GAME THREAD: GAME THREAD: NFL: PITTSBURGH (7-2) at NY JETS (1-8)

NFL: PITTSBURGH at NY JETS

<div class="pre">NFL
PITTSBURGH 16
NY JETS 16 14:56 LEFT OVERTIME

NYJ BALL ON NYJ 31 YD LINE
1ST AND 10</div>

 

NFL: PITTSBURGH at NY JETS

<div class="pre">NFL
PITTSBURGH 16
NY JETS 16 13:56 LEFT OVERTIME

PIT BALL ON PIT 18 YD LINE
1ST AND 10</div>

 

NFL: PITTSBURGH at NY JETS

<div class="pre">NFL
PITTSBURGH 16
NY JETS 16 12:00 LEFT OVERTIME

NYJ BALL ON PIT 26 YD LINE
1ST AND 10</div>

 

NFL: PITTSBURGH at NY JETS

<div class="pre">NFL FG NYJ
MIKE NUGENT 38 YD

PITTSBURGH 16
NY JETS 19 9:57 LEFT, 1ST OT</div>

 

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<div class="pre">NFL FINAL 1ST 2ND 3RD 4TH
--- --- --- ---
PITTSBURGH 0 7 6 3
NY JETS 10 3 0 3

OT TOTAL
--- -----
PITTSBURGH 0 16
NY JETS 3 19 FINAL IN OVERTIME

SCORING SUMMARY

1ST QUARTER: NYJ - TD, CHRIS BAKER 1 YD PASS FROM KELLEN
CLEMENS (MIKE NUGENT KICK), 2:11.
Drive: 4 plays, 68 yards in 2:11.
Key plays: Jones 11-yard run to New
York 43; Clemmons 56-yard pass to
Coles to Pittsburgh 1. NY JETS 7-0
NYJ - FG, MIKE NUGENT 25 YD, 13:29. Drive: 9
plays, 69 yards in 3:51. Key plays:
41-yard pass interference penalty
on Steelers' Taylor to Pittsburgh
35; Clemons 9-yard pass to Baker on
3rd-and-5 to Pittsburgh 21. NY JETS
10-0
2ND QUARTER: PIT - TD, SANTONIO HOLMES 7 YD PASS FROM BEN
ROETHLISBERGER (JEFF REED KICK),
5:56. Drive: 8 plays, 72 yards in
5:16. Key plays: Parker 14-yard run
to Pittsburgh 42; Roethlisberger
25-yard pass to Holmes to New York
33; Roethlisberger 22-yard pass to
Ward to New York 21; Roethlisberger
9-yard pass to Davenport to New
York 7. NY JETS 10-7
NYJ - FG, MIKE NUGENT 19 YD, 15:00. Drive: 9
plays, 48 yards in 2:19. Key plays:
Rhodes 2-yard interception return
to Pittsburgh 49; Jones 4-yard run
on 3rd-and-1 to Pittsburgh 36;
Jones 26-yard run to Pittsburgh 2.
NY JETS 13-7
3RD QUARTER: PIT - FG, JEFF REED 37 YD, 6:36. Drive: 11
plays, 50 yards in 6:36. Key plays:
Roethlisberger 27-yard pass to
Holmes to New York 38; Davenport
5-yard run on 3rd-and-1 to New York
24. NY JETS 13-10
PIT - FG, JEFF REED 33 YD, 13:26. Drive: 9
plays, 54 yards in 4:16. Key plays:
Roethlisberger 25-yard pass to Ward
to New York 43; Davenport 15-yard
run to New York 28; Davis 10-yard
run on 3rd-and-17 to New York 14.
PITTSBURGH 13-13
4TH QUARTER: PIT - FG, JEFF REED 48 YD, 6:19. Drive: 9
plays, 34 yards in 3:35. Key plays:
Roethlisberger 19-yard pass to
Miller to New York 42; Davenport
4-yard run on 3rd-and-1 to New York
29. PITTSBURGH 16-13
NYJ - FG, MIKE NUGENT 28 YD, 14:37. Drive: 13
plays, 76 yards in 2:00. Key plays:
Clemens 10-yard pass to Baker to
New York 24; Clemens 12-yard pass
to Smith to New York 35; Clemens
12-yard pass McCareins to New York
47; Clemens 15-yard run to
Pittsburgh 30; Clemmons 10-yard
pass to McCareins to Pittsburgh 19;
Clemmons 14-yard pass to Baker to
Pittsburgh 5. PITTSBURGH 16-16
OVERTIME : NYJ - FG, MIKE NUGENT 38 YD, 5:03. NY JETS
19-16

ATT: 77,659</div>

 

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<div class="pre">** CONFIRMED **
NFL
PITTSBURGH 16
NY JETS 19 FINAL IN OVERTIME</div>

 

NFL: PITTSBURGH at NY JETS

<div class="pre">NFL FINAL 1ST 2ND 3RD 4TH
--- --- --- ---
PITTSBURGH 0 7 6 3
NY JETS 10 3 0 3

OT TOTAL
--- -----
PITTSBURGH 0 16
NY JETS 3 19 FINAL IN OVERTIME

SCORING SUMMARY

1ST QUARTER:

2:11 NYJ - TD, CHRIS BAKER 1 YD PASS FROM KELLEN CLEMENS (MIKE NUGENT KICK).
Drive: 4 plays, 68 yards in 2:11.
Key plays: Jones 11-yard run to New York 43; Clemmons 56-yard pass
to Coles to Pittsburgh 1. NY JETS 7-0.
13:29 NYJ - FG, MIKE NUGENT 25 YD.
Drive: 9 plays, 69 yards in 3:51.
Key plays: 41-yard pass interference penalty on Steelers' Taylor to
Pittsburgh 35; Clemons 9-yard pass to Baker on 3rd-and-5 to Pittsburgh 21.
NY JETS 10-0

