Super Bowl XL Super Bowl XL Super Bowl XL was an American football game between the National Football Conference (NFC) champion Seattle Seahawks and the American Football Conference (AFC) champion Pittsburgh Steelers to decide the National Football League (NFL) champion for the 2005 season. The Steelers defeated the Seahawks by the score of 21–10. The game was played on February 5, 2006 at Ford Field in Detroit, Michigan. With the win, the Steelers tied the San Francisco 49ers and the Dallas Cowboys with the then-record five Super Bowls. The Steelers' victory was their first Super Bowl victory since Super Bowl XIV. Pittsburgh, who
American football in the United Kingdom market in 1995, plus three on the free to air BBC – two International Series games and the Super Bowl. The Sky Sports overage for 2015 comprised 103 live games, including Thursday Night Football, Sunday Night Football and "Monday Night Football", plus two or three other daytime Sunday games, as well as the full post-season and the Super Bowl. Other channels which have previously broadcast NFL games in the UK have been ITV, Channel 5, ESPN UK and British Eurosport. American football in the United Kingdom The sport of American football is played in the United Kingdom on both a