NFL: PITTSBURGH at ARIZONA <div class="pre">NFL PITTSBURGH 7 ARIZONA 21 4:09 LEFT, 4TH QTR PIT BALL ON PIT 8 YD LINE 1ST AND 10</div>
NFL: PITTSBURGH at ARIZONA <div class="pre">NFL PITTSBURGH 7 ARIZONA 21 1:55 LEFT, 4TH QTR PIT BALL ON ARI 7 YD LINE 1ST AND 10</div>
NFL: PITTSBURGH at ARIZONA <div class="pre">NFL TD PIT SANTONIO HOLMES 7 YD PASS FROM BEN ROETHLISBERGER (JEFF REED KICK) PITTSBURGH 14 ARIZONA 21 1:49 LEFT, 4TH QTR</div>
NFL: PITTSBURGH at ARIZONA <div class="pre">NFL PITTSBURGH 14 ARIZONA 21 1:49 LEFT, 4TH QTR ARI BALL ON PIT 41 YD LINE 1ST AND 10</div>
NFL: PITTSBURGH at ARIZONA <div class="pre">NFL PITTSBURGH 14 ARIZONA 21 0:46 LEFT, 4TH QTR PIT BALL ON PIT 9 YD LINE 1ST AND 10</div>
NFL: PITTSBURGH at ARIZONA <div class="pre">NFL PITTSBURGH 14 ARIZONA 21 0:09 LEFT, 4TH QTR ARI BALL AT MIDFIELD 1ST AND 10</div>
NFL: PITTSBURGH at ARIZONA <div class="pre">NFL FINAL 1ST 2ND 3RD 4TH TOTAL --- --- --- --- ----- PITTSBURGH 7 0 0 7 14 ARIZONA 0 0 7 14 21 FINAL SCORING SUMMARY 1ST QUARTER: PIT - TD, SANTONIO HOLMES 43 YD PASS FROM BEN ROETHLISBERGER (JEFF REED KICK), 14:29. Drive: 8 plays, 69 yards in 4:33. Key plays: Roethlisberger 28-yard pass to Miller on 3rd-and-7 to Arizona 38. PITTSBURGH 7-0 2ND QUARTER: NONE 3RD QUARTER: ARI - TD, JERHEME URBAN 6 YD PASS FROM KURT WARNER (NEIL RACKERS KICK), 7:36. Drive: 9 plays, 70 yards in 3:43. Key plays: Warner 11-yard pass to Urban plus 12-yard taunting penalty on Steelers' Taylor to Pittsburgh 12. PITTSBURGH 7-7 4TH QUARTER: ARI - TD, STEVE BREASTON 73 YD PUNT RETURN (NEIL RACKERS KICK), 0:50. ARIZONA 14-7 ARI - TD, EDGERRIN JAMES 2 YD RUN (NEIL RACKERS KICK), 10:46. Drive: 13 plays, 82 yards in 7:19. Key plays: Leinhart 38-yard pass to Fitzgerald to Pittsburgh 44; James 2-yard run on 3rd-and-1 to Pittsburgh 33; Leinhart 1-yard run on 4th-and-1 to Pittsburgh 23; Leinhart 11-yard pass to Johnson to Pittsburgh 12; James 8-yard run on 3rd-and-8 to Pittsburgh 2. ARIZONA 21-7 PIT - TD, SANTONIO HOLMES 7 YD PASS FROM BEN ROETHLISBERGER (JEFF REED KICK), 13:11. Drive: 9 plays, 92 yards in 2:25. Key plays: Roethlisberger 12-yard pass to Parker to Pittsburgh 20; Roethlisberger 11-yard pass to Miller to Pittsburgh 31; Roethlisberger 22-yard pass to Holmes to Arizona 39; Roethlisberger 16-yard run to Arizona 7. ARIZONA 21-14 ATT: 64,844</div>
NFL: PITTSBURGH at ARIZONA <div class="pre">NFL FINAL 1ST 2ND 3RD 4TH TOTAL --- --- --- --- ----- PITTSBURGH 7 0 0 7 14 ARIZONA 0 0 7 14 21 FINAL SCORING SUMMARY 1ST QUARTER: 14:29 PIT - TD, SANTONIO HOLMES 43 YD PASS FROM BEN ROETHLISBERGER (JEFF REED KICK). Drive: 8 plays, 69 yards in 4:33. Key plays: Roethlisberger 28-yard pass to Miller on 3rd-and-7 to Arizona 38. PITTSBURGH 7-0. 2ND QUARTER: NONE 3RD QUARTER: 7:36 ARI - TD, JERHEME URBAN 6 YD PASS FROM KURT WARNER (NEIL RACKERS KICK). Drive: 9 plays, 70 yards in 3:43. Key plays: Warner 11-yard pass to Urban plus 12-yard taunting penalty on Steelers' Taylor to Pittsburgh 12. PITTSBURGH 7-7. 4TH QUARTER: 0:50 ARI - TD, STEVE BREASTON 73 YD PUNT RETURN (NEIL RACKERS KICK). ARIZONA 14-7. 10:46 ARI - TD, EDGERRIN JAMES 2 YD RUN (NEIL RACKERS KICK). Drive: 13 plays, 82 yards in 7:19. Key plays: Leinhart 38-yard pass to Fitzgerald to Pittsburgh 44; James 2-yard run on 3rd-and-1 to Pittsburgh 33; Leinhart 1-yard run on 4th-and-1 to Pittsburgh 23; Leinhart 11-yard pass to Johnson to Pittsburgh 12; James 8-yard run on 3rd-and-8 to Pittsburgh 2. ARIZONA 21-7. 