Fans remember first Seahawks game, 40 years ago today

On August 1, 1976, the Seattle Seahawks made history.

Forty years ago today, the team played their first-ever game against the San Francisco 49ers in the Kingdome.

Scott Haynes was there.

"That would be the game that first made me a football fan," said Haynes, who was five or six years old at the time.

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"It was in later years, as I got a little older, that I appreciated that I'd been at the first game," said Haynes.

It’s a memory he has cherished forever. His father, Robert, took Scott to the preseason game.

"Even though I was just a little kid, I think myself and my father and the other 60 thousand people that were there – I think that technically makes us among the first 12^th men," said Haynes, with a chuckle.

Scott says he truly is one of the first 12s – since he was in seat number 12.

It was last Christmas that Scott’s dad surprised him by giving him the ticket stubs and publications from that day.

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“He knows I’ve been a Seahawk fanatic,” said Haynes.

“I had no idea he had this stuff.”

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