With the aid of linebacker Levon Kirkland's 8-yard sack on Aikman, the Cowboys were forced to punt on their next drive and Pittsburgh regained possession of the ball at their own 32-yard line with 4: 15 remaining.

Elroy Face of the Pittsburgh Pirates was 18 – 1 in 1959 ; however, Holtzman wrote that in 10 of the 18 wins, Face allowed the tying or lead run but got the win when the Pirates offense regained the lead.

With the change the Capitol Limited regained a full diner east of Pittsburgh, which it had lost in 1984.

In October, he briefly lost it to Bam Bam Bigelow, but regained it 15 days later at November to Remember, held in his hometown of Pittsburgh.

With the trade of Garon to the Pittsburgh Penguins, however, he regained his full-time backup position as Edmonton's number two goalie.

However, Pittsburgh failed to get a first down on their next possession and was forced to punt from deep in their own territory.

On Dallas ' first possession Troy Aikman completed a 20-yard pass on second down to wide receiver Michael Irvin, followed by a 23-yard gain by Emmitt Smith to advance to the Pittsburgh 28-yard line.

Bettis appeared to call " tails " while the coin was in the air but referee Phil Luckett declared that Bettis called " heads " and awarded possession to Detroit, who would go on to win the game before Pittsburgh had the chance to have possession.

Pittsburgh scored on their first possession with Roy Gerela's 21-yard field goal, but the Bills responded with tight end Paul Seymour's 27-yard touchdown reception.

Tarkenton quickly dove on the ball to prevent a Steeler touchdown, but he was downed by Dwight White for a safety, giving Pittsburgh a 2-0 lead.

On the next play, a 42-yard pass interference penalty on Pittsburgh defensive back Mike Wagner moved the ball up to the 5-yard line.

After defensive lineman John Banaszak recovered the loose ball on the Pittsburgh 47-yard line, the Steelers attempted 2 running plays with running back Franco Harris carrying the ball, but only gained 1 yard.

But Pittsburgh defensive back Mel Blount intercepted a pass from Staubach and returned it 13 yards to the 29, with a personal foul on Dallas tight end Billy Joe Dupree adding another 15 yards and giving the Steelers the ball at their own 44-yard line ( note: The interception happened on exactly the same play that Drew Pearson scored on in the first quarter of Super Bowl X. Mike Wagner intercepted Staubach on exactly the same playcall in the 4th quarter of the same game .).

White, who was playing the game with a cast on his broken left hand, fumbled the ball before being hit by Tony Dungy and Pittsburgh linebacker Dennis Winston recovered the ball at the Dallas 18-yard line.

On the ensuing kickoff, Pittsburgh surprised the Cowboys by executing a successful onside kick, with defensive back Deon Figures recovering the ball for Pittsburgh at their own 47-yard line.

The Steelers responded by driving to the Dallas 40-yard line, but after O ' Donnell threw 4 consecutive incompletions, Pittsburgh turned the ball over on downs with 1: 42 left in the game.

Batting for the American League against Pittsburgh Pirates pitcher Dock Ellis, the ball he hit soared above the right-field stands, striking the transformer of a light standard on the right field roof.

Other notable residents include Carl E. Vuono, four star general and Chief of Staff of the U. S. Army ; Jim Jimirro, founder of the Disney Channel ; Fred Cox, all-time leading scorer for the Minnesota Vikings and inventor of the Nerf ball ; and Dr. Ronald V. Pellegrini, a world renowned cardiothoracic surgeon based in Pittsburgh.

Ed Summers, a Pittsburgh teammate of Cicotte who adopted the pitch and helped develop it, modified this by holding the ball with his fingertips and using the thumb for balance.

* May 24, 1884, Al Atkinson / Philadelphia Athletics ( Pittsburgh Alleghenys ' Ed Swartwood hit by pitch, stole second, reached third on a groundout, and scored on a passed ball )

Additionally, he was signed and played baseball in the Pittsburgh Pirates minor league system until he was injured when a ball hit his head, and subsequently became a scout for the team.

" Five weeks later, he injured his left wrist diving for a ball against Pittsburgh, and missed three weeks while on the disabled list ( DL ).

Huff hit the ball on the first pitch of the at bat to the right field wall, where it took a weird bounce off the score board and allowed Huff to advance 360 ft. On the very next at-bat, Huff hammered one to the deep center field wall, but was caught by Pittsburgh Pirates center fielder Andrew McCutchen.

