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REGULAR SEASON GAME #11Pittsburgh Steelers (8-2)
vs.Green Bay Packers (5-5)
DATE: Sunday, Nov. 26, 2017 | KICKOFF: 8:30 p.m. ETSITE: Heinz Field (68,400) • Pittsburgh, Pa.
PLAYING SURFACE: Natural GrassTV COVERAGE: NBC (locally WPXI-TV, channel 11)
ANNOUNCERS: Al Michaels (play-by-play)Cris Collinsworth (analyst) | Michele Tafoya (sideline)
LOCAL RADIO: Steelers Radio NetworkWDVE-FM (102.5)/WBGG-AM (970)
ANNOUNCERS: Bill Hillgrove (play-by-play)Tunch Ilkin (analyst) | Craig Wolfley (sideline)
NATIONAL RADIO: Westwood OneANNOUNCERS: Kevin Kugler (play-by-play) | Jason Taylor (analyst)
A LOOK AT THE COACHESPittsburgh Steelers Head Coach Mike Tomlin
Overall regular-season record: 111-59 (.653)/11th seasonRegular-season record with Pittsburgh: 111-59 (.653)/11th season
Playoff Record/Years: 8-6 (.571)/seven years
Green Bay Packers Head Coach Mike McCarthyOverall regular-season record: 119-66-1 (.642)/12th season
Regular-season record with Green Bay: 119-66-1 (.642)/12th seasonPlayoff Record/Years: 10-8 (.556)/nine years
www.steelers.comFor all of the most up-to-date information on the Pittsburgh Steelers, visit the team’s official 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 ManagerAngela Tegnelia - Public Relations Assistant
www.steelers.com
PITTSBURGH STEELERS3400 South Water Street • Pittsburgh, PA 15203412-432-7820 • Fax: 412-432-7878
PITTSBURGH STEELERS2017 SCHEDULE
PRESEASON (3-1)
Friday, Aug. 11 @ New York Giants W, 20-12 (KDKA) Sunday, Aug. 20 ATLANTA W, 17-13 (KDKA) Saturday, Aug. 26 INDIANAPOLIS L, 19-15 (KDKA) Thursday, Aug. 31 @ Carolina W, 17-14 (KDKA)
REGULAR SEASON (8-2)
Sunday, Sept. 10 @ Cleveland W, 21-18 (CBS) Sunday, Sept. 17 MINNESOTA W, 26-9 (FOX) Sunday, Sept. 24 @ Chicago L, 23-17 OT (CBS) Sunday, Oct. 1 @ Baltimore W, 26-9 (CBS) Sunday, Oct. 8 JACKSONVILLE L, 30-9 (CBS) Sunday, Oct. 15 @ Kansas City W, 19-13 (CBS) Sunday, Oct. 22 CINCINNATI W, 29-14 (CBS) Sunday, Oct. 29 @ Detroit W, 20-15 (NBC) Sunday, Nov. 5 BYE WEEK Sunday, Nov. 12 @ Indianapolis W, 20-17 (CBS) Thursday, Nov. 16 TENNESSEE W, 40-17 (NBC/ NFL Network/Amazon) Sunday, Nov. 26 GREEN BAY 8:30 p.m. (NBC) Monday, Dec. 4 @ Cincinnati 8:30 p.m. (ESPN) Sunday, Dec. 10 BALTIMORE* 8:30 p.m. (NBC) Sunday, Dec. 17 NEW ENGLAND 4:25 p.m. (CBS) Monday, Dec. 25 @ Houston 4:30 p.m. (NBC/ NFL Network/Amazon) Sunday, Dec. 31 CLEVELAND* 1 p.m. (CBS)
* - Times may change due to flexible schedulingPOSTSEASON
Sat.-Sun., Jan. 6-7 Wild Card Weekend Sat.-Sun., Jan. 13-14 Divisional Playoff Games Sunday, Jan. 21 Conference Championships Sunday, Jan. 28 Pro Bowl (Orlando, Fla.) Sunday, Feb. 4 Super Bowl LII (Minneapolis, Minn.)
NOTE: All times are Eastern | Home games in Bold CAPS
PITTSBURGH STEELERS (8-2)vs.
GREEN BAY PACKERS (5-5)Sunday, Nov. 26, 2017 • 8:30 p.m. (ET) • Heinz Field • Pittsburgh, Pa.
STEELERS COMMUNICATIONS STAFF
Burt Lauten, Director of Communications .................... (412) 432-7821 Lauten email: [email protected]
Dominick Rinelli, Public Relations/Media Manager .... (412) 432-7822 Rinelli email: [email protected]
Angela Tegnelia, Public Relations Assistant ............... (412) 432-7820 Tegnelia email: [email protected]
Joe Lofton, Media Relations Intern ............................. (412) 432-7800 Lofton email: [email protected] ..................................... x6019
Office Fax .................................................................... (412) 432-7878
MEDIA NOTES— WEEKLY PRESS CONFERENCE —
Steelers Head Coach Mike Tomlin will conduct a press conference on Tuesday, Nov. 21, at approximately Noon 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 official Steelers 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 specifically to the Pittsburgh Steelers. It can be heard on www.steelers.com, the official 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 19th 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 24th straight season, Bill Hillgrove serves as the “Voice of the Steelers” and handles play-by-play duties for the broadcast. Joining Hill-grove for his 19th season as an expert analyst is Tunch Ilkin, the former Steelers All-Pro offensive tackle. Joining the team for his 15th season is former Steelers offensive lineman Craig Wolfley, 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)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-WRKT (100.9)Gettysburg-WGET (1320)Grove City-WWGY (95.1)Homer City-WCCS (1160)Johnstown-WNTJ (1490)Johnstown-WRKW (99.1)Latrobe-WCNS (1480)Milton-WVLY (100.9)Mount Union-WHUN (106.9)Punxsutawney-WPXZ (104.1)Riverside/Selinsgrove-WVSL (92.3)Saegertown-WUZZ (94.3)Somerset-WNTI (990)Starview-WONN (92.7)State College-WQWK (1450)Uniontown-WMBS (590)Washington-WJPA (1450)Williamsport-WCXR (99.3)Williamsport-WZXR (103.7)
OHIO (4)Columbus-WYTS (1230)Columbus-WYTS (105.3)Fremont-WOHF (92.1)Youngstown-WNIO (1390)
MARYLAND (4)Cumberland-WRQE (106.1)Frederick-WFMD (930)Frostburg-WFRB (560)Hagerstown-WHAG (1410)
WEST VIRGINIA (7)Fairmont-WRLF (94.3)Fairmont-WMMN (920)Huntington-WVHU (800)New Martinsville-WXCR (92.3)St. Mary’s-WJAW (630)Wheeling-WBBD (1400)
SOUTH CAROLINA (1)Myrtle Beach-WRXZ (107.1)
THIS WEEK’S SCHEDULE (Subject to change)
TUESDAY, NOV. 21 • Coach Tomlin Press
Conference: Noon Live on Steelers.com
WEDNESDAY, NOV. 22• Player availability open locker
room 9:30 - 10 a.m.
• Practice 1:15 - 3:15 p.m.
• Post-practice player availability 3:15 - 3:45 p.m.
• Coach Tomlin available upon request after practice
THURSDAY, NOV.23• Practice 11 a.m. - 1 p.m.
• Post-practice player availability 1 - 1:45 p.m.
• Coach Tomlin available upon request after practice
• Coordinators available after practice
FRIDAY, NOV. 24• 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. 25
• No media availability
SUNDAY, NOV. 26
8:30 p.m. (ET)Home Game
vs. Green Bay Packers(Heinz Field)
NBC(locally WPXI-TV,
Channel 11)
MONDAY, NOV. 27
TBA
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2017 SCHEDULE NOTES The Steelers have won each of their first two primetime games of 2017 - defeating the Detroit Lions 20-15 on Sunday Night Football in Week 8 and the Tennessee Titans at Heinz Field 40-17 on Thursday Night Football in Week 11. Pittsburgh is slated to remain on national television in primetime each of the next three weeks. The Steelers will host the Green Bay Packers at Heinz Field on Sunday Night Football this week, travel to face the Cincinnati Bengals on Dec. 4 for a Monday Night Football tilt and welcome the Baltimore Ravens to Pittsburgh for a Sunday Night Football game on Dec. 10. For the second consecutive year, and for the second time in franchise history, the Steelers will play on Christmas Day. Pitts-burgh will travel to Houston for a Monday, Dec. 25 matchup at the Texans (NBC, 4:30 p.m.). The Steelers’ bye week took place on Nov. 5 (Week 9).
A TRIBUTE TO DAN ROONEY Throughout the 2017 season, Steelers players will sport a
patch on the right side of their jer-seys in memory of the late Chair-man Ambassador Dan Rooney. The patch - with Rooney’s initials - DMR - which stands for Daniel Milton Rooney - is lovingly envel-oped in black and gold shamrock to honor, remember and show love and respect for the man who was more than an owner, but family to the players.
@SteelersPRDeptThe Steelers Communications Department has created a Twitter account – @SteelersPRDept – for media to follow for news and information relating to the team. The department’s Twitter account is the the primary platform for how the team disseminates news and information including press releases, media advisories, practice and media availability times and more.
THE ROAD LESS TRAVELED The Steelers will log just 6,694 miles traveled during the 2017 season - the fewest miles among all 32 NFL teams:
FEWEST MILES TRAVELED IN 2017 TEAM NUMBER OF MILES TRAVELED Pittsburgh 6,694 Cincinnati 7,662 Green Bay 8,074 Detroit 8,218 Chicago 8,318 Based on the estimated round-trip distance for every regular-season road game
STEELERS HALL OF HONOR The Steelers announced their inaugural Hall of Honor class on Aug. 29 at an event in the PNC Champions Club at Heinz Field. Twenty-seven members were announced in the class who will be inducted during a formal ceremony during Alumni Weekend, this weekend, and the inaugural class will be introduced during halftime of the Steelers’ game vs. the Green Bay Packers of Sunday night's game. The inaugural class includes the following (in alphabetical order):
• Jerome Bettis• Mel Blount• Terry Bradshaw• Jack Butler• Dermontti Dawson• Bill Dudley• Joe Greene• Kevin Greene• L.C. Greenwood• Jack Ham• Franco Harris• Dick Hoak• John Henry Johnson• Walt Kiesling• Jack Lambert• Bobby Layne• John McNally• Chuck Noll• Arthur J. Rooney, Sr.• Daniel M. Rooney• Andy Russell• Donnie Shell• John Stallworth• Ernie Stautner• Lynn Swann• Mike Webster• Rod Woodson
Each inductee will receive a replica of a solid steel football, which will replicate the original that was given to Steelers’ founder Art Rooney Sr. by the United States Steel Corporation and United Steel Workers in 1982 on the occasion of the team’s 50th Season. They will be part of a display to be located inside the FedEx Great Hall at Heinz Field. The Steelers announced plans for a Hall of Honor on Aug. 1. The Hall of Honor will induct former players, coaches, and front office personnel who were integral in creating and sustaining the franchise’s success dating back to when the team was founded in 1933.
STEELERS 2017 DRAFT CLASS LB T.J. Watt (1st round, 30th overall): Played collegiately at the University of Wisconsin...appeared in 27 games, making 14 starts, over a two-year span...recorded 70 tackles, including 17 stops for losses and 11.5 sacks in his career.
WR JuJu Smith-Schuster (2nd round, 62nd overall): Played collegiately at the University of Southern California...totaled 213 catches for 3,092 yards with 25 touchdown catches in 40 games played (39 starts).
CB Cameron Sutton (3rd round, 94th overall): Started all 45 games in his Tennessee career, notching 127 tackles, 13.0 tackles for losses, seven interceptions, three forced fumbles and three fumble recoveries...his 30 career pass breakups are a school re-cord...also returned 45 punts for 657 yards with three touchdowns.
RB James Conner (3rd round, 105th overall): Finished his Uni-versity of Pittsburgh career second on the school’s all-time charts for rushing yards (3,733), total touchdowns (56) and rushing touchdowns (52) charts, while setting Atlantic Coast Conference records in total touchdowns and rushing touchdowns.
QB Joshua Dobbs (4th round, 135th overall): Compiled a 23-12 record as a starting quarterback at the University of Tennessee, including 3-0 in Bowl games...his collegiate numbers include 9,360 yards of total offense (7,138 passing, 2,160 rushing and 62 receiving), while setting school records for career rushing yards by a quarterback, career rushing touchdowns by a quarterback (32) and single-season rushing scores by a quarterback (12 in 2016).
