{"id":739480,"date":"2026-02-09T05:02:21","date_gmt":"2026-02-09T05:02:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/739480\/"},"modified":"2026-02-09T05:02:21","modified_gmt":"2026-02-09T05:02:21","slug":"ben-roethlisberger-still-holds-super-bowl-record","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/739480\/","title":{"rendered":"Ben Roethlisberger Still Holds Super Bowl Record"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"categories\"><a href=\"https:\/\/steelersnow.com\/super-bowl\/super-bowl-lx\/\" rel=\"tag nofollow noopener\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\" target=\"_blank\">Super Bowl LX<\/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\/02\/5-21-2024-OTAs-Day-1-7426-scaled-e1735068506779.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium tpd-force-16x9-aspect-ratio wp-post-image\" alt=\"Pittsburgh Steelers QB Ben Roethlisberger\" decoding=\"sync\" loading=\"eager\"   fetchpriority=\"high\"\/>Former Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger during a celebrity flag football game at Acrisure Stadium on May 21, 2024. &#8212; Ed Thompson \/ Steelers Now\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>With Drake Maye losing in <a href=\"https:\/\/steelersnow.com\/super-bowl\/super-bowl-lx\/\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Super Bowl LX<\/a>, former Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback <a href=\"https:\/\/steelersnow.com\/tag\/ben-roethlisberger\/\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Ben Roethlisberger <\/a>still holds the record for youngest quarterback to ever win the Super Bowl. <\/p>\n<p>The Steelers long-time quarterback was hoping to see <a href=\"https:\/\/steelersnow.com\/tag\/drake-maye\/\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Maye<\/a> break his record.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe\u2019s got a chance to break my youngest quarterback record that\u2019s been running for a long, long time now,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=UdT-U1pnN5c\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener external nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"(opens in a new tab)\" data-wpel-link=\"external\">Roethlisberger said<\/a> on FS1\u2019s First Things First. \u201cI\u2019m rooting for it. I\u2019m rooting for him.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Roethlisberger broke the record in Super Bowl XL, when he led Pittsburgh to its fifth Super Bowl win at 23. Maye is also 23, but he would\u2019ve passed him for the record as he is 178 days younger than Roethlisberger.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"788\" height=\"527\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/4508530_Super_Bowl_XL.jpg\" alt=\"Ben Roethlisberger Bill Cowher Pittsburgh Steelers\" class=\"wp-image-17167\"  \/>February 5, 2006; Detroit, MI, USA; NFL FOOTBALL: Pittsburgh\u2019s head coach Bill Cowher grabs his QB Ben Roethlisberger in the final three minutes during a time out  during the second half of Super Bowl XL (40) between the Seattle Seahawks (NFC) and the Pittsburgh Steelers (AFC) at Ford Field.<br \/>***** USA SALES ONLY \u2013 NO AGENTS \u2013 USA SALES ONLY \u2013 NO AGENTS *****<\/p>\n<p>The two franchises <a href=\"https:\/\/steelersnow.com\/steelers-stay-tied-in-all-time-super-bowl-wins-after-patriots-loss-to-seahawks\/\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">are still tied<\/a> for the most Super Bowl wins at six and Roethlisberger didn\u2019t want to see them pull ahead.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m not rooting for the Patriots because then they pass the Steelers in the list of most Super Bowls,\u201d Roethlisberger continued. \u201cSo I\u2019m torn there.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Maye struggled mightily in his first Super Bowl, completing 27 of 43 passes (62.8%) for 295 yards with two touchdowns, two interceptions, and a passer rating of 79.1. He also fumbled on a sack, which resulted in a scoop and score by Seahawks linebacker Uchenna Nwosu that iced the game at 29-7.<\/p>\n<p>The Patriots\u2019 51 yards of total offense in the first half was the <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/SheilKapadia\/status\/2020666675318665323\" data-wpel-link=\"external\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"external noopener noreferrer nofollow\">second-fewest<\/a> for a team in the Super Bowl this century. Only the Kansas Chiefs (23 yards) against the Philadelphia Eagles last year had fewer.<\/p>\n<p>Aaron Becker  contributed.<\/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\/drake-maye\/\" rel=\"tag nofollow noopener\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\" target=\"_blank\">Drake Maye<\/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> <a href=\"https:\/\/steelersnow.com\/tag\/steelers-news\/\" rel=\"tag nofollow noopener\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\" target=\"_blank\">Steelers News<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/steelersnow.com\/tag\/super-bowl-lx\/\" rel=\"tag nofollow noopener\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\" target=\"_blank\">Super Bowl LX<\/a> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Super Bowl LX Former Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger during a celebrity flag football game at Acrisure Stadium&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":739481,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2055],"tags":[6594,833,7,249,6,520,57,2360,426,2395,16165],"class_list":{"0":"post-739480","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-drake-maye","10":"tag-football","11":"tag-new-england-patriots","12":"tag-nfl","13":"tag-pittsburgh","14":"tag-pittsburgh-steelers","15":"tag-pittsburghsteelers","16":"tag-steelers","17":"tag-steelers-news","18":"tag-super-bowl-lx"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/116038924292876001","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/739480","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=739480"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/739480\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/739481"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=739480"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=739480"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=739480"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}