| Pittsburgh Steelers at New England Patriots Game Statistics |
| Date: November 30, 2008 Location: Foxborough, MA |
| Venue: Gillette Stadium Attendance: 68756 |
| Weather: Light Rain Temp: 36 F Humidty: 96% Wind: 6 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh SteelersPIT | 3 | 7 | 13 | 10 | 33 |
| New England PatriotsNE | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | PIT | NE |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | New England PatriotsNE | Sammy Morris 2 run (Stephen Gostkowski kick) | 0 | 7 |
| 1 | Pittsburgh SteelersPIT | Jeff Reed 20 FG | 3 | 7 |
| 2 | New England PatriotsNE | Stephen Gostkowski 29 FG | 3 | 10 |
| 2 | Pittsburgh SteelersPIT | Santonio Holmes 19 pass from Ben Roethlisberger (Jeff Reed kick) | 10 | 10 |
| 3 | Pittsburgh SteelersPIT | Jeff Reed 25 FG | 13 | 10 |
| 3 | Pittsburgh SteelersPIT | Hines Ward 11 pass from Ben Roethlisberger (Jeff Reed kick) | 20 | 10 |
| 3 | Pittsburgh SteelersPIT | Jeff Reed 20 FG | 23 | 10 |
| 4 | Pittsburgh SteelersPIT | Jeff Reed 45 FG | 26 | 10 |
| 4 | Pittsburgh SteelersPIT | Gary Russell 1 run (Jeff Reed kick) | 33 | 10 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh Steelers | ||
| Offense | ||
| 10 | WR | Santonio Holmes |
| 86 | WR | Hines Ward |
| 78 | LOT | Max Starks |
| 68 | LOG | Chris Kemoeatu |
| 62 | C | Justin Hartwig |
| 72 | ROG | Darnell Stapleton |
| 74 | ROT | Willie Colon |
| 83 | TE | Heath Miller |
| 89 | TE | Matt Spaeth |
| 7 | QB | Ben Roethlisberger |
| 39 | RB | Willie Parker |
| Defense | ||
| 91 | LDE | Aaron Smith |
| 98 | NT | Casey Hampton |
| 90 | RDE | Travis Kirschke |
| 56 | LOLB | Lamarr Woodley |
| 51 | LILB | James Farrior |
| 50 | RILB | Larry Foote |
| 92 | ROLB | James Harrison |
| 24 | LCB | Ike Taylor |
| 43 | SS | Troy Polamalu |
| 25 | FS | Ryan Clark |
| 22 | RCB | William Gay |
| New England Patriots | ||
| Offense | ||
| 81 | WR | Randy Moss |
| 83 | WR | Wes Welker |
| 72 | LOT | Matt Light |
| 70 | LOG | Logan Mankins |
| 67 | C | Dan Koppen |
| 61 | ROG | Stephen Neal |
| 77 | ROT | Nick Kaczur |
| 86 | TE | Dave Thomas |
| 84 | TE | Ben Watson |
| 61 | QB | Matt Cassel |
| 33 | RB | Kevin Faulk |
| Defense | ||
| 99 | LDE | Mike Wright |
| 75 | NT | Vince Wilfork |
| 93 | RDE | Richard Seymour |
| 50 | LOLB | Mike Vrabel |
| 51 | LILB | Jerod Mayo |
| 54 | RILB | Tedy Bruschi |
| 58 | ROLB | Pierre Woods |
| 21 | LCB | Deltha O'Neal |
| 31 | SS | Brandon Meriweather |
| 36 | FS | James Sanders |
| 27 | RCB | Ellis Hobbs |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |||||
| Willie Parker | 16 | 87 | 5.4 | 31 | 0 |
| Mewelde Moore | 12 | 67 | 5.6 | 20 | 0 |
| Ben Roethlisberger | 3 | 6 | 2.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Gary Russell | 3 | 1 | 0.3 | 1t | 1 |
| New England Patriots | |||||
| Kevin Faulk | 6 | 73 | 12.2 | 41 | 0 |
| Sammy Morris | 10 | 45 | 4.5 | 14 | 1 |
| Benjarvus Green-Ellis | 2 | 3 | 1.5 | 2 | 0 |
| Matt Cassel | 2 | 1 | 0.5 | 1 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |||||||||||
| Ben Roethlisberger | 33 | 17 | 51.5 | 1 | 179 | 5.4 | 21 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 75.2 |
| New England Patriots | |||||||||||
| Matt Cassel | 39 | 19 | 48.7 | 2 | 169 | 4.3 | 27 | 0 | 5 | 24 | 39.4 |
| RECEIVING | TAR | REC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh Steelers | ||||||
| Hines Ward | 8 | 5 | 37 | 7.4 | 11t | 1 |
| Heath Miller | 7 | 4 | 60 | 15.0 | 21 | 0 |
| Nate Washington | 7 | 3 | 41 | 13.7 | 16 | 0 |
| Santonio Holmes | 6 | 2 | 28 | 14.0 | 19t | 1 |
| Mewelde Moore | 3 | 2 | 9 | 4.5 | 5 | 0 |
| Matt Spaeth | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Willie Parker | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| New England Patriots | ||||||
| Kevin Faulk | 9 | 7 | 48 | 6.9 | 17 | 0 |
| Randy Moss | 11 | 4 | 45 | 11.3 | 27 | 0 |
| Wes Welker | 7 | 4 | 30 | 7.5 | 12 | 0 |
| Benjarvus Green-Ellis | 1 | 1 | 20 | 20.0 | 20 | 0 |
| Ben Watson | 4 | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 |
| Sammy Morris | 1 | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 |
| Jabar Gaffney | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| Sam Aiken | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Dave Thomas | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |||||
| Lawrence Timmons | 1 | 89 | 89.0 | 89 | 0 |
| Troy Polamalu | 1 | 23 | 23.0 | 23 | 0 |
| New England Patriots | |||||
| Mike Vrabel | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |||||
| Mitch Berger | 3 | 115 | 38.3 | 39 | 0 |
