2005 Pittsburgh Steelers (NFL) |
| 2nd place • American Football Conference • North Division • 11-5-0 .688 |
| SCORES | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Day | Date | Opponent | Score | Location | Venue | Attendance | |||
| AFC Wild Card Playoff | |||||||||
| Sun | 1/8/2006 | A | Cincinnati Bengals | 31-17 | W | Cincinnati, OH | Paul Brown Stadium | 65870 | |
| AFC Divisional Playoff | |||||||||
| Sun | 1/15/2006 | A | Indianapolis Colts | 21-18 | W | Indianapolis, IN | RCA Dome | 57449 | |
| AFC Championship | |||||||||
| Sun | 1/22/2006 | A | Denver Broncos | 34-17 | W | Denver, CO | INVESCO Field | 76775 | |
| Super Bowl XL | |||||||||
| Sun | 2/5/2006 | H | Seattle Seahawks | 21-10 | W | Detroit, MI | Ford Field | 68206 | |
| ROSTER | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | No | Pos | Ht | Wt | Age | College | GP | GS |
| Jerome Bettis | 36 | RB | 5-11 | 252 | 33 | Notre Dame | 4 | 0 |
| Barrett Brooks | 72 | OT | 6-4 | 319 | 33 | Kansas State | 4 | 0 |
| Tyrone Carter | 23 | S | 5-8 | 192 | 29 | Minnesota | 4 | 0 |
| Ricardo Colclough | 21 | CB | 5-11 | 192 | 23 | Kilgore JC; Tusculum | 4 | 0 |
| Alan Faneca | 66 | LOG | 6-5 | 309 | 29 | Louisiana State | 4 | 4 |
| James Farrior | 51 | LILB | 6-2 | 243 | 30 | Virginia | 4 | 4 |
| Larry Foote | 50 | RILB | 6-0 | 237 | 25 | Michigan | 4 | 4 |
| Andre Frazier | 45/94 | LB | 6-5 | 247 | 23 | Cincinnati | 3 | 0 |
| Chris Gardocki | 17 | P | 6-1 | 197 | 35 | Clemson | 4 | 0 |
| Clark Haggans | 53 | LOLB | 6-3 | 245 | 28 | Colorado State | 4 | 4 |
| Casey Hampton | 98 | NT | 6-1 | 323 | 28 | Texas | 4 | 4 |
| James Harrison | 92 | LB | 6-0 | 242 | 27 | Kent State | 2 | 0 |
| Jeff Hartings | 64 | C | 6-3 | 292 | 33 | Penn State | 4 | 4 |
| Verron Haynes | 34 | RB | 5-9 | 223 | 26 | Western Kentucky; Georgia | 4 | 0 |
| Chris Hoke | 76 | DT | 6-3 | 302 | 29 | Brigham Young | 4 | 0 |
| Chris Hope | 28 | FS | 5-11 | 207 | 25 | Florida State | 4 | 4 |
| Chidi Iwuoma | 29 | CB | 5-8 | 183 | 27 | California | 4 | 0 |
| Brett Keisel | 99 | DE | 6-5 | 284 | 27 | Brigham Young; Snow JC; Brigham Young | 4 | 0 |
| Travis Kirschke | 90 | DE | 6-3 | 293 | 31 | UCLA | 4 | 0 |
| Dan Kreider | 35 | FB | 5-11 | 251 | 28 | New Hampshire | 4 | 4 |
| Clint Kriewaldt | 57 | LB | 6-1 | 242 | 29 | Wisconsin-Stevens Point | 4 | 0 |
| Mike Logan | 31 | S | 6-1 | 210 | 31 | West Virginia | 4 | 0 |
| Tommy Maddox | 8 | QB | 6-4 | 219 | 34 | UCLA | 1 | 0 |
| Bryant McFadden | 20 | CB | 6-0 | 190 | 24 | Florida State | 4 | 0 |
| Heath Miller | 83 | TE | 6-5 | 256 | 23 | Virginia | 4 | 4 |
| Sean Morey | 81 | WR | 5-11 | 196 | 29 | Brown | 4 | 0 |
| Quincy Morgan | 11 | WR | 6-1 | 212 | 28 | Blinn JC; Kansas State | 1 | 0 |
| Chukky Okobi | 56 | C | 6-1 | 308 | 27 | Purdue | 4 | 0 |
| Willie Parker | 39 | HB | 5-10 | 209 | 25 | North Carolina | 4 | 4 |
| Troy Polamalu | 43 | SS | 5-10 | 209 | 24 | Southern California | 4 | 4 |
| Joey Porter | 55 | ROLB | 6-2 | 249 | 28 | Colorado State | 4 | 4 |
| Antwaan Randle El | 82 | WR | 5-10 | 189 | 26 | Indiana | 4 | 4 |
| Jeff Reed | 3 | K | 5-11 | 224 | 26 | North Carolina | 4 | 0 |
| Ben Roethlisberger | 7 | QB | 6-5 | 241 | 23 | Miami (Ohio) | 4 | 4 |
| Kendall Simmons | 73 | ROG | 6-3 | 315 | 26 | Auburn | 4 | 4 |
| Aaron Smith | 91 | LDE | 6-5 | 295 | 29 | Northern Colorado | 4 | 4 |
| Marvel Smith | 77 | LOT | 6-5 | 317 | 27 | Arizona State | 4 | 4 |
| Max Starks | 78 | ROT | 6-8 | 340 | 23 | Florida | 4 | 4 |
