Tuesday, January 31, 2006

1976 Pittsburgh Steelers

a salute to the greatest football team in the land (leading up to Super Bowl XL).

the 1976 Pittsburgh Steelers:
quite possibly the best team to not win a Super Bowl...

+--------+-------------------------------+----------+---------+
| Week | Opponent | Result | Score |
+--------+-------------------------------+----------+---------+
| 1 | at
Oakland Raiders | L | 28-31 |
| 2 | Cleveland Browns | W | 31-14 |
| 3 | New England Patriots | L | 27-30 |
| 4 | at Minnesota Vikings | L | 6-17 |
| 5 | at Cleveland Browns | L | 16-18 |
| 6 | Cincinnati Bengals | W | 23- 6 |
| 7 | at New York Giants | W | 27- 0 |
| 8 | San Diego Chargers | W | 23- 0 |
| 9 | at Kansas City Chiefs | W | 45- 0 |
| 10 | Miami Dolphins | W | 14- 3 |
| 11 | Houston Oilers | W | 32-16 |
| 12 | at Cincinnati Bengals | W | 7- 3 |
| 13 | Tampa Bay Buccaneers | W | 42- 0 |
| 14 | at Houston Oilers | W | 21- 0 |
+--------+-------------------------------+----------+---------+

5 shutouts.
8 games in which the defense did not give up a Touchdown.
110 points allowed in their first 5 games...
28 points allowed in their last 9 games.
5 straight games without giving up a touchdown.
Only 1 Touchdown allowed in their last 9 games.

Postseason:

AFC Divisional Playoff: won 40 - 14 at Baltimore Colts
AFC Championship Game: lost 7 - 24 at Oakland Raiders

1 comment:

Jen said...

and you said you had nothing to blog about.
sometimes you frighten me. most people won't realize that most of these facts are probably right out of your head- they aren't just things you randomly looked up.