document_title: Pittsburgh Steelers

question_text: how many super bowl wins does the pittsburgh steelers have

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text: Pittsburgh Steelers

text: Franchise history

text: The Pittsburgh Steelers of the NFL first took to the field as the Pittsburgh Pirates on September 20, 1933, losing 23–2 to the New York Giants.[7] Through the 1930s, the Pirates never finished higher than second place in their division, or with a record better than .500 (1936).[8] Pittsburgh did make history in 1938 by signing Byron White, a future Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court, to what was at the time the biggest contract in NFL history,[9] but he played only one year with the Pirates before signing with the Detroit Lions.[10] Prior to the 1940 season, the Pirates renamed themselves the Steelers.

text: During World War II, the Steelers experienced player shortages. They twice merged with other NFL franchises to field a team. During the 1943 season, they merged with the Philadelphia Eagles forming the "Phil-Pitt Eagles" and were known as the "Steagles". This team went 5–4–1. In 1944, they merged with the Chicago Cardinals and were known as Card-Pitt (or, mockingly, as the "Carpets").[9] This team finished 0–10, marking the only winless team in franchise history.[11]

text: The Steelers made the playoffs for the first time in 1947, tying for first place in the division at 8–4 with the Philadelphia Eagles. This forced a tie-breaking playoff game at Forbes Field, which the Steelers lost 21–0.[12] That would be Pittsburgh's only playoff game for the next 25 years; they did qualify for a "Playoff Bowl" in 1962 as the second-best team in their conference, but this was not considered an official playoff.[13]

text: In 1970, the year they moved into Three Rivers Stadium and the year of the AFL–NFL merger, the Pittsburgh Steelers were one of three old-guard NFL teams to switch to the newly formed American Football Conference (the others being the Cleveland Browns and the Baltimore Colts), in order to equalize the number of teams in the two conferences of the newly merged league. The Steelers also received a $3 million ($18.5 million today) relocation fee, which was a windfall for them; for years they rarely had enough to build a true contending team.[14]

text: The Chuck Noll era

text: The Steelers' history of bad luck changed with the hiring of coach Chuck Noll for the 1969 season. Noll's most remarkable talent was in his draft selections, taking Hall of Famers "Mean" Joe Greene in 1969, Terry Bradshaw and Mel Blount in 1970, Jack Ham in 1971, Franco Harris in 1972,[15] and finally, in 1974, pulling off the incredible feat of selecting four Hall of Famers in one draft year, Lynn Swann, Jack Lambert, John Stallworth, and Mike Webster.[16] The Pittsburgh Steelers' 1974 draft was their best ever; no other team has ever drafted four future Hall of Famers in one year, and only very few (including the 1970 Steelers) have drafted two or more in one year.

text: The players drafted in the early 1970s formed the base of an NFL dynasty, making the playoffs in eight seasons and becoming the only team in NFL history to win four Super Bowls in six years, as well as the first to win more than two. They also enjoyed a regular season streak of 49 consecutive wins (1971–1979) against teams that would finish with a losing record that year.

text: The Steelers suffered a rash of injuries in the 1980 season and missed the playoffs with a 9–7 record. The 1981 season was no better, with an 8–8 showing. The team was then hit with the retirements of all their key players from the Super Bowl years. "Mean" Joe Greene retired after the 1981 season, Lynn Swann and Jack Ham after 1982's playoff berth, Terry Bradshaw and Mel Blount after 1983's divisional championship, and Jack Lambert after 1984's AFC Championship Game appearance.

text: After those retirements, the franchise skidded to its first losing seasons since 1971. Though still competitive, the Steelers would not finish above .500 in 1985, 1986, and 1988. In 1987, the year of the players' strike, the Steelers finished with a record of 8–7, but missed the playoffs. In 1989, they would reach the second round of the playoffs on the strength of Merrill Hoge and Rod Woodson before narrowly missing the playoffs in each of the next two seasons.

text: Noll's career record with Pittsburgh was 209–156–1.

text: The Bill Cowher era

text: In 1992, Chuck Noll retired and was succeeded by Kansas City Chiefs defensive coordinator Bill Cowher, a native of the Pittsburgh suburb of Crafton.

text: Cowher led the Steelers to the playoffs in each of his first six seasons, a feat that had been accomplished only by legendary coach Paul Brown of the Cleveland Browns. In those first six seasons, Cowher coached them as deep as the AFC Championship Game three times and following the 1995 season an appearance in Super Bowl XXX on the strength of the "Blitzburgh" defense. However, the Steelers lost to the Dallas Cowboys in Super Bowl XXX, two weeks after a thrilling AFC Championship victory over the Indianapolis Colts. Cowher produced the franchise's record-tying fifth Super Bowl win in Super Bowl XL over the National Football Conference champion Seattle Seahawks ten years later. With that victory, the Steelers became the third team to win five Super Bowls, and the first sixth-seeded playoff team to reach and win the Super Bowl since the NFL expanded to a 12-team post-season tournament in 1990. He coached through the 2006 season which ended with an 8–8 record, just short of the playoffs. Overall Cowher's teams reached the playoffs 10 of 15 seasons with six AFC Championship Games, two Super Bowl berths and a championship.

text: Cowher's career record with Pittsburgh was 149–90–1 in the regular season and 161–99–1 overall, including playoff games.

text: The Mike Tomlin era

text: On January 7, 2007, Cowher resigned from coaching the Steelers, citing a need to spend more time with his family. He did not use the term "retire", leaving open a possible return to the NFL as coach of another team. A three-man committee consisting of Art Rooney II, Dan Rooney, and Kevin Colbert was set up to conduct interviews for the head coaching vacancy.[17] The candidates interviewed included: offensive coordinator Ken Whisenhunt, offensive line coach Russ Grimm, former offensive coordinator Chan Gailey, Minnesota Vikings defensive coordinator Mike Tomlin, and Chicago Bears defensive coordinator Ron Rivera. On January 22, 2007, Mike Tomlin was announced as Cowher's successor as head coach. Tomlin is the first African-American to be named head coach of the Pittsburgh Steelers in its 75-year history. Tomlin became the third consecutive Steelers Head Coach to go to the Super Bowl, equaling the Dallas Cowboys (Tom Landry, Jimmy Johnson and Barry Switzer) in this achievement. He was named the Motorola 2008 Coach of the Year. On February 1, 2009, Tomlin led the Steelers to their second Super Bowl of this decade, and went on to win 27–23 against the Arizona Cardinals. At age 36, he was the youngest head coach to ever win the Super Bowl, and he is only the second African-American coach to ever win the Super Bowl (Tony Dungy was the first). The 2010 season made Tomlin the only coach to reach the Super Bowl twice before the age of 40. Tomlin led the team to his second Super Bowl (Super Bowl XLV) on Feb. 6, 2011. However, the Steelers were defeated in their eighth Super Bowl appearance by the Green Bay Packers by the score of 31–25. The Steelers recorded their 400th victory in 2012 after defeating the Washington Redskins.[18]

text: Through the 2016 season, Tomlin's record is 111–63, including playoffs. He is the first Pittsburgh coach without a losing season. The 2013–2017 seasons were noted for record performances from the "killer B's". This trio consisted of Antonio Brown, Ben Roethlisberger and Le'Veon Bell.

text: Summary

text: Since the NFL merger in 1970, the Pittsburgh Steelers have compiled a regular season record of 444–282–2 (.635) and an overall record of 480-305-2 (.635) including the playoffs, reached the playoffs 30 times, won their division 22 times, played in 16 AFC championship games, and won six of eight Super Bowls. They are also the only NFL team not to have a season with twelve or more losses since the league expanded to a 16-game schedule in 1978.[19]

text: Ownership

text: Since 2008, the Rooney family has brought in several investors for the team while retaining control of the team itself. This came about so that the team could comply with NFL ownership regulations.[20] Dan Rooney, and his son, Art Rooney II, president of the franchise, wanted to stay involved with the franchise, while two of the brothers – Timothy and Patrick – wanted to further pursue racetracks that they own in Florida and New York.[21] Since 2006, many of the racetracks have added video slot machines, causing them to violate "NFL policy that prohibits involvement with racetrack and gambling interests".[22]

text: Upon Dan Rooney's death in 2017, he and Art Rooney II retained control of the team with the league-minimum 30%, the following make up the other investors:

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Several other members of the Rooney family, including Art Rooney Jr., John Rooney, and the McGinley family, who are cousins to the Rooneys.
Legendary Pictures president and CEO Thomas Tull.[23]
The Robert A. Paul family of Pittsburgh and Los Angeles, which is primarily involved with Pittsburgh-based Ampco Pittsburgh Corporation as well as Morton's Restaurant Group, Urban Active Fitness, Meyer Products and Harley Marine Services. Additionally, family members serve on numerous boards, including Cornell University, UPMC, University of Pittsburgh, the American Red Cross, Harvard Medical School and the Loomis Chaffee School.[23]
Former Steelers wide receiver John Stallworth, a member of the Pro Football Hall of Fame.[24]
GTCR chairman Bruce V. Rauner.[24]

President Obama poses with the Steelers in 2009. Left to right: Ben Roethlisberger, Hines Ward, Obama, and Dan Rooney.

The Peter Varischetti family of Brockway, Pennsylvania, which owns several nursing homes and a commercial real estate business.[24]
Paul Evanson, chairman, president, and CEO of Allegheny Energy.[25]
Russ and Scott Swank of Lower Burrell, Pennsylvania.[26]

text: Season-by-season records

text: Through the end of the 2015 season, the Steelers have an all-time record of 624–552–21, including playoffs. In recent seasons the Steelers have generally performed well, qualifying for the playoffs six times in the past ten seasons and winning the Super Bowl twice since 2005.[27]

text: In the NFL's "modern era" (since the AFL–NFL merger in 1970) the Steelers have posted the best record in the league. The franchise has won the most regular season games, the most playoff games (33 playoff wins; the Dallas Cowboys are second with 32), won the most divisional titles (20), has played in the most conference championship games (15), hosted the most conference championship games (11), and is tied with the Dallas Cowboys, the Denver Broncos and the New England Patriots for the most Super Bowl appearances (8). The Steelers have the best winning percentage (including every expansion team), earned the most All-Pro nominations, and have accumulated the most Super Bowl wins (6) since the modern game started in 1970. Since the merger, the team's playoff record is 33–19 (.635), which is second best in terms of playoff winning percentage behind the Green Bay Packers' playoff record of 28–16 (.636), through January 23, 2011.[citation needed]

text: Civil rights advocacy

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The franchise, along with the Rooney family have for generations been strong advocates for equality of opportunity for both minorities and women. Among these achievements of the Steelers was the first to hire an African-American Assistant Coach (September 29, 1957 with Lowell Perry), the first to start an African-American quarterback (December 3, 1973 with Joe Gilliam), the first team to boast of an African-American Super Bowl MVP (January 12, 1975 with Franco Harris), the first to hire an African-American Coordinator (September 2, 1984 with Tony Dungy), the first owner to push for passage of an "equal opportunity" mandating that at least one minority candidate is given an interview in all head coach hiring decisions throughout the league (the Rooney Rule in the early 2000s), and the first to hire a female as full-time athletic trainer (Ariko Iso on July 24, 2002).
Note: Although Marlin Briscoe is sometimes erroneously cited as the first African-American starting quarterback in 1968, this was not for an NFL team and not in an NFL game, additionally the vast majority of Briscoe's career was not as quarterback.