13:11 PIT - TD, SANTONIO HOLMES 7 YD PASS FROM BEN ROETHLISBERGER (JEFF REED KICK). Drive: 9 plays, 92 yards in 2:25. Key plays: Roethlisberger 12-yard pass to Parker to Pittsburgh 20; Roethlisberger 11-yard pass to Miller to Pittsburgh 31; Roethlisberger 22-yard pass to Holmes to Arizona 39; Roethlisberger 16-yard run to Arizona 7. ARIZONA 21-14. PITTSBURGH - ARIZONA Final Statistics TEAM STATISTICS PITTSBURGH ARIZONA FIRST DOWNS 17 19 Rushing 6 8 Passing 10 10 Penalty 1 1 THIRD DOWN EFFICIENCY 5-15-33% 7-14-50% FOURTH DOWN EFFICIENCY 1-1-100% 1-1-100% TOTAL NET YARDS 282 301 Total offensive plays 62 62 Average gain per play 4.5 4.9 NET YARDS RUSHING 77 86 Rushing attempts 26 25 Average gain per rush 3.0 3.4 Tackles for loss-yards 4-20 1-2 NET YARDS PASSING 205 215 Times sacked: Number-Yards 4-39 2-10 Gross passing yards 244 225 PASS ATTEMPTS-COMPLETIONS-HAD INTERCEPTED 32-17-2 35-21-0 Avg gain per pass play 5.7 5.8 KICKOFFS: Number-In End Zone-Touchbacks 3-0-0 4-3-1 PUNTS: Number and Average 7-51.4 5-39.4 Had blocked 0 0 Net punting average 50.7 19.2 TOTAL RETURN YARDAGE (Not including kickoffs) 5 106 Number-Yards: Punt Returns 1-5 4-101 Number-Yards: Kickoff Returns 3-66 2-55 Number-Yards: Interception Returns 0-0 2-5 PENALTIES: Number-Yards 11-72 5-30 FUMBLES: Number-Lost 3-0 3-2 TOUCHDOWNS 2 3 Rushing 0 1 Passing 2 1 Interceptions 0 0 Other (blocked kicks, etc.) 0 1 EXTRA POINTS: Made-Attempts 2-2 3-3 Kicking: Made-Attempts 2-2 3-3 Passing: Made-Attempts 0-0 0-0 Rushing: Made-Attempts 0-0 0-0 FIELD GOALS: Made-Attempts 0-0 0-1 FGs - PATs had blocked 0-0 0-0 RED ZONE EFFICIENCY 1-2-50% 2-2-100% GOAL TO GO EFFICIENCY 1-2-50% 1-1-100% SAFETIES 0 0 TIME OF POSSESSION 32:12 27:48 INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS PITTSBURGH ARIZONA RUSHING ATT YDS AVG LG TD RUSHING ATT YDS AVG LG TD -------------------------------------- -------------------------------------- W PARKER 19 37 1.9 20 0 E JAMES 21 77 3.7 9 1 B ROETHLIS 4 26 6.5 16 0 M LEINART 3 9 3.0 9 0 N DAVENPOR 2 15 7.5 8 0 K WARNER 1 0 0.0 0 0 S HOLMES 1 -1 -1.0 0 0 PASSING CM-AT-YDS IN TD LG PASSING CM-AT-YDS IN TD LG -------------------------------------- -------------------------------------- B ROETHLIS 17-32-244 2 2 43 K WARNER 14-21-132 0 1 20 M LEINART 7-14- 93 0 0 38 Sacked-Yards Lost: B ROETHLIS 4-39. Sacked-Yards Lost: K WARNER 1-6, M LEINART 1-4. RECEIVING NO YDS AVG LG TD RECEIVING NO YDS AVG LG TD -------------------------------------- -------------------------------------- S HOLMES 6 128 21.3 43 2 L FITZGERA 11 123 11.2 38 0 W PARKER 4 29 7.3 12 0 J URBAN 5 53 10.6 20 1 H MILLER 3 46 15.3 28 0 B JOHNSON 3 37 12.3 19 0 W REID 2 23 11.5 13 0 E JAMES 1 7 7.0 7 0 N WASHINGT 2 18 9.0 9 0 T SMITH 1 5 5.0 5 0 INTERCEPTIONS NO YDS AVG LG TD INTERCEPTIONS NO YDS AVG LG TD -------------------------------------- -------------------------------------- R BROWN 1 5 5.0 5 0 A WILSON 1 0 0.0 0 0 PUNTING NO YDS AVG T I LG PUNTING NO YDS AVG T I LG -------------------------------------- -------------------------------------- D SEPULVED 7 360 51.4 1 2 59 M BARR 5 197 39.4 1 2 49 T = Touchbacks, I = Inside 20 PUNT RETURNS NO YDS AVG LG TD PUNT RETURNS NO YDS AVG LG TD -------------------------------------- -------------------------------------- A ROSSUM 1 5 5.0 5 0 S BREASTON 4 101 25.3 73 1 KICKOFF RETURNS NO YDS AVG LG TD KICKOFF RETURNS NO YDS AVG LG TD -------------------------------------- -------------------------------------- A ROSSUM 2 44 22.0 23 0 S BREASTON 2 55 27.5 29 0 N DAVENPORT 1 22 22.0 22 0 KICKING XP/XPA FG/FGA KICKING