The Seahawks join the NFL as an expansion team and are placed in the NFC West. The following season, they were moved to the AFC West, where they remained through 2001.
AFC Wild Card Game. It was the most recent playoff meeting between the two teams. As Seattle moved to the NFC in 2002, the only way the two teams can now meet in the playoffs is in a Super Bowl.
Raiders lose Super Bowl XXXVII. Seahawks move to the NFC West as a result of NFL realignment. Seahawks open Seahawks Stadium (now known as Lumen Field).
Game played in London as part of the NFL International Series, officially a Raiders home game. The last meeting with the Seahawks was with the Oakland Raiders.
^ abCorkran, Steve (November 6, 2006). Written at Seattle. "Seahawks' hate affair with Raiders lingers". Oakland Tribune. Oakland. Archived from the original on August 21, 2025. Retrieved June 5, 2023. Twenty-nine years after an innocuous start, no other team evokes the emotions in the Seahawks and their fans that the Raiders do. This holds true, even though the two teams no longer play in the same division and don't meet twice a season, as they did for a quarter century.
^ abBell, Gregg (November 7, 2006). Written at Seattle. "Raider Busters ride again". The Vancouver Sun. Vancouver. Associated Press. Archived from the original on June 6, 2023. Retrieved June 5, 2023. Seahawks enjoy a long and cherished rivalry with Oakland enemies
^Condotta, Bob (November 24, 2022). Written at Renton. "Looking back at the rivalry between Seahawks and Raiders". The Seattle Times. Seattle. Retrieved June 5, 2023. Sunday marks the just second time the Raiders have played a regular-season game in Seattle in 16 years, a fact that only accentuates how visits from the Silver and Black used to be a highlight — if not THE highlight — of every Seahawk season.