<Li> The Raiders--Steelers rivalry was one of the most heated of the 1970s and early to mid-1980s . The Steelers' first playoff win was a 13--7 victory over the Raiders by way of Franco Harris's Immaculate Reception on December 23, 1972 . The wild card Pittsburgh football team was knocked out of the playoffs the following year by the Raiders in the 1973 AFC Divisional round 33--14, but fired back with two straight AFC Championships in 1974 24--13 and 1975 16--10 over Oakland . Oakland responded with a victory over Pittsburgh in the 1976 AFC Championship game 24--7 (the third consecutive AFC title game between the two teams), but not before Chuck Noll referred to Oakland's George Atkinson as part of the NFL's "criminal element" after his alleged cheap - shot on Lynn Swann during a regular - season matchup . Atkinson and the Raiders later filed a defamation of character lawsuit against Noll, but lost . Following the 1983 regular season, the Los Angeles Raiders defeated the Steelers 38--10 in the AFC Divisional round which turned out to be the last NFL game for Steeler Pro Football Hall of Fame quarterback Terry Bradshaw who did not play due to injury . While the rivalry has dissipated over the years (mostly due to Oakland's decline after 2002), the teams have had notable games against each other including an upset Steelers victory towards the end of the 2000 season to prevent the Raiders from obtaining homefield advantage in the playoffs, and an upset Raiders victory in week 8 of the 2006 NFL season (20--13), which helped cost the Steelers a playoff berth; three years later another Raiders upset took place . In Week 13, the game lead changed five times on five touchdowns in the fourth quarter; Bruce Gradkowski's third touchdown of the quarter won it with nine seconds to go, and the 27--24 loss cost the Steelers another playoff run . The teams met at Pittsburgh in 2010, where the Steelers blew out the Raiders 35--3, and ended their 3 - game winning streak; the game was further notable for a punch thrown by Richard Seymour of the Raiders against Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger . The Raiders then hosted the Steelers in 2012 and erased a 31--21 gap to win 34--31 . The two clubs met again in 2013 and the Raiders won again, 21--18 . The Steelers trail the all - time series 14--12 (11--9 in regular season). </Li> <Li> The Cowboys--Steelers rivalry started with the Cowboys' first game as a franchise in 1960 (against the Steelers) at the Cotton Bowl with the Steelers coming away with a 35--28 victory . These teams hold a record for the most times (three) that two teams have met in a Super Bowl . The first two times the favored Steelers and Cowboys met came with Pittsburgh victories in the Orange Bowl Super Bowl X 21--17 and Super Bowl XIII 35--31 . The Cowboys never won a regular season game in the Orange Bowl and lost three Super Bowl games (once to the Baltimore Colts and twice to the Steelers). Between the Cowboys and Steelers, Super Bowl XIII had the greatest number of future Pro Football Hall of Fame players participating, which as of 2010 numbered 20--14 players and six coaches / front office, including Ernie Stautner, defensive coordinator for the Cowboys who was a HoF defensive tackle for the Steelers . The teams featured an all - star matchup at quarterback between the Steelers' Terry Bradshaw and the Cowboys' Roger Staubach, both of whom are in the Hall of Fame . In 1977, Staubach and the Cowboys won Super Bowl XII, their second and last loss of their season being inflicted by Bradshaw and the Steelers, 28--13 at Three Rivers Stadium in November . In 1979, Staubach's final season, the two defending conference champs met again at Three Rivers, the Steelers winning 14--3 en route to winning their fourth Super Bowl title . The Steelers won six of eight meetings during the 1970s and 80s, before the Cowboys won all four meetings during the 1990s, including the teams' record third Super Bowl meeting in 1996, as this time the heavily favored Cowboys beat the Steelers 27--17 . Dallas cornerback Larry Brown intercepted Pittsburgh quarterback Neil O'Donnell twice and was named the game's MVP . The teams' first two meetings of the 21st century (2004 and 2008) were won by the Steelers, including a come from behind