List of Pittsburgh Steelers seasons

This is a list of seasons completed by the Pittsburgh Steelers American football franchise in the National Football League (NFL). The list documents the season-by-season records of the franchise from its founding (as the Pirates) in 1933 to present. The list also includes postseason records, and league awards for individual players or head coaches.

Founded in 1933, the Steelers are the oldest franchise in the American Football Conference (AFC); only seven clubs in the National Football Conference (NFC) have longer tenures in the NFL. The team struggled to be competitive in its early history, posting winning records in just eight of its first 39 seasons. However, since the AFL–NFL merger in 1970, it has been one of the league's winningest teams.

For complete team history, see History of the Pittsburgh Steelers

The team has appeared in eight Super Bowls and is the only team to have won the Super Bowl six times. The six championships place the Steelers fourth in the league in terms of total championships (including those prior to the first Super Bowl), trailing only the Green Bay Packers (13 championships), Chicago Bears (9) and the New York Giants (7).^[1] The club's 15 AFC Championship Game appearances are a record. In addition, they have hosted more conference championship games (11) than any franchise in either conference, and are tied with the Dallas Cowboys with eight appearance in the Super Bowl.

From 1974 to 1979 the franchise became the first NFL franchise to win four Super Bowl titles in six seasons, a feat which is yet to be matched. The 2005 team was the first sixth-seeded team to advance to a conference championship game since the playoff field was expanded to 12 teams in 1990; the same team also became the first sixth-seed to win the Super Bowl. The Steelers are 6–2 in Super Bowls, winning Super Bowl IX, Super Bowl X, Super Bowl XIII, Super Bowl XIV, Super Bowl XL, Super Bowl XLIII and losing Super Bowl XXX and Super Bowl XLV.

The team currently competes in the North division of the American Football Conference (AFC).

Key to color-coding of List of Seasons table
NFL Champions (1920–1969)	Super Bowl Champions (1970–present)	Conference Champions	Division Champions	Wild Card Berth	One-Game Playoff Berth

