sprew8's Pittsburgh Steelers

[sprew8]

Notable Injuries:

Joe Cohen - Season
Quinn Sypniewski - Season
Allen Rossum - Season
Jack Ikegwuonu - Season
Daven Holly - Season
Eric Heitmann - Season
Tom Brady - Season
Kelly Jennings - Season
Dan Koppen - Season
O.J. Atogwe - Season
Casey Rabach - 9 weeks
Scott Fujita - 8 weeks
Wes Welker - 8 weeks
Philip Rivers - 7 weeks
Steve Hutchinson - 6 weeks
Jon Kitna - 6 weeks
Buster Davis - 6 weeks

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PITTSBURGH STEELERS (4-3) at WASHINGTON REDSKINS (5-3)

Week 9 -- Monday, November 03rd 2008, 8:30 PM[/FONT]

Teams|1st| 2nd|3rd|4th|Final
Pittsburgh| 0 | 3 | 3| 6 | 12
Washington| 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 10


Jeff Reed's victory ![/CENTER]

1st Half:

Fedex field, the location of the game between the Steelers and the Washington Redskins in week 9 of this NFL Season. The Redskins would be the first team to oppose a treat getting into scoring position. They'd score a touchdown on a nice throw by one of the surprising QB in the NFL this season Jason Campbell. He threw a nice pass to Chris Cooley to give his team a 7-0 lead. Ben Roethlisberger would have to be replaced by Charlie Batch at the end of the first quarter due to an injury. The Steelers would still managed to get on the board with a nice 44 yard field goal by Jeff Reed. On the next Redskins drive, James Farrior would manage to pick Campbell off and get into scoring position. Roethlisberger would be back for this drive but he'd throw the costly interception in the endzone...The Redskins would score on a field goal just before halftime to take a 7 points lead.

2nd Half:

The Steelers would come back from the locker room pumped up and they did a very nice drive. Unfortunately for them, they could not complete it and were forced to kick a 44 yard field goal. 10-6 Redskins at that moment. The Steelers would manage to cut the lead in the 4th quarter on another field goal by Jeff Reed. 10-9 Redskins. Would the missed opportunity in the redzone kill the Steelers ? Well they'd get a chance to take the lead having the ball on their 28 yard line with 2:28 remaining. They'd get a first down on a nice clutch catch by Hines Ward on fourth down. After that, they'd get a nice catch from Holmes to get into the redzone. Jeff Reed would give the Steelers a 12-10 lead with 30 seconds remaining in the game. Could the Redskins manage to get back the lead. First play, incomplete pass. Second play 9 yard pass, clock running, ball spiked. Last play, hail mary, missed. Steelers win.


Scoring Summary:

1st Quarter

Redskins TD -- Cooley 12 yard pass from Campbell - 1:46

2nd Quarter

Steelers FG -- Reed 44 yard - 5:18
Redskins FG -- Suisham 39 yard - 5:18

3rd Quarter

Steelers FG -- Reed 40 yard - 4:10

4th Quarter

Steelers FG -- Reed 43 yard - 4:01
Steelers FG -- Reed 39 yard - 0:29



Individual Player Stats:

Passing|Completions|Attempts|Yards|TD|INT

Ben Roethlisberger|14|26|141|0|2
Jason Campbell|20|26|132|1|1

Rushing|Attempts|Yards|TD

Willy Parker|20|59|0
Clinton Portis|12|36|0


Receiving|No|Yards|TD

Heath Miller|5|24|0
Santana Moss|6|47|0


Defense|Tackles|INT|SACK|FF|FR|TD

Troy Polamalu|7|0|0|0|0|0
Laron Landry|10|1|0|0|0|0


Key Team Stats:

Pittsburgh|Stats|Washington
205|Total Offense|15
12|First Downs|9
6-13|3rd down conv.|2-10



Around AFC NORTH:

Team|W|L|PCT
Pittsburgh|5|3|.625
Baltimore|4|5|.444
Cleveland|3|5|.375
Cincinnati|1|7|.125

[Claytons Crew]

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[Chief Bstn]

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[sprew8]

Aug 19, 2008 9:47:00 GMT -5 Claytons Crew said:

This is good. It may be the spark DC needs?

Thanks for the feedback.

Althought I don't think this is the spark DC needs, if it can push people into doing things... I'll be glad.

[sprew8]

INDIANAPOLIS COLTS (7-1) at PITTSBURGH STEELERS (5-3)

Week 10 -- Sunday, November 09rd 2008, 4:15 PM[/FONT]

Teams|1st| 2nd|3rd|4th|Final
Pittsburgh| 0 | 7 | 3| 0 | 10
Indianapolis| 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 14

What a game ![/CENTER]

1st Half:

What a matchup we had today, Peyton Manning and the 7-1 Colts against the Steelers. We all knew this would be an offensive matchup between two pretty damn good offense. The Colts would show off their big weapons on the first drive of the game but a rare Addai fumble would give the Steelers a break. The Colts would come back later on thought and this time Manning would give his team the lead with a nice pass to his TE Dallas Clark. 7-0 Colts. Hines Ward would propulse his team back into this one with a huge 46 yard reception and the touchdown. 7-7 at the halftime in one of the most incredible NFL game we've seen so far this season.

