Pittsburgh Steelers
Overview
The Pittsburgh Steelers are a professional football
team based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The team currently belongs to the North Division
of the American Football Conference
(AFC) in the National Football League
(NFL). Founded in , the Steelers are the oldest franchise in the AFC. Pittsburgh has won more Super Bowl
titles (six), won more AFC Championship Game
s (eight) and played in (fifteen) and hosted more (eleven) conference championship games than any other AFC or NFC team.
American football
American football is a sport played between two teams of eleven with the objective of scoring points by advancing the ball into the opposing team's end zone. Known in the United States simply as football, it may also be referred to informally as gridiron football. The ball can be advanced by...
team based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The team currently belongs to the North Division
AFC North
The American Football Conference North Division, or AFC North, is a division of the National Football League's American Football Conference. It was created prior to the 1967 season as the NFL Century Division when the NFL split into four divisions...
of the American Football Conference
American Football Conference
The American Football Conference is one of the two conferences of the National Football League . This conference and its counterpart, the National Football Conference , currently contain 16 teams each, making up the 32 teams of the NFL....
(AFC) in the National Football League
National Football League
The National Football League is the highest level of professional American football in the United States, and is considered the top professional American football league in the world. It was formed by eleven teams in 1920 as the American Professional Football Association, with the league changing...
(NFL). Founded in , the Steelers are the oldest franchise in the AFC. Pittsburgh has won more Super Bowl
Super Bowl
The Super Bowl is the championship game of the National Football League , the highest level of professional American football in the United States, culminating a season that begins in the late summer of the previous calendar year. The Super Bowl uses Roman numerals to identify each game, rather...
titles (six), won more AFC Championship Game
AFC Championship Game
The American Football Conference Championship Game is one of the two final playoff matches of the National Football League, the largest professional American football league in the United States. The game is played on the penultimate Sunday in January and determines the champion of the American...
s (eight) and played in (fifteen) and hosted more (eleven) conference championship games than any other AFC or NFC team.