GAME THREAD: GAME THREAD: NFL: PITTSBURGH (9-3) at NEW ENGLAND (12-0)

NFL: PITTSBURGH at NEW ENGLAND

<div class="pre">NFL
PITTSBURGH 13
NEW ENGLAND 34 6:55 LEFT, 4TH QTR

PIT BALL ON PIT 22 YD LINE
1ST AND 10</div>

 

NFL: PITTSBURGH at NEW ENGLAND

<div class="pre">NFL
PITTSBURGH 13
NEW ENGLAND 34 2:49 LEFT, 4TH QTR

NWE BALL ON NWE 21 YD LINE
1ST AND 10</div>

 

NFL: PITTSBURGH at NEW ENGLAND

<div class="pre">NFL TWO MINUTE WARNING, 2ND HALF

PITTSBURGH 13
NEW ENGLAND 34

NWE BALL ON NWE 21 YD LINE
2ND AND 10</div>

 

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<div class="pre">NFL FINAL 1ST 2ND 3RD 4TH TOTAL
--- --- --- --- -----
PITTSBURGH 3 10 0 0 13
NEW ENGLAND 7 10 14 3 34 FINAL

SCORING SUMMARY

1ST QUARTER: PIT - FG, JEFF REED 23 YD, 9:15. Drive: 15
plays, 59 yards in 8:14. Key plays:
Roethlisberger 7-yard pass to
Miller on 3rd-and-2 to New England
49; Roethlisberger 13-yard pass to
Holmes on 3rd-and 7 to New England
33; Roethlisberger 11-yard pass to
Miller to New England 22;
Roethlisberger 1-yard run on
3rd-and-1 to New England 12.
PITTSBURGH 3-0
NWE - TD, RANDY MOSS 4 YD PASS FROM TOM BRADY
(STEPHEN GOSTKOWSKI KICK), 13:55.
Drive: 9 plays, 52 yards in 4:40.
Key plays: C Jackson 39-yard
kickoff return to New England 48; T
Brady 16-yard pass to Moss on
3rd-and-2 to Pittsburg 28; Maroney
10-yard run to Pittsburg 18;
Maroney 2-yard run on 3rd-and-1 to
Pittsburgh 7. NEW ENGLAND 7-3
2ND QUARTER: NWE - TD, RANDY MOSS 63 YD PASS FROM TOM
BRADY (STEPHEN GOSTKOWSKI KICK),
0:54. Drive: 1 plays, 63 yards in
0:10. NEW ENGLAND 14-3
PIT - TD, NAJEH DAVENPORT 32 YD PASS FROM BEN
ROETHLISBERGER (JEFF REED KICK),
3:29. Drive: 5 plays, 77 yards in
2:35. Key plays: Parker 30-yard run
to New England 43. NEW ENGLAND
14-10
PIT - FG, JEFF REED 44 YD, 12:31. Drive: 12
plays, 36 yards in 5:52. Key plays:
Davenport 2-yard run on 4th-and-1
to Pittsburgh 49; Roethlisberger
15-yard pass to Wilson to
Pittsburgh 49; Roethlisberger
8-yard pass to Wilson on 4th-and-1
to New England 34. NEW ENGLAND
14-13
NWE - FG, STEPHEN GOSTKOWSKI 42 YD, 14:18.
Drive: 8 plays, 54 yards in 1:47.
Key plays: T Brady 15-yard pass to
Watson to New England 37; T Brady
13-yard pass to Moss to midfield; T
Brady 32-yard pass to Gaffney to
Pittsburgh 18. NEW ENGLAND 17-13
3RD QUARTER: NWE - TD, JABAR GAFFNEY 56 YD PASS FROM TOM
BRADY ( KICK), 4:54. Drive: 4
plays, 89 yards in 2:29. Key plays:
T Brady 22-yard pass to Moss to New
England 33. NEW ENGLAND 24-13
NWE - TD, WES WELKER 2 YD PASS FROM TOM BRADY
(STEPHEN GOSTKOWSKI KICK), 11:11.
Drive: 10 plays, 50 yards in 4:35.
Key plays: T Brady 13-yard pass to
Gaffney to Pittsburgh 24; T Brady
4-yard pass to Welker on 4th-and-1
to Pittsburgh 11. NEW ENGLAND 31-13
4TH QUARTER: NWE - FG, STEPHEN GOSTKOWSKI 28 YD, 8:00.
Drive: 13 plays, 89 yards in 6:27.
Key plays: TBrady 22-yard pass to
Welker to the New England 23;
TBrady 11-pass to Welker to the New
England 34; TBrady 15-yard pass to
Welker to Pittsburgh 44; TBrady
12-yard pass to Moss on 3rd-and-1
to Pitssburgh 10 NEW ENGLAND 34-13

ATT: 68,756</div>

 

NFL: PITTSBURGH at NEW ENGLAND

<div class="pre">** CONFIRMED **
NFL
PITTSBURGH 13
NEW ENGLAND 34 FINAL</div>

 

By Mike Petraglia
PA SportsTicker Contributing Writer


FOXBORO, Massachusetts (Ticker) - The New England Patriots didnot let the new Steel Curtain come down on their perfect season.

Tom Brady threw four touchdown passes as the Patriots remainedundefeated with a 34-13 victory over the Pittsburgh Steelers atGillette Stadium.


Randy Moss had seven catches for 135 yards and two touchdowns asNew England (13-0) drew within three games of the first 16-0regular season in NFL history.


New England has home games against the New York Jets and winlessMiami Dolphins before finishing the regular season at the NewYork Giants


Perhaps motivated by the guarantee of a win by Steelers safetyAnthony Smith, Brady torched the Pittsburgh secondary bycompleting 32-of-46 attempts for 399 yards on the afternoon.

Brady has 45 touchdowns on the season, the third-highest totalin NFL history and four shy of Peyton Manning's all-time mark in2004.


Moss caught a pair of scoring passes in a span of 1:59 and nowhas 19 touchdowns - a franchise record and second only to JerryRice's career NFL record of 22 for receivers set in 1987.

Ben Roethlisberger finished 19-of-32 for 187 yards and a TD forPittsburgh (9-4), which had their two-game winning streaksnapped and lost for just the second time in seven games.

The Steelers hold a one-game lead the Cleveland Browns in theNFC North but they have swept the season series.


Pittsburgh took their opening drive and marched down the field,grinding out 59 yards over 15 plays. But they had to settle fora 23-yard field goal by Jeff Reed when the drive stalled at NewEngland's 6-yard line.


After going three-and-out on their first drive, the Patriotsresponded with a nine-play, 52-yard drive, capped off with a4-yard strike from Brady to Moss at the back of the end zone.

On the first play of New England's next possession, Moss ran ago-route straight up field from the slot and was uncovered.Brady, seeing the blown coverage, found his favorite receiverfor a 63-yard touchdown connection.


With the Patriots leading, 14-3, and their fans sensing anotherblowout, Roethlisberger found Najeh Davenport open in the backof the end zone for a 32-yard touchdown pass, cutting the leadto 14-10.


Reed's second field goal of the game, a 44-yarder, narrowed thegap to 14-13 before Stephen Gostkowski connected from 42 yardswith 42 seconds remaining in the second quarter to give thePatriots a 17-13 lead at halftime.


The Patriots took control of the game when Brady fired a 56-yardtouchdown to Jabar Gaffney midway through the third. The playappeared destined for failure when Moss fumbled a lateral but hewas able to get the ball back to Brady, who found Gaffney wideopen down the left sideline for a 24-13 lead.


