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REGULAR SEASON GAME #8Pittsburgh Steelers (4-3)
atBaltimore Ravens (3-4)
DATE: Sunday, Nov. 6, 2016 | KICKOFF: 1 p.m. ET
SITE: M&T Bank Stadium (71,008) • Baltimore, Md.
PLAYING SURFACE: Sportexe Momentum
TV COVERAGE: CBS (locally KDKA-TV, channel 2)
ANNOUNCERS: Ian Eagle (play-by-play)Rich Gannon (color analyst) | Evan Washburn (sideline)
LOCAL RADIO: Steelers Radio NetworkWDVE-FM (102.5)/WBGG-AM (970)
ANNOUNCERS: Bill Hillgrove (play-by-play)Tunch Ilkin (analyst) | Craig Wolfl ey (sideline)
NATIONAL RADIO: Westwood One
ANNOUNCERS: John Sadak (play-by-play)Mike Mayock (analyst)
A LOOK AT THE COACHESPittsburgh Steelers Head Coach Mike Tomlin
Overall regular-season record: 96-55 (.636)/10th seasonRegular-season record with Pittsburgh: 96-55 (.636)/10th season
Playoff Record/Years: 6-5 (.545)/six years
Baltimore Ravens Head Coach John HarbaughOverall regular-season record: 80-55 (.593)/9th season
Regular-season record with Baltimore: 80-55 (.593)/9th seasonPlayoff Record/Years: 10-5 (.667)/six years
www.steelers.comFor all of the most up-to-date information on the Pittsburgh Steelers, visit the team’s offi cial web site at www.steelers.com Updated daily, the web site has the most extensive information on upcoming games and the most comprehensive news on the Steelers.
PITTSBURGH STEELERS COMMUNICATIONSBurt Lauten - Director of CommunicationsDominick Rinelli - Public Relations/Media ManagerRyan Scarpino - Public Relations Assistant
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PITTSBURGH STEELERS3400 South Water Street • Pittsburgh, PA 15203412-432-7820 • Fax: 412-432-7878
PITTSBURGH STEELERS2016 SCHEDULE
PRESEASON (1-3)
Friday, Aug. 12 DETROIT L, 30-17 (KDKA) Thursday, Aug. 18 PHILADELPHIA L, 17-0 (KDKA) Friday, Aug. 26 @ New Orleans W, 27-14 (KDKA) Thursday, Sept. 1 @ Carolina L, 18-6 (KDKA)
REGULAR SEASON (4-3)
Monday, Sept. 12 @ Washington W, 38-16 (ESPN) Sunday, Sept. 18 CINCINNATI W, 24-16 (CBS) Sunday, Sept. 25 @ Philadelphia L, 34-3 (CBS) Sunday, Oct. 2 KANSAS CITY W, 43-14 (NBC) Sunday, Oct. 9 NEW YORK JETS W, 31-13 (CBS) Sunday, Oct. 16 @ Miami L, 30-15 (CBS) Sunday, Oct. 23 NEW ENGLAND L, 27-16 (CBS) Sunday, Oct. 30 BYE WEEK Sunday, Nov. 6 @ Baltimore 1 p.m. (CBS) Sunday, Nov. 13 DALLAS 4:25 p.m. (FOX) Sunday, Nov. 20 @ Cleveland* 1 p.m. (CBS) Thursday, Nov. 24 @ Indianapolis 8:30 p.m. (NBC) Sunday, Dec. 4 NEW YORK GIANTS 4:25 p.m. (FOX) Sunday, Dec. 11 @ Buffalo* 1 p.m. (CBS) Sunday, Dec. 18 @ Cincinnati* 8:30 p.m. (NBC) Sunday, Dec. 25 BALTIMORE 4:30 p.m. (NFL Network) Sunday, Jan. 1 CLEVELAND* 1 p.m. (CBS)* - Times may change due to fl exible scheduling
POSTSEASON
Sat.-Sun., Jan. 7-8 Wild Card Weekend Sat.-Sun., Jan. 14-15 Divisional Playoff Games Sunday, Jan. 22 Conference Championships Sunday, Jan. 29 Pro Bowl (Orlando, Fla.) Sunday, Feb. 5 Super Bowl LI (Houston, Texas)
NOTE: All times are Eastern | Home games in Bold CAPS
PITTSBURGH STEELERS (4-3)at
BALTIMORE RAVENS (3-4)Sunday, Nov. 6, 2016 • 1 p.m. (ET) • M&T Bank Stadium • Baltimore, Md.
STEELERS COMMUNICATIONS STAFF
Burt Lauten, Director of Communications .................... (412) 432-7821 Lauten email: [email protected] .com
Dominick Rinelli, Public Relations/Media Manager .... (412) 432-7822 Rinelli email: [email protected] .com
Ryan Scarpino, Public Relations Assistant ................. (412) 432-7820 Scarpino email: [email protected] .com
Michael Annarella, Media Relations Intern ................. (412) 432-7800 Annarella email: [email protected] .com x6019
Offi ce Fax .................................................................... (412) 432-7878
MEDIA NOTES— WEEKLY PRESS CONFERENCE —
Steelers’ Head Coach Mike Tomlin will conduct a press conference on Tuesday, Nov. 1, at Noon (LIVE on ROOT Sports) in the Steelers’ press conference room at the UPMC Rooney Sports Complex.
— OFFICIAL STEELERS WEBSITE —Media and fans can read about the latest Steelers news on the offi cialSteelers website. The site, www.steelers.com, features breaking news statistics, player biographies and much more.
— MEDIA-ONLY SECTION OF www.steelers.com —The Steelers Media Relations Department offers a “Media-Only” section on steelers.com. To sign up for this service, go to http://www.steelers.com/mediarelations/ and register as a new user below the left hand navigation bar. Then follow the instructions on the Media Relations page and once your registration is approved, you will receive an email and can access all information. If you have any questions or problems, please email [email protected].
— NFLCOMMUNICATIONS.COM —Journalists worldwide have access to the dedicated media websitefeaturing news from the NFL and its teams. Daily releases, statistics,domestic and international NFL updates and other information about the NFL are available.
STEELERS NATION HD RADIOSteelers Nation Radio is a 24-hour/day HD radio station dedicated specifi cally to the Pittsburgh Steelers. It can be heard on www.steelers.com, the offi cial Steelers app or the iheart app on your smartphone, and at 102.5 WDVE HD2. A daily schedule of what is on Steelers Nation HD Radio is available at www.facebook.com/steelersnationradio.
STEELERS RADIO COVERAGE
For the 18th consecutive year, WDVE-FM (102.5) and WBGG-AM (970) are carrying all Steelers games. Additionally, Steelers games can be heard on a 48-station network spanning Pennsylvania, West Virginia, Ohio, Maryland, New York and South Carolina. All Steelers’ games will be broadcast in Spanish on steelers.com. For the 22nd straight season, Bill Hillgrove serves as the “Voice of the Steelers” and handles play-by-play duties for the broadcast. Joining Hillgrove for his 18th season as an expert analyst is Tunch Ilkin, the former Steelers All-Pro offensive tackle. Joining the team for his 14th season is former Steeler offensive lineman Craig Wolfl ey, who provides sideline analysis. Fans in Mexico can also listen to Steelers broadcasts on Grupo Im-agen and games are heard on www.steelers.com/espanol. Stations on the Steelers Radio Network include:
FLAGSHIP STATIONS (2)WDVE-FM (102.5)WBGG-AM (970)
PENNSYLVANIA (31)Allentown-WSAN (1470)Altoona-WVAM (1430)Altoona-WRKY (104.9)Beaver Falls-WBVP (1230)Beaver Falls-WMBA (1460)Bedford-WBVE (107.5)Bradford-WESB (1490)Butler-WISR (680)Chambersburg-WCHA (800)Clarendon-WKNB (104.3)Clarion-WCCR (92.7)Cooperstown-WUUZ (107.7)DuBois-WOWQ (102.1)Erie-WJET (1440)Gettysburg-WGET (1320)Grove City-WWGY (95.1)Homer City-WCCS (1160)Johnstown-WNTJ (1490)Johnstown-WRKW (99.1)Latrobe-WCNS (1480)Mount Union-WHUN (106.9)Punxsutawney-WPXZ (104.1)Riverside/Selinsgrove-WVSL (92.3)Saegertown-WUUZ (94.3)Somerset-WLLI (990)Starview-WLPA (92.7)State College-WQWK (1450)Uniontown-WMBS (590)Washington-WJPA (1450)Williamsport-WCXR (99.3)Williamsport-WZXR (103.7)
OHIO (3)Fremont-WOHF (92.1)Upper Arlington-WTOH (98.9)Youngstown-WNIO (1390)
MARYLAND (5)Cumberland-WTBO (1450)Cumberland-WTBO (105.7)Frederick-WFMD (930)Frostburg-WFRB (560)Hagerstown-WHAG (1410)
WEST VIRGINIA (7)Charleston-WCHS (580)Cross Lanes-WSWW (1490)Fairmont-WRLF (94.3)Fairmont-WMMN (920)New Martinsville-WXCR (92.3)St. Mary’s-WJAW (630)Wheeling-WBBD (1400)
NEW YORK (1)Syracuse-WTLA (1200)
SOUTH CAROLINA (1)Myrtle Beach-WRXZ (107.1)
THIS WEEK’S SCHEDULE (Subject to change)
TUESDAY, NOV. 1
• Coach Tomlin Press Conference: Noon Live on
ROOT Sports
WEDNESDAY, NOV. 2
• Practice 1:15 - 3:15 p.m.
• Player availability open locker room 9:30 - 10 a.m.
• Post-practice player availability 3:15 - 3:45 p.m.
• Coach Tomlin available upon request after practice
THURSDAY, NOV. 3
• Practice 1 - 3 p.m.
• Player availability open locker room 12:30 - 12:45 p.m.
• Post-practice player availability 3 - 3:30 p.m.
• Coach Tomlin available upon request after practice
• Coordinators available after practice
FRIDAY, NOV. 4
• Practice 10:45 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.
• Player availability open locker room 12:30 - 1:15 p.m.
• Coach Tomlin available upon request after practice
SATURDAY, NOV. 5
• No media availabilitySUNDAY, NOV. 6
1 p.m. (ET)Road Game
at Baltimore Ravens(M&T Bank Stadium)
CBS(locally KDKA-TV,
Channel 2)
MONDAY, NOV. 7
• TBD
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2016 SCHEDULE NOTES The Steelers have won each of their fi rst two primetime games in 2016, a Kickoff Weekend Monday Night Football victory at the Washington Redskins (38-16) and a Week Four Sunday Night Football win vs. Kansas City at Heinz Field (43-14). The Steelers will appear in their eighth Thanksgiving Day game in team history in Week 12 (Nov. 24) at the Indianapolis Colts (NBC, 8:30 p.m.). Pittsburgh’s fourth nationally televised primetime contest occurs at the Cincinnati Bengals in Week 15 on Sunday Night Football, Dec. 18 (NBC, 8:30 p.m.). Pittsburgh will host the Baltimore Ravens in Week 16 (NFL Network, 4:30 p.m.) on Dec. 25 to mark the fi rst Christmas Day game in franchise history.
2016 DRAFT CLASSCB Artie Burns (1st round, 25th overall): Started 23-of-36 games played at Miami and fi nished his Hurricane career with 93 tackles, 14 pass breakups, seven interceptions, one forced fumble and a fumble recovery....led the Atlantic Coast Conference with six interceptions in 2015, the most by a Hurricane since 2003 (Sean Taylor, 10), en route to earning All-ACC second-team honors.
S Sean Davis (2nd round, 58th overall): Started 40-of-50 games played at Maryland and fi nished his Terrapin career with 318 tackles...led the Maryland defense with 70 solo tackles in 2015 (second with 88 combined stops), to go along with fi ve forced fumbles (second in the nation) and three interceptions.
DT Javon Hargrave (3rd round, 89th overall): A a two-time SBN Sports Mel Blount Defensive Player of the Year and Defensive Player of the Year in the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference at South Carolina State in 2014-15....totaled 37.0 sacks, including 10.0 or more in each of his fi nal two campaigns.
LB Tyler Matakevich (7th round, 246th overall): The Temple all-time leading tackler with 493 stops, became the fi rst school defensive player to earn fi rst-team All-America honors and the fi rst at any position since 1986 (Paul Palmer)...was the only player in the FBS to lead his team in tackles in every game in 2015, and became just the seventh player in NCAA history to eclipse the 100-tackle plateau in four seasons.
COLOR RUSH ON CHRISTMAS DAY Pittsburgh will debut its ‘color rush’ uniforms on Christmas Day when the team hosts the Baltimore Ravens at Heinz Field. Steelers President Art Rooney II announced during halftime of the team’s fi rst preseason game on KDKA-TV that the team’s ‘color rush’ uniforms will be all black with gold numbers.
STEELERS PRONUNCIATION GUIDE
Le’Veon Bell ......................... (Lay-vee-on)Anthony Chickillo ................. (Chick-il-oh)Ramon Foster ...................... (Ruh-moan)Javon Hargrave.................... (Jay-von)Tyler Matakevich .................. (Matt-uh-kev-ich)Ben Roethlisberger .............. (Roth-lis-ber-ger)Ryan Shazier ....................... (Shay-zier)Shamarko Thomas ............... (Shuh-mar-ko)Fitzgerald Toussaint ............. (Too-saunt)Stephon Tuitt ........................ (Steff-on Too-it)
1934 THROWBACKS IN WEEK 5 The Steelers wore their 1934 throwback uniforms in Week Five against the New York Jets at Heinz Field. This marked the fi fth straight season Pittsburgh donned their 1934 throwback uniforms and the last occasion. The team fi rst wore these in 2012 during the team’s 80th season in professional football.
FROM LAST GAME VS. NEW ENGLAND THE STEELERS
• Pittsburgh is now 4-3 overall and 3-1 at home in 2016.• The Steelers are now 14-11 against the Patriots in regular-season history.
HEAD COACH MIKE TOMLIN• Is now 96-55 during the regular season (56-20 at home).• Is 2-5 as the Steelers’ head coach in regular-season games vs. New England.
QB LANDRY JONES• Made his third career start, fi nishing 29-of-47 for 281 yards with one touchdown and one interception.• Established single game career highs in completions (29), attempts (47) and passing yards (281).• Set a career high for passing yards in any half of a game with 179 in the opening half, surpassing his previous mark of 168 (Oct. 18, 2015 vs. Arizona, second half).
WR ANTONIO BROWN• Totaled a game-high 106 receiving yards on seven catches, his third 100-yard game of the season.• Extended his consecutive regular-season games started streak to 43 – the third-longest active consecutive games started streak among NFL wide receivers. • Has registered at least one reception in 96 consecutive games in which he has played, including the postseason – dating back to October 3, 2010.• Has registered at least one reception in 91 consecutive regular-season games – dating back to October 3, 2010. • Recorded his 28th career 100-yard receiving game – the second-most such games in Steelers history (Hines Ward, 29).• Posted at least 100 receiving yards for the second time in his NFL career vs. New England (133: Sept. 10, 2015 at New England).• Caught a 51-yard pass in the second quarter to mark his longest reception of the season.
WR DARRIUS HEYWARD-BEY• Tallied three catches for 30 yards, including a 14-yard touchdown pass in the second quarter. It was his third score of 2016, and increasing his career total to 17 touchdowns (16 receiving / 1 rushing).• Along with his 60-yard touchdown run in Week Six, has recorded a touchdown in back-to-back games for the fi rst time in his NFL career.
WR COBI HAMILTON• Caught a career-high three catches and matched a career-best 36 receiving yards (Oct. 16, 2016 at Miami).
FROM LAST GAME VS. NEW ENGLAND RB Le’VEON BELL
• Totaled a game-high 149 yards from scrimmage (81 rushing and 68 receiving).• Surpassed Franco Harris (4,668) for the third-most yards from scrimmage by a Steeler in their fi rst four years with the team, now with 4,755.• Surpassed Barry Foster (3,092) for the sixth-most rushing yards by a Steeler in their fi rst four years with the team, now with 3,121.• Surpassed Merril Hoge (3,115) for 12th on the Steelers’ all-time rushing yardage list, now with 3,121.• Has posted at least 100 yards from scrimmage in 25 career regular-season games, including each of his four games in 2016.• Set a personal regular-season single-game high of 10 receptions, surpassing his previous mark of nine (Oct. 9, 2016 vs. NY Jets).
G DAVID DeCASTRO• Extended his consecutive regular-season games started streak to 47 – the sixth-longest active consecutive games started streak among NFL guards.
CB WILLIAM GAY• Extended his consecutive regular season games played streak to 151 – the longest active consecutive games played streak among NFL cornerbacks.
S MIKE MITCHELL• Extended his consecutive regular season games started streak to 53 – the fi fth-longest active consecutive games played streak among NFL safeties.
LB JARVIS JONES• Totaled seven tackles (fi ve solo), a stop for a loss, quarterback hit.• Recorded a forced fumble and fumble recovery, his fi rsts of the season, on the same play of New England’s fi rst possession, increasing his career totals to three defensive forced fumbles and three fumble recoveries.
LB LAWRENCE TIMMONS• Extended his streak of consecutive regular-season games started to 92 – the longest active streak among current Steelers – and the third-longest active streak among NFL linebackers.• Extended his consecutive regular season games played streak to 111 – the third-longest active consecutive games played streak among NFL linebackers.• Led the team with 11 tackles, all solo tackles.
LB STEVEN JOHNSON• Forced a fumble on a New England punt return attempt, recovered by LS Greg Warren, his second career special teams forced fumble.
LS GREG WARREN• Recovered his fi rst career fumble on a New England punt return attempt, forced by LB Steven Johnson.
K CHRIS BOSWELL• Converted 3-of-5 fi eld goal attempts, from 32, 46 and 44 yards.• His three fi eld goals made marked his seventh career regular-season game with at least three fi eld goals made, and his fi rst such game since Dec. 13, 2015 at Cincinnati (four).
STEELERS-RAVENS HISTORY Series History: Series began in 1996 Overall Regular Season: Steelers lead, 21-19 At Pittsburgh: Steelers lead, 12-8 At Baltimore: Ravens lead, 11-9 Neutral Sites: N/A Streak: Ravens won previous two meetings Last Regular-Season Meeting: Dec. 27, 2016, at Baltimore Baltimore 20, Pittsburgh 17 Postseason Series: Steelers lead, 3-1 Last Postseason Meeting: Jan. 3, 2015, in Pittsburgh Baltimore 30, Pittsburgh 17 - AFC Wild Card
(preseason and postseason record not included in overall series record)
This week’s game will mark the 41st regular-season meetingbetween Pittsburgh and Baltimore, with the Steelers holding a21-19 advantage in the series...Pittsburgh has defeated the Ravens in nine of their 20 meetings in Baltimore...the two teams have met 10 times in the month of November, with the Ravens holding a 7-3 mark in the month.
THE LAST TIME VS. BALTIMOREBaltimore 20, Pittsburgh 17
Dec. 27, 2015M&T Bank Stadium (71,261)
BALTIMORE – The Ravens stopped the Steelers on a fourth-down attempt late in the fourth quarter to seal the 20-17 victory at M&T Bank Stadium.
Baltimore scored on its fi rst drive of the game as QB Ryan Mallett threw an eight-yard touchdown to WR Chris Matthews. Pittsburgh cut into the lead early in the second quarter on K Chris Boswell’s 34-yard fi eld goal.
Ravens’ K Justin Tucker made two second quarter fi eld goals, one from 37 yards and one from 50 yards, to give Baltimore a 13-3 lead at halftime.
RB DeAngelo Williams scored on a one-yard run early in the fourth quarter to cut the lead to 13-10. Early in the fourth quarter, RB Javorius Allen extended the Ravens’ lead to 20-10 on his three-yard touchdown run.
Midway through the fourth quarter, Williams scored his second touchdown of the game on a two-yard run. The Steelers’ defense forced the Ravens to punt on their next possession.
Pittsburgh took over at its own 20-yard line. On fourth-and-15, QB Ben Roethlisberger’s pass to WR Markus Wheaton fell incomplete, securing victory for the Ravens.
GAME SUMMARY
STEELERS (9-6) 0 3 7 7 17Ravens (5-10) 7 6 0 7 20
TEAM Q TIME PLAY DRIVE SCORE BAL 1 3:53 Matthews 8 yd. pass from Mallett (Tucker kick) 15-75; 7:07 0-7PIT 2 14:48 Boswell 34 yd. FG 10-64; 4:05 3-7BAL 2 10:01 Tucker 37 yd. FG 11-61; 4:47 3-10BAL 2 1:17 Tucker 50 yd. FG 7-24; 3:21 3-13PIT 3 11:18 D. Williams 1 yd. run (Boswell kick) 6-79; 3:01 10-13BAL 4 10:35 Allen 3 yd. run (Tucker kick) 5-58; 2:20 10-20PIT 4 6:33 D. Williams 2 yd. run (Boswell kick) 8-80; 4:02 17-20
2016 TEAM STATS Steelers Category Ravens 24.3 ..................................... Points Scored Per Game ...............................19.0 21.4 .....................................Points Allowed Per Game ..............................19.9 19.6 ....................................... First Downs Per Game .................................19.1 372.3 ......................................Total Yards Per Game ...............................332.4 104.6 ...................................Rushing Yards Per Game ..............................85.6 267.7 ................................... Passing Yards Per Game .............................246.9 8.0 ....................................................Sacks By ...........................................16.0 3 ................................................. Interceptions By ...........................................8 29:47 ....................................Avg. Time of Possession .............................31:13 21 .................................................. Touchdowns ............................................ 11 4 ............................................. Rushing Touchdowns .......................................5 17 ........................................... Passing Touchdowns .......................................5 0 ...........................................Touchdowns on Returns ....................................1 7-10 ............................................... Field Goals ........................................18-18 45.8 ............................................... Punting Avg. .........................................48.1 11.4 ............................................Punt Return Avg. .......................................5.9 21.6 .......................................... Kickoff Return Avg.....................................28.5
2016 AFC NORTH STANDINGS
2016 AFC North Standings W L T Pct. Pts. Opp.Pittsburgh 4 3 0 .571 170 150Cincinnati 3 4 1 .438 167 189 Baltimore 3 4 0 .429 133 139Cleveland 0 8 0 .000 158 238This Week in the AFC North:Sunday, Nov. 6:Pittsburgh (4-3) at Baltimore (3-4), 1 p.m. (CBS, locally KDKA-TV)Cleveland (0-8) vs. Dallas (6-1), 1 p.m.
BYE:Cincinnati (3-4-1)
TEAM STATISTICS Steelers Ravens1st Downs 21 22
3rd Downs 2-8 (25%) 9-18 (50%)
4th Downs 0-2 (0%) 0-0 (0%)
Total Net Yards 308 386
Plays-Avg. 57-5.3 73-5.3
Rushing Yards 110 121
Rush Att.-Avg. 20-5.5 31-3.9
Passing Yards 198 265
Att.-Comp.-Int. 34-22-2 41-28-0
Sacks By 1-9 3-22
Punts-Avg. 3-43.7 6-39.0
Penalties 3-25 12-121
Fumbles-Lost 2-1 0-0
Time of Poss. 25:40 34:20
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS
RUSHING: Pit. - D. Williams 17-100, 2 TDs; Toussaint 2-6; Bryant 1-4. Bal. - Allen 17-77, 1 TD; West 14-44.
PASSING: Pit. - Roethlis-berger 43-24-2, 220. Bal. - Mal-lett 41-28-0, 274, 1 TD.
RECEIVING: Pit. - Brown 7-61; D. Williams 6-53; Mill-er 5-49; Wheaton 3-41; Hey-ward-Bey 1-10; Bryant 1-6; James 1-3. Roethlisberger 1-(-3). Bal. - Aiken 8-66; Juszczyk 5-55; Allen 5-35; Butler 3-38; Matthews 3-19, 1 TD; Givens 2-45; M. Williams 2-16.
CAREER NUMBERS VS. RAVENS
QB BEN ROETHLISBERGERDATE RESULT ATT CMP. PCT. YDS. TD. INT. LG. RT.9/19/04 L, 30-13 (A) 20 12 60.0 176 2 2 58 82.5*12/26/04 W, 20-7 (H) 19 14 73.7 221 2 1 36T 125.110/31/05 W, 20-19 (H) 30 18 60.0 177 2 1 23 85.011/26/06 L, 27-0 (A) 41 21 51.2 214 0 2 27 46.212/24/06 L, 31-7 (H) 31 15 48.4 156 1 2 31 47.211/5/07 W, 38-7 (H) 16 13 81.3 209 5 0 45 158.39/29/08 W, 23-20 OT (H) 24 14 58.3 191 1 1 49 80.412/14/08 W, 13-9 (A) 40 22 55.0 246 1 0 30 81.912/27/09 W, 23-20 (H) 33 17 51.5 259 1 1 45 75.212/5/10 W, 13-10 (A) 38 22 57.9 253 1 1 28 75.99/11/11 L, 35-7 (A) 41 22 52.7 280 1 3 31 52.911/6/11 L, 23-20 (H) 37 20 54.1 330 1 1 32 82.010/20/13 W, 19-16 (H) 23 17 73.9 160 1 0 19 107.211/28/13 L, 22-20 (A) 44 28 63.6 257 2 0 29 94.69/11/14 L, 26-6 (A) 37 22 59.5 217 0 1 27 64.811/2/14 W, 43-23 (H) 37 25 67.6 340 6 0 54T 136.612/27/15 L, 20-17 (A) 34 24 70.6 220 0 2 27 84.5TOTALS 9-8 545 326 59.8 3,906 27 18 58 84.5*Did not start 9/19/04, not refl ected in total W-L
1st - QB Ben Roethlisberger’s 326 pass completions, 3,906 passing yards, 27 touchdown passes and 30 pass plays of 25-plus yards are all tops among quarterbacks againstBaltimore in regular-season history.
RB Le’VEON BELLDATE RESULT ATT YDS. AVG. LG. TD REC. YDS. TD10/20/13 W, 19-16 (H) 19 93 4.9 11 0 1 6 011/28/13 L, 22-20 (A) 16 73 4.6 43 1 7 63 09/11/14 L, 26-6 (A) 11 59 5.4 21 0 5 48 011/2/14 W, 43-24 (H) 10 20 2.0 5 0 5 38 110/1/15 L, 23-20 OT (H) 22 129 5.9 22 1 7 21 0TOTALS 2-3 78 374 4.8 43 2 25 176 1
RB DeANGELO WILLIAMSDATE RESULT ATT YDS. AVG. LG. TD REC. YDS. TD9/28/14 L,38-10 (A) 11 34 3.1 7 0 0 0 0*10/1/15 L, 23-20 OT (H) 2 5 2.5 8 0 0 0 0**12/27/15 L, 20-17 (A) 17 100 5.9 30 2 6 53 0**TOTALS 0-3 30 139 4.6 30 2 6 53 0*With Carolina**With Pittsburgh
WR ANTONIO BROWNDATE RESULT REC. YDS. AVG. LG. TD. 1ST. YAC10/3/10 L, 17-14 (H) 1 6 6.0 6 0 0 912/5/10 W, 13-10 (A) 3 26 8.7 11 0 2 189/11/11 L, 35-37 (A) 2 14 7.0 15 0 1 211/6/11 L, 23-20 (H) 5 109 21.8 32 0 5 2412/2/12 W, 23-20 (A) 5 58 11.6 34 0 2 2710/20/13 W, 19-16 (H) 6 50 8.3 13 0 3 3111/28/13 L, 22-20 (A) 5 59 11.8 19 0 4 169/11/14 L, 26-6 (A) 7 90 12.9 27 0 5 2911/2/14 W, 43-23 (H) 11 144 13.1 54T 1 4 9310/1/15 L, 23-20 OT (H) 5 42 8.4 17 0 3 612/27/15 L, 20-17 (A) 7 61 8.7 27 0 3 17TOTALS 4-7 57 659 11.6 54T 1 32 272
50 - WR Antonio Brown’s 57 receptions against Baltimore arethe most among active NFL wide receivers in regular-seasongames vs. the Ravens.
CAREER NUMBERS VS. RAVENS
WR MARKUS WHEATONDATE RESULT REC. YDS. AVG. LG. TD. 1ST. YAC11/28/13 L, 22-20 (A) 0 0 - - 0 0 09/11/14 L, 26-6 (A) 5 38 7.6 14 0 2 2911/2/14 W, 43-23 (H) 2 62 31.0 47T 1 2 810/1/15 L, 23-20 OT (H) 1 18 18.0 18 0 1 812/27/15 L, 20-17 (A) 3 41 13.7 19 0 2 20TOTALS 1-4 11 159 14.5 47T 1 7 65
DE CAMERON HEYWARDDATE RESULT TOT TACK ASST SACK-YDS FF/FR9/11/11 L, 35-7 (A) 1 1 0 0-0 0/011/6/11 L, 23-20 (H) 0 0 0 0-0 0/011/18/12 L, 13-10 (H) 2 2 0 0-0 0/012/2/12 W, 23-20 (A) 0 0 0 0-0 0/010/20/13 W, 19-16 (H) 1 1 0 0-0 0/011/28/13 L, 22-20 (A) 7 2 5 0-0 0/09/11/14 L, 26-6 (A) 7 2 5 0-0 0/011/2/14 W, 43-23 (H) 2 2 0 0-0 0/010/1/15 L, 23-20 OT (H) 7 7 0 1-0 1/012/27/15 L, 20-17 (A) 6 5 1 0-0 0/0TOTALS 3-7 33 22 11 1-0 1/0
LB LAWRENCE TIMMONSDATE RESULT TOT TACK ASST SACK-YDS FF/FR11/5/07 W, 38-7 (H) 0 0 0 0-0 0/112/30/07 L, 27-21 (A) 0 0 0 0-0 0/09/29/08 W, 23-20 OT H) 3 2 1 1-3 0/012/14/08 W, 13-9 (A) 4 4 0 1-14 1/011/29/09 L, 20-17 OT (A) 7 5 2 2-19 1/012/27/09 W, 23-20 (H) 3 1 2 0-0 0/010/3/10 L, 17-14 (H) 13 6 7 0-0 0/112/5/10 W, 13-10 (A) 6 4 2 0-0 0/09/11/11 L, 35-7 (A) 12 10 2 0-0 0/011/6/11 L, 23-20 (H) 4 1 3 0-0 0/011/18/12 L, 13-10 (H) 9 3 6 0-0 0/012/2/12 W, 23-20 (A) 4 3 1 0-0 0/010/20/13 W, 19-16 (H) 17 12 5 0-0 0/011/28/13 L, 22-20 (A) 8 5 3 0-0 0/09/11/14 L, 26-6 (A) 12 7 5 0-0 0/011/2/14 W, 43-23 (H) 11 7 4 1-10 0/010/1/15 L, 23-20 OT (H) 11 10 1 1-0 0/012/27/15 L, 20-17 (A) 7 1 6 0-0 0/0TOTALS 8-9 131 81 50 6-46 2/2
STEELERS-RAVENS CONNECTIONS
Steelers in Bold; Ravens in Bold ItalicFormer Steelers/Ravens
Steelers DB coach Carnell Lake (2001) and ILB coach Jerry Olsavsky (1998) each played their fi nal NFL seasons for the Ravens.
Steelers WR coach Richard Mann was on the Ravens’ coaching staff in 1997 and 1998.
Ravens WR Mike Wallace was drafted by the Steelers in the third round (84th overall) of the 2009 NFL Draft. Wallace was a member of the Steelers for four seasons (2009-12), starting 49-of-63 games with 235 receptions for 4,042 yards and 32 touchdowns.
Area Connections Pittsburgh WR Darrius Heyward-Bey is from Silver Spring,
Md. Steelers WRs Antonio Brown and Eli Rogers, along with
CB Artie Burns and DE Stephon Tuitt are all from Miami, Fla, where Ravens WR Kamar Aiken and OLB Elvis Dumervil are also from.
Steelers TE Xavier Grimble, along with Ravens DE Lawrence Guy and T Ronnie Stanley, are all from Las Vegas, Nev.
Pittsburgh CB William Gay and Baltimore RB Javorius Allen both hail from Tallahassee, Fla.
Pittsburgh LB Anthony Chickillo and Baltimore WR Chris Moore are both natives of Tampa, Fla.
Ravens HC John Harbaugh was the TE coach for the University of Pittsburgh in 1987.
Baltimore WR coach Bobby Engram held the same position at the University of Pittsburgh from 2012-13.
Ravens QB Joe Flacco played for the University of Pittsburgh from 2003-04 before transferring to the University of Delaware.
Baltimore G/C John Urschel played collegiately at Penn State University.
