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class="vector-toc-link" href="#Practice_venues"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">1.5</span> <span>Practice venues</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Practice_venues-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Seahawks" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Seahawks"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">1.5.1</span> <span>Seahawks</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Seahawks-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Steelers" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Steelers"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">1.5.2</span> <span>Steelers</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Steelers-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Promotion" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Promotion"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span 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href="https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Super_Bowl_XL" title="Super Bowl XL – Danish" lang="da" hreflang="da" data-title="Super Bowl XL" data-language-autonym="Dansk" data-language-local-name="Danish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Dansk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Super_Bowl_XL" title="Super Bowl XL – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Super Bowl XL" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Super_Bowl_XL" title="Super Bowl XL – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Super Bowl XL" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Super_Bowl_XL" title="Super Bowl XL – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Super Bowl XL" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hr mw-list-item"><a href="https://hr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Super_Bowl_XL" title="Super Bowl XL – Croatian" lang="hr" hreflang="hr" data-title="Super Bowl XL" data-language-autonym="Hrvatski" data-language-local-name="Croatian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Hrvatski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-is mw-list-item"><a href="https://is.wikipedia.org/wiki/Super_Bowl_XL" title="Super Bowl XL – Icelandic" lang="is" hreflang="is" data-title="Super Bowl XL" data-language-autonym="Íslenska" data-language-local-name="Icelandic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Íslenska</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Super_Bowl_XL" title="Super Bowl XL – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Super Bowl XL" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hu mw-list-item"><a href="https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Super_Bowl_XL" title="Super Bowl XL – Hungarian" lang="hu" hreflang="hu" data-title="Super Bowl XL" data-language-autonym="Magyar" data-language-local-name="Hungarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Magyar</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Super_Bowl_XL" title="Super Bowl XL – Dutch" lang="nl" hreflang="nl" data-title="Super Bowl XL" data-language-autonym="Nederlands" data-language-local-name="Dutch" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nederlands</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ja mw-list-item"><a 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class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ru mw-list-item"><a href="https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A1%D1%83%D0%BF%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%B1%D0%BE%D1%83%D0%BB_XL" title="Супербоул XL – Russian" lang="ru" hreflang="ru" data-title="Супербоул XL" data-language-autonym="Русский" data-language-local-name="Russian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Русский</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-simple mw-list-item"><a href="https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Super_Bowl_XL" title="Super Bowl XL – Simple English" lang="en-simple" hreflang="en-simple" data-title="Super Bowl XL" data-language-autonym="Simple English" data-language-local-name="Simple English" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Simple English</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fi mw-list-item"><a href="https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Super_Bowl_XL" title="Super Bowl XL – Finnish" lang="fi" hreflang="fi" data-title="Super Bowl XL" data-language-autonym="Suomi" data-language-local-name="Finnish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Suomi</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sv mw-list-item"><a href="https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Super_Bowl_XL" title="Super Bowl XL – Swedish" lang="sv" hreflang="sv" data-title="Super Bowl XL" data-language-autonym="Svenska" data-language-local-name="Swedish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Svenska</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-th mw-list-item"><a href="https://th.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B8%8B%E0%B8%B9%E0%B9%80%E0%B8%9B%E0%B8%AD%E0%B8%A3%E0%B9%8C%E0%B9%82%E0%B8%9A%E0%B8%A7%E0%B8%A5%E0%B9%8C%E0%B8%84%E0%B8%A3%E0%B8%B1%E0%B9%89%E0%B8%87%E0%B8%97%E0%B8%B5%E0%B9%88_40" title="ซูเปอร์โบวล์ครั้งที่ 40 – Thai" lang="th" hreflang="th" data-title="ซูเปอร์โบวล์ครั้งที่ 40" data-language-autonym="ไทย" data-language-local-name="Thai" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ไทย</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-zh mw-list-item"><a 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25px; vertical-align: bottom"><abbr title="Third quarter">3</abbr></th><th style="text-align:center; width: 25px; vertical-align: bottom"><abbr title="Fourth quarter">4</abbr></th> <th style="text-align:center; width: 25px; vertical-align: bottom">Total</th> </tr><tr> <td style="text-align:right; white-space: nowrap"><b>SEA</b></td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#efefef">3</td><td style="text-align:center; background:#efefef">0</td><td style="text-align:center; background:#efefef">7</td><td style="text-align:center; background:#efefef">0</td> <td style="text-align:center; font-weight: bold">10</td> </tr><tr> <td style="text-align:right; white-space: nowrap"><b>PIT</b></td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#efefef">0</td><td style="text-align:center; background:#efefef">7</td><td style="text-align:center; background:#efefef">7</td><td style="text-align:center; background:#efefef">7</td> <td style="text-align:center; font-weight: bold">21</td> 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broadcasters">Network</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/NFL_on_ABC" title="NFL on ABC">ABC</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Announcers</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Al_Michaels" title="Al Michaels">Al Michaels</a>, <a href="/wiki/John_Madden" title="John Madden">John Madden</a>, <a href="/wiki/Michele_Tafoya" title="Michele Tafoya">Michele Tafoya</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Suzy_Kolber" title="Suzy Kolber">Suzy Kolber</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Nielsen_ratings" class="mw-redirect" title="Nielsen ratings">Nielsen ratings</a></th><td class="infobox-data">41.6 (national)<br /> 55 (Seattle)<br /> 57.1 (Pittsburgh)<br /><small>U.S. viewership: 90.7 million est. avg.,<br /> 141.4 million est. total</small><sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Market share</th><td class="infobox-data">62 (national)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Cost of 30-second commercial</th><td class="infobox-data">$2.5 million</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Radio in the United States</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/List_of_Super_Bowl_broadcasters#Radio" title="List of Super Bowl broadcasters">Network</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/NFL_on_Westwood_One_Sports" title="NFL on Westwood One Sports">Westwood One</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Announcers</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Marv_Albert" title="Marv Albert">Marv Albert</a>, <a href="/wiki/Boomer_Esiason" title="Boomer Esiason">Boomer Esiason</a>, <a href="/wiki/John_Dockery" title="John Dockery">John Dockery</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Bonnie_Bernstein" title="Bonnie Bernstein">Bonnie Bernstein</a></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-below noprint plainlist"><ul> <li class="nav">← <a href="/wiki/Super_Bowl_XXXIX" title="Super Bowl XXXIX">XXXIX</a> </li><li class="main-title"><a href="/wiki/Super_Bowl" title="Super Bowl">Super Bowl</a> </li><li class="nav"><a href="/wiki/Super_Bowl_XLI" title="Super Bowl XLI">XLI</a> → </li></ul></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Super Bowl XL</b> was an <a href="/wiki/American_football" title="American football">American football</a> game between the <a href="/wiki/National_Football_Conference" title="National Football Conference">National Football Conference</a> (NFC) champion <a href="/wiki/2005_Seattle_Seahawks_season" title="2005 Seattle Seahawks season">Seattle Seahawks</a> and the <a href="/wiki/American_Football_Conference" title="American Football Conference">American Football Conference</a> (AFC) champion <a href="/wiki/2005_Pittsburgh_Steelers_season" title="2005 Pittsburgh Steelers season">Pittsburgh Steelers</a> to decide the <a href="/wiki/National_Football_League" title="National Football League">National Football League</a> (NFL) champion for the <a href="/wiki/2005_NFL_season" title="2005 NFL season">2005 season</a>. The Steelers defeated the Seahawks by the score of 21–10. The game was played on February 5, 2006, at <a href="/wiki/Ford_Field" title="Ford Field">Ford Field</a> in <a href="/wiki/Detroit" title="Detroit">Detroit, Michigan</a>. It is the most recent Super Bowl broadcast on <a href="/wiki/American_Broadcasting_Company" title="American Broadcasting Company">ABC</a> who lost the rights to broadcast Super Bowl games in the next NFL television contract (though under a new contract the network is scheduled to broadcast <a href="/wiki/Super_Bowl_LXI" title="Super Bowl LXI">Super Bowl LXI</a>) and the first where all aspects of the game itself were aired in HD.<sup id="cite_ref-broadcastingcable_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-broadcastingcable-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This was the last of 10 straight Super Bowls to feature a team seeking its first win. </p><p>With the win, the Steelers tied the <a href="/wiki/San_Francisco_49ers" title="San Francisco 49ers">San Francisco 49ers</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Dallas_Cowboys" title="Dallas Cowboys">Dallas Cowboys</a> with the then-record five <a href="/wiki/Super_Bowl" title="Super Bowl">Super Bowl victories</a> (a record the Steelers themselves would break <a href="/wiki/Super_Bowl_XLIII" title="Super Bowl XLIII">three years later</a>). The Steelers' victory was their first Super Bowl victory since <a href="/wiki/Super_Bowl_XIV" title="Super Bowl XIV">Super Bowl XIV</a>. Pittsburgh, who finished the regular season with an 11–5 record, also became the fourth <a href="/wiki/Wild_card_(sports)" title="Wild card (sports)">wild card</a> team, the third in nine years, and the first ever number 6 seed in the <a href="/wiki/National_Football_League_playoffs" class="mw-redirect" title="National Football League playoffs">NFL playoffs</a>, to win a Super Bowl. The Seahawks, on the other hand, in their 30th season, were making their first ever Super Bowl appearance after posting an NFC-best 13–3 regular season record. </p><p>Pittsburgh capitalized on two big plays that were converted into touchdowns. The Steelers jumped to a 14–3 lead early in the third quarter with running back <a href="/wiki/Willie_Parker" title="Willie Parker">Willie Parker</a>'s Super Bowl record 75-yard touchdown run. Seahawks defensive back <a href="/wiki/Kelly_Herndon" title="Kelly Herndon">Kelly Herndon</a>'s then-Super Bowl record 76-yard interception return set up a Seattle touchdown to cut the lead 14–10. But Pittsburgh responded with <a href="/wiki/Antwaan_Randle_El" title="Antwaan Randle El">Antwaan Randle El</a>'s 43-yard touchdown pass to <a href="/wiki/Hines_Ward" title="Hines Ward">Hines Ward</a>, the first time a wide receiver threw a touchdown pass in a Super Bowl, to clinch the game in the fourth quarter. Ward, who caught 5 passes for 123 yards and a touchdown, while also rushing for 18 yards, was named <a href="/wiki/Super_Bowl_MVP" class="mw-redirect" title="Super Bowl MVP">Super Bowl MVP</a>. </p><p>The <a href="#Reaction_to_officiating">officiating in Super Bowl XL</a> was met with criticism from members of the media soon after the game, leading <a href="/wiki/NFL_Films" title="NFL Films">NFL Films</a> to rank it as one of the top ten controversial calls of all time.<sup id="cite_ref-NFL_Top_10_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NFL_Top_10-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Background">Background</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Super_Bowl_XL&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Background"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Host_selection_process">Host selection process</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Super_Bowl_XL&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Host selection process"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Ford_Field_Super_Bowl_XL_night.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5b/Ford_Field_Super_Bowl_XL_night.jpg/220px-Ford_Field_Super_Bowl_XL_night.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5b/Ford_Field_Super_Bowl_XL_night.jpg/330px-Ford_Field_Super_Bowl_XL_night.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5b/Ford_Field_Super_Bowl_XL_night.jpg/440px-Ford_Field_Super_Bowl_XL_night.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2592" data-file-height="1944" /></a><figcaption>Looking toward the stadium on the night of the Super Bowl</figcaption></figure> <p>NFL owners voted to award Super Bowl XL to <a href="/wiki/Detroit" title="Detroit">Detroit</a> during their November 1, 2000, meeting held in <a href="/wiki/Atlanta" title="Atlanta">Atlanta</a>. It marked the second Super Bowl held in the Detroit area, the first was <a href="/wiki/Super_Bowl_XVI" title="Super Bowl XVI">XVI</a> played at the <a href="/wiki/Pontiac_Silverdome" title="Pontiac Silverdome">Pontiac Silverdome</a> in the <a href="/wiki/Metro_Detroit" title="Metro Detroit">Detroit</a> suburb of <a href="/wiki/Pontiac,_Michigan" title="Pontiac, Michigan">Pontiac</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-DFP03-14-1979pg1_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-DFP03-14-1979pg1-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-DFP03-14-1979pg7_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-DFP03-14-1979pg7-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Three Super Bowls host sites were selected during the meeting, <a href="/wiki/Super_Bowl_XXXVIII" title="Super Bowl XXXVIII">XXXVIII</a>, <a href="/wiki/Super_Bowl_XXXIX" title="Super Bowl XXXIX">XXXIX</a>, and XL. However, XXXIX was the only one of the three that involved a competitive voting process. The vote for XL was mostly a formality, as Detroit had been tentatively preselected for the game, as a reward for constructing a new stadium. The host duties, however, were contingent on satisfying a series of basic requirements. No other cities were considered for XL. </p><p>On August 20, 1996, the <a href="/wiki/Detroit_Lions" title="Detroit Lions">Lions</a> announced their intentions to build a <a href="/wiki/Ford_Field" title="Ford Field">new stadium</a> in downtown Detroit.<sup id="cite_ref-dfp08-21-96pg1_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-dfp08-21-96pg1-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-dfp08-21-96pg9_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-dfp08-21-96pg9-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> NFL commissioner <a href="/wiki/Paul_Tagliabue" title="Paul Tagliabue">Paul Tagliabue</a> helped lobby support for the project, announcing that the city of Detroit was positioned to host a Super Bowl if the stadium plans were to go forward.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Despite some early mixed polls,<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> on November 5, 1996, voters approved a tax referendum to fund the stadium construction in a <a href="/wiki/Landslide_victory" title="Landslide victory">landslide</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Groundbreaking occurred three years later on November 16, 1999.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> With stadium construction underway, the NFL reaffirmed their commitment to awarding the facility a Super Bowl.<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> By that time, host cities had been awarded, or tentatively assigned, through XXXVIII. With stiff competition from <a href="/wiki/Miami" title="Miami">Miami</a>, <a href="/wiki/Jacksonville,_Florida" title="Jacksonville, Florida">Jacksonville</a>, and possibly <a href="/wiki/Atlanta" title="Atlanta">Atlanta</a> for XXXIX,<sup id="cite_ref-dfp032900pg1_18-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-dfp032900pg1-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-dfp032900pg3_19-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-dfp032900pg3-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Detroit set their sights on XL (February 2006). That more than satisfied the NFL's rule that required new stadiums to wait until at least their second year of operation before hosting a Super Bowl, in order to iron out any logistical issues or construction delays. </p><p>The Detroit host committee made their initial presentation on March 29, 2000, at the NFL owners meeting in <a href="/wiki/Palm_Beach,_Florida" title="Palm Beach, Florida">Palm Beach</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-dfp032900pg1_18-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-dfp032900pg1-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-dfp032900pg3_19-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-dfp032900pg3-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> No other cities submitted bids for XL. The presentation was met with positive reviews.<sup id="cite_ref-dfp032900pg1_18-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-dfp032900pg1-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-dfp032900pg3_19-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-dfp032900pg3-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> However, they had yet to secure the required number of hotel rooms, had not yet booked the venues needed for various ancillary events, and would need to install temporary seating at still-under construction <a href="/wiki/Ford_Field" title="Ford Field">Ford Field</a> in order to meet minimum capacity. In addition, the Detroit area's previous Super Bowl (<a href="/wiki/Super_Bowl_XVI" title="Super Bowl XVI">XVI</a>), while praised for its hospitality, suffered from extreme frigid temperatures and traffic jams.<sup id="cite_ref-dfp032900pg1_18-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-dfp032900pg1-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-dfp032900pg3_19-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-dfp032900pg3-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Complicating the situation was the possibility of needing to utilize three casino hotels in order to achieve the required number of hotel rooms.<sup id="cite_ref-detnews04022000pg32_20-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-detnews04022000pg32-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> At the time, the NFL strongly avoided any associations with <a href="/wiki/Gambling" title="Gambling">gambling</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> however, <a href="/wiki/Paul_Tagliabue" title="Paul Tagliabue">Paul Tagliabue</a> seemed willing to overlook that concern.<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The city was also saddled with a longstanding reputation of <a href="/wiki/History_of_Detroit#Decline_of_Detroit" title="History of Detroit">decline</a>, urban decay, and <a href="/wiki/Crime_in_Detroit" title="Crime in Detroit">crime</a> – an image the city was eagerly trying to shed.<sup id="cite_ref-dff110100pg1_23-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-dff110100pg1-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-dff110100pg7_24-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-dff110100pg7-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Auto racing legend and business magnate <a href="/wiki/Roger_Penske" title="Roger Penske">Roger Penske</a> was hired to serve as chairman of the host committee,<sup id="cite_ref-detnews04022000pg32_20-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-detnews04022000pg32-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and he made an aggressive push over the summer of 2000 to firm up Detroit's bid.<sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> With doubts still hovering over Detroit's chances,<sup id="cite_ref-dfp91600pg11_27-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-dfp91600pg11-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-dfp91600pg17_28-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-dfp91600pg17-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Penske, <a href="/wiki/List_of_mayors_of_Detroit" title="List of mayors of Detroit">mayor</a> <a href="/wiki/Dennis_Archer" title="Dennis Archer">Dennis Archer</a>, and other key members of the committee held a private meeting with the NFL owners advisory committee on September 27 to make a follow-up pitch.<sup id="cite_ref-dfp91600pg17_28-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-dfp91600pg17-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The league set a deadline of October 11 for the final bid package submittal,<sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> or they were likely to re-open the bidding. A last-minute push resolved all of the remaining hurdles.<sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On November 1, the host committee made their final presentation at the owners' meeting <a href="/wiki/Atlanta" title="Atlanta">Atlanta</a>, and Detroit was overwhelmingly approved as the host for Super Bowl XL.