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Here are some interesting facts and quotes about the Steelers:

• Number of Steelers in the Hall of Fame: 19
  
  
• Playoff appearances (since 1970*) : 23 (18 Division Titles, 5 Wild Cards)
  
  
• Super Bowl appearances: 6 (vs. Vikings, Cowboys, Cowboys, Rams, Cowboys, and Seahawks)
  
  
• Final AFC Central Division composite standings (1970-2001):
  
  

  Team	Division Titles	Conference Titles	Super Bowl Titles
  Pittsburgh Steelers	15	5	4
  Cincinnati Bengals	5	2	0
  Cleveland Browns	6	0	0
  Houston Oilers / Tennessee Titans	3	1	0
  Baltimore Ravens	0	1	1
  Jacksonville Jaguars	2	0	0

  NOTE: There was no division winner in 1982; the player's strike forced an AFC Tournament instead of the usual playoff format
  
  

• Steelers record vs. AFC Central in the post-season: 5-0
  
  
• Steelers are the NFL's 7th oldest franchise (behind Cardinals, Bears, Packers, Giants, Redskins, Lions)
  
  
• Franchise was called the Pirates until 1940
  
  
• Franchise merged with Cardinals and also Eagles during WW2 (They were called the "Steagles". How creative.)
  
  
• In 1974, the NFL instituted a 15 minute overtime period to try to eliminate tie games. The Steelers and Broncos played the first ever regular season OT game early that season. It ended in a 35-35 tie.
  
  
• Number of starting centers from 1964-2006: four (Ray Mansfield, Mike Webster, Dermontti Dawson, Jeff Hartings)
  
  
• Capacity of Three Rivers Stadium: 59,600
  
  
• Biggest Crowd Ever at Three Rivers Stadium: 61,545 (1994 championship game)
  
  
• Teams that never won at Three Rivers Stadium:
  • Baltimore/Indianapolis Colts (0-11, including 3 playoff losses)
  • Atlanta Falcons (0-5)
  • New York Jets (0-4)
  • Detroit Lions (0-4)
  • Tampa Bay Bucs (0-2)
  • Carolina Panthers (0-1)

  

  
  
  
• Only teams Steelers have never beaten on the road:
  • None. The Steelers finally beat the Rams on the road in 2007, which means that they have now beaten every NFL team on the road.
  
  
  
• Biggest Rivalries:

  

  • Cleveland Browns: Historically the team's biggest rival.
    
  • Baltimore Ravens: Bunch of thugs and criminals.
    
  • Cincinnati Bengals: The biggest frauds in sports today.
    
  • Oakland Raiders: Still crying about the Immaculate Reception and the two championship games they lost to us more than 30 years ago.
    
  • Dallas Cowboys: Three Super Bowls against each other, most ever for two franchises.
    
  • Houston Oilers: Unfortunately, this rivalry is now defunct.
    
  
  
  
• Biggest Win (in points): 63-7 vs. Giants in 1952
  
  
• Worst Loss (in points): 0-51 vs. Browns in 1989 (I witnessed that debacle in person. It was pretty sad.)
  
  
• Only season in 50+ year history of the Pro Bowl that the Steelers did not have a representative: 1999
  
  
• Dubious NFL records held by the Steelers:**
  • Fewest TD Passes, season: 0 (1945)
  • Most turnovers, game: 12, vs. Philadelphia on 12/12/65 (9 of those were interceptions, also an NFL record)
  • Most rushing yards allowed, game: 426, vs. Detroit (11/4/34)
  • Most punts had blocked, season: 6, Harry "Three-Step" Newsome (1988)
  • Most times sacked, game: 12, vs. Dallas (11/20/66)
  • Most TD's allowed on kickoff returns, season: 3 (1986)
  • Most TD's allowed on punt returns, post-season: 2 (2001)
  
  
  
• Great Quotes:
  • "It turned out to be one of the great moments in football history. It was a mistake - I guess it was an honest mistake. Fuqua knows he hit it."
    - - - Raiders owner Al Davis, crying about the Immaculate Reception
    
    
  • "He had no teeth, and he was slobbering all over himself. I'm thinking, 'You can have your money back, just get me out of here. Let me go be an accountant.' I can't tell you how badly I wanted out of there."
    - - - Denver rookie QB John Elway, on Jack Lambert, after Lambert and the Steelers knocked Elway out of his first game as a pro (1983)
    
    
  • "If I could start my life all over again, I would be a professional football player, and you damn well better believe I'd be a Pittsburgh Steeler."
    - - - Jack Lambert, at his Hall of Fame induction (1990)
    
    
  • "Who is Joe Namath? This is a guy who, if he played in the league today, I'd probably just go hit him late and see what he did, just for the hell of it. Joe Namath can go to hell; he can kiss [my] ass."
    - - - Greg Lloyd, after NBC commentator Joe Namath accused Lloyd of playing dirty (1991)
    
    
  • "I hated putting on that purple uniform, and I hated that raven bird. What really ticked me off is when we played Pittsburgh and our whole stadium seemed to be filled with Pittsburgh fans."
    - - - Tackle Orlando Brown, on playing in Baltimore for Art Modell's Ravens (1999)
    
    
  • "If that boy billionaire thinks he can shut me up, he should stick his head in a can of paint."
    - - - Steelers announcer Myron Cope, after Washington Redskins owner Daniel Snyder sent someone into the broadcast booth during a game to tell Cope to stop referring to his team as the "Wash Redfaces" (2000)
    
    
  • "You play you're whole career for [a shot at] free agency."
    - - - Neil O'Donnell, on what motivates him (1996)
    
    
  • "To be honest, the fans pay our bills. They pay my bills. They pay for my house and everything else. That's the best feeling in the world to come out and see 60,000 people at a football game."
    - - - Lee Flowers, on what motivates him (1998)
  
  
  
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