| AFC Championship - New England Patriots at Pittsburgh Steelers Game Statistics |
| Date: January 23, 2005 Location: Pittsburgh, PA |
| Venue: Heinz Field Attendance: 65242 |
| Weather: Clear Temp: 10 F Humidty: 57% Wind: 8 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Atlanta FalconsATL | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| Philadelphia EaglesPHI | 7 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 27 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | NE | PIT |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | New England PatriotsNE | Adam Vinatieri 48 FG | 3 | 0 |
| 1 | New England PatriotsNE | Deion Branch 60 pass from Tom Brady (Adam Vinatieri kick) | 10 | 0 |
| 1 | Pittsburgh SteelersPIT | Jeff Reed 43 FG | 10 | 3 |
| 2 | New England PatriotsNE | David Givens 9 pass from Tom Brady (Adam Vinatieri kick) | 17 | 3 |
| 2 | New England PatriotsNE | Rodney Harrison 87 interception return (Adam Vinatieri kick) | 24 | 3 |
| 3 | Pittsburgh SteelersPIT | Jerome Bettis 5 run (Jeff Reed kick) | 24 | 10 |
| 3 | New England PatriotsNE | Corey Dillon 25 run (Adam Vinatieri kick) | 31 | 10 |
| 3 | Pittsburgh SteelersPIT | Hines Ward 30 pass from Ben Roethlisberger (Jeff Reed kick) | 31 | 17 |
| 4 | Pittsburgh SteelersPIT | Jeff Reed 20 FG | 31 | 20 |
| 4 | New England PatriotsNE | Adam Vinatieri 31 FG | 34 | 20 |
| 4 | New England PatriotsNE | Deion Branch 23 run (Adam Vinatieri kick) | 41 | 20 |
| 4 | Pittsburgh SteelersPIT | Plaxico Burress 7 pass from Ben Roethlisberger (Jeff Reed kick) | 41 | 27 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Atlanta Falcons | ||
| Offense | ||
| 83 | WR | Deion Branch |
| 72 | LOT | Matt Light |
| 63 | LOG | Joe Andruzzi |
| 67 | C | Dan Koppen |
| 61 | ROG | Stephen Neal |
| 76 | ROT | Brandon Gorin |
| 88 | TE | Christian Fauria |
| 82 | TE | Daniel Graham |
| 71 | TE | Russ Hochstein |
| 12 | QB | Tom Brady |
| 28 | RB | Corey Dillon |
| Defense | ||
| 94 | LDE | Ty Warren |
| 98 | NT | Keith Traylor |
| 97 | RDE | Jarvis Green |
| 50 | LOLB | Mike Vrabel |
| 54 | LILB | Tedy Bruschi |
| 52 | RILB | Ted Johnson |
| 55 | ROLB | Willie McGinest |
| 21 | LCB | Randall Gay |
| 37 | SS | Rodney Harrison |
| 26 | FS | Eugene Wilson |
| 22 | RCB | Asante Samuel |
| Philadelphia Eagles | ||
| Offense | ||
| 80 | WR | Plaxico Burress |
| 86 | WR | Hines Ward |
| 77 | LOT | Marvel Smith |
| 66 | LOG | Alan Faneca |
| 64 | C | Jeff Hartings |
| 68 | ROG | Keydrick Vincent |
| 79 | ROT | Oliver Ross |
| 84 | TE | Jerame Tuman |
| 7 | QB | Ben Roethlisberger |
| 36 | RB | Jerome Bettis |
| 35 | FB | Dan Kreider |
| Defense | ||
| 91 | LDE | Aaron Smith |
| 76 | NT | Chris Hoke |
| 67 | RDE | Kimo Von Oelhoffen |
| 53 | LOLB | Clark Haggans |
| 51 | LILB | James Farrior |
| 50 | RILB | Larry Foote |
| 55 | ROLB | Joey Porter |
| 27 | LCB | Willie Williams |
| 43 | SS | Troy Polamalu |
| 28 | FS | Chris Hope |
| 26 | RCB | Deshea Townsend |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New England Patriots | |||||
| Corey Dillon | 24 | 73 | 3.0 | 25t | 1 |
| Deion Branch | 2 | 37 | 18.5 | 23t | 1 |
| Kevin Faulk | 3 | 20 | 6.7 | 17 | 0 |
| Tom Brady | 2 | -2 | -1.0 | -1 | 0 |
| David Givens | 1 | -2 | -2.0 | -2 | 0 |
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |||||
| Jerome Bettis | 17 | 64 | 3.8 | 25 | 1 |
| Ben Roethlisberger | 5 | 45 | 9.0 | 13 | 0 |
| Verron Haynes | 5 | 28 | 5.6 | 8 | 0 |
| Duce Staley | 10 | 26 | 2.6 | 6 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New England Patriots | |||||||||||
| Tom Brady | 21 | 14 | 66.7 | 0 | 207 | 9.9 | 60t | 2 | 2 | 11 | 130.5 |
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |||||||||||
| Ben Roethlisberger | 24 | 14 | 58.3 | 3 | 226 | 9.4 | 34 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 78.1 |
| RECEIVING | TAR | REC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New England Patriots | ||||||
| David Givens | 10 | 5 | 59 | 11.8 | 18 | 1 |
| Deion Branch | 4 | 4 | 116 | 29.0 | 60t | 1 |
| Troy Brown | 1 | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 |
| Christian Fauria | 1 | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
| David Patten | 3 | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| Corey Dillon | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Daniel Graham | 1 | 1 | -1 | -1.0 | -1 | 0 |
| Pittsburgh Steelers | ||||||
| Hines Ward | 8 | 5 | 109 | 21.8 | 30t | 1 |
| Antwaan Randle El | 4 | 3 | 52 | 17.3 | 34 | 0 |
| Plaxico Burress | 6 | 3 | 37 | 12.3 | 16 | 1 |
| Verron Haynes | 1 | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 |
