The Seattle Seahawks are a professional American football team located in Seattle, Washington. They are a team in the National Football Conference West Division of the National Football League. The team competed with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in 1976. Joined the NFL as an expansion team; after the 1966 Super Bowl, the Seattle Seahawks also became the third team to have appeared in the NFL and National Football Conference championship games (the 1983 American League Championship Game and the 2005 NFC Championship Game, based on the time of the first game). The first two teams are the Indianapolis Colts (1968 NFC Championship Game and 1970 AFC Championship Game) and the Cleveland Browns (1968 NFC Championship Game and 1986 NFC Championship Game). American League Championship Game); the team made an appearance in the 40th Super Bowl (2005), when they lost to the Pittsburgh Steelers. It wasn't until Super Bowl XLVIII (2013) that they appeared again, and finally defeated the Denver Broncos, who had won two Super Bowl championships, 43:8, and won the first Super Bowl championship in team history.