National Football League
BOXSCORE | RECAP
Pittsburgh 27, Houston 7
When: 1:00 PM ET, Sunday, September 18, 2005
Where: Reliant Stadium, Houston, Texas
Temperature: Dome
Head Official: Bill Vinovich
Attendance: 70742
Final Scoring Summary
 
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Pittsburgh 10107027
Houston 00707
SCORING
Scoring Summary
1st Quarter - 10:07
Pittsburgh FG Houston 0 - Pittsburgh 3
Jeff Reed 37 yd. field goal
1st Quarter - 8:04
Pittsburgh TD Houston 0 - Pittsburgh 10
Hines Ward 16 yd. pass from Ben Roethlisberger (Jeff Reed kick)
2nd Quarter - 14:55
Pittsburgh TD Houston 0 - Pittsburgh 17
Hines Ward 14 yd. pass from Ben Roethlisberger (Jeff Reed kick)
2nd Quarter - 3:58
Pittsburgh FG Houston 0 - Pittsburgh 20
Jeff Reed 35 yd. field goal
3rd Quarter - 7:05
Houston TD Houston 7 - Pittsburgh 20
Domanick Williams 3 yd. pass from David Carr (Kris Brown kick)
3rd Quarter - 3:51
Pittsburgh TD Houston 7 - Pittsburgh 27
Willie Parker 10 yd. run (Jeff Reed kick)
TEAMS
Team Stats
  Pittsburgh Houston
1st Downs 18 16
Rushing 6 5
Passing 11 11
Penalty 1 0
3rd Down Conversions 4-11 8-15
4th Down Conversions 1-2 0-1
Punts-Average 1-39.0 4-40.3
Return Yards 29 107
Punts-Returns 2-10 1-6
Kickoffs-Returns 1-19 5-101
Int-Returns 0-0 0-0
Penalties-Yards 5-40 7-58
Fumbles-Lost 0-0 1-1
Time of Possession 29:06 30:54
Total Net Yards 388 221
Total Plays 54 59
Average Gain 7.2 3.7
Net Yards Rushing 135 113
Rushes 32 25
Average/Rush 4.2 4.5
Net Yards Passing 253 108
Comp-Att 14-21 16-26
Yards/Pass 11.5 3.2
Sacked-Yards Lost 1-1 8-59
Had Intercepted 0 0
Touchdowns 3 1
Rushing 1 0
Passing 2 1
Other 0 0
Extra Points 3-3 1-1
Field Goals 2-2 0-0
Red Zone Efficiency 3-5-60% 1-1-100%
Goal To Go Efficiency 2-2-100% 1-1-100%
Safeties 0 0
PLAYER STATS
Pittsburgh Steelers (0-0)
Passing
  COMP/ATT YDS TD INT
B. Roethlisberger 14/21 254 2 0
Houston Texans (0-0)
Passing
  COMP/ATT YDS TD INT
D. Carr 16/26 167 1 0
Rushing
  ATT YDS AVG TD LG
W. Parker 25 111 4.4 1 19
V. Haynes 7 24 3.4 0 7
Rushing
  ATT YDS AVG TD LG
D. Williams 15 59 3.9 0 15
D. Carr 7 46 6.6 0 20
J. Wells 3 8 2.7 0 7
Receiving
  REC YDS AVG TD LG
H. Ward 6 84 14.0 2 21
C. Wilson 2 76 38.0 0 40
A. Randle El 3 75 25.0 0 54
V. Haynes 1 8 8.0 0 8
D. Kreider 1 7 7.0 0 7
J. Tuman 1 4 4.0 0 4
Receiving
  REC YDS AVG TD LG
C. Bradford 2 49 24.5 0 25
D. Armstrong 2 42 21.0 0 28
D. Williams 4 33 8.2 1 19
A. Johnson 4 20 5.0 0 6
M. Murphy 1 12 12.0 0 12
J. Gaffney 2 7 3.5 0 4
J. Wells 1 4 4.0 0 4
Interceptions
  NO. YDS TD
No interceptions
Interceptions
  NO. YDS TD
No interceptions
Sacks
  NO. YDS
T. Polamalu 3.0 33.0
D. Townsend 1.0 13.0
C. Haggans 1.0 5.0
J. Harrison 1.0 4.0
J. Porter 1.0 2.0
R. Colclough 1.0 2.0
Sacks
  NO. YDS
A. Peek 1.0 1.0
Tackles
  TK AST
T. Polamalu 6 0
J. Farrior 6 3
C. Haggans 5 0
I. Taylor 5 0
C. Hampton 3 0
C. Hope 3 0
B. Keisel 3 1
J. Porter 3 1
L. Foote 3 1
D. Townsend 3 2
A. Smith 2 0
M. Logan 2 0
R. Colclough 2 1
J. Harrison 1 0
Tackles
  TK AST
K. Wong 8 3
M. Greenwood 5 3
M. Coleman 4 1
R. Smith 4 5
D. Robinson 3 0
A. Peek 3 0
P. Buchanon 3 0
D. Faggins 3 0
C. Brown 3 3
J. Ioane 2 2
S. Payne 1 0
T. Johnson 1 0
Fumbles
  NO.
No fumbles
Fumbles
  NO.
D. Carr 1