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.

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.

It was also the first time in the 50 + year history of the Steelers that they had been beaten twice at home by the same team in the same season.

The Chargers had upset victories over the Dolphins and Steelers in the AFC playoffs.

Their 73-year old owner Art Rooney founded the Steelers as a 1933 NFL expansion team, but suffered through losing seasons for most of its 42-year history and had never made it to an NFL championship game or a Super Bowl.

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.

The Steelers ' " Steel Curtain " had led the AFC in fewest points allowed ( 189 ) and the Vikings ' " Purple People Eaters " had only given up 195.

Still, the Steelers had a fine passing attack led by quarterback Terry Bradshaw.

After play resumed, Gerela missed the extra point attempt, but the Steelers now had a 21 – 10 lead with 3: 02 left in the game, and the Cowboys needed two touchdowns to come back.

This was the first ever Super Bowl rematch ( the Steelers had previously beaten the Cowboys, 21 – 17, in Super Bowl X ), and both teams were attempting to be the first club to ever win a third Super Bowl.

The Steelers joined the Cowboys in their attempt to be the first team to ever win a third Super Bowl, after wins in Super Bowl IX and Super Bowl X. Pittsburgh quarterback Terry Bradshaw had the best season of his career, completing 207 of 368 passes for 2, 915 yards and 28 touchdowns, with 20 interceptions.

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 ).

The Steelers also had a fine secondary, led by defensive backs Mel Blount, who recorded 3 interceptions, and Donnie Shell, who had 5.

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.

Noll, former Steelers Hall of Fame head coach who had retired a month earlier after 23 seasons, conducted the coin toss.

Noll's Steelers had lost to both of these teams earlier in the season by large margins ( 52-34 to Buffalo and 41-14 to Washington ).

Just like the 49ers in the NFC title game, the Chargers advanced to the Super Bowl despite the fact that the Steelers had outgained them in many key statistical categories such as total plays ( 80 – 47 ), total offensive yards ( 415 – 226 ), and time of possession ( 37: 13 – 22: 47 ).

The Steelers rushing attack was led by Erric Pegram, who recorded 813 yards and 5 touchdowns, and Bam Morris, who had 559 yards and 9 touchdowns.

O ' Donnell managed to recover the fumble, but the Steelers were unable to recover from the 13-yard loss and had to punt 2 plays later.

On their next drive, the Steelers had second down and 2 on their own 47-yard line, but turned the ball over on downs after running back Bam Morris was tackled for no gain on 3 consecutive running plays: a draw play to the left, a run to the left, and one to the middle.

The Steelers had outgained the Cowboys in total yards, 310-254 ( 201-61 in the second half ) had 25 first downs compared to the Cowboys 15, and limited Dallas ' powerful running attack to just 56 yards.

He was there one season before rejoining the Steelers as an assistant coach.

This was the only one of the four Super Bowls the Steelers of the 1970s played in that the team wore their white jerseys, and the only Super Bowl the team would wear white at all until Super Bowl XL 31 years later.

The Steelers gained just one yard with their next two plays, but on third down Bradshaw's 4-yard touchdown pass to Brown gave the Steelers a 16-6 lead with only 3: 31 remaining.

Then on third down and one, the Steelers managed to fool the Cowboys.

After Gerry Mullins recovered Dallas ' onside kick attempt, the Steelers then tried to run out the clock on the next drive with four straight running plays, but the Cowboys defense stopped them on fourth down at their 39-yard line, giving Dallas one more chance to win.

At one point, in the episode titled, " All Americans ," Al ( Dean Stockwell ) states that the Steelers were " trailing by three ".

By the age of ten, Gretzky had scored 378 goals and 139 assists in just one season with the Brantford Nadrofsky Steelers.

Hines Ward of the Steelers sent his personal hyperbaric chamber ,( similar to the one pictured ), to his hotel to sleep in believing it would help heal his sprained medial collateral ligament he suffered in their playoff win against the Ravens.

* Theo Young, played one season with NFL's Pittsburgh Steelers and is a college football coach

The belief was that rugby and association football were in competition with Gaelic football and hurling, and that if the GAA allowed these sports to use their ground it might be harmful to Gaelic games, while other sports, not seen as direct competitors with Gaelic football and hurling, were permitted, such as the two games of American football ( one college game between The University of Notre Dame and The United States Naval Academy, and an American Bowl NFL preseason game between the Chicago Bears and the Pittsburgh Steelers ) on the Croke Park pitch during the 1990s.

In the midst of this controversy, several groups of investors have approached Benson with offers to buy the team and keep them in Louisiana, the most publicized group being one led by Fox Sports analyst and former Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Terry Bradshaw, who is a Louisiana native.

** The Pittsburgh Steelers currently have a policy of not retiring numbers, having retired only one number ( 70 ) in their earlier history.

On 4th down, Manning was sacked near his own goal line, and the game seemed to be over as the Steelers were one yard from a touchdown.

Before the merger, the Steelers had long been one of the NFL's worst teams, only posting eight winning seasons, and just one playoff appearance, since their first year of existence in 1933.

The $ 3 million relocation fee that the Steelers received for joining the AFC after the merger helped them rebuild into one that could actually compete with the other " old NFL " teams.

The Illawarra Steelers Rugby League Football Club played in the NSWRL football competition, then the NRL, from 1982 to 1998, and currently forms one half of the St George Illawarra Dragons joint venture.

Only one game drew more fans than could have comfortably been accommodated at Vanderbilt, the year's final game against the Pittsburgh Steelers.

The Purple People Eaters were one of the most identifiable Front Fours in National Football League history, with the " Fearsome Foursome " of the Los Angeles Rams during the 1960s and early 1970s, the " Steel Curtain " of the Pittsburgh Steelers during the 1970s, and the " New York Sack Exchange " of the New York Jets during the 1980s.

Along with fellow Hall of Famer Gale Sayers, Butkus was one of three first round picks for the Bears in 1965 NFL Draft, having used the pick they acquired in a trade with the Pittsburgh Steelers on Butkus and their own pick on Sayers.

But, only one game, the finale against the Pittsburgh Steelers, attracted a larger crowd than could have been accommodated at Vanderbilt.

He was part of the " Fearsome Foursome ", along with Deacon Jones, Merlin Olsen, and Lamar Lundy, often considered one of the best defensive lines in football history, along with the Purple People Eaters of the Minnesota Vikings, the Steel Curtain of the Pittsburgh Steelers, and the Dallas Cowboys ' Doomsday Defense.

After being cut by the Pittsburgh Steelers in 1955, Unitas played one season for the semipro Bloomfield Rams on Dean's Field under the bridge.