NFL Connections Steelers HC Mike Tomlin was the DC for the Minnesota
Vikings in 2006 when Ravens Asst. Strength and Conditioning coach Juney Barnett was on the Vikings staff.
Steelers DC Keith Butler and Ravens STC/Associate HC Jerry Rosburg were on the Browns’ coaching staff together from 2001-2002.
Pittsburgh WR coach Richard Mann coached Ravens GM and EVP Ozzie Newsome with the Browns for six years (1985-90).
Pittsburgh STC Danny Smith and Ravens OL coach Juan Castillo worked together for the Philadelphia Eagles from 1995-98.
Steelers S Mike Mitchell played one season (2013) in Carolina with Baltimore WR Steve Smith, Sr.
Pittsburgh LB Arthur Moats played one season (2011) in Buffalo with Baltimore WR Kamar Aiken.
Steelers TEs Ladarius Green (2012-15) and David Johnson (2014-15), along with DE Ricardo Mathews (2014-15) were all teammates with Ravens S Eric Weddle in San Diego.
Mathews was also a Colt with Ravens CB Jerraud Powers for three seasons (2010-12).
PIT-BAL SERIES HIGHS
Passing YardsSteelers Ben Roethlisberger 340 11/2/2014Ravens Jeff Blake 336 12/29/2002
Rushing YardsSteelers Jerome Bettis 137 10/5/1997Ravens Justin Forsett 150 10/1/2015
Receiving YardsSteelers Plaxico Burress 164 12/16/2001Ravens Qadry Ismail 258 12/12/1999
STEELERS-RAVENS CONNECTIONS
Steelers in Bold; Ravens in Bold ItalicCollege Connections
Steelers Asst. HC/DL coach John Mitchell was the DL coach for the Alabama Crimson Tide from 1974-1976 when Ravens GM and EVP Ozzie Newsome played for Alabama.
Steelers CB William Gay and Ravens OLB Elvis Dumervil were teammates at Louisville in 2003 and 2004.
Pittsburgh LB James Harrison played at Kent State, while Baltimore DC Dean Pees was on staff for the Golden Flashes (1998-2001).
Pittsburgh G David DeCastro played for Stanford in 2008 while Baltimore Offensive Asst. Matt Weiss was on staff there at the time.
Pittsburgh TE Jesse James and Baltimore G/C John Urschel played together for one season at Penn State (2012).
Steelers G Ramon Foster attended Tennessee with Ravens LS Morgan Cox (2006-08).
Pittsburgh RB Fitzgerald Toussaint was a fellow Michigan Wolverine with Baltimore DT Willie Henry in 2013.
Steelers DE Stephon Tuitt and Ravens T Ronnie Stanley shared a locker room at Notre Dame from 2012-13.
Pittsburgh rookie LB Tyler Matakevich and Baltimore rookie CB Tavon Young played all four years (2012-15) of their collegiate careers together at Temple.
WHAT TO LOOK FOR
FROM THE STEELERS• With a win over Baltimore, the Steelers would improve to 438-280-2 during the regular season since 1970.• The Steelers look to improve to 22-19 all-time against the Ravens in the regular-season and to 10-11 on the road at Baltimore.• With a win, Pittsburgh would improve to 7-2 in the month of October against Baltimore (4-0 on the road).
FROM HEAD COACH MIKE TOMLIN• A win would improve Tomlin to 97-55 during the regular season, and to 41-35 on the road.• Looks to improve to 9-10 against the Ravens as the Steelers’ head coach since 2007 in the regular-season, and to 4-6 on the road at Baltimore.• With a win, would improve to 7-3 in games following the bye week in his Steelers tenure since 2007.• With a win, would improve to 27-12 in the month of October and to 10-9 on the road during the month.
FROM THE STEELERS OFFENSE
QB BEN ROETHLISBERGER• With a win, would improve to 118-58 as a starter during the regular season and to 51-37 on the road.• With a win, would improve to 10-7 vs. Baltimore in the regular season and to 3-5 on the road against the Ravens.• Is two touchdown passes from tying Johnny Unitas (290) for the 11th-most in NFL history, and three from matching Warren Moon (291) for the 10th-most.• Needs 66 pass completions to surpass Fran Tarkenton (3,868) for the 11th-most in NFL history.• Is two 300-yard passing games from notching 50 in his regular-season NFL career.• Needs 320 passing yards to reach 45,000 in his NFL career.
QB LANDRY JONES• With a start and win, would improve to 2-2 in his NFL career as a starting quarterback, and earn his fi rst road victory as a starter.
WR ANTONIO BROWN• Will tie with Heath Miller (45) for the fourth-most touchdown catches in Steelers history with two.• Needs two touchdowns to become the sixth player in Steelers history with at least 50 overall scores.• Will tie Hines Ward (29) for the most 100-yard receiving games in team history with his next.• Is 19 catches from surpassing Heath Miller (592) for the second-most in Steelers history.• Is 26 receptions from joining Hines Ward (1,000) as the second player in team history with 600 career receptions.• Will join Hines Ward (12,083) and John Stallworth (8,723) as the third player in Steelers history with at least 8,000 receiving yards with 315.• With 1,000 receiving yards in 2016, will join Hines Ward (2001-04) as only the second player in franchise history to register 1,000 receiving yards in four consecutive years.• With 100 receptions in 2016, will extend his franchise record of consecutive seasons with at least 100 catches to four.• With 110 catches in 2016, will become the fi rst player in NFL history to record 110 or more receptions in three consecutive years.• With 125 receptions in 2016, would become the fi rst player in NFL history to record three consecutive seasons of 125 catches or more.
WHAT TO LOOK FORFROM THE STEELERS OFFENSE (CONT’D)
WR SAMMIE COATES• Is 64 receiving yards from reaching 500 in his NFL career.
RB Le’VEON BELL• His next rushing touchdown will mark the 20th of his NFL career.• Is 245 scrimmage yards from hitting the 5,000 yard milestone in his NFL career.
RB DeANGELO WILLIAMS• Will record the 24th 100-yard rushing game of his NFL career with his next 100-yard performance and to mark his sixth as a Steeler.
FROM THE STEELERS DEFENSE
DE CAMERON HEYWARD• Needs 2.0 more sacks on the season to record 5.0 quarterback takedowns in four straight seasons and 4.0 additional quarterback sacks to post 7.0 or more in three consecutive campaigns.
LB JAMES HARRISON• Needs 0.5 of a half sack to join Jason Gildon (77.0) as the second player in team history with 75 or more quarterback takedowns.• Will surpass Jason Gildon (77.0) for the most sacks in Steelers history with his third.
CB WILLIAM GAY• Will break a tie with Rod Woodson to set the record for the most interceptions returned for touchdowns in team history with his next pick six of six.
FROM THE STEELERS SPECIAL TEAMS
WR/PR ANTONIO BROWN• Needs 20 punt return yards to move into second in team history (Antwaan Randle El, 1,650).• One punt return for a touchdown to break a tie with Antwaan Randle El for the most in Steelers history with fi ve.
2016 BY THE NUMBERS
1The Steelers were the only NFL team on Kickoff Weekend
to feature a 300-yard passer (Ben Roethlisberger: 300), 100-yard rusher (DeAngelo Williams: 143) and a 100-yard
receiver (Antonio Brown: 126).
12-140WR Antonio Brown totaled game highs of 12 receptions for
140 receiving yards in Week Three at Philadelphia - it marked his 27th career 100-yard game and his 11th with double-digit
receptions.
16QB Ben Roethlisberger ranks tied for fi fth the NFL with 16
touchdown passes through Week Eight.
21.3WR Sammie Coates is second in the NFL with a 21.3 yards
per catch average (20-425, minimum 2 receptions per game).
143RB DeAngelo Williams led all NFL players on Kickoff
Weekend with 143 rushing yards.
87WR Antonio Brown eclipsed 10,000 combined yards on
Kickoff Weekend in his 87th career game - the fewest games in Steelers history to reach the milestone.
89WR Antonio Brown reached 7,500 yards from scrimmage in his 89th career regular-season game to tie Calvin Johnson for the fourth-fewest games to the milestone by a wide receiver in
NFL history.
589RB Le’Veon Bell ranks fi fth in the NFL with 589 yards from
scrimmage since returning to the fi eld in Week Four.
1982QB Ben Roethlisberger became the second player in Steelers history to throw three touchdown passes in each of the fi rst two
games of a season, joining Terry Bradshaw (1982).
10,000RB DeAngelo Williams became the 13th active NFL player
with at least 10,000 yards from scrimmage in Week Two.
THE STEELERS IN 2016
Regular Post Season SeasonOverall: 4-3 0-0At Home: 3-1 0-0On the Road: 1-2 0-0Neutral: 0-0 0-0
By Month: September 2-1 0-0 October 2-2 0-0 November 0-0 0-0 December 0-0 0-0 January 0-0 0-0
vs. AFC: 3-1 0-0 vs. AFC North 1-0 0-0 vs. AFC East 1-2 0-0 vs. AFC South 0-0 0-0 vs. AFC West 1-0 0-0
vs. NFC: 1-1 0-0 vs. NFC East 1-1 0-0 vs. NFC North 0-0 0-0 vs. NFC South 0-0 0-0 vs. NFC West 0-0 0-0
When: When Scoring First: 2-0 0-0 When Opponent Scored First: 2-3 0-0 When Scoring 20 or More Points: 4-0 0-0 When Scoring Less Than 20 Points: 0-3 0-0 When Leading after the fi rst quarter: 3-1 0-0 When Trailing after the fi rst quarter: 1-2 0-0 When Tied after the fi rst quarter: 0-0 0-0 When Leading at the Half: 4-0 0-0 When Trailing at the Half: 0-3 0-0 When Tied at the Half: 0-0 0-0 When Leading after three quarters: 4-0 0-0 When Trailing after three quarters: 0-3 0-0 When Tied after three quarters: 0-0 0-0 When Outrushing the Opponent: 3-0 0-0 With 35 or More Rushing Attempts: 1-0 0-0 With Less Than 25 Passing Attempts: 0-0 0-0 When Led in Time of Possession: 3-1 0-0 When Trailed in Time of Possession: 1-2 0-0
On Turf: 0-0 0-0 On Grass: 4-3 0-0
When led in Takeaway/Turnover Ratio: 2-1 0-0 When even in Takeaway/Turnover Ratio: 1-0 0-0 When trailed in Takeaway/Turnover Ratio: 1-2 0-0
TOMLIN AMONG THE BEST Since being named named head coach of the Steelers in 2007, Mike Tomlin has led Pittsburgh to 96 victories in the regular season - the third-most wins in the NFL during that time span:
NFL TEAM RECORDS: 2007-CURRENT TEAM RECORD PLAYOFF APP. SUPER BOWL APP. New England 119-33 8* 3 Green Bay 100-50-1 8* 1 Pittsburgh 96-55 6* 2 Indianapolis 95-57 7 1 Denver 91-61 5* 1 New Orleans 87-64 4 1 Baltimore 85-66 6 1 Dallas 85-66 3 0 *Made the playoffs in 2015
Tomlin’s .636 winning percentage is the fourth-best regular season winning mark among active NFL head coaches (min. 50 games):
ACTIVE HEAD COACH WINNING PCT (MIN. 50 GAMES) COACH W L T Win Pct. Bruce Arians (Ari 2013-pres.) 37 18 1 .670 Bill Belichick (Cle 1991-95, NE 2000-pres.) 230 114 0 .669 Mike McCarthy (GB 2006-pres.) 108 58 1 .650 Mike Tomlin (Pit 2007-pres.) 96 55 0 .636 Chuck Pagano (Ind 2012-pres.) 44 28 0 .611 John Harbaugh (Bal 2008-pres.) 80 55 0 .593
TOMLIN AT HOME Mike Tomlin has guided the Steelers to a 56-20 career regular-season record at Heinz Field. He has led the Steelers to a 3-1 mark at home in 2016 through the team’s fi rst four home games of the season. Tomlin earned his 50th regular season home win in Week 9 in 2015 vs. Oakland and joined Chuck Noll (119) and Bill Cowher (85) as the third head coach in Steelers history with 50 regular season home victories. Tomlin has led Pittsburgh to at least fi ve home wins in each of his fi rst nine seasons as the team’s head coach and six in six of his nine at the helm. His 56-20 (.737) mark at home and 56 home wins are the third-best in the NFL since 2007:
HOME GAME RECORDS: 2007-CURRENT Team W L T Pct. New England 67 9 0 .882 Green Bay 59 16 1 .783 Pittsburgh 56 20 0 .737 Baltimore 53 22 0 .707 Seattle 52 23 0 .693
FEWEST TO 60 Mike Tomlin reached 60 regular-season wins in 88 games, tying Chuck Knox (88) for the fourth-fewest games to reach 60 career victories among coaches who began their career since 1970:
FEWEST GAMES COACHED TO 60 WINS COACH TEAM(S)^ NO. OF GAMES George Seifert San Francisco 75 Joe Gibbs Washington 84 Mike Ditka Chicago 85 Mike Tomlin Pittsburgh 88 Chuck Knox L.A. Rams, Buffalo 88 Bill Cowher Pittsburgh 90 Andy Reid Philadelphia 90 ^ Through fi rst 60 wins
TOMLIN IN THE DIVISION Mike Tomlin owns a 37-18 all-time record against teams in the AFC North since becoming the Steelers’ head coach in 2007. His 37 regular-season wins against division opponents are the most of any AFC North team since 2007:
AFC NORTH INTER-DIVISION GAME RECORDSSINCE 2007
TEAM W L T Win Pct. Pittsburgh Steelers 37 18 0 .673 Baltimore Ravens 32 23 0 .582 Cincinnati Bengals 29 27 0 .518 Cleveland Browns 13 43 0 .232
He owns an impressive 21-7 record against divisional foes at Heinz Field during the regular season:
AFC NORTH INTER-DIVISION HOME GAME RECORDSSINCE 2007
TEAM W L T Win Pct. Pittsburgh Steelers 21 7 0 .750 Baltimore Ravens 18 9 0 .667 Cincinnati Bengals 17 11 0 .607 Cleveland Browns 9 19 0 .321
Tomlin has won at least four games against division opponents in fi ve of his fi rst nine seasons (2007-15).
TOMLIN VS. NFC During his career, Mike Tomlin’s regular-season record against the NFC is 25-13, including 14-4 at home. The Steelers .658 regular-season winning percentage against the NFC since 2007 is second-best among AFC teams:
AFC RECORDS VS. NFC: 2007-CURRENT Team W L T Pct. New England 29 8 0 .784 Pittsburgh 25 13 0 .658 Denver 24 15 0 .615 Baltimore 23 15 0 .605 Cincinnati 21 14 3 .592
Including the postseason Tomlin has a .650 winning percentage (26-14) against the NFC during his fi rst 10 years, which ranks fi rst among Steelers’ head coaches.
PRIMETIME SPECIALIST Since the 2011 season, the Steelers have played in 27 primetimegames, including a Week One Monday Night Football gameat the Washington Redskins to kickoff the 2016 season(W, 38-16) and a Week Four Sunday Night Football tilt at Heinz Field vs. Kansas City (W, 43-14). Mike Tomlin, the 10th-year head coach, has guided Pittsburgh to a29-16 overall record in regular-season primetime games, includinga 14-9 mark on the road. He is 10-2 on Monday Night Football, 14-8 on Sunday Night Football and 5-5 on Thursday Night Football. Tomlin joined only Bill Cowher (Steelers), Tom Flores (Raiders),Steve Mariucci (49ers), George Seifert (49ers) and Don Shula(Colts, Dolphins) as coaches to win their fi rst six Monday NightFootball games.
GOOD FIRST NINE In his 10th season as the head coach of the Steelers, Mike Tomlin has an extensive list of accomplishments. Tomlin earned his 90th regular-season victrory in Week 14 of 2015 at Cincinnati and closed out his ninth season with 92 wins following the team’s Week 17 victory at Cleveland. His 92 wins in his fi rst nine seasons are the most wins in team history for any coach after his fi rst nine campaigns and his two Super Bowl appearances also are tied for the franchise best for a coach in his fi rst nine seasons. Tomlin’s six postseason berths are tied as the most in a coach’s fi rst nine seasons with the Steelers and his four division titles are third-most. Below is how Tomlin ranks among Steelers’ coaches in their fi rst nine seasons:
STEELERS HEAD COACHES IN THEIR NINTH YEAR HEAD COACH RECORD Mike Tomlin (2007-15) 92-52 (.639) (2007-2015) Bill Cowher (1992-2006) 86-58 (.597) (1992-2000) Chuck Noll (1969-1991) 74-51-1 (.591) (1969-1977)
HEAD COACH SUPER BOWL APP. SUPER BOWL WINS Chuck Noll 2 (1974, ‘75) 2 (1974, ‘75) Mike Tomlin 2 (2008, ’10) 1 (2008) Bill Cowher 1 (1995)
HEAD COACH PLAYOFF APPEARENCES Bill Cowher 6 (1992-97) Chuck Noll 6 (1972-77) Mike Tomlin 6 (2007, ’08, ’10, ’11, ‘14, ‘15)
HEAD COACH DIVISION TITLES Bill Cowher 5 (1992, ’94-’97) (AFC Central) Chuck Noll 5 (1972, ’74, ‘75, ‘76, ‘77) (AFC Central) Mike Tomlin 4 (2007, ’08, ’10, ‘14) (AFC North)
TOMLIN’S 90TH IN NINE Mike Tomlin became the third head coach in Steelers history to record 90 regular season wins in Week 14 of 2015, with the team’s 33-20 victory at Cincinnati. He joined Chuck Noll (1969-91: 193) and Bill Cowher (1992-2006:149) in the team’s 90-win club. Tomlin’s 90th win occurred in his ninth season with the Steelers,becoming the fi rst Pittsburgh head coach to reach 90 wins in his fi rstnine years (Bill Cowher: 1992-2000: 86 and Chuck Noll: 1976-77: 74). Tomlin also joined several elite head coach fraternities in NFLhistory by reaching 90 wins in his ninth season:
• Tomlin is the ninth head coach in NFL history to win 90 games in his fi rst nine seasons as a head coach, joining Mike Ditka, Joe Gibbs, Dennis Green, Mike Holmgren, John Madden, Mike McCarthy, George Seifert and Don Shula.
• He is the sixth head coach in NFL history to win 90 games in his fi rst nine seasons with one franchise, joining Mike Ditka, Joe Gibbs, Dennis Green, John Madden and Mike McCarthy.
AMONG COACHES IN FIRST NINE Mike Tomlin earned his 90th regular-season victrory in Week 14 at Cincinnati in 2015, and has accumulated a 92-52 regular-season record in his fi rst nine seasons as a head coach in NFL (2007-15). Tomlin is one of nine head coaches in NFL history with 90 or more regular-season wins in their fi rst nine seasons as a head coach and his 92 wins are tied as the fourth-most among the group:
MOST WINS AMONG NFL HEAD COACHESIN THEIR FIRST NINE SEASONS AS A HEAD COACH
HEAD COACH YEARS WINS George Seifert 1989-96, 1999 106 Mike McCarthy 2006-14 94 John Madden 1969-77 94 Mike Tomlin 2007-15 92 Dennis Green 1992-2000 92 Joe Gibbs 1981-89 91 Don Shula 1963-71 91 Mike Ditka 1982-90 90 Mike Holmgren 1992-2000 90
EIGHT IN EACH OF FIRST NINE Along with securing his 90th win in Week 14 at Cincinnati in 2015,Mike Tomlin also led the Steelers to its eighth win of the season. Tomlin has guided the Steelers to at least eight wins in each ofhis nine seasons as the team’s head coach.
• Tomlin is the third head coach in NFL history to win at least eight games in each of their fi rst nine years as an NFL head coach and with the same team (Dennis Green: Minnesota, John Madden: Oakland and Mike Tomlin: Pittsburgh).
• He became the sixth head coach in NFL history to lead a team to at least eight wins in each of their fi rst nine years as a NFL head coach (George Allen: Los Angeles/Washington, Dennis Green: Minnesota, John Madden: Oakland, George Seifert: San Francisco/Carolina, Don Shula: Baltimore/Miami and Mike Tomlin: Pittsburgh).
• Tomlin is the fourth head coach in NFL history to win at least eight games in their fi rst nine years as a head coach with a team (Dennis Green: Minnesota, John Madden: Oakland, Marty Schottenheimer: Kansas City and Mike Tomlin: Pitts-burgh).
TOMLIN GOING FOR TWO Pittsburgh has converted each of their two two-point attempts in 2016, both in the fi rst quarter of games (Oct. 2 vs. Kansas City and Oct. 16 at Miami). The Steelers converted 8-of-11 two-point attempts in 2015. Their eight succesful two-point conversions set a new NFL record in a single-season. Below is a look at the number of two-point conversions and attempts since Mike Tomlin became the team’s head coach in 2007:
STEELERS TWO-POINT CONVERSION PCT.UNDER MIKE TOMLIN: 2007-CURRENT
YEAR CONV-ATT PCT. 2007 2-of-2 100% 2008 0-of-1 0% 2009 0-of-0 0% 2010 2-of-2 100% 2011 0-of-0 0% 2012 1-of-2 50% 2013 1-of-2 50% 2014 4-of-4 100% 2015 8-of-11 72.7% 2016 2-of-2 100% TOTALS 20-26 77%
HEINZ FIELD ADVANTAGE The Steelers won each of their fi rst three home games at Heinz Field in 2016 - a 24-16 home opener win vs. Cincinnati, a 43-14 victory over Kansas City on Sunday Night Football and a 31-13 win vs. the New York Jets in Week Five. Pittsburgh won six of its eight regular season games in 2015, and have won at least six home games in eight seasons at Heinz Field since the stadium opened in 2001. The Steelers are 90-33-1 (.730) at home since Heinz Field opened in 2001, which is the second-best home game winning percentage in the NFL during that time span:
BEST HOME RECORD IN THE NFL:2001-CURRENT
TEAM RECORD WIN PCT. New England Patriots 104-20 .839 Pittsburgh Steelers 90-33-1 .730 Baltimore Ravens 89-34 .724 Green Bay Packers 89-34-1 .722 Seattle Seahawks 87-36 .707
The Steelers have the third best record among AFC teams in home games since the 2001 season in interconference games:
BEST HOME RECORD IN THE AFC vs. AFC:2001-CURRENT
TEAM RECORD WIN PCT. New England Patriots 80-14 .851 Indianapolis Colts 66-26 .717 Pittsburgh Steelers 66-28 .702 Baltimore Ravens 64-28 .696 Denver Broncos 63-30 .677
Pittsburgh’s 24-5-1 record at home against NFC opponents since opening Heinz Field in 2001 is the best in the AFC:
BEST HOME RECORD IN THE AFC vs. NFC:2001-CURRENT
TEAM RECORD WIN PCT. Pittsburgh Steelers 24-5-1 .817 Baltimore Ravens 25-6 .806 New England Patriots 24-6 .800 Denver Broncos 23-9 .719 Cincinnati Bengals 19-9-3 .661
WINNING ERA OF FREE AGENCY Pittsburgh owns the third-best regular-season record in the NFL since the free-agency era (since 1993) with a 234-140-1 (.625) record. The Steelers are one of four teams (New England: 252 , Green Bay: 239 and Denver: 230) to record at least 230 regular season wins since 1993. The following is a look at the best regular-season records in the free agency era (since 1993):
BEST REGULAR-SEASON RECORDS IN THE FREE AGENCY ERA1993-CURRENT
TEAM RECORD WIN PCT. New England Patriots 253-123 .673 Green Bay Packers 239-135-1 .639 Pittsburgh Steelers 234-140-1 .625 Denver Broncos 230-146 .612 Indianapolis Colts 220-156 .585
ACTIVE NON-LOSING SEASONS The Steelers have fi nished with an 8-8 (.500) mark or better in each of the previous 12 seasons, dating back to 2004. Pittsburgh’s 12-season streak of a .500 winning mark or better is the second-longest active in the NFL, and is one shy of the team’s record for most consecutive non-losing seasons (13, 1972-1984):
MOST CONSECUTIVE NON-LOSING SEASONS:ACTIVE STREAKS
TEAM STREAK YEARS New England Patriots 15 2001-15 Pittsburgh Steelers 12 2004-15 Green Bay Packers 7 2009-15 Cincinnati Bengals 5 2011-15 Denver Broncos 5 2011-15
WINNING AT LEAST 4 AT HOME The Steelers have won at least four home games in each of the previous 16 seasons (since 2000), marking the longest active streak in the NFL:
MOST CONSECUTIVE SEASONS WITH AT LEASTFOUR HOME WINS - ACTIVE STREAK
TEAM CONSECUTIVE SEASONS Pittsburgh Steelers 16 (2000-15) New England Patriots 15 (2001-15) Arizona Cardinals 9 (2007-15) Green Bay Packers 9 (2007-15)
HOME NUMBER TO NOTE
259-100-1The Steelers own the best home record in the NFL with a
259-100-1 record (.721) since 1970.
HEINZ FIELD UNDER THE LIGHTS The Steelers defeated the Kansas City Chiefs 43-14 on Sunday Night Football at Heinz Field in Week Four - the team’s 29th primetime game at Heinz Field since the stadium opened in 2001. Pittsburgh has won 22 of its 29 home games under the lights since 2001. The team’s .759 winning percentage is tied as the second-best and its 22 wins are tied as the third-most in home primetime games since 2001:
BEST REGULAR-SEASON HOME PRIMETIME GAME RECORDS2001-CURRENT
TEAM RECORD WIN PCT. Seattle Seahawks 16-5 .762 Pittsburgh Steelers 22-7 .759 New England Patriots 22-7 .759 Green Bay Packers 23-8 .742 Baltimore Ravens 15-6 .714
BEN THROWS 16 IN FIRST SIX QB Ben Roethlisberger set a Steelers record for the most touchdown passes in the fi rst six games of a season to open up 2016 with 16 scoring tosses, surpassing the previous mark of 13 (Terry Bradshaw: 1980 and Ben Roethlisberger: 2007). Roethlisberger threw for 300 yards on 27 completions and three touchdowns with an interception for a passer rating of 112.4 in the team’s Week One 38-16 win on Monday Night Football at Washington. The win gave him his 50th career road win as a starter and he joined Tom Brady (75) and Drew Brees (57) as the only active quarterbacks with at least 50 road wins. In Week Two’s home opener at Heinz Field, Roethlisberger threw for 259 yards on 19-of-37 passing with three touchdowns and two interceptions, leading the Steelers to a 24-16 win over Cincinnati. The game marked his 80th career regular-season game with multiple scoring passes, and his 45th at Heinz Field. The Miami (Oh.) product completed 24-of-44 passes for 257 yards with an interception in Week Three’s loss at Philadelphia. In Week Four on Sunday Night Football, Roethlisberger notched his fi fth career regular-season game with at least fi ve touchdown passes - becoming the sixth player in NFL history to accomplish the feat - completing 22-of-27 passes for 300 yards for a passer rating of 152.5. Roethlisberger threw four touchdowns while completing 34-of-47 attempts for 380 yards for a passer rating of 124.4 in Week Five vs. New York at Heinz fi eld. Below is a look at where Roethlisberger ranks in the NFL through Week Eight:• 3-Touchdown Games: 4 (T-1st)• Touchdowns Per Attempt Percent: 7.1 (2nd)• Passing Touchdowns: 16 (T-5th)• Passer Rating: 99.2 (7th) • 300-Yard Games: 3 (T-7th)
CONTROLLING THE NORTH
QB Ben Roethlisberger is 46-16 (.742) as a starter against AFC North opponents during his career and led the Steelers to the best divisional record during the 2013 and 2014 regular seasons (4-2).
Since 2010, Roethlisberger is 22-9 against divisional foes during the regular season, including 12-7 from 2012-current.
Roethlisberger has fi nished with a .500 or above record against AFC North opponents during the regular season in 10 of his 12 NFL seasons, including winning at least fi ve games in four campaigns:
ROETHLISBERGER RECORD VS. AFC NORTH AS A STARTER
SEASON RECORD 2008 6-0 2004 5-0 2010 5-0 2007 5-0 2016 1-0 2014 4-2 2013 4-2 2011 4-2 2005 3-1 2012 2-1 2006 3-3 2015 2-2 2009 2-3 In his 62 career starts versus division opponents, Roethlisberger has posted a perfect passer rating once (11/5/07 vs. Baltimore) and has recorded a passer rating of over 100.0 a total of 23 times, including a 102.7 rating in the team’s 2015 regular-season fi nale at Cleveland. The following is a look at his statistics against the AFC North in his 62 games as a starter:
ROETHLISBERGER’S STATS VS. AFC NORTH CATEGORY STATISTIC Record ..............................................................46-16 Completion Pct. (Comp.-Att.) .................66.0 (1,255-1,911) Passing Yards .................................................14,523 Passing Touchdowns.......................................... 90 Interceptions ....................................................... 59 Passer Rating ....................................................91.3
Also, the following is a look at Roethlisberger’s career statistics against AFC North opponents as a starter at home compared to the road:
ROETHLISBERGER VS. AFC NORTH AT HOME AND AWAY Statistic Home vs. AFC North Away vs. AFC North Record ................................................................. 25-7 ............................21-9 Completion Pct. (Comp.-Att.) ..............62.4 (587-947) ............62.0 (598-964) Passing Yards ................................................... 7,571 .......................... 6,932 Passing Touchdowns.............................................. 53 ............................... 37 Interceptions ........................................................... 34 ............................... 25 Passer Rating ...................................................... 90.7 ............................ 85.7
BEN FINDING THE END ZONE Through the fi rst six games of the 2016 season, QB Ben Roethlisberger has completed 145-of-226 passes for 1,685 yards with 16 touchdowns and six interceptions for a passer rating of 99.2. Roethlisberger has thrown a touchdown on 7.1 percent of his tosses in 2016 - the second-best rate of touchdown passes per attempt through Week Eight:
NFL PASSING TOUCHDOWN PERCENT LEADERS - 2016 Rk. PLAYER, TEAM ATT TDS TD % 1. Tom Brady, NE 134 12 9.0 2. Ben Roethlisberger, PIT 226 16 7.1 3. Matt Ryan, ATL 279 19 6.8 4. Aaron Rodgers, GB 275 17 6.2 5. Drew Brees, NO 308 18 5.8
HOME COOKINGQB Ben Roethlisberger owns a 67-21 (.761) mark in the
regular season in his career as a starter at Heinz Field, including winning his fi rst eight starts as a rookie in 2004.
Since the start of the 2011 season, the signal caller is 29-9 at home as a starter. Over that time period, Roethlisberger is one of fi ve active quarterbacks to have a passer rating of at least 100.0 at home during the regular season (105.3).
Below is a breakdown of Roethlisberger’s statistics in his Heinz Field career:
ROETHLISBERGER’S STATS AT HEINZ FIELD CATEGORY STATISTIC Record ..............................................................67-21 Completion Pct. (Comp.-Att.) ...............64.1 (1,800-of-2,806) Passing Yards .................................................22,987 Passing Touchdowns......................................... 165 Interceptions ....................................................... 69 Passer Rating ....................................................99.0 300-plus Yard Games ......................................... 27 Multi-Touchdown Performances .............47 (36-10 record)**Threw 3 touchdowns in Week 10 of 2015, but did not start
Roethlisberger has thrown at least one touchdown pass in each of his last 41 home games at Heinz Field - the second-longest streak in NFL history (second-longest among active quarterbacks):
CONSECUTIVE HOME GAMES Rk. PLAYER (YEAR) WITH AT LEAST 1 TD PASS 1. Drew Brees (10/18/09-present) 58 2. Tom Brady (9/14/09-12/14/14) 47 3. Ben Roethlisberger (12/19/10-present) 41 4. Dan Marino (10/9/83-11/14/88) 39 5. Aaron Rodgers (10/5/08-12/2/12) 35
STARTING IN STYLE In his career, QB Ben Roethlisberger owns a 117-58 (.669) record as a starting quarterback in the regular season - the third best regular season record in the NFL among all active quarterbacks (min. 50 starts). The following is a look at the top fi ve starting records among active quarterbacks in the NFL (min. 50 starts):
STARTING RECORDS AMONG ACTIVE QBs (Min. 50 Starts)
Rk. PLAYER, TEAM W L T Pct. 1. Tom Brady, NE 176 51 0 .775 2. Russell Wilson, SEA 50 20 1 .711 3. Ben Roethlisberger, PIT 117 58 0 .669 4. Aaron Rodgers, GB 84 42 0 .667 5. Andy Dalton, CIN 53 30 2 .635 Roethlisberger made his 175th career regular season start in Week 6 at Miami, and earned his 100th win, leading the Steelers to a 51-34 victory. His 117 wins in his fi rst 175 regular-season starts are the second-most by an NFL QB in League history through 175 starts:just the fourth quarterback in NFL history to record 100 wins in their fi rst 150 regular season starts:
NUMBER OF WINS Rk. PLAYER IN FIRST 175 STARTS 1. Tom Brady 136 2. Ben Roethlisberger 117 T3. Peyton Manning 116 Brett Favre 116 Johnny Unitas
Roethlisberger made his 150th career regular season start in Week 8 vs. Indianapolis in 2014 to become just the fourth quarterback in NFL history to record 100 wins in their fi rst 150 regular season starts (Tom Brady: 116, Joe Montana: 108, Terry and Bradshaw: 102). Roethlisberger registered his 90th career win in his 135th career start, becoming the fi fth fastest quarterback who began their career in the Super Bowl era to reach 90 wins. His 63-27 record after his fi rst 90 starts in the NFL ranked third (tied) in league history for the best record in such starts. Only Brady (67-23) and Stabler (66-23-1) had better records in their fi rst 90 starts in the NFL. Roethlisberger’s record is tied with Jim McMahon.
