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 Seattle Seahawks 10 vs. Pittsburgh Steelers 21 on February 5th, 2006 - Full team and player stats and box score PFR Home Page > Super Bowl. Welcome · Your Account; Logout; Date SB Winner Pts Loser Pts MVP Stadium City XL (40) Pittsburgh Steelers: 21: Date: February 5, 2006 () Stadium: Ford Super Bowl XL was an American football game in the National Football League between the American Football Conference Game summary of the Pittsburgh Steelers vs. Seattle Seahawks NFL game, final score 21-10, from February 5, 2006 on ESPN. 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 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 Super Bowl XL Seattle Seahawks vs Pittsburgh Steelers Seattle Seahawks vs Pittsburgh Steelers February 5, 2006. Ford Field, Detroit, MI 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: Pittsburgh Steelers 21, Seattle Seahawks 10 MVP: Hines Ward | Location: Ford Field, Detroit | Date: Feb. 5, 2006 Super Bowl XXXIX: New England Patriots 24, Philadelphia Eagles 21 Though the goal for any team is to win the Super Bowl and hoist the Lombardi Trophy, the Seattle Seahawks were playing for individual hardware too in Super Bowl XL against the Pittsburgh Steelers. The Steelers earned their fifth title in Super Bowl XL against the Seahawks Location, date, time, TV channel, streaming for Super Bowl 59 in New Orleans Everything you need to know about the NFL's upcoming marquee event By Shanna McCarriston Super Bowl XL was an American football game pitting the American Football Conference (AFC) champion Pittsburgh Steelers against the National Football Conference (NFC) champion Seattle Seahawks to decide the National Football League (NFL) champion for the 2005 season. Played on February 5, 2006, at Ford Field in Detroit, the Steelers defeated the Seahawks, 21–10, to join the San Francisco Twitter: Email: allhighlights1987@gmail.comAll rights go to ABC & The home of NFL Super Bowl news, ticket, apparel & event info. Get Super Bowl Sunday info about the National Football League's annual championship game. But Super Bowl XL skeptics are not all cranks, angry Seahawks fans or snarky Urban Dictionary contributors. As Curran said, the game looked fixed. Writing for Football Outsiders in 2006, February 5, 2006. A date that will live in Seattle sports infamy until the end of time. 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. Super Bowl Locations and Dates. Super Bowl LIX: Feb. 9, 2025 - Caesars Superdome (New Orleans, LA), home of the New Orleans Saints; Super Bowl LX: Feb. 8, 2026 - Levi's Stadium (Santa Clara, CA Game summary of the Pittsburgh Steelers vs. Seattle Seahawks NFL game, final score 21-10, from February 5, 2006 on ESPN.
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