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Slideshow: Playoff hopes lost
Monday, December 25, 2006
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Multimedia presentation by Peter Diana and Matt Freed
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

Dressed in their Black and Gold finery, with appropriate Santa accents, the members of the Steelers Nation took their seats at Heinz Field yesterday hoping to witness a playoff miracle.

Instead they saw Ravens circling around the carcass of a season gone awry.

The Steelers matched Ben Roethlisberger interceptions (two) with successful third down conversions. The Ravens were penalized a dozen times, but the Steelers seemed to save their five for when they would do the most damage. The most prominent, a personal foul by linebacker Joey Porter against running back Jamal Lewis on third down that converted a stalled Baltimore drive into a first-and-goal. The Ravens scored a touchdown.

As a warm winter sun set over Heinz Field, the final score read Steelers 7, Ravens 31, playoffs another year.

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First published on December 25, 2006 at 12:00 am
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This presentation was photographed by Peter Diana and Matt Freed. The music is by the Mt. Lebanon High School Marching Band.