2008 Pittsburgh Steelers (NFL)

1st place American Football Conference North Division 12-4-0 .750

Ken Anderson	Quarterbacks
Bruce Arians	Offensive Coordinator
Keith Butler	Linebackers
James Daniel	Tight Ends
Randy Fichtner	Wide Receivers
Ray Horton	Defensive Backs
Amos Jones	Assistant Special Teams
Dick LeBeau	Defensive Coordinator
Bob Ligashesky	Special Teams
John Mitchell	Defensive Line
Kirby Wilson	Running Backs
Larry Zierlein	Offensive Line

SCORES
Day	Date		Opponent	Score			Location	Venue	Attendance	Notes
Fri	8/8/2008	H	Philadelphia Eagles	16-10	W		Pittsburgh, PA	Heinz Field	57410
Thu	8/14/2008	A	Buffalo Bills	21-24	L		Toronto, ON	Rogers Centre	48434
Sat	8/23/2008	A	Minnesota Vikings	12-10	W		Minneapolis, MN	Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome	62625
Thu	8/28/2008	H	Carolina Panthers	19-16	W		Pittsburgh, PA	Heinz Field	50485
Sun	9/7/2008	H	Houston Texans	38-17	W		Pittsburgh, PA	Heinz Field	64001
Sun	9/14/2008	A	Cleveland Browns	10-6	W		Cleveland, OH	Cleveland Browns Stadium	73048
Sun	9/21/2008	A	Philadelphia Eagles	6-15	L		Philadelphia, PA	Lincoln Financial Field	69144
Mon	9/29/2008	H	Baltimore Ravens	23-20	W	OT	Pittsburgh, PA	Heinz Field	64038
Sun	10/5/2008	A	Jacksonville Jaguars	26-21	W		Jacksonville, FL	Jacksonville Municipal Stadium	65908
Sun	10/19/2008	A	Cincinnati Bengals	38-10	W		Cincinnati, OH	Paul Brown Stadium	65860
Sun	10/26/2008	H	New York Giants	14-21	L		Pittsburgh, PA	Heinz Field	64991
Mon	11/3/2008	A	Washington Redskins	23-6	W		Landover, MD	FedExField	90512
Sun	11/9/2008	H	Indianapolis Colts	20-24	L		Pittsburgh, PA	Heinz Field	64043
Sun	11/16/2008	H	San Diego Chargers	11-10	W		Pittsburgh, PA	Heinz Field	62051
Thu	11/20/2008	H	Cincinnati Bengals	27-10	W		Pittsburgh, PA	Heinz Field	59854
Sun	11/30/2008	A	New England Patriots	33-10	W		Foxborough, MA	Gillette Stadium	68756
Sun	12/7/2008	H	Dallas Cowboys	20-13	W		Pittsburgh, PA	Heinz Field	60594
Sun	12/14/2008	A	Baltimore Ravens	13-9	W		Baltimore, MD	M&T Bank Stadium	71502
Sun	12/21/2008	A	Tennessee Titans	14-31	L		Nashville, TN	LP Field	69143
Sun	12/28/2008	H	Cleveland Browns	31-0	W		Pittsburgh, PA	Heinz Field	63553
Sun	1/11/2009	H	San Diego Chargers	35-24	W		Pittsburgh, PA	Heinz Field	63899	AFC Divsional Playoff
Sun	1/18/2009	H	Baltimore Ravens	23-14	W		Pittsburgh, PA	Heinz Field	65350	AFC Championship
Sun	2/1/2009	A	Arizona Cardinals	27-23	W		Tampa, FL	Raymond James Stadium	77074	Super Bowl XLIII

Exhibition game. Playoff game. A=Away game. H=Home game. N=Neutral site game. W=Win. L=Loss. T=Tie. OT=Overtime.

