"2"^^ . . "3"^^ . "0"^^ . "14"^^ . "Browns"@en . "13"^^ . ""@en . "The 2004 Pittsburgh Steelers looked to rebound after a disappointing 6\u201310 season the year before, which saw the team go through the entire season without winning consecutive games. The team would more than rebound, finishing with a 15\u20131 record, topping the team-record 14\u20132 record from 1978 and joining the 1984 San Francisco 49ers, 1985 Chicago Bears, and 1998 Minnesota Vikings as only the fourth team in NFL history since the league adopted a 16-game schedule in 1978 to finish with such a record. This also makes the Steelers the first AFC team to achieve a 15\u20131 record. Along the way, the Steelers ended the New England Patriots NFL-record 21-game winning streak in Week 8, then defeated the Philadelphia Eagles the following week to hand the NFL's last two undefeated teams their first losses in back-to-back weeks, both at home. The season was highlighted by the surprising emergence of rookie quarterback Ben Roethlisberger, the team's top pick in that year's draft. Originally planned to sit behind veteran Tommy Maddox the entire season, plans abruptly changed when Maddox was hurt in the team's Week 2 loss in Baltimore. Surrounded by talent, \"Big Ben\" wouldn't disappoint, going an NFL-record 13\u20130 as a rookie starting QB, shattering the old NFL record (and ironically, also the team record) of 6\u20130 to start an NFL career set by Mike Kruczek filling in for an injured Terry Bradshaw in 1976. The Steelers would host the AFC Championship for the fifth time in eleven years. However, for the fourth time in that same span, the Steelers would lose at home one game away from the Super Bowl, and as in 2001, lost to the Patriots in a rematch from Week 8."@en . "10"^^ . "Bengals"@en . "OT"@en . "11"^^ . "The 2004 Pittsburgh Steelers looked to rebound after a disappointing 6\u201310 season the year before, which saw the team go through the entire season without winning consecutive games. The team would more than rebound, finishing with a 15\u20131 record, topping the team-record 14\u20132 record from 1978 and joining the 1984 San Francisco 49ers, 1985 Chicago Bears, and 1998 Minnesota Vikings as only the fourth team in NFL history since the league adopted a 16-game schedule in 1978 to finish with such a record. This also makes the Steelers the first AFC team to achieve a 15\u20131 record. Along the way, the Steelers ended the New England Patriots NFL-record 21-game winning streak in Week 8, then defeated the Philadelphia Eagles the following week to hand the NFL's last two undefeated teams their first losses i"@en . "21"^^ . "James Farrior"@en . . "Ravens"@en . "15"^^ . "2004 Pittsburgh Steelers season"@en . "Hines Ward"@en . "Bills"@en . . "WR"@en . . "Cowboys"@en . "0"^^ . "Pittsburgh Steelers"@en . "Alan Faneca"@en . "Lost AFC Championship Game"@en . . "3"^^ . "G"@en . "OLB"@en . "Ravens"@en . "Jeff Hartings"@en . . "6"^^ . . "7"^^ . "1"^^ . "10"^^ . "Browns"@en . . "Joey Porter"@en . "13"^^ . "14"^^ . . . . "Eagles"@en . "Patriots"@en . "Jaguars"@en . "Bengals"@en . . "Redskins"@en . . "C"@en . . "Dolphins"@en . "Raiders"@en . . "2004"^^ . "Jets"@en . "Giants"@en . "James Farrior"@en . "Steelers"@en . "DE"@en . ""@en . "Steelers"@en . "6"^^ . . "7"^^ . "ILB"@en .