DB Brian Allen (5th round, 173rd overall): Appeared in 42 games at the University of Utah, making 12 starts, and tallied 62 tackles (44 solo), 14 passes defensed and five interceptions.
THE STEELERS IN 2017
Regular Post Season SeasonOverall: 8-2 0-0At Home: 3-1 0-0On the Road: 5-1 0-0Neutral: 0-0 0-0
By Month: September 2-1 0-0 October 4-1 0-0 November 2-0 0-0 December 0-0 0-0 January 0-0 0-0
vs. AFC: 6-1 0-0 vs. AFC North 3-0 0-0 vs. AFC East 0-0 0-0 vs. AFC South 2-1 0-0 vs. AFC West 1-0 0-0
vs. NFC: 2-1 0-0 vs. NFC East 0-0 0-0 vs. NFC North 2-1 0-0 vs. NFC South 0-0 0-0 vs. NFC West 0-0 0-0
When: When Scoring First: 6-1 0-0 When Opponent Scored First: 1-1 0-0 When Scoring 20 or More Points: 7-0 0-0 When Scoring Less Than 20 Points: 1-2 0-0 When Leading after the first quarter: 3-1 0-0 When Trailing after the first quarter: 1-1 0-0 When Tied after the first quarter: 4-0 0-0 When Leading at the Half: 6-0 0-0 When Trailing at the Half: 2-2 0-0 When Tied at the Half: 0-0 0-0 When Leading after three quarters: 7-0 0-0 When Trailing after three quarters: 1-2 0-0 When Tied after three quarters: 0-0 0-0 When Outrushing the Opponent: 7-0 0-0 With 35 or More Rushing Attempts: 3-0 0-0 With Less Than 25 Passing Attempts: 0-0 0-0 When Led in Time of Possession: 5-1 0-0 When Trailed in Time of Possession: 3-1 0-0
On Turf: 2-0 0-0 On Grass: 6-2 0-0
When led in Takeaway/Turnover Ratio: 4-0 0-0 When even in Takeaway/Turnover Ratio: 3-1 0-0 When trailed in Takeaway/Turnover Ratio: 1-1 0-0 With an Individual 100-Yard Rusher: 3-0 0-0 With an Individual 300-Yard Passer: 1-1 0-0 With an Individual 100-Yard Receiver: 4-2 0-0 With an Ind. Opponent 100-Yard Rusher: 0-2 0-0 With an Ind. Opponent 300-Yard Passer: 1-0 0-0 With an Ind. Opponent 100-Yard Receiver: 3-0 0-0
When winning the coin toss: 6-1 0-0 When losing the coin toss: 2-1 0-0 When playing outdoors: 6-2 0-0 When playing indoors: 2-0 0-0 In overtime games: 0-1 0-0
STEELERS PRONUNCIATION GUIDE
Tyson Alualu......................... (AH-loo AH-loo)Le’Veon Bell ......................... (Lay-vee-on)Anthony Chickillo ................. (Chick-il-oh)Matt Feiler ............................ (Fy-ler)Ramon ...................... (Ruh-moan)Javon Hargrave.................... (Jay-von)Tyler Matakevich .................. (Matt-uh-kev-ich)Ben Roethlisberger .............. (Roth-lis-ber-ger)Ryan Shazier ....................... (Shay-zier)Stephon Tuitt ........................ (Steff-on Too-it)
Foster
FROM LAST GAME VS. TENNESSEE THE STEELERS
• Pittsburgh is 8-2 (3-1 at home) and 6-1 against AFC teams in 2017.• The Steelers have won at least eight of their first 10 games of a season for the eighth time in team history, and the first since 2004 (9-1).• The Steelers have won each of their previous five games, dating back to Oct. 15, 2017, at Kansas City.• The Steelers are 43-31 in regular-season history against the Titans (25-12 at home) and 5-2 at Heinz Field.• Pittsburgh is now 9-6 in primetime games against Tennessee during the regular season (6-1 at home).• The Steelers have won back-to-back primetime games against the Titans, and each of their previous six under the lights against Tennessee at home.• The Steelers have won each of their previous two regular-season meetings against the Titans.• Pittsburgh improved to 13-7 in regular-season games against Tennessee in the month of November (7-2 at home in the month).• Pittsburgh is now 23-7 at Heinz Field in primetime games since the stadium opened in 2001, and 7-1 on Thursday Night Football at Heinz Field.• The Steelers have won four consecutive games in the month of November, dating back to Nov. 20, 2016 at Cleveland.• The Steelers are 452-284-2 during the regular season since 1970.• Pittsburgh scored at least 40 points in a regular-season game at Heinz Field for the 10th time since the stadium opened in 2001, improving to 10-0 at Heinz Field when scoring at least 40 points.• Pittsburgh scored at least 40 points in a game for the first time since Oct. 2, 2016 vs. Kansas City (43).• The Steelers extended their streak to 27 consecutive games without allowing a touchdown on an opponent’s first offensive possession – the longest active streak in the NFL. • Pittsburgh has blocked a punt (Week 1 at Cleveland: LB Tyler Matakevich) and blocked a field goal (Week 11 vs. Tennessee: LB T.J. Watt) the same season for the first time since 2002.• The defense recorded four interceptions in a game for the first time since Nov. 9, 1997 vs. Baltimore.• The defense recorded two interceptions in the first half of a game for the first time since Dec. 6, 2015 vs. Indianapolis.
HEAD COACH MIKE TOMLIN• Led the Steelers to eight wins in their first 10 games of a season for the first time in his head coaching tenure since 2007.• Improved his regular-season record to 111-59 since becoming the Steelers’ head coach in 2007 (62-22 at home).• Improved to 5-3 as the Steelers’ head coach in regular-season games vs. Tennessee (3-1 at home).• Is now 32-16 in regular-season primetime games (7-6 on Thursday Night Football) and 17-5 at Heinz Field.• Improved to 26-17 in regular-season games during the month of November (13-8 at home).• Is now 84-14 when the Steelers hold a lead at halftime.
WR JUJU SMITH-SCHUSTER• Caught four passes for 47 yards with a long of 18.
G DAVID DeCASTRO• Extended his consecutive regular-season games started streak to 66 – the second-longest active consecutive games started streak among NFL guards.
FROM LAST GAME VS. TENNESSEE QB BEN ROETHLISBERGER
• Completed 30-of-45 passes for 299 yards with four touchdowns and zero interceptions for a passer rating of 115.0.• Improved to 131-62 as a starter during the regular season (72-23 at home).• Increased his Steelers franchise record for the most wins as a starting quarterback to 131 (Terry Bradshaw, 107).• His 131 wins as a starting quarterback in regular-season games are the seventh-most in NFL history.• Is now 19-3 in regular-season primetime games at Heinz Field, including 6-0 on Thursday night at home.• Is now 5-3 against Tennessee in the regular-season as a starter (4-1 at home).• Increased his Steelers records for pass completions to 4,021, passing yards to 49,411 and touchdown passes to 317.• With his ninth completion, became the ninth player in NFL history to reach 4,000 pass completions.pass • Passed Warren Moon (49,325) for the eighth-most passing yards in NFL history, with 49,411 in his NFL career.• Has thrown at least three touchdown passes in 43 games during the regular season, extending his franchise record.• Increased his 2017 touchdown pass total to 15 extending his streak of consecutive seasons to begin his NFL career with at least 15 touchdown passes to 14 – breaking a tie with Peyton Manning for the longest streak to start an NFL career.• Registered at least four touchdown passes for the 14th time in his career, extending his franchise record.• For the 78th time in his career during the regular season, he registered a passer rating over 100.0 as a starter. The Steelers are 70-8 in those games.
WR ANTONIO BROWN• Tallied game highs in receptions (10), receiving yards (144) and touchdown catches (3).• Caught three touchdown passes for the second time in his NFL career (Nov. 29, 2016 at Indianapolis), joining John Stallworth (two) for the most games with three touchdown catches in Steelers history.• Has registered at least one reception in 118 consecutive games in which he has played, including the postseason – dating back to October 3, 2010.• Has registered at least one reception in 109 consecutive regular-season games – dating back to October 3, 2010. • Surpassed Larry Fitzgerald (693) for the fourth-most receptions by a player in their first eight seasons in NFL history, with 702.• Extended his team record for double-digit reception games to 17.• Tied Brandon Marshall for the most games with at least 10 receptions in a player’s first eight years in NFL history with 17. • Recorded his 34th career 100-yard receiving game – extending his record for the most such games in Steelers history.• Increased his receptions total to 702 – the second-most in team history – joining Hines Ward as the second player in team history with at least 700 catches.• Set an NFL record for the fewest games to reach 700 receptions in 111 (previous: Marvin Harrison, 114).• Increased his receiving yards total 9,403 – the second-most in team history.• Increased his scrimmage yards total to 9,522 – the fourth-most in team history.• Posted his fourth game of 2017 with at least 10 catches and 100 receiving yards. • Extended his franchise record to 14 games with at least 10 catches and 100 receiving yards.
FROM LAST GAME VS. TENNESSEE WR ANTONIO BROWN (CONT’D)
• Tied Andre Johnson (14) for the second-most 10-catch-100-yard games in a player’s first eight years in NFL history.• Recorded his 77th regular-season game with at least 5 catches and 50 receiving yards – the second-most such games by a player in their first eight years in NFL history (Torry Holt: 78).• Reached 1,000 receiving yards in 2017 to mark the sixth 1,000-yard season of his NFL career and fifth consecutive.• Became the first player in Steelers history to record 1,000 receiving yards in five straight seasons. • Increased his career touchdown reception total to 56 - the third-most touchdown receptions in Steelers history.• Recorded the 13th career multi-touchdown catch game of his NFL career – the second-most multi-touchdown receiving games in team history.• Increased his career touchdown total to 61, becoming the fifth player in team history with at least 60 total touchdowns (rushing+receiving+returning), joining Franco Harris, Hines Ward, Jerome Bettis and John Stallworth.
RB L’eVEON BELL• Amassed 103 yards from scrimmage (46 rushing on 12 carries / 57 receiving on nine catches).• Increased his career rushing yards total to 4,931 – the fourth-most rushing yards by a Steeler in team history.• Increased his career rushing yards total to 4,931 – the third-most rushing yards by a Steeler in their first five years with the team.• Increased his scrimmage yards total to 7,244 – the fourth-most in team history.• Increased his career scrimmage yards total to 7,244 – the most by a Steeler in their first five years with the team.• Has posted at least 100 yards from scrimmage in 37 career regular-season games.• Surpassed Franco Harris (2,284) for the third-most receiving yards by a running back in Steelers history.• Increased his receptions total to 276 – the second-most by a running back in Steelers history.• Increased his career receptions total to 276 – the ninth-most catches in Steelers history.
TE JESSE JAMES• Caught five passes for 21 yards, including a one-yard touchdown pass from QB Ben Roethlisberger in the fourth quarter, matching a single-season career high of three touchdown receptions (2016).
FROM LAST GAME VS. TENNESSEE DE CAMERON HEYWARD
• Sacked Tennessee QB Marcus Mariota twice, increasing his team-leading sack total to 7.0 in 2017.• Has four multi-sack games in his NFL regular-season career and two in 2017 (Week 4 at Baltimore).• Broke a tie with Brett Keisel (30.0) for sole possession of the third-most sacks by a Steelers defensive lineman since sacks became official in 1982, now with 32.0.
DE STEPHON TUITT• Brought down Tennessee QB Marcus Mariota for a six-yard sack in the second quarter – his second sack of 2017 – increasing his career total to 13.5.• Along with a sack in Week 10 at Indianapolis, he has posted the third sack streak of his NFL career (2015: three games and 2016: two games).
CB WILLIAM GAY• Extended his consecutive regular season games played streak to 170 – the longest active consecutive games played streak among NFL defensive players.
CB COTY SENSABAUGH• Made the 30th start of his NFL regular-season career and first with the Steelers.• Picked off Tennessee QB Marcus Mariota in the second quarter to mark his first interception with the Steelers and third of his NFL career.
CB MIKE HILTON• Picked off Tennessee QB Marcus Mariota on the Titans’ first offensive possession of the game – the second pick of his NFL career and of the season.
S ROB GOLDEN• Hauled in the second interception of his NFL career in the fourth quarter, picking off Tennessee QB Marcus Mariota.
S SEAN DAVIS• Posted the fourth interception for the Steelers’ defense of the game – his first of 2017 – and second of his NFL career.