2ND QUARTER:

5:56 PIT - TD, SANTONIO HOLMES 7 YD PASS FROM BEN ROETHLISBERGER (JEFF REED KICK).
Drive: 8 plays, 72 yards in 5:16.
Key plays: Parker 14-yard run to Pittsburgh 42; Roethlisberger
25-yard pass to Holmes to New York 33; Roethlisberger 22-yard pass to Ward
to New York 21; Roethlisberger 9-yard pass to Davenport to New York 7. NY
JETS 10-7.
15:00 NYJ - FG, MIKE NUGENT 19 YD.
Drive: 9 plays, 48 yards in 2:19.
Key plays: Rhodes 2-yard interception return to Pittsburgh 49; Jones
4-yard run on 3rd-and-1 to Pittsburgh 36; Jones 26-yard run to Pittsburgh
2. NY JETS 13-7

3RD QUARTER:

6:36 PIT - FG, JEFF REED 37 YD.
Drive: 11 plays, 50 yards in 6:36.
Key plays: Roethlisberger 27-yard pass to Holmes to New York 38;
Davenport 5-yard run on 3rd-and-1 to New York 24. NY JETS 13-10.
13:26 PIT - FG, JEFF REED 33 YD.
Drive: 9 plays, 54 yards in 4:16.
Key plays: Roethlisberger 25-yard pass to Ward to New York 43;
Davenport 15-yard run to New York 28; Davis 10-yard run on 3rd-and-17 to
New York 14. PITTSBURGH 13-13

4TH QUARTER:

6:19 PIT - FG, JEFF REED 48 YD.
Drive: 9 plays, 34 yards in 3:35.
Key plays: Roethlisberger 19-yard pass to Miller to New York 42;
Davenport 4-yard run on 3rd-and-1 to New York 29. PITTSBURGH 16-13.
14:37 NYJ - FG, MIKE NUGENT 28 YD.
Drive: 13 plays, 76 yards in 2:00.
Key plays: Clemens 10-yard pass to Baker to New York 24; Clemens
12-yard pass to Smith to New York 35; Clemens 12-yard pass McCareins to
New York 47; Clemens 15-yard run to Pittsburgh 30; Clemmons 10-yard pass
to McCareins to Pittsburgh 19; Clemmons 14-yard pass to Baker to
Pittsburgh 5. PITTSBURGH 16-16

OVERTIME:

5:03 NYJ - FG, MIKE NUGENT 38 YD.
Drive: 4 plays, 6 yards in 2:03.
Key plays: Washington 33-yard punt return to Pittsburgh 26. NY JETS
19-16.

PITTSBURGH - NY JETS Final Statistics

TEAM STATISTICS PITTSBURGH NY JETS

FIRST DOWNS 16 20
Rushing 6 8
Passing 10 8
Penalty 0 4
THIRD DOWN EFFICIENCY 5-16-31% 3-13-23%
FOURTH DOWN EFFICIENCY 0-0-0% 0-2-0%
TOTAL NET YARDS 263 297
Total offensive plays 65 68
Average gain per play 4.0 4.4
NET YARDS RUSHING 112 151
Rushing attempts 33 34
Average gain per rush 3.4 4.4
Tackles for loss-yards 7-11 2-4
NET YARDS PASSING 151 146
Times sacked: Number-Yards 7-44 3-16
Gross passing yards 195 162
PASS ATTEMPTS-COMPLETIONS-HAD INTERCEPTED 25-15-1 31-14-1
Avg gain per pass play 4.7 4.3
KICKOFFS: Number-In End Zone-Touchbacks 6-0-0 4-0-0
PUNTS: Number and Average 5-41.4 5-46.8
Had blocked 0 0
Net punting average 38.8 39.2
TOTAL RETURN YARDAGE (Not including kickoffs) 36 40
Number-Yards: Punt Returns 3-13 2-38
Number-Yards: Kickoff Returns 3-62 6-34
Number-Yards: Interception Returns 1-23 1-2
PENALTIES: Number-Yards 8-100 4-30
FUMBLES: Number-Lost 2-1 1-0
TOUCHDOWNS 1 1
Rushing 0 0
Passing 1 1
Interceptions 0 0
Other (blocked kicks, etc.) 0 0
EXTRA POINTS: Made-Attempts 1-1 1-1
Kicking: Made-Attempts 1-1 1-1
Passing: Made-Attempts 0-0 0-0
Rushing: Made-Attempts 0-0 0-0
FIELD GOALS: Made-Attempts 3-3 4-4
FGs - PATs had blocked 0-0 0-0
RED ZONE EFFICIENCY 1-3-33% 1-4-25%
GOAL TO GO EFFICIENCY 1-1-100% 1-4-25%
SAFETIES 0 0
TIME OF POSSESSION 35:52 29:11


INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS

PITTSBURGH NY JETS

RUSHING ATT YDS AVG LG TD RUSHING ATT YDS AVG LG TD
-------------------------------------- --------------------------------------
W PARKER 21 52 2.5 14 0 T JONES 30 117 3.9 26 0
N DAVENPOR 8 39 4.9 15 0 K CLEMENS 1 15 15.0 15 0
C DAVIS 2 16 8.0 10 0 L WASHINGT 2 10 5.0 8 0
B ROETHLIS 2 5 2.5 6 0 B SMITH 1 9 9.0 9 0

PASSING CM-AT-YDS IN TD LG PASSING CM-AT-YDS IN TD LG
-------------------------------------- --------------------------------------
B ROETHLIS 15-25-195 1 1 27 K CLEMENS 14-31-162 1 1 56

Sacked-Yards Lost: B ROETHLIS 7-44. Sacked-Yards Lost: K CLEMENS 3-16.

