National Football League
BOXSCORE | PLAY-BY-PLAY | RECAP
New England 28, Pittsburgh 21
When: 8:30 PM ET, Thursday, September 10, 2015
Where: Gillette Stadium, Foxborough, Massachusetts
Temperature: 65°
Head Official: Carl Cheffers
Attendance: 66829
Final Scoring Summary
 
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Pittsburgh 0381021
New England 0147728
SCORING
Scoring Summary
2nd Quarter - 11:11
New England TD New England 7 - Pittsburgh 0
Rob Gronkowski 16 yd. pass from Tom Brady (Stephen Gostkowski kick)
2nd Quarter - 4:01
New England TD New England 14 - Pittsburgh 0
Rob Gronkowski 6 yd. pass from Tom Brady (Stephen Gostkowski kick)
2nd Quarter - 0:03
Pittsburgh FG New England 14 - Pittsburgh 3
Josh Scobee 44 yd. field goal
3rd Quarter - 10:37
New England TD New England 21 - Pittsburgh 3
Scott Chandler 1 yd. pass from Tom Brady (Stephen Gostkowski kick)
3rd Quarter - 6:43
Pittsburgh TD New England 21 - Pittsburgh 11
Will Johnson 1 yd. run (Markus Wheaton pass from Ben Roethlisberger)
4th Quarter - 11:39
Pittsburgh FG New England 21 - Pittsburgh 14
Josh Scobee 24 yd. field goal
4th Quarter - 9:20
New England TD New England 28 - Pittsburgh 14
Rob Gronkowski 1 yd. pass from Tom Brady (Stephen Gostkowski kick)
4th Quarter - 0:02
Pittsburgh TD New England 28 - Pittsburgh 21
Antonio Brown 11 yd. pass from Ben Roethlisberger (Josh Scobee kick)
TEAMS
Team Stats
  Pittsburgh New England
1st Downs 23 26
Rushing 7 5
Passing 15 19
Penalty 1 2
3rd Down Conversions 7-15 7-11
4th Down Conversions 2-2 0-0
Punts-Average 2-43.5 4-47.8
Return Yards 25 9
Punts-Returns 1-3 1-1
Kickoffs-Returns 1-22 1-8
Int - Returns 0-0 1-0
Penalties-Yards 8-77 7-64
Fumbles-Lost 0-0 1-0
Time of Possession 32:05 27:55
Total Net Yards 464 361
Total Plays 66 58
Average Gain 7.0 6.2
Net Yards Rushing 134 80
Rushes 25 24
Average/Rush 5.4 3.3
Net Yards Passing 330 281
Comp-Att 26-38 25-32
Yards/Pass 8.0 8.3
Sacked-Yards Lost 3-21 2-7
Had Intercepted 1 0
Touchdowns 2 4
Rushing 1 0
Passing 1 4
Other 0 0
Extra Points 2-2 4-4
Field Goals 2-4 0-0
Red Zone Efficiency 2-3-67% 4-4-100%
Goal To Go Efficiency 1-2-50% 3-3-100%
Safeties 0 0
PLAYER STATS
Pittsburgh Steelers (0-1)
Passing
  COMP/ATT YDS TD INT
B. Roethlisberger 26/38 351 1 1
A. Brown 0/0 0 0 0
New England Patriots (1-0)
Passing
  COMP/ATT YDS TD INT
T. Brady 25/32 288 4 0
Rushing
  ATT YDS AVG TD LG
D. Williams 21 127 6.0 0 28
W. Johnson 4 7 1.8 1 6
Rushing
  ATT YDS AVG TD LG
D. Lewis 15 69 4.6 0 13
J. Edelman 1 9 9.0 0 9
B. Bolden 5 1 0.2 0 3
T. Brady 3 1 0.3 0 2
Receiving
  TAR REC YDS AVG TD LG
A. Brown 11 9 133 14.8 1 37
H. Miller 11 8 84 10.5 0 18
D. Heyward-Bey 7 4 58 14.5 0 43
M. Wheaton 7 3 55 18.3 0 26
T. Murphy 1 1 16 16.0 0 16
D. Williams 1 1 5 5.0 0 5
Receiving
  TAR REC YDS AVG TD LG
J. Edelman 12 11 97 8.8 0 14
R. Gronkowski 8 5 94 18.8 3 52
D. Lewis 5 4 51 12.8 0 19
D. Amendola 3 2 24 12.0 0 18
B. Bolden 2 1 12 12.0 0 12
A. Dobson 1 1 9 9.0 0 9
S. Chandler 1 1 1 1.0 1 1
Interceptions
  NO. YDS TD
No interceptions
Interceptions
  NO. YDS TD
D. Harmon 1 0 0
Sacks
  NO. YDS
W. Allen 1.0 7.0
A. Dupree 1.0 0.0
Sacks
  NO. YDS
M. Brown 1.0 8.0
J. Sheard 1.0 7.0
D. Hightower 1.0 6.0
Tackles
  Tk Ast
W. Allen 8 0
R. Shazier 5 2
W. Gay 4 0
M. Mitchell 3 1
C. Allen 3 3
A. Dupree 2 0
A. Blake 2 1
L. Timmons 2 1
J. Harrison 2 2
D. McCullers 1 0
C. Thomas 1 0
R. Golden 1 1
S. McLendon 1 1
C. Heyward 1 3
J. Jones 0 1
S. Thomas 0 1
S. Tuitt 0 1
Tackles
  Tk Ast
D. Hightower 6 2
B. Fletcher 4 2
R. Ninkovich 3 1
M. Butler 3 2
D. McCourty 3 2
J. Collins 3 3
J. Sheard 2 1
D. Harmon 2 1
T. Brown 2 2
P. Chung 2 3
J. Mayo 1 1
M. Brown 1 1
A. Branch 1 1
S. Siliga 1 2
C. Jones 1 2
J. Freeny 0 1
G. Grissom 0 1
Tackles For Loss
  NO.
R. Shazier 2.0
W. Gay 1.0
W. Allen 1.0
Tackles For Loss
  NO.
J. Sheard 1.0
D. Hightower 1.0
M. Brown 1.0
C. Jones 1.0
T. Brown 1.0
Fumbles
  NO.
No fumbles
Fumbles
  NO.
D. Lewis 1