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COVERS: Blitzing the Coverage
Steve Aquino
August 23, 2007
FROM MEAN JOE TO BIG BEN, THE STEELERS HAVE GRACED SI'S FRONT PAGE MORE THAN 30 TIMES
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August 23, 2007

Covers: Blitzing The Coverage

FROM MEAN JOE TO BIG BEN, THE STEELERS HAVE GRACED SI'S FRONT PAGE MORE THAN 30 TIMES

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OCTOBER 11, 1971
Defensive tackle Joe Greene was just coming into the form that would earn him All-NFL honors five times.

JULY 29, 1974
Pittsburgh would win a title in Terry Bradshaw's fifth year.

SEPTEMBER 23, 1974
Joe Gilliam was the first black QB to start a season opener.

JANUARY 6, 1975
Franco Harris led the Steelers to their first Super Bowl.

JANUARY 20, 1975
Bradshaw's pass to Larry Brown sealed Super Bowl IX.

JUNE 9, 1975
Bullet and shrapnel wounds-couldn't stop Rocky Bleier.

SEPTEMBER 22, 1975
Greene won two Defensive Player of the Year awards.

JANUARY 12, 1976
Harris and the Steel Curtain again stymied the Raiders.

JANUARY 26, 1976
After being knocked out of the AFC title game, Lynn Swann caught four passes for 161 yards and was named Super Bowl MVP.

DECEMBER 6, 1976
Bleier rushed for more than 1,000 yards as the '76 Steelers won their final nine games and a division title.

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