RECEIVING NO YDS AVG LG TD RECEIVING NO YDS AVG LG TD
-------------------------------------- --------------------------------------
S HOLMES 5 75 15.0 27 1 C BAKER 4 34 8.5 14 1
N DAVENPOR 4 22 5.5 9 0 B SMITH 3 26 8.7 12 0
H WARD 2 47 23.5 25 0 J MCCAREIN 2 22 11.0 12 0
H MILLER 2 36 18.0 19 0 L COLES 1 56 56.0 56 0
C WILSON 1 9 9.0 9 0 T JONES 1 7 7.0 7 0
M SPAETH 1 6 6.0 6 0 J POCIASK 1 7 7.0 7 0
J COTCHERY 1 5 5.0 5 0
J KOWALEWS 1 5 5.0 5 0

INTERCEPTIONS NO YDS AVG LG TD INTERCEPTIONS NO YDS AVG LG TD
-------------------------------------- --------------------------------------
D TOWNSEND 1 23 23.0 23 0 K RHODES 1 2 2.0 2 0

PUNTING NO YDS AVG T I LG PUNTING NO YDS AVG T I LG
-------------------------------------- --------------------------------------
D SEPULVED 5 207 41.4 0 2 46 B GRAHAM 5 234 46.8 0 2 54

T = Touchbacks, I = Inside 20

PUNT RETURNS NO YDS AVG LG TD PUNT RETURNS NO YDS AVG LG TD
-------------------------------------- --------------------------------------
A ROSSUM 3 13 4.3 8 0 L WASHINGTON 2 38 19.0 33 0

KICKOFF RETURNS NO YDS AVG LG TD KICKOFF RETURNS NO YDS AVG LG TD
-------------------------------------- --------------------------------------
A ROSSUM 3 62 20.7 30 0 J COTCHERY 2 10 5.0 8 0
L WASHINGTON 1 12 12.0 12 0
M CHATHAM 1 5 5.0 5 0
D BOWENS 1 4 4.0 4 0
J MCCAREINS 1 3 3.0 3 0

KICKING XP/XPA FG/FGA KICKING XP/XPA FG/FGA
---------------------------------- ----------------------------------
J REED 1/1 3/3 M NUGENT 1/1 4/4
Dist.: 37 33 48 Dist.: 25 19 28 38

O-D O-D
FUMBLES NO LOST FF REC FUMBLES NO LOST FF REC
------------------------------------ ------------------------------------
B ROETHLISBERGER 2 1 0 1-0 K CLEMENS 1 0 0 0-0
S ELLIS 0 0 1 0-1

DEFENSE TK SO AS SK-YD DEFENSE TK SO AS SK-YD
------------------------------------ ------------------------------------
J FARRIOR 9 6 3 0-0 D HARRIS 11 7 4 1-17
A SMITH 8 7 1 0-0 E BARTON 7 5 2 0-0
J HARRISON 8 5 3 1-9 D REVIS 6 6 0 0-0
L FOOTE 6 5 1 1-5 S POUHA 6 5 1 0-0
T POLAMALU 6 5 1 0-0 E SMITH 6 5 1 0-0
C HAGGANS 6 4 2 0-0 K COLEMAN 6 3 3 .5-2
B KEISEL 5 4 1 1-2 S ELLIS 5 4 1 2-7
I TAYLOR 5 4 1 0-0 D ROBERTSON 5 3 22.5-16
D TOWNSEND 3 3 0 0-0 D BOWENS 3 3 0 .5-1
A SMITH 3 2 1 0-0 B THOMAS 3 3 0 0-0
B MCFADDEN 3 2 1 0-0 H POTEAT 3 2 1 0-0
C HAMPTON 2 2 0 0-0 A ELAM 3 1 2 0-0
T CARTER 2 1 1 0-0 M CHATHAM 2 2 0 0-0
N EASON 1 0 1 0-0 K RHODES 2 2 0 0-0
C MOSLEY 2 1 1 .5-1
V HOBSON 2 1 1 0-0
B KASSELL 2 0 2 0-0

Att: 77,659</div>

 

By Joe Rizzo
PA SportsTicker Contributing Writer


<div class="pre">EAST RUTHERFORD, New Jersey (Ticker) -The one time the</div>Pittsburgh Steelers could not avoid Leon Washington, it costthem the game.


Washington's 26-yard punt return set up Mike Nugent's fourthfield goal of the game, a 38-yarder 5:03 into overtime, thatgave the New York Jets a stunning 19-16 victory over theSteelers on Sunday.


The Steelers (7-3) kicked away from Washington, who has returnedthree kickoffs for a touchdown this season, the entire game.But in the overtime, Washington fielded a punt and made a move,scampering 26 yards to the Pittsburgh 26, with only punter DanSepulveda's tackle keeping him from ending the game.

Thomas Jones, who carried 30 times for 117 yards, ran the ballthree times for six yards before Nugent converted into a strongheadwind that saw the ball narrowly clear the upright.

Kellen Clemens drove the Jets 76 yards to the tying field goalwith 23 seconds left, leaving Nugent with a 28-yard chip shotwith the wind at his back.


The Jets (2-8) built a 13-7 lead, but allowed three straightfield goals from Jeff Reed in the second half as the Steelersplayed keep-away. New York ran just eight plays for 16 yards inthe third quarter.


Faced with a 4th-and-2 from the Pittsburgh 31-yard line early inthe fourth quarter of a 13-13 game, Jets lineman Brandon Moorecommitted a false start, but coach Eric Mangini still elected togo for it. Clemens threw an incomplete pass to Brad Smith,opening the door for Pittsburgh to embark on the go-ahead drive.

