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.

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.

The Panthers signed Dom Capers, previously the defensive coordinator for the Pittsburgh Steelers, as their inaugural head coach.

Their chief rivals are the Baltimore Ravens, Cleveland Browns and Pittsburgh Steelers.

Quarterback Carson Palmer, wide receiver # 84 T. J. Houshmandzadeh, and the rest of the Bengals line up to play the Pittsburgh Steelers in 2006.

But it only earned them a wild card spot in the playoffs, behind the 12 – 2 Pittsburgh Steelers, who went on to win the Super Bowl.

This was especially impressive since two of the teams swept by the Bengals ( the Pittsburgh Steelers and the Baltimore Ravens ) had both made it to the AFC Championship Game the previous season.

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.

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

The Cowboys defeated the Pittsburgh Steelers 27 – 17 at Sun Devil Stadium in Super Bowl XXX for their fifth world championship.

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:

The Cowboys sealed the victory over the Pittsburgh Steelers by converting both of Brown's interceptions into touchdowns.

The Kansas City Chiefs ( red ) and the Pittsburgh Steelers ( black ) line up for a play on the goal line.

He was known as a big fan of the Pittsburgh Steelers and New York Yankees.

Rosenbloom of the Colts, Art Modell of the Browns, and Art Rooney of the Pittsburgh Steelers agreed to have their teams join the ten AFL teams in the American Football Conference as part of the AFL-NFL merger in 1970.

The Colts won their first postseason game as the Indianapolis Colts in 1995 and would go onto the AFC Championship Game against the Pittsburgh Steelers, coming Hail Mary pass reception away from a trip to the Super Bowl XXX.

Indianapolis finished the season with a 14 – 2 record, the best record in the league that year and the best in a 16 games season for the franchise, but would go onto lose to the Pittsburgh Steelers in divisional round, a disappointing end to the season.

* 1901 – Art Rooney, Pittsburgh Steelers founder and owner ( d. 1988 )

The next week against the Pittsburgh Steelers, the Jaguars earned their first home win by defeating the eventual AFC Champions 20 – 16.

The team started off 2 – 0, defeating the Dallas Cowboys earning the NFL's highest winning percentage on opening days at. 750 with a record of 9 – 3 ), and shutting out the defending champs Pittsburgh Steelers.

The Jaguars defeated the Pittsburgh Steelers 31 – 29 to win their first playoff game in almost eight years and their first road playoff win since 1997.

The Jaguars also have rivalries with other teams that arose from the AFC Central days, most notably with the Pittsburgh Steelers.

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QB Bob Greise was victim to a broken leg and dislocated ankle in Week 5 versus the San Diego Chargers and was replaced by veteran Earl Morrall for the rest of the regular season, but returned to the field as a substitute during the AFC Championship game versus the Pittsburgh Steelers and then started in Super Bowl VII.

The Vikings played in their second straight Super Bowl, Super Bowl IX ( 3rd overall ), losing to the Pittsburgh Steelers, 16 – 6, at Tulane Stadium in New Orleans on January 12, 1975.

Gropius and his Bauhaus protégé Marcel Breuer both moved to Cambridge, Massachusetts to teach at the Harvard Graduate School of Design and collaborate on projects including The Alan I W Frank House in Pittsburgh and the company-town Aluminum City Terrace project in New Kensington, Pennsylvania, before their professional split.

Jamie Zawinski ( born November 3, 1968 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania ), commonly known as jwz, is an American formerly professional computer programmer responsible for significant contributions to the free software projects Mozilla and XEmacs, and early versions of the Netscape Navigator web browser.

The Pittsburgh Penguins are a professional ice hockey team based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

The pitcher also played professional football for the Pittsburgh Stars for a short period of time before quitting.

In professional football, loyalties are divided between the Pittsburgh Steelers and the Philadelphia Eagles.

* Joe Burnett graduate of Eustis High School and plays professional football for New York Giants and previously the Pittsburgh Steelers.

* Jeff King, former professional baseball player, MLB Pittsburgh Pirates and Kansas City Royals.

* Jarrod Johnson ( born 1969 ), former professional football player who played for the Pittsburgh Steelers, San Diego Chargers and the Sacramento Surge of the World League of American Football.

* Jason Grilli, professional baseball pitcher for the Pittsburgh Pirates of Major League Baseball.

* Sean McHugh, professional football player, tight end for the Pittsburgh Steelers of the NFL

* Jock Callander Hockey Player ( 1978 – 2000 ) for the Pittsburgh Penguins ( NHL ), Cleveland Lumberjacks ( IHL ), and other professional hockey teams.

While the first players known to be paid to play football are believed to have played for club teams in the Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania area, perhaps the first great professional football rivalry was between the Massillon Tigers and Canton Bulldogs from 1903 to 1906 and 1915 to 1919.

* Troy Polamalu, professional football player, NFL, strong safety, Pittsburgh Steelers

* Rocky Bleier, former professional football player, Pittsburgh Steelers

Though geographically closer to the Maryland city of Baltimore, the residents are almost equally divided in supporting the Pennsylvania professional sports teams from Philadelphia and Pittsburgh.

* Karl Schuelke, professional football player for the Pittsburgh Pirates

* Gary Varsho, retired professional baseball player for the Chicago Cubs, Pittsburgh Pirates, Cincinnati Reds, and Philadelphia Phillies

Mario Lemieux, OC, CQ (; ; born October 5, 1965 ) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey player and co-owner of the National Hockey League's ( NHL ) Pittsburgh Penguins and the American Hockey League's ( AHL ) Wilkes-Barre / Scranton Penguins.

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Vaughan was the birthplace of professional baseball player Laurin Pepper on January 18, 1931. Pepper was 23 years old when he broke into the big leagues on July 4, 1954, with the Pittsburgh Pirates.

In the late 1960s and early 1970s, however, the cost of doing business in professional ice hockey began to rise sharply with NHL expansion and relocation ( a process which involved the placing of teams in Pittsburgh, Cleveland, and Buffalo, forcing long-time AHL clubs in those cities to fold ) and especially the 1972 formation of the twelve-team World Hockey Association ( WHA ).

* William " Pudge " Heffelfinger is paid $ 500 by the Allegheny Athletic Association to play in a game against the Pittsburgh Athletic Club, making Heffelfinger the first professional football player.

Born as Edward Henry Greb to Pius and Annie Greb, he began his professional boxing career in 1913, fighting mostly around his hometown of Pittsburgh.