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For the first time since Super Bowl XVII in Super Bowl prospects, the leading 2 defenses in pro football will be meeting.



The Steelers were first in pro football in fewest points granted whereas the Packers were second. The Packers are 2-point favorites in Super Bowl gambling at SBG with the total listed at 44.5.

Super Bowl XVII between Washington and Miami matched up the leading 2 defenses in pro football and the total on the game in Super Bowl prospects was listed at 36.5. It flew over that number as Washington won 27-17. It is unusual in sports when the leading 2 defenses actually meet. The most recent time it occurred in baseball was in the 1995 World Series when the Atlanta Braves defeat the Cleveland Indians. The Braves had an amazing pitching staff that year that included Greg Maddux, John Smoltz and Tom Glavine. In hockey you have to go back to 1999 when the Sabres and Dallas Stars met for the Stanley Cup. The Sabres headed the nfl in goals vs whereas the Stars were second and it was Dallas who won the Cup. You do not have to go pretty as far back in the nba as it occurred in the 2005 NBA Finals when Detroit met San Antonio. The Detroit Pistons had the leading ranked defense whereas the Spurs were number 2. That series went 7 games with the Spurs in the long run profitable.

Sixth Seed
Green Bay is only the second #6 seed ever to make it to the Super Bowl and the first from the NFC. The only other #6 seed ironically enough was the Steelers who in 2005 won their 3 road games and in the long run the Super Bowl. Clubs that only sneak into the playoffs typically do not do well. Pro basketball has only had one #8 seed ever make the nba Finals and the Knicks were dispatched in 1999 by the Spurs. The Edmonton Oilers made the Stanley Cup Final as a #8 seed in 2006 but lost in the Finals to Carolina.

Last Meeting
You may have forgotten the most recent time that the Steelers and Packers performed but it was a unforgettable game. They performed in December of 2009 in an amazing game that featured 886 passing yards. Pittsburgh quarterback Ben Roethlisberger threw for 503 yards whereas Aaron Rodgers threw for 383. It was the top combined passing yards ever in Football history in a match that had no picks. The teams combined for 35 points in the 4th quarter alone and Pittsburgh won 37-36 on a last second TD from Roethlisberger to Mike Wallace.


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