the last time the steelers played in the super bowl was 2008.
the last time the steelers played in the super bowl was 2008.
when was the last time the steelers played in the super bowl?
2008
after the steelers drafted mike wallace in 2009 and emmanuel sanders and antonio brown in 2010, ward began to have a decline in his receptions. in the 2010 home opener against the falcons, ward caught 6 passes for 108 receiving yards as the steelers won 15-9. in the game against the atlanta falcons, ward became the first player in steelers history to surpass 11,000 receiving yards. he caught 108 yards worth of passes in that game to pass hall of fame steelers receiver john stallworth for the most 100-yard receiving games all-time for the steelers with his 26th. his 6 catches against the falcons gave him 901 for his career, making him only the 12th nfl player of all time to surpass 900 career receptions. on october 24, 2010, he had a season-high 131 receiving yards on 7 receptions and scored a touchdown against the miami dolphins. in week 14 against the bengals, he hauled in a season-high 8 passes for 115-yards. ward's streak of 186 consecutive games with at least one reception came to an end in a 39-26 loss against the new england patriots in week 10 of the 2010 season. a short catch by ward was knocked loose when he was tackled by safeties patrick chung and james sanders, and was knocked out of the rest of the game; the patriots challenged the call, and the pass was ruled incomplete on review, ending the streak. on january 15, 2011, the steelers played the baltimore ravens in the divisional playoffs. ward finished the contest with 3 receptions for 25 yards and a touchdown, as the steelers won 31-24. the next week in the afc championship, he had 2 catches for 14 yards as the steelers beat the new york jets 24-19 to advance to super bowl xlv. on february 6, 2011, ward appeared in his third super bowl with the steelers against the green bay packers. in his first career super bowl loss, he caught 7 passes for 78 receiving yards and a touchdown.
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the cowboys–steelers rivalry started with the cowboys' first game as a franchise in (against the steelers) at the cotton bowl with the steelers coming away with a 35–28 victory. these teams hold a record for the most times (three) that two teams have met in a super bowl. the first two times the favored steelers and cowboys met came with pittsburgh victories in the orange bowl super bowl x 21–17 and super bowl xiii 35–31. the cowboys never won a regular season game in the orange bowl and lost three super bowl games (once to the baltimore colts and twice to the steelers). between the cowboys and steelers, super bowl xiii had the greatest number of future pro football hall of fame players participating, which as of 2010 numbered 20 – 14 players and six coaches/front office, including ernie stautner, defensive coordinator for the cowboys who was a hof defensive tackle for the steelers. the teams featured an all-star matchup at quarterback between the steelers' terry bradshaw and the cowboys' roger staubach, both of whom are in the hall of fame. in , staubach and the cowboys won super bowl xii, their second and last loss of their season being inflicted by bradshaw and the steelers, 28–13 at three rivers stadium in november. in , staubach's final season, the two defending conference champs met again at three rivers, the steelers winning 14–3 en route to winning their fourth super bowl title. the steelers won six of eight meetings during the 1970s and 80s, before the cowboys won all four meetings during the 1990s, including the teams' record third super bowl meeting in 1996, as this time the heavily favored cowboys beat the steelers 27–17. dallas cornerback larry brown intercepted pittsburgh quarterback neil o'donnell twice and was named the game's mvp. the teams' first two meetings of the 21st century ( and ) were won by the steelers, including a come from behind victory december 7, 2008 in pittsburgh, when the steelers drove the length of the field to tie the game 13–13, then cornerback deshea townsend returned an intercepted pass from tony romo for the game's final score, steelers 20, cowboys 13. the cowboys won on december 16, 2012, at cowboys stadium by a 27–24 margin in overtime and won 35-30 at heinz field on november 13, 2016. the all-time series is led by the dallas cowboys, 17–15. the pittsburgh/dallas rivalry served as a backdrop to the 1977 film "black sunday", parts of which were filmed during super bowl x. the teams will next play in the regular season in dallas in 2020.
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