the last time the pittsburgh steelers went to the super bowl was 2008.
the last time the pittsburgh steelers went to the super bowl was 2008.
when was the last time the pittsburgh steelers went to the super bowl?
2008
on january 7, 2007, cowher resigned from coaching the steelers, citing a need to spend more time with his family. he did not use the term "retire", leaving open a possible return to the nfl as coach of another team. a three-man committee consisting of art rooney ii, dan rooney, and kevin colbert was set up to conduct interviews for the head coaching vacancy. the candidates interviewed included: offensive coordinator ken whisenhunt, offensive line coach russ grimm, former offensive coordinator chan gailey, minnesota vikings defensive coordinator mike tomlin, and chicago bears defensive coordinator ron rivera. on january 22, 2007, mike tomlin was announced as cowher's successor as head coach. tomlin is the first african-american to be named head coach of the pittsburgh steelers in its 75-year history. tomlin became the third consecutive steelers head coach to go to the super bowl, equaling the dallas cowboys (tom landry, jimmy johnson and barry switzer) in this achievement. he was named the motorola 2008 coach of the year. on february 1, 2009, tomlin led the steelers to their second super bowl of this decade, and went on to win 27–23 against the arizona cardinals. at age 36, he was the youngest head coach to ever win the super bowl, and he is only the second african-american coach to ever win the super bowl (tony dungy was the first). the 2010 season made tomlin the only coach to reach the super bowl twice before the age of 40. tomlin led the team to his second super bowl (super bowl xlv) on february 6, 2011. however, the steelers were defeated in their eighth super bowl appearance by the green bay packers by the score of 31–25. the steelers recorded their 400th victory in 2012 after defeating the washington redskins.
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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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