| AFC Wild Card Playoff - Pittsburgh Steelers at Denver Broncos Game Statistics |
| Date: January 8, 2012 Location: Denver, CO |
| Venue: Sports Authority Field Attendance: 75970 |
| Weather: Clear Temp: 45 F Humidty: 40% Wind: 16 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | OT | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit LionsDET | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 28 | |
| New Orleans SaintsNO | 0 | 10 | 14 | 21 | 45 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | PIT | DEN |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pittsburgh SteelersPIT | Shaun Suisham 45 FG | 3 | 0 |
| 1 | Pittsburgh SteelersPIT | Shaun Suisham 38 FG | 6 | 0 |
| 2 | Denver BroncosDEN | Eddie Royal 30 pass from Tim Tebow (Matt Prater kick) | 6 | 7 |
| 2 | Denver BroncosDEN | Tim Tebow 8 run (Matt Prater kick) | 6 | 14 |
| 2 | Denver BroncosDEN | Matt Prater 20 FG | 6 | 17 |
| 2 | Denver BroncosDEN | Matt Prater 28 FG | 6 | 20 |
| 3 | Pittsburgh SteelersPIT | Mike Wallace 1 run (Shaun Suisham kick) | 13 | 20 |
| 4 | Denver BroncosDEN | Matt Prater 35 FG | 13 | 23 |
| 4 | Pittsburgh SteelersPIT | Shaun Suisham 37 FG | 16 | 23 |
| 4 | Pittsburgh SteelersPIT | Jerricho Cotchery 31 pass from Ben Roethlisberger (Shaun Suisham kick) | 23 | 23 |
| 5 | Denver BroncosDEN | Demaryius Thomas 80 pass from Tim Tebow | 23 | 29 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh Steelers | ||
| Offense | ||
| 17 | WR | Mike Wallace |
| 78 | LOT | Max Starks |
| 68 | LOG | Chris Kemoeatu |
| 64 | C | Doug Legursky |
| 73 | ROG | Ramon Foster |
| 77 | ROT | Marcus Gilbert |
| 83 | TE | Heath Miller |
| 82 | TE | Weslye Saunders |
| 7 | QB | Ben Roethlisberger |
| 33 | RB | Isaac Redman |
| 85 | FB | David Johnson |
| Defense | ||
| 96 | LDE | Ziggy Hood |
| 98 | NT | Casey Hampton |
| 99 | RDE | Brett Keisel |
| 56 | LOLB | LaMarr Woodley |
| 51 | LILB | James Farrior |
| 94 | RILB | Lawrence Timmons |
| 92 | ROLB | James Harrison |
| 22 | LCB | William Gay |
| 43 | SS | Troy Polamalu |
| 29 | FS | Ryan Mundy |
| 24 | RCB | Ike Taylor |
| Denver Broncos | ||
| Offense | ||
| 87 | WR | Eric Decker |
| 19 | WR | Eddie Royal |
| 88 | WR | Demaryius Thomas |
| 78 | LOT | Ryan Clady |
| 68 | LOG | Zane Beadles |
| 50 | C | J.D. Walton |
| 71 | ROG | Russ Hochstein |
| 74 | ROT | Orlando Franklin |
| 86 | TE | Daniel Fells |
| 15 | QB | Tim Tebow |
| 23 | RB | Willis McGahee |
| Defense | ||
| 91 | LDE | Robert Ayers |
| 79 | DT | Marcus Thomas |
| 77 | NT | Brodrick Bunkley |
| 92 | RDE | Elvis Dumervil |
| 58 | SLB | Von Miller |
| 51 | MLB | Joe Mays |
| 55 | WLB | D.J. Williams |
| 24 | LCB | Champ Bailey |
| 28 | SS | Quinton Carter |
| 30 | FS | David Bruton |
| 21 | RCB | Andre' Goodman |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |||||
| Isaac Redman | 17 | 121 | 7.1 | 32 | 0 |
| Antonio Brown | 1 | 18 | 18.0 | 18 | 0 |
| Ben Roethlisberger | 3 | 15 | 5.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Mike Wallace | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1t | 1 |
| John Clay | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| Denver Broncos | |||||
| Willis McGahee | 19 | 61 | 3.2 | 11 | 0 |
| Tim Tebow | 10 | 50 | 5.0 | 11 | 1 |
| Lance Ball | 4 | 11 | 2.8 | 5 | 0 |
| Eric Decker | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |||||||||||
| Ben Roethlisberger | 40 | 22 | 55.0 | 1 | 289 | 7.2 | 33 | 1 | 5 | 45 | 107.2 |
| Denver Broncos | |||||||||||
| Tim Tebow | 21 | 10 | 47.6 | 0 | 316 | 15.0 | 80tt | 2 | 0 | 0 | 133.4 |
| RECEIVING | TAR | REC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh Steelers | ||||||
| Emmanuel Sanders | 8 | 6 | 81 | 13.5 | 18 | 0 |
| Antonio Brown | 7 | 5 | 70 | 14.0 | 25 | 0 |
| Heath Miller | 7 | 5 | 60 | 12.0 | 33 | 0 |
| Mike Wallace | 10 | 3 | 26 | 8.7 | 17 | 0 |
| Isaac Redman | 2 | 2 | 21 | 10.5 | 12 | 0 |
