Editing Super Bowl XIV (section)

===Super Bowl pregame news and notes===
Pittsburgh was heavily favored to win Super Bowl XIV and become the first team to win 4 Super Bowls. Most people did not think that the Rams even belonged on the same field with the Steelers. In fact, [[Sports Illustrated]] had called the NFC Championship Game "a game for losers, played by losers". One sports writer sarcastically suggested that Bradshaw throw left-handed and the Rams should be allowed to play with 12 men on the field to make the Super Bowl more competitive.

However, the Steelers were not taking their opponents lightly. In their previous meetings, the Rams held a 12–1–2 all-time record over the Steelers, including wins in 1971, 1975, and 1978.  The wins in 1975 (by a score of 10–3) and 1978 (by a score of 10–7) were over Steeler teams that eventually won the Super Bowl those seasons.  Also, the Steelers had shown clear signs of weakness when playing away from their home stadium during the season.  Their first loss of the year was on the road in a 4-turnover performance against the [[Philadelphia Eagles]].  Two weeks later at 5–1, Pittsburgh was blown out 34–10 in Cincinnati against an 0–6 Bengals team.  In week 12, the team lost 8 turnovers (which included Bradshaw's 5 interceptions) in a 35–7 loss on the road against the [[San Diego Chargers]].

Bradshaw became the second quarterback to start four Super Bowls, joining his counterpart from Super Bowls X and XIII [[Roger Staubach]]. [[Joe Montana]] became the third to start four Super Bowls, but all were passed by [[John Elway]] and [[Tom Brady]], and also matched by [[Jim Kelly]], [[Peyton Manning]], and [[Patrick Mahomes]].

The Rams became the first [[NFC West]] team to reach the Super Bowl. The NFC West was the last of the six post-merger divisions to reach the Super Bowl.

Super Bowl XIV holds the record for attendance with 103,985 spectators.