2nd Half:

Back from the locker room, the Steelers would put up a very nice opening drive ending it with a 37 yard field goal by Jeff Reed. Peyton Manning and the Colts would not let that get in the way of their objective. They would rally up and put up a big drive in the 4th quarter to give the Colts a 4 points lead on a 11 yard pass from Manning to Reggie Wayne. His 10th touchdown reception of the season. The Steelers would have the chance to get together a last 2 minute drive in the end of this game. After getting down the field Big Ben would connect with Heath Miller but the big tight end would fumble the ball at a crucial moment and the Colts would recover the ball. The Colts would kill the clock and run away with the win. 14-10 Colts the final score.


Scoring Summary:

1st Quarter

Colts TD -- Clark 15 yard pass from Manning - 0:34

2nd Quarter

Steelers TD -- Ward 46 yard pass from Roethlisberger - 5:35

3rd Quarter

Steelers FG -- Reed 37 yard - 4:49

4th Quarter

Colts TD -- Wayne 11 yard pass from Manning - 5:56



Individual Player Stats:

Passing|Completions|Attempts|Yards|TD|INT

Ben Roethlisberger|21|26|255|1|1
Peyton Manning|16|29|222|2|3

Rushing|Attempts|Yards|TD

Willie Parker|13|31|0
Joseph Addai|17|22|0


Receiving|No|Yards|TD

Hines Ward|7|137|1
Dallas Clark|5|67|1

Defense|Tackles|INT|SACK|FF|FR|TD

Lamarr Woodley|7|0|0|0|0|0
Marlin Jackson|12|0|0|0|0|0

Key Team Stats:

Pittsburgh|Stats|Indianapolis
2|Turnovers|4
0|Redzone %|66
2-15|Penalties|3-25



Around AFC NORTH:

Team|W|L|PCT
Pittsburgh|5|4|.555
Baltimore|4|5|.444
Cleveland|4|5|.444
Cincinnati|1|8|.111

[sprew8]

Breaking News

The Saints have announced the released of former Pro Bowl kicker Martin Gramatica. "Taylor Mehlhaff is our kicker for this season and Martin is no longer in our plans. It's sad but we are an honest team and we hope he'll find a new job somewhere else" said the Saints GM in a press conference.



Also in New Orleans, it has been reported that they've agreed with QB Chris Simms to a 5 year deal worth 9.15M. No reason for this signing were heard so far.

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SAN DIEGO CHARGERS (6-3) at PITTSBURGH STEELERS (5-4)

Week 11 -- Sunday, November 16th 2008, 4:15 PM[/FONT]

Teams|1st| 2nd|3rd|4th|Final
Pittsburgh| 7 | 0 | 0| 0 | 7
San Diego| 0 | 10 | 6 | 9 | 25

Bad day at work ![/CENTER]

1st Half:

It was a very important game for the Steelers facing off the 6-3 Chargers while they had a 5-4 record. They knew it and made up for it, scoring the first on a nice 7 yard pass from Ben Roethlisberger to his tight end Heath Miller. 7-0 Steelers. Unfortunately for them, it would be all Chagers afterwards. Kaeding would put his team on the board with a 47 yard field goal to cut the lead at 4 points. Vincent Jackson would score a touchdown a couple of minutes later on a 9 yard pass from Billy Volek backing up the injured Philip Rivers. Chargers would then lead 10-7 going into half time.

2nd Half:

In the third quarter of this game, Nate Kaeding would kick back to back field goals and that would give the Chargers a 9 point lead going into fourth quarter. Big Ben would have a lot of trouble finding his receivers in this one throwing many interceptions. A bad day at work for Big Ben that's for sure. The Steelers could not get anything going on offense because of all those turnovers. The Chargers would capitalize that's for sure. Tomlinson, who'd be the first runninngback this year to have success against the Steelers run defense, would score a touchdown in the 4th quarter to give his team a comfortable lead. Chargers totally own the Steelers all the way in this one which is pretty surprising. Good news for the Steelers, they are facing the ucky Bengals next week.


Scoring Summary:

1st Quarter

Steelers TD -- Miller 7 yard pass from Roethlisberger -2:00

2nd Quarter

Chargers FG -- Kaeding 47 yard - 4:40
Chargers TD -- Jackson 9 yard pass from Volek - 1:46

3rd Quarter

Chargers FG -- Kaeding 29 yard - 5:25
Chargers FG -- Kaeding 20 yard - 1:54

4th Quarter

Chargers TD -- Tomlinson 1 yard run - 5:25
Chargers FG -- Kaeding 27 yard - 1:56



Individual Player Stats:

Passing|Completions|Attempts|Yards|TD|INT

Ben Roethlisberger|22|35|189|1|6
Billy Volek|18|23|206|1|1

Rushing|Attempts|Yards|TD

Willie Parker|9|17|0
Ladainian Tomlinson|25|115|1


Receiving|No|Yards|TD

Hines Ward|8|58|0
Vincent Jackson|6|86|1


Defense|Tackles|INT|SACK|FF|FR|TD

Troy Polamalu|10|0|0|0|0|0
Eric Weddle|6|1|0|0|0|0


Key Team Stats:

Pittsburgh|Stats|San Diego
6|Turnovers|2
1|Time in Redzone|6
9:00|T.O.P|15:00




Around AFC NORTH:

Team|W|L|PCT
Pittsburgh|5|5|.500
Baltimore|4|6|.400
Cleveland|4|6|.400
Cincinnati|1|9|.100

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CINCINNATI BENGALS (1-9) at PITTSBURGH STEELERS (5-5)

Week 12 -- Thursday, November 20th 2008, 8:15 PM[/FONT]

Teams|1st| 2nd|3rd|4th|Final
Pittsburgh| 3 | 0 | 7| 7 | 17
Cincinnati| 7 | 3| 3 | 0 | 13


Tougher than expected...[/CENTER]

1st Half:

Ahhhh, who doesn't love facing the Cincinnati Bengals. They are 1-9 this season their only win coming off against the Titans in week 2, a 10-7 victory. Pathetic. After a Steelers field goal, the Bengals would reply right back with a touchdown on a nice catch by Caldwell, 7-3 Bengals. The Bengals would add 3 more points in the 2nd quarter to take a surprising 10-3 lead going into hafltime. Could the Steelers drop another one ? Against these poor Bengals ?!!

2nd Half:

The Steelers would not let themself get beat like that. Willy Parker would finally score a touchdown, a very important one to tie the game up at 10. The Bengals would retake the lead at the end of the 3rd quarter on another field goal by Graham. Ben Roethlisberger would lead his team on a nice offensive drive that would be completed by a touchdown. The first touchdown of the season for FB Davis to give the Steelers the lead for the first time of the game in the 4th quarter. The Bengals would get some chances to put up some points on the board but without any success. Steelers win !


Scoring Summary:

1st Quarter

Steelers FG -- Reed 40 yard - 3:51
Bengals TD -- Caldwell 9 yard pass from Palmer - 0:57

2nd Quarter

Bengals FG -- Graham 31 yard - 1:56

3rd Quarter

Steelers TD -- Parker 5 yard run - 2:42
Bengals FG -- Graham 41 yard - 0:52

4th Quarter

Steelers TD -- Davis 2 yard run - 3:05



Individual Player Stats:

Passing|Completions|Attempts|Yards|TD|INT

Ben Roethlisberger|15|21|178|0|0
Carson Palmer|19|29|190|1|0

Rushing|Attempts|Yards|TD

Willie Parker|17|36|1
Rudi Johnson|14|20|0


Receiving|No|Yards|TD

Hines Ward|5|87|0
Ben Utecht|6|69|0


Defense|Tackles|INT|SACK|FF|FR|TD

Ike Taylor|7|0|0|0|0|0
Deltha O'Neal|8|0|0|0|0|0


Key Team Stats:

Pittsburgh|Stats|Cincinnati
0|Turnovers|1
0-0|Penalties|1-10
13:34|T.O.P|10:25




Around AFC NORTH:

Team|W|L|PCT
Pittsburgh|6|5|.545
Cleveland|5|6|.454
Baltimore|4|7|.363
Cincinnati|1|10|.090

[sprew8]

2008 PITTSBURGH STEELERS PLAYER STATS

Passing Stats | Completions | Attempts | Yards | Touchdowns | Interceptions
Ben Roethlisberger | 193| 280|1863| 9| 19
Charlie Batch |1|1|13|0|0


Rushing Stats | Attempts | Yards | Touchdowns | Average | Fumbles
Willy Parker | 148| 600| 5 | 4.0| 0
Carey Davis | 6 | 21 | 1 | 3.5 | 0


Receiving Stats | Receptions | Yards | Touchdowns | Average | Drops
Hines Ward |70| 835| 3| 11.9 | 4
Heath Miller | 46| 392| 3 | 8.5 | 1
Santonio Holmes | 31| 322| 2 | 10.3 | 0


Defensive Stats | Tackles | Sacks | Interceptions | Fumbles Forced-Recovered | Touchdowns
Troy Polamalu | 80|0 | 7 | 0-0 | 0
Lamarr Woodley | 43| 6 | 1 | 0-0 | 0
Troy Polamalu | 80|0 | 7 | 0-0 | 0


Kicking Stats | Field Goals Made | Field Goals Attempted | Percent | Long | Extra Points
Jeff Reed | 11 | 15 | 73| 46 | 17-17



2008 PITTSBURGH STEELERS TEAM STATS

Offensive Stats | Steelers Total | NFL Rank
Total Yards | 3577| 32
Total Offense | 2364| 32
Passing Yards | 1721| 31
Rushing Yards | 643| 32
Points Per Game | 13.8 | 31
Passing Touchdowns | 9| 29
Rushing Touchdowns | 7 | 7
First Downs | 122| 32
Sacks Allowed | 19| 7
Red Zone Attempts | 19| 31
Red Zone Touchdowns | 11| 25
Red Zone Field Goals | 3| 32
Red Zone Scoring Percent | 73| 28


Defensive Stats | Steelers Total | NFL Rank
Total Yards Allowed | 2421| 1
Passing Yards Allowed | 1887|2
Rushing Yards Allowed | 534| 1
Points Per Game Allowed | 13.4 | 1
Sacks | 15| 30
Interceptions | 19| 2
Fumbles Recovered | 5 | 10
Red Zone Attempts Allowed | 25| 7
Red Zone Touchdowns Allowed | 12| 7
Red Zone Field Goals Allowed | 9| 20
Red Zone Scoring Percent | 84| 20


