Pregame Blog: Steelers vs. Colts

Teresa Varley

A ace celebration:The Steelers volition celebrated the 20th day of Super Bowl XL astatine halftime of today's game.

Players and coaches from the squad that defeated the Seattle Seahawks volition beryllium connected manus for halftime celebration, that is portion of the Steelers Alumni Weekend.

It was a imagination season, due to the fact that somehow, someway, the 2005 Steelers managed to crook what could person been a disappointing play into a travel that ended with confetti falling connected them aft winning Super Bowl XL.

The storylines for the 2005 Steelers were plentiful. From having to bounce backmost from a three-game losing streak precocious successful the season, to being connected the roadworthy for the full postseason and past being motivated to get beloved moving backmost Jerome Bettis to the Super Bowl successful his hometown of Detroit, Michigan successful what would beryllium his last NFL season.

It was besides a radical that was arsenic adjacent arsenic tin be, a choky locker country that could beryllium felt by everyone successful the organization, starting archetypal and foremost with Coach Bill Cowher.

"It was special. It was a truly peculiar team," said Cowher. "It mightiness not person been our champion squad during my clip there, but it was our closest team. I deliberation you recognize successful this concern that the chemistry that you person connected the squad is much important than the endowment that you have.

"We had bully players. We had large players. We had a precise peculiar team. They were adjacent to 1 another. They played for 1 another."

To work much astir the Super Bowl XL season,click here.

Twirl the Towel:The Terrible Towel Twirl volition beryllium led by erstwhile Steelers Hall of Famer Alan Faneca arsenic portion of the year-long solemnisation of the 20th Anniversary of Super Bowl XL.

Enter early:Acrisure Stadium Management and the Pittsburgh Steelers are reminding fans to participate the stadium aboriginal to guarantee they volition not miss kickoff.

Fireworks, which volition beryllium presented by Zambelli Fireworks, volition beryllium acceptable disconnected an hr anterior to kickoff and 30 minutes anterior to kickoff to service arsenic reminders for fans to participate Acrisure Stadium truthful they volition not miss each of the pregame activities, including Steelers introductions and kickoff.

Fans are besides being reminded of the mobile ticketing process successful spot astatine Acrisure Stadium. Prior to coming to Acrisure Stadium, fans should:

Save their mobile tickets to the integer wallet connected their smartphone.

Make definite their phones are afloat charged.

Giving back:The assemblage enactment of the crippled volition beryllium the Jasmine Nyree Campus. The Jasmine Nyree Campus is tally by Christy and Joey Porter Sr., calved retired of the passionateness to assistance others similar their daughter, Jasmine, who was calved with Autism. The Jasmine Nyree Campus is simply a multi-service field and assemblage halfway designed to code aggregate needs successful the assemblage including residential services, recreational, educational, and more. The field has respective locations successful California since 2003 and has operated private, for-profit and non-profit acquisition centers for implicit 15 years.C

Mobile Ticketing

Ensure your telephone is afloat charged connected gameday. Download your mobile summons earlier arriving to Acrisure Stadium. Be definite to entree your integer ticket(s) and prevention to your Apple oregon Google Wallet earlier you get astatine Acrisure Stadium.

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Cashless connected Gameday

For your information and convenience, we are limiting the fig of touchpoints betwixt you and our unit members. Acrisure Stadium is simply a cashless venue and recognition and debit cards are inactive accepted, arsenic good arsenic Apple and Google Pay.

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Honoring America:Sloane Simon, Pittsburgh autochthonal and erstwhile contestant connected The Voice, volition execute the National Anthem.

Clear Bag Policy

To supply a safer situation for the nationalist and importantly expedite instrumentality introduction into Acrisure Stadium, the Pittsburgh Steelers volition proceed to enforce the NFL CLEAR BAG POLICY that limits the size and benignant of bags that whitethorn beryllium brought into the stadium.

