Ben Roethlisberger passed for three touchdowns and ran for another, leading the Pittsburgh Steelers to a 35-3 home victory against the Oakland Raiders on Sunday.
Oakland (5-5) took a 3-0 lead on Sebastian Janikowski's 41-yard field goal, but the Steelers scored 35 unanswered points after that.
Roethlisberger completed 18 of 29 passes for 275 yards, throwing second-half touchdown passes to Emmanuel Sanders, Mike Wallace and Isaac Redman. He added 55 rushing yards on three carries, scoring on a 16-yard run in the second quarter.
Roethlisberger did end up taking a punch in this one, courtesy of defensive end Richard Seymour after the quarterback's 22-yard touchdown pass to Sanders. Seymour was promptly ejected following the action.
Wallace had three catches for 116 yards, including a 52-yard touchdown.
The Steelers (7-3) dominated on defense, holding the Raiders' powerful running game to 61 yards on 16 attempts.
After going 7-for-19 with 70 yards and an interception, Raiders quarterback Jason Campbell was replaced by Bruce Gradkowski, who completed 13 of 24 passes for 98 yards and threw an interception.
Oakland | Pittsburgh | |
Michael Bush | Player | Rashard Mendenhall |
4 | Attempts | 23 |
33 | Yards | 59 |
8.2 | Avg Yards | 2.6 |
0 | Touchdowns | 1 |
24 | Long | 9 |
Oakland | Pittsburgh | |
Johnnie Lee Higgins | Player | Mike Wallace |
4 | Receptions | 3 |
37 | Yards | 116 |
9.2 | Avg Yards | 38.7 |
0 | Touchdowns | 1 |
17 | Long | 52 |
Yards | Scoring | Defense | ||||||
Team | Tot | Rus | Pas | TD | FG | INT | Sck | FF |
Oakland | 182 | 61 | 121 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2.0 | 1 |
Pittsburgh | 431 | 162 | 269 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 6.0 | 3 |