text: Logo and uniforms

text: The Steelers have used black and gold as their colors since the club's inception, the lone exception being the 1943 season when they merged with the Philadelphia Eagles and formed the "Steagles"; the team's colors at that time were green and white as a result of wearing Eagles uniforms. Originally, the team wore solid gold-colored helmets and black jerseys. The Steelers' black and gold colors are now shared by all major professional teams in the city, including the Pittsburgh Pirates in baseball and the Pittsburgh Penguins in ice hockey, and also the Pittsburgh Power of the re-formed Arena Football League, and the Pittsburgh Passion of the Independent Women's Football League. The shade of gold differs slightly among teams: the Penguins have previously used "Vegas Gold", a color similar to metallic gold, and the Pirates' gold is a darker mustard yellow-gold, while the Steelers "gold" is more of a bright canary yellow. Black and gold are also the colors of the city's official flag.

text: The Steelers logo was introduced in 1962 and is based on the "Steelmark", originally designed by Pittsburgh's U.S. Steel and now owned by the American Iron and Steel Institute (AISI). In fact, it was Cleveland-based Republic Steel that suggested the Steelers adopt the industry logo. It consists of the word "Steelers" surrounded by three astroids (hypocycloids of four cusps). The original meanings behind the astroids were, "Steel lightens your work, brightens your leisure, and widens your world." Later, the colors came to represent the ingredients used in the steel-making process: yellow for coal, red for iron ore, and blue for scrap steel.[28] While the formal Steelmark logo contains only the word "Steel", the team was given permission to add "ers" in 1963 after a petition to AISI.

text: The Steelers are the only NFL team that puts its logo on only one side of the helmet (the right side). Longtime field and equipment manager Jack Hart was instructed to do this by Art Rooney as a test to see how the logo appeared on the gold helmets; however, its popularity led the team to leave it that way permanently.[29] A year after introducing the logo, they switched to black helmets to make it stand out more.

text: The Steelers, along with the New York Giants, are one of only two teams in the National Football League to have the players' uniform numbers on both the front and back of the helmets.

text: The current uniform designs were introduced in 1968. The design consists of gold pants and either black jerseys or white jerseys, except for the 1970 and 1971 seasons when the Steelers wore white pants with their white jerseys. In 1997, the team switched to rounded numbers on the jersey to match the number font (Futura Condensed) on the helmets, and a Steelers logo was added to the left side of the jersey.

text: The 2007–2011 third uniform, consisting of a black jersey with gold lettering, white pants with black and gold stripes, and a gold helmet were first used during the Steelers' 75th anniversary season in 2007. They were meant to evoke the memory of the 1963–1964 era uniforms. The uniforms were so popular among fans that the Steelers' organization decided to keep them and use them as a third option during home games only.

text: In 2012, the Steelers introduced a new third uniform, consisting of a yellow jersey with black horizontal lines (making a bumble bee like pattern) with black lettering and black numbers placed inside a white box, to represent the jerseys worn by the Steelers in their 1933 season. The rest of the uniform consists of beige pants, yellow with black horizontal stripped socks, and the Steelers regular black helmet. The uniforms were used for the Steelers' 80th anniversary season. Much like the previous alternate these jerseys were so popular that they were used up through the 2016 season. The jerseys were nicknamed the "bumblebee jerseys" due to looking like the pattern of a bumble bee. The jerseys were retired after the 2016 season.

text: In 2008–2009, the Steelers became the first team in NFL history to defeat an opponent three times in a single season using three different uniforms.[citation needed] They defeated the Baltimore Ravens in Pittsburgh in Week 4 in their third jerseys, again Week 15 in Baltimore in their road whites, and a final time in the AFC Championship in Pittsburgh in their home black jerseys.

text: In 1979, the team owners were approached by then-Iowa Hawkeyes Head Coach Hayden Fry about designing his fading college team's uniforms in the image of the Steelers. Three days later, the owners sent Fry the reproduction jerseys (home and away versions) of then quarterback Terry Bradshaw. Today, the Hawkeyes still retain the 1979 Steelers uniforms as their home, and away colors.

text: Rivals

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text: The Pittsburgh Steelers have three primary rivals, all within their division: (Cleveland Browns, Baltimore Ravens, and Cincinnati Bengals). They also have rivalries with other teams that arose from post-season battles in the past, most notably the New England Patriots, Oakland Raiders, Tennessee Titans and Dallas Cowboys. They also have an intrastate rivalry with the Philadelphia Eagles, but under the current scheduling the teams play each other only once every four years.

text: Divisional rivals

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The Cleveland Browns and the Steelers have been divisional rivals since the two cities' teams began playing against each other in 1950. After posting a 9–31 record in the first 40 games of the series between the two cities, the Steelers recently took over the all-time series lead for the first time ever (64–56); partly due to their dominance over the post-1999 Cleveland Browns franchise and won twelve straight before the Browns snapped their losing skid against them by beating them 13–6 on December 10, 2009. Additionally, the Browns lost 16 straight years in Pittsburgh from 1970–1985 and posted an abysmal 5–24 record at Three Rivers Stadium overall. Former Steelers head coach Bill Cowher coached the Browns special teams and secondary before following Marty Schottenheimer for a brief tenure as Kansas City Defensive Coordinator, and then hired by Pittsburgh. This has only intensified the rivalry.
The Baltimore Ravens and the Steelers have had several memorable match-ups and have a bitter divisional rivalry. Both teams handed the other their first losses at their current home fields. The Steelers won the inaugural game played at Baltimore's M&T Bank Stadium in 1998, 20–13, and three years later the Ravens handed the Steelers their first-ever loss at Heinz Field, 13–10. Later that season (2001) Pittsburgh won a divisional playoff game 27–10 against Baltimore, who was the defending Super Bowl champion. During their NFL championship season in 2000, the Ravens defeated the Steelers in Pittsburgh, 16–0, in the season opener with the Steelers later exacting revenge, 9–6, in Baltimore (the Ravens' final loss of the season). During the Steelers 2008 Championship run, they beat the Ravens three times, including a win in the AFC Championship game. The Steelers lead the series (begun in 1996), 16–10. The two teams complement each other by consistently fielding strong defenses in their division.
The Cincinnati Bengals–Steelers rivalry dates from the 1970 season, when the AFL–NFL merger was completed. In 1976, the Steelers kept their playoff hopes alive (they later won the division) with a late-season 7–3 win in snowy Cincinnati. One of the most memorable games was the 2005 AFC Wildcard playoff game, in which the Steelers, en route to a Super Bowl title, won a 31–17 come-from-behind victory after Bengals QB Carson Palmer was forced to leave the game with a knee injury. The injury happened when nose tackle Kimo von Oelhoffen contacted Palmer's knee during a passing play. The Bengals players called this a dirty play; the NFL ruled that it was accidental and did not fine von Oelhoffen for the hit. This incident has led to an intensifying of the rivalry since this game. The Bengals beat the Steelers in week 13 of the 2005 season 38–31, and wide receiver T. J. Houshmandzadeh used a Terrible Towel to polish his cleats while walking up the tunnel after the game, fueling the rivalry. The Steelers and Bengals finished 2005 and 2006 with identical records (11–5 and 8–8 respectively), splitting both regular-season series, the Bengals winning the tiebreaker both years due to having a superior division record. The Steelers also are responsible for ending the Bengals' season in Cincinnati two years in a row, eliminating them from the playoffs in 2005 and taking them out of contention in 2006. The Steelers lead the all-time series, 52–32.

