2023 Seattle Seahawks season

2023 Seattle Seahawks season
OwnerEstate of Paul Allen
General managerJohn Schneider
Head coachPete Carroll
Home fieldLumen Field
Results
Record9–8
Division place3rd NFC West
Playoff finishDid not qualify
Pro Bowlers
All-ProsLB Bobby Wagner (2nd team)
Uniform

The 2023 season was the Seattle Seahawks' 48th in the National Football League (NFL) and their 14th and final season under the head coach/general manager tandem of Pete Carroll and John Schneider. The Seahawks matched their 9–8 record from the previous year, but unlike 2022, it was not enough to qualify for the playoffs, as they finished in third place in the division behind the San Francisco 49ers and Los Angeles Rams, and in a three-way tie with the Green Bay Packers and New Orleans Saints for the last Wild Card spot, which the Packers claimed on a strength of victory tiebreaker.

Despite a 5–2 start, key injuries to Geno Smith, Kenneth Walker III, DK Metcalf, and Devon Witherspoon, and poor defensive play led to the Seahawks losing five of their next six. While the Seahawks would win two games in a row, a loss to the Steelers cost them control of their own destiny. In total, Seattle played 11 games and went 3–8 against teams that finished with a winning record (Cincinnati being the only one that missed the postseason), culminating in a collapse that cost them an appearance in the postseason.

This was the second time in three seasons that Seattle missed the playoffs, and was the first season since 2009 that Dave Canales was not on the team's payroll, as the Tampa Bay Buccaneers hired him to be their offensive coordinator for one year. Canales would go on to be hired as the head coach of the Carolina Panthers the following year.

On March 26, 2023, the Seahawks resigned longtime linebacker Bobby Wagner, who played for the Los Angeles Rams during the previous season, for a second stint with the team.[1]

On January 10, 2024, after 14 years, head coach Pete Carroll was relieved of his duties following the season's conclusion. Carroll also would transition to an unspecified advisory role within the Seahawks organization.[2]

The Seattle Seahawks drew an average home attendance of 68,735 in 8 home games in the 2023 NFL season, the 18th highest in the league.[3]

  1. ^ Boyle, John (March 26, 2023). "Welcome Back, Bobby Wagner". Seahawks.com. Retrieved December 14, 2023.
  2. ^ Boyle, John (January 10, 2024). "Pete Carroll To Move Into Advisor Role With Seahawks". seahawks.com. Retrieved January 22, 2024.
  3. ^ https://www.espn.com/nfl/attendance/_/year/2023

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