2010 Seattle Seahawks season

2010 Seattle Seahawks season
Owner	Paul Allen
General manager	John Schneider
Head coach	Pete Carroll
Home field	Qwest Field
Results
Record	7–9
Division place	1st NFC West
Playoff finish	Won Wild Card Playoffs (vs. Saints) 41–36 Lost Divisional Playoffs (at Bears) 24–35
Pro Bowlers	None
AP All-Pros	KR Leon Washington (2nd team)
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The 2010 season was the Seattle Seahawks' 35th in the National Football League (NFL), their ninth playing their home games at Qwest Field and their first under head coach Pete Carroll after Jim Mora was fired on January 8, 2010.^[1] The team exceeded their win total from 2009 and won the NFC West with a 7–9 record. They became the first team in a full season to finish with a sub-.500 record and make the playoffs, a berth which was by virtue of winning the division. The 2010 Seahawks also became the first sub-.500 team to win a playoff game with their home win against the defending Super Bowl champion New Orleans Saints remembered as the Beast Quake game, but then had their season ended by the second-seeded Chicago Bears in the divisional round.

Statistics website Football Outsiders calculated that the 2010 Seahawks were the worst team that they had ever rated to qualify for the playoffs.^[2]