text: Historic rivals

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The Raiders–Steelers rivalry was one of the most heated of the 1970s and early to mid-1980s. The Steelers' first playoff win was a 13–7 victory over the Raiders by way of Franco Harris's Immaculate Reception on December 23, 1972. The wild card Pittsburgh football team was knocked out of the playoffs the following year by the Raiders in the 1973 AFC Divisional round 33–14, but fired back with two straight AFC Championships in 1974 24–13 and 1975 16–10 over Oakland. Oakland responded with a victory over Pittsburgh in the 1976 AFC Championship game 24–7 (the third consecutive AFC title game between the two teams), but not before Chuck Noll referred to Oakland's George Atkinson as part of the NFL's "criminal element" after his alleged cheap-shot on Lynn Swann during a regular-season matchup. Atkinson and the Raiders later filed a defamation of character lawsuit against Noll, but lost. Following the 1983 regular season, the Los Angeles Raiders defeated the Steelers 38–10 in the AFC Divisional round which turned out to be the last NFL game for Steeler Pro Football Hall of Fame quarterback Terry Bradshaw who did not play due to injury. While the rivalry has dissipated over the years (mostly due to Oakland's decline after 2002), the teams have had notable games against each other including an upset Steelers victory towards the end of the 2000 season to prevent the Raiders from obtaining homefield advantage in the playoffs, and an upset Raiders victory in week 8 of the 2006 NFL season (20–13), which helped cost the Steelers a playoff berth; three years later another Raiders upset took place. In Week 13, the game lead changed five times on five touchdowns in the fourth quarter; Bruce Gradkowski's third touchdown of the quarter won it with nine seconds to go, and the 27–24 loss cost the Steelers another playoff run. The teams met at Pittsburgh in 2010, where the Steelers blew out the Raiders 35–3, and ended their 3-game winning streak; the game was further notable for a punch thrown by Richard Seymour of the Raiders against Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger. The Raiders then hosted the Steelers in 2012 and erased a 31–21 gap to win 34–31. The two clubs met again in 2013 and the Raiders won again, 21–18. The Steelers trail the all-time series 14–12 (11–9 in regular season).
The Cowboys–Steelers rivalry[30] started with the Cowboys' first game as a franchise in 1960 (against the Steelers) at the Cotton Bowl with the Steelers coming away with a 35–28 victory. These teams hold a record for the most times (three) that two teams have met in a Super Bowl. The first two times the favored Steelers and Cowboys met came with Pittsburgh victories in the Orange Bowl Super Bowl X 21–17 and Super Bowl XIII 35–31. The Cowboys never won a regular season game in the Orange Bowl and lost three Super Bowl games (once to the Baltimore Colts and twice to the Steelers). Between the Cowboys and Steelers, Super Bowl XIII had the greatest number of future Pro Football Hall of Fame players participating, which as of 2010 numbered 20 – 14 players and six coaches/front office, including Ernie Stautner, defensive coordinator for the Cowboys who was a HoF defensive tackle for the Steelers. The teams featured an all-star matchup at quarterback between the Steelers' Terry Bradshaw and the Cowboys' Roger Staubach, both of whom are in the Hall of Fame. In 1977, Staubach and the Cowboys won Super Bowl XII, their second and last loss of their season being inflicted by Bradshaw and the Steelers, 28–13 at Three Rivers Stadium in November. In 1979, Staubach's final season, the two defending conference champs met again at Three Rivers, the Steelers winning 14–3 en route to winning their fourth Super Bowl title. The Steelers won six of eight meetings during the 1970s and 80s, before the Cowboys won all four meetings during the 1990s, including the teams' record third Super Bowl meeting in 1996, as this time the heavily favored Cowboys beat the Steelers 27–17. Dallas cornerback Larry Brown intercepted Pittsburgh quarterback Neil O'Donnell twice and was named the game's MVP. The teams' first two meetings of the 21st century (2004 and 2008) were won by the Steelers, including a come from behind victory December 7, 2008 in Pittsburgh, when the Steelers drove the length of the field to tie the game 13–13, then cornerback Deshea Townsend returned an intercepted pass from Tony Romo for the game's final score, Steelers 20, Cowboys 13. The Cowboys won on December 16, 2012, at Cowboys Stadium by a 27–24 margin in overtime and won 35-30 at Heinz Field on November 13, 2016. The all-time series is led by the Dallas Cowboys, 17–15. The Pittsburgh/Dallas rivalry served as a backdrop to the 1977 film Black Sunday, parts of which were filmed during Super Bowl X.
The Denver Broncos in 2011 broke a tie with the Oakland Raiders for the most playoff meetings versus the Steelers and added yet another meeting in 2015 (the Broncos have met Pittsburgh eight times to Oakland's six). The rivalry dates from 1970, but the first notable contest came in 1973, when Denver dealt Pittsburgh its first regular-season defeat at Three Rivers Stadium, 23–13. The following year, they met in the NFL's first regular-season overtime game, which ended in a 35–35 tie. Denver's first playoff game had them hosting the Steelers in the 1977 divisional round; the Broncos won 34–21. The following year, the Steelers hosted and defeated Denver 33–10 in the divisional round. Their next playoff matchup was the 1984 divisional round in Mile High Stadium; the Steelers pulled the upset 24–17. They nearly pulled the upset again 5 years later in Denver, but the Broncos prevailed in the divisional playoff, 24–23. In 1997, they met in Pittsburgh for the AFC Championship Game, where Denver squeaked out at 24–21 win. Eight years later, the Steelers went to the Super Bowl by beating Denver 34–17 in Colorado, only to have their campaign to repeat as AFC Champions dashed in Denver after a stunning overtime upset by the Tim Tebow lead Broncos in January 2012. The following September the Steelers were defeated in Denver 31–19 in Peyton Manning's debut as Broncos quarterback. The two clubs met twice in 2015, as the Steelers defeated the Broncos in the regular season but fell in the Divisional Round of the AFC playoffs; Denver presently leads the series 19–11–1, including 5–3 in the playoffs. Neither team has beaten the other more than three times in a row.
The rivalry between the Steelers and the New England Patriots emerged as a prominent rivalry in league circles when the Patriots upset the Steelers in the 2001 AFC Championship Game at Heinz Field, though the two teams had met in the postseason twice before – the Patriots defeated the Steelers in 1996 28-3 while the Steelers won 7-6 in 1997; both times the Patriots fielded players in Ty Law and Curtis Martin with Pittsburgh-area roots; Martin's final game as a Patriots was in the 1997 playoffs before he departed to the rival New York Jets. Following the 2001 AFC title upset the Patriots defeated the Steelers 30-14 at the start of the 2002 season. Pittsburgh did not exact revenge for the two losses until ending the Patriots record-setting 21-game winning streak in week 6 of the 2004 NFL season. Later that season, the Steelers lost to the eventual champion Patriots in the AFC Championship game after a 15–1 season. The Patriots won six of seven meetings over a ten-year period (1998–2007) before the Steelers broke through with a 33–10 victory at Foxborough in 2008, after Matt Cassel had turned the ball over five times. The Steelers lead the all-time regular season series, 13–8. The Patriots in 2013 then made history by becoming the first opponent to score 55 points on the Steelers, winning 55–31. The Patriots won again in 2015 (28-21) and 2016's regular season (27-16) and then won 36-17 in the 2016 AFC Championship Game. In the postseason, the Patriots have outscored the Steelers 135 points to 75, with the Patriots maintaining a 4–1 record. The only other franchises with winning AFC playoff records against Steelers include the Miami Dolphins (2–1, both wins in the AFC Championship), the San Diego Chargers (2–1, all games played in Pittsburgh), the Jacksonville Jaguars (1–0, game at Heinz Field), and the Broncos (5–3). The Steelers have an all-time regular-season record of 14–11 against the Patriots.
Less well known is Pittsburgh's rivalry with the Houston Oilers/Tennessee Titans franchise. The Oilers were aligned into the AFC Central with the Steelers in 1970 and were division rivals for 32 seasons. The Steelers dominated the rivalry during the Houston era and defeated the Oilers in three playoff matchups. But since the franchise moved to Tennessee the rivalry shifted, with the Titans winning 13 of 20 meetings (including a bitter 34–31 playoff showdown in 2002) post-Houston; the Titans won seven in a row in the 1997–2001 period, the longest win streak by either team in the series. The Steelers have won 45 of 77 career meetings following 2014's 27–24 win at LP Field.

text: Culture

text: Mascot

text: Prior to the 2007 season, the Steelers introduced Steely McBeam as their official mascot.[31] As part of the 75th anniversary celebrations of the team, his name was selected from a pool of 70,000 suggestions submitted by fans of the team.[31] Diane Roles of Middlesex Township, Butler County, Pennsylvania submitted the winning name which was "meant to represent steel for Pittsburgh's industrial heritage, "Mc" for the Rooney family's Irish roots, and Beam for the steel beams produced in Pittsburgh, as well as for Jim Beam, her husband's favorite alcoholic beverage."[32] Steely McBeam is visible at all home games and participates in the team's charitable programs and other club-sponsored events.[31] Steely's autograph is known to be drawn with an oversized 'S' and the "L" is drawn to look like a beam of steel.[31]

text: Fanbase

text: The Steelers have a tradition of having a large fanbase, which has spread from Pittsburgh. In August 2008, ESPN.com ranked the Steelers' fans as the best in the NFL, citing their "unbelievable" sellout streak of 299 consecutive games.[6][33] The team gained a large fan base nationally based on its success in the 1970s, but many consider the collapse of the city's steel industry at the end of the 1970s dynasty into the 1980s (and the resulting diaspora) to be a large catalyst for the size of the fan base in other cities.[citation needed] The Steelers have sold out every home game since the 1972 season.[34]

text: The Pittsburgh Steelers have numerous unofficial fan clubs in many cities throughout the country, that typically meet in bars or taverns on game days. This phenomenon is known to occur for other NFL teams as well, but "Steeler bars" are more visible than most, including representative establishments even in cities that field their own NFL teams.

text: The Terrible Towel has been described by the Associated Press as "arguably the best-known fan symbol of any major pro sports team".[34] Conceived of by broadcaster Myron Cope in 1975,[34] the towel's rights have since been given to the Allegheny Valley School in Coraopolis, Pennsylvania, which cares for over 900 people with intellectual disability and physical disabilities, including Cope's autistic son.[35] Since 1996, proceeds from the Terrible Towel have helped raise more than $2.5 million for the school.[35]

text: Fight songs

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text: The Steelers have no official fight song, but many fan versions of Here we go Steelers and the Steelers Polka (the latter a parody of Pennsylvania Polka) by ethnic singer Jimmy Pol, both originating in the 1970s, have been recorded. Since 1994, the song Here We Go by local singer Roger Wood has been popular among fans. During Steelers games, Styx's Renegade is often used to rally the crowd.

text: Basketball

text: During the offseason, the Steelers have long participated in charity basketball games throughout Western Pennsylvania and neighboring areas. The games usually feature six active players as well as their player-coach playing against a group of local civic leaders.[36] The players, whose participants aren't announced until the day the game, sign free autographs for fans during halftime.[37]

text: Facilities

text: Stadiums

text: In 2001, the Steelers moved into Heinz Field. The franchise dating back to 1933 has had several homes. For thirty-one seasons, the Steelers shared Forbes Field with the Pittsburgh Pirates from 1933 to 1963. In 1958, though they started splitting their home games at Pitt Stadium three blocks away at the University of Pittsburgh. From 1964 to 1969, the Steelers played exclusively at the on campus facility before moving with the Pirates to Three Rivers Stadium on the city's Northside. Three Rivers is remembered fondly by the Steeler Nation as where Chuck Noll and Dan Rooney turned the franchise into a powerhouse, winning four Super Bowls in just six seasons and making the playoffs 11 times in 13 seasons from 1972 to 1984, the AFC title game seven times. Since 2001 however a new generation of Steeler greats has made Heinz Field legendary with multiple AFC Championship Games being hosted and two Super Bowl championships.

text: Training camp

text: The Steelers hold training camp east of the city at Saint Vincent College in Latrobe, Pennsylvania. The site is one of the most storied in the league with Peter King of SI.com describing it as: "... I love the place. It's the perfect training-camp setting, looking out over the rolling hills of the Laurel Highlands in west-central Pennsylvania, an hour east of Pittsburgh. On a misty or foggy morning, standing atop the hill at the college, you feel like you're in Scotland. Classic, wonderful slice of Americana. If you can visit one training camp, this is the one to see.[38]

text: The team has its headquarters and practice facilities at the state-of-the-art University of Pittsburgh Medical Center Sportsplex on Pittsburgh's Southside. Constructed in 2000, the facility combines the vast expertise of sports medical professionals and researchers as well as hosting the University of Pittsburgh Panthers football team.[39]

text: Historical facilities

text: The Rooney family has long had a close relationship with Duquesne University in the city and from the teams founding in the 1930s to the late 1990s used Art Rooney Field and other facilities on campus as either its primary or secondary in-season training site as well as Greenlee Field during the 1930s.[40]

text: In the 1970s and 1980s, the team had season scrimmages at South Park in the suburban south hills of Pittsburgh. During various seasons including the strike season of 1987, the Steelers used Point Stadium in nearby Johnstown, Pennsylvania for game week practices.[41] During the 1950s St. Bonaventure University[42] and suburban Ligonier[43] also served as a pre-season training camp sites.

text: Statistics

text: Players of note

text: Current roster

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Pittsburgh Steelers roster

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Quarterbacks

 5 Joshua Dobbs
 3 Landry Jones
 7 Ben Roethlisberger

Running backs

26 Le'Veon Bell
30 James Conner
45 Roosevelt Nix FB
39 Terrell Watson

Wide receivers

84 Antonio Brown PR
10 Martavis Bryant
88 Darrius Heyward-Bey
11 Justin Hunter
17 Eli Rogers
19 JuJu Smith-Schuster KR

Tight ends

85 Xavier Grimble
81 Jesse James
89 Vance McDonald

Offensive linemen

66 David DeCastro G
71 Matt Feiler G
67 B. J. Finney C
73 Ramon Foster G
77 Marcus Gilbert T
65 Jerald Hawkins T
74 Chris Hubbard T
53 Maurkice Pouncey C
78 Alejandro Villanueva T

