Ranking the Steelers Super Bowl wins from bottom to top
By Eric Hassel
The Steelers ‘D’ dominated the Dallas Cowboys ‘O-line’ in Super Bowl X en route to a 21-17 victory
Full disclosure: Although my Steelers journey ‘officially’ began in 1978, I do have vague recollections of watching Super Bowl X with my Dad. I did have an opportunity years ago to re-watch the game. Frankly, had our defense not been able to generate the seven sacks we were able to generate, the Steelers very well could have lost this Super Bowl.
As tragic as that would have been, fortunately, that did not ‘come to pass’. Instead, the ‘Steel Curtain’ was able to get after the Dallas Cowboys QB and drop him seven times. Led by the player whom I believe should be in the Hall the Fame, the Steelers ‘D-line’ had a ‘field day’.
L.C. Greenwood, our six-time Pro Bowler, two-time All-Pro, and four-time Super Bowl champ, had four of the seven sacks. The ‘D’ also nabbed three INTs, one each by three different players. One player, in particular, Mike Wagner, our eleventh-round pick in the 1971 NFL draft, who had one of the aforementioned INTs, is also a player whom I believe is criminally underrated.
On the offensive side of the ball, Lynn Swann, our first-round pick in the legendary 1974 draft, made possibly one of the greatest catches in Super Bowl history en route to being named the MVP of the game. Swann would finish the contest with four receptions for one-hundred and sixty-one yards and one TD catch. It is ironic that Swann was named the MVP after not having a single reception in Super Bowl IX.
Let’s keep the train moving with a review of our fourth-best Super Bowl win.