| Ike Taylor | 24 | LCB | 6-1 | 193 | 25 | Louisiana-Lafayette | 4 | 4 |
| Deshea Townsend | 26 | RCB | 5-10 | 187 | 30 | Alabama | 4 | 4 |
| Jerame Tuman | 84 | TE | 6-3 | 256 | 29 | Michigan | 4 | 0 |
| Kimo Von Oelhoffen | 67 | RDE | 6-3 | 301 | 34 | Hawaii; Walla Walla CC; Boise State | 4 | 4 |
| Rian Wallace | 54 | LB | 6-2 | 243 | 23 | Temple | 2 | 0 |
| Hines Ward | 86 | WR | 6-0 | 203 | 29 | Georgia | 4 | 4 |
| Greg Warren | 60 | C | 6-3 | 252 | 24 | North Carolina | 4 | 0 |
| Nate Washington | 85 | WR | 6-1 | 183 | 22 | Tiffin | 3 | 0 |
| Cedrick Wilson | 80 | WR | 5-10 | 182 | 27 | Tennessee | 4 | 0 |
| SCORING BY QUARTERS | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 20 | 35 | 28 | 13 | 107 |
| Opponents Totals | 10 | 20 | 14 | 29 | 62 |
| TEAM STATS | TOP | 1ST DOWNS | FDR | FDP | FDX | 3RD DOWN EFFICIENCY | 4TH DOWN EFFICIENCY | PEN | PENY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 31:44 | 80 | 29 | 46 | 5 | 27/58 46.6% | 3/4 75.0% | 6 | 39 |
| Opponents Totals | 28:17 | 64 | 19 | 40 | 5 | 25/55 45.5% | 3/6 50.0% | 23 | 197 |
| SCORING | TD | X1 | X1A | PCT | X2 | X2A | FG | FGA | PCT | SAF | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jeff Reed | 0 | 14 | 14 | 100.0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 100.0 | 0 | 23 |
| Jerome Bettis | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||
| Hines Ward | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||
| Willie Parker | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Ben Roethlisberger | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Cedrick Wilson | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Heath Miller | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Antwaan Randle El | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Team Totals | 12 | 12 | 12 | 100.0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 100.0 | 0 | 107 |
| Opponents Totals | 9 | 8 | 8 | 100.0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 57.1 | 0 | 62 |
| FIELD GOALS | MADE | ATT | PCT | 1-19 | 20-29 | 30-39 | 40-49 | 50+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jeff Reed | 3 | 3 | 100.0 | 0/0 | 1/1 | 0/0 | 2/2 | 0/0 |
| OWN | 3 | 3 | 100.0 | 0/0 | 1/1 | 0/0 | 2/2 | 0/0 |
| OPP | 4 | 7 | 57.1 | 0/0 | 3/3 | 0/0 | 1/2 | 0/2 |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Willie Parker | 57 | 225 | 3.9 | 75t | 1 |
| Jerome Bettis | 56 | 180 | 3.2 | 25 | 3 |
| Verron Haynes | 6 | 56 | 9.3 | 26 | 0 |
| Ben Roethlisberger | 19 | 37 | 1.9 | 10 | 2 |
| Hines Ward | 2 | 22 | 11.0 | 18 | 0 |
| Antwaan Randle El | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Dan Kreider | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 134 | 483 | 3.6 | 26 | 4 |
| Opponents Totals | 88 | 420 | 4.8 | 75t | 5 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INC | YDS | Y/ATT | Y/COM | LG | TD | TD% | INT | INT% | TS | YL | NYP | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ben Roethlisberger | 93 | 58 | 62.4 | 32 | 803 | 8.6 | 13.8 | 54 | 7 | 7.5 | 3 | 3.2 | 6 | 35 | 768 | 101.7 |
| Antwaan Randle El | 2 | 1 | 50.0 | 1 | 43 | 21.5 | 43.0 | 43t | 1 | 50.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 43 | 135.4 |
| Jerome Bettis | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 | ||
| Team Totals | 123 | 75 | 61.0 | 46 | 953 | 7.7 | 12.7 | 54 | 8 | 6.5 | 2 | 1.6 | 8 | 41 | 912 | 100.1 |
| Opponents Totals | 131 | 75 | 57.3 | 50 | 942 | 7.2 | 12.6 | 66 | 4 | 3.1 | 6 | 4.6 | 13 | 83 | 859 | 70.8 |