XP/XPA FG/FGA ---------------------------------- ---------------------------------- J REED 2/2 0/0 N RACKERS 3/3 0/1 Dist.: (52) O-D O-D FUMBLES NO LOST FF REC FUMBLES NO LOST FF REC ------------------------------------ ------------------------------------ B ROETHLISBERGER 2 0 0 1-0 L FITZGERALD 1 1 0 0-0 W PARKER 1 0 0 1-0 K WARNER 1 1 0 0-0 I TAYLOR 0 0 1 0-0 E JAMES 1 0 0 0-0 T POLAMALU 0 0 1 0-1 D DOCKETT 0 0 1 0-0 J HARRISON 0 0 0 0-1 B JOHNSON 0 0 0 1-0 A FANECA 0 0 0 1-0 DEFENSE TK SO AS SK-YD DEFENSE TK SO AS SK-YD ------------------------------------ ------------------------------------ I TAYLOR 8 8 0 0-0 C PACE 8 5 3 0-0 D TOWNSEND 6 5 1 0-0 D DOCKETT 6 5 1 3-29 L FOOTE 6 5 1 0-0 K DANSBY 5 5 0 0-0 B MCFADDEN 5 5 0 0-0 T HOLT 5 5 0 0-0 R CLARK 5 4 1 0-0 A WILSON 5 4 1 0-0 A SMITH 3 3 0 1-4 E GREEN 5 4 1 0-0 C HAGGANS 3 3 0 1-6 A SMITH 4 4 0 1-10 A SMITH 3 3 0 0-0 G HAYES 4 4 0 0-0 J HARRISON 3 2 1 0-0 B BERRY 2 2 0 0-0 J FARRIOR 3 1 2 0-0 C COOPER 2 2 0 0-0 T POLAMALU 2 2 0 0-0 A ROLLE 2 2 0 0-0 B KEISEL 2 1 1 0-0 R BROWN 2 1 1 0-0 C KRIEWALDT 1 1 0 0-0 G WATSON 2 1 1 0-0 N EASON 1 1 0 0-0 R HOOD 1 1 0 0-0 C HOKE 1 1 0 0-0 A FRANCISCO 1 1 0 0-0 W GAY 1 0 1 0-0 R BAILEY 1 0 1 0-0 Att: 64,844</div>
GLENDALE, Arizona (Ticker) -- Ken Whisenhunt didn't get a shotto coach the Pittsburgh Steelers but he took the opportunity tohand them their first loss of the season Sunday. Steve Breaston and Edgerrin James scored touchdowns in thefourth quarter as the Arizona Cardinals posted a 21-14 victoryover the Steelers. Whisenhunt had served as the Steelers' offensive coordinator thepast three seasons. When he took over in 2004, the Steelersdrafted quarterback Ben Roethlisberger, who led the team to aSuper Bowl title in his second season. When Bill Cowher retired after 15 seasons in Pittsburgh, it wasthought that either Whisenhunt or former Steelers offensive linecoach Russ Grimm would take over. But after the Steelers took their time finding Cowher'sreplacement, Whisenhunt took the Arizona job, becoming theclub's seventh coach since the franchise moved to the desert in1988. The Steelers entered the game having outscored their oppositionby a lopsided 97-26 margin en route to their first 3-0 startsince 1992. Whisenhunt and Arizona kept Pittsburgh from itsfirst 4-0 start since winning its first five games in 1979. Pittsburgh (3-1) took an early lead on a 43-yard TD pass fromRoethlisberger to Santonio Holmes in the first quarter. The Steelers held that lead until the third, when Kurt Warnercame on in place of starter Matt Leinart. Warner threw a 6-yard TD pass to Jerheme Urban midway throughthe third quarter to tie the game at 7-7. It stayed that wayuntil a costly penalty opened the door for Breaston. The Steelers punted in the opening minute of the fourth quarterand wrapped Breaston up after a three-yard return. ButPittsburgh was flagged for an ineligible player downfield andhad to punt again. This time, Breaston returned the punt 73yards for a touchdown. James added a 2-yard TD plunge to make it 21-7 with 4:14 toplay. Pittsburgh responded on its next drive, taking nine playsand 2:42 to cover 92 yards. Roethlisberger capped the marchwith a 7-yard TD pass to Holmes with 1:49 left. Arizona wide receiver Larry Fitzgerald recovered the onside kickand the Cardinals ran the clock down to 46 seconds, pinning theSteelers at the 9 with a 24-yard punt by Mike Barr. Pittsburgh picked up one first down before Roethlisberger wasintercepted by Ralph Brown to end the game.