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Saluting a hero:The U.S. Steel Salute to Heroes recipient is United States Marine Corp First Sergeant Stephen Porter. He completed 5 deployments, including 3 combat tours successful Iraq and Afghanistan and 2 with Marine Expeditionary Units. He was awarded the Purple Heart portion wounded successful enactment during a deployment to Iraq.

Security Screening

You whitethorn locomotion done caller state-of-the-art screening machines astatine definite gates that bash not necessitate the removal of idiosyncratic items (e.g. keys, compartment phones, coats oregon bags). Simply locomotion done the strategy unimpeded.

Pregame Activities

Art Rooney Avenue:Celebrate with Steelers Nation connected Art Rooney Avenue, location to the Steelers Experience, including photograph opportunities, the FedEx Air and Ground Zone, prize giveaways, Hall of Honor Museum display, and more.

Test your velocity astatine the caller 40 Yard Dash connected Art Rooney Ave!

Location: Along the East Side of the stadium

Time: Open 3 hours anterior to kickoff.

Stage AE

Stop by the Official Tailgate Zone of the Pittsburgh Steelers, featuring a unrecorded band, elephantine TVs to ticker highlights and games, nutrient and portion specials and contests.

Location: Along North Shore Drive

Time: Opens 4 hours anterior to kickoff

FedEx Great Hall

Take vantage of photograph opportunities, ticker the unrecorded pregame amusement -Steelers Kickoff, and research the Steelers Pro Shop with entree to concessions each successful the FedEx Great Hall.

Location: Enter done East broadside of Stadium

Time: Pregame Show - 30 minutes anterior to kickoff

Location: Outside of Gate A East connected the southbound extremity of the stadium

Time: Opens 3 hours anterior to kickoff

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Hearing from Legends:A unrecorded Legends Q & A volition instrumentality spot astatine the FedEx Great Hall Stage pregame. Arthur Moats volition big it, with his impermanent Larry Brown.

Gameday Poster Series:Stop by the Steelers Pro Shop to acquisition your Gameday Poster portion supplies last! Each poster is uniquely designed to correspond each of our location games, with a season-long poster disposable that encapsulates the season!

This year, for the 50th Anniversary of the Terrible Towel, determination volition beryllium a season-long poster designed by Brian Dumm.

What's New astatine Acrisure Stadium:With the NFL play here, the Steelers and Acrisure Stadium person breathtaking changes coming for 2025, with plentifulness of enhancements for fans to instrumentality vantage of.

"We are committed to changeless betterment crossed each portion of our business," said Ryan Huzjak, the Steelers Senior Vice President of Business Operations. "By listening to our fans and acting connected their feedback, we're making meaningful changes to heighten their crippled time experience. Our extremity is ne'er to basal still, but to support raising the bar."

One of the archetypal highlights fans volition announcement is simply a 44 x 25-yard shot tract that is present successful spot extracurricular of the stadium, adjacent the Gate A Lawn. The tract volition beryllium utilized arsenic portion of 2026 NFL Draft activities, arsenic good arsenic by the Steelers and University of Pittsburgh connected lawsuit and crippled days.

Fans volition beryllium capable to bask a caller marquee videoboard that has been installed on Art Rooney Avenue, connected the East broadside of the stadium. The committee volition beryllium utilized for graphics and scores connected crippled day, and volition beryllium different constituent successful spot for the 2026 NFL Draft.

For fans who privation to link with the Steelers societal media channels connected crippled day, a caller and upgraded Wi-Fi strategy has been installed done Extreme Networks, featuring much than 1,300 entree points.

Football and nutrient ever spell hand-in-hand, and Acrisure Stadium is making definite fans person plentifulness of options. New concessions person been added to precocious East sections 506 and 516, and precocious West sections 529 and 534. Among the offerings are pulled pork nachos, featuring caller jalapenos and cilantro lime crema. Fans successful the UPMC Club and the West Club tin entree Steel City Markets, which features crippled time classics specified arsenic blistery dogs, nachos, brushed pretzels, beer, soda and h2o with a self-checkout feature. In addition, caller Pick 6 Sammies are located successful the UPMC Club (209) and West Club (233) and see chef-crafted, premium sandwiches.

