Super Bowl Winners and Results - Super Bowl History - National Football League - ESPN Super Bowl Winners and Results NO. Green Bay 35, Kansas City 10 II Green Bay 33, Oakland 14 III New York Jets 16, Baltimore 7 IV Kansas City 23, Minnesota 7 V Pittsburgh 31, Los Angeles 19 XV San Francisco 26, Cincinnati 21 XVII Los Angeles 38, Washington 9 XIX San Francisco 38, Miami 16 XX Chicago 46, New England 10 XXI New York Giants 39, Denver 20 XXII Jack Murphy Stadium (San Diego) Washington 42, Denver 10 San Francisco 20, Cincinnati 16 XXIV San Francisco 55, Denver 10 XXV New York Giants 20, Buffalo 19 XXVI San Francisco 49, San Diego 26 XXX Sun Devil Stadium (Tempe, Ariz.) Dallas 27, Pittsburgh 17 Green Bay 35, New England 21 XXXII Denver 31, Green Bay 24 XXXIII St.

Louis 23, Tennessee 16 XXXV Raymond James Stadium (Tampa, Fla.) Baltimore 34, New York Giants 7 XXXVI New England 20, St.

Louis 17 XXXVII Tampa Bay 48, Oakland 21 XXXVIII New England 32, Carolina 29 XXXIX New England 24, Philadelphia 21 XL University of Phoenix Stadium (Glendale, Ariz.) New York Giants 17, New England 14 XLIII Raymond James Stadium (Tampa, Fla.) Pittsburgh Steelers 27, Arizona Cardinals 23 XLIV New Orleans Saints 31, Indianapolis Colts 17 XLV Green Bay Packers 31, Pittsburgh Steelers 25 XLVI New York Giants 21, New England Patriots 17 XLVII Baltimore Ravens 34, San Francisco 49ers 31 XLVIII MetLife Stadium (East Rutherford, N.J.) Seattle Seahawks 43, Denver Broncos 8 XLIX University of Phoenix Stadium (Glendale, Ariz.) New England Patriots 28, Seattle Seahawks 24 50 Levi's Stadium (Santa Clara, Calif.) Denver Broncos 24, Carolina Panthers 10 SPONSORED HEADLINES The Top Five Repeat Super Bowl Teams | Bleacher Report The Top Five Repeat Super Bowl Teams Use your ← → (arrow) keys to browse the

 slideshow 41.4K 28 Comments There have only been seven teams to win back-to-back Super Bowls.

One team did it twice. In chronological order, those teams are: AFL vs. NFL Championship, 1967; Super Bowl II, 1968: Green Bay Packers Super Bowl VII, 1973; Super Bowl VIII, 1974: Miami Dolphins Super Bowl IX, 1975; Super Bowl X, 1976: Pittsburgh Steelers Super Bowl XIII, 1979; Super Bowl XIV, 1980: Pittsburgh Steelers Super Bowl XXIII, 1989; Super Bowl XXIV, 1990: San Francisco 49ers Super Bowl XXVII, 1993; Super Bowl XXVIII, 1994: Dallas Cowboys Super Bowl XXXII, 1998; Super Bowl XXXIII, 1999: Denver Broncos Super Bowl XXXVIII, 2004; Super Bowl XXXIX, 2005: New England Patriots (Jim Kelly of the Buffalo Bills did not have any repeat championships. As a matter of fact, he did not have any.

However, the Bills are very notorious for going to four Super Bowls in a row from '91-'94 and losing every one of them. That is why they got the nickname Boy I Love Losing Super Bowls. Shorten that into an acronym, and what do you get? B.I.L.L.S.) Sorry, the Bills did not make the list. If this were a list of the worst Super Bowl teams ever, they would be number one. However, this is the real list. No. 5: The 1988, 1989 San Francisco 49ers (Left: Jerry Rice was the Super Bowl XXIII MVP) Super Bowl XXIII: San Francisco 49ers 20, Cincinnati Bengals 16 When the 49ers won Super XXIII, they became the first NFC team to win three Super Bowls. They found themselves down trailing late in the game by three points—it was 16-13, Cincinnati. It took San Francisco 11 plays to cover 92 yards. The drive concluded with wide receiver John Taylor catching a Joe Montana pass for a touchdown with 34 seconds left in the game.

Super Bowl XXIV: San Francisco 49ers 55, Denver Broncos 10 Their Super Bowl record became 4-0 when they demolished the Denver Broncos on Jan. 29, 1990. The 49ers would later become the first team to ever win five Super Bowls, and to this day they are the only team with a perfect Super Bowl record (of teams that have gone more than twice). Joe Montana became the Super Bowl MVP by throwing five touchdown passes, completing 22 of 29 passes for 297 yards. No. 4: The 1966, 1967 Green Bay Packers (Left: Bart Starr was the MVP of the first two Super Bowls ever.) The AFL vs. NFL Championship: Green Bay Packers 35, Kansas City Chiefs 10 The AFL vs. NFL Championship was later named the Super Bowl. The Green Bay Packers have the most championships of any team in NFL history. They have 12 championships, including Super Bowl I, Super Bowl II, and Super Bowl XXXI. Bart Starr won the MVP, while wide receiver Max McGee caught seven passes for 138 yards and two touchdowns.

The Packers collected $15,000 per man and the Chiefs $7,500—the largest single-game shares in the history of team sports. Super Bowl II: Green Bay Packers 33, Oakland Raiders 14 Right off the start, the Packers showed their supremacy in the sport of football by becoming the first team to win back-to-back Super Bowls. Bart Starr was MVP yet again, two years in a row. This Super Bowl marked the last game Vince Lombardi coached for the Green Bay Packers. He was with the team for nine years. In those years, he won six Western Conference Championships, five NFL Championships, and two Super Bowls. No. 3: The 2003, 2004 New England Patriots (Left: Tom Brady was the Super Bowl XXXVIII MVP.) Super Bowl XXXVIII: New England Patriots 32, Carolina Panthers 29 This would be the second of three Super Bowls the Patriots won. This Super Bowl victory changed their Super Bowl record to 2-2.