FACING THE NFC In 45 career regular-season games against NFC opponents, QB Ben Roethlisberger has posted a 31-14 record, including winning each of his fi rst seven starts against conference members. In Week One’s game at Washington in 2016, Roethlisberger completed 27-of-37 passes for 300 yards with three touchdowns and an interception for a passer rating of 112.4. Below is a look at the quarterback’s numbers in games against NFC opponents:
ROETHLISBERGER’S STATS VS. THE NFC CATEGORY STATISTIC Record ..............................................................31-14 Completion Pct. (Comp.-Att.) ................ 63.9 (893-of-1,398) Passing Yards ................................................. 11,429 Passing Touchdowns.......................................... 68 Interceptions ....................................................... 33 Passer Rating ....................................................95.8 300-plus Yard Games ......................................... 15 Multi-Touchdown Performances ...............21 (15-6 record)
Roethlisberger’s statistics against the NFC are equally impres-sive in games at Heinz Field. In 21 career games against NFC opponents at home, Roethlis-berger has a 17-4 mark while completing 400-of-647 passes (61.8 pct.) for 5,472 yards with 36 touchdowns and 12 interceptions for a passer rating of 99.7.
THE 40,000 CLUB QB Ben Roethlisberger became the fi rst player in Steelers history to register 40,000 career passing yards in Week 8’s game vs. Cincinnati in 2015. Roethlisberger is the 16th quarterback in NFL history to reach the mark, the ninth to do so with one team, and the fi fth active signal caller with 40,000 passing yards. Roethlisberger reached the 40,000 milestone in his 163rd ca-reer game - surpassing Warren Moon for the fi fth-fewest games to reach the mark: FEWEST GAMES TO REACH Rk. PLAYER 40,000 PASSING YARDS 1. Drew Brees 152 2. Dan Marino 153 3. Peyton Manning 154 4. Tom Brady 162 5. Ben Roethlisberger 163 6. Warren Moon 165
BEN AMONG ACTIVE BESTS QB Ben Roethlisberger ranks in the top 10 among active NFL quarterbacks with a 7.91 yards per attempt average (2nd), 44,680 passing yards (4th), 3,621 completions (5th), 288 passing touchdowns (5th) and a 94.2 passer rating (7th):
NFL ACTIVE PASSING YARDS PER ATTEMPT LEADERS Rk. PLAYER CMP-ATT YARDS YDS/ATT. 1. Russell Wilson 1,281-1,976 15,786 7.99 2. Ben Roethlisberger 3,621-5,649 44,680 7.91 3. Aaron Rodgers 2,809-4,322 34,141 7.90 4. Tony Romo 2,826-4,331 34,154 7.89 5. Philip Rivers 3,644-5,631 43,732 7.77
NFL ACTIVE PASSING YARDAGE LEADERS Rk. PLAYER GP CMP-ATT YARDS 1. Drew Brees 224 5,579-8,393 63,269 2. Tom Brady 229 5,051-7,926 59,347 3. Eli Manning 192 3,870-6,497 46,171 4. Ben Roethlisberger 177 3,621-5,649 44,680 5. Philip Rivers 172 3,644-5,631 43,732
NFL ACTIVE PASSING TOUCHDOWN LEADERS Rk. PLAYER GP TDS 1. Drew Brees 224 446 2. Tom Brady 229 440 3. Eli Manning 192 302 4. Philip Rivers 172 296 5. Ben Roethlisberger 177 288
HITTING 3,000 IN NINE STRAIGHT QB Ben Roethlisberger extended his consecutive seasons of throwing for 3,000 yards to nine during Week 15’s game vs. Denver in 2015. He joined Brett Favre (18), Peyton Manning (13), Dan Marino (9), Drew Brees (11), Eli Manning (10) and Philip Rivers (10) as just the seventh signal caller in NFL history to have such a streak:
CONSECUTIVE SEASONS WITH 3,000 PASSING YARDS - NFL HISTORY
Rk. QUARTERBACK CONS. YEARS (SEASONS) 1. Brett Favre 18 (1992-2009) 2. Peyton Manning 13 (1998-2010) 3. Drew Brees 12 (2004-15) 4. Eli Manning 11 (2005-15) 5. Philip Rivers 10 (2006-15) 6. Ben Roethlisberger 10 (2006-15) 7. Dan Marino 9 (1984-92)
15 IN FIRST 13 QB Ben Roethlisberger threw four touchdowns in Week Five vs. New York to increase his 2016 season total to 15. He has now thrown at least 15 touchdown passes in each of his fi rst 13 NFL seasons - tying as the longest streak of 15 touchdown campaigns to start an NFL career:
MOST CONSECUTIVE 15-TOUCHDOWN PASS Rk. PLAYER SEASONS TO START A CAREER T1. Ben Roethlisberger, 2004-16 13 Peyton Manning, 1998-2010 13 T3. Jim Kelly, 1986-95 10 Dan Marino, 1983-92 10 Fran Tarkenton, 1961-70 10
TOP OF THE STEELERS’ CHARTS QB Ben Roethlisberger holds nearly all passing records in Pittsburgh Steelers franchise history. He became the fi rst player in Steelers history to record 40,000 passing yards, a feat he reached during Week 8’s game vs. Cin-cinnati in 2015. His 44,680 passing yards, 288 passing touchdowns and 3,621 completions are tops in the team’s record books:
STEELERS ALL-TIME PASSING YARDAGE LEADERS Rk. STEELER, YEARS CMP-ATT YARDS 1. Ben Roethlisberger, 2004-16 3,621-5,649 44,680 2. Terry Bradshaw, 1970-83 2,025-3,901 27,989 3. Kordell Stewart, 1995-2002 1,190-2,107 13,328 4. Neil O’Donnell, 1991-95 1,069-1,871 12,867 5. Bubby Brister, 1986-92 776-1,477 10,104
STEELERS ALL-TIME PASSING TOUCHDOWN LEADERS Rk. STEELER GP TDS 1. Ben Roethlisberger 177 288 2. Terry Bradshaw 168 212 3. Kordell Stewart 113 70 4. Neil O’Donnell 66 68 5. Bobby Layne 55 66
STEELERS ALL-TIME PASS COMPLETION LEADERS Rk. STEELER GP CMP 1. Ben Roethlisberger 177 3,621 2. Terry Bradshaw 168 2,025 3. Kordell Stewart 113 1,190
BEN’S CAREER GAME QB Ben Roethlisberger set single-game Steelers franchise records during Week 8’s 51-34 win over Indianapolis in 2014 with 40 pass completions, 522 passing yards and six passing touchdowns. His 522 passing yards tied as the fourth-most in an NFL game:
MOST PASSING YARDS IN A GAME - NFL HISTORY Rk. PLAYER PASSING YARDS 1. Norm Van Brocklin, 9/28/1951 554 T2. Matt Schaub, 11/18/2012 527 Warren Moon, 12/16/1990 527 T4. Ben Roethlisberger, 10/26/2014 522 Boomer Esiason, 11/10/1996 522
FEELING AT HOME IN OHIO QB Ben Roethlisberger is from Cory Rawson, Ohio, and played collegietely at Miami (Ohio), so it is no wonder he feels at home while playing at Cincinnati or Cleveland. Including the postseason, Roethlisberger is a combined 20-4 playing in games played in Ohio (Paul Brown Stadium: 11-2 and FirstEnergy Stadium: 9-2).
Below is Roethlisberger’s passing stats for games at Cincinnati and Cleveland:
ROETHLISBERGER IN GAMES PLAYED IN OHIO GP Att. Cmp. Pct. Yds. TDs Int Rat.@ Cin 13 379 255 67.3 3,010 19 9 98.1@ Cle 11 329 196 59.6 2,468 16 7 90.3Total 24 708 451 63.7 5,478 35 16 94.5
BEN’S NUMBERS
1stBecame the fi rst quarterback in NFL history to with 500 passing yards in two career games (Week 8 2014 and Week 15 2009).
4Roethlisberger is one of four active quarterbacks to throw at least 150 touchdowns at home during the regular season.
7The number of seasons Roethlisberger has thrown 20
touchdowns or more during his NFL career - a franchise record.
15He has thrown at least 15 touchdown passes in each of his fi rst 13 NFL seasons, tying as the most consecutive seasons with 15 or more scoring tosses to start a career (Peyton Manning:
1998-2010).
20-PLUSThe Steelers have scored at least 20 points in 73 of the 89
games at home with Roethlisberger as the starter.
40Number of games Roethlisberger has totaled at least three
touchdown passes in his career (39 regular season, 1 postseason), including each of his last seven regular season
home games.
48Roethlisberger has thrown 48 300-plus yard passing games in his regular season NFL career - most in franchise history - and became the 10th QB in NFL history to reach 40 with one team.
117-58Roethlisberger’s record as a starting quarterback in the regular
season - the third best record in the NFL among all active quarterbacks (min. 50 starts) - and most wins in franchise
history for a starting signal caller.
125.0Roethlisberger has recorded a passer rating of 125.0 or better 17 times in his NFL career (minimum 20 attempts), most recent Week Four on Sunday Night Football vs. Kansas City (152.5).
150.0Roethlisberger has posted a passer rating of 150.0 or better in eight games during his NFL career (min. 10 attempts/game) -
the most all-time.
379Roethlisberger set an NFL record for the most passing yards
by a quarterback who did not start a game with 379 in Week 10 of 2015 vs. Cleveland, surpassing the previous mark of Wade
Wilson (374, Dec. 16, 1990).
400Since entering the NFL in 2004, Roethlisberger has produced eight 400-plus yard games - tying as the third-most since the
2004 season.
MOVING ON UP QB Ben Roethlisberger leads the Steelers in nearly all major career statistics. The following is where Roethlisberger ranks in Steelers history in several key passing categories:
Roethlisberger’s Career Rankings Among Steelers QBsCategory Statistic RankSingle-Season TD Passes (2007 and 2014) ....................... 32 .............. 1st
Single-Season Passing Yards (2014) ............................ 4,952 .............. 1st
Career Passing TDs (regular season) .............................. 288 .............. 1st
Single-Season Completions (2014) .................................. 408 .............. 1st
Single-Season Pass Attempts (2014) ............................... 608 .............. 1st
Single-Season Completion Pct. (2015) ............................ 68.0 .............. 1st
Single-Season Passer Rating (2007)............................. 104.1 .............. 1st
3,000-Yard Passing Seasons (2006-15) ............................. 10 .............. 1st
Consecutive 3,000-Yard Passing Seasons (2006-15) ........ 10 .............. 1st
Single-Game Completion Pct. (11/26/07 vs. Miami) ........ 85.7 .............. 1st
Seasons w/ 250+ Completions (2006-09, ‘11-15) ................. 9 .............. 1st
Seasons w/ Completion Pct. of 60.0+ (2004, ‘05, ‘07, ‘09-‘15) ....... 10 .............. 1st
Seasons w/ Passer Rating of 90.0+ (2004, ‘05, ‘07, ‘09-’15) ......... 9 .............. 1st
Completions in Single Game (10/26/14 vs. Indianapolis and 12/20/15 vs. Denver)...........40 ............. 1stAttempts in Single Game (11/30/14 vs. New Orleans) ........ 58 .............. 1st
Passing Yards in Single Game (10/26/14 vs. Indianapolis) ........522 .............. 1st
Career Winning Pct. ......................................................... .669 .............. 1st
Career Completions ....................................................... 3,621 .............. 1st
Career Attempts ............................................................. 5,649 .............. 1st
Career Passing Yards .................................................. 44,680 .............. 1st
Career Completion Pct..................................................... 64.1 .............. 1st
Career Passing Yards/Attempts ......................................... 7.9 .............. 1st
Career QB Rating ............................................................ 94.2 .............. 1st
Career 300-yard Passing Games (reg and posteason) ...... 51 .............. 1st
Career Games w/ 30+ Completions (reg and postseason) . 16 .............. 1st
Career Games w/ 100.0+ Passer Rating (reg and posteason) . 76 .............. 1st
Career Perfect Passer Rating Games (158.3) ** .................. 3 .............. 1st
Career QB Rating in 4th Qtr. * ......................................... 90.3 .............. 1st
Career Touchdown Passes in Final 2 mins./game * ........... 43 .............. 1st
Consecutive Reg. Gms. w/ At Least One TD Pass (2012-Week 1 of 2014) 30 .............. 1st
Games Played by Rookie QB (2004) .................................. 14 .............. 1st
Passing Attempts by Rookie QB (2004)............................ 295 .............. 1st
Pass Completions by Rookie QB (2004) .......................... 196 .............. 1st
Passing Yards by Rookie QB (2004) ............................. 2,621 .............. 1st
Passing TDs by Rookie QB (2004) ..................................... 17 .............. 1st
Rushing Attempts by Rookie QB (2004) ............................. 56 .............. 1st
Rushing Yards by Rookie QB (2004) ................................ 144 .............. 1st
Completion Pct. by Rookie QB (2004) ** ......................... 66.4 .............. 1st
Passer Rating by Rookie QB (2004) ** ............................ 98.1 .............. 1st
Comp. %./Single Game by Rookie QB (10/17/04 vs. Dal.) ** 84.0 ........... 1st
Consecutive Wins to Start Career (2004) ** ....................... 13 .............. 1st
Total Wins by Rookie QB (2004) ** ..................................... 13 .............. 1st
Passing TDs in Single Game (10/26/14 vs. Ind. and 11/2/14 vs. Bal.) ... 6 .............. 1st
Single-Game TD Passes at Heinz Field (10/26/14 vs. Ind. and 11/2/14 vs. Bal.) ... 6 .............. 1st
Passing TDs in Back-to-Back Games ** ............................. 12 .............. 1st
Total Wins When Throwing for 300-plus Yards ................... 26 .............. 1st
Seasons w/ 25+ Passing TDs (2007, ‘09, ‘12-14) ................. 5 .............. 1st
Career Wins (Regular Season). .........................................117 .............. 1st
Single-Game TD Passes on MNF (11/5/07 vs. Bal.) ** ......... 5 ........... T-1st
Consecutive Passes Completed (11/26/07 vs. Miami) ........ 15 ........... T-1st
Career TD Passes (indoors) ............................................... 16 ........... T-1st
Career Touchdown Passes in Dec./Jan. ............................. 79 .............. 1st
Career Rushing Yards (by QB) ...................................... 1,209 .............. 3rd
* Since 1991** NFL Record
NO. 84: ANTONIO BROWNWR Antonio Brown leads the Steelers’ offense with 48
receptions for 592 yards and fi ve touchdown catches through the fi rst seven games of the 2016 season.
Brown ranks fourth among all NFL players with 48 receptions and is tied for the fourth with fi ve touchdown catches through Week Eight:
NFL RECEPTION LEADERS: 2016 Rk. PLAYER, TEAM REC. YARDS TDs 1. A.J. Green, CIN 59 896 3 2. Larry Fitzgerald, ARI 56 554 5 3. Amari Cooper, OAK 52 787 2 4. Antonio Brown, PIT 48 592 5 5. Michael Crabtree, OAK 47 569 6
Brown totaled game-highs in receptions (8), receiving yards (126) and receiving touchdowns (2) in the Steelers’ fi rst game of the 2016 season on Monday Night Football at Washington (W, 38-16. It marked his 26th career 100-yard receiving game and 10th career multi-touchdown catch game, while setting a Steelers record for the fewest games to 10,000 combined yards (87).
Brown tallied game-high and single-season highs in receptions (12) and receiving yards (14) in Week Three at Philadelphia. It marked his 27th career 100-yard game and the 11th double-digit reception game of his career.
In Week Four on Sunday Night Football, Brown caught each of his touchdown catches in the fi rst quarter - his second career opening period with two scoring grabs - while marking his 11th career multi-touchdown game.
Brown tied for the game-high with nine receptions, as he recorded 78 receiving yards with one receiving touchdown in Week Five vs. the New York Jets, and eclipsed 7,500 receiving yards to become the 10th active NFL player to hit the mark.
He totaled a game-high 106 receiving yards on seven catches, his third 100-yard game of the season in Week Seven against New England.
BROWN SINCE ‘10
WR Antonio Brown has recorded four 1,000-receiving yard campaigns (2011 and ‘13-15) and three consecutive 110-reception seasons from 2013-15 since entering the NFL in 2010.
His 574 catches and his 7,685 receiving yards are second-most since entering the NFL in 2010 among active NFL players:
ACTIVE NFL RECEPTION LEADERS: 2010-CURRENT Rk. PLAYER, TEAM GP REC. 1. Brandon Marshall, MIA-CHI-NYJ 99 589 2. Antonio Brown, PIT 93 574 3. Larry Fitzgerald, ARI 102 551
ACTIVE NFL RECEIVING YARDS LEADERS: 2010-CURRENT Rk. PLAYER, TEAM REC. YARDS 1. Brandon Marshall, MIA-CHI-NYJ 589 7,794 2. Antonio Brown, PIT 574 7,685 3. Demaryius Thomas, DEN 498 7,156
REACHING 7,500 SCRIMMAGE YARDSWR Antonio Brown reached the 7,500 scrimmage yard
milestone in Week Three’s game at Philadelphia. He accomplished the feat in his 89th career regular-season game to tie Calvin Johnson for the fourth-fewest games to 7,500 scrimmage yards by a wide receiver in NFL history:
FEWEST GAMES TO 7,500 SCRIMMAGE YARDSBY A PLAYER WHOSE PRIMARY POSITION IS
WIDE RECEIVER Rk. PLAYER GAMES TO 7,500 1. Lance Alworth 75 2. Jerry Rice 84 3. Randy Moss 86 T4. Antonio Brown 89 Calvin Johnson 89
BROWN SINCE 2010 VS. NFCWR Antonio Brown Brown has also seen success when
facing members of the opposing conference in the NFC since entering the NFL. In 24 games against NFC teams since entering the NFL in 2010, Brown has 160 receptions for 2,122 yards and 14 touchdowns.
His 160 catches are tops among AFC players against NFC teams since 2010 and his 2,122 receiving yards are second-most:
AFC RECEPTION LEADERS VS. NFC: 2010-CURRENT Rk. PLAYER, TEAM GP REC. 1. Antonio Brown, PIT 24 160 2. Demaryius Thomas, DEN 24 150 3. Antonio Gates, SD 22 124
AFC RECEIVING YARDS LEADERS VS. NFC: 2010-CURRENT
Rk. PLAYER, TEAM REC. YARDS 1. Demaryius Thomas, DEN 150 2,213 2. Antonio Brown, PIT 160 2,122 3. Andre Johnson, HOU-IND-TEN 121 1,746
BROWN AT THE TOP IN FIRST SIXWR Antonio Brown Brown caught 526 receptions in his fi rst
six years in the NFL (2010-15) - the most by any player in their fi rst six seasons in NFL history:
NFL RECEPTION LEADERS:FIRST SIX YEARS OF A CAREER
Rk. PLAYER, YEARS RECEPTIONS 1. Antonio Brown, 2010-15 526 2. Randy Moss, 1998-2003 525 3. Larry Fitzgerald, 2004-09 523
Brown recorded 59 games with at least fi ve catches and 50 receiving yards in his fi rst six years in the NFL, tying as the most such games in a player’s fi rst six seasons in NFL history:
MOST FIVE CATCH AND 50-YARD GAMES INFIRST SIX YEARS OF A CAREER: NFL HISTORY
Rk. PLAYER, YEARS 5/50 GAMES T1. Antonio Brown, 2010-15 59 Torry Holt, 1999-2004 59 3. Randy Moss, 1998-2003 56
554 IN 90WR Antonio Brown played in his 90th career regular-season
game in Week Four and increased his career total to 554 receptions - the second-most by any player in NFL history in their fi rst 90 career regular-season games:
MOST RECEPTIONS IN FIRST 90 REGULAR-SEASON GAMES Rk. PLAYER RECEPTIONS 1. Anquan Boldin 558 2. Antonio Brown 554 3. Larry Fitzgerald 515
BROWN ON THE TEAM’S CHARTSWR Antonio Brown is the third player in Steelers history with
7,500 receiving yards, third with 550 receptions and fi fth with 7,500 yards from scrimmage:
STEELERS ALL-TIME RECEIVING YARDS LEADERS Rk. STEELER, YEARS REC. YARDS 1. Hines Ward, 1998-2011 12,083 2. John Stallworth, 1974-87 8,723 8,723 3. Antonio Brown, 2010-16 7,685
STEELERS ALL-TIME RECEPTION LEADERS Rk. STEELER, YEARS RECEPTIONS 1. Hines Ward, 1998-2011 1,000 2. Heath Miller, 2005-15 592 3. Antonio Brown, 2010-16 574
STEELERS ALL-TIME SRIMMAGE YARDAGE LEADERS Rk. STEELER, YEARS RUSH YDS/REC YDS SCRMG. YARDS 1. Franco Harris, 1972-83 11,950 / 2,284 14,234 2. Hines Ward, 1998-2011 428 / 12,083 12,511 3. Jerome Bettis, 1996-2005 10,571 / 806 11,377 4. John Stallworth, 1974-87 111 / 8,723 8,834 5. Antonio Brown, 2010-16 129 / 7,685 7,814
With a two touchdown catch performance in Week One, Brown became the sixth player in team history with 40 touchdown catches. He increased his career total to 43 with a fi ve-yard strike from QB Ben Roethlisberger in Week Five to break a tie with Buddy Dial (42) for the sole possession of the fi fth-most in team history:
STEELERS ALL-TIME RECEIVING TOUCHDOWN LEADERS Rk. STEELER, YEARS REC. YARDS TDs 1. Hines Ward, 1988-2011 1,000 12,083 85 2. John Stallworth, 1974-87 537 8,723 63 3. Lynn Swann, 1974-82 336 5,462 51 4. Heath Miller, 2005-15 592 6,569 45 5. Antonio Brown, 2010-16 563 7,540 43
Brown increased his overall touchdown total to 48 in Week Five vs. New York which rank as the sixth-most overall scores in Steelers history:
STEELERS ALL-TIME TOUCHDOWN LEADERS Rk. STEELER, YEARS RUSH / REC / RET TDS 1. Franco Harris, 1972-83 91 / 9 / 0 100 2. Hines Ward, 1998-2011 1 / 85 / 0 86 3. Jerome Bettis, 1996-2005 78 / 2 / 0 80 4. John Stallworth, 1974-87 1 / 63 / 0 64 5. Lynn Swann, 1974-82 1 / 51 / 1 53 6. Antonio Brown, 2010-16 0 / 43 / 5 48
BROWN ON THE TEAM’S CHARTS
WR Antonio Brown’s 2015 receptions and receiving yards totals marked the most by a Steeler in a single-season in team history:
STEELERS SINGLE-SEASON RECEPTION LEADERS Rk. STEELER, YEAR RECEPTIONS 1. Antonio Brown, 2015 136 2. Antonio Brown, 2014 129 3. Hines Ward, 2002 112 4. Antonio Brown, 2013 110 T5. Hines Ward, 2009 95 Hines Ward, 2003 95
STEELERS SINGLE-SEASON RECEIVING YARDS LEADERS
Rk. STEELER, YEAR RECEIVING YARDS 1. Antonio Brown, 2015 1,834 2. Antonio Brown, 2014 1,698 3. Antonio Brown, 2013 1,499 4. Yancey Thigpen, 1997 1,398 5. John Stallworth, 1984 1,395
Brown amassed 1,862 yards from scrimmage in 2015, the third most by a Steeler in a single-season:
STEELERS SINGLE-SEASON SCRIMMAGE YARDS LEADERS
Rk. STEELER, YEAR RUSH YDS/REC YDS SCRMG. YARDS 1. Le’Veon Bell, 2014 1,361 / 854 2,215 2. Barry Foster, 1992 1,690 / 344 2,034 3. Antonio Brown, 2015 28 / 1,834 1,862 4. Jerome Bettis, 1997 1,665 / 110 1,775 5. Willie Parker, 2006 1,494 / 222 1,716 6. Antonio Brown, 2014 13 / 1,698 1,711
BROWN’S FRANCHISE DAY WR Antonio Brown posted the most prolifi c receiving game for a player in Steelers history in Week 9’s 38-35 win vs. Oakland in 2015. He led all players with franchise records of 17 catches for 284 receiving yards, and added 22 rushing yards for a team record 306 yards from scrimmage:
STEELERS SINGLE-GAME RECEPTION LEADERS Rk. STEELER RECEPTIONS 1. Antonio Brown, Nov. 8, 2015 17 2. Antonio Brown, Dec. 20, 2015 16 3. Courtney Hawkins, Nov. 1, 1998 14
STEELERS SINGLE-GAME RECEIVING YARDS LEADERS Rk. STEELER REC. YARDS 1. Antonio Brown, Nov. 8, 2015 284 2. Plaxico Burress, Nov. 10, 2002 253 3. Buddy Dial, Oct. 22, 1961 235
STEELERS SINGLE-GAME SCRIMMAGE YARDS LEADERS Rk. STEELER SCRMG. YARDS 1. Antonio Brown, Nov. 8, 2015 306 2. Frenchy Fuqua, Dec. 20, 1970 256 3. Le’Veon Bell, Nov. 30, 2014 254
UNFORGETTABLE SIX WR Antonio Brown worked his way from a sixth-round draft pick to a three-time team MVP and four-time Pro Bowler in his fi rst six seasons. He has registered the most receptions by a Steelers’ receiver in their fi rst four, fi ve and six regular and seasons:
RECEPTIONS IN Rk. STEELER, YEARS FIRST SIX YEARS GP/GS 1. Antonio Brown, 2010-15 526 86/59 2. Hines Ward, 1998-2003 425 96/77 5. Heath Miller, 2005-10 286 92/91 4. Plaxico Burress, 2000-04 261 71/67 5. Louis Lipps, 1984-89 253 79/70 Brown’s 5,259 receiving yards were the most receiving yards by a Steelers’ receiver in their fi rst fi ve regular seasons and his 7,093 are the most by a Steeler in their fi rst six seasons:
RECEIVING YARDS IN Rk. STEELER, YEARS FIRST SIX YEARS 1. Antonio Brown, 2010-15 7,093 2. Hines Ward, 1998-03 5,051 3. Buddy Dial, 1959-63 4,723 4. Louis Lipps, 1984-89 4,665 5. Plaxico Burress, 2000-04 4,164
Brown totaled 7,755 all-purpose yards - the most by a Steeler in their fi rst fi ve regular seasons (2010-13). His 9,911 are tops by a Steeler through their fi rst six seasons:
ALL-PURPOSE YARDS IN Rk. STEELER, YEARS FIRST SIX YEARS 1. Antonio Brown, 2010-15 9,911 2. Franco Harris, 1972-77 7,399 3. Louis Lipps, 1984-89 6,510 4. Lynn Chandnois, 1950-55 6,498 5. Willie Parker, 2004-09 6,075
BROWN’S NFL NOTES
WR Antonio Brown caught 375 passes over the past three seasons - the most in NFL history over any three-year span:
RECEPTIONS IN ANY THREE Rk. PLAYER, YEARS YEAR SPAN: NFL HISTORY 1. Antonio Brown, 2013-15 375 2. Marvis Harrison, 2000-02 354 T3. Wes Welker, 2007-09 346 Marvin Harrison, 2001-03 346 5. Jerry Rice, 1994-96 342
His 5,031 receiving yards since the 2013 season are the second-most by any player in NFL history in any three-year span:
RECEIVING YARDS IN ANY THREE Rk. PLAYER, YEARS YEAR SPAN: NFL HISTORY 1. Calvin Johnson, 2011-13 5,137 2. Antonio Brown, 2013-15 5,031 3. Jerry Rice, 1993-95 4,850 4. Calvin Johnson, 2010-12 4,765 5. Marvin Harrison, 2000-02 4,659
Brown became just the second player in NFL history to record three consecutive 110 catch seasons during Week 15’s game vs. Denver, joining Wes Welker (2013-15).
He became the second in NFL history with consecutive 120-catch and back-to-back 1,600-receiving yard campaigns during Week 16’s game at Baltimore:
CONSECUTIVE SEASONS WITH Rk. PLAYER, YEARS AT LEAST 120 CATCHES T1. Antonio Brown, 2014-15 2 Cris Carter, 1994-95 2
CONSECUTIVE SEASONS WITH Rk. PLAYER, YEARS 1,600 RECEIVING YARDS T1. Antonio Brown, 2014-15 2 Calvin Johnson, 2011-12 2
The sixth-year receiver has tallied 1,500 receiving yards in back-to-back seaons and is the fi fth player in NFL history to reach the feat:
CONSECUTIVE SEASONS WITH Rk. PLAYER, YEARS 1,500 RECEIVING YARDS T1. Antonio Brown, 2014-15 2 Julio Jones, 2014-15 2 Calvin Johnson, 2011-12 2 Andre Johnson, 2008-09 2 Marvin Harrison, 2001-02 2
Brown is the fi rst player in Steelers history and fi fth player in NFL history to record three straight 1,400-receiving yard campaigns:
CONSECUTIVE SEASONS WITH Rk. PLAYER, YEARS 1,400 RECEIVING YARDS 1. Marvin Harrison, 1999-2002 4 T2. Antonio Brown, 2013-15 3 Demaryius Thomas, 2012-14 3 Calvin Johnson, 2011-13 3 Jerry Rice, 1993-95 3
Brown has eclipsed 1,500 yards from scrimmage in each of the last three seasons (2013: 1,503, 2014: 1,711 and 2015: 1,614). He is the fi rst player in Steelers history with three consecutive 1,500-scrimmage yard seasons and the second wide receiver in NFL history to accmplish the feat.
ALL AROUND BROWN WR Antonio Brown has been a valuable asset to the team’s offensive and special teams efforts. In Week 13 vs. Indianapolis in 2015, Brown returned a punt for a 71-yard touchdown, his fourth punt return for a touchdown to tie a Steelers record:
STEELERS ALL-TIME PUNT RETURN FOR TOUCHDOWNS Rk. STEELER, YEARS PR TDs T1. Antonio Brown, 2010-16 4 Antwaan Randle El, 2002-05, ‘10 4 T3. Louis Lipps, 1984-91 3 Ray Mathews, 1951-59 3
Brown also ranks third in team history with 1,631 punt return yards:
STEELERS ALL-TIME PUNT RETURN YARDS Rk. STEELER, YEARS CAREER PR YARDS PR TDs 1. Rod Woodson, 1987-96 2,362 2 2. Antwaan Randle El, 2002-05, ‘10 1,650 4 3. Antonio Brown, 2010-16 1,631 4 4. Theo Bell, 1976, 1978-80 1,259 0 5. Louis Lipps, 1984-91 1,212 3 Along with four punts returned for touchdowns, Brown has one kickoff returned to the end zone in his career. He is the sixth player in NFL history - the fi rst Steeler - to have 35 career touchdown catches and fi ve returns for touchdowns.
