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Article: Curtain Rises Again in Detroit; Steelers Reach Into Past, Claim Fifth Super Bowl Title
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- The Washington Post
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- February 6, 2006
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The Pittsburgh Steelers completed one of the more remarkable
turnarounds in the history of the National Football League on Sunday,
capturing Super Bowl XL with a 21-10 victory over the Seattle
Seahawks that earned one of the game's most storied franchises a
record-tying fifth championship.
Two months after the Steelers were reeling with a 7-5 record and
in jeopardy of not even making the playoffs, they came back from a
dreadful first half performance and defeated the Seahawks at Ford
Field, an indoor stadium that was filled mostly with black-and-gold
clad Steelers fans who had made the five-hour drive from Pittsburgh
to Detroit.
It was the Steelers' eighth straight victory and fourth in a ...