National Football League
BOXSCORE | PLAY-BY-PLAY | RECAP
New Orleans 31, Pittsburgh 28
When: 4:25 PM ET, Sunday, December 23, 2018
Where: Mercedes-Benz Superdome, New Orleans, Louisiana
Temperature: Dome
Head Official: Craig Wrolstad
Attendance: 73086
Final Scoring Summary
 
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Pittsburgh 31114028
New Orleans 7107731
SCORING
Scoring Summary
1st Quarter - 5:32
Pittsburgh FG New Orleans 0 - Pittsburgh 3
Chris Boswell 49 yd. field goal
1st Quarter - 2:57
New Orleans TD New Orleans 7 - Pittsburgh 3
Mark Ingram II 1 yd. run (Wil Lutz kick)
2nd Quarter - 14:05
Pittsburgh FG New Orleans 7 - Pittsburgh 6
Chris Boswell 30 yd. field goal
2nd Quarter - 10:22
New Orleans TD New Orleans 14 - Pittsburgh 6
Alvin Kamara 8 yd. run (Wil Lutz kick)
2nd Quarter - 0:40
Pittsburgh TD New Orleans 14 - Pittsburgh 14
Jaylen Samuels 3 yd. pass from Ben Roethlisberger (Eli Rogers pass from Ben Roethlisberger)
2nd Quarter - 0:02
New Orleans FG New Orleans 17 - Pittsburgh 14
Wil Lutz 43 yd. field goal
3rd Quarter - 9:13
New Orleans TD New Orleans 24 - Pittsburgh 14
Alvin Kamara 1 yd. run (Wil Lutz kick)
3rd Quarter - 4:48
Pittsburgh TD New Orleans 24 - Pittsburgh 21
Antonio Brown 3 yd. pass from Ben Roethlisberger (Chris Boswell kick)
3rd Quarter - 1:02
Pittsburgh TD New Orleans 24 - Pittsburgh 28
Antonio Brown 20 yd. pass from Ben Roethlisberger (Chris Boswell kick)
4th Quarter - 1:25
New Orleans TD New Orleans 31 - Pittsburgh 28
Michael Thomas 2 yd. pass from Drew Brees (Wil Lutz kick)
TEAMS
Team Stats
  Pittsburgh New Orleans
1st Downs 26 24
Rushing 2 5
Passing 21 16
Penalty 3 3
3rd Down Conversions 6-13 6-12
4th Down Conversions 1-2 0-0
Punts-Average 2-49.0 3-47.0
Return Yards 47 0
Punts-Returns 0-0 0-0
Kickoffs-Returns 2-20 0-0
Int - Returns 1-27 0-0
Penalties-Yards 6-79 9-91
Fumbles-Lost 3-2 1-0
Time of Possession 31:20 28:40
Total Net Yards 429 370
Total Plays 71 61
Average Gain 6.0 6.1
Net Yards Rushing 65 57
Rushes 18 19
Average/Rush 3.6 3.0
Net Yards Passing 364 313
Comp-Att 33-50 27-40
Yards/Pass 6.9 7.5
Sacked-Yards Lost 3-16 2-13
Had Intercepted 0 1
Touchdowns 3 4
Rushing 0 3
Passing 3 1
Other 0 0
Extra Points 3-3 4-4
Field Goals 2-2 1-2
Red Zone Efficiency 2-3-67% 4-4-100%
Goal To Go Efficiency 2-2-100% 3-3-100%
Safeties 0 0
PLAYER STATS
Passing
  COMP/ATT YDS TD INT
B. Roethlisberger 33/50 380 3 0
Passing
  COMP/ATT YDS TD INT
D. Brees 27/39 326 1 0
T. Hill 0/1 0 0 1
Rushing
  ATT YDS AVG TD LG
J. Samuels 12 53 4.4 0 16
R. Nix 1 4 4.0 0 4
B. Roethlisberger 2 4 2.0 0 5
S. Ridley 3 4 1.3 0 6
Rushing
  ATT YDS AVG TD LG
M. Ingram II 11 35 3.2 1 8
A. Kamara 7 23 3.3 2 8
D. Brees 1 -1 -1.0 0 -1
Receiving
  TAR REC YDS AVG TD LG
A. Brown 19 14 185 13.2 2 28
J. Smith-Schuster 15 11 115 10.5 0 23
V. McDonald 4 1 49 49.0 0 49
R. Switzer 3 3 18 6.0 0 13
J. Samuels 3 3 11 3.7 1 7
E. Rogers 1 1 2 2.0 0 2
R. Nix 1 0 0 0 0 0
X. Grimble 1 0 0 0 0 0
J. Washington 2 0 0 0 0 0
Receiving
  TAR REC YDS AVG TD LG
M. Thomas 13 11 109 9.9 1 28
A. Kamara 6 4 82 20.5 0 42
T. Ginn Jr. 8 5 74 14.8 0 25
K. Kirkwood 4 2 35 17.5 0 23
T. Smith 1 1 11 11.0 0 11
M. Ingram II 2 1 8 8.0 0 8
B. Watson 2 1 6 6.0 0 6
J. Hill 3 2 1 0.5 0 5
Interceptions
  NO. YDS TD
S. Davis 1 27 0
Interceptions
  NO. YDS TD
No interceptions
Sacks
  NO. YDS
S. Tuitt 1.0 7.0
T. Watt 1.0 6.0
Sacks
  NO. YDS
D. Davis 1.0 9.0
T. Davison 1.0 6.0
A. Anzalone 1.0 1.0
Tackles For Loss
  NO.
V. Williams 1.0
S. Tuitt 1.0
T. Watt 1.0
M. Hilton 1.0
Tackles For Loss
  NO.
A. Anzalone 1.0
K. Coleman 1.0
P. Williams 1.0
C. Jordan 1.0
T. Davison 1.0
D. Davis 1.0
Fumbles
  NO.
M. Ingram II 1