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Referee Bill Leavy, crew chief for Super Bowl XL, reignited the controversy when he visited Seahawks training camp four years later in August 2010. "It was a tough thing for me," he said. "I Super Bowl XL referee regrets that mistakes 'impacted the game' Published: Aug 06, 2010 at 04:05 PM The Kansas City Chiefs will attempt to be the first NFL team to three-peat in the Super Bowl Even minus 15 grace yards, the Steelers would have secured a 21-10 lead on the key play of Super Bowl XL. As such, the call on Hasselbeck was largely irrelevant. 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 Bleacher Report ranked the six most controversial playoff moments since 2000 and included the refs' calls in Super Bowl XL between the Steelers and Seahawks. The article reviews the four questionable penalties in the fourth quarter and the impact they had on the game outcome. The browser you are using is no longer supported on this site. It is highly recommended that you use the latest versions of a supported browser in order to receive an optimal viewing experience. The Seattle Seahawks lost Super Bowl XL to the Pittsburgh Steelers 21-10 at Ford Field in Detroit. To this day (until the Lions host a wild-card game this January), it is the only playoff game played at that venue. Seattle’s hopes of their first Super Bowl win were dashed as the Steelers partied with their fifth Lombardi Trophy. The man who who reffed the 2006 Super Bowl says the Seahawks got jobbed. I'm not sure we needed to know all of this. The NFL isn't going go back and change the outcome. F orget Josh Allen’s issue for a while. Remember the Super Bowl XL matchup that happened at Ford Field in 2006? It remains one of the most controversial games in NFL history—Especially for Haunted by blown calls in Super Bowl XL, referee Bill Leavy acknowledged officiating mistakes that may have contributed to the Seahawks’ 21-10 defeat to the Pittsburgh Steelers 4 ½ years ago I couldn't find any good quality versions of these calls so I went ahead and edited this together myself. There are definitely some other minor calls/non-cal Super Bowl XL: Pittsburgh 21, Seattle 10 -- The Seahawks joined the NFL in 1976, but it wasn't until February 2006 that the team made its first Super Bowl appearance, an appearance that's still a The controversy is caused by the fact that the side judge initially ran in with only one arm raised, signaling “dead ball.” He then switched to “touchdown.” The man at the center of controversy in Super Bowl XL will again officiate a critical Seahawks-Steelers showdown. While the magnitude of the pending affair pales by comparison, the odd coincidence serves as a catalyst for good and bad memories alike to rush back into the minds of those whose feelings were at stake that fateful night. Host selection process Looking toward the stadium on the night of the Super Bowl. Ford Field was selected to host Super Bowl XL on November 1, 2000, at the owners meetings held in Atlanta, two years before the stadium opened in 2002; [7] the only previous Super Bowl held in the Detroit area, Super Bowl XVI, had been played at the Pontiac Silverdome in 1982 (also between teams from the AFC FILE - Referee Bill Leavy reviews a play after Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger’s one-yard dive was called a touchdown during the second quarter of play against the Seattle Seahawks at the Super Bowl XL football game, Sunday, Feb. 5, 2006, in Detroit. However, Super Bowl XL, in which the Pittsburgh Steelers officially defeated the Seattle Seahawks on February 5, 2006, was definitely not boring. Additionally, the game was marred by accusations of bad officiating. Over the years, the NFL has provided fans with some spectacular games on the grandest stage of them all. We are, of course, referring to the Super Bowl. A former oddmaker claims a head official in Super Bowl XL used to be a client, but 710 ESPN Seattle's Danny, Dave and Moore still aren't buying that the Seahawks' loss to the Steelers was fixed. Giant Upsets. Although the Patriots dominated the 2000s and 2010s, the New York Giants defeated them twice in the Super Bowl. The 2007 Patriots became the only team in NFL history to finish the
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