National Football League
BOXSCORE | RECAP
Pittsburgh 35, San Diego 24
When: 4:45 PM ET, Sunday, January 11, 2009
Where: Heinz Field, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Temperature: 26°
Head Official: Bill Leavy
Attendance: 63899
Final Scoring Summary
 
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San Diego 7301424
Pittsburgh 7771435
SCORING
Scoring Summary
1st Quarter - 13:08
San Diego TD Pittsburgh 0 - San Diego 7
Vincent Jackson 41 yd. pass from Philip Rivers (Nate Kaeding kick)
1st Quarter - 8:00
Pittsburgh TD Pittsburgh 7 - San Diego 7
Santonio Holmes 67 yd. punt return (Jeff Reed kick)
2nd Quarter - 2:00
San Diego FG Pittsburgh 7 - San Diego 10
Nate Kaeding 42 yd. field goal
2nd Quarter - 0:45
Pittsburgh TD Pittsburgh 14 - San Diego 10
Willie Parker 3 yd. run (Jeff Reed kick)
3rd Quarter - 7:10
Pittsburgh TD Pittsburgh 21 - San Diego 10
Heath Miller 8 yd. pass from Ben Roethlisberger (Jeff Reed kick)
4th Quarter - 12:56
Pittsburgh TD Pittsburgh 28 - San Diego 10
Gary Russell 1 yd. run (Jeff Reed kick)
4th Quarter - 9:13
San Diego TD Pittsburgh 28 - San Diego 17
Legedu Naanee 4 yd. pass from Philip Rivers (Nate Kaeding kick)
4th Quarter - 4:17
Pittsburgh TD Pittsburgh 35 - San Diego 17
Willie Parker 16 yd. run (Jeff Reed kick)
4th Quarter - 2:03
San Diego TD Pittsburgh 35 - San Diego 24
Darren Sproles 62 yd. pass from Philip Rivers (Nate Kaeding kick)
TEAMS
Team Stats
  San Diego Pittsburgh
1st Downs 15 22
Rushing 1 12
Passing 13 8
Penalty 1 2
3rd Down Conversions 5-12 6-14
4th Down Conversions 0-0 0-2
Punts-Average 6-47.2 5-43.4
Return Yards 175 136
Punts-Returns 3-4 2-73
Kickoffs-Returns 6-171 4-63
Int-Returns 0-0 1-0
Penalties-Yards 8-104 7-44
Fumbles-Lost 1-1 0-0
Time of Possession 23:30 36:30
Total Net Yards 290 342
Total Plays 50 70
Average Gain 5.8 4.9
Net Yards Rushing 15 165
Rushes 11 42
Average/Rush 1.4 3.9
Net Yards Passing 275 177
Comp-Att 21-35 17-27
Yards/Pass 7.1 6.3
Sacked-Yards Lost 4-33 1-4
Had Intercepted 1 0
Touchdowns 3 5
Rushing 0 3
Passing 3 1
Other 0 1
Extra Points 3-3 5-5
Field Goals 1-1 0-0
Red Zone Efficiency 1-1-100% 4-5-80%
Goal To Go Efficiency 1-1-100% 2-3-67%
Safeties 0 0
PLAYER STATS
San Diego Chargers (0-0)
Passing
  COMP/ATT YDS TD INT
P. Rivers 21/35 308 3 1
Pittsburgh Steelers (0-0)
Passing
  COMP/ATT YDS TD INT
B. Roethlisberger 17/26 181 1 0
B. Leftwich 0/1 0 0 0
Rushing
  ATT YDS AVG TD LG
D. Sproles 11 15 1.4 0 8
Rushing
  ATT YDS AVG TD LG
W. Parker 27 146 5.4 2 27
M. Moore 3 13 4.3 0 5
S. Holmes 2 7 3.5 0 4
G. Russell 4 5 1.2 1 3
C. Davis 1 0 0.0 0 0
B. Leftwich 4 -2 -0.5 0 2
R. Clark 1 -4 -4.0 0 -4
Receiving
  REC YDS AVG TD LG
D. Sproles 5 91 18.2 1 62
C. Chambers 4 72 18.0 0 25
A. Gates 5 59 11.8 0 21
V. Jackson 2 49 24.5 1 41
B. Manumaleuna 1 14 14.0 0 14
J. Hester 2 13 6.5 0 11
M. Bennett 1 6 6.0 0 6
L. Naanee 1 4 4.0 1 4
Receiving
  REC YDS AVG TD LG
H. Ward 4 70 17.5 0 41
H. Miller 3 37 12.3 1 18
N. Washington 3 30 10.0 0 18
S. Holmes 2 25 12.5 0 15
M. Moore 2 12 6.0 0 9
C. Davis 3 7 2.3 0 6
Interceptions
  NO. YDS TD
No interceptions
Interceptions
  NO. YDS TD
L. Foote 1 0 0
Sks
  NO. YDS
E. Weddle 1.0 4.0
Sks
  NO. YDS
L. Woodley 2.0 8.0
B. Keisel 1.0 8.0
J. Harrison 1.0 7.0
Tackles
  TK AST
E. Weddle 9 2
S. Cooper 6 7
C. Gordon 5 0
M. Wilhelm 3 1
Q. Jammer 3 1
T. Dobbins 3 4
A. Cromartie 2 0
C. Hart 2 0
P. Oliver 2 1
J. Cesaire 2 1
S. Phillips 2 2
J. Tucker 1 0
L. Castillo 1 0
Tackles
  TK AST
J. Farrior 7 2
L. Foote 4 0
L. Woodley 4 1
I. Taylor 3 0
B. Keisel 3 1
R. Clark 2 0
T. Polamalu 2 1
L. Timmons 2 2
J. Harrison 2 2
A. Smith 1 0
B. McFadden 1 0
T. Carter 1 0
Fumbles
  NO.
E. Weddle 1
Fumbles
  NO.
No fumbles