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Every NFL team’s most devastating loss of all time

ByJarrett Bailey|
ARLINGTON, TX - JANUARY 04: Quarterback Tony Romo #9 of the Dallas Cowboys reacts after taking a sack in the third quarter against the Detroit Lions during the NFC Wildcard Playoff Game at AT&T Stadium on January 4, 2015 in Arlington, Texas. (Photo by Ronald Martinez/Getty Images)
ARLINGTON, TX - JANUARY 04: Quarterback Tony Romo #9 of the Dallas Cowboys reacts after taking a sack in the third quarter against the Detroit Lions during the NFC Wildcard Playoff Game at AT&T Stadium on January 4, 2015 in Arlington, Texas. (Photo by Ronald Martinez/Getty Images)
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DENVER, CO – JANUARY 08: Demaryius Thomas #88 of the Denver Broncos beats Ike Taylor #24 and Troy Polamalu #43 of the Pittsburgh Steelers to the ednzone as he goes 80 yards for the game winning touchdown on the first play of overtime at Sports Authority Field at Mile High on January 8, 2012 in Denver, Colorado. The Broncos defeated the Steelers 29-23 in their AFC Wild Card Playoff game. (Photo by Doug Pensinger/Getty Images)
DENVER, CO – JANUARY 08: Demaryius Thomas #88 of the Denver Broncos beats Ike Taylor #24 and Troy Polamalu #43 of the Pittsburgh Steelers to the ednzone as he goes 80 yards for the game winning touchdown on the first play of overtime at Sports Authority Field at Mile High on January 8, 2012 in Denver, Colorado. The Broncos defeated the Steelers 29-23 in their AFC Wild Card Playoff game. (Photo by Doug Pensinger/Getty Images)

Pittsburgh Steelers: 2011 AFC Wildcard vs Denver Broncos

Ah, yes. That time Tim Tebow led the Broncos to the playoffs and upset the Steelers in overtime.

The Steelers started off strong. They held a 6-0 lead after the first quarter, but then Denver took over the game before halftime. Tebow threw a touchdown to Eddie Royal, and ran for a touchdown of his own later on in the quarter. Two Matt Prater field goals gave the Broncos a 20-6 halftime lead.

Pittsburgh rallied back in the second half. Mike Wallace ran for a touchdown on an end around, and Ben Roethlisberger threw a touchdown to Jericho Cotchery in the fourth quarter to tie the game. Then overtime came and, oh no. On the first play from scrimmage, Tebow hit Demaryius Thomas on a crosser, and 80 yards later he was in the end zone. The Broncos pulled off the upset over a Steelers team that was in the Super Bowl the year before.

Denver would go on to lose in convincing fashion to the Patriots in the Divisional Round in Foxboro, but the run that Tebow led them on in 2011 took the league by storm, and he left Pittsburgh in his wake.

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