ROSTER
No	Player	Pos	Ht	Wt	Age	College	GP	GS
46/55	Patrick Bailey	LOLB	6-4	235	23	Duke	12	0
81	Dallas Baker	WR	6-3	206	26	Florida	8	0
17	Mitch Berger	P	6-4	224	36	Tyler JC; Colorado	13	0
31	Fernando Bryant	CB	5-10	178	31	Alabama	2	0
23	Tyrone Carter	FS	5-8	192	32	Minnesota	16	2
25	Ryan Clark	FS	5-11	203	29	Louisiana State	14	14
74	Willie Colon	ROT	6-3	315	25	Hofstra	16	16
44	Najeh Davenport	RB	6-1	247	29	Miami (Florida)	4	0
53	Bruce Davis	LB	6-3	251	23	UCLA	5	0
38	Carey Davis	FB	5-10	230	27	Illinois	14	3
2	Dennis Dixon	QB	6-3	204	23	Oregon	1	0
93	Nick Eason	RDE	6-3	305	28	Clemson	15	0
5	Paul Ernster	P	6-0	217	26	Northern Arizona	3	0
79	Trai Essex	ROT-ROG	6-4	324	26	Northwestern	7	0
51	James Farrior	LILB	6-2	243	33	Virginia	16	16
50	Larry Foote	RILB	6-0	237	28	Michigan	16	16
57	Keyaron Fox	LILB	6-3	235	26	Georgia Tech	13	0
54	Andre Frazier	LOLB	6-5	247	26	Cincinnati	15	0
22	William Gay	RCB	5-10	190	23	Louisville	16	4
98	Casey Hampton	NT	6-1	323	31	Texas	13	13
92	James Harrison	ROLB	6-0	242	30	Kent State	15	15
62	Justin Hartwig	C	6-4	307	30	Kansas	16	16
76	Chris Hoke	NT	6-3	302	32	Brigham Young	16	3
10	Santonio Holmes	WR	5-11	191	24	Ohio State	15	15
99	Brett Keisel	RDE	6-5	284	30	Brigham Young; Snow JC; Brigham Young	10	10
68	Chris Kemoeatu	LOG	6-3	344	25	Utah	16	16
90	Travis Kirschke	RDE-LDE	6-3	293	34	UCLA	16	6
4	Byron Leftwich	QB	6-5	246	28	Marshall	5	0
30	Roy Lewis	CB	5-11	190	23	San Jose State; Washington	1	0
37	Anthony Madison	LCB	5-9	180	27	Alabama	16	0
20	Bryant McFadden	RCB	6-0	190	27	Florida State	10	8
49	Sean McHugh	TE	6-5	264	26	Penn State	15	3
34	Rashard Mendenhall	RB	5-10	225	21	Illinois	4	1
83	Heath Miller	TE	6-5	256	26	Virginia	14	14
21	Mewelde Moore	RB	5-11	209	26	Tulane	16	4
39	Willie Parker	RB	5-10	209	28	North Carolina	11	11
65	Jeremy Parquet	LOG	6-6	321	26	Southern Mississippi	2	0
71	Scott Paxson	NT	6-4	292	25	Penn State	1	0
43	Troy Polamalu	SS	5-10	209	27	Southern California	16	16
3	Jeff Reed	K	5-11	224	29	North Carolina	16	0
61	Jared Retkofsky	LONG	6-5	260	25	Texas Christian	9	0
7	Ben Roethlisberger	QB	6-5	241	26	Miami (Ohio)	16	16
96	Orpheus Roye	LDE	6-4	309	35	Jones County JC; Florida State	6	0
33	Gary Russell	RB	5-11	215	22	Minnesota	12	0
73	Kendall Simmons	ROG	6-3	315	29	Auburn	4	4
91	Aaron Smith	LDE	6-5	295	32	Northern Colorado	16	16
27	Anthony Smith	FS	6-0	197	25	Syracuse	14	0
77	Marvel Smith	LOT	6-5	317	30	Arizona State	5	5
89	Matt Spaeth	TE	6-7	270	25	Minnesota	16	13
72	Darnell Stapleton	ROG	6-3	305	23	Hudson Valley JC; Rutgers	14	12
78	Max Starks	LOT	6-8	340	26	Florida	16	11
14	Limas Sweed	WR	6-4	220	24	Texas	11	0
24	Ike Taylor	LCB	6-1	193	28	Louisiana-Lafayette	16	16
94	Lawrence Timmons	LOLB-ROLB	6-1	235	22	Florida State	16	2
26	Deshea Townsend	RCB	5-10	187	33	Alabama	12	4
86	Hines Ward	WR	6-0	203	32	Georgia	16	15
60	Greg Warren	LONG	6-3	252	27	North Carolina	7	0
85	Nate Washington	WR	6-1	183	25	Tiffin	16	1
56	LaMarr Woodley	LOLB	6-2	265	24	Michigan	15	15
95	Donovan Woods	LB	6-2	230	23	Oklahoma State	5	0

