Lombardi Trophy heading to Pittsburgh!!!
The Pittsburgh Steelers are now the winningest franchise in NFL history as the only team to win six Super Bowl championships!
Roethlisberger celebrates his 2nd Super bowl championship
The Steelers won their sixth in Super Bowl XLIII, over the Cardinals 27-23 with a late comeback capping off arguably one of the most exciting championship games in league history!
Early in the game the Cards came out flat and Pittsburgh quickly went up 10-9. But late in the 2nd quarter trailing 10-7, the Cardinals had the ball inside the Steeler 5 yard line about to take the lead. Instead, NFL Defensive Player of the Year LB James Harrison of the Steelers picked off a Kurt Warner pass at the goaline and returned it a Super Bowl record 100yds for the score as time ran out in the half. The remarkable return had the black and gold heading into the half with a 17-7 lead.
The Steelers extended there lead having a 20-7 lead in the 4th quarter. It looked like Mike Tomlin’s Steelers were going to easily pull away with victory. Kurt Warner and company had something else in mind.
With 7:33 to play in the final quarter, Kurt Warner connected with favorite WR Larry Fitzgerald on 3rd and goal from the 1yd line for a Touchdown! The score closed the Cards within 6. After an Arizona punt that downed
One of Larry Fitzgerald's two 4th quarter TD's
Pittsburgh inside the 5 yard line, and a Steeler penalty that occured in their own endzone for a safety, Arizona all of a sudden were within four!
With under 3 minutes to play and trailing 20-16, Warner once again connected with Fitzgerald for a 74 yard TD to take the lead! But did they leave too much time for Ben Roethlisberger and company?
Unfortunately for Cardinals fans the answer is yes. Roethlisberger led his team on a Tom Brady like drive which concluded with a Touchdown pass in the back corner of the endzone to eventual game MVP Santonio Holmes with 35 seconds to go!
Santonio Holmes catches the game winner!
The league’s #1 defense finished it off forcing a Warner fumble with 5 seconds left. With one Roethlisberger kneel down, the Pittsburgh Steelers are world champions!
Tags: Arizona Cardinals, Ben Roethlisberger, James Harrison, Kurt Warner, Larry Fitzgerald, Mike Tomlin, NFL, Pittsburgh Steelers, Santonio Holmes, super bowl, Super Bowl XLIII, Superbowl, Tom Brady
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