the last time pittsburgh steelers won the superbowl was 2008.
the last time pittsburgh steelers won the superbowl was 2008.
when was the last time pittsburgh steelers won the superbowl?
2008
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.
pittsburgh steelers
by losing their first game to the cleveland browns in three years, the steelers fall to 6–5 on the season, 1–2 against division rivals, 2–4 on the road, and 11–3 at cleveland browns stadium. this is only the third time pittsburgh has lost a game in ohio ever since their quarterback ben roethlisberger, an ohio native who was sitting out of the game due to injury, was drafted by them in 2004. also, mike tomlin's record against the browns all-time would drop to 9–2. the browns would eventually become the only division rival whom the steelers would lose to on the road during the season, after winning in cincinnati on sunday night football and before winning in baltimore the next week; the 2000 season was the last time these three events occurred together.
2012 pittsburgh steelers season