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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 ...
Most conference championship games played in [AFC] (15 – all with AFC) – The San Francisco 49ers have most appearances with 16; Most conference championship games hosted [AFC or NFC] (8) Second most division titles won by any team in the history of the NFL (20 – second only to Dallas's 21) (all with AFC Central & North)
The Houston Texans have the fewest games played (12), wins (5), and losses (7) in NFL playoff history. The NFL officially counts and includes the statistical records logged by teams that played in the American Football League (AFL) as part of NFL history. Therefore, these teams' pre-merger win–loss records are
The season marked the 75th anniversary of the Steelers franchise. The Steelers' 2007 schedule included two notable playoff rematches. The Steelers played the New England Patriots December 9 for the first time in the regular season since 2005, when they lost at home on a last-second Adam Vinatieri field goal 23–20. The 34–13 loss was also ...
The loss marked the Steelers worst defeat in franchise history. The following week wasn't much better, losing 41–10 to another division rival, the defending AFC Champion Cincinnati Bengals. However, the Steelers clinched the final playoff spot in the last week in the season with a 9–7 record.
The Steelers won the inaugural game played at Baltimore's M&T Bank Stadium in 1998, 20–13, and three years later the Ravens handed the Steelers their first-ever loss at Heinz Field, 13–10. Later that season ( 2001 ) Pittsburgh won a divisional playoff game 27–10 against Baltimore, who was the defending Super Bowl champion .
The Pittsburgh Steelers are a professional American football team in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The Steelers compete in the National Football League (NFL) as a member of the American Football Conference (AFC) North division. Ben Roethlisberger (2004–2021) started 247 games for the Steelers, the most in franchise history by any player.
In his first season as head coach, Noll led the Steelers to their worst season to date in franchise history [23], finishing with a 1-13 record. [24] This record allowed for the Steelers to hold the first overall pick in the 1970 NFL draft which the team used to select Louisiana Tech quarterback Terry Bradshaw. [25]