The Steelers had just stolen Super Bowl XL from the Seahawks with the help of some shockingly one-sided officiating. This is an urban legend about whether or not Super Bowl XL was fixed. Hines Ward and Jerome Bettis celebrate with the Vince Lombardi Trophy after winning Super Bowl XL between the Pittsburgh Steelers and Seattle Seahawks at Ford Field in Detroit, Michigan on The official source for NFL news, video highlights, fantasy football, game-day coverage, schedules, stats, scores and more. The Event: Many of the believers who feel Seattle was robbed of a victory in Super Bowl XL remember the first quarter of the game, a segment in which the Steelers offense didn't obtain a single 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 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. 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. 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. Bleacher Report listed the six most controversial playoff moments since 2000 and named the refs’ calls, or non-calls, in Super Bowl XL between the Pittsburgh Steelers and Seahawks as the third 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) It’s one thing when fans ask questions, but here we take a look at three times Hall of Fame players and coaches claimed that the Super Bowl was rigged. SUPER BOWL III (New York Jets 16 – Baltimore Colts 7) It was 1969, and it was a pivotal moment for the Super Bowl. The previous two Super Bowls saw the NFL team run roughshod over the team #Fixed #SuperBowl #NFLIf you're new, Subscribe! → fixing is unfortunately part of sports. FIFA recently had a major scand The receiver extends his arm to create separation, ask any Pats fan if they don't call that OPI ever. Ben broke the plane by the bare minimum you need to score before he got hit Taylor Swift waves during the Chiefs’ Super Bowl celebration. USA TODAY Sports via Reuters Con. The 49ers started overtime with a 13-play, 66-yard drive that took 7:38, and the Chiefs followed Legacy of Super Bowl XL: Super Bowl XL and the controversy surrounding has not really changed the NFL, besides the fact that conspiracy theorists will always go back on it when pondering whether or not the NFL is rigged. The only notable rule change is that NFL employees can not schedule a vacation for the day preceding the Super Bowl, in the 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 This professional handicapper they had on during the interview brings up XL in reference to talking about the NO LA game and if games could be fixed. He claims that the head official of XL (Bill Leavy) was a client of his That's bad enough that an NFL official is obviously betting on games and has a professional handicapper or bookie Bill Leavy (pronounced LEE-vee; February 13, 1947 – March 28, 2023) was an American football official who officiated in the National Football League (NFL) from the 1995 through 2014 seasons, wore uniform number 127, and was also a retired San Jose, California police officer and firefighter, serving for 27 years. Links to each post: Actual Super Bowl Fields I II III IV V VI VII VIII IX X XI XII XIII XIV XV XVI XVII XVIII XIX XX XXI XXII XXIII XXIV XXV XXVI XXVII XXVIII XXIX XXX XXXI XXXII XXXIII XXXIV XXXV XXXVI XXXVII XXXVIII XXXIX XL XLI XLII XLIII XLIV XLV XLVI XLVII XLVIII XLIX 50 LI LII LIII LIV LV L Was SuperBowl XL Fixed? First off, I didn't really care about either team in last night's SuperBowl, so I am not that biased. At the party that I was present at last night, we basically lost count of the crazy calls of the officials.
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