Defensive linemen

94 Tyson Alualu DE
79 Javon Hargrave NT
97 Cameron Heyward DE
93 Daniel McCullers NT
91 Stephon Tuitt DE
96 L. T. Walton DE

Linebackers

56 Anthony Chickillo OLB
48 Bud Dupree OLB
54 L. J. Fort ILB
92 James Harrison OLB
44 Tyler Matakevich ILB
55 Arthur Moats OLB
50 Ryan Shazier ILB
90 T. J. Watt OLB
98 Vince Williams ILB

Defensive backs

29 Brian Allen CB
25 Artie Burns CB
28 Sean Davis SS
22 William Gay CB
20 Robert Golden SS
21 Joe Haden CB
31 Mike Hilton CB
23 Mike Mitchell FS
24 Coty Sensabaugh CB
27 J. J. Wilcox FS

Special teams

 4 Jordan Berry P
 9 Chris Boswell K
57 Kameron Canaday LS

Reserve lists

99 Keion Adams OLB (IR)
34 Antonio Crawford CB (IR)
38 Greg Ducre CB (IR)
62 Mike Matthews C (IR)
34 Cameron Sutton CB (IR)

Practice squad

37 Jordan Dangerfield SS
61 Kyle Friend C
-- Matt Galambos ILB (Injured)
95 Lavon Hooks NT
41 Farrington Huguenin OLB
46 Keith Kelsey ILB
80 Jake McGee TE
35 Dashaun Phillips CB
68 Jake Rodgers OT
33 Fitzgerald Toussaint RB
16 Marcus Tucker WR

Rookies in italics
Roster updated October 18, 2017
Depth chart • Transactions
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text: Retired uniform numbers

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Pittsburgh Steelers retired numbers

No.
Player
Position
Seasons
Ref.

70
Ernie Stautner
DT
1950–1963
[44]

75
Joe Greene
DT
1969–1981
[45]

text: The Steelers retired Stautner's #70 in 1964 before creating a 50-year tradition of not retiring numbers. The team retired Greene's #75 in 2014 and left the possibility open that they would retire other players' jersey numbers at later dates. Other numbers are no longer issued since the retirement of the players who wore them, including:[46]

text:
1 Gary Anderson
12 Terry Bradshaw
32 Franco Harris
36 Jerome Bettis
43 Troy Polamalu
52 Mike Webster
58 Jack Lambert
59 Jack Ham
63 Dermontti Dawson
86 Hines Ward

text: Pro Football Hall of Famers

text: "Primary" inductees

text: The Steelers boast the third most "primary" inductees into the Pro Football Hall of Fame, i.e. inductees that spent most or all of their NFL careers in Pittsburgh. They also can claim the most honorees of any franchise founded on or after 1933 and the only franchise with three members of ownership in the Hall.

text:
Pittsburgh Steelers Hall of Famers [47]

No.
Name
Inducted
Position(s)
Years w/ Steelers
Ref.

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Bell, BertBert Bell
1963
Co-owner
Head coach
1941–1946
1941
[48]

36
Bettis, JeromeJerome Bettis
2015
RB
1996–2005
[49]

47
Blount, MelMel Blount
1989
CB
1970–1983
[50]

12
Bradshaw, TerryTerry Bradshaw
1989
QB
1970–1983
[51]

80
Butler, JackJack Butler
2012
CB
1951–1959
[52]

63
Dawson, DermonttiDermontti Dawson
2012
C
1988–2000
[53]

35
Dudley, BillBill Dudley
1966
RB
1942, 1945–1946
[54]

75
Greene, Joe"Mean" Joe Greene
1987
DT
1969–1981
[55]

59
Ham, JackJack Ham
1988
LB
1971–1982
[56]

32
Harris, FrancoFranco Harris
1990
RB
1972–1983
[57]

35
Johnson, John HenryJohn Henry Johnson
1987
RB
1960–1965
[58]

35
Kiesling, WaltWalt Kiesling
1966
G
Head coach
1936–1938
1939–1944, 1954–1956
[59]

58
Lambert, JackJack Lambert
1990
LB
1974–1984
[60]

22
Layne, BobbyBobby Layne
1967
QB
1958–1962
[61]

 –
Noll, ChuckChuck Noll
1993
Head coach
1969–1991
[62]

 –
Rooney, ArtArt Rooney
1964
Founder, Owner
1933–1988
[63]

 –
Rooney, DanDan Rooney
2000
Executive, Owner
1975–2017
[64]

82
Stallworth, JohnJohn Stallworth
2002
WR
1974–1987
[65]

70
Stautner, ErnieErnie Stautner
1969
DT
1950–1963
[66]

88
Swann, LynnLynn Swann
2001
WR
1974–1982
[67]

52
Webster, MikeMike Webster
1997
C
1974–1988
[68]

26
Woodson, RodRod Woodson
2009
DB
1987–1996
[69]

text: Award recipients

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Rocky Bleier, former Steeler running back received the Purple Heart, Bronze Star and the Combat Infantryman Badge while serving in the Army in Vietnam.
Pat Livingston, Steelers beat writer for the Pittsburgh Press, awarded the 1979 Dick McCann Memorial Award
Vito Stellino, Steelers beat writer in the 1970s for the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, awarded the 1989 Dick McCann Memorial Award[70]
Myron Cope, Announcer (1970–2005), awarded the 2005 Pro Football Hall of Fame's Pete Rozelle Radio-Television Award
John Clayton, Steelers beat writer for the Pittsburgh Press (1976–1986), awarded the 2007 Dick McCann Memorial Award[70]

text: Steelers in the Hall for contributions elsewhere

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Steelers in the Hall for contributions elsewhere[47]

No.
Name
Inducted
Steeler Position(s)
Years w/ Steelers
Primary Team
Impact Position(s)
Ref.

36
Cal Hubbard
1963
OT
1936
Green Bay Packers
OT
[71]

15
Johnny "Blood" McNally
1963
FB
Head Coach
1934, 1937–1939
1937–1939
Green Bay Packers
FB
[72]

36
Motley, MarionMarion Motley
1968
FB
1955
Cleveland Browns
FB
[73]

14
Johnny Unitas
1979
QB
1955
Baltimore Colts
QB
[74]

16
Dawson, LenLen Dawson
1987
QB
1957–1959
Kansas City Chiefs
QB
[75]

7
Jim Finks
1995
QB
1949–1955
Minnesota Vikings
GM
[76]

—
Mike Munchak
2001
Offensive Line Coach
2014–present
Houston Oilers
G
[77]

—
Russ Grimm
2010
Offensive Line Coach
2001–2006
Washington Redskins
G
[78]

—
Dick LeBeau
2010
Defensive Coordinator
1992–1996
2004–2014
Detroit Lions
CB
[79]

21
Tony Dungy
2016
S
Defensive Coordinator
1977–1978
1981–1988
Indianapolis Colts
Head coach
[80]

91
Kevin Greene
2016
LB
1993–1995
Los Angeles Rams
LB
[76]

text: Pro Bowl players

text: The following Steelers players have been named to the Pro Bowl:

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QB Ben Roethlisberger (5), Kordell Stewart, Neil O'Donnell, Terry Bradshaw (3), Bobby Layne (2), Earl Morrall, Jim Finks
FB Earnest Jackson, Franco Harris (9), John Henry Johnson (3), Fran Rogel, Dick Riffle, John Karcis, Stu Smith
HB Le'Veon Bell (2), Willie Parker (2), Jerome Bettis (4), Barry Foster (2), Dick Hoak, Clendon Thomas, Tom Tracy (2), Ray Mathews (2), Johnny Lattner, Lynn Chandnois (2), Joe Geri (2), Bill Dudley, Merl Condit, Whizzer White
LT Marvel Smith, Charlie Bradshaw (2), Joe Coomer
LG Alan Faneca (7), Duval Love, Mike Sandusky, Byron Gentry (2)
C Maurkice Pouncey (5), Jeff Hartings (2), Dermontti Dawson (7), Mike Webster (9), Buzz Nutter, Bill Walsh (2), Chuck Cherundolo (2), Mike Basrak
RG David DeCastro (2), Carlton Haselrig, Bruce Van Dyke, John Nisby (2), Milt Simington
RT Tunch Ilkin (2), Larry Brown, Frank Varrichione (4), George Hughes (2), John Woudenberg
TE Heath Miller (2), Eric Green (2), Preston Carpenter, Jack McClairen, Elbie Nickel (3)
WR Antonio Brown (4), Mike Wallace, Hines Ward (4), Yancey Thigpen (2), Louis Lipps (2), John Stallworth (4), Lynn Swann (3), Ron Shanklin, Roy Jefferson (2), Gary Ballman (2), Buddy Dial (2), Jimmy Orr
DE Brett Keisel, Aaron Smith, L. C. Greenwood (6), Dwight White (2), Ben McGee (2), Lou Michaels (2), Bill McPeak (3)
DT Casey Hampton (5), Joel Steed, Joe Greene (10), Joe Krupa, Gene Lipscomb, Ernie Stautner (9)
LB Ryan Shazier, Lawrence Timmons, James Harrison (5), LaMarr Woodley, James Farrior (2), Joey Porter (3), Jason Gildon (3), Kendrell Bell, Levon Kirkland (2), Chad Brown, Kevin Greene (2), Greg Lloyd (5), David Little, Mike Merriweather (3), Robin Cole, Jack Lambert (9), Jack Ham (8), Andy Russell (7), Myron Pottios (3), John Reger (3), Dale Dodrill (4), Marv Matuszak, Jerry Shipkey (3)
CB Rod Woodson (7), Mel Blount (5), J.T. Thomas, Marv Woodson, Brady Keys, Dean Derby, Jack Butler (4), Art Jones
SS Troy Polamalu (8), Carnell Lake (4), Donnie Shell (5), Mike Wagner (2)
FS Ryan Clark, Glen Edwards (2)
K Gary Anderson (3), Roy Gerela (2), Mike Clark
P Bobby Walden
KR/PR Antonio Brown (2), Rod Woodson, Glen Edwards

text: NFL MVPs

text:
NFL MVP Winners

Season
Player
Position

1946
Bill Dudley
HB[81]

1978
Terry Bradshaw
QB[82]

text: Defensive Player of the Year Awards winners

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NFL Defensive Player of the Year

Season
Player
Position

1972
Joe Greene
DT

1974
Joe Greene
DT

1975
Mel Blount
CB

1976
Jack Lambert
LB

1993
Rod Woodson
DB

2008
James Harrison
LB

2010
Troy Polamalu
S

text: Rookie of the Year Award winners

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NFL Offensive Rookie of the Year

Season
Player
Position

1972
Franco Harris
RB

1984
Louis Lipps
WR/RS

2004
Ben Roethlisberger
QB

NFL Defensive Rookie of the Year

Season
Player
Position

1969
Joe Greene
DT

1974
Jack Lambert
LB

2001
Kendrell Bell
LB

text: Super Bowl MVPs

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Super Bowl MVP winners

Game
Player
Position

IX
Franco Harris
RB

X
Lynn Swann
WR

XIII
Terry Bradshaw
QB

XIV
Terry Bradshaw
QB

XL
Hines Ward
WR

XLIII
Santonio Holmes
WR

text: NFL All-Decade Teams

text: The following Steelers were named to NFL All-Decade Teams (and 75th Anniversary All-Time Team selected in 1994). Only those who spent time with Pittsburgh during the respective decades are listed.

