Patriots 23-20 Steelers (25 Sep, 2005) Box Score

New England Patriots

2-1, 1-1 away

	1	2	3	4	T
NE	7	0	3	13	23
PIT	10	0	3	7	20

Pittsburgh Steelers

2-1, 1-1 home

New England Passing


Tom Brady
team

C/ATT	YDS	AVG	TD	INT	SACKS	RTG
31/41	372	9.1	0	1	3-26	92.7
31/41	346	9.1	0	1	3-26	92.7

Pittsburgh Passing


Ben Roethlisberger
team

C/ATT	YDS	AVG	TD	INT	SACKS	RTG
12/28	216	7.7	2	0	4-26	93.8
12/28	190	7.7	2	0	4-26	93.8

New England Rushing


Corey Dillon
Kevin Faulk
Patrick Pass
team

CAR	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG
22	61	2.8	2	9
7	14	2.0	0	4
1	5	5.0	0	5
30	80	2.7	2	9

Pittsburgh Rushing


Willie Parker
Ben Roethlisberger
Verron Haynes
Cedrick Wilson
team

CAR	YDS	AVG	LONG
17	55	3.2	11
3	17	5.7	10
2	7	3.5	6
1	0	0.0	0
23	79	3.4	11

New England Receiving


David Givens
Deion Branch
Kevin Faulk
Troy Brown
Corey Dillon
Patrick Pass
Ben Watson
Bethel Johnson
team

REC	YDS	AVG	LONG
9	130	14.4	30
6	78	13.0	22
7	71	10.1	23
4	43	10.8	19
2	23	11.5	19
1	14	14.0	14
1	10	10.0	10
1	3	3.0	3
31	372	12.0	30

Pittsburgh Receiving


Hines Ward
Antwaan Randle El
Verron Haynes
Cedrick Wilson
Heath Miller
Quincy Morgan
Willie Parker
team

REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG
4	110	27.5	2	85
2	56	28.0	0	49
1	18	18.0	0	18
2	16	8.0	0	10
1	13	13.0	0	13
1	9	9.0	0	9
1	-6	-6.0	0	-6
12	216	18.0	2	85

New England Fumbles


Kevin Faulk
Tim Dwight
Eugene Wilson
team

FUM	LOST	REC
2	2	0
1	0	0
0	0	1
3	2	1

Pittsburgh Fumbles


Antwaan Randle El
Travis Kirschke
Larry Foote
team

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

New England Defense



Guss Scott
Willie McGinest
Monty Beisel
Eugene Wilson
Richard Seymour
Ty Warren
Larry Izzo
Chad Brown
Mike Vrabel
Asante Samuel
Ellis Hobbs
Chad Scott
Jarvis Green
Bethel Johnson
Vince Wilfork
Rodney Harrison
Duane Starks
Patrick Pass
Deion Branch
Dan Koppen
Logan Mankins
Don Davis
Matt Chatham
team

TACKLES				MISC
TOT	SOLO	SACKS	TFL	PD	QB HTS	TD
6	5	0	0	0	0	0
5	4	2	0	1	0	0
5	2	0	0	1	0	0
5	0	0	0	0	0	0
4	4	2	0	1	0	0
4	3	0	0	0	0	0
3	3	0	0	0	0	0
3	2	0	0	0	0	0
3	2	0	0	1	0	0
3	2	0	0	1	0	0
3	2	0	0	0	0	0
2	2	0	0	0	0	0
2	1	0	0	0	0	0
2	1	0	0	0	0	0
2	1	0	0	0	0	0
1	1	0	0	0	0	0
1	1	0	0	1	0	0
1	1	0	0	0	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
60	40	4	0	6	0	0

Pittsburgh Defense



Ike Taylor
James Farrior
Clark Haggans
Chris Hope
Larry Foote
Mike Logan
Ricardo Colclough
Casey Hampton
Deshea Townsend
Kimo Von von Oelhoffen
Troy Polamalu
James Harrison
Chris Gardocki
Travis Kirschke
Joey Porter
Clint Kriewaldt
Chidi Iwuoma
Antwaan Randle El
Verron Haynes
Brett Keisel
Matt Kranchick
team

TACKLES				MISC
TOT	SOLO	SACKS	TFL	PD	QB HTS	TD
15	11	0	0	1	0	0
15	9	1	0	0	0	0
10	7	1	0	0	0	0
10	6	0	0	1	0	0
9	5	0	0	0	0	0
5	4	0	0	0	0	0
4	3	0	0	0	0	0
4	1	0	0	0	0	0
3	3	0	0	0	0	0
3	2	0	0	0	0	0
3	2	0	0	1	0	0
2	2	1	0	0	0	0
1	1	0	0	0	0	0
1	1	0	0	0	0	0
1	1	0	0	0	0	0
1	1	0	0	0	0	0
1	1	0	0	0	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
92	63	3	0	3	0	0

New England Interceptions

	INT	YDS	TD
No New England Interceptions

Pittsburgh Interceptions


Chris Hope
team

INT	YDS	TD
1	5	0
1	5	0

New England Kick Returns


Bethel Johnson
Ellis Hobbs
team

NO	YDS	AVG	LONG
3	69	23.0	26
2	59	29.5	34
5	128	25.6	34

Pittsburgh Kick Returns


Ricardo Colclough
James Harrison
team

NO	YDS	AVG	LONG
3	81	27.0	44
1	-2	-2.0	-2
4	79	19.8	44

New England Punt Returns


Tim Dwight
team

NO	YDS	AVG	LONG	TD
4	55	13.8	28	0
4	55	13.8	28	0

Pittsburgh Punt Returns


Antwaan Randle El
team

NO	YDS	AVG	LONG	TD
3	20	6.7	17	0
3	20	6.7	17	0

New England Kicking


Adam Vinatieri
team

FG	PCT	LONG	XP	PTS
3/4	75.0	48	2/2	11
3/4	75.0	48	2/2	11

Pittsburgh Kicking


Jeff Reed
team

FG	PCT	LONG	XP	PTS
2/3	66.7	33	2/2	8
2/3	66.7	33	2/2	8

New England Punting


Josh Miller
team

NO	YDS	AVG	TB	In 20	LONG
4	180	45.0	0	1	49
4	180	45.0	0	1	49

Pittsburgh Punting


Chris Gardocki
Ben Roethlisberger
team

NO	YDS	AVG	TB	LONG
5	226	45.2	0	56
1	39	39.0	1	39
6	265	44.2	1	56

9:15 PM, 25 September 2005

Attendance: 64,868

Referees:
Bill Carollo

Team	W	L	PCT	PF	PA
Buffalo	7	2	.778	260	173
New York	3	6	.333	171	183
Miami	2	6	.250	124	187
New England	2	7	.222	141	217

Team	W	L	PCT	PF	PA
Pittsburgh	6	2	.750	187	119
Baltimore	6	3	.667	283	219
Cincinnati	4	5	.444	236	227
Cleveland	2	7	.222	148	213

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