Pittsburgh Steelers

The Pittsburgh Steelers (or simply the Steelers) is a professional American football team from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. They are currently members of the a member of theAmerican Football Conference (AFC) in the National Football League (NFL).

The team was founded by Art Rooney in 1933 under the name Pittsburgh Pirates and is the oldest team of the AFC. In 1941, the name was changed to Pittsburgh Steelers to make the image of the city with its prominent steel industry to present themselves.

The Steelers also have rivals. The Cleveland Browns, Baltimore Ravens and the Cincinnati Bengals. They also have rivalries with the Philadelphia Eagles, they meet in the regular season but 1 time in 4 years, but also during the NFL Playoffs. With the New England Patriots have a rivalry since 2001 when the "Cinderella" won a contest after a good season by the Steelers. With the Oakland Raiders, they had the most intense rivalry of the 1970s, when the Raiders defeated the Steelers in a playoff match and the following year the roles are turned around. With the Dallas Cowboys they already have a rivalry since the first game of the Cowboys (against the Steelers) when the Steelers won 35-28.Also no less than three times the two teams met each other in a Super bowl, namely in 1976,[1]  1979[2]  and in 1996. [3]  the Steelers won the first two games, at the last pulled Dallas to win.

The Steelers have 7 times in the finals to the Super Bowl played. As many as six times (1974, 1975, 1978, 1979, 2005, 2009) pulled the Steelers to win. This makes the Steelers only team from NFL history with so many super bowl victories. ==Stadiums[ Edit] == Currently playing the Steelers in their Stadium Heinz Field, which is the successor of the Three Rivers Stadium, that the Steelers no longer use since 2001. They still played in Pitt Stadium and Forbes Field.