NFL: PITTSBURGH at ARIZONA <div class="pre">NFL FINAL 1ST 2ND 3RD 4TH TOTAL --- --- --- --- ----- PITTSBURGH 7 0 0 7 14 ARIZONA 0 0 7 14 21 FINAL SCORING SUMMARY 1ST QUARTER: 14:29 PIT - TD, SANTONIO HOLMES 43 YD PASS FROM BEN ROETHLISBERGER (JEFF REED KICK). Drive: 8 plays, 69 yards in 4:33. Key plays: Roethlisberger 28-yard pass to Miller on 3rd-and-7 to Arizona 38. PITTSBURGH 7-0. 2ND QUARTER: NONE 3RD QUARTER: 7:36 ARI - TD, JERHEME URBAN 6 YD PASS FROM KURT WARNER (NEIL RACKERS KICK). Drive: 9 plays, 70 yards in 3:43. Key plays: Warner 11-yard pass to Urban plus 12-yard taunting penalty on Steelers' Taylor to Pittsburgh 12. PITTSBURGH 7-7. 4TH QUARTER: 0:50 ARI - TD, STEVE BREASTON 73 YD PUNT RETURN (NEIL RACKERS KICK). ARIZONA 14-7. 10:46 ARI - TD, EDGERRIN JAMES 2 YD RUN (NEIL RACKERS KICK). Drive: 13 plays, 82 yards in 7:19. Key plays: Leinart 38-yard pass to Fitzgerald to Pittsburgh 44; James 2-yard run on 3rd-and-1 to Pittsburgh 33; Leinart 1-yard run on 4th-and-1 to Pittsburgh 23; Leinart 11-yard pass to Bryant Johnson to Pittsburgh 12; James 8-yard run on 3rd-and-8 to Pittsburgh 2. ARIZONA 21-7. 13:11 PIT - TD, SANTONIO HOLMES 7 YD PASS FROM BEN ROETHLISBERGER (JEFF REED KICK). Drive: 9 plays, 92 yards in 2:25. Key plays: Roethlisberger 12-yard pass to Parker to Pittsburgh 20; Roethlisberger 11-yard pass to Miller to Pittsburgh 31; Roethlisberger 22-yard pass to Holmes to Arizona 39; Roethlisberger 16-yard run to Arizona 7. ARIZONA 21-14. PITTSBURGH - ARIZONA Final Statistics TEAM STATISTICS PITTSBURGH ARIZONA FIRST DOWNS 17 19 Rushing 6 8 Passing 10 10 Penalty 1 1 THIRD DOWN EFFICIENCY 5-15-33% 7-14-50% FOURTH DOWN EFFICIENCY 1-1-100% 1-1-100% TOTAL NET YARDS 282 301 Total offensive plays 62 62 Average gain per play 4.5 4.9 NET YARDS RUSHING 77 86 Rushing attempts 26 25 Average gain per rush 3.0 3.4 Tackles for loss-yards 4-20 1-2 NET YARDS PASSING 205 215 Times sacked: Number-Yards 4-39 2-10 Gross passing yards 244 225 PASS ATTEMPTS-COMPLETIONS-HAD INTERCEPTED 32-17-2 35-21-0 Avg gain per pass play 5.7 5.8 KICKOFFS: Number-In End Zone-Touchbacks 3-0-0 4-3-1 PUNTS: Number and Average 7-51.4 5-39.4 Had blocked 0 0 Net punting average 50.7 19.2 TOTAL RETURN YARDAGE (Not including kickoffs) 5 106 Number-Yards: Punt Returns 1-5 4-101 Number-Yards: Kickoff Returns 3-66 2-55 Number-Yards: Interception Returns 0-0 2-5 PENALTIES: Number-Yards 11-72 5-30 FUMBLES: Number-Lost 3-0 3-2 TOUCHDOWNS 2 3 Rushing 0 1 Passing 2 1 Interceptions 0 0 Other (blocked kicks, etc.) 0 1 EXTRA POINTS: Made-Attempts 2-2 3-3 Kicking: Made-Attempts 2-2 3-3 Passing: Made-Attempts 0-0 0-0 Rushing: Made-Attempts 0-0 0-0 FIELD GOALS: Made-Attempts 0-0 0-1 FGs - PATs had blocked 0-0 0-0 RED ZONE EFFICIENCY 1-2-50% 2-2-100% GOAL TO GO EFFICIENCY 1-2-50% 1-1-100% SAFETIES 0 0 TIME OF POSSESSION 32:12 27:48 INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS PITTSBURGH ARIZONA RUSHING ATT YDS AVG LG TD RUSHING ATT YDS AVG LG TD -------------------------------------- -------------------------------------- W PARKER 19 37 1.9 20 0 E JAMES 21 77 3.7 9 1 B ROETHLIS 4 26 6.5 16 0 M LEINART 3 9 3.0 9 0 N DAVENPOR 2 15 7.5 8 0 K WARNER 1 0 0.0 0 0 S HOLMES 1 -1 -1.0 0 0 PASSING CM-AT-YDS IN TD LG PASSING CM-AT-YDS IN TD LG -------------------------------------- -------------------------------------- B ROETHLIS 17-32-244 2 2 43 K WARNER 14-21-132 0 1 20 M LEINART 7-14- 93 0 0 38 Sacked-Yards Lost: B ROETHLIS 4-39. Sacked-Yards Lost: K WARNER 1-6, M LEINART 1-4. RECEIVING NO YDS AVG LG TD RECEIVING NO YDS AVG LG TD -------------------------------------- -------------------------------------- S HOLMES 6 128 21.3 43 2 L FITZGERA 11 123 11.2 38 0 W PARKER 4 29 7.3 12 0 J URBAN 5 53 10.6 20 1 H MILLER 3 46 15.3 