Under Holmgren the Seahawks also became a frequent playoff team, including five division titles and the franchise's first Super Bowl appearance in Super Bowl XL. In total, Holmgren won eight division titles as a head coach to go along with twelve playoff appearances, three NFC Championships and one Super Bowl. This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 28 January 2025. 2006 National Football League championship game "2006 Super Bowl" redirects here. For the Super Bowl that was played at the completion of the 2006 season, see Super Bowl XLI. Super Bowl XL Seattle Seahawks (1) (NFC) (13–3) Pittsburgh Steelers (6) (AFC) (11–5) 10 21 Head coach: Mike Super Bowl XL referee regrets that mistakes 'impacted the game' Published: Aug 06, 2010 at 04:05 PM then-Seahawks coach Mike Holmgren stoked Seattle's angry fire when he addressed fans upon Seahawks coach Mike Holmgren said what much of the football world was thinking when he addressed Seattle fans at a rally a few days after Super Bowl XL. "We knew it was going to be tough going Mike Holmgren used to kid news photographers that the only pictures they chose were of his occasional emotional But as he looks back at the Seahawks’ 21-10 loss in Super Bowl XL, his main Only once had the Seahawks come close to a Super Bowl, way back in 1983 when they lost the American Football Conference championship game to the Los Angeles Raiders. But the 2005 Seahawks were different. They had a head coach, Mike Holmgren (b. 1948), who had won a Super Bowl when he coached the Green Bay Packers. Although the pain from Super Bowl XL still lingers, Mike Holmgren is doing his best to focus on the promise of 2006, writes Michael Smith. Holmgren is 1 of only 7 coaches to take 2 different franchises to the Super Bowl. Chiefs coach Andy Reid is also part of the special fraternity and is throwing his full weight being Holmgren’s Super Bowl XL Seattle fell short in its bid for its first NFL title, losing to the Pittsburgh Steelers at Super Bowl XL in Detroit, Michigan on February 5, 2006 by a score of 21-10. Although the Seahawks outgained the Steelers, 396 yards to 339, and led in time of possession, those differences were erased after the first quarter in which Holmgren reached Super Bowl XL with the Seahawks after defeating the Carolina Panthers in the NFC Championship Game during the 2005 season. He also won two Super Bowl rings with the San Francisco Host selection process Looking toward the stadium on the night of the Super Bowl. Ford Field was selected to host Super Bowl XL on November 1, 2000, at the owners meetings held in Atlanta, two years before the stadium opened in 2002; [7] the only previous Super Bowl held in the Detroit area, Super Bowl XVI, had been played at the Pontiac Silverdome in 1982 (also between teams from the AFC At Super Bowl XL between the Seattle Seahawks and Pittsburgh Steelers, the Seahawks were down 7-3 in the first half, and were in Pittsburgh territory with ro Mike Holmgren spent ten seasons as the head coach of the Seattle Seahawks, going 86-74, including leading the team to their first NFC Championship and Super Bowl appearance in 2005. Super Bowl XL, Seattle Seahawks coach Mike Holmgren upset with referee during game vs Pittsburgh Steelers, Detroit, MI Get premium, high resolution news photos at Getty Images Seattle Seahawks head coach Mike Holmgren during Super Bowl XL against the Steelers / Brian Bahr/Getty Images Contrary to popular belief, NFL referees do get things right most of the time. When they mess up, however, the call they blow can overshadow the rest of the game -- and even the careers of the officials themselves. Super Bowl-winning Green Bay Packers coach Mike Holmgren was chosen as the coaching finalist for the Pro Football Hall of Fame's Class of 2025 on Tuesday.. In the seniors category, former Packers Mike Holmgren coached 17 seasons in the NFL for the Green Bay Packers and Seattle Seahawks. Between the years of 1992 and 2008, he compiled a record of 174-122 in regular season and postseason games. He won 1 Super Bowl championship, 3 conference championships and 8 division championships. Super Bowl-winning Green Bay Packers coach Mike Holmgren was chosen as the coaching finalist for the Pro Football Hall of Fame's Class of 2025 on Tuesday.. In the seniors category, former Packers Sterling Sharpe, Mike Holmgren named finalists for Pro Football Hall of Fame class. He also took the Seahawks to Super Bowl XL, but only after he was stripped of his general manager title. For Nearly 20 years removed from taking the Seattle Seahawks to their first ever Super Bowl, former head coach Mike Holmgren could finally find himself in the Pro Football Hall of Fame.. Holmgren was
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