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| Before the Steelers 70's dynasty was formed the Steelers hit bottom of the 1969 season by winning the first game and losing it's next 13 games. The team did recieve the 1st overall pick in the 1970 draft and choose Quaterback Terry Bradshaw. |
| Quarterback Tommy Maddox passed for 3,414 yards in the 2003 season. It was the second highest single season total in club history. Terry Bradshaw holds the record with 3,724 yards in the 1979 season. |
| The Steelers record for wins in the regular season is 15 set in 2004. |
| The Steelers wide reciever duo of Hines Ward and Plaxico Burress hold the record of most catches in one year by two Steelers with 190 set in the 2002 season. | |||||||||||||||||
| Running Back Jerome Bettis and CB Rod Woodson are the only Steelers to be named team MVP 3 times. |
| No Steeler has ever led the NFL in a pass recieving category. |
| The Steelers were the first NFL team to win 4 Super Bowl titles. |
| The Steelers failed to make one first down in a game against the Boston Redskins on October 29, 1933 (This is one of five times in NFL History this has happened). The Steelers still managed to win the game 16-14 | |||||||||||||
| In 1946 the Steelers, Bill Dudley, led the NFL in an offensive category(rushing) a defensive category (interceptions) and a special teams category (punt returns). Only one other NFL player, Sammy Baugh, had ever accomplished such a triple crown in NFL history. |
| Steeler quarterbacks, Terry Bradshaw and Tommy Maddox, were not only born in the same town of Shreveport, LA but also share the same birthday of September 2nd. |
| The Steelers beat the Washington Redskins 24-3 in the last game ever played at Three Rivers Stadium on December 16, 2000. |
| The Steelers began play in 1933 as the Pittsburgh Pirates and played its games at Forbes Field, they became the Steelers in 1940. | |||||||||
| As of the 2004 season Running Back, Jerome Bettis, rushed for over 1,000 yards 8 times in 12 NFL Seasons. |
| The 1979 Steelers were the only Steeler team to lead the NFL in Scoring with 416 points. |
| Unsung hero of Super Bowl XIV, Defensive Back, Larry Anderson returned 5 kickoffs for 162 yards, which was a Super Bowl record at the time. Anderson gave the Steelers excellent field position during the game. |
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