Tom Brady became the Super Bowl MVP for the second time in his career by throwing three touchdowns, completing 32 of 48 passes for 354 yards and only one interception. It was a close game at halftime; the score was New England 14, Carolina 10. Carolina outscored New England by one point in the fourth quarter. There were no points in the first or third quarters. The Panthers tied the game up 29-29 when Jake Delhomme threw a touchdown pass to Ricky Proehl. With one minute and eight seconds left in the game, the Patriots had to react fast. They did, and with four seconds left in the game, Adam Vinatieri kicked a 41-yard field goal. Super Bowl XXXIX: New England Patriots 24, Philadelphia Eagles 21 Deion Branch was named Super Bowl MVP with 11 catches for 133 yards. Some may argue that Mr. Tom Brady deserved the MVP. He played better than he did in the previous Super Bowl by throwing two touchdowns, completing 23 of 33 passes for 236 yards.

In the end, it was Adam Vinatieri's 22-yard field goal that kept the game out of reach for Philadelphia. New England was winning 24-14 until Donovan McNabb threw a 30-yard touchdown pass to Greg Lewis with one minute and 48 seconds left in the game. Christian Fauria recovered the onside kick, but the Eagles defense forced a punt. Dexter Reid downed Josh Miller’s 32-yard punt at the Eagles’ four with 46 seconds left, and Rodney Harrison intercepted McNabb’s pass three plays later to clinch the title. No. 2: The 1974, 1975, 1978, and 1979 Pittsburgh Steelers (Left: Terry Bradshaw was the MVP of Super Bowl XIII and Super Bowl XIV.) The '74-'75 repeat teams and the '78-'79 repeat teams are a lot alike, so I am going to pair them up together. Super Bowl IX: Pittsburgh Steelers 16, Minnesota Vikings 6 Franco Harris was the Super Bowl MVP with 34 carries for 158 yards and one touchdown.

The Vikings were really not much of a challenge for the Steel Curtain. Minnesota did not score until the fourth quarter. The score became 9-6 when the Vikings blocked a punt and returned it for a touchdown. However, the Steelers responded with a Terry Bradshaw touchdown pass. Super Bowl X: Pittsburgh Steelers 21, Dallas Cowboys 17 At the end of the first half, Pittsburgh was losing 10-7. However, with two field goals by Roy Gerela and a safety by Reggie Harrison in the fourth quarter, the Steelers were winning 15-10. Then Terry Bradshaw threw a 64-yard touchdown pass to Super Bowl MVP Lynn Swann. Swann caught four receptions for 161 yards and one touchdown. The Steelers missed the Super Bowl the next two years; however, they were back in Super XIII. Super XIII: Pittsburgh Steelers 35, Dallas Cowboys 31 Terry Bradshaw got his first of two Super Bowl MVPs by throwing four touchdowns, completing 17 of 30 passes for 318 yards and only throwing one interception. By halftime, Pittsburgh was winning 21-14. They never looked back from there.

Super Bowl XIV: Pittsburgh Steelers 31, Los Angeles Rams 19 The Rams were no challenge for the defending Super Bowl champions. Terry Bradshaw won the MVP award again by throwing two touchdowns, completing 14 of 21 passes for 309 yards and throwing three interceptions. At the end of the first quarter, the score was 7-3 Rams. By the end of the second quarters, the score was 13-10 Rams. By the end of the third quarter the score was 19-17 Rams. Then the fourth quarter came along, and the Steelers ran away with it by scoring two touchdowns and shutting out the Rams. No. 1: The 1992, 1993 Dallas Cowboys (Left: Troy Aikman was the Super Bowl XXVII MVP.) Super Bowl XXVII: Dallas Cowboys 52, Buffalo Bills 17 Ironically, the Cowboys' back-to-back Super Bowl wins also coame at the time the Bills were on the tail end of their back-to-back-to-back-to-back Super Bowl losses. The Super Bowl MVP was Troy Aikman.

He threw four touchdown passes and completed 22 of 30 passes for 273 yards and no interceptions. By the end of the first half, the game was already over. The Cowboys were winning 28-10. The Bills only scored one more touchdown after that, and Aikman and company gained another 24 points. Super Bowl XXVIII: Dallas Cowboys 30, Buffalo Bills 13 Running back Emmitt Smith became Super Bowl MVP by running for 132 yards off of 30 carries, and two of those carries led to touchdowns. By the end of the first half, Buffalo was winning 13-6. That was the only difference from the last Super Bowl, beause in the second half, Dallas scored 24 unanswered points to become four-time Super Bowl Champs. Super Bowl - NFL Topics - ESPN Super Bowl Past Winners The Super Bowl is the championship game for the National Football League, pitting the top team from each of the NFL's conferences against each other. The Super Bowl is one of the biggest events in American culture -- the broadcast is almost always the most-watched program of the year, and Super Bowl Sunday has become a de facto national holiday.

The game features the winners of the AFC and NFC championship games, decided after a 16-game regular season and two rounds of playoff games. It has been played every year since 1967, started thanks to a merger between the NFL and its rival league, the American Football League. Super Bowl XLVI, following the 2011 season, saw the New York Giants defeat the New England Patriots, 21-17. It was the second time in five seasons the Giants had beaten the Patriots in the Super Bowl. The Super Bowl was created as part of the merger between the National and American football leagues, which had coexisted as rivals since the AFL came about in 1960. Due to fierce competition for players and fans, the leagues decided to merge in 1966, to become official in 1970. The event's name was coined by Lamar Hunt, one of the AFL founders and Kansas City owner. He saw his children playing with a ball called the "Super Ball" and, playing off the college football bowl system, came up with Super Bowl to use as a filler before a name could be permanently decided on. The term stuck, though.