BROWN’S STEELERS NOTESIn his seventh year, receiver - WR Antonio Brown - has
caught 10 passes or more in 11 games of his NFL career, all with the Steelers, the most double-digit reception games in team history:
MOST DOUBLE-DIGIT CATCH Rk. STEELER, YEARS GAMES: STEELERS HISTORY 1. Antonio Brown, 2010-16 11 2. Hines Ward, 1998-2011 7 T3. Heath Miller, 2005-15 3 Yancey Thigpen, 1992-97 3
His 28 100-receiving yard games place Brown are the second-most in the category in Steelers history:
MOST 100-REC. YARD GAMES Rk. STEELER, YEARS IN STEELERS HISTORY 1. Hines Ward, 1998-2011 29 2. Antonio Brown, 2010-16 28 3. John Stallworth, 1974-87 25
Brown has caught two touchdown catches in 11 games in his NFL career, all with Pittsburgh, the second-most multi-touchdown catch games in Steelers history:
MOST MULTI-TOUCHDOWN Rk. STEELER, YEARS GAMES: STEELERS HISTORY 1. Buddy Dial, 1959-63 15 2. Antonio Brown, 2010-16 11 3. Lynn Swann, 1974-82 10 4. John Stallworth, 1974-87 9 T5. Louis Lipps, 1984-91 7 Roy Jefferson, 1965-69 7
From 2014-15, Brown caught 23 touchdown passes - the most by a Steeler in back-to-back seasons - and joining Hines Ward as the only players with 10 or more touchdown receptions in consecutive years:
MOST TOUCHDOWN CATCHES Rk. STEELER, YEARS IN BACK-TO-BACK SEASONS 1. Antonio Brown, 2014-15 23 2. Hines Ward, 2002-03 22
Brown’s nine 100-yard receiving games in 2015 set a single-season team record, surpassing his previous 2014 record of eight:
MOST 100-REC. YARD GAMES Rk. STEELER, YEARS IN A SEASON: STEELERS HISTORY 1. Antonio Brown, 2015 9 2. Antonio Brown, 2014 8 T3. Mike Wallace, 2010 7 John Stallworth, 1984 7 T5. Yancey Thigpen, 1997 6 Buddy Dial, 1963 6
COATES GOING THE DISTANCE
WR Sammie Coates has caught 20 passes for 425 receiving yards, inclduing a long of 72 yards, through the fi rst seven games of the 2016 season.
Coates’ 21.3 yards per catch average is second among all NFL players in 2016 (min. 2 catches/game):
NFL YARDS PER CATCH LEADERS: 2016Min. 2 Catches/Game
Rk. PLAYER, TEAM REC-YDS AVG. 1. Rob Gronkowski, NE 22-484 22.0 2. Sammie Coates, PIT 20-425 21.3 3. Chris Hogan, NE 19-391 20.6 4. Julio Jones, ATL 43-859 20.0 5. Kenny Stills, MIA 16-317 19.8
Coates registered his fi rst career 100-yard receiving game, tying a personal single-game high of six catches for a game-best 139 yards with two touchdowns in Week Five vs. the New York Jets. He caught a 72-yard touchdown from QB Ben Roethlisberger, the longest reception of his NFL career, and the fi rst touchdown of his NFL career. He added a fi ve-yard touchdown with less than two minutes remaining in the fourth quarter to mark his fi rst career multi-touchdown game.
BROWN NUMBER TO NOTE
180WR Antonio Brown became the fi rst player in NFL history
to record four 180-yard receiving games in a season in 2015 (195: Sept. 20, vs. San Francisco, 284: Nov. 8 vs. Oakland,
189: Dec. 20 vs. Denver and 187: Jan. 3 at Cleveland ).
COATES AND ROETHLISBERGER
40+WR Sammie Coates and QB Ben Roethlisberger
connected on a pass play of at least 40 yards in each of the fi rst fi ve games of the 2016 season. The streak marked the second-longest in Steelers history (Mike Wallace, six
consecutive games in 2011).
THE OUTLAW JESSE JAMES
TE Jesse James set single-game career-highs with six catches (fi ve, Sept. 12, 2016 at Washington) for 43 yards in Week Five against the New York Jets.
He caught a touchdown pass in back-to-back (Weeks Four-Five) games for the fi rst time in his NFL career in 2016.
His three scoring grabs on the season rank him tied for third among NFL tight ends in 2016:
NFL TOUCHDOWN RECEPTION LEADERS AMONG TIGHT ENDS: 2016
Rk. PLAYER, TEAM REC-YDS TDs T1. Martellus Bennett, NE 31-402 4 Jack Doyle, IND 31-318 4 T3. Jesse James, PIT 22-159 3 12 Other Tight Ends 3
RINGING THE BELL IN 2016 RB Le’Veon Bell returned to the playing fi eld in Week Four on Sunday Night Football against Kansas City and racked up a game-high 144 rushing yards on 18 carries, to go along with 34 receiving yards on fi ve catches, for a total of 178 scrimmage yards. It marked his eighth career 100-yard rushing performance. Bell totaled a game-high 154 yards from scrimmage (66 rushing and 88 receiving) in Week Five vs. New York. It was his second straight game with at least 150 yards from scrimmage for the second time in his NFL career (three games, Nov. 17-Dec. 7, 2014), and his 23rd career regular-season game with at least 100 yards from scrimmage, eighth with 150. He led the Steelers with 108 yards from scrimmage (53 rushing and 55 receiving) in Week Six at Miami, and his 55 receiving yards and six catches were both team-highs. Bell posted a game-high 149 yards from scrimmage (81 rushing and 68 receiving) in Week Seven vs. New England, his 25th regular-season game with at least 100 scrimmage yards, and set a personal regular-season single-game high of 10 receptions. Since seeing his fi rst action in Week Four of 2016, Bell ranks fi fth the NFL with 589 yards from scrimmage:
NFL SCRIMMAGE YARDS LEADERS: WEEK FOUR-CURRENT 2016
Rk. PLAYER, TEAM RUSH YDS/REC YDS SCRMG. YARDS 1. David Johnson, ARI 488 / 238 726 2. Julio Jones, ATL 0 / 671 671 3. Ezekiel Elliott, DAL 525 / 125 650 4. A.J. Green, CIN 0 / 601 601 5. Le’Veon Bell, PIT 344 / 245 589
BELL AMONG STEELERS BEST IN FOUR RB Le’Veon Bell has produced 3,040 rushing yards and 4,606 yards from scrimmage since entering the NFL in 2013. His 4,755 yards from scrimmage are the third-most by a Steeler in their fi rst four years with the team, while his 3,121 rushing yards are sixth-most:
SCRIMMAGE YARDS IN Rk. STEELER FIRST FOUR YEARS 1. Jerome Bettis, 1996-99 5,804 2. Willie Parker, 2004-07 4,818 3. Le’Veon Bell, 2013-current 4,755 4. Franco Harris, 1972-75 4,668 5. Mike Wallace, 2009-12 4,193 RUSHING YARDS IN Rk. STEELER FIRST FOUR YEARS 1. Jerome Bettis, 1996-99 5,372 2. Willie Parker, 2004-07 4,198 3. Franco Harris, 1972-75 4,005 4. Rashard Mendenhall, 2008-11 3,367 5. John Henry Johnson, 1960-63 3,322 6. Le’Veon Bell, 2013-current 3,121
BELL SINCE ‘13 RB Le’Veon Bell’s 1,259 yards from scrimmage paced the Steelers’ offense in 2013 and set a franchise rookie record. His output marked the second-best production among the NFL’s rookie class in 2013. Bell fi nished second in the NFL with 2,215 yards from scrimmage in 2014. Since entering the NFL in 2013, the fourth-year back leads the NFL with an average of 121.9 yards from scrimmage per game:
NFL SRIMMAGE YARDS PER GAME LEADERS:2013 - CURRENT
Rk. PLAYER GAMES-YARDS YARDS/GM 1. Le’Veon Bell, PIT 39-4,755 121.9 2. Julio Jones, ATL 44-4,911 111.6 3. Matt Forte, CHI-NYJ 53-5,771 108.9 4. LeSean McCoy, PHI-BUF 51-5,502 107.9 5. DeMarco Murray, DAL-PHI-TEN 53-5,709 107.7 Since entering the NFL in 2013, Bell has recorded 25 games with 100 yards from scrimmage or more - the fi fth-most over that time span:
MOST 100-YARD SCRIMMAGE GAMES: 2013-CURRENT
Rk. PLAYER 100-YARD GAMES 1. LeSean McCoy, PHI-BUF 32 2. Matt Forte, CHI-NYJ 31 3. DeMarco Murray, DAL-PHI-TEN 30 4. Antonio Brown, PIT 26 5. Le’Veon Bell, PIT 25
His 17 career regular-season games with at least 125 yards from scrimmage are tied as the second-most since entering the NFL in 2013 (DeMarco Murray: 23 and Matt Forte: 17).
NOVEM-BELLSince entering the NFL in 2013, RB Le’veon Bell has totaled 1,218 yards from scrimmage in the month of November - the fi fth-most yards in November games over the last three seasons:
MOST YARDS FROM SCRIMMAGE IN GAMES PLAYED INNOVEMBER: 2013 - CURRENT
Rk. PLAYER SCRIMMAGE YARDS 1. LeSean McCoy, PHIl-BUF 1,429 2. Antonio Brown, PIT 1,406 3. Eddie Lacy, GB 1,266 4. DeMarco Murray, DAL-PHI-TEN 1,251 5. Le’Veon Bell, PIT 1,218
3,000 AND 1,500 RB Le’veon Bell became the third player in Steelers history with at least 3,000 rushing and 1,500 receiving yards in Week Six at Miami, joining Franco Harris and Merril Hoge. Bell reached the 3,000 rushing and 1,500 receiving yard mark in his 38th career regular-season game, surpassing Edgerrin James (42 games) for the fewest games in NFL history to reach the feat.
FEWEST GAMES TO 3,000 RUSHING AND Rk. PLAYER 1,500 RECEIVING YARDS 1. Le’Veon Bell 38 2. Edgerring James 42 T3. Herschel Walker 43 Marcus Allen 43
BELL AMONG STEELERS BEST IN THREE RB Le’Veon Bell set a Steelers franchise record for the most yards from scrimmage by a rookie with 1,259 in 2013 - becoming the third rookie in team history to eclipse 1,000 yards from scrimmage. His 860 rushing yards in his freshman campaign were the second-most and his eight rushing touchdowns tied for the second-most by a Steelers rookie. Combined with his 1,361 rushing yards in 2014 and 556 yards on the ground in 2015, Bell ranks second in team history in rushing yards in a player’s fi rst three seasons in the NFL with the Steelers: RUSHING YARDS IN Rk. STEELER FIRST THREE YEARS 1. Willie Parker, 2004-06 2,882 2. Le’Veon Bell, 2013-15 2,777 3. Franco Harris, 1972-74 2,759 4. Rashard Mendenhall, 2008-10 2,439 5. Barry Foster, 1990-92 2,381
His 2,777 rushing yards are the third-most by a Steelers in his fi rst three seaons with the team: RUSHING YARDS IN Rk. STEELER FIRST THREE YEARS 1. Jerome Bettis, 1996-98 4,281 2. Willie Parker, 2004-06 2,882 3. Le’Veon Bell, 2013-15 2,777 4. Franco Harris, 1972-74 2,759 5. John Henry Johnson, 1960-62 2,549
Combined with his 2,215 yards from scrimmage in 2014, Bell has set a team record for the most yards from scrimmage in a player’s fi rst three seasons in the NFL with the Steelers with 4,166. SCRIMMAGE YARDS IN Rk. STEELER FIRST THREE YEARS 1. Le’Veon Bell, 2013-15 4,166 2. Mike Wallace, 2009-11 3,350 3. Willie Parker, 2004-06 3,338
UNDER THE MONDAY NIGHT LIGHTS RB Le’Veon Bell tied Barry Sanders for the most yards from scrimmage in a player’s fi rst three Monday Night Football games with 494 after Week 5’s 127-yard game.
MOST YARDS FROM SCRIMMAGE IN A PLAYER’SFIRST THREE MONDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL GAMES
Rk. PLAYER SCRIMMAGE YARDS T1. Le’Veon Bell, PIT 494 Barry Sanders, DET 494 3. Eric Dickerson, L.A. Rams 491
OCTO-BELL Since entering the NFL in 2013, RB Le’veon Bell has totaled 1,813 yards from scrimmage - the most in the NFL in games played in October since 2013:
MOST YARDS FROM SCRIMMAGE IN GAMES PLAYED INOCTOBER: 2013 - CURRENT
Rk. PLAYER SCRIMMAGE YARDS 1. Le’Veon Bell, PIT 1,813 2. DeMarco Murrary, DAL-PHI-TEN 1,729 3. Matt Forte, CHI-NYJ 1,645 3. T.Y. Hilton, IND 1,579 5. Demaryius Thomas, DEN 1,474
His 1,257 rushing yards in games played in the month of October since 2013 trail only DeMarco Murray (1,399):
MOST RUSHING YARDS IN GAMES PLAYED INOCTOBER: 2013 - CURRENT
Rk. PLAYER RUSHING YARDS 1. DeMarco Murrary, DAL-PHI-TEN 1,399 2. Le’Veon Bell, PIT 1,257 3. Lamar Miller, MIA-HOUR 1,141 T4. Frank Gore, SF-IND 1,107 LeSean McCoy, PHI-BUF 1,107
WILLIAMS IN BLACK AND GOLD RB DeAngelo Williams led the NFL in rushing yards through the fi rst two weeks of the 2016 season with 237 yards on 58 carries (4.1 avg.) and two rushing touchdowns. Through the fi rst seven games of 2016, Williams has totaled 275 rushing yards and 91 receiving yards for 366 yards from scrimmage. He led all NFL players with 143 rushing yards to go along with two rushing touchdowns and six catches for 28 yards in Week One at Washington to open up the 2016 season. In Week Two, Williams totaled a game-high 132 scrimmage yards (94 rushing and 38 receiving) with one receiving touchdown - his 39th career regular-season games with at least 100 scrimmage yards and eighth with Pittsburgh. Williams scored the 60th rushing touchdown of his NFL career on Sunday Night Football in Week Four vs. Kansas City to become the third active player in the NFL with at least 60 rushing scores (Adrian Peterson and Frank Gore).
WILLIAMS: 10,000 YARD MARK10,000
RB DeAngelo Williams eclipsed the 10,000 yards from scrimmage mark in Week Two of 2016 to become the 13th
active NFL player to hit the milestone.
JONES MAKES FIRST START OF ‘16QB Landry Jones made his third career start, fi nishing 29-of-47
for 281 yards with one touchdown and one interception, in Week Seven against New England. He established single-game career highs in completions (29), attempts (47) and passing yards (281), and set a career high for passing yards in any half of a game with 179 in the opening half, surpassing his previous mark of 168 (Oct. 18, 2015 vs. Arizona, second half).
WILLIAMS HITS 8,000 RUSHING YARDS8,000
RB DeAngelo Williams became the fi fth active NFL running back with at least 8,000 rushing yards during Week Three’s
game at Philadelphia.
WILLIAMS AMONG ACTIVES RB DeAngelo Williams has rushed for 8,028 yards on 1,706 rushing attempts and scored 60 rushing touchdowns since entering the NFL in 2006 (2006-14: Carolina and 2015-pres.: Pittsburgh). Among active NFL running backs, Williams’ 60 rushing touchdowns are third-most and his 8,028 rushing yards place him sixth:
NFL ACTIVE RUSHING TOUCHDOWN LEADERS Rk. PLAYER ATT-YARDS RUSH TDs 1. Adrian Peterson 2,412-11,725 97 2. Frank Gore 2,828-12,572 72 3. DeAngelo Williams 1,706-8,028 60 4. Chris Johnson 2,118-9,537 55 5. LeSean McCoy 1,776-8,285 53
NFL ACTIVE RUSHING YARDS LEADERS Rk. PLAYER ATT-YARDS 1. Frank Gore 2,828-12,572 2. Adrian Peterson 2,412-11,725 3. Chris Johnson 2,118-9,537 4. Matt Forte 2,192-9,144 5. LeSean McCoy 1,776-8,285 6. DeAngelo Williams 1,706-8,028
JONES’ DEBUT FOR THE AGESQB Landry Jones led the Steelers to a 25-13 come-from-
behind victory in Week Six vs. Arizona in 2015 after entering the game and seeing regular-season action for the fi rst time in his NFL career. In the game, Jones:
• Completed 8-of-12 passes for 168 yards with two touchdowns for a passer rating of 149.3.
• He connected with WR Martavis Bryant for both touchdowns, one coming from eight yards and the other from 88 yards. The 88-yard touchdown is tied for the eighth-longest pass play in team history.
• His 149.3 passer rating is the second-highest for an NFL quarterback in their fi rst career game (min. 10 attempts) behind only Tennessee’s Marcus Mariota’s 158.3 in 2015.
Jones made his fi rst career NFL start in Week Seven at Kansas City in 2015, and completed 16-of-29 passing for 209 yards with a touchdown.
In Week Nine vs. Oakland in 2015, Jones entered the game in relief of injured QB Ben Roethlisberger in the fourth quarter and completed 4-of-6 passes for 79 yards, including a 57-yarder to WR Antonio Brown to set up the game-winning fi eld goal.
Jones made his fi rst career home start in the regular season in Week 10 vs. Cleveland in 2015 and completed 3-of-4 passes for 23 yards before leaving the game in the fi rst quarter due to injury.
He became the eighth Steelers quarterback in the Super Bowl era to earn a win in his fi rst career home start. (Dennis Dixon: Sept. 12, 2010 vs. Atlanta, Charlie Batch: Nov. 13, 2005 vs. Cleveland, Ben Roethlisberger: Oct. 3, 2004 vs. Cincinnati, Tommy Maddox: Oct. 21 2002 vs. Indianapolis, Steve Bono: Oct. 18, 1987 vs. Indianapolis, Mark Kruczek: Oct. 17, 1976 vs. Cincinnati and Joe Gilliam: Sept. 15, 1974 vs. Baltimore).
HEYWARD AMONG THE STEEL DL DE Cameron Heyward set a single-game career-high with 3.0 sacks on Sunday Night Football vs. Kansas City in Week Four, marking his second career multi-sack game, and became just the fourth defensive end in team history to record at least 3.0 sacks in a single game (since sacks became an offi cial statistic in 1982), and fi rst since Ray Seals in 1994 (11/6 at Houston). Heyward has recorded fi ve sacks or more in each of the pre-vious three seasons (2013: 5.0, 2014: 7.5, 2015: 6.0) and joined Keith Willis (1983-86 and 1989-91) as the only Steelers defensive ends to record fi ve sacks in three consecutive seasons since sacks became an offi cial statistic in 1982. His 25.0 quarterback takedowns are tied as the fourth-most by a Steelers defensive lineman since 1982 and he is the seventh Steelers defensive lineman to reach 20 sacks with the team since sacks became an offi cial statistic in 1982.
STEELERS DEFENSIVE LINEMAN SACK LEADERS -SINCE 1982
Rk. STEELER, YEARS SACKS 1. Keith Willis, 1982-91 59.0 2. Aaron Smith, 1999-2011 44.0 3. Brett Keisel, 2002-14 30.0 T4. Cameron Heyward, 2011-15 25.0 Keith Gary, 1983-88 25.0 6. Gerald Williams, 1986-94 24.5 7. Kimo von Oelhoffen, 2000-05 20.5
BIG PLAY GAY CB William Gay is one of four Steelers defensive players with at least 30 tackles in 2016 and has added three passes defensed and a tackle for a loss through Week Eight. Gay picked off Cincinnati QB AJ McCarron and returned the ball 23 yards for a touchdown in Week 14’s game of 2015. It marked Gay’s fi fth consecutive interception return for a touchdown, setting a new NFL record, and his fi fth pick six with the Steelers, tying Rod Woodson for the most in team history:
MOST CONSECUTIVE INTERCEPTION-TOUCHDOWNS -NFL HISTORY
Rk. PLAYER, YEARS INT-TDs 1. William Gay, 2013-15 5 T2. Captain Munnerylyn, 2012-13 4 Charles Tillman, 2012 4 Tedy Bruschi, 2002-03 4
MOST INTERCEPTION-TOUCHDOWNS -STEELERS HISTORY
Rk. STEELER, YEARS INT-TDs T1. William Gay, 2007-11, ‘13-15 5 Rod Woodson, 1987-96 5 T3. Chad Scott, 1997-2004 4 Jack Butler, 1951-59 4 T5. Five Steelers Tied 3
With his fi fth interception returned for a touchdown, Gay became the 10th active NFL defender with fi ve pick sixes and increased his career total to 10 interceptions, eight as a Steeler.
HARRISON’S RETURN LB James Harrison, who announced his retirement on September 5, 2014 returned to the Steelers for a 12th season in the NFL in 2014 (11th with Pittsburgh: 2002, 2004-12 and 2013 with Cincinnati) and re-signed with the franchise on March 22, 2015. Harrison hauled in an interception in the fourth quarter on Kickoff Weekend at Washington – his eighth career interception and seventh as a Steeler - and forced a fumble in the fourth quarter of Week Two’s game vs. Cincinnati. Harrison ranks second in Steelers history with 74.5 quarterback sacks since the stat became offi cial in 1982, and his 18 multi-sack games are the most since 1982 by a Steeler:
STEELERS SACK LEADERS SINCE 1982 Rk. STEELER, YEARS SACKS 1. Jason Gildon, 1994-2003 77.0 2. James Harrison, 2002-12, 2014-15 74.5 3. Joey Porter, 1999-2006 60.0
Harrison’s 18 multi-sack games as a Steeler are the most such games in team history since the statistic became offi cial in 1982:
STEELERS MULTI-SACK GAMES SINCE 1982 Rk. STEELER, YEARS SACKS 1. James Harrison, 2002-12, 2014-15 18 2. Jason Gildon, 1994-2003 17 3. LaMarr Woodley, 2007-13 16
The linebacker also ranks second in team history for career forced fumbles, behind only Greg Lloyd (since 1987):
STEELERS FORCED FUMBLE LEADERS SINCE 1987 Rk. STEELER, YEARS FORCED FUMBLES 1. Greg Lloyd, 1988-97 36 2. James Harrison, 2002-12, 2014-15 31 3. Jason Gildon, 1994-2003 18
MITCHELL IN THE BACKFIELD S Mike Mitchell is one of four Pittsburgh defenders with at least 30 total tackles in 2016 and has added two pass break-ups through the fi rst seven games of the season. Mitchell made his 53rd consecutive regular-season vs. New England in Weekn Seven - the fi fth-longest active consecutive games played streak among NFL safeties.
SHAZIER ON THE INSIDE LB Ryan Shazier is one of nine on the Steelers’ defense with at least 20 combined tackles in 2016, including 12 solo stops, along with three passes defensed, a tackle for a loss, one forced fumble and an interception. In Week One on Monday Night Football at Washington, Shazier totaled 6 tackles (5 solo) and recorded his second career inter-ception in the third quarter, one play after forcing his third career forced fumble. Shazier led all defenders with a game-high 11 total tackles (5 solo), and a tackle for a loss in the team’s Week Two win vs. Cincinnati - his third career double-digit tackle game and fi rst of the season.
GAY’S MILESTONE AT 151 CB William Gay extended his consecutive regular-season games played streak to 151 in Week Seven vs. New England - the longest active consecutive games played streak among NFL
cornerbacks.
TIMMONS’ TIME IN 2016 LB Lawrence Timmons leads the Steelers’ defense in 2016 with 48 total tackles through the fi rst seven games of the season. Timmons led the Steelers with eight stops in the fi rst game of the season on Monday Night Football at Washington, including four solo stops, and totaled a game-high 11 tackles in Week Seven vs. New England, all solo.
WILLIAMS LEADS THE ‘D’ LB Vince Williams led the Steelers’ defense in tackles in back-to-back gaems (Weeks Four-Five). In Week Four, Williams made his fi rst start of the 2016 season in vs. Kansas City on Sunday Night Football, and tallied a game and single-game personal best 15 tackles (13 solo). He was also redited with a sack in the second quarter, his fi rst of the season, increasing his career total to 1.5. Williams led the defense with a game high of 9 tackles (8 solo) in Week Five against the New York Jets, to go along with a sack, three stops for losses and two quarterback hits.
TIMMONS ON THE SACK CHART LB Lawrence Timmons split a sack with LB Arthur Moats in Week Five vs. the New York Jets, increasing his career total to 33.5 quarterback sacks. Timmons’ 33.5 quarterback sacks are the ninth-most by a Steeler since sacks became an offi cial statistic in 1982:
STEELERS SACK LEADERS SINCE 1982 Rk. STEELER, YEARS SACKS 6. Greg Lloyd, 1988-97 53.5 7. Aaron Smith, 1999-2011 44.0 8. Kevin Greene, 1993-95 35.5 9. Lawrence Timmons, 2007-15 33.5 10. Clark Haggans, 2000-07 32.5
TIMMONS’ DIGITS
1-OF-4 Timmons became the fourth Steeler with 30 sacks and 10
interceptions in 2015, joining Joey Porter, Greg Lloyd and Mike Merriweather, since sacks became an offi cial statistic in 1982.
10He recorded the 10th interception of his NFL career in Week 6 of 2015 vs. Arizona. He became the ninth Steelers linebacker to record 10 interceptions since the 1970 AFL-NFL merger.
11
Timmons totaled 11 total tackles (11 solo) in Week Seven against New England. He has registered double digit tackles in 40 games during his career, including 27 times since the start
of the 2012 season.
20 (17)His tackles (20) and solo tackles (17) in a victory over Baltimore in Week 7 in 2013 were both career highs.
91Timmons, who has missed only two games his entire career,
started his team-leading 91st consecutive regular-season game in Week Seven vs. New England.
101-AND-102Since the start of the 2010 season, Timmons has started (101) and played in (102) the most games out of any Steelers’ line-backer, while also leading the group in tackles over that time.
100Timmons has eclipsed 100 total tackles fi ve times in his NFL career (2010, ‘12, ‘13, ‘14, ‘15) and has led the defense in
total tackles four times, including each of the previous three seasons (2010 ‘13 ‘14 and ‘15).
BOS-DOES-WELL K Chris Boswell has converted seven of his 10 fi eld goal attempts in 2016 - including six of seven attempts from 40-49 yards. Since joining the Steelers in 2015, Boswell is 36-of-42 overall on fi eld goal attempts (85.7%), including 15-of-19 (78.9%) be-tween 40-49 yards. His 85.7 fi eld goal percent ranks second in Steelers history among kickers with at least 30 fi eld goal attempts:
STEELERS FIELD GOAL % LEADERS(Minimum 30 Attempts)
Rk. KICKER, YEAR FGM-FGA FG% 1. Shaun Suisham, 2010-14 124-141 87.9 2. Chris Boswell, 2015-pres. 36-42 85.7 3. Norm Johnson, 1995-98 105-127 82.7 4. Jeff Reed, 2002-10 204-249 81.9 5. Gary Anderson, 1982-94 309-395 78.2
A LAND DOWN IN THE 20 P Jordan Berry boomed two punts covering 107 yards for a 53.5 average in Week One at Washington. In Week Two vs. Cincinnati, he pinned fi ve punts inside the Bengals’ 20 yard line, marking the fi fth game of his NFL career with at least three inside the 20’s. Berry landed each of his three punts in Week Five against the New York Jets inside their 20-yard line. Through the fi rst eight weeks, Berry has pinned opponents inside their 20-yard line on 13 of his 30 punts.
PRESEASON GAME #1Detroit 30, Pittsburgh 17
August 12, 2016Heinz Field (44,148)
PITTSBURGH - The Steelers fell to the Detroit Lions, 30-17, in the team’s 2016 preseason opener at Heinz Field. Afterascorelessfirstquarter,theSteelers’defensegotasplashplayearly in thesecondquarter.DE Ricardo Mathews applied pressureonQBDanOrlovsky,andhisensuingthrowwaspickedoff by CB Doran Grant,whoreturnedtheinterception39yardsforatouchdown.DetroitKMattPraterconnectedona29-yardfieldgoalontheLions’nextpossessionfortheteam’sfirstpointsofthegame. PittsburghrespondedonitsnextdrivewhenQB Landry Jones threwa29-yardtouchdowntoWR Darrius Heyward-BeytogivePittsburgha14-3advantage.Detroitcuttheleadto14-10onitsnextpossessionwhenOrlovskythrewa28-yardtouchdowntoWRAndreRoberts.Pratermadea31-yardfieldgoalpriortohalftime,andtheSteelershelda14-13leadatthebreak. DetroitKDevonBellconnectedona42-yardfieldgoalmidwaythrough the third quarter to give the Lions a 16-14 advantage.Steelers K Chris Boswellrespondedwitha37-yardfieldgoallaterinthequartertogivePittsburgha17-16lead. TheLionsthoughwouldscorethefinal14pointsofthegame.RBDwayneWashingtonreturnedakickoff96yardsforatouchdownearlyinthefourthquarter.AndQBJakeRudockthrewa27-yardtouchdowntoWRJaceBillingsleymidwaythroughthefourthquartertosealthe30-17victoryforDetroit.
GAME SUMMARY
Lions (1-0) 0 13 3 14 30STEELERS (0-1) 0 14 0 3 17
TEAM Q TIME PLAY DRIVE SCOREPIT 2 14:04 Grant39yd.interceptionreturn(Boswellkick) 7-0DET 2 8:00 Prater29yd.FG 13-74;6:04 7-3PIT 2 4:29 Heyward-Bey28yd.passfromJones(Boswellkick) 6-75;3:31 14-3DET 2 1:52 Roberts28yd.passfromOrlovsky(Praterkick) 7-81;2:37 14-10DET 2 0:18 Prater31yd.FG 7-14;0:54 14-13DET 3 6:54 Bell42yd.FG 4-9;2:00 14-16PIT 4 13:38 Boswell37yd.FG 13-56;8:16 17-16DET 4 13:26 Washington96yd.kickoffreturn(Rudock-Davispass) 0-0;0:12 17-24DET 4 6:12 Billingsley27yd.passfromRudock(Kickfailed) 11-74;5:42 30-17
TEAM STATISTICSLions Steelers
1st Downs 20 (3-16-1) 10 (5-4-1)3rd Downs 12-19 (63%) 2-12 (17%)4th Downs 0-0 (0%) 0-0 (0%)Total Net Yards 379 187Plays-Avg. 70-5.4 50-3.7Rushing Yards 95 85Rush Att.-Avg. 27-3.5 20-4.3Net Passing 284 102Att.-Comp.-Int. 42-28-1 26-15-0Sacks By 4-25 1-10Punts-Avg. 3-47.0 7-52.1Penalties 8-82 9-72Fumbles-Lost 5-1 3-1
Time of Poss. 34:02 25:58
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING: Det. – Zenner 7-24;Rudock4-20;Riddick4-15;Ridley5-14;Washington 2-12;Winn 4-5;Stafford 1-5. Pit. –Richardson11-44;Ayers 1-14;Gradkowski 2-11;Toussaint1-5;Rogers1-5;Brown-Dukes1-2;Stingily1-1;Coates1-0. PASSING: Det. –Orlovsky25-16-1,164,1TD;Rudock11-8-0,72,1TD;Stafford6-4-0,58.Pit. –Jones12-6-0,55,1TD;Vaughan11-6-0,50. Gradkowski3-3-0,22.
RECEIVING: Det. –Kerley5-36;Roberts3-57,1TD;Billingsley3-33,1 TD; Zenner 3-32;Winn 2-25;Charles 2-15; Davis 2-14; Boldin1-30;M. Jones 1-16;Washington1-15;Wick1-10;Ridley1-5;Fuehne1-5; Riddick 1-2; T. Jones 1-(-1).Pit. – Coates 3-18; Hamilton2-22;Richardson2-16;Lang2-15;Heyward-Bey 1-29, 1TD;Rogers1-8;Brown-Dukes 1-8;Ayers 1-5;James1-4;Johnson1-2.
PRESEASON GAME #2Philadelphia 17, Pittsburgh 0
August 18, 2016Heinz Field (45,351)
PITTSBURGH - TheSteelerswereshutout,17-0,bythePhiladelphiaEaglesatHeinzField in the team’s secondexhibitiongame. OnPittsburgh’sseconddriveof thegame,QB Landry JoneswaspickedoffbyCBNolanCarroll,whoreturnedtheinterception38yardsforatouchdowntogivePhiladelphiaa 7-0 lead. Jones threwfour interceptions in thefirsthalf.HisfinalinterceptioncameatthehandsofCBJaylenWatkins.OntheEagles’ensuingpossession,KCodyParkeyconnectedona40-yardfieldgoalpriortohalftimetogivePhiladelphiaa10-0advantageatthebreak. Midwaythroughthethirdquarter,RBKenjonBarnerscoredona five-yard run togivePhiladelphia thedecisive17-0victory. Steelers’WRs Cobi Hamilton and Eli Rogers each had agame-highfourreceptions,andSteelers’CBKevin White finishedwithagame-highsixtackles.
