green bay beat pittsburgh steelers in the super bowl.
green bay beat pittsburgh steelers in the super bowl.
who did green bay beat in the super bowl?
pittsburgh steelers
the giants became only the fourth team to win the super bowl without playing a single home game in the preceding playoffs. they joined the green bay packers (who won super bowl i against the kansas city chiefs), the kansas city chiefs (who won super bowl iv against the minnesota vikings) and the pittsburgh steelers (who won super bowl xl against the seattle seahawks) in accomplishing this feat. however, green bay had to win two games, kansas city three, and pittsburgh and the giants, four, in order to accomplish this. since, the green bay packers accomplished it in 2010 by winning three road playoff games en route to their super bowl xlv victory over the pittsburgh steelers. however, the packers accomplished this feat as a sixth seed, while the giants accomplished this as a fifth seed. in addition, green bay beat the top three-seeded teams on the road, while new york defeated the fourth, first, and second seeds on the road.
super bowl xlii
in the postseason, the packers defeated the san francisco 49ers in the divisional round and the carolina panthers in the nfc championship game. green bay beat the new england patriots in super bowl xxxi to win their third super bowl and twelfth nfl championship.
1996 green bay packers season