<sup id="cite_ref-dff11022000pg1_32-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-dff11022000pg1-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-dff11022000pg6a_33-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-dff11022000pg6a-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-dff11022000pg6b_34-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-dff11022000pg6b-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Jerry_Jones" title="Jerry Jones">Jerry Jones</a> called it "outstanding...one of the best presentations that I've ever seen." <a href="/wiki/Wayne_Huizenga" title="Wayne Huizenga">Wayne Huizenga</a> characterized it as a "slam-dunk", and <a href="/wiki/Bud_Adams" title="Bud Adams">Bud Adams</a> said Detroit "deserves a Super Bowl."<sup id="cite_ref-dff11022000pg6a_33-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-dff11022000pg6a-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Houston" title="Houston">Houston</a> was awarded <a href="/wiki/Super_Bowl_XXXVIII" title="Super Bowl XXXVIII">XXXVIII</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Jacksonville,_Florida" title="Jacksonville, Florida">Jacksonville</a> won the vote for <a href="/wiki/Super_Bowl_XXXIX" title="Super Bowl XXXIX">XXXIX</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-35" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>This would be the first Super Bowl played on the newer <a href="/wiki/FieldTurf" title="FieldTurf">FieldTurf</a> surface; each of the previous Super Bowls had been played either on natural grass or on the first-generation <a href="/wiki/AstroTurf" title="AstroTurf">AstroTurf</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Teams">Teams</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Super_Bowl_XL&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Teams"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Seattle_Seahawks">Seattle Seahawks</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Super_Bowl_XL&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Seattle Seahawks"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/2005_Seattle_Seahawks_season" title="2005 Seattle Seahawks season">2005 Seattle Seahawks season</a></div> <p>The Seahawks entered Super Bowl XL after finishing the regular season with an NFC-best 13–3 record.<sup id="cite_ref-36" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> After a rocky 2–2 start, they won 11 consecutive games before losing to the <a href="/wiki/2005_Green_Bay_Packers_season" title="2005 Green Bay Packers season">Green Bay Packers</a> to finish the season.<sup id="cite_ref-37" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The 13–3 record and 11-game winning streak set new team records. </p><p>This was Seattle's first Super Bowl appearance in the team's 30-year history. The Seahawks had been mediocre for much of the 1990s, recording eight consecutive non-winning seasons from <a href="/wiki/1991_Seattle_Seahawks_season" title="1991 Seattle Seahawks season">1991</a> through <a href="/wiki/1998_Seattle_Seahawks_season" title="1998 Seattle Seahawks season">1998</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-38" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The team hit a low point in <a href="/wiki/1996_Seattle_Seahawks_season" title="1996 Seattle Seahawks season">1996</a>, when then-owner <a href="/wiki/Ken_Behring" title="Ken Behring">Ken Behring</a> announced his intention to move the team to the Los Angeles area. The team's fortunes began to turn in <a href="/wiki/1997_Seattle_Seahawks_season" title="1997 Seattle Seahawks season">1997</a>, when <a href="/wiki/Microsoft" title="Microsoft">Microsoft</a> co-founder <a href="/wiki/Paul_Allen" title="Paul Allen">Paul Allen</a> bought the team and brokered a deal to build a new football stadium, <a href="/wiki/Qwest_Field" class="mw-redirect" title="Qwest Field">Qwest Field</a> (now Lumen Field), to replace the aging <a href="/wiki/Kingdome" title="Kingdome">Kingdome</a>. <a href="/wiki/Mike_Holmgren" title="Mike Holmgren">Mike Holmgren</a>, who had led the <a href="/wiki/Green_Bay_Packers" title="Green Bay Packers">Green Bay Packers</a> to Super Bowls <a href="/wiki/Super_Bowl_XXXI" title="Super Bowl XXXI">XXXI</a> and <a href="/wiki/Super_Bowl_XXXII" title="Super Bowl XXXII">XXXII</a>, became head coach in 1999. He became the fifth coach to take two franchises to the Super Bowl.<sup id="cite_ref-39" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Joe_Jurevicius" title="Joe Jurevicius">Joe Jurevicius</a> became the sixth player to play in a Super Bowl with three teams, having previously played in Super Bowl XXXV with the Giants and in Super Bowl XXXVII with the Buccaneers. </p><p>Behind running back <a href="/wiki/Shaun_Alexander" title="Shaun Alexander">Shaun Alexander</a>, Seattle finished the 2005 season as the league's top offense, scoring 452 points. Meanwhile, quarterback <a href="/wiki/Matt_Hasselbeck" title="Matt Hasselbeck">Matt Hasselbeck</a> completed 65.5 percent of his passes for 3,455 yards 24 touchdowns and nine interceptions, and added 124 yards and one touchdown on the ground. Alexander, who had scored at least 16 touchdowns in each of the previous four seasons, had the best campaign of his career, leading the league with 1,880 rushing yards and scoring an NFL-record 28 touchdowns, for which he was rewarded with the <a href="/wiki/NFL_Most_Valuable_Player_Award" class="mw-redirect" title="NFL Most Valuable Player Award">NFL Most Valuable Player Award</a>. Although the Seahawks suffered injuries to starting wide receivers <a href="/wiki/Darrell_Jackson" title="Darrell Jackson">Darrell Jackson</a> and <a href="/wiki/Bobby_Engram" title="Bobby Engram">Bobby Engram</a> throughout the season, the passing game proved potent, as Engram managed for 778 receiving yards. <a href="/wiki/Joe_Jurevicius" title="Joe Jurevicius">Joe Jurevicius</a>, a backup when the season began, started eleven games and had for 694 receiving yards and 10 touchdowns; tight end <a href="/wiki/Jerramy_Stevens" title="Jerramy Stevens">Jerramy Stevens</a> also emerged as a Hasselbeck target with 554 receiving yards and five touchdowns. Hasselbeck was protected and Alexander was given time to run by a stout offensive line, led by Pro Bowl offensive tackle <a href="/wiki/Walter_Jones_(American_football)" title="Walter Jones (American football)">Walter Jones</a>, guard <a href="/wiki/Steve_Hutchinson_(American_football)" title="Steve Hutchinson (American football)">Steve Hutchinson</a>, and center <a href="/wiki/Robbie_Tobeck" title="Robbie Tobeck">Robbie Tobeck</a>, and by Pro Bowl fullback <a href="/wiki/Mack_Strong" title="Mack Strong">Mack Strong</a>. </p><p>Though rookie middle linebacker <a href="/wiki/Lofa_Tatupu" title="Lofa Tatupu">Lofa Tatupu</a> was the Seahawks' only defensive Pro Bowl selection, the Seahawks' defense recorded 50 quarterback sacks, leading the NFL in that category; <a href="/wiki/Defensive_end" title="Defensive end">defensive end</a> <a href="/wiki/Bryce_Fisher" title="Bryce Fisher">Bryce Fisher</a> led the Seahawks with 9 sacks, while <a href="/wiki/Defensive_tackle" title="Defensive tackle">defensive tackle</a> <a href="/wiki/Rocky_Bernard" title="Rocky Bernard">Rocky Bernard</a> added 8.5 and veteran defensive end <a href="/wiki/Grant_Wistrom" title="Grant Wistrom">Grant Wistrom</a> recorded 4. Despite starting two rookies at linebacker for most of the year, the Seattle linebacking corps played well, led by Tatupu, who topped the team with 104 tackles and added 4 sacks, three interceptions, and one fumble recovery. From his strong safety position, <a href="/wiki/Michael_Boulware" title="Michael Boulware">Michael Boulware</a> led the team with four interceptions and also tallied 2 sacks and one fumble recovery. The Seattle secondary suffered injuries throughout the year, notably to free safety <a href="/wiki/Ken_Hamlin" title="Ken Hamlin">Ken Hamlin</a>; second-year <a href="/wiki/Cornerback" title="Cornerback">cornerback</a> <a href="/wiki/Jordan_Babineaux" title="Jordan Babineaux">Jordan Babineaux</a> played well as he appeared in all 16 games for Seattle, intercepting three passes and making 61 tackles. For the year, the defense surrendered just 271 points, 181 fewer than the Seahawks offense scored. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Pittsburgh_Steelers">Pittsburgh Steelers</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Super_Bowl_XL&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Pittsburgh Steelers"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/2005_Pittsburgh_Steelers_season" title="2005 Pittsburgh Steelers season">2005 Pittsburgh Steelers season</a></div> <p>After a 7–5 start, the Steelers won their final four games to qualify for the playoffs with an 11–5 record.<sup id="cite_ref-40" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> They also became the first team ever to defeat the top three <a href="/wiki/Single-elimination_tournament#Seeding" title="Single-elimination tournament">seeded teams</a> on the road in the playoffs (#3 Cincinnati, #1 Indianapolis and #2 Denver). In addition, the team became the first sixth-seeded team to reach both a conference championship game and the Super Bowl since the NFL expanded to a 12-team playoff format in <a href="/wiki/1990_NFL_season" title="1990 NFL season">1990</a>. </p><p>Under <a href="/wiki/Bill_Cowher" title="Bill Cowher">Bill Cowher</a>'s reign as head coach since <a href="/wiki/1992_Pittsburgh_Steelers_season" title="1992 Pittsburgh Steelers season">1992</a>, the Steelers had been one of the top teams in the NFL, making the playoffs in 10 out of his 14 seasons, advancing to the <a href="/wiki/AFC_Championship_Game" title="AFC Championship Game">AFC Championship Game</a> six times, and making an appearance in <a href="/wiki/Super_Bowl_XXX" title="Super Bowl XXX">Super Bowl XXX</a>, losing to the <a href="/wiki/1995_Dallas_Cowboys_season" title="1995 Dallas Cowboys season">Dallas Cowboys</a> 27–17.<sup id="cite_ref-41" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-42" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> After having finished the <a href="/wiki/2003_NFL_season" title="2003 NFL season">2003 season</a> with a 6–10 record and after splitting its first two games to open <a href="/wiki/2004_NFL_season" title="2004 NFL season">2004</a>, Pittsburgh lost starting <a href="/wiki/Quarterback" title="Quarterback">quarterback</a> <a href="/wiki/Tommy_Maddox" title="Tommy Maddox">Tommy Maddox</a> to injury. Maddox was replaced by rookie quarterback <a href="/wiki/Ben_Roethlisberger" title="Ben Roethlisberger">Ben Roethlisberger</a>, who was drafted with the 11th pick in the <a href="/wiki/2004_NFL_draft" title="2004 NFL draft">2004 NFL draft</a> but was not expected to play during his rookie season. Nevertheless, Roethlisberger led the Steelers to victory in all of the team's 14 remaining regular season games, giving Pittsburgh a 15–1 record and making the Steelers the first AFC team ever to win 15 games. However, the Steelers lost to eventual Super Bowl champion <a href="/wiki/2004_New_England_Patriots_season" title="2004 New England Patriots season">New England Patriots</a> in the AFC Championship Game. </p><p>Pittsburgh began the 2005 season by winning seven of its first nine games, but suffered a major setback when both Roethlisberger and his backup, <a href="/wiki/Charlie_Batch" title="Charlie Batch">Charlie Batch</a>, went down with injuries. With Maddox back as the starter, the team was defeated by <a href="/wiki/2005_Baltimore_Ravens_season" title="2005 Baltimore Ravens season">Baltimore</a> and dropped two more games after Roethlisberger's return, falling to then-undefeated Indianapolis, and division rival <a href="/wiki/2005_Cincinnati_Bengals_season" title="2005 Cincinnati Bengals season">Cincinnati</a>. The postseason hopes of the Steelers were in peril, but the team recovered to win its final four regular season games and to claim the 6-seed in the AFC playoffs. </p><p>Roethlisberger was efficient in his 12 regular season games, throwing for 2,385 yards and seventeen touchdowns with nine interceptions, while adding three rushing touchdowns.<sup id="cite_ref-43" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-43"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>43<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Steelers' main receiving threat was <a href="/wiki/Wide_receiver" title="Wide receiver">wide receiver</a> Hines Ward, who led the team with 975 receiving yards and 11 touchdowns. On the other side of the field, speedy wide receiver <a href="/wiki/Antwaan_Randle_El" title="Antwaan Randle El">Antwaan Randle El</a> was a constant breakaway threat with 558 receiving yards, while gaining 448 yards and two touchdowns on punt returns. Rookie <a href="/wiki/Tight_end" title="Tight end">tight end</a> <a href="/wiki/Heath_Miller" title="Heath Miller">Heath Miller</a> also recorded for 459 receiving yards and six touchdowns. </p><p>Pittsburgh's main strength on offense, however, was its running game. <a href="/wiki/Running_back" title="Running back">Running back</a> <a href="/wiki/Willie_Parker" title="Willie Parker">Willie Parker</a> was the team's leading rusher with 1,202 yards, while also recording 218 receiving yards and scoring five touchdowns. In short-yardage situations, the team relied on running back <a href="/wiki/Jerome_Bettis" title="Jerome Bettis">Jerome Bettis</a>, who rushed for 368 yards and scored nine touchdowns. The 33-year-old Bettis finished his 13th NFL season as the league's fifth all-time leading rusher (13,662 yards and 91 touchdowns), but until this point he had never played in a Super Bowl. The Steelers rushing attack was powered by an offensive line led by <a href="/wiki/Pro_Bowl" title="Pro Bowl">Pro Bowl</a> <a href="/wiki/Guard_(American_football)" class="mw-redirect" title="Guard (American football)">guard</a> <a href="/wiki/Alan_Faneca" title="Alan Faneca">Alan Faneca</a> and Pro Bowl reserve <a href="/wiki/Center_(American_football)" class="mw-redirect" title="Center (American football)">center</a> <a href="/wiki/Jeff_Hartings" title="Jeff Hartings">Jeff Hartings</a>. </p><p>The Steelers defense ranked fourth in the NFL, giving up 284.0 total yards per game. The Pittsburgh defense was led by its <a href="/wiki/Linebacker" title="Linebacker">linebacking</a> corps: <a href="/wiki/Joey_Porter" title="Joey Porter">Joey Porter</a>, <a href="/wiki/James_Farrior" title="James Farrior">James Farrior</a>, <a href="/wiki/Clark_Haggans" title="Clark Haggans">Clark Haggans</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Larry_Foote" title="Larry Foote">Larry Foote</a>. Porter led all NFL linebackers with 10.5 <a href="/wiki/Quarterback_sack" title="Quarterback sack">quarterback sacks</a> and also recorded two interceptions and a fumble recovery. Haggans tallied 9 sacks and 40 tackles, while Farrior added a team-high 119 tackles to go with his 2 sacks and one fumble recovery. In the secondary, <a href="/wiki/Defensive_back" title="Defensive back">free safety</a> <a href="/wiki/Chris_Hope_(American_football)" title="Chris Hope (American football)">Chris Hope</a> led the team with three interceptions, while Pro Bowl safety <a href="/wiki/Troy_Polamalu" title="Troy Polamalu">Troy Polamalu</a>, the team's top threat in the defensive backfield, notched 91 tackles, 3 sacks, two fumble recoveries, and two interceptions. </p><p>The Steelers became just the third team to win the Super Bowl despite not playing a single home game in the playoffs. The <a href="/wiki/1966_Green_Bay_Packers_season" title="1966 Green Bay Packers season">Green Bay Packers</a>, who won <a href="/wiki/Super_Bowl_I" title="Super Bowl I">Super Bowl I</a> (against the <a href="/wiki/1966_Kansas_City_Chiefs_season" title="1966 Kansas City Chiefs season">Kansas City Chiefs</a>), and the <a href="/wiki/1969_Kansas_City_Chiefs_season" title="1969 Kansas City Chiefs season">Kansas City Chiefs</a>, who won <a href="/wiki/Super_Bowl_IV" title="Super Bowl IV">Super Bowl IV</a> (against the <a href="/wiki/1969_Minnesota_Vikings_season" title="1969 Minnesota Vikings season">Minnesota Vikings</a>), also accomplished the feat. The Steelers, however, had to win four games to accomplish the feat, while the Chiefs won three and Packers won two games. </p><p>Of a "bridging the eras" moment, Steelers <a href="/wiki/Cornerback" title="Cornerback">cornerback</a> <a href="/wiki/Willie_J._Williams_(cornerback)" class="mw-redirect" title="Willie J. Williams (cornerback)">Willie Williams</a> was the last remaining player to have been on the Steelers last Super Bowl team, their <a href="/wiki/Super_Bowl_XXX" title="Super Bowl XXX">Super Bowl XXX</a> loss to the Dallas Cowboys following the <a href="/wiki/1995_NFL_season" title="1995 NFL season">1995 season</a>. (Defensive backs coach <a href="/wiki/Darren_Perry" title="Darren Perry">Darren Perry</a> was also a player on the Super Bowl XXX team. Both were starters in that game.) Ironically, Williams, who was in his second stint with the Steelers at the time, played with Seattle from 1997 to 2003. He was inactive for Super Bowl XL, which, like Bettis, turned out to be his final NFL game before retiring that offseason. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Statistical_comparison">Statistical comparison</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Super_Bowl_XL&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Statistical comparison"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The chart below provides a comparison of regular season statistics in key categories (overall rank amongst 32 teams in parentheses). </p> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th><b>Statistic</b> </th> <th><b>Seattle Seahawks</b> </th> <th><b>Pittsburgh Steelers</b> </th></tr> <tr> <td>Points scored per game</td> <td>28.2 (1st)</td> <td>24.3 (9th) </td></tr> <tr> <td>Points allowed per game</td> <td>16.9 (7th)</td> <td>16.1 (3rd, tied) </td></tr> <tr> <td>Rushing yards gained per game</td> <td>153.6 (3rd)</td> <td>138.9 (5th) </td></tr> <tr> <td>Rushing yards allowed per game</td> <td>94.4 (5th)</td> <td>86.0 (3rd) </td></tr> <tr> <td>Passing yards gained per game</td> <td>216.1 (13th)</td> <td>182.9 (24th) </td></tr> <tr> <td>Passing yards allowed per game</td> <td>222.4 (25th)</td> <td>198.0 (16th) </td></tr> <tr> <td>Yards gained per play</td> <td>5.8 (2nd)</td> <td>5.4 (10th) </td></tr> <tr> <td>Yards allowed per play</td> <td>4.9 (10th)</td> <td>4.6 (3rd) </td></tr> <tr> <td>Time of possession per game</td> <td>29:17 (21st)</td> <td>31:16 (8th) </td></tr> <tr> <td>Third-down conversion percentage</td> <td>39.6 (13th, tied)</td> <td>35.4 (23rd) </td></tr> <tr> <td>Third-down conversion percentage allowed</td> <td>38.0 (16th)</td> <td>39.7 (20th) </td></tr> <tr> <td>Fourth-down conversion percentage</td> <td>87.5 (1st)</td> <td>41.7 (20th) </td></tr> <tr> <td>Fourth-down conversion percentage allowed</td> <td>63.2 (26th)</td> <td>35.3 (8th) </td></tr> <tr> <td>Red zone touchdown conversion percentage</td> <td>71.7 (1st)</td> <td>60.7 (4th, tied) </td></tr> <tr> <td>Red zone touchdown conversion percentage allowed</td> <td>47.9 (10th, tied)</td> <td>40.4 (2nd) </td></tr> <tr> <td>Total turnover differential</td> <td>+10 (7th)</td> <td>+7 (9th, tied) </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Playoffs">Playoffs</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Super_Bowl_XL&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Playoffs"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Further information: <a href="/wiki/2005%E2%80%9306_NFL_playoffs" title="2005–06 NFL playoffs">2005–06 NFL playoffs</a></div> <p>The Seahawks became the first team to advance to the Super Bowl without playing a <a href="/wiki/Division_(sport)" title="Division (sport)">division</a> champion in the playoffs (later matched by the <a href="/wiki/2009_Indianapolis_Colts_season" title="2009 Indianapolis Colts season">Colts in 2009</a>, <a href="/wiki/2010_Pittsburgh_Steelers_season" title="2010 Pittsburgh Steelers season">Steelers in 2010</a>, and <a href="/wiki/2013_Seattle_Seahawks_season" title="2013 Seattle Seahawks season">the Seahawks again in 2013</a>, with the 2013 Seahawks being the only one of the four to win the Super Bowl). Off a first-round <a href="/wiki/Bye_(sports)" title="Bye (sports)">bye</a>, Seattle defeated the sixth-seeded <a href="/wiki/2005_Washington_Redskins_season" title="2005 Washington Redskins season">Washington Redskins</a>, 20–10, before eliminating the fifth-seeded <a href="/wiki/2005_Carolina_Panthers_season" title="2005 Carolina Panthers season">Carolina Panthers</a>, 34–14, in the <a href="/wiki/NFC_Championship_Game" title="NFC Championship Game">NFC Championship Game</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-44" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>44<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-45" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-45"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>45<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> These were Seattle's first playoff victories since the <a href="/wiki/1984_NFL_season" title="1984 NFL season">1984 season</a> when they defeated the <a href="/wiki/1984_Los_Angeles_Raiders_season" title="1984 Los Angeles Raiders season">Los Angeles Raiders</a> 13–7, when the team was still in the AFC (the Seahawks were in that conference from 1977 to 2001).<sup id="cite_ref-46" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-46"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>46<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The Steelers became the second team after the <a href="/wiki/1985_New_England_Patriots_season" title="1985 New England Patriots season">1985 New England Patriots</a> to win three road playoff games to reach the Super Bowl. Pittsburgh defeated the third-seeded <a href="/wiki/2005_Cincinnati_Bengals_season" title="2005 Cincinnati Bengals season">Cincinnati Bengals</a>, 31–17; the top-seeded <a href="/wiki/2005_Indianapolis_Colts_season" title="2005 Indianapolis Colts season">Indianapolis Colts</a>, 21–18 in the <i><a href="/wiki/2005_Pittsburgh_Steelers%E2%80%93Indianapolis_Colts_playoff_game" class="mw-redirect" title="2005 Pittsburgh Steelers–Indianapolis Colts playoff game">Immaculate Redemption/Tackle II</a></i> game; and the second-seeded <a href="/wiki/2005_Denver_Broncos_season" title="2005 Denver Broncos season">Denver Broncos</a>, 34–17, in the <a href="/wiki/AFC_Championship_Game" title="AFC Championship Game">AFC Championship Game</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-47" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-47"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>47<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-48" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-48"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>48<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-49" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-49"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>49<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Steelers also became the eighth <a href="/wiki/Wild_card_(sports)" title="Wild card (sports)">wild-card</a> team to go to the Super Bowl and the fourth in nine seasons. The Steelers' catchphrase for the playoffs was "One for the Thumb", a phrase originally made popular by <a href="/wiki/Joe_Greene" title="Joe Greene">Joe Greene</a> as an allusion to a fifth Super Bowl ring.