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.

In 1997, the franchise's third season, the Jaguars and the Steelers both finished the season with an 11 – 5 record, tops in the AFC Central Division.

Kellen Winslow caught 10 passes for 171 yards and Chargers clinched their second straight AFC West title by defeating the Pittsburgh Steelers 26 – 17 and finished the regular season with an 11 – 5 record.

The Steelers were the defending Super Bowl XIII champions, and finished the 1979 regular season with a 12-4 record, and posted playoff victories over the Miami Dolphins and the Houston Oilers.

The Steelers " Steel Curtain " defense finished the regular season as the top rated defense in the AFC, limiting opponents to only 4, 621 offensive yards.

In 1995, the Steelers overcame a 3 – 4 start ( including a 20 – 16 upset loss to the expansion Jacksonville Jaguars ) to win 8 of their final 9 games and finished with an 11 – 5 record, the second best in the AFC.

During the 1969 season in which the Bears finished 1-13, the team played against the Pittsburgh Steelers at Wrigley Field in what would ultimately be the Bears ' only win that season.

He led the Bengals to their best year ever at the time going 11-3 in the year but they finished second in the division to the 12-2 Pittsburgh Steelers.

Peppers finished fourth in voting for the NFL's 2010 AP Defensive Player of the Year Award, which was won by Pittsburgh Steelers safety Troy Polamalu.

In 1997's stand-alone Australian Rugby League competition, the Steelers finished sixth, again qualifying for the Finals series, only to bow out in the first week.

While Bettis finished with 1, 542 more yards than Franco Harris on the NFL's all-time rushing list, Harris remains the Steelers all-time leading rusher because 3, 091 of those yards came while Bettis was with the Rams.

In 1936, the Giants needed his help on the field, and again persuaded him to forgo retirement ; he finished his career that season with the Pittsburgh Pirates, the franchise that was to become the Steelers.

Kitna finished 24-40 for 197 yards with one touchdown and two interceptions and a fumble as the Bengals fell to the eventual Super Bowl XL champion Pittsburgh Steelers 31 – 17.

Following the conclusion of the 2009 K-League season, at the 2009 FIFA Club World Cup in December, the Steelers finished in third place after defeating Atlante F. C.

The Steelers finished the regular season with a 13-3 record, earning them the top seed in the AFC.

The Steelers finished with a 10-5-1 record, and went on to face the Cleveland Browns.

The Steelers won all of these games and finished at 10 – 4.

He then signed with the Steelers and finished the season on their injured reserve.

Steelers running back Jerome Bettis finished the game with 101 rushing yards and a touchdown, along with a 21-yard reception.

Later in the quarter, Maddox led the Steelers 66 yards, featuring a 24-yard completion by Randle El, and finished the drive with a 6-yard touchdown pass to Plaxico Burress, cutting his team's deficit to 10 points with 3: 50 left in the period.

** Orissa Steelers also finished 1st in the league table.

During their first season the Vipers finished as runners-up to the Belfast Giants in the league and won the EIHL Play-Off Championship at the National Ice Centre, defeating the Sheffield Steelers 2-1 in the Grand Final.

Late in the third quarter, Steelers linebacker James Farrior ( who finished the game with 8 tackles and 2. 5 sacks ) sacked quarterback Peyton Manning at the Colts 1-yard line on third down, and Randle El returned Hunter Smith's ensuing punt 20 yards to the Indianapolis 30.

In his rookie season with the Steelers, he finished with 39 receptions for 459 yards and 6 touchdowns.

The two teams met in the first regular season game the Cowboys ever played in 1960 ( a 35 – 28 loss to the Steelers ), the first-ever regular season victory for the expansion Cowboys in 1961, and would later meet in three Super Bowls, all of them closely contested events.

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.

They posted an undefeated 14-0 regular season record before defeating the Cleveland Browns and the Pittsburgh Steelers in the playoffs.

While the 1972 team faced no competition that possessed a better record than 8-6 in the regular season, the 1973 team played a much tougher schedule that included games against the Oakland Raiders, Pittsburgh Steelers, and Dallas Cowboys ( all playoff teams ), plus two games against a resurgent Buffalo Bills squad that featured 2, 000-yard rusher O. J.

But en route to Super Bowl IX, the Steelers had started the regular season slowly, as Bradshaw and Joe Gilliam fought to be the team's starting quarterback.

They posted a 13-1 regular season record before defeating the New England Patriots and the Pittsburgh Steelers in the playoffs.

The Broncos, led by Morton and the Orange Crush Defense, made their first Super Bowl appearance after also posting a 12-2 regular season record and postseason wins over the Pittsburgh Steelers and the Oakland Raiders.

The Steelers won the AFC Central with a 12 – 4 regular season record, and advanced to their second consecutive Super Bowl and their fourth appearance in the last six seasons.

Pittsburgh Quarterback Terry Bradshaw had another fine season as the leader of the Steelers offense, throwing for 3, 724 yards and 26 touchdowns during the regular season ( but he did throw 25 interceptions ).

Campbell was the league's rushing leader during the regular season with 1, 697 yards, but could only gain 15 yards against the Steelers in the AFC Championship Game.

The Raiders only allowed a combined total of 24 points in their playoff victories over the Pittsburgh Steelers, 38 – 10, and the Seattle Seahawks ( who had beaten the Raiders twice during the regular season ), 30 – 14.

After all, Denver had barely defeated the Steelers who only had a 9 – 7 regular season record.

Buffalo then recorded a 24-3 win on the road against the Pittsburgh Steelers, the AFC Central champions with the AFC's best regular season record at 11-5.

The Cowboys, who posted a 12-4 regular season record, were making their eighth Super Bowl appearance, while the Steelers, who recorded an 11-5 regular season record, were making their fifth appearance.

During Cowher's first year, the Steelers captured the # 1 AFC playoff Seed with an 11 – 5 regular season record, but were eliminated in their first playoff game against the Buffalo Bills, 24-3.

Manning made his regular season debut as a Denver Bronco in the prime time game on the first Sunday of the 2012 NFL Season, against the Pittsburgh Steelers.

This rule did not actually come into use during the 2011 playoffs, as the sole overtime game that season resulted in the Denver Broncos scoring a long touchdown on their first play from scrimmage against the Pittsburgh Steelers, but nonetheless the rule was adopted for the start of the 2012 regular season shortly afterwards.

Prior to the Steelers regular season schedule, the team played a pre-season game against the Detroit Lions on August 25, 2001.

The Steelers were scheduled to open the regular season play at Heinz Field on September 16 against the Cleveland Browns, however, due to the September 11 attacks, all NFL games of the week were postponed ; thus moving the stadium's premiere to October 7, against the Cincinnati Bengals.