In case you haven’t heard by now, legendary NFL coach Buddy Ryan passed away Tuesday morning at the age of 82 and he’ll long be remembered as one of the great defensive minds the game of professional football has ever seen.
While the majority of the time that Ryan spent in the NFL as a coach was with teams who resided in the NFC, on the rare occasions that he coached against the Pittsburgh Steelers, he usually gave them fits.
The first time that Ryan faced the Steelers as a defensive coordinator was in 1980 as a member of the Chicago Bears and Pittsburgh got the best of him in that game at Three Rivers Stadium in a 38-3 route.