6. Saturday January 15th 2005 AFC Divisional Playoff vs New York Jets 20-17 OT
Nothing came easy in this divisional playoff battle vs the Jets in 1995, as the Jets played with a chip on their shoulder, and had two shots with Doug Brien to win it, only to have him miss both field goals. The OT saw Deuce Staley take over for a cramped Jerome Bettis, and lead the Steelers on a drive enough to allow Jeff Reed to kick a field goal to get the win and get the team to the next week and an AFC Title game vs the Patriots. 2004 saw the Steelers go a total of 16-2 in Cowher’s best record-wise season.
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Anthony Battaglia
May 29, 2015 at 2:04 am
Matt, I seriously think you’ve overlooked the 1993 MNF game vs the AFC back to back defending Conference Champs, Buffalo Bills. It was a statement game for Bill Cowher’s Steelers who were eliminated in the play-offs by the Bills @ Three Rivers. Final score : 24-0.
Matt Loede
May 29, 2015 at 4:12 am
Hi Anthony,
Thanks for the comment – the 93 Bills game was on the long original list for sure and was one of the last ones to get taken off to get the list to 20 games. I think the reason I stayed away from it was due to the aftermath of that game. The following week they were beat up bad by the Broncos, and then lost the next Sunday night to the Oilers. Overall after beating the Bills the team went 3-4 and had to claw their way into the playoffs. Just seemed like the team was never the same after that win, which again is kind of why I kept it off the list. Thank you again for the comment!