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Steelers to wear throwback jerseys in honor of Super Bowl IX 50th anniversary

In Week 7 against the New York Jets, the Pittsburgh Steelers will wear throwback uniforms inspired by their Super Bowl IX win in the 1974 season.

The Pittsburgh Steelers will wear throwback jerseys, inspired by their Super Bowl victory 50 years ago, against the New York Jets in Week 7. Super Bowl IX holds a special place in the hearts of all Pittsburgh fans because it was when the Pittsburgh Steelers earned their first Lombardi Trophy, kicking off a journey to become arguably the greatest NFL franchise of all time. 

The 1974 season not only resulted in winning the greatest trophy in all of professional football, but it was also responsible for perhaps the greatest draft class in Pittsburgh sports history, producing five Pro Football Hall of Famers: WR Lynn Swann, LB Jack Lambert, WR John Stallworth, C Mike Webster and SS Donnie Shell. 

In that Super Bowl, played at Tulane Stadium in New Orleans on Jan. 12, 1975, the Steelers defeated the Minnesota Vikings 16-6. Pittsburgh’s Steel Curtain defense held quarterback Fran Tarkenton and the Vikings to 119 total yards, which is still a Super Bowl record low.

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The beloved block-number-style jerseys are coming back in Week 7, and along with the classic look, gray face masks will also return, which were part of the iconic look of this phenomenal team. The Steelers will look to dominate the Jets in classic Steel Curtain fashion, not only to improve their record to 5-2 on the season but to perform at a level the 1974 Steelers would be proud of.

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June 4, 1974: The date the NFL awards Seattle a franchise

The Seahawks recently celebrated a birthday (of sorts) – June 4, 1974, the date the National Football League awarded the city a franchise.

June 4 is a day Seattle Seahawks fans everywhere should celebrate, or at least crack open a beer to say cheers, as it is a sort-of birthday for the team.

On June 4, 1974, the National Football League awarded the City of Seattle its 28th franchise, which would have its inaugural season in 1976. The news of professional football coming to Seattle was the culmination of several years worth of work trying to acquire a team, dating back to even the late 1950s.

What was once a long-held desire soon appeared to be within grasp, thanks to the 1970 NFL-AFL merger which was looking to expand the league. With the possibility of acquiring a team seeming to be growing, Seattle businesses and community leaders worked tirelessly in the early 1970s to ensure this would finally become a reality.

Their hard work paid off on June 4, 1974. The NFL was finally coming to the Pacific Northwest, and the league hasn’t looked back since.

Of course, the iconic nickname of the team didn’t come into fruition until the following year, when out of 20,000+ entries in a public naming competition, the name “Seahawks” was selected.

Despite considerable struggles in the late 1980s and throughout the 1990s, the Seahawks in the 21st century have become one of the league’s more consistent, and most recognizable franchises. Of course, all the success the team – and 12th Man – has enjoyed in recent years wouldn’t have been possible without the hard work in the ’70s to convince the NFL to come to the Emerald City in the first place.

From all of us at the SeahawksWire team, cheers to June 4!

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