28 0 B JOHNSON 3 37 12.3 19 0 W REID 2 23 11.5 13 0 E JAMES 1 7 7.0 7 0 N WASHINGT 2 18 9.0 9 0 T SMITH 1 5 5.0 5 0 INTERCEPTIONS NO YDS AVG LG TD INTERCEPTIONS NO YDS AVG LG TD -------------------------------------- -------------------------------------- R BROWN 1 5 5.0 5 0 A WILSON 1 0 0.0 0 0 PUNTING NO YDS AVG T I LG PUNTING NO YDS AVG T I LG -------------------------------------- -------------------------------------- D SEPULVED 7 360 51.4 1 2 59 M BARR 5 197 39.4 1 2 49 T = Touchbacks, I = Inside 20 PUNT RETURNS NO YDS AVG LG TD PUNT RETURNS NO YDS AVG LG TD -------------------------------------- -------------------------------------- A ROSSUM 1 5 5.0 5 0 S BREASTON 4 101 25.3 73 1 KICKOFF RETURNS NO YDS AVG LG TD KICKOFF RETURNS NO YDS AVG LG TD -------------------------------------- -------------------------------------- A ROSSUM 2 44 22.0 23 0 S BREASTON 2 55 27.5 29 0 N DAVENPORT 1 22 22.0 22 0 KICKING XP/XPA FG/FGA KICKING XP/XPA FG/FGA ---------------------------------- ---------------------------------- J REED 2/2 0/0 N RACKERS 3/3 0/1 Dist.: (52) O-D O-D FUMBLES NO LOST FF REC FUMBLES NO LOST FF REC ------------------------------------ ------------------------------------ B ROETHLISBERGER 2 0 0 1-0 L FITZGERALD 1 1 0 0-0 W PARKER 1 0 0 1-0 K WARNER 1 1 0 0-0 I TAYLOR 0 0 1 0-0 E JAMES 1 0 0 0-0 T POLAMALU 0 0 1 0-1 D DOCKETT 0 0 1 0-0 J HARRISON 0 0 0 0-1 B JOHNSON 0 0 0 1-0 A FANECA 0 0 0 1-0 DEFENSE TK SO AS SK-YD DEFENSE TK SO AS SK-YD ------------------------------------ ------------------------------------ I TAYLOR 8 8 0 0-0 C PACE 8 5 3 0-0 D TOWNSEND 6 5 1 0-0 D DOCKETT 6 5 1 3-29 L FOOTE 6 5 1 0-0 K DANSBY 5 5 0 0-0 B MCFADDEN 5 5 0 0-0 T HOLT 5 5 0 0-0 R CLARK 5 4 1 0-0 A WILSON 5 4 1 0-0 A SMITH 3 3 0 1-4 E GREEN 5 4 1 0-0 C HAGGANS 3 3 0 1-6 A SMITH 4 4 0 1-10 A SMITH 3 3 0 0-0 G HAYES 4 4 0 0-0 J HARRISON 3 2 1 0-0 B BERRY 2 2 0 0-0 J FARRIOR 3 1 2 0-0 C COOPER 2 2 0 0-0 T POLAMALU 2 2 0 0-0 A ROLLE 2 2 0 0-0 B KEISEL 2 1 1 0-0 R BROWN 2 1 1 0-0 C KRIEWALDT 1 1 0 0-0 G WATSON 2 1 1 0-0 N EASON 1 1 0 0-0 R HOOD 1 1 0 0-0 C HOKE 1 1 0 0-0 A FRANCISCO 1 1 0 0-0 W GAY 1 0 1 0-0 R BAILEY 1 0 1 0-0 Officials: Referee-Gene Steratore, Umpire-Carl Madsen, Head Linesman-Paul Weidner, Line Judge-Tom Barnes, Field Judge-Doug Rosenbaum, Side Judge-Barry Anderson, Back Judge-Tony Steratore. Att: 64,844 Time of Game: 3:28</div>
GLENDALE, Arizona (Ticker) -- Ken Whisenhunt didn't get a shotto coach the Pittsburgh Steelers but he took the opportunity tohand them their first loss of the season Sunday. Steve Breaston and Edgerrin James scored touchdowns in thefourth quarter as the Arizona Cardinals posted a 21-14 victoryover the Steelers. Whisenhunt had served as the Steelers' offensive coordinator thepast three seasons. When he took over in 2004, the Steelersdrafted quarterback Ben Roethlisberger, who led the team to aSuper Bowl title in his second season. When Bill Cowher retired after 15 seasons in Pittsburgh, it wasthought that either Whisenhunt or former Steelers offensive linecoach Russ Grimm would take over. But after the Steelers took their time finding Cowher'sreplacement, Whisenhunt took the Arizona job, becoming theclub's seventh coach since the franchise moved to the desert in1988. "It is obviously a special win for me to beat the Steelers but Idon't have any animosity towards that football team,"Whisenhunt said. "There are a lot of people on that team andthat staff that I have great deal of affection for. The thing Iam the proudest of is our team but a good football team a teamthat no one gave us a chance to beat." The Steelers entered the game having outscored their oppositionby a lopsided 97-26 margin en route to their first 3-0 startsince 1992. Whisenhunt