National Football League
BOXSCORE | RECAP
Pittsburgh 35, Detroit 21
When: 1:00 PM ET, Sunday, January 1, 2006
Where: Heinz Field, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Temperature: 39°
Head Official: Walt Coleman
Attendance: 63794
Final Scoring Summary
 
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Detroit 1407021
Pittsburgh 14714035
SCORING
Scoring Summary
1st Quarter - 13:43
Pittsburgh TD Pittsburgh 7 - Detroit 0
Antwaan Randle El 81 yd. punt return (Jeff Reed kick)
1st Quarter - 9:43
Detroit TD Pittsburgh 7 - Detroit 7
Marcus Pollard 11 yd. pass from Joey Harrington (Jason Hanson kick)
1st Quarter - 3:33
Detroit TD Pittsburgh 7 - Detroit 14
Cory Schlesinger 1 yd. pass from Joey Harrington (Jason Hanson kick)
1st Quarter - 0:21
Pittsburgh TD Pittsburgh 14 - Detroit 14
Jerome Bettis 1 yd. run (Jeff Reed kick)
2nd Quarter - 1:11
Pittsburgh TD Pittsburgh 21 - Detroit 14
Jerome Bettis 5 yd. run (Jeff Reed kick)
3rd Quarter - 11:00
Pittsburgh TD Pittsburgh 28 - Detroit 14
Jerome Bettis 4 yd. run (Jeff Reed kick)
3rd Quarter - 5:32
Detroit TD Pittsburgh 28 - Detroit 21
Roy Williams 15 yd. pass from Joey Harrington (Jason Hanson kick)
3rd Quarter - 0:42
Pittsburgh TD Pittsburgh 35 - Detroit 21
Ben Roethlisberger 7 yd. run (Jeff Reed kick)
TEAMS
Team Stats
  Detroit Pittsburgh
1st Downs 16 20
Rushing 3 13
Passing 12 5
Penalty 1 2
3rd Down Conversions 10-17 4-10
4th Down Conversions 0-0 1-1
Punts-Average 6-39.2 4-41.0
Return Yards 149 202
Punts-Returns 2-1 2-79
Kickoffs-Returns 6-126 4-123
Int-Returns 2-22 0-0
Penalties-Yards 5-47 2-15
Fumbles-Lost 3-2 0-0
Time of Possession 27:29 32:31
Total Net Yards 308 331
Total Plays 59 61
Average Gain 5.2 5.4
Net Yards Rushing 105 199
Rushes 25 44
Average/Rush 4.2 4.5
Net Yards Passing 203 132
Comp-Att 17-33 7-16
Yards/Pass 6.0 7.8
Sacked-Yards Lost 1-9 1-3
Had Intercepted 0 2
Touchdowns 3 5
Rushing 0 4
Passing 3 0
Other 0 1
Extra Points 3-3 5-5
Field Goals 0-0 0-0
Red Zone Efficiency 3-3-100% 4-4-100%
Goal To Go Efficiency 1-1-100% 3-3-100%
Safeties 0 0
PLAYER STATS
Detroit Lions (0-0)
Passing
  COMP/ATT YDS TD INT
J. Harrington 17/33 212 3 0
Pittsburgh Steelers (0-0)
Passing
  COMP/ATT YDS TD INT
B. Roethlisberger 7/16 135 0 2
Rushing
  ATT YDS AVG TD LG
K. Jones 18 78 4.3 0 12
S. Bryson 3 11 3.7 0 6
J. Harrington 2 11 5.5 0 8
P. Smith 2 5 2.5 0 4
Rushing
  ATT YDS AVG TD LG
W. Parker 26 135 5.2 0 21
J. Bettis 10 41 4.1 3 12
V. Haynes 4 17 4.2 0 12
B. Roethlisberger 3 5 1.7 1 7
A. Randle El 1 1 1.0 0 1
Receiving
  REC YDS AVG TD LG
S. Bryson 1 63 63.0 0 63
M. Pollard 4 50 12.5 1 27
S. Vines 4 44 11.0 0 19
R. Williams 3 31 10.3 1 15
P. Smith 2 16 8.0 0 11
C. Schlesinger 2 6 3.0 1 5
K. Jones 1 2 2.0 0 2
Receiving
  REC YDS AVG TD LG
H. Miller 3 62 20.7 0 43
H. Ward 1 40 40.0 0 40
W. Parker 1 17 17.0 0 17
A. Randle El 1 13 13.0 0 13
V. Haynes 1 3 3.0 0 3
Interceptions
  NO. YDS TD
B. Walker 1 22 0
A. Goodman 1 0 0
Interceptions
  NO. YDS TD
No interceptions
Sacks
  NO. YDS
J. Hall 1.0 3.0
Sacks
  NO. YDS
J. Farrior 1.0 9.0
Tackles
  TK AST
J. Hall 5 1
K. Kennedy 5 2
B. Walker 5 3
L. Woods 5 6
S. Rogers 3 3
J. Davis 3 3
C. Redding 2 0
W. Rainer 2 1
R. McQuarters 2 1
D. Curry 2 3
K. Edwards 1 0
M. Grootegoed 1 0
K. Smith 1 1
Tackles
  TK AST
T. Polamalu 9 2
J. Farrior 7 2
C. Hope 4 3
A. Smith 3 3
J. Porter 2 0
I. Taylor 2 1
D. Townsend 2 3
B. McFadden 1 0
B. Keisel 1 0
C. Hampton 1 1
R. Colclough 1 1
C. Haggans 1 2
L. Foote 1 2
K. Von Oelhoffen 1 2
Fumbles
  NO.
E. Drummond 1
K. Jones 1
P. Smith 1
Fumbles
  NO.
No fumbles