| AFC Divsional Playoff - San Diego Chargers at Pittsburgh Steelers Game Statistics |
| Date: January 11, 2009 Location: Pittsburgh, PA |
| Venue: Heinz Field Attendance: 63899 |
| Weather: Light Snow Temp: 21 F Humidty: 92% Wind: 8 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Diego Chargers | 7 | 3 | 0 | 14 | 24 |
| Pittsburgh Steelers | 7 | 7 | 7 | 14 | 35 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | SD | PIT |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | San Diego Chargers | Vincent Jackson 41 pass from Philip Rivers (Nate Kaeding kick) | 7 | 0 |
| 1 | Pittsburgh Steelers | Santonio Holmes 67 punt return (Jeff Reed kick) | 7 | 7 |
| 2 | San Diego Chargers | Nate Kaeding 42 FG | 10 | 7 |
| 2 | Pittsburgh Steelers | Willie Parker 3 run (Jeff Reed kick) | 10 | 14 |
| 3 | Pittsburgh Steelers | Heath Miller 8 pass from Ben Roethlisberger (Jeff Reed kick) | 10 | 21 |
| 4 | Pittsburgh Steelers | Gary Russell 1 run (Jeff Reed kick) | 10 | 28 |
| 4 | San Diego Chargers | Legedu Naanee 4 pass from Philip Rivers (Nate Kaeding kick) | 17 | 28 |
| 4 | Pittsburgh Steelers | Willie Parker 16 run (Jeff Reed kick) | 17 | 35 |
| 4 | San Diego Chargers | Darren Sproles 62 pass from Philip Rivers (Nate Kaeding kick) | 24 | 35 |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Diego Chargers | |||||
| Darren Sproles | 11 | 15 | 1.4 | 8 | 0 |
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |||||
| Willie Parker | 27 | 146 | 5.4 | 27 | 2 |
| Mewelde Moore | 3 | 13 | 4.3 | 5 | 0 |
| Santonio Holmes | 2 | 7 | 3.5 | 4 | 0 |
| Gary Russell | 4 | 5 | 1.3 | 3 | 1 |
| Carey Davis | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Byron Leftwich | 4 | -2 | -0.5 | 2 | 0 |
| Ryan Clark | 1 | -4 | -4.0 | -4 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Diego Chargers | |||||||||||
| Philip Rivers | 35 | 21 | 60.0 | 1 | 308 | 8.8 | 62t | 3 | 4 | 33 | 105.4 |
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |||||||||||
| Ben Roethlisberger | 26 | 17 | 65.4 | 0 | 181 | 7.0 | 41 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 98.4 |
| Byron Leftwich | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 | |
| RECEIVING | TAR | REC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Diego Chargers | ||||||
| Darren Sproles | 6 | 5 | 91 | 18.2 | 62t | 1 |
| Antonio Gates | 6 | 5 | 59 | 11.8 | 21 | 0 |
| Chris Chambers | 4 | 4 | 72 | 18.0 | 25 | 0 |
| Vincent Jackson | 8 | 2 | 49 | 24.5 | 41t | 1 |
| Jacob Hester | 4 | 2 | 13 | 6.5 | 11 | 0 |
| Brandon Manumaleuna | 3 | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 |
| Michael Bennett | 1 | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| Legedu Naanee | 3 | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4t | 1 |
| Pittsburgh Steelers | ||||||
| Hines Ward | 5 | 4 | 70 | 17.5 | 41 | 0 |
| Heath Miller | 4 | 3 | 37 | 12.3 | 18 | 1 |
| Nate Washington | 5 | 3 | 30 | 10.0 | 18 | 0 |
| Carey Davis | 3 | 3 | 7 | 2.3 | 6 | 0 |
| Santonio Holmes | 5 | 2 | 25 | 12.5 | 15 | 0 |
| Mewelde Moore | 2 | 2 | 12 | 6.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Willie Parker | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Gary Russell | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Limas Sweed | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Diego Chargers | |||||
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |||||
| Larry Foote | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Diego Chargers | |||||
| Mike Scifres | 6 | 283 | 47.2 | 53 | 0 |
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |||||
| Mitch Berger | 4 | 192 | 48.0 | 51 | 0 |
| Ben Roethlisberger | 1 | 25 | 25.0 | 25 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Diego Chargers | ||||||
| Darren Sproles | 2 | 0 | 4 | 2.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Eric Weddle | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Pittsburgh Steelers | ||||||
| Santonio Holmes | 2 | 1 | 73 | 36.5 | 67t | 1 |
| Mewelde Moore | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| KICKOFFS | NO | YDS | AVG | TB |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Diego Chargers | ||||
| Mike Scifres | 3 | 118 | 39.3 | 0 |
| Nate Kaeding | 2 | 127 | 63.5 | 0 |
| Pittsburgh Steelers | ||||
| Jeff Reed | 6 | 372 | 62.0 | 0 |