Yesterday, February 5, the Pittsburgh Steelers took home their fifth Super Bowl victory, winning 21-10 over the Seattle Seahawks in a game played in Detroit's Ford Field. This is the first Steelers win since the 1970's.

Each of the Steelers' touchdowns was a highlight: quarterback Ben Roethlisberger dove into the end zone for the first, then halfback Willie Parker ran the ball 75 yards for the second, and last was an unbelievable 43-yard pass from wide receiver Antwaan Randle El to fellow wide receiver Hines Ward.

Among the Super Bowl records and history broken by the Steelers were that Roethlisberger is the youngest quarterback to win a Super Bowl, Randle El's touchdown pass was the first ever done by a wide receiver in a Super Bowl game, and Parker's run was the longest for a touchdown. The Steelers are also the first team to win three playoff games on the road and then win the Super Bowl.

After the Steelers were given the Vince Lombardi championship trophy, Ward was awarded the honor of Most Valuable Player and Jerome Bettis, a veteran Steelers player and Detroit native, announced his retirement.

Although the game itself was played in Detroit and one sports commentator claimed that 90 percent of the attendees were Steelers fans, there were plenty of fans left in Pittsburgh to celebrate once the game was over. Most of the raucous post-game action occurred on Forbes Avenue near the University of Pittsburgh and on Carson Street in the South Side. Although Steelers love was in the air, property damage could be found throughout the city. Steelers fans flipped cars, ripped out street signs, and tipped over trash cans. Even at Carnegie Mellon, a couch was burned on Morewood Avenue between the Fraternity Quadrangle and Morewood Gardens dormitory. According to the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, police reported 30 arrests. In general, though, Pittsburgh police allowed the celebrations to continue with little hindrance, allowing the late evening hours and chilling temperatures to cool down the excited crowds.

Overall, it was a night of celebration and partying for many students and Pittsburghers, all of whom gathered to cheer on Pittsburgh's World Champions - the Steelers!

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	Fans burst out away from their television sets into the snow and cold temperatures to march down Forbes Avenue and celebrate the Steelers' Super Bowl victory.
The crowds on the streets of Oakland were thick with Carnegie Mellon and University of Pittsburgh students after Super Bowl XL.	Many street signs were ripped right out of the ground and carried along into the crowds after the Steelers' Super Bowl victory.
The police lined up in full force and barricaded multiple streets along Forbes to contain the crowds before they grew out of hand.	These fans in Oakland tell the world who's the best team in football: the Pittsburgh Steelers!
All sorts of Steelers paraphernalia adorned the streets of Oakland, from flags to the well-known yellow Terrible Towels.	After the Steelers' Super Bowl win, the Oakland area near the University of Pittsburgh exploded with joyous fans.
After the Super Bowl ended, the excited screaming seemed never-ending as every person on the streets of Oakland cheered at the top of their lungs.	The corner of Bouquet and Forbes, where the famous Original Hot Dog shop lies, was where many people amassed after the Super Bowl.
As part of the general mayhem that ensued after the Steelers' Super Bowl win, some rowdy Pittsburgh college students attempt to set fire to a small collection of trash on the street.	Few newspaper boxes, public trash cans, and mailboxes were left standing along the portion of Forbes Avenue that runs through Oakland.
This car, once parked in front of the new entrance to Schenley Park, is now sitting overturned and guarded by mounted police to prevent further damage from post-Super-Bowl Steelers fans.	Carnegie Mellon junior TJ Bernstein "runs" from the riot police while still supporting the Steelers after the team's Super Bowl win.

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