[Oakland Raiders News]

Good article here about the Raiders - Seahawks football rivalry

Epic Rivalries: Raiders vs. Seahawks
November 4, 2006

With league season results of a combined 27 wins and 22 losses overall, The Oakland Raiders have been able to take a statistical advantage when competing against the Seattle Seahawks. When it comes to these two teams, you can see that they both raise their level of play. This record not only pushes Oakland to keep its advantage in wins, but it also makes for great football and a continuing rivalry that has been present since the very first Raiders-Seahawks game back in 1977. Since then, these two teams have been in a boxing match, with each team consistently throwing haymakers.

The Oakland Raiders have competed with the Seahawks throughout the 1970s, 80s, 90s, and 2000s. The Raiders have battled with the Seahawks for AFC Championships games, AFC wild card playoff berths, and games that registered for pure bragging rights alone. With such close records between the two, the Raiders wanting to keep the edge and the Seahawks wanting to get the edge, any game is sure to bring on excitement and pure hatred making for a long lasting rivalry.

Sounds like it's been quite a series, starting with Oakland's 44-7 win in 1977 to Seattle's 31-17 loss in the last meeting of the two squads, back in 2002. So where does this rank on your list of great NFL rivalries?