<sup id="cite_ref-50" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-50"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>50<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Practice_venues">Practice venues</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Super_Bowl_XL&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Practice venues"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Seahawks">Seahawks</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Super_Bowl_XL&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Seahawks"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Seahawks practiced at the <a href="/wiki/Detroit_Lions" title="Detroit Lions">Detroit Lions</a>' practice facility in <a href="/wiki/Allen_Park,_Michigan" title="Allen Park, Michigan">Allen Park</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-turf_51-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-turf-51"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>51<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Steelers">Steelers</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Super_Bowl_XL&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Steelers"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Steelers practiced at the <a href="/wiki/Silverdome" class="mw-redirect" title="Silverdome">Silverdome</a> in <a href="/wiki/Pontiac,_Michigan" title="Pontiac, Michigan">Pontiac</a> (site of <a href="/wiki/Super_Bowl_XVI" title="Super Bowl XVI">Super Bowl XVI</a>). Since the Silverdome featured <a href="/wiki/Astroturf" class="mw-redirect" title="Astroturf">Astroturf</a>, a <a href="/wiki/FieldTurf" title="FieldTurf">FieldTurf</a> surface was temporarily installed at the venue specifically for these practices.<sup id="cite_ref-turf_51-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-turf-51"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>51<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> After the Super Bowl the playing surface used for these practices was donated by the manufacturers of FieldTurf for use at <a href="/wiki/Wisner_Stadium" title="Wisner Stadium">Wisner Stadium</a>, a public sports stadium in Pontiac. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Promotion">Promotion</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Super_Bowl_XL&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Promotion"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The NFL promoted this Super Bowl under the slogan "The Road to Forty." The slogan not only honored the 40-year history of the game, but was a nod to Detroit's traditional role as the center of the U.S. <a href="/wiki/Automotive_industry" title="Automotive industry">automotive industry</a>. In a related note, <a href="/wiki/Roger_Penske" title="Roger Penske">Roger Penske</a>, owner of a <a href="/wiki/Penske_Automotive_Group" title="Penske Automotive Group">car dealership</a>, <a href="/wiki/Penske_Racing" class="mw-redirect" title="Penske Racing">racing team</a>, and other related companies, headed the Super Bowl XL host committee. </p><p>The Seahawks became the first team to have their full team name painted in their end zone for a <a href="/wiki/Super_Bowl" title="Super Bowl">Super Bowl</a>, as their geographic location name (Seattle) was painted above the team nickname (Seahawks). In <a href="/wiki/Super_Bowl_XLIII" title="Super Bowl XLIII">Super Bowl XLIII</a>, coincidentally also against the Steelers, the <a href="/wiki/Arizona_Cardinals" title="Arizona Cardinals">Arizona Cardinals</a> became the second team to have their full team name painted in their end zone, as their geographic location name (Arizona) was painted above the team nickname (Cardinals). For all other <a href="/wiki/Super_Bowl" title="Super Bowl">Super Bowl</a> teams, end zones have featured only the team nickname. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Broadcasting">Broadcasting</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Super_Bowl_XL&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Broadcasting"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="United_States">United States</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Super_Bowl_XL&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: United States"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/Media_in_Detroit" title="Media in Detroit">Media in Detroit</a></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:RenCen-Superbowl-XL.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dc/RenCen-Superbowl-XL.jpg/220px-RenCen-Superbowl-XL.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="294" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dc/RenCen-Superbowl-XL.jpg/330px-RenCen-Superbowl-XL.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dc/RenCen-Superbowl-XL.jpg/440px-RenCen-Superbowl-XL.jpg 2x" data-file-width="460" data-file-height="614" /></a><figcaption>The <a href="/wiki/Renaissance_Center" title="Renaissance Center">Renaissance Center</a> decorated for Super Bowl XL.</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:FordFieldsuperbowlXL.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3a/FordFieldsuperbowlXL.JPG/220px-FordFieldsuperbowlXL.JPG" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3a/FordFieldsuperbowlXL.JPG/330px-FordFieldsuperbowlXL.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3a/FordFieldsuperbowlXL.JPG/440px-FordFieldsuperbowlXL.JPG 2x" data-file-width="1536" data-file-height="1152" /></a><figcaption>Ford Field on Super Bowl XL Sunday, countdown to kickoff on <a href="/wiki/Comerica_Park" title="Comerica Park">Comerica Park</a>'s score board.</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:RenCenSuperBowlXLESPNset.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a6/RenCenSuperBowlXLESPNset.jpg/220px-RenCenSuperBowlXLESPNset.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="146" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a6/RenCenSuperBowlXLESPNset.jpg/330px-RenCenSuperBowlXLESPNset.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a6/RenCenSuperBowlXLESPNset.jpg/440px-RenCenSuperBowlXLESPNset.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1544" data-file-height="1024" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Renaissance_Center" title="Renaissance Center">Renaissance Center</a> Wintergarden turned into an <a href="/wiki/ESPN" title="ESPN">ESPN</a> studio for Super Bowl XL.</figcaption></figure> <p>Super Bowl XL was televised by <a href="/wiki/NFL_on_ABC" title="NFL on ABC">ABC</a>. This was ABC's final NFL telecast before the ABC Sports division merged with sister network ESPN in September 2006 to form <a href="/wiki/ESPN_on_ABC" title="ESPN on ABC">ESPN on ABC</a>. And under the league's new television contracts beginning in the <a href="/wiki/2006_NFL_season" title="2006 NFL season">2006 season</a>, ESPN took over <i><a href="/wiki/Monday_Night_Football" title="Monday Night Football">Monday Night Football</a></i> from ABC, and <a href="/wiki/NFL_on_NBC" title="NFL on NBC">NBC</a> took over <i><a href="/wiki/NBC_Sunday_Night_Football" title="NBC Sunday Night Football">Sunday Night Football</a></i> from ESPN. The NFL was then reluctant to add ESPN to the Super Bowl rotation because of the potential decrease in viewership due to the relatively limited access to <a href="/wiki/Cable_television" title="Cable television">cable television</a> compared to that of an <a href="/wiki/Terrestrial_television" title="Terrestrial television">over-the-air</a> network. The league would then allow ABC to simulcast all future ESPN-produced playoff games starting in January 2016, and select Monday Night games starting in 2020. ESPN/ABC simulcasts would finally be added to the Super Bowl rotation in 2021, with the Super Bowls in <a href="/wiki/Super_Bowl_LXI" title="Super Bowl LXI">2027</a> and 2031.<sup id="cite_ref-52" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-52"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>52<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The telecast featured <a href="/wiki/Play-by-play" class="mw-redirect" title="Play-by-play">play-by-play announcer</a> <a href="/wiki/Al_Michaels" title="Al Michaels">Al Michaels</a>, <a href="/wiki/Color_commentator" title="Color commentator">color commentator</a> <a href="/wiki/John_Madden" title="John Madden">John Madden</a>, who was named the day before to the Class of 2006 by the <a href="/wiki/Pro_Football_Hall_of_Fame" title="Pro Football Hall of Fame">Pro Football Hall of Fame</a>, sideline reporters <a href="/wiki/Michele_Tafoya" title="Michele Tafoya">Michele Tafoya</a> (Steelers sideline) and <a href="/wiki/Suzy_Kolber" title="Suzy Kolber">Suzy Kolber</a> (Seahawks sideline). This was the sixth Super Bowl telecast for Michaels, and the tenth for Madden (whose first was <a href="/wiki/Super_Bowl_XVI" title="Super Bowl XVI">Super Bowl XVI</a>, also played in Michigan). This was also the second Super Bowl broadcast for the Michaels-Madden pairing after they had called <a href="/wiki/Super_Bowl_XXXVII" title="Super Bowl XXXVII">Super Bowl XXXVII</a> for ABC three years earlier. Madden had already signed with NBC to broadcast games for them beginning in the <a href="/wiki/2006_NFL_season" title="2006 NFL season">2006 season</a>; several days later Michaels, who was still under contract to ABC and ESPN, joined him in exchange for ESPN gaining partial coverage of the <a href="/wiki/Ryder_Cup" title="Ryder Cup">Ryder Cup</a> golf tournament and <a href="/wiki/The_Walt_Disney_Company" title="The Walt Disney Company">The Walt Disney Company</a>, ABC's parent, gaining all intellectual property rights to <a href="/wiki/Oswald_the_Lucky_Rabbit" title="Oswald the Lucky Rabbit">Oswald the Lucky Rabbit</a>, a cartoon character that <a href="/wiki/Walt_Disney" title="Walt Disney">Walt Disney</a> had created for <a href="/wiki/Universal_Pictures" title="Universal Pictures">Universal Pictures</a> (NBC's corporate sibling) in the 1920s.<sup id="cite_ref-53" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-53"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>53<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Michaels and Madden would go on to call one more Super Bowl together, <a href="/wiki/Super_Bowl_XLIII" title="Super Bowl XLIII">Super Bowl XLIII</a>, after which Madden retired from broadcasting altogether. </p><p><a href="/wiki/Chris_Berman" title="Chris Berman">Chris Berman</a>, from <a href="/wiki/The_Walt_Disney_Company" title="The Walt Disney Company">Disney</a>-owned corporate sibling ESPN, returned to host ABC's pregame show, as he had done for ABC's coverage of Super Bowls <a href="/wiki/Super_Bowl_XXXIV" title="Super Bowl XXXIV">XXXIV</a> and <a href="/wiki/Super_Bowl_XXXVII" title="Super Bowl XXXVII">XXXVII</a>. Berman was joined by his fellow analysts from ESPN's <i><a href="/wiki/Sunday_NFL_Countdown" title="Sunday NFL Countdown">Sunday NFL Countdown</a></i> pregame show: <a href="/wiki/Michael_Irvin" title="Michael Irvin">Michael Irvin</a>, <a href="/wiki/Tom_Jackson_(American_football,_born_1951)" title="Tom Jackson (American football, born 1951)">Tom Jackson</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Steve_Young_(American_football)" class="mw-redirect" title="Steve Young (American football)">Steve Young</a>, along with co-host <a href="/wiki/Mike_Tirico" title="Mike Tirico">Mike Tirico</a> and <a href="/wiki/New_England_Patriots" title="New England Patriots">New England Patriots</a> head coach (and three-time Super Bowl winner) <a href="/wiki/Bill_Belichick" title="Bill Belichick">Bill Belichick</a>. Also contributing to the pre-game show were Tafoya, Kolber, <a href="/wiki/Sam_Ryan" title="Sam Ryan">Sam Ryan</a>, <a href="/wiki/Andrea_Kremer" title="Andrea Kremer">Andrea Kremer</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kenny_Mayne" title="Kenny Mayne">Kenny Mayne</a> and <a href="/wiki/Chris_Mortensen" title="Chris Mortensen">Chris Mortensen</a>. </p><p>Although the Super Bowl had largely been presented in <a href="/wiki/High-definition_television" title="High-definition television">high definition</a> since <a href="/wiki/Super_Bowl_XXXIV" title="Super Bowl XXXIV">Super Bowl XXXIV</a>, Super Bowl XL was the first Super Bowl where all aspects of the game itself were aired in HD.<sup id="cite_ref-broadcastingcable_5-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-broadcastingcable-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>For its <a href="/wiki/List_of_Super_Bowl_lead-out_programs" title="List of Super Bowl lead-out programs">Super Bowl lead-out program</a>, ABC aired the <i><a href="/wiki/Grey%27s_Anatomy" title="Grey's Anatomy">Grey's Anatomy</a></i> episode "<a href="/wiki/It%27s_the_End_of_the_World" title="It's the End of the World">It's the End of the World</a>". </p><p><a href="/wiki/NFL_on_Westwood_One" class="mw-redirect" title="NFL on Westwood One">Westwood One/CBS Radio</a> provided national radio coverage in the United States, with the broadcasting team of <a href="/wiki/Marv_Albert" title="Marv Albert">Marv Albert</a> and <a href="/wiki/Boomer_Esiason" title="Boomer Esiason">Boomer Esiason</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Advertising">Advertising</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Super_Bowl_XL&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Advertising"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>As usual, the American television broadcast of the Super Bowl showcased top commercials and commanded high prices, estimated at $2.6 million (<a href="/wiki/United_States_dollar" title="United States dollar">US</a>) for a 30-second spot.<sup id="cite_ref-54" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-54"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>54<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> According to <i><a href="/wiki/Advertising_Age" class="mw-redirect" title="Advertising Age">Advertising Age</a></i>, <a href="/wiki/Anheuser-Busch" title="Anheuser-Busch">Anheuser-Busch</a> was the top advertiser during the game, having purchased ten 30-second spots. The magazine reported that other companies having purchased multiple commercial segments included <a href="/wiki/Ameriquest_Mortgage" title="Ameriquest Mortgage">Ameriquest</a> (two), <a href="/wiki/CareerBuilder.com" class="mw-redirect" title="CareerBuilder.com">CareerBuilder.com</a> (two), <a href="/wiki/Pepsi-Cola" class="mw-redirect" title="Pepsi-Cola">Pepsi-Cola</a> (four), <a href="/wiki/Pizza_Hut" title="Pizza Hut">Pizza Hut</a> (ten, though most ran prior to kickoff), <a href="/wiki/Sprint_Nextel" class="mw-redirect" title="Sprint Nextel">Sprint</a> (three), <a href="/wiki/Procter_%26_Gamble" title="Procter & Gamble">Procter & Gamble</a> (four, three for <a href="/wiki/Global_Gillette" class="mw-redirect" title="Global Gillette">Gillette's</a> new <a href="/wiki/Global_Gillette#Current_Gillette_products" class="mw-redirect" title="Global Gillette">Fusion razor</a>), <a href="/wiki/Warner_Bros." title="Warner Bros.">Warner Bros.</a> (three), <a href="/wiki/The_Walt_Disney_Company" title="The Walt Disney Company">Disney</a> (two) and <a href="/wiki/Go_Daddy" class="mw-redirect" title="Go Daddy">GoDaddy.com</a> (two). Three companies aired 60-second advertisements: <a href="/wiki/General_Motors_Corporation" class="mw-redirect" title="General Motors Corporation">General Motors</a> (for the <a href="/wiki/Cadillac" title="Cadillac">Cadillac</a> brand), <a href="/wiki/Burger_King" title="Burger King">Burger King</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Mobile_ESPN" title="Mobile ESPN">Mobile ESPN</a> (the Sports Heaven ad). Agency <a href="/wiki/BBDO" title="BBDO">BBDO</a> was the biggest single producer of commercials, creating 19.<sup id="cite_ref-55" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-55"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>55<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/American_Broadcasting_Company" title="American Broadcasting Company">ABC</a> also aired several 60-second commercials for some of its shows, including <i><a href="/wiki/Lost_(2004_TV_series)" class="mw-redirect" title="Lost (2004 TV series)">Lost</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/Desperate_Housewives" title="Desperate Housewives">Desperate Housewives</a></i>, and <i><a href="/wiki/Grey%27s_Anatomy" title="Grey's Anatomy">Grey's Anatomy</a></i>.<sup id="cite_ref-56" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-56"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>56<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Notably, this was the first Super Bowl during which commercials, in addition to the game itself, were broadcast in <a href="/wiki/HDTV" class="mw-redirect" title="HDTV">HDTV</a>. During typical HDTV broadcasts at the time, commercials themselves were broadcast in standard definition. </p><p><a href="/wiki/Google_Video" title="Google Video">Google Video</a><sup id="cite_ref-57" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-57"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>57<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and <a href="/wiki/America_Online" class="mw-redirect" title="America Online">America Online</a><sup id="cite_ref-58" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-58"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>58<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> each catalogued ads for later viewing. The <i><a href="/wiki/USA_Today_Super_Bowl_Ad_Meter" class="mw-redirect" title="USA Today Super Bowl Ad Meter">USA Today Super Bowl Ad Meter</a></i> and ADBOWL, which both measure viewer online reaction to all Super Bowl ads, found the <a href="/wiki/Bud_Light" class="mw-redirect" title="Bud Light">Bud Light</a> "Magic refrigerator" spot ranked as the top spot. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="International">International</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Super_Bowl_XL&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: International"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The main NFL international feed of the game featured <a href="/wiki/NFL_on_Fox" title="NFL on Fox">Fox</a> broadcasters <a href="/wiki/Dick_Stockton" title="Dick Stockton">Dick Stockton</a> and <a href="/wiki/Daryl_Johnston" title="Daryl Johnston">Daryl Johnston</a> providing commentary tailored to those largely unfamiliar with the rules of American football. </p><p>Since the game was being played close to the <a href="/wiki/Canada%E2%80%93United_States_border" title="Canada–United States border">U.S.-Canada border</a>, Canadian television rights holders <a href="/wiki/Global_Television_Network" title="Global Television Network">Global</a> broadcast portions of an NFL-sponsored "Passport To The Super Bowl" event in nearby <a href="/wiki/Windsor,_Ontario" title="Windsor, Ontario">Windsor, Ontario</a>, featuring a performance by the newly revived 1980s rock group <a href="/wiki/INXS" title="INXS">INXS</a> with Canadian native lead singer <a href="/wiki/J.D._Fortune" title="J.D. Fortune">J.D. Fortune</a>, though the network limited coverage of the Windsor event to short segments immediately prior to commercial breaks. </p><p>The game was also televised in Australia on (<a href="/wiki/Special_Broadcasting_Service" title="Special Broadcasting Service">SBS</a> and <a href="/wiki/ESPN_International" title="ESPN International">ESPN International</a>), Austria (<a href="/wiki/ORF_(broadcaster)" title="ORF (broadcaster)">ORF</a> and TW1), Brazil (ESPN International), Denmark (<a href="/wiki/TV_2_(Denmark)" class="mw-redirect" title="TV 2 (Denmark)">TV 2</a>), Finland (<a href="/wiki/MTV3" title="MTV3">MTV3</a>), France (<a href="/wiki/France_2" title="France 2">France 2</a>), Germany (<a href="/wiki/Alliance_of_the_Public_Broadcasters_of_Germany" class="mw-redirect" title="Alliance of the Public Broadcasters of Germany">ARD</a>), Hungary (<a href="/wiki/Sport_1_(Europe)" class="mw-redirect" title="Sport 1 (Europe)">Sport 1</a>), <a href="/wiki/Iceland" title="Iceland">Iceland</a> (<a href="/w/index.php?title=S%C3%9DN&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="SÝN (page does not exist)">SÝN</a>), Ireland (<a href="/wiki/Sky_Sports" title="Sky Sports">Sky Sports</a>), Italy (<a href="/wiki/Sky_Sports" title="Sky Sports">Sky Sports</a> 3 and <a href="/wiki/Italia_1" title="Italia 1">Italia 1</a>), Japan (<a href="/wiki/NHK" title="NHK">NHK</a> BS-1, <a href="/wiki/Nippon_Television" title="Nippon Television">NTV</a>), Mexico (<a href="/wiki/TV_Azteca" title="TV Azteca">TV Azteca</a>), Netherlands (<a href="/wiki/SBS6" title="SBS6">SBS6</a>), New Zealand (ESPN International/<a href="/wiki/SKY_Network_Television" class="mw-redirect" title="SKY Network Television">SKY TV</a>), Portugal (SportTV), <a href="/wiki/Slovenia" title="Slovenia">Slovenia</a> (<a href="/wiki/Prva_TV" class="mw-redirect" title="Prva TV">Prva TV</a>), Spain (<a href="/wiki/Canal%2B_(French_TV_channel)" title="Canal+ (French TV channel)">Canal +</a>), Sweden (<a href="/wiki/ZTV_(Sweden)" class="mw-redirect" title="ZTV (Sweden)">ZTV</a>), and UK and Ireland (<a href="/wiki/ITV_Network" class="mw-redirect" title="ITV Network">ITV</a>/<a href="/wiki/Sky_Sports" title="Sky Sports">Sky Sports</a>). According to the NFL, the game was available worldwide in 32 languages. </p><p><a href="/wiki/Sirius_Satellite_Radio" title="Sirius Satellite Radio">Sirius Satellite Radio</a> and NFL.com carried international local-language broadcasts from the United Kingdom (<a href="/wiki/BBC_Radio_Five_Live" class="mw-redirect" title="BBC Radio Five Live">BBC Radio Five Live</a>), Spain (<a href="/wiki/Canal%2B_(Spanish_TV_channel)" title="Canal+ (Spanish TV channel)">Canal Plus Spain</a>), Russia (<a href="/wiki/NTV_Russia" class="mw-redirect" title="NTV Russia">NTV</a>), Belgium (<a href="/wiki/BeTV_(Belgium)" title="BeTV (Belgium)">BeTV</a>, in French), China (<a href="/wiki/Shanghai_Media_Group" title="Shanghai Media Group">SMG</a>), and Japan (<a href="/wiki/Nippon_Television" title="Nippon Television">NTV</a>), in addition to the press box intercom and the public address announcer feeds. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Entertainment">Entertainment</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Super_Bowl_XL&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: Entertainment"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Pre-game_ceremonies">Pre-game ceremonies</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Super_Bowl_XL&action=edit&section=17" title="Edit section: Pre-game ceremonies"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>During the <a href="/wiki/Pre-game_ceremony" title="Pre-game ceremony">pre-game ceremonies</a>, <a href="/wiki/Stevie_Wonder" title="Stevie Wonder">Stevie Wonder</a>, along with <a href="/wiki/Joss_Stone" title="Joss Stone">Joss Stone</a>, <a href="/wiki/India_Arie" title="India Arie">India Arie</a>, and <a href="/wiki/John_Legend" title="John Legend">John Legend</a>, performed a medley of Wonder's hits. <a href="/wiki/The_Four_Tops" class="mw-redirect" title="The Four Tops">The Four Tops</a> also performed during the pregame ceremonies, though the performance was not televised. </p><p>In honor of the fortieth Super Bowl, the pre-game ceremony featured the on-field introduction of 30 of the previous 34 <a href="/wiki/Super_Bowl_MVP" class="mw-redirect" title="Super Bowl MVP">Super Bowl Most Valuable Players</a> (with the exception of <a href="/wiki/Joe_Montana" title="Joe Montana">Joe Montana</a>, <a href="/wiki/Terry_Bradshaw" title="Terry Bradshaw">Terry Bradshaw</a>, <a href="/wiki/Jake_Scott_(defensive_back)" class="mw-redirect" title="Jake Scott (defensive back)">Jake Scott</a>, and the late <a href="/wiki/Harvey_Martin" title="Harvey Martin">Harvey Martin</a>). The absences of Montana and Bradshaw were originally reported to have been due to disagreements over appearance funds to be paid by the NFL, but each later rebutted such reports, suggesting that they had prior family commitments;<sup id="cite_ref-59" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-59"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>59<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Scott was reported to have been traveling through Australia. This ceremony continued a ten-year tradition (starting with <a href="/wiki/Super_Bowl_XX" title="Super Bowl XX">Super Bowl XX</a> and then repeated in <a href="/wiki/Super_Bowl_XXX" title="Super Bowl XXX">Super Bowl XXX</a>) in which past Super Bowl MVPs were honored before the game. </p><p>A <a href="/wiki/Moment_of_silence" title="Moment of silence">moment of silence</a> was observed in memory of the two civil rights activists who had died during the months prior to the game: <a href="/wiki/Coretta_Scott_King" title="Coretta Scott King">Coretta Scott King</a> (six days earlier) and <a href="/wiki/Rosa_Parks" title="Rosa Parks">Rosa Parks</a> (on October 24, 2005), the latter a long-time Detroit resident. </p><p>The Steelers became the first AFC club, and only the third franchise overall, to wear white jerseys despite being the "home" team. The first two clubs, the Cowboys (<a href="/wiki/Super_Bowl_XIII" title="Super Bowl XIII">Super Bowls XIII</a> and <a href="/wiki/Super_Bowl_XXVII" title="Super Bowl XXVII">XXVII</a>) and the Redskins (<a href="/wiki/Super_Bowl_XVII" title="Super Bowl XVII">Super Bowl XVII</a>), traditionally wore white at home. The <a href="/wiki/Denver_Broncos" title="Denver Broncos">Denver Broncos</a> later became the second AFC team and fourth club overall to wear white jerseys in a Super Bowl despite being the home team in <a href="/wiki/Super_Bowl_50" title="Super Bowl 50">Super Bowl 50</a>. Bill Cowher stated that the Steelers were playing in Detroit, not Pittsburgh, and therefore it was not a "home" game<sup id="cite_ref-60" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-60"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>60<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-61" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-61"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>61<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> (although 10 years earlier Cowher's Steelers did wear their black home jerseys as the designated "home" team in <a href="/wiki/Super_Bowl_XXX" title="Super Bowl XXX">Super Bowl XXX</a> at <a href="/wiki/Tempe,_Arizona" title="Tempe, Arizona">Tempe, Arizona</a> away from <a href="/wiki/Pittsburgh" title="Pittsburgh">Pittsburgh</a>, where they had won both their playoff games to reach that Super Bowl). Having been the Cowboys' opponent in Super Bowl XIII, Pittsburgh also became the first team to have worn white jerseys for a "home" Super Bowl and colored jerseys for an "away" one. </p><p>The teams took the field while flanked on either side by flags bearing the names of all previous Super Bowl MVPs. Although the participating teams each entered as a team for their introduction, the Steelers insisted on sending <a href="/wiki/Jerome_Bettis" title="Jerome Bettis">Jerome Bettis</a> out ahead of the rest of the team in front of his hometown crowd. </p><p>Singers <a href="/wiki/Aretha_Franklin" title="Aretha Franklin">Aretha Franklin</a> and New Orleans native <a href="/wiki/Aaron_Neville" title="Aaron Neville">Aaron Neville</a>, along with pianist <a href="/wiki/Dr._John" title="Dr. John">Dr. John</a> and a 150-member choir, performed the national anthem as part of a pre-game tribute to <a href="/wiki/New_Orleans" title="New Orleans">New Orleans</a>, a nine-time Super Bowl host city then in the midst of efforts to rebuild in the wake of <a href="/wiki/Hurricane_Katrina" title="Hurricane Katrina">Hurricane Katrina</a>. The national anthem was performed in <a href="/wiki/American_Sign_Language" title="American Sign Language">American Sign Language</a> by Angela LaGuardia, a teacher at Michigan School for the Deaf. </p><p><a href="/wiki/Tom_Brady" title="Tom Brady">Tom Brady</a>, MVP of Super Bowls <a href="/wiki/Super_Bowl_XXXVI" title="Super Bowl XXXVI">XXXVI</a> and <a href="/wiki/Super_Bowl_XXXVIII" title="Super Bowl XXXVIII">XXXVIII</a>, became the first active player to participate in a Super Bowl coin toss, the result of which toss was tails, as selected by Seattle. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Halftime_show">Halftime show</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Super_Bowl_XL&action=edit&section=18" title="Edit section: Halftime show"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Super_Bowl_XL_halftime_show" title="Super Bowl XL halftime show">Super Bowl XL halftime show</a></div> <p><a href="/wiki/The_Rolling_Stones" title="The Rolling Stones">The Rolling Stones</a> performed during the <a href="/wiki/Halftime_show" title="Halftime show">halftime show</a>, which was sponsored by the American telecommunications company <a href="/wiki/Sprint_Nextel_Corporation" class="mw-redirect" title="Sprint Nextel Corporation">Sprint</a>. The group performed three songs: "<a href="/wiki/Start_Me_Up" title="Start Me Up">Start Me Up</a>", "<a href="/wiki/Rough_Justice_(The_Rolling_Stones_song)" class="mw-redirect" title="Rough Justice (The Rolling Stones song)">Rough Justice</a>", and "<a href="/wiki/(I_Can%27t_Get_No)_Satisfaction" title="(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction">(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction</a>". The show was viewed by 89.9 million people.<sup id="cite_ref-Whitaker_62-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Whitaker-62"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>62<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Post-game_ceremonies">Post-game ceremonies</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Super_Bowl_XL&action=edit&section=19" title="Edit section: Post-game ceremonies"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The post-game presentation saw <a href="/wiki/Bart_Starr" title="Bart Starr">Bart Starr</a>, the MVP of Super Bowls <a href="/wiki/Super_Bowl_I" title="Super Bowl I">I</a> and <a href="/wiki/Super_Bowl_II" title="Super Bowl II">II</a>, take the <a href="/wiki/Vince_Lombardi_Trophy" title="Vince Lombardi Trophy">Vince Lombardi Trophy</a> to the podium, whence it was presented to Steelers owner <a href="/wiki/Dan_Rooney" class="mw-redirect" title="Dan Rooney">Dan Rooney</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Game_summary">Game summary</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Super_Bowl_XL&action=edit&section=20" title="Edit section: Game summary"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="First_half">First half</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Super_Bowl_XL&action=edit&section=21" title="Edit section: First half"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>After the first four possessions of the Super Bowl XL ended with punts, Seahawks punt returner <a href="/wiki/Peter_Warrick" title="Peter Warrick">Peter Warrick</a> gave his team good field position by returning <a href="/wiki/Chris_Gardocki" title="Chris Gardocki">Chris Gardocki</a>'s 37-yard punt 12 yards to Seattle's 49-yard line. Quarterback <a href="/wiki/Matt_Hasselbeck" title="Matt Hasselbeck">Matt Hasselbeck</a> then started off the drive with a pair of completions to receivers <a href="/wiki/Darrell_Jackson" title="Darrell Jackson">Darrell Jackson</a> and <a href="/wiki/Joe_Jurevicius" title="Joe Jurevicius">Joe Jurevicius</a> for gains of 20 and 11 yards, respectively. On the third play of the drive, Jackson caught a pass in the end-zone, apparently for a touchdown, but the play was nullified as Jackson was called for pass interference. Running back <a href="/wiki/Shaun_Alexander" title="Shaun Alexander">Shaun Alexander</a> ran the ball the next two plays but gained only three yards. Hasselbeck's third-down pass attempt fell incomplete, and the Seahawks were forced to settle for a 47-yard field goal by kicker <a href="/wiki/Josh_Brown_(American_football)" title="Josh Brown (American football)">Josh Brown</a>, which was successful. By the end of the first quarter, the Steelers had failed to gain a first down, and quarterback <a href="/wiki/Ben_Roethlisberger" title="Ben Roethlisberger">Ben Roethlisberger</a> had completed one of five pass attempts for one yard. On their first second-quarter possession, Pittsburgh once more was forced to punt after three plays, but benefited from another Seahawks penalty, a holding call that nullified Warrick's 34-yard punt return. The Steelers forced a Seattle punt, but Seattle safety <a href="/wiki/Michael_Boulware" title="Michael Boulware">Michael Boulware</a> intercepted a Roethlisberger pass at the Seattle 17-yard line on the ensuing drive. The Seahawks, though, were once more forced to punt after three plays, and Pittsburgh drove into Seattle territory on the following drive. An offensive pass interference call against tight end <a href="/wiki/Heath_Miller" title="Heath Miller">Heath Miller</a> and a sack for an eight-yard loss by Seahawks defensive end <a href="/wiki/Grant_Wistrom" title="Grant Wistrom">Grant Wistrom</a>, though, backed the Steelers to the 40-yard line, and left the team facing a third-down-and-28. However, Roethlisberger hit receiver <a href="/wiki/Hines_Ward" title="Hines Ward">Hines Ward</a> out of a scramble and extremely unorthodox, against the grain pass for a 37-yard gain to give the team the longest third down conversion in Super Bowl history. <a href="/wiki/Jerome_Bettis" title="Jerome Bettis">Jerome Bettis</a> carried the ball on the next two plays, taking his team to the one-yard line but not into the end-zone. On the third-down play, after the <a href="/wiki/Two-minute_warning" title="Two-minute warning">two-minute warning</a>, Roethlisberger faked a hand-off and dove into the end-zone himself. There was some confusion as to whether or not he had scored, since the referee hesitated for a bit after the play ended, but he eventually signaled a touchdown, and it was upheld after a replay challenge. On the strength of a 19-yard Jurevicius reception, Seattle advanced the ball to the Pittsburgh 36-yard line, but, after the drive stalled, Brown missed a 54-yard field goal attempt to the right and the Steelers ran out the clock to end the first half. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Second_half">Second half</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Super_Bowl_XL&action=edit&section=22" title="Edit section: Second half"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Steelers took the ball to begin the second half, and just two plays in, running back <a href="/wiki/Willie_Parker" title="Willie Parker">Willie Parker</a> broke through for a 75-yard touchdown run, giving his team a 14–3 lead and setting a record for the longest run in Super Bowl history, beating <a href="/wiki/Marcus_Allen" title="Marcus Allen">Marcus Allen</a>'s <a href="/wiki/Super_Bowl_XVIII" title="Super Bowl XVIII">Super Bowl XVIII</a> mark by one yard. The Seahawks drove into Pittsburgh territory on the next drive, sparked by a 21-yard run by Alexander, but Brown again missed a field-goal attempt, this one from 50 yards, as Seattle was unable to close the 11-point deficit. Pittsburgh drove 54 yards to the Seattle six-yard line to put themselves in position to take a large lead, but Seahawks defensive back <a href="/wiki/Kelly_Herndon" title="Kelly Herndon">Kelly Herndon</a> intercepted a pass from Roethlisberger and returned it a Super Bowl record 76 yards to the Steelers 20-yard line. Herndon's interception remains as of 2024, the longest non-scoring play in Super Bowl history. From there, the Seahawks required just two plays to score on Hasselbeck's 16-yard touchdown pass to tight end <a href="/wiki/Jerramy_Stevens" title="Jerramy Stevens">Jerramy Stevens</a>, cutting their deficit to 14–10. The teams exchanged punts (two from Pittsburgh, one from Seattle) to fill out most of the third quarter, but the Seahawks ended the quarter having driven from their own two-yard line to near midfield. The drive continued in the fourth quarter, as the Seahawks reached the Pittsburgh 19-yard line. An 18-yard pass to Stevens, though, was negated on a penalty call against Seattle tackle <a href="/wiki/Sean_Locklear" title="Sean Locklear">Sean Locklear</a> for holding, denying the Seahawks an opportunity for a first-down-and-goal from the 1-yard-line. Three plays later, Pittsburgh defensive back <a href="/wiki/Ike_Taylor" title="Ike Taylor">Ike Taylor</a> intercepted a Hasselbeck pass at the 5-yard line and returned it 24 yards. While tackling Taylor, Hasselbeck dove low and was flagged for blocking below the waist. The penalty added 15 yards to the return and gave the Steelers the ball on their own 44-yard line. Four plays later, Pittsburgh ran a wide receiver reverse, but the play turned out to be a pass play by wide receiver <a href="/wiki/Antwaan_Randle_El" title="Antwaan Randle El">Antwaan Randle El</a>, who played quarterback while in college. Parker took a pitch from Roethlisberger and handed off to Randle El, who was running in the opposite direction. Randle El then pulled up and threw a 43-yard touchdown pass to a wide-open Ward, giving the Steelers a 21–10 lead and also marking the first time a wide receiver threw a touchdown pass in a Super Bowl. On the ensuing possession, Hasselbeck ran the ball for eighteen yards and was briefly touched by Steelers linebacker <a href="/wiki/Larry_Foote" title="Larry Foote">Larry Foote</a> as the former fell to the ground. Though the play was initially ruled a fumble, with the ball recovered by the Steelers, a Seahawks challenge proved successful, as officials ruled Hasselbeck to have been down prior to his having lost the ball, Seattle, aided by a 13-yard Jurevicius reception, drove to the Pittsburgh 48-yard line but could go no further; a <a href="/wiki/Tom_Rouen" title="Tom Rouen">Tom Rouen</a> punt entered the end zone, giving the Steelers possession on their own 20-yard line. Pittsburgh possessed the ball for nearly four-and-one-half minutes on the ensuing drive, as Bettis carried seven times, Seattle was forced to use all of its three timeouts to stop the clock, but nevertheless had only 1:51 left when it took the ball from its own 20-yard line following a Gardocki punt. A 35-yard reception by Jurevicius took the Seahawks into Pittsburgh territory, and a 13-yard <a href="/wiki/Bobby_Engram" title="Bobby Engram">Bobby Engram</a> reception took the team to within field-goal range, but dubious clock-management and play-calling left the team with just 35 seconds remaining; an incompletion and a three-yard pass to Stevens over the middle of the field consumed 26 seconds, and Hasselbeck threw incomplete near Stevens on fourth down, giving the Steelers the ball on downs with just three seconds remaining, after which a Roethlisberger kneel-down ended the game. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Box_score">Box score</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Super_Bowl_XL&action=edit&section=23" title="Edit section: Box score"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div style="border: 1px solid #aaa; padding: 5px; font-size: 95%; margin:auto; background-color: #eee"> <div style="width: 100%; color:#000; background-color: #eee"> <div style="text-align:center;background-color:#000;color:#fff"><b>Super Bowl XL: Pittsburgh Steelers 21, Seattle Seahawks 10</b></div> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="font-size:95%; margin-left:1em; float:right"> <tbody><tr style="text-align:center;"> <th scope="col">Quarter</th> <th scope="col" width="25"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1038841319">.mw-parser-output .tooltip-dotted{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}</style><span class="rt-commentedText tooltip tooltip-dotted" title="First quarter">1</span></th> <th scope="col" width="25"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1038841319"><span class="rt-commentedText tooltip tooltip-dotted" title="Second quarter">2</span></th> <th scope="col" width="25"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1038841319"><span class="rt-commentedText tooltip tooltip-dotted" title="Third quarter">3</span></th><th scope="col" width="25"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1038841319"><span class="rt-commentedText tooltip tooltip-dotted" title="Fourth quarter">4</span></th><th scope="col" width="25">Total</th> </tr><tr style="text-align:center;"> <th scope="row" style="text-align:left">Seahawks (NFC)</th> <td>3</td> <td>0</td> <td>7</td><td>0</td><td><b>10</b></td> </tr><tr style="text-align:center;"> <th scope="row" style="text-align:left"><b>Steelers (AFC)</b></th> <td>0</td> <td>7</td> <td>7</td><td>7</td><td><b>21</b></td> </tr></tbody></table> <p><i>at <a href="/wiki/Ford_Field" title="Ford Field">Ford Field</a>, <a href="/wiki/Detroit" title="Detroit">Detroit, Michigan</a></i> </p> <ul><li><b>Date</b>: February 5, 2006</li><li><b>Game time</b>: 6:27 p.m. <a href="/wiki/Eastern_Time_Zone" title="Eastern Time Zone">EST</a></li><li><b>Game weather</b>: 30 °F (−1 °C) (outdoors), 68 °F (20 °C) (indoors), game played indoors, domed stadium<sup id="cite_ref-63" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-63"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>63<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li><li><b>Game attendance</b>: 68,206</li><li><b>Referee</b>: <a href="/wiki/Bill_Leavy" title="Bill Leavy">Bill Leavy</a></li><li><b>TV announcers (<a href="/wiki/Monday_Night_Football" title="Monday Night Football">ABC</a>)</b>: <a href="/wiki/Al_Michaels" title="Al Michaels">Al Michaels</a>, <a href="/wiki/John_Madden" title="John Madden">John Madden</a>, <a href="/wiki/Michele_Tafoya" title="Michele Tafoya">Michele Tafoya</a> and <a href="/wiki/Suzy_Kolber" title="Suzy Kolber">Suzy Kolber</a></li><li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20060615112336/http://www.superbowl.com/gamecenter/recap/NFL_20060205_SEA@PIT">Recap</a> at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a> (archived June 15, 2006)</li> </ul> <div style="clear:both;" class=""></div> </div> </div> <table class="wikitable collapsible expanded" style="margin:auto; background:none; width:100%; border:none;"> <tbody><tr> <th>Scoring summary </th></tr> <tr> <td> <table class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%; width:100%; margin:auto; text-align:center;"> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" rowspan="2">Quarter </th> <th scope="col" rowspan="2">Time </th> <th scope="col" colspan="3"><a href="/wiki/Glossary_of_American_football_terms#D" title="Glossary of American football terms">Drive</a> </th> <th scope="col" rowspan="2">Team </th> <th scope="col" rowspan="2">Scoring information </th> <th scope="col" colspan="2">Score </th></tr> <tr> <th scope="col"><a href="/wiki/Play_from_scrimmage" title="Play from scrimmage">Plays</a> </th> <th scope="col">Yards </th> <th scope="col"><a href="/wiki/Time_of_possession" class="mw-redirect" title="Time of possession">TOP</a> </th> <th scope="col">SEA </th> <th scope="col">PIT </th></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:auto;" scope="row">1 </td> <td style="text-align:right;" scope="row">0:22 </td> <td style="text-align:auto;" scope="row">7 </td> <td style="text-align:auto;" scope="row">22 </td> <td style="text-align:auto;" scope="row">3:39 </td> <td style="text-align:right;" scope="row">SEA </td> <td style="text-align:left;" scope="row">47-yard field goal by <a href="/wiki/Josh_Brown_(American_football)" title="Josh Brown (American football)">Josh Brown</a> </td> <td style="text-align:auto;" scope="row">3 </td> <td style="text-align:auto;" scope="row">0 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:auto;" scope="row">2 </td> <td style="text-align:right;" scope="row">1:55 </td> <td style="text-align:auto;" scope="row">11 </td> <td style="text-align:auto;" scope="row">59 </td> <td style="text-align:auto;" scope="row">6:20 </td> <td style="text-align:right;" scope="row">PIT </td> <td style="text-align:left;" scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Ben_Roethlisberger" title="Ben Roethlisberger">Ben Roethlisberger</a> 1-yard touchdown run, <a href="/wiki/Jeff_Reed_(American_football)" title="Jeff Reed (American football)">Jeff Reed</a> kick good </td> <td style="text-align:auto;" scope="row">3 </td> <td style="text-align:auto;" scope="row">7 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:auto;" scope="row">3 </td> <td style="text-align:right;" scope="row">14:38 </td> <td style="text-align:auto;" scope="row">2 </td> <td style="text-align:auto;" scope="row">75 </td> <td style="text-align:auto;" scope="row">0:22 </td> <td style="text-align:right;" scope="row">PIT </td> <td style="text-align:left;" scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Willie_Parker" title="Willie Parker">Willie Parker</a> 75-yard touchdown run, Reed kick good </td> <td style="text-align:auto;" scope="row">3 </td> <td style="text-align:auto;" scope="row">14 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:auto;" scope="row">3 </td> <td style="text-align:right;" scope="row">6:45 </td> <td style="text-align:auto;" scope="row">3 </td> <td style="text-align:auto;" scope="row">20 </td> <td style="text-align:auto;" scope="row">0:53 </td> <td style="text-align:right;" scope="row">SEA </td> <td style="text-align:left;" scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Jerramy_Stevens" title="Jerramy Stevens">Jerramy Stevens</a> 16-yard touchdown reception from <a href="/wiki/Matt_Hasselbeck" title="Matt Hasselbeck">Matt Hasselbeck</a>, Brown kick good </td> <td style="text-align:auto;" scope="row">10 </td> <td style="text-align:auto;" scope="row">14 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:auto;" scope="row">4 </td> <td style="text-align:right;" scope="row">8:56 </td> <td style="text-align:auto;" scope="row">4 </td> <td style="text-align:auto;" scope="row">56 </td> <td style="text-align:auto;" scope="row">1:50 </td> <td style="text-align:right;" scope="row">PIT </td> <td style="text-align:left;" scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Hines_Ward" title="Hines Ward">Hines Ward</a> 43-yard touchdown reception from <a href="/wiki/Antwaan_Randle_El" title="Antwaan Randle El">Antwaan Randle El</a>, Reed kick good </td> <td style="text-align:auto;" scope="row">10 </td> <td style="text-align:auto;" scope="row">21 </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="7" align="left" scope="row"><small>"TOP" = <a href="/wiki/Glossary_of_American_football#T" class="mw-redirect" title="Glossary of American football">time of possession</a>. For other American football terms, see <a href="/wiki/Glossary_of_American_football" class="mw-redirect" title="Glossary of American football">Glossary of American football</a>.