Erstklassige Nachrichtenbilder in hoher Auflösung bei Getty Images 1 – Dates in the list denote the season, not necessarily the calendar year in which the championship game was played. Oktober 2018 in Berlin statt. The teams took the field while flanked on either side by flags bearing the names of all previous Super Bowl MVPs. The Steelers took the ball to begin the second half, and just two plays in, running back Willie Parker broke through for a 75-yard touchdown run, giving his team a 14–3 lead and setting a record for the longest run in Super Bowl history, beating Marcus Allen's Super Bowl XVIII mark by one yard. Ford Field Super Bowl XL night.jpg 2,592 × 1,944; 2.48 MB. During typical HDTV broadcasts at the time, commercials themselves were broadcast in standard definition. In der engen Schlussphase zwischen den Chiefs und den 49ers brach offenbar die Seite zusammen. The absences of Montana and Bradshaw were originally reported to have been due to disagreements over appearance funds to be paid by the NFL, but each later rebutted such reports, suggesting that they had prior family commitments;[13] Scott was reported to have been traveling through Australia. The Seattle secondary suffered injuries throughout the year, notably to free safety Ken Hamlin; second-year cornerback Jordan Babineaux played well as he appeared in all sixteen games for Seattle, intercepting three passes and making 61 tackles. Pittsburgh drove 54 yards to the Seattle six-yard line to put themselves in position to take a large lead, but Seahawks defensive back Kelly Herndon intercepted a pass from Roethlisberger and returned it a Super Bowl record 76 yards to the Steelers 20-yard line. Wählen Sie aus erstklassigen Inhalten zum Thema Super Bowl Xl in höchster Qualität. [11], Although the Super Bowl had largely been presented in high definition since Super Bowl XXXIV, Super Bowl XL was the first Super Bowl where all aspects of the game itself were aired in HD.[5]. Singers Aretha Franklin and Aaron Neville, along with pianist Dr. John and a 150-member choir, performed the national anthem as part of a pre-game tribute to New Orleans, a nine-time Super Bowl host city then in the midst of efforts to rebuild in the wake of Hurricane Katrina. The Seahawks entered Super Bowl XL after finishing the regular season with an NFC-best 13–3 record. From the 2006 Super Bowl between Pittsburgh Steelers and Seattle Seahawks. 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 … According to the NFL, the game was available worldwide in 32 languages. Hasselbeck was protected and Alexander was given time to run by a stout offensive line, led by Pro Bowl offensive tackle Walter Jones, guard Steve Hutchinson, and center Robbie Tobeck, and by bruising Pro Bowl fullback Mack Strong. Pittsburgh Steelers' Casey Hampton (98) and Deshea Townsend, (26) celebrate a fumble recovery by teammate Troy Polamalu during the fourth quarter of Super Bowl XL, Sunday, Feb. 5, 2006, in Detroit. This was Seattle's first Super Bowl appearance in the team's 30-year history. He became the second youngest quarterback to start in a Super Bowl and the youngest quarterback ever to win a Super Bowl at 23 years, 11 months. Now, that doesn't mean there were no mistakes. [9], The Seahawks practiced at the Detroit Lions' practice facility in Allen Park.[10]. [25] However, according to the NFL's Director of Officiating at the time, Mike Pereira, the call was indeed correct as Jackson had pushed off. Pittsburgh's main strength on offense, however, was its running game. The Steelers were the third team to lose the turnover battle and win the game, after the Baltimore Colts in Super Bowl V and the Steelers in Super Bowl XIV. Four plays later, Pittsburgh ran a wide receiver reverse, but the play turned out to be a pass play by wide receiver Antwaan Randle El, who played quarterback while in college. Directed by Drew Esocoff, Katie Walsh. [38] According to Advertising Age, Anheuser-Busch was the top advertiser during the game, having purchased ten 30-second spots. This was also the second time in Super Bowl history when the favorite was a wild card team, the first was before Super Bowl XXXV, when the Ravens were favored. Each side of the crown has 10 square cut diamonds channel set along the edge. The left side of the ring has the player's name and number with the NFL logo in between, while the right side has