GAME SUMMARY
Eagles (2-0) 7 3 7 0 17STEELERS (0-2) 0 0 0 0 0
TEAM Q TIME PLAY DRIVE SCOREPHI 1 9:18 Carroll38yd.interceptionreturn(Parkeykick) 0-7PHI 2 0:03 Parkey40yd.FG 6-38;0:32 0-10PHI 3 7:47 Barner5yd.run(Parkeykick) 15-87;7:13 0-17
TEAM STATISTICSEagles Steelers
1st Downs 16 (4-12-0) 12 (2-9-1)3rd Downs 9-17 (53%) 7-15 (47%)4th Downs 0-0 (0%) 0-1 (0%)Total Net Yards 298 207Plays-Avg. 67-4.4 58-3.6Rushing Yards 91 50Rush Att.-Avg. 27-3.4 21-2.4Net Passing 207 157Att.-Comp.-Int. 39-26-0 33-19-4Sacks By 4-21 1-12Punts-Avg. 7-50.4 6-46.7Penalties 12-96 6-36Fumbles-Lost 1-1 0-0
Time of Poss. 30:29 29:31
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING: Phi. –Barner6-41,1TD;Marshall8-18;Mathews5-18;O’Neal 4-9; Daniel 1-7; Bradford1-1;Bethel-Thompson2-(-3).Pit. –Toussaint8-26;Richardson10-15;Coates1-9;Brown-Dukes2-0.
PASSING: Phi. – Bradford19-14-0,115;Daniel16-10-0,82;Bethel-Thompson4-2-0,22.Pit. – Jones20-12-4,111;Vaughan13-7-0,67.
RECEIVING: Phi. –Turner3-44;Ertz3-24;Rush3-22;Sproles3-8;Agholor2-30;Marshall2-19;Jones2-16; Burton 2-13; Randle 2-10;Celek1-17;Pantale1-7;Huff1-5;Barner 1-4.Pit. –Hamilton 4-44;Rogers4-39;Coates2-30;Tucker2-17;Toussaint 2-16; James 2-7;Heyward-Bey 1-12; Brown-Dukes1-7;Richardson1-6.
PRESEASON GAME #3Pittsburgh 27, New Orleans 14
August 26, 2016Mercedes-Benz Superdome (73,002)
NEW ORLEANS - Pittsburghwon itsfirstcontestof the2016preseason,defeatingtheNewOrleansSaints,27-14. TheSteelers’ offensewasted no time, as the group scoredtouchdownsoneachofitsfirsttwopossessionsofthegame.QB Ben Roethlisberger ledtheteamona15-play,74-yarddrivethathecappedoffwithafive-yardtouchdownpasstoTE Jesse James.OntheSteelers’nextdrive,Roethlisbergerthrewa57-yardtouchdownpass to WR Antonio BrowntogivetheSteelersa14-0lead. NewOrleanscutthelead14-7whenQBDrewBreesthrewa17-yardtouchdowntoWRWillieSneadearlyinthesecondquarter.Withlessthanoneminuteremaininginthefirsthalf,QB Landry Jones threwaneight-yardtouchdownpasstoWR Sammie Coates, and theSteelersled21-7atthebreak. Midwaythroughthethirdquarter,QBGarrettGraysonthrewa31-yardtouchdowntoWRTommyleeLewistocuttheleadto21-14,butitwouldbetheclosesttheSaintswouldgettherestofthegame. K Chris Boswellmadea40-yardfieldgoallateinthethirdquartertogivetheSteelersa24-14advantage.Lateinthefourthquarter,LB Steven Johnson pickedoffGrayson, andBoswellmadea48-yardfieldgoalonPittsburgh’sensuingdrive.RookieLB Tyler MatakevichpickedoffGraysonontheSaints’nextpossessiontosealthevictoryforPittsburgh.
GAME SUMMARY
STEELERS (1-2) 14 7 3 3 27Saints (0-3) 0 7 7 0 14
TEAM Q TIME PLAY DRIVE SCOREPIT 1 9:24 James5yd.passfromRoethlisberger(Boswellkick) 15-74;5:36 7-0PIT 1 6:53 Brown57yd.passfromRoethlisberger(Boswellkick) 4-79;1:13 14-0NO 2 9:40 Snead17yd.passfromBrees(Barthkick) 12-78;5:26 14-7PIT 2 0:58 Coates8yd.passfromJones(Boswellkick) 11-61;3:56 21-7NO 3 6:56 Lewis31yd.passfromGrayson(Forbathkick) 6-63;2:30 21-14PIT 3 3:02 Boswell40yd.FG 5-58;3:54 24-14PIT 4 3:02 Boswell48yd.FG 4-6;1:23 27-14
TEAM STATISTICS Steelers Saints1st Downs 17 (3-13-1) 20 (6-12-2)3rd Downs 6-14 (43%) 6-13 (46%)4th Downs 0-1 (0%) 0-2 (0%)Total Net Yards 417 360Plays-Avg. 64-6.5 70-5.1Rushing Yards 75 111Rush Att.-Avg. 24-3.1 26-4.3Net Passing 342 249Att.-Comp.-Int. 39-31-0 43-27-2Sacks By 1-8 1-12Punts-Avg. 4-40.5 5-49.0Penalties 9-80 6-55Fumbles-Lost 1-1 2-0
Time of Poss. 31:45 28:15
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING: Pit. – Bell 3-21;Richardson 9-20; Ayers 1-15;Williams4-12;Toussaint6-8;Jones1-(-1).N.O. –Hightower8-27;Cadet4-24; Spiller 4-20; Ingram 7-17;Murphy1-16;Lasco1-4;Kuhn1-3. PASSING: Pit. –Jones21-19-0,206,1TD;Roethlisberger17-12-0,148,2TDs;Renner0-0-0,0.N.O. – Grayson23-14-2,128,1TD;Brees12-9-0,78,1TD;McCown8-4-0,51. RECEIVING: Pit. – Bell 5-37;Brown 4-87, 1 TD; James 4-25,1TD;Williams 3-9;Coates 2-66,1 TD; Wheaton 2-40; Grimble2-26; Toussaint 2-18; Rogers2-17; Johnson2-12;Heyward-Bey1-14;Richardson1-4;Ayers1-(-1).N.O. – Snead 4-58, 1TD;Cadet4-42;Murphy 3-9; Spiller 3-(-1);Lewis 2-41, 1TD;Coleman 2-20;Lasco 2-12;Thomas 1-23;Griffin1-14;Manhertz 1-12;Cooks1-10;Hightower1-8;Harris1-5;Fleener1-3.
PRESEASON GAME #4Carolina 18, Pittsburgh 6
September 1, 2016Bank of America Stadium (73,274)
CHARLOTTE - Pittsburghlostits2016preseasonfinaletoCarolina,18-6,atBankofAmericaStadium. Carolinaledtheentiregame.KGrahamGanoconnectedona47-yardfieldgoalmidwaythroughthefirstquartertogivethePanthersa3-0advantage.Ganofinishedwithsixmadefieldgoalsonthenight. Inthesecondquarter,Ganomadefieldgoalsfrom42,28and41yardsouttogiveCarolinaa12-0leadathalftime. Gano’s22-yardfieldgoalmidwaythroughthethirdquarterextendedCarolina’sleadto15-0. TheSteelersgotontheboardearlyinthefourthquarterwhenRB Daryl Richardson scoredonaone-yardruntocuttheleadto15-6.ButGanomadea45-yardfieldgoalonthePanthers’nextpossessiontosealthevictoryforCarolina. Pittsburgh’s defense totaled three sacks on the night.S Jordan Dangerfield and LB L.J. Fort each added 10 tackles.
GAME SUMMARY
STEELERS (1-3) 0 0 0 6 6Panthers (2-2) 3 9 3 3 18
TEAM Q TIME PLAY DRIVE SCORECAR 1 5:41 Gano47yd.FG 6-28;2:38 0-3CAR 2 11:23 Gano42yd.FG 12-59;6:02 0-6CAR 2 3:36 Gano28yd.FG 11-44;6:08 0-9CAR 2 0:00 Gano41yd.FG 12-59;1:36 0-12CAR 3 7:35 Gano22yd.FG 6-18;2:42 0-15PIT 4 14:51 Richardson1yd.run(Passfailed) 7-66;3:41 6-15CAR 4 10:48 Gano45yd.FG 7-55;4:03 6-18
TEAM STATISTICS Steelers Panthers1st Downs 8 (3-4-1) 21 (10-10-1)3rd Downs 4-11 (36%) 7-17 (41%)4th Downs 0-0 (0%) 0-0 (0%)Total Net Yards 122 351Plays-Avg. 39-3.1 74-4.7Rushing Yards 63 174Rush Att.-Avg. 22-2.9 42-4.1Net Passing 59 177Att.-Comp.-Int. 16-9-0 29-17-0Sacks By 3-23 1-9Punts-Avg. 7-46.0 3-33.7Penalties 4-37 5-54Fumbles-Lost 3-2 0-0
Time of Poss. 21:07 38:53
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING: Pit. – Richardson9-45,1TD;Toussaint7-11;Brown-Dukes3-5;Ayers1-3;Coates1-0;Stingily 1-(-1).Car. –Artis-Payne18-77; Simmons 10-43;Wegher11-42;Whittaker2-13;Webb1-(-1). PASSING: Pit. – Renner11-5-0,39;Jones5-4-0,29.Car. –Webb29-17-0,200. RECEIVING: Pit. – Rogers3-20;Hamilton 2-18; Richardson 2-13;Ayers 1-11; Tucker 1-6.Car. – Bersin 6-89; Lucas 2-26;Artis-Payne 2-18;Norwood 2-17;Byrd1-18;Garrett1-12;Simonson1-11;Simmons1-8;Wegher1-1.
GAME #1Pittsburgh 38, Washington 16
September 12, 2016FedExField (79,124)
LANDOVER, Md. - TheSteelerswerevictoriousintheteam’s2016regular-seasonopener,defeatingtheWashingtonRedskins,38-16,onMondayNightFootball.WashingtonKDustinHopkins connected from31 yards out
midwaythroughthefirstquarter,andafterCBBashaudBreelandintercepted QB Ben RoethlisbergeronPittsburgh’sensuingdrive,Hopkinsmadea40-yardfieldgoaltogiveWashingtonanearly6-0lead.ItwouldbetheRedskins’finalleadofthegame. Early in the second quarter,Roethlisberger threw a 29-yardtouchdownpasstoWR Antonio Brownonafourth-and-oneplaytogivetheSteelersa7-6lead.Roethlisbergerthrewathree-yardtouchdowntoWREliRogerswith31secondsremaininginthefirsthalftogivePittsburgha14-3advantageatthebreak. K Chris Boswell madea 46-yard field goal on theSteelers’first driveof the secondhalf togivePittsburgha17-6 lead.OnWashington’sensuingpossession,LB Ryan Shazier pickedoffQBKirkCousins.Fiveplayslater,RoethlisbergerandBrownconnectedagain,thistimefora26-yardtouchdown,togivetheSteelersa24-6advantage. TheRedskinsgotwithinonescoreearlyinthefourthquarter,astheteamscored10pointsonaHopkins’34-yardfieldgoalaone-yardrushingtouchdownbyRBChrisThompson. But Pittsburgh’s offense could not stop itsmomentum.RB DeAngelo Williamsscoredtworushingtouchdownsinthefourthquarter,onefrom15yardsandonefromsixyards,tosealthevictoryfor the Steeelers.
GAME SUMMARY
STEELERS (1-0) 0 14 10 14 38Redskins (0-1) 6 0 3 7 16
TEAM Q TIME PLAY DRIVE SCOREWAS 1 5:56 Hopkins31yd.FG 9-54;3:24 0-3WAS 1 1:08 Hopkins40yd.FG 5-14;2:38 0-6PIT 2 10:10 Brown29yd.passfromRoethlisberger(Boswellkick) 11-75;5:58 7-6PIT 2 0:27 Rogers3yd.passfromRoethlisberger(Boswellkick) 14-67;5:52 14-6PIT 3 11:18 Boswell46yd.FG 8-47;3:42 17-6PIT 3 7:01 Brown26yd.passfromRoethlisberger(Boswellkick) 5-75;2:04 24-6WAS 3 2:01 Hopkins34yd.FG 9-52;5:00 24-9WAS 4 13:01 Thompson1yd.run(Hopkinskick) 7-77;2:18 24-16PIT 4 5:48 Williams15yd.run(Boswellkick) 13-73;7:13 31-16PIT 4 1:54 Williams6yd.run(Boswellkick) 6-45;2:23 38-16
TEAM STATISTICSSteelers Redskins
1st Downs 23 (9-14-0) 18 (3-14-1)3rd Downs 9-14 (64%) 3-10 (30%)4th Downs 2-2 (100%) 0-2 (0%)Total Net Yards 435 384Plays-Avg. 68-6.4 55-7.0Rushing Yards 147 55Rush Att.-Avg. 30-4.9 12-4.6Net Passing 288 329Att.-Comp.-Int. 37-27-1 43-30-2Sacks By 0-0 1-12Punts-Avg. 2-53.5 1-27.0Penalties 4-81 9-55Fumbles-Lost 2-0 1-0
Time of Poss. 33:18 26:42
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING: Pit. –Williams26-143,2TDs;Toussaint3-6;Roethlisberger1-(-2).Was. –Jones7-24;Thompson4-23,1TD;Cousins1-8. PASSING: Pit. –Roethlisberger
37-27-1, 300, 3 TDs. Was. –Cousins43-30-2,329.
RECEIVING: Pi t . – Brown8-126,2TDs;Rogers6-59,1TD;Williams6-28;James5-31;Coates2-56. Was. –Reed7-64; Jackson6-102;Crowder6-58;Garcon6-51;Thompson2-16;Davis1-20;Jones1-9;Doctson1-9.
GAME #2Pittsburgh 24, Cincinnati 16
September 18, 2016Heinz Field (65,072)
PITTSBURGH - Forthesecondconsecutivegame,QB Ben RoethlisbergerthrewthreetouchdownpassestohelplifttheSteelerstovictory,thistime,24-16,overtheCincinnatiBengalsatHeinzField. Roethlisberger’sfirsttouchdownpass,a20-yarder,wasthrown toTE Xavier Grimble late in the first quarter. ItmarkedGrimble’sfirstcareerreception.CincinnatiKMikeNugentconnectedona25-yardfieldgoalwithlessthanoneminutetogointhefirstquartertocuttheleadto7-3. K Chris Boswell’s49-yardfieldgoalgavetheSteelersa10-3advantagelateinthesecondquarter.Nugentmadea 33-yarder as time expired in the second quarter, andPittsburghled10-6atthebreak. TE Jesse James caught a nine-yard touchdown fromRoethlisbergermidwaythroughthethirdquartertoextendtheSteelersleadto17-6.Nugent’s21-yardfieldgoallateinthethirdquartergottheBengalswithinonescore,17-9. Midwaythroughthefourthquarter,Roethlisbergerthrewafour-yardtouchdowntoRB DeAngelo WilliamstogivePittsburgha24-9lead.TheBengalsgotwithinonescoreagainwhenQBAndyDalton threwa25-yard touchdownpasstoRBGiovaniBernardtomakeit24-16Pittsburgh. TheBengalshadonelastattempttotiethegame,butLB James HarrisonforcedafumbleonWRTylerBoyd.TheballwasrecoveredbyS Robert Goldenandhereturnedthefumble21yards,whichsealedthevictoryforPittsburgh.
GAME SUMMARY
Bengals (1-1) 3 3 3 7 16STEELERS (2-0) 7 3 7 7 24
TEAM Q TIME PLAY DRIVE SCOREPIT 1 3:46 Grimble20yd.passfromRoethlisberger(Boswellkick) 5-66;1:43 7-0CIN 1 0:23 Nugent25yd.FG 8-68;3:23 7-3PIT 2 4:10 Boswell49yd.FG 4-6;0:55 10-3CIN 2 0:00 Nugent33yd.FG 8-53;0:48 10-6PIT 3 6:16 James9yd.passfromRoethlisberger(Boswellkick) 7-91;3:20 17-6CIN 3 2:10 Nugent21yd.FG 10-72;4:06 17-9PIT 4 6:48 Williams4yd.fromRoethlisberger(Boswellkick) 12-68;6:54 24-9CIN 4 3:25 Bernard25yd.passfromDalton(Nugentkick) 8-75;3:23 24-16
TEAM STATISTICSBengals Steelers
1st Downs 21 (1-17-3) 19 (6-12-1)3rd Downs 4-16 (25%) 7-17 (41%)4th Downs 1-1 (100%) 0-1 (0%)Total Net Yards 412 374Plays-Avg. 73-5.6 74-5.1Rushing Yards 46 124Rush Att.-Avg. 18-2.6 36-3.4Net Passing 366 250Att.-Comp.-Int. 54-31-0 37-19-2Sacks By 1-9 1-0Punts-Avg. 9-45.2 8-47.1Penalties 5-31 5-54Fumbles-Lost 2-2 1-0
Time of Poss. 27:05 32:55
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING: Cin. – Hill 11-22;Bernard 5-17; Dalton 2-7.Pit. – Williams 32-94; Roethlisberger1-14;Coates1-6;Richardson1-6;Toussaint1-4. PASSING: Cin. – 54-31-0,366,1TD. Pit. –Roethlisberger37-19-2,259,3TDs.
RECEIVING: Cin. – Bernard9-100, 1 TD; Boyd 6-78; LaFell3-39;Hill3-37;Kroft3-35;Uzomah3-9; Green 2-38; Erickson 1-20;Wright 1-10.Pit. – Brown 4-39;Williams4-38, 1TD; James3-29,1TD;Coates2-97;Grimble2-26,1TD;Rogers 1-9;Toussaint 1-9;Heyward-Bey1-7,Johnson1-5.
GAME #3Philadelphia 34, Pittsburgh 3
September 25, 2016Lincoln Financial Field (69,596)
PHILADELPHIA - TheSteelerslosttheirfirstgameoftheseasontothePhiladelphiaEagles,34-3,atLincolnFinancialField. Eagles’KCalebSturgis connectedona 29-yard field to givePhiladelphiaa3-0leadmidwaythroughthefirstquarter.QBCarsonWentzthrewa12-yardtouchdownpasstoWRJordanMatthewsearlyinthesecondquartertogivetheEaglesa10-0advantage. Pittsburgh’sonlypointscameona40-yardfieldgoalbyKChris Boswell midwaythroughthesecondquarter.Sturgismadea38-yardfieldgoalpriortothetwo-minutewarningtogivePhiladelphiaa 13-3 lead at halftime. TheEaglesscored three third-quarter touchdowns toseal thevictory.Wentz threw a 73-yard touchdown pass toRBDarrenSproles, andRBsWendellSmallwoodandKenjonBarner eachscoredarushingtouchdown.
GAME SUMMARY
STEELERS (2-1) 0 3 0 0 3Eagles (3-0) 3 10 21 0 34
TEAM Q TIME PLAY DRIVE SCOREPHI 1 5:29 Sturgis29yd.FG 7-63;3:20 0-3PHI 2 12:04 Matthews12yd.passfromWentz(Sturgiskick) 12-82;6:06 0-10PIT 2 7:40 Boswell40yd.FG 8-61;4:24 3-10PHI 2 2:25 Sturgis38yd.FG 10-58;5:15 3-13PHI 3 12:54 Sproles73yd.passfromWentz(Sturgiskick) 3-75;2:06 3-20PHI 3 5:45 Smallwood1yd.run(Sturgiskick) 7-67;4:58 3-27PHI 3 1:52 Barner8yd.run(Sturgiskick) 3-41;1:24 3-34
TEAM STATISTICS Steelers Eagles1st Downs 15 (2-11-2) 25 (10-11-4)3rd Downs 4-11 (36%) 4-10 (40%)4th Downs 0-2 (0%) 0-0 (0%)Total Net Yards 251 426Plays-Avg. 58-4.3 61-7.0Rushing Yards 29 125Rush Att.-Avg. 10-2.9 30-4.2Net Passing 222 301Att.-Comp.-Int. 44-24-1 31-23-0Sacks By 0-0 4-35Punts-Avg. 3-55.0 4-41.3Penalties 7-77 10-99Fumbles-Lost 2-1 1-0
Time of Poss. 25:04 34:56
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING: Pit. –Williams8-21;Roethlisberger 1-7; Richardson1-1. Phi. –Smallwood17-79,1TD;Barner 8-42, 1 TD;Wentz 1-10;Sproles2-(-1);Mathews2-(-5). PASSING: Pit. –Roethlisberger44-24-1,257.Phi. –Wentz31-23-0,301, 2 TDs. RECEIVING: Pit. –Brown12-140;Williams4-23;Coates3-50;Rogers2-32; James 2-10;Wheaton 1-2.Phi. – Sproles 6-128, 1TD;Huff4-20;Celek3-61;Green-Beckham3-33;Agholor 3-21; Burton 2-19;Matthews2-19,1TD.
GAME #4Pittsburgh 43, Kansas City 14
October 2, 2015Heinz Field (61,278)
PITTSBURGH - The Steelers scored a team record 22 first-quarter points en route to a 43-14 victory over theKansasCityChiefsonSundayNightFootballatHeinzField. Pittsburgh’s three first-quarter touchdowns came fromtouchdownpassesbyQB Ben Roethlisberger. After DE Stephon TuittforcedafumbleonRBSpencerWarethatwasrecoveredbyCB Ross Cockrell,Roethlisbergerthrewa31-yardtouchdowntoWR Darrius Heyward-Bey. After an interception by LB Jarvis Jones,Roethlisbergerthrewafour-yardtouchdowntoWR Antonio Brown. After a short punt by theChiefs, Roethlisberger and Brownconnectedagain,thistimeona38-yardtouchdown,togivetheSteelersa22-0leadattheendofthefirstquarter. Roethlisbergerthrewanine-yardtouchdowntoTE Jesse Jamesinthesecondquarter,andtheSteelerstooka29-0lead into halftime. OnPittsburgh’sfirstdriveofthesecondhalf,Roethlisbergerthrew his fifth touchdown pass of the game, this one a30-yarder to WR Markus Wheaton,togivetheSteelersa36-0advantage. TheChiefsgotontheboardearlyinthefourthquarterwhenQBAlexSmiththrewa10-yardtouchdowntoWRTyreekHill.TheSteelerscounteredthatscorewithatouchdownoftheirown,whenRB DeAngelo Williamsscoredonatwo-yardrun.Smithaddedathree-yardtouchdownpasstoTETravisKelcelateinthefourthquarterfortheChiefs’finalpoints. Pittsburgh’s defense totaled four sacks, included threefrom DE Cameron Heyward,andforcedtwoturnovers.
GAME SUMMARY
Chiefs (2-2) 0 0 0 14 14STEELERS (3-1) 22 7 7 7 43
TEAM Q TIME PLAY DRIVE SCOREPIT 1 7:27 Heyward-Bey31yd.passfromRoethlisberger(PasstoWheaton) 3-32;1:23 8-0PIT 1 5:10 Brown4yd.passfromRoethlisberger(Boswellkick) 1-4;0:04 15-0PIT 1 1:20 Brown38yd.passfromRoethlisberger(Boswellkick) 2-40;0:47 22-0PIT 2 0:44 James9yd.passfromRoethlisberger(Boswellkick) 10-80;3:44 29-0PIT 3 11:19 Wheaton30yd.passfromRoethlisberger(Boswellkick)6-75;3:41 36-0KC 4 11:11 Hill10yd.passfromSmith(Santoskick) 7-47;2:17 36-7PIT 4 7:22 Williams2yd.run(Boswellkick) 8-75;3:49 43-7KC 4 0:04 Kelce3yd.passfromSmith(Santoskick) 7-62;3:41 43-14
TEAM STATISTICS Chiefs Steelers1st Downs 22 (3-17-2) 18 (4-13-1)3rd Downs 8-17 (47%) 6-11 (55%)4th Downs 2-3 (67%) 0-0 (0%)Total Net Yards 357 436Plays-Avg. 72-5.0 55-7.9Rushing Yards 87 149Rush Att.-Avg. 18-4.8 26-5.7Net Passing 270 287Att.-Comp.-Int. 50-30-1 27-22-0Sacks By 2-13 4-17Punts-Avg. 6-42.8 5-42.2Penalties 7-40 9-68Fumbles-Lost 3-1 1-0
Time of Poss. 30:36 29:24
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING: K.C. – Ware 13-82;Charles2-7;Smith1-2;Hill1-(-2);Davis 1-(-2).Pit. – Bell 18-144;Williams 4-7, 1 TD; Jones 2-0;Coates1-(-1);Roethlisberger1-(-1). PASSING: K.C. – Smith 50-30-1, 287, 2TDs.Pit. –Roethlisberger27-22-0, 300, 5 TDs. RECEIVING: K.C. – Conley6-70;Maclin5-78;Wilson5-52Hill5-24,1 TD; Kelce 5-23, 1 TD; Davis2-14;Ware1-14;Harris 1-12.Pit. – Coates 6-79; Bell 5-34; Brown4-64, 2TDs; James 2-15, 1TD;Heyward-Bey1-31,1TD;Wheaton1-30,1TD;Johnson1-26;Grimble1-19;Williams1-2.
GAME #5Pittsburgh 31, New York 13
October 9, 2016Heinz Field (66,385)
PITTSBURGH - The Steelers defense pitched a second-half shutoutandtheoffensescored17second-halfpointstolifttheteamtoa31-13victoryovertheNewYorkJetsatHeinzField. TheJetsscoredthefirstpointsofthecontestwhenKNickFolkconnectedona35-yardfieldgoal.OntheSteelers’firstpossessionofthegame, QB Ben Roethlisberger threwa72-yardtouchdownpass to WR Sammie CoatestogivetheSteelersa7-3advantage. NewYorkscored10unansweredpoints.Folkmadea48-yardfieldgoal,andQBRyanFitzpatrickthrewa15-yardtouchdownpasstoWRBrandonMarshalltogivetheJetsa13-7lead.ItwouldbethelastpointstheJetswouldscore. Roethlisbergerthrewaone-yardtouchdownpasstoTE Jesse Jamespriortohalftime,andtheSteelerstooka14-13leadintothebreak. ThesecondhalfbelongedtoPittsburgh.K Chris Boswell made a47-yardfieldgoalearlyinthethirdquarter.Roethlisbergerthrewtwofourth-quartertouchdowns,afive-yardertoWR Antonio Brown andafive-yardertoCoatestosealthevictoryforPittsburgh. TheSteelersdefensedidnotallowasinglethird-downconversioninthesecondhalf,andtheyheldtheJetstojust100netyardsinthefinaltwoquarters.LBVinceWilliamsledthedefensewithninetackles,andheaddedonesack.
GAME SUMMARY
Jets (1-4) 3 10 0 0 13STEELERS (4-1) 7 7 3 14 31
TEAM Q TIME PLAY DRIVE SCORENY 1 11:45 Folk35yd.FG 8-58;3:15 0-3PIT 1 10:16 Coates72yd.passfromRoethlisberger(Boswellkick) 3-75;1:29 7-3NY 2 11:07 Folk48yd.FG 9-59;4:40 7-6NY 2 2:06 Marshall15yd.passfromFitzpatrick(Folkkick) 7-69;3:48 7-13PIT 2 0:41 James1yd.passfromRoethlisberger(Boswellkick) 11-75;1:25 14-13PIT 3 10:23 Boswell47yd.FG 4-2;0:58 17-13PIT 4 14:55 Brown5yd.passfromRoethlisberger(Boswellkick) 9-80;4:12 24-13PIT 4 1:46 Coates5yd.passfromRoethlisberger(Boswellkick) 12-79;5:43 31-13
TEAM STATISTICS Jets Steelers1st Downs 16 (4-12-0) 30 (3-23-4)3rd Downs 2-11 (18%) 5-10 (50%)4th Downs 0-1 (0%) 0-1 (0%)Total Net Yards 316 436Plays-Avg. 58-5.4 72-6.1Rushing Yards 72 61Rush Att.-Avg. 17-4.2 24-2.5Net Passing 244 375Att.-Comp.-Int. 38-25-0 47-34-0Sacks By 1-5 3-11Punts-Avg. 6-43.3 3-46.3Penalties 4-18 1-10Fumbles-Lost 1-0 2-1
Time of Poss. 28:10 31:50
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING: N.Y. – Forte 12-53;Powell 4-10; Fitzpatrick 1-9.Pit. – Bell 20-66;Williams 1-0; Jones2-(-2);Berry1-(-3).
PASSING: N.Y. – Fitzpatrick38-25-0, 255, 1 TD. Pit. –Roethlisberger47-34-0,380,4TDs.
RECEIVING: N.Y. – Marshall8-114,1TD;Powell6-41;Enunwa4-51;Sefarian-Jenkins 2-17;Forte2-7;Anderson 1-10; Bostick 1-0;Peake1-6.Pit. –Bell9-88;Brown9-78, 1TD;Coates6-139, 2TDs;James6-43,1TD;Wheaton2-19;Grimble2-13.
GAME #6Miami 30, Pittsburgh 15
October 16, 2015Hard Rock Stadium (65,351)
MIAMI - RBJayAjayirushedfor204yardswithtworushingscorestohelplifttheDolphinstoa30-15victoryovertheSteelersatHardRockStadium. KAndrewFranksgave theDolphinsanearly3-0 lead.OntheSteelers’ensuingdrive,WR Darrius Heyward-Bey scoredona60-yardtouchdownruntogivePittsburghan8-3advantage.The60-yardtouchdownrunwasthelongesttouchdownrunbyaSteelersince2005. Miami then scored 20 unanswered points. Franksconnectedon twofieldgoals (23and30yards),andRBDamienWilliamsscoredonaone-yardrunlateinthesecondquarter,togivetheDolphinsa16-8leadatthebreak.Ajayiscoredonaone-yardrunlateinthethirdquartertoextendMiami’sleadto23-8. Lateinthefourthquarter,QB Ben Roethlisbergerthrewa23-yardtouchdownpasstoWR Cobi Hamilton.OntheDolphins’nextplayfromscrimmage,Ajayiscoredona62-yardruntosealthevictory.
GAME SUMMARY
STEELERS (4-2) 8 0 0 7 15Dolphins (2-4) 3 13 7 7 30
TEAM Q TIME PLAY DRIVE SCOREMIA 1 8:34 Franks30yd.FG 9-53;3:39 0-3PIT 1 5:39 Heyward-Bey60yd.run(PasstoBell) 6-75;2:55 8-3MIA 2 8:18 Franks23yd.FG 12-85;7:08 8-6MIA 2 5:23 Franks30yd.FG 4-1;2:43 8-9MIA 2 0:21 Williams1yd.run(Frankskick) 9-71;2:26 8-16MIA 3 1:39 Ajayi1yd.run(Frankskick) 6-52;3:31 8-23PIT 4 1:02 Hamilton23yd.passfromRoethlisberger(Boswellkick)10-97;3:18 15-23MIA 4 0:50 Ajayi62yd.run(Frankskick) 1-62;0:12 15-30
TEAM STATISTICS Steelers Dolphins1st Downs 15 (3-11-1) 24 (12-10-2)3rd Downs 3-11 (27%) 7-14 (50%)4th Downs 0-1 (0%) 0-0 (0%)Total Net Yards 297 474Plays-Avg. 53-5.6 68-7.0Rushing Yards 128 222Rush Att.-Avg. 16-8.0 36-6.2Net Passing 169 252Att.-Comp.-Int. 35-19-2 32-24-0Sacks By 0-0 2-20Punts-Avg. 5-36.0 2-38.5Penalties 6-65 8-95Fumbles-Lost 0-0 0-0
Time of Poss. 23:30 36:30
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING: Pit. – Heyward-Bey1-60, 1TD; Bell 10-53;Williams3-10;Brown1-6;Jones1-(-1). Mia. – Ajayi 25-204, 2 TDs;Williams6-12,1TD;Foster3-3;Tannehill2-3. PASSING: Pit. – Roethlisberger34-19-2,189,1TD;Jones1-0-0,0.Mia. –Tannehill32-24-0,252. RECEIVING: Pit. – Bell 6-55;Brown4-39;Rogers4-35;Hamilton2-36, 1TD; James 2-13;Grimble1-11. Mia. – Landry 7-91; Parker5-28;Gray3-81;Stills2-12;Foster2-12;Williams2-5;Sims1-12;Jones1-8,Ajayi1-3.
GAME #7New England 27, Pittsburgh 16
October 23, 2016Heinz Field (66,009)
PITTSBURGH - RBLeGarretteBlount’sfiveyardtouchdownrunearlyinthefourthquartersealedthe27-16victoryforthePatriotsat Heinz Field. NewEnglandjumpedtoa14-0leadbytheearlystagesofthesecondquarter.QBTomBradythrewa19-yardtouchdownpasstoRBJamesWhiteandBlountscoredonathree-yardrun. TheSteelerswouldchipaway,getting10pointspriortohalftime.QB Landry Jones threwa14-yardtouchdownpasstoWR Darrius Heyward-Bey, and K Chris Boswellmadea32-yardfieldgoal.NewEnglandled14-10atthebreak. Boswell’s46-yardfieldgoalmidwaythroughthethirdquartergottheSteelerswithinonepoint,butitwouldbetheclosestPittsburghwouldgettheremainderofthegame. Bradythrewa36-yardtouchdownpasstoTERobGronkowskitomakeit20-13midwaythroughthethirdquarter.Boswellconnectedona44-yardfieldgoaltocuttheleadto20-16earlyinthefourthquarter. ButonthePatriots’nextdrive,Blountscoredthegame-sealingtouchdown.
