National Football League
BOXSCORE
| PLAY-BY-PLAY
| RECAP
New Orleans 31,
Pittsburgh 28
When: 4:25 PM ET, Sunday, December 23, 2018
Where: Mercedes-Benz Superdome, New Orleans, Louisiana
Temperature: Dome
Head Official: Craig Wrolstad
Attendance: 73086
Where: Mercedes-Benz Superdome, New Orleans, Louisiana
Temperature: Dome
Head Official: Craig Wrolstad
Attendance: 73086
Final Scoring Summary
| Final | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | T |
| Pittsburgh | 3 | 11 | 14 | 0 | 28 |
| New Orleans | 7 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 31 |
SCORING
Scoring Summary
| 1st Quarter - 5:32 | ||
| Pittsburgh | FG |
New Orleans 0 - Pittsburgh 3 Chris Boswell 49 yd. field goal |
| 1st Quarter - 2:57 | ||
| New Orleans | TD |
New Orleans 7 - Pittsburgh 3 Mark Ingram II 1 yd. run (Wil Lutz kick) |
| 2nd Quarter - 14:05 | ||
| Pittsburgh | FG |
New Orleans 7 - Pittsburgh 6 Chris Boswell 30 yd. field goal |
| 2nd Quarter - 10:22 | ||
| New Orleans | TD |
New Orleans 14 - Pittsburgh 6 Alvin Kamara 8 yd. run (Wil Lutz kick) |
| 2nd Quarter - 0:40 | ||
| Pittsburgh | TD |
New Orleans 14 - Pittsburgh 14 Jaylen Samuels 3 yd. pass from Ben Roethlisberger (Eli Rogers pass from Ben Roethlisberger) |
| 2nd Quarter - 0:02 | ||
| New Orleans | FG |
New Orleans 17 - Pittsburgh 14 Wil Lutz 43 yd. field goal |
| 3rd Quarter - 9:13 | ||
| New Orleans | TD |
New Orleans 24 - Pittsburgh 14 Alvin Kamara 1 yd. run (Wil Lutz kick) |
| 3rd Quarter - 4:48 | ||
| Pittsburgh | TD |
New Orleans 24 - Pittsburgh 21 Antonio Brown 3 yd. pass from Ben Roethlisberger (Chris Boswell kick) |
| 3rd Quarter - 1:02 | ||
| Pittsburgh | TD |
New Orleans 24 - Pittsburgh 28 Antonio Brown 20 yd. pass from Ben Roethlisberger (Chris Boswell kick) |
| 4th Quarter - 1:25 | ||
| New Orleans | TD |
New Orleans 31 - Pittsburgh 28 Michael Thomas 2 yd. pass from Drew Brees (Wil Lutz kick) |
TEAMS
Team Stats
| Pittsburgh | New Orleans | |
| 1st Downs | 26 | 24 |
| Rushing | 2 | 5 |
| Passing | 21 | 16 |
| Penalty | 3 | 3 |
| 3rd Down Conversions | 6-13 | 6-12 |
| 4th Down Conversions | 1-2 | 0-0 |
| Punts-Average | 2-49.0 | 3-47.0 |
| Return Yards | 47 | 0 |
| Punts-Returns | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| Kickoffs-Returns | 2-20 | 0-0 |
| Int - Returns | 1-27 | 0-0 |
| Penalties-Yards | 6-79 | 9-91 |
| Fumbles-Lost | 3-2 | 1-0 |
| Time of Possession | 31:20 | 28:40 |
| Total Net Yards | 429 | 370 |
| Total Plays | 71 | 61 |
| Average Gain | 6.0 | 6.1 |
| Net Yards Rushing | 65 | 57 |
| Rushes | 18 | 19 |
| Average/Rush | 3.6 | 3.0 |
| Net Yards Passing | 364 | 313 |
| Comp-Att | 33-50 | 27-40 |
| Yards/Pass | 6.9 | 7.5 |
| Sacked-Yards Lost | 3-16 | 2-13 |
| Had Intercepted | 0 | 1 |
| Touchdowns | 3 | 4 |
| Rushing | 0 | 3 |
| Passing | 3 | 1 |
| Other | 0 | 0 |
| Extra Points | 3-3 | 4-4 |
| Field Goals | 2-2 | 1-2 |
| Red Zone Efficiency | 2-3-67% | 4-4-100% |
| Goal To Go Efficiency | 2-2-100% | 3-3-100% |
| Safeties | 0 | 0 |
PLAYER STATS
Pittsburgh Steelers
(8-6-1)
| Passing | ||||