LB RYAN SHAZIER• Led the Steelers defense with 10 tackles (5 solo).• Has led or tied for the team lead in tackles in six of the Steelers’ 10 games of 2017.• Registered 10 tackles to mark his eighth career regular-season game with at least 10 tackles and his third such game of the 2017 season.
LB VINCE WILLIAMS• Tallied 7 tackles (6 solo), three quarterback hits, two tackles for losses and one sack.• Increased his 2017 sack total to 6.0, bringing down Tennessee QB Marcus Mariota for a nine-yard loss, extending his single-season career high.
LB T.J. WATT• Credited with a field goal block on a Tennessee K Ryan Succop 48-yard attempt in the second quarter – the first blocked kick by the Steelers since Oct. 16, 2016 at Miami (DT Daniel McCullers).
K CHRIS BOSWELL• Converted each of his four field goal attempts – 41-, 28-, 50- and 26-yards – improving to 24-of-27 in 2017 on field goal attempts, and to 74-of-84 in his NFL career.• His 50-yard field goal is the third field goal of at least 50 yards in his NFL career, all occurring at Heinz Field (51 yards twice: Oct. 18, 2015 vs. Arizona and Dec. 16, 2015 vs. Indianapolis).
2017 BY THE NUMBERS
3RDLB T.J. Watt became the third player in NFL history - first on Kickoff Weekend - to record 2.0 sacks and an interception in an NFL debut, accomplishing the feat in Week One at Cleveland. He joined Charles Glaze (Oct. 4, 1987) and Tommy Haynes
(Oct. 4, 1987).
4The number of Steelers defenders with at least four sacks each in 2017 (DE Cameron Heyward: 7.0, LB Vince Williams: 6.0,
LB Bud Dupree: 4.0 and LB T.J. Watt: 4.0).
5The Steelers have won each of their previous five regular-season games, dating back to Week Six at Kansas City.
7.0DE Cameron Heyward leads the Steelers' defense with 7.0
sacks on the season.
8-2The Steelers have won at least eight of their first 10 games of a season for the eighth time in team history in 2007, and for
the first time since 2004 (9-1).
10THTE Jesse James opened the 2017 season with his first career
multi-touchdown game - catching two scoring tosses from QB Ben Roethlisberger. It marked the 10th such game by a Steelers tight end since 1960 and first since 2012 (Heath Miller,
Sept. 23, at Oakland).
11-182The number of receptions - a new Steelers Kickoff Weekend
team record - WR Antonio Brown hauled in at Cleveland - for 182 receiving yards - the second-most by a Steeler in a Week
One game.
12The Steelers rank tied for fourth in the NFL with 12
interceptions on the season.
16.5Pittsburgh ranks second in the NFL in holding opponents to an
average of 16.5 points per game.
27Pittsburgh has held their opponents without a touchdown
on their first offensive possession in 27 consecutive regular-season games - the longest active streak in the NFL.
30WR Antonio Brown recorded the 30th 100-yard receiving game of his NFL career on Kickoff Weekend - breaking a tie
with Hines Ward (29) for the most such games in team history.
2017 BY THE NUMBERS30-4-0
QB Ben Roethlisberger completed 30 passes with four touchdowns and zero interceptions in Week 11 vs. Tennessee - the fourth regular-season game of his NFL career with at least 30 completions, four touchdowns and zero interceptions - tied
with Tom Brady as the second-most such games in NFL history (Drew Brees: 7).
31:51The average time of possession for the Steelers’ offense per
game in 2017 - the fifth-best average in the NFL.
34The number of sacks the Steelers defense has tallied in in
2017 - the second-most on the season.
50QB Ben Roethlisberger won his 50th game as a starter vs. an AFC North opponent in Week One, quarterbacking the Steelers
to a 21-18 win at Cleveland.
79LB Ryan Shazier leads Pittsburgh's defense and ranks tied for
seventh among AFC defenders with 79 total tackles in 2017.
104WR Antonio Brown set an NFL record for the fewest games to reach 650 career receptions in his 104th in Week Three at
Chicago.
111WR Antonio Brown reached 700 career receptions in his
111th regular-season game in Week 11 vs. Teneessee, setting an NFL record for the fewest games to the mileston (Marvin
Harrison: 114).
125QB Ben Roethlisberger became the seventh player in NFL history to record 125 regular-season wins as a starter with a
26-9 win in Week Two vs. Minnesota.
287.6The Steelers defense ranks fourth in the NFL in total defense -
holding opponents to an average of 287.6 yards per game.
1998The last time the Steelers recovered a punt blocked for a
touchdown - LB Anthony Chickillo recovered a punt blocked by LB Tyler Matakevich in the end zone in Week One at
Cleveland.
7,244The number of yards from scrimmage RB Le'Veon Bell has totaled in his first five years with the Steelers - a new franchise record for a player in their first five seasons with Pittsburgh
(Franco Harris: 7,242).
STEELERS-PACKERS HISTORY Series History: Series began in 1933 Overall Regular Season: Packers lead, 18-15 In Pittsburgh: Even, 7-7 At Green Bay: Packers lead, 11-8 Neutral Sites: n/a Streak: Steelers won previous four meetings Last Regular-Season Meeting: Dec. 22, 2013, at Green Bay Pittsburgh 38, Green Bay 31 Postseason Series: Packers lead, 1-0 Last Postseason Meeting: Feb. 6, 2011 - Dallas, Texas Green Bay 31, Pittsburgh 25 - Super Bowl XLV
(preseason and postseason record not included in overall series record)
This week’s game will mark the 34th regular-season meetingbetween Pittsburgh and Green Bay...the Packers own a three-gameadvantage in the regular-season series against the Steelers (18-15)...Sunday night’s game will be the 15th time the two teams willmeet in Pittsburgh, where the Steelers won each of the previousfour meetings...the two teams have met 13 times in the month of November during the regular season, with the Steelers holding an 8-5advantage in the month vs. the Packers, including a 5-4 mark at homein November.
THE LAST TIME VS. GREEN BAY
Pittsburgh 38, Green Bay 31December 22, 2013
Lambeau Field (77,999)
GREEN BAY, Wisc. - The Steelers’ defense stopped thePackers’ last-second attempt to tie the game and defeated GreenBay, 38-31, at Lambeau Field. The Packers struck first, taking a 7-0 lead on QB Matt Flynn’sfive-yard touchdown pass to WR Jarrett Boykin. Pittsburgh tiedthe game, 7-7, at the end of the first quarter when QB BenRoethlisberger threw a one-yard touchdown to WR EmmanuelSanders. RB Eddie Lacy’s 14-yard touchdown run gave Green Bay a 14-7 lead late in the second quarter. K Shaun Suisham connectedon a 31-yard field goal right before halftime to cut the lead to 14-10 at the break. Roethlisberger scored on a 13-yard run to give Pittsburgh a17-14 lead early in the third quarter. The Packers responded asLacy scored on a two-yard run to give Green Bay a 21-17advantage. But Pittsburgh scored 14 straight points to take a 31-21 lead. TE Matt Spaeth and Roethlisberger connected on an 11-yardtouchdown and on Green Bay’s ensuing possession, CB CortezAllen picked off Flynn and returned it 40 yards for a touchdown.The Packers then scored 10 straight points to tie the game,31-31. K Mason Crosby made a 22-yard field goal and FB JohnKuhn scored on a one-yard run to even up the score. On the first play after the two-minute warning, S Troy Polamaluforced a fumble on Flynn and DE Brett Keisel recovered it. OnPittsburgh’s ensuing possession, RB Le’Veon Bell scored on aone-yard run to give Pittsburgh a 38-31 lead. CB Micah Hyde then returned a kickoff 70 yards to set thePackers up in Steelers’ territory. But as time expired, Flynn’s passfell incomplete.
GAME SUMMARY
STEELERS (7-8) 7 3 21 7 38Packers (7-7-1) 7 7 7 10 31
TEAM Q TIME PLAY DRIVE SCOREGB 1 4:02 Boykin 5-yd. pass from Flynn (Crosby kick) 13-87; 5:19 0-7PIT 1 0:01 Sanders 1-yd. pass from Roethlisberger (Suisham kick) 7-73; 4:01 7-7GB 2 1:53 Lacy 14-yd. run (Crosby kick) 7-71; 2:49 7-14PIT 2 0:02 Suisham 31-yd. FG 8-32; 1:51 10-14PIT 3 11:51 Roethlisberger 13-yd. run (Suisham kick) 6-75; 3:09 17-14GB 3 5:19 Lacy 2-yd. run (Crosby kick) 4-3; 1:07 17-21PIT 3 1:55 Spaeth 11-yd. pass from Roethlisberger (Suisham kick) 6-68; 3:24 24-21PIT 3 1:37 C. Allen 40-yd. interception return (Suisham kick) --; -:- 31-21GB 4 12:04 Crosby 22-yd. FG 6-19; 2:56 31-24GB 4 7:14 Kuhn 1-yd. run (Crosby kick) 6-58; 3:13 31-31PIT 4 1:25 Bell 1-yd. run (Suisham kick) 5-17; 0:26 38-31
2017 TEAM STATS Steelers Category Packers 22.7 ..................................... Points Scored Per Game ...............................20.4 16.5 .....................................Points Allowed Per Game ..............................23.0 20.4 ....................................... First Downs Per Game .................................19.9 357.5 ......................................Total Yards Per Game ...............................308.8 102.4 ...................................Rushing Yards Per Game ............................102.4 255.1 ................................... Passing Yards Per Game .............................206.4 34 .....................................................Sacks By ..............................................21 12 ............................................... Interceptions By ...........................................7 31:51 ....................................Avg. Time of Possession .............................28:54 22 .................................................. Touchdowns ............................................25 5 ............................................. Rushing Touchdowns .......................................9 16 ........................................... Passing Touchdowns .....................................15 1 ...........................................Touchdowns on Returns ....................................1 24-27 ............................................. Field Goals ........................................11-14 43.9 ............................................... Punting Avg. .........................................44.5 6.1 ..............................................Punt Return Avg. .......................................8.9 16.5 ..........................................Kickoff Return Avg.....................................22.0
2017 AFC NOTH STANDINGS
2017 AFC North Standings W L T Pct. Pts. Opp.Pittsburgh 8 2 0 .800 227 165Baltimore 5 5 0 .500 213 171Cincinnati 4 6 0 .400 169 199Cleveland 0 10 0 .000 150 259This Week in the AFC North:Sunday, Nov. 26:Cincinnati (4-6) vs. Cleveland (0-10), 1 p.m.Pittsburgh (8-2) vs. Green Bay (5-5), 8:30 p.m.
Monday, Nov. 27:Baltimore (5-5) vs. Houston (4-6), 8:30 p.m.
TEAM STATISTICS Steelers Packers
1st Downs 21 (8-10-3) 26 (11-12-3)3rd Downs 2-10 (20%) 6-14 (43%)4th Downs 2-2 (100%) 0-0 (0%)Total Net Yards 343 370Plays-Avg. 59-5.8 72-5.1Rushing Yards 151 151Rush Att.-Avg. 29-5.2 30-5.0Passing Yards 192 219Att.-Comp.-Int. 29-17-1 39-21-1Sacks By 3-13 1-5Punts-Avg. 5-35.6 5-41.6Penalties 7-58 9-90Fumbles-Lost 2-1 1-1Time of Poss. 26:40 33:20
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING: Pit. – Bell 26-124, 1 TD;Roethlisberger 1-13, 1 TD; Jones 1-7; Dwyer 1-7. G.B. – Lacy 15-84, 2 TD; Starks 10-47; Kuhn 3-12, 1 TD; Flynn 2-8. PASSING: Pit. – Roethlisberger 28-16-1, 167, 2 TD; McBriar 1-1-0, 30. G.B. – Flynn 39-21-1, 232, 1 TD.RECEIVING: Pit. – A. Brown 6-105; Miller 3-17; Sanders 2-7, 1 TD; Paulson 1-30; Spaeth 1-11, 1 TD; Cotchery 1-9;Dwyer 1-7; W. Johnson1-6; Bell 1-5. G.B. – Jones 9-84; Boykin 5-54, 1 TD; Nelson 3-46; Lacy 2-6; Starks 1-23; Quarless 1-19.
STEELERS-PACKERS CONNECTIONS
Steelers in Bold; Packers in Bold ItalicFormer Steelers/Packers
• Steelers DB coach Carnell Lake was a Packers coaching intern for one season (2010).
• Packers DC Dom Capers held the same position with the Steelers for three seasons (1992-94).