Season	League	Conference	Division	Finish	Wins	Losses	Ties	Pct^[1]	Playoffs	Individual Awards
Pittsburgh Pirates
1933	NFL		East	5th	3	6	2	.364
1934	NFL		East	5th	2	10	0	.167
1935	NFL		East	3rd	4	8	0	.333
1936	NFL		East	2nd	6	6	0	.500
1937	NFL		East	3rd	4	7	0	.364
1938	NFL		East	5th	2	9	0	.182
1939	NFL		East	4th^[T]	1	9	1	.136
Pittsburgh Steelers
1940	NFL		East	4th	2	7	2	.273
1941	NFL		East	5th	1	9	1	.136
1942	NFL		East	2nd	7	4	0	.636
Steagles^[2]
1943	NFL		East	3rd	5	4	1	.550
Card-Pitt^[3]
1944	NFL		East	5th	0	10	0	.000
Pittsburgh Steelers
1945	NFL		East	5th	2	8	0	.200
1946	NFL		East	3rd^[T]	5	5	1	.500		Bill Dudley - Joe F. Carr Trophy (MVP)
1947	NFL		East	2nd	8	4	0	.667	Lost Eastern Divisional Playoff (Eagles) 21–0
1948	NFL		East	3rd^[T]	4	8	0	.333
1949	NFL		East	2nd	6	5	1	.542
1950	NFL	American		3rd^[T]	6	6	0	.500
1951	NFL	American		4th	4	7	1	.375
1952	NFL	American		4th	5	7	0	.417
1953	NFL	Eastern		4th	6	6	0	.500
1954	NFL	Eastern		4th	5	7	0	.417
1955	NFL	Eastern		6th	4	8	0	.346
1956	NFL	Eastern		4th^[T]	5	7	0	.500
1957	NFL	Eastern		3rd	6	6	0	.500
1958	NFL	Eastern		3rd	7	4	1	.625
1959	NFL	Eastern		4th	6	5	1	.542
1960	NFL	Eastern		5th	5	6	1	.458
1961	NFL	Eastern		5th	6	8	0	.429
1962	NFL	Eastern		2nd	9	5	0	.643	Lost Playoff Bowl^[2] (Lions) 17–10
1963	NFL	Eastern		4th	7	4	3	.607
1964	NFL	Eastern		6th	5	9	0	.357
1965	NFL	Eastern		7th	2	12	0	.143
1966	NFL	Eastern		6th	5	8	1	.393
1967	NFL	Eastern	Century	4th	4	9	1	.321
1968	NFL	Eastern	Century	4th	2	11	1	.179
1969	NFL	Eastern	Century	4th	1	13	0	.071		Joe Greene - Defensive Rookie of the Year
1970	NFL	AFC	Central	3rd	5	9	0	.357
1971	NFL	AFC	Central	2nd	6	8	0	.429
1972	NFL	AFC	Central	1st	11	3	0	.786	Won Divisional Playoffs (Raiders) 13–7 Lost Conference Championship (Dolphins) 21–17	Chuck Noll - AFC Coach of the Year Franco Harris Offensive Rookie of the Year Joe Greene - Defensive Player of the Year Franco Harris - AFC Offensive Rookie of the Year
1973	NFL	AFC	Central	2nd	10	4	0	.714	Lost Divisional Playoffs (Raiders) 33–14
1974	NFL	AFC	Central	1st	10	3	1	.750	Won Divisional Playoffs (Bills) 32–14 Won Conference Championship (Raiders) 24–13 Won Super Bowl IX(1) (Vikings) 16–6	Jack Lambert - Defensive Rookie of the Year Joe Greene - Defensive Player of the Year Franco Harris - Super Bowl MVP
1975	NFL	AFC	Central	1st	12	2	0	.857	Won Divisional Playoffs (Colts) 28–10 Won Conference Championship (Raiders) 16–10 Won Super Bowl X(2) (Cowboys) 21–17	Mel Blount - Defensive Player of the Year Lynn Swann - Super Bowl MVP
1976	NFL	AFC	Central	1st	10	4	0	.714	Won Divisional Playoffs (Colts) 40–14 Lost Conference Championship (Raiders) 24–7	Jack Lambert - Defensive Player of the Year Jack Lambert - AFC Defensive Player of the Year
1977	NFL	AFC	Central	1st	9	5	0	.643	Lost Divisional Playoffs (Broncos) 34–21
1978	NFL	AFC	Central	1st	14	2	0	.875	Won Divisional Playoffs (Broncos) 33–10 Won Conference Championship (Oilers) 34–5 Won Super Bowl XIII(3) (Cowboys) 35–31	Terry Bradshaw - MVP Terry Bradshaw - Super Bowl MVP Terry Bradshaw - Bert Bell MVP
1979	NFL	AFC	Central	1st	12	4	0	.750	Won Divisional Playoffs (Dolphins) 34–14 Won Conference Championship (Oilers) 27–13 Won Super Bowl XIV(4) (Rams) 31–19	Jack Lambert - AFC Defensive Player of the Year Terry Bradshaw - Super Bowl MVP
1980	NFL	AFC	Central	3rd	9	7	0	.563
1981	NFL	AFC	Central	2nd	8	8	0	.500
1982	NFL	AFC		4th^[T]^[3]	6	3	0	.667	Lost First Round (Chargers) 31–28