Efficiency | Steelers Total | NFL Rank
Third Down Conversions | 36| 32
Third Down Attempts | 104| 32
Third Down Conversion Percent | 34.0 | 30
Fourth Down Conversions | 2 | 19
Fourth Down Attempts | 2| 31
Fourth Down Conversion Percent | 100.0| 1
Two Point Conversions | 0 | 20
Two Point Conversion Attempts | 0 | 27
Two Point Conversion Percent | 0| 20
Penalties | 10| 32
Penalty Yards | 90| 32


Turnovers | Steelers Total | NFL Rank
Interceptions Thrown | 19| 32
Fumbles Lost | 2| 26
Giveaways | 21| 31
Interceptions | 19| 31
Fumbles Recovered | 2| 10
Takeaways | 22| 1
Difference | +1| 13

[sprew8]

LEAGUE LEADERS

Passing Stats | Completions | Attempts | Yards | Touchdowns | Interceptions
Peyton Manning | 255| 354| 3029| 23| 11
Jeff Garcia | 250| 345| 2616| 16| 8
Brett Favre | 253| 353| 2500| 19| 8


Rushing Stats | Attempts | Yards | Touchdowns
Marion Barber | 221| 1188| 4
Ladainian Tomlinson | 214| 1148| 9
Adrian Peterson | 178| 1047| 5


Receiving Stats | Receptions | Yards | Touchdowns
Reggie Wayne | 65| 912| 10
Torry Holt| 73| 898| 8
Marvin Harrison| 54| 871| 6


Defensive Stats | Tackles | Sacks | Interceptions
Brian Urlacher |91 | 0 | 0
Ryan Denney | 39| 12| 0
3 tied | 0 | 0 | 7

[sprew8]

Notable Injuries:

Joe Cohen - Season
Quinn Sypniewski - Season
Allen Rossum - Season
Jack Ikegwuonu - Season
Daven Holly - Season
Eric Heitmann - Season
Tom Brady - Season
Kelly Jennings - Season
Dan Koppen - Season
O.J. Atogwe - Season
Ben Leber - Season
Gaines Adams - 6 weeks

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PITTSBURGH STEELERS (6-5) at NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS (8-3)

Week 13 -- Sunday, November 30th 2008, 1:00 PM[/FONT]

Teams|1st| 2nd|3rd|4th|Final
Pittsburgh| 0 | 0 | 0| 0 | 0
New England| 0 | 3| 7 | 7 | 17


Good even without Brady.[/CENTER]

1st Half:

The Patriots are 4-3 without their starting quarterback Tom Brady injured for the rest of the season with a dislocated ankle. Still they'll probably make the playoffs having a 8-3 record so far this season. Both teams would have difficulties moving the ball on offense in the first quarter of this game. Jeff Reed would miss a field goal due to the wind and the score'd be 0-0 after one quarter. The Patriots would get into the redzone at the very end of the 2nd quarter. The Steelers would limit the damage and force the Patriots to kick a short field goal. 3-0 Patriots at the half. The Steelers could not get any points even thought Willie Parker had a very nice first half.

2nd Half:

On their first possession of the half , the Patriots would show the Steelers how it's done. They'd go all the way down the field and score the touchdown on an incredible 53 yard pass from Cassel to Washington. 10-0 Patriots at that moment. The Steelers would not get anything going on offense all game long and Big Ben would commit many turnovers, 3 interceptions. The Patriots would easily win this one 17-0 even without their starting QB Tom Brady... That's not good news for the other AFC teams.
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Scoring Summary:

1st Quarter

2nd Quarter

Patriots FG -- Gostkowski 24 yard - 0:13

3rd Quarter

Patriots TD -- Washington 53 yard pass from Cassel - 4:46

4th Quarter

Patriots TD -- Maroney 2 yard run - 4:19



Individual Player Stats:

Passing|Completions|Attempts|Yards|TD|INT

Ben Roethlisberger|14|29|136|0|3
Matt Cassel|23|34|244|1|3

Rushing|Attempts|Yards|TD

Willie Parker|17|67|0
Laurence Maroney|12|26|1

Receiving|No|Yards|TD

Santonio Holmes|4|35|0
Kelley Washington|5|93|1


Defense|Tackles|INT|SACK|FF|FR|TD

Troy Polamalu|8|2|0|0|0|0
Jerod Mayo|8|2|0|0|0|0


Key Team Stats:

Pittsburgh|Stats|New England
107|Rushing Yards|33
92|Kick return yards|33
0|Redzone %|100



Players of the game:

Jerod Mayo - 8 tackles, 2 INT
Troy Polamalu - 8 tackles, 2 INT

Around AFC NORTH:

Team|W|L|PCT
Pittsburgh|6|6|.500
Cleveland|6|6|.500
Baltimore|4|8|.333
Cincinnati|2|10|.166

[sprew8]

DALLAS COWBOYS (7-5) at PITTSBURGH STEELERS (6-6)

Week 14 -- Sunday, December 07th 2008, 4:15 PM[/FONT]

Teams|1st| 2nd|3rd|4th|Final
Pittsburgh| 14 | 7 | 7| 3 | 34
Dallas| 7 | 7 | 7 | 10 | 31


