50 DAYS TO SUPER BOWL 50
A DAY-BY-DAY, SUPER BOWL-BY-SUPER BOWL LOOK AT THE IMPACT OF BLACK COLLEGE PLAYERS ON SUPER BOWLS I THRU 49 AS WE COUNT DOWN THE 50 DAYS TO SUPER BOWL 50
DAY 40 - Friday, January 29
Super Bowl XL Pittsburgh 21, Seattle 10 February 5, 2006 - Ford Field, Detroit
One (1) Black College Player
Seattle Seahawks (1) Chartric Darby DE South Carolina State
Pittsburgh Steelers None
ICONIC PHOTO: Pittsburgh wide receiver Hines Ward leaps in the air after scoring on 43-yard fourth quarter pass from wide receiver Antwan Randle-El in Super Bowl XL in Detroit.
Storyline: Pittsburgh scored on a 75-yard run by running back Willie Parker early in the third quarter and a 43-yard flea-flicker pass from wideout Antwan Randle-El to wide receiver Hines Ward in the fourth in downing Seattle in Super Bowl XL in Detroit. The Ward TD reception came after the Seahawks cut the lead to 14-10 in the third quarter.
Seattle Chartric Darby, NT (South Carolina State( - Tackles Pittsburgh running back Jerome Bettis for -2 yard fourth- quarter loss.
Pittsburgh None.
MVP: Hines Ward, WR, Pittsburgh - Five receptions for 123 yards including a 43-yard TD catch. One carry for 18 yards.
KEY FACTS: Pittsburgh, who at one time had the most black college players on its Super Bowl rosters, had none in Super Bowl XL.
“FAST” WILLIE BREAKS FREE: Pittsburgh running back Wil- lie Parker (#39) streaks away from Seattle defenders, including leaving defensive tackle Chartric Darby (#91, South Carolina State) in the dust, as he runs to 75-yard touchdown in third quarter of Super Bowl XL.