the score of the game (Steelers 21 Seahawks 10) above the Super Bowl XL logo over 2005. Austragungsort ist erneut das Große Stadion im Friedrich-Ludwig-Jahn-Sportpark. The teams exchanged punts (two from Pittsburgh, one from Seattle) to fill out most of the third quarter, but the Seahawks ended the quarter having driven from their own two-yard line to near midfield. [50] If a team wants a fancier look, such as player names, more gems or detailed designs, or more than 150 rings, then the team owner has to foot the bill for the extra cost. Super Bowl, das Endspiel der Saison 2005 der National Football League im American Football. Find the perfect Super Bowl Xl stock photos and editorial news pictures from Getty Images. Ford Field Super Bowl XL 2006 (cropped).JPG 679 × 464; 67 KB. The Seahawks had been mediocre for much of the 1990s, recording eight consecutive non-winning seasons from 1991 through 1998. Three plays later, Pittsburgh defensive back Ike Taylor intercepted a Hasselbeck pass at the 5-yard line and returned it 24 yards. Super Bowl XL: Jerome Bettis’ Last Game. Ford Field Getting Ready for Super Bowl XL (92648355).jpg 800 × 600; 429 KB On the other side of the field, speedy wide receiver Antwaan Randle El was a constant breakaway threat, catching 35 passes for 558 yards, while gaining 448 yards and two touchdowns on punt returns. The Steelers' main receiving threat was wide receiver Hines Ward, who led the team with 69 receptions for 975 yards and eleven touchdowns. The game was played on February 5, 2006, at Ford Field in Detroit, … On the top of the crown is "PITTSBURGH", and on the bottom is "WORLD CHAMPIONS". With Shaun Alexander, Jerome Bettis, Alan Faneca, James Farrior. Am I the only one who would like to hear them defend their incompetence? The Green Bay Packers, who won Super Bowl I (against the Kansas City Chiefs), and the Kansas City Chiefs, who won Super Bowl IV (against the Minnesota Vikings), also accomplished the feat. Chris Berman, from Disney-owned corporate sibling ESPN, returned to host ABC's pregame show, as he had done for the network's coverage of Super Bowls XXXIV and XXXVII. Be warned. 2Carries Google Video[41] and America Online[42] each catalogued ads for later viewing. Seattle Seahawks 10 vs. Pittsburgh Steelers 21 on February 5th, 2006 - Full team and player stats and box score "The game was properly officiated, including, as in most NFL games, some tight plays that produced disagreement about the calls made by the officials", NFL spokesman Greg Aiello said in a statement. Super Bowl XL was de 40ste editie van de Super Bowl, een American footballwedstrijd tussen de kampioenen van de National Football Conference en de American Football Conference waarin bepaald werd wie de kampioen werd van de National Football League voor het seizoen van 2005. The "XL" part was similar to that of Super Bowl XL's logo. [27] Commentators Boomer Esiason, Steve Raible, and Tom Curran were critical of the officiating, while former Steelers wide receiver Hines Ward and commentator Ed Bouchette defended the calls, and commentators Howard Balzer and Bill Hillgrove and former Steelers defensive coordinator Dick LeBeau felt that the officiating did not impact the outcome of the game. Select from premium Superbowl Xl of the highest quality. Watch every NFL game live including Playoffs and Super Bowl, plus NFL RedZone and 24/7 streaming of NFL NetworkSuper Bowl XL Randle El then pulled up and threw a 43-yard touchdown pass to a wide-open Ward, giving the Steelers a 21–10 lead and also marking the first time a wide receiver threw a touchdown pass in a Super Bowl. With Shaun Alexander, Jerome Bettis, Alan Faneca, James Farrior. The base of each trophy has the Roman numeral for their victories, with Super Bowl XL front and center. Ward, who caught 5 passes for 123 yards and a touchdown, while also rushing for 18 yards, was named Super Bowl MVP. The Seahawks became the first team to have their full team name painted in their end zone for a Super Bowl, as their geographic location name (Seattle) was painted above the team nickname (Seahawks). While tackling Taylor, Hasselbeck dove low and was flagged for blocking below the waist. The postseason hopes of the Steelers were in peril, but the team recovered to win its final four regular season games and to claim the sixth—and final—seed in the AFC playoffs. His 69 catches