If you were watching Washington-Pittsburgh at 1 p.m. to see Robert Griffin III, you were disappointed for a couple of reasons.
The Steelers, not surprisingly, made the previously sensational rookie look like an average rookie. Griffin threw for just 177 yards and ran for only 10, while Ben Roethlisberger threw for 233 yards and three touchdowns as the Steelers rolled 27-12.
That was just as well, because looking at anything except the Steelers' throwback uniforms was just about impossible.
The black-and-yellow-striped jerseys and socks supposedly recall the uniforms the franchise -- which is celebrating its 80th season -- wore in 1934, when it was known as the Pirates. Research done by the folks at uni-watch.com, however, suggests that today's game was only the second time the bumblebee get-ups have been worn in a game, the first time coming in 1933.
From all of the research we have done of the Pirates for these two seasons, we can confirm only ONE time that the throwback jersey was worn, the 11/12/1933 encounter with Shipwreck Kelly’s Brooklyn Dodgers who, for the record, won 32-0.Whoever made the sartorial choice for the far less interesting uniforms wore for the rest of the '34 season (the '33 city-shield numbers the Steelers brought back as their throwbacks for the 1994 season, the NFL's 75th Anniversary, were also sweet), should be ashamed. If they were still alive.
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