• Green Bay Secondary/Safeties coach Darren Perry was drafted by the Steelers in the eighth-round of the 1992 NFL Draft. He played seven seasons with Pittsburgh (1992-98), manning the secondary with Pittsburgh DB coach Carnell Lake (1989-98). Perry later served as the Steelers’ DB coach for four seasons (2003-06).
• Green Bay QB coach Alex Van Pelt was selected by Pittsburgh in the eighth-round of the 1993 NFL Draft.
Area Connections • Green Bay HC Mike McCarthy was born in Pittsburgh,
Pa., and is a graduate of Bishop Boyle High School in Homestead, Pa. He also coached at the University of Pittsburgh from 1989-92.
• Packers strength and conditioning coordinator Mark Lovat earned his master’s degree in exercise science and performance enhancement from California University (Pa.)
• Packers WR coach coach Luke Getsy was the offensive GA for the University of Pittsburgh for one year (2010). He went on to become the OC/QB coach for Indiana University of Pennsylvania (2011-12). He is also a native of Munhall, Pa., and a graduate of Steel Valley High School.
• Green Bay asst. LB coach Scott McCurley was a player and coach for the University of Pittsburgh (1999-2005). McCurley was also born in New Castle, Pa., and is a graduate of Mohawk High School in Bessemer, Pa.
• Green Bay QB coach Alex Van Pelt completed his collegiate career at the University of Pittsburgh, where he was a four-year starter at QB (1989-1992). Van Pelt was born in Pittsburgh, Pa.
• Steelers LB T.J. Watt is from Pewaukee, Wisc., and played collegiately at the University of Wisconsin
• Green Bay G Jahri Evans attended Bloomsburg (Pa.) and played college football there.
NFL Connections • Pittsburgh DB coach Carnell Lake played for the Jaguars
for two years (1999-2000) under Green Bay DC Dom Capers, who was Jacksonville’s DC at the time.
• Steelers STC Danny Smith was on the Buffalo coaching staff when Packers QB coach Alex Van Pelt was the Bills’ quarterback (2001-03).
• Smith was also on the same coaching staff as Packers DL coach Mike Trgovac in Philadelphia (1995-98).
• Steelers WR coach Richard Mann also spent time with Trgovac on the Redskins coaching staff (2001).
PIT-GB SERIES HIGHS
Passing YardsSteelers Ben Roethlisberger 503 12/20/2009Packers Aaron Rodgers 383 12/20/2009
Rushing YardsSteelers Rocky Bleier 163 10/26/1975Packers Jim Taylor 141 11/3/1963
Receiving YardsSteelers Roy Jefferson 164 11/2/1969Packers James Lofton 169 9/11/1983
STEELERS-PACKERS CONNECTIONS
Steelers in Bold; Packers in Bold ItalicCollege Connections
• Pittsburgh G David DeCastro was a senior at Stanford when Green Bay RB Ty Montgomery entered as a freshman (2011).
• Pittsburgh ILB coach Jerry Olsavsky was a linebacker for the University of Pittsburgh while Green Bay HC Mike McCarthy was on the Panthers’ coaching staff 1989-90).
• Steelers CB William Gay played under Packers CB coach Joe Whitt Jr. at Louisville for his entire four-year collegiate career (2003-06).
• Steelers LB Ryan Shazier played with Packers C Corey Linsley at Ohio State from 2011-13.
• Steelers DT Javon Hargrave and Packers LB Joe Thomas manned the South Carolina State defense together (2012-13).
• Steelers LB T.J. Watt and Green Bay LB Vince Biegel were a part of the Wisconsin defense from 2015-16.
WHAT TO LOOK FOR
FROM THE STEELERS• With a win, the Steelers will improve to 9-2 in 2017 (3-1 vs. NFC) and to 4-1 at home.• With a win over Packers, the Steelers would improve to 453-284-2 during the regular season since 1970.• The Steelers look to improve to 16-18 all-time against the Packers in regular-season history and to 8-7 at home against Green Bay.• The Steelers aim for their fifth straight win against the Packers in the regular-season series, and fifth in a row in Pittsburgh.• Pittsburgh looks to improve to 24-7 in primetime games at Heinz Field since the stadium opened in 2001.• The Steelers aim to improve to 26-20 on Sunday Night Football (12-7 at home).• With a win, the Steelers will have won each of their previous eight Sunday Night Football games, dating back to Dec. 15, 2013 vs. Cincinnati.
FROM HEAD COACH MIKE TOMLIN• A win would improve Tomlin to 112-59 during the regular season (63-22 at home).• With a win, would move to 29-15 in regular-season games vs. NFC (17-5 at home).• Looks to improve to 3-0 in his regular-season Steelers tenure against the Packers and to 2-0 at home.• With a win, would improve to 33-16 overall in regular-season primetime games and to 16-8 on Sunday Night Football (8-4 at home on Sunday Night Football)..• With a win, would improve to 27-17 in the month of November and to 14-8 at home during the month.
FROM THE STEELERS OFFENSE
QB BEN ROETHLISBERGER• With a win, would improve to 132-62 as a starter during the regular season and to 73-23 at home.• With a win, would improve to 3-0 vs. Green Bay in the regular season as a starter and to 2-0 at home vs. the Packers.• With a win, will move to 20-3 in regular-season primetime games at Heinz Field with a win, including 8-3 on Sunday Night Football.• Is 589 passing yards from reaching 50,000 in his NFL career and becoming the eighth quarterback in NFL history to reach the milestone.
RB Le’VEON BELL• His next 100-yard rushing game will mark the 18th of his NFL career.• Will tie Terry Bradshaw (32) for the fourth-most rushing touchdowns in franchise history with his next rushing score.• Is 69 rushing yards from reaching 5,000 in his NFL career.• Needs 256 yards from scrimmage to tally 7,500 in his NFL career.• Is 448 rushing yards from surpassing Willie Parker (5,378) for the third most in Steelers history.
WHAT TO LOOK FORFROM THE STEELERS OFFENSE (CONT’D)
WR ANTONIO BROWN• Will increase his Steelers record for the most 100-yard receiving games in team history to 35 with his next 100-yard game.• Needs three touchdowns to match John Stallworth (64) for the fourth-most total touchdowns by a Steeler in team history (rushing+receiving+returning).• Is seven touchdown catches from tying John Stallworth (63) for the second-most in franchise history.• Needs 478 yards from scrimmage to join Franco Harris, Hines Ward and Jerome Bettis as the only players in Steelers history with at least 10,000 scrimmage yards.• Will surpass Marvin Harrison (563) for the most receptions in any five-year span in NFL history with 83 in 2017.• With 100 catches in 2017, will become the first player in NFL history to record 100 or more receptions in five consecutive years.
FROM THE STEELERS DEFENSE
DE CAMERON HEYWARD• Will set a single-season career-high in sacks with his next quarterback takedown (7.5 in 2014).
LB JAMES HARRISON• Is 2.5 sacks from 85.0 in his NFL career.
LB RYAN SHAZIER• His next interception will set a single-season best of four (three in 2016 and 2017).
LB VINCE WILLIAMS• Will set a single-season career-high with his next tackle (53 in 2013 and 2017).
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
K CHRIS BOWELL• Is six field goals shy of setting a new single-season career high (29 in 2015).• Will surpass Kris Brown (80) for the sixth-most field goals made in Steelers history with seven.
WR/PR ANTONIO BROWN• One punt return for a touchdown to break a tie with Antwaan Randle El for the most in Steelers history with five.
TOMLIN AMONG THE BEST Since being named head coach of the Steelers in 2007, Mike Tomlin has led Pittsburgh to 111 victories in the regular season - tied as the second-most wins in the NFL during that time span:
NFL TEAM RECORDS: 2007-CURRENT TEAM RECORD PLAYOFF APP. SUPER BOWL APP. New England 134-36 9* 4 Green Bay 111-58-1 9* 1 Pittsburgh 111-59 7* 2 Indianapolis 103-67 7 1 New Orleans 99-71 4 1 Dallas 97-73 4 0 Denver 97-73 5 1 *Includes 2016 postseason
Tomlin’s .653 winning percentage is the second-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. Bill Belichick (CLE 1991-95, NE 2000-pres.) 245 117 0 .677 Mike Tomlin (PIT 2007-pres.) 111 59 0 .653 Mike McCarthy (GB 2006-pres.) 119 66 1 .642 Bruce Arians (ARI 2013-pres.) 45 28 1 .615 Andy Reid (PHI 1999-2012, KC 2013-pres.) 179 118 1 .602 Sean Payton (NO 2006-pres.) 102 68 0 .600 Pete Carroll (NYJ 1994, NE 1997-99, SEA 2010-pres.) 109 76 1 .589 Mike Zimmer (MIN 2014-pres.) 34 24 0 .586 John Harbaugh (BAL 2008-pres.) 90 64 0 .584 Chuck Pagano (IND 2012-pres.) 52 38 0 .578 Ron Rivera (CAR 2011-pres.) 60 45 1 .571
TOMLIN AT HOME Mike Tomlin has guided the Steelers to a 62-22 career regular-season record at Heinz Field. Tomlin earned his 50th regular season home win in Week Nine 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 five home wins in each of his first 10 seasons as the team’s head coach and six home wins in seven of his 10 at the helm. His 62-22 (.738) mark at home and his 62 home wins are the third best in the NFL since 2007:
HOME GAME RECORDS: 2007-CURRENT Team W L T Pct. New England 73 12 0 .859 Green Bay 65 20 1 .762 Pittsburgh 62 22 0 .738 Baltimore 60 24 0 .714 Seattle 59 26 0 .694
TOMLIN IN THE DIVISION Mike Tomlin owns a 44-19 all-time record against teams in the AFC North since becoming the Steelers’ head coach in 2007. His 44 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 44 19 0 .698 Baltimore Ravens 37 26 0 .587 Cincinnati Bengals 32 30 0 .516 Cleveland Browns 13 49 0 .210
He owns an impressive 24-7 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 24 7 0 .774 Baltimore Ravens 22 10 0 .688 Cincinnati Bengals 17 14 0 .548 Cleveland Browns 9 23 0 .281
Tomlin has won at least four games against division opponents in six of his 10 seasons as the team’s head coach.
TOMLIN VS. NFC During his career, Mike Tomlin’s regular-season record against the NFC is 28-15, including 16-5 at home. The Steelers’ .651 regular-season winning percentage against the NFC since 2007 under Tomlin is second-best among AFC teams:
AFC RECORDS VS. NFC: 2007-CURRENT Team W L T Pct. New England 34 10 0 .773 Pittsburgh 28 15 0 .651 Denver 26 17 0 .605 Tennessee 24 17 0 .585 Baltimore 25 18 0 .581
Including the postseason Tomlin has a .644 winning percentage (29-16) against the NFC during his first 11 years, which ranks first among Steelers’ head coaches. PRIMETIME SPECIALIST
Since the 2011 season, the Steelers have played in 30 primetimegames, including a Week Eight Sunday Night Football game in 2017 at Detroit (W, 20-15) and a Thursday Night Football tilt at Heinz Field in Week 10 vs. Tennessee (W, 40-17). Mike Tomlin, the 11th-year head coach, has guided Pittsburgh to a32-16 overall record in regular-season primetime games. He is 10-2 on Monday Night Football, 15-8 on Sunday Night Football and 7-6 on Thursday Night Football.
