–11 , Seahawks 1–0 in London (officially a Raiders home game) , - , Postseason , Tie 1–1 , Raiders 1–0 , Seahawks 1–0 , AFC Wild Card:

1984 Events January * January 1 – The Bornean Sultanate of Brunei gains full independence from the United Kingdom, having become a British protectorate in 1888. * January 7 – Brunei becomes the sixth member of the Association of Southeas ...

AFC Championship:

1983 1983 saw both the official beginning of the Internet and the first mobile cellular telephone call. Events January * January 1 – The migration of the ARPANET to TCP/IP is officially completed (this is considered to be the beginning of the ...

, - , Regular and postseason , style=", , Raiders 19–10 , Seahawks 16–11 , , -

References

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