Brady's fourth touchdown pass of the day and 45th of the seasonwas a 4-yard pass to Wes Welker late in the third that put NewEngland ahead, 31-13.

 

NFL: PITTSBURGH at NEW ENGLAND

<div class="pre">NFL FINAL 1ST 2ND 3RD 4TH TOTAL
--- --- --- --- -----
PITTSBURGH 3 10 0 0 13
NEW ENGLAND 7 10 14 3 34 FINAL

SCORING SUMMARY

1ST QUARTER:

9:15 PIT - FG, JEFF REED 23 YD.
Drive: 15 plays, 59 yards in 8:14.
Key plays: Roethlisberger 7-yard pass to Miller on 3rd-and-2 to New
England 49; Roethlisberger 13-yard pass to Holmes on 3rd-and 7 to New
England 33; Roethlisberger 11-yard pass to Miller to New England 22;
Roethlisberger 1-yard run on 3rd-and-1 to New England 12. PITTSBURGH 3-0.
13:55 NWE - TD, RANDY MOSS 4 YD PASS FROM TOM BRADY (STEPHEN GOSTKOWSKI KICK).
Drive: 9 plays, 52 yards in 4:40.
Key plays: C Jackson 39-yard kickoff return to New England 48; T
Brady 16-yard pass to Moss on 3rd-and-2 to Pittsburg 28; Maroney 10-yard
run to Pittsburg 18; Maroney 2-yard run on 3rd-and-1 to Pittsburgh 7. NEW
ENGLAND 7-3.

2ND QUARTER:

0:54 NWE - TD, RANDY MOSS 63 YD PASS FROM TOM BRADY (STEPHEN GOSTKOWSKI KICK).
Drive: 1 plays, 63 yards in 0:10.
NEW ENGLAND 14-3.
3:29 PIT - TD, NAJEH DAVENPORT 32 YD PASS FROM BEN ROETHLISBERGER (JEFF REED KICK).
Drive: 5 plays, 77 yards in 2:35.
Key plays: Parker 30-yard run to New England 43. NEW ENGLAND 14-10.
12:31 PIT - FG, JEFF REED 44 YD.
Drive: 12 plays, 36 yards in 5:52.
Key plays: Davenport 2-yard run on 4th-and-1 to Pittsburgh 49;
Roethlisberger 15-yard pass to Wilson to Pittsburgh 49; Roethlisberger
8-yard pass to Wilson on 4th-and-1 to New England 34. NEW ENGLAND 14-13.
14:18 NWE - FG, STEPHEN GOSTKOWSKI 42 YD.
Drive: 8 plays, 54 yards in 1:47.
Key plays: T Brady 15-yard pass to Watson to New England 37; T Brady
13-yard pass to Moss to midfield; T Brady 32-yard pass to Gaffney to
Pittsburgh 18. NEW ENGLAND 17-13.

3RD QUARTER:

4:54 NWE - TD, JABAR GAFFNEY 56 YD PASS FROM TOM BRADY ( KICK).
Drive: 4 plays, 89 yards in 2:29.
Key plays: T Brady 22-yard pass to Moss to New England 33. NEW
ENGLAND 24-13.
11:11 NWE - TD, WES WELKER 2 YD PASS FROM TOM BRADY (STEPHEN GOSTKOWSKI KICK).
Drive: 10 plays, 50 yards in 4:35.
Key plays: T Brady 13-yard pass to Gaffney to Pittsburgh 24; T Brady
4-yard pass to Welker on 4th-and-1 to Pittsburgh 11. NEW ENGLAND 31-13.

4TH QUARTER:

8:00 NWE - FG, STEPHEN GOSTKOWSKI 28 YD.
Drive: 13 plays, 89 yards in 6:27.
Key plays: TBrady 22-yard pass to Welker to the New England 23;
TBrady 11-pass to Welker to the New England 34; TBrady 15-yard pass to
Welker to Pittsburgh 44; TBrady 12-yard pass to Moss on 3rd-and-1 to
Pitssburgh 10 NEW ENGLAND 34-13.

PITTSBURGH - NEW ENGLAND Final Statistics

TEAM STATISTICS PITTSBURGH NEW ENGLAND

FIRST DOWNS 19 21
Rushing 9 2
Passing 9 18
Penalty 1 1
THIRD DOWN EFFICIENCY 5-14-36% 4-11-36%
FOURTH DOWN EFFICIENCY 2-4-50% 1-1-100%
TOTAL NET YARDS 349 421
Total offensive plays 67 55
Average gain per play 5.2 7.7
NET YARDS RUSHING 181 22
Rushing attempts 32 9
Average gain per rush 5.7 2.4
Tackles for loss-yards 1-2 1-1
NET YARDS PASSING 168 399
Times sacked: Number-Yards 3-19 0-0
Gross passing yards 187 399
PASS ATTEMPTS-COMPLETIONS-HAD INTERCEPTED 32-19-0 46-32-0
Avg gain per pass play 4.8 8.7
KICKOFFS: Number-In End Zone-Touchbacks 4-0-0 7-2-0
PUNTS: Number and Average 3-42.0 3-35.7
Had blocked 0 0
Net punting average 40.7 32.7
TOTAL RETURN YARDAGE (Not including kickoffs) 4 9
Number-Yards: Punt Returns 2-4 3-9
Number-Yards: Kickoff Returns 7-133 4-70
Number-Yards: Interception Returns 0-0 0-0
PENALTIES: Number-Yards 6-49 3-20
FUMBLES: Number-Lost 0-1 2-0
TOUCHDOWNS 1 4
Rushing 0 0
Passing 1 4
Interceptions 0 0
Other (blocked kicks, etc.) 0 0
EXTRA POINTS: Made-Attempts 1-1 4-4
Kicking: Made-Attempts 1-1 4-4
Passing: Made-Attempts 0-0 0-0
Rushing: Made-Attempts 0-0 0-0
FIELD GOALS: Made-Attempts 2-2 2-3
FGs - PATs had blocked 0-0 0-0
RED ZONE EFFICIENCY 0-3-0% 2-4-50%
GOAL TO GO EFFICIENCY 0-2-0% 2-3-67%
SAFETIES 0 0
TIME OF POSSESSION 34:10 25:17


INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS

PITTSBURGH NEW ENGLAND

RUSHING ATT YDS AVG LG TD RUSHING ATT YDS AVG LG TD
-------------------------------------- --------------------------------------
W PARKER 21 124 5.9 30 0 L MARONEY 8 18 2.3 10 0
N DAVENPOR 6 33 5.5 14 0 T BRADY 1 4 4.0 4 0
B ROETHLIS 4 24 6.0 9 0
H WARD 1 0 0.0 0 0

PASSING CM-AT-YDS IN TD LG PASSING CM-AT-YDS IN TD LG
-------------------------------------- --------------------------------------
B ROETHLIS 19-32-187 0 1 32 T BRADY 32-46-399 0 4 63

Sacked-Yards Lost: B ROETHLIS 3-19. Sacked-Yards Lost: None

RECEIVING NO YDS AVG LG TD RECEIVING NO YDS AVG LG TD
-------------------------------------- --------------------------------------
H WARD 5 39 7.8 13 0 W WELKER 9 78 8.7 22 1
H MILLER 4 28 7.0 11 0 R MOSS 7 135 19.3 63 2
W PARKER 4 23 5.8 8 0 J GAFFNEY 7 122 17.4 56 1
N WASHINGT 2 29 14.5 21 0 B WATSON 4 33 8.3 15 0
C WILSON 2 23 11.5 15 0 K FAULK 3 15 5.0 6 0
N DAVENPOR 1 32 32.0 32 1 D STALLWOR 1 9 9.0 9 0
S HOLMES 1 13 13.0 13 0 K BRADY 1 7 7.0 7 0

