Top 10 Super Bowls in NFL history

Santonio Holmes of the Pittsburgh Steelers catches a seven-yard touchdown pass with 35 seconds remaining for a 27-23 victory over the Arizona Cardinals in Super Bowl XLIII for a record sixth Super Bowl title on February 1, 2009 at Raymond James Stadium in Tampa, Florida. AFP PHOTO / TIMOTHY A. CLARY (Photo credit should read TIMOTHY A. CLARY/AFP via Getty Images) /

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7. Steelers 31, Rams 19 (XIV)

The Pittsburgh Steelers looked to win consecutive Super Bowls for the second time. Chuck Noll’s squad was completely homegrown and deep. The club led the NFL in points scored (416) despite committing an astounding 52 turnovers in 16 regular-season contests.

Entering the game, there was only one team in the league that Chuck Noll’s squad had failed to defeat during the decade of the 1970s. That would be the Rams, who matched up well in the trenches. The teams had met in 1978 on a Sunday night at the LA Coliseum and the Steelers offense was stifled, 10-7. It was one of only two losses by the eventual Super Bowl XIII champions.

At the Rose Bowl on Super Sunday, the 9-7 Rams gave the reigning NFL champions all they could handle. Ray Malavasi’s team owned a 19-17 fourth-quarter lead in this back-and-forth affair. Terry Bradshaw threw three interceptions in the game, but he gave the Steelers the lead for good with a perfect 73-yard strike to John Stallworth.

The Rams were threatening again when quarterback Vince Ferragamo (who replaced an injured Pat Haden during the season) was picked off by Jack Lambert. A Bradshaw-to-Stallworth 45-yard connection helped set up an insurance touchdown and Noll’s club escaped with a victory. It was the Steelers’ fourth Super Bowl win in six seasons.

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