The Pittsburgh Steelers own an overall 15-14 record over the Miami Dolphins. In Pittsburgh the Steelers lead 9-4. The teams have been playing each other since the AFL/NFL merger with the Dolphins winning the first three contests. That run of victories for Miami includes their unbeaten season of 1972.
While the Steelers fortunes improved as the seventies progressed, the Dolphins began to wane.
When the two teams met in 1976, they were both 5-4. The Steelers had lost four of their first five games. They recovered from that bad start and were on a four-game winning streak having not given up a touchdown for seventeen quarters.