INTERCEPTIONS NO YDS AVG LG TD INTERCEPTIONS NO YDS AVG LG TD
-------------------------------------- --------------------------------------
Interceptions: None

PUNTING NO YDS AVG T I LG PUNTING NO YDS AVG T I LG
-------------------------------------- --------------------------------------
D SEPULVED 3 126 42.0 0 1 44 C HANSON 3 107 35.7 0 0 45

T = Touchbacks, I = Inside 20

PUNT RETURNS NO YDS AVG LG TD PUNT RETURNS NO YDS AVG LG TD
-------------------------------------- --------------------------------------
A ROSSUM 1 4 4.0 4 0 C JACKSON 2 7 3.5 6 0
W GAY 1 0 0.0 0 0 W WELKER 1 2 2.0 2 0

KICKOFF RETURNS NO YDS AVG LG TD KICKOFF RETURNS NO YDS AVG LG TD
-------------------------------------- --------------------------------------
A ROSSUM 6 123 20.5 24 0 C JACKSON 4 70 17.5 39 0
N EASON 1 10 10.0 10 0

KICKING XP/XPA FG/FGA KICKING XP/XPA FG/FGA
---------------------------------- ----------------------------------
J REED 1/1 2/2 S GOSTKOWS 3/3 2/3
Dist.: 23 44 Dist.: (48) 42 28

O-D O-D
FUMBLES NO LOST FF REC FUMBLES NO LOST FF REC
------------------------------------ ------------------------------------
T CARTER 0 0 1 0-0 T BRADY 1 0 0 0-0
B WATSON 1 0 0 0-0
R MOSS 0 0 0 1-0

DEFENSE TK SO AS SK-YD DEFENSE TK SO AS SK-YD
------------------------------------ ------------------------------------
I TAYLOR 7 7 0 0-0 R HARRISON 11 9 2 0-0
J HARRISON 6 3 3 0-0 T BRUSCHI 8 6 2 0-0
A SMITH 6 3 3 0-0 J SANDERS 8 5 3 0-0
C HAGGANS 4 4 0 0-0 V WILFORK 7 7 0 1-8
T CARTER 4 4 0 0-0 J SEAU 6 6 0 0-0
B KEISEL 4 2 2 0-0 A THOMAS 5 3 2 1-2
L FOOTE 4 1 3 0-0 M VRABEL 5 3 2 0-0
J FARRIOR 3 3 0 0-0 A SAMUEL 5 3 2 0-0
D TOWNSEND 3 3 0 0-0 R SEYMOUR 5 0 5 0-0
A SMITH 3 2 1 0-0 R GAY 4 3 1 0-0
C HAMPTON 2 1 1 0-0 T WARREN 4 2 2 0-0
B MCFADDEN 2 1 1 0-0 E HOBBS 4 2 2 0-0
W GAY 1 1 0 0-0 M WRIGHT 2 2 0 0-0
J GREEN 1 1 0 1-9
E WILSON 1 0 1 0-0

Att: 68,756</div>

 

NFL: PITTSBURGH at NEW ENGLAND

<div class="pre">NFL FINAL 1ST 2ND 3RD 4TH TOTAL
--- --- --- --- -----
PITTSBURGH 3 10 0 0 13
NEW ENGLAND 7 10 14 3 34 FINAL

SCORING SUMMARY

1ST QUARTER:

9:15 PIT - FG, JEFF REED 23 YD.
Drive: 15 plays, 59 yards in 8:14.
Key plays: Roethlisberger 7-yard pass to Miller on 3rd-and-2 to New
England 49; Roethlisberger 13-yard pass to Holmes on 3rd-and 7 to New
England 33; Roethlisberger 11-yard pass to Miller to New England 22;
Roethlisberger 1-yard run on 3rd-and-1 to New England 12. PITTSBURGH 3-0.
13:55 NWE - TD, RANDY MOSS 4 YD PASS FROM TOM BRADY (STEPHEN GOSTKOWSKI KICK).
Drive: 9 plays, 52 yards in 4:40.
Key plays: C Jackson 39-yard kickoff return to New England 48; T
Brady 16-yard pass to Moss on 3rd-and-2 to Pittsburg 28; Maroney 10-yard
run to Pittsburgh 18; Maroney 2-yard run on 3rd-and-1 to Pittsburgh 7. NEW
ENGLAND 7-3.

2ND QUARTER:

0:54 NWE - TD, RANDY MOSS 63 YD PASS FROM TOM BRADY (STEPHEN GOSTKOWSKI KICK).
Drive: 1 plays, 63 yards in 0:10.
NEW ENGLAND 14-3.
3:29 PIT - TD, NAJEH DAVENPORT 32 YD PASS FROM BEN ROETHLISBERGER (JEFF REED KICK).
Drive: 5 plays, 77 yards in 2:35.
Key plays: Parker 30-yard run to New England 43. NEW ENGLAND 14-10.
12:31 PIT - FG, JEFF REED 44 YD.
Drive: 12 plays, 36 yards in 5:52.
Key plays: Davenport 2-yard run on 4th-and-1 to Pittsburgh 49;
Roethlisberger 15-yard pass to Wilson to Pittsburgh 49; Roethlisberger
8-yard pass to Wilson on 4th-and-1 to New England 34. NEW ENGLAND 14-13.
14:18 NWE - FG, STEPHEN GOSTKOWSKI 42 YD.
Drive: 8 plays, 54 yards in 1:47.
Key plays: T Brady 15-yard pass to Watson to New England 37; T Brady
13-yard pass to Moss to midfield; T Brady 32-yard pass to Gaffney to
Pittsburgh 18. NEW ENGLAND 17-13.

3RD QUARTER:

4:54 NWE - TD, JABAR GAFFNEY 56 YD PASS FROM TOM BRADY ( KICK).
Drive: 4 plays, 89 yards in 2:29.
Key plays: T Brady 22-yard pass to Moss to New England 33. NEW
ENGLAND 24-13.
11:11 NWE - TD, WES WELKER 2 YD PASS FROM TOM BRADY (STEPHEN GOSTKOWSKI KICK).
Drive: 10 plays, 50 yards in 4:35.
Key plays: T Brady 13-yard pass to Gaffney to Pittsburgh 24; T Brady
4-yard pass to Welker on 4th-and-1 to Pittsburgh 11. NEW ENGLAND 31-13.

4TH QUARTER:

8:00 NWE - FG, STEPHEN GOSTKOWSKI 28 YD.
Drive: 13 plays, 89 yards in 6:27.
Key plays: T Brady 22-yard pass to Welker to the New England 23; T
Brady 11-pass to Welker to the New England 34; T Brady 15-yard pass to
Welker to Pittsburgh 44; T Brady 12-yard pass to Moss on 3rd-and-1 to
Pittsburgh 10. NEW ENGLAND 34-13.

