1970 Pittsburgh Steelers season | |
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Owner | Art Rooney |
Head coach | Chuck Noll |
Home field | Three Rivers Stadium |
Results | |
Record | 5–9 |
Division place | 3rd AFC Central |
Playoff finish | Did not qualify |
Pro Bowlers | 2 |
AP All-Pros | None |
Team MVP | Mean Joe Greene |
The 1970 Pittsburgh Steelers season was the franchise's 38th in the National Football League. They improved from a league-worst 1–13 record the previous year, finishing with a 5–9 record and third place in the newly formed AFC Central. The Steelers began the decade in a new conference and a new stadium with a new quarterback. After nearly 40 years in the NFL they shifted to the AFC, to complete the merger between the NFL and AFL. It was the NFL’s weakest division that season, as the Steelers finished three games behind the first place Cincinnati Bengals — a team that was only in its third year of existence.