| Jerame Tuman | 3 | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| Walter Rasby | 1 | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| Lee Mays | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New England Patriots | |||||
| Eugene Wilson | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Rodney Harrison | 1 | 87 | 87.0 | 87t | 1 |
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |||||
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New England Patriots | |||||
| Josh Miller | 4 | 161 | 40.3 | 49 | 0 |
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |||||
| Chris Gardocki | 3 | 129 | 43.0 | 44 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New England Patriots | ||||||
| Troy Brown | 2 | 0 | 6 | 3.0 | 6 | 0 |
| Pittsburgh Steelers | ||||||
| Antwaan Randle El | 3 | 0 | 40 | 13.3 | 22 | 0 |
| KICKOFFS | NO | YDS | AVG | TB |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| New England Patriots | ||||
| Jay Feely | 3 | 180 | 60.0 | 0 |
| Pittsburgh Steelers | ||||
| David Akers | 6 | 403 | 67.2 | 1 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New England Patriots | ||||||
| Bethel Johnson | 4 | 0 | 90 | 22.5 | 29 | 0 |
| Patrick Pass | 1 | 0 | 17 | 17.0 | 17 | 0 |
| Pittsburgh Steelers | ||||||
| Antwaan Randle El | 4 | 0 | 75 | 18.8 | 26 | 0 |
| Ike Taylor | 3 | 0 | 29 | 9.7 | 17 | 0 |
| Matt Cushing | 1 | 0 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 |
| SACKS | NO | YDS |
|---|---|---|
| New England Patriots | ||
| Jarvis Green | 1.0 | 1.0 |
| Pittsburgh Steelers | ||
| Clark Haggans | 1.0 | 7.0 |
| Joey Porter | 1.0 | 4.0 |
| DEFENSE | TKL | TFL | QH | PD | FF | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New England Patriots | ||||||
| Rodney Harrison | 12 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tedy Bruschi | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ty Warren | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ted Johnson | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Mike Vrabel | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jarvis Green | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Asante Samuel | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | |
| Eugene Wilson | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Troy Brown | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Je'Rod Cherry | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Willie McGinest | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Hank Poteat | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Rabih Abdullah | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Rosevelt Colvin | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Dexter Reid | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Randall Gay | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Dan Koppen | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Keith Traylor | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Vince Wilfork | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tully Banta-Cain | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Matt Chatham | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Lonie Paxton | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Roman Phifer | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Pittsburgh Steelers | ||||||
| Antwaan Randle El | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Keydrick Vincent | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Hines Ward | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| James Farrior | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Troy Polamalu | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Willie Williams | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Joey Porter | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Clark Haggans | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Larry Foote | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Chris Hope | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Aaron Smith | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Clint Kriewaldt | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Kimo Von Oelhoffen | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Deshea Townsend | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ricardo Colclough | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| James Harrison | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Sean Morey | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Chad Scott | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ike Taylor | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Kendrick Clancy | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Chris Hoke | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
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