Who is Seattle Seahawks' biggest rival?

Posted by Merlyn Hunt on Wednesday, May 1, 2024

The San Francisco 49ers are the Seattle Seahawks of the National Football League’s (NFL) biggest rival in American Football.

Although the clubs initially met in 1976, it wasn’t until the Seahawks and 49ers were put in the NFC West in 2002 that the rivalry began to take shape and two-yearly games between the teams became possible.

The series is 30-18 in favor of the Seahawks. In their only playoffs encounter, the Seahawks won 23-17 in the 2013 NFC Championship Game.

The rivalry has intensified significantly when the clubs joined the NFC West division as competitors in 2002. Due to both clubs’ lack of previous encounters and prolonged periods of mediocrity, the rivalry was previously unimportant.

The Seahawks have maintained their competitiveness in games against the 49ers in those years despite their period of mediocrity, notably in games at Lumen Field, where their lowest loss to the 49ers there came by only ten points in 2006.

When Pete Carroll, a former USC coach, and Jim Harbaugh, a former Stanford coach, took over as head coaches for the Seahawks and the 49ers, respectively, in 2010 and 2011, the rivalry grew more intense. Their respective teams selected both Russell Wilson of Seattle and Colin Kaepernick of San Francisco as the franchise quarterbacks.

In the overall series, the Seahawks are 30-18 ahead. With a 17-4 record against the 49ers before Wilson’s departure in early 2022, the Seahawks thoroughly controlled the rivalry after selecting Russell Wilson in 2012. (brandxhuaraches)

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