DRAFT LIST
Round	Overall	Player	Pos	College	Notes
1	23	Rashard Mendenhall	RB	Illinois
2	53	Limas Sweed	WR	Texas
3	88	Bruce Davis	DE	UCLA
4	130	Tony Hills	T	Texas
5	156	Dennis Dixon	QB	Oregon
6	188	Mike Humpal	LB	Iowa
6	194	Ryan Mundy	DB	West Virginia

SCORING BY QUARTERS	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	OT
Team Totals	47	106	87	104	3
Opponents Totals	54	65	29	75	0

TEAM STATS	TOP	1ST DOWNS	Rushing	Passing	Penalty	3RD DOWN EFFICIENCY	4TH DOWN EFFICIENCY	PEN	YDS
Team Totals	31:29	290	93	179	18	92/224 41.1%	3/12 25.0%	95	812
Opponents Totals	28:31	240	73	149	18	71/226 31.4%	10/21 47.6%	91	801

SCORING	TD	X1	X1A	PCT	X2A	FG	FGA	PCT	SAF	PTS
Jeff Reed	0	36	37	97.3	0	27	31	87.1	0	117
Hines Ward	7	0	0		0	0	0		0	42
Mewelde Moore	6	0	0		0	0	0		0	36
Santonio Holmes	5	0	0		0	0	0		0	30
Willie Parker	5	0	0		0	0	0		0	30
Heath Miller	3	0	0		0	0	0		0	18
Gary Russell	3	0	0		0	0	0		0	18
Nate Washington	3	0	0		0	0	0		0	18
Ben Roethlisberger	2	0	0		1	0	0		0	12
Tyrone Carter	1	0	0		0	0	0		0	6
Byron Leftwich	1	0	0		0	0	0		0	6
Deshea Townsend	1	0	0		0	0	0		0	6
LaMarr Woodley	1	0	0		0	0	0		0	6
James Harrison	0	0	0		0	0	0		1	2
Team Totals	38	36	37	97.3	1	27	31	87.1	1	347
Opponents Totals	21	21	21	100.0	0	24	27	88.9	2	223

FIELD GOALS	MADE	ATT	PCT	1-19	20-29	30-39	40-49	50+
Jeff Reed	27	31	87.1	1/1	9/9	8/9	8/10	1/2
Team Totals	27	31	87.1	1/1	9/9	8/9	8/10	1/2
Opponents Totals	24	27	88.9	0/0	11/12	9/9	4/5	0/1

RUSHING	ATT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD	FD	G20+	G40+	FUM
Willie Parker	210	791	3.8	34t	5	29	4	0	0
Mewelde Moore	140	588	4.2	32t	5	36	4	0	0
Ben Roethlisberger	34	101	3.0	17	2	8	0	0	4
Gary Russell	28	77	2.8	15	3	11	0	0	0
Rashard Mendenhall	19	58	3.1	12	0	2	0	0	0
Carey Davis	12	35	2.9	11	0	2	0	0	0
Nate Washington	5	18	3.6	8	0	1	0	0	0
Santonio Holmes	2	9	4.5	10	0	1	0	0	0
Byron Leftwich	4	7	1.8	8t	1	1	0	0	0
Najeh Davenport	2	5	2.5	3	0	2	0	0	0
Hines Ward	1	4	4.0	4	0	0	0	0	0
Mitch Berger	1	0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Dennis Dixon	2	-3	-1.5	-1	0	0	0	0	0
Team Totals	460	1690	3.7	34t	16	93	8	0	4
Opponents Totals	390	1284	3.3	41	7	73	4	1	3

PASSING	ATT	COM	PCT	INC	YDS	Y/ATT	Y/COM	LG	TD	TD%	INT	INT%	TS	YL	NYP	FD	G20+	G40+	RTG
Ben Roethlisberger	469	281	59.9	173	3301	7.0	11.7	65t	17	3.6	15	3.2	46	284	3017	162	35	7	80.1
Byron Leftwich	36	21	58.3	15	303	8.4	14.4	50	2	5.6	0	0.0	3	22	281	17	4	1	104.3
Dennis Dixon	1	1	100.0	0	3	3.0	3.0	3	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0	3	0	0	0	79.2
Team Totals	506	303	59.9	188	3607	7.1	11.9	65t	19	3.8	15	3.0	49	306	3301	179	39	8	81.9
Opponents Totals	533	301	56.5	212	2861	5.4	9.5	65t	12	2.3	20	3.8	51	350	2511	149	23	2	63.4