PITTSBURGH - NEW ENGLAND Final Statistics

TEAM STATISTICS PITTSBURGH NEW ENGLAND

FIRST DOWNS 19 21
Rushing 9 2
Passing 9 18
Penalty 1 1
THIRD DOWN EFFICIENCY 5-14-36% 4-11-36%
FOURTH DOWN EFFICIENCY 2-4-50% 1-1-100%
TOTAL NET YARDS 349 421
Total offensive plays 67 55
Average gain per play 5.2 7.7
NET YARDS RUSHING 181 22
Rushing attempts 32 9
Average gain per rush 5.7 2.4
Tackles for loss-yards 1-2 1-1
NET YARDS PASSING 168 399
Times sacked: Number-Yards 3-19 0-0
Gross passing yards 187 399
PASS ATTEMPTS-COMPLETIONS-HAD INTERCEPTED 32-19-0 46-32-0
Avg gain per pass play 4.8 8.7
KICKOFFS: Number-In End Zone-Touchbacks 4-0-0 7-2-0
PUNTS: Number and Average 3-42.0 3-35.7
Had blocked 0 0
Net punting average 40.7 32.7
TOTAL RETURN YARDAGE (Not including kickoffs) 4 9
Number-Yards: Punt Returns 2-4 3-9
Number-Yards: Kickoff Returns 7-133 4-70
Number-Yards: Interception Returns 0-0 0-0
PENALTIES: Number-Yards 6-49 3-20
FUMBLES: Number-Lost 0-1 2-0
TOUCHDOWNS 1 4
Rushing 0 0
Passing 1 4
Interceptions 0 0
Other (blocked kicks, etc.) 0 0
EXTRA POINTS: Made-Attempts 1-1 4-4
Kicking: Made-Attempts 1-1 4-4
Passing: Made-Attempts 0-0 0-0
Rushing: Made-Attempts 0-0 0-0
FIELD GOALS: Made-Attempts 2-2 2-3
FGs - PATs had blocked 0-0 0-0
RED ZONE EFFICIENCY 0-3-0% 2-4-50%
GOAL TO GO EFFICIENCY 0-2-0% 2-3-67%
SAFETIES 0 0
TIME OF POSSESSION 34:43 25:17


INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS

PITTSBURGH NEW ENGLAND

RUSHING ATT YDS AVG LG TD RUSHING ATT YDS AVG LG TD
-------------------------------------- --------------------------------------
W PARKER 21 124 5.9 30 0 L MARONEY 8 18 2.3 10 0
N DAVENPOR 6 33 5.5 14 0 T BRADY 1 4 4.0 4 0
B ROETHLIS 4 24 6.0 9 0
H WARD 1 0 0.0 0 0

PASSING CM-AT-YDS IN TD LG PASSING CM-AT-YDS IN TD LG
-------------------------------------- --------------------------------------
B ROETHLIS 19-32-187 0 1 32 T BRADY 32-46-399 0 4 63

Sacked-Yards Lost: B ROETHLIS 3-19. Sacked-Yards Lost: None

RECEIVING NO YDS AVG LG TD RECEIVING NO YDS AVG LG TD
-------------------------------------- --------------------------------------
H WARD 5 39 7.8 13 0 W WELKER 9 78 8.7 22 1
H MILLER 4 28 7.0 11 0 R MOSS 7 135 19.3 63 2
W PARKER 4 23 5.8 8 0 J GAFFNEY 7 122 17.4 56 1
N WASHINGT 2 29 14.5 21 0 B WATSON 4 33 8.3 15 0
C WILSON 2 23 11.5 15 0 K FAULK 3 15 5.0 6 0
N DAVENPOR 1 32 32.0 32 1 D STALLWOR 1 9 9.0 9 0
S HOLMES 1 13 13.0 13 0 K BRADY 1 7 7.0 7 0

INTERCEPTIONS NO YDS AVG LG TD INTERCEPTIONS NO YDS AVG LG TD
-------------------------------------- --------------------------------------
Interceptions: None

PUNTING NO YDS AVG T I LG PUNTING NO YDS AVG T I LG
-------------------------------------- --------------------------------------
D SEPULVED 3 126 42.0 0 1 44 C HANSON 3 107 35.7 0 0 45

T = Touchbacks, I = Inside 20

PUNT RETURNS NO YDS AVG LG TD PUNT RETURNS NO YDS AVG LG TD
-------------------------------------- --------------------------------------
A ROSSUM 1 4 4.0 4 0 C JACKSON 2 7 3.5 6 0
W GAY 1 0 0.0 0 0 W WELKER 1 2 2.0 2 0

KICKOFF RETURNS NO YDS AVG LG TD KICKOFF RETURNS NO YDS AVG LG TD
-------------------------------------- --------------------------------------
A ROSSUM 6 123 20.5 24 0 C JACKSON 4 70 17.5 39 0
N EASON 1 10 10.0 10 0

KICKING XP/XPA FG/FGA KICKING XP/XPA FG/FGA
---------------------------------- ----------------------------------
J REED 1/1 2/2 S GOSTKOWS 3/3 2/3
Dist.: 23 44 Dist.: (48) 42 28

O-D O-D
FUMBLES NO LOST FF REC FUMBLES NO LOST FF REC
------------------------------------ ------------------------------------
T CARTER 0 0 1 0-0 T BRADY 1 0 0 0-0
B WATSON 1 0 0 0-0
R MOSS 0 0 0 1-0

DEFENSE TK SO AS SK-YD DEFENSE TK SO AS SK-YD
------------------------------------ ------------------------------------
I TAYLOR 7 7 0 0-0 R HARRISON 11 9 2 0-0
J HARRISON 6 3 3 0-0 T BRUSCHI 8 6 2 0-0
A SMITH 6 3 3 0-0 J SANDERS 8 5 3 0-0
C HAGGANS 4 4 0 0-0 V WILFORK 7 7 0 1-8
T CARTER 4 4 0 0-0 J SEAU 6 6 0 0-0
B KEISEL 4 2 2 0-0 A THOMAS 5 3 2 1-2
L FOOTE 4 1 3 0-0 M VRABEL 5 3 2 0-0
J FARRIOR 3 3 0 0-0 A SAMUEL 5 3 2 0-0
D TOWNSEND 3 3 0 0-0 R SEYMOUR 5 0 5 0-0
A SMITH 3 2 1 0-0 R GAY 4 3 1 0-0
C HAMPTON 2 1 1 0-0 T WARREN 4 2 2 0-0
B MCFADDEN 2 1 1 0-0 E HOBBS 4 2 2 0-0
W GAY 1 1 0 0-0 M WRIGHT 2 2 0 0-0
J GREEN 1 1 0 1-9
E WILSON 1 0 1 0-0

Officials: Referee-Terry Mcaulay, Umpire-Bruce Stritesky, Head
Linesman-Jim Mello, Line Judge-Mark Steinkerchner, Field Judge-Greg
Gautreaux, Side Judge-Michael Banks, Back Judge-Steve Freeman.

Att: 68,756 Time of Game: 3:02</div>

 

By Mike Petraglia
PA SportsTicker Contributing Writer


FOXBORO, Massachusetts (Ticker) - The New England Patriots didnot let the new Steel Curtain come down on their perfect season.

Tom Brady threw four touchdown passes as the Patriots remainedundefeated with a 34-13 victory over the Pittsburgh Steelers atGillette Stadium.


Randy Moss had seven catches for 135 yards and two touchdowns asNew England (13-0) drew within three games of the first 16-0regular season in NFL history.


New England has home games against the New York Jets and winlessMiami Dolphins before finishing the regular season at the NewYork Giants


Perhaps motivated by the guarantee of a win by Steelers safetyAnthony Smith, Brady torched the Pittsburgh secondary bycompleting 32-of-46 attempts for 399 yards on the afternoon.

"I think he was trying to motivate his guys and I think himsaying, 'We've seen the best receivers in the league.' Maybethat's their opinion," Brady said of Smith's guarantee.

