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For the first time since 1984, the Steelers played on the road in the AFC Championship Game [citation needed], but it hardly mattered as they forced four turnovers and went into halftime with a 24–3 lead en route to advancing to their sixth Super Bowl appearance in team history. In doing so, Pittsburgh became the first #6 playoff seed (since ...
The 2005 Pittsburgh Steelers season was the franchise's 73rd season as a professional sports franchise and as a member of the National Football League (NFL). It was the 6th season under the leadership of general manager Kevin Colbert and the 14th under head coach Bill Cowher .
The Steelers, buoyed by the momentum of pulling off one of the biggest upsets in NFL history, went to Denver to defeat the Broncos 34–17, giving head coach Bill Cowher his first win in the AFC Championship Game on the road and his only decisive win in the games, having previously played the game at home five times (1994, 1995, 1997, 2001, and ...
The redesigned Lamar Hunt Trophy, awarded since 2010–11 season. The structure of the NFL playoffs has changed several times since 1970. At the end of each regular season, the top teams in the AFC qualify for the postseason, including all division champions (three division winners from the 1970–71 to 2001–02 seasons; four since the 2002–03 season) and a set number of "wild card" teams ...
Lost AFC Championship 27–41 Bill Cowher Ben Roethlisberger 2005: 2005: NFL: AFC: North 2nd 11 5 0 .688 Won Wild Card Playoffs (at Bengals) 31–17 Won Divisional Playoffs (at Colts) 21–18 Won AFC Championship (at Broncos) 34–17 Won Super Bowl XL (5) (vs. Seahawks) 21–10 Hines Ward 2006: 2006: NFL AFC North 3rd 8 8 0 .500 2007: 2007
Another eight-year wait took place before the two teams faced each other in the playoffs. In the 2005 AFC Championship Game, the sixth-seeded Steelers (11–5) were underdogs against the 13–3 Broncos, who had defeated the rival and two-time defending champion New England Patriots in the Divisional Round. However, the Steelers dominated the ...
The Steelers finished 12–2, best in the AFC. In the playoffs, Pittsburgh defeated the Baltimore Colts 28–10 in the first round, and survived a late scare from the Oakland Raiders (and a concussion by Swann) to win 16–10 in the AFC Championship. The Steelers made their second straight Super Bowl, this one against the Dallas Cowboys in
Later that season, the Steelers lost to the eventual Super Bowl champion Patriots in the AFC Championship game after a 15–1 regular season. The Patriots won six of seven meetings over a ten-year period ( 1998 – 2007 ) before the Steelers broke through with a 33–10 victory at Foxborough in 2008 , after Matt Cassel turned the ball over five ...