American Football Conference - North Division
Pittsburgh Steelers
| Team's name: Pittsburgh Steelers Conference: AFC Division: North  Location: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Nickname: the Black and Gold Mascot: Steely McBeam Team Colours: Black and Gold Joined the League: 1933 General Manager: Dan Rooney Football Head Coach: Mike Tomlin Football Stadium: Heinz Field Current Capacity: 65,050 First Year of Football: 1933 Team Titles: Super Bowl Championships: 1974, 1975, 1978, 1979, 2005 AFC Championships: 1974, 1975, 1978, 1979, 1995, and 2005 Division Championships: AFC Central: 1972, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1983, 1984, 1992, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 2001 AFC North: 2002, 2004, 2007 |
Based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, the Pittsburgh Steelers are members of the North Division of the American Football Conference (AFC) in the National Football League (NFL).
First established as the Pittsburgh Pirates in 1933, the Steelers are the fifth-oldest franchise in the NFL. The Steelers have also outdone all other AFC and National Football Conference (NFC) teams, having hosted 10 conference games, won 7 AFC Championship games, and claimed 6 Super Bowl titles, including Super Bowl XLIII in February of 2009.
In contrast with the team’s more recent history, the Steelers began their first decades as an only mediocre team. In fact, the team would not enter the playoffs until 1947, over ten years after the franchise was first instituted.
By the 1970s, the Steelers began to turn around, particularly after the hiring of head coach Chuck Noll, who had a keen eye for draft selections.The decade was a magical one for the Steelers; the team made the playoffs in eight seasons and won the Super Bowl in four of six years, a feat accomplished by no other team in NFL history.
In the 1980s, however, a rash of injuries and a series of retirements left the Steelers lacking, although the team did make two division championships and three playoffs appearances. In the 1990s, Noll retired and was replaced by Bill Cowher of the Kansas City Chiefs. Cowher led the Steelers to the playoffs in his first six seasons; overall, the team made the playoffs in 10 of his 15 seasons of coaching. However, it wasn’t until 2005 that the Steelers again claimed the Super Bowl.
In 2007, Cowher left the Steelers and was replaced by Mike Tomlin, the former defensive coordinator of the Minnesota Vikings. Tomlin brought the Steelers to a 10-6 regular season that year, and an even better 12-4 record the next. The Steelers earned a playoffs berth in 2008 that eventually pushed them into the Super Bowl championship game against the Arizona Cardinals. The Steelers defeated the Cardinals, 27-23, gaining their sixth Super Bowl title.
Pittsburgh Steelers 2009/10 Schedule
| Preseason Schedule | ||||
| WK | DATE | OPPONENT | TIME (ET) | LOCATION |
| 2 | Thu, Aug 13 | Arizona | 8:00 PM | Heinz Field |
| 3 | Sat, Aug 22 | @ Washington | 7:30 PM | FedEx Field |
| 4 | Sat, Aug 29 | Buffalo | 7:30 PM | Heinz Field |
| 5 | Thu, Sep 3 | @ Carolina | 8:00 PM | Bank of America Stadium |
| Regular Season Schedule | ||||
| WK | DATE | OPPONENT | TIME (ET) | LOCATION |
| 1 | Thu, Sep 10 | Tennessee | 8:30 PM | Heinz Field |
| 2 | Sun, Sep 20 | @ Chicago | 4:15 PM | Soldier Field |
| 3 | Sun, Sep 27 | @ Cincinnati | 4:15 PM | Paul Brown Stadium |
| 4 | Sun, Oct 4 | San Diego | 8:20 PM | Heinz Field |
| 5 | Sun, Oct 11 | @ Detroit | 1:00 PM | Ford Field |
| 6 | Sun, Oct 18 | Cleveland | 1:00 PM | Heinz Field |
| 7 | Sun, Oct 25 | Minnesota | 1:00 PM | Heinz Field |
| 8 | BYE WEEK | |||
| 9 | Mon, Nov 9 | @ Denver | 8:30 PM | Invesco Field at Mile High |
| 10 | Sun, Nov 15 | Cincinnati | 1:00 PM | Heinz Field |
| 11 | Sun, Nov 22 | @ Kansas City | 1:00 PM | Arrowhead Stadium |
| 12 | Sun, Nov 29 | @ Baltimore | 8:20 PM | M&T Bank Stadium |
| 13 | Sun, Dec 6 | Oakland | 1:00 PM | Heinz Field |
| 14 | Thu, Dec 10 | @ Cleveland | 8:20 PM | Cleveland Browns Stadium |
| 15 | Sun, Dec 20 | Green Bay | 1:00 PM | Heinz Field |
| 16 | Sun, Dec 27 | Baltimore | 1:00 PM | Heinz Field |
| 17 | Sun, Jan 3 | @ Miami | 1:00 PM | Dolphin Stadium |
Last Season Statistics (2008/09)
| Team Leaders | |||||||
| PASSING | RUSHING | RECEIVING | DEFENSE | ||||
| Ben Roethlisberger | Willie Parker | Hines Ward | James Farrior | ||||
| ATT | 469 | CAR | 210 | REC | 81 | TOT | 133 |
| COM | 281 | YDS | 791 | YDS | 1043 | SOLO | 87 |
| YDS | 3301 | AVG | 3.8 | AVG | 12.9 | AST | 46 |
| TD | 17 | TD | 5 | TD | 7 | SACK | 4 |
| Team Statistics | ||||
| YARDS | RUSH | PASS | POINTS | |
| OFFENSIVE | 312 | 106 | 206 | 22 |
| OPPONENTS | 237 | 80 | 157 | 14 |
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