Early matchups The first Super Bowl was held in 1967 (following the 1966 season) as a prequel to the new merged league, between the champions of the AFL and NFL, the Kansas City Chiefs and Green Bay Packers, respectively. That game was known as the World Championship Game, as were the next two (the name Super Bowl was used officially starting with Super Bowl IV, following the 1969 season). Super Bowl I was the first -- and last -- Super Bowl not to sell out, filling only 61,496 seats in the Los Angeles Coliseum. Green Bay won that game 35-10 and won the second as well, beating the Oakland Raiders 33-14. The AFL got its first victory in Super Bowl III, when the Joe Namath-led New York Jets beat the heavily favored Baltimore Colts. AFC dominance After Green Bay and the NFL won the first two Super Bowls, the following years were dominated by the AFL/AFC. Namath earned the conference's first win in Super Bowl III and the Kansas City Chiefs its second a year later. After the league officially became part of the NFL later that year, it continued its dominance for the next decade.

Only one NFC team in the 1970s won a championship, when the Dallas Cowboys won Super Bowls VI and XII. The Miami Dolphins excelled in the early years of the decade. They reached the Super Bowl for the first time in 1972, losing to the Cowboys in Super Bowl VI. That loss led into the NFL's only undefeated season, when the Dolphins went 17-0 through the course of the 1972 season and Super Bowl VII, beating the Washington Redskins 14-7. The Dolphins repeated their conference title in the 1973 season, capping it with a win in Super Bowl VIII. The second half of the decade was dominated by the Pittsburgh Steelers, who won four times in six seasons: Super Bowls IX, X, XII and XIV. Led by the "Steel Curtain" defense and quarterback Terry Bradshaw, the Steelers appeared in six AFC championship games during the 1970s, making the playoffs in eight consecutive years. The squad became the first (and only) team to win back-to-back Super Bowls on two different occasions. The Oakland Raiders also won two titles for the AFC in the early years, Super Bowls XI and XV.

The Raiders' second title, won following the 1980 season as the Los Angeles Raiders, would be the AFC's last championship for almost two decades. NFC dominance in the 1980s The tide turned following the 1981 season, when an NFC team other than the Cowboys won the Super Bowl for the first time since the late '60s. The San Francisco 49ers earned the honors, defeating the Cincinnati Bengals 26-21 in Super Bowl XVI. Over the next 16 years, the NFC won 15 titles -- the Los Angeles Raiders claiming the only AFC championship, in Super Bowl XVIII. The NFC won every title between the 1984 and 1996 seasons. The 49ers' victory in Super Bowl XVI cemented the legacy of future Hall of Fame quarterback Joe Montana, who was named MVP three times and led his team to four titles: Super Bowls XVI, XIX, XXIII and XXIV. Montana and star receiver Jerry Rice were clinical throughout the 1980s, setting a standard for the decade's NFC domination.

The 49ers' final win of the era, a 55-10 drubbing of the Denver Broncos, set a record for point differential in a Super Bowl. The Washington Redskins also won two Super Bowls, XVII and XXII, and fellow NFC East squad New York Giants also took two titles, in Super Bowls XXI and XXV. The Redskins and the Giants entered the 1990s as the top squads, winning the Super Bowl in the first two seasons of the decade -- the Redskins' Super Bowl XXVI win was their third in nine years. NFC success continues in 1990s From there, another NFC East squad took control of the league -- the Dallas Cowboys became the predominant team of the mid-1990s with their first win following the 1992 season. In that win, Super Bowl XXVII, the Cowboys dominated the Buffalo Bills 52-17 behind young quarterback Troy Aikman, the game's MVP, and running back Emmitt Smith. The team won the next Super Bowl, XXVIII, as well as another title two years later, Super Bowl XXX -- the Cowboys' third championship in four years.

Super Bowl XXXI was significant in that it was the first championship for a player who would become a legend: Green Bay's Brett Favre. Favre had won his first MVP award the year before, and he won again after his Super Bowl-winning campaign in 1996. The Packers reached the Super Bowl again following the 1997 season and were heavily favored to beat the Denver Broncos. But veteran quarterback John Elway had different ideas, and he rallied his team to a Super Bowl victory with a 31-24 win, starting a new streak in the process: the AFC would win nine of the next 13 title games. AFC rises again Elway and the Broncos earned their second title in Super Bowl XXXIII, handily beating the Atlanta Falcons. In a rare NFC win, the St. Louis Rams took the title in Super Bowl XXXIV, but that was followed by a drubbing by the Baltimore Ravens of the New York Giants in Super Bowl XXXV. The New England Patriots became the next AFC squad to win the title in Super Bowl XXXVI, taking a close game over the St. Louis Rams 20-17.

That began an era of New England dominance: The Patriots won three Super Bowls in four years starting with that title. After missing out on the title game in Super Bowl XXXVII (when the Tampa Bay Buccaneers beat the Oakland Raiders), the Patriots won close games in Super Bowl XXXVIII and XXXIX, cementing their dominance in the AFC. The second half of the 2000s saw more parity return to the conference matchups: The AFC and NFC each won three titles through 2011. The Pittsburgh Steelers earned two of those three for the AFC -- in Super Bowls XL and XLIII -- meaning a record six championships for Pittsburgh. The Indianapolis Colts won the other title for the AFC in Super Bowl XLI, joining the Raiders as the only franchises to win titles in two different home cities. The New York Giants and the New Orleans Saints earned the NFC's titles in Super Bowls XLII and XLIV, respectively. The Green Bay Packers won the 2011 title, beating the Steelers in Super Bowl XLV. The Super Bowl has become one of the most significant events in American culture, sporting or otherwise.

