Steelers 38-17 Texans (7 Sep, 2008) Box Score

Houston Texans

0-1, 0-1 away

	1	2	3	4	T
HOU	0	3	0	14	17
PIT	7	14	14	3	38

Pittsburgh Steelers

1-0, 1-0 home

Houston Passing


Matt Schaub
team

C/ATT	YDS	AVG	TD	INT	SACKS	QBR	RTG
25/33	202	6.1	1	2	5-43	27.0	75.6
25/33	159	6.1	1	2	5-43	--	75.6

Pittsburgh Passing


Ben Roethlisberger
Byron Leftwich
team

C/ATT	YDS	AVG	TD	SACKS	QBR	RTG
13/14	137	9.8	2	2-15	97.6	147.0
0/4	0	0.0	0	0-0	0.4	39.6
13/18	122	7.6	2	2-15	--	131.0

Houston Rushing


Steve Slaton
Ahman Green
Matt Schaub
team

CAR	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG
13	43	3.3	0	8
5	28	5.6	0	14
2	4	2.0	1	4
20	75	3.8	1	14

Pittsburgh Rushing


Willie Parker
Rashard Mendenhall
Ben Roethlisberger
Byron Leftwich
team

CAR	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG
25	138	5.5	3	32
10	28	2.8	0	9
2	17	8.5	0	17
2	0	0.0	0	0
39	183	4.7	3	32

Houston Receiving


Andre Johnson
Kevin Walter
Owen Daniels
Steve Slaton
Vonta Leach
Ahman Green
David Anderson
team

REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG
10	112	11.2	0	24
3	41	13.7	1	16
3	33	11.0	0	14
3	6	2.0	0	5
1	5	5.0	0	5
4	3	0.8	0	6
1	2	2.0	0	2
25	202	8.1	1	24

Pittsburgh Receiving


Hines Ward
Heath Miller
Santonio Holmes
Carey Davis
Matt Spaeth
team

REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG
6	76	12.7	2	29
3	26	8.7	0	11
2	19	9.5	0	10
1	10	10.0	0	10
1	6	6.0	0	6
13	137	10.5	2	29

Houston Fumbles


Matt Schaub
DeMeco Ryans
team

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

Pittsburgh Fumbles


Ben Roethlisberger
Santonio Holmes
LaMarr Woodley
team

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

Houston Defense



Zac Diles
DeMeco Ryans
Mario Williams
C.C. Brown
Fred Bennett
Will Demps
Kevin Bentley
Travis Johnson
Jeff Zgonina
Anthony Weaver
Jacques Reeves
Joel Dreessen
Antwaun Molden
N. D. Kalu
DelJuan Robinson
Morlon Greenwood
Demarcus Faggins
Andre Johnson
Kevin Walter
David Anderson
Vonta Leach
team

TACKLES				MISC
TOT	SOLO	SACKS	TFL	PD	QB HTS	TD
13	11	0	0	0	0	0
12	8	0	0	0	0	0
6	6	2	0	0	0	0
6	4	0	0	1	0	0
5	4	0	0	0	0	0
5	1	0	0	0	0	0
4	2	0	0	0	0	0
3	2	0	0	0	0	0
2	2	0	0	0	0	0
2	2	0	0	0	0	0
2	1	0	0	1	0	0
2	1	0	0	0	0	0
2	1	0	0	0	0	0
2	0	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	1	0	0	0	0	0
1	0	0	0	0	0	0
74	50	2	0	2	0	0

Pittsburgh Defense



James Harrison
Ryan Clark
Ike Taylor
Bryant McFadden
Brett Keisel
James Farrior
Lawrence Timmons
Nick Eason
Larry Foote
LaMarr Woodley
Travis Kirschke
Troy Polamalu
Donovan Woods
Deshea Townsend
Aaron Smith
Tyrone Carter
William Gay
Casey Hampton
Willie Parker
Carey Davis
Andre Frazier
team

TACKLES				MISC
TOT	SOLO	SACKS	TFL	PD	QB HTS	TD
9	7	3	0	0	0	0
8	6	0	0	0	0	0
6	6	0	0	0	0	0
5	4	0	0	0	0	0
5	3	0	0	0	0	0
5	2	0.5	0	0	0	0
4	4	0	0	0	0	0
4	2	0.5	0	0	0	0
4	1	0	0	0	0	0
3	3	1	0	1	0	0
3	3	0	0	0	0	0
3	3	0	0	1	0	0
3	1	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	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
75	52	5	0	2	0	0

Houston Interceptions

	INT	YDS	TD
No Houston Interceptions

Pittsburgh Interceptions


LaMarr Woodley
Troy Polamalu
team

INT	YDS	TD
1	6	0
1	0	0
2	6	0

Houston Kick Returns


Andre Davis
team

NO	YDS	AVG	LONG	TD
6	112	18.7	28	0
6	112	18.7	28	0

Pittsburgh Kick Returns


Rashard Mendenhall
Mewelde Moore
team

NO	YDS	AVG	LONG
2	46	23.0	27
2	33	16.5	21
4	79	19.8	27

Houston Punt Returns


Jacoby Jones
team

NO	YDS	AVG	LONG	TD
2	5	2.5	5	0
2	5	2.5	5	0

Pittsburgh Punt Returns


Mewelde Moore
team

NO	YDS	AVG	LONG	TD
1	-3	-3.0	-3	0
1	-3	-3.0	0	0

Houston Kicking


Kris Brown
team

FG	PCT	LONG	XP	PTS
1/1	100.0	34	2/2	5
1/1	100.0	34	2/2	5

Pittsburgh Kicking


Jeff Reed
team

FG	PCT	LONG	XP	PTS
1/1	100.0	44	5/5	8
1/1	100.0	44	5/5	8

Houston Punting


Matt Turk
team

NO	YDS	AVG	TB	In 20	LONG
4	173	43.3	1	1	56
4	173	43.3	1	1	56

Pittsburgh Punting


Mitch Berger
team

NO	YDS	AVG	TB	In 20	LONG
3	129	43.0	0	0	45
3	129	43.0	0	0	45

Acrisure Stadium

6:00 PM, 7 September 2008

Pittsburgh, PA

Attendance: 64,001

Referees:
Terry McAulay

Team	W	L	PCT	PF	PA
Houston	9	6	.600	347	327
Indianapolis	7	8	.467	318	359
Jacksonville	3	12	.200	277	396
Tennessee	3	12	.200	284	417

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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