1986 Seattle Seahawks season

The 1986 Seattle Seahawks season was the team's eleventh in the National Football League (NFL). Despite posting a 10–6 record and having a dominant five-game win streak to close out the season, the Seahawks narrowly missed the playoffs, 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 shipyard on the shore of Lake Washington to a new facility at Northwest College. Summer training camp was held at the new site rather than at Eastern Washington University in Cheney, southwest of Spokane.

Staff

 * Head athletic trainer - Jim Whitesel
 * Assistant athletic trainer - John Kasik

Final roster

 * Starters in bold.
 * (*) Denotes players that were selected for the 1987 Pro Bowl.

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 results

Game summaries
Even though the Seahawks did not qualify for the playoffs, a memorable moment during the season was Steve Largent 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 San Diego Chargers on Monday Night Football as Seattle improved its record to 4–1.