Steelers 38-31 Saints (12 Nov, 2006) Box Score

New Orleans Saints

6-3, 3-2 away

	1	2	3	4	T
NO	7	17	0	7	31
PIT	14	3	7	14	38

Pittsburgh Steelers

3-6, 3-2 home

New Orleans Passing


Drew Brees
team

C/ATT	YDS	AVG	TD	INT	SACKS	QBR	RTG
31/47	398	8.5	1	0	1-5	84.2	99.4
31/47	393	8.5	1	0	1-5	--	99.4

Pittsburgh Passing


Ben Roethlisberger
team

C/ATT	YDS	AVG	TD	INT	SACKS	QBR	RTG
17/28	264	9.4	3	0	2-14	83.6	127.7
17/28	250	9.4	3	0	2-14	--	127.7

New Orleans Rushing


Deuce McAllister
Reggie Bush
Drew Brees
Mike Karney
team

CAR	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG
14	56	4.0	1	7
10	49	4.9	1	15
4	14	3.5	0	6
1	1	1.0	0	1
29	120	4.1	2	15

Pittsburgh Rushing


Willie Parker
Najeh Davenport
Ben Roethlisberger
team

CAR	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG
22	213	9.7	2	76
2	3	1.5	0	2
2	1	0.5	0	2
26	217	8.3	2	76

New Orleans Receiving


Marques Colston
Terrance Copper
Aaron Stecker
Reggie Bush
Mike Karney
Mark Campbell
Billy Miller
Deuce McAllister
team

REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG
10	169	16.9	0	29
6	92	15.3	1	32
3	78	26.0	0	48
7	40	5.7	0	13
2	8	4.0	0	4
1	5	5.0	0	5
1	4	4.0	0	4
1	2	2.0	0	2
31	398	12.8	1	48

Pittsburgh Receiving


Hines Ward
Santonio Holmes
Cedrick Wilson
Heath Miller
Nate Washington
Willie Parker
Najeh Davenport
team

REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG
5	86	17.2	1	37
2	57	28.5	0	46
2	47	23.5	1	38
3	30	10.0	1	22
2	28	14.0	0	22
2	12	6.0	0	13
1	4	4.0	0	4
17	264	15.5	3	46

New Orleans Fumbles


Billy Miller
Terrance Copper
Reggie Bush
Drew Brees
Jeff Faine
team

FUM	LOST	REC
1	1	0
1	1	0
1	1	0
1	0	0
1	0	0
5	3	0

Pittsburgh Fumbles


Sean Morey
Brett Keisel
Ryan Clark
team

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

New Orleans Defense



Omar Stoutmire
Scott Shanle
Josh Bullocks
Brian Young
Mike McKenzie
Charles Grant
Scott Fujita
Jason Craft
Mark Simoneau
Antwan Lake
Hollis Thomas
Michael L. Lewis
DeJuan Groce
Jay Bellamy
Danny Clark
Will Smith
Rodney Leisle
Corey McIntyre
Bryan Scott
Terrance Copper
Marques Colston
Aaron Stecker
team

TACKLES				MISC
TOT	SOLO	SACKS	TFL	PD	QB HTS	TD
8	5	0	0	0	0	0
8	4	1	0	0	0	0
7	5	0	0	1	0	0
4	4	0	0	1	0	0
4	3	0	0	2	0	0
4	2	0	0	0	0	0
4	1	0	0	0	0	0
3	2	0	0	0	0	0
3	1	0	0	0	0	0
2	2	1	0	0	0	0
2	2	0	0	1	0	0
2	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
2	0	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
66	42	2	0	5	0	1

Pittsburgh Defense



James Farrior
Larry Foote
Brett Keisel
Ryan Clark
Ike Taylor
Clark Haggans
Casey Hampton
Joey Porter
Tyrone Carter
Bryant McFadden
Aaron Smith
Mike Logan
Anthony Smith
Anthony Madison
Sean Morey
Deshea Townsend
Chris Hoke
Jeff Reed
Troy Polamalu
team

TACKLES				MISC
TOT	SOLO	SACKS	TFL	PD	QB HTS	TD
11	8	0	0	0	0	0
11	7	0	0	1	0	0
8	5	1	0	1	0	0
7	5	0	0	0	0	0
6	6	0	0	0	0	0
6	4	0	0	1	0	0
6	1	0	0	1	0	0
5	4	0	0	1	0	0
5	4	0	0	0	0	0
5	3	0	0	1	0	0
5	2	0	0	0	0	0
2	2	0	0	0	0	0
2	2	0	0	1	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	0	0	0
1	1	0	0	0	0	0
87	60	1	0	7	0	0

New Orleans Interceptions

	INT	YDS	TD
No New Orleans Interceptions

Pittsburgh Interceptions

	INT	YDS	TD
No Pittsburgh Interceptions

New Orleans Kick Returns


Michael L. Lewis
Jamal Jones
Mike Karney
team

NO	YDS	AVG	LONG
4	112	28.0	43
2	36	18.0	19
1	10	10.0	10
7	158	22.6	43

Pittsburgh Kick Returns


Najeh Davenport
Sean Morey
team

NO	YDS	AVG	LONG
4	97	24.3	40
2	38	19.0	23
6	135	22.5	40

New Orleans Punt Returns


Reggie Bush
team

NO	YDS	AVG	LONG	TD
1	7	7.0	7	0
1	7	7.0	7	0

Pittsburgh Punt Returns

	NO	YDS	AVG	LONG	TD
No Pittsburgh Punt Returns

New Orleans Kicking


John Carney
team

FG	PCT	LONG	XP	PTS
1/2	50.0	20	4/4	7
1/2	50.0	20	4/4	7

Pittsburgh Kicking


Jeff Reed
team

FG	PCT	LONG	XP	PTS
1/2	50.0	32	5/5	8
1/2	50.0	32	5/5	8

New Orleans Punting


Steve Weatherford
team

NO	YDS	AVG	TB	In 20	LONG
2	79	39.5	1	1	40
2	79	39.5	1	1	40

Pittsburgh Punting


Chris Gardocki
team

NO	YDS	AVG	TB	In 20	LONG
3	99	33.0	0	1	38
3	99	33.0	0	1	38

Acrisure Stadium

9:15 PM, 12 November 2006

Pittsburgh, PA

Attendance: 61,911

Referees:
Bill Carollo

Team	W	L	PCT	PF	PA
Atlanta	8	7	.533	327	349
Tampa Bay	8	7	.533	427	352
New Orleans	5	9	.357	309	312
Carolina	4	11	.267	283	448

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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