| COMP/ATT | YDS | TD | INT | |
| B. Roethlisberger | 33/50 | 380 | 3 | 0 |
New Orleans Saints
(13-2)
| Rushing | |||||
| ATT | YDS | AVG | TD | LG | |
| J. Samuels | 12 | 53 | 4.4 | 0 | 16 |
| R. Nix | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 0 | 4 |
| B. Roethlisberger | 2 | 4 | 2.0 | 0 | 5 |
| S. Ridley | 3 | 4 | 1.3 | 0 | 6 |
| Rushing | |||||
| ATT | YDS | AVG | TD | LG | |
| M. Ingram II | 11 | 35 | 3.2 | 1 | 8 |
| A. Kamara | 7 | 23 | 3.3 | 2 | 8 |
| D. Brees | 1 | -1 | -1.0 | 0 | -1 |
| Receiving | ||||||
| TAR | REC | YDS | AVG | TD | LG | |
| A. Brown | 19 | 14 | 185 | 13.2 | 2 | 28 |
| J. Smith-Schuster | 15 | 11 | 115 | 10.5 | 0 | 23 |
| V. McDonald | 4 | 1 | 49 | 49.0 | 0 | 49 |
| R. Switzer | 3 | 3 | 18 | 6.0 | 0 | 13 |
| J. Samuels | 3 | 3 | 11 | 3.7 | 1 | 7 |
| E. Rogers | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 0 | 2 |
| R. Nix | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| X. Grimble | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| J. Washington | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Receiving | ||||||
| TAR | REC | YDS | AVG | TD | LG | |
| M. Thomas | 13 | 11 | 109 | 9.9 | 1 | 28 |
| A. Kamara | 6 | 4 | 82 | 20.5 | 0 | 42 |
| T. Ginn Jr. | 8 | 5 | 74 | 14.8 | 0 | 25 |
| K. Kirkwood | 4 | 2 | 35 | 17.5 | 0 | 23 |
| T. Smith | 1 | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 0 | 11 |
| M. Ingram II | 2 | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 0 | 8 |
| B. Watson | 2 | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 0 | 6 |
| J. Hill | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0.5 | 0 | 5 |
| Interceptions | |||
| NO. | YDS | TD | |
| S. Davis | 1 | 27 | 0 |
| Interceptions | |||
| NO. | YDS | TD | |
| No interceptions | |||
| Sacks | ||
| NO. | YDS | |
| D. Davis | 1.0 | 9.0 |
| T. Davison | 1.0 | 6.0 |
| A. Anzalone | 1.0 | 1.0 |
| Tackles | ||
| Tk | Ast | |
| M. Hilton | 6 | 0 |
| V. Williams | 5 | 0 |
| J. Haden | 5 | 0 |
| S. Davis | 5 | 0 |
| T. Edmunds | 4 | 0 |
| J. Bostic | 4 | 1 |
| T. Watt | 3 | 0 |
| C. Sensabaugh | 3 | 0 |
| B. Dupree | 2 | 0 |
| M. Burnett | 1 | 0 |
| T. Alualu | 1 | 0 |
| L. Fort | 1 | 0 |
| S. Tuitt | 1 | 1 |
| C. Heyward | 0 | 3 |
| Tackles | ||
| Tk | Ast | |
| E. Apple | 8 | 1 |
| V. Bell | 7 | 3 |
| M. Lattimore | 6 | 0 |
| P. Williams | 5 | 0 |
| D. Davis | 3 | 0 |
| A. Anzalone | 3 | 1 |
| M. Williams | 2 | 0 |
| A. Klein | 2 | 0 |
| A. Okafor | 2 | 0 |
| T. Davison | 2 | 0 |
| D. Onyemata | 2 | 1 |
| S. Rankins | 2 | 1 |
| C. Robertson | 1 | 0 |
| K. Coleman | 1 | 0 |
| C. Banjo | 1 | 1 |
| C. Jordan | 1 | 1 |
| M. Davenport | 0 | 1 |
| Tackles For Loss | |
| NO. | |
| V. Williams | 1.0 |
| S. Tuitt | 1.0 |
| T. Watt | 1.0 |
| M. Hilton | 1.0 |
| Tackles For Loss | |
| NO. | |
| A. Anzalone | 1.0 |
| K. Coleman | 1.0 |
| P. Williams | 1.0 |
| C. Jordan | 1.0 |
| T. Davison | 1.0 |
| D. Davis | 1.0 |
| Fumbles | |
| NO. | |
| B. Roethlisberger | 1 |
| J. Smith-Schuster | 1 |
| S. Ridley | 1 |
| Fumbles | |
| NO. | |
| M. Ingram II | 1 |