| RECEIVING | TAR | REC | PCT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hines Ward | 30 | 15 | 50.0 | 260 | 17.3 | 45 | 3 |
| Antwaan Randle El | 18 | 12 | 66.7 | 119 | 9.9 | 20 | 1 |
| Cedrick Wilson | 13 | 9 | 69.2 | 216 | 24.0 | 54 | 2 |
| Willie Parker | 11 | 10 | 90.9 | 81 | 8.1 | 19t | 1 |
| Heath Miller | 8 | 7 | 87.5 | 107 | 15.3 | 36 | 1 |
| Verron Haynes | 6 | 3 | 50.0 | 22 | 7.3 | 14 | 0 |
| Jerame Tuman | 4 | 2 | 50.0 | 28 | 14.0 | 19 | 0 |
| Nate Washington | 3 | 1 | 33.3 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 |
| Jerome Bettis | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Team Totals | 94 | 75 | 79.8 | 953 | 12.7 | 54 | 8 |
| Opponents Totals | 154 | 75 | 48.7 | 942 | 12.6 | 4 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ike Taylor | 2 | 25 | 12.5 | 24 | 0 |
| James Farrior | 1 | 22 | 22.0 | 22 | 0 |
| Larry Foote | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 |
| Troy Polamalu | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Chris Hope | 0 | 5 | 5 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 6 | 122 | 20.3 | 76 | 0 |
| Opponents Totals | 2 | 29 | 14.5 | 24 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL | TB | I20 | RYDS | NYDS | NET |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chris Gardocki | 18 | 789 | 43.8 | 60 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 40 | 669 | 37.2 |
| Team Totals | 18 | 798 | 44.3 | 57 | 0 | 7 | 6 | 45 | 613 | 34.1 |
| Opponents Totals | 17 | 782 | 46.0 | 60 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 111 | 651 | 38.3 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Antwaan Randle El | 10 | 2 | 116 | 11.6 | 20 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 12 | 2 | 111 | 9.3 | 20 | 0 |
| Opponents Totals | 6 | 3 | 45 | 7.5 | 20 | 0 |
| KICKOFFS | NO | YDS | AVG | OB | TB | OSA | OSR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jeff Reed | 21 | 1280 | 61.0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 21 | 1280 | 61.0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Opponents Totals | 15 | 1034 | 68.9 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ike Taylor | 5 | 0 | 111 | 22.2 | 36 | 0 |
| Ricardo Colclough | 4 | 0 | 83 | 20.8 | 22 | 0 |
| Quincy Morgan | 2 | 0 | 40 | 20.0 | 20 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 13 | 0 | 262 | 20.2 | 36 | 0 |
| Opponents Totals | 16 | 0 | 343 | 21.4 | 47 | 0 |
| SACKS | NO | YDS |
|---|---|---|
| Joey Porter | 3.0 | 17.5 |
| James Farrior | 2.5 | 22.0 |
| Brett Keisel | 2.0 | 10.0 |
| Clark Haggans | 1.5 | 8.5 |
| Kimo Von Oelhoffen | 1.0 | 8.0 |
| Casey Hampton | 1.0 | 5.0 |
| Deshea Townsend | 1.0 | 5.0 |
| Chris Hoke | 1.0 | 2.0 |
| Larry Foote | 0.5 | 4.5 |
| Troy Polamalu | 0.5 | 2.5 |
| (Team) | 1.0 | 4.0 |
| Team Totals | 13.0 | 83.0 |
| Opponents Totals | 8.0 | 41.0 |
| FUMBLES | NO | LOST | OWN | OPP | REC | YDS | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jerome Bettis | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Casey Hampton | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Travis Kirschke | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Willie Parker | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Opponents Totals | 5 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 16 | 0 |