1983	NFL	AFC	Central	1st	10	6	0	.625	Lost Divisional Playoffs (Raiders) 38–10
1984	NFL	AFC	Central	1st	9	7	0	.563	Won Divisional Playoffs (Broncos) 24–17 Lost Conference Championship (Dolphins) 45–28	Louis Lipps - Offensive Rookie of the Year John Stallworth - Comeback Player of the Year
1985	NFL	AFC	Central	3rd	7	9	0	.438
1986	NFL	AFC	Central	3rd	6	10	0	.375
1987	NFL	AFC	Central	3rd	8	7	0	.533
1988	NFL	AFC	Central	4th	5	11	0	.313
1989	NFL	AFC	Central	2nd	9	7	0	.563	Won Wild Card Playoffs (Oilers) 26–23 Lost Divisional playoff (Broncos) 24–23	Chuck Noll - Maxwell Football Club Coach of the Year
1990	NFL	AFC	Central	3rd	9	7	0	.563
1991	NFL	AFC	Central	2nd	7	9	0	.438
1992	NFL	AFC	Central	1st	11	5	0	.688	Lost Divisional Playoffs (Bills) 24–3	Bill Cowher - NFL Coach of the Year Barry Foster - AFC Offensive Player of the Year
1993	NFL	AFC	Central	2nd	9	7	0	.563	Lost Wild Card Playoffs (Chiefs) 27–24 (OT)	Rod Woodson - Defensive Player of the Year
1994	NFL	AFC	Central	1st	12	4	0	.750	Won Divisional Playoffs (Browns) 29–9 Lost Conference Championship (Chargers) 17–13	Greg Lloyd - AFC Defensive Player of the Year
1995	NFL	AFC	Central	1st	11	5	0	.688	Won Divisional Playoffs (Bills) 40–21 Won Conference Championship (Colts) 20–16 Lost Super Bowl XXX (Cowboys) 27–17
1996	NFL	AFC	Central	1st	10	6	0	.625	Won Wild Card Playoffs (Colts) 42–14 Lost Divisional Playoffs (Patriots) 28–3	Jerome Bettis - Comeback Player of the Year
1997	NFL	AFC	Central	1st	11	5	0	.688	Won Divisional Playoffs (Patriots) 7–6 Lost Conference Championship (Broncos) 24–21
1998	NFL	AFC	Central	3rd	7	9	0	.438
1999	NFL	AFC	Central	4th	6	10	0	.375
2000	NFL	AFC	Central	3rd	9	7	0	.563
2001	NFL	AFC	Central	1st	13	3	0	.813	Won Divisional Playoffs (Ravens) 27–10 Lost Conference Championship (Patriots) 24–17	Kendrell Bell - Defensive Rookie of the Year
2002	NFL	AFC	North	1st	10	5	1	.656	Won Wild Card Playoffs (Browns) 36–33 Lost Divisional Playoffs (Titans) 34–31	Tommy Maddox - Comeback Player of the Year
2003	NFL	AFC	North	3rd	6	10	0	.375
2004	NFL	AFC	North	1st	15	1	0	.938	Won Divisional Playoffs (Jets) 20–17 Lost Conference Championship (Patriots) 41–27	Bill Cowher - Sporting News Coach of the Year Ben Roethlisberger - Offensive Rookie of the Year
2005	NFL	AFC	North	2nd	11	5	0	.688	Won Wild Card Playoffs (Bengals) 31–17 Won Divisional Playoffs (Colts) 21–18 Won Conference Championship (Broncos) 34–17 Won Super Bowl XL(5) (Seahawks) 21-10	Hines Ward - Super Bowl MVP
2006	NFL	AFC	North	3rd	8	8	0	.500
2007	NFL	AFC	North	1st	10	6	0	.625	Lost Wild Card Playoffs (Jaguars) 31–29
2008	NFL	AFC	North	1st	12	4	0	.750	Won Divisional Playoffs (Chargers) 35–24 Won Conference Championship (Ravens) 23–14 Won Super Bowl XLIII(6) (Cardinals) 27–23	James Harrison - Defensive Player of the Year^[4] Santonio Holmes - Super Bowl MVP Mike Tomlin - Motorola NFL Coach of the Year^[5]
2009	NFL	AFC	North	3rd	9	7	0	.563
2010	NFL	AFC	North	1st	12	4	0	.750	Won Divisional Playoffs (Ravens) 31–24 Won Conference Championship (Jets) 24–19 Lost Super Bowl XLV (Packers) 31–25	Troy Polamalu - Defensive Player of the Year
2011	NFL	AFC	North	2nd	12	4	0	.750	Denver Broncos (1/8)
Totals		Regular Season:			558	517	21	.509	1933–2011, regular season only
		Playoff:			33	21	0	.611	1933–2011, playoffs only
		Overall:			591	538	21	.523	1933–2011, regular season and playoff games