| New England Patriots | |||||
| Chris Hanson | 4 | 173 | 43.3 | 55 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh Steelers | ||||||
| Santonio Holmes | 1 | 1 | 29 | 29.0 | 29 | 0 |
| Mewelde Moore | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| New England Patriots | ||||||
| Wes Welker | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 |
| KICKOFFS | NO | YDS | AVG | TB |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh Steelers | ||||
| Jeff Reed | 8 | 465 | 58.1 | 0 |
| New England Patriots | ||||
| Stephen Gostkowski | 3 | 191 | 63.7 | 0 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh Steelers | ||||||
| Carey Davis | 2 | 34 | 17.0 | 20 | 0 | |
| Gary Russell | 1 | 31 | 31.0 | 31 | 0 | |
| New England Patriots | ||||||
| Ellis Hobbs | 4 | 91 | 22.8 | 40 | 0 | |
| Matt Slater | 2 | 14 | 7.0 | 14 | 0 | |
| Stephen Neal | 1 | 27 | 27.0 | 27 | 0 | |
| Kevin Faulk | 1 | 25 | 25.0 | 25 | 0 | |
| SACKS | NO | YDS |
|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh Steelers | ||
| James Harrison | 2.0 | 8.0 |
| Casey Hampton | 1.0 | 6.0 |
| Lamarr Woodley | 1.0 | 3.0 |
| James Farrior | 0.5 | 3.5 |
| Aaron Smith | 0.5 | 3.5 |
| New England Patriots | ||
| Ellis Hobbs | 0.5 | 3.5 |
| Richard Seymour | 0.5 | 3.5 |
| DEFENSE | TKL | TFL | QH | PD | FF | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh Steelers | ||||||
| James Harrison | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| James Farrior | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ryan Clark | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| William Gay | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Lamarr Woodley | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Aaron Smith | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Lawrence Timmons | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Troy Polamalu | 5 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| Chris Hoke | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Larry Foote | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Anthony Madison | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Travis Kirschke | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Casey Hampton | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Patrick Bailey | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nick Eason | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Deshea Townsend | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Keyaron Fox | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Andre Frazier | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jared Retkofsky | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Anthony Smith | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Willie Parker | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Carey Davis | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Gary Russell | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Orpheus Roye | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Ike Taylor | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| New England Patriots | ||||||
| Brandon Meriweather | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tedy Bruschi | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| James Sanders | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jerod Mayo | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ellis Hobbs | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Gary Guyton | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Lewis Sanders | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Vince Wilfork | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mike Wright | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Pierre Woods | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Deltha O'Neal | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Le Kevin Smith | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mike Richardson | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Vince Redd | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Richard Seymour | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mike Vrabel | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Matt Cassel | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ben Watson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jason Webster | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Stephen Gostkowski | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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