GAME SUMMARY
Patriots (6-1) 7 7 6 7 27STEELERS (4-3) 0 10 3 3 16
TEAM Q TIME PLAY DRIVE SCORENE 1 2:55 White19yd.passfromBrady(Gostkowskikick) 13-80;7:23 0-7NE 2 10:58 Blount3yd.run(Gostkowskikick) 11-84;4:46 0-14PIT 2 9:02 Heyward-Bey14yd.passfromJones(Boswellkick)5-71;1:56 7-14PIT 2 0:02 Boswell32yd.FG 10-66;1:45 10-14PIT 3 8:44 Boswell46yd.FG 9-48;4:49 13-14NE 3 6:19 Gronkowski36yd.passfromBrady(Kickfailed) 5-75;2:25 13-20PIT 4 14:44 Boswell44yd.FG 12-42;6:35 16-20NE 4 11:44 Blount5yd.run(Gostkowskikick) 6-75;3:00 16-27
TEAM STATISTICS Patriots Steelers1st Downs 21 (11-9-1) 17 (5-11-1)3rd Downs 7-12 (58%) 5-16 (31%)4th Downs 0-0 (0%) 1-2 (50%)Total Net Yards 362 375Plays-Avg. 55-6.6 69-5.4Rushing Yards 140 94Rush Att.-Avg. 29-4.8 22-4.3Net Passing 222 281Att.-Comp.-Int. 26-19-0 47-29-1Sacks By 0-0 0-0Punts-Avg. 5-40.6 4-48.8Penalties 4-40 10-85Fumbles-Lost 2-2 1-0
Time of Poss. 27:31 32:29
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING: N.E. –Blount24-127,2TDs;Brady5-13.Pit. –Bell21-81;Brown1-13. PASSING: N.E. –Brady26-19-0,222, 2 TDs. Pit. – Jones47-29-1,281,1TD. RECEIVING: N.E. – Edelman 9-60;Gronkowski4-93,1TD;White2-32,1TD;Hogan2-25;Blount1-7;Bennett1-5.Pit. –Bell10-68;Brown7-106;Hamilton3-36;Heyward-Bey3-30, 1TD; James 2-18;Grimble2-14;Johnson1-5;Coates1-4.
PITTSBURGH STEELERS / WEEK 8 / THROUGH SUNDAY, OCTOBER 30, 2016 WON 4, LOST 3 * RUSHING No. Yds Avg Long TD 09/12 W 38-16 at Washington 79,124 Bell 69 344 5.0 44 0 09/18 W 24-16 Cincinnati 65,072 D. Williams 74 275 3.7 17 3 09/25 L 3-34 at Philadelphia 69,596 Heyward-Bey 1 60 60.0 60t 1 10/02 W 43-14 Kansas City 61,278 Brown 2 19 9.5 13 0 10/09 W 31-13 New York Jets 66,385 Roethlisberger 4 18 4.5 14 0 10/16 L 15-30 at Miami 65,351 Toussaint 4 10 2.5 7 0 10/23 L 16-27 New England 66,009 Richardson 2 7 3.5 6 0 11/06 at Baltimore Coates 2 5 2.5 6 0 11/13 Dallas Berry 1 -3 -3.0 -3 0 11/20 at Cleveland L. Jones 5 -3 -.6 0 0 11/24 at Indianapolis TEAM 164 732 4.5 60t 4 12/04 New York Giants OPPONENTS 160 747 4.7 62t 8 12/11 at Buffalo * RECEIVING No. Yds Avg Long TD 12/18 at Cincinnati Brown 48 592 12.3 51 5 12/25 Baltimore Bell 30 245 8.2 22 0 01/01 Cleveland James 22 159 7.2 14 3 Pitt. Opp. Coates 20 425 21.3 72t 2 TOTAL FIRST DOWNS 137 147 D. Williams 15 91 6.1 20 1 Rushing 32 44 Rogers 13 135 10.4 32 1 Passing 95 90 Grimble 8 83 10.4 20t 1 Penalty 10 13 Hamilton 5 72 14.4 23t 1 3rd Down: Made/Att 39/90 35/90 Heyward-Bey 5 68 13.6 31t 2 3rd Down Pct. 43.3 38.9 Wheaton 4 51 12.8 30t 1 4th Down: Made/Att 3/9 3/7 D. Johnson 3 36 12.0 26 0 4th Down Pct. 33.3 42.9 Toussaint 1 9 9.0 9 0 POSSESSION AVG. 29:47 30:13 TEAM 174 1966 11.3 72t 17 TOTAL NET YARDS 2606 2731 OPPONENTS 182 2012 11.1 73t 8 Avg. Per Game 372.3 390.1 * INTERCEPTIONS No. Yds Avg Long TD Total Plays 449 442 J. Jones 1 20 20.0 20 0 Avg. Per Play 5.8 6.2 Harrison 1 0 0.0 0 0 NET YARDS RUSHING 732 747 Shazier 1 0 0.0 0 0 Avg. Per Game 104.6 106.7 TEAM 3 20 6.7 20 0 Total Rushes 164 160 OPPONENTS 7 52 7.4 26 0 NET YARDS PASSING 1874 1984 * PUNTING No. Yds Avg Net TB In Lg B Avg. Per Game 267.7 283.4 Berry 30 1374 45.8 40.9 1 13 63 0 Sacked/Yards Lost 11/92 8/28 TEAM 30 1374 45.8 40.9 1 13 63 0 Gross Yards 1966 2012 OPPONENTS 33 1396 42.3 36.2 5 9 58 0 Att./Completions 274/174 274/182 * PUNT RETURNS Ret FC Yds Avg Long TD Completion Pct. 63.5 66.4 Brown 5 6 73 14.6 33 0 Had Intercepted 7 3 Rogers 4 3 30 7.5 15 0 PUNTS/AVERAGE 30/45.8 33/42.3 TEAM 9 9 103 11.4 33 0 NET PUNTING AVG. 30/40.9 33/36.2 OPPONENTS 13 7 126 9.7 17 0 PENALTIES/YARDS 42/440 47/378 * KICKOFF RETURNS No. Yds Avg Long TD FUMBLES/BALL LOST 9/2 10/5 Toussaint 6 129 21.5 27 0 TOUCHDOWNS 21 16 Coates 3 61 20.3 23 0 Rushing 4 8 J. Gilbert 3 69 23.0 32 0 Passing 17 8 TEAM 12 259 21.6 32 0 Returns 0 0 OPPONENTS 9 188 20.9 33 0 * SCORE BY PERIODS Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 OT PTS * FIELD GOALS 1-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50+ TEAM 44 44 30 52 0 170 Boswell 0/ 0 0/ 0 1/ 2 6/ 7 0/1 OPPONENTS 25 43 40 42 0 150 TEAM 0/ 0 0/ 0 1/ 2 6/ 7 0/1 * SCORING TD-Ru-Pa-Rt K-PAT FG S PTS OPPONENTS 0/ 0 4/ 5 7/ 7 2/ 3 0/1 Boswell 0 0 0 0 19/19 7/10 0 40 Boswell: (46G)(49G)(36B,40G)()(47G)()(42N,32G, Brown 5 0 5 0 0 30 46G,44G,54N) D. Williams 4 3 1 0 0 24 OPP: (31G,40G,34G)(25G,33G,21G)(29G,38G)(49N) Heyward-Bey 3 1 2 0 0 18 (35G,48G)(30G,23G,30G,24B,50N)() James 3 0 3 0 0 18 Coates 2 0 2 0 0 12 Wheaton 1 0 1 0 0 8 Grimble 1 0 1 0 0 6 Hamilton 1 0 1 0 0 6 Rogers 1 0 1 0 0 6 Bell 0 0 0 0 0 2 TEAM 21 4 17 0 19/19 7/10 0 170 OPPONENTS 16 8 8 0 15/16 13/16 0 150 2-Pt Conv: Bell, Wheaton, TM 2-2, OPP 0-0 SACKS: Heyward 3, V. Williams 2, Moats 1.5, Chickillo 1, Timmons 0.5, TM 8, OPP 11 FUM/LOST: Roethlisberger 5/2, Bell 1/0, Berry 1/0, Hubbard 1/0, Rogers 1/0 * PASSING Att Cmp Yds Cmp% Yds/Att TD TD% Int Int% Long Sack/Lost Rating Roethlisberger 226 145 1685 64.2 7.46 16 7.1 6 2.7 72t 11/ 92 99.2 L. Jones 48 29 281 60.4 5.85 1 2.1 1 2.1 51 0/ 0 75.1 TEAM 274 174 1966 63.5 7.18 17 6.2 7 2.6 72t 11/ 92 94.9 OPPONENTS 274 182 2012 66.4 7.34 8 2.9 3 1.1 73t 8/ 28 93.2
2016 PITTSBURGH STEELERS REGULAR-SEASONDEFENSIVE/SPECIAL TEAMS STATISTICS
SPECIAL TEAMS STATISTICS
Player U A Tot Sacks/Yds. QP Int./Yards PD FF FR U A Tot FF FR BL
Timmons 32 16 48 0.5/1 2 0/0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
V. Williams 32 6 38 2/3 3 0/0 0 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0
Mitchell 26 7 33 0/0 1 0/0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
J. Jones 18 9 27 0/0 3 1/20 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
Gay 24 7 26 0/0 0 0/0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Golden 14 12 26 0/0 0 0/0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0
Cockrell 22 3 25 0/0 0 0/0 7 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
Shazier 12 10 22 0/0 0 1/0 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tuitt 18 3 21 0/0 3 0/0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Davis 14 4 18 0/0 0 0/0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Burns 16 2 18 0/0 0 0/0 4 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0
Heyward 14 2 16 3/16 3 0/0 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
Harrison 12 4 16 0/0 3 1/0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Moats 5 8 13 1.5/1 5 0/0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Hargrave 6 4 10 0/0 0 0/0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Chickillo 9 1 10 1/7 3 0/0 0 1 0 0 2 2 0 0 0
Dangerfield 4 5 9 0/0 0 0/0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 0
Matakevich 6 2 8 0/0 0 0/0 0 0 0 2 1 3 0 0 0
Mathews 1 3 4 0/0 1 0/0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
McCullers 1 2 3 0/0 0 0/0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Fort 2 0 2 0/0 1 0/0 0 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0
Shabazz 1 0 1 0/0 0 0/0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Walton 0 0 0 0/0 0 0/0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
S. Johsnon 0 0 0 0/0 0 0/0 0 0 0 5 1 6 1 0 0
Thomas 0 0 0 0/0 0 0/0 0 0 0 5 0 5 0 0 0
Heywad-Bey 0 0 0 0/0 0 0/0 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 0
Nix 0 0 0 0/0 0 0/0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0
Coates 0 0 0 0/0 0 0/0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0
Warren 0 0 0 0/0 0 0/0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
TOTALS 121 50 171 8/28 19 3/20 21 5 1 17 8 25 1 1 1
OPPONENTS 276 122 398 11/94 29 7/52 42 5 2 19 8 27 0 0 1
2016 PITTSBURGH STEELERS DEPTH CHART OFFENSE
DEFENSE
LDE 97 CAMERON HEYWARD (6-5, 295, 6) 90 Ricardo Mathews (6-3, 300, 7) 96 L.T. Walton (6-5, 305, 2)
NT 79 JAVON HARGRAVE (6-2, 305, R) 93 Daniel McCullers (6-7, 352, 3)
RDE 91 STEPHON TUITT (6-6, 303, 3) 90 Ricardo Mathews (6-3, 300, 7) 96 L.T. Walton (6-5, 305, 2)
LOLB 55 ARTHUR MOATS (6-0, 246, 7) 56 Anthony Chickillo (6-3, 255, 2)
LILB 50 RYAN SHAZIER (6-1, 230, 3) 44 Tyler Matakevich (6-1, 235, R) 51 Steven Johnson (6-1, 237, 5)
RILB 94 LAWRENCE TIMMONS (6-1, 234, 10) 98 Vince Williams (6-1, 233, 4) 54 L.J. Fort (6-0, 232, 2)
ROLB 95 JARVIS JONES (6-3, 248, 4) 92 James Harrison (6-0, 242, 14)
LCB 22 WILLIAM GAY (5-10, 187, 10) 24 Justin Gilbert (6-0, 202, 3)
FS 23 MIKE MITCHELL (6-1, 221, 8) 28 Sean Davis (6-1, 202, R) 37 Jordan Dangerfield (5-11, 199, 1)
SS 21 ROBERT GOLDEN (5-11, 202, 5) 29 Shamarko Thomas (5-9, 205, 4) 37 Jordan Dangerfield (5-11, 199, 1)
RCB 31 ROSS COCKRELL (6-0, 191, 3) 25 Artie Burns (6-0, 197, R)
SPECIAL TEAMS
P 4 JORDAN BERRY (6-5, 195, 2)
K 9 CHRIS BOSWELL (6-2, 185, 2)
LS 60 GREG WARREN (6-3, 252, 12)
H 4 JORDAN BERRY (6-5, 195, 2)
KR 14 SAMMIE COATES (6-1, 212, 2) 24 Justin Gilbert (6-0, 202, 3) 33 Fitzgerald Toussaint (5-9, 204, 3)
PR 84 OR 17
ANTONIO BROWN (5-10, 181, 7) OR
ELI ROGERS (5-10, 187, 2)
Rookie
Le’Veon Bell ..............................(Lay-vee-on) Anthony Chickillo .......................(Chick-ill-oh) Ramon Foster ............................(Ruh-moan) Javon Hargrave .........................(Jay-von) Tyler Matakevich .......................(Matt-uh-kev-ich) Ben Roethlisberger ....................(Roth-lis-ber-ger) Ryan Shazier .............................(Shay-zier) Shamarko Thomas ....................(Shuh-mar-ko) Fitzgerald Toussaint ..................(Too-saunt) Stephon Tuitt .............................(Steff-on Too-it)
WR 84 ANTONIO BROWN (5-10, 181, 7) 14 Sammie Coates (6-1, 212, 2) 83 Cobi Hamilton (6-2, 201, 1)
LT 78 ALEJANDRO VILLANUEVA (6-9, 320, 2) 74 Chris Hubbard (6-4, 295, 3) 69 Brian Mihalik (6-9, 302, 1)
LG 73 RAMON FOSTER (6-5, 328, 8) 72 Cody Wallace (6-4, 296, 7) 74 Chris Hubbard (6-4, 295, 3)
67 B.J. Finney (6-4, 318, 1)
C 53 MAURKICE POUNCEY (6-4, 304, 7) 72 Cody Wallace (6-4, 296, 7) 67 B.J. Finney (6-4, 318, 1)
RG 66 DAVID DECASTRO (6-5, 316, 5) 72 Cody Wallace (6-4, 296, 7) 74 Chris Hubbard (6-4, 295, 3)
67 B.J. Finney (6-4, 318, 1)
RT 77 MARCUS GILBERT (6-6, 330, 6) 74 Chris Hubbard (6-4, 295, 3) 69 Brian Mihalik (6-9, 302, 1)
TE 81 JESSE JAMES (6-7, 261, 2) 82 David Johnson (6-2, 260, 8) 85 Xavier Grimble (6-4, 261, 1)
RB 26 LE’VEON BELL (6-1, 225, 4) 34 DeAngelo Williams (5-9, 207, 11) 33 Fitzgerald Toussaint (5-9, 204, 3)
FB 45 ROOSEVELT NIX (5-11, 248, 2)
QB 7 BEN ROETHLISBERGER (6-5, 240, 13) 3 Landry Jones (6-4, 225, 4) 18 Zach Mettenberger (6-5, 224, 3)
WR 88 DARRIUS HEYWARD-BEY (6-2, 210, 8) 11 Markus Wheaton (5-11, 189, 4) 17 Eli Rogers (5-10, 187, 2)
NO NAME POS HT WT DOB AGE EXP COLLEGE BIRTHPLACE HOW ACQ 2016 GP/GS26 Bell, Le'Veon RB 6-1 225 02/18/92 24 4 Michigan State Reynoldsburg, OH D2 '13 4/44 Berry, Jordan P 6-5 195 03/18/91 25 2 Eastern Kentucky Melbourne, Victoria, Australia FA '15 7/09 Boswell, Chris K 6-2 185 03/16/91 25 2 Rice Fort Worth, TX FA '15 7/084 Brown, Antonio WR 5-10 181 07/10/88 28 7 Central Michigan Miami, FL D6b '10 7/725 Burns, Artie CB 6-0 197 05/01/95 21 R Miami (FL) Miami, FL D1 '16 7/156 Chickillo, Anthony LB 6-3 255 12/10/92 23 2 Miami (FL) Tampa, FL D6b '15 7/214 Coates, Sammie WR 6-1 212 03/31/93 23 2 Auburn Leroy, AL D3 '15 7/431 Cockrell, Ross CB 6-0 191 08/06/91 25 3 Duke Waxhaw, NC FA '15 7/737 Dangerfield, Jordan S 5-11 199 12/25/90 25 1 Towson Elmont, NY FA '15 7/228 Davis, Sean S 6-1 202 10/23/93 23 R Maryland Washington, DC D2 '16 7/266 DeCastro, David G 6-5 316 01/11/90 26 5 Stanford Bellevue, WA D1 '12 7/767 Finney, B.J. C/G 6-4 318 10/26/91 25 1 Kansas State Wichita, KS UDFA '15 6/154 Fort, L.J. LB 6-0 232 01/03/90 26 2 Northern Iowa Granite City, IL FA '15 7/073 Foster, Ramon G 6-5 328 01/07/86 30 8 Tennessee Henning, TN UDFA '09 6/622 Gay, William CB 5-10 187 01/01/85 31 10 Louisville Tallahassee, FL FA '13 7/624 Gilbert, Justin CB 6-0 202 11/07/91 24 3 Oklahoma State The Woodlands, TX T '16 (CLE) 5/077 Gilbert, Marcus OT 6-6 330 02/15/88 28 6 Florida Fort Lauderdale, FL D2 '11 4/421 Golden, Robert S 5-11 202 09/13/90 26 5 Arizona Fresno, CA UDFA '12 5/585 Grimble, Xavier TE 6-4 261 09/22/92 24 1 USC Las Vegas, NV FA '15 7/183 Hamilton, Cobi WR 6-2 201 11/13/90 25 1 Arkansas Texarkana, TX FA '16 2/279 Hargrave, Javon DT 6-2 305 02/07/93 23 R South Carolina State Salisbury, NC D3 '16 7/592 Harrison, James LB 6-0 242 05/04/78 38 14 Kent State Akron, OH FA '14 7/197 Heyward, Cameron DE 6-5 295 05/06/89 27 6 Ohio State Pittsburgh, PA D1 '11 5/588 Heyward-Bey, Darrius WR 6-2 210 02/26/87 29 8 Maryland Silver Spring, MD UFA '14 (IND) 7/074 Hubbard, Chris C/G 6-4 295 04/23/91 25 3 UAB Columbus, GA UDFA '13 6/381 James, Jesse TE 6-7 261 06/04/94 22 2 Penn State Glassport, PA D5 '15 7/782 Johnson, David TE 6-2 260 08/26/87 29 8 Arkansas State Pine Bluff, AR FA '16 6/151 Johnson, Steven LB 6-1 237 03/28/88 28 5 Kansas Media, PA UFA '16 (TEN) 4/095 Jones, Jarvis LB 6-3 248 10/13/89 27 4 Georgia Lumpkin, GA D1 '13 7/63 Jones, Landry QB 6-4 225 04/04/89 27 4 Oklahoma Artesia, NM D4b '13 4/144 Matakevich, Tyler LB 6-1 235 12/22/92 23 R Temple Stratford, CT D7b '16 7/090 Mathews, Ricardo DE 6-3 300 07/30/87 29 7 Cincinnati Jacksonville, FL UFA '16 (SD) 7/293 McCullers, Daniel DT 6-7 352 08/11/92 24 3 Tennessee Raleigh, NC D6b '14 7/018 Mettenberger, Zach QB 6-5 224 07/16/91 25 3 LSU Watkinsville, GA W '16 (SD) 0/069 Mihalik, Brian OT 6-9 302 08/21/92 24 1 Boston College Avon Lake, OH FA '16 0/023 Mitchell, Mike S 6-1 221 06/10/87 29 8 Ohio Fort Thomas, KY UFA '14 (CAR) 7/755 Moats, Arthur LB 6-0 246 03/14/88 28 7 James Madison Portsmouth, VA UFA '14 (BUF) 7/545 Nix, Roosevelt FB 5-11 248 03/30/92 24 2 Kent State Reynoldsburg, OH FA '15 2/153 Pouncey, Maurkice C 6-4 304 07/24/89 27 7 Florida Lakeland, FL D1 '10 7/77 Roethlisberger, Ben QB 6-5 240 03/02/82 34 13 Miami (OH) Cory Rawson, OH D1 '04 6/617 Rogers, Eli WR 5-10 187 12/23/92 23 2 Louisville Miami, FL UDFA '15 4/350 Shazier, Ryan LB 6-1 230 09/06/92 24 3 Ohio State Fort Lauderdale, FL D1 '14 4/329 Thomas, Shamarko S 5-9 205 02/23/91 25 4 Syracuse Virginia Beach, VA D4a '13 5/094 Timmons, Lawrence LB 6-1 234 05/14/86 30 10 Florida State Florence, SC D1 '07 7/733 Toussaint, Fitzgerald RB 5-9 204 05/04/90 26 3 Michigan Youngstown, OH FA '15 7/091 Tuitt, Stephon DE 6-6 303 05/23/93 23 3 Notre Dame Miami, FL D2 '14 7/778 Villanueva, Alejandro OT 6-9 320 09/22/88 28 2 Army Meridian, MS FA '14 7/772 Wallace, Cody C/G 6-4 296 11/26/84 31 7 Texas A&M Cuero, TX FA '13 0/096 Walton, L.T. DE 6-5 305 03/31/92 24 2 Central Michigan Clinton Township, MI D6a '15 3/060 Warren, Greg LS 6-3 252 10/18/81 35 12 North Carolina Goldsboro, NC UDFA '05 7/011 Wheaton, Markus WR 5-11 189 02/07/91 25 4 Oregon State Chandler, AZ D3 '13 3/234 Williams, DeAngelo RB 5-9 207 04/25/83 33 11 Memphis Wynne, AR FA '15 6/398 Williams, Vince LB 6-1 233 12/27/89 26 4 Florida State Davenport, FL D6b '13 7/4
PRACTICE SQUAD (10)87 Allen, RaShaun TE 6-4 250 02/25/90 26 1 Southern Cleveland, OH FA '16 0/015 Ayers, Demarcus WR 5-9 190 07/04/94 22 R Houston Lancaster, TX D7a '16 0/041 Feeney, Travis LB 6-4 226 11/18/92 23 R Washington Richmond, CA D6 '16 0/071 Feiler, Matt OL 6-6 330 07/07/92 24 1 Bloomsburg (PA) Strasburg, PA FA '16 1/042 Hagen, Jacob S 6-3 205 03/16/92 24 1 Liberty Orange Park, FL FA '16 0/099 Lyons, Caushaud DE 6-5 284 01/03/93 23 1 Tusculum Atlanta, GA W '15 (TB) 0/062 Maxey, Johnny DT 6-5 283 10/19/93 23 R Mars Hill Columbia, SC UDFA '16 0/038 Richardson, Daryl RB 5-11 196 04/12/90 26 3 Abilene Christian Jacksonville, FL FA '16 0/020 Shabazz, Al-Hajj CB 6-2 200 08/02/92 24 1 West Chester (PA) Philadelphia, PA FA '16 1/030 Williams, Karlos RB 6-2 230 05/04/93 23 2 Florida State Davenport, FL FA '16 0/0
RESERVE/PUP LIST (1)89 Green, Ladarius TE 6-6 240 05/29/90 26 5 Louisiana-Lafayette Pensacola, FL UFA '16 (SD) 0/0
RESERVE/INJURED LIST (8)Anderson, Kevin LB 6-4 244 07/25/92 24 R Stanford Palo Alto, CA UDFA '16 0/0Dupree, Bud LB 6-4 269 02/12/93 23 2 Kentucky Macon, GA D1 '15 0/0Golson, Senquez CB 5-9 176 07/07/93 23 2 Mississippi Pascagoula, MS D2 '15 0/0Hawkins, Jerald OT 6-6 305 10/16/93 23 R LSU Baldwin, LA D4 '16 0/0Harris, Ryan OT 6-5 302 03/11/85 31 9 Notre Dame Minneapolis, MN UFA '16 (DEN) 4/0Manhart, Cole G 6-4 298 09/25/92 24 1 Nebraska-Kearney Highlands Ranch, CO FA '16 0/0Severin, Canaan WR 6-2 205 03/16/93 23 R Virginia Marlborough, MA UDFA '16 0/0Ume-Ezeoke, Valerian C 6-3 295 02/14/93 23 1 New Mexico State Garland, TX FA '16 0/0
RESERVE/SUSPENDED BY COMMISSIONER (1)10 Bryant, Martavis WR 6-4 211 12/20/91 24 3 Clemson Calhoun Falls, SC D4 '14 0/0
Head Coach: Mike TomlinAssistant Coaches:
PITTSBURGH STEELERS 2016 ALPHABETICAL ROSTER
John Mitchell (Asst. Head Coach/Defensive Line); Todd Haley (Offensive Coordinator); Keith Butler (Defensive Coordinator); Danny Smith (Special Teams Coordinator); James Daniel (Tight Ends); Randy Fichtner (Quarterbacks); Carnell Lake (Defensive Backs); Richard Mann (Wide Receivers); Mike Munchak (Offensive Line); Jerry Olsavsky (Inside Linebackers); Joey Porter (Outside Linebackers); James Saxon (Running Backs); Shaun Sarrett (Offensive Asst.); Steve Meyer (Coaching Asst.); Daniel Martin Rooney (Coaching Asst.); Garrett Giemont (Conditioning Coordinator); Marcel Pastoor (Conditioning Asst.)
Number of Players on Active Roster: 53Experience Includes 2016 Season
NO NAME POS HT WT DOB AGE EXP COLLEGE BIRTHPLACE HOW ACQ 2016 GP/GS3 Landry Jones QB 6-4 225 04/04/89 27 4 Oklahoma Artesia, NM D4b '13 4/14 Jordan Berry P 6-5 195 03/18/91 25 2 Eastern Kentucky Melbourne, Victoria, Australia FA '15 7/07 Ben Roethlisberger QB 6-5 240 03/02/82 34 13 Miami (OH) Cory Rawson, OH D1 '04 6/69 Chris Boswell K 6-2 185 03/16/91 25 2 Rice Fort Worth, TX FA '15 7/011 Markus Wheaton WR 5-11 189 02/07/91 25 4 Oregon State Chandler, AZ D3 '13 3/214 Sammie Coates WR 6-1 212 03/31/93 23 2 Auburn Leroy, AL D3 '15 7/417 Eli Rogers WR 5-10 187 12/23/92 23 2 Louisville Miami, FL UDFA '15 4/318 Zach Mettenberger QB 6-5 224 07/16/91 25 3 LSU Watkinsville, GA W '16 (SD) 0/021 Robert Golden S 5-11 202 09/13/90 26 5 Arizona Fresno, CA UDFA '12 5/522 William Gay CB 5-10 187 01/01/85 31 10 Louisville Tallahassee, FL FA '13 7/623 Mike Mitchell S 6-1 221 06/10/87 29 8 Ohio Fort Thomas, KY UFA '14 (CAR) 7/724 Justin Gilbert CB 6-0 202 11/07/91 24 3 Oklahoma State The Woodlands, TX T '16 (CLE) 5/025 Artie Burns CB 6-0 197 05/01/95 21 R Miami (FL) Miami, FL D1 '16 7/126 Le'Veon Bell RB 6-1 225 02/18/92 24 4 Michigan State Reynoldsburg, OH D2 '13 4/428 Sean Davis S 6-1 202 10/23/93 23 R Maryland Washington, DC D2 '16 7/229 Shamarko Thomas S 5-9 205 02/23/91 25 4 Syracuse Virginia Beach, VA D4a '13 5/031 Ross Cockrell CB 6-0 191 08/06/91 25 3 Duke Waxhaw, NC FA '15 7/733 Fitzgerald Toussaint RB 5-9 204 05/04/90 26 3 Michigan Youngstown, OH FA '15 7/034 DeAngelo Williams RB 5-9 207 04/25/83 33 11 Memphis Wynne, AR FA '15 6/337 Jordan Dangerfield S 5-11 199 12/25/90 25 1 Towson Elmont, NY FA '15 7/244 Tyler Matakevich LB 6-1 235 12/22/92 23 R Temple Stratford, CT D7b '16 7/045 Roosevelt Nix FB 5-11 248 03/30/92 24 2 Kent State Reynoldsburg, OH FA '15 2/150 Ryan Shazier LB 6-1 230 09/06/92 24 3 Ohio State Fort Lauderdale, FL D1 '14 4/351 Steven Johnson LB 6-1 237 03/28/88 28 5 Kansas Media, PA UFA '16 (TEN) 4/053 Maurkice Pouncey C 6-4 304 07/24/89 27 7 Florida Lakeland, FL D1 '10 7/754 L.J. Fort LB 6-0 232 01/03/90 26 2 Northern Iowa Granite City, IL FA '15 7/055 Arthur Moats LB 6-0 246 03/14/88 28 7 James Madison Portsmouth, VA UFA '14 (BUF) 7/556 Anthony Chickillo LB 6-3 255 12/10/92 23 2 Miami (FL) Tampa, FL D6b '15 7/260 Greg Warren LS 6-3 252 10/18/81 35 12 North Carolina Goldsboro, NC UDFA '05 7/066 David DeCastro G 6-5 316 01/11/90 26 5 Stanford Bellevue, WA D1 '12 7/767 B.J. Finney C/G 6-4 318 10/26/91 25 1 Kansas State Wichita, KS UDFA '15 6/169 Brian Mihalik OT 6-9 302 08/21/92 24 1 Boston College Avon Lake, OH FA '16 0/072 Cody Wallace C/G 6-4 296 11/26/84 31 7 Texas A&M Cuero, TX FA '13 0/073 Ramon Foster G 6-5 328 01/07/86 30 8 Tennessee Henning, TN UDFA '09 6/674 Chris Hubbard C/G 6-4 295 04/23/91 25 3 UAB Columbus, GA UDFA '13 6/377 Marcus Gilbert OT 6-6 330 02/15/88 28 6 Florida Fort Lauderdale, FL D2 '11 4/478 Alejandro Villanueva OT 6-9 320 09/22/88 28 2 Army Meridian, MS FA '14 7/779 Javon Hargrave DT 6-2 305 02/07/93 23 R South Carolina State Salisbury, NC D3 '16 7/581 Jesse James TE 6-7 261 06/04/94 22 2 Penn State Glassport, PA D5 '15 7/782 David Johnson TE 6-2 260 08/26/87 29 8 Arkansas State Pine Bluff, AR FA '16 7/183 Cobi Hamilton WR 6-2 201 11/13/90 25 1 Arkansas Texarkana, TX FA '16 2/284 Antonio Brown WR 5-10 181 07/10/88 28 7 Central Michigan Miami, FL D6b '10 7/785 Xavier Grimble TE 6-4 261 09/22/92 24 1 USC Las Vegas, NV FA '15 7/188 Darrius Heyward-Bey WR 6-2 210 02/26/87 29 8 Maryland Silver Spring, MD UFA '14 (IND) 7/090 Ricardo Mathews DE 6-3 300 07/30/87 29 7 Cincinnati Jacksonville, FL UFA '16 (SD) 7/291 Stephon Tuitt DE 6-6 303 05/23/93 23 3 Notre Dame Miami, FL D2 '14 7/792 James Harrison LB 6-0 242 05/04/78 38 14 Kent State Akron, OH FA '14 7/193 Daniel McCullers DT 6-7 352 08/11/92 24 3 Tennessee Raleigh, NC D6b '14 7/094 Lawrence Timmons LB 6-1 234 05/14/86 30 10 Florida State Florence, SC D1 '07 7/795 Jarvis Jones LB 6-3 248 10/13/89 27 4 Georgia Lumpkin, GA D1 '13 7/696 L.T. Walton DE 6-5 305 03/31/92 24 2 Central Michigan Clinton Township, MI D6a '15 3/097 Cameron Heyward DE 6-5 295 05/06/89 27 6 Ohio State Pittsburgh, PA D1 '11 5/598 Vince Williams LB 6-1 233 12/27/89 26 4 Florida State Davenport, FL D6b '13 7/4
PRACTICE SQUAD (10)15 Demarcus Ayers WR 5-9 190 07/04/94 22 R Houston Lancaster, TX D7a '16 0/020 Al-Hajj Shabazz CB 6-2 200 08/02/92 24 1 West Chester (PA) Philadelphia, PA FA '16 1/030 Karlos Williams RB 6-2 230 05/04/93 23 2 Florida State Davenport, FL FA '16 0/038 Daryl Richardson RB 5-11 196 04/12/90 26 3 Abilene Christian Jacksonville, FL FA '16 0/041 Travis Feeney LB 6-4 226 11/18/92 23 R Washington Richmond, CA D6 '16 0/042 Jacob Hagen S 6-3 205 03/16/92 24 1 Liberty Orange Park, FL FA '16 0/062 Johnny Maxey DT 6-5 283 10/19/93 23 R Mars Hill Columbia, SC UDFA '16 0/071 Matt Feiler OL 6-6 330 07/07/92 24 1 Bloomsburg (PA) Strasburg, PA FA '16 1/087 RaShaun Allen TE 6-4 250 02/25/90 26 1 Southern Cleveland, OH FA '16 0/099 Caushaud Lyons DE 6-5 284 01/03/93 23 1 Tusculum Atlanta, GA W '15 (TB) 0/0
RESERVE/PUP LIST (1)89 Ladarius Green TE 6-6 240 05/29/90 26 5 Louisiana-Lafayette Pensacola, FL UFA '16 (SD) 0/0
RESERVE/INJURED LIST (8)Kevin Anderson LB 6-4 244 07/25/92 24 R Stanford Palo Alto, CA UDFA '16 0/0Bud Dupree LB 6-4 269 02/12/93 23 2 Kentucky Macon, GA D1 '15 0/0Senquez Golson CB 5-9 176 07/07/93 23 2 Mississippi Pascagoula, MS D2 '15 0/0Jerald Hawkins OT 6-6 305 10/16/93 23 R LSU Baldwin, LA D4 '16 0/0Ryan Harris OT 6-5 302 03/11/85 31 9 Notre Dame Minneapolis, MN UFA '16 (DEN) 4/0Cole Manhart G 6-4 298 09/25/92 24 1 Nebraska-Kearney Highlands Ranch, CO FA '16 0/0Canaan Severin WR 6-2 205 03/16/93 23 R Virginia Marlborough, MA UDFA '16 0/0Valerian Ume-Ezeoke C 6-3 295 02/14/93 23 1 New Mexico State Garland, TX FA '16 0/0
RESERVE/SUSPENDED BY COMMISSIONER (1)10 Martavis Bryant WR 6-4 211 12/20/91 24 3 Clemson Calhoun Falls, SC D4 '14 0/0
Head Coach: Mike TomlinAssistant Coaches:
PITTSBURGH STEELERS 2016 NUMERICAL ROSTER
Experience Includes 2016 SeasonNumber of Players on Active Roster: 53
John Mitchell (Asst. Head Coach/Defensive Line); Todd Haley (Offensive Coordinator); Keith Butler (Defensive Coordinator); Danny Smith (Special Teams Coordinator); James Daniel (Tight Ends); Randy Fichtner (Quarterbacks); Carnell Lake (Defensive Backs); Richard Mann (Wide Receivers); Mike Munchak (Offensive Line); Jerry Olsavsky (Inside Linebackers); Joey Porter (Outside Linebackers); James Saxon (Running Backs); Shaun Sarrett (Offensive Asst.); Steve Meyer (Coaching Asst.); Daniel Martin Rooney (Coaching Asst.); Garrett Giemont (Conditioning Coordinator); Marcel Pastoor (Conditioning Asst.)