It is watched by hundreds of millions of people worldwide and is the second-most watched sporting event across the globe, behind only the UEFA Champions League final. The broadcast numbers seem to grow every year, with the 2010 matchup between the New Orleans Saints and the Indianapolis Colts drawing an average audience of 106.5 million -- becoming the most-watched American television program in history. The Super Bowl broadcast always sees some of the highest Nielsen ratings of the year -- the 1982 Super Bowl, between San Francisco and Cincinnati, remains one of the highest-rated programs of all time with a 49.1. Commercials Since the first Super Bowl, its commercials have been a huge part of the broadcast -- in 1967, when Green Bay and Kansas City played for the first title, NBC charged $37,500 for a 30-second slot, then a jaw-dropping sum. Now, a spot for the same amount of time costs nearer $3 million, and the commercials that air during the Super Bowl are planned and executed all year. The "golden standard" for Super Bowl commercials was set in 1984, when Ridley Scott directed a commercial that introduced Apple's MacIntosh.

The ad, in an ode to its airdate, was a tribute to George Orwell's "1984." For the first time, the idea was born that the advertising could be as important to the event as the main entertainment itself. Since then, Super Bowl commercials have been a key part of the day's entertainment -- there is a chunk of the game's audience that watches solely for the commercials. Some of the more famous commercials airing during the game include the 1980 Coca-Cola ad featuring Mean Joe Green, and a 1993 spot featuring Michael Jordan and Larry Bird playing a game of H-O-R-S-E for a Big Mac. Budweiser airs a commercial featuring its Clydesdale horses each year -- when they planned to remove the ad in 2010, a fan vote decided to include a Clydesdale ad once again. Budweiser -- along with other beer companies -- is one of the most prolific ad campaigns during the Super Bowl, running 10 ads in 2010. The Bud Bowl, the company's series of frog ads in the 1990s, as well as the "Whassup?" campaign, also were Super Bowl favorites.

Another popular and long-standing campaign comes from Walt Disney, which runs its "I'm going to Disney World!" ads each year. Featuring players (usually the MVP) from the previous year's game, the campaign is known by Disney as "What next?" assuming a broadcaster just asked the star "What are you going to do next?" The spot usually includes clips from the previous year's postgame as well as video of the player at Disney World fulfilling the promise. Phil Simms was the first player to say the tagline, after Super Bowl XXI. Halftime shows The Super Bowl halftime show has become a significant part of the broadcast, featuring current or past superstars in a concert at the game's midway point. Early Super Bowls featured local college or high school marching bands, but as the game's popularity grew, the acts became more high profile. Carol Channing was the first star to perform, in 1970, and she was joined by Ella Fitzgerald and Al Hirt two years later. Other than that, the game continued to host university bands throughout most of the 1970s and 1980s, before reaching the tradition of popular artists around 1990.

The shows occasionally are related to the venue or anniversary of the bowl, such as when Pete Fountain, Doug Kershaw and Irma Thomas performed when New Orleans held the bowl in 1990. Michael Jackson became the first -- and only -- solo artist to single-line the halftime show when he performed with 3,500 local children in 1993. The shows became more and more high-tech over the years, with Diana Ross leaving the stadium in a helicopter after a pyrotechnic show in 1996. MTV produced the halftime show for the first time in 2001, when Aerosmith performed with a bevy of pop artists: *NSYNC, Britney Spears, Mary J. Blige and Nelly. U2 followed up that performance with a special Sept. 11 remembrance ceremony in 2002, when a list of names of those who died in the Twin Towers was played across the stage. Controversy hit the halftime show in 2004, when MTV produced a performance featuring Justin Timberlake, Janet Jackson, P. Diddy, Kid Rock and Nelly.

At the end of the number, Timberlake removed a piece of Jackson's shirt, revealing her breast with a sticker around her nipple. The cameras, which had been in close for the finale, quickly cut to a wide-angle shot and went to commercial. Timberlake and Jackson both deny the incident was intentional, claiming a "wardrobe malfunction." The NFL banned MTV from ever again producing a halftime show and the FCC fined CBS $550,000 for the incident (that was later reversed). Since that incident, the NFL invited only classic rock groups -- the Rolling Stone, Bruce Springsteen and the E-Street Band, the Who -- to perform at the halftime show until 2011, when popular rap/pop group the Black Eyed Peas will perform. The Super Bowl is held in a different NFL-franchise city each year. Miami (10 times), New Orleans (nine) and Los Angeles (seven) are the most frequent hosts, hosting a combined 26 of 44 games. The Super Bowl usually is held in a warm-weather stadium, due to its timing in February.

It has been held in cold-weather stadiums three times -- Detroit twice and Minneapolis once -- and will be held in New Jersey in 2014. Selection process The NFL uses a bid process to select Super Bowl hosts, usually decided at least three years before the game. Bids include information on the hosting venue as well as upcoming stadium renovations, guaranteed revenues and other aspects that might benefit the league or the game. NFL owners vote to choose the site. Year-by-Year Super Bowl Results Pittsburgh Steelers | Super Bowl History Super Bowl Steelers Super Bowl Appearances The Steelers have played in eight Super Bowls, winning six of them, including four in six years. Below is a recap of the six wins. I'll Have Another: Back-to-back Super Bowl wins | NFL.com Published: May 21, 2012 at 03:01 p.m. Updated: June 21, 2013 at 12:00 a.m. I'll Have Another: Back-to-back Super Bowl wins Adam Rank +Follow on Twitter Share The Miami Heat have won back-to-back NBA titles and probably will be favored to win a third consecutive title in 2014.