TOMLIN IN 10 In his first 10 seasons as the head coach of the Steelers, Mike Tomlin has an extensive list of accomplishments. Tomlin earned his 100th regular-season victrory in Week 14 of 2016 at Buffalo in his 157th career regular-season games to mark the fewest games by a Steelers head coach to reach the century mark in the win column (Chuck Noll: 158 and Bill Cowher: 163). His 103 wins in his first 10 seasons are the most wins in team history for any coach in his first 10 campaigns and his two Super Bowl appearances are second-most for the franchise for a coach in his first 10 seasons. Tomlin’s seven postseason berths are tied as the most in a coach’s first 10 seasons with the Steelers and his five division titles are third-most. Below is a look at where Tomlin ranks among Steelers coaches in their first 10 seasons:
STEELERS HEAD COACHES IN THEIR 10th YEAR HEAD COACH RECORD Mike Tomlin (2007-current) 103-57 (.644) (2007-current) Chuck Noll (1969-1991) 88-53-1 (.623) (1969-1978) Bill Cowher (1992-2006) 99-61 (.619) (1992-2001)
HEAD COACH SUPER BOWL APP. SUPER BOWL WINS Chuck Noll 3 (1974, ‘75, ‘78) 3 (1974, ‘75, ‘78) Mike Tomlin 2 (2008, ’10) 1 (2008) Bill Cowher 1 (1995)
HEAD COACH PLAYOFF APPEARENCES Bill Cowher 7 (1992-97, 2001) Chuck Noll 7 (1972-78) Mike Tomlin 7 (2007, ’08, ’10, ’11, ‘14, ‘15, ‘16)
HEAD COACH DIVISION TITLES Bill Cowher 6 (1992, ’94-’97, 2001) (AFC Central) Chuck Noll 6 (1972, ’74, ‘75, ‘76, ‘77, ‘78) (AFC Central) Mike Tomlin 5 (2007, ’08, ’10, ‘14, ‘16) (AFC North)
TOMLIN’S 100TH IN 10 Mike Tomlin became the third head coach in Steelers history to record 100 regular season wins in Week 14 of 2016, with the team’s 27-20 victory at Buffalo. He joined Chuck Noll (1969-91: 193) and Bill Cowher (1992-2006:149) in the team’s 100-win club to make the Steelers the first NFL franchise with three 100-win head coaches. Tomlin’s 100th win occurred in his 10th season with the Steelers,becoming the first Pittsburgh head coach to reach 100 wins in his first10 years (Bill Cowher: 1992-2001: 99 and Chuck Noll: 1976-78: 88). Tomlin also joined an elite head coach fraternity in NFLhistory by reaching 100 wins in his 10th season:
• He is the ninth head coach in NFL history to win 100 games in his first 10 seasons with one franchise, joining Bill Belichick (New England), Mike Ditka (Chicago), Joe Gibbs (Wash-ington), John Madden (Oakland), Mike McCarthy (Green Bay), Marty Schottenheimer (Kansas City), Mike Shanahan (Denver) and Don Shula (Miami).
AMONG COACHES IN FIRST 10 Mike Tomlin earned his 100th regular-season victory in Week 14 at Buffalo in 2016, and has accumulated a 103-57 regular-season record in his first 10 seasons as a head coach in NFL (2007-16). Tomlin is one of eight head coaches in NFL history with 100 or more regular-season wins in their first 10 seasons as a head coach:
MOST WINS AMONG NFL HEAD COACHESIN THEIR FIRST 10 SEASONS AS A HEAD COACH
HEAD COACH YEARS WINS George Seifert 1989-96, 1999-2000 113 Don Shula 1963-72 105 Mike McCarthy 2006-15 104 Mike Tomlin 2007-16 103 John Madden 1969-78 103 Tony Dungy 1996-2005 102 Mike Ditka 1982-91 101 Joe Gibbs 1981-90 101
TOMLIN GOING FOR TWO QB Ben Roethlisberger connected with WR Martavis Bryant on a two-point attempt in Week 10 at Indianapolis in 2017, the team’s first successful two-point attempt of the season. Pittsburgh converted three of their nine two-point attempts in 2016, their first two conversions both coming in the first 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 3-of-9 33% 2017 1-of-2 50% TOTALS 22-of-35 62.9%
FEWEST TO 100 Mike Tomlin reached 100 regular-season wins in 157 games, the sixth-fewest games to reach 100 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-Carolina 133 Mike Ditka Chicago 150 Joe Gibbs Washington 150 Mike McCarthy Green Bay 150 Tony Dungy Tampa Bay-Indianapolis 156 Mike Tomlin Pittsburgh 157
HEINZ FIELD ADVANTAGE The Steelers have won six of their previous seven regular-season home games at Heinz Field, including Week Two’s home opener against Minnesota (26-9), Week Seven against Cincinnati (29-14) and a Thursdy Night Football win vs. Tennessee (40-17) in Week 11 of 2017. Pittsburgh has won at least six home games in nine seasons at Heinz Field since the stadium opened in 2001. The Steelers are 96-35-1 (.731) at Heinz Field since the stadium 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 110-23 .827 Pittsburgh Steelers 96-35-1 .731 Baltimore Ravens 96-36 .727 Green Bay Packers 95-38-1 .713 Seattle Seahawks 94-39 .707
The Steelers are tied for the second-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 84-15 .848 Pittsburgh Steelers 70-29 .707 Baltimore Ravens 70-29 .707 Indianapolis Colts 69-30 .697 Denver Broncos 66-34 .660
Pittsburgh’s 26-6-1 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 26-6-1 .803 Baltimore Ravens 26-7 .788 New England Patriots 26-8 .765 Denver Broncos 24-10 .706 Cincinnati Bengals 20-9-3 .672
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 249-144-1 (.633) record. The Steelers are one of three teams (New England: 268 and Green Bay: 250) to record at least 240 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 268-126 .680 Green Bay Packers 250-143-1 .636 Pittsburgh Steelers 249-144-1 .633 Denver Broncos 236-158 .599 Indianapolis Colts 228-166 .579
ACTIVE NON-LOSING SEASONS The Steelers have clinched their 14th consecutive season in 2017 with a .500 record or better - the second-longest active in the NFL, and setting the longest streak in team history (1972-1984: 13):
MOST CONSECUTIVE NON-LOSING SEASONS:ACTIVE STREAKS
TEAM STREAK YEARS New England Patriots 17 2001-17 Pittsburgh Steelers 14 2004-17 Green Bay Packers 8 2009-16 Denver Broncos 6 2011-16
WINNING AT LEAST 4 AT HOME The Steelers have won at least four home games in each of the previous 17 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 17 (2000-16) New England Patriots 16 (2001-16) Arizona Cardinals 10 (2007-16) Green Bay Packers 10 (2007-16)
HOME NUMBER TO NOTE
265-102-1The Steelers own the best home record in the NFL with a
265-102-1 record (.721) since 1970.
HEINZ FIELD UNDER THE LIGHTS The Steelers defeated the Tennessee Titans 40-17 on Thursday Night Football at Heinz Field in Week 11 of 2017 - the team’s 30th primetime game at Heinz Field since the stadium opened in 2001. Pittsburgh has won 23 of its 30 home games under the lights since 2001. The team’s .767 winning percentage at Heinz Field in primetime games is the second-best and its 23 wins are the fourth most since 2001:
BEST REGULAR-SEASON HOME PRIMETIME GAME RECORDS2001-CURRENT
TEAM RECORD WIN PCT. Seattle Seahawks 20-6 .769 Pittsburgh Steelers 23-7 .767 Baltimore Ravens 17-6 .739 Green Bay Packers 24-9 .727 New England Patriots 24-9 .727
FIRST TO 450 Pittsburgh recorded regular-season win No. 450 since the 1970 AFL-NFL merger in Week Eight of 2017 at Detroit - becoming the first NFL team since the merger to reach 459 wins.
MOST REGULAR-SEASON WINS: SINCE 1970 AFL-NFL MERGER
TEAM WINS Pittsburgh Steelers 452 Dallas Cowboys 431 Denver Broncos 429 Miami Dolphins 428 Boston/New England Patriots 421
BEN IN 2017 QB Ben Roethlisberger has quarterbacked the Steelers to a 8-2 start, including a 3-0 mark vs. AFC North foes, in 2017. In Week One, Roethlisberger completed 24-of-36 passes for 263 yards with two touchdowns and an interception. The win marked his 50th as a starter in his regular-season career against AFC North Opponents. Roethlisberger earned his 125th regular-season victory as a starter in the 26-9 win against Minnesota in Week Two. He completed 23-of-35 passing for 243 yards with two touchdowns for a passer rating of 104.8 in the win. In Week Five, Roethlisberger’s 312 passing yards marked the 50th 300-yard game of his regular-season career to become the 11th quarterback in NFL history to throw for at least 300 yards in 50 regular-season games and the ninth to do so with one team. Roethlisberger threw four touchdowns - three to WR Antonio Brown - completing 30 passes with zero interceptions in Week 11 on Thursday Night Football vs. Tennessee.
Below is a look at where Roethlisberger ranks in the NFL in 2017:• Passes for 25-Plus Yards: 21 (8th)• Passing Yards: 2,597 (8th)• Pass Completions: 217 (9th)• Passing Touchdowns: 16 (T-9th)
CONTROLLING THE NORTHQB Ben Roethlisberger is 52-17 (.754) 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) and in 2016 (4-1).
Since 2010, Roethlisberger is 28-10 against divisional foes during the regular season.Roethlisberger has finished with a .500 or above record against
AFC North opponents during the regular season in 12 of his 13 NFL seasons, including winning at least five 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 2017 3-0 2016 4-1 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 68 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. The following is a look at his statistics against the AFC North in his 68 games as a starter:
ROETHLISBERGER’S STATS VS. AFC NORTH CATEGORY STATISTIC Record ..............................................................52-17 Completion Pct. (Comp.-Att.) .................65.2 (1,402-2,151) Passing Yards .................................................16,222 Passing Touchdowns......................................... 100 Interceptions ....................................................... 64 Passer Rating ....................................................90.9
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 ................................................................. 27-7 ..........................25-10 Completion Pct. (Comp.-Att.) ...........62.4 (625-1,004) .........61.6 (707-1,147) Passing Yards ................................................... 8,074 .......................... 8,128 Passing Touchdowns.............................................. 58 ............................... 42 Interceptions ........................................................... 36 ............................... 28 Passer Rating ...................................................... 91.8 ............................ 85.0
STARTING IN STYLE In his career, QB Ben Roethlisberger owns a 131-62 (.680) 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 five 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 191 54 0 .780 2. Russell Wilson, SEA 62 27 1 .694 3. Ben Roethlisberger, PIT 131 62 0 .680 4. Aaron Rodgers, GB 94 47 0 .667 5. Andrew Luck, IND 43 27 0 .614 Roethlisberger earned 117 wins in his first 175 regular-season starts - the second-most by an NFL QB in League history through 175 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 first 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 fifth fastest quarterback who began their career in the Super Bowl era to reach 90 wins. He earned his 130th win as a starting quarterback in his 192nd start in Week 10 of 2017 at Indianapolis to mark the third-fewest starts in NFL history to win 130 games (Tom Brady: 168 and Peyton Manning: 189).
BEN GOING OVER 90 QB Ben Roethlisberger threw his third touchdown of 94+ yards in Week Eight’s 20-15 win at Detroit in 2017, becoming the first quarterback in NFL history with three touchdown passes of 94+ yards and the fourth in NFL history with three touchdown throws of 90+ yards, joining Len Dawson, Joe Montana and Billy Wade. His 97-yard connection with WR JuJu Smith-Schuster is the longest passing play in franchise history and ties as the longest offensive play in franchise record books.
HOME COOKING
QB Ben Roethlisberger owns a 72-23 (.758) mark in the regular season in his career as a starter at Heinz Field, including winning his first eight starts as a rookie in 2004.
Since the start of the 2011 season, the signal caller is 34-11 at home as a starter. Over that time period, Roethlisberger is one of five active quarterbacks to have a passer rating of at least 100.0 at home during the regular season (103.9).
Below is a breakdown of Roethlisberger’s statistics in his Heinz Field career:
ROETHLISBERGER’S STATS AT HEINZ FIELD CATEGORY STATISTIC Record ..............................................................72-23 Completion Pct. (Comp.-Att.) ...............64.4 (1,985-of-3,080) Passing Yards .................................................24,742 Passing Touchdowns......................................... 181 Interceptions ....................................................... 77 Passer Rating ....................................................98.8 300-plus Yard Games ......................................... 29 Multi-Touchdown Performances .............53 (41-11 record)**Threw 3 touchdowns in Week 10 of 2015, but did not start
Roethlisberger threw at least one touchdown pass in 45 consecutive home games at Heinz Field - the third-longest streak in NFL history:
CONSECUTIVE HOME GAMES Rk. PLAYER (YEAR) WITH AT LEAST 1 TD PASS 1. Drew Brees (10/18/09-11/27/16) 60 2. Tom Brady (9/14/09-12/14/14) 47 3. Ben Roethlisberger (12/19/10-9/17/17) 45 4. Dan Marino (10/9/83-11/14/88) 39 5. Aaron Rodgers (10/5/08-12/2/12) 35
FACING THE NFC In 50 career regular-season games against NFC opponents, QB Ben Roethlisberger has posted a 34-16 record, including winning each of his first seven starts against conference members. Roethlisberger completed 23-of-35 passing for 243 yards with two touchdowns for a passer rating of 104.8 in Week Two’s 26-9 win at Heinz Field against the Minnesota Vikings, and tallied his first 300-yard game of 2017, leading the Steelers to a 20-15 win at Detroit in Week Eight, finishing with 317 yards, including a 97-yard touchdown connection with WR JuJu Smith-Schuster. Below is a look at the quarterback’s numbers in regular-season games against NFC opponents:
ROETHLISBERGER’S STATS VS. THE NFC CATEGORY STATISTIC Record ..............................................................34-16 Completion Pct. (Comp.-Att.) ...............64.1 (1,016-of-1,585) Passing Yards .................................................12,921 Passing Touchdowns.......................................... 77 Interceptions ....................................................... 35 Passer Rating ....................................................96.5 300-plus Yard Games ......................................... 17 Multi-Touchdown Performances ...............24 (17-7 record)
Roethlisberger’s statistics against the NFC are equally impres-sive in games at Heinz Field. In 24 career regular-season games against NFC opponents at home, Roethlisberger has a 19-5 mark while completing 484-of-764 passes (63.4 pct.) for 6,412 yards with 43 touchdowns and 13 interceptions for a passer rating of 101.5.
