Super Bowl XL
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| date | February 5, 2006 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Stadion | Ford Field | ||||||||||||||||||
| city | Detroit | ||||||||||||||||||
| MVP | Hines Ward , wide receiver | ||||||||||||||||||
| favourite | Steelers with 4 | ||||||||||||||||||
| National anthem | Aaron Neville , Aretha Franklin and Dr. John | ||||||||||||||||||
| coin toss | Tom Brady as a representative of past Super Bowl MVPs | ||||||||||||||||||
| Referee | Bill Leavy | ||||||||||||||||||
| Halftime show | The Rolling Stones | ||||||||||||||||||
| Number of visitors | 68.206 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Television broadcast | |||||||||||||||||||
| Network | ABC | ||||||||||||||||||
| Germany | Premiere , the first | ||||||||||||||||||
| Commentators | Al Michaels and John Madden | ||||||||||||||||||
| Commentators (Germany) | Sebastian Hellmann , Günter Zapf | ||||||||||||||||||
| Nielsen Ratings | 41.6 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Market share | 62 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Audience rating (Germany) | unknown | ||||||||||||||||||
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Audience (14 to 49 year olds) |
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| Commercial price | 2.5 million US dollars | ||||||||||||||||||
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| ‹ Super Bowl XXXIX | Super Bowl XLI › | ||||||||||||||||||
The Super Bowl XL was the 40th Super Bowl , the final of the 2005 season of the National Football League (NFL) in American football . On February 5, 2006, the Seattle Seahawks (13: 3) and the Pittsburgh Steelers (11: 5) faced each other at Ford Field in Detroit , Michigan . The Steelers were considered favorites because they had the worse season and only the sixth and lowest seeding rank, but then prevailed in three away games.
The winner was the Pittsburgh Steelers with a final score of 21:10, it was their fifth triumph in the sixth Super Bowl participation.
The Pittsburgh Steelers' Antwaan Randle El became the first wide receiver to throw a touchdown pass in a Super Bowl . Another wide receiver of the Steelers was chosen for the Super Bowl MVP with Hines Ward .
The way to the Super Bowl
Regular season
Seeding list for the play-offs
| Play-off seeding list | ||
| position | AFC | NFC |
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| 1 | Indianapolis Colts ( South Winner) | Seattle Seahawks ( West Winner) |
| 2 | Denver Broncos ( West Winner) | Chicago Bears ( North Winner) |
| 3 | Cincinnati Bengals ( North Winner) | Tampa Bay Buccaneers ( South Winner) |
| 4th | New England Patriots ( East Winner) | New York Giants ( East Winner) |
| 5 | Jacksonville Jaguars | Carolina Panthers |
| 6th | Pittsburgh Steelers | Washington Redskins |
Play-offs
The play-offs began on January 7th and ran through January 22, 2006. The New England Patriots as last year's winner were eliminated in the Divisional Playoff and the Pittsburgh Steelers won their 5th Super Bowl.
| Wild Card Round | Divisional Round | Conference Championships | Super bowl | |||||||||||||||
| January 7th - Gillette Stadium | January 14th - Invesco Field | |||||||||||||||||
| 2 | Denver | 27 | ||||||||||||||||
| 4th | New England | 28 | January 22nd - Invesco Field | |||||||||||||||
| 4th | New England | 13 | ||||||||||||||||
| 5 | Jacksonville | 3 | ||||||||||||||||
| January 15th - RCA Dome | ||||||||||||||||||
| 2 | Denver | 17th | ||||||||||||||||
| AFC | ||||||||||||||||||
| 6th | Pittsburgh | 34 | ||||||||||||||||
| January 8 - Paul Brown Stadium | ||||||||||||||||||
| AFC Championship | ||||||||||||||||||
| 1 | Indianapolis | 18th | ||||||||||||||||
| 3 | Cincinnati | 17th | February 5 - Ford Field | |||||||||||||||
| 6th | Pittsburgh | 21st | ||||||||||||||||
| 6th | Pittsburgh | 31 | ||||||||||||||||
| January 14th - Qwest Field | ||||||||||||||||||
| January 7th - Raymond James Stadium | A6 | Pittsburgh | 21st | |||||||||||||||
| N1 | Seattle | 10 | ||||||||||||||||
| Super Bowl XL | ||||||||||||||||||
| 1 | Seattle | 20th | ||||||||||||||||
| 3 | Tampa Bay | 10 | January 22nd - Qwest Field | |||||||||||||||
| 6th | Washington | 10 | ||||||||||||||||
| 6th | Washington | 17th | ||||||||||||||||
| January 15 - Soldier Field | ||||||||||||||||||
| 1 | Seattle | 34 | ||||||||||||||||
| NFC | ||||||||||||||||||
| 5 | Carolina | 14th | ||||||||||||||||
| January 8 - Giants Stadium | ||||||||||||||||||
| NFC Championship | ||||||||||||||||||
| 2 | Chicago | 21st | ||||||||||||||||
| 4th | NY Giants | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
| 5 | Carolina | 29 | ||||||||||||||||
| 5 | Carolina | 23 | ||||||||||||||||
game
Starting grid
| Pittsburgh | position | Seattle |
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| Offense | ||
| Antwaan Randle El | WR | Bobby Engram |
| Marvel Smith | LT | Walter Jones |
| Alan Faneca | LG | Steve Hutchinson |
| Jeff Hartings | C. | Robbie Tobeck |
| Kendall Simmons | RG | Chris Gray |
| Max Starks | RT | Sean Locklear |
| Heath Miller | TE | Jerramy Stevens |
| Hines Ward | WR | Darrell Jackson |
| Willie Parker | RB | Shaun Alexander |
| Dan Kreider | FB | Mack Strong |
| Ben Roethlisberger | QB | Matt Hasselbeck |
| Defense | ||
| Aaron Smith | LE | Bryce Fisher |
| Casey Hampton | NT / LDT | Chartric Darby |
| Kimo from Oelhoffen | RE / RDT | Rocky Bernard |
| Clark Haggans | LOLB / RE | Grant Wistrom |
| James Farrior | LILB / LOLB | Leroy Hill |
| Larry Foote | RILB / MLB | Lofa Tatupu |
| Joey Porter | ROLB | DD Lewis |
| Ike Taylor | LCB | Andre Dyson |
| Deshea Townsend | RCB | Marcus Trufant |
| Troy Polamalu | SS | Michael Boulware |
| Chris Hope | FS | Marquand Manuel |
