National Football League
BOXSCORE | RECAP
Pittsburgh 38, San Diego 28
When: 8:20 PM ET, Sunday, October 4, 2009
Where: Heinz Field, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Temperature: 54°
Head Official: Jeff Triplette
Attendance: 64045
Final Scoring Summary
 
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San Diego 0072128
Pittsburgh 14771038
SCORING
Scoring Summary
1st Quarter - 11:49
Pittsburgh TD Pittsburgh 7 - San Diego 0
Rashard Mendenhall 1 yd. run (Jeff Reed kick)
1st Quarter - 4:08
Pittsburgh TD Pittsburgh 14 - San Diego 0
Mewelde Moore 19 yd. pass from Ben Roethlisberger (Jeff Reed kick)
2nd Quarter - 1:28
Pittsburgh TD Pittsburgh 21 - San Diego 0
Rashard Mendenhall 2 yd. run (Jeff Reed kick)
3rd Quarter - 7:48
Pittsburgh TD Pittsburgh 28 - San Diego 0
Heath Miller 6 yd. pass from Ben Roethlisberger (Jeff Reed kick)
3rd Quarter - 1:33
San Diego TD Pittsburgh 28 - San Diego 7
Antonio Gates 3 yd. pass from Philip Rivers (Nate Kaeding kick)
4th Quarter - 12:37
San Diego TD Pittsburgh 28 - San Diego 14
Jacob Hester 41 yd. fumble recovery (Nate Kaeding kick)
4th Quarter - 7:18
Pittsburgh TD Pittsburgh 35 - San Diego 14
Heath Miller 6 yd. pass from Mewelde Moore (Jeff Reed kick)
4th Quarter - 5:48
San Diego TD Pittsburgh 35 - San Diego 21
Antonio Gates 30 yd. pass from Philip Rivers (Nate Kaeding kick)
4th Quarter - 4:31
San Diego TD Pittsburgh 35 - San Diego 28
Chris Chambers 13 yd. pass from Philip Rivers (Nate Kaeding kick)
4th Quarter - 0:43
Pittsburgh FG Pittsburgh 38 - San Diego 28
Jeff Reed 46 yd. field goal
TEAMS
Team Stats
  San Diego Pittsburgh
1st Downs 17 32
Rushing 1 11
Passing 15 19
Penalty 1 2
3rd Down Conversions 3-9 8-12
4th Down Conversions 0-0 1-1
Punts-Average 6-48.5 2-42.0
Return Yards 163 111
Punts-Returns 0-0 4-28
Kickoffs-Returns 7-163 4-83
Int-Returns 0-0 0-0
Penalties-Yards 3-20 6-59
Fumbles-Lost 1-1 3-1
Time of Possession 19:40 40:20
Total Net Yards 251 497
Total Plays 47 73
Average Gain 5.3 6.8
Net Yards Rushing 16 177
Rushes 8 36
Average/Rush 2.0 4.9
Net Yards Passing 235 320
Comp-Att 21-36 27-34
Yards/Pass 6.0 8.6
Sacked-Yards Lost 3-19 3-19
Had Intercepted 0 0
Touchdowns 4 5
Rushing 0 2
Passing 3 3
Other 1 0
Extra Points 4-4 5-5
Field Goals 0-0 1-1
Red Zone Efficiency 2-2-100% 5-5-100%
Goal To Go Efficiency 1-1-100% 4-4-100%
Safeties 0 0
PLAYER STATS
San Diego Chargers (2-2)
Passing
  COMP/ATT YDS TD INT
P. Rivers 21/36 254 3 0
Pittsburgh Steelers (2-2)
Passing
  COMP/ATT YDS TD INT
B. Roethlisberger 26/33 333 2 0
M. Moore 1/1 6 1 0
Rushing
  ATT YDS AVG TD LG
L. Tomlinson 7 15 2.1 0 5
P. Rivers 1 1 1.0 0 1
Rushing
  ATT YDS AVG TD LG
R. Mendenhall 29 165 5.7 2 32
S. Holmes 1 7 7.0 0 7
B. Roethlisberger 4 3 0.8 0 3
M. Moore 2 2 1.0 0 2
Receiving
  TAR REC YDS AVG TD LG
A. Gates 12 9 124 13.8 2 30
V. Jackson 7 4 56 14.0 0 16
C. Chambers 8 4 39 9.8 1 17
L. Naanee 3 2 20 10.0 0 12
D. Sproles 1 1 16 16.0 0 16
M. Floyd 1 0 0 0 0 0
L. Tomlinson 4 1 -1 -1.0 0 -1
Receiving
  TAR REC YDS AVG TD LG
H. Ward 11 8 113 14.1 0 26
H. Miller 9 8 70 8.8 2 18
S. Holmes 5 4 52 13.0 0 15
M. Wallace 3 2 47 23.5 0 35
M. Moore 3 3 31 10.3 1 19
R. Mendenhall 2 2 26 13.0 0 20
M. Spaeth 1 0 0 0 0 0
Interceptions
  NO. YDS TD
No interceptions
Interceptions
  NO. YDS TD
No interceptions
Sks
  NO. YDS
T. Dobbins 1.0 7.0
L. English 1.0 6.0
A. Boone 1.0 6.0
Sks
  NO. YDS
J. Harrison 2.0 10.0
A. Smith 1.0 9.0
Tackles
  TK AST
C. Hart 5 1
S. Phillips 5 1
E. Weddle 5 2
Q. Jammer 5 3
S. Cooper 5 6
A. Cromartie 4 0
L. Castillo 4 2
K. Burnett 3 3
S. Gregory 3 4
L. English 2 0
A. Boone 2 2
T. Dobbins 2 4
J. Tucker 1 0
B. Siler 1 1
Tackles
  TK AST
J. Harrison 5 0
I. Taylor 3 0
W. Gay 3 0
J. Farrior 3 2
R. Clark 3 3
K. Ratliff 2 0
T. Carter 1 0
B. Keisel 1 0
L. Woodley 1 0
D. Townsend 1 0
C. Hampton 1 1
L. Timmons 1 1
A. Smith 1 1
Fumbles
  NO.
P. Rivers 1
Fumbles
  NO.
S. Logan 1
H. Miller 1
B. Roethlisberger 1