1996 Pittsburgh Steelers season

1996 Pittsburgh Steelers season
1996 Pittsburgh Steelers season
Owner	The Rooney Family
General manager	Tom Donahoe
Head coach	Bill Cowher
Home field	Three Rivers Stadium
Results
Record	10–6
Division place	1st AFC Central
Playoff finish	Won Wild Card Playoffs; (vs. Colts) 42–14; Lost Divisional Playoffs; (at Patriots) 3–28
Pro Bowlers	6 RB Jerome Bettis; OLB Chad Brown; C Dermontti Dawson; ILB Levon Kirkland; SS Carnell Lake; CB Rod Woodson;
AP All-Pros	4 Jerome Bettis (1st team); Chad Brown (1st team); Dermontti Dawson (1st team); Levon Kirkland (2nd team);
Team MVP	Jerome Bettis
Team ROY	Jon Witman

The 1996 Pittsburgh Steelers season was the franchise's 64th season as a professional sports franchise and as a member of the National Football League.

This was Bill Cowher's fifth season as head coach of the Steelers, which resulted in yet another trip to the playoffs for the team, as Pittsburgh won the AFC Central championship for the fourth time under Cowher.

The team's 10–6 record was not enough to earn the Steelers a first-round bye. In their first playoff game, a rematch of the previous year's AFC Championship Game, the Steelers defeated the Indianapolis Colts, 42–14. The following their season would come to a halt as the Steelers lost to the New England Patriots, 28–3.

This would be the final season that the team wore block numerals, the next year they would switch to rounded numerals where it has remained ever since.

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