</small> </td> <th scope="row">10 </th> <th scope="row">21 </th></tr></tbody></table> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Statistical_overview">Statistical overview</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Super_Bowl_XL&action=edit&section=24" title="Edit section: Statistical overview"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Steelers became just the third team to win the Super Bowl despite not playing a home game in the playoffs. The <a href="/wiki/Green_Bay_Packers" title="Green Bay Packers">Green Bay Packers</a>, who won <a href="/wiki/Super_Bowl_I" title="Super Bowl I">Super Bowl I</a>, and the <a href="/wiki/Kansas_City_Chiefs" title="Kansas City Chiefs">Kansas City Chiefs</a>, who won <a href="/wiki/Super_Bowl_IV" title="Super Bowl IV">Super Bowl IV</a>, also accomplished the feat. The Steelers, however, had to win four games to accomplish the feat, while the Chiefs won three and Packers won only two games. </p><p>Roethlisberger finished the game having completed just 9 of 21 passes for 123 yards and having also thrown two interceptions; his 22.6 <a href="/wiki/Quarterback_rating" class="mw-redirect" title="Quarterback rating">quarterback rating</a><sup id="cite_ref-Worse_Super_Bowl_than_Peyton_Manning_in_XLVIII_64-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Worse_Super_Bowl_than_Peyton_Manning_in_XLVIII-64"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>64<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> was the lowest ever by a Super Bowl winning quarterback. He also rushed for 25 yards and a touchdown. He became the second youngest <a href="/wiki/Quarterback" title="Quarterback">quarterback</a> to start in a Super Bowl and the youngest quarterback ever to win a Super Bowl at 23 years, 11 months. </p><p>The Steelers' rushing game was paced by Willie Parker, who gained 93 yards and one touchdown on ten carries, Bettis rushed 14 times for 43 yards, converted a key first down, and allowed his team to run time off the clock late in the fourth quarter. Ward caught five passes for 123 yards and a touchdown. In addition to his 43-yard touchdown pass, Randle El caught three passes for 22 yards and returned two punts for 32 yards. </p><p>In defeat for the Seahawks, Hasselbeck completed 26 of 49 pass attempts for 273 yards and a touchdown, with one interception. Jurevicius caught 5 passes for 93 yards. Engram and Jackson also played roles, combining to gain 120 yards on eleven receptions. Alexander led all rushers in the game, accumulating 95 yards on 20 carries while also catching two passes for two yards. The Steelers were the third team to lose the turnover battle and win the game, after the <a href="/wiki/Baltimore_Colts" title="Baltimore Colts">Baltimore Colts</a> in <a href="/wiki/Super_Bowl_V" title="Super Bowl V">Super Bowl V</a> and the Steelers in <a href="/wiki/Super_Bowl_XIV" title="Super Bowl XIV">Super Bowl XIV</a>. </p><p>Defensively, Taylor led the Steelers, making seven tackles, defensing two passes, and intercepting Hasselbeck; for the Seahawks, linebacker Lofa Tatupu recorded nine tackles. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Final_statistics">Final statistics</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Super_Bowl_XL&action=edit&section=25" title="Edit section: Final statistics"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Sources: <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.nfl.com/superbowl/history/boxscore/sbxl">NFL.com Super Bowl XL</a>, <a 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href="https://www.pro-football-reference.com/play-index/play_finder.cgi?request=1&super_bowl=1&match=summary_all&year_min=1966&year_max=2016&team_id=sea&opp_id=pit&quarter=1&quarter=2&quarter=3&quarter=4&quarter=5&tr_gtlt=lt&minutes=15&seconds=00&down=0&down=1&down=2&down=3&down=4&yg_gtlt=gt&is_first_down=-1&field_pos_min_field=team&field_pos_max_field=team&end_field_pos_min_field=team&end_field_pos_max_field=team&type=PASS&type=RUSH&type=PUNT&type=KOFF&type=ONSD&type=FG&type=XP&type=2PCR&type=2PCP&is_complete=-1&is_turnover=-1&turnover_type=interception&turnover_type=fumble&is_scoring=-1&score_type=touchdown&score_type=field_goal&score_type=safety&is_sack=-1&include_kneels=-1&no_play=0&order_by=yards">Super Bowl XL Play Finder Sea</a> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Statistical_comparison_2">Statistical comparison</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Super_Bowl_XL&action=edit&section=26" title="Edit section: Statistical comparison"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th>Statistic </th> <th>Seattle Seahawks </th> <th>Pittsburgh Steelers </th></tr> <tr> <td>First downs</td> <td>20</td> <td>14 </td></tr> <tr> <td>First downs rushing</td> <td>5</td> <td>6 </td></tr> <tr> <td>First downs passing</td> <td>15</td> <td>8 </td></tr> <tr> <td>First downs penalty</td> <td>0</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Third down efficiency</td> <td>5/17</td> <td>8/15 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Fourth down efficiency</td> <td>1/2</td> <td>0/0 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Net yards rushing</td> <td>137</td> <td>181 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Rushing attempts</td> <td>25</td> <td>33 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Yards per rush</td> <td>5.5</td> <td>5.5 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Passing – Completions-attempts</td> <td>26/49</td> <td>10/22 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Times sacked-total yards</td> <td>3–14</td> <td>1–8 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Interceptions thrown</td> <td>1</td> <td>2 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Net yards passing</td> <td>259</td> <td>158 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Total net yards</td> <td>396</td> <td>339 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Punt returns-total yards</td> <td>4–27</td> <td>2–32 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Kickoff returns-total yards</td> <td>4–71</td> <td>2–43 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Interceptions-total return yards</td> <td>2–76</td> <td>1–24 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Punts-average yardage</td> <td>6–50.2</td> <td>6–48.7 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Fumbles-lost</td> <td>0–0</td> <td>0–0 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Penalties-yards</td> <td>7–70</td> <td>3–20 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Time of possession</td> <td>33:02</td> <td>26:58 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Turnovers</td> <td>1</td> <td>2 </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Individual_leaders">Individual leaders</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Super_Bowl_XL&action=edit&section=27" title="Edit section: Individual leaders"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1215345927">@media all and (max-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .multicol-float{width:auto!important}}.mw-parser-output .multicol-float{clear:none;float:left}.mw-parser-output .multicol-float-clear{clear:both}</style><div class="multicol-float" style="min-width: 48%;"> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="6" style="background-color: #324278 !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #62C141, inset -2px -2px 0 #62C141;;">Seahawks Passing </th></tr> <tr> <th> </th> <th>C/ATT<sup>1</sup> </th> <th>Yds </th> <th>TD </th> <th>INT </th> <th>Rating </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Matt_Hasselbeck" title="Matt Hasselbeck">Matt Hasselbeck</a> </td> <td>26/49 </td> <td>273 </td> <td>1 </td> <td>1 </td> <td>67.8 </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="6" style="background-color: #324278 !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #62C141, inset -2px -2px 0 #62C141;;">Seahawks Rushing </th></tr> <tr> <th> </th> <th>Car<sup>2</sup> </th> <th>Yds </th> <th>TD </th> <th>LG<sup>3</sup> </th> <th>Yds/Car </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Shaun_Alexander" title="Shaun Alexander">Shaun Alexander</a> </td> <td>20 </td> <td>95 </td> <td>0 </td> <td>21 </td> <td>4.75 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Matt Hasselbeck </td> <td>3 </td> <td>35 </td> <td>0 </td> <td>18 </td> <td>11.67 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Mack_Strong" title="Mack Strong">Mack Strong</a> </td> <td>2 </td> <td>7 </td> <td>0 </td> <td>7 </td> <td>3.50 </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="6" style="background-color: #324278 !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #62C141, inset -2px -2px 0 #62C141;;">Seahawks Receiving </th></tr> <tr> <th> </th> <th>Rec<sup>4</sup> </th> <th>Yds </th> <th>TD </th> <th>LG<sup>3</sup> </th> <th>Target<sup>5</sup> </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Bobby_Engram" title="Bobby Engram">Bobby Engram</a> </td> <td>6 </td> <td>70 </td> <td>0 </td> <td>21 </td> <td>9 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Joe_Jurevicius" title="Joe Jurevicius">Joe Jurevicius</a> </td> <td>5 </td> <td>93 </td> <td>0 </td> <td>35 </td> <td>8 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Darrell_Jackson" title="Darrell Jackson">Darrell Jackson</a> </td> <td>5 </td> <td>50 </td> <td>0 </td> <td>20 </td> <td>12 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Jerramy_Stevens" title="Jerramy Stevens">Jerramy Stevens</a> </td> <td>3 </td> <td>25 </td> <td>1 </td> <td>16t </td> <td>8 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Mack Strong </td> <td>2 </td> <td>15 </td> <td>0 </td> <td>13 </td> <td>3 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Ryan_Hannam" title="Ryan Hannam">Ryan Hannam</a> </td> <td>2 </td> <td>12 </td> <td>0 </td> <td>9 </td> <td>2 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Shaun Alexander </td> <td>2 </td> <td>2 </td> <td>0 </td> <td>4 </td> <td>4 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Maurice_Morris" title="Maurice Morris">Maurice Morris</a> </td> <td>1 </td> <td>6 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J. Hackett">D. J. Hackett</a> </td> <td>0 </td> <td>0 </td> <td>0 </td> <td>0 </td> <td>1 </td></tr> </tbody></table> </div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1215345927"><div class="multicol-float" style="min-width: 48%;"> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="6" style="background-color: #000000 !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #FFB612, inset -2px -2px 0 #FFB612;;">Steelers Passing </th></tr> <tr> <th> </th> <th>C/ATT<sup>1</sup> </th> <th>Yds </th> <th>TD </th> <th>INT </th> <th>Rating </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Ben_Roethlisberger" title="Ben Roethlisberger">Ben Roethlisberger</a> </td> <td>9/21 </td> <td>123 </td> <td>0 </td> <td>2 </td> <td>22.6 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Antwaan_Randle_El" title="Antwaan Randle El">Antwaan Randle El</a> </td> <td>1/1 </td> <td>43 </td> <td>1 </td> <td>0 </td> <td>158.3 </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="6" style="background-color: #000000 !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #FFB612, inset -2px -2px 0 #FFB612;;">Steelers Rushing </th></tr> <tr> <th> </th> <th>Car<sup>2</sup> </th> <th>Yds </th> <th>TD </th> <th>LG<sup>3</sup> </th> <th>Yds/Car </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Willie_Parker" title="Willie Parker">Willie Parker</a> </td> <td>10 </td> <td>93 </td> <td>1 </td> <td>75t </td> <td>9.30 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Jerome_Bettis" title="Jerome Bettis">Jerome Bettis</a> </td> <td>14 </td> <td>43 </td> <td>0 </td> <td>12 </td> <td>3.07 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Ben Roethlisberger </td> <td>7 </td> <td>25 </td> <td>1 </td> <td>10 </td> <td>3.57 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Hines_Ward" title="Hines Ward">Hines Ward</a> </td> <td>1 </td> <td>18 </td> <td>0 </td> <td>18 </td> <td>18.00 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Verron_Haynes" title="Verron Haynes">Verron Haynes</a> </td> <td>1 </td> <td>2 </td> <td>0 </td> <td>2 </td> <td>2.00 </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="6" style="background-color: #000000 !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #FFB612, inset -2px -2px 0 #FFB612;;">Steelers Receiving </th></tr> <tr> <th> </th> <th>Rec<sup>4</sup> </th> <th>Yds </th> <th>TD </th> <th>LG<sup>3</sup> </th> <th>Target<sup>5</sup> </th></tr> <tr> <td>Hines Ward </td> <td>5 </td> <td>123 </td> <td>1 </td> <td>43t </td> <td>11 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Antwaan Randle El </td> <td>3 </td> <td>22 </td> <td>0 </td> <td>8 </td> <td>5 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Cedrick_Wilson_Sr." title="Cedrick Wilson Sr.">Cedrick Wilson</a> </td> <td>1 </td> <td>20 </td> <td>0 </td> <td>20 </td> <td>3 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Willie Parker </td> <td>1 </td> <td>1 </td> <td>0 </td> <td>1 </td> <td>1 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Nate_Washington" title="Nate Washington">Nate Washington</a> </td> <td>0 </td> <td>0 </td> <td>0 </td> <td>0 </td> <td>1 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Jerame_Tuman" title="Jerame Tuman">Jerame Tuman</a> </td> <td>0 </td> <td>0 </td> <td>0 </td> <td>0 </td> <td>1 </td></tr> </tbody></table> </div><div class="multicol-float-clear" style=""></div> <p><sup>1</sup>Completions/attempts <sup>2</sup>Carries <sup>3</sup>Long gain <sup>4</sup>Receptions <sup>5</sup>Times targeted </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Starting_lineups">Starting lineups</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Super_Bowl_XL&action=edit&section=28" title="Edit section: Starting lineups"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Source:<sup id="cite_ref-65" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-65"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>65<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><span style="color:black;background:#FFCC00">Hall of Fame‡</span> </p> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th width="150px" style="background-color: #324278 !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #62C141, inset -2px -2px 0 #62C141;;">Seattle</th> <th>Position</th> <th>Position</th> <th width="150px" style="background-color: #000000 !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #FFB612, inset -2px -2px 0 #FFB612;;">Pittsburgh </th></tr> <tr> <td colspan="4" align="center"><b>Offense</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Bobby_Engram" title="Bobby Engram">Bobby Engram</a></td> <td colspan="2" align="center">WR</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Antwaan_Randle_El" title="Antwaan Randle El">Antwaan Randle El</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#FFCC00"><a href="/wiki/Walter_Jones_(American_football)" title="Walter Jones (American football)">Walter Jones</a>‡</td> <td colspan="2" align="center">LT</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Marvel_Smith" title="Marvel Smith">Marvel Smith</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#FFCC00"><a href="/wiki/Steve_Hutchinson_(American_football)" title="Steve Hutchinson (American football)">Steve Hutchinson</a>‡</td> <td colspan="2" align="center">LG</td> <td bgcolor="#FFCC00"><a href="/wiki/Alan_Faneca" title="Alan Faneca">Alan Faneca</a>‡ </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Robbie_Tobeck" title="Robbie Tobeck">Robbie Tobeck</a></td> <td colspan="2" align="center">C</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Jeff_Hartings" title="Jeff Hartings">Jeff Hartings</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Chris_Gray_(American_football)" title="Chris Gray (American football)">Chris Gray</a></td> <td colspan="2" align="center">RG</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Kendall_Simmons" title="Kendall Simmons">Kendall Simmons</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Sean_Locklear" title="Sean Locklear">Sean Locklear</a></td> <td colspan="2" align="center">RT</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Max_Starks" title="Max Starks">Max Starks</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Joe_Jurevicius" title="Joe Jurevicius">Joe Jurevicius</a></td> <td align="center">WR</td> <td align="center">TE</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Heath_Miller" title="Heath Miller">Heath Miller</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Darrell_Jackson" title="Darrell Jackson">Darrell Jackson</a></td> <td colspan="2" align="center">WR</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Hines_Ward" title="Hines Ward">Hines Ward</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Matt_Hasselbeck" title="Matt Hasselbeck">Matt Hasselbeck</a></td> <td colspan="2" align="center">QB</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Ben_Roethlisberger" title="Ben Roethlisberger">Ben Roethlisberger</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Mack_Strong" title="Mack Strong">Mack Strong</a></td> <td colspan="2" align="center">FB</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Dan_Kreider" title="Dan Kreider">Dan Kreider</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Shaun_Alexander" title="Shaun Alexander">Shaun Alexander</a></td> <td colspan="2" align="center">RB</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Willie_Parker" title="Willie Parker">Willie Parker</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="4" align="center"><b>Defense</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Bryce_Fisher" title="Bryce Fisher">Bryce Fisher</a></td> <td align="center">LDE</td> <td align="center">DE</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Aaron_Smith_(American_football)" title="Aaron Smith (American football)">Aaron Smith</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Chartric_Darby" class="mw-redirect" title="Chartric Darby">Chartric Darby</a></td> <td align="center">LDT</td> <td align="center">NT</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Casey_Hampton" title="Casey Hampton">Casey Hampton</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Rocky_Bernard" title="Rocky Bernard">Rocky Bernard</a></td> <td align="center">RDT</td> <td align="center">DE</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Kimo_von_Oelhoffen" title="Kimo von Oelhoffen">Kimo von Oelhoffen</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Grant_Wistrom" title="Grant Wistrom">Grant Wistrom</a></td> <td align="center">RDE</td> <td align="center">LOLB</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Clark_Haggans" title="Clark Haggans">Clark Haggans</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Leroy_Hill" title="Leroy Hill">Leroy Hill</a></td> <td align="center">OLB</td> <td align="center">LILB</td> <td><a href="/wiki/James_Farrior" title="James Farrior">James Farrior</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Lofa_Tatupu" title="Lofa Tatupu">Lofa Tatupu</a></td> <td align="center">MLB</td> <td align="center">RILB</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Larry_Foote" title="Larry Foote">Larry Foote</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/D._D._Lewis_(linebacker,_born_1979)" class="mw-redirect" title="D. D. Lewis (linebacker, born 1979)">D. D. Lewis</a></td> <td align="center">OLB</td> <td align="center">ROLB</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Joey_Porter" title="Joey Porter">Joey Porter</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Andre_Dyson" title="Andre Dyson">Andre Dyson</a></td> <td colspan="2" align="center">LCB</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Ike_Taylor" title="Ike Taylor">Ike Taylor</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Marcus_Trufant" title="Marcus Trufant">Marcus Trufant</a></td> <td colspan="2" align="center">RCB</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Deshea_Townsend" title="Deshea Townsend">Deshea Townsend</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Michael_Boulware" title="Michael Boulware">Michael Boulware</a></td> <td colspan="2" align="center">SS</td> <td bgcolor="#FFCC00"><a href="/wiki/Troy_Polamalu" title="Troy Polamalu">Troy Polamalu</a>‡ </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Marquand_Manuel" title="Marquand Manuel">Marquand Manuel</a></td> <td colspan="2" align="center">FS</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Chris_Hope_(American_football)" title="Chris Hope (American football)">Chris Hope</a> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Officials">Officials</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Super_Bowl_XL&action=edit&section=29" title="Edit section: Officials"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><b>Referee:</b> <a href="/wiki/Bill_Leavy" title="Bill Leavy">Bill Leavy</a> #127 second Super Bowl (XXXIV as back judge)</li> <li><b>Umpire:</b> Garth DeFelice #53 first Super Bowl on field (alternate for XXXIX)</li> <li><b>Head Linesman:</b> <a href="/wiki/Mark_Hittner" title="Mark Hittner">Mark Hittner</a> #28 third Super Bowl (XXXVI and XXXVIII)</li> <li><b>Line Judge:</b> Mark Perlman #9 first Super Bowl</li> <li><b>Side Judge:</b> Tom Hill #97 first Super Bowl</li> <li><b>Field Judge:</b> Steve Zimmer #33 first Super Bowl</li> <li><b>Back Judge:</b> Bob Waggoner #25 first Super Bowl</li> <li><b>Replay Official:</b> Bob Boylston</li> <li><b>Video Operator:</b> David Coleman</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Reaction_to_officiating">Reaction to officiating</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Super_Bowl_XL&action=edit&section=30" title="Edit section: Reaction to officiating"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The officiating in Super Bowl XL was met with criticism from members of the media soon after the game. One call that was complained about was an offensive pass interference on Seahawks wide receiver <a href="/wiki/Darrell_Jackson" title="Darrell Jackson">Darrell Jackson</a> for a push-off against Steelers safety <a href="/wiki/Chris_Hope_(American_football)" title="Chris Hope (American football)">Chris Hope</a> that nullified his 16-yard touchdown reception in the first quarter.