Notes:

The Finish, Wins, Losses, Ties and Pct columns include only regular season results. Postseason results are shown only within the "Playoffs" column. Regular and postseason records are combined only at the bottom of the table.

^T Tied for this position with at least one other team

¹ For the purposes of calculating winning percentage ties count as ½ win and ½ loss

² The Playoff Bowl (a.k.a. Bert Bell Benefit Bowl) is regarded as an unofficial post-season exhibition for third place

³ Ranked by conference rather than division (strike shortened season).

References

"Pittsburgh Steelers Franchise Encyclopedia". Pro Football Reference. http://www.pro-football-reference.com/teams/pit/. Retrieved 8 April 2010.

^ "NFL Record and Fact Book – Team Records: Championships". NFL.com. 2007. http://www.nfl.com/history/randf/records/team/championships. Retrieved 8 April 2010.
^ "1943 Phi/Pit Eagles/Steelers". Pro Football Reference. http://www.pro-football-reference.com/teams/phi/1943.htm. Retrieved 8 April 2010.
^ "1944 Chi/Pit Cards/Steelers". Pro Football Reference. http://www.pro-football-reference.com/teams/crd/1944.htm. Retrieved 8 April 2010.
^ Associated Press (5 January 2009). "Harrison has death grip on defensive award". ESPN.com. http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/news/story?id=3811266. Retrieved 5 January 2009.
^ NFL (29 January 2009). "Steelers' Tomlin voted 2008 Motorola Coach of the Year". http://www.nfl.com/partner?partnerType=coaches. Retrieved 30 January 2009.

Pittsburgh Steelers

Formerly the Pittsburgh Pirates · Founded in 1933 · Based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

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Stadiums	Home fields - Forbes Field · Pitt Stadium · Three Rivers Stadium · Heinz Field Training facilities - Rooney Field · Point Stadium · UPMC Sportsplex · Chuck Noll Field

Culture and lore	Football in Western PA · Rooney family · Myron Cope · Steeler Nation · Terrible Towel · Immaculate Reception · Steel Curtain · Blitzburgh · 1974 Draft · 1995 AFC Title game · The Comeback II · Immaculate Redemption · The Chief · Renegade · Here We Go · Black and Yellow · Black Sunday · Heaven Can Wait · Smokey and the Bandit II · The Longest Yard · ...All the Marbles · Evening Shade · Fighting Back · The Steagles · Card-Pitt · Pennsylvania Keystoners · Steelerettes · Y. A. Tittle Photo

Rivalries	Cleveland Browns · Cincinnati Bengals · Baltimore Ravens · Dallas Cowboys

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Head coaches	Douds · DiMeolo · Bach · McNally · Kiesling · Bell · Donelli · Kiesling · Leonard · Sutherland · Michelosen · Bach · Kiesling · Parker · Nixon · Austin · Noll · Cowher · Tomlin

Division championships (20)	1972, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1983, 1984, 1992, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 2001, 2002, 2004, 2007, 2008, 2010

Super Bowl appearances (8)	IX · X · XIII · XIV · XXX · XL · XLIII · XLV

League championships (6)	1974 · 1975 · 1978 · 1979 · 2005 · 2008

Retired numbers	70

Hall of Fame members	Players - Blount · Bradshaw · Dudley · Greene · Ham · Harris · Johnson · Lambert · Layne · Stallworth · Stautner · Swann · Webster · Woodson Coaches and administration - Bell · Kiesling · LeBeau · Noll · Art Rooney · Dan Rooney

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