Super Bowl: The Pittsburgh Steelers won their first Super Bowl since 1980 and became the leading joint all-time winners by beating the Seattle Seahawks 21-10 in Detroit in the early hours this morning.
Willie Parker scored on a 75-yard run early in the third quarter and Antwaan Randle El hit fellow wide receiver Hines Ward with a 43-yard touchdown pass with 8minutes 56seconds left in the fourth quarter to lead the Steelers to their fifth Super Bowl title.
Seattle's Mike Holmgren was trying to become the first coach to win a Super Bowl with two different franchises after guiding the Green Bay Packers to the Championship after the 1996 season.
But instead Bill Cowher, the longest-serving active coach in the NFL, won a Super Bowl in his 14th season with the Steelers. His only previous trip to a Super Bowl was 10 years ago - a 27-17 loss to Dallas.
Jerome Bettis, the fifth all-time leading rusher in NFL history, played perhaps the final game of his 13-year career in a Super Bowl in his hometown but was not much of a factor.
Meanwhile Parker, the team's best breakaway back, set a Super Bowl record with his 75-yard run, giving the Steelers a 14-3 lead 22 seconds into the third quarter. Parker's run eclipsed Marcus Allen's 74-yard touchdown run in Super Bowl XVIII for the Los Angeles Raiders against Washington.
And Ben Roethlisberger became the youngest quarterback to win a Super Bowl at 23 years 11 months but only managed a run for a touchdown. Randle El threw the only scoring pass for the Steelers, connecting with Ward after taking a hand-off from Parker on a reverse.
Ward finished with five catches for 123 yards and was named Super Bowl MVP (Most Valuable Player).
The Steelers tied San Francisco and Dallas for the most Super Bowl wins with five after winning four in a six-year span of the 1970s under coach Chuck Noll.
The Seahawks were in the Super Bowl for the first time in their 30-year history.