# One City. Two Sports. Two Teams. Two Championships. One Season. Ever Happened?

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**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [January 20, 2005, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-city-two-sports-two-teams-two-championships-one-season-ever-happened/285793 "2005-01-20T21:45:47Z")\
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**Post date:** [January 21, 2005, 5:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-city-two-sports-two-teams-two-championships-one-season-ever-happened/285793/21 "2005-01-21T05:04:07Z")

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> [@yabob](#):
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> Yes. The Steelers won the 1979 Superbowl, and the Pirates the 1979 World Series (Sister Sledge - “We Are Family”, Willie Stargell, and quite possibly the ugliest uniforms ever worn in the World Series).

Also, they won the 1980 Super Bowl for the 1979 football season, so however it’s defined, Pittsburgh has done it.

-Bill, born in 1979 in the City of Champions

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