Steelers tie NFL report with 21 consecutive non-losing seasons after win over Bengals
The Pittsburgh Steelers don’t know something about dropping information – at the least for the final 21 seasons.
Russell Wilson threw for 414 yards and three touchdowns because the Steelers defeated the Cincinnati Bengals 44-38 to wrap up their ninth win of the season. The ninth win assured the Steelers will end above .500.
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Pittsburgh Steelers head coach Mike Tomlin speaks to reporters after the sport in opposition to the Bengals, Dec. 1, 2024, in Cincinnati. (AP Picture/Joshua A. Bickel)
It’s the twenty first straight season the Steelers have completed at or above the .500 mark, tying an NFL report with the Dallas Cowboys. It’s the 18th consecutive season they’ve had a successful 12 months beneath head coach Mike Tomlin. The opposite three had been beneath Professional Soccer Corridor of Famer Invoice Cowher.
Tom Landry led the Cowboys to 21 straight non-losing seasons from 1965 to 1985.
Tomlin has been the pinnacle coach of the Steelers because the 2007 season. He has one Tremendous Bowl title on his resume. He’s 182-103-2 all-time.
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Dallas Cowboys head coach Tom Landry is proven throughout a recreation in Cincinnati on Dec. 8, 1985. (Malcolm Emmons-USA TODAY Sports activities)
“I believed our group smiled within the face of it, significantly [quarterback Russell Wilson],” Tomlin mentioned after the sport. “It is the primary time for him going by means of AFC North soccer, and I believed he acclimated himself to it nicely immediately. He put himself squarely within the historical past of this sequence with that efficiency immediately.”
The final time the Steelers completed with a dropping report was in 2003 after they had been 6-10 with Tommy Maddox at quarterback. The group drafted Ben Roethlisberger within the following draft and their bruising protection helped the group to a 15-1 season in 2004. They received the Tremendous Bowl beneath Cowher in 2005.
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Pittsburgh Steelers head coach Mike Tomlin watches from the sideline within the second half in opposition to the Browns, Nov. 21, 2024, in Cleveland. (AP Picture/David Richard)
With Pittsburgh’s win over Cincinnati, the Steelers took a commanding lead within the AFC North. The Baltimore Ravens fell to the Philadelphia Eagles and can transfer at the least one recreation behind the Steelers within the win column.
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