2. Sunday January 14th 1996 AFC Championship Game vs Indianapolis Colts 20-16
After the crushing defeat in the AFC Title game the season before against San Diego, Cowher and the team were back at home against the Colts, a team that came in as underdogs, but you would never know it. Jim Harbaugh played a whale of a game for the Colts, and Indy took a fourth quarter lead at 16-13 and many felt another letdown on the horizon. Neil O’Donnell hit a huge fourth and three to Andre Hastings, and the play call next to go deep to Ernie Mills gave the Steelers the ball at the Indy one. Bam Morris’ TD put the Steelers up for good, and a last play Hail Mary wasn’t answered and the Steelers survived to get to Super Bowl XXX.
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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!