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NFL 1930s All-Decade Team
Johnny "Blood" McNally, HB (1934, 1937–38)

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NFL 1940s All-Decade Team
Bill Dudley, HB (1942, 1945–46)
Bucko Kilroy, T (1943)
Vic Sears, T (1943)
Al Wistert, T (1943)

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NFL 1950s All-Decade Team
Bobby Layne, QB (1958–62)
Ernie Stautner, DT (1950–63)
Jack Butler, DB (1951–59)

text:
NFL 1960s All-Decade Team
No players selected

text:
NFL 1970s All-Decade Team
Terry Bradshaw, QB (1970–83)
Franco Harris, RB (1972–83)
Lynn Swann, WR (1974–82)
Mike Webster, C (1974–88)
L. C. Greenwood, DE (1969–81)
Joe Greene, DT (1969–81)
Jack Lambert, MLB (1974–84)
Jack Ham, OLB (1971–82)
Chuck Noll, Coach (1969–91)

text:
NFL 1980s All-Decade Team
Mike Webster, C (1974–88)
Jack Lambert, MLB (1974–84)
Mel Blount, CB (1970–83)
Gary Anderson, K (1982–94)
Chuck Noll, Coach (1969–91)

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NFL 1990s All-Decade Team
Dermontti Dawson, C (1988–2000)
Kevin Greene, LB (1993–95)
Hardy Nickerson, LB (1987–92)
Levon Kirkland, LB (1992–2000)
Rod Woodson, CB (1987–96)
Carnell Lake, S (1989–98)
Gary Anderson, K (1982–94)

text:
NFL 75th Anniversary All-Time Team
Johnny Unitas, QB (1955)
Marion Motley, FB (1955)
Mike Webster, C (1974–88)
Joe Greene, DT (1969–81)
Jack Lambert, LB (1974–84)
Jack Ham, LB (1971–82)
Mel Blount, CB (1970–83)
Rod Woodson, CB (1987–96)

text:
NFL 2000s All-Decade Team
Alan Faneca, G (1998–2007)
Joey Porter, LB (1999–2006)
Troy Polamalu, S (2003–14)

text: All-time team

text: In 2007, in celebration of the franchise's 75th season, the team announced an updated All-Time team of the 33 best players who have ever played for the Steelers.[83] This team supplanted the previous All-Time team of 24 players named as part of the 50th anniversary commemoration in 1982.[84]

text: A "Legends team" consisting of the club's best pre-1970s players was released concurrently with the latest All-Time team.[85]

text: Dapper Dan Sportsman of the Year

text: The regional Dapper Dan Charities has since 1939 named the "Sportsman of the Year" in the Pittsburgh region. 18 Steelers have won the award in 22 events:

text:
1941 Aldo Donelli
1942 Bill Dudley
1946 Bill Dudley
1950 Joe Geri
1952 Red Dawson
1955 John Michelosen
1962 Lou Michaels
1962 John Michelosen
1968 Dick Hoak
1972 Chuck Noll
1974 Joe Greene
1975 Terry Bradshaw
1977 Franco Harris
1984 John Stallworth
1985 Louis Lipps
1992 Bill Cowher
1994 Bill Cowher
1997 Jerome Bettis
2001 Kordell Stewart
2004 Ben Roethlisberger
2005 Jerome Bettis
2008 Mike Tomlin

text: Hall of Honor

text: The Pittsburgh Steelers Hall of Honor was established on August 1, 2017.[86] There have been 27 inductees.[87]

text:
Pittsburgh Steelers Hall of Honor

N°
Name
Position
Years With Club
Inducted

36
Jerome Bettis
RB
1996–2005
2017[87]

47
Mel Blount
CB
1970–1983
2017[87]

12
Terry Bradshaw
QB
1970–1983
2017[87]

80
Jack Butler
CB
1951–59
2017[87]

63
Dermontti Dawson
C
1988–2000
2017[87]

35
Bill Dudley
HB
1942, 1945–46
2017[87]

75
Joe Greene
DT
1969–81
2017[87]

91
Kevin Greene
LB
1993–95
2017[87]

68
L.C. Greenwood
DE
1969–81
2017[87]

59
Jack Ham
LB
1971–82
2017[87]

32
Franco Harris
RB
1972–83
2017[87]

42
Dick Hoak
RB
Coach
1961–70
1972–2006
2017[87]

35
John Henry Johnson
FB
1960–65
2017[87]

35
Walt Kiesling
G
Coach
1937–39
1939–44, 1954–56
2017[87]

58
Jack Lambert
LB
1974–84
2017[87]

22
Bobby Layne
QB
1958–62
2017[87]

15
Johnny "Blood" McNally
FB
Coach
1934, 1937–39
1937–39
2017[87]

—
Chuck Noll
Coach
1969–91
2017[87]

—
Art Rooney, Sr.
Founder
President
Chairman of the Board
1933–88
2017[87]

—
Dan Rooney, Sr.
President
Chairman
1955–2017
2017[87]

34
Andy Russell
LB
1963, 1966–76
2017[87]

31
Donnie Shell
S
1974–87
2017[87]

82
John Stallworth
WR
1974–87
2017[87]

70
Ernie Stautner
DT
1950–63
2017[87]

88
Lynn Swann
WR
1974–82
2017[87]

52
Mike Webster
C
1974–88
2017[87]

26
Rod Woodson
CB
1987–96
2017[87]

text: Coaches

text: The Steelers have had 16 coaches through their history. They have cycled through the least amount of head coaches in the modern NFL history.[88] Their first coach was Forrest Douds, who coached them to a 3–6–2 record in 1933. Chuck Noll had the longest term as head coach with the Steelers; he is one of only four coaches to coach a single NFL team for 23 years.[4] Hired prior to the 2007 season, the Steelers current coach is Mike Tomlin.[89]

text: Current staff

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Pittsburgh Steelers staff

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e

Front Office

President – Art Rooney II
Vice President – Art Rooney Jr.
Vice President & General Manager – Kevin Colbert
Vice President of Football and Business Administration – Omar Khan
Football Administration Coordinator – Samir Suleiman
Player Personnel Coordinator – Dan Rooney Jr.
College Scouting Coordinator – Phil Kreidler
Senior Assistant, College Scouting – Rick Reiprish
Pro Personnel Coordinator – Brandon Hunt
Analytics and Football Research Coordinator – Karim Kassam

Head Coaches

Head Coach – Mike Tomlin
Assistant Head Coach/Defensive Line – John Mitchell

Offensive Coaches

Offensive Coordinator – Todd Haley
Quarterbacks – Randy Fichtner
Running Backs – James Saxon
Wide Receivers – Richard Mann
Tight Ends – James Daniel
Offensive Line – Mike Munchak
Offensive Assistant – Shaun Sarrett

Defensive Coaches

Defensive Coordinator – Keith Butler
Inside Linebackers – Jerry Olsavsky
Outside Linebackers – Joey Porter
Defensive Backs – Carnell Lake
Defensive Assistant – Steve Meyer

Special Teams Coaches

Special Teams Coordinator – Danny Smith

Strength and Conditioning

Strength and Conditioning – Garrett Giemont
Conditioning Assistant – Marcel Pastoor

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BUF
MIA
NE
NYJ
North
BAL
CIN
CLE
PIT
South
HOU
IND
JAX
TEN
West
DEN
KC
LAC
OAK

NFC East
DAL
NYG
PHI
WAS
North
CHI
DET
GB
MIN
South
ATL
CAR
NO
TB
West
ARI
LAR
SF
SEA

text: Offensive coordinator history

text:
Years
Name

2012–present
Todd Haley

2007–2011
Bruce Arians

2004–2006
Ken Whisenhunt

2001–2003
Mike Mularkey

1999–2000
Kevin Gilbride

1998
Ray Sherman

1996–1997
Chan Gailey

1992–1995
Ron Erhardt

1990–1991
Joe Walton

1983–1989
Tom Moore

text: Defensive coordinator history

text:
Years
Name

2015–present
Keith Butler

2004–2014
Dick LeBeau

2000–2003
Tim Lewis

1997–1999
Jim Haslett

1995–1996
Dick LeBeau

1992–1994
Dom Capers

1990–1991
Dave Brazil

1989
Rod Rust

1984–1988
Tony Dungy

1979–1983
Woody Widenhofer

1978
George Perles

1973–1977
Bud Carson

text: Media

text: As of 2006, the Steelers' flagship radio stations were WDVE 102.5 FM and WBGG 970 AM. Both stations are owned by iHeartMedia. Games are also available on 51 radio stations in Pennsylvania, Western Maryland, Ohio, and Northern West Virginia.[91] The announcers are Bill Hillgrove and Tunch Ilkin. Craig Wolfley is the sideline reporter. Myron Cope, the longtime color analyst and inventor of the "Terrible Towel", retired after the 2004 season, and died in 2008.

text: Pre-season games not shown on one of the national broadcasters are seen on CBS O&O KDKA-TV, channel 2; sister CW O&O WPCW, channel 19; and AT&T SportsNet Pittsburgh. KDKA-TV's Bob Pompeani and former Steelers quarterback Charlie Batch do the announcing for the pre-season games, as well as the two hosting the pre-game program Steelers Kickoff during the regular season prior to the national airing of The NFL Today. Pompeani and former Steelers lineman Chris Hoke also host the Xfinity Xtra Point following the game on days when CBS does not have that week's NFL doubleheader. When CBS has a week's doubleheader, the show airs on WPCW. Coach Mike Tomlin's weekly press conference is shown live on AT&T SportsNet Pittsburgh. Both Batch and Hoke replaced former Steelers lineman Edmund Nelson, who retired from broadcasting in 2015.[92]

text: Thursday Night Football broadcasts are shown locally on KDKA, while national ESPN broadcasts are shown locally on WTAE-TV, channel 4. (WTAE-TV is owned by the Hearst Corporation, which owns a 20% stake in ESPN.) By virtue of being members of the AFC, most of the Steelers' games air on CBS except for home games against NFC opponents, which air locally on WPGH-TV, which is a Fox affiliate. NBC Sunday Night Football games are carried by WPXI, channel 11, in the market.

text: The Steelers hold a national contract with Grupo Imagen for radio rights to their games in Mexico; Imagen broadcasts the Steelers on their stations in 17 Mexican cities.

