Best super bowl era franchise

by steelerark on Mar 5, 2009 5:54 PM EST

I have gotten into a heated debate with a cowboys fan today about who is the greatest franchise since the Super Bowls began. I maintained it was a no brainer with us having won 6 rings and a .857 winning in the big games. He tried to say that they have been to more Super Bowls and have more playoff and regular season wins. Well, I did some digging and found this site ...

http://pweb.jps.net/~fos/nfl/post1969nfl.html

Turns out, good ole Pittsburgh is the winningest team in the NFL since the Super Bowls began, 60%!. We also have the most division and conference championships. Woot! I thought you guys might want to know that site, give you some statistical ammo in a debate. Interesting note, we have allowed the fewest points since then as well. Defense baby.

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Regular season stats (from Steelers SB gameday notes)

Since the 1970 merger of the National and American Football Leagues, the Pittsburgh Steelers own the second-best record in the NFL. The following is a look at the top five regular-season records since the merger in 1970:

Team W L T Pct.
1. Miami Dolphins 365 233 2 .610
2. Pittsburgh Steelers 363 235 2 .607
3. Dallas Cowboys 356 244 0 .594
4. Denver Broncos 347 247 6 .586
5. San Francisco 49ers 337 260 3 .563

Additionally, Pittsburgh owns the second-best record in the NFL since the free-agency era (since 1993) with a 160-95-1 (.627) record. The following is a look at the top three regular-season records in the free agency era (since 1993):

Team W L T Pct.
1. New England Patriots 161 95 0 .629
2. Pittsburgh Steelers 160 95 1 .627
3. Green Bay Packers 158 98 0 .617

by ec on Mar 5, 2009 10:06 PM EST reply actions

So one more good season where we win 3 games more than the Dolphins and 1 more game than the Pats* and we’ll be first in both. I think the Stillers are up to the task.

Brandona

by PrimantisStillersNAt on Mar 6, 2009 10:17 AM EST up reply actions

A heated debate?

I hope I’m not the only one on here that never finds himself in heated debates about such trivia.

by worldtrip on Mar 6, 2009 12:46 AM EST reply actions

at least we know

for sure that Hines doesn’t need the money.

by steelerark on Mar 6, 2009 6:55 PM EST up reply actions

I'm changing my name

by worldtrip on Mar 6, 2009 9:39 PM EST up reply actions

To egotrip?

lol just kidding bro

"The team that scores the most points wins."
John Madden
(Master of the obvious)

by PixburghArn on Mar 7, 2009 8:59 PM EST up reply actions

always nice to be first

Oh and someone asked me this a bit ago – the Steelers were dubbed ‘Steeler Nation’ by the voice of NFL Films in 1978. That’d be the first time an NFL team was called that. Not sure about MLB. Someone asked me about the Red Sox. But anyway, thats where Pittsburgh traces its ‘Steeler Nation’ name to.

by Michael Bean on Mar 6, 2009 3:59 AM EST reply actions