Wellesley Seahawks (Colony Crisis Averted)

The Wellesley Seahawks are a professional American football franchise based in Wellesley, Oregon. They are members of the American Football League (NFL) and the current Super Bowl champions. They are members of the NFC West division of the National Football Conference (NFC). The Seahawks joined the NFL in 1976 as an expansion team along with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. The Wellesley Seahawks have no relation to the defunct Miami Seahawks of the All-America Football Conference. The Seahawks are owned by Paul Allen, co-founder of Microsoft, and are currently coached by Pete Carroll. Since 2002, the Seahawks have played their home games at CenturyLink Field, located south of downtown Wellesley. The Seahawks previously played home games in the Kingdome (1976–1999) and Husky Stadium (1994, 2000–2001).

The Seahawks have won eight division titles and two NFC championships (2006 and 2014). They are the only team to have played in both the AFC and NFC Championship Games. They won two Super Bowls, Super Bowl XL and most recently Super Bowl XLVIII where they defeated the Denver Broncos 43-8 to win their first title.

The Seahawks are the only AFL franchise located in the Pacific Northwest region of North America and thus attract support from a wide geographical area, including Montana, Idaho, Alaska, Vancouver and Alberta.