High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Bill Cowher`s fifth season as head coach of the Steelers resulted in yet another trip to the playoffs for the team, as Pittsburgh won the AFC Central Division championship for the fourth time under Cowher. However, the team`s 10–6 record was not good enough to earn the Steelers a first-round bye. In their first playoff game, a rematch of the previous year`s AFC Championship Game, the Steelers defeated the Indianapolis Colts; their season would end a week later at the hands of the New England Patriots.