The Packers led 21-3 with 2:31 to go in the first half, but the Steelers hit back with touchdowns either side of the break to pull to within four points.
No team has ever overturned a deficit of more than 10 points to win in Super Bowl history.
Green Bay quarterback Aaron Rodgers found Jordy Nelson with a 29-yard pass, and Nick Collins had a 37-yard interception return to give the Packers a 14-0 lead after the first quarter in Arlington, Texas.
Rodgers then found Greg Jennings with a 21-yard pass with 2:31 on the clock in the second to open up an 18-point lead.
Pittsburgh countered with 47 seconds left in the first half, with quarterback Ben Roethlisberger finding Hines Ward with an eight-yard pass.
With 10:25 left in the third quarter, the Steelers edged closer as Rashard Mendenhall capped a five-play, 50-yard drive with an eight-yard run to make it a four-point game.
The lead-up to the big game was marred as the NFL announced just moments before kickoff that 400 fans would be denied seats after temporary seating was deemed unsafe.
The league said 1,250 fans were impacted, and that 400 were turned away.
Those who were denied seats each received a refund of triple the cost of the $900 tickets.
Five-time Grammy Award winner Christina Aguilera opened the Super Bowl by flubbing the lyrics to the national anthem.
Early on in her performance of "The Star-Spangled Banner," instead of singing "O'er the ramparts we watched, were so gallantly streaming," Aguilera sang, "What so proudly we watched, at the twilight's last ...," followed by an unintelligible word.
The Black Eyed Peas headlined the halftime entertainment, and were joined by Slash and Usher.
Packers defensive end Jarius Wynn took home one trophy before the Super Bowl even started: his wife gave birth Sunday morning to a son at a Texas hospital, the Washington Post reported.
The paper said the couple was considering giving the baby the middle name "Super."
The Steelers were playing in their third Super Bowl in six seasons, having won for the 2005 and 2008 seasons.
The Packers made their first appearance since 1996, when they beat the New England Patriots.
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Christina Aguilera’s performance of the national anthem was one of the worst renditions of the song ever! What an absolute joke!
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