RECEIVING	TAR	REC	PCT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD	FD	G20+	G40+	FUM
Hines Ward	124	81	65.3	1043	12.9	49	7	55	15	2	1
Santonio Holmes	114	55	48.2	821	14.9	48	5	40	10	2	2
Heath Miller	66	48	72.7	514	10.7	22	3	29	4	0	1
Nate Washington	78	40	51.3	631	15.8	65t	3	25	7	4	0
Mewelde Moore	53	40	75.5	320	8.0	25	1	17	3	0	1
Matt Spaeth	26	17	65.4	136	8.0	13	0	6	0	0	0
Limas Sweed	10	6	60.0	64	10.7	17	0	4	0	0	1
Carey Davis	6	5	83.3	27	5.4	14	0	1	0	0	1
Sean McHugh	4	3	75.0	24	8.0	15	0	1	0	0	0
Willie Parker	10	3	30.0	13	4.3	5	0	0	0	0	0
Rashard Mendenhall	3	2	66.7	17	8.5	11	0	1	0	0	0
Dallas Baker	2	1	50.0	6	6.0	6	0	0	0	0	0
Gary Russell	2	1	50.0	-2	-2.0	-2	0	0	0	0	0
Ben Roethlisberger	1	1	100.0	-7	-7.0	-7	0	0	0	0	0
Team Totals	499	303	60.7	3607	11.9	65t	19	179	39	8	7
Opponents Totals		301	56.5	2861	9.5	65t	12	149	23	2	1

INTERCEPTIONS	INT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Troy Polamalu	7	59	8.4	23	0
Tyrone Carter	3	64	21.3	32t	1
Deshea Townsend	2	27	13.5	25t	1
Bryant McFadden	2	0	0.0	0	0
Lawrence Timmons	1	89	89.0	89	0
James Harrison	1	33	33.0	33	0
William Gay	1	12	12.0	12	0
LaMarr Woodley	1	6	6.0	6	0
Ike Taylor	1	0	0.0	0	0
Ryan Clark	1	0	0.0	0	0
Team Totals	20	290	14.5	89	2
Opponents Totals	15	234	15.6	83t	2

PUNTING	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	BL	TB	I20	OB	DN	RYDS	NYDS	NET
Mitch Berger	66	2728	41.3	61	0	4	19	4	7	243	2405	36.4
Paul Ernster	12	379	31.6	43	0	0	4	6	0	4	375	31.3
Team Totals	78	3107	39.8	61	0	4	23	10	7	247	2780	35.6
Opponents Totals	91	3868	42.5	64	1	6	28			247	3501	38.5

PUNT RETURNS	NO	FC	YDS	AVG	LG	G20+	G40+	FUM
Santonio Holmes	34	7	226	6.6	35	3	0	2
Mewelde Moore	6	12	21	3.5	12	0	0	1
Limas Sweed	1	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	1
Team Totals	41	19	247	6.0	35	3	0	4
Opponents Totals	40	17	247	6.2	46

KICKOFFS	NO	YDS	AVG	OB	TB	RET	RETY	OSA	OSR
Jeff Reed	79	4943	62.6	1	9	68	1314	1	0
Mitch Berger	3	161	53.7	0	0	3	43	0	0
Team Totals	82	5104	62.2	1	9	71	1357	1	0
Team Totals	61				9	50	1013

KICKOFF RETURNS	NO	FC	YDS	AVG	LG	G20+	G40+	FUM
Gary Russell	16	0	371	23.2	43	8	1	0
Najeh Davenport	10	0	217	21.7	27	8	0	0
Mewelde Moore	10	0	185	18.5	24	5	0	0
Rashard Mendenhall	6	0	115	19.2	27	4	0	0
Carey Davis	6	0	106	17.7	24	2	0	1
Tyrone Carter	1	0	16	16.0	16	0	0	0
Matt Spaeth	1	1	3	3.0	3	0	0	0
Team Totals	50	1	1013	20.3	43	27	1	1
Opponents Totals	71	0	1357	19.1	40

SACKS	NO	YDS
James Harrison	16.0	114.5
LaMarr Woodley	11.5	85.0
Aaron Smith	5.5	38.5
Lawrence Timmons	5.0	43.0
James Farrior	3.5	23.0
Travis Kirschke	2.0	11.0
Larry Foote	1.5	8.5
Nick Eason	1.5	7.0
Brett Keisel	1.0	9.0
Casey Hampton	1.0	6.0
Andre Frazier	1.0	3.0
Bryant McFadden	1.0	0.0
Chris Hoke	0.5	1.5
Team Totals	51.0	350.0
Opponents Totals	49.0	306.0

