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This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 28 January 2025. 2006 National Football League championship game "2006 Super Bowl" redirects here. For the Super Bowl that was played at the completion of the 2006 season, see Super Bowl XLI. Super Bowl XL Seattle Seahawks (1) (NFC) (13–3) Pittsburgh Steelers (6) (AFC) (11–5) 10 21 Head coach: Mike This day in sports history: Pittsburgh Steelers win 'one for the thumb' at Super Bowl XL. Pittsburgh Steelers 21, Seattle Seahawks 10 (Feb. 5, 2006; Ford Field, Detroit) Lions. Record between Super Bowl XL and Super Bowl LV: 89-150-1 (.373). Playoff berths: 3.Championships: 0.. In 2006: The Lions were coming off a 5-11 season that had gotten coach Steve Mariucci Other than being the home of the Lions, Ford Field hosts many other events. The stadium was the site of Super Bowl XL in 2006 between the Pittsburgh Steelers and the Seattle Seahawks. It was the second time the Super Bowl has been played in the Detroit Metropolitan Area. Super Bowl XL Steelers 21, Seattle Seahawks 10 Ford Field, Detroit, Michigan February 5, 2006 Attendance: 68,206 The 40th Super Bowl was played on February 5, 2006, at Ford Field in Detroit, Michigan. The Pittsburgh Steelers sought to win the franchise’s 5th Super Bowl. This was the first Super Bowl to be presented in HD. Super Bowl XL was one of the most controversial Super Bowl games due to some questionable play-calling during the game. The Lead-Up Super Bowl XL in Detroit was the first with a modern turf variant, as the Pittsburgh Steelers beat the Seattle Seahawks on Ford Field’s FieldTurf surface. Since then, eight Super Bowls have been 1, 2000, they unanimously selected Ford Field to be the host site of Super Bowl XL to be played February 5, 2006. It will mark the first Super Bowl in the Detroit Metro area since the Pontiac Silverdome was the site for Super Bowl XVI, played January 24, 1982. The NCAA also took notice of Ford Field and selected the stadium to host the 2009 NFL Matchup Available Throughout Super Bowl Weekend The final NFL Matchup of the season, previewing Super Bowl LIX, will be available throughout Super Bowl Sunday on ESPN+, following its taping in New Orleans. The 30-minute show, hosted by Paolantonio, will also air Saturday at 8:30 a.m. and Sunday at 7:30 a.m., both on ESPN2. Super Bowl XL was played on February 5, 2006 at Ford Field in Detroit, Michigan. The Pittsburgh Steelers defeated the Seattle Seahawks 21-10 to win their fifth Super Bowl championship. Pittsburgh's defense, known as the "Steel Curtain," dominated the game, limiting Seattle to only 10 points and recording five interceptions. Super Bowl XL was an American football game played at Ford Field in Detroit, Michigan on February 5, 2006 between the National Football Conference (NFC) champion Seattle Seahawks and the American Football Conference (AFC) champion Pittsburgh Steelers to decide the National Football League (NFL) champion for the 2005 season. In controversial fashion, the Steelers defeated the Seahawks 21–10 Super Bowl XL was held in Detroit on Feb. 5, 2006 at Ford Field where the Pittsburgh Steelers beat the Seattle Seahawks 21-10. Photo by: (Associated Press) Super Bowl XL was held in Detroit on Feb Detroit shone in the spotlight on Feb. 5, 2006 as the city played host to Super Bowl XL at Ford Field. Pittsburgh Steelers receiver Hines Ward was walking on air after his 43-yard touchdown catch Super Bowl XL fans enter Ford Field on Feb. 5, 2006. Ankur Dholakia, The Detroit News Steelers fans Dan and Josh Dalla of Hagerstown, Md. are happy to be at Ford Field for Super Bowl XL. 2006 (Super Bowl XL - Pittsburgh Steelers 21, Ronnie Wood and Charlie Watts—rolled into Ford Field in Detroit on Feb. 5, 2008, to play the Super Bowl XL Halftime Show. In 2004 Infinite Scale was hired, as part of a team of experts, to bring the branded experience of Super Bowl into the modern era. Over the next five years, we worked with the National Football League to create strategies, design, and citywide executions that celebrated the markets in which the game was played, while explicitly bringing the League, its players, and the excitement of The Other events held at Ford Field include World Wrestling Entertainment’s 2007 Wrestlemania, where a record attendance of over 80,000 was set, and monster truck rallies. On February 5, 2006 Ford Field was the host of Super Bowl XL, where the Pittsburg Steelers defeated the Seattle Seahawks 21-10. Feb 5, 2006; Detroit, MI, USA; Pittsburgh Steelers running back (36) Jerome Bettis runs through the middle in the third quarter of Super Bowl XL against the Seattle Seahawks at Ford Field. In short, it has been a crazy 15 years. Let’s take a look at where Detroit’s pro teams stand, then and now. Lions. Record between Super Bowl XL and Super Bowl LV: 89-150-1 (.373). November 1, 2000: NFL owners unanimously approve the city of Detroit to host Super Bowl XL at Ford Field February 5, 2006. November 17, 2000: Detroitlions.com launches Ford Field Web Cam to provide views with real-time updates of construction progress. November 2000: Lions open new marketing and project office at Harmonie Park in Detroit.
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