| AFC Championship - New England Patriots at Pittsburgh Steelers Game Statistics |
| Date: January 27, 2002 Location: Pittsburgh, PA |
| Venue: Heinz Field Attendance: 64704 |
| Weather: Mostly Cloudy Temp: 55 F Humidty: 38% Wind: 14 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New England PatriotsNE | 7 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 24 |
| Pittsburgh SteelersPIT | 0 | 3 | 14 | 0 | 17 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | NE | PIT |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | New England PatriotsNE | Troy Brown 55 punt return (Adam Vinatieri kick) | 7 | 0 |
| 2 | Pittsburgh SteelersPIT | Kris Brown 30 FG | 7 | 3 |
| 2 | New England PatriotsNE | David Patten 11 pass from Drew Bledsoe (Adam Vinatieri kick) | 14 | 3 |
| 3 | New England PatriotsNE | Antwan Harris 49 lateral from Brandon Mitchell 11 blocked field goal recovery (Adam Vinatieri kick) | 21 | 3 |
| 3 | Pittsburgh SteelersPIT | Jerome Bettis 1 run (Kris Brown kick) | 21 | 10 |
| 3 | Pittsburgh SteelersPIT | Amos Zereoue 11 run (Kris Brown kick) | 21 | 17 |
| 4 | New England PatriotsNE | Adam Vinatieri 44 FG | 24 | 17 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| New England Patriots | ||
| Offense | ||
| 80 | WR | Troy Brown |
| 86 | WR | David Patten |
| 72 | LOT | Matt Light |
| 77 | LOG | Mike Compton |
| 65 | C | Damien Woody |
| 63 | ROG | Joe Andruzzi |
| 64 | ROT | Greg Randall [Robinson-Randall] |
| 83 | TE | Rod Rutledge |
| 12 | QB | Tom Brady |
| 32 | RB | Antowain Smith |
| 44 | FB | Marc Edwards |
| Defense | ||
| 91 | LDE | Bobby Hamilton |
| 96 | LDT | Brandon Mitchell |
| 93 | RDT | Richard Seymour |
| 98 | RDE | Anthony Pleasant |
| 50 | LLB | Mike Vrabel |
| 54 | MLB | Tedy Bruschi |
| 95 | RLB | Roman Phifer |
| 24 | LCB | Ty Law |
| 36 | SS | Lawyer Milloy |
| 34 | FS | Tebucky Jones |
| 45 | RCB | Otis Smith |
| Pittsburgh Steelers | ||
| Offense | ||
| 80 | WR | Plaxico Burress |
| 86 | WR | Hines Ward |
| 72 | LOT | Wayne Gandy |
| 66 | LOG | Alan Faneca |
| 64 | C | Jeff Hartings |
| 65 | ROG | Rich Tylski |
| 77 | ROT | Marvel Smith |
| 84 | TE | Jerame Tuman |
| 10 | QB | Kordell Stewart |
| 36 | HB | Jerome Bettis |
| 38 | FB | Jon Witman |
| Defense | ||
| 91 | LDE | Aaron Smith |
| 98 | NT | Casey Hampton |
| 67 | RDE | Kimo Von Oelhoffen |
| 92 | LOLB | Jason Gildon |
| 57 | LILB | John Fiala |
| 97 | RILB | Kendrell Bell |
| 55 | ROLB | Joey Porter |
| 30 | LCB | Chad Scott |
| 41 | SS | Lethon Flowers |
| 27 | FS | Brent Alexander |
| 20 | RCB | DeWayne Washington |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New England Patriots | |||||
| Antowain Smith | 15 | 47 | 3.1 | 19 | 0 |
| J.R. Redmond | 3 | 13 | 4.3 | 7 | 0 |
| Tom Brady | 2 | 3 | 1.5 | 2 | 0 |
| Marc Edwards | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Drew Bledsoe | 4 | 1 | 0.3 | 4 | 0 |
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |||||
| Kordell Stewart | 8 | 41 | 5.1 | 34 | 0 |
| Amos Zereoue | 4 | 11 | 2.8 | 11t | 1 |
| Jerome Bettis | 9 | 8 | 0.9 | 4 | 1 |
| Hines Ward | 1 | -2 | -2.0 | -2 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New England Patriots | |||||||||||
| Drew Bledsoe | 21 | 10 | 47.6 | 0 | 102 | 4.9 | 18 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 77.9 |
| Tom Brady | 18 | 12 | 66.7 | 0 | 115 | 6.4 | 28 | 0 | 2 | 14 | 84.3 |
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |||||||||||
| Kordell Stewart | 42 | 24 | 57.1 | 3 | 255 | 6.1 | 24 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 45.2 |
| RECEIVING | TAR | REC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New England Patriots | ||||||
| Troy Brown | 11 | 8 | 121 | 15.1 | 28 | 0 |
| David Patten | 11 | 4 | 39 | 9.8 | 15 | 1 |
| Marc Edwards | 5 | 4 | 26 | 6.5 | 7 | 0 |
| Charles Johnson | 3 | 2 | 22 | 11.0 | 15 | 0 |
| Jermaine Wiggins | 4 | 2 | 7 | 3.5 | 4 | 0 |
| J.R. Redmond | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1.0 | 7 | 0 |
| Fred Coleman | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Pittsburgh Steelers | ||||||
| Hines Ward | 11 | 6 | 64 | 10.7 | 24 | 0 |
| Plaxico Burress | 12 | 5 | 67 | 13.4 | 16 | 0 |
| Amos Zereoue | 4 | 4 | 50 | 12.5 | 19 | 0 |
| Jerome Bettis | 2 | 2 | 23 | 11.5 | 12 | 0 |
| Troy Edwards | 4 | 2 | 16 | 8.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Dan Kreider | 2 | 2 | 13 | 6.5 | 9 | 0 |
| Matt Cushing | 1 | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 |