<sup id="cite_ref-66" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-66"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>66<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> However, according to the NFL's Director of Officiating at the time, <a href="/wiki/Mike_Pereira" title="Mike Pereira">Mike Pereira</a>, the call was indeed correct as Jackson had pushed off.<sup id="cite_ref-67" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-67"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>67<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Another complaint had to do with a penalty in the fourth quarter against Seattle right tackle <a href="/wiki/Sean_Locklear" title="Sean Locklear">Sean Locklear</a> for holding Steelers linebacker <a href="/wiki/Clark_Haggans" title="Clark Haggans">Clark Haggans</a> that nullified a deep pass. Pereira later stated that Locklear was definitively holding and the call was correct.<sup id="cite_ref-NFL.com_Top10_68-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NFL.com_Top10-68"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>68<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-bleacherreport.com_69-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bleacherreport.com-69"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>69<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Also disputed was the penalty on Hasselbeck for an illegal block below the waist while making a tackle during Ike Taylor's interception return.<sup id="cite_ref-70" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-70"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>70<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In addition, many Steelers fans were outraged by an incomplete pass call early in the game from Hasselbeck to Jerramy Stevens. Stevens appeared to have possession and then fumble, only for the officials to rule he never had complete possession.<sup id="cite_ref-71" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-71"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>71<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Steelers also were upset about a call on a play that appeared to give them possession of the football when Matt Hasselbeck fumbled while scrambling. It was ruled however that Hasselbeck had been touched before losing control of the football, thus negating the fumble.<sup id="cite_ref-bleacherreport.com_69-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bleacherreport.com-69"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>69<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><i><a href="/wiki/Kansas_City_Star" class="mw-redirect" title="Kansas City Star">Kansas City Star</a></i> writer <a href="/wiki/Jason_Whitlock" title="Jason Whitlock">Jason Whitlock</a> encapsulated some views when he wrote the day after the game, "<a href="/wiki/Bill_Leavy" title="Bill Leavy">Bill Leavy</a> and his crew ruined Super Bowl XL. Am I the only one who would like to hear them defend their incompetence?"<sup id="cite_ref-72" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-72"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>72<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Initially, some fans reacted negatively as well. A February 7 online <a href="/wiki/ESPN" title="ESPN">ESPN</a> poll found that, with 103,167 votes cast, 61.7% of those votes were cast for the choice of "officiating mistakes affected the outcome of Super Bowl XL."<sup id="cite_ref-73" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-73"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>73<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Seahawks head coach <a href="/wiki/Mike_Holmgren" title="Mike Holmgren">Mike Holmgren</a> himself took issue with the officiating at a rally for his team on February 6 at <a href="/wiki/Qwest_Field" class="mw-redirect" title="Qwest Field">Qwest Field</a>, saying, "We knew it was going to be tough going against the Pittsburgh Steelers. I didn't know we were going to have to play the guys in the striped shirts as well.".<sup id="cite_ref-74" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-74"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>74<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In response to the criticisms leveled at the officials, the NFL, just two days after the game, released a statement defending the officials' performance. "The game was properly officiated, including, as in most NFL games, some tight plays that produced disagreement about the calls made by the officials", NFL spokesman <a href="/w/index.php?title=Greg_Aiello&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Greg Aiello (page does not exist)">Greg Aiello</a> said in a statement.<sup id="cite_ref-75" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-75"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>75<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>High-profile referee Ed Hochuli said "The Super Bowl was one of those games where it seemed the big calls went against Seattle. And that was just fortuitous—bad fortuitous for Seattle." Hochuli went on to say that "The league felt, actually, that the Super Bowl was well officiated. Now, that doesn't mean there were no mistakes. There are always mistakes, but it was a well-officiated game."<sup id="cite_ref-abc_hoch_76-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-abc_hoch-76"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>76<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On August 6, 2010, while visiting the Seahawks' preseason training camp for an annual rules interpretation session with the Seattle media, Leavy brought up Super Bowl XL without being asked, and said:<sup id="cite_ref-abc_hoch_76-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-abc_hoch-76"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>76<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1244412712">.mw-parser-output .templatequote{overflow:hidden;margin:1em 0;padding:0 32px}.mw-parser-output .templatequotecite{line-height:1.5em;text-align:left;margin-top:0}@media(min-width:500px){.mw-parser-output .templatequotecite{padding-left:1.6em}}</style><blockquote class="templatequote"><p>It was a tough thing for me. I kicked two calls in the fourth quarter and I impacted the game, and as an official you never want to do that. It left me with a lot of sleepless nights, and I think about it constantly. I'll go to my grave wishing that I'd been better ... I know that I did my best at that time, but it wasn't good enough ... When we make mistakes, you got to step up and own them. It's something that all officials have to deal with, but unfortunately when you have to deal with it in the Super Bowl it's difficult.<sup id="cite_ref-77" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-77"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>77<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></p></blockquote> <p>The Super Bowl XL officiating controversy was later listed as number 8 on the NFL's list of the top ten controversial calls of all time.<sup id="cite_ref-NFL.com_Top10_68-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NFL.com_Top10-68"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>68<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Commentators <a href="/wiki/Boomer_Esiason" title="Boomer Esiason">Boomer Esiason</a>, <a href="/wiki/Steve_Raible" title="Steve Raible">Steve Raible</a>, and Tom Curran were critical of the officiating, while former Steelers wide receiver <a href="/wiki/Hines_Ward" title="Hines Ward">Hines Ward</a> and commentator Ed Bouchette defended the calls, and commentators Howard Balzer and <a href="/wiki/Bill_Hillgrove" title="Bill Hillgrove">Bill Hillgrove</a> and former Steelers defensive coordinator <a href="/wiki/Dick_LeBeau" title="Dick LeBeau">Dick LeBeau</a> felt that the officiating did not impact the outcome of the game. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Gambling">Gambling</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Super_Bowl_XL&action=edit&section=31" title="Edit section: Gambling"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>According to <a href="/wiki/Las_Vegas_Valley" title="Las Vegas Valley">Las Vegas</a> oddsmakers, the Steelers opened betting as a four-point <a href="/wiki/Spread_betting" title="Spread betting">favorite</a>. As the Steelers won by eleven points, they covered this spread.</li> <li>The <a href="/wiki/Over-under" class="mw-redirect" title="Over-under">over-under</a>, or expected points total, for the game, opened at 47.<sup id="cite_ref-78" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-78"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>78<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> As the total combined score of this game was only 31 points, the under bet won.</li> <li>The <a href="/wiki/Money_line" class="mw-redirect" title="Money line">money line</a> was set at roughly +160 for the Seahawks and −180 for the Steelers.</li></ul> <p>This was just the fifth time in Super Bowl history when a lower-seeded team opened as the favorite to win; the previous occurrences were Super Bowls <a href="/wiki/Super_Bowl_XXXIX" title="Super Bowl XXXIX">XXXIX</a> (AFC second-seeded <a href="/wiki/New_England_Patriots" title="New England Patriots">New England Patriots</a> were favored by seven points over NFC top-seed <a href="/wiki/Philadelphia_Eagles" title="Philadelphia Eagles">Philadelphia Eagles</a>), <a href="/wiki/Super_Bowl_XXXV" title="Super Bowl XXXV">XXXV</a> (AFC fourth-seeded <a href="/wiki/Baltimore_Ravens" title="Baltimore Ravens">Baltimore Ravens</a> were favored by three points over NFC top-seed <a href="/wiki/New_York_Giants" title="New York Giants">New York Giants</a>), <a href="/wiki/Super_Bowl_XXIII" title="Super Bowl XXIII">XXIII</a> (NFC second-seeded <a href="/wiki/San_Francisco_49ers" title="San Francisco 49ers">San Francisco 49ers</a> were favored by seven points over AFC first-seed <a href="/wiki/Cincinnati_Bengals" title="Cincinnati Bengals">Cincinnati Bengals</a>), and <a href="/wiki/Super_Bowl_XVII" title="Super Bowl XVII">XVII</a> (AFC second-seeded <a href="/wiki/Miami_Dolphins" title="Miami Dolphins">Miami Dolphins</a> were favored by three points over NFC top-seed <a href="/wiki/Washington_Redskins" class="mw-redirect" title="Washington Redskins">Washington Redskins</a>). In each but the last iteration, the lower-seeded and favored team won. </p><p>This was also the second time in Super Bowl history when the favorite was a wild card team, the first was before <a href="/wiki/Super_Bowl_XXXV" title="Super Bowl XXXV">Super Bowl XXXV</a>, when the Ravens were favored. It also marked the first time since that game the favorite won against the spread. </p><p>Members of the winning team each received a payment of $73,000 for playing in the game, while players on the losing team were paid $38,000. The Green Bay Packers received $15,000 each for winning <a href="/wiki/Super_Bowl_I" title="Super Bowl I">Super Bowl I</a> in 1967; <a href="/wiki/Consumer_Price_Index" class="mw-redirect" title="Consumer Price Index">adjusted for inflation</a> in 2006 dollars, that sum is roughly $86,000.<sup id="cite_ref-79" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-79"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>79<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>After having held constant at $600 for three years, the face value of the costliest Super Bowl ticket rose to $700 for the game. On <a href="/wiki/EBay" title="EBay">eBay</a>, the least-desirable seats—those behind each end zone in the upper level—fetched more than $2000 each, while top seats around the 50-yard line sold for more than $6000. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Ring">Ring</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Super_Bowl_XL&action=edit&section=32" title="Edit section: Ring"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Super_Bowl_XL_ring.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/af/Super_Bowl_XL_ring.jpg/220px-Super_Bowl_XL_ring.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="146" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/af/Super_Bowl_XL_ring.jpg/330px-Super_Bowl_XL_ring.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/af/Super_Bowl_XL_ring.jpg/440px-Super_Bowl_XL_ring.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1279" data-file-height="847" /></a><figcaption>The Steelers Super Bowl XL ring</figcaption></figure> <p>The <a href="/wiki/Super_Bowl_ring" title="Super Bowl ring">ring</a> for the Pittsburgh Steelers was designed by Steelers owner Dan Rooney with Jerome Bettis and Ben Roethlisberger.<sup id="cite_ref-thumb_80-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-thumb-80"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>80<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It is crowned by five Vince Lombardi trophies, all topped with football-shaped <a href="/wiki/Diamond_(gemstone)" title="Diamond (gemstone)">diamond</a> settings to represent their five Super Bowl victories. Rooney would have preferred the ring to focus exclusively on this team's win, but Bettis and Roethlisberger, cognizant of a tradition of which they couldn't help but be reminded, insisted that it acknowledge the legacy of all those teams (indeed, during the pre-game MVP introductions, <a href="/wiki/Franco_Harris" title="Franco Harris">Franco Harris</a>, winner of the award in the Steelers' <a href="/wiki/Super_Bowl_IX" title="Super Bowl IX">first Super Bowl IX victory</a> 31 years earlier on January 12, 1975, had waved a <a href="/wiki/Terrible_Towel" title="Terrible Towel">Terrible Towel</a> as he walked onto the field).<sup id="cite_ref-81" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-81"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>81<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The base of each trophy has the Roman numeral for their victories, with Super Bowl XL front and center. In front of the trophies is the Steelers logo set with colored jewels to mimic the colors of the logo. On the top of the crown is "PITTSBURGH", and on the bottom is "WORLD CHAMPIONS". Each side of the crown has 10 square cut diamonds <a href="/wiki/Stonesetting#channel_setting" title="Stonesetting">channel set</a> along the edge. The left side of the ring has the player's name and number with the NFL logo in between, while the right side has the score of the game (Steelers 21 Seahawks 10) above the Super Bowl XL logo over 2005.<sup id="cite_ref-thumb_80-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-thumb-80"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>80<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-82" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-82"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>82<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-83" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-83"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>83<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The year on the ring is for the NFL season, and not the year the game was played. </p><p>The Super Bowl XL rings were produced by the Minneapolis-based jewelry company <a href="/wiki/Jostens" title="Jostens">Jostens</a>, which is the primary supplier of Super Bowl champion rings and has made 31 rings in the Super Bowl's 50-year history through 2017.<sup id="cite_ref-84" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-84"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>84<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The National Football League covers the cost of 150 rings, paying up to $5,000 for each (three quarters of a million dollars).<sup id="cite_ref-85" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-85"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>85<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> If a team wants a fancier look, such as player names, more gems or detailed designs, or more than 150 rings, then the team owner has to foot the bill for the extra cost. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Super_Bowl_XL&action=edit&section=33" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output 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Warren</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">64 <a href="/wiki/Jeff_Hartings" title="Jeff Hartings">Jeff Hartings</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">65 <a href="/w/index.php?title=Tim_Brown_(offensive_lineman)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Tim Brown (offensive lineman) (page does not exist)">Tim Brown</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">66 <a href="/wiki/Alan_Faneca" title="Alan Faneca">Alan Faneca</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">67 <a href="/wiki/Kimo_von_Oelhoffen" title="Kimo von Oelhoffen">Kimo von Oelhoffen</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">68 <a href="/wiki/Chris_Kemoeatu" title="Chris Kemoeatu">Chris Kemoeatu</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">69 <a href="/wiki/Ulish_Booker" title="Ulish Booker">Ulish Booker</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">72 <a href="/wiki/Barrett_Brooks" title="Barrett Brooks">Barrett Brooks</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">73 <a href="/wiki/Kendall_Simmons" title="Kendall Simmons">Kendall Simmons</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">76 <a href="/wiki/Chris_Hoke" title="Chris Hoke">Chris Hoke</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">77 <a href="/wiki/Marvel_Smith" title="Marvel Smith">Marvel Smith</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">78 <a href="/wiki/Max_Starks" title="Max Starks">Max Starks</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">79 <a href="/wiki/Trai_Essex" title="Trai Essex">Trai Essex</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">80 <a href="/wiki/Cedrick_Wilson_Sr." title="Cedrick Wilson Sr.">Cedrick Wilson Sr.</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">81 <a href="/wiki/Sean_Morey_(American_football)" title="Sean Morey (American football)">Sean Morey</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">82 <a href="/wiki/Antwaan_Randle_El" title="Antwaan Randle El">Antwaan Randle El</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">83 <a href="/wiki/Heath_Miller" title="Heath Miller">Heath Miller</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">84 <a href="/wiki/Jerame_Tuman" title="Jerame Tuman">Jerame Tuman</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">85 <a href="/wiki/Nate_Washington" title="Nate Washington">Nate Washington</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">86 <a href="/wiki/Hines_Ward" title="Hines Ward">Hines Ward</a> (<a href="/wiki/Super_Bowl_Most_Valuable_Player_Award" title="Super Bowl Most Valuable Player Award"><b>MVP</b></a>)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">89 <a href="/wiki/Lee_Mays" title="Lee Mays">Lee Mays</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">90 <a href="/wiki/Travis_Kirschke" title="Travis Kirschke">Travis Kirschke</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">91 <a href="/wiki/Aaron_Smith_(American_football)" title="Aaron Smith (American football)">Aaron Smith</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">92 <a href="/wiki/James_Harrison_(American_football)" title="James Harrison (American football)">James Harrison</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">94 <a href="/wiki/Andre_Frazier" title="Andre Frazier">Andre Frazier</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">96 <a href="/wiki/Shaun_Nua" title="Shaun Nua">Shaun Nua</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">98 <a href="/wiki/Casey_Hampton" title="Casey Hampton">Casey Hampton</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">99 <a href="/wiki/Brett_Keisel" title="Brett Keisel">Brett Keisel</a></span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><b>Head coach:</b> <a href="/wiki/Bill_Cowher" title="Bill Cowher">Bill Cowher</a></span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><b>Coaches:</b> <a href="/wiki/Bruce_Arians" title="Bruce Arians">Bruce Arians</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Keith_Butler_(American_football)" title="Keith Butler (American football)">Keith Butler</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/James_Daniel" title="James Daniel">James Daniel</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Chet_Fuhrman" title="Chet Fuhrman">Chet Fuhrman</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Russ_Grimm" title="Russ Grimm">Russ Grimm</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Dick_Hoak" title="Dick Hoak">Dick Hoak</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Ray_Horton" title="Ray Horton">Ray Horton</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Dick_LeBeau" title="Dick LeBeau">Dick LeBeau</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/John_Mitchell_(American_football)" title="John Mitchell (American football)">John Mitchell</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Darren_Perry" title="Darren Perry">Darren Perry</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Kevin_Spencer_(American_football)" title="Kevin Spencer (American football)">Kevin Spencer</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Mark_Whipple" title="Mark Whipple">Mark Whipple</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Ken_Whisenhunt" title="Ken Whisenhunt">Ken Whisenhunt</a></span></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236075235"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239334494"></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox" aria-labelledby="Pittsburgh_Steelers561" style="padding:3px"><table class="nowraplinks hlist mw-collapsible autocollapse navbox-inner" style="border-spacing:0;background:transparent;color:inherit"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2" style="background-color: #FFB612 !important; color: #000000 !important; ;;background-color: #000000 !