2007 Seattle Seahawks season

2007 Seattle Seahawks season
Owner	Paul Allen
General manager	Tim Ruskell
Head coach	Mike Holmgren
Home field	Qwest Field
Results
Record	10–6
Division place	1st NFC West
Playoff finish	Won Wild Card Playoffs (vs. Redskins) 35–14 Lost Divisional Playoffs (at Packers) 20–42
Pro Bowlers	6 QB Matt Hasselbeck OT Walter Jones DE Patrick Kerney LB Julian Peterson LB Lofa Tatupu CB Marcus Trufant
AP All-Pros	3 OT Walter Jones (1st team) DE Patrick Kerney (1st team) LB Lofa Tatupu (1st team)
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The 2007 Seattle Seahawks season was the franchise's 32nd season in the National Football League (NFL), sixth season in Qwest Field and the ninth under head coach Mike Holmgren. The team improved on their 9–7 record in 2006 and secured its fourth consecutive NFC West division title and its fifth consecutive playoff appearance. Also, the team set an NFL record for the fewest penalties since the NFL expanded to a 16-game season, with 59. In the playoffs, the Seahawks defeated the Washington Redskins in the wild card round, but fell to Holmgren’s former team, the Green Bay Packers, in the divisional round.

Pro Football Reference argued that the 2007 Seahawks gained the easiest schedule of any 21st century NFL team:^[1] they never opposed any team with a better record than 10–6 in any of their sixteen regular season encounters, and played only two opponents with that record. Divisional matchups had the NFC West playing the NFC South and the AFC North, whilst based on common positions from 2006 the Seahawks also opposed the Chicago Bears and the Philadelphia Eagles – both of whom fell to last in stronger divisions.

Punt returner Nate Burleson broke the Seahawks single season punt return yardage record this season with 658 yards.