and Arizona kept Pittsburgh from itsfirst 4-0 start since winning its first five games in 1979. "I think coach Whiz (Whisenhunt) knew some of our weak points ofour offense," Steelers wide receiver Santonio Holmes said. "Hewas sending guys left and right, bringing pressure as much as hecould to try and disrupt our offense." Pittsburgh (3-1) took an early lead on a 43-yard TD pass fromRoethlisberger to Santonio Holmes in the first quarter. The Steelers held that lead until the third, when Kurt Warnercame on in place of starter Matt Leinart. It was the secondconsecutive game that Warner has replaced Lienart. Warner threw a 6-yard TD pass to Jerheme Urban midway throughthe third quarter to tie the game at 7-7. It stayed that wayuntil a costly penalty opened the door for Breaston. "I understand the situation and you just handle it," Warnersaid. "I go into this knowing my role and my position. as acompetitor do I want to be in every snap, you know that, but itis a unique situation and I will handle it the best way I knowhow and whatever is best for the team." Pittsburgh had a chance to tie the late in the third quarterwith less then a minute left when they marched down to theArizona two-yard line but safety Adrian Wilson intercepted aRoethlisberger pass in the end zone. "That was big play right there," Wilson said. "When they getthat far down there you just want to hold them to three but wewere able to make a play and that play was one of the turningpoints in the game." The Steelers punted in the opening minute of the fourth quarterand wrapped Breaston up after a three-yard return. ButPittsburgh was flagged for an ineligible player downfield andhad to punt again. This time, Breaston returned the punt 73yards for a touchdown. "Once I got another shot at it after the penalty, the firstreturn, I wanted to go out there and make a play the secondtime," Breaston said. "Once you start breaking tackles therecomes a point you see the open field and hope that you don't getcaught from behind." Lienart did return in the fourth quarter and engineered a drivethat was capped off by a James 2-yard TD plunge to make it 21-7with 4:14 to play. "I have to be mentally prepared when my number is called to comeback in," Lienart said. "I sat out the whole third quarter andcame back in the fourth in the most important part of the gameand we responded in a key drive. "I'd be lying if I said it is easy to handle it. I know what Iam capable of doing. I know I can go out there and lead thisteam but this is going to make me a better football player andwill help me throughout my career." Pittsburgh responded on its next drive, taking nine plays and2:42 to cover 92 yards. Roethlisberger capped the march with a7-yard TD pass to Holmes with 1:49 left. Arizona wide receiver Larry Fitzgerald recovered the onside kickand the Cardinals ran the clock down to 46 seconds, pinning theSteelers at the 9 with a 24-yard punt by Mike Barr. Pittsburgh picked up one first down before Roethlisberger wasintercepted by Ralph Brown to end the game. "I don't know maybe Wiz, was video-taping us at practice,"Roethlisberger said. "Really, give their defense credit and wemade a lot of mistakes. We killed ourselves. We shot ourselvesin the foot a few times but a lot of that falls on me." The Steelers All-Pro safety Troy Polamalu sat out most of thesecond half with an abdomen injury. The Steelers also werewithout wide receiver Hines Ward who missed the game with a kneeinjury. "The injuries are not why we lost the game," Steelers coach MikeTomlin said. "Arizona out-performed us. The 11 guys that wehave on the field represent the Pittsburgh Steelers. We willnever use injuries as an excuse whether it happens before thegame or during the game."