| DEFENSE | TKL | TT | TA | DT | DA | STT | STA | MT | MA | PD | QH | TFL | FF | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Larry Foote | 24 | 16 | 8 | 16 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Troy Polamalu | 24 | 15 | 9 | 15 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| James Farrior | 22 | 17 | 5 | 17 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ike Taylor | 20 | 17 | 3 | 17 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Clark Haggans | 18 | 14 | 4 | 14 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tyrone Carter | 17 | 16 | 1 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Deshea Townsend | 17 | 14 | 3 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Chris Hope | 14 | 9 | 5 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Joey Porter | 12 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Brett Keisel | 9 | 8 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Aaron Smith | 9 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bryant McFadden | 8 | 8 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Casey Hampton | 7 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Kimo Von Oelhoffen | 5 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Andre Frazier | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Chidi Iwuoma | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Sean Morey | 4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Mike Logan | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Chris Hoke | 4 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| James Harrison | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Clint Kriewaldt | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Antwaan Randle El | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Travis Kirschke | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ricardo Colclough | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ben Roethlisberger | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Kendall Simmons | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Willie Parker | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jerame Tuman | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Rian Wallace | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 247 | 188 | 59 | 160 | 51 | 24 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 23 | 17 | 2 | 0 | |
| Opponents Totals | 260 | 188 | 72 | 160 | 69 | 21 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 16 | 18 | 2 | 0 |
| PENALTIES | Called | Declined | Accepted | Yards | Nullified Yards | First Downs | Stalled Drives |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jerome Bettis | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| James Farrior | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Larry Foote | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Chris Gardocki | 3 | 0 | 3 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Heath Miller | 2 | 0 | 2 | 15 | 5 | 0 | 1 |
| Troy Polamalu | 1 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Joey Porter | 1 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Antwaan Randle El | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Aaron Smith | 2 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Marvel Smith | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Max Starks | 2 | 0 | 2 | 15 | 5 | 0 | 1 |
| Ike Taylor | 1 | 0 | 1 | 22 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Deshea Townsend | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Hines Ward | 2 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 12 | 0 | 1 |
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