text: Figures with broadcasting résumés

text: The Steelers franchise has a rich history of producing well-known sportscasters over the years. The most famous of these is probably Myron Cope, who served as a Steelers radio color commentator for 35 seasons (1970–2004).

text: Several former Steelers players have gone on to careers in media after completing their playing careers.

text: Newspaper

text: The Steelers Digest is the only official newspaper for the Pittsburgh Steelers. It has been published for 22 years and is currently published by Dolphin/Curtis Publishing in Miami, Florida, which also handles several other publications. The newspaper is very widely acknowledged by Steelers fans. Issues are mailed out to paying subscribers weekly through the season after every regular season game and continues through playoffs as long as the Steelers do. After a Super Bowl victory, a bonus issue is published, which is followed by a draft preview, draft recap, and training camp edition every other month, then leading into the pre-season. There are typically 24 issues of the paper within a publishing year. The newspaper is listed on the official Steelers.com page.

text: Usage in popular culture

text: The Steelers success over several decades has permeated film and literature. The Steelers are portrayed in the following big-budget Hollywood films:

text:
The January 11, 1975 episode of the Mary Tyler Moore Show used the team's first Super Bowl as the plot device.[93]
Black Sunday in 1977
Heaven Can Wait in 1978
Smokey and the Bandit II in 1980
Fighting Back in 1980
Hey Kid, Catch! in 1980
...All the Marbles in 1981
Evening Shade (TV series) 1990–1994
The Waterboy cameo by Bill Cowher in 1998
The Longest Yard in 2005
The Chief a theater production.
Black and Yellow in 2010.
The Dark Knight Rises in 2012 features several Steelers players as the fictional Gotham Rogues, which was filmed in Heinz Field
Mad Men's April 14, 2013 episode has Don Draper, Pete Campbell and Roger Sterling meeting with two HJ Heinz executives. The executives are told that not only would the ad firm have given them tickets to the Steelers' November 19, 1967 game at the Giants, the firm would have worked it so that the Steelers would have won (they lost 20–28).
Concussion in 2015 features players from the team suffering from CTE.

text: The protagonist of John Grisham's novel "The Associate" is a staunch Steelers fan.

text: The Chuck Noll Foundation for Brain Injury Research

text: The Steelers helped launch the Chuck Noll Foundation for Brain Injury Research in November 2016 by donating $1 million.[94] The Foundation, started by Steelers president Art Rooney II, focuses on education and research regarding brain injuries and sports-related concussions.

text: In June 2017, the Steelers announced an inaugural charity walk to raise money for the foundation.[95]


document_title: Rise of the Guardians

question_text: who plays jack frost voice in rise of the guardians

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text: Rise of the Guardians

text: Plot[edit]

text: Jack Frost awakens from a frozen pond with amnesia. Upon realizing no one can see or hear him, he disappears. Three hundred years later, Jack, as the young Spirit of Winter, enjoys delivering snow days to school kids, but resents that they do not believe in him. At the North Pole, the Man in the Moon warns Nicholas St. North that Pitch Black is threatening the children of the world with his nightmares. He calls E. Aster Bunnymund, Sandy, and Tooth, to arms. They are then told that Jack Frost has been chosen to be a new Guardian.

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text: Visiting Tooth's world, Jack learns that each and every baby tooth contains childhood memories of the children who lost it, Jack's teeth included. However, Pitch raids Tooth's home, kidnapping all of her subordinate tooth fairies except Baby Tooth and stealing all the teeth, thus preventing Tooth from sharing Jack's memories and weakening children's belief in Tooth. In order to thwart Pitch's plan, the group decides to collect children's teeth. During their journey, a quarrel between North and Bunnymund awakens a boy, Jamie. Since he still believes, he can see everybody except for Jack. Pitch's nightmares then attack, provoking Sandy as the Guardian of Dreams. Jack tries to intervene, but Sandy is overwhelmed and killed by Pitch.

text: As Easter approaches, the dejected Guardians gather in Bunnymund's home. With the unexpected aid of Jamie's little sister, Sophie, they begin the process of painting eggs for Easter. After Jack takes Sophie home, he is lured to Pitch's lair by a voice. Pitch taunts him with his memories and fear of non-belief, distracting him long enough for Pitch to destroy the eggs, causing children to stop believing in Easter and Bunnymund. Losing his trust in the Guardians, Jack isolates himself in Antarctica, where Pitch tries to convince him to join his side. When Jack refuses, Pitch threatens to kill Baby Tooth unless Jack gives him his staff, the source of his magic. He agrees, but Pitch breaks Jack's staff and throws him down a chasm. Unlocking his memories, he learns that he was a mortal teenager who fell into ice while saving his younger sister. Inspired, Jack repairs his staff and returns to the lair to rescue the kidnapped baby fairies.

text: In New York Due to Pitch, every child in the world except Jamie disbelieves, drastically weakening the Guardians. Finding Jamie's belief wavering, Jack makes it snow in his room, renewing Jamie's belief and letting him see Jack. Jack and Jamie gather the boy's friends, whose renewed belief bolsters their fight against Pitch. Pitch threatens them, but their dreams prove stronger than his nightmares, resulting in Sandy's resurrection. Defeated and disbelieved in, Pitch tries to retreat, but his nightmares, sensing his own fears, turn on him and trap him in his lair. Afterward, Jamie and his friends bid goodbye to the Guardians as Jack accepts his place as the Guardian of Fun.

text: Cast[edit]

text:
Chris Pine as Jack Frost, the spirit of winter.[7] Jack Frost is a teenage hellion who enjoys creating mischief and has no interest in being bound by rules or obligations; he just wants to spread his winter magic for the sake of fun, but also wants to be believed in. At the end of the film, Jack becomes the Guardian of Fun.
Jude Law as Pitch Black (The Boogeyman), the essence of fear and the Nightmare King.[7]
Alec Baldwin as North (Santa Claus), the leader of the guardians,[7] and the Guardian of Wonder. He lives at the North Pole in his Ice Castle and is served by loyal North Pole natives, the Yetis (who built the castle and workshop) and the Christmas Elves. He carries a Russian accent/culture persona.[8]
Hugh Jackman as Bunnymund (Easter Bunny), the fabled keeper and bringer of Easter eggs and the Guardian of Hope. He has an Australian accent.[7]
Isla Fisher as Tooth Fairy, or Tooth for short, the mythical tooth collector and the Guardian of Memories.[7] Tooth is part human and part hummingbird. Assisted by mini fairies that are split-off extensions of herself, she collects the children's teeth, which hold their most precious memories. Tooth stores them in her palace and returns memories when they are needed the most."[9]
The Sandman, or Sandy for short, the Guardian of Dreams is the oldest of the Guardians[10] and the first Guardian chosen by Man in the Moon.[11] He does not speak, but communicates through sand images that he conjures above his head.[12]
Dakota Goyo as Jamie Bennett, a child who has not given up on believing in the Guardians.[13]
Georgie Grieve as Sophie Bennett, Jamie's little sister
Dominique Grund as Cupcake
Olivia Mattingly as Pippa

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text: Production[edit]

text: In 2005, William Joyce and Reel FX launched a joint venture, Aimesworth Amusements,[14] to produce CG-animated feature films,[15] one of which was set to be The Guardians of Childhood, based on Joyce's idea.[16] The film was not realized, but they did create a short animated film, The Man in the Moon, directed by Joyce, which introduced the Guardians idea,[16] and served as an inspiration for the film.[2]

text: Early in 2008, Joyce sold the film rights to DreamWorks Animation,[17] after the studio assured him it would respect his vision for the characters and that he would be involved with the creative process.[18] In November 2009, it was revealed that DreamWorks had hired Peter Ramsey to make his feature debut as director of what was then titled The Guardians, and playwright David Lindsay-Abaire to script.[19] Joyce acted as a co-director for the first few years, but left this position after the death of his daughter Mary Katherine,[17] who died of a brain tumor.[18] Joyce continued to assist as an executive producer, while Ramsey took over full directing, making him the first African American to direct a big-budget CG animated film.[20] As with some previous DreamWorks films, Guillermo del Toro came on board as an executive producer. Present almost from the beginning,[21] he was able to help shape the story, character design, theme and structure of the film.[22] He said he was proud that the filmmakers were making parts of the film "dark and moody and poetic," and expressed hope this might "set a different tone for family movies, for entertainment movies."[21] The final title, Rise of the Guardians was announced in early 2011, along with the first cast.[7]

text: Roger Deakins, the cinematographer who had already worked on the previous DreamWorks' film, How to Train Your Dragon, advised on the lighting to achieve its real look. He selected photographic references for color keys, and during the production gave notes on contrast, saturation, depth of field and light intensity.[23] The film contains a lot of special effects, particularly the volumetric particles for depicting Sandman and Pitch.[24] For this, DreamWorks Animation developed OpenVDB, a more efficient tool and format for manipulating and storing volume data, like smoke and other amorphous materials. OpenVDB had been already used on Puss in Boots and Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted, and was released in August 2012 for free as an open-source project with a hope to become an industry standard.[25]

text: Although the film is based on the Joyce's book series, it contains differences from the books. The book series, begun in 2011, explains the origins of the characters, while the film takes place about 300 years after the books, and shows how the characters function in present time. Joyce explained, "Because I don't want people to read the book and then go see the movie and go, 'Oh, I like the book better,' and I also didn't want them to know what happens in the movie. And I also knew that during the progress of film production, a lot of things can change. So I wanted to have a sort of distance, so we were able to invoke the books and use them to help us figure out the world of the movie, but I didn't want them to be openly competitive to each other."[17] The idea for the Guardians came from Joyce's daughter, who asked him "if he thought Santa Claus had ever met the Easter Bunny." The film includes a dedication to her,[18] as well a song, "Still Dream," sung over the end credits.[26]

text: Originally, the film was set to be released on November 2, 2012, but DreamWorks Animation pushed the film to November 21, 2012 to avoid competition with Pixar's upcoming film Monsters University, which in turn had been pushed to November 2, 2012 to avoid competition with The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 2.[27] Monsters University was then pushed to June 21, 2013, with Disney's Wreck-It Ralph taking its place.[28]

text: Soundtrack[edit]

text: French composer Alexandre Desplat composed the original music for the film, which was released on November 13, 2012 by Varèse Sarabande. The score was recorded in London at Abbey Road Studios and Air Studios, and performed by the London Symphony Orchestra, with a choral contribution by London Voices. David Lindsay-Abaire wrote the lyrics for the end-credit song, "Still Dream," which was performed by soprano Renée Fleming.[29] Stravinsky's Firebird Suite can also be heard during the scene where North first appears. This film marks the first time that a DreamWorks Animation film has not been composed by Hans Zimmer or a member of his Remote Control Productions family of composers (mainly John Powell, Henry Jackman, Harry Gregson-Williams or his brother Rupert Gregson-Williams).