Ben Roethlisberger drove the Steelers 34 yards in nine playsover 3:35, with Reed converting from 48 yards to make it 16-13with 8:41 left.


Reed also booted field goals of 37 and 33 yards in the thirdquarter to rally the Steelers into a 13-13 tie. The two drivescovered 20 plays and ate 10:52 off the clock and appeared for awhile to have taken their toll on the Jets defense in the fourthquarter.


The Jets surprised the Steelers off the bat, converting a56-yard flea-flicker from Kellen Clemens to Laveranues Coles onthe second play of the game, leaving the ball at the 1-yardline. That set up Clemens' 1-yard scoring toss to tight endChris Baker, giving New York a 7-0 edge less than three minutesinto the game.


Nugent added a 25-yard field goal near the end of the firstquarter to extend the edge, but the Steelers took the ensuingkickoff and drove 72 yards in eight plays, with Roethlisbergerhitting Santonio Homes for a 7-yard score to cut the deficit to10-7.


Holmes, who had 75 yards on five receptions, later left the gamewith a sprained right ankle.


Nugent converted from 19 yards on the final play of the half togive the Jets a 13-7 lead at the intermission. The 49-yarddrive was set up when safety Kerry Rhodes made a spectacularleaping interception off a deflected pass near midfield.

In addition to the interception, Roethlisberger lost a fumbleand was sacked seven times against a team that entered the gamewith just nine sacks on the season. He finished 15-for-25 for195 yards with one TD and one interception.


Clemens was 14-for-31 for 162yards, one TD and one pick for theJets.

 

NFL: PITTSBURGH at NY JETS

<div class="pre">NFL FINAL 1ST 2ND 3RD 4TH
--- --- --- ---
PITTSBURGH 0 7 6 3
NY JETS 10 3 0 3

OT TOTAL
--- -----
PITTSBURGH 0 16
NY JETS 3 19 FINAL IN OVERTIME

SCORING SUMMARY

1ST QUARTER:

2:11 NYJ - TD, CHRIS BAKER 1 YD PASS FROM KELLEN CLEMENS (MIKE NUGENT KICK).
Drive: 4 plays, 68 yards in 2:11.
Key plays: Jones 11-yard run to New York 43; Clemmons 56-yard pass
to Coles to Pittsburgh 1. NY JETS 7-0.
13:29 NYJ - FG, MIKE NUGENT 25 YD.
Drive: 9 plays, 69 yards in 3:51.
Key plays: 41-yard pass interference penalty on Steelers' Taylor to
Pittsburgh 35; Clemons 9-yard pass to Baker on 3rd-and-5 to Pittsburgh 21.
NY JETS 10-0

2ND QUARTER:

5:56 PIT - TD, SANTONIO HOLMES 7 YD PASS FROM BEN ROETHLISBERGER (JEFF REED KICK).
Drive: 8 plays, 72 yards in 5:16.
Key plays: Parker 14-yard run to Pittsburgh 42; Roethlisberger
25-yard pass to Holmes to New York 33; Roethlisberger 22-yard pass to Ward
to New York 21; Roethlisberger 9-yard pass to Davenport on 3rd-and-5 to
New York 7. NY JETS 10-7.
15:00 NYJ - FG, MIKE NUGENT 19 YD.
Drive: 9 plays, 48 yards in 2:19.
Key plays: Rhodes 2-yard interception return to Pittsburgh 49; Jones
4-yard run on 3rd-and-1 to Pittsburgh 36; Jones 26-yard run to Pittsburgh
2. NY JETS 13-7

3RD QUARTER:

6:36 PIT - FG, JEFF REED 37 YD.
Drive: 11 plays, 50 yards in 6:36.
Key plays: Roethlisberger 27-yard pass to Holmes to New York 38;
Davenport 5-yard run on 3rd-and-1 to New York 24. NY JETS 13-10.
13:26 PIT - FG, JEFF REED 33 YD.
Drive: 9 plays, 54 yards in 4:16.
Key plays: Roethlisberger 25-yard pass to Ward to New York 43;
Davenport 15-yard run to New York 28; Davis 10-yard run on 3rd-and-17 to
New York 14. PITTSBURGH 13-13

4TH QUARTER:

6:19 PIT - FG, JEFF REED 48 YD.
Drive: 9 plays, 34 yards in 3:35.
Key plays: Roethlisberger 19-yard pass to Miller to New York 42;
Davenport 4-yard run on 3rd-and-1 to New York 29. PITTSBURGH 16-13.
14:37 NYJ - FG, MIKE NUGENT 28 YD.
Drive: 13 plays, 76 yards in 2:00.
Key plays: Clemens 10-yard pass to Baker to New York 24; Clemens
12-yard pass to Smith to New York 35; Clemens 12-yard pass McCareins to
New York 47; Clemens 15-yard run to Pittsburgh 30; Clemens 10-yard pass to
McCareins to Pittsburgh 19; Clemens 14-yard pass to Baker to Pittsburgh 5.
PITTSBURGH 16-16

OVERTIME:

5:03 NYJ - FG, MIKE NUGENT 38 YD.
Drive: 4 plays, 6 yards in 2:03.
Key plays: Washington 33-yard punt return to Pittsburgh 26. NY JETS
19-16.