NO NAME POS HT WT DOB AGE EXP COLLEGE BIRTHPLACE HOW ACQ 2016 GP/GS
3 Landry Jones QB 6-4 225 04/04/89 27 4 Oklahoma Artesia, NM D4b '13 4/17 Ben Roethlisberger QB 6-5 240 03/02/82 34 13 Miami (OH) Cory Rawson, OH D1 '04 6/618 Zach Mettenberger QB 6-5 224 07/16/91 25 3 LSU Watkinsville, GA W '16 (SD) 0/0
26 Le'Veon Bell RB 6-1 225 02/18/92 24 4 Michigan State Reynoldsburg, OH D2 '13 4/433 Fitzgerald Toussaint RB 5-9 204 05/04/90 26 3 Michigan Youngstown, OH FA '15 7/034 DeAngelo Williams RB 5-9 207 04/25/83 33 11 Memphis Wynne, AR FA '15 6/345 Roosevelt Nix FB 5-11 248 03/30/92 24 2 Kent State Reynoldsburg, OH FA '15 2/1
11 Markus Wheaton WR 5-11 189 02/07/91 25 4 Oregon State Chandler, AZ D3 '13 3/214 Sammie Coates WR 6-1 212 03/31/93 23 2 Auburn Leroy, AL D3 '15 7/417 Eli Rogers WR 5-10 187 12/23/92 23 2 Louisville Miami, FL UDFA '15 4/383 Cobi Hamilton WR 6-2 201 11/13/90 25 1 Arkansas Texarkana, TX FA '16 2/284 Antonio Brown WR 5-10 181 07/10/88 28 7 Central Michigan Miami, FL D6b '10 7/788 Darrius Heyward-Bey WR 6-2 210 02/26/87 29 8 Maryland Silver Spring, MD UFA '14 (IND) 7/0
81 Jesse James TE 6-7 261 06/04/94 22 2 Penn State Glassport, PA D5 '15 7/782 David Johnson TE 6-2 260 08/26/87 29 8 Arkansas State Pine Bluff, AR FA '16 7/185 Xavier Grimble TE 6-4 261 09/22/92 24 1 USC Las Vegas, NV FA '15 7/1
53 Maurkice Pouncey C 6-4 304 07/24/89 27 7 Florida Lakeland, FL D1 '10 7/766 David DeCastro G 6-5 316 01/11/90 26 5 Stanford Bellevue, WA D1 '12 7/767 B.J. Finney C/G 6-4 318 10/26/91 25 1 Kansas State Wichita, KS UDFA '15 6/169 Brian Mihalik OT 6-9 302 08/21/92 24 1 Boston College Avon Lake, OH FA '16 0/072 Cody Wallace C/G 6-4 296 11/26/84 31 7 Texas A&M Cuero, TX FA '13 0/073 Ramon Foster G 6-5 328 01/07/86 30 8 Tennessee Henning, TN UDFA '09 6/674 Chris Hubbard C/G 6-4 295 04/23/91 25 3 UAB Columbus, GA UDFA '13 6/377 Marcus Gilbert OT 6-6 330 02/15/88 28 6 Florida Fort Lauderdale, FL D2 '11 4/478 Alejandro Villanueva OT 6-9 320 09/22/88 28 2 Army Meridian, MS FA '14 7/7
79 Javon Hargrave DT 6-2 305 02/07/93 23 R South Carolina State Salisbury, NC D3 '16 7/590 Ricardo Mathews DE 6-3 300 07/30/87 29 7 Cincinnati Jacksonville, FL UFA '16 (SD) 7/291 Stephon Tuitt DE 6-6 303 05/23/93 23 3 Notre Dame Miami, FL D2 '14 7/793 Daniel McCullers DT 6-7 352 08/11/92 24 3 Tennessee Raleigh, NC D6b '14 7/096 L.T. Walton DE 6-5 305 03/31/92 24 2 Central Michigan Clinton Township, MI D6a '15 3/097 Cameron Heyward DE 6-5 295 05/06/89 27 6 Ohio State Pittsburgh, PA D1 '11 5/5
44 Tyler Matakevich LB 6-1 235 12/22/92 23 R Temple Stratford, CT D7b '16 7/050 Ryan Shazier LB 6-1 230 09/06/92 24 3 Ohio State Fort Lauderdale, FL D1 '14 4/351 Steven Johnson LB 6-1 237 03/28/88 28 5 Kansas Media, PA UFA '16 (TEN) 4/054 L.J. Fort LB 6-0 232 01/03/90 26 2 Northern Iowa Granite City, IL FA '15 7/055 Arthur Moats LB 6-0 246 03/14/88 28 7 James Madison Portsmouth, VA UFA '14 (BUF) 7/556 Anthony Chickillo LB 6-3 255 12/10/92 23 2 Miami (FL) Tampa, FL D6b '15 7/292 James Harrison LB 6-0 242 05/04/78 38 14 Kent State Akron, OH FA '14 7/194 Lawrence Timmons LB 6-1 234 05/14/86 30 10 Florida State Florence, SC D1 '07 7/795 Jarvis Jones LB 6-3 248 10/13/89 27 4 Georgia Lumpkin, GA D1 '13 7/698 Vince Williams LB 6-1 233 12/27/89 26 4 Florida State Davenport, FL D6b '13 7/4
21 Robert Golden S 5-11 202 09/13/90 26 5 Arizona Fresno, CA UDFA '12 5/522 William Gay CB 5-10 187 01/01/85 31 10 Louisville Tallahassee, FL FA '13 7/623 Mike Mitchell S 6-1 221 06/10/87 29 8 Ohio Fort Thomas, KY UFA '14 (CAR) 7/724 Justin Gilbert CB 6-0 202 11/07/91 24 3 Oklahoma State The Woodlands, TX T '16 (CLE) 5/025 Artie Burns CB 6-0 197 05/01/95 21 R Miami (FL) Miami, FL D1 '16 7/128 Sean Davis S 6-1 202 10/23/93 23 R Maryland Washington, DC D2 '16 7/229 Shamarko Thomas S 5-9 205 02/23/91 25 4 Syracuse Virginia Beach, VA D4a '13 5/031 Ross Cockrell CB 6-0 191 08/06/91 25 3 Duke Waxhaw, NC FA '15 7/737 Jordan Dangerfield S 5-11 199 12/25/90 25 1 Towson Elmont, NY FA '15 7/2
4 Jordan Berry P 6-5 195 03/18/91 25 2 Eastern Kentucky Melbourne, Victoria, Australia FA '15 7/09 Chris Boswell K 6-2 185 03/16/91 25 2 Rice Fort Worth, TX FA '15 7/060 Greg Warren LS 6-3 252 10/18/81 35 12 North Carolina Goldsboro, NC UDFA '05 7/0
PRACTICE SQUAD (10)15 Demarcus Ayers WR 5-9 190 07/04/94 22 R Houston Lancaster, TX D7a '16 0/020 Al-Hajj Shabazz CB 6-2 200 08/02/92 24 1 West Chester (PA) Philadelphia, PA FA '16 1/030 Karlos Williams RB 6-2 230 05/04/93 23 2 Florida State Davenport, FL FA '16 0/038 Daryl Richardson RB 5-11 196 04/12/90 26 3 Abilene Christian Jacksonville, FL FA '16 0/041 Travis Feeney LB 6-4 226 11/18/92 23 R Washington Richmond, CA D6 '16 0/042 Jacob Hagen S 6-3 205 03/16/92 24 1 Liberty Orange Park, FL FA '16 0/062 Johnny Maxey DT 6-5 283 10/19/93 23 R Mars Hill Columbia, SC UDFA '16 0/071 Matt Feiler OL 6-6 330 07/07/92 24 1 Bloomsburg (PA) Strasburg, PA FA '16 1/087 RaShaun Allen TE 6-4 250 02/25/90 26 1 Southern Cleveland, OH FA '16 0/099 Caushaud Lyons DE 6-5 284 01/03/93 23 1 Tusculum Atlanta, GA W '15 (TB) 0/0
RESERVE/PUP LIST (1)89 Ladarius Green TE 6-6 240 05/29/90 26 5 Louisiana-Lafayette Pensacola, FL UFA '16 (SD) 0/0
RESERVE/INJURED LIST (8)Kevin Anderson LB 6-4 244 07/25/92 24 R Stanford Palo Alto, CA UDFA '16 0/0Bud Dupree LB 6-4 269 02/12/93 23 2 Kentucky Macon, GA D1 '15 0/0Senquez Golson CB 5-9 176 07/07/93 23 2 Mississippi Pascagoula, MS D2 '15 0/0Jerald Hawkins OT 6-6 305 10/16/93 23 R LSU Baldwin, LA D4 '16 0/0Ryan Harris OT 6-5 302 03/11/85 31 9 Notre Dame Minneapolis, MN UFA '16 (DEN) 4/0Cole Manhart G 6-4 298 09/25/92 24 1 Nebraska-Kearney Highlands Ranch, CO FA '16 0/0Canaan Severin WR 6-2 205 03/16/93 23 R Virginia Marlborough, MA UDFA '16 0/0Valerian Ume-Ezeoke C 6-3 295 02/14/93 23 1 New Mexico State Garland, TX FA '16 0/0
RESERVE/SUSPENDED BY COMMISSIONER (1)10 Martavis Bryant WR 6-4 211 12/20/91 24 3 Clemson Calhoun Falls, SC D4 '14 0/0
Head Coach: Mike TomlinAssistant Coaches:
SPECIALISTS (3)
John Mitchell (Asst. Head Coach/Defensive Line); Todd Haley (Offensive Coordinator); Keith Butler (Defensive Coordinator); Danny Smith (Special Teams Coordinator); James Daniel (Tight Ends); Randy Fichtner (Quarterbacks); Carnell Lake (Defensive Backs); Richard Mann (Wide Receivers); Mike Munchak (Offensive Line); Jerry Olsavsky (Inside Linebackers); Joey Porter (Outside Linebackers); James Saxon (Running Backs); Shaun Sarrett (Offensive Asst.); Steve Meyer (Coaching Asst.); Daniel Martin Rooney (Coaching Asst.); Garrett Giemont (Conditioning Coordinator); Marcel Pastoor (Conditioning Asst.)
OFFENSIVE LINEMEN (9)
DEFENSIVE LINEMEN (6)
LINEBACKERS (10)
DEFENSIVE BACKS (9)
Experience Includes 2016 SeasonNumber of Players on Active Roster: 53
DEFENSE (25)
WIDE RECEIVERS (6)
TIGHT ENDS (3)
PITTSBURGH STEELERS 2016 POSITIONAL ROSTER
QUARTERBACKS (3)
RUNNING BACKS (4)
OFFENSE (25)
NO NAME POS HT WT DOB AGE EXP COLLEGE BIRTHPLACE HOW ACQ 2016 GP/GS14th YEAR (1)92 James Harrison LB 6-0 242 05/04/78 38 14 Kent State Akron, OH FA '14 7/113th YEAR (1)7 Ben Roethlisberger QB 6-5 240 03/02/82 34 13 Miami (OH) Cory Rawson, OH D1 '04 6/612th YEAR (1)60 Greg Warren LS 6-3 252 10/18/81 35 12 North Carolina Goldsboro, NC UDFA '05 7/011th YEAR (1)34 DeAngelo Williams RB 5-9 207 04/25/83 33 11 Memphis Wynne, AR FA '15 6/310th YEAR (2)22 William Gay CB 5-10 187 01/01/85 31 10 Louisville Tallahassee, FL FA '13 7/694 Lawrence Timmons LB 6-1 234 05/14/86 30 10 Florida State Florence, SC D1 '07 7/78th YEAR (4)23 Mike Mitchell S 6-1 221 06/10/87 29 8 Ohio Fort Thomas, KY UFA '14 (CAR) 7/773 Ramon Foster G 6-5 328 01/07/86 30 8 Tennessee Henning, TN UDFA '09 6/682 David Johnson TE 6-2 260 08/26/87 29 8 Arkansas State Pine Bluff, AR FA '16 7/188 Darrius Heyward-Bey WR 6-2 210 02/26/87 29 8 Maryland Silver Spring, MD UFA '14 (IND) 7/07th YEAR (5) 53 Maurkice Pouncey C 6-4 304 07/24/89 27 7 Florida Lakeland, FL D1 '10 7/755 Arthur Moats LB 6-0 246 03/14/88 28 7 James Madison Portsmouth, VA UFA '14 (BUF) 7/572 Cody Wallace C/G 6-4 296 11/26/84 31 7 Texas A&M Cuero, TX FA '13 0/084 Antonio Brown WR 5-10 181 07/10/88 28 7 Central Michigan Miami, FL D6b '10 7/790 Ricardo Mathews DE 6-3 300 07/30/87 29 7 Cincinnati Jacksonville, FL UFA '16 (SD) 7/26th YEAR (2)77 Marcus Gilbert OT 6-6 330 02/15/88 28 6 Florida Fort Lauderdale, FL D2 '11 4/497 Cameron Heyward DE 6-5 295 05/06/89 27 6 Ohio State Pittsburgh, PA D1 '11 5/55th YEAR (3)21 Robert Golden S 5-11 202 09/13/90 26 5 Arizona Fresno, CA UDFA '12 5/551 Steven Johnson LB 6-1 237 03/28/88 28 5 Kansas Media, PA UFA '16 (TEN) 4/066 David DeCastro G 6-5 316 01/11/90 26 5 Stanford Bellevue, WA D1 '12 7/74th YEAR (6)3 Landry Jones QB 6-4 225 04/04/89 27 4 Oklahoma Artesia, NM D4b '13 4/111 Markus Wheaton WR 5-11 189 02/07/91 25 4 Oregon State Chandler, AZ D3 '13 3/226 Le'Veon Bell RB 6-1 225 02/18/92 24 4 Michigan State Reynoldsburg, OH D2 '13 4/429 Shamarko Thomas S 5-9 205 02/23/91 25 4 Syracuse Virginia Beach, VA D4a '13 5/095 Jarvis Jones LB 6-3 248 10/13/89 27 4 Georgia Lumpkin, GA D1 '13 7/698 Vince Williams LB 6-1 233 12/27/89 26 4 Florida State Davenport, FL D6b '13 7/43rd YEAR (9)18 Zach Mettenberger QB 6-5 224 07/16/91 25 3 LSU Watkinsville, GA W '16 (SD) 0/024 Justin Gilbert CB 6-0 202 11/07/91 24 3 Oklahoma State The Woodlands, TX T '16 (CLE) 5/031 Ross Cockrell CB 6-0 191 08/06/91 25 3 Duke Waxhaw, NC FA '15 7/733 Fitzgerald Toussaint RB 5-9 204 05/04/90 26 3 Michigan Youngstown, OH FA '15 7/050 Ryan Shazier LB 6-1 230 09/06/92 24 3 Ohio State Fort Lauderdale, FL D1 '14 4/354 L.J. Fort LB 6-0 232 01/03/90 26 3 Northern Iowa Granite City, IL FA '15 7/074 Chris Hubbard C/G 6-4 295 04/23/91 25 3 UAB Columbus, GA UDFA '13 6/391 Stephon Tuitt DE 6-6 303 05/23/93 23 3 Notre Dame Miami, FL D2 '14 7/793 Daniel McCullers DT 6-7 352 08/11/92 24 3 Tennessee Raleigh, NC D6b '14 7/02nd YEAR (9)4 Jordan Berry P 6-5 195 03/18/91 25 2 Eastern Kentucky Melbourne, Victoria, Australia FA '15 7/09 Chris Boswell K 6-2 185 03/16/91 25 2 Rice Fort Worth, TX FA '15 7/014 Sammie Coates WR 6-1 212 03/31/93 23 2 Auburn Leroy, AL D3 '15 7/417 Eli Rogers WR 5-10 187 12/23/92 23 2 Louisville Miami, FL UDFA '15 4/345 Roosevelt Nix FB 5-11 248 03/30/92 24 2 Kent State Reynoldsburg, OH FA '15 2/156 Anthony Chickillo LB 6-3 255 12/10/92 23 2 Miami (FL) Tampa, FL D6b '15 7/278 Alejandro Villanueva OT 6-9 320 09/22/88 28 2 Army Meridian, MS FA '14 7/781 Jesse James TE 6-7 261 06/04/94 22 2 Penn State Glassport, PA D5 '15 7/796 L.T. Walton DE 6-5 305 03/31/92 24 2 Central Michigan Clinton Township, MI D6a '15 3/01st YEAR (5)37 Jordan Dangerfield S 5-11 199 12/25/90 25 1 Towson Elmont, NY FA '15 7/267 B.J. Finney C/G 6-4 318 10/26/91 25 1 Kansas State Wichita, KS UDFA '15 6/169 Brian Mihalik OT 6-9 302 08/21/92 24 1 Boston College Avon Lake, OH FA '16 0/083 Cobi Hamilton WR 6-2 201 11/13/90 25 1 Arkansas Texarkana, TX FA '16 2/285 Xavier Grimble TE 6-4 261 09/22/92 24 1 USC Las Vegas, NV FA '15 7/1ROOKIES (4)25 Artie Burns CB 6-0 197 05/01/95 21 R Miami (FL) Miami, FL D1 '16 7/128 Sean Davis S 6-1 202 10/23/93 23 R Maryland Washington, DC D2 '16 7/244 Tyler Matakevich LB 6-1 235 12/22/92 23 R Temple Stratford, CT D7b '16 7/079 Javon Hargrave DT 6-2 305 02/07/93 23 R South Carolina State Salisbury, NC D3 '16 7/5
PRACTICE SQUAD (10)15 Demarcus Ayers WR 5-9 190 07/04/94 22 R Houston Lancaster, TX D7a '16 0/020 Al-Hajj Shabazz CB 6-2 200 08/02/92 24 1 West Chester (PA) Philadelphia, PA FA '16 1/030 Karlos Williams RB 6-2 230 05/04/93 23 2 Florida State Davenport, FL FA '16 0/038 Daryl Richardson RB 5-11 196 04/12/90 26 3 Abilene Christian Jacksonville, FL FA '16 0/041 Travis Feeney LB 6-4 226 11/18/92 23 R Washington Richmond, CA D6 '16 0/042 Jacob Hagen S 6-3 205 03/16/92 24 1 Liberty Orange Park, FL FA '16 0/062 Johnny Maxey DT 6-5 283 10/19/93 23 R Mars Hill Columbia, SC UDFA '16 0/071 Matt Feiler OL 6-6 330 07/07/92 24 1 Bloomsburg (PA) Strasburg, PA FA '16 1/087 RaShaun Allen TE 6-4 250 02/25/90 26 1 Southern Cleveland, OH FA '16 0/099 Caushaud Lyons DE 6-5 284 01/03/93 23 1 Tusculum Atlanta, GA W '15 (TB) 0/0
RESERVE/PUP LIST (1)89 Ladarius Green TE 6-6 240 05/29/90 26 5 Louisiana-Lafayette Pensacola, FL UFA '16 (SD) 0/0
RESERVE/INJURED LIST (8)Kevin Anderson LB 6-4 244 07/25/92 24 R Stanford Palo Alto, CA UDFA '16 0/0Bud Dupree LB 6-4 269 02/12/93 23 2 Kentucky Macon, GA D1 '15 0/0Senquez Golson CB 5-9 176 07/07/93 23 2 Mississippi Pascagoula, MS D2 '15 0/0Jerald Hawkins OT 6-6 305 10/16/93 23 R LSU Baldwin, LA D4 '16 0/0Ryan Harris OT 6-5 302 03/11/85 31 9 Notre Dame Minneapolis, MN UFA '16 (DEN) 4/0Cole Manhart G 6-4 298 09/25/92 24 1 Nebraska-Kearney Highlands Ranch, CO FA '16 0/0Canaan Severin WR 6-2 205 03/16/93 23 R Virginia Marlborough, MA UDFA '16 0/0Valerian Ume-Ezeoke C 6-3 295 02/14/93 23 1 New Mexico State Garland, TX FA '16 0/0
RESERVE/SUSPENDED BY COMMISSIONER (1)10 Martavis Bryant WR 6-4 211 12/20/91 24 3 Clemson Calhoun Falls, SC D4 '14 0/0
Head Coach: Mike TomlinAssistant Coaches:
PITTSBURGH STEELERS 2016 ROSTER BY EXPERIENCE
John Mitchell (Asst. Head Coach/Defensive Line); Todd Haley (Offensive Coordinator); Keith Butler (Defensive Coordinator); Danny Smith (Special Teams Coordinator); James Daniel (Tight Ends); Randy Fichtner (Quarterbacks); Carnell Lake (Defensive Backs); Richard Mann (Wide Receivers); Mike Munchak (Offensive Line); Jerry Olsavsky (Inside Linebackers); Joey Porter (Outside Linebackers); James Saxon (Running Backs); Shaun Sarrett (Offensive Asst.); Steve Meyer (Coaching Asst.); Daniel Martin Rooney (Coaching Asst.); Garrett Giemont (Conditioning Coordinator); Marcel Pastoor (Conditioning Asst.)
