GAME THREAD: GAME THREAD: NFL: SEATTLE (3-1) at PITTSBURGH (3-1)

NFL: SEATTLE at PITTSBURGH

<div class="pre">NFL FINAL 1ST 2ND 3RD 4TH TOTAL
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SEATTLE 0 0 0 0 0
PITTSBURGH 0 7 7 7 21 FINAL

SCORING SUMMARY

1ST QUARTER:

NONE

2ND QUARTER:

13:04 PIT - TD, HEATH MILLER 13 YD PASS FROM BEN ROETHLISBERGER (JEFF REED KICK).
Drive: 8 plays, 68 yards in 4:49.
Key plays: Roethlisberger 8-yard pass to Miller on 3rd-and-7 to
Pittsburgh 43; Davenport 45-yard run to Seattle 20. PITTSBURGH 7-0.

3RD QUARTER:

10:17 PIT - TD, NAJEH DAVENPORT 1 YD RUN (JEFF REED KICK).
Drive: 17 plays, 80 yards in 10:17.
Key plays: Roethlisberger 15-yard pass to Wilson on 3rd-and-3 to
Seattle 46; Roethlisberger 11-yard pass to Wilson to Seattle 43;
Roethlisberger 13-yard pass to Miller on 3rd-and-7 to Seattle 30;
Roethlisberger 17-yard pass to Wilson on 3rd-and-17 to Seattle 20; Parker
19-yard run to Seattle 1. PITTSBURGH 14-0.

4TH QUARTER:

4:54 PIT - TD, NAJEH DAVENPORT 5 YD RUN (JEFF REED KICK).
Drive: 13 plays, 85 yards in 8:06.
Key plays: Roethlisberger 10-yard pass to Miller to Pittsburgh 27;
Roethlisberger 18-yard pass to Wilson to Seattle 43; Roethlisberger
17-yard pass to Davenport on 3rd-and-3 to Seattle 19. PITTSBURGH 21-0.

SEATTLE - PITTSBURGH Final Statistics

TEAM STATISTICS SEATTLE PITTSBURGH

FIRST DOWNS 8 19
Rushing 3 9
Passing 4 10
Penalty 1 0
THIRD DOWN EFFICIENCY 4-13-31% 8-15-53%
FOURTH DOWN EFFICIENCY 0-0-0% 0-0-0%
TOTAL NET YARDS 144 342
Total offensive plays 46 66
Average gain per play 3.1 5.2
NET YARDS RUSHING 38 163
Rushing attempts 13 41
Average gain per rush 2.9 4.0
Tackles for loss-yards 1-3 5-11
NET YARDS PASSING 106 179
Times sacked: Number-Yards 3-16 3-27
Gross passing yards 122 206
PASS ATTEMPTS-COMPLETIONS-HAD INTERCEPTED 30-14-1 22-18-0
Avg gain per pass play 3.2 7.2
KICKOFFS: Number-In End Zone-Touchbacks 1-1-1 4-3-1
PUNTS: Number and Average 9-43.9 6-47.0
Had blocked 0 0
Net punting average 39.4 41.5
TOTAL RETURN YARDAGE (Not including kickoffs) 40 36
Number-Yards: Punt Returns 4-40 6-33
Number-Yards: Kickoff Returns 3-66 0-0
Number-Yards: Interception Returns 0-0 1-3
PENALTIES: Number-Yards 4-25 6-64
FUMBLES: Number-Lost 0-0 2-0
TOUCHDOWNS 0 3
Rushing 0 2
Passing 0 1
Interceptions 0 0
Other (blocked kicks, etc.) 0 0
EXTRA POINTS: Made-Attempts 0-0 3-3
Kicking: Made-Attempts 0-0 3-3
Passing: Made-Attempts 0-0 0-0
Rushing: Made-Attempts 0-0 0-0
FIELD GOALS: Made-Attempts 0-0 0-0
FGs - PATs had blocked 0-0 0-0
RED ZONE EFFICIENCY 0-1-0% 3-3-100%
GOAL TO GO EFFICIENCY 0-0-0% 2-2-100%
SAFETIES 0 0
TIME OF POSSESSION 19:15 40:45


INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS

SEATTLE PITTSBURGH

RUSHING ATT YDS AVG LG TD RUSHING ATT YDS AVG LG TD
-------------------------------------- --------------------------------------
S ALEXANDE 11 25 2.3 8 0 W PARKER 28 102 3.6 19 0
S WALLACE 1 11 11.0 11 0 N DAVENPOR 7 58 8.3 45 2
L WEAVER 1 2 2.0 2 0 D KREIDER 1 2 2.0 2 0
C DAVIS 2 1 0.5 2 0
B ROETHLIS 1 1 1.0 1 0
C BATCH 2 -1 -0.5 0 0

PASSING CM-AT-YDS IN TD LG PASSING CM-AT-YDS IN TD LG
-------------------------------------- --------------------------------------
M HASSELBE 13-27-116 1 0 30 B ROETHLIS 18-22-206 0 1 25
S WALLACE 1- 3- 6 0 0 6

Sacked-Yards Lost: M HASSELBE 2-11, Sacked-Yards Lost: B ROETHLIS 3-27.
S WALLACE 1-5.

RECEIVING NO YDS AVG LG TD RECEIVING NO YDS AVG LG TD
-------------------------------------- --------------------------------------
S ALEXANDE 3 7 2.3 3 0 C WILSON 5 69 13.8 18 0
B OBOMANU 2 38 19.0 30 0 H MILLER 4 44 11.0 13 1
M POLLARD 2 28 14.0 22 0 N DAVENPOR 4 38 9.5 17 0
B ENGRAM 2 25 12.5 14 0 N WASHINGT 3 26 8.7 14 0
D BRANCH 2 14 7.0 7 0 W REID 1 25 25.0 25 0
L WEAVER 2 3 1.5 3 0 C DAVIS 1 4 4.0 4 0
N BURLESON 1 7 7.0 7 0

INTERCEPTIONS NO YDS AVG LG TD INTERCEPTIONS NO YDS AVG LG TD
-------------------------------------- --------------------------------------
I TAYLOR 1 3 3.0 3 0

PUNTING NO YDS AVG T I LG PUNTING NO YDS AVG T I LG
-------------------------------------- --------------------------------------
R PLACKEME 9 395 43.9 0 2 57 D SEPULVED 6 282 47.0 0 3 56

T = Touchbacks, I = Inside 20

PUNT RETURNS NO YDS AVG LG TD PUNT RETURNS NO YDS AVG LG TD
-------------------------------------- --------------------------------------
N BURLESON 4 40 10.0 22 0 A ROSSUM 6 33 5.5 13 0

KICKOFF RETURNS NO YDS AVG LG TD KICKOFF RETURNS NO YDS AVG LG TD
-------------------------------------- --------------------------------------
B OBOMANU 3 66 22.0 25 0

KICKING XP/XPA FG/FGA KICKING XP/XPA FG/FGA
---------------------------------- ----------------------------------
J REED 3/3 0/0


O-D O-D
FUMBLES NO LOST FF REC FUMBLES NO LOST FF REC
------------------------------------ ------------------------------------
A ROSSUM 2 0 0 0-0
A FRAZIER 0 0 0 1-0

DEFENSE TK SO AS SK-YD DEFENSE TK SO AS SK-YD
------------------------------------ ------------------------------------
J PETERSON 10 6 4 1-9 J HARRISON 6 4 2 0-0
D GRANT 8 5 3 0-0 T CARTER 5 4 1 .5-2
L HILL 8 2 6 0-0 J FARRIOR 5 3 2 2-11.
L TATUPU 7 1 6 1-8 A SMITH 5 3 2 0-0
M TRUFANT 5 4 1 0-0 I TAYLOR 5 3 2 0-0
B RUSSELL 5 3 2 0-0 C HAGGANS 4 2 2 .5-2.5
P KERNEY 5 3 2 0-0 R CLARK 3 3 0 0-0
C TERRILL 5 2 3 0-0 D TOWNSEND 2 2 0 0-0
R BERNARD 4 3 1 0-0 B KEISEL 1 1 0 0-0
B ATKINS 4 0 4 0-0 A SMITH 1 1 0 0-0
K JENNINGS 3 3 0 0-0 C HOKE 1 0 1 0-0
J BABINEAUX 3 3 0 0-0
E WYMS 3 1 2 1-10
C DARBY 2 2 0 0-0
M GREEN 2 2 0 0-0
N KOUTOUVIDES 2 1 1 0-0
B MEBANE 2 1 1 0-0
D TAPP 2 1 1 0-0
K BENTLEY 2 1 1 0-0
W JONES 1 1 0 0-0
W HERRING 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-Rick Patterson, Back Judge-Steve Freeman.

