{"id":687938,"date":"2026-01-19T04:46:17","date_gmt":"2026-01-19T04:46:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/687938\/"},"modified":"2026-01-19T04:46:17","modified_gmt":"2026-01-19T04:46:17","slug":"patriots-tie-long-held-steelers-record","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/687938\/","title":{"rendered":"Patriots Tie Long-Held Steelers Record"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"categories\"><a href=\"https:\/\/steelersnow.com\/steelers-history\/\" rel=\"tag nofollow noopener\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\" target=\"_blank\">Steelers History<\/a>\u2022<a href=\"https:\/\/steelersnow.com\/steelers-news\/\" rel=\"tag nofollow noopener\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\" target=\"_blank\">Steelers News<\/a>\u2022<a href=\"https:\/\/steelersnow.com\/steelers-opponents\/\" rel=\"tag nofollow noopener\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\" target=\"_blank\">Steelers Opponents<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img width=\"788\" height=\"444\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/9-21-2025-Steelers-v-Patriots-4997-scaled-e1758496315108.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium tpd-force-16x9-aspect-ratio wp-post-image\" alt=\"Pittsburgh Steelers New England Patriots Derrick Harmon\" decoding=\"sync\" loading=\"eager\"   fetchpriority=\"high\"\/>Pittsburgh Steelers rookie defensive lineman Derrick Harmon chases New England Patriots quarterback Drake Maye on Sept. 21, 2025. &#8212; Ed Thompson \/ Steelers Now\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>By winning Super Bowl LIII in 2019, the New England Patriots earned their sixth Lombardi Trophy, tying the Pittsburgh Steelers for the most in NFL history. After Mike Vrabel, Drake Maye and the Patriots beat the Houston Texans in a divisional playoff clash on Sunday, the franchise has made company with the Steelers in the record books once more.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe @Patriots tie the Steelers for the most conference championship appearances by an AFC team all-time (16),\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/NFLPlus\/status\/2013028656482750652?s=20\" data-wpel-link=\"external\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"external noopener noreferrer nofollow\">NFL+ wrote<\/a> Sunday night on X.<\/p>\n<p>The San Francisco 49ers hold the NFL record with 16 conference championship game appearances.<\/p>\n<p>The Steelers had owned the AFC standard since welcoming in Bill Belichick, Tom Brady and the Patriots ahead of Super Bowl XXXIX in 2005. That was New England\u2019s fifth time playing in the AFC Championship game. By stepping on the field then, Pittsburgh passed the then-Oakland Raiders, who had 11 AFC title game appearances. The Raiders haven\u2019t been to that stage since 2003.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"788\" height=\"527\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/482190822313_CAR_at_NEP.jpg\" alt=\"Steelers Tom Brady\" class=\"wp-image-3271\"  \/>FOXBOROUGH, MA \u2013 AUGUST 22: New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady (12) watcher a replay during a preseason game between the New England Patriots and the Carolina Panthers on August 22, 2019, at Gillette Stadium in Foxborough, Massachusetts. (Photo by Fred Kfoury III\/Icon Sportswire)<\/p>\n<p>After their 41-27 loss to the Patriots in 2005 \u2014 Ben Roethlisberger\u2019s rookie season \u2014 the Steelers made it back to the AFC Championship game in 2006, 2009, 2011 and 2017. Belichick and the Patriots beat Mike Tomlin\u2019s team 36-17 in Pittsburgh\u2019s latest trip.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, Steelers fans had to mutter under their breath as New England powered into the AFC Championship game in 2007, 2008, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018 and 2019.<\/p>\n<p>The Patriots have posted an 11-4 mark on the doorstep of the Super Bowl. The Steelers, meanwhile, are 8-8.<\/p>\n<p>New England will aim to better that record when it visits the Bo Nix-less Denver Broncos next Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tMentioned In This Article: <a href=\"https:\/\/steelersnow.com\/tag\/ben-roethlisberger\/\" rel=\"tag nofollow noopener\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\" target=\"_blank\">Ben Roethlisberger<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/steelersnow.com\/tag\/bill-belichick\/\" rel=\"tag nofollow noopener\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\" target=\"_blank\">Bill Belichick<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/steelersnow.com\/tag\/drake-maye\/\" rel=\"tag nofollow noopener\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\" target=\"_blank\">Drake Maye<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/steelersnow.com\/tag\/mike-tomlin\/\" rel=\"tag nofollow noopener\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\" target=\"_blank\">Mike Tomlin<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/steelersnow.com\/tag\/new-england-patriots\/\" rel=\"tag nofollow noopener\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\" target=\"_blank\">New England Patriots<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/steelersnow.com\/tag\/pittsburgh-steelers\/\" rel=\"tag nofollow noopener\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\" target=\"_blank\">Pittsburgh Steelers<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/steelersnow.com\/tag\/steelers\/\" rel=\"tag nofollow noopener\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\" target=\"_blank\">Steelers<\/a> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Steelers History\u2022Steelers News\u2022Steelers Opponents Pittsburgh Steelers rookie defensive lineman Derrick Harmon chases New England Patriots quarterback Drake Maye&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":687939,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[2055],"tags":[6594,3851,833,7,1255,249,6,520,57,2360,426],"class_list":{"0":"post-687938","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-pittsburgh-steelers","8":"tag-ben-roethlisberger","9":"tag-bill-belichick","10":"tag-drake-maye","11":"tag-football","12":"tag-mike-tomlin","13":"tag-new-england-patriots","14":"tag-nfl","15":"tag-pittsburgh","16":"tag-pittsburgh-steelers","17":"tag-pittsburghsteelers","18":"tag-steelers"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/115919952951869991","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/687938","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=687938"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/687938\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/687939"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=687938"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=687938"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=687938"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}