THE 45,000 CLUB QB Ben Roethlisberger became the first player in Steelers history to register 45,000 career passing yards in Week 10’s game vs. Dallas. Roethlisberger is the 11th quarterback in NFL history to reach the mark, the eighth to do so with one team, and the fourth active signal caller with 45,000 passing yards. Roethlisberger reached the 45,000 yard milestone in his 179th regular-season game - the fifth-fewest games to reach the mark in NFL history:
FEWEST GAMES TO REACH Rk. PLAYER 45,000 PASSING YARDS 1. Drew Brees 168 2. Dan Marino 172 3. Peyton Manning 174 4. Tom Brady 178 5. Ben Roethlisberger 179
WINNING NO. 125 QB Ben Roethlisberger became the seventh quarterback in NFL history to record 125 regular-season game wins as a starter during the Steelers’ Week Two win against Minnesota (26-9) at Heinz Field. Roethlisberger joined Dan Marino, Peyton Manning, Brett Favre, John Elway, Drew Brees and Tom Brady as the only quarterbacks in NFL history with at least 125 regular-season wins as a starting quarterback:
MOST REGULAR-SEASON WINS Rk. PLAYER AS A STARTING QB 1. Tom Brady 191* T2. Brett Favre 186 Peyton Manning 186 4. John Elway 148 5. Dan Marino 147 6. Drew Brees 139* 7. Ben Roethlisberger 131*
*Denotes Active Players
FEELING AT HOME IN OHIO QB Ben Roethlisberger is from Findlay, Ohio, and played collegiately 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 23-4 playing in games played in Ohio (Paul Brown Stadium: 12-2 and FirstEnergy Stadium: 11-2).
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 14 446 294 65.9 3,525 21 9 97.2@ Cle 13 401 243 60.6 2,898 18 8 89.3Total 27 847 537 63.4 6,423 39 17 93.5
BEN AMONG ACTIVE BESTS QB Ben Roethlisberger ranks in the top 10 among active NFL quarterbacks with a 7.86 yards per attempt average (3rd), 49,411 passing yards (4th), 4,021 completions (5th), 317 passing touchdowns (5th) and a 93.7 passer rating (7th):
NFL ACTIVE PASSING YARDS PER ATTEMPT LEADERS Rk. PLAYER CMP-ATT YARDS YDS/ATT. 1. Russell Wilson 1,712-2,658 20,994 7.90 2. Aaron Rodgers 3,162-4,850 38,212 7.88 3. Ben Roethlisberger 4,021-6,283 49,411 7.86 4. Kirk Cousins 1,255-1,901 14,909 7.84 5. Philip Rivers 4,025-6,272 48,347 7.71
NFL ACTIVE PASSING YARDAGE LEADERS Rk. PLAYER GP CMP-ATT YARDS 1. Drew Brees 243 6,080-9,099 68,894 2. Tom Brady 247 5,505-8,604 64,728 3. Eli Manning 211 4,306-7,193 50,512 4. Ben Roethlisberger 195 4,021-6,283 49,411 5. Philip Rivers 190 4,025-6,272 48,347
NFL ACTIVE PASSING TOUCHDOWN LEADERS Rk. PLAYER GP TDS 1. Drew Brees 243 480 2. Tom Brady 247 478 3. Eli Manning 211 334 4. Philip Rivers 190 331 5. Ben Roethlisberger 195 317
BEN AMONG ALL-TIME BESTS QB Ben Roethlisberger ranks in the top 10 in NFL history in passing yards (8th - 49,411), touchdown passes (9th - 317), and pass completions (9th - 4,021):
MOST PASSING YARDS - NFL HISTORY Rk. PLAYER PASSING YARDS 1. Peyton Manning 71,940 2. Brett Favre 71,838 3. Drew Brees 68,894* 4. Tom Brady 64,728* 5. Dan Marino 61,361 6. John Elway 51,475 7. Eli Manning 50,512* 8. Ben Roethlisberger 49,411* 9. Warren Moon 49,325 10. Philip Rivers 48,347*
MOST TOUCHDOWN PASSES - NFL HISTORY Rk. PLAYER TDS 1. Peyton Manning 539 2. Brett Favre 508 3. Drew Brees 480* 4. Tom Brady 478* 5. Dan Marino 420 6. Fran Tarkenton 342 7. Eli Manning 334* 8. Philip Rivers 331* 9. Ben Roethlisberger 317* 10. Aaron Rodgers 310*
MOST PASS COMPLETIONS - NFL HISTORY Rk. PLAYER COMPLETIONS 1. Brett Favre 6,300 2. Peyton Manning 6,125 3. Drew Brees 6,080* 4. Tom Brady 5,505* 5. Dan Marino 4,967 6. Eli Manning 4,306* 7. John Elway 4,123 8. Philip Rivers 4,025* 9. Ben Roethlisberger 4,021* 10. Warren Moon 3,988
*Denotes Active Players
TOP OF THE STEELERS CHARTS QB Ben Roethlisberger holds nearly all passing records in Pittsburgh Steelers franchise history. He became the first player in Steelers history to record 40,000 passing yards, a feat he reached during Week Eight’s game vs. Cincinnati in 2015. His 49,411 passing yards, 317 passing touchdowns and 4,021 completions are tops in the team’s record books:
STEELERS ALL-TIME PASSING YARDAGE LEADERS Rk. STEELER, YEARS CMP-ATT YARDS 1. Ben Roethlisberger, 2004-17 4,021-6,283 49,411 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 195 317 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 195 4,021 2. Terry Bradshaw 168 2,025 3. Kordell Stewart 113 1,190
HITTING 3,000 IN 11 STRAIGHT QB Ben Roethlisberger extended his consecutive seasons of throwing for 3,000 yards to 11 during Week 13’s game vs. the New York Giants in 2016. He joined Brett Favre (18), Peyton Manning (13), Drew Brees (13), Eli Manning (12) and Philip Rivers (11) as just the sixth 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) T2. Drew Brees 13 (2004-16) Peyton Manning 13 (1998-2010) 4. Eli Manning 12 (2005-16) T5. Ben Roethlisberger 11 (2006-16) Philip Rivers 11 (2006-16)
15 IN FIRST 13 QB Ben Roethlisberger threw three touchdowns in Week 11 vs. Tennessee to increase his 2017 season total to 16. He has now thrown at least 15 touchdown passes in each of his first 14 NFL seasons - breaking a tie with Peyton Manning to set the longest streak of 15 touchdown campaigns to start an NFL career:
MOST CONSECUTIVE 15-TOUCHDOWN PASS Rk. PLAYER SEASONS TO START A CAREER 1. Ben Roethlisberger, 2004-17 14 2. Peyton Manning, 1998-2010 13 T3. Jim Kelly, 1986-95 10 Dan Marino, 1983-92 10 Fran Tarkenton, 1961-70 10
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
BEN TO A.B. QB Ben Roethlisberger connected with WR Antonio Brown on their 50th touchdown strike on the game-winning score in Week 16’s AFC North title game clincher in 2016 against Baltimore at Heinz Field (31-27) - marking the most touchdown connections by a tandem in Steelers history. The duo has since connected on six more scoring strikes, inclduing three on the team’s 40-17 Sunday Night Football in vs. Tennessee in Week 11 of 2017:
MOST TOUCHDOWN CONNECTIONS STEELERS HISTORY
Rk. PLAYERS TOUCHDOWNS 1. Ben Roethlisberger-Antonio Brown 56 2. Terry Bradshaw-Lynn Swann 49 3. Terry Bradshaw-John Stallworth 44
BEN’S NUMBERS
1stBecame the first quarterback in NFL history to with 500
passing yards in two career games (Week 8 2014 and Week 15 2009).
7Roethlisberger is one of seven quarterbacks in NFL history
to throw at least 180 touchdowns at home during the regular season.
8Became the fifth quarterback (eighth occasion) to record at least 20 regular-season wins against one opponent since the 1970 season, earning his 20th regular-season win vs.
Cleveland in Week 11 of 216, joining Dan Marino (vs. Colts), Brett Favre (vs. Bears and Lions), John Elway (vs. Chargers
and Seahawks) and Tom Brady (vs. Bills and Jets).
8Roethlisberger has thrown 20 touchdowns or more during his
NFL career in eight season - a franchise record.
15He has thrown at least 15 touchdown passes in each of his
first 14 NFL seasons, the most consecutive seasons with 15 or more scoring tosses to start a NFL career.
20-PLUSThe Steelers have scored at least 20 points in 77 of the 95
games at home with Roethlisberger as the starter.
44Number of games Roethlisberger has totaled at least three
touchdown passes in his career (43 regular season, 1 postseason), including five of his six home games played in
2016.
51Roethlisberger has thrown 51 300-plus yard passing games in his regular season NFL career - most in franchise history - and became the ninth QB in NFL history to reach 50 with one team
(11th overall).
131-62Roethlisberger’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.
125.0Has recorded a passer rating of 125.0 or better 18 times in his NFL career (minimum 20 attempts), most recent Week 12 on
Thursday Night Football at Indianapolis Colts (146.0).
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.
400Since entering the NFL in 2004, Roethlisberger has produced
nine 400-plus yard games - the fifth most in NFL history.
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) .............................. 317 .............. 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 (2006-16) ..............................11 .............. 1st
Consecutive 3,000-Yard Passing Seasons (2006-16) .........11 .............. 1st
Single-Game Completion Pct. (11/26/07 vs. Miami) ........ 85.7 .............. 1st
Seasons w/ 250+ Completions (2006-09, ‘11-16) ............... 10 .............. 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. ......................................................... .680 .............. 1st
Career Completions ....................................................... 4,021 .............. 1st
Career Attempts ............................................................. 6,283 .............. 1st
Career Passing Yards ...................................................49,411 .............. 1st
Career Completion Pct..................................................... 64.0 .............. 1st
Career Passing Yards/Attempts ......................................... 7.9 .............. 1st
Career QB Rating ............................................................ 93.7 .............. 1st
Career 300-yard Passing Games (reg and posteason) ...... 54 .............. 1st
Career Games w/ 30+ Completions (reg and postseason) . 19 .............. 1st
Career Games w/ 100.0+ Passer Rating (reg and posteason) . 82 .............. 1st
Career Perfect Passer Rating Games (158.3) ** .................. 3 .............. 1st
Career QB Rating in 4th Qtr. * ......................................... 91.8 .............. 1st
Career Touchdown Passes in Final 2 mins./game * ........... 45 .............. 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 ................... 28 .............. 1st
Seasons w/ 25+ Passing TDs (2007, ‘09, ‘12-16) ................. 6 .............. 1st
Career Wins (Regular Season). ....................................... .131 .............. 1st
Career TD Passes (indoors) ............................................... 22 .............. 1st
Career Touchdown Passes in Dec./Jan. ............................. 85 .............. 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 Rushing Yards (by QB) ...................................... 1,209 ..............3rd
Career Rushing Touchdowns (by QB) ................................ 16 ..............3rd
* Since 1991** NFL Record
NO. 84: ANTONIO BROWNWR Antonio Brown leads all NFL players with 70 receptions
and 1,026 receiving yards in 2017.Brown has eclipsed 100 receiving yards in five of the Steelers’
10 games of 2017, and added 10 or more catches in four.Brown opened the 2017 season setting a new team Kickoff
Weekend record for receptions with 11 for 182 receiving yards - the second-most by a Steeler in a Week One matchup. His 182 receiving yards marked the 30th 100-receivng yard game of his NFL career, breaking a tie for the most such games in team history.
In Week 11 vs. Tennessee, Brown caught three touchdowns for the second time in his NFL career in a game, finishing with 10 catches for 144 receiving yards.