text:
Rise of the GuardiansFilm score by Alexandre DesplatReleased
November 13, 2012Recorded
2012Genre
ScoreLength
67:47Label
Varèse SarabandeProducer
Alexandre DesplatAlexandre Desplat film scores chronology

Argo(2012)Argo2012

Rise of the Guardians(2012)

Zero Dark Thirty(2012)Zero Dark Thirty2012

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text: Track listing:[30]No.TitleLength1."Still Dream" (performed by Renée Fleming)3:122."Calling the Guardians"2:063."Alone in the World"2:044."Fanfare of the Elves"0:535."Wind Take Me Home!"1:286."Dreamsand"2:037."Pitch on the Globe"0:578."The Moon"1:329."Snowballs"1:3110."Busy Workshop"1:3311."Sleigh Launch"1:4512."Nightmares Attack"7:1713."Tooth Collection"2:2214."Jamie's Bedroom"2:3115."Jack & Sandman"4:1816."Memorial"1:2117."Guardians Regroup"0:5818."Easter"3:3919."Jack Betrays"3:2020."Kids Stop Believing"2:3521."Jack's Memories"2:2422."Pitch at North Pole"2:0023."Jamie Believes"3:0124."Jack's Center"4:5225."Sandman Returns"2:3626."Dreamsand Miracles"2:1827."Oath of the Guardians"3:11Total length:67:47

text: Release[edit]

text: Rise of the Guardians had its premiere on October 10, 2012, at The Mill Valley Film Festival in Mill Valley, California,[1] followed by the international premiere at The International Rome Film Festival on November 13, 2012.[31][32] Under distribution by Paramount Pictures, the film was released on November 21, 2012, in American theaters.[27] Digitally re-mastered into IMAX 3D, it was shown in limited international and domestic IMAX theaters.[33] It was the second film released in the firm Barco's Auro 11.1 3D audio format, after Red Tails.[34] The film was also shown in Dolby Atmos, a surround sound technology introduced in 2012.[35] Rise of the Guardians was the last DreamWorks Animation film distributed by Paramount, as DreamWorks has signed a five-year distribution deal with 20th Century Fox, which started in 2013 with The Croods.[6]

text: Home media[edit]

text: Rise of the Guardians was released on Blu-ray Disc (2D and 3D) and DVD on March 12, 2013.[36]

text: That was the last DreamWorks Animation home media release to be distributed by Paramount Home Entertainment, since 20th Century Fox announced its distribution agreement with DreamWorks Animation a few months before the theatrical release.[6] The film was more successful at home media sales than at the box office, having at the end of the second quarter of 2013 "the highest box office to DVD conversion ratio among major releases."[37] In the first quarter of 2013, it sold 3.2 million home entertainment units worldwide,[38] and in the second quarter 0.9 million units, for a total of 4.1 million units.[39] As of August 2013, 2 million DVDs were sold domestically.[40]

text: It was re-released on DVD on November 5, 2013 and comes with a wind-up marching elf toy.[41]

text: Reception[edit]

text: Critical response[edit]

text: Based on 148 reviews, the film holds a rating of 74% on review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes, with an average rating of 6.5/10, based on 151 reviews. The website's critical consensus reads: "A sort of Avengers for the elementary school set, Rise of the Guardians is wonderfully animated and briskly paced, but it's only so-so in the storytelling department."[42] Another review aggregator, Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 top reviews from mainstream critics, calculated a score of 57 based on 34 reviews, or "Mixed or average."[43] The film earned an "A" from audiences polled by CinemaScore.[44]

text: Carrie Rickey of The Philadelphia Inquirer gave the film three-and-a-half out of four stars and found the film's characters to have "a primal familiarity, as though they were developed by a tag team of Maurice Sendak and Walt Disney."[45] Olly Richards of Empire wrote, "It's gorgeously designed, deftly written and frequently laugh-out-loud funny. For child or adult, this is a fantasy to get lost in."[46] The Washington Post's Michael O'Sullivan also gave the film a positive review and said, "Thoughts become things. That's the message of Rise of the Guardians, a charming if slightly dark and cobwebbed animated feature about how believing in something makes it real, or real enough."[47] Roger Ebert of the Chicago Sun-Times gave the film three stars and wrote in his review, "There's an audience for this film. It's not me. I gather younger children will like the breakneck action, the magical ability to fly and the young hero who has tired of only being a name." Though he did say, "Their parents and older siblings may find the 89-minute running time quite long enough."[48]

text: Todd McCarthy of The Hollywood Reporter called the film "a lively but derivative 3D storybook spree for some unlikely action heroes."[2] Conversely, Justin Chang in Variety said, "Even tots may emerge feeling slightly browbeaten by this colorful, strenuous and hyperactive fantasy, which has moments of charm and beauty but often resembles an exploding toy factory rather than a work of honest enchantment."[49] Joe Morgenstern of The Wall Street Journal found that the film "lacks a resonant center," and that the script, "seems to have been written by committee, with members lobbying for each major character, and the action, set in vast environments all over the map, spreads itself so thin that a surfeit of motion vitiates emotion."[50]

text: Box office[edit]

text: Rise of the Guardians grossed $103,412,758 in North America, and $203,528,912 in other countries, for a worldwide total of $306,941,670.[4]

text: In North America, the film opened to $32.3 million over its extended five-day weekend, and with $23.8 million over the three-day weekend, it reached fourth place behind The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 2, Skyfall, and Lincoln. The film's opening was the lowest debut for a DreamWorks Animation film since Flushed Away.[44] While the film did gross more than double of its $145 million budget, it still did not turn a profit for DreamWorks Animation due to its high production and marketing costs, forcing the studio to take an $83 million write-down.[51] This marked the first time that the studio had lost money on an animated film since Sinbad: Legend of the Seven Seas.[51][52] As a result of this combined with other factors, in February 2013, the studio announced it was laying off 350 employees as part of a company-wide restructuring.[52]

text: Accolades[edit]

text: The Rome Film Festival and Vanity Fair magazine awarded the new Vanity Fair International Award for Cinematic Excellence in November 2012 to Rise of the Guardians.[31] The film also received the Hollywood Animation Award at the 16th Annual Hollywood Film Festival, held on October 22, 2012.[53]

text:
List of awards and nominations

Award
Category
Recipients
Result

African-American Film Critics Association

Best Animation

Won

Alliance of Women Film Journalists

Best Animated Female

Isla Fisher (Tooth)

Nominated

American Cinema Editors

Best Edited Animated Feature Film

Joyce Arrastia

Annie Awards[54][55]

Best Animated Feature

Animated Effects in an Animated Production

Andy Hayes, Carl Hooper, David Lipton

Won

Character Animation in a Feature Production

David Pate

Nominated

Phillppe LeBrun

Pierre Perifel

Music in an Animated Feature Production

Alexandre Desplat

Production Design in an Animated Feature Production

Patrick Hanenberger, Max Boas, Jayee BorcarWoonyoung Jung, Perry Maple, Peter MaynezStan Seo, Felix Yoon

Storyboarding in an Animated Feature Production

Johanne Matte

Won

Voice Acting in an Animated Feature Production

Jude Law

Nominated

Editorial in an Animated Feature Production

Joyce Arrastia

Critics Choice Awards[56]

Best Animated Feature

Cinema Audio Society

Outstanding Achievement in Sound Mixing for Motion Pictures Animated

Golden Globe Awards[57]

Best Animated Feature Film

Golden Reel Awards

Best Sound Editing in an Animated Feature Film

Hollywood Film Festival[53]

Best Animated Feature

Peter Ramsey

Won

International Film Music Critics Association Awards

Film Composer of the Year

Alexandre Desplat, also for Argo, Moonrise Kingdom, Rust and Bone, and Zero Dark Thirty

Nominated

Best Original Score for an Animated Feature

Alexandre Desplat

Won

Mill Valley Film Festival[58]

Audience Favorite Children's Film

Peter Ramsey

Producers Guild of America

Outstanding Producer of An Animated Theatrical Motion Picture

Nancy Bernstein, Christina Steinberg

Nominated

Satellite Awards 2012[59]

Best Animated or Mixed Media

Won

Visual Effects Society[60][61]

Outstanding Animation in an Animated Feature Motion Picture

Nancy Bernstein, David Prescott, Peter Ramsey, Christina Steinberg

Nominated

Outstanding Created Environment in an Animated Feature Motion Picture

The North Pole: Eric Bouffard, Sonja Burchard, Andy Harbeck, Peter Maynez

Nominated

Outstanding FX and Simulation Animation in an Animated Feature Motion Picture

Last Stand: Andy Hayes, Carl Hooper, Andrew Wheeler, Stephen Wood

Nominated

Women Film Critics Circle[62]

Best Family Film

Rise of the Guardians – tied with Life of Pi

Won

text: Video game[edit]

text: A video game based on the film was released by D3 Publisher on November 20, 2012 in North America,[63] and released on November 23, 2012 in Europe.[64] It allows gamers to lead the Guardians in their battle against Pitch. The game is a 3D beat-em-up, where the player travels through each of the worlds: Burgess, North Pole, Bunnymund Valley, Tooth Palace, and Sandman's Ship, to fight Pitch's army of Nightmares. The player can switch between all five guardians at any time, and freely customize their powers, and they learn new special abilities as they level up. All the game versions support up to 4-player gameplay.[65] It is available on the Wii, Wii U, Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, Nintendo DS, and Nintendo 3DS.[66]

text: Possible sequels[edit]

text: After the release of the film, the creators of Rise of the Guardians expressed hope that the strong A- Cinemascore average for the film and an enthusiastic word-of-mouth would gather support for the "chance to make a sequel or two."[67] Author and co-producer of the series, William Joyce, also mentioned in March 2013 that he was still in talks about a sequel with DreamWorks Animation: "There is something that we are proposing that we hope they will want to do."[68]

text: Notes[edit]

text: ^  In July 2014, the film's distribution rights were purchased by DreamWorks Animation from Paramount Pictures and transferred to Universal Pictures.[69]

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document_title: 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group F

question_text: who did england play to qualify for 2018 world cup

text: Standings[edit]

text:
show2018 FIFA World Cup qualification tiebreakers

In league format, the ranking of teams in each group is based on the following criteria (regulations Articles 20.6 and 20.7):[3]
Points (3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, 0 points for a loss)
Overall goal difference
Overall goals scored
Points in matches between tied teams
Goal difference in matches between tied teams
Goals scored in matches between tied teams
Away goals scored in matches between tied teams (if the tie is only between two teams in home-and-away league format)
Fair play points
first yellow card: minus 1 point
indirect red card (second yellow card): minus 3 points
direct red card: minus 4 points
yellow card and direct red card: minus 5 points
Drawing of lots by the FIFA Organising Committee

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Pos

Team[ vte ]

Pld

W

D

L

GF

GA

GD

Pts

Qualification

1

 England

10

8

2

0

18

3

+15

26

Qualification to 2018 FIFA World Cup

—

2–1

3–0

1–0

2–0

2–0

2

 Slovakia

10

6

0

4

17

7

+10

18

0–1

—

3–0

1–0

4–0

3–0

3

 Scotland

10

5

3

2

17

12

+5

18

2–2

1–0

—

1–0

1–1

2–0

4

 Slovenia

10

4

3

3

12

7

+5

15

0–0

1–0

2–2

—

4–0

2–0

5

 Lithuania

10

1

3

6

7

20

−13

6

0–1

1–2

0–3

2–2

—

2–0

6

 Malta

10

0

1

9

3

25

−22

1

0–4

1–3

1–5

0–1

1–1

—

text: Matches[edit]

text: The fixture list was confirmed by UEFA on 26 July 2015, the day following the draw.[1][4] Times are CET/CEST,[note 1] as listed by UEFA (local times are in parentheses).[5]

text:
Lithuania

2–2

 Slovenia

Černych  32'
Slivka  34'

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Krhin  77'
Cesar  90+3'

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Slovakia

0–1

 England

Report (FIFA)Report (UEFA)

Lallana  90+5'

text:
Malta

1–5

 Scotland

Effiong  14'

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Snodgrass  10', 61' (pen.), 84'
C. Martin  53'
S. Fletcher  78'

text:
England

2–0

 Malta

Sturridge  29'
Alli  38'

Report (FIFA)Report (UEFA)

text:
Scotland

1–1

 Lithuania

McArthur  89'

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Černych  59'

text:
Slovenia

1–0

 Slovakia

Kronaveter  74'

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text:
Lithuania

2–0

 Malta

Černych  76'
Novikovas  84' (pen.)