But in the NFL, no team has been able to win three consecutive Super Bowls (put your hands down, Green Bay Packers fans). So tonight, let's rank the best back-to-back Super Bowl champions of all-time. This list will not be based on the entirety of the dynasty, but specifically the two Super Bowl wins on their own. 8 Photos Total Associated Press 8. Denver Broncos - Super Bowls XXXII and XXXIII The Broncos finally won one for John! Then followed it up the following year with a win over former coach Dan Reeves. 7 Associated Press 7. New England Patriots - Super Bowls XXXVIII and XXXIX The Patriots played one of the best Super Bowl games ever in their win over the Panthers in Super Bowl XXXVIII. They finished off the Eagles in fine fashion the following year. 6 Associated Press 6. Pittsburgh Steelers - Super Bowls XIII and XIV The Steelers played a dandy in a win over the Dallas Cowboys in Super Bowl XIII. Few remember the Steelers trailed the Rams 19-17 headed into the fourth quarter the next year, but rallied for the win. 5 Associated Press 5.

San Francisco 49ers - Super Bowls XXIII and XXIV The 49ers' championship in XXIV sometimes is referred to as the greatest team in NFL history, but the team was fortunate to win the previous year. Amazing, as great as the 49ers dynasty reigned, this was the only back-to-back championship. 4 National Football League 4. Pittsburgh Steelers - Super Bowls IX and X Many give the Minnesota Vikings of the 1970s much credit, but the Steelers handled a solid bunch in Super Bowl IX. And the Steelers beat the Cowboys for the first time in Super Bowl X. The opponents here were much stronger than the opponents in their other back-to-back run. 3 National Football League 3. Dallas Cowboys - Super Bowls XXVII and XXVIII Boy, this Cowboys team could always think about what might have been. But when you look at these two wins on their own, the Cowboys were rather impressive in both of these. 2 NFL/Associated Press 2. Miami Dolphins - Super Bowls VII and VIII The Dolphins were perfect in Super Bowl VII and followed it up with another title against the Vikings. An AFC championship preceded this run, too.

1 Pittsburgh Steelers | Tradition of Excellence History A Tradition of Excellence The fifth-oldest franchise in the NFL, the Steelers were founded on July 8, 1933 by Arthur Joseph Rooney. Originally named the Pittsburgh Pirates, they were a member of the Eastern Division of the 10-team NFL. The other four current NFL teams in existence at that time were the Chicago (Arizona) Cardinals, Green Bay Packers, Chicago Bears and New York Giants.11/30/2009 One of the great pioneers of the sports world, Art Rooney passed away on August 25, 1988 following a stroke at the age of 87. "The Chief," as he was affectionately known, is enshrined in the Pro Football Hall of Fame and is remembered as one of Pittsburgh's great people. Born on January 27, 1901, in Coultersville, Pa., Art Rooney was the oldest of Daniel and Margaret Rooney's nine children. He grew up in Old Allegheny, now known as Pittsburgh's North Side, and until his death he lived on the North Side just a short distance from Three Rivers Stadium. Rooney attended St.

Peter's Parochial School and Duquesne University Prep School. He studied collegiately at Indiana (Pa.) Normal, which is now Indiana University of Pennsylvania, as well as at Georgetown and Duquesne. An exceptional all-around athlete, Rooney held middleweight and welterweight titles from the AAU Boxing Championships and was named to the U.S. Olympic Boxing Team in 1920, although he did not participate in the Olympic Games. He played minor league baseball from 1920-25 before a promising career was cut short by an arm injury. Rooney continued playing football for several semi-pro teams in the Pittsburgh area. He was married on June 11, 1931 to Kathleen McNulty, and the couple had five sons - Daniel, Art Jr., Tim, John and Pat. In 1964, Rooney was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame for his contributions to the growth of the NFL and the Pittsburgh Steelers. By the mid-1960s, Steelers founder Art Rooney had begun to turn over much of the operation of the Steelers to his oldest son, Dan.

After having worked in every area of the organization since 1955, Daniel M. Rooney was named president of the Steelers in 1975. In 2000, Dan Rooney was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame. He joined his his father Art to form only the second father-son tandem to be inducted into the Hall of Fame. New York Giants owner Wellington Mara and his father Tim were the first. Now in his 50th year with the organization, he is one of the most active NFL owners and one of Pittsburgh's most involved executives in civic affairs. Among his community activities, Dan Rooney is a board member for The United Way of America, The American Ireland Fund, The American Diabetes Association, Presbyterian University Hospital, The Pittsburgh History and Landmarks Foundation and Duquesne University. Dan Rooney has been a member of several NFL committees over the past 30-plus years. He has served on the board of directors for the NFL Trust Fund, NFL Films and the Scheduling Committee. He was appointed chairman of the Expansion Committee in 1973, which considered new franchise locations and directed the addition of Seattle and Tampa Bay as expansion teams in 1976.

In 1976, Rooney was also named chairman of the Negotiating Committee, and in 1982 he contributed to the negotiations for the Collective Bargaining Agreement for the NFL and the Players' Association. He again played a key role in the labor agreement reached between NFL owners and players in 1993. Rooney was also largely responsible for developing the realignment plan and scheduling format that the NFL adopted prior to the 2002 season. In October 2002, he was named chairman of the NFL's Diversity in the Workplace Committee. Rooney is also a member of the eight-person Management Council Executive Committee, the Hall of Fame Committee, and the NFL Properties Executive Committee. In February 1999, he was named the recipient of the Philadelphia Maxwell Football Club's Francis J. "Reds" Bagnell Award for outstanding contributions to the game of football. Daniel M. Rooney was born on Pittsburgh's North Side on July 20, 1932. He is a 1950 graduate of North Catholic High School, where he played quarterback on the varsity football team.