Patriots safety Rodney Harrison said during the week he didn'tknow of the Steelers' second-year player.


"Rodney (Harrison) put it the best, so I'll just leave it atthat," Patriots coach Bill Belichick said. "But we've playedagainst a lot better safeties than him, I'll tell you."

"Those comments don't mean anything," Steelers coach Mike Tomlinadded. "At 4:15, what was said during the week was irrelevant.It is about what you do and how you play. After a performancelike that, when they beat us up, then yes, you can point backto that comment."


Brady has 45 touchdowns on the season, the third-highest totalin NFL history and four shy of Peyton Manning's all-time mark in2004.


Moss caught a pair of scoring passes in a span of 1:59 and nowhas 19 touchdowns - a franchise record and second only to JerryRice's career NFL record of 22 for receivers set in 1987.

Smith attributed New England's success to some defensivebreakdowns.


"We did not come out here to lose, we just gave up some bigplays," Smith said. "That's what it came down to. They have agood offense but we just beat ourselves."


Ben Roethlisberger finished 19-of-32 for 187 yards and a TD forPittsburgh (9-4), which had their two-game winning streaksnapped and lost for just the second time in seven games.

The Steelers hold a one-game lead the Cleveland Browns in theNFC North but they have swept the season series.


"I say that we look at the scoreboard and realize that we gotoutplayed and that they were the better team," Roethlisbergersaid. "We need to improve but the good thing for us is theseason is not over and we still play next Sunday no matterwhat."


Pittsburgh took their opening drive and marched down the field,grinding out 59 yards over 15 plays. But they had to settle fora 23-yard field goal by Jeff Reed when the drive stalled at NewEngland's 6-yard line.


After going three-and-out on their first drive, the Patriotsresponded with a nine-play, 52-yard drive, capped off with a4-yard strike from Brady to Moss at the back of the end zone.

On the first play of New England's next possession, Moss ran ago-route straight up field from the slot and was uncovered.Brady, seeing the blown coverage, found his favorite receiverfor a 63-yard touchdown connection.


With the Patriots leading, 14-3, and their fans sensing anotherblowout, Roethlisberger found Najeh Davenport open in the backof the end zone for a 32-yard touchdown pass, cutting the leadto 14-10.


Reed's second field goal of the game, a 44-yarder, narrowed thegap to 14-13 before Stephen Gostkowski connected from 42 yardswith 42 seconds remaining in the second quarter to give thePatriots a 17-13 lead at halftime.


The Patriots took control of the game when Brady fired a 56-yardtouchdown to Jabar Gaffney midway through the third. The playappeared destined for failure when Moss fumbled a lateral but hewas able to get the ball back to Brady, who found Gaffney wideopen down the left sideline for a 24-13 lead.


"Yeah, that really sold it, didn't it? No, he wasn't supposedto drop it on purpose, but he (Moss) did a good job with it,"Belichick said. "I think that sold the play a little bit andeverybody kind of was hustling over there and he made a nicethrow back to Tom, and you can't get him much more open thanthat."


"That's the first time that's worked in weeks," Brady added. "Itold Randy that I guess he expected me to throw it on theground. That was not the intention, but he made a great play topick it up and get it back to me. I just barely got enough onit and it was a big turnaround in the game for us."

Brady's fourth touchdown pass of the day and 45th of the seasonwas a 4-yard pass to Wes Welker late in the third that put NewEngland ahead, 31-13.


"Big plays by their offensive people, who are good and we knewthat they were good," Tomlin said. "But that still doesn't meanthey should go up and down the field like that on us. We'vegot some work to do, and that is what we just talked about inthere (locker room).


"We have a ways to go. If that is a measuring stick, we're notclose."

 

By Mike Petraglia
PA SportsTicker Contributing Writer


FOXBORO, Massachusetts (Ticker) - The New England Patriots didnot let the new Steel Curtain come down on their perfect season.

Tom Brady threw four touchdown passes as the Patriots remainedundefeated with a 34-13 victory over the Pittsburgh Steelers atGillette Stadium.


Randy Moss had seven catches for 135 yards and two touchdowns asNew England (13-0) clinched a first-round bye for the playoffsand drew within three games of the first 16-0 regular season inNFL history.


New England has home games against the New York Jets and winlessMiami Dolphins before finishing the regular season at the NewYork Giants


Perhaps motivated by the guarantee of a win by Steelers safetyAnthony Smith, Brady torched the Pittsburgh secondary bycompleting 32-of-46 attempts for 399 yards on the afternoon.

"I think he was trying to motivate his guys and I think himsaying, 'We've seen the best receivers in the league.' Maybethat's their opinion," Brady said of Smith's guarantee.

Patriots safety Rodney Harrison said during the week he didn'tknow of the Steelers' second-year player.


"Rodney (Harrison) put it the best, so I'll just leave it atthat," Patriots coach Bill Belichick said. "But we've playedagainst a lot better safeties than him, I'll tell you."

"Those comments don't mean anything," Steelers coach Mike Tomlinadded. "At 4:15, what was said during the week was irrelevant.It is about what you do and how you play. After a performancelike that, when they beat us up, then yes, you can point back tothat comment."


Brady has 45 touchdowns on the season, the third-highest totalin NFL history and four shy of Peyton Manning's all-time mark in2004.


Moss caught a pair of scoring passes in a span of 1:59 and nowhas 19 touchdowns - a franchise record and second only to JerryRice's career NFL record of 22 for receivers set in 1987.

Smith attributed New England's success to some defensivebreakdowns.


"We did not come out here to lose, we just gave up some bigplays," Smith said. "That's what it came down to. They have agood offense but we just beat ourselves."


Ben Roethlisberger finished 19-of-32 for 187 yards and a TD forPittsburgh (9-4), which had their two-game winning streaksnapped and lost for just the second time in seven games.

The Steelers hold a one-game lead the Cleveland Browns in theNFC North but they have swept the season series.


"I say that we look at the scoreboard and realize that we gotoutplayed and that they were the better team," Roethlisbergersaid. "We need to improve but the good thing for us is theseason is not over and we still play next Sunday no matterwhat."


Pittsburgh took their opening drive and marched down the field,grinding out 59 yards over 15 plays. But they had to settle fora 23-yard field goal by Jeff Reed when the drive stalled at NewEngland's 6-yard line.


After going three-and-out on their first drive, the Patriotsresponded with a nine-play, 52-yard drive, capped off with a4-yard strike from Brady to Moss at the back of the end zone.

On the first play of New England's next possession, Moss ran ago-route straight up field from the slot and was uncovered.Brady, seeing the blown coverage, found his favorite receiverfor a 63-yard touchdown connection.


With the Patriots leading, 14-3, and their fans sensing anotherblowout, Roethlisberger found Najeh Davenport open in the backof the end zone for a 32-yard touchdown pass, cutting the leadto 14-10.


Reed's second field goal of the game, a 44-yarder, narrowed thegap to 14-13 before Stephen Gostkowski connected from 42 yardswith 42 seconds remaining in the second quarter to give thePatriots a 17-13 lead at halftime.


The Patriots took control of the game when Brady fired a 56-yardtouchdown to Jabar Gaffney midway through the third. The playappeared destined for failure when Moss fumbled a lateral but hewas able to get the ball back to Brady, who found Gaffney wideopen down the left sideline for a 24-13 lead.


"Yeah, that really sold it, didn't it? No, he wasn't supposedto drop it on purpose, but he (Moss) did a good job with it,"Belichick said. "I think that sold the play a little bit andeverybody kind of was hustling over there and he made a nicethrow back to Tom, and you can't get him much more open thanthat."