gave him a career total of 574, surpassing a franchise record for receptions previously held by Hall of Famer John Stallworth. However, the choice of the Rolling Stones sparked controversy in the Detroit community because the band did not represent the music of Detroit and no other artist from the area was included. Roethlisberger finished the game having completed just 9 of 21 passes for 123 yards and having also thrown two interceptions; his 22.6 quarterback rating[23] was the lowest ever by a Super Bowl winning quarterback. ESPN Radio was live in Detroit all week leading up to Super Bowl XL. [26], Another complaint had to do with a penalty in the fourth quarter against Seattle right tackle Sean Locklear for holding Steelers linebacker Clark Haggans that nullified a deep pass. Seattle Seahawks quarterback Matt Hasselbeck is sacked by Pittsburgh Steelers linebacker Clark Haggans (53) during the first quarter of Super Bowl XL, Sunday, Feb. 5, 2006, in Detroit. Despite starting two rookies at linebacker for most of the year, the Seattle linebacking corps played well, led by Tatupu, who topped the team with 104 tackles and added four sacks, three interceptions, and one fumble recovery. The Seahawks drove into Pittsburgh territory on the next drive, sparked by a 21-yard run by Alexander, but Brown again missed a field-goal attempt, this one from 50 yards, as Seattle was unable to close the 11-point deficit. 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For the year, the defense surrendered just 271 points, 181 fewer than the Seahawks offense scored. Haggans tallied nine sacks and 40 tackles, while Farrior added a team-high 119 tackles to go with his two sacks and one fumble recovery. The Green Bay Packers received $15,000 each for winning Super Bowl I in 1967; adjusted for inflation in 2006 dollars, that sum is roughly $86,000.[44]. This was the sixth Super Bowl telecast for Michaels, and the tenth for Madden (whose first was Super Bowl XVI, also played in Michigan). Roethlisberger was efficient in his 12 regular season games, throwing for 2,385 yards and seventeen touchdowns with nine interceptions, while adding three rushing touchdowns. Hasselbeck's third-down pass attempt fell incomplete, and the Seahawks were forced to settle for a 47-yard field goal by kicker Josh Brown, which was successful. Seahawks defensive back Kelly Herndon’s Super Bowl record 76-yard interception return set up a Seattle touchdown to cut the lead 14–10. The first two clubs, the Cowboys (Super Bowls XIII and XXVII) and the Redskins (Super Bowl XVII), traditionally wore white at home. The Super Bowl XL rings were produced by the Minneapolis-based jewelry company Jostens, which is the primary supplier of Super Bowl champion rings and has made 31 rings in the Super Bowl's 50-year history through 2017. Having been the Cowboys' opponent in Super Bowl XIII, Pittsburgh also became the first team to have worn white jerseys for a "home" Super Bowl and colored jerseys for an "away" one. The Seahawks, though, were once more forced to punt after three plays, and Pittsburgh drove into Seattle territory on the following drive. 3Long gain The Steelers' victory was their first Super Bowl victory since Super Bowl XIV. The drive continued in the fourth quarter, as the Seahawks reached the Pittsburgh 19-yard line. A 35-yard reception by Jurevicius took the Seahawks into Pittsburgh territory, and a 13-yard Bobby Engram reception took the team to within field-goal range, but dubious clock-management and play-calling left the team with just 35 seconds remaining; an incompletion and a three-yard pass to Stevens over the middle of the field consumed 26 seconds, and Hasselbeck threw incomplete near Stevens on fourth down, giving the Steelers the ball on downs with just three seconds remaining, after which a Roethlisberger kneel-down ended the game. Fortune, though the network limited coverage of the Windsor event to short segments immediately prior to commercial breaks. There are always mistakes, but it was a well-officiated game. In Super Bowl XLIII, the Arizona Cardinals became the second team to have their full team name painted in their end zone, as their geographic location name (Arizona) was painted above the team nickname (Cardinals). Jurevicius caught 5 passes for 93 yards. A moment of silence was observed in memory of the two civil rights activists who had died