The 1991 Seattle Seahawks season was the team's 16th season with the
National Football League
The National Football League (NFL) is a professional American football league that consists of 32 teams, divided equally between the American Football Conference (AFC) and the National Football Conference (NFC). The NFL is one of the ...
(NFL). The 1991 season was the last season for
head coach
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Chuck Knox
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, who left to become head coach of the
Los Angeles Rams
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while president and general manager
Tom Flores
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Flores won a total of four Super Bowls in his playing and c ...
replaced him.
The Seahawks defense, led by future hall of Famer
Cortez Kennedy
Cortez Kennedy (August 23, 1968 May 23, 2017) was an American professional football player who was a defensive tackle for his entire 11-season career with the Seattle Seahawks of the National Football League (NFL). He was inducted into the Pro ...
, finished 8th on the season in both yards and scoring. This season was the last time a team played the same team in back to back games until the
2021 season when the
Cleveland Browns
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played the
Baltimore Ravens
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back to back, with a bye week in between.
Offseason
NFL Draft
Personnel
Staff
Final roster
* Starters in bold.
* (*) Denotes players that were selected for the
1992 Pro Bowl
The 1992 Pro Bowl was the NFL's 42nd annual all-star game which featured the outstanding performers from the 1991 season. The game was played on Sunday, February 2, 1992, at Aloha Stadium in Honolulu, Hawaii before a crowd of 50,209. The final sc ...
.
Schedule
Preseason
:Source: Seahawks Media Guides
Regular season
Divisional matchups have the AFC West playing the NFC West.
:Bold indicates division opponents.
:Source: 1991 NFL season results
1991 NFL season results
NFL.com, accessed February 14, 2015.
Standings
Game Summaries
Preseason
Week P1: vs. Phoenix Cardinals
Week P2: at Indianapolis Colts
Week P3: at Los Angeles Rams
Week P4: vs. San Francisco 49ers
Regular season
Week 1: at New Orleans Saints
Week 2: vs. New York Jets
Week 3: at Denver Broncos
Week 4: at Kansas City Chiefs
Week 5: vs. Indianapolis Colts
Week 6: at Cincinnati Bengals
Week 7: vs. Los Angeles Raiders
Week 8: at Pittsburgh Steelers
Week 9: vs. San Diego Chargers
Week 11: at San Diego Chargers
Week 12: at Los Angeles Raiders
Week 13: vs. Denver Broncos
Week 14: vs. Kansas City Chiefs
Week 15: vs. San Francisco 49ers
Week 16: at Atlanta Falcons
Week 17: vs. Los Angeles Rams
References
External links
Seahawks draft history at NFL.com
1991 NFL season results at NFL.com
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Seattle
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Seattle Seahawks seasons
Seattle
Seattle ( ) is a seaport city on the West Coast of the United States. It is the seat of King County, Washington. With a 2020 population of 737,015, it is the largest city in both the state of Washington and the Pacific Northwest regio ...