| Bobby Shaw | 3 | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Jerame Tuman | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Chris Fuamatu-Ma'afala | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New England Patriots | |||||
| Tebucky Jones | 1 | 19 | 19.0 | 19 | 0 |
| Lawyer Milloy | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 |
| Terrell Buckley | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |||||
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New England Patriots | |||||
| Ken Walter | 7 | 274 | 39.1 | 52 | 0 |
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |||||
| Josh Miller | 6 | 258 | 43.0 | 53 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New England Patriots | ||||||
| Troy Brown | 3 | 1 | 80 | 26.7 | 55t | 1 |
| Pittsburgh Steelers | ||||||
| Troy Edwards | 3 | 0 | 29 | 9.7 | 28 | 0 |
| KICKOFFS | NO | YDS | AVG | TB |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| New England Patriots | ||||
| Adam Vinatieri | 5 | 305 | 61.0 | 0 |
| Pittsburgh Steelers | ||||
| Kris Brown | 4 | 267 | 66.8 | 1 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New England Patriots | ||||||
| Patrick Pass | 3 | 0 | 83 | 27.7 | 35 | 0 |
| Pittsburgh Steelers | ||||||
| Troy Edwards | 5 | 0 | 86 | 17.2 | 26 | 0 |
| SACKS | NO | YDS |
|---|---|---|
| New England Patriots | ||
| Willie McGinest | 1.0 | 2.0 |
| Anthony Pleasant | 1.0 | 2.0 |
| Tedy Bruschi | 0.5 | 1.5 |
| Ted Johnson | 0.5 | 1.5 |
| Pittsburgh Steelers | ||
| Jason Gildon | 2.0 | 21.0 |
| Aaron Smith | 1.0 | 3.0 |
| Kendrell Bell | 1.0 | 1.0 |
| DEFENSE | TKL | TFL | QH | PD | FF | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New England Patriots | ||||||
| Ty Law | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Otis Smith | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Willie McGinest | 6 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Roman Phifer | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mike Vrabel | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tebucky Jones | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Anthony Pleasant | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Richard Seymour | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Lawyer Milloy | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Tedy Bruschi | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ted Johnson | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bobby Hamilton | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Terrance Shaw | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Antwan Harris | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Matt Stevens | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bryan Cox | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Matt Chatham | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Je'Rod Cherry | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Fred Coleman | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ken Walter | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Larry Izzo | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Patrick Pass | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Terrell Buckley | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Pittsburgh Steelers | ||||||
| Plaxico Burress | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Alan Faneca | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bobby Shaw | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Lethon Flowers | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kendrell Bell | 8 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Jason Gildon | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| John Fiala | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Brent Alexander | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Chad Scott | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Joey Porter | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| DeWayne Washington | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Aaron Smith | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mike Jones | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mike Logan | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Deshea Townsend | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Lenzie Jackson | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Casey Hampton | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kimo Von Oelhoffen | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Clark Haggans | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Wayne Gandy | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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