PITTSBURGH - NY JETS Final Statistics

TEAM STATISTICS PITTSBURGH NY JETS

FIRST DOWNS 16 20
Rushing 6 8
Passing 10 8
Penalty 0 4
THIRD DOWN EFFICIENCY 5-16-31% 3-13-23%
FOURTH DOWN EFFICIENCY 0-0-0% 0-2-0%
TOTAL NET YARDS 263 297
Total offensive plays 65 68
Average gain per play 4.0 4.4
NET YARDS RUSHING 112 151
Rushing attempts 33 34
Average gain per rush 3.4 4.4
Tackles for loss-yards 7-11 2-4
NET YARDS PASSING 151 146
Times sacked: Number-Yards 7-44 3-16
Gross passing yards 195 162
PASS ATTEMPTS-COMPLETIONS-HAD INTERCEPTED 25-15-1 31-14-1
Avg gain per pass play 4.7 4.3
KICKOFFS: Number-In End Zone-Touchbacks 6-0-0 4-0-0
PUNTS: Number and Average 5-41.4 5-46.8
Had blocked 0 0
Net punting average 38.8 39.2
TOTAL RETURN YARDAGE (Not including kickoffs) 36 40
Number-Yards: Punt Returns 3-13 2-38
Number-Yards: Kickoff Returns 3-62 6-34
Number-Yards: Interception Returns 1-23 1-2
PENALTIES: Number-Yards 8-100 4-30
FUMBLES: Number-Lost 2-1 0-0
TOUCHDOWNS 1 1
Rushing 0 0
Passing 1 1
Interceptions 0 0
Other (blocked kicks, etc.) 0 0
EXTRA POINTS: Made-Attempts 1-1 1-1
Kicking: Made-Attempts 1-1 1-1
Passing: Made-Attempts 0-0 0-0
Rushing: Made-Attempts 0-0 0-0
FIELD GOALS: Made-Attempts 3-3 4-4
FGs - PATs had blocked 0-0 0-0
RED ZONE EFFICIENCY 1-3-33% 1-4-25%
GOAL TO GO EFFICIENCY 1-1-100% 1-4-25%
SAFETIES 0 0
TIME OF POSSESSION 35:52 29:11


INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS

PITTSBURGH NY JETS

RUSHING ATT YDS AVG LG TD RUSHING ATT YDS AVG LG TD
-------------------------------------- --------------------------------------
W PARKER 21 52 2.5 14 0 T JONES 30 117 3.9 26 0
N DAVENPOR 8 39 4.9 15 0 K CLEMENS 1 15 15.0 15 0
C DAVIS 2 16 8.0 10 0 L WASHINGT 2 10 5.0 8 0
B ROETHLIS 2 5 2.5 6 0 B SMITH 1 9 9.0 9 0

PASSING CM-AT-YDS IN TD LG PASSING CM-AT-YDS IN TD LG
-------------------------------------- --------------------------------------
B ROETHLIS 15-25-195 1 1 27 K CLEMENS 14-31-162 1 1 56

Sacked-Yards Lost: B ROETHLIS 7-44. Sacked-Yards Lost: K CLEMENS 3-16.

RECEIVING NO YDS AVG LG TD RECEIVING NO YDS AVG LG TD
-------------------------------------- --------------------------------------
S HOLMES 5 75 15.0 27 1 C BAKER 4 34 8.5 14 1
N DAVENPOR 4 22 5.5 9 0 B SMITH 3 26 8.7 12 0
H WARD 2 47 23.5 25 0 J MCCAREIN 2 22 11.0 12 0
H MILLER 2 36 18.0 19 0 L COLES 1 56 56.0 56 0
C WILSON 1 9 9.0 9 0 T JONES 1 7 7.0 7 0
M SPAETH 1 6 6.0 6 0 J POCIASK 1 7 7.0 7 0
J COTCHERY 1 5 5.0 5 0
J KOWALEWS 1 5 5.0 5 0

INTERCEPTIONS NO YDS AVG LG TD INTERCEPTIONS NO YDS AVG LG TD
-------------------------------------- --------------------------------------
D TOWNSEND 1 23 23.0 23 0 K RHODES 1 2 2.0 2 0

PUNTING NO YDS AVG T I LG PUNTING NO YDS AVG T I LG
-------------------------------------- --------------------------------------
D SEPULVED 5 207 41.4 0 2 46 B GRAHAM 5 234 46.8 0 2 54

T = Touchbacks, I = Inside 20

PUNT RETURNS NO YDS AVG LG TD PUNT RETURNS NO YDS AVG LG TD
-------------------------------------- --------------------------------------
A ROSSUM 3 13 4.3 8 0 L WASHINGTON 2 38 19.0 33 0

KICKOFF RETURNS NO YDS AVG LG TD KICKOFF RETURNS NO YDS AVG LG TD
-------------------------------------- --------------------------------------
A ROSSUM 3 62 20.7 30 0 J COTCHERY 2 10 5.0 8 0
L WASHINGTON 1 12 12.0 12 0
M CHATHAM 1 5 5.0 5 0
D BOWENS 1 4 4.0 4 0
J MCCAREINS 1 3 3.0 3 0

KICKING XP/XPA FG/FGA KICKING XP/XPA FG/FGA
---------------------------------- ----------------------------------
J REED 1/1 3/3 M NUGENT 1/1 4/4
Dist.: 37 33 48 Dist.: 25 19 28 38

O-D O-D
FUMBLES NO LOST FF REC FUMBLES NO LOST FF REC
------------------------------------ ------------------------------------
B ROETHLISBERGER 2 1 0 1-0 S ELLIS 0 0 1 0-1