All out offense[/CENTER]

1st Half:

The Steelers had lost 3 of their last 4 games prior to this game against the Dallas Cowboys. After a couple of punts by both teams, the Steelers would finally manage to score some points. It'd come on a giant gain by Hines Ward on a nice pass from Roethlisberger. Ward's 4th touchdown reception of the season on a 83 yard gain. Steelers had a 7 points lead at that moment leading 7-0. After another Cowboys punt, the Steelers would do another amazing touchdown, this time on a huge run by Willie Parker. A 68 yard gain for the touchdown, his 6th touchdown of the season. 14-0 Steelers early in this game. It was obviously a good day for the Steelers and a bad one for the Cowboys. On the 2nd play of their drive, Tony Romo would throw a bad pass that would get pick. Steelers'd have some good field position. That's were the luck would run out, Newman would pick Big Ben out and return the interception for 6. 14-7 after the first quarter. At the end of the second quarter, Hines Ward would make another big reception but not for the touchdown this time. The FB Carey Davis would run the ball in for his 2nd touchdown of the season to give the Steelers a 21-7 lead. Before the halftime mark, the Cowboys would run a great drive. Near the goalline Romo would benefit from a lot of time in the pocket to finally find Terrell Owens opened, he'd get hit really hard, would flip, and get into the endzone for his 10th touchdown of the season. 21-14 at the halftime mark.


2nd Half:

Tony Romo would throw his second interception of the day and the Steelers would have another chance to increase their lead. They'd do it. On a very nice throw by Big Ben to Santonio Holmes who'd make the diving catch in the endzone. 28-14 Steelers. Dallas would reply right back with a nice drive of their own. They'd complete it on a nice short pass to Felix Jones to cut the lead to 7 points. The Dallas Cowboys with the momentum, would block a Steelers punt and get the ball in Steelers territory but Romo would get intercepted immediatly. They'd get another opportunity after a Big Ben interception. The Cowboys would then tie the game up at 28 on another touchdown pass from Romo. With a bit more than 2 minutes remining, the Steelers would retake the lead on a Jeff Reed field goal. The Cowboys would get a chance to tie or win this game with 2 minutes remaining in the game. After a completed pass in the middle of the field, the Steelers would commit a big mistake. A 15 yard face mask penalty. Thank god for them, Crayton would drop a pass while he was wide open and could of givin the lead to his team. They'd still manage to get first and goal with 30 seconds remaining. The Steelers defense would step up and force the field goal. Overtime ! In overtime, it'd be all Willie Parker. He'd get his team in field goal range. First attempt, Jeff Reed, hits it !! Oh no, flag on the play , holding. 2nd attempt, still hits it ! Steelers win !
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Game pictures:



T.O's touchdown reception



Holmes touchdown reception

Scoring Summary:

1st Quarter

Steelers TD -- Ward 83 yard pass from Roethlisberger - 2:33
Steelers TD -- Parker 68 yard run - 1:12
Cowboys TD -- Newman 81 yard interception return - 0:00

2nd Quarter

Steelers TD -- Davis 12 yard run - 1:33
Cowboys TD -- Owens 83 yard pass from Romo - 0:40

3rd Quarter

Steelers TD -- Holmes 14 yard pass from Roethlisberger - 3:53
Cowboys TD -- Jones 6 yard pass from Romo - 1:24

4th Quarter

Cowboys TD -- Anderson 15 yard pass from Romo - 3:30
Steelers FG -- Reed 34 yard - 1:25
Cowboys FG -- Folk 22 yard - 0:03

Overtime

Steelers FG -- Reed 32 yard - 3:31


Individual Player Stats:

Passing|Completions|Attempts|Yards|TD|INT

Ben Roethlisberger|19|25|317|2|2
Tony Romo|21|33|265|3|4

Rushing|Attempts|Yards|TD

Willie Parker|21|124|1
Marion Barber|16|49|0


Receiving|No|Yards|TD

Hines Ward|9|187|1
Terrell Owens|5|78|1


Defense|Tackles|INT|SACK|FF|FR|TD

Troy Polamalu|9|0|0|0|0|0
Terence Newman|11|1|1|0|0|1


Key Team Stats:

Pittsburgh|Stats|Dallas
442|Total Offense|314
149|Rushing yards|59
3-35|Penalties|0-0



Players of the game:

Terence Newman - 11 tackles, 1 sack, 1 INT, 1 TD
Hines Ward - 9 catches, 187 yards, 1 TD

Around AFC NORTH:

Team|W|L|PCT
Pittsburgh|7|6|.538
Cleveland|6|7|.461
Baltimore|4|9|.307
Cincinnati|2|11|.153


** I've put back the pictures in my game recap, also added the players of the game section.

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PITTSBURGH STEELERS (7-6) at BALTIMORE RAVENS (4-9)

Week 15 -- Sathurday, December 13th 2008, 1:00 PM[/FONT]

Teams|1st| 2nd|3rd|4th|Final
Pittsburgh| 3 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 12
Baltimore| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0


Shut em' up[/CENTER]

1st Half:

The Steelers won 13-3 the first time these two teams met this season in a very defensive game. The Steelers would get the ball first on the opening kickoff. Surprisingly, they'd score on their first drive on a nice field goal by Jeff Reed who's been inconsistant this year. Both team exchanged a couple of punts during the rest of this first quarter. McGahee was then able to get some success on the ground which is surprising cause the only RB to do so during this season was some guy named Tomlinson. Unfortunately for him the passing game was mediocre for the Ravens. After a Big Ben interception, the Ravens managed to get some good field position but Flacco threw a big interception of his own and Ike Taylor made him pay for that brigning it back to the endzone. Steelers up 10-0 at the halftime.