"That's the first time that's worked in weeks," Brady added. "Itold Randy that I guess he expected me to throw it on theground. That was not the intention, but he made a great play topick it up and get it back to me. I just barely got enough onit and it was a big turnaround in the game for us."

Brady's fourth touchdown pass of the day and 45th of the seasonwas a 4-yard pass to Wes Welker late in the third that put NewEngland ahead, 31-13.


The victory was the 100th for Belichick with the Patriots andgave him a record of 100-39-0 in New England - including thepostseason.


"Big plays by their offensive people, who are good and we knewthat they were good," Tomlin said. "But that still doesn't meanthey should go up and down the field like that on us. We'vegot some work to do, and that is what we just talked about inthere (locker room).


"We have a ways to go. If that is a measuring stick, we're notclose."

 

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I hope someone from the Jets says something during the coming week. lol</p>

But....what they did during the first game is enough to motivate our team to beat them by 50 point difference.</p>

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PITTSBURGH 3 10 0 0 13
NEW ENGLAND 7 10 14 3 34 FINAL

SCORING SUMMARY

1ST QUARTER:

9:15 PIT - FG, JEFF REED 23 YD.
Drive: 15 plays, 59 yards in 8:14.
Key plays: Roethlisberger 7-yard pass to Miller on 3rd-and-2 to New
England 49; Roethlisberger 13-yard pass to Holmes on 3rd-and 7 to New
England 33; Roethlisberger 11-yard pass to Miller to New England 22;
Roethlisberger 1-yard run on 3rd-and-1 to New England 12. PITTSBURGH 3-0.
13:55 NWE - TD, RANDY MOSS 4 YD PASS FROM TOM BRADY (STEPHEN GOSTKOWSKI KICK).
Drive: 9 plays, 52 yards in 4:40.
Key plays: C Jackson 39-yard kickoff return to New England 48; T
Brady 16-yard pass to Moss on 3rd-and-2 to Pittsburg 28; Maroney 10-yard
run to Pittsburgh 18; Maroney 2-yard run on 3rd-and-1 to Pittsburgh 7. NEW
ENGLAND 7-3.

2ND QUARTER:

0:54 NWE - TD, RANDY MOSS 63 YD PASS FROM TOM BRADY (STEPHEN GOSTKOWSKI KICK).
Drive: 1 plays, 63 yards in 0:10.
NEW ENGLAND 14-3.
3:29 PIT - TD, NAJEH DAVENPORT 32 YD PASS FROM BEN ROETHLISBERGER (JEFF REED KICK).
Drive: 5 plays, 77 yards in 2:35.
Key plays: Parker 30-yard run to New England 43. NEW ENGLAND 14-10.
12:31 PIT - FG, JEFF REED 44 YD.
Drive: 12 plays, 36 yards in 5:52.
Key plays: Davenport 2-yard run on 4th-and-1 to Pittsburgh 49;
Roethlisberger 15-yard pass to Wilson to Pittsburgh 49; Roethlisberger
8-yard pass to Wilson on 4th-and-1 to New England 34. NEW ENGLAND 14-13.
14:18 NWE - FG, STEPHEN GOSTKOWSKI 42 YD.
Drive: 8 plays, 54 yards in 1:47.
Key plays: T Brady 15-yard pass to Watson to New England 37; T Brady
13-yard pass to Moss to midfield; T Brady 32-yard pass to Gaffney to
Pittsburgh 18. NEW ENGLAND 17-13.

3RD QUARTER:

4:54 NWE - TD, JABAR GAFFNEY 56 YD PASS FROM TOM BRADY ( KICK).
Drive: 4 plays, 89 yards in 2:29.
Key plays: T Brady 22-yard pass to Moss to New England 33. NEW
ENGLAND 24-13.
11:11 NWE - TD, WES WELKER 2 YD PASS FROM TOM BRADY (STEPHEN GOSTKOWSKI KICK).
Drive: 10 plays, 50 yards in 4:35.
Key plays: T Brady 13-yard pass to Gaffney to Pittsburgh 24; T Brady
4-yard pass to Welker on 4th-and-1 to Pittsburgh 11. NEW ENGLAND 31-13.

4TH QUARTER:

8:00 NWE - FG, STEPHEN GOSTKOWSKI 28 YD.
Drive: 13 plays, 89 yards in 6:27.
Key plays: T Brady 22-yard pass to Welker to the New England 23; T
Brady 11-pass to Welker to the New England 34; T Brady 15-yard pass to
Welker to Pittsburgh 44; T Brady 12-yard pass to Moss on 3rd-and-1 to
Pittsburgh 10. NEW ENGLAND 34-13.

PITTSBURGH - NEW ENGLAND Final Statistics

TEAM STATISTICS PITTSBURGH NEW ENGLAND

FIRST DOWNS 19 21
Rushing 9 2
Passing 9 18
Penalty 1 1
THIRD DOWN EFFICIENCY 5-14-36% 4-11-36%
FOURTH DOWN EFFICIENCY 2-4-50% 1-1-100%
TOTAL NET YARDS 349 421
Total offensive plays 67 55
Average gain per play 5.2 7.7
NET YARDS RUSHING 181 22
Rushing attempts 32 9
Average gain per rush 5.7 2.4
Tackles for loss-yards 1-2 1-1
NET YARDS PASSING 168 399
Times sacked: Number-Yards 3-19 0-0
Gross passing yards 187 399
PASS ATTEMPTS-COMPLETIONS-HAD INTERCEPTED 32-19-0 46-32-0
Avg gain per pass play 4.8 8.7
KICKOFFS: Number-In End Zone-Touchbacks 4-0-0 7-2-0
PUNTS: Number and Average 3-42.0 3-35.7
Had blocked 0 0
Net punting average 40.7 32.7
TOTAL RETURN YARDAGE (Not including kickoffs) 4 9
Number-Yards: Punt Returns 2-4 3-9
Number-Yards: Kickoff Returns 7-133 4-70
Number-Yards: Interception Returns 0-0 0-0
PENALTIES: Number-Yards 6-49 3-20
FUMBLES: Number-Lost 1-1 2-0
TOUCHDOWNS 1 4
Rushing 0 0
Passing 1 4
Interceptions 0 0
Other (blocked kicks, etc.) 0 0
EXTRA POINTS: Made-Attempts 1-1 4-4
Kicking: Made-Attempts 1-1 4-4
Passing: Made-Attempts 0-0 0-0
Rushing: Made-Attempts 0-0 0-0
FIELD GOALS: Made-Attempts 2-2 2-3
FGs - PATs had blocked 0-0 0-0
RED ZONE EFFICIENCY 0-3-0% 2-4-50%
GOAL TO GO EFFICIENCY 0-2-0% 2-3-67%
SAFETIES 0 0
TIME OF POSSESSION 34:43 25:17


INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS

PITTSBURGH NEW ENGLAND

RUSHING ATT YDS AVG LG TD RUSHING ATT YDS AVG LG TD
-------------------------------------- --------------------------------------
W PARKER 21 124 5.9 30 0 L MARONEY 8 18 2.3 10 0
N DAVENPOR 6 33 5.5 14 0 T BRADY 1 4 4.0 4 0
B ROETHLIS 4 24 6.0 9 0
H WARD 1 0 0.0 0 0

PASSING CM-AT-YDS IN TD LG PASSING CM-AT-YDS IN TD LG
-------------------------------------- --------------------------------------
B ROETHLIS 19-32-187 0 1 32 T BRADY 32-46-399 0 4 63