DEFENSE TK SO AS SK-YD DEFENSE TK SO AS SK-YD
------------------------------------ ------------------------------------
J FARRIOR 9 6 3 0-0 D HARRIS 11 7 4 1-17
A SMITH 8 7 1 0-0 E BARTON 7 5 2 0-0
J HARRISON 8 5 3 1-9 D REVIS 6 6 0 0-0
L FOOTE 6 5 1 1-5 S POUHA 6 5 1 0-0
T POLAMALU 6 5 1 0-0 E SMITH 6 5 1 0-0
C HAGGANS 6 4 2 0-0 K COLEMAN 6 3 3 .5-2
B KEISEL 5 4 1 1-2 S ELLIS 5 4 1 2-7
I TAYLOR 5 4 1 0-0 D ROBERTSON 5 3 22.5-16
D TOWNSEND 3 3 0 0-0 D BOWENS 3 3 0 .5-1
A SMITH 3 2 1 0-0 B THOMAS 3 3 0 0-0
B MCFADDEN 3 2 1 0-0 H POTEAT 3 2 1 0-0
C HAMPTON 2 2 0 0-0 A ELAM 3 1 2 0-0
T CARTER 2 1 1 0-0 M CHATHAM 2 2 0 0-0
N EASON 1 0 1 0-0 K RHODES 2 2 0 0-0
C MOSLEY 2 1 1 .5-1
V HOBSON 2 1 1 0-0
B KASSELL 2 0 2 0-0

Officials: Referee-Scott Green, Umpire-Scott Dawson, Head
Linesman-Tony Veteri, Line Judge-Ron Marinucci, Field Judge-Boris
Cheek, Side Judge-Larry Rose, Back Judge-Lee Dyer.

Att: 77,659 Time of Game: 3:10</div>

 

By Joe Rizzo
PA SportsTicker Contributing Writer


<div class="pre">EAST RUTHERFORD, New Jersey (Ticker) - The one time the</div>Pittsburgh Steelers could not avoid Leon Washington, it costthem the game.


Washington's 26-yard punt return set up Mike Nugent's fourthfield goal of the game, a 38-yarder 5:03 into overtime, thatgave the New York Jets a stunning 19-16 victory over theSteelers on Sunday.


The Steelers (7-3) kicked away from Washington, who has returnedthree kickoffs for a touchdown this season, the entire game.But in the overtime, Washington fielded a punt and made a move,scampering 26 yards to the Pittsburgh 26, with only punter DanSepulveda's tackle keeping him from ending the game.

"All week long at practice I have been working on catching theball," said Washington, whose Jets were coming off a bye week."Once you see the ball shank, you know the chance is there tomake a play. I feel like whenever I get the ball I have achance to make a big play."


Thomas Jones, who carried 30 times for 117 yards, ran the ballthree times for six yards before Nugent converted into a strongheadwind that saw the ball narrowly clear the upright.

"That field goal at the end cannot really happen if Leon doesn'tdo such a great job on that punt," Nugent said.


"When that final kick went through, that was one of the bestfeelings I've had in a while," said New York quarterback KellenClemens, who won for the first time in three career starts.

Clemens drove the Jets 76 yards to the tying field goal with 23seconds left, leaving Nugent with a 28-yard chip shot with thewind at his back.


"We've had some success in the two-minute drives," Clemens said."It's a big step for us to take this game into OT and thenfinish it strong."


It was a unique home game for New York, whose fans split thestadium with towel-waving Steelers fans. Despite Pittsburgh's"road-field" advantage, Jones became the first back in 35 gamesto dent the Steelers' defense for more than 100 yards.

"I know a lot of guys were missing tackles," said Steelerscornerback DeShea Townsend, whose team had not allowed a rusherto pass the century mark since Edgerrin James did it withIndianapolis on November 28, 2005, carrying 29 times for 124yards.


New York finished with 151 yards on the ground.


"Against that type of defense, you definitely have to get yardsafter the contact," Jones said. "They couldn't wrap me up 100percent and it gave me some opportunities to make some plays."

The Jets (2-8) built a 13-7 lead, but allowed three straightfield goals from Jeff Reed in the second half as the Steelersplayed keep-away. New York ran just eight plays for 16 yards inthe third quarter.


Faced with a 4th-and-2 from the Pittsburgh 31-yard line early inthe fourth quarter of a 13-13 game, Jets lineman Brandon Moorecommitted a false start, but coach Eric Mangini still elected togo for it. Clemens threw an incomplete pass to Brad Smith,opening the door for Pittsburgh to embark on the go-ahead drive.

Ben Roethlisberger drove the Steelers 34 yards in nine playsover 3:35, with Reed converting from 48 yards to make it 16-13with 8:41 left.


"Our mindset has been to take care of the opponent, whomever itmay be," Roethlisberger said. "I don't think we were lookingahead."


Reed also booted field goals of 37 and 33 yards in the thirdquarter to rally the Steelers into a 13-13 tie. The two drivescovered 20 plays and ate 10:52 off the clock and appeared for awhile to have taken their toll on the Jets defense in the fourthquarter.


The Jets surprised the Steelers off the bat, converting a56-yard flea-flicker from Clemens to Laveranues Coles on thesecond play of the game, leaving the ball at the 1-yard line.

That led to Clemens' 1-yard scoring toss to tight end ChrisBaker, giving New York a 7-0 edge less than three minutes intothe game. It also helped set up New York's running game.

"I'd like to think it affected the safeties a little bit, thatthey had to stay back and respect the trick plays," Clemenssaid.


Nugent added a 25-yard field goal near the end of the firstquarter to extend the edge, but the Steelers took the ensuingkickoff and drove 72 yards in eight plays, with Roethlisbergerhitting Santonio Homes for a 7-yard score to cut the deficit to10-7.


Holmes, who had 75 yards on five receptions, later left the gamewith a sprained right ankle.


Nugent converted from 19 yards on the final play of the half togive the Jets a 13-7 lead at the intermission. The 49-yarddrive was set up when safety Kerry Rhodes made a spectacularleaping interception off a deflected pass near midfield.