There are plentifulness of othernew and breathtaking features astatine Acrisure Stadium, arsenic good arsenic immoderate returning favourite features.

Below is simply a afloat rundown of the remaining features courtesy of Acrisure Stadium:

FEATURED DESTINATIONS

During the offseason, an authoritative 2026 NFL Draft Countdown Clock was installed connected the North Shore Great Lawn. The eye-catching operation marks the days until 1 of the astir anticipated events successful nonrecreational sports, which is acceptable to bring hundreds of thousands of fans to Pittsburgh adjacent April. The countdown timepiece serves arsenic some a ocular awesome of Pittsburgh's increasing excitement and a unsocial photograph accidental for residents and visitors alike.

Displayed connected Art Rooney Avenue during Steelers crippled days, the 2026 NFL Draft Mobile Exhibit showcases Pittsburgh's heavy Draft legacyfrom the event's origins to the franchise's evolving philosophy. It besides celebrates occidental Pennsylvania's singular shot pipeline: 150 NFL players from 58 section schools, including 23 Hall of Famers. When not featured connected crippled days, the grounds volition beryllium unfastened passim the 2025 play successful the FedEx Great Hall.

The Steelers Hall of Honor Museum present features a caller changing grounds commemorating the 20th day of the Steelers Super Bowl XL victory. The grounds volition let fans to relive the 2005 play commencement to decorativeness and is the latest summation to the depository which is location to much than 50 Hall of Honor inductees and implicit 10,000 quadrate feet of Steelers history. The grounds volition tally done the summertime of 2026. Tours tin beryllium booked atsteelers.com/museum.

As the Terrible Towel marks its 50th day this season, fans tin observe the iconic awesome by visiting the Terrible Towel partition located successful the FedEx Great Hall. The installation is dedicated to the towel's affluent past and taste interaction dating backmost to its instauration by legendary Steelers broadcaster, Myron Cope. It besides includes a monolithic 400-square-foot Terrible Towel, cleanable for photograph opportunities connected crippled days and during stadium tours.

In summation to being filled wall-to-wall with achromatic & golden gear, theSteelers Pro Shopwill besides transportation Exclusive Steelers Gear includingthe Ireland Collection, the1933 Legacy Collectionand2026 NFL Draft merchandise. And conscionable successful clip to observe the 50th day of this iconic awesome of Steelers Nation, a caller Terrible Towel Kiosk volition beryllium located wrong Gate C (Heinz Gate).

IMPROVED TECHNOLOGY

Acrisure Stadium Mode, which is portion of the Steelers mobile app, volition proceed to heighten the Steelers instrumentality acquisition connected crippled time from commencement to finish. The latest amenities include:

- A Stadium Virtual Assistant that tin assistance fans get assistance with immoderate questions regarding the Steelers oregon Acrisure Stadium 24/7/365.

- An Opt-in to Push Notifications for stadium quality and crippled time and stadium alerts.

- Ability to Reserve Game Day Parking with JustPark from the convenience of the app (or online from theJustPark website.)

- Safety Enhancements similar the quality to study issues arsenic they hap successful the stadium during a crippled straight to the stadium dispatch center.

- Mobile Ordering to debar the lines astatine prime concession stands.

- A caller Lost & Found icon successful the stadium app. Fans tin present rapidly alert our squad erstwhile an point goes missing, making it easier than ever to reconnect fans with their belongings.

ChargeFuze Stations, located conveniently passim Acrisure Stadium, mean devices enactment charged and memorable moments don't get missed. A caller presumption has been added adjacent conception 527, and stations successful the pursuing sections person been updated: Gate B, Gate A-East, Suite B, Suite C, the PNC Champions Club, Section 123, the UPMC Club, and the West Club.

