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2000s: Jim Trotter's Top 10 NFL Games

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Steelers 27, Cardinals 23

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Super Bowl XLIII; Feb. 1, 2009

Steelers 27, Cardinals 23
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This one had it all: great players, great plays and so much drama that you thought twice before running to the bathroom. Steelers linebacker James Harrison punctuated his Defensive Player of the Year season by returning an interception 100 yards for a TD to end the first half, and Cardinals wideout Larry Fitzgerald scored twice in the fourth quarter to establish receiving records for catches (30), yards (546) and touchdowns (seven) in a single postseason. His 64-yard catch-and-run with 2:37 to play gave the Cardinals their first lead at 23-20, but Steelers wideout Santonio Holmes stole the MVP award by snaring a 6-yard touchdown pass from Ben Roethlisberger with 35 seconds to play. It is our game of the decade.
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