| Detroit Lions at Pittsburgh Steelers Game Statistics |
| Date: January 1, 2006 Location: Pittsburgh, PA |
| Venue: Heinz Field Attendance: 63794 |
| Weather: Scattered Clouds Temp: 37 F Humidty: 65% Wind: 4 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit LionsDET | 14 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 21 |
| Pittsburgh SteelersPIT | 14 | 7 | 14 | 0 | 35 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | DET | PIT |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pittsburgh SteelersPIT | Antwaan Randle El 81 punt return (Jeff Reed kick) | 0 | 7 |
| 1 | Detroit LionsDET | Marcus Pollard 11 pass from Joey Harrington (Jason Hanson kick) | 7 | 7 |
| 1 | Detroit LionsDET | Cory Schlesinger 1 pass from Joey Harrington (Jason Hanson kick) | 14 | 7 |
| 1 | Pittsburgh SteelersPIT | Jerome Bettis 1 run (Jeff Reed kick) | 14 | 14 |
| 2 | Pittsburgh SteelersPIT | Jerome Bettis 5 run (Jeff Reed kick) | 14 | 21 |
| 3 | Pittsburgh SteelersPIT | Jerome Bettis 4 run (Jeff Reed kick) | 14 | 28 |
| 3 | Detroit LionsDET | Roy Williams 15 pass from Joey Harrington (Jason Hanson kick) | 21 | 28 |
| 3 | Pittsburgh SteelersPIT | Ben Roethlisberger 7 run (Jeff Reed kick) | 21 | 35 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | ||
| Offense | ||
| 10 | WR | Scottie Vines |
| 11 | WR | Roy Williams |
| 76 | LOT | Jeff Backus |
| 69 | LOG | Kyle Kosier |
| 51 | C | Dominic Raiola |
| 65 | ROG | Damien Woody |
| 79 | ROT | Kelly Butler |
| 81 | TE | Marcus Pollard |
| 3 | QB | Joey Harrington |
| 34 | HB | Kevin Jones |
| 30 | FB | Cory Schlesinger |
| Defense | ||
| 90 | LDE | Bill Swancutt |
| 92 | LDT | Shaun Rogers |
| 72 | RDT | Dan Wilkinson |
| 96 | RDE | James Hall |
| 58 | SLB | Wali Rainer |
| 57 | MLB | LeVar Woods |
| 52 | WLB | James Davis |
| 31 | LCB | R.W. McQuarters |
| 26 | SS | Kenoy Kennedy |
| 28 | FS | Bracy Walker |
| 37 | RCB | Dre' Bly |
| Pittsburgh Steelers | ||
| Offense | ||
| 82 | WR | Antwaan Randle El |
| 86 | WR | Hines Ward |
| 77 | LOT | Marvel Smith |
| 66 | LOG | Alan Faneca |
| 64 | C | Jeff Hartings |
| 73 | ROG | Kendall Simmons |
| 78 | ROT | Max Starks |
| 83 | TE | Heath Miller |
| 7 | QB | Ben Roethlisberger |
| 39 | HB | Willie Parker |
| 35 | FB | Dan Kreider |
| Defense | ||
| 91 | LDE | Aaron Smith |
| 98 | NT | Casey Hampton |
| 67 | RDE | Kimo Von Oelhoffen |
| 53 | LOLB | Clark Haggans |
| 51 | LILB | James Farrior |
| 50 | RILB | Larry Foote |
| 55 | ROLB | Joey Porter |
| 24 | LCB | Ike Taylor |
| 43 | SS | Troy Polamalu |
| 28 | FS | Chris Hope |
| 26 | RCB | Deshea Townsend |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Kevin Jones | 18 | 78 | 4.3 | 12 | 0 |
| Shawn Bryson | 3 | 11 | 3.7 | 6 | 0 |
| Joey Harrington | 2 | 11 | 5.5 | 8 | 0 |
| Paul Smith | 2 | 5 | 2.5 | 4 | 0 |
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |||||
| Willie Parker | 26 | 135 | 5.2 | 21 | 0 |
| Jerome Bettis | 10 | 41 | 4.1 | 12 | 3 |
| Verron Haynes | 4 | 17 | 4.3 | 12 | 0 |
| Ben Roethlisberger | 3 | 5 | 1.7 | 7t | 1 |
| Antwaan Randle El | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | |||||||||||
| Joey Harrington | 33 | 17 | 51.5 | 0 | 212 | 6.4 | 63 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 102.1 |
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |||||||||||
| Ben Roethlisberger | 16 | 7 | 43.8 | 2 | 135 | 8.4 | 43 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 34.1 |
| RECEIVING | TAR | REC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | ||||||
| Marcus Pollard | 4 | 4 | 50 | 12.5 | 27 | 1 |
| Scottie Vines | 10 | 4 | 44 | 11.0 | 19 | 0 |
| Roy Williams | 6 | 3 | 31 | 10.3 | 15t | 1 |
| Paul Smith | 4 | 2 | 16 | 8.0 | 11 | 0 |
| Cory Schlesinger | 3 | 2 | 6 | 3.0 | 5 | 1 |
| Shawn Bryson | 1 | 1 | 63 | 63.0 | 63 | 0 |
| Kevin Jones | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| Casey Fitzsimmons | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Mike Williams | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Pittsburgh Steelers | ||||||
| Heath Miller | 5 | 3 | 62 | 20.7 | 43 | 0 |
| Hines Ward | 4 | 1 | 40 | 40.0 | 40 | 0 |
| Willie Parker | 1 | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 17 | 0 |
| Antwaan Randle El | 2 | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 |