He went on to graduate from Duquesne University in 1955 with a bachelor of arts degree in accounting. Rooney and his wife Patricia live on the North Side. The Rooneys have nine children. In 2002, Dan Rooney officially turned over the title of Steelers' team president to his oldest son, Art Rooney II, who had previously served as the team's vice presdent and general counsel. Art II also previously served as Chairman of the Board of Klett Rooney Lieber & Schorling, Attorneys at Law. A 1978 graduate of the University of Pittsburgh where he majored in political science, Art II received his law degree from Duquesne University School of Law in 1982. He and his wife Greta have four children. 1930s: After founding the Pirates in 1933, Art Rooney watched his club struggle through its first seven seasons with just 22 wins and five different head coaches. While home games were played at Forbes Field, Rooney often took his team to such cities as Johnstown, Latrobe, Youngstown, New Orleans, and Louisville in the 1930s due to competition with baseball and college football.

In 1938 Rooney signed Colorado All-America Byron "Whizzer" White to a $15,800 contract, making White the first "big money" player in the NFL. White led the league in rushing that year and became one of the NFL's most illustrious alumni. He served 31 years as a Justice of the United States Supreme Court before retiring in 1993. 1940s: In 1940 Rooney changed the team name to the Pittsburgh Steelers, representing the heritage of Pittsburgh. The first winning record in the organization's history came in 1942 when head coach Walt Kiesling led the Steelers to a 7-4 finish with the league-leading rushing of rookie Bill Dudley. But the next year Dudley joined the Armed Forces along with many other NFL players as the nation went to war. With rosters depleted, Rooney merged the Steelers with the Philadelphia Eagles in 1943 (Phil-Pitt "Steagles") and with the Chicago Cardinals (Card-Pitt) in 1944.

Rooney hired legendary Pitt coach Jock Sutherland in 1946, and Dudley returned from the war to earn NFL MVP honors, leading the league in rushing, interceptions, and punt returns. Today, Dudley is a member of the Pro Football Hall of Fame. Sutherland led the 1947 Steelers to an 8-4 record and a share of the Eastern division title, but they lost their first-ever postseason game, 21-0, to Philadelphia. Sutherland died suddenly the following spring while on a scouting trip. 1950s: Succeeding Sutherland, John Michelosen was head coach for the 1948-51 seasons, compiling a 20-26-2 record. In 1952 Joe Bach returned for his second stint with the Steelers, having coached the team previously in 1935-36. The Steelers became the last team to abandon the single wing for the T-formation in 1952. Bach resigned for health reasons following the 1954 season and was replaced by assistant coach Walt Kiesling, who had been the Steelers' head coach twice previously.

Kiesling's three stints covered the 1939-40, 1941-44, and 1954-56 campaigns. 1960s: Buddy Parker was named head coach in 1957 and over the next eight years he led the Steelers to five non-losing seasons. Hall of Fame quarterback Bobby Layne quarterbacked the team through three of those campaigns, leading the Steelers to a 9-5 mark and a playoff game vs. Detroit in 1962, which the Steelers lost 17-10. Parker completed his tenure with a 51-48-6 record and ranks third among all-time Steelers coaches for career wins. On October 25, 1964, the Steelers made team history when they retired jersey No. 70 in honor of former defensive tackle Ernie Stautner. Stautner, who was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1969, became the first Steelers player to have his jersey retired.

Brief head coaching stints by Mike Nixon in 1965 and Bill Austin from 1966-68 preceded the hiring of the 37-year-old Chuck Noll on January 27, 1969. Noll began to rebuild the Steelers through the draft, starting with the defense when he selected defensive tackle Joe Greene with his first choice in 1969. Today Greene is a member of the Pro Football Hall of Fame. 1970s: A 1-13 record in 1969 gave the Steelers the first overall choice in the 1970 draft, with which Noll addressed the offense by selecting quarterback Terry Bradshaw, another Hall of Famer, after the Steelers won the first selection by winning a coin toss with the Chicago Bears. Cornerback Mel Blount was added in the third round that year, followed by linebacker Jack Ham in 1971 and running back Franco Harris in 1972. In all, Noll drafted nine players who are now enshrined in the Hall of Fame including three in his first 20 picks and four of his first 38. Two significant changes took place in 1970.

The Steelers moved from the NFL Century Division to the AFC Central with the merger of the American Football League and the NFL. The Steelers also moved into a new home as Three Rivers Stadium opened. Previously, the Steelers had played home games at Forbes Field from 1933-57 and at both Forbes Field and Pitt Stadium from 1958-63. From 1964-69 the Steelers played at Pitt Stadium until Three Rivers opened in 1970. Gradual improvement in the early 1970s resulted in the team's first division title in 1972 with an 11-3 record. In the first playoff game at Three Rivers the Steelers defeated the Oakland Raiders 13-7 with Franco Harris' "Immaculate Reception" in the final minute. Despite a 21-17 loss the following week to the undefeated Miami Dolphins, the Steelers had reached a new plateau. It took 40 years for the Steelers to finally win their first division title, but over the next decade they achieved a level of success unprecedented in professional football. In 1973 the Steelers won a wild card playoff berth with a 10-4 record.

