{
 "moments": [
  {
   "title": "The Immaculate Reception",
   "when": "December 23, 1972",
   "text": "Trailing Oakland 7–6 with 22 seconds left in a 1972 playoff game at Three Rivers Stadium, Bradshaw's fourth-down pass ricocheted off a collision between Jack Tatum and Frenchy Fuqua. Franco Harris scooped it just above the turf and ran it in. Steelers 13, Raiders 7: the first playoff win in team history.",
   "link": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Immaculate_Reception"
  },
  {
   "title": "The 1974 draft",
   "when": "1974",
   "text": "Pittsburgh picked four future Hall of Famers in one draft: Lynn Swann, Jack Lambert, John Stallworth and Mike Webster. No team has matched it.",
   "link": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1974_NFL_draft"
  },
  {
   "title": "The Steel Curtain",
   "when": "1970s",
   "text": "The front four of Joe Greene, L.C. Greenwood, Ernie Holmes and Dwight White gave the defense its name. In 1976 the unit allowed just 28 points over the final nine games, with five shutouts.",
   "link": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steel_Curtain"
  },
  {
   "title": "The Terrible Towel",
   "when": "1975",
   "text": "Radio voice Myron Cope asked fans to wave gold towels at a 1975 playoff game. It became the team's lasting fan symbol, and proceeds have long supported a school for people with disabilities.",
   "link": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terrible_Towel"
  },
  {
   "title": "Big Ben's rookie run",
   "when": "2004",
   "text": "Pressed into the lineup early, rookie Ben Roethlisberger won all 13 of his regular-season starts as the team went 15–1.",
   "link": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2004_Pittsburgh_Steelers_season"
  },
  {
   "title": "\"The Tackle\"",
   "when": "January 15, 2006",
   "text": "Leading 21–18 at Indianapolis, Jerome Bettis fumbled at the goal line and Nick Harper raced the other way. Roethlisberger spun and tripped him up, Indy missed the tying field goal, and the run to Super Bowl XL continued.",
   "link": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2005_Pittsburgh_Steelers_season"
  },
  {
   "title": "Polamalu seals the AFC title",
   "when": "January 18, 2009",
   "text": "Troy Polamalu's 40-yard interception return for a touchdown put away the Ravens in the AFC Championship Game and sent Pittsburgh to Super Bowl XLIII.",
   "link": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2008_Pittsburgh_Steelers_season"
  },
  {
   "title": "Harrison's 100 yards and Holmes' toe-tap",
   "when": "February 1, 2009",
   "text": "Two of the greatest plays in Super Bowl history came in one game: James Harrison's goal-line interception returned the length of the field, and Santonio Holmes' tiptoe catch in the corner of the end zone with 35 seconds left.",
   "link": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Super_Bowl_XLIII"
  },
  {
   "title": "The Immaculate Extension",
   "when": "December 25, 2016",
   "text": "With seconds left against Baltimore, Antonio Brown caught a short pass, spun and stretched the ball over the goal line. The 31–27 win clinched the AFC North.",
   "link": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2016_Pittsburgh_Steelers_season"
  },
  {
   "title": "Watt ties the sack record",
   "when": "2021",
   "text": "T.J. Watt matched the NFL single-season mark with 22.5 sacks and won Defensive Player of the Year.",
   "link": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/T._J._Watt"
  }
 ],
 "rivals_note": "Head-to-head records since 1999 come from nflverse schedules (CC-BY 4.0), regular season and playoffs, through the 2025 season. Playoff records are all-time, from the season-by-season table.",
 "rivals": [
  {
   "team": "Baltimore Ravens",
   "since1999": "33–26",
   "playoffs": "3–2",
   "text": "The modern hate-filled rivalry: low scores, big hits and division titles on the line. Pittsburgh beat Baltimore in the 2008 AFC Championship on the way to a sixth title.",
   "link": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ravens–Steelers_rivalry"
  },
  {
   "team": "Cleveland Browns",
   "since1999": "42–13–1",
   "playoffs": "2–1",
   "text": "The Turnpike Rivalry dates to 1950. Cleveland ruled the early years; Pittsburgh has dominated since the Browns returned in 1999, though Cleveland won the 2020 Wild Card meeting.",
   "link": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Browns–Steelers_rivalry"
  },
  {
   "team": "Cincinnati Bengals",
   "since1999": "40–16",
   "playoffs": "2–0",
   "text": "A division fight since 1970, featuring the 2005 Wild Card win that started the Super Bowl XL run and the chaotic 18–16 Wild Card win in January 2016.",
   "link": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bengals–Steelers_rivalry"
  },
  {
   "team": "Las Vegas Raiders",
   "since1999": "8–7",
   "playoffs": "3–3",
   "text": "The defining rivalry of the 1970s: the Immaculate Reception, and AFC title-game meetings in 1974, 1975 and 1976.",
   "link": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raiders–Steelers_rivalry"
  },
  {
   "team": "New England Patriots",
   "since1999": "5–14",
   "playoffs": "1–4",
   "text": "The Brady–Belichick Patriots beat Pittsburgh in the AFC Championship Game after the 2001, 2004 and 2016 seasons.",
   "link": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patriots–Steelers_rivalry"
  },
  {
   "team": "Dallas Cowboys",
   "since1999": "3–3",
   "playoffs": "2–1 (Super Bowls)",
   "text": "The most-played Super Bowl matchup ever: Pittsburgh won X and XIII, Dallas won XXX.",
   "link": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cowboys–Steelers_rivalry"
  }
 ]
}