1974 Pittsburgh Steelers season

1974 Pittsburgh Steelers season
1974 Pittsburgh Steelers season
Owner	Art Rooney
General manager	Daniel M. Rooney
Head coach	Chuck Noll
Home field	Three Rivers Stadium
Results
Record	10–3–1
Division place	1st AFC Central
Playoff finish	Won Divisional Playoffs; (vs. Bills) 32–14; Won AFC Championship; (at Raiders) 24–13; Won Super Bowl IX; (vs. Vikings) 16–6
Pro Bowlers	6 PK Roy Gerela; DT Joe Greene; DE L. C. Greenwood; LB Jack Ham; RB Franco Harris; LB Andy Russell;
AP All-Pros	4 Joe Greene (1st team); L. C. Greenwood (1st team); Jack Ham (1st team); Roy Gerela (2nd team);
Team MVP	Glen Edwards
Team ROY	Jack Lambert
	← 1973; Steelers seasons; 1975 →;

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The 1974 Pittsburgh Steelers season was the franchise's 42nd in the National Football League (NFL). They improved to a 10–3–1 regular-season record, won the AFC Central division title, sending them to the playoffs for the third consecutive season, and won a Super Bowl championship, the first league title in Steelers' history. This was the first of six consecutive AFC Central division titles for the Steelers, and the first of four Super Bowl championships in the same time period.

The Steelers also made history by playing in the NFL's first-ever regular season overtime game, the league having introduced a 15-minute sudden-death period to break ties. Their Week 2 contest against the Denver Broncos nevertheless ended in a 35–35 tie. As of 2023 no other team has ever won the Super Bowl after recording a tie in the overtime era.

On March 9, 2007, NFL Network aired an episode of America's Game: The Super Bowl Champions that covered the 1974 Pittsburgh Steelers, with team commentary from Franco Harris, Joe Greene, and Andy Russell, and narrated by Ed Harris.