| Verron Haynes | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Quincy Morgan | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Cedrick Wilson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Bracy Walker | 1 | 22 | 22.0 | 22 | 0 |
| Andre' Goodman | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |||||
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Nick Harris | 6 | 235 | 39.2 | 47 | 0 |
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |||||
| Chris Gardocki | 4 | 164 | 41.0 | 48 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | ||||||
| Eddie Drummond | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0.5 | 6 | 0 |
| Pittsburgh Steelers | ||||||
| Antwaan Randle El | 2 | 3 | 79 | 39.5 | 81t | 1 |
| KICKOFFS | NO | YDS | AVG | TB |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | ||||
| Jason Hanson | 4 | 268 | 67.0 | 0 |
| Pittsburgh Steelers | ||||
| Jeff Reed | 6 | 369 | 61.5 | 0 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | ||||||
| Eddie Drummond | 6 | 126 | 21.0 | 33 | 0 | |
| Pittsburgh Steelers | ||||||
| Quincy Morgan | 3 | 60 | 20.0 | 27 | 0 | |
| Ricardo Colclough | 1 | 63 | 63.0 | 63 | 0 | |
| SACKS | NO | YDS |
|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | ||
| James Hall | 1.0 | 3.0 |
| Pittsburgh Steelers | ||
| James Farrior | 1.0 | 9.0 |
| DEFENSE | TKL | TFL | QH | PD | FF | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | ||||||
| LeVar Woods | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bracy Walker | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Kenoy Kennedy | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| James Hall | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| James Davis | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Shaun Rogers | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Donte' Curry | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| R.W. McQuarters | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Wali Rainer | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Keith Smith | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Cory Redding | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Paul Smith | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Stanley Wilson | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jared DeVries | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kalimba Edwards | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Matt Grootegoed | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Eddie Drummond | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jason Hanson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kyle Kosier | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Vernon Fox | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Andre' Goodman | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Pittsburgh Steelers | ||||||
| Troy Polamalu | 11 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| James Farrior | 9 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Chris Hope | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Aaron Smith | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Deshea Townsend | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ricardo Colclough | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Brett Keisel | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ike Taylor | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Larry Foote | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Clark Haggans | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Kimo Von Oelhoffen | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Joey Porter | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Clint Kriewaldt | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Casey Hampton | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tyrone Carter | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bryant McFadden | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Chidi Iwuoma | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sean Morey | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Quincy Morgan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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