Below is a look at where Brown ranks in the NFL in 2017:• Receptions: 70 (1st)• Receiving Yards: 1,026 (1st)• 100-Yard Receiving Games: 5 (1st)• 10-Reception Games: 4 (1st)• Receptions Per Game: 7.0 (1st)• Receptions for First Downs: 46 (2nd)• Receptions of 25-Plus Yards: 10 (T-2nd)• Yards From Scrimmage: 1,026 (4th)
BROWN SINCE 2010
WR Antonio Brown has recorded six 1,000-receiving yard campaigns (2011 and ‘13-17) and four consecutive 100-reception seasons from 2013-16 since entering the NFL in 2010.
His 702 receptions and 9,403 receiving yards are the most since entering the NFL in 2010:
NFL RECEPTION LEADERS: 2010-CURRENT Rk. PLAYER, TEAM GP REC. 1. Antonio Brown, PIT 111 702 2. Larry Fitzgerald, ARI 120 671 3. Brandon Marshall, MIA-CHI-NYJ-NYG 111 632
NFL RECEIVING YARDS LEADERS: 2010-CURRENT Rk. PLAYER, TEAM REC. YARDS 1. Antonio Brown, PIT 702 9,403 2. Calvin Johnson, DET 538 8,548 3. Julio Jones, ATL 551 8,396
BROWN SINCE 2010 VS. NFCWR Antonio Brown has also seen success when facing
members of the opposing conference in the NFC since entering the NFL.
Brown leads all AFC players in receptions (200) and is second in receiving yards (2,572) and in touchdown catches (17) in games vs. NFC opponents since entering the NFL in 2010:
AFC RECEPTION LEADERS VS. NFC:SINCE 2010
Rk. PLAYER, TEAM GP REC. 1. Antonio Brown, PIT 29 200 2. Demaryius Thomas, DEN 28 182 3. Antonio Gates, LAC 26 138
AFC RECEIVING YARDS LEADERS VS. NFC: SINCE 2010
Rk. PLAYER, TEAM REC. YARDS 1. Demaryius Thomas, DEN 182 2,574 2. Antonio Brown, PIT 200 2,572 3. A.J. Green, CIN 124 1,850
BROWN AMONG TOPS IN FIRST EIGHTWR Antonio Brown caught 702 receptions in his first eight
years in the NFL (2010-17) - the fourth-most by any player in their first eight seasons in NFL history:
NFL RECEPTION LEADERS:FIRST EIGHT YEARS OF A CAREER
Rk. PLAYER, YEARS RECEPTIONS 1. Marvin Harrison, 1996-2003 759 2. Torry Holt, 1999-2005 712 Brandon Marshall, 2006-13 712 4. Antonio Brown, 2010-17 702
Brown has recorded 77 games with at least five catches and 50 receiving yards in his first eight years in the NFL, the second most such games in a player’s first seven seasons in NFL history:
MOST FIVE CATCH AND 50-YARD GAMES INFIRST SEVEN YEARS OF A CAREER: NFL HISTORY
Rk. PLAYER, YEARS 5/50 GAMES 1. Torry Holt, 1999-2006 78 2. Antonio Brown, 2010-17 77 3. Brandon Marshall, 2006-13 76
481 AND 6,315WR Antonio Brown caught 481 passes for 6,315 receiving
yards in the 2013-16 seasons to mark the most receptions and the second-most receiving yards by any player in a four-year span in NFL history:
MOST RECEPTIONS IN ANY FIVE-YEAR SPAN: NFL HISTORY
Rk. PLAYER RECEPTIONS 1. Antonio Brown, 2013-16 481 2. Marvin Harrison, 1999-2002 469 3. Wes Welker, 2009-12 449
MOST RECEIVING YARDS IN ANY FOUR-YEAR SPAN: NFL HISTORY
Rk. PLAYER RECEPTIONS 1. Marvin Harrison, 1999-2002 6,322 2. Antonio Brown, 2013-16 6,315 3. Calvin Johnson, 2010-13 6,257
FASTEST TO 650 AND 700WR Antonio Brown reached 700 career receptions on his
eighth catch in his 111th career regular-season game in Week 11 vs. Tennessee of 2017, setting an NFL record for the fewest games to the mark (Marvin Harrison: 114):
FEWEST GAMES TO 650 CATCHES: NFL HISTORY Rk. PLAYER GAMES 1. Antonio Brown 111 2. Marvin Harrison 114 3. Andre Johnson 120
Brown also set the record for the fewest games to career catch No. 650 in his 104th career regular-season game in Week Three at Chicago (Marvin Harrison: 107).
9,000 MILESTONEWR Antonio Brown hit the 9,000 receiving yard milestone
in Week Six of 2017 at Kansas City in his 107th regular-season game - the fewest games to the milestone in Steelers history (Hines Ward, 159) and tying Randy Moss for the fourth-fewest games to the milestone in NFL history.
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. His 106 receptions in 2016 are the fifth-most in a single-season in team history and his 1,284 receiving yards are 10th-most:
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 5. Antonio Brown, 2016 106
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 6. Hines Ward, 2002 1,329 7. Plaxico Burress, 2002 1,325 8. Yancey Thigpen, 1995 1,307 9. Buddy Dial, 1963 1,295 10. Antonio Brown, 2016 1,284
BROWN ON THE TEAM’S CHARTSWR Antonio Brown is the second player in Steelers history
with 600 receptions, second with 9,000 with receiving yards and fourth with 9,000 yards from scrimmage:
STEELERS ALL-TIME RECEPTION LEADERS Rk. STEELER, YEARS RECEPTIONS 1. Hines Ward, 1998-2011 1,000 2. Antonio Brown, 2010-17 702 3. Heath Miller, 2005-15 592
STEELERS ALL-TIME RECEIVING YARDS LEADERS Rk. STEELER, YEARS REC. YARDS 1. Hines Ward, 1998-2011 12,083 2. Antonio Brown, 2010-17 9,403 3. John Stallworth, 1974-87 8,723 8,723
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. Antonio Brown, 2010-17 119 / 9,403 9,522 5. John Stallworth, 1974-87 111 / 8,723 8,834
Brown caught his sixth touchdown pass of the season in Week 11 vs. Tennessee, increasing his career total to 56 - the third-most touchdown receptions 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. Antonio Brown, 2010-17 702 9,403 56 4. Lynn Swann, 1974-82 336 5,462 51 5. Heath Miller, 2005-15 592 6,569 45
Brown increased his overall touchdown total to 61 in Week 11 vs. Tennessee - the fifth-most total touchdowns in franchise 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. Antonio Brown, 2010-17 0 / 56 / 5 61
WR Antonio Brown ranks fourth in Steelers history for the most games with 100 scrimmage yards:
MOST 100-SCRIMMAGE YARD GAMES: STEELERS HISTORY
Rk. STEELER, YEARS 100-YARD GAMES 1. Franco Harris, 1972-83 57 2. Jerome Bettis, 1996-2005 53 3. Le’Veon Bell, 2013-17 37 4. Antonio Brown, 2010-17 36 5. Hines Ward, 1998-2011 31
BROWN’S FRANCHISE DAY WR Antonio Brown posted the most prolific 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 T3. Antonio Brown, Nov. 13, 2016 14 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. Le’Veon Bell, Dec. 11, 2016 298 3. Frenchy Fuqua, Dec. 20, 1970 256
BROWN’S STEELERS NOTESIn his eighth year WR Antonio Brown has caught 10 passes
or more in 17 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, 2010-17 17 2. Hines Ward, 1998-2011 7 T3. Heath Miller, 2005-15 3 Yancey Thigpen, 1992-97 3
His 34 100-receiving yard games are the most in the category in Steelers history:
MOST 100-REC. YARD GAMES Rk. STEELER, YEARS IN STEELERS HISTORY 1. Antonio Brown, 2010-17 34 2. Hines Ward, 1998-2011 29 3. John Stallworth, 1974-87 25
Brown has caught at least two touchdown catches in 13 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 13 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 joined 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 T2. Antonio Brown, 2015-16 22 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
BROWN AMONG ACTIVE BESTS WR Antonio Brown ranks in the top 10 among active NFL players with 84.7 receiving yards per game (1st - min. 100 games), 702 receptions (5th), 458 receptions for first downs (5th), 9,403 receiving yards (6th) and 78 catches for 25-plus yards (5th):
NFL ACTIVE RECEIVING YARDS PER GAME LEADERS Rk. PLAYER GP REC.-YDS YDS/GM 1. Antonio Brown 111 702-9,403 84.7 2. Demaryius Thomas 111 599-8,337 75.1 3. Larry Fitzgerald 212 1,194-15,157 71.5 4. Brandon Marshall 172 959-12,215 71.0 5. DeSean Jackson 136 533-9,351 68.8
NFL ACTIVE RECEPTION LEADERS Rk. PLAYER GP REC. YARDS 1. Larry Fitzgerald 212 1,194 15,157 2. Jason Witten 233 1,132 12,273 3. Brandon Marshall 172 959 12,215 4. Antonio Gates 214 913 11,339 5. Antonio Brown 111 702 9,403
NFL ACTIVE RECEPTION FOR FIRST DOWN LEADERS Rk. PLAYER GP REC. 1ST DWN 1. Larry Fitzgerald 212 1,194 777 2. Brandon Marshall 172 959 631 3. Jason Witten 233 1,132 625 4. Antonio Gates 214 913 623 5. Antonio Brown 111 702 458
NFL ACTIVE RECEIVING YARDS LEADERS Rk. PLAYER GP REC. YARDS 1. Larry Fitzgerald 212 1,194 15,157 2. Jason Witten 233 1,132 12,273 3. Brandon Marshall 172 959 12,215 4. Antonio Gates 214 913 11,339 6. Antonio Brown 111 702 9,403
NFL ACTIVE RECEPTIONS OF 25-PLUS YARDS LEADERS Rk. PLAYER GP REC. 25+YDS 1. DeSean Jackson 136 531 117 2. Larry Fitzgerald 212 1,185 112 3. Brandon Marshall 172 959 89 4. Antonio Gates 214 913 86 5. Antonio Brown 111 702 78
BROWN NUMBER TO NOTE
180WR Antonio Brown became the first 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 ).
UNFORGETTABLE SEVEN WR Antonio Brown has registered the most receptions by a Steelers’ receiver in their first four, five, six and seven regular seasons:
RECEPTIONS IN Rk. STEELER, YEARS FIRST SEVEN YEARS GP/GS 1. Antonio Brown, 2010-16 632 101/74 2. Hines Ward, 1998-2004 505 112/93 3. Heath Miller, 2005-11 337 108/107 4. Louis Lipps, 1984-90 303 79/70 5. Lynn Swann, 1974-1980 284 93/76 Brown’s 5,259 receiving yards were the most receiving yards by a Steelers’ receiver in their first five regular seasons, his 7,093 were the most by a Steeler in their first six seasons and his 8,377 stand as the most in a player’s first seven years with the Steelers:
RECEIVING YARDS IN Rk. STEELER, YEARS FIRST SEVEN YEARS 1. Antonio Brown, 2010-16 8,377 2. Hines Ward, 1998-2004 6,055 3. Louis Lipps, 1984-90 5,347 4. Buddy Dial, 1959-63 4,723 5. Lynn Swann, 1974-80 4,692
Brown totaled 7,755 all-purpose yards - the most by a Steeler in their first five regular seasons (2010-13) and his 9,911 were tops by a Steeler through their first six seasons. Through 2016, he registered a team-best 11,367 for a player’s first seven campaigns:
ALL-PURPOSE YARDS IN Rk. STEELER, YEARS FIRST SEVEN YEARS 1. Antonio Brown, 2010-16 11,367 2. Jerome Bettis, 1996-2002 9,087 3. Franco Harris, 1972-78 8,630 4. Louis Lipps, 1984-90 7,196 5. Rod Woodson, 1987-93 7,148
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, 2010-17 4 Antwaan Randle El, 2002-05, ‘10 4 T3. Louis Lipps, 1984-91 3 Ray Mathews, 1951-59 3
Brown also ranks second in team history with 1,750 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. Antonio Brown, 2010-17 1,750 4 3. Antwaan Randle El, 2002-05, ‘10 1,650 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 first Steeler - to have 35 career touchdown catches and five returns for touchdowns.
