2006 Superbowl
Detroit Michigan’s Ford Field played host to the 2006 Super Bowl featuring the American Football Conference (AFC) champions, Pittsburgh Steelers, against the National Football Conference champions (NFC) Seattle Seahawks. The 2006 Super Bowl would be the 40th Super Bowl played since the inception of the World Championship game in 1967. Played on February 5, 2006, The Pittsburgh Steelers will be looking for their 5th super bowl ring trying to accomplish that task since 1980 to gain ‘one for the thumb’.
The 2006 Super Bowl would be the first appearance at a super bowl for the Seattle Seahawks and the 6th time for the Steelers. Because of their strong showing at previous Super Bowls, the Steelers were able to capitalize on the ‘rookie’ Seahawks, who inevitably made quite a few mistakes in the game. Although they scored first late in the 1st quarter, the Seahawks suffered from a few missed opportunities, dropped balls and penalties. The end of the First quarter had the Seahawks leading with 3-0, however, with less than 2 minutes left in the first half Steelers Quarterback Ben Roethlisberger ran a 1 yard sneak, putting the half time score at 7-3, Steelers.
On the very first drive of the second half, the Steelers scored when Willie Parker made a record 75-yard touchdown run. The lead would close in as The Seahawks tight end Jerramy Stevens made a 16-yard touchdown reception bringing the score to 14-10, Steelers.
In the fourth quarter Steelers Randle El locked up the game with a 43-yard touchdown pass to Hines Ward (Wide Receiver) in a fake reverse play. This put the score at 21-10, Steelers, and pretty much cinched the game for the Steelers, with just a few minutes left in the game, The Seahawks would not be able to close the gap.
With the Steelers 2006 Super Bowl win, this ties them for the most Super Bowls won with the Dallas Cowboys and San Francisco 49ers. Another record at the 2006 Super Bowl was Ben Roethlisberger, being the youngest quarterback to ever win a super bowl at 23 years and 11 months, despite having the lowest quarterback rating (22.6) ever by a Super Bowl winning quarterback.
Hines Ward, who had an exceptional year and even better 2006 Super Bowl was named the 2006 Super Bowl Most Valuable Player (MVP) with 5 receptions for 123 yards, one touchdown and 18 yards rushing.
