National Football League
BOXSCORE | RECAP
Pittsburgh 38, Houston 17
When: 1:00 PM ET, Sunday, September 7, 2008
Where: Heinz Field, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Temperature: 72°
Head Official: Terry McAulay
Attendance: 64001
Final Scoring Summary
 
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Houston 0301417
Pittsburgh 71414338
SCORING
Scoring Summary
1st Quarter - 5:44
Pittsburgh TD Pittsburgh 7 - Houston 0
Willie Parker 7 yd. run (Jeff Reed kick)
2nd Quarter - 11:00
Pittsburgh TD Pittsburgh 14 - Houston 0
Willie Parker 13 yd. run (Jeff Reed kick)
2nd Quarter - 9:03
Pittsburgh TD Pittsburgh 21 - Houston 0
Hines Ward 13 yd. pass from Ben Roethlisberger (Jeff Reed kick)
2nd Quarter - 4:29
Houston FG Pittsburgh 21 - Houston 3
Kris Brown 34 yd. field goal
3rd Quarter - 9:10
Pittsburgh TD Pittsburgh 28 - Houston 3
Willie Parker 4 yd. run (Jeff Reed kick)
3rd Quarter - 2:04
Pittsburgh TD Pittsburgh 35 - Houston 3
Hines Ward 16 yd. pass from Ben Roethlisberger (Jeff Reed kick)
4th Quarter - 9:00
Houston TD Pittsburgh 35 - Houston 10
Kevin Walter 14 yd. pass from Matt Schaub (Kris Brown kick)
4th Quarter - 5:24
Pittsburgh FG Pittsburgh 38 - Houston 10
Jeff Reed 44 yd. field goal
4th Quarter - 1:14
Houston TD Pittsburgh 38 - Houston 17
Matt Schaub 4 yd. run (Kris Brown kick)
TEAMS
Team Stats
  Houston Pittsburgh
1st Downs 20 21
Rushing 5 10
Passing 13 9
Penalty 2 2
3rd Down Conversions 3-10 6-10
4th Down Conversions 0-1 0-0
Punts-Average 4-43.3 3-43.0
Return Yards 117 82
Punts-Returns 2-5 1--3
Kickoffs-Returns 6-112 4-79
Int-Returns 0-0 2-6
Penalties-Yards 5-43 4-41
Fumbles-Lost 1-1 3-1
Time of Possession 28:29 31:31
Total Net Yards 234 305
Total Plays 58 59
Average Gain 4.0 5.2
Net Yards Rushing 75 183
Rushes 20 39
Average/Rush 3.8 4.7
Net Yards Passing 159 122
Comp-Att 25-33 13-18
Yards/Pass 4.2 6.1
Sacked-Yards Lost 5-43 2-15
Had Intercepted 2 0
Touchdowns 2 5
Rushing 1 3
Passing 1 2
Other 0 0
Extra Points 2-2 5-5
Field Goals 1-1 1-1
Red Zone Efficiency 2-3-67% 5-5-100%
Goal To Go Efficiency 2-2-100% 1-1-100%
Safeties 0 0
PLAYER STATS
Houston Texans (0-0)
Passing
  COMP/ATT YDS TD INT
M. Schaub 25/33 202 1 2
Pittsburgh Steelers (0-0)
Passing
  COMP/ATT YDS TD INT
B. Roethlisberger 13/14 137 2 0
B. Leftwich 0/4 0 0 0
Rushing
  ATT YDS AVG TD LG
S. Slaton 13 43 3.3 0 8
A. Green 5 28 5.6 0 14
M. Schaub 2 4 2.0 1 4
Rushing
  ATT YDS AVG TD LG
W. Parker 25 138 5.5 3 32
R. Mendenhall 10 28 2.8 0 9
B. Roethlisberger 2 17 8.5 0 17
B. Leftwich 2 0 0.0 0 0
Receiving
  REC YDS AVG TD LG
A. Johnson 10 112 11.2 0 24
K. Walter 3 41 13.7 1 16
O. Daniels 3 33 11.0 0 14
S. Slaton 3 6 2.0 0 5
V. Leach 1 5 5.0 0 5
A. Green 4 3 0.8 0 6
D. Anderson 1 2 2.0 0 2
Receiving
  REC YDS AVG TD LG
H. Ward 6 76 12.7 2 29
H. Miller 3 26 8.7 0 11
S. Holmes 2 19 9.5 0 10
C. Davis 1 10 10.0 0 10
M. Spaeth 1 6 6.0 0 6
Interceptions
  NO. YDS TD
No interceptions
Interceptions
  NO. YDS TD
L. Woodley 1 6 0
T. Polamalu 1 0 0
Sks
  NO. YDS
M. Williams 2.0 15.0
Sks
  NO. YDS
J. Harrison 3.0 20.0
L. Woodley 1.0 9.0
N. Eason 0.5 7.0
J. Farrior 0.5 7.0
Tackles
  TK AST
Z. Diles 11 2
D. Ryans 8 4
M. Williams 6 0
F. Bennett 4 1
C. Brown 4 2
T. Johnson 3 0
J. Zgonina 2 0
A. Weaver 2 0
D. Faggins 1 0
J. Reeves 1 0
M. Greenwood 1 0
W. Demps 1 4
Tackles
  TK AST
I. Taylor 6 0
J. Harrison 6 2
R. Clark 5 2
L. Woodley 3 0
L. Timmons 3 0
T. Kirschke 3 0
T. Polamalu 3 0
B. McFadden 3 1
B. Keisel 3 2
N. Eason 2 2
J. Farrior 2 3
D. Townsend 1 1
A. Smith 1 1
T. Carter 1 1
L. Foote 1 3
Fumbles
  NO.
M. Schaub 1
Fumbles
  NO.
B. Roethlisberger 2
S. Holmes 1