In addition to the interception, Roethlisberger lost a fumbleand was sacked seven times against a team that entered the gamewith just nine sacks on the season. He finished 15-for-25 for195 yards with one TD and one interception.


Clemens was 14-for-31 for 162 yards, one TD and one pick for theJets, who will visit Dallas on Thanksgiving.


"We certainly hope it carries over," Clemens said. "When youhave two wins, every win is a big one, I guess. The downside iswe get the least amount of time possible to celebrate."

 

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PITTSBURGH 0 7 6 3
NY JETS 10 3 0 3

OT TOTAL
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PITTSBURGH 0 16
NY JETS 3 19 FINAL IN OVERTIME

SCORING SUMMARY

1ST QUARTER:

2:11 NYJ - TD, CHRIS BAKER 1 YD PASS FROM KELLEN CLEMENS (MIKE NUGENT KICK).
Drive: 4 plays, 68 yards in 2:11.
Key plays: Jones 11-yard run to New York 43; Clemmons 56-yard pass
to Coles to Pittsburgh 1. NY JETS 7-0.
13:29 NYJ - FG, MIKE NUGENT 25 YD.
Drive: 9 plays, 69 yards in 3:51.
Key plays: 41-yard pass interference penalty on Steelers' Taylor to
Pittsburgh 35; Clemons 9-yard pass to Baker on 3rd-and-5 to Pittsburgh 21.
NY JETS 10-0

2ND QUARTER:

5:56 PIT - TD, SANTONIO HOLMES 7 YD PASS FROM BEN ROETHLISBERGER (JEFF REED KICK).
Drive: 8 plays, 72 yards in 5:16.
Key plays: Parker 14-yard run to Pittsburgh 42; Roethlisberger
25-yard pass to Holmes to New York 33; Roethlisberger 22-yard pass to Ward
to New York 21; Roethlisberger 9-yard pass to Davenport on 3rd-and-5 to
New York 7. NY JETS 10-7.
15:00 NYJ - FG, MIKE NUGENT 19 YD.
Drive: 9 plays, 48 yards in 2:19.
Key plays: Rhodes 2-yard interception return to Pittsburgh 49; Jones
4-yard run on 3rd-and-1 to Pittsburgh 36; Jones 26-yard run to Pittsburgh
2. NY JETS 13-7

3RD QUARTER:

6:36 PIT - FG, JEFF REED 37 YD.
Drive: 11 plays, 50 yards in 6:36.
Key plays: Roethlisberger 27-yard pass to Holmes to New York 38;
Davenport 5-yard run on 3rd-and-1 to New York 24. NY JETS 13-10.
13:26 PIT - FG, JEFF REED 33 YD.
Drive: 9 plays, 54 yards in 4:16.
Key plays: Roethlisberger 25-yard pass to Ward to New York 43;
Davenport 15-yard run to New York 28; Davis 10-yard run on 3rd-and-17 to
New York 14. PITTSBURGH 13-13

4TH QUARTER:

6:19 PIT - FG, JEFF REED 48 YD.
Drive: 9 plays, 34 yards in 3:35.
Key plays: Roethlisberger 19-yard pass to Miller to New York 42;
Davenport 4-yard run on 3rd-and-1 to New York 29. PITTSBURGH 16-13.
14:37 NYJ - FG, MIKE NUGENT 28 YD.
Drive: 13 plays, 76 yards in 2:00.
Key plays: Clemens 10-yard pass to Baker to New York 24; Clemens
12-yard pass to Smith to New York 35; Clemens 12-yard pass McCareins to
New York 47; Clemens 15-yard run to Pittsburgh 30; Clemens 10-yard pass to
McCareins to Pittsburgh 19; Clemens 14-yard pass to Baker to Pittsburgh 5.
PITTSBURGH 16-16

OVERTIME:

5:03 NYJ - FG, MIKE NUGENT 38 YD.
Drive: 4 plays, 6 yards in 2:03.
Key plays: Washington 33-yard punt return to Pittsburgh 26. NY JETS
19-16.

PITTSBURGH - NY JETS Final Statistics

TEAM STATISTICS PITTSBURGH NY JETS

FIRST DOWNS 16 20
Rushing 6 8
Passing 10 8
Penalty 0 4
THIRD DOWN EFFICIENCY 5-16-31% 3-13-23%
FOURTH DOWN EFFICIENCY 0-0-0% 0-2-0%
TOTAL NET YARDS 263 297
Total offensive plays 65 68
Average gain per play 4.0 4.4
NET YARDS RUSHING 112 151
Rushing attempts 33 34
Average gain per rush 3.4 4.4
Tackles for loss-yards 7-11 2-4
NET YARDS PASSING 151 146
Times sacked: Number-Yards 7-44 3-16
Gross passing yards 195 162
PASS ATTEMPTS-COMPLETIONS-HAD INTERCEPTED 25-15-1 31-14-1
Avg gain per pass play 4.7 4.3
KICKOFFS: Number-In End Zone-Touchbacks 6-0-0 4-0-0
PUNTS: Number and Average 5-41.4 5-46.8
Had blocked 0 0
Net punting average 38.8 39.2
TOTAL RETURN YARDAGE (Not including kickoffs) 36 40
Number-Yards: Punt Returns 3-13 2-38
Number-Yards: Kickoff Returns 3-62 6-34
Number-Yards: Interception Returns 1-23 1-2
PENALTIES: Number-Yards 8-100 4-30
FUMBLES: Number-Lost 2-1 0-0
TOUCHDOWNS 1 1
Rushing 0 0
Passing 1 1
Interceptions 0 0
Other (blocked kicks, etc.) 0 0
EXTRA POINTS: Made-Attempts 1-1 1-1
Kicking: Made-Attempts 1-1 1-1
Passing: Made-Attempts 0-0 0-0
Rushing: Made-Attempts 0-0 0-0
FIELD GOALS: Made-Attempts 3-3 4-4
FGs - PATs had blocked 0-0 0-0
RED ZONE EFFICIENCY 1-3-33% 1-4-25%
GOAL TO GO EFFICIENCY 1-1-100% 1-4-25%
SAFETIES 0 0
TIME OF POSSESSION 35:52 29:11


INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS

PITTSBURGH NY JETS

RUSHING ATT YDS AVG LG TD RUSHING ATT YDS AVG LG TD
-------------------------------------- --------------------------------------
W PARKER 21 52 2.5 14 0 T JONES 30 117 3.9 26 0
N DAVENPOR 8 39 4.9 15 0 K CLEMENS 1 15 15.0 15 0
C DAVIS 2 16 8.0 10 0 L WASHINGT 2 10 5.0 8 0
B ROETHLIS 2 5 2.5 6 0 B SMITH 1 9 9.0 9 0

PASSING CM-AT-YDS IN TD LG PASSING CM-AT-YDS IN TD LG
-------------------------------------- --------------------------------------
B ROETHLIS 15-25-195 1 1 27 K CLEMENS 14-31-162 1 1 56

Sacked-Yards Lost: B ROETHLIS 7-44. Sacked-Yards Lost: K CLEMENS 3-16.

RECEIVING NO YDS AVG LG TD RECEIVING NO YDS AVG LG TD
-------------------------------------- --------------------------------------
S HOLMES 5 75 15.0 27 1 C BAKER 4 34 8.5 14 1
N DAVENPOR 4 22 5.5 9 0 B SMITH 3 26 8.7 12 0
H WARD 2 47 23.5 25 0 J MCCAREIN 2 22 11.0 12 0
H MILLER 2 36 18.0 19 0 L COLES 1 56 56.0 56 0
C WILSON 1 9 9.0 9 0 T JONES 1 7 7.0 7 0
M SPAETH 1 6 6.0 6 0 J POCIASK 1 7 7.0 7 0
J COTCHERY 1 5 5.0 5 0
J KOWALEWS 1 5 5.0 5 0

INTERCEPTIONS NO YDS AVG LG TD INTERCEPTIONS NO YDS AVG LG TD
-------------------------------------- --------------------------------------
D TOWNSEND 1 23 23.0 23 0 K RHODES 1 2 2.0 2 0

PUNTING NO YDS AVG T I LG PUNTING NO YDS AVG T I LG
-------------------------------------- --------------------------------------
D SEPULVED 5 207 41.4 0 2 46 B GRAHAM 5 234 46.8 0 2 54

T = Touchbacks, I = Inside 20

PUNT RETURNS NO YDS AVG LG TD PUNT RETURNS NO YDS AVG LG TD
-------------------------------------- --------------------------------------
A ROSSUM 3 13 4.3 8 0 L WASHINGTON 2 38 19.0 33 0

KICKOFF RETURNS NO YDS AVG LG TD KICKOFF RETURNS NO YDS AVG LG TD
-------------------------------------- --------------------------------------
A ROSSUM 3 62 20.7 30 0 J COTCHERY 2 10 5.0 8 0
L WASHINGTON 1 12 12.0 12 0
M CHATHAM 1 5 5.0 5 0
D BOWENS 1 4 4.0 4 0
J MCCAREINS 1 3 3.0 3 0

KICKING XP/XPA FG/FGA KICKING XP/XPA FG/FGA
---------------------------------- ----------------------------------
J REED 1/1 3/3 M NUGENT 1/1 4/4
Dist.: 37 33 48 Dist.: 25 19 28 38

O-D O-D
FUMBLES NO LOST FF REC FUMBLES NO LOST FF REC
------------------------------------ ------------------------------------
B ROETHLISBERGER 2 1 0 1-0 S ELLIS 0 0 1 0-1

DEFENSE TK SO AS SK-YD DEFENSE TK SO AS SK-YD
------------------------------------ ------------------------------------
J FARRIOR 9 6 3 .5-2.5 D HARRIS 11 7 4 1-17
A SMITH 8 7 1 0-0 E BARTON 7 5 2 0-0
J HARRISON 8 5 3 1-9 D REVIS 6 6 0 0-0
T POLAMALU 6 5 1 0-0 S POUHA 6 5 1 0-0
L FOOTE 6 4 2 .5-2.5 E SMITH 6 5 1 0-0
C HAGGANS 6 4 2 0-0 K COLEMAN 6 3 3 .5-2
B KEISEL 5 4 1 1-2 S ELLIS 5 4 1 2-7
I TAYLOR 5 4 1 0-0 D ROBERTSON 5 3 22.5-16
D TOWNSEND 3 3 0 0-0 D BOWENS 3 3 0 .5-1
A SMITH 3 2 1 0-0 B THOMAS 3 3 0 0-0
B MCFADDEN 3 2 1 0-0 H POTEAT 3 2 1 0-0
C HAMPTON 2 2 0 0-0 A ELAM 3 1 2 0-0
T CARTER 2 1 1 0-0 M CHATHAM 2 2 0 0-0
N EASON 1 0 1 0-0 K RHODES 2 2 0 0-0
C MOSLEY 2 1 1 .5-1
V HOBSON 2 1 1 0-0
B KASSELL 2 0 2 0-0

Officials: Referee-Scott Green, Umpire-Scott Dawson, Head
Linesman-Tony Veteri, Line Judge-Ron Marinucci, Field Judge-Boris
Cheek, Side Judge-Larry Rose, Back Judge-Lee Dyer.

Att: 77,659 Time of Game: 3:10</div>

 

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