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The 1974 Pittsburgh Steelers season was the franchise's 42nd in the National Football League (NFL). They improved to a 10–3–1 regular-season record, won the AFC Central division title, sending them to the playoffs for the third consecutive season, and won a Super Bowl championship, the first league title in Steelers' history.
The team posted their best defensive numbers since 1946, and scored more points than any other Steelers team, later surpassed by two points in 2010. In 2007, the 1975 Steelers were ranked as the seventh greatest Super Bowl champions on the NFL Network 's documentary series America's Game: The Super Bowl Champions , with team commentary from ...
The Pittsburgh Steelers all-time roster is split by name into the following two lists: Pittsburgh Steelers all-time roster (A–K)
Super Bowl IX was an American football game played between the American Football Conference (AFC) champion Pittsburgh Steelers and the National Football Conference (NFC) champion Minnesota Vikings to decide the National Football League (NFL) champion for the 1974 season.
Players held a strike from July 1 until August 10, [1] prior to the regular season beginning; [2] only one preseason game (that year's College All-Star Game) was canceled, and the preseason contests were held with all-rookie rosters. The 1974 season was the first played under a major rules reform intended to promote offensive football ...
From 1974 to 1979 the franchise became the first NFL franchise to win four Super Bowl titles in six seasons, a feat which is yet to be matched. In 2005, the Steelers became the first #6 seed to advance to a conference championship game, and go on to win the Super Bowl, since the playoff field was expanded to 12 teams in 1990.
The Steel Curtain included: No. 75 "Mean" Joe Greene – defensive tackle 1969–1981, 4-time Super Bowl champion (IX, X, XIII, XIV), 10-time Pro Bowl selection (1969–1976, 1978, 1979), 2-time NFL Defensive Player of the Year (1972, 1974), NFL 1970s All-Decade Team, Pro Football Hall of Fame, Pittsburgh Steelers All-Time Team, NFL 100 All-Time Team
He won four Super Bowl titles in a six-year period (1974, 1975, 1978, and 1979), becoming the first quarterback to win three and four Super Bowls, and led the Steelers to eight AFC Central championships.