Oakland avenged their loss from the previous year, however, with a 33-14 defeat of the Steelers in the playoffs. The Steelers won their first of six consecutive AFC Central titles in 1974 and marched past Buffalo (32-14) and Oakland (24-13) en route to their first Super Bowl appearance in Super Bowl IX. The fierce Pittsburgh defense led the way to a 16-6 victory vs. the Minnesota Vikings, and Art Rooney was presented the Vince Lombardi Trophy for the first time. In 1975 the Steelers won 11 straight games to finish 12-2 and claim their second consecutive division crown. After defeating Baltimore (28-10) and Oakland (16-10) in the playoffs the Steelers became the third team in NFL history, joining Green Bay and Miami, to win back-to-back Super Bowls with a 21-17 win versus the Dallas Cowboys in Super Bowl X. The 1976 Steelers struggled to a 1-4 start before reeling off nine straight victories including five shutouts to win the division with a 10-4 mark.

They defeated Baltimore 40-14 in the playoffs, but lost to Oakland, 24-7, after both starting running backs, Franco Harris and Rocky Bleier, were injured. The following year the Steelers dropped a 34-21 decision to Denver in the first round of the playoffs after posting a 9-5 regular-season record. In 1978 the Steelers made history after a league-best 14-2 regular season and playoff wins versus Denver (33-10) and Houston (34-5). Their 35-31 Super Bowl XIII win versus Dallas made the Steelers the first team to win three Super Bowls. Yet another standard was set the following year when the 1979 Steelers defeated the Los Angeles Rams, 31-19, in Super Bowl XIV to make them the first team in history to win four Super Bowls and the only team to win back-to-back Super Bowls twice. The Super Bowl victory followed a 12-4 regular season and playoff wins versus Miami (34-14) and Houston (27-13).

With six consecutive AFC Central crowns, eight straight years of playoff appearances and four Super Bowl championships, the Steelers were tagged the "Team of the Decade" for the 1970s. 1980s: As the 1980s opened the Steelers stumbled, failing to make the playoffs in 1980 and 1981 with records of 9-7 and 8-8. In 1982 the Steelers celebrated the team's 50th anniversary by qualifying for the playoffs with a 6-3 finish in a strike-interrupted season. During the season an anniversary banquet was held to commemorate the team's first 50 seasons and to honor the Steelers' all-time team as selected by fan voting. Thousands of fans were attracted to Pittsburgh for a week of activities and exhibits before the anniversary season was ended by San Diego's 31-28 win in the playoffs. This would be the last playoff game at Three Rivers until the 1992 season, a span of 10 years.

The 1983 Steelers won their eighth division title with a 10-6 record, but fell in the postseason, 38-10, to the Los Angeles Raiders. The following year the Steelers won their ninth division crown and the team advanced to the AFC Championship game with a 24-17 playoff win at Denver. A 45-28 loss to Miami in the AFC Championship game prevented the Steelers from a fifth Super Bowl appearance. The Steelers' streak of 13 consecutive non-losing seasons came to an end in 1985 with a 7-9 finish, followed by 6-10 in 1986. Playoff hopes remained alive in 1987 until the Steelers lost their last two games to finish 8-7 during the strike-shortened season. In 1988 the team suffered through its worst campaign in 19 years with a 5-11 record. The next season got off to a similar start with losses of 51-0 and 41-10 in the first two games as the offense failed to score in the first month of the season.

But the young team fought back to finish 9-7 and earn a wild card playoff berth on the season's final weekend. An exciting 26-23 overtime playoff win in Houston was followed by a heartbreaking 24-23 divisional playoff loss at Denver in which the Steelers led until the final minutes. 1990s: A 9-7 finish in 1990 left the Steelers in a three-way tie for the AFC Central lead, but they were eliminated from playoff contention by a 2-4 division record. The 1991 team finished second in the division despite a 7-9 record, winning the last two games under Noll at home against the Cincinnati Bengals and Cleveland Browns. On December 26, 1991 Noll announced his retirement from football after 39 consecutive seasons, the last 23 as the Steelers' head coach which made him one of only four men to coach the same team for 23 consecutive years. He left as the fifth-winningest coach in NFL history with an overall record of 209-156-1, and as the only coach to win four Super Bowls.

Noll was rewarded in 1993 with his election to the Hall of Fame in his first year of eligibility. A new era began in 1992 with the retirement of Noll and the arrival of 34-year-old Bill Cowher, the National Football League's youngest head coach at the time he assumed control. In the first season of the new era, the Steelers won the AFC Central division crown for the first time since 1984 with an 11-5 record. While the team enjoyed new-found success, Cowher was recognized by the Associated Press as the NFL's Coach of the Year and six Steelers played in the Pro Bowl, the most in more than a decade. Under Cowher the Steelers became the first AFC team since the 1970 merger to claim its 10th division title. Their 11-5 record equaled the best in the conference and gave the Steelers home field advantage throughout the playoffs. However, in the first postseason game at Three Rivers in exactly 10 years the Steelers were defeated by eventual AFC champion Buffalo, 24-3.

In 1993, the Steelers earned a wild card playoff berth, marking their first consecutive playoff appearances since the 1983-84 seasons. A 9-7 record was good for second place in the division, but the season ended in a 27-24 overtime loss at Kansas City in the AFC Wild Card game. The 1994 Steelers won seven of their final eight regular-season games for their strongest finish since 1978. They captured their second division title in three years with the AFC's best record of 12-4. After a 29-9 victory over the Cleveland Browns in the first round of the playoffs, Pittsburgh hosted their first AFC Championship game since 1979. The game went down to the wire and the Steelers lost to the San Diego Chargers, 17-13. At 38, Bill Cowher became the youngest head coach to lead his team to a Super Bowl. Along the way, Cowher's team captured their third AFC Central division title in four years, made their fourth straight playoff appearance, and won the Steelers' first AFC title since 1979.

