A capsule look at the six Super Bowl titles won by the Pittsburgh Steelers:
Feb. 1, 2009
At Tampa, Fla.-70,774
Pittsburgh 3 14 3 7-27
Arizona 0 7 0 16-23
Ben Roethlisberger and the Pittsburgh offense ended a Super Bowl of incredible swings with a final-minute touchdown for an historic victory. Santonio Holmes made a brilliant 6-yard catch deep in the right corner of the end zone with 35 seconds remaining, lifting the Steelers to a record-setting sixth Super Bowl win.
The Steelers, winning their second Super Bowl in four seasons, led 20-7 in the fourth quarter, only to see Kurt Warner and the Cardinals rally. Warner hit All-Pro receiver Larry Fitzgerald in stride for a 64-yard touchdown to put Arizona in front 23-20 with 2:37 left.
Roethlisberger led a desperation, score-or-lose 78-yard touchdown drive in the final three minutes. It was the sixth time in 19 games this season that Roethlisberger led a winning drive in the fourth quarter by rallying the Steelers to the lead or a tie in a game they went on to win.
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Feb. 5, 2006
At Detroit-68,206
Seattle 3 0 7 0-10
Pittsburgh 0 7 7 7-21
A record-setting run, game-turning interception and trick play gave the Steelers their record-tying fifth Super Bowl title.
Pittsburgh’s Willie Parker broke free for a Super Bowl-record 75 yards on the second play of the second half to give the Steelers a 14-3 lead.
The Steelers had a chance to close out the Seahawks later in the third quarter. On a third-and-6 from the Seahawks 7-yard line, Ben Roethlisberger threw an interception that Kelly Herndon returned a Super Bowl-record 76 yards. That set up the Seahawks’ only touchdown, a 16-yard pass by Matt Hasselbeck to Jerramy Stevens.
Early in the fourth quarter, the Seahawks drove to the Steelers 19, but Hasselbeck’s worst pass of the game was intercepted by Ike Taylor, ending Seattle’s drive and saving Pittsburgh’s lead.
The clincher for the Steelers was Antwaan Randle El’s 43-yard pass to Hines Ward, the first Super Bowl touchdown pass by a receiver and one of the most decisive trick plays in championship game history. That catch clinched the MVP trophy for Ward, who had five catches for 123 yards.
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Jan. 20, 1980
At Pasadena, Calif.-103,985
Los Angeles 7 6 6 0-19
Pittsburgh 3 7 7 14-31
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Despite three interceptions by the Rams, Bradshaw brought the Steelers from behind twice in the second half. Trailing 13-10 at halftime, Pittsburgh went ahead 17-13 when Bradshaw connected with Lynn Swann for a 47-yard touchdown pass early in the third quarter.
On the Rams’ next possession Vince Ferragamo, who completed 15 of 25 passes for 212 yards, responded with a 50-yard pass to Billy Waddy that moved Los Angeles to the Steelers 24. On the following play, Lawrence McCutcheon connected with Ron Smith on a halfback option pass that gave the Rams a 19-17 lead.
On Pittsburgh’s initial possession of the fourth quarter, Bradshaw lofted a 73-yard scoring pass to John Stallworth to put the Steelers in front to stay 24-19. A 45-yard pass from Bradshaw to Stallworth was the key play in Pittsburgh’s final scoring drive which was culminated by Franco Harris’ second 1-yard TD of the game.
Bradshaw, the game’s MVP for the second straight year, set Super Bowl records for most touchdown passes (nine) and most passing yards (932).
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Jan. 21, 1979
At Miami-79,484
Pittsburgh 7 14 0 14-35
Dallas 7 7 3 14-31
Terry Bradshaw threw four touchdown passes to lead the Steelers to their third Super Bowl win. Bradshaw, voted the game’s most valuable player, completed 17 of 30 passes for 318 yards and broke Bart Starr’s record of 250 yards passing by halftime.
Two Bradshaw-to-John Stallworth and one Bradshaw-to-Rocky Bleier scores gave Pittsburgh a 21-14 lead at halftime.
Franco Harris rumbled 22 yards for a score after Rafael Septien cut Pittsburgh’s lead to 21-17 with a 27-yard field goal. Pittsburgh then seemingly put the game out of reach with less than seven minutes to play when Bradshaw hit Lynn Swann for an 18-yard strike to make it 35-17.
Roger Staubach threw his second scoring pass of the game with 2:23 left, a 7-yarder to Billy Joe DuPree. The Cowboys then recovered an onside kick and scored again on Staubach’s third TD pass with 22 seconds remaining.
Dallas’ bid for another onside kick recovery failed as Bleier fell on the ensuing kickoff with 17 seconds left.
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Jan. 18, 1976
At Miami-80,187
Dallas 7 3 0 7-17
Pittsburgh 7 0 0 14-21
The Steelers won the Super Bowl for the second consecutive year on Terry Bradshaw’s 64-yard touchdown pass to Lynn Swann, and an aggressive defense that snuffed out a late rally by the Cowboys.
Leading 15-10 in the fourth quarter, Bradshaw withstood a ferocious Cowboys pass rush to unleash his scoring strike to Swann. Swann, with four receptions for 161 yards, was selected the game’s MVP.
bach picked up a couple of first downs, but his desperation pass on the last play of the game was picked off by Glen Edwards in the end zone.
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Jan. 12, 1975
At New Orleans-80,997
Pittsburgh 0 2 7 7-16
Minnesota 0 0 0 6- 6
The Pittsburgh Steelers totally shut down Minnesota’s offense to hand the Vikings their third Super Bowl defeat.
In beating Oakland for the AFC title, Pittsburgh held the Raiders to 29 yards rushing and the Vikings didn’t even reach that total. On 21 runs, Minnesota managed a net of 17 yards.
Yet, Minnesota trailed only 2-0 at the half, the result of a safety when Vikings QB Fran Tarkenton botched a pitchout deep in his own territory. Tarkenton fell on the ball in the end zone and was pounced on by Steelers defensive end Dwight White.
The Steelers got another break at the start of the second half when Minnesota’s Bill Brown muffed the kickoff and Pittsburgh’s Marv Kellum recovered on the Vikings 30. Four plays later, Franco Harris scored from 12 yards out and Pittsburgh led 9-0. Minnesota narrowed the margin to three points at 4:27 of the fourth quarter when Matt Blair blocked Bobby Walden’s punt and Terry Brown recovered in the end zone. But the Steelers came right back on a 66-yard march culminating in a 4-yard pass from Terry Bradshaw to Larry Brown.
34 carries and led a Steelers offense which outgained Minnesota 333-119.
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