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Super Bowl XL was contested by the Pittsburgh Steelers and the Seattle Seahawks, with the Steelers finally coming out on top 21-10. Pittsburgh struggled in the first twenty minutes, unable to get going and depite taking that long to get their first 'first down' they went in at the half leading 7-3.

The Seahawks, who led the NFL in scoring during the regular season, could muster only one touchdown in the final game and missed two long field goals, even though they dominated most of the first half. Yet the Seahawks could not cash in their dominance for points. They should perhaps have been given a touchdown that was ruled out on a penalty flag - but did not really play well enough to deserve victory on that basis alone.

The Steeler's Super Bowl champion status is all the more incredible when you think they nearly missed the playoffs completeley, after a three game losing streak took them down to 7-5. But the Steelers rallied to win their last four regular season games to scrape into the post season as the sixth and final seed in the AFC. Pittsburgh won three playoff games on the road, a feat never before accomplished.

Strangely Shaun Alexander and Jerome Bettis were subdued for much of the game and ultimately it was big plays by 'Fast' Willie Parker, Hines Ward and Ben Roethlisberger himself that killed off the Seahawks.

So Seattle fail to win a Super Bowl. But they are in good company - these teams (at time of writing) have still not won a Super Bowl:

Buffalo Bills, Cincinnati Bengals, Cleveland Browns, Houston Texans, Jacksonville Jaguars, Tennessee Titans, San Diego Chargers, Philadelphia Eagles, Detroit Lions, Minnesota Vikings, Atlanta Falcons, Carolina Panthers, New Orleans Saints, Arizona Cardinals, and the Seattle Seahawks.

There are also six teams who still have not been to a Super Bowl final:

Cleveland Browns, Detroit Lions, Houston Texans, Jacksonville Jaguars, New Orleans Saints and Arizona Cardinals.

Here is a table of past winners:

No.	Year	Winner	Opponent	Score	City
XL	2006	Pittsburgh Steelers	Seattle Seahawks	21-10	Detroit, MI
XXXIX	2005	New England Patriots	Philadelphia Eagles	24-21	Jacksonville, FL
XXXVIII	2004	New England Patriots	Carolina Panthers	32-29	Houston, TX
XXXVII	2003	Tampa Bay Buccaneers	Oakland Raiders	48-21	San Diego, CA
XXXVI	2002	New England Patriots	St. Louis Rams	20-17	New Orleans, LA
XXXV	2001	Baltimore Ravens	New York Giants	34-7	Tampa, FL
XXXIV	2000	St. Louis Rams	Tennessee Titans	23-16	Atlanta, GA
XXXIII	1999	Denver Broncos	Atlanta Falcons	34-19	Miami, FL
XXXII	1998	Denver Broncos	Green Bay Packers	31-24	San Diego, CA
XXXI	1997	Green Bay Packers	New England Patriots	35-21	New Orleans, LA
XXX	1996	Dallas Cowboys	Pittsburgh Steelers	27-17	Tempe, AZ
XXIX	1995	San Francisco 49ers	San Diego Chargers	49-26	Miami, FL
XXVIII	1994	Dallas Cowboys	Buffalo Bills	30-13	Atlanta, GA
XXVII	1993	Dallas Cowboys	Buffalo Bills	52-17	Pasadena, CA
XXVI	1992	Washington Redskins	Buffalo Bills	37-24	Minneapolis, MN
XXV	1991	New York Giants	Buffalo Bills	20-19	Tampa, FL
XXIV	1990	San Francisco 49ers	Denver Broncos	55-10	New Orleans, LA
XXIII	1989	San Francisco 49ers	Cincinnati Bengals	20-16	Miami, FL
XXII	1988	Washington Redskins	Denver Broncos	42-10	San Diego, CA
XXI	1987	New York Giants	Denver Broncos	39-20	Pasadena, CA
XX	1986	Chicago Bears	New England Patriots	46-10	New Orleans, LA
XIX	1985	San Francisco 49ers	Miami Dolphins	38-16	Stanford, CA
XVIII	1984	LA Raiders	Washington Redskins	38-9	Tampa, FL
XVII	1983	Washington Redskins	Miami Dolphins	27-17	Pasadena, CA
XVI	1982	San Francisco 49ers	Cincinnati Bengals	26-21	Pontiac, MI
XV	1981	Oakland Raiders	Philadelphia Eagles	27-10	New Orleans, LA
XIV	1980	Pittsburgh Steelers	Los Angeles Rams	31-19	Pasadena, CA
XIII	1979	Pittsburgh Steelers	Dallas Cowboys	35-31	Miami, FL
XII	1978	Dallas Cowboys	Denver Broncos	27-10	New Orleans, LA
XI	1977	Oakland Raiders	Minnesota Vikings	32-14	Pasadena, CA
X	1976	Pittsburgh Steelers	Dallas Cowboys	21-17	Miami, FL
IX	1975	Pittsburgh Steelers	Minnesota Vikings	16-6	New Orleans, LA
VIII	1974	Miami Dolphins	Minnesota Vikings	24-7	Houston, TX
VII	1973	Miami Dolphins	Washington Redskins	14-7	Los Angeles, CA
VI	1972	Dallas Cowboys	Miami Dolphins	24-3	New Orleans, LA
V	1971	Baltimore Colts	Dallas Cowboys	16-13	Miami, FL
IV	1970	Kansas City Chiefs	Minnesota Vikings	23-7	New Orleans, LA
III	1969	New York Jets	Baltimore Colts	16-7	Miami, FL
II	1968	Green Bay Packers	Oakland Raiders	33-14	Miami, FL
I	1967	Green Bay Packers	Kansas City Chiefs	35-10	Los Angeles, CA

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