during the months prior to the game: Coretta Scott King (six days earlier) and Rosa Parks (on October 24, 2005), the latter a long-time Detroit resident. [18][20] In addition to the lyrics the NFL took issue with, there was worry that Jagger might ad-lib explicitly as well. Directed by Drew Esocoff, Katie Walsh. (These teams have since been joined by the New York Giants, who also surpassed them by winning a Super Bowl on each of the networks that carried the game; their win in Super Bowl XXI was carried by CBS, their win in Super Bowl XXV was carried by ABC, their win in Super Bowl XLII was carried by Fox, and their win in Super Bowl XLVI was carried by NBC, and later by the New England Patriots, who had two Super Bowl wins on Fox (XXXVI and XXXIX), one Super Bowl win on CBS (XXXVIII, and a Super Bowl win on NBC (XLIX).). An 18-yard pass to Stevens, though, was negated on a penalty call against Seattle tackle Sean Locklear for holding, denying the Seahawks an opportunity for a first-down-and-goal from the 1-yard-line. Media in category "Super Bowl XL" The following 18 files are in this category, out of 18 total. Before this game, the NFC was 6–0 in Super Bowls broadcast on ABC. The Seahawks became the first team to advance to the Super Bowl without playing a division champion in the playoffs (later matched by the Colts in 2009, Steelers in 2010, and the Seahawks again in 2013, with the 2013 Seahawks being the only one of the four to win the Super Bowl). Der German Bowl XL, das 40. "[32] Seahawks head coach Mike Holmgren himself took issue with the officiating at a rally for his team on February 6 at Qwest Field, saying, "We knew it was going to be tough going against the Pittsburgh Steelers. Berman was joined by his fellow analysts from ESPN's Sunday NFL Countdown pregame show: Michael Irvin, Tom Jackson, and Steve Young, along with co-host Mike Tirico and New England Patriots head coach (and three-time Super Bowl winner) Bill Belichick. Am 5. By the end of the first quarter, the Steelers had failed to gain a first down, and quarterback Ben Roethlisberger had completed one of five pass attempts for one yard. The Steelers, however, had to win four games to accomplish the feat, while the Chiefs won three and Packers won only two games. On the ensuing possession, Hasselbeck ran the ball for eighteen yards and was briefly touched by Steelers linebacker Larry Foote as the former fell to the ground. After the first four possessions of the Super Bowl XL ended with punts, Seahawks punt returner Peter Warrick gave his team good field position by returning Chris Gardocki's 37-yard punt 12 yards to Seattle's 49-yard line. [28], Kansas City Star writer Jason Whitlock encapsulated some views when he wrote the day after the game, "Bill Leavy and his crew ruined Super Bowl XL. Pittsburgh began the 2005 season by winning seven of its first nine games, but suffered a major setback when both Roethlisberger and his backup, Charlie Batch, went down with injuries. After having finished the 2003 season with a 6–10 record and after splitting its first two games to open 2004, Pittsburgh lost starting quarterback Tommy Maddox to injury. In short-yardage situations, the team relied on 255-pound running back Jerome Bettis, who rushed for 368 yards and scored nine touchdowns. The 33-year-old Bettis finished his 13th NFL season as the league's fifth all-time leading rusher (13,662 yards and 91 touchdowns), but until this point he had never played in a Super Bowl. But Pittsburgh responded with Antwaan Randle El's 43-yard touchdown pass to Hines Ward, the first time a wide receiver threw a touchdown pass in a Super Bowl, to clinch the game in the fourth quarter. "2006 Super Bowl" redirects here. In each but the last iteration, the lower-seeded and favored team won. The Steelers jumped to a 14–3 lead early in the third quarter with running back Willie Parker's Super Bowl record 75-yard touchdown run. 4Receptions In addition, the team became the first sixth-seeded team to reach both a conference championship game and the Super Bowl since the NFL expanded to a 12-team playoff format in 1990. [35], High-profile referee Ed Hochuli said "The Super Bowl was one of those games where it seemed the big calls went against Seattle. It also marked the first time since that game the favorite won against the spread. 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