Sacked-Yards Lost: B ROETHLIS 3-19. Sacked-Yards Lost: None

RECEIVING NO YDS AVG LG TD RECEIVING NO YDS AVG LG TD
-------------------------------------- --------------------------------------
H WARD 5 39 7.8 13 0 W WELKER 9 78 8.7 22 1
H MILLER 4 28 7.0 11 0 R MOSS 7 135 19.3 63 2
W PARKER 4 23 5.8 8 0 J GAFFNEY 7 122 17.4 56 1
N WASHINGT 2 29 14.5 21 0 B WATSON 4 33 8.3 15 0
C WILSON 2 23 11.5 15 0 K FAULK 3 15 5.0 6 0
N DAVENPOR 1 32 32.0 32 1 D STALLWOR 1 9 9.0 9 0
S HOLMES 1 13 13.0 13 0 K BRADY 1 7 7.0 7 0

INTERCEPTIONS NO YDS AVG LG TD INTERCEPTIONS NO YDS AVG LG TD
-------------------------------------- --------------------------------------
Interceptions: None

PUNTING NO YDS AVG T I LG PUNTING NO YDS AVG T I LG
-------------------------------------- --------------------------------------
D SEPULVED 3 126 42.0 0 1 44 C HANSON 3 107 35.7 0 0 45

T = Touchbacks, I = Inside 20

PUNT RETURNS NO YDS AVG LG TD PUNT RETURNS NO YDS AVG LG TD
-------------------------------------- --------------------------------------
A ROSSUM 1 4 4.0 4 0 C JACKSON 2 7 3.5 6 0
W GAY 1 0 0.0 0 0 W WELKER 1 2 2.0 2 0

KICKOFF RETURNS NO YDS AVG LG TD KICKOFF RETURNS NO YDS AVG LG TD
-------------------------------------- --------------------------------------
A ROSSUM 6 123 20.5 24 0 C JACKSON 4 70 17.5 39 0
N EASON 1 10 10.0 10 0

KICKING XP/XPA FG/FGA KICKING XP/XPA FG/FGA
---------------------------------- ----------------------------------
J REED 1/1 2/2 S GOSTKOWS 3/3 2/3
Dist.: 23 44 Dist.: (48) 42 28

O-D O-D
FUMBLES NO LOST FF REC FUMBLES NO LOST FF REC
------------------------------------ ------------------------------------
W GAY 1 1 0 0-0 T BRADY 1 0 0 0-0
T CARTER 0 0 1 0-0 B WATSON 1 0 0 0-0
J SANDERS 0 0 0 0-1
R MOSS 0 0 0 1-0

DEFENSE TK SO AS SK-YD DEFENSE TK SO AS SK-YD
------------------------------------ ------------------------------------
I TAYLOR 7 7 0 0-0 R HARRISON 11 9 2 0-0
J HARRISON 6 3 3 0-0 T BRUSCHI 8 6 2 0-0
A SMITH 6 3 3 0-0 J SANDERS 8 5 3 0-0
C HAGGANS 4 4 0 0-0 V WILFORK 7 7 0 1-8
T CARTER 4 4 0 0-0 J SEAU 6 6 0 0-0
B KEISEL 4 2 2 0-0 A THOMAS 5 3 2 1-2
L FOOTE 4 1 3 0-0 M VRABEL 5 3 2 0-0
J FARRIOR 3 3 0 0-0 A SAMUEL 5 3 2 0-0
D TOWNSEND 3 3 0 0-0 R SEYMOUR 5 0 5 0-0
A SMITH 3 2 1 0-0 R GAY 4 3 1 0-0
C HAMPTON 2 1 1 0-0 T WARREN 4 2 2 0-0
B MCFADDEN 2 1 1 0-0 E HOBBS 4 2 2 0-0
W GAY 1 1 0 0-0 M WRIGHT 2 2 0 0-0
J GREEN 1 1 0 1-9
E WILSON 1 0 1 0-0

Officials: Referee-Terry Mcaulay, Umpire-Bruce Stritesky, Head
Linesman-Jim Mello, Line Judge-Mark Steinkerchner, Field Judge-Greg
Gautreaux, Side Judge-Michael Banks, Back Judge-Steve Freeman.

Att: 68,756 Time of Game: 3:02</div>

 

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--- --- --- --- -----
PITTSBURGH 3 10 0 0 13
NEW ENGLAND 7 10 14 3 34 FINAL

SCORING SUMMARY

1ST QUARTER:

9:15 PIT - FG, JEFF REED 23 YD.
Drive: 15 plays, 59 yards in 8:14.
Key plays: Roethlisberger 7-yard pass to Miller on 3rd-and-2 to New
England 49; Roethlisberger 13-yard pass to Holmes on 3rd-and 7 to New
England 33; Roethlisberger 11-yard pass to Miller to New England 22;
Roethlisberger 1-yard run on 3rd-and-1 to New England 12. PITTSBURGH 3-0.
13:55 NWE - TD, RANDY MOSS 4 YD PASS FROM TOM BRADY (STEPHEN GOSTKOWSKI KICK).
Drive: 9 plays, 52 yards in 4:40.
Key plays: C Jackson 39-yard kickoff return to New England 48; T
Brady 16-yard pass to Moss on 3rd-and-2 to Pittsburg 28; Maroney 10-yard
run to Pittsburgh 18; Maroney 2-yard run on 3rd-and-1 to Pittsburgh 7. NEW
ENGLAND 7-3.

2ND QUARTER:

0:54 NWE - TD, RANDY MOSS 63 YD PASS FROM TOM BRADY (STEPHEN GOSTKOWSKI KICK).
Drive: 1 plays, 63 yards in 0:10.
NEW ENGLAND 14-3.
3:29 PIT - TD, NAJEH DAVENPORT 32 YD PASS FROM BEN ROETHLISBERGER (JEFF REED KICK).
Drive: 5 plays, 77 yards in 2:35.
Key plays: Parker 30-yard run to New England 43. NEW ENGLAND 14-10.
12:31 PIT - FG, JEFF REED 44 YD.
Drive: 12 plays, 36 yards in 5:52.
Key plays: Davenport 2-yard run on 4th-and-1 to Pittsburgh 49;
Roethlisberger 15-yard pass to Wilson to Pittsburgh 49; Roethlisberger
8-yard pass to Wilson on 4th-and-1 to New England 34. NEW ENGLAND 14-13.
14:18 NWE - FG, STEPHEN GOSTKOWSKI 42 YD.
Drive: 8 plays, 54 yards in 1:47.
Key plays: T Brady 15-yard pass to Watson to New England 37; T Brady
13-yard pass to Moss to midfield; T Brady 32-yard pass to Gaffney to
Pittsburgh 18. NEW ENGLAND 17-13.

3RD QUARTER:

4:54 NWE - TD, JABAR GAFFNEY 56 YD PASS FROM TOM BRADY (STEPHEN GOSTKOWSKI KICK).
Drive: 4 plays, 89 yards in 2:29.
Key plays: T Brady 22-yard pass to Moss to New England 33. NEW
ENGLAND 24-13.
11:11 NWE - TD, WES WELKER 2 YD PASS FROM TOM BRADY (STEPHEN GOSTKOWSKI KICK).
Drive: 10 plays, 50 yards in 4:35.
Key plays: T Brady 13-yard pass to Gaffney to Pittsburgh 24; T Brady
4-yard pass to Welker on 4th-and-1 to Pittsburgh 11. NEW ENGLAND 31-13.