FUMBLES	NO	LOST	OWN	OPP	REC	YDS	TD
Willie Colon	0	0	2	0	2	0	0
Carey Davis	2	0	1	0	1	0	0
James Farrior	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Keyaron Fox	0	0	1	1	2	18	0
James Harrison	1	0	0	0	0	-18	0
Santonio Holmes	4	1	2	0	2	0	0
Chris Kemoeatu	0	0	2	0	2	0	0
Travis Kirschke	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Bryant McFadden	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Heath Miller	1	1	0	0	0	0	0
Mewelde Moore	2	0	0	0	0	0	0
Ben Roethlisberger	14	7	3	0	3	-5	0
Limas Sweed	2	1	1	0	1	0	0
Lawrence Timmons	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Deshea Townsend	1	0	1	0	1	0	0
Hines Ward	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
LaMarr Woodley	0	0	0	4	4	9	1
Team Totals	28	10	3	9	12	4	1
Opponents Totals	22	9	13	10	23		0

DEFENSE	TKL	TT	TA	DT	DA	STT	STA	MT	MA	PD	QH	TFL	FF	BL
James Farrior	133	89	44	89	44	0	0	0	0	5	6	9	1	0
James Harrison	101	67	34	59	33	8	1	0	0	3	19	18	7	0
Ryan Clark	88	52	36	50	33	2	3	0	0	6	0	0	0	0
Troy Polamalu	73	54	19	54	19	0	0	0	0	17	0	5	0	0
Ike Taylor	65	50	15	47	15	3	0	0	0	15	0	0	0	0
Lawrence Timmons	65	43	22	35	22	8	0	0	0	3	12	7	1	0
Larry Foote	63	34	29	34	29	0	0	0	0	3	5	3	1	0
LaMarr Woodley	60	41	19	41	19	0	0	0	0	2	17	16	2	0
Aaron Smith	60	44	16	44	16	0	0	0	0	4	10	8	0	0
Travis Kirschke	46	30	16	30	16	0	0	0	0	0	7	2	0	0
Brett Keisel	41	22	19	22	19	0	0	0	0	2	1	4	0	0
Bryant McFadden	41	37	4	36	4	1	0	0	0	8	1	1	0	0
William Gay	41	33	8	26	6	7	2	0	0	7	0	1	0	0
Casey Hampton	22	13	9	13	9	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	0
Deshea Townsend	20	16	4	16	4	0	0	0	0	8	0	0	0	0
Anthony Madison	19	17	2	1	0	16	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Nick Eason	17	10	7	10	7	0	0	0	0	1	2	2	0	0
Chris Hoke	16	12	4	12	4	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0
Tyrone Carter	16	12	4	11	3	1	1	0	0	4	0	1	0	0
Keyaron Fox	16	11	5	1	1	10	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Patrick Bailey	16	11	5	0	1	11	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Andre Frazier	10	7	3	4	0	3	3	0	0	0	1	1	0	1
Anthony Smith	9	8	1	2	1	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Gary Russell	9	6	3	0	0	5	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Orpheus Roye	6	3	3	3	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0
Carey Davis	6	5	1	0	0	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Jeff Reed	5	5	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Heath Miller	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0
Donovan Woods	4	2	2	0	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Fernando Bryant	3	3	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Mitch Berger	2	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Najeh Davenport	2	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Jared Retkofsky	2	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Greg Warren	2	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Matt Spaeth	2	1	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Limas Sweed	2	2	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Justin Hartwig	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0
Willie Parker	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0
Ben Roethlisberger	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0
Chris Kemoeatu	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Sean McHugh	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Mewelde Moore	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Kendall Simmons	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
Max Starks	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Hines Ward	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Nate Washington	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Dallas Baker	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Willie Colon	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Bruce Davis	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Dennis Dixon	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Paul Ernster	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Trai Essex	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Santonio Holmes	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Byron Leftwich	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Roy Lewis	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Rashard Mendenhall	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Jeremy Parquet	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Scott Paxson	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Marvel Smith	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Darnell Stapleton	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Team Totals	1101	762	339	643	308	99	30	20	1	90	84	80	12	1
Opponents Totals	1167	779	388	681	349	78	37	20	2	78	89	94	20	0