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Podcast: Steel Curtain Network: A Pittsburgh Steelers podcast
Episode: The Steelers Retro Show: An appropriately named Wild Card to close out the decade in the House of Pain
Description: With the Steelers hosting Houston this weekend for a Wild Card matchup, it’s only fitting to go back in time and rebroadcast a Retro Show in which the Steelers were in a similar situation.
The 1989 Steelers started out the season in a terrible way. They lost to the Browns and Bengals by a combined score of 92-10 to open the season. But Chuck Noll’s team rebounded to finish at 9-7 and squeak into the playoffs only to have to face their arch-nemesis, Houston, in the Wild Card. Many thought the Steelers would easily go 0-3 agai...