Report (FIFA)Report (UEFA)

text:
Slovakia

3–0

 Scotland

Mak  18', 56'
Nemec  68'

Report (FIFA)Report (UEFA)

text:
Slovenia

0–0

 England

Report (FIFA)Report (UEFA)

text:
England

3–0

 Scotland

Sturridge  23'
Lallana  50'
Cahill  61'

Report (FIFA)Report (UEFA)

text:
Malta

0–1

 Slovenia

Report (FIFA)Report (UEFA)

Verbič  47'

text:
Slovakia

4–0

 Lithuania

Nemec  12'
Kucka  15'
Škrtel  36'
Hamšík  86'

Report (FIFA)Report (UEFA)

text:
England

2–0

 Lithuania

Defoe  22'
Vardy  66'

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text:
Malta

1–3

 Slovakia

Farrugia  14'

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Weiss  2'
Greguš  41'
Nemec  84'

text:
Scotland

1–0

 Slovenia

C. Martin  88'

Report (FIFA)Report (UEFA)

text:
Scotland

2–2

 England

Griffiths  87', 90'

Report (FIFA)Report (UEFA)

Oxlade-Chamberlain  70'
Kane  90+3'

text:
Slovenia

2–0

 Malta

Iličić  45+2'
Novaković  84'

Report (FIFA)Report (UEFA)

text:
Lithuania

1–2

 Slovakia

Novikovas  90+3'

Report (FIFA)Report (UEFA)

Weiss  32'
Hamšík  58'

text:
Lithuania

0–3

 Scotland

Report (FIFA)Report (UEFA)

Armstrong  25'
Robertson  30'
McArthur  72'

text:
Malta

0–4

 England

Report (FIFA)Report (UEFA)

Kane  53', 90+2'
Bertrand  86'
Welbeck  90+1'

text:
Slovakia

1–0

 Slovenia

Mevlja  81' (o.g.)

Report (FIFA)Report (UEFA)

text:
England

2–1

 Slovakia

Dier  37'
Rashford  59'

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Lobotka  3'

text:
Scotland

2–0

 Malta

Berra  9'
Griffiths  49'

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text:
Slovenia

4–0

 Lithuania

Iličić  25' (pen.), 61' (pen.)
Verbič  82'
Birsa  90'

Report (FIFA)Report (UEFA)

text:
England

1–0

 Slovenia

Kane  90+4'

Report (FIFA)Report (UEFA)

text:
Malta

1–1

 Lithuania

Agius  23'

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Slivka  53'

text:
Scotland

1–0

 Slovakia

Škrtel  89' (o.g.)

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text:
Lithuania

0–1

 England

Report (FIFA)Report (UEFA)

Kane  27' (pen.)

text:
Slovakia

3–0

 Malta

Nemec  33', 62'
Duda  69'

Report (FIFA)Report (UEFA)

text:
Slovenia

2–2

 Scotland

Bezjak  52', 72'

Report (FIFA)Report (UEFA)

Griffiths  32'
Snodgrass  88'

text: Goalscorers[edit]

text: There were 74 goals scored in 30 matches, for an average of 2.47 goals per match.

text:
Harry Kane
 Adam Nemec

text:
Leigh Griffiths
 Robert Snodgrass

text:
Fiodor Černych
 Josip Iličić

text:
Adam Lallana
 Daniel Sturridge
 Arvydas Novikovas
 Vykintas Slivka
 Chris Martin
 James McArthur
 Marek Hamšík
 Róbert Mak
 Vladimír Weiss
 Roman Bezjak
 Benjamin Verbič

text:
Dele Alli
 Ryan Bertrand
 Gary Cahill
 Jermain Defoe
 Eric Dier
 Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain
 Marcus Rashford
 Jamie Vardy
 Danny Welbeck
 Andrei Agius
 Alfred Effiong
 Jean Paul Farrugia
 Stuart Armstrong
 Christophe Berra
 Steven Fletcher
 Andrew Robertson
 Ondrej Duda
 Ján Greguš
 Juraj Kucka
 Stanislav Lobotka
 Martin Škrtel
 Valter Birsa
 Boštjan Cesar
 Rene Krhin
 Rok Kronaveter
 Milivoje Novaković

text:
Martin Škrtel (against Scotland)
 Miha Mevlja (against Slovakia)

text: Discipline[edit]

text: A player is automatically suspended for the next match for the following offences:[3]

text:
Receiving a red card (red card suspensions may be extended for serious offences)
Receiving two yellow cards in two different matches (yellow card suspensions are carried forward to the play-offs, but not the finals or any other future international matches)

text: The following suspensions were served during the qualifying matches:

text:
Player

Team

Offence(s)

Suspended for match(es)

Mišo Brečko
 Slovenia
 vs Ukraine in UEFA Euro 2016 qualifying (17 November 2015)
vs Lithuania (4 September 2016)

Martin Škrtel
 Slovakia
 vs England (4 September 2016)
vs Slovenia (8 October 2016)

Jonathan Caruana
 Malta
 vs Scotland (4 September 2016)
vs England (8 October 2016)

Luke Gambin
 Malta
 vs Scotland (4 September 2016)
vs England (8 October 2016)vs Lithuania (11 October 2016)

Tomáš Hubočan
 Slovakia
 vs England (4 September 2016) vs Slovenia (8 October 2016)
vs Scotland (11 October 2016)

Jonathan Caruana
 Malta
 vs Lithuania (11 October 2016)
vs Slovenia (11 November 2016)vs Slovakia (26 March 2017)

Aljaž Struna
 Slovenia
 vs Slovakia (8 October 2016) vs England (11 October 2016)
vs Malta (11 November 2016)

Gary Cahill
 England
 vs Slovenia (11 October 2016) vs Scotland (11 November 2016)
vs Lithuania (26 March 2017)

Georgas Freidgeimas
 Lithuania
 vs Scotland (8 October 2016) vs Slovakia (11 November 2016)
vs England (26 March 2017)

Andrei Agius
 Malta
 vs Lithuania (11 October 2016) vs Slovenia (11 November 2016)
vs Slovakia (26 March 2017)

Egidijus Vaitkūnas
 Lithuania
 vs Scotland (8 October 2016) vs England (26 March 2017)
vs Slovakia (10 June 2017)

Artūras Žulpa
 Lithuania
 vs Slovenia (4 September 2016) vs England (26 March 2017)
vs Slovakia (10 June 2017)

Jean Paul Farrugia
 Malta
 vs Slovakia (26 March 2017)
vs Slovenia (10 June 2017)

Juraj Kucka
 Slovakia
 vs Slovenia (8 October 2016) vs Malta (26 March 2017)
vs Lithuania (10 June 2017)

Adam Nemec
 Slovakia
 vs Malta (26 March 2017)
vs Lithuania (10 June 2017)

Valter Birsa
 Slovenia
 vs England (11 October 2016) vs Scotland (26 March 2017)
vs Malta (10 June 2017)

Boštjan Cesar
 Slovenia
 vs Slovakia (8 October 2016) vs Scotland (26 March 2017)
vs Malta (10 June 2017)

Miral Samardžić
 Slovenia
 vs Lithuania (4 September 2016) vs Scotland (26 March 2017)
vs Malta (10 June 2017)

Eric Dier
 England
 vs Slovenia (11 October 2016) vs Scotland (10 June 2017)
vs Malta (1 September 2017)

Alfred Effiong
 Malta
 vs Scotland (4 September 2016) vs Slovenia (10 June 2017)
vs England (1 September 2017)

Paul Fenech
 Malta
 vs Scotland (4 September 2016) vs Slovenia (10 June 2017)
vs England (1 September 2017)

Nerijus Valskis
 Lithuania
 vs Malta (11 October 2016) vs Slovakia (10 June 2017)
vs Scotland (1 September 2017)

Ján Ďurica
 Slovakia
 vs Slovenia (8 October 2016) vs Lithuania (10 June 2017)
vs Slovenia (1 September 2017)

Martin Škrtel
 Slovakia
 vs Malta (26 March 2017) vs Lithuania (10 June 2017)
vs Slovenia (1 September 2017)

Linas Klimavičius
 Lithuania
 vs Slovakia (10 June 2017) vs Slovenia (4 September 2017)
vs Malta (5 October 2017)

Darvydas Šernas
 Lithuania
 vs Slovakia (10 June 2017) vs Slovenia (4 September 2017)
vs Malta (5 October 2017)

Ryan Fenech
 Malta
 vs Slovenia (10 June 2017) vs Scotland (4 September 2017)
vs Lithuania (5 October 2017)

Milan Škriniar
 Slovakia
 vs Lithuania (10 June 2017) vs England (4 September 2017)
vs Scotland (5 October 2017)

Mantas Kuklys
 Lithuania
 vs Scotland (8 October 2016) vs Malta (5 October 2017)
vs England (8 October 2017)

Zach Muscat
 Malta
 vs Slovenia (11 November 2016) vs Lithuania (5 October 2017)
vs Slovakia (8 October 2017)

Róbert Mak
 Slovakia
 vs Scotland (5 October 2017)
vs Malta (8 October 2017)

Valter Birsa
 Slovenia
 vs Slovakia (1 September 2017) vs England (5 October 2017)
vs Scotland (8 October 2017)

Rene Krhin
 Slovenia
 vs Slovakia (8 October 2016) vs England (5 October 2017)
vs Scotland (8 October 2017)

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text: Jump up ^ CET (UTC+1) for matches on 11 November 2016, and CEST (UTC+2) for all other matches.