victory December 7, 2008 in Pittsburgh, when the Steelers drove the length of the field to tie the game 13--13, then cornerback Deshea Townsend returned an intercepted pass from Tony Romo for the game's final score, Steelers 20, Cowboys 13 . The Cowboys won on December 16, 2012, at Cowboys Stadium by a 27--24 margin in overtime and won 35 - 30 at Heinz Field on November 13, 2016 . The all - time series is led by the Dallas Cowboys, 17--15 . The Pittsburgh / Dallas rivalry served as a backdrop to the 1977 film Black Sunday, parts of which were filmed during Super Bowl X . </Li> <Li> The Denver Broncos in 2011 broke a tie with the Oakland Raiders for the most playoff meetings versus the Steelers and added yet another meeting in 2015 (the Broncos have met Pittsburgh eight times to Oakland's six). The rivalry dates from 1970, but the first notable contest came in 1973, when Denver dealt Pittsburgh its first regular - season defeat at Three Rivers Stadium, 23--13 . The following year, they met in the NFL's first regular - season overtime game, which ended in a 35--35 tie . Denver's first playoff game had them hosting the Steelers in the 1977 divisional round; the Broncos won 34--21 . The following year, the Steelers hosted and defeated Denver 33--10 in the divisional round . Their next playoff matchup was the 1984 divisional round in Mile High Stadium; the Steelers pulled the upset 24--17 . They nearly pulled the upset again 5 years later in Denver, but the Broncos prevailed in the divisional playoff, 24--23 . In 1997, they met in Pittsburgh for the AFC Championship Game, where Denver squeaked out at 24--21 win . Eight years later, the Steelers went to the Super Bowl by beating Denver 34--17 in Colorado, only to have their campaign to repeat as AFC Champions dashed in Denver after a stunning overtime upset by the Tim Tebow lead Broncos in January 2012 . The following September the Steelers were defeated in Denver 31--19 in Peyton Manning's debut as Broncos quarterback . The two clubs met twice in 2015, as the Steelers defeated the Broncos in the regular season but fell in the Divisional Round of the AFC playoffs; Denver presently leads the series 19--11--1, including 5--3 in the playoffs . Neither team has beaten the other more than three times in a row . </Li> <Li> The New England Patriots emerged as a prominent rivalry in league circles when the Patriots upset the Steelers in the 2001 AFC Championship Game at Heinz Field, though the two teams had met in the postseason twice before--the Patriots defeated the Steelers in 1996 28 - 3 while the Steelers won 7 - 6 in 1997; both times the Patriots fielded players in Ty Law and Curtis Martin with Pittsburgh - area roots; Martin's final game with the Patriots was in the 1997 playoffs before he departed to the rival New York Jets . Following the 2001 AFC title upset the Patriots defeated the Steelers 30 - 14 at the start of the 2002 season . Pittsburgh did not exact revenge for the two losses until ending the Patriots record - setting 21 - game winning streak in week 6 of the 2004 NFL season . Later that season, the Steelers lost to the eventual champion Patriots in the AFC Championship game after a 15--1 season . The Patriots won six of seven meetings over a ten - year period (1998--2007) before the Steelers broke through with a 33--10 victory at Foxborough in 2008, after Matt Cassel had turned the ball over five times . The Steelers lead the all - time regular season series, 13--8 . The Patriots in 2013 then made history by becoming the first opponent to score 55 points on the Steelers, winning 55--31 . The Patriots won again in 2015 (28 - 21) and 2016's regular season (27 - 16) and then won 36 - 17 in the 2016 AFC Championship Game . In the postseason, the Patriots have outscored the Steelers 135 points to 75, with the Patriots maintaining a 4--1 record . The only other franchises with winning AFC playoff records against Steelers include the Miami Dolphins (2--1, both wins in the AFC Championship), the San Diego Chargers (2--1, all games played in Pittsburgh), the Jacksonville Jaguars (1--0, game at Heinz Field), and the Broncos (5--3). The Steelers have an all - time regular - season record of 14--11 against the Patriots . </Li>

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