NEW IN-GAME FEATURES & ENTERTAINMENT

Fans volition acquisition the champion the crippled has to connection acknowledgment to an updated graphics bundle for the Steelers Scoreboard Show. Fans tin expect an immersive acquisition utilizing photorealistic environments creating breathtaking moments connected crippled day.

Fans volition privation to beryllium successful their seats aboriginal truthful they don't miss the New Team Entry Video that precedes subordinate introductions.

An Updated Replay System and Audio Enhancements volition besides amended crippled time experience. With the quality to instrumentality successful aggregate cameras including in-house scoreboard cameras and web cameras, fans volition payment from the champion replay angles passim the game.

BACK BY POPULAR DEMAND

Steelers Student Rushreturns for 2025. The team's signature programme for assemblage students, Student Rush, offers affordable, authentic, and memorable Steelers shot experiences astatine Acrisure Stadium via a constricted Standing Room Only summons inventory for each location game. Tickets are priced astatine a student-friendly rate. The program, present successful its 3rd year, volition see caller features for the 2025 season. Students who respond to unafraid tickets each week volition beryllium entered to triumph autographed giveaways arsenic good arsenic a accidental to bid connected a brace of tickets and sideline passes. The highest bidder wins and proceeds spell to the Art Rooney Scholarship Fund. Additionally, students who notation the astir friends each period of the play volition triumph sideline passes and crippled tickets, autographed items, and Pro Shop acquisition cards.

Fans tin erstwhile again acquisition acommemorative ticketto relive the moments of each crippled of the 2025 season!

In collaboration with Commonwealth Press, the Steelers volition merchandise 10 commemorative posters for the 2025 play 1 for each location game, 1 for the Ireland game, and 1 to commemorate the full season.

The historical Three Rivers Stadium Display, located successful the West Main Concourse, features existent Three Rivers Stadium lockers of erstwhile Steelers including Hall of Famers Joe Greene, Franco Harris, and Bill Dudley.

A assortment ofAcrisure Stadium toursare disposable year-round for fans wanting the afloat Acrisure Stadium experience. Game time Weekend tours connection fans a peculiar down the scenes look astatine crippled time prep.

WATCH/STREAM

• The crippled broadcast is carried connected CBS (KDKA-TV locally successful Pittsburgh).Game sum begins Sunday astatine 1:00 p.m. ET;
• The BetMGM Steelers Kickoff pregame amusement with Bob Pompeani and erstwhile Steelers backmost Charlie Batch airs astatine 11:30 a.m. ET connected KDKA-TV successful the Pittsburgh market. Steelers Extra Point with Pompeani and erstwhile Steelers antiaircraft lineman Chris Hoke starts instantly pursuing the crippled connected KDKA+.
• Ian Eagle (play-by-play), JJ Watt (analysis), and Evan Washburn (field reporter) are connected the crippled call.

• NFL+ Premiumgives you the state to ticker LIVE out-of-market games, LIVE section & primetime Regular Season and Postseason games connected your telephone oregon tablet, afloat & condensed replays of each game, and MORE! Whether you are astatine the stadium oregon on-the-go, you volition ne'er miss a infinitesimal with NFL+. NOTE: NFL+ is lone disposable to users wrong the United States. For a afloat statement of features, requirements, limitations, and different information, visitNFL+ Support.

• Don't hide each Steelers postgame property conferences are streamed unrecorded connected Steelers.com, the Steelers Official Mobile App and the team's Official YouTube Channel.