4TH QUARTER:

8:00 NWE - FG, STEPHEN GOSTKOWSKI 28 YD.
Drive: 13 plays, 89 yards in 6:27.
Key plays: T Brady 22-yard pass to Welker to the New England 23; T
Brady 11-pass to Welker to the New England 34; T Brady 15-yard pass to
Welker to Pittsburgh 44; T Brady 12-yard pass to Moss on 3rd-and-1 to
Pittsburgh 10. NEW ENGLAND 34-13.

PITTSBURGH - NEW ENGLAND Final Statistics

TEAM STATISTICS PITTSBURGH NEW ENGLAND

FIRST DOWNS 19 21
Rushing 9 2
Passing 9 18
Penalty 1 1
THIRD DOWN EFFICIENCY 5-14-36% 4-11-36%
FOURTH DOWN EFFICIENCY 2-4-50% 1-1-100%
TOTAL NET YARDS 349 421
Total offensive plays 67 55
Average gain per play 5.2 7.7
NET YARDS RUSHING 181 22
Rushing attempts 32 9
Average gain per rush 5.7 2.4
Tackles for loss-yards 1-2 1-1
NET YARDS PASSING 168 399
Times sacked: Number-Yards 3-19 0-0
Gross passing yards 187 399
PASS ATTEMPTS-COMPLETIONS-HAD INTERCEPTED 32-19-0 46-32-0
Avg gain per pass play 4.8 8.7
KICKOFFS: Number-In End Zone-Touchbacks 4-0-0 7-2-0
PUNTS: Number and Average 3-42.0 3-35.7
Had blocked 0 0
Net punting average 40.7 32.7
TOTAL RETURN YARDAGE (Not including kickoffs) 4 9
Number-Yards: Punt Returns 2-4 3-9
Number-Yards: Kickoff Returns 7-133 4-70
Number-Yards: Interception Returns 0-0 0-0
PENALTIES: Number-Yards 6-49 3-20
FUMBLES: Number-Lost 1-1 2-0
TOUCHDOWNS 1 4
Rushing 0 0
Passing 1 4
Interceptions 0 0
Other (blocked kicks, etc.) 0 0
EXTRA POINTS: Made-Attempts 1-1 4-4
Kicking: Made-Attempts 1-1 4-4
Passing: Made-Attempts 0-0 0-0
Rushing: Made-Attempts 0-0 0-0
FIELD GOALS: Made-Attempts 2-2 2-3
FGs - PATs had blocked 0-0 0-0
RED ZONE EFFICIENCY 0-3-0% 2-4-50%
GOAL TO GO EFFICIENCY 0-2-0% 2-3-67%
SAFETIES 0 0
TIME OF POSSESSION 34:43 25:17


INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS

PITTSBURGH NEW ENGLAND

RUSHING ATT YDS AVG LG TD RUSHING ATT YDS AVG LG TD
-------------------------------------- --------------------------------------
W PARKER 21 124 5.9 30 0 L MARONEY 8 18 2.3 10 0
N DAVENPOR 6 33 5.5 14 0 T BRADY 1 4 4.0 4 0
B ROETHLIS 4 24 6.0 9 0
H WARD 1 0 0.0 0 0

PASSING CM-AT-YDS IN TD LG PASSING CM-AT-YDS IN TD LG
-------------------------------------- --------------------------------------
B ROETHLIS 19-32-187 0 1 32 T BRADY 32-46-399 0 4 63

Sacked-Yards Lost: B ROETHLIS 3-19. Sacked-Yards Lost: None

RECEIVING NO YDS AVG LG TD RECEIVING NO YDS AVG LG TD
-------------------------------------- --------------------------------------
H WARD 5 39 7.8 13 0 W WELKER 9 78 8.7 22 1
H MILLER 4 28 7.0 11 0 R MOSS 7 135 19.3 63 2
W PARKER 4 23 5.8 8 0 J GAFFNEY 7 122 17.4 56 1
N WASHINGT 2 29 14.5 21 0 B WATSON 4 33 8.3 15 0
C WILSON 2 23 11.5 15 0 K FAULK 3 15 5.0 6 0
N DAVENPOR 1 32 32.0 32 1 D STALLWOR 1 9 9.0 9 0
S HOLMES 1 13 13.0 13 0 K BRADY 1 7 7.0 7 0

INTERCEPTIONS NO YDS AVG LG TD INTERCEPTIONS NO YDS AVG LG TD
-------------------------------------- --------------------------------------
Interceptions: None

PUNTING NO YDS AVG T I LG PUNTING NO YDS AVG T I LG
-------------------------------------- --------------------------------------
D SEPULVED 3 126 42.0 0 1 44 C HANSON 3 107 35.7 0 0 45

T = Touchbacks, I = Inside 20

PUNT RETURNS NO YDS AVG LG TD PUNT RETURNS NO YDS AVG LG TD
-------------------------------------- --------------------------------------
A ROSSUM 1 4 4.0 4 0 C JACKSON 2 7 3.5 6 0
W GAY 1 0 0.0 0 0 W WELKER 1 2 2.0 2 0

KICKOFF RETURNS NO YDS AVG LG TD KICKOFF RETURNS NO YDS AVG LG TD
-------------------------------------- --------------------------------------
A ROSSUM 6 123 20.5 24 0 C JACKSON 4 70 17.5 39 0
N EASON 1 10 10.0 10 0

KICKING XP/XPA FG/FGA KICKING XP/XPA FG/FGA
---------------------------------- ----------------------------------
J REED 1/1 2/2 S GOSTKOWS 4/4 2/3
Dist.: 23 44 Dist.: (48) 42 28

O-D O-D
FUMBLES NO LOST FF REC FUMBLES NO LOST FF REC
------------------------------------ ------------------------------------
W GAY 1 1 0 0-0 T BRADY 1 0 0 0-0
T CARTER 0 0 1 0-0 B WATSON 1 0 0 0-0
J SANDERS 0 0 0 0-1
R MOSS 0 0 0 1-0

DEFENSE TK SO AS SK-YD DEFENSE TK SO AS SK-YD
------------------------------------ ------------------------------------
I TAYLOR 7 7 0 0-0 R HARRISON 11 9 2 0-0
J HARRISON 6 3 3 0-0 T BRUSCHI 8 6 2 0-0
A SMITH 6 3 3 0-0 J SANDERS 8 5 3 0-0
C HAGGANS 4 4 0 0-0 V WILFORK 7 7 0 1-8
T CARTER 4 4 0 0-0 J SEAU 6 6 0 0-0
B KEISEL 4 2 2 0-0 A THOMAS 5 3 2 1-2
L FOOTE 4 1 3 0-0 M VRABEL 5 3 2 0-0
J FARRIOR 3 3 0 0-0 A SAMUEL 5 3 2 0-0
D TOWNSEND 3 3 0 0-0 R SEYMOUR 5 0 5 0-0
A SMITH 3 2 1 0-0 R GAY 4 3 1 0-0
C HAMPTON 2 1 1 0-0 T WARREN 4 2 2 0-0
B MCFADDEN 2 1 1 0-0 E HOBBS 4 2 2 0-0
W GAY 1 1 0 0-0 M WRIGHT 2 2 0 0-0
J GREEN 1 1 0 1-9
E WILSON 1 0 1 0-0

Officials: Referee-Terry Mcaulay, Umpire-Bruce Stritesky, Head
Linesman-Jim Mello, Line Judge-Mark Steinkerchner, Field Judge-Greg
Gautreaux, Side Judge-Michael Banks, Back Judge-Steve Freeman.

Att: 68,756 Time of Game: 3:02</div>

 

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