Experience Includes 2016 SeasonNumber of Players on Active Roster: 53
2016 ROSTER MOVES Date Pos. Name Transaction 1/19/16 C/G Chris Hubbard Signed One-Year Extension 1/19/16 FB Roosevelt Nix Signed One-Year Extension 1/19/16 S Jordan Dangerfield Signed Reserve/Future Contract 1/19/16 OT Matt Feiler Signed Reserve/Future Contract 1/19/16 C/G B.J. Finney Signed Reserve/Future Contract 1/19/16 CB Isaiah Frey Signed Reserve/Future Contract 1/19/16 TE Xavier Grimble Signed Reserve/Future Contract 1/19/16 DE Caushaud Lyons Signed Reserve/Future Contract 1/19/16 RB Rajion Neal Signed Reserve/Future Contract 1/19/16 WR Shakim Phillips Signed Reserve/Future Contract 1/19/16 RB Abou Toure Signed Reserve/Future Contract 1/19/16 S Ray Vinopal Signed Reserve/Future Contract 1/20/16 S Jacob Hagen Signed Reserve/Future Contract 1/20/16 OT Brian Mihalik Signed Reserve/Future Contract 1/20/16 K Ty Long Signed Reserve/Future Contract 1/20/16 RB Daryl Richardson Signed Reserve/Future Contract 1/22/16 CB Ross Cockrell Signed One-Year Extension 1/22/16 QB Dustin Vaughan Signed Reserve/Future Contract 2/2/16 WR Levi Norwood Signed Reserve/Future Contract 2/4/16 WR Issac Blakeney Signed Reserve/Future Contract 2/4/16 CB Montell Garner Signed Reserve/Future Contract 2/4/16 WR Tobais Palmer Signed Reserve/Future Contract 2/4/16 CB Al-Hajj Shabazz Signed Reserve/Future Contract 2/9/16 G Cole Manhart Signed Contract 2/16/16 LS Matt Dooley Signed Contract 2/16/16 DT Lavon Hooks Signed Contract 2/16/16 TE Rob Blanchflower Released 2/16/16 OT Kelvin Palmer Released 2/16/16 OT Mitchell Van Dyk Released 2/19/16 TE Heath Miller Retired 2/22/16 DT Roy Philon Signed Contract 3/1/16 G Micah Hatchie Released 3/7/16 S Robert Golden Re-signed (Three-Year Contract) 3/7/16 WR Darrius Heyward-Bey Re-signed (Three-Year Contract) 3/8/16 CB William Gay Re-signed (Three-Year Contract) 3/9/16 G Ramon Foster Re-signed (Three-Year Contract) 3/10/16 TE Ladarius Green Signed Four-Year Contract (UFA, SD) 3/14/16 WR Martavis Bryant Reserve/Suspended By Commissioner 3/15/16 OT Ryan Harris Signed Two-Year Contract (UFA, DEN) 3/25/16 LB Steven Johnson Signed One-Year Contract (UFA, TEN) 3/31/16 DE Ricardo Mathews Signed One-Year Contract (UFA, SD) 4/15/16 CB Cortez Allen Released 4/28/16 CB Artie Burns Drafted 4/29/16 S Sean Davis Drafted 4/29/16 DT Javon Hargrave Drafted 4/30/16 OT Jerald Hawkins Drafted 4/30/16 LB Travis Feeney Drafted 4/30/16 WR Demarcus Ayers Drafted 4/30/16 LB Tyler Matakevich Drafted 4/30/16 DL Johnny Maxey Agreed To Terms (RFA) 4/30/16 LB Tyriq McCord Agreed To Terms (RFA) 4/30/16 P Will Monday Agreed To Terms (RFA) 4/30/16 DL Giorgio Newberry Agreed To Terms (RFA) 4/30/16 RB Christian Powell Agreed To Terms (RFA) 4/30/16 TE David Reeves Agreed To Terms (RFA) 4/30/16 TE Jay Rome Agreed To Terms (RFA) 4/30/16 OL Quinton Schooley Agreed To Terms (RFA) 4/30/16 WR Canaan Severin Agreed To Terms (RFA) 4/30/16 DL Devaunte Sigler Agreed To Terms (RFA) 5/2/16 QB Bruce Gradkowski Re-signed (One-Year Contract) 5/5/16 OT Mike Adams Released (Failed Physical) 5/5/16 K Ty Long Released 5/5/16 RB Abou Toure Released 5/5/16 WR Demarcus Ayers Signed Rookie Contract (Four-Years) 5/5/16 LB Tyler Matakevich Signed Rookie Contract (Four-Years) 5/6/16 LB Travis Feeney Signed Rookie Contract (Four-Years) 5/9/16 RB Christian Powell Released 5/9/16 RB Rajion Neal Released 5/9/16 WR Tobais Palmer Released 5/9/16 CB Isaiah Frey Released 5/9/16 RB Brandon Brown-Dukes Signed Contract (RFA) 5/9/16 RB Cameron Stingily Signed Contract 5/9/16 WR Marcus Tucker Signed Contract (RFA) 5/9/16 CB Donald Washington Signed Contract
Date Pos. Name Transaction 5/16/16 TE David Johnson Signed One-Year Contact 5/16/16 TE David Reeves Released 5/20/16 S Sean Davis Signed Rookie Contract (Four-Years) 6/2/16 OT Jerald Hawkins Signed Rookie Contract (Four-Years) 6/7/16 TE Paul Lang Signed Contract 6/7/16 LB Kevin Anderson Signed Contract 6/7/16 LB Tyriq McCord Waived/Injured 6/7/16 TE Jay Rome Waived/Injured 6/8/16 LB Mike Reilly Signed Contract 6/8/16 LB Kevin Anderson Waived/Injured 6/8/16 CB Artie Burns Signed Rookie Contract (Four-Years) 6/10/16 DT Javon Hargrave Signed Rookie Contract (Four-Years) 6/24/16 K Shaun Suisham Released (Failed Physical) 6/24/16 RB Brandon Johnson Signed Contract (RFA) 7/21/16 TE Matt Spaeth Released (Failed Physical) 7/21/16 TE Mandel Dixon Signed Contract (RFA) 7/28/16 TE Ladarius Green Active/PUP List 7/28/16 WR Shakim Phillips Active/PUP List 7/28/16 DT Devaunte Sigler Non-Football Injury List (NFI) 8/1/16 RB Brandon Johnson Waived/Injured 8/1/16 OL Quinton Schooley Waived/Injured 8/1/16 RB Christian Powell Signed Contract 8/1/16 C Valerian Ume-Ezeoke Signed Contract 8/3/16 TE Mandel Dixon Waived/Injured 8/3/16 WR Shakim Phillips Waived/Injured 8/3/16 TE Jake Phillips Signed Contract 8/3/16 CB Kevin White Signed Contract 8/3/16 DT Devaunte Sigler Activated (NFI) 8/5/16 WR Canaan Severin Waived/Injured 8/5/16 TE Jake Phillips Released 8/5/16 WR Cobi Hamilton Signed Contract 8/5/16 TE Michael Cooper Signed Contract 8/14/16 OT Brian Mihalik Waived/Injured 8/14/16 DT Roy Philon Waived/Injured 8/14/16 S Ross Ventrone Reserve/Injured List 8/14/16 OT Wade Hansen Signed Contract 8/14/16 CB Julian Whigham Signed Contract 8/14/16 DT Khaynin Mosley-Smith Signed Contract 8/15/16 LS Jermauria Rasco Signed Contract 8/15/16 LS Matt Dooley Released 8/20/16 RB Christian Powell Released 8/20/16 C Valerian Ume-Ezeoke Waived/Injured 8/20/16 QB Bryn Renner Signed Contract 8/20/16 G Antoine Everett Signed Contract 8/22/16 G Cole Manhart Waived/Injured 8/22/16 G Shahbaz Ahmed Signed Contract 8/23/16 LB Vince Williams Signed New Contract (Three-Years) 8/28/16 OT Jerald Hawkins Reserve/Injured List 8/28/16 QB Dustin Vaughan Waived/Injured 8/26/16 LB Jordan Zumwalt Released 8/26/16 LB Mike Reilly Released 8/26/16 WR Issac Blakeney Released 8/26/16 WR Levi Norwood Released 8/26/16 TE Michael Cooper Released 8/26/16 DE Giorgio Newberry Released 8/26/16 DT Khaynin Mosley-Smith Released 8/26/16 CB Julian Whigham Released 8/26/16 P Will Monday Released 8/30/16 TE Ladarius Green Reserve/PUP List 8/30/16 DT Devaunte Sigler Released 8/30/16 S Jacob Hagen Released 8/30/16 CB Kevin White Released 8/31/16 QB Zach Mettenberger Claimed off Waivers (from San Diego) 8/31/16 QB Bruce Gradkowski Reserve/Injured List 9/3/16 RB Le’Veon Bell Reserve/Suspended By Commissioner 9/3/16 CB Justin Gilbert Traded (with Cleveland for 2018 6th Rd) 9/3/16 TE Paul Lang Waived/Injured 9/3/16 WR Demarcus Ayers Released 9/3/16 WR Cobi Hamilton Released 9/3/16 WR Marcus Tucker Released 9/3/16 RB Brandon Brown-Dukes Released 9/3/16 RB Cameron Stingily Released 9/3/16 G Shahbaz Ahmed Released 9/3/16 G Antoine Everett Released
2016 ROSTER MOVES Date Pos. Name Transaction 9/3/16 OT Matt Feiler Released 9/3/16 OT Wade Hansen Released 9/3/16 CB Montell Garner Released 9/3/16 CB Doran Grant Released 9/3/16 CB Al-Hajj Shabazz Released 9/3/16 CB Donald Washington Released 9/3/16 DT Lavon Hooks Released 9/3/16 DE Caushaud Lyons Released 9/3/16 DE Johnny Maxey Released 9/3/16 LB Travis Feeney Released 9/3/16 LB Steven Johnson Released 9/3/16 LB Jermauria Rasco Released 9/3/16 QB Bryn Renner Released 9/3/16 S Ray Vinopal Released 9/4/16 LB Bud Dupree Reserve/Injured List 9/4/16 LB Steven Johnson Signed Contract 9/4/16 RB Brandon Brown-Dukes Signed to Practice Squad 9/4/16 RB Cameron Stingily Signed to Practice Squad 9/4/16 WR Demarcus Ayers Signed to Practice Squad 9/4/16 WR Cobi Hamilton Signed to Practice Squad 9/4/16 TE Rashaun Allen Signed to Practice Squad 9/4/16 OT Matt Feiler Signed to Practice Squad 9/4/16 DE Caushaud Lyons Signed to Practice Squad 9/4/16 DT Johnny Maxey Signed to Practice Squad 9/4/16 CB Al-Hajj Shabazz Signed to Practice Squad 9/4/16 LB Travis Feeney Signed to Practice Squad 9/7/16 RB Cameron Stingily Released from Practice Squad 9/7/16 RB David Cobb Signed to Practice Squad 9/8/16 G David DeCastro Signed New Six-Year Contract 9/16/16 RB Brandon Brown-Dukes Released from Practice Squad 9/16/16 S Jacob Hagen Signed to Practice Squad 9/20/16 S Jacob Hagen Released from Practice Squad 9/20/16 RB Brandon Brown-Dukes Signed to Practice Squad 9/26/16 RB Brandon Brown-Dukes Released from Practice Squad 9/27/16 S Jacob Haden Signed to Practice Squad 9/29/16 RB Daryl Richardson Released 9/29/16 RB Le’Veon Bell Activated off of Reserve/Suspended By Commissioner 10/3/16 S Jacob Hagen Released from Practice Squad 10/3/16 RB Daryl Richardson Signed to Practice Squad 10/8/16 CB Senquez Golson Reserve/Injured List 10/8/16 OT Ryan Harris Reserve/Injured List 10/8/16 OL Matt Feiler Promoted to Active Roster 10/8/16 CB Al-Hajj Shabazz Promoted to Active Roster 10/11/16 RB David Cobb Released from Practice Squad 10/11/16 S Jacob Hagen Signed to Practice Squad 10/11/16 OT Austin Shepherd Signed to Practice Squad 10/12/16 RB Karlos Williams Signed to Practice Squad 10/15/16 CB Al-Hajj Shabazz Released 10/15/16 WR Cobi Hamilton Promoted to Active Roster 10/18/16 OL Matt Feiler Released 10/18/16 OT Brian Mihalik Signed to Active Roster 10/18/16 CB Al-Hajj Shabazz Signed to Practice Squad 10/19/16 OT Austin Shepherd Released from Practice Squad 10/19/16 OL Matt Feiler Signed to Practice Squad
HOW THE 2016 STEELERS WERE BUILT
Year-Record (Finish) Draft Choices (24) Free Agents (16) Undrafted Free Agents (6) Unrestricted Free Agents (5) Waivers (1) Trades (1)
2004: 15-1 (1st AFC North) QB Ben Roethlisberger (#1) 2005: 11-5 (2nd AFC North) LS Greg Warren UDFA 2007: 10-6 (1st AFC North) LB Lawrence Timmons (#1) 2009: 9-7 (3rd AFC North) G Ramon Foster UDFA 2010: 12-4 (T-1st AFC North) C Maurkice Pouncey (#1) WR Antonio Brown (#6b)
2011: 12-4 (T-1st AFC North) DE Cameron Heyward (#1) OT Marcus Gilbert (#2) 2012: 8-8 (3rd AFC North) G David DeCastro (#1) S Robert Golden UDFA 2013: 8-8 (2nd AFC North) LB Jarvis Jones (#1) CB William Gay FA RB Le’Veon Bell (#2) C/G Chris Hubbard UDFA WR Markus Wheaton (#3) C/G Cody Wallace FA S Shamarko Thomas (#4a) QB Landry Jones (#4b) LB Vince Williams (#6b) 2014: 11-5 (1st AFC North) LB Ryan Shazier (#1) OT Alejandro Villanueva FA DE Stephon Tuitt (#2) S Mike Mitchell UFA (CAR) DT Daniel McCullers (#6b) WR Darrius Heyward-Bey UFA (IND) LB Arthur Moats UFA (BUF) LB James Harrison FA 2015: 10-6 (2nd AFC North) WR Sammie Coates (#3) RB DeAngelo Williams FA TE Jesse James (#5) WR Eli Rogers UDFA DE L.T. Walton (#6a) P Jordan Berry FA LB Anthony Chickillo (#6b) CB Ross Cockrell FA RB Fitzgerald Toussaint FA K Chris Boswell FA LB L.J. Fort FA S Jordan Dangerfield FA C/G B.J. Finney UDFA TE Xavier Grimble FA FB Roosevelt Nix FA 2016: 4-3 (1ST AFC North) CB Artie Burns (#1) CB Justin Gilbert T (CLE) S Sean Davis (#2) LB Steven Johnson UFA (TEN) DT Javon Hargrave (#3) DE Ricardo Mathews UFA (SD) LB Tyler Matakevich (#7b) TE David Johnson FA
QB Zach Mettenberger W (SD) WR Cobi Hamilton FA
OT Brian Mihalik FA
2016 STARTING LINEUPS
OFFENSE
Opponent WR LT LG C RG RT TE WR QB RB FB Preseason Detroit (8/12) Coates Villanueva Foster Wallace DeCastro Gilbert James Heyward-Bey Jones Toussaint D. Johnson (TE) Philadelphia (8/18) Coates Villanueva Foster Pouncey DeCastro Harris James Heyward-Bey Jones Toussaint Rogers (WR) at New Orleans (8/26) Brown Villanueva Foster Pouncey DeCastro Gilbert James Grimble (TE) Roethlisberger Bell D. Johnson (TE) at Carolina (9/1) Heyward-Bey Villanueva Hubbard Finney Feiler Harris James Grimble (TE) Jones Toussaint D. Johnson (TE)
Opponent WR LT LG C RG RT TE WR QB RB FB Regular Season at Washington (9/12) Brown Villanueva Foster Pouncey DeCastro Gilbert James Coates Roethlisberger D. Williams Rogers (WR) Cincinnati (9/18) Brown Villanueva Foster Pouncey DeCastro Gilbert James Coates Roethlisberger D. Williams Rogers (WR)
at Philadelphia (9/25) Brown Villanueva Foster Pouncey DeCastro Gilbert James Wheaton Roethlisberger D. Williams Grimble (TE) Kansas City (10/2) Brown Villanueva Finney Pouncey DeCastro Gilbert James Coates Roethlisberger Bell Johnson (TE) N.Y. Jets (10/9) Brown Villanueva Foster Pouncey DeCastro Hubbard James Coates Roethlisberger Bell Wheaton (WR) at Miami (10/16) Brown Villanueva Foster Pouncey DeCastro Hubbard James Rogers Roethlisberger Bell Hamilton (WR) New England (10/23) Brown Villanueva Foster Pouncey DeCastro Hubbard James Hamilton L. Jones Bell Nix
2016 STARTING LINEUPS
DEFENSE
Opponent LE NT RE LOLB LILB RILB ROLB LCB RCB SS FS
Preseason Detroit (8/12) Heyward Davis (DB) Tuitt Moats Shazier Timmons Harrison Gay Cockrell Golden Mitchell
Philadelphia (8/18) Heyward Davis (DB) Tuitt Moats Shazier Timmons Harrison Gay Cockrell Golden Mitchell at New Orleans (8/26) Heyward Davis (NB) Tuitt Moats Shazier Timmons J. Jones Gay Cockrell Golden Mitchell at Carolina (9/1) Mathews Hargrave Walton Moats Chickillo V. Williams Fort Burns Grant Davis Dangerfield Opponent LE NT RE LOLB LILB RILB ROLB LCB RCB SS FS
Regular Season at Washington (9/12) Heyward Davis (DB) Tuitt Moats Shazier Timmons J. Jones Gay Cockrell Golden Mitchell Cincinnati (9/18) Heyward Hargrave Tuitt Moats Shazier Timmons J. Jones Gay Cockrell Golden Mitchell at Philadelphia (9/25) Heyward Hargrave Tuitt Moats Shazier Timmons J. Jones Gay Cockrell Golden Mitchell Kansas City (10/2) Heyward Hargrave Tuitt Moats V. Williams Timmons J. Jones Gay Cockrell Dangerfield Mitchell N.Y. Jets (10/9) Heyward Davis (DB) Tuitt Moats V. Williams Timmons Harrison Gay Cockrell Dangerfield Mitchell at Miami (10/16) Mathews Hargrave Tuitt Chickillo V. Williams Timmons J. Jones Gay Cockrell Golden Mitchell New England (10/23) Mathews Hargrave Tuitt Chickillo V. Williams Timmons J. Jones Burns Cockrell Golden Mitchell
2016 PLAYER PARTICIPATION Games 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 Sep Sep Sep Oct Oct Oct Oct 12 18 25 2 9 16 23 @ @ @ 2016 Injury 2016 WAS CIN PHI KC NYJ MIA NE Career Consec. Games Games/ G/S G/S Missed Starts Names Allen, RaShaun PS PS PS PS PS PS PS 1/0 0/0 0 0/0 Anderson, Kevin IR IR IR IR IR IR IR 0/0 0/0 7 0/0 Ayers, Demarcus PS PS PS PS PS PS PS 0/0 0/0 0 0/0 Bell, Le'Veon SUS SUS SUS RB RB RB RB 39/39 4/4 0 4/4 Berry, Jordan P P P P P P P 23/0 23/0 0 7/0 Boswell, Chris P P P P P P P 19/0 19/0 0 7/0 Brown, Antonio WR WR WR WR WR WR WR 93/66 60/43 0 7/7 Brown-Dukes, Brandon PS - PS - - - - 0/0 0/0 0 0/0 Burns, Artie P P P P P P LCB 7/1 7/1 0 7/1 Bryant, Martavis SUS SUS SUS SUS SUS SUS SUS 21/8 11/0 0 0/0 Chickillo, Anthony P P P P P LOLB LOLB 14/2 8/2 0 7/2 Coates, Sammie WR WR P WR WR P P 13/4 7/0 0 7/4 Cobb, David PS PS PS PS PS - - 7/1 7/1 0 0/0 Cockrell, Ross RCB RCB RCB RCB RCB RCB RCB 29/14 22/7 0 7/7 Dangerfield, Jordan P P P SS SS P P 7/2 7/0 0 7/2 Davis, Sean DB P P P DB P P 7/2 7/0 0 7/2 DeCastro, David RG RG RG RG RG RG RG 58/57 47/47 0 7/7 Dupree, Bud IR IR IR IR IR IR IR 16/5 0/0 7 0/0 Feeney, Travis PS PS PS PS PS PS PS 0/0 0/0 0 0/0 Feiler, Matt PS PS PS PS DNP P PS 1/0 1/0 0 1/0 Finney, B.J. P DNP P LG P P P 6/1 5/0 0 6/1 Fort, L.J. P P P P P P P 24/2 7/0 0 7/0 Foster, Ramon LG LG LG SI LG LG LG 108/93 3/3 1 6/6 Gay, William LCB LCB LCB LCB LCB LCB P 151/98 151/0 0 0/0 Gilbert, Justin DNP P P P SI P P 28/3 2/0 1 5/0 Gilbert, Marcus RT RT RT RT SI SI SI 67/66 0/0 3 4/4 Golden, Robert SS SS SS SI SI SS SS 68/8 2/2 2 5/5 Golson, Senquez SI SI SI SI IR IR IR 0/0 0/0 7 0/0 Gradkowski, Bruce IR IR IR IR - - - 37/20 0/0 4 0/0 Green, Ladarius PUP PUP PUP PUP PUP PUP PUP 47/26 0/0 7 0/0 Grimble, Xavier P P TE P P P P 7/1 7/0 0 7/1 Hagen, Jacob - PS - PS - PS PS 0/0 0/0 0 0/0 Hamilton, Cobi PS PS PS PS PS WR WR 2/2 2/2 0 2/2 Hargrave, Javon P NT NT NT P NT NT 7/5 7/2 0 7/5 Harris, Ryan P P P P IR IR IR 114/70 0/0 3 4/0 Harrison, James P P P P ROLBP P 179/111 13/0 0 7/1 Hawkins, Jerald IR IR IR IR IR IR IR 0/0 0/0 7 0/0 Heyward, Cameron LDE LDE LDE LDE LDE SI SI 85/50 0/0 2 5/5 Heyward-Bey, Darrius P P P P P P P 111/69 67/0 0 7/0 Hubbard, Chris P P SI P RT RT RT 16/3 7/3 0 6/3 James, Jesse TE TE TE TE TE TE TE 15/9 15/7 0 7/7 Johnson, David P P P TE P P P 89/34 26/0 0 7/1 Johnson, Steven SI SI SI P P P P 61/7 4/0 0 4/0 Jones, Jarvis ROLB ROLB ROLB ROLBP ROLB ROLB 43/32 17/2 0 7/6
Bold denotes starter and position P — Played DNP — Did Not Play SI — Sunday Inactive PS — Practice Squad PUP — Reserve/PUP List SUS — Reserve/Suspended IR — Reserve/Injured List DFR — Reserve/Injured; Designated For Return
2016 PLAYER PARTICIPATION Games 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 Sep Sep Sep Oct Oct Oct Oct 12 18 25 2 9 16 23 @ @ @ 2016 Injury 2016 WAS CIN PHI KC NYJ MIA NE Career Consec. Games Games/ G/S G/S Missed Starts Names Jones, Landry DNP DNP DNP P P P QB 11/3 4/1 0 4/1 Lyons, Caushaud PS PS PS PS PS PS PS 0/0 0/0 0 0/0 Manhart, Cole IR IR IR IR IR IR IR 0/0 0/0 7 0/0 Matakevich, Tyler P P P P P P P 7/0 7/0 0 7/0 Mathews, Ricardo P P P P P LDE LDE 87/17 32/2 0 7/2 Maxey, Johnny PS PS PS PS PS PS PS 0/0 0/0 0 0/0 McCullers, Daniel P P P P P P P 19/0 12/0 0 7/0 Mettenberger, Zach SI SI SI DNP DNP SI DNP 14/10 0/0 0 0/0 Mihalik, Brian - - - - - - DNP 0/0 0/0 0 0/0 Mitchell, Mike FS FS FS FS FS FS FS 115/62 54/53 0 7/7 Moats, Arthur LOLBLOLBLOLBLOLB LOLB P P 98/45 55/0 0 7/5 Nix, Roosevelt SI SI SI SI SI P FB 17/4 2/1 5 2/1 Pouncey, Maurkice C C C C C C C 69/69 7/7 0 7/7 Richardson, Daryl P P P - PS PS PS 27/3 3/0 0 3/0 Roethlisberger, Ben QB QB QB QB QB QB SI 177/175 0/0 1 6/6 Rogers, Eli WR WR P SI SI WR DNP 4/3 0/0 2 4/3 Severin, Canaan IR IR IR IR IR IR IR 0/0 0/0 7 0/0 Shabazz, Al-Hajj PS PS PS PS P - PS 1/0 1/0 0 1/0 Shazier, Ryan LILB LILB LILB SI SI SI P 25/20 1/0 3 4/3 Shepherd, Austin - - - - - PS - 14/0 12/0 0 0/0 Thomas, Shamarko P P P P P SI SI 45/2 0/0 2 5/0 Timmons, Lawrence RILB RILB RILB RILB RILB RILB RILB 149/117 110/92 0 7/7 Toussaint, Fitzgerald P P P P P P P 16/0 12/0 0 7/0 Tuitt, Stephon RDE RDE RDE RDE RDE RDE RDE 37/25 15/15 0 7/7 Ume-Ezeoke, Valerian IR IR IR IR IR IR IR 0/0 0/0 7 0/0 Villanueva, Alejandro LT LT LT LT LT LT LT 23/17 23/17 0 7/7 Wallace, Cody SI SI SI SI SI SI SI 49/22 0/0 7 0/0 Walton, L.T. SI SI SI P DNP P P 9/0 2/0 0 3/0 Warren, Greg P P P P P P P 172/0 103/0 0 7/0 Wheaton, Markus SI SI WR P WR SI SI 48/21 0/0 4 3/2 Williams, DeAngelo RB RB RB P P P SI 138/94 0/0 1 6/3 Williams, Karlos - - - - - PS PS 11/3 3/1 0 0/0 Williams, Vince P P P LILB LILB LILB LILB 54/17 54/4 0 7/4
Bold denotes starter and position P — Played DNP — Did Not Play SI — Sunday Inactive PS — Practice Squad PUP — Reserve/PUP List SUS — Reserve/Suspended IR — Reserve/Injured List DFR — Reserve/Injured; Designated For Return
2016 INDIVIDUAL HIGHS
OPPONENTS STEELERS RUSHING
at MIA (10/16) Jay Ajayi 25 Rushes 32 DeAngelo Williams CIN (9/18) at MIA (10/16) Jay Ajayi 204 Yards 144 Le’Veon Bell KC (10/2) at MIA (10/16) Jay Ajayi 62 Long 60 Darrius Heyward-Bey at MIA (10/16) at MIA (10/16) Jay Ajayi 2 TDs 2 DeAngelo Williams at WAS (9/12) NE (10/23) LeGarrette Blount 2 RECEIVING CIN (9/18) Giovani Bernard 9 Receptions 12 Antonio Brown at PHI (9/25) NE (10/23) Julian Edelman 9 at PHI (9/25) Darren Sproles 128 Yards 140 Antonio Brown at PHI (9/25) at PHI (9/25) Darren Sproles 73 Long 53 Sammie Coates CIN (9/18) CIN (9/18) Giovani Bernard 1 TDs 2 Antonio Brown at WAS (9/12) at PHI (9/25) Darren Sproles 1 2 Antonio Brown KC (10/2) at PHI (9/25) Jordan Matthews 1 2 Sammie Coates NYJ (10/9) KC (10/2) Travis Kelce 1 KC (10/2) Tyreek Hill 1 NYJ (10/9) Brandon Marshall 1 NE (10/23) Rob Gronkowski 1 NE (10/23) James White 1 PASSING CIN (9/18) Andy Dalton 54 Attempts 47 Ben Roethlisberger NYJ (10/9) 47 Landry Jones NE (10/23) CIN (9/18) Andy Dalton 31 Completions 34 Ben Roethlisberger NYJ (10/9) CIN (9/18) Andy Dalton 366 Yards 380 Ben Roethlisberger NYJ (10/9) at PHI (9/25) Carson Wentz 73 Long 72 Ben Roethlisberger NYJ (10/9) at PHI (9/25) Carson Wentz 2 TDs 5 Ben Roethlisberger KC (10/2) KC (10/2) Alex Smith 2 NE (10/23) Tom Brady 2 at WAS (9/12) Kirk Cousins 2 INTs 2 Ben Roethlisberger CIN (9/18) 2 Ben Roethlisberger at MIA (10/16) PUNT RETURNS CIN (9/18) Adam Jones 2 Returns 3 Eli Rogers CIN (9/18) at PHI (9/25) Darren Sproles 2 KC (10/2) Tyreek Hill 2 NE (10/23) Julian Edelman 2 NE (10/23) Julian Edelman 22 Yards 51 Antonio Brown NYJ (10/9) at WAS (9/12) Jamison Crowder 17 Long 33 Antonio Brown NYJ (10/9) 0 TDs 0 KICKOFF RETURNS KC (10/2) Knile Davis 3 Returns 2 Sammie Coates at PHI (9/25) 2 Justin Gilbert at MIA (10/16) 2 Fitzgerald Toussaint NE (10/23) KC (10/2) Tyreek Hill 54 Yards 49 Fitzgerald Toussaint NE (10/23) KC (10/2) Tyreek Hill 33 Long 32 Justin Gilbert NE (10/23) 0 TDs 0 PUNTS CIN (9/18) Kevin Huber 9 Punts 8 Jordan Berry CIN (9/18) CIN (9/18) Kevin Huber 407 Yards 377 Jordan Berry CIN (9/18) CIN (9/18) Kevin Huber 45.2 Avg. 55.0 Jordan Berry at PHI (9/25) at PHI (9/25) Donnie Jones 40.5 Net 49.7 Jordan Berry at PHI (9/25) KC (10/2) Dustin Colquitt 58 Long 63 Jordan Berry at PHI (9/25) CIN (9/18) Kevin Huber 3 In 20 5 Jordan Berry CIN (9/18) KC (10/2) Dustin Colquitt 3 NYJ (10/9) Lachlan Edwards 2 Touchbacks 1 Jordan Berry CIN (9/18) NE (10/23) Ryan Allen 2 INTERCEPTIONS at WAS (9/12) Bashaud Breeland 1 Interceptions 1 Ryan Shazier at WAS (9/12) CIN (9/18) Adam Jones 1 1 James Harrison at WAS (9/12) CIN (9/18) Dre Kirkpatrick 1 1 Jarvis Jones KC (10/2) at PHI (9/25) Rodney McLeod 1 at MIA (10/16) Reshad Jones 1 at MIA (10/16) Isa Abdul-Quddus 1 NE (10/23) Malcom Butler 1 at WAS (9/12) Bashaud Breeland 26 Long Return 20 Jarvis Jones KC (10/2) 0 TDs 0
TACKLES at WAS (9/12) Mason Foster 14 Total 15 Vince Williams KC (10/2) at WAS (9/12) Mason Foster 9 Solo 13 Vince Williams KC (10/2) at WAS (9/12) Will Compton 8 Assisted 6 Ryan Shazier CIN (9/18) at PHI (9/25) Fletcher Cox 2.0 Sacks 3.0 Cameron Heyward KC (10/2)
2016 DRIVE ENGINEERING
Steelers
REGULAR SEASON No. Missed Blkd Blkd Scoring 1st STEELERS Drives TD FG FG FG Punt Punt Downs Fum. Int. Safety Time Pts Effic. Drive Sept. 12 at WAS 10 5 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 1 38 60.0% Punt Sept. 18 CIN 14 3 1 0 0 8 0 0 0 2 0 0 24 28.6% Punt Sept. 25 at PHI 11 0 1 0 1 3 0 2 1 1 0 2 3 0.91% BLK FG Oct. 2 KC 13 6 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 2 43 46.2% Punt Oct. 9 NYJ 11 4 1 0 0 3 0 1 1 0 0 1 31 45.5% TD Oct. 16 at MIA 11 2 0 0 0 5 0 1 0 2 0 1 15 18.2% Punt Oct. 23 NE 12 1 2 2 0 4 0 1 0 1 0 0 16 25.0% Punt TOTAL 83 21 6 2 1 30 0 5 2 7 0 7 170 32.5%
Opponents
REGULAR SEASON No. Missed Blkd Blkd Scoring 1st OPPONENTS Drives TD FG FG FG Punt Punt Downs Fum. Int. Safety Time Pts Effic. Drive Sept. 12 at WAS 10 1 3 0 0 1 0 2 0 2 0 1 16 40.0% Punt Sept. 18 CIN 15 1 3 0 0 9 0 0 2 0 0 0 16 26.7% Punt Sept. 25 at PHI 10 4 2 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 34 60.0% FG Oct. 2 KC 12 2 0 1 0 6 0 1 1 1 0 0 14 16.7% Punt Oct. 9 NYJ 11 1 2 0 0 6 0 1 0 0 0 1 13 27.3% FG Oct. 16 at MIA 11 3 3 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 30 54.5% FG Oct. 23 NE 12 4 0 0 0 5 0 0 1 0 0 2 27 33.3% FUM TOTAL 82 16 13 2 1 33 0 4 4 3 0 5 150 35.4%
2016 STEELERS SCORING DRIVES
REGULAR SEASON Drive Score Time
Opponent Obtained Scoring Play Plays Yards Time Pit-Opp Qtr Remain Washington Kickoff Brown 29-yd. pass from Roethlisberger 11 75 5:58 7-6 2 10:10 Washington Downs Rogers 3-yd. pass from Roethlisberger 14 67 5:52 14-6 2 0:27 Washington Kickoff Boswell 46-yd. FG 8 47 3:42 17-6 3 11:18 Washington Interception Brown 26-yd. pass from Roethlisberger 5 75 2:04 24-6 3 7:01 Washington Kickoff Williams 15-yd. run 13 73 7:13 31-16 4 5:48 Washington Downs Williams 6-yd. run 6 45 2:23 38-16 4 1:54 Cincinnati Punt Grimble 20-yd. pass from Roethlisberger 5 66 1:43 7-0 1 3:46 Cincinnati Punt Boswell 49-yd. FG 4 6 0:55 10-3 2 4:10 Cincinnati Punt James 9-yd. pass from Roethlisberger 7 91 3:20 17-6 3 6:16 Cincinnati Punt Williams 4-yd. pass from Roethlisberger 12 68 6:54 24-9 4 6:48 Philadelphia Kickoff Boswell 40-yd. FG 8 61 4:24 3-10 2 7:40 Kansas City Fumble Heyward-Bey 31-yd. pass from Roethlisberger 3 32 1:23 8-0 1 7:27 Kansas City Interception Brown 4-yd. pass from Roethlisberger 1 4 0:04 15-0 1 5:10 Kansas City Punt Brown 38-yd. pass from Roethlisberger 2 40 0:47 22-0 1 1:20 Kansas City Punt James 9-yd. pass from Roethlisberger 10 80 3:44 29-0 2 0:44 Kansas City Kickoff Wheaton 30-yd. pass from Roethlisberger 6 75 3:41 36-0 3 11:19 Kansas City Kickoff Williams 2-yd. run 8 75 3:49 43-7 4 7:22 N.Y. Jets Kickoff Coates 72-yd. pass from Roethlisberger 3 75 1:29 7-3 1 10:16 N.Y. Jets Kickoff James 1-yd. pass from Roethlisberger 11 75 1:25 14-13 2 0:41 N.Y. Jets Punt Boswell 47-yd. FG 4 2 0:58 17-13 3 10:23 N.Y. Jets Punt Brown 5-yd. pass from Roethlisberger 9 80 4:12 24-13 4 14:55 N.Y. Jets Punt Coates 5-yd. pass from Roethlisberger 12 79 5:43 31-13 4 1:46 Miami Kickoff Heyward-Bey 60-yd. run 6 75 2:55 8-3 1 5:39 Miami Punt Hamilton 23-yd. pass from Roethlisberger 10 97 3:18 15-23 4 1:02 New England Kickoff Heyward-Bey 14-yd. pass from Jones 5 71 1:56 7-14 2 9:02 New England Punt Boswell 32-yd. FG 10 66 1:45 10-14 2 0:02 New England Punt Boswell 46-yd. FG 9 48 4:49 13-14 3 8:44 New England Kickoff Boswell 44-yd. FG 12 42 6:35 16-20 4 14:44
2016 OPPONENTS SCORING DRIVES
REGULAR SEASON
Drive Score Time
Opponent Obtained Scoring Play Plays Yards Time Pit-Opp Qtr Remain Washington Punt Hopkins 31-yd. FG 9 54 3:24 0-3 1 5:56 Washington Interception Hopkins 40-yd. FG 5 14 2:38 0-6 1 1:08 Washington Kickoff Hopkins 34-yd. FG 9 52 5:00 24-9 3 2:01 Washington Punt Thompson 1-yd. run 7 77 2:18 24-16 4 13:01 Cincinnati Kickoff Nugent 25-yd. FG 8 68 3:23 7-3 1 0:23 Cincinnati Interception Nugent 33-yd. FG 8 53 0:48 10-6 2 0:00 Cincinnati Kickoff Nugent 21-yd. FG 10 72 4:06 17-9 3 2:10 Cincinnati Kickoff Bernard 25-yd. pass from Dalton 8 75 3:23 24-16 4 3:25 Philadelphia BLK FG Sturgis 29-yd. FG 7 63 3:20 0-3 1 5:29 Philadelphia Punt Matthews 12-yd. pass from Wentz 12 82 6:06 0-10 2 12:04 Philadelphia Kickoff Sturgis 38-yd. FG 10 58 5:15 3-13 2 2:25 Philadelphia Kickoff Sproles 73-yd. pass from Wentz 3 75 2:06 3-20 3 12:54 Philadelphia Downs Smallwood 1-yd. run 7 67 4:58 3-27 3 5:45 Philadelphia Fumble Barner 8-yd. run 3 41 1:24 3-34 3 1:52 Kansas City Punt Hill 10-yd. pass from Smith 7 47 2:17 36-7 4 11:11 Kansas City Punt Kelce 3-yd. pass from Smith 7 62 3:41 43-14 4 0:04 N.Y. Jets Kickoff Folk 35-yd. FG 8 58 3:15 0-3 1 11:45 N.Y. Jets Punt Folk 48-yd. FG 9 59 4:40 7-6 2 11:07 N.Y. Jets Downs Marshall 15-yd. pass from Fitzpatrick 7 69 3:48 7-13 2 2:06 Miami Punt Franks 30-yd. FG 9 53 3:39 0-3 1 8:34 Miami Punt Franks 23-yd. FG 12 85 7:08 8-6 2 8:18 Miami Interception Franks 30-yd. FG 4 1 2:43 8-9 2 5:23 Miami Punt Williams 1-yd. run 9 71 2:26 8-16 2 0:21 Miami Interception Ajayi 1-yd. run 6 52 3:31 8-23 3 1:39 Miami Kickoff Ajayi 62-yd. run 1 62 0:12 15-30 4 0:50 New England Interception White 19-yd. pass from Brady 13 80 7:23 0-7 1 2:55 New England Punt Blount 3-yd. run 11 84 4:46 0-14 2 10:58 New England Kickoff Gronkowski 36-yd. pass from Brady 5 75 2:25 13-20 3 6:19 New England Kickoff Blount 5-yd. run 6 75 3:00 16-27 4 11:44
THIRD/FOURTH DOWN CONVERSIONS
REGULAR SEASON
THIRD DOWN FOURTH DOWN Date Opponent Made Att. Pct. Made Att. Pct. 9/12/16 STEELERS 9 14 64% 2 2 100% at Washington 3 10 30% 0 2 0% 9/18/16 STEELERS 7 17 41% 0 1 0% Cincinnati 4 16 25% 1 1 100% 9/25/16 STEELERS 4 11 36% 0 2 0% at Philadelphia 4 10 40% 0 0 0% 10/2/16 STEELERS 6 11 55% 0 0 0% Kansas City 8 17 47% 2 3 67% 10/9/16 STEELERS 5 10 50% 0 1 0% N.Y. Jets 2 11 18% 0 1 0% 10/16/16 STEELERS 3 11 27% 0 1 0% at Miami 7 14 50% 0 0 0% 10/23/16 STEELERS 5 16 31% 1 2 50% New England 7 12 58% 0 0 0% STEELERS 39 90 43% 3 9 33% OPPONENTS 35 90 38% 2 6 33%
