Posts with players, coaches, and other topics from the Pittsburgh Steelers for The Football History Dude podcast, covering the history of the NFL.
Today we have Super Bowl XL, which was held on February 5, 2006, at Ford Field in Detroit, Michigan, between the six-time AFC champion Pittsburgh Steelers and the first-time NFC champion Seattle Seahawks. As always, we have a pop quiz, and then homework at the end of the episode. The pop quiz question for today … Read more
Today we have Super Bowl XXXI, which was held on January 26, 1997, at the Louisiana Superdome in New Orleans, between the two-time AFC champion New England Patriots and my favorite team, the eleven-time world champion Green Bay Packers. If you’re looking for the full story of this 1996 season, pick up my Nifty Nineties book and … Read more
Today we have Super Bowl XXX, which was held on January 28, 1996, at Sun Devil Stadium in Tempe, Arizona, between two teams who had won four Super Bowls going into this game: the AFC champion Pittsburgh Steelers and the NFC champion Dallas Cowboys. If you’re looking for the full story of this 1995 season, … Read more
So, Ben Roethlisberger has finally hung up his cleats. We have enjoyed eighteen years of Big Ben and that is a long time for any athlete to compete at the highest level. This is not the first time the Steelers have enjoyed having a quality quarterback and the success it brings. After many years as … Read more
Every pro football fan knows that the Minnesota Vikings went to four Super Bowls during the 1970s. They lost them all. After each, the questions why flourished. You heard excuses such as Their front lines on offense and defense weren’t strong enough. Or their overall team speed wasn’t fast enough or quick enough. Or their … Read more