National Football League
BOXSCORE | RECAP
Pittsburgh 28, Detroit 20
When: 1:00 PM ET, Sunday, October 11, 2009
Where: Ford Field, Detroit, Michigan
Temperature: Dome
Head Official: Ed Hochuli
Attendance: 59333
Final Scoring Summary
 
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Pittsburgh 7147028
Detroit 670720
SCORING
Scoring Summary
1st Quarter - 9:05
Detroit FG Detroit 3 - Pittsburgh 0
Jason Hanson 46 yd. field goal
1st Quarter - 6:44
Pittsburgh TD Detroit 3 - Pittsburgh 7
Rashard Mendenhall 7 yd. run (Jeff Reed kick)
1st Quarter - 2:23
Detroit FG Detroit 6 - Pittsburgh 7
Jason Hanson 46 yd. field goal
2nd Quarter - 10:37
Pittsburgh TD Detroit 6 - Pittsburgh 14
Heath Miller 15 yd. pass from Ben Roethlisberger (Jeff Reed kick)
2nd Quarter - 6:52
Detroit TD Detroit 13 - Pittsburgh 14
William James 38 yd. interception return (Jason Hanson kick)
2nd Quarter - 3:51
Pittsburgh TD Detroit 13 - Pittsburgh 21
Hines Ward 17 yd. pass from Ben Roethlisberger (Jeff Reed kick)
3rd Quarter - 6:05
Pittsburgh TD Detroit 13 - Pittsburgh 28
Mike Wallace 47 yd. pass from Ben Roethlisberger (Jeff Reed kick)
4th Quarter - 4:57
Detroit TD Detroit 20 - Pittsburgh 28
Dennis Northcutt 25 yd. pass from Daunte Culpepper (Jason Hanson kick)
TEAMS
Team Stats
  Pittsburgh Detroit
1st Downs 18 21
Rushing 3 5
Passing 14 15
Penalty 1 1
3rd Down Conversions 3-8 11-18
4th Down Conversions 0-0 0-1
Punts-Average 4-48.5 3-46.3
Return Yards 142 168
Punts-Returns 2-14 4-21
Kickoffs-Returns 5-128 5-109
Int-Returns 1-0 1-38
Penalties-Yards 6-59 6-66
Fumbles-Lost 1-0 4-0
Time of Possession 27:25 32:35
Total Net Yards 344 335
Total Plays 54 69
Average Gain 6.4 4.9
Net Yards Rushing 82 110
Rushes 21 25
Average/Rush 3.9 4.4
Net Yards Passing 262 225
Comp-Att 23-30 23-37
Yards/Pass 7.9 5.1
Sacked-Yards Lost 3-15 7-57
Had Intercepted 1 1
Touchdowns 4 2
Rushing 1 0
Passing 3 1
Other 0 1
Extra Points 4-4 2-2
Field Goals 0-0 2-3
Red Zone Efficiency 3-3-100% 0-1-0%
Goal To Go Efficiency 1-1-100% 0-1-0%
Safeties 0 0
PLAYER STATS
Pittsburgh Steelers (3-2)
Passing
  COMP/ATT YDS TD INT
B. Roethlisberger 23/30 277 3 1
Detroit Lions (1-4)
Passing
  COMP/ATT YDS TD INT
D. Culpepper 23/37 282 1 1
Rushing
  ATT YDS AVG TD LG
R. Mendenhall 15 77 5.1 1 27
M. Moore 2 8 4.0 0 7
B. Roethlisberger 4 -3 -0.8 0 0
Rushing
  ATT YDS AVG TD LG
K. Smith 20 53 2.6 0 10
D. Culpepper 3 44 14.7 0 32
J. Felton 1 8 8.0 0 8
M. Morris 1 5 5.0 0 5
Receiving
  TAR REC YDS AVG TD LG
H. Ward 7 7 85 12.1 1 21
H. Miller 6 5 54 10.8 1 15
M. Wallace 5 2 52 26.0 1 47
S. Holmes 6 4 50 12.5 0 20
M. Moore 3 3 20 6.7 0 7
R. Mendenhall 2 2 16 8.0 0 9
L. Sweed 1 0 0 0 0 0
Receiving
  TAR REC YDS AVG TD LG
D. Northcutt 9 6 79 13.2 1 25
K. Smith 5 4 48 12.0 0 23
D. Williams 3 2 37 18.5 0 19
J. Felton 4 3 37 12.3 0 27
B. Johnson 7 3 26 8.7 0 17
B. Pettigrew 5 2 21 10.5 0 19
W. Heller 1 1 16 16.0 0 16
M. Morris 2 1 16 16.0 0 16
C. Johnson 1 1 2 2.0 0 2
Interceptions
  NO. YDS TD
R. Clark 1 0 0
Interceptions
  NO. YDS TD
W. James 1 38 1
Sks
  NO. YDS
J. Harrison 3.0 24.0
L. Woodley 2.0 15.0
L. Timmons 1.0 13.0
W. Gay 1.0 5.0
Sks
  NO. YDS
C. Bryan 1.0 6.0
J. Peterson 1.0 0.0
C. Avril 0.5 4.5
A. Fluellen 0.5 4.5
Tackles
  TK AST
W. Gay 7 0
J. Harrison 7 1
R. Clark 6 1
L. Timmons 5 1
L. Woodley 4 0
T. Carter 3 0
D. Townsend 3 0
B. Keisel 3 0
I. Taylor 3 1
J. Farrior 3 1
K. Ratliff 2 0
C. Hampton 2 0
A. Smith 2 1
T. Kirschke 1 1
Tackles
  TK AST
L. Foote 6 1
M. Manuel 6 2
L. Delmas 5 0
D. Levy 4 0
C. Avril 4 1
K. Pearson 2 0
A. Henry 2 0
W. James 2 0
C. Bryan 2 1
L. Cohen 1 1
J. Hunter 1 1
J. Peterson 1 2
Fumbles
  NO.
B. Roethlisberger 1
Fumbles
  NO.
D. Culpepper 3
K. Smith 1