4. Sunday January 5th 2003 AFC Wild Card Playoff vs Cleveland Browns 36-33
On a snowy Sunday early in 2003, Tommy Maddox and Kelly Holcomb played like two old school AFL quarterbacks, going off for 69 points, and 752 passing yards in a game no one saw coming. Cleveland had a big lead, going up 24-7 in the third quarter, but a Mike Logan pick and a furious comeback by Maddox gave the Steelers a shot. The Browns offense though wouldn’t be stopped, and they went up 33-21 with less than 5 minutes to play. Maddox led the team on a tear, and with 54 seconds left, Chris Fuamatu-Ma’afala scored on a 3-yard run to put the Steelers up. Holcomb had a late shot, but ran out of time in this playoff classic.
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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!