LISTEN

• Steelers Audio Network - Game sum begins astatine 1:00 p.m. ET; Pregame programming begins astatine 9:00 a.m. ET; Postgame sum starts instantly pursuing the game.
• Rob King (play-by-play), Max Starks (color analyst), & Missi Matthews (sideline reporters) are connected the call.
• Fans successful the Pittsburgh country tin perceive locally connected WDVE 102.5 FM & WBGG 970 AM.
• The Steelers Audio Network volition broadcast the crippled unrecorded done our vigor affiliates. Click present for a database of our vigor affiliates.
• The crippled broadcast is besides carried connected Steelers Nation Radio (SNR). SNR is streamed connected Steelers.com and the Official Steelers Mobile App. Fans tin perceive to pregame and postgame programming from anyplace successful the satellite connected these platforms. NFL geographical restrictions use to the crippled broadcast watercourse for desktop, mobile web and mobile app users.
• SiriusXM subscribers tin perceive to Steelers crippled live. Please sojourn SiriusXM's Steelers broadcast leafage for transmission details.

EN ESPANOL

Puedes escuchar la transmisin del partido en espaol en cualquier parte del mundo ensteelers.com/espanoldesde tu computadora.

• Si ests en Mxico o en el rea de Pittsburgh, ahora tambin puedes escucharla desde tu dispositivo mvil y desde la App Oficial de los Steelers. Simplemente haz click en la esquina superior derecha de la pgina main de la App donde dice "Live Audio" y selecciona espaol.
• Podrs sintonizar la transmisin en El Heraldo Radio (98.5 FM) en la Ciudad de Mxico y en todo el pas a travs de su reddish de emisoras afiliadas.
• El partido se podr ver en Mxico a travs de Fox Sports.
• lvaro Martn y Arturo Carlos conforman nuestro equipo de transmisin para los partidos de Steelers en espaol esta temporada. lvaro est en su tercera dcada de crnica de la NFL y en su octava temporada como narrador de Steelers en espaol. Arturo est entrando a su octava campaa como comentarista de los Steelers en espaol y la nmero 22 cubriendo la NFL.

Activa las notificaciones en espaol en la App Oficial de los Steelers:

Abre la aplicacin, haz click en la esquina inferior derecha en "More", luego en "Settings," haz click en la tercera opcin "Notifications" y activa el cono en "Espaol."

IRELAND

Thanks to a concern betwixt the Steelers and Off The Ball, fans located connected the land of Ireland tin perceive to the authoritative Steelers Audio Network broadcast of the Steelers-Colts game.

Kickoff is astatine 6 p.m.

Fans tin besides ticker the crippled connected Sky Sports.

Don't hide to travel the squad connected its Irish societal handles connected X, Instagram and TikTok - @SteelersIreland.

GAME PASS INTERNATIONAL

The NFL, successful concern with DAZN, has officially launched Game Pass International for the 2025 season, an accidental for fans extracurricular of the United States, Canada and China to drawback each of the NFL enactment this season. Subscribers to Game Pass International volition beryllium capable to entree each preseason, regular play and postseason games live. They volition besides beryllium capable to entree replays and condensed games connected video connected demand.

In addition, subscribers volition person entree to NFL RedZone and NFL Network, some unrecorded and connected demand. NFL Films/Media volition besides supply archetypal contented and video via an on-demand library.

Content tin beryllium watched connected each large devices, and fans tin motion up contiguous here:NFL GamePass International

The contented is disposable for fans extracurricular of the United States, Canada, China and a fistful of Sanctioned Territories.

CONNECT

• Check retired Game Day Central connected Steelers.com for up to the infinitesimal stats and more.

• On the go? Download the SteelersOfficial Mobile Appand travel on with our Game Center that features stats and thrust charts.

• Play the Immaculate Prediction connected the SteelersOfficial Mobile Appprior to each week's crippled to triumph prizes.

• Follow america onFacebook,X,Instagram,YouTubeandSnapchat. Don't hide to use#HereWeGo.

• Don't miss unrecorded pre and postgame programming onFacebookandYouTube.

• Watch Coach Mike Tomlin's property conference, LIVE instantly pursuing the game, connected Steelers.com, theSteelers Official Mobile App,Facebook,XandYouTube.