| Jerricho Cotchery | 2 | 1 | 31 | 31.0 | 31t | 1 |
| David Johnson | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Hines Ward | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Denver Broncos | ||||||
| Demaryius Thomas | 7 | 4 | 204 | 51.0 | 80t | 1 |
| Eddie Royal | 7 | 3 | 49 | 16.3 | 30t | 1 |
| Daniel Fells | 2 | 2 | 57 | 28.5 | 40 | 0 |
| Lance Ball | 2 | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| Eric Decker | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Dante Rosario | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Matt Willis | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |||||
| Denver Broncos | |||||
| Quinton Carter | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |||||
| Ben Graham | 3 | 127 | 42.3 | 48 | 0 |
| Denver Broncos | |||||
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh Steelers | ||||||
| Antonio Brown | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Denver Broncos | ||||||
| Eddie Royal | 3 | 1 | 27 | 9.0 | 18 | 0 |
| KICKOFFS | NO | YDS | AVG | TB |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh Steelers | ||||
| Jason Hanson | 5 | 300 | 60.0 | 2 |
| Denver Broncos | ||||
| Thomas Morstead | 7 | 452 | 64.6 | 5 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh Steelers | ||||||
| Denver Broncos | ||||||
| Matt Willis | 1 | 0 | 19 | 19.0 | 19 | 0 |
| SACKS | NO | YDS |
|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh Steelers | ||
| Denver Broncos | ||
| Robert Ayers | 2.0 | 24.0 |
| Elvis Dumervil | 1.0 | 11.0 |
| Brodrick Bunkley | 1.0 | 6.0 |
| Von Miller | 1.0 | 4.0 |
| DEFENSE | TKL | TFL | QH | PD | FF | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh Steelers | ||||||
| Emmanuel Sanders | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ike Taylor | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Lawrence Timmons | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ryan Mundy | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| William Gay | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Ziggy Hood | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Cam Heyward | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Troy Polamalu | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| James Farrior | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| James Harrison | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Steve McLendon | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| LaMarr Woodley | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jason Worilds | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Larry Foote | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Keenan Lewis | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Stevenson Sylvester | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Denver Broncos | ||||||
| Dante Rosario | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| David Bruton | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Joe Mays | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| D.J. Williams | 5 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Quinton Carter | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Chris Harris | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Robert Ayers | 3 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Von Miller | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Champ Bailey | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Andre' Goodman | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Brodrick Bunkley | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Elvis Dumervil | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Rafael Bush | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jason Hunter | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Marcus Thomas | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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