DETROIT (AP) – Talk about a mistake-filled Super Bowl.

That’s what the world saw Sunday when the Pittsburgh Steelers won their first title in 26 years by beating Seattle 21-10.

Mistakes?

To put it simply, the Steelers won because the Seahawks made more errors, far more.

They included three dropped passes by tight end Jerramy Stevens, who spent last week as the party of the second part in a woofing match with Pittsburgh’s Joey Porter. They also included a series of damaging penalties at the worst possible times, including a holding call on right tackle Sean Locklear after an 18-yard completion that would have given the Seahawks a first and goal at the Pittsburgh 1 early in the fourth period and a chance to go ahead 17-14. And those came after a first half in which Seattle lost 10 to 14 points because of mistakes.

In fact, while Pittsburgh had two superbly executed long touchdowns – a Super Bowl record 75-yard touchdown run by Willie Parker and a 43-yard reverse pass from Antwaan Randle El to Hines Ward – this was a game Seattle lost as much as the Steelers won.

Mistakes?

The Seahawks were only in the game because Pittsburgh’s Ben Roethlisberger made a huge error of his own, underthrowing what should have been a TD pass to Cedrick Wilson in the third quarter. Instead, Kelly Herndon took the underthrown ball back 76 yards, leading to a Seattle touchdown that made it 14-10 when it should have been 21-3.

Start with the first half, when the Seahawks controlled play but went off trailing 7-3.

•Darrell Jackson was called for offensive pass interference for pushing off Chris Hope on what would have been a 16-yard completion from Matt Hasselbeck. The call was a little ticky-tacky, but it was a penalty.

•A holding penalty on Chris Gray that negated an 18-yard completion from Hasselbeck to Jackson that would have given the Seahawks a first down at the Pittsburgh 23.

•A 34-yard punt return by Peter Warrick to the Pittsburgh 46 was called back by a holding penalty on Etric Pruitt. Although to be fair, there’s nothing unusual about a penalty on any punt or kick in any game?

•Finally, some dubious clock management and play calling that forced Josh Brown into trying a 54-yard field goal late in the half. It was wide right, so the Steelers led 7-3 at the intermission.