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Re-Live The Game

Backstory meets modern day

By NFL Films

The meeting of two historic NFL franchises with contrasting identities made for compelling drama in Super Bowl XLIII.

The Arizona Cardinals, who hadn't won a title since 1947, made an improbable and suspenseful playoff run. These long-time losers, suddenly resilient and resourceful, were looking to become pro football's Slumdog Millionaires. The Pittsburgh Steelers, hoping to win an unprecedented sixth Super Bowl championship, were on a quest to become the league's Lords of the Rings.

The backstories of these two teams couldn't be more different -- except for the one season when they were similar. In 1944, the Cardinals and Steelers were financially strapped franchises struggling to survive during World War II. More ...

Steelers 27, Cardinals 23

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Game capsule

Steelers win sixth Super Bowl

The winning play in Super Bowl XLIII was right out of a schoolyard.

Scramble right, scramble left, find someone open.

The perfect unscripted ending to a game of improbable swings.

Their Steel Curtain shredded, Ben Roethlisberger and Santonio Holmes improvised the 6-yard touchdown pass with 35 seconds left to give the Pittsburgh Steelers a record-setting sixth Super Bowl victory, 27-23 over the Arizona Cardinals. More ...

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