After a first-round bye, they defeated the Buffalo Bills (40-21) and the Indianapolis Colts (20-16), before losing to the Dallas Cowboys, 27-17, in Super Bowl XXX in Tempe, Arizona. In 1996, injuries forced Cowher to use 40 different starters during the course of the season. But the Steelers' "never-say-die" attitude led to a 10-6 finish and their fifth consecutive trip to the playoffs. Cowher earned his 50th regular-season win Nov. 3, 1996 in his 73rd game to become the eighth fastest to reach 50 wins. He ended the season with 57 career victories ranking him as the second winningest coach in team history, behind his predecessor Noll. The Steelers captured their fourth consecutive AFC Central title in 1997, while posting an 11-5 record. They were one play away from earning their sixth Super Bowl appearance and lost to Denver, 24-21, in the AFC Championship game.

In 1998, the Steelers finished a disappointing 7-9, losing their last five regular-season games and missing the playoffs for the first time under Bill Cowher. It marked the first time that Cowher had been associated with a team with a losing record during his 14-year coaching career. The Steelers suffered their second consecutive losing season under Cowher in 1999, when their record fell to 6-10, including a six-game losing streak. The Steelers fourth-place finish in the AFC Central was the team's worst finish under Bill Cowher. 2000s: The Steelers began a new century with a renewed commitment. After starting the 2000 season with a 0-3 record, the Steelers rebounded to finish the year at 9-7, and barely missed their seventh postseason appearance under Cowher. However, 2000 may be remembered most for being the final season for the Steelers at Three Rivers Stadium. The Steelers were 4-4 during their final season at Three Rivers Stadium, including victories in four of their final six home games. The Steelers won their final game at Three Rivers, 24-3, against the Washington Redskins on Dec. 16.

The Steelers finished 31 seasons at Three Rivers Stadium (1970-2000) with a 182-73 home record, including the postseason. The Steelers recorded their largest regular-season home attendance figures (440,428) since 1998 in the final season, including a season-high 58,183 fans during the final game in stadium history. The Steelers began a new era in team history in 2001 with the opening of their new stadium, Heinz Field. The Steelers posted an AFC-best 13-3 regular-season record, including a 7-1 mark at home, and advanced to the AFC Championship Game. The inaugural game at Heinz Field was originally scheduled to be a nationally televised Sunday Night game on Sept. 16. However, the September 11 terrorist attacks on America forced the NFL to postpone all games that weekend - which were eventually rescheduled for the end of the season. As a result, the Steelers opened Heinz Field on Sunday, Oct. 7 with a 16-7 win against the Cincinnati Bengals.

The Steelers defeated the defending Super Bowl Champion Baltimore Ravens, 27-10, in the AFC Divisional Playoffs, in the first-ever postseason game played at Heinz Field. However, they suffered a disappointing, 24-17, loss at home in the AFC Championship game to the eventual Super Bowl-champion New England Patriots. The Steelers entered the 2002 season with high hopes and Super Bowl aspirations. After a 0-2 start, the Steelers rallied to make the playoffs for the second consecutive season and the eighth time under Cowher. However, the team's Super Bowl hopes ended when they lost, 34-31, in overtime to the Tennessee Titans on the road. The Steelers began the 2003 season with a 34-15 victory against AFC North rival Baltimore Ravens. However, the team never regained that magic and finished the season with a 6-10 record and out of the playoffs for the first time in three years. The Steelers set a team record in 2004 by becoming the first AFC team to win 15 games (15-1) in the regular season.

They ultimately advanced to the AFC Championship Game where they lost to the New England Patriots, 41-27. Nine Steelers were selected to play in the AFC-NFC Pro Bowl, the teams most since the 1979 season. Pittsburgh found itself sitting at 7-5 after 12 games in 2005, but it rallied to win its final four regular season games to earn the AFC's sixth seed in the playoffs. The Steelers then won an unprecedented three straight road playoff games to gain a berth in Super Bowl XL in Detroit versus the Seattle Seahawks. The Steelers captured their fifth Super Bowl title with a 21-10 victory over the Seahawks as wide receiver Hines Ward was named MVP, finishing with five receptions for 123 yards. Ward also hauled in a game-clinching 43-yard pass from Antwaan Randle El on a gadget play midway through the fourth quarter. The 2006 season saw the Bill Cowher era come to an end with the Steelers finishing the season winning six of their final eight games to post an 8-8 record on the year.

On January 5, 2006, Bill Cowher resigned as Steelers head coach with a 161-99-1 overall record, second best in team history. The Steelers hired 34-year old Mike Tomlin as the team’s coach. Tomlin was the NFL’s youngest head coach at the time he was hired on Jan. 22, 2007. Tomlin became the second first-year coach in team history to make the playoffs. The Steelers finished with a 10-6 overall record and won the AFC North division title. Mike Tomlin became the first coach in franchise history to win a division title in each of his first two seasons when the Steelers captured their second consecutive AFC North division title with a 12-4 record. They went on to defeat the San Diego Chargers and Baltimore Ravens to gain a berth in Super Bowl XLIII in Tampa, Florida versus the Arizona Cardinals. The Steelers became the first NFL franchise to capture six Super Bowl titles when they defeated the Cardinals, 27-23. With the victory, Head Coach Mike Tomlin became the youngest coach to win a Super Bowl in NFL history.

Wide receiver Santonio Holmes was named MVP after hauling in the game-winning six-yard touchdown pass from Ben Roethlisberger with 35 seconds remaining in regulation. The Steelers added to their legacy, making it all the way to Super Bowl XLV after a 12-4 record during the 2010 season. The Steelers though could not overcome an early 18-point deficit and fell to the Green Bay Packers 31-25. Despite the loss, the Steelers still hold the NFL record for most Super Bowl victories with six. footer-custom

Question: Which was the first team to win three Super Bowls?
Answer: Pittsburgh Steelers