2nd Half:

The 3rd quarter of this game was pathetic. Punt after punts both team could not generate anything on offense. Since the Ravens offense was so ineffective, all the Steelers had to do in the last quarter of this game was try to run the clock as most as possible in each drive and that's exactly what they did and it worked out has they shutout the Baltimore Ravens in their home stadium 12-0.
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Game pictures:



Holmes hit hard by Reed



Ike Taylor saying good bye Willis !

Scoring Summary:

1st Quarter

Steelers FG -- Reed 29 yard - 4:02

2nd Quarter

Steelers TD -- Taylor 100 yard interception return - 0:38

3rd Quarter

4th Quarter

Steelers S -- Steelers safety - 2:29



Individual Player Stats:

Passing|Completions|Attempts|Yards|TD|INT

Ben Roethlisberger|13|21|150|0|2
Joe Flacco|19|33|174|0|1

Rushing|Attempts|Yards|TD

Willie Parker|16|44|0
Willis McGahee|16|59|0


Receiving|No|Yards|TD

Hines Ward|5|62|0
Derrick Mason|5|53|0


Defense|Tackles|INT|SACK|FF|FR|TD

Troy Polamalu|9|0|0|0|0|0
Dawan Landry|10|1|0|0|0|0


Key Team Stats:

Pittsburgh|Stats|Baltimore
10|First Downs|13
2|Turnovers|1
0-0|Penalties|4-35



Players of the game:

Dawan Landry - 10 tackles, 1 INT
Ike Taylor - 4 tackles, 1 INT, 1 TD

Around AFC NORTH:

Team|W|L|PCT
Pittsburgh|8|6|.571
Cleveland|7|7|.500
Baltimore|4|10|.285
Cincinnati|2|12|.142

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Playoff Picture:

AFC:

Indianapolis: 12-2 [Division Title]
New England: 10-4
San Diego: 9-5
Denver: 9-5
Jacksonville: 9-5
NY Jets: 8-5-1
Pittsburgh 8-6
Houston: 8-6
Tennessee: 7-7
Cleveland: 7-7

NFC:

Tampa Bay: 10-4
NY Giants: 10-4
St. Louis: 9-5
Seattle: 8-6
Washington: 8-6
Dallas: 8-6
New Orleans: 8-6
Carolina: 8-6
Philadelphia: 7-7
Atlanta: 7-7

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PITTSBURGH STEELERS (8-6) at TENNESSEE TITANS (7-7)

Week 16 -- Sunday, December 21th 2008, 1:00 PM[/FONT]

Teams|1st| 2nd|3rd|4th|Final
Pittsburgh| 17 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 27
Tennessee| 0 | 0 | 3 | 21 | 24


Most exciting game of the season !! ![/CENTER]

1st Half:

Wow, that was an important game for the two teams because they are still fighting for a playoff spots with 2 weeks remaining in this NFL season. Vince Young, known for throwing a lot of interceptions, would throw is first of the game, a costly one, in his own territory. The Steelers would settle for a short field goal to take a 3-0 lead. Guess what, on their next drive, the Titans would turn the ball over one more time on another Vince Young interception. Carey Davis would catch a wonderfull pass from Roethlisberger and would score the touchdown. 10-0 Steelers all points coming off turnovers. The Steelers added 7 more points on a nice pitch and catch by Roethlisberger and his tight end Heath Miller for the touchdown. 17-0 at the end of the first quarter. Both teams commited a lot of turnovers in the 2nd half. It was ridiculous. Medenhall had the chance to run a couple of plays since Parker was banged up. After another Reed field goal it was 20-0 Steelers at the halftime mark.


2nd Half:

And then, the Titans tried a comeback. They came here with the intention to win so that's what they would try to do in this half. After a Rob Bironas field goal to cut down the lead at 17 points, the Titans finally scored their first touchdown of the game on a nice 6 yard run by White. Gage then scored another touchdown for the Titans to cut down the lead at 3 points on a 15 yard reception. The Steelers then went 3 and out and their punt almost got blocke by the Titans. The Titan would get the ball back with 1:52 at their 28 yard line. First down, 2 yard run by Young, clock runs. Second down, a nice first down pass in the middle of the field. Still going no huddle. Big pass, incomplete. 2nd down, clutch run by Young to get to the first down line but they are missing a couple of inches. It'd be 3rd and inches, Young would throw a nice pass to his TE to get into field goal range, what a drive. On the next play, Young would not play it safe, throwing a pass, completed to his FB for the TOUCHDOWN. The Titans made the comeback. Steelers would get the ball back with around 20 seconds remaining trailing by 4 points. Ball on the 30 yard line, 2 pass later they'd be in Titans territory with 12 seconds remaining at the Titans 27 yard line. 1 timeout remaining. 1 try at the endzone, missed. 2nd down, a nice pass to Sweed, out of bounds at the Titans 6 with 4 seconds remaining. What a game it was ! Guess what ! " Big Ben snaps the ball, fakes the throw to Ward, looks around, fires it to Sweed who catches it on a nice route in the middle of the field, no ones there to tackle him, HE'S IN FOR THE TOUCHDOWN !!!! " said the announcer ! It was an incredible game, it's sad one team had to lose, and it was the Titans.
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Game pictures:



Heath Miller touchdown



Lendale White with a defender on is back



Almost blocked punt



Sweed's game winning touchdown

Scoring Summary:

1st Quarter

Steelers FG -- Reed 26 yard - 4:11
Steelers TD -- Davis 23 yard pass from Roethlisberger - 3:36
Steelers TD -- Miller 20 yard pass from Roethlisberger - 1:34

2nd Quarter

Steelers FG -- Reed 34 yard - 1:15

3rd Quarter

Titans FG -- Bironas 29 yard - 2:11

4th Quarter

Titans TD -- White 6 yard run - 5:15
Titans TD -- Gage 15 yard pass from Young - 2:14
Titans TD -- Hall 10 yard pass from Young - 0:28
Steelers TD -- Sweed 6 yard pass from Roethlisberger - 0:00


Individual Player Stats:

Passing|Completions|Attempts|Yards|TD|INT

Ben Roethlisberger|15|20|222|3|0
Vince Young|26|35|250|2|3

Rushing|Attempts|Yards|TD

Rashard Mendenhall|11|24|0
Lendale White|16|31|1


Receiving|No|Yards|TD

Heath Miller|5|93|1
Roydell Williams|6|61|0


Defense|Tackles|INT|SACK|FF|FR|TD

Ike Taylor|8|0|0|0|1|0
Chris Hope|9|0|0|0|0|0


Key Team Stats:

Pittsburgh|Stats|Tennessee
10|First Downs|17
2|Turnovers|4
1-5|Penalties|2-25



Players of the game:

David Thornton - 8 tackles, 1 sack, 1 FF
Deshea Townsend - 7 tackles, 1 sack, 1 INT

Around AFC NORTH:

Team|W|L|PCT
Pittsburgh|9|6|.600
Cleveland|8|7|.533
Baltimore|4|11|.266
Cincinnati|2|13|.133

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CLEVELAND BROWNS (8-7) at PITTSBURGH STEELERS (9-6)

Week 17 -- Sunday, December 28th 2008, 1:00 PM[/FONT]

Teams|1st| 2nd|3rd|4th|Final
Pittsburgh| 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6
Cleveland| 0 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 9


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1st Half:

It was the last week of the 2008-2009 NFL season and the Steelers were facing the Cleveland Browns in a very important game. Both teams are still fighting for the AFC North division title. Both teams have their own faith in their hand. If Cleveland wins, they have a playoffs spot and the division title. If Pittsburgh does, they have the division title and have a playoff berth. If the Steelers lose this game, they'll have to wait and see cause their faith will then depend on the matter of some week 17 games. On their first drive, the Steelers would have to punt but they'd manage to get the punt downed at the Browns 2 yard line. They'd manage to get the Browns to go 3 and out and get good field position. The Steelers had trouble moving the ball on their drive and were forced to punt also. In rainy conditions, both teams were locked up at 0-0 after one quarter. Both teams would exchange two field goals in the 2nd quarter and the score at the halftime: 6-6.


2nd Half:

The Browns would take a 3 points lead thanks to an interception by Ben Roethlisberger deep in his territory. At the end of the 3rd quarter, it'd be 9-6 Browns going in the last quarter of the regular season for both teams. The Steelers would have the chance to make a comeback into this one getting the ball with 2 minute remaining in the game. They'd fail to get something going thanks to a holding penalty from Marvel Smith and 2 sacks allowed. Big Ben would then throw a costly interception and that'd be it for the Steelers in this one. They lose a very important game to the Browns 9-6.
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Game pictures:



The Browns running the clock down.



Last play of this season for the Steelers.

Scoring Summary:

1st Quarter

2nd Quarter

Steelers FG -- Reed 24 yard - 5:04
Browns FG -- Dawson 47 yard - 3:23
Steelers FG -- Reed 28 yard - 1:13
Browns FG -- Dawson 31 yard - 0:00

3rd Quarter

Browns FG -- Dawson 30 yard - 0:00

4th Quarter



Individual Player Stats:

Passing|Completions|Attempts|Yards|TD|INT

Ben Roethlisberger|11|19|117|0|2
Derek Anderson|16|24|117|0|2

Rushing|Attempts|Yards|TD

Willie Parker|22|58|0
Jamal Lewis|15|28|0


Receiving|No|Yards|TD

Hines Ward|8|89|0
Braylon Edwards|5|48|0


Defense|Tackles|INT|SACK|FF|FR|TD

Casey Hampton|7|0|1|0|0|0
Antwan Peek|11|0|0|0|0|0


Key Team Stats:

Pittsburgh|Stats|Cleveland
62|Rushing Yards|27
255|Total Yards|195
3|Turnovers|2



Players of the game:

Sean Jones - 8 tackles, 1 INT
Larry Foote - 5 tackles, 1 INT

Around AFC NORTH:

Team|W|L|PCT
Y-Cleveland|9|7|.562
Pittsburgh|9|7|.562
Baltimore|5|11|.312
Cincinnati|2|14|.125

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2008 PITTSBURGH STEELERS PLAYER STATS

Passing Stats | Completions | Attempts | Yards | Touchdowns | Interceptions
Ben Roethlisberger | 265| 394|2807| 14| 28
Charlie Batch |1|1|13|0|0


Rushing Stats | Attempts | Yards | Touchdowns | Average | Fumbles
Willie Parker | 234| 914| 6 | 3.9| 0
Rashard Mendenhall | 18 | 63 | 0 | 3.5 | 1
Carey Davis | 11 | 43 | 2 | 3.9 | 0
Mewelde Moore | 18 | 17 | 0 | 0.9 | 0


Receiving Stats | Receptions | Yards | Touchdowns | Average | Drops
Hines Ward |97| 1209| 4| 12.4 | 5
Heath Miller | 59| 566| 4 | 9.5 | 5
Santonio Holmes | 42| 458| 3 | 10.9 | 2
Limas Sweed | 36| 362| 1 | 10.0 | 3
Matt Spaeth | 8 | 81 | 0 | 10.1 | 0
Nate Washington | 5 | 33 | 0 | 6.6 | 1
Dallas Baker | 2 | 14 | 0 | 7.0 | 0


Defensive Stats | Tackles | Sacks | Interceptions | Fumbles Forced-Recovered | Touchdowns
Troy Polamalu | 116 | 0 | 10 | 0-0 | 0
Aaron Smith | 45 | 9 | 0 | 1-1 | 0
James Farrior | 94 | 1 | 4 | 1-0 | 0
Larry Foote | 88 | 1 | 4 | 0-0 | 0
Ike Taylor | 82 | 0 | 4 | 0-0 | 0
James Harrison | 75 | 2 | 0 | 0-0 |0
Lamarr Woodley | 60 | 6 | 3 | 0-0 | 0
Ryan Clark | 58 | 0 | 3 | 0-0 | 0
Deshea Townsend | 52 | 2 | 4 | 0-0 | 0
Casey Hampton | 49 | 1 | 0 | 0-0 | 0
Brett Keisel | 39 | 3 | 0 | 0-0 | 0
Bryant McFadden | 35 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0


Kicking Stats | Field Goals Made | Field Goals Attempted | Percent | Long | Extra Points
Jeff Reed | 18| 25| 72| 46 | 25-25



2008 PITTSBURGH STEELERS TEAM STATS

Offensive Stats | Steelers Total | NFL Rank
Total Yards | 5467| 32
Total Offense | 3602| 32
Passing Yards | 2558| 31
Rushing Yards | 1044| 32
Points Per Game | 14.4 | 32
Passing Touchdowns | 14| 26
Rushing Touchdowns | 9 | 13
First Downs | 179| 32
Sacks Allowed | 35| 12
Red Zone Attempts | 35| 29
Red Zone Touchdowns | 14| 32
Red Zone Field Goals | 10| 24
Red Zone Scoring Percent | 68| 31


Defensive Stats | Steelers Total | NFL Rank
Total Yards Allowed | 3641| 1
Passing Yards Allowed | 2871|7
Rushing Yards Allowed | 770| 1
Points Per Game Allowed | 14.3 | 2
Sacks | 24| 31
Interceptions | 32| 1
Fumbles Recovered | 3 | 14
Red Zone Attempts Allowed | 39| 11
Red Zone Touchdowns Allowed | 19| 6
Red Zone Field Goals Allowed | 14| 19
Red Zone Scoring Percent | 84| 22


Efficiency | Steelers Total | NFL Rank
Third Down Conversions | 53| 32
Third Down Attempts | 160| 32
Third Down Conversion Percent | 33.0 | 32
Fourth Down Conversions | 4 | 16
Fourth Down Attempts | 5| 31
Fourth Down Conversion Percent | 80.0| 2
Two Point Conversions | 0 | 23
Two Point Conversion Attempts | 0 | 29
Two Point Conversion Percent | 0| 23
Penalties | 16| 32
Penalty Yards | 150| 32


Turnovers | Steelers Total | NFL Rank
Interceptions Thrown | 28| 32
Fumbles Lost | 5| 29
Giveaways | 33| 32
Interceptions | 32| 32
Fumbles Recovered | 3| 14
Takeaways | 36| 1
Difference | +3| 11

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LEAGUE LEADERS

Passing Stats | Completions | Attempts | Yards | Touchdowns | Interceptions
Peyton Manning | 392| 535| 4530| 35| 16
Marc Bulger | 350| 497| 3697| 29| 12
Derek Anderson | 342| 506| 3605| 23| 14


Rushing Stats | Attempts | Yards | Touchdowns
Marion Barber | 300| 1570| 6
Ladainian Tomlinson | 291| 1541| 10
Adrian Peterson | 250| 1458| 6


Receiving Stats | Receptions | Yards | Touchdowns
Marvin Harrison| 83| 1354| 8
Torry Holt| 100| 1297| 12
Reggie Wayne| 96| 1246| 13


Defensive Stats | Tackles | Sacks | Interceptions
D.J. Williams |120 | 2 | 0
3 tied | 0| 12| 0
Troy Polamalu | 116 | 0 | 10