Patriots 41-27 Steelers (23 Jan, 2005) Box Score

New England Patriots

14-2, 6-2 away

	1	2	3	4	T
NE	10	14	7	10	41
PIT	3	0	14	10	27

Pittsburgh Steelers

15-1, 8-0 home

New England Passing


Tom Brady
team

C/ATT	YDS	AVG	TD	INT	SACKS	RTG
14/21	207	9.9	2	0	2-11	130.5
14/21	196	9.9	2	0	2-11	130.5

Pittsburgh Passing


Ben Roethlisberger
team

C/ATT	YDS	AVG	TD	INT	SACKS	RTG
14/24	226	9.4	2	3	1-1	78.1
14/24	225	9.4	2	3	1-1	78.1

New England Rushing


Corey Dillon
Deion Branch
Kevin Faulk
Tom Brady
David Givens
team

CAR	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG
24	73	3.0	1	25
2	37	18.5	1	23
3	20	6.7	0	17
2	-2	-1.0	0	-1
1	-2	-2.0	0	-2
32	126	3.9	2	25

Pittsburgh Rushing


Jerome Bettis
Ben Roethlisberger
Verron Haynes
Duce Staley
team

CAR	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG
17	64	3.8	1	25
5	45	9.0	0	13
5	28	5.6	0	8
10	26	2.6	0	6
37	163	4.4	1	25

New England Receiving


Deion Branch
David Givens
Troy Brown
Christian Fauria
David Patten
Corey Dillon
Daniel Graham
team

REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG
4	116	29.0	1	60
5	59	11.8	1	18
1	11	11.0	0	11
1	9	9.0	0	9
1	8	8.0	0	8
1	5	5.0	0	5
1	-1	-1.0	0	-1
14	207	14.8	2	60

Pittsburgh Receiving


Hines Ward
Antwaan Randle El
Plaxico Burress
Verron Haynes
Jerame Tuman
Walter Rasby
team

REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG
5	109	21.8	1	30
3	52	17.3	0	34
3	37	12.3	1	16
1	14	14.0	0	14
1	8	8.0	0	8
1	6	6.0	0	6
14	226	16.1	2	34

New England Fumbles


David Givens
Mike Vrabel
team

FUM	LOST	REC
1	0	0
0	0	1
1	0	1

Pittsburgh Fumbles


Jerome Bettis
Ben Roethlisberger
team

FUM	LOST	REC
1	1	0
1	0	0
2	1	0

New England Defense



Rodney Harrison
Tedy Bruschi
Ty Warren
Ted Johnson
Mike Vrabel
Jarvis Green
Asante Samuel
Eugene Wilson
Troy Brown
Je'Rod Cherry
Willie McGinest
Rabih Abdullah
Hank Poteat
Dexter Reid
Randall Gay
Keith Traylor
Rosevelt Colvin
Lonie Paxton
Matt Chatham
Dan Koppen
Tully Banta-Cain
Vince Wilfork
team

TACKLES				MISC
TOT	SOLO	SACKS	TFL	PD	QB HTS	TD
12	10	0	0	1	0	1
9	8	0	0	0	0	0
8	6	0	0	0	0	0
8	4	0	0	0	0	0
6	5	0	0	0	0	0
5	3	1	0	0	0	0
4	3	0	0	4	0	0
4	2	0	0	2	0	0
3	2	0	0	0	0	0
3	2	0	0	0	0	0
3	1	0	0	0	0	0
2	2	0	0	0	0	0
2	2	0	0	1	0	0
2	1	0	0	0	0	0
2	0	0	0	0	0	0
1	0	0	0	0	0	0
1	0	0	0	0	0	0
1	0	0	0	0	0	0
1	0	0	0	0	0	0
1	0	0	0	0	0	0
1	0	0	0	0	0	0
1	0	0	0	0	0	0
80	51	1	0	8	0	2

Pittsburgh Defense



James Farrior
Troy Polamalu
Willie Williams
Joey Porter
Clark Haggans
Larry Foote
Aaron Smith
Chris Hope
Clint Kriewaldt
Kimo Von von Oelhoffen
Ricardo Colclough
Sean Morey
Chad Scott
Hines Ward
Deshea Townsend
Keydrick Vincent
Antwaan Randle El
Ike Taylor
Kendrick Clancy
Chris Hoke
James Harrison
team

TACKLES				MISC
TOT	SOLO	SACKS	TFL	PD	QB HTS	TD
10	5	0	0	0	0	0
7	6	0	0	0	0	0
7	4	0	0	0	0	0
6	4	1	0	0	0	0
6	2	1	0	0	0	0
5	4	0	0	0	0	0
5	3	0	0	0	0	0
5	3	0	0	1	0	0
5	2	0	0	0	0	0
3	0	0	0	0	0	0
2	2	0	0	0	0	0
2	1	0	0	0	0	0
1	1	0	0	0	0	0
1	1	0	0	0	0	0
1	1	0	0	2	0	0
1	1	0	0	0	0	0
1	1	0	0	0	0	0
1	1	0	0	0	0	0
1	0	0	0	0	0	0
1	0	0	0	0	0	0
1	0	0	0	0	0	0
72	42	2	0	3	0	0

New England Interceptions


Eugene Wilson
Rodney Harrison
team

INT	YDS	TD
2	0	0
1	87	1
3	87	1

Pittsburgh Interceptions

	INT	YDS	TD
No Pittsburgh Interceptions

New England Kick Returns


Bethel Johnson
Patrick Pass
team

NO	YDS	AVG	LONG
4	90	22.5	29
1	17	17.0	17
5	107	21.4	29

Pittsburgh Kick Returns


Antwaan Randle El
Ike Taylor
Matt Cushing
team

NO	YDS	AVG	LONG
4	75	18.8	26
3	29	9.7	17
1	11	11.0	11
8	115	14.4	26

New England Punt Returns


Troy Brown
team

NO	YDS	AVG	LONG	TD
2	6	3.0	6	0
2	6	3.0	6	0

Pittsburgh Punt Returns


Antwaan Randle El
team

NO	YDS	AVG	LONG	TD
3	40	13.3	22	0
3	40	13.3	22	0

New England Kicking


Adam Vinatieri
team

FG	PCT	LONG	XP	PTS
2/2	100.0	48	5/5	11
2/2	100.0	48	5/5	11

Pittsburgh Kicking


Jeff Reed
team

FG	PCT	LONG	XP	PTS
2/2	100.0	43	3/3	9
2/2	100.0	43	3/3	9

New England Punting


Josh Miller
team

NO	YDS	AVG	TB	In 20	LONG
4	161	40.3	0	1	49
4	161	40.3	0	1	49

Pittsburgh Punting


Chris Gardocki
team

NO	YDS	AVG	TB	In 20	LONG
3	129	43.0	0	1	44
3	129	43.0	0	1	44

11:30 PM, 23 January 2005

Attendance: 65,242

Referees:
Walt Anderson

Team	W	L	PCT	PF	PA
Buffalo	12	3	.800	469	331
Miami	7	8	.467	305	329
New York	4	11	.267	292	344
New England	3	12	.200	259	361

Team	W	L	PCT	PF	PA
Pittsburgh	10	5	.667	353	299
Baltimore	10	5	.667	452	349
Cincinnati	7	8	.467	423	393
Cleveland	3	12	.200	245	380

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