National Football League
BOXSCORE | RECAP
Pittsburgh 29, Buffalo 24
When: 1:00 PM ET, Sunday, January 2, 2005
Where: Ralph Wilson Stadium, Orchard Park, New York
Temperature: 52°
Head Official: Terry McAulay
Attendance: 73414
Final Scoring Summary
 
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Pittsburgh 10601329
Buffalo 737724
SCORING
Scoring Summary
1st Quarter - 10:44
Pittsburgh FG Buffalo 0 - Pittsburgh 3
Jeff Reed 22 yd. field goal
1st Quarter - 6:14
Buffalo TD Buffalo 7 - Pittsburgh 3
Willis McGahee 3 yd. run (Rian Lindell kick)
1st Quarter - 3:28
Pittsburgh TD Buffalo 7 - Pittsburgh 10
Antwaan Randle El 16 yd. pass from Tommy Maddox (Jeff Reed kick)
2nd Quarter - 13:39
Pittsburgh FG Buffalo 7 - Pittsburgh 13
Jeff Reed 21 yd. field goal
2nd Quarter - 4:22
Pittsburgh FG Buffalo 7 - Pittsburgh 16
Jeff Reed 31 yd. field goal
2nd Quarter - 0:03
Buffalo FG Buffalo 10 - Pittsburgh 16
Rian Lindell 37 yd. field goal
3rd Quarter - 12:31
Buffalo TD Buffalo 17 - Pittsburgh 16
Nate Clements 30 yd. interception return (Rian Lindell kick)
4th Quarter - 14:49
Pittsburgh FG Buffalo 17 - Pittsburgh 19
Jeff Reed 37 yd. field goal
4th Quarter - 13:24
Pittsburgh TD Buffalo 17 - Pittsburgh 26
James Harrison 18 yd. fumble recovery (Jeff Reed kick)
4th Quarter - 2:23
Pittsburgh FG Buffalo 17 - Pittsburgh 29
Jeff Reed 33 yd. field goal
4th Quarter - 1:18
Buffalo TD Buffalo 24 - Pittsburgh 29
Willis McGahee 1 yd. run (Rian Lindell kick)
TEAMS
Team Stats
  Pittsburgh Buffalo
1st Downs 15 16
Rushing 8 8
Passing 5 6
Penalty 2 2
3rd Down Conversions 8-19 2-12
4th Down Conversions 1-1 1-1
Punts-Average 3-46.0 6-44.7
Return Yards 99 198
Punts-Returns 2-31 2-3
Kickoffs-Returns 4-67 7-149
Int-Returns 1-1 2-46
Penalties-Yards 7-40 12-108
Fumbles-Lost 2-1 3-2
Time of Possession 35:03 24:57
Total Net Yards 262 267
Total Plays 70 54
Average Gain 3.7 4.9
Net Yards Rushing 157 96
Rushes 43 21
Average/Rush 3.7 4.6
Net Yards Passing 105 171
Comp-Att 12-25 16-30
Yards/Pass 3.9 5.2
Sacked-Yards Lost 2-15 3-18
Had Intercepted 2 1
Touchdowns 2 3
Rushing 0 2
Passing 1 0
Other 1 1
Extra Points 2-2 3-3
Field Goals 5-5 1-2
Red Zone Efficiency 1-6-17% 2-3-67%
Goal To Go Efficiency 0-3-0% 2-2-100%
Safeties 0 0
PLAYER STATS
Pittsburgh Steelers (0-0)
Passing
  COMP/ATT YDS TD INT
T. Maddox 12/24 120 1 2
B. St. Pierre 0/1 0 0 0
Buffalo Bills (0-0)
Passing
  COMP/ATT YDS TD INT
D. Bledsoe 16/30 189 0 1
Rushing
  ATT YDS AVG TD LG
W. Parker 19 102 5.4 0 58
V. Haynes 8 22 2.8 0 11
D. Staley 8 21 2.6 0 5
D. Kreider 3 13 4.3 0 6
T. Maddox 1 2 2.0 0 2
B. St. Pierre 4 -3 -0.8 0 2
Rushing
  ATT YDS AVG TD LG
W. McGahee 18 79 4.4 2 20
L. Evans 1 15 15.0 0 15
S. Williams 1 2 2.0 0 2
D. Bledsoe 1 0 0.0 0 0
Receiving
  REC YDS AVG TD LG
A. Randle El 7 81 11.6 1 23
L. Mays 1 24 24.0 0 24
H. Ward 2 11 5.5 0 6
W. Parker 2 4 2.0 0 5
Receiving
  REC YDS AVG TD LG
L. Evans 2 63 31.5 0 56
S. Aiken 4 52 13.0 0 21
E. Moulds 4 37 9.2 0 12
R. Neufeld 3 15 5.0 0 7
R. Trafford 1 10 10.0 0 10
W. McGahee 1 7 7.0 0 7
D. Shelton 1 5 5.0 0 5
Interceptions
  NO. YDS TD
L. Foote 1 1 0
Interceptions
  NO. YDS TD
N. Clements 1 30 1
T. Spikes 1 16 0
Sacks
  NO. YDS
R. Colclough 1.5 8.5
T. Polamalu 1.0 7.0
C. Kriewaldt 0.5 2.5
Sacks
  NO. YDS
P. Williams 1.0 10.0
R. Denney 1.0 5.0
Tackles
  TK AST
R. Stuvaints 4 0
T. Carter 4 0
C. Scott 4 1
I. Taylor 4 2
K. Clancy 3 0
W. Williams 3 0
L. Foote 3 1
K. Von Oelhoffen 2 0
C. Kriewaldt 2 1
R. Colclough 2 1
J. Farrior 1 0
J. Harrison 1 0
B. Keisel 1 0
A. Jackson 1 0
T. Polamalu 1 1
C. Hope 1 2
Tackles
  TK AST
P. Williams 8 4
N. Clements 7 0
A. Schobel 6 2
L. Fletcher 6 4
T. McGee 4 0
L. Milloy 4 1
S. Adams 3 1
T. Vincent 3 6
R. Denney 2 0
T. Spikes 2 4
J. Greer 1 0
Fumbles
  NO.
H. Ward 1
A. Randle El 1
Fumbles
  NO.
N. Clements 1
D. Bledsoe 2