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PITTSBURGH (Ticker) -- Different location, same
result.


Playing without two of their top receivers, the PittsburghSteelers used a ball-control offense to blank the SeattleSeahawks, 21-0, on Sunday in a rematch of Super Bowl XL.

Ben Roethlisberger tossed a 13-yard touchdown pass to tight endHeath Miller late in the second quarter, then engineered a10-minute plus drive to start the second half.


Roethlisberger was 6-for-6 on an 80-yard march that NajehDavenport capped with a 1-yard TD plunge. Due to three holdingpenalties, the Steelers (4-1) actually gained 110 yards duringthe possession.


"They showed the character today - something I knew we had,"said Steelers coach Mike Tomlin, whose team rebounded from a21-14 loss at Arizona. "Everybody wearing a helmet gave aneffort."


Davenport also scored on a 5-yard TD run in the fourth quarterand Willie Parker rushed for 102 yards on 28 carries for theSteelers, who had possession for just under 41 minutes.

Pittsburgh recorded its first shutout since blanking theCleveland Browns, 41-0, on December 24, 2005.


"We were just making plays when we needed to," Parker said. "Ithink this team feeds off each other. Running backs have a goodgame, defense has a good game, special teams have a good game."

The Seahawks (3-2) hoped to avenge a 21-10 Super Bowl loss tothe Steelers in which they felt they were victimized by a numberof questionable calls.


Instead, Seattle suffered its first shutout since September 13,2000 against Miami, a span of 115 games.


"We got it handed to us pretty good today," Seattle coach MikeHolmgren said. "Time of possession (is) ridiculous. Our defensewas on the field too long."


The Seahawks looked inept offensively, failed to generate arunning game and lost wide receiver Deion Branch to a sprainedright foot early in the second quarter.


Seattle was held to 144 yards, its lowest total since gaining149 yards against the New York Giants on September 22, 2002.

While star wide receiver Hines Ward sat out his second straightgame for the Steelers with a knee injury, Santonio Holmes missedSunday's contest after suffering a hamstring pull duringwarmups.


"There were a lot of questions with Hines being down andSantonio out," said Roethlisberger, who completed 18-of-22passes for 206 yards. "There was never a doubt in my mind thatthe receivers would step up."


Cedric Wilson recorded five catches for 69 yards for theSteelers, while Miller caught four passes for 44 yards.

Still, Roethlisberger struggled early without the two receivers,as the Steelers punted on their first four possessions.

But with Pittsburgh facing a 2nd-and-18 on its 35, Davenportfinally provided a spark with a 45-yard run in which he brokeseveral tackles for a first down at the Seattle 20 with underfour minutes left in the half.


On the first play after the two-minute warning, Roethlisbergerhit Miller on a crossing pattern for the game's first points.

"I thought in the first half we were headed for a 0-0 tie, andit would be whoever popped the first big play," Holmgren said.

The Seahawks had a chance to get even before halftime - or atleast settle for a field goal - after reaching the Steelers'14-yard line with seven seconds remaining.


Instead of kicking a field goal, Seattle elected to run anotherplay and the move backfired, as cornerback Ike Taylorintercepted Matt Hasselbeck in the end zone as time expired.

The interception extended two impressive marks for the Steelers'defense. Pittsburgh has allowed no touchdowns in the firsthalf this season and is the NFL's only team not to allow a pointin the second quarter.


Hasselbeck completed just 13-of-27 passes for 113 yards beforegiving way to Seneca Wallace in the fourth quarter, while ShaunAlexander managed just 25 yards rushing on 11 carries.

The Steelers were a different team in the second half, running22 plays in the third quarter compared to just three for theSeahawks.


"The whole offense needed to respond," Roethlisberger said. "Wehad a bad week last week."


Roethlisberger completed his first nine passes in the secondhalf.