His last appearance was in Game Seven of the 1960 World Series against the Pittsburgh Pirates ; as a pinch runner in the top of the ninth, he scored on Yogi Berra's ground ball to tie the game at 9 – 9.

Later that month, he lost a ball in the sun and dropped what would have been the game's final out in the 9th inning against the Pittsburgh Pirates, allowing Jason Bay to reach safely and eventually costing the Cubs a win.

Pittsburgh Steelers kicker Shaun Suisham kicked off and the ball went out of the back of the end zone, resulting in a touchback and no time off the clock.

In 1895, after a Baltimore game at Pittsburgh, the Pittsburgh Commercial Gazette had said, “ It ’ s very funny to see the Baltimore players scrap and jaw with each other when a ball gets away.

He caused a stir in a 1996 game against the Pittsburgh Steelers ; on a Panthers punt, he jumped on the ball even though it was a live ball, turning the play into a touchback.

In one extreme case, cited by a Pittsburgh psychologist, an office worker's wife refused to have sexual relations with her husband unless he bought her the luxuries she demanded.

In a sample of new members of Pittsburgh churches, almost 60 per cent were recruited by initial `` contacts with friendly members ''.

Skorich, who is 39 years old, played football at Cincinnati University and then had a three-year professional career as a lineman under Jock Sutherland with the Pittsburgh Steelers.

Despite the recession, Pittsburgh came into town with this imposing list of averages: Smoky Burgess, Gino Cimoli, Bill Virdon, Bob Clemente and Dick Groat, each

When the merger took place, all ten AFL franchises became part of the merged league's new American Football Conference ( AFC ), with three teams from the original 16-team NFL ( the Pittsburgh Steelers, Cleveland Browns, and Baltimore Colts ) joining them.

Former Pittsburgh Pirate manager Lloyd McClendon is jokingly referred to as having " stolen first " in a June 26, 2001 game – after disputing a call at first base, he yanked the base out of the ground and left the field with it, delaying the game.

Though the Bengals ran it with some success, like the West Coast Offense the scheme became more successful elsewhere, in this case with the rival Pittsburgh Steelers, where LeBeau has served two stints as defensive coordinator.

LeBeau has led both Bengals Super Bowl appearances and three Super Bowl appearances with Pittsburgh using the zone blitz.

The Indians also have a rivalry with the Pittsburgh Pirates, as the two teams play an annual three game series during interleague play in June, playing in Cleveland during even numbered years, and in Pittsburgh in odd number seasons.

The ' 38 club saw Dizzy Dean lead the team's pitching staff and provided a historic moment when they won a crucial late-season game at Wrigley Field over the Pittsburgh Pirates with a walk-off home run by Gabby Hartnett, which became known in baseball lore as " The Homer in the Gloamin '".

When the Cubs clinched the Eastern Division with a Sutcliffe complete-game 2-hitter at Pittsburgh on September 23, the franchise had its first title of any kind since 1945.

Most notably, they traded with the Pittsburgh Pirates for outfielder Kenny Lofton and third baseman Aramis Ramirez, and rode dominant pitching, led by Kerry Wood and Mark Prior, as the Cubs led the division down the stretch.

Young finished the series with a 2 – 1 record and a 1. 85 ERA in four appearances, and Boston defeated Pittsburgh, five games to three games.

The franchise shares the record for most Super Bowl appearances ( 8 ) with the Pittsburgh Steelers, corresponding to most NFC championships ( 8 ).

Although the Cowboys are tied with the 49ers for the second most Super Bowl victories ( Steelers have 6 ), Dallas actually holds the record, with Pittsburgh, for the most Super Bowl games played ( 8 ) and solely holds the record the most Super Bowl MVPs with 7:

Liliane raised long haired dachshunds and they traveled from Pittsburgh to Bear Run with her.

* 1954 – The first mass inoculation of children against polio with the Salk vaccine begins in Pittsburgh.

In 2011 Tagged conducted a summer-long survey based on " winks " by metro area, with the surprise leader being Pittsburgh.

Earning a Bachelor of Arts in Economics with his graduation from Pitt in 1933, he remained active with the Cap and Gown Club, serving as its director from 1934 to 1938, while at the same time enrolling in the University of Pittsburgh Law School.

After a fruitless search, Kelly returned to Pittsburgh, to his first position as a choreographer with the Charles Gaynor musical revue Hold Your Hats at the Pittsburgh Playhouse in April, 1938.