National Football League
BOXSCORE | RECAP
Pittsburgh 24, San Diego 22
When: 9:00 PM ET, Monday, October 10, 2005
Where: Qualcomm Stadium, San Diego, California
Temperature: 64°
Head Official: Jeff Triplette
Attendance: 68537
Final Scoring Summary
 
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Pittsburgh 01401024
San Diego 076922
SCORING
Scoring Summary
2nd Quarter - 9:14
Pittsburgh TD San Diego 0 - Pittsburgh 7
Ben Roethlisberger 7 yd. run (Jeff Reed kick)
2nd Quarter - 1:37
Pittsburgh TD San Diego 0 - Pittsburgh 14
Jerome Bettis 1 yd. run (Jeff Reed kick)
2nd Quarter - 0:34
San Diego TD San Diego 7 - Pittsburgh 14
Antonio Gates 11 yd. pass from Drew Brees (Nate Kaeding kick)
3rd Quarter - 9:42
San Diego FG San Diego 10 - Pittsburgh 14
Nate Kaeding 34 yd. field goal
3rd Quarter - 3:54
San Diego FG San Diego 13 - Pittsburgh 14
Nate Kaeding 32 yd. field goal
4th Quarter - 11:41
San Diego FG San Diego 16 - Pittsburgh 14
Nate Kaeding 41 yd. field goal
4th Quarter - 10:30
Pittsburgh TD San Diego 16 - Pittsburgh 21
Heath Miller 16 yd. pass from Ben Roethlisberger (Jeff Reed kick)
4th Quarter - 4:42
San Diego TD San Diego 22 - Pittsburgh 21
LaDainian Tomlinson 2 yd. run (run failed)
4th Quarter - 0:06
Pittsburgh FG San Diego 22 - Pittsburgh 24
Jeff Reed 40 yd. field goal
TEAMS
Team Stats
  Pittsburgh San Diego
1st Downs 25 20
Rushing 9 4
Passing 11 12
Penalty 5 4
3rd Down Conversions 4-10 5-12
4th Down Conversions 0-0 0-0
Punts-Average 6-42.7 4-48.3
Return Yards 163 168
Punts-Returns 1-0 2-11
Kickoffs-Returns 6-138 5-157
Int-Returns 1-25 0-0
Penalties-Yards 11-104 9-100
Fumbles-Lost 1-1 1-1
Time of Possession 33:23 26:37
Total Net Yards 311 279
Total Plays 61 57
Average Gain 5.1 4.9
Net Yards Rushing 104 66
Rushes 32 21
Average/Rush 3.2 3.1
Net Yards Passing 207 213
Comp-Att 17-26 20-35
Yards/Pass 7.1 5.9
Sacked-Yards Lost 3-18 1-6
Had Intercepted 0 1
Touchdowns 3 2
Rushing 2 1
Passing 1 1
Other 0 0
Extra Points 3-3 1-2
Field Goals 1-1 3-3
Red Zone Efficiency 3-3-100% 2-4-50%
Goal To Go Efficiency 1-1-100% 1-1-100%
Safeties 0 0
PLAYER STATS
Pittsburgh Steelers (0-0)
Passing
  COMP/ATT YDS TD INT
B. Roethlisberger 17/26 225 1 0
San Diego Chargers (0-0)
Passing
  COMP/ATT YDS TD INT
D. Brees 20/35 219 1 1
Rushing
  ATT YDS AVG TD LG
J. Bettis 17 54 3.2 1 11
W. Parker 10 26 2.6 0 14
B. Roethlisberger 2 15 7.5 1 8
A. Randle El 2 7 3.5 0 6
D. Kreider 1 2 2.0 0 2
Rushing
  ATT YDS AVG TD LG
L. Tomlinson 18 62 3.4 1 14
D. Brees 2 3 1.5 0 7
L. Neal 1 1 1.0 0 1
Receiving
  REC YDS AVG TD LG
H. Ward 6 83 13.8 0 33
A. Randle El 3 50 16.7 0 21
H. Miller 4 36 9.0 1 16
C. Wilson 1 22 22.0 0 22
J. Bettis 1 16 16.0 0 16
W. Parker 1 14 14.0 0 14
V. Haynes 1 4 4.0 0 4
Receiving
  REC YDS AVG TD LG
E. Parker 5 72 14.4 0 23
L. Tomlinson 7 68 9.7 0 41
A. Gates 5 61 12.2 1 20
R. Caldwell 1 7 7.0 0 7
K. Osgood 1 6 6.0 0 6
K. McCardell 1 5 5.0 0 5
Interceptions
  NO. YDS TD
J. Harrison 1 25 0
Interceptions
  NO. YDS TD
No interceptions
Sacks
  NO. YDS
J. Porter 1.0 6.0
Sacks
  NO. YDS
S. Phillips 1.0 6.0
S. Merriman 1.0 3.0
D. Scott 0.5 4.5
S. Foley 0.5 4.5
Tackles
  TK AST
T. Polamalu 8 1
C. Hope 7 0
J. Farrior 7 1
L. Foote 4 0
J. Harrison 4 1
I. Taylor 4 1
J. Porter 3 0
A. Smith 1 0
K. Von Oelhoffen 1 0
C. Hampton 1 2
Tackles
  TK AST
D. Edwards 13 2
R. Godfrey 6 7
Q. Jammer 5 0
B. Leber 4 1
B. Jue 3 0
T. Kiel 3 0
J. Williams 3 3
S. Foley 3 3
I. Olshansky 3 4
S. Davis 2 1
D. Scott 1 0
D. Florence 1 0
S. Phillips 1 0
S. Merriman 1 1
Fumbles
  NO.
B. Roethlisberger 1
Fumbles
  NO.
D. Sproles 1