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Pittsburgh Steelers Milestones

Order these Pittsburgh Steelers franchise moments by the year they happened. Place all 30 cards on one timeline, one at a time — three wrong guesses and the run is over.

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How Pittsburgh Steelers Milestones is played

Every card in this deck carries a hidden value on the same scale — release years and dates — and the run is one long sorting problem. The first card is dealt face up. Each card after it goes into the gap where you think it belongs, and the value only shows once it lands. Get it wrong three times and the run ends with whatever you had placed.

This deck can also be shuffled together with any other deck measured in release years and dates — tick several on the deck tree to build one longer timeline out of them.

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28 of the 30 cards you could be dealt, plus 2 more. The values stay hidden until you place them.

  • Franchise founded as the Pittsburgh Pirates Art Rooney paid a $2,500 fee to bring an NFL team to Pittsburgh during the Depression
  • Signed Byron 'Whizzer' White to a record contract The future Supreme Court justice's $15,800 deal was pro football's richest to date
  • Renamed the team the Steelers The Pirates name was dropped in favor of one honoring the city's steel industry
  • Merged with the Eagles as the 'Steagles' A World War II player shortage forced Pennsylvania's two NFL teams to combine for one season
  • Played their first postseason game After tying the Eagles atop the Eastern Division, they lost a divisional tiebreaker playoff 21-0
  • Cut rookie quarterback Johnny Unitas The hometown Louisville product was released in training camp and later became a Colts legend
  • Retired Ernie Stautner's No. 70 The bruising defensive tackle's jersey came off the board shortly after his final season
  • Hired head coach Chuck Noll The new coach used his very first draft pick on defensive tackle Joe Greene
  • Drafted Terry Bradshaw first overall A coin-flip win over the Bears delivered the Louisiana Tech quarterback the same year Three Rivers Stadium opened
  • The Immaculate Reception Franco Harris' shoetop catch off a deflection beat the Raiders for the franchise's first playoff win
  • Drafted four Hall of Famers in one draft Lynn Swann, Jack Lambert, John Stallworth, and Mike Webster all arrived in the same class
  • Won Super Bowl IX The Steel Curtain smothered the Vikings for the franchise's first championship, with Franco Harris as MVP
  • Won Super Bowl X Lynn Swann's acrobatic catches earned him MVP in a 21-17 win over the Cowboys
  • Won Super Bowl XIII Terry Bradshaw threw four touchdowns in a 35-31 rematch victory over Dallas
  • Hired head coach Bill Cowher The jut-jawed Crafton native succeeded Chuck Noll after his 23-year run
  • Lost Super Bowl XXX Neil O'Donnell's interceptions to Larry Brown doomed the Steelers against Dallas in Arizona
  • Opened Heinz Field The team left Three Rivers Stadium for a new home on the North Shore
  • Drafted Troy Polamalu The team traded up to grab the USC safety in the first round
  • Drafted Ben Roethlisberger The Miami of Ohio quarterback fell to No. 11, then went unbeaten as a rookie starter in a 15-1 season
  • Won Super Bowl XL Jerome Bettis' homecoming in Detroit ended with 'one for the thumb' against Seattle
  • Hired head coach Mike Tomlin The 34-year-old Vikings defensive coordinator became the franchise's third coach since 1969
  • Won Super Bowl XLIII Santonio Holmes' toe-tap catch and James Harrison's 100-yard pick-six delivered a record sixth title
  • Lost Super Bowl XLV A comeback against Aaron Rodgers' Packers fell short in Dallas, 31-25
  • Retired Joe Greene's No. 75 Mean Joe's jersey became just the second officially retired in team history, a half century after the first
  • Le'Veon Bell sat out the entire season The star running back refused to sign his franchise tender and never reported
  • Traded for Minkah Fitzpatrick A first-round pick went to Miami for the safety after an 0-2 start without Ben Roethlisberger
  • Started a season 11-0 The best start in franchise history came during the pandemic season
  • Ben Roethlisberger retired Months after his farewell, the team drafted Pitt quarterback Kenny Pickett in the first round

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