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #FFB612, inset -2px -2px 0 #FFB612;;"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239400231"><div class="navbar plainlinks hlist navbar-mini"><ul><li class="nv-view"><a href="/wiki/Template:Pittsburgh_Steelers" title="Template:Pittsburgh Steelers"><abbr title="View this template" style="color: #FFFFFF !important">v</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-talk"><a href="/wiki/Template_talk:Pittsburgh_Steelers" title="Template talk:Pittsburgh Steelers"><abbr title="Discuss this template" style="color: #FFFFFF !important">t</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-edit"><a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/Template:Pittsburgh_Steelers" title="Special:EditPage/Template:Pittsburgh Steelers"><abbr title="Edit this template" style="color: #FFFFFF !important">e</abbr></a></li></ul></div><div id="Pittsburgh_Steelers561" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em"><a href="/wiki/Pittsburgh_Steelers" title="Pittsburgh Steelers"><span style="color: #FFFFFF">Pittsburgh Steelers</span></a></div></th></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="2" style="background-color: #FFB612 !important; color: #000000 !important; ;"><div> <ul><li>Founded in 1933</li> <li>Formerly the <b>Pittsburgh Pirates</b> (1933–1939)</li> <li>Based and headquartered in <b><a href="/wiki/Pittsburgh" title="Pittsburgh"><span class="tmp-color" style="color:background-color: #FFB612 !important; color: #000000 !important;">Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania</span></a></b></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color: #FFB612 !important; color: #000000 !important; ;;width:1%">Franchise</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/History_of_the_Pittsburgh_Steelers" title="History of the Pittsburgh Steelers">History</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pittsburgh_Steelers_All-Time_Team" title="Pittsburgh Steelers All-Time Team">All-Time Team</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Pittsburgh_Steelers_All-Time_Team_(50th_Season)" title="Pittsburgh Steelers All-Time Team (50th Season)">50th Season</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pittsburgh_Steelers_Legends_team" title="Pittsburgh Steelers Legends team">Legends team</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Pittsburgh_Steelers_seasons" title="List of Pittsburgh Steelers seasons">Seasons</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Logos_and_uniforms_of_the_Pittsburgh_Steelers" title="Logos and uniforms of the Pittsburgh Steelers">Logos and uniforms</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Pittsburgh_Steelers_head_coaches" title="List of Pittsburgh Steelers head coaches">Coaches</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pittsburgh_Steelers_all-time_roster" title="Pittsburgh Steelers all-time roster">All-time roster</a> (<a href="/wiki/Pittsburgh_Steelers_all-time_roster_(A%E2%80%93K)" title="Pittsburgh Steelers all-time roster (A–K)">A–K</a>, <a href="/wiki/Pittsburgh_Steelers_all-time_roster_(L%E2%80%93Z)" title="Pittsburgh Steelers all-time roster (L–Z)">L–Z</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Pittsburgh_Steelers_starting_quarterbacks" title="List of Pittsburgh Steelers starting quarterbacks">Starting quarterbacks</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Pittsburgh_Steelers_first-round_draft_picks" title="List of Pittsburgh Steelers first-round draft picks">First-round draft picks</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pittsburgh_Steelers_records" class="mw-redirect" title="Pittsburgh Steelers records">Records</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color: #FFB612 !important; color: #000000 !important; ;;width:1%">Stadiums</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>Home fields: <a href="/wiki/Forbes_Field" title="Forbes Field">Forbes Field</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pitt_Stadium" title="Pitt Stadium">Pitt Stadium</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Three_Rivers_Stadium" title="Three Rivers Stadium">Three Rivers Stadium</a></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Acrisure_Stadium" title="Acrisure Stadium">Acrisure Stadium</a></b></li></ul> <ul><li>Training facilities: <a href="/wiki/Arthur_J._Rooney_Athletic_Field" title="Arthur J. Rooney Athletic Field">Rooney Field</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Point_Stadium" title="Point Stadium">Point Stadium</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/UPMC_Rooney_Sports_Complex" title="UPMC Rooney Sports Complex">UPMC Rooney Sports Complex</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Saint_Vincent_College#Pittsburgh_Steelers_training_camp" title="Saint Vincent College">Chuck Noll Field</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color: #FFB612 !important; color: #000000 !important; ;;width:1%">Culture</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/American_football_in_Western_Pennsylvania" title="American football in Western Pennsylvania">Football in Western Pennsylvania</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rooney_family" title="Rooney family">Rooney family</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Myron_Cope" title="Myron Cope">Myron Cope</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Steelmark" title="Steelmark">Steelmark</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Steeler_Nation" title="Steeler Nation">Steeler Nation</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Terrible_Towel" title="Terrible Towel">Terrible Towel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Steel_Curtain" title="Steel Curtain">Steel Curtain</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Black_Sunday_(1977_film)" title="Black Sunday (1977 film)">Black Sunday</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Fighting_Back:_The_Rocky_Bleier_Story" title="Fighting Back: The Rocky Bleier Story">Fighting Back: The Rocky Bleier Story</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Evening_Shade" title="Evening Shade">Evening Shade</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Chief_(play)" title="The Chief (play)">The Chief</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pennsylvania_Polka" title="Pennsylvania Polka">"Pennsylvania Polka" (song)</a></li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Renegade_(Styx_song)" title="Renegade (Styx song)">Renegade</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Here_We_Go_(Steelers_song)" title="Here We Go (Steelers song)">Here We Go</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Black_and_Yellow" title="Black and Yellow">Black and Yellow</a>"</li> <li><a href="/wiki/YinzCam" title="YinzCam">YinzCam</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/This_Is_Us" title="This Is Us">This Is Us</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Steel_Curtain_(roller_coaster)" title="Steel Curtain (roller coaster)">Steel Curtain Roller Coaster</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color: #FFB612 !important; color: #000000 !important; ;;width:1%">Lore</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Pittsburgh_sports_lore" title="Pittsburgh sports lore">Steelers lore</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/J.P._Rooneys" title="J.P. Rooneys">J.P. Rooneys</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pennsylvania_Keystoners" title="Pennsylvania Keystoners">Pennsylvania Keystoners</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pennsylvania_Polka_(American_football)" title="Pennsylvania Polka (American football)">Pennsylvania Polka</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Steagles" title="Steagles">Steagles</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Card-Pitt" title="Card-Pitt">Card-Pitt</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pittsburgh_Steelerettes" title="Pittsburgh Steelerettes">Steelerettes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Immaculate_Reception" title="Immaculate Reception">Immaculate Reception</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1975_AFC_Championship_Game" title="1975 AFC Championship Game">1975 AFC Championship Game</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1995_AFC_Championship_Game" title="1995 AFC Championship Game">Immaculate Deflection</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jerome_Bettis_trade" title="Jerome Bettis trade">Jerome Bettis trade</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2005_AFC_Divisional_playoff_game_(Pittsburgh%E2%80%93Indianapolis)" title="2005 AFC Divisional playoff game (Pittsburgh–Indianapolis)">Immaculate Redemption/The Tackle</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/3:16_game" title="3:16 game">3:16 game</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Killer_B%27s_(Pittsburgh)" title="Killer B's (Pittsburgh)">Killer B's</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color: #FFB612 !important; color: #000000 !important; ;;width:1%">Rivalries</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ravens%E2%80%93Steelers_rivalry" title="Ravens–Steelers rivalry">Baltimore Ravens</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bengals%E2%80%93Steelers_rivalry" title="Bengals–Steelers rivalry">Cincinnati Bengals</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Browns%E2%80%93Steelers_rivalry" title="Browns–Steelers rivalry">Cleveland Browns</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cowboys%E2%80%93Steelers_rivalry" title="Cowboys–Steelers rivalry">Dallas Cowboys</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Broncos%E2%80%93Steelers_rivalry" title="Broncos–Steelers rivalry">Denver Broncos</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Raiders%E2%80%93Steelers_rivalry" title="Raiders–Steelers rivalry">Las Vegas Raiders</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Patriots%E2%80%93Steelers_rivalry" title="Patriots–Steelers rivalry">New England Patriots</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eagles%E2%80%93Steelers_rivalry" title="Eagles–Steelers rivalry">Philadelphia Eagles</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Steelers%E2%80%93Titans_rivalry" title="Steelers–Titans rivalry">Tennessee Titans</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color: #FFB612 !important; color: #000000 !important; ;;width:1%">Media</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Pittsburgh_Steelers_broadcasters" title="List of Pittsburgh Steelers broadcasters">Broadcasters</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/KDKA-TV" title="KDKA-TV">KDKA-TV</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WPKD-TV" title="WPKD-TV">WPKD-TV</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/SportsNet_Pittsburgh" title="SportsNet Pittsburgh">SportsNet Pittsburgh</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Charlie_Batch" title="Charlie Batch">Charlie Batch</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chris_Hoke" title="Chris Hoke">Chris Hoke</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pittsburgh_Steelers_Radio_Network" title="Pittsburgh Steelers Radio Network">Radio Network</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/WDVE" title="WDVE">WDVE-FM</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WBGG_(AM)" title="WBGG (AM)">WBGG-AM</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bill_Hillgrove" title="Bill Hillgrove">Bill Hillgrove</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tunch_Ilkin" title="Tunch Ilkin">Tunch Ilkin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Craig_Wolfley" title="Craig Wolfley">Craig Wolfley</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Pittsburgh_Steelers_figures_in_broadcasting" title="List of Pittsburgh Steelers figures in broadcasting">Steelers figures in broadcasting</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color: #FFB612 !important; color: #000000 !important; ;;width:1%">Division championships (24)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1972_Pittsburgh_Steelers_season" title="1972 Pittsburgh Steelers season">1972</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1974_Pittsburgh_Steelers_season" title="1974 Pittsburgh Steelers season">1974</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1975_Pittsburgh_Steelers_season" title="1975 Pittsburgh Steelers season">1975</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1976_Pittsburgh_Steelers_season" title="1976 Pittsburgh Steelers season">1976</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1977_Pittsburgh_Steelers_season" title="1977 Pittsburgh Steelers season">1977</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1978_Pittsburgh_Steelers_season" title="1978 Pittsburgh Steelers season">1978</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1979_Pittsburgh_Steelers_season" title="1979 Pittsburgh Steelers season">1979</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1983_Pittsburgh_Steelers_season" title="1983 Pittsburgh Steelers season">1983</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1984_Pittsburgh_Steelers_season" title="1984 Pittsburgh Steelers season">1984</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1992_Pittsburgh_Steelers_season" title="1992 Pittsburgh Steelers season">1992</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1994_Pittsburgh_Steelers_season" title="1994 Pittsburgh Steelers season">1994</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1995_Pittsburgh_Steelers_season" title="1995 Pittsburgh Steelers season">1995</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1996_Pittsburgh_Steelers_season" title="1996 Pittsburgh Steelers season">1996</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1997_Pittsburgh_Steelers_season" title="1997 Pittsburgh Steelers season">1997</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2001_Pittsburgh_Steelers_season" title="2001 Pittsburgh Steelers season">2001</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2002_Pittsburgh_Steelers_season" title="2002 Pittsburgh Steelers season">2002</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2004_Pittsburgh_Steelers_season" title="2004 Pittsburgh Steelers season">2004</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2007_Pittsburgh_Steelers_season" title="2007 Pittsburgh Steelers season">2007</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2008_Pittsburgh_Steelers_season" title="2008 Pittsburgh Steelers season">2008</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2010_Pittsburgh_Steelers_season" title="2010 Pittsburgh Steelers season">2010</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2014_Pittsburgh_Steelers_season" title="2014 Pittsburgh Steelers season">2014</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2016_Pittsburgh_Steelers_season" title="2016 Pittsburgh Steelers season">2016</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2017_Pittsburgh_Steelers_season" title="2017 Pittsburgh Steelers season">2017</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2020_Pittsburgh_Steelers_season" title="2020 Pittsburgh Steelers season">2020</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color: #FFB612 !important; color: #000000 !important; ;;width:1%">Conference championships (8)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1974_AFC_Championship_Game" class="mw-redirect" title="1974 AFC Championship Game">1974</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1975_AFC_Championship_Game" title="1975 AFC Championship Game">1975</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1978_NFL_season" title="1978 NFL season">1978</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1979_NFL_season" title="1979 NFL season">1979</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1995_NFL_season" title="1995 NFL season">1995</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2005_NFL_season" title="2005 NFL season">2005</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2008_NFL_season" title="2008 NFL season">2008</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2010_NFL_season" title="2010 NFL season">2010</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color: #FFB612 !important; color: #000000 !important; ;;width:1%">League championships (6)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Super_Bowl_IX" title="Super Bowl IX">1974 (IX)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Super_Bowl_X" title="Super Bowl X">1975 (X)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Super_Bowl_XIII" title="Super Bowl XIII">1978 (XIII)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Super_Bowl_XIV" title="Super Bowl XIV">1979 (XIV)</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">2005 (XL)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Super_Bowl_XLIII" title="Super Bowl XLIII">2008 (XLIII)</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color: #FFB612 !important; color: #000000 !important; ;;width:1%">Retired numbers</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Franco_Harris" title="Franco Harris">32</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ernie_Stautner" title="Ernie Stautner">70</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joe_Greene" title="Joe Greene">75</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color: #FFB612 !important; color: #000000 !important; ;;width:1%">Hall of Fame members</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>Players: <a href="/wiki/Jerome_Bettis" title="Jerome Bettis">Bettis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mel_Blount" title="Mel Blount">Blount</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Terry_Bradshaw" title="Terry Bradshaw">Bradshaw</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jack_Butler_(American_football)" title="Jack Butler (American football)">Butler</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dermontti_Dawson" title="Dermontti Dawson">Dawson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bill_Dudley" title="Bill Dudley">Dudley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alan_Faneca" title="Alan Faneca">Faneca</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joe_Greene" title="Joe Greene">Greene</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jack_Ham" title="Jack Ham">Ham</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Franco_Harris" title="Franco Harris">Harris</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Henry_Johnson" title="John Henry Johnson">Johnson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jack_Lambert_(American_football)" title="Jack Lambert (American football)">Lambert</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bobby_Layne" title="Bobby Layne">Layne</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Troy_Polamalu" title="Troy Polamalu">Polamalu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Donnie_Shell" title="Donnie Shell">Shell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Stallworth" title="John Stallworth">Stallworth</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ernie_Stautner" title="Ernie Stautner">Stautner</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lynn_Swann" title="Lynn Swann">Swann</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mike_Webster" title="Mike Webster">Webster</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rod_Woodson" title="Rod Woodson">Woodson</a></li></ul> <ul><li>Coaches and administration: <a href="/wiki/Bert_Bell" title="Bert Bell">Bell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bill_Cowher" title="Bill Cowher">Cowher</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Walt_Kiesling" title="Walt Kiesling">Kiesling</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chuck_Noll" title="Chuck Noll">Noll</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Art_Rooney" title="Art Rooney">Art Rooney</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dan_M._Rooney" title="Dan M. Rooney">Dan Rooney</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color: #FFB612 !important; color: #000000 !important; ;;width:1%">Current league affiliations</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>League: <a href="/wiki/National_Football_League" title="National Football League">National Football League</a></li> <li>Conference: <a href="/wiki/American_Football_Conference" title="American Football Conference">American Football Conference</a></li> <li>Division: <a href="/wiki/AFC_North" title="AFC North">North Division</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236075235"></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox" aria-labelledby="Seattle_Seahawks421" 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href="/wiki/List_of_Seattle_Seahawks_first-round_draft_picks" title="List of Seattle Seahawks first-round draft picks">First-round draft picks</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Seattle_Seahawks_records" class="mw-redirect" title="List of Seattle Seahawks records">Records</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Seattle_Seahawks_draft_history" title="Seattle Seahawks draft history">Draft history</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Seattle_Seahawks_broadcasters" title="List of Seattle Seahawks broadcasters">Broadcasters</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Virginia_Mason_Athletic_Center" title="Virginia Mason Athletic Center">Virginia Mason Athletic Center</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color: #69BE28 !important; color: #002244 !important; ;;width:1%">Stadiums</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Kingdome" title="Kingdome">Kingdome</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Husky_Stadium" title="Husky Stadium">Husky Stadium</a></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Lumen_Field" title="Lumen Field">Lumen Field</a></b></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color: #69BE28 !important; color: #002244 !important; ;;width:1%">Culture</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/12th_man_(football)" title="12th man (football)">12th Man</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/12s" title="12s">12s</a></li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Bitter_Sweet_Symphony" title="Bitter Sweet Symphony">Bitter Sweet Symphony</a>"</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Blitz_(mascot)" title="Blitz (mascot)">Blitz</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Blue_Thunder_(drumline)" title="Blue Thunder (drumline)">Blue Thunder</a></li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Can%27t_Hold_Us" title="Can't Hold Us">Can't Hold Us</a>"</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jones_Soda" title="Jones Soda">Jones Soda</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Paul_Allen" title="Paul Allen">Paul Allen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Seattle_Seahawks_Ring_of_Honor" title="Seattle Seahawks Ring of Honor">Ring of Honor</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Seahawks_Dancers" title="Seahawks Dancers">Seahawks Dancers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Steve_Largent_Award" title="Steve Largent Award">Steve Largent Award</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Edward_McMichael" class="mw-redirect" title="Edward McMichael">Tuba Man</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Patti_Hammond" title="Patti Hammond">Mama Blue</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color: #69BE28 !important; color: #002244 !important; ;;width:1%">Lore</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/2003_NFC_Wild_Card_playoff_game_(Seattle%E2%80%93Green_Bay)" title="2003 NFC Wild Card playoff game (Seattle–Green Bay)">We want the ball and we're going to score!