XLI: Bam Morris finishes off an eight-play drive with a 1-yard touchdown plunge that cuts the Steelers’ deficit against the Cowboys in Super Bowl XXX to 20-17 midway through the fourth quarter. XLII: With the Steelers trailing the Cowboys 20-10 in Super Bowl XXX, Bill Cowher calls for a surprise onside kick. The gamble pays off, as Pittsburgh recovers and drives for a TD, trimming the #Cowboys lead to 20-17. With just over 11 minutes left in Super Bowl XXX, having just closed the Dallas lead to 10, #Steelers head coach Bill Cowher calls for a "surprise onside" kick. XLIII: Gary Russell finishes off a 69-yard touchdown drive with a 1-yard score to give the Steelers a 10-0 lead against the Cardinals in Super Bowl XLIII. It is one of three catches for Miller on a TD drive that gives the Steelers a double-digit lead that occurs when … XLIV: An improvised play between Ben Roethlisberger and Heath Miller on a third-and-10 results in an 11-yard gain that provides a first down in Cardinals territory in Super Bowl XLIII. XLV: Ben Roethlisberger keeps the ball and barely nudges it across the goal line to give the Steelers a 7-3 lead against the Seahawks in Super Bowl XL. XLVI: Struggling to get the offense untracked in Super Bowl XL, Ben Roethlisberger finds Hines Ward for a 37-yard completion on a third-and-28 in the second quarter that gives the Steelers a first down at the Seahawks 3. Mel Blount intercepts it at the Vikings 1 in the first half of Super Bowl IX, preserving a 2-0 lead. XLVII: Glen Edwards delivers a jarring hit on John Gilliam that sends the ball skyward. THE play of Super Bowl IX, in my view, OTD in 1975: #Steelers safety Glen Edwards rocks Vikings wideout John Gilliam resulting in a Mel Blount interception, preserving a 2-0 #Pittsburgh lead going into halftime. XLVIII: The Steelers strike first in Super Bowl XIII against the Cowboys with Terry Bradshaw finding John Stallworth for a 28-yard touchdown and a 7-0 first-quarter lead. The score cuts the deficit against the Packers to 11 points. XLIX: With the Steelers trailing 21-3 late in the first half of Super Bowl XLV, Ben Roethlisberger completes a 37-yard pass to Antwaan Randle El to ignite a TD drive that ends with an 8-yard TD pass to Hines Ward. L: Franco Harris takes a pitch and scores on a 1-yard touchdown run to give the Steelers a 10-7 lead in the second quarter against the Rams in Super Bowl XIV. LI: Terry Bradshaw and tight end Randy Grossman combine for a 7-yard touchdown that knots the score, 7-7, in the first quarter of Super Bowl X. LII: The Steelers trail for the first time in their Super Bowl history, 7-0, to the Cowboys in Super Bowl X when Lynn Swann makes a leaping catch for 32 yards down the right sideline, deftly keeping his feet in bounds. Randy Grossman’s lone catch of the game is a 7 yd touchdown from Bradshaw on 3rd & 1. LIII: Jeff Reed’s 21-yard field goal, his second of the game, provides the Steelers with a 20-7 lead late in the third quarter of Super Bowl XLIII against the Cardinals, who have shown little signs of life through 45 minutes. This sets up a Shaun Suisham field goal that cuts deficit against the Packers to 14-3. LIV: With the Steelers facing a 14-point deficit in Super Bowl XLV, Ben Roethlisberger breaks off an 18-yard run on third-and-9 to end the first quarter. LV: Trailing 13-0 to the Cowboys in Super Bowl XXX, Yancey Thigpen splits two defenders for a 6-yard touchdown pass from Neil O’Donnell with 17 seconds left in the second quarter to swing momentum briefly toward the Steelers. The Steelers embark on a touchdown drive to regain the lead. LVI: After the Rams take a 7-3 lead in Super Bowl XIV, Larry Anderson returns the kickoff 45 yards to put the ball near midfield. #Steelers DE Dwight White (weakened with pneumonia, no less) downs Minnesota's Fran Tarkenton in the end zone for a 2-0 second quarter #Pittsburgh lead. The first safety in Super Bowl history, Super Bowl IX, 48 years ago today. It gives the Steelers a 2-0 lead in Super Bowl IX and is the first safety in the game’s nine-year history. LVII: The Steelers score their first points in a Super Bowl when Dwight White, fresh out of the hospital after a bout of pneumonia, is credited with a sack when Vikings QB Fran Tarkenton recovers a fumble in his end zone. Here are 57 of them, ranked in order of importance by the Trib’s committee of one. Or it could be an homage to the number of ketchup varieties produced by the food and beverage conglomerate that used to have its name affixed to the Steelers’ home stadium.Įither way, as Super Bowl LVII approaches, it seems like a good time to look at some of the most memorable plays produced in the Steelers’ eight appearances in the championship game. It could be a way to honor the 57th installment of the Super Bowl.
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