NFL: PITTSBURGH at ARIZONA <div class="pre">NFL FINAL 1ST 2ND 3RD 4TH TOTAL --- --- --- --- ----- PITTSBURGH 7 0 0 7 14 ARIZONA 0 0 7 14 21 FINAL SCORING SUMMARY 1ST QUARTER: 14:29 PIT - TD, SANTONIO HOLMES 43 YD PASS FROM BEN ROETHLISBERGER (JEFF REED KICK). Drive: 8 plays, 69 yards in 4:33. Key plays: Roethlisberger 28-yard pass to Miller on 3rd-and-7 to Arizona 38. PITTSBURGH 7-0. 2ND QUARTER: NONE 3RD QUARTER: 7:36 ARI - TD, JERHEME URBAN 6 YD PASS FROM KURT WARNER (NEIL RACKERS KICK). Drive: 9 plays, 70 yards in 3:43. Key plays: Warner 11-yard pass to Urban plus 12-yard taunting penalty on Steelers' Taylor to Pittsburgh 12. PITTSBURGH 7-7. 4TH QUARTER: 0:50 ARI - TD, STEVE BREASTON 73 YD PUNT RETURN (NEIL RACKERS KICK). ARIZONA 14-7. 10:46 ARI - TD, EDGERRIN JAMES 2 YD RUN (NEIL RACKERS KICK). Drive: 13 plays, 82 yards in 7:19. Key plays: Leinart 38-yard pass to Fitzgerald to Pittsburgh 44; James 2-yard run on 3rd-and-1 to Pittsburgh 33; Leinart 1-yard run on 4th-and-1 to Pittsburgh 23; Leinart 11-yard pass to Bryant Johnson to Pittsburgh 12; James 8-yard run on 3rd-and-8 to Pittsburgh 2. ARIZONA 21-7. 13:11 PIT - TD, SANTONIO HOLMES 7 YD PASS FROM BEN ROETHLISBERGER (JEFF REED KICK). Drive: 9 plays, 92 yards in 2:25. Key plays: Roethlisberger 12-yard pass to Parker to Pittsburgh 20; Roethlisberger 11-yard pass to Miller to Pittsburgh 31; Roethlisberger 22-yard pass to Holmes to Arizona 39; Roethlisberger 16-yard run to Arizona 7. ARIZONA 21-14. PITTSBURGH - ARIZONA Final Statistics TEAM STATISTICS PITTSBURGH ARIZONA FIRST DOWNS 17 19 Rushing 6 8 Passing 10 10 Penalty 1 1 THIRD DOWN EFFICIENCY 5-15-33% 7-14-50% FOURTH DOWN EFFICIENCY 1-1-100% 1-1-100% TOTAL NET YARDS 282 301 Total offensive plays 62 62 Average gain per play 4.5 4.9 NET YARDS RUSHING 77 86 Rushing attempts 26 25 Average gain per rush 3.0 3.4 Tackles for loss-yards 4-20 1-2 NET YARDS PASSING 205 215 Times sacked: Number-Yards 4-39 2-10 Gross passing yards 244 225 PASS ATTEMPTS-COMPLETIONS-HAD INTERCEPTED 32-17-2 35-21-0 Avg gain per pass play 5.7 5.8 KICKOFFS: Number-In End Zone-Touchbacks 3-0-0 4-3-1 PUNTS: Number and Average 7-51.4 5-39.4 Had blocked 0 0 Net punting average 50.7 19.2 TOTAL RETURN YARDAGE (Not including kickoffs) 5 106 Number-Yards: Punt Returns 1-5 4-101 Number-Yards: Kickoff Returns 3-66 2-55 Number-Yards: Interception Returns 0-0 2-5 PENALTIES: Number-Yards 11-72 5-30 FUMBLES: Number-Lost 3-0 3-2 TOUCHDOWNS 2 3 Rushing 0 1 Passing 2 1 Interceptions 0 0 Other (blocked kicks, etc.) 0 1 EXTRA POINTS: Made-Attempts 2-2 3-3 Kicking: Made-Attempts 2-2 3-3 Passing: Made-Attempts 0-0 0-0 Rushing: Made-Attempts 0-0 0-0 FIELD GOALS: Made-Attempts 0-0 0-1 FGs - PATs had blocked 0-0 0-0 RED ZONE EFFICIENCY 1-2-50% 2-2-100% GOAL TO GO EFFICIENCY 1-2-50% 1-1-100% SAFETIES 0 0 TIME OF POSSESSION 32:12 27:48 INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS PITTSBURGH ARIZONA RUSHING ATT YDS AVG LG TD RUSHING ATT YDS AVG LG TD -------------------------------------- -------------------------------------- W PARKER 19 37 1.9 20 0 E JAMES 21 77 3.7 9 1 B ROETHLIS 4 26 6.5 16 0 M LEINART 3 9 3.0 9 0 N DAVENPOR 2 15 7.5 8 0 K WARNER 