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The 1981 Pittsburgh Steelers season was the franchise's 49th in the National Football League.After enduring an injury plagued 9–7 season the previous year and missing the playoffs for the first time since 1971, the Steelers had hoped that the 1980 season was just a small hiatus from contending for championships.
The Pittsburgh Steelers compete in the National Football League (NFL) as a member club of the American Football Conference (AFC) North division. Founded in 1933, the Steelers are the oldest franchise in the AFC; seven franchises in the National Football Conference (NFC) have longer tenures in the NFL. The team struggled to be competitive in its ...
Largest point differential in a season: 211 Steelers (1975 season), 204 Steelers (1979 season), 168 Steelers (1972 season), 161 Steelers (1978 season), 154 Steelers (1979 season) Largest point deficit overcome in a game : 21 ( Baltimore Ravens Oct. 5 1997), 21 ( Buffalo Bills Dec. 15, 1985), 21 ( Chicago Cardinals Oct. 11, 1953), 18 ...
The 1981 NFL season was the 62nd regular season of the National Football ... Pittsburgh Steelers: 8 8 0 .500 3–3 5–7 ... NFL History 1981–1990 Archived October ...
The Packers defeated the Chiefs in the first AFL–NFL World Championship Game (Super Bowl I). The Super Bowl is the annual American football game that determines the champion of the National Football League (NFL). The game culminates a season that begins in the previous calendar year, and is the conclusion of the NFL playoffs.
After posting a 9–31 record in the first 40 games of the series between the two cities, the Steelers have gone 66–27–1 (including 42–6 in games played in Pittsburgh) since 1970 and currently lead the series 75–58–1; [108] The Steelers have particularly dominated the Browns since their return to the NFL in 1999 and won twelve ...
Beginning in the 1970 NFL season, the National Football League began scheduling a weekly regular season game on Monday night before a national television audience. From 1970 to 2005, the ABC television network carried these games, with the ESPN cable television network taking over beginning in September 2006.
The Steelers completed the 2004 regular season with the best record in the NFL at 15–1, which is also their best 16-game season. After 2003's failed attempt to focus on the passing game, the 2004 team returned to the typical Steelers formula, a run-heavy offense (61/39 run-pass ratio) and a strong defense.