</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Snow_Globe_Game" title="Snow Globe Game">Snow Globe Game</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Beast_Quake" title="Beast Quake">Beast Quake</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Legion_of_Boom_(Seattle_Seahawks)" title="Legion of Boom (Seattle Seahawks)">Legion of Boom</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Seattle_Cover_3_defense" title="Seattle Cover 3 defense">Seattle Cover 3</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fail_Mary" title="Fail Mary">Fail Mary</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Tip_(American_football)" title="The Tip (American football)">The Tip</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2014_NFC_Championship_Game" title="2014 NFC Championship Game">2014 NFC Championship Game</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Super_Bowl_XLIX" title="Super Bowl XLIX">Super Bowl goal-line interception</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2019_NFC_Divisional_playoff_game_(Seattle%E2%80%93Green_Bay)" title="2019 NFC Divisional playoff game (Seattle–Green Bay)">2019 NFC Divisional playoff game</a></li></ul> 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class="navbox-group" style="background-color: #69BE28 !important; color: #002244 !important; ;;width:1%">Division championships (11)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1988_Seattle_Seahawks_season" title="1988 Seattle Seahawks season">1988</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1999_Seattle_Seahawks_season" title="1999 Seattle Seahawks season">1999</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2004_Seattle_Seahawks_season" title="2004 Seattle Seahawks season">2004</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2005_Seattle_Seahawks_season" title="2005 Seattle Seahawks season">2005</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2006_Seattle_Seahawks_season" title="2006 Seattle Seahawks season">2006</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2007_Seattle_Seahawks_season" title="2007 Seattle Seahawks season">2007</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2010_Seattle_Seahawks_season" title="2010 Seattle Seahawks season">2010</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2013_Seattle_Seahawks_season" title="2013 Seattle Seahawks season">2013</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2014_Seattle_Seahawks_season" title="2014 Seattle Seahawks season">2014</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2016_Seattle_Seahawks_season" title="2016 Seattle Seahawks season">2016</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2020_Seattle_Seahawks_season" title="2020 Seattle Seahawks season">2020</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color: #69BE28 !important; color: #002244 !important; ;;width:1%">Conference championships (3)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/2005_NFL_season" title="2005 NFL season">2005</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2013_NFL_season" title="2013 NFL season">2013</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2014_NFL_season" title="2014 NFL season">2014</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color: #69BE28 !important; color: #002244 !important; ;;width:1%">League championships (1)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Super_Bowl_XLVIII" title="Super Bowl XLVIII">2013 (XLVIII)</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color: #69BE28 !important; color: #002244 !important; ;;width:1%">Retired numbers</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/12th_man_(football)" title="12th man (football)">12</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kenny_Easley" title="Kenny Easley">45</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Walter_Jones_(American_football)" title="Walter Jones (American football)">71</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Steve_Largent" title="Steve Largent">80</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cortez_Kennedy" title="Cortez Kennedy">96</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color: #69BE28 !important; color: #002244 !important; ;;width:1%">Affiliations</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>League: <a href="/wiki/National_Football_League" title="National Football League">National Football League</a></li> <li>Conference: <a href="/wiki/National_Football_Conference" title="National Football Conference">National Football Conference</a></li> <li>Division: <a href="/wiki/NFC_West" title="NFC West">West Division</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236075235"></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox" aria-labelledby="2005_NFL_season130" style="padding:3px"><table 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style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1933_NFL_Championship_Game" title="1933 NFL Championship Game">1933</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1934_NFL_Championship_Game" title="1934 NFL Championship Game">1934</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1935_NFL_Championship_Game" title="1935 NFL Championship Game">1935</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1936_NFL_Championship_Game" title="1936 NFL Championship Game">1936</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1937_NFL_Championship_Game" title="1937 NFL Championship Game">1937</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1938_NFL_Championship_Game" title="1938 NFL Championship Game">1938</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1939_NFL_Championship_Game" title="1939 NFL Championship Game">1939</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1940_NFL_Championship_Game" title="1940 NFL Championship Game">1940</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1941_NFL_Championship_Game" title="1941 NFL Championship Game">1941</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1942_NFL_Championship_Game" title="1942 NFL Championship Game">1942</a></li> <li><a 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title="1953 NFL Championship Game">1953</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1954_NFL_Championship_Game" title="1954 NFL Championship Game">1954</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1955_NFL_Championship_Game" title="1955 NFL Championship Game">1955</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1956_NFL_Championship_Game" title="1956 NFL Championship Game">1956</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1957_NFL_Championship_Game" title="1957 NFL Championship Game">1957</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1958_NFL_Championship_Game" title="1958 NFL Championship Game">1958</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1959_NFL_Championship_Game" title="1959 NFL Championship Game">1959</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1960_NFL_Championship_Game" title="1960 NFL Championship Game">1960</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1961_NFL_Championship_Game" title="1961 NFL Championship Game">1961</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1962_NFL_Championship_Game" title="1962 NFL Championship Game">1962</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1963_NFL_Championship_Game" title="1963 NFL Championship 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champions">Pre-Super Bowl AFL champions</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/American_Football_League_All-Star_game" title="American Football League All-Star game">AFL All-Star game</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_AFL_All-Star_Game_broadcasters" class="mw-redirect" title="List of AFL All-Star Game broadcasters">broadcasters</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/AFL-NFL_World_Championship_Game" class="mw-redirect" title="AFL-NFL World Championship Game">AFL–NFL World<br />Championship Game</a><br />(1966–1969)<sup>[1][2]</sup></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>1966 (<a href="/wiki/Super_Bowl_I" title="Super Bowl I">I</a>)</li> <li>1967 (<a href="/wiki/Super_Bowl_II" title="Super Bowl II">II</a>)</li> <li>1968 (<a href="/wiki/Super_Bowl_III" title="Super Bowl III">III</a>)</li> <li>1969 (<a href="/wiki/Super_Bowl_IV" title="Super Bowl IV">IV</a>)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Super_Bowl" title="Super Bowl">Super Bowl</a><br />(1970–present)<sup>[1][3]</sup></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>1970 (<a href="/wiki/Super_Bowl_V" title="Super Bowl V">V</a>)</li> <li>1971 (<a href="/wiki/Super_Bowl_VI" title="Super Bowl VI">VI</a>)</li> <li>1972 (<a href="/wiki/Super_Bowl_VII" title="Super Bowl VII">VII</a>)</li> <li>1973 (<a href="/wiki/Super_Bowl_VIII" title="Super Bowl VIII">VIII</a>)</li> <li>1974 (<a href="/wiki/Super_Bowl_IX" title="Super Bowl IX">IX</a>)</li> <li>1975 (<a href="/wiki/Super_Bowl_X" title="Super Bowl X">X</a>)</li> <li>1976 (<a href="/wiki/Super_Bowl_XI" title="Super Bowl XI">XI</a>)</li> <li>1977 (<a href="/wiki/Super_Bowl_XII" title="Super Bowl XII">XII</a>)</li> <li>1978 (<a href="/wiki/Super_Bowl_XIII" title="Super Bowl XIII">XIII</a>)</li> <li>1979 (<a href="/wiki/Super_Bowl_XIV" title="Super Bowl XIV">XIV</a>)</li> <li>1980 (<a href="/wiki/Super_Bowl_XV" title="Super Bowl XV">XV</a>)</li> <li>1981 (<a href="/wiki/Super_Bowl_XVI" title="Super Bowl XVI">XVI</a>)</li> <li>1982 (<a href="/wiki/Super_Bowl_XVII" title="Super Bowl XVII">XVII</a>)</li> <li>1983 (<a href="/wiki/Super_Bowl_XVIII" title="Super Bowl XVIII">XVIII</a>)</li> <li>1984 (<a href="/wiki/Super_Bowl_XIX" title="Super Bowl XIX">XIX</a>)</li> <li>1985 (<a href="/wiki/Super_Bowl_XX" title="Super Bowl XX">XX</a>)</li> <li>1986 (<a href="/wiki/Super_Bowl_XXI" title="Super Bowl XXI">XXI</a>)</li> <li>1987 (<a href="/wiki/Super_Bowl_XXII" title="Super Bowl XXII">XXII</a>)</li> <li>1988 (<a href="/wiki/Super_Bowl_XXIII" title="Super Bowl XXIII">XXIII</a>)</li> <li>1989 (<a href="/wiki/Super_Bowl_XXIV" title="Super Bowl XXIV">XXIV</a>)</li> <li>1990 (<a href="/wiki/Super_Bowl_XXV" title="Super Bowl XXV">XXV</a>)</li> <li>1991 (<a href="/wiki/Super_Bowl_XXVI" title="Super Bowl XXVI">XXVI</a>)</li> <li>1992 (<a href="/wiki/Super_Bowl_XXVII" title="Super Bowl XXVII">XXVII</a>)</li> <li>1993 (<a href="/wiki/Super_Bowl_XXVIII" title="Super Bowl XXVIII">XXVIII</a>)</li> <li>1994 (<a href="/wiki/Super_Bowl_XXIX" title="Super Bowl XXIX">XXIX</a>)</li> <li>1995 (<a href="/wiki/Super_Bowl_XXX" title="Super Bowl XXX">XXX</a>)</li> <li>1996 (<a href="/wiki/Super_Bowl_XXXI" title="Super Bowl XXXI">XXXI</a>)</li> <li>1997 (<a href="/wiki/Super_Bowl_XXXII" title="Super Bowl XXXII">XXXII</a>)</li> <li>1998 (<a href="/wiki/Super_Bowl_XXXIII" title="Super Bowl XXXIII">XXXIII</a>)</li> <li>1999 (<a href="/wiki/Super_Bowl_XXXIV" title="Super Bowl XXXIV">XXXIV</a>)</li> <li>2000 (<a href="/wiki/Super_Bowl_XXXV" title="Super Bowl XXXV">XXXV</a>)</li> <li>2001 (<a href="/wiki/Super_Bowl_XXXVI" title="Super Bowl XXXVI">XXXVI</a>)</li> <li>2002 (<a href="/wiki/Super_Bowl_XXXVII" title="Super Bowl XXXVII">XXXVII</a>)</li> <li>2003 (<a href="/wiki/Super_Bowl_XXXVIII" title="Super Bowl XXXVIII">XXXVIII</a>)</li> <li>2004 (<a href="/wiki/Super_Bowl_XXXIX" title="Super Bowl XXXIX">XXXIX</a>)</li> <li>2005 (<a class="mw-selflink selflink">XL</a>)</li> <li>2006 (<a href="/wiki/Super_Bowl_XLI" title="Super Bowl XLI">XLI</a>)</li> <li>2007 (<a href="/wiki/Super_Bowl_XLII" title="Super Bowl XLII">XLII</a>)</li> <li>2008 (<a href="/wiki/Super_Bowl_XLIII" title="Super Bowl XLIII">XLIII</a>)</li> <li>2009 (<a href="/wiki/Super_Bowl_XLIV" title="Super Bowl XLIV">XLIV</a>)</li> <li>2010 (<a href="/wiki/Super_Bowl_XLV" title="Super Bowl XLV">XLV</a>)</li> <li>2011 (<a href="/wiki/Super_Bowl_XLVI" title="Super Bowl XLVI">XLVI</a>)</li> <li>2012 (<a href="/wiki/Super_Bowl_XLVII" title="Super Bowl XLVII">XLVII</a>)</li> <li>2013 (<a href="/wiki/Super_Bowl_XLVIII" title="Super Bowl XLVIII">XLVIII</a>)</li> <li>2014 (<a href="/wiki/Super_Bowl_XLIX" title="Super Bowl XLIX">XLIX</a>)</li> <li>2015 (<a 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href="/wiki/NFL_on_television_in_the_1950s" title="NFL on television in the 1950s">1950s</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NFL_on_television_in_the_1960s" title="NFL on television in the 1960s">1960s</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NFL_on_television_in_the_1970s" title="NFL on television in the 1970s">1970s</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NFL_on_television_in_the_1980s" title="NFL on television in the 1980s">1980s</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NFL_on_television_in_the_1990s" title="NFL on television in the 1990s">1990s</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NFL_on_television_in_the_2000s" title="NFL on television in the 2000s">2000s</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NFL_on_television_in_the_2020s" title="NFL on television in the 2020s">2020s</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Monday_Night_Mayhem" title="Monday Night Mayhem"><i>Monday Night Mayhem</i> (film)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/ABC_Monday_Night_Football_(video_game)" title="ABC Monday Night Football (video game)"><i>ABC Monday Night Football</i> (video game)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Super_Bowl_television_ratings" title="Super Bowl television ratings">Super Bowl TV ratings</a> (<a href="/wiki/List_of_Super_Bowl_lead-out_programs" title="List of Super Bowl lead-out programs">lead-out programs</a>)</li></ul> </div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/List_of_Chicago_Bears_broadcasters" title="List of Chicago Bears broadcasters">Chicago Bears</a> (home games)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1953_Chicago_Bears_season" title="1953 Chicago Bears season">1953</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1954_Chicago_Bears_season" title="1954 Chicago Bears season">1954</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1955_Chicago_Bears_season" title="1955 Chicago Bears season">1955</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/List_of_Arizona_Cardinals_broadcasters" class="mw-redirect" title="List of Arizona Cardinals broadcasters">Chicago Cardinals</a> (home games)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1953_Chicago_Cardinals_season" title="1953 Chicago Cardinals season">1953</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1954_Chicago_Cardinals_season" title="1954 Chicago Cardinals season">1954</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1955_Chicago_Cardinals_season" title="1955 Chicago Cardinals season">1955</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/List_of_Los_Angeles_Rams_broadcasters" title="List of Los Angeles Rams broadcasters">Los Angeles Rams</a> (Pacific Time Zone <a href="/wiki/List_of_ABC_television_affiliates_(by_U.S._state)" title="List of ABC television affiliates (by U.S. state)">affiliates</a>)</th><td 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broadcasters">Washington Redskins</a> (home games)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1954_Washington_Redskins_season" title="1954 Washington Redskins season">1954</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/List_of_Monday_Night_Football_commentators" title="List of Monday Night Football commentators">Commentators</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_AFL_All-Star_Game_broadcasters" class="mw-redirect" title="List of AFL All-Star Game broadcasters">AFL All-Star Game</a></li> <li>American Bowl</li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_NFL_draft_broadcasters" title="List of NFL draft broadcasters">NFL draft</a></li></ul> </div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th id="Postseason_commentators23" scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Postseason commentators</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_AFL_Championship_Game_broadcasters" title="List of AFL Championship Game broadcasters">AFL Championship Game</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_NFL_Championship_Game_broadcasters" title="List of NFL Championship Game broadcasters">NFL Championship Game</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Super_Bowl_broadcasters" title="List of Super Bowl broadcasters">Super Bowl</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Lore televised by ABC</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>"<a href="/wiki/Body_Bag_Game" title="Body Bag Game">Body Bag Game</a>"</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Murder_of_John_Lennon" title="Murder of John Lennon">Death of John Lennon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Favre%27s_Dad_Game" title="Favre's Dad Game">Favre's Dad Game</a></li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Monday_Night_Miracle_(American_football)" title="Monday Night Miracle (American football)">Monday Night Miracle</a>"</li> <li><a href="/wiki/1994_Kansas_City_Chiefs_season" title="1994 Kansas City Chiefs season">Montana outduels Elway</a></li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Snowball_Game_(1985)" title="Snowball Game (1985)">Snowball Game</a>"</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joe_Theismann" title="Joe Theismann">Joe Theismann</a>'s <a href="/wiki/1985_Washington_Redskins_season" title="1985 Washington Redskins season">career-ending sack</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2004_New_England_Patriots_season#Week_15:_at_Miami_Dolphins" title="2004 New England Patriots season">"The Night That Courage Wore Orange"</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/World_Bowl_%2791" title="World Bowl '91">World Bowl '91</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Damar_Hamlin#In-game_collapse" title="Damar Hamlin">Collapse of Damar Hamlin</a></li></ul> </div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th id="Postseason_lore15" scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Postseason lore</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>"<a href="/wiki/Music_City_Miracle" title="Music City Miracle">Music City Miracle</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Super_Bowl_XXXIV" title="Super Bowl XXXIV">One Yard Short</a>"</li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Star_Spangled_Banner_(Whitney_Houston_recording)" title="The Star Spangled Banner (Whitney Houston recording)">"The Star-Spangled Banner" (Whitney Houston recording)</a></li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Wide_Right_(Buffalo_Bills)" title="Wide Right (Buffalo Bills)">Wide Right</a>"</li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Music</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Charles_Fox_(composer)" title="Charles Fox (composer)">Charles Fox</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Edd_Kalehoff" title="Edd Kalehoff">Edd Kalehoff</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Johnny_Pearson" title="Johnny Pearson">Johnny Pearson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hank_Williams_Jr." title="Hank Williams Jr.">Hank Williams Jr.</a></li></ul> </div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th id="Songs5" scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Songs</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>"<a href="/wiki/All_My_Rowdy_Friends_Are_Coming_Over_Tonight" title="All My Rowdy Friends Are Coming Over Tonight">All My Rowdy Friends Are Here on Monday Night</a>"</li> 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title="1984 NFL season">1984</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Super_Bowl_XXII" title="Super Bowl XXII">XXII</a> (<a href="/wiki/1987_NFL_season" title="1987 NFL season">1987</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Super_Bowl_XXV" title="Super Bowl XXV">XXV</a> (<a href="/wiki/1990_NFL_season" title="1990 NFL season">1990</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Super_Bowl_XXIX" title="Super Bowl XXIX">XXIX</a> (<a href="/wiki/1994_NFL_season" title="1994 NFL season">1994</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Super_Bowl_XXXIV" title="Super Bowl XXXIV">XXXIV</a> (<a href="/wiki/1999_NFL_season" title="1999 NFL season">1999</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Super_Bowl_XXXVII" title="Super Bowl XXXVII">XXXVII</a> (<a href="/wiki/2002_NFL_season" title="2002 NFL season">2002</a>)</li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">XL</a> (<a href="/wiki/2005_NFL_season" title="2005 NFL season">2005</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Super_Bowl_LXI" title="Super Bowl LXI">LXI</a> (<a href="/wiki/2026_NFL_season" class="mw-redirect" title="2026 NFL 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