1 0 0.0 0 0 S HOLMES 1 -1 -1.0 0 0 PASSING CM-AT-YDS IN TD LG PASSING CM-AT-YDS IN TD LG -------------------------------------- -------------------------------------- B ROETHLIS 17-32-244 2 2 43 K WARNER 14-21-132 0 1 20 M LEINART 7-14- 93 0 0 38 Sacked-Yards Lost: B ROETHLIS 4-39. Sacked-Yards Lost: K WARNER 1-6, M LEINART 1-4. RECEIVING NO YDS AVG LG TD RECEIVING NO YDS AVG LG TD -------------------------------------- -------------------------------------- S HOLMES 6 128 21.3 43 2 L FITZGERA 10 120 12.0 38 0 W PARKER 4 29 7.3 12 0 J URBAN 5 53 10.6 20 1 H MILLER 3 46 15.3 28 0 B JOHNSON 4 40 10.0 19 0 W REID 2 23 11.5 13 0 E JAMES 1 7 7.0 7 0 N WASHINGT 2 18 9.0 9 0 T SMITH 1 5 5.0 5 0 INTERCEPTIONS NO YDS AVG LG TD INTERCEPTIONS NO YDS AVG LG TD -------------------------------------- -------------------------------------- R BROWN 1 5 5.0 5 0 A WILSON 1 0 0.0 0 0 PUNTING NO YDS AVG T I LG PUNTING NO YDS AVG T I LG -------------------------------------- -------------------------------------- D SEPULVED 7 360 51.4 1 2 59 M BARR 5 197 39.4 1 2 49 T = Touchbacks, I = Inside 20 PUNT RETURNS NO YDS AVG LG TD PUNT RETURNS NO YDS AVG LG TD -------------------------------------- -------------------------------------- A ROSSUM 1 5 5.0 5 0 S BREASTON 4 101 25.3 73 1 KICKOFF RETURNS NO YDS AVG LG TD KICKOFF RETURNS NO YDS AVG LG TD -------------------------------------- -------------------------------------- A ROSSUM 2 44 22.0 23 0 S BREASTON 2 55 27.5 29 0 N DAVENPORT 1 22 22.0 22 0 KICKING XP/XPA FG/FGA KICKING XP/XPA FG/FGA ---------------------------------- ---------------------------------- J REED 2/2 0/0 N RACKERS 3/3 0/1 Dist.: (52) O-D O-D FUMBLES NO LOST FF REC FUMBLES NO LOST FF REC ------------------------------------ ------------------------------------ B ROETHLISBERGER 2 0 0 1-0 L FITZGERALD 1 1 0 0-0 W PARKER 1 0 0 1-0 K WARNER 1 1 0 0-0 I TAYLOR 0 0 1 0-0 E JAMES 1 0 0 0-0 T POLAMALU 0 0 1 0-1 D DOCKETT 0 0 1 0-0 J HARRISON 0 0 0 0-1 B JOHNSON 0 0 0 1-0 A FANECA 0 0 0 1-0 DEFENSE TK SO AS SK-YD DEFENSE TK SO AS SK-YD ------------------------------------ ------------------------------------ I TAYLOR 8 8 0 0-0 C PACE 8 5 3 0-0 D TOWNSEND 6 5 1 0-0 D DOCKETT 6 4 22.5-24. L FOOTE 6 5 1 0-0 K DANSBY 5 5 0 0-0 B MCFADDEN 5 5 0 0-0 T HOLT 5 5 0 0-0 R CLARK 5 4 1 0-0 A WILSON 5 4 1 0-0 J HARRISON 4 2 2 .5-2 E GREEN 5 4 1 0-0 C HAGGANS 3 3 0 1-6 A SMITH 4 4 0 1-10 A SMITH 3 3 0 0-0 G HAYES 4 4 0 0-0 A SMITH 3 2 1 .5-2 B BERRY 3 2 1 .5-4.5 J FARRIOR 3 1 2 0-0 C COOPER 2 2 0 0-0 T POLAMALU 2 2 0 0-0 A ROLLE 2 2 0 0-0 B KEISEL 2 1 1 0-0 R BROWN 2 1 1 0-0 C KRIEWALDT 1 1 0 0-0 G WATSON 2 1 1 0-0 N EASON 1 1 0 0-0 R HOOD 1 1 0 0-0 C HOKE 1 1 0 0-0 A FRANCISCO 1 1 0 0-0 W GAY 1 0 1 0-0 R BAILEY 1 0 1 0-0 Officials: Referee-Gene Steratore, Umpire-Carl Madsen, Head Linesman-Paul Weidner, Line Judge-Tom Barnes, Field Judge-Doug Rosenbaum, Side Judge-Barry Anderson, Back Judge-Tony Steratore. Att: 64,844 Time of Game: 3:28</div>
NFL: PITTSBURGH at ARIZONA <div class="pre">NFL PITTSBURGH AT ARIZONA NOTE: RESENDING BOX TO CORRECT RECEIVING YARDS FOR FITZGERALD AND JOHNSON AND TO CORRECT SACKS FOR SEVERAL PLAYERS.</div>