REACHING 600 IN 96WR Antonio Brown hauled in the 600th reception of his NFL
career in Week 11 at Cleveland in 2016 - his 96th regular-season game - setting an NFL record for thew fewest games played to reach 600 catches in a career:
FEWEST GAMES TO 600 RECEPTIONS: NFL HISTORY Rk. PLAYER GAMES TO 600 1. Antonio Brown 96 2. Anquan Boldin 98 3. Marvin Harrison 102 4. Andre Johnson 104 5. Brandon Marshall 105
BRYANT’S AVERAGE NEAR THE TOPWR Martavis Bryant posted game-highs in receiving yards
(91) and scrimmage yards (98) in the team’s Week Two home opener win against the Minnesota Vikings, and caught the 15th touchdown reception of his NFL career on a 27-yard completion from QB Ben Roethlisberger in the first quarter.
Since entering the NFL in 2014, Bryant has caught 99 passes for 1,620 yards to give him a 16.4 yards per catch average - the sixth best average in the past four seasons:
NFL YARDS PER CATCH LEADERS: 2014 - CURRENT Rk. PLAYER, TEAM REC. YARDS AVG. 1. J.J. Nelson, ARI 66 1,215 18.4 2. DeSean Jackson, WAS-TB 175 3,206 18.3 3. Malcom Floyd, SD 82 1,417 17.3 T4. Brice Butler, OAK-DAL 61 1,019 16.7 T.Y. Hilton, IND 278 4,642 16.7 6. Martavis Bryant, PIT 99 1,620 16.4
554 IN 90WR Antonio Brown played in his 90th career regular-season
game in Week Four of 2016, and increased his career total to 554 receptions - the second-most by any player in NFL history in their first 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
7,500 / 8,000 / 9,000 SCRIMMAGE YARDSWR Antonio Brown reached the 7,500 scrimmage yard
milestone in Week Three’s game at Philadelphia in 2016. 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.
Brown reached the 8,000 scrimmage yard mark in Week 10’s game vs. Dallas in 2016, in his 95th career regular-season game to mark the sixth-fewest games to 8,000 scrimmage yards by a wide receiver in NFL history.
In Week Five vs. Jacksonville, Brown totaled 10 catches for 157 receiving yards to eclipse the 9,000 scrimmage yard barrier. He reached 9,000 career scrimmage yards in 106 regular-season games – marking the third-fewest games to the milestone in Steelers history (Jerome Bettis: 101 and Franco Harris: 104) and tied Randy Moss for the fifth-fewest games to the milestone by a wide receiver in NFL history.
MAKING MOST IN 100WR Antonio Brown played in his 100th career regular-season
game in Week 15 at Cincinnati in 2016, and increased his career total to 622 receptions to mark the most catches by any player in NFL history in their first 100 career games:
MOST RECEPTIONS IN FIRST 100 GAMES: NFL HISTORY Rk. PLAYER CATCHES 1. Antonio Brown 622 2. Anquan Boldin 614 3. Marvin Harrison 591 4. Andre Johnson 576 5. Larry Fitzgerald 565
JUJU ON THAT BEAT
Rookie WR JuJu Smith-Schuster leads the 2017 NFL rookie class in receiving yards (568) and is tied for the most touchdown catches (5) and receptions of 20-plus yards (7), to go along with 33 receptions on the season:
NFL ROOKIE RECEIVING YARDS LEADERS: 2007 Rk. ROOKIE, TEAM REC. YARDS 1. JuJu Smith-Schuster, PIT 521 2. Cooper Kupp, LAR 481 3. Evan Engram, NYG 452
Smith-Schuster totaled single-game career highs in receptions (7) and receiving yards (193), including a 97-yard touchdown catch-and-run from QB Ben Roethlisberger in the team’s Week Eight 20-15 win at Detroit. The 97-yard connection is the longest pass play in team history and ties as the longest offensive play in franchise annals. His 193 receiving yards marked the second-most by a Steelers rookie in a single-game, behind Jimmy Orr’s 205 on Dec. 13, 1958.He led the Steelers in receptions (five) and receiving yards
(97) to go along with a touchdown catch in Week 10’s 20-17 win at Indianapolis. Smith-Schuster caught a seven-yard touchdown pass from QB Ben Roethilisberger in the third quarter – the fifth touchdown reception of his 2017 rookie season – extending his streak of consecutive games with a touchdown catch to three. In the game, he hauled in a 44-yard reception in the third quarter. He has at least one catch of 40+ yards in each of his last two games (Oct. 29 at Detroit: 97T and 41).His five touchdown catches are the most in NFL history by a
player before his 21st birthday (Will turn 21 on Nov. 22).
RINGING THE BELL RB Le’Veon Bell leads the NFL with 886 rushing yards in 2017 - and has rushed for at least 100 yards in three games, while adding at least 100 scrimmage yards in five. Bell led all players with a game high 186 yards from scrimmage (144 rushing yards on 35 carries / 42 receiving yards on four catches) and scored two rushing touchdowns in the team’s 26-9 Week Four win at Baltimore. The Michigan State product tallied 179 rsuhing yards - tying as the tenth-most in a regular-season game in Steelers history - and the fourth-most in his NFL career in the team’s Week Six win at Kansas City. Bell led all players in rushing yards (134 on 35 carries) and yards from scrimmage (192: 134 rushing / 58 receiving) in Week Seven’s 29-14 win vs. Cincinnati at Heinz Field.
Below is a look at where Brown ranks in the NFL in 2017:• Rushing Yards: 886 (1st)• Total First Downs (Rushing/Receiving): 66 (1st)• Rushes for First Downs: 52 (1st)• Rushes per Game: 23.2 (2nd)• Receptions by a Running Back: 49 (2nd)• Scrimmage Yards: 1,194 (3rd)• Rushes for 10-Plus Yards: 20 (T-5th)• Rushing Touchdowns: 5 (T-5th)
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 finished second in the NFL with 2,215 yards from scrimmage in 2014. Since entering the NFL in 2013, the fifth-year back leads the NFL with an average of 127.1 yards from scrimmage per game:
NFL SRIMMAGE YARDS PER GAME LEADERS:2013 - CURRENT
Rk. PLAYER GAMES-YARDS YARDS/GM 1. Le’Veon Bell, PIT 57-7,244 127.1 2. LeSean McCoy, PHI-BUF 69-7,404 107.3 3. Julio Jones, ATL 60-6,247 104.1 4. Antonio Brown, PIT 73-7,395 101.3 5. Matt Forte, CHI-NYJ 66-6,605 100.1 Since entering the NFL in 2013, Bell has recorded 37 games with 100 yards from scrimmage or more - the second most over that time span:
MOST 100-YARD SCRIMMAGE GAMES: 2013-CURRENT
Rk. PLAYER 100-YARD GAMES 1. LeSean McCoy, PHI-BUF 43 2. Le’Veon Bell, PIT 37 3. DeMarco Murray, DAL-PHI-TEN 33 T4. Antonio Brown, PIT 32 Matt Forte, CHI-NYJ 32
BELL’S FRANCHISE DAY RB Le’Veon Bell rushed for 236 yards in Week 14 of 2016 at Buffalo to set the team’s single-game record and his 298 yards from scrimmage marked the second-most:
STEELERS SINGLE-GAME RUSHING YARDS LEADERS Rk. STEELER REC. YARDS 1. Le’Veon Bell, Dec. 11, 2016 236 2. Willie Parker, Dec. 7, 2006 223 3. Frenchy Fuqua, Dec. 20, 1970 218
STEELERS SINGLE-GAME SCRIMMAGE YARDS LEADERS Rk. STEELER SCRMG. YARDS 1. Antonio Brown, Nov. 8, 2015 306 2. Le’Veon Bell, Dec. 11, 2016 298 3. Frenchy Fuqua, Dec. 20, 1970 256
BELL AMONG STEELERS BEST IN FIVE RB Le’Veon Bell has produced 4,931 rushing yards and 7,244 yards from scrimmage since entering the NFL in 2013. His 7,244 yards from scrimmage are the second most by a Steeler in their first five years with the team, while his 4,931 rushing yards are fourth-best:
SCRIMMAGE YARDS IN Rk. STEELER FIRST FIVE YEARS 1. Le’Veon Bell, 2013-17 7,244 2. Jerome Bettis, 1996-2000 7,242 3. Franco Harris, 1972-76 5,947 4. Willie Parker, 2004-08 5,622 5. Antonio Brown, 2010-14 5,341 RUSHING YARDS IN Rk. STEELER FIRST FIVE YEARS 1. Jerome Bettis, 1996-2000 6,713 2. Franco Harris, 1972-76 5,133 3. Le’Veon Bell, 2013-17 4,931 4. Willie Parker, 2004-08 4,989 5. John Henry Johnson, 1960-64 4,370
Bell’s 6,050 yards from scrimmage that he racked up from 2013-16 are the most by a Steeler in their first four years with the team, while his 4,045 rushing yards were third-best.
BELL’S 157.0 IN HISTORY RB Le’Veon Bell led the NFL with an average of 157.0 yards from scrimmage per game in 2016 - the third-best mark in NFL history for a single-sesaon:
SRIMMAGE YARDS PER GAME SINGLE-SEASON LEADERS:NFL HISTORY
Rk. PLAYER, TEAM, YR SCRMG. YDS (RUSH / REC) AVG,/GAME 1. Priest Holmes, KC, 2002 2,287 (1,615 / 672) 163.4 2. O.J. Simpson, BUF, 1975 2,243 (1,817 / 426) 160.2 3. Le’Veon Bell, PIT, 2016 1,884 (1,268 / 616) 157.0 4. Chris Johnson, TEN, 2009 2,509 (2,006 / 503) 156.8 5. Marshall Faulk, STL, 2000 2,189 (1,359 / 830) 156.4
FIRST IN 50 RB Le’Veon Bell appeared in his 50th NFL regular-season game in Week Three at Chicago in 2017, and increased his career rushing yards total to 4,225 and receiving yards to 2,061. He is the first player in NFL history to record at least 4,000 rushing and 2,000 receiving yards in their first 50 games.
BELL ON THE TOP 10 RB Le’Veon Bell has made his mark on the Steelers’ top 10 rushing yards, rushing touchdowns and yards from scrimmage lists within his first five seasons with the team:
MOST RUSHING YARDS: STEELERS HISTORY Rk. STEELER RUSHING YARDS 1. Franco Harris, 1972-83 11,950 2. Jerome Bettis, 1996-2005 10,571 3. Willie Parker, 2004-09 5,378 4. Le’Veon Bell, 2013-17 4,931 5. John Henry Johnson, 1960-65 4,381
MOST YARDS FROM SCRIMMAGE: STEELERS HISTORY 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. Antonio Brown, 2010-17 119 / 9,403 9,522 5. John Stallworth, 1974-87 111 / 8,723 8,834 6. Le’Veon Bell, 2013-17 4,931 / 2,313 7,244
MOST RUSHING TOUCHDOWNS: STEELERS HISTORY Rk. STEELER RUSHING TDs 1. Franco Harris, 1972-83 91 2. Jerome Bettis, 1996-2005 78 3. Kordell Stewart, 1995-2002 35 4. Terry Bradshaw, 1970-83 32 5. Le’Veon Bell, 2013-17 31
MOST 100-YARD RUSHING GAMES: STEELERS HISTORY Rk. STEELER 100-YARD GAMES 1. Jerome Bettis, 1996-2005 50 2. Franco Harris, 1972-83 47 3. Willie Parker, 2004-09 25 4. Barry Foster, 1990-94 20 5. Le’Veon Bell, 2013-17 17
MOST 150-SCRIMMAGE YARDS GAMES: STEELERS HISTORY Rk. STEELER 150-YARD GAMES 1. Le’Veon Bell, 2013-17 14 2. Franco Harris, 1972-83 12 3. Antonio Brown, 2010-17 9 T4. Hines Ward, 1998-2011 7 Jerome Bettis, 1996-2005 7
MOST 100-SCRIMMAGE YARD GAMES: STEELERS HISTORY
Rk. STEELER, YEARS 100-YARD GAMES 1. Franco Harris, 1972-83 57 2. Jerome Bettis, 1996-2005 53 3. Le’Veon Bell, 2013-17 37 4. Antonio Brown, 2010-17 36 5. Hines Ward, 1998-2011 31
UNDER THE MONDAY NIGHT LIGHTS RB Le’Veon Bell tied Barry Sanders for the most yards from scrimmage in a player’s first 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
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 in 2016, 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 milestone.
OVER 200 TIMES TWO AND FOUR RB Le’Veon Bell eclipsed 200 rushing yards for the second time in his NFL regular-season career in Week 14 at Buffalo in 2016, racking up a franchise record 236 yards. It marked his second 200-rushing yard performance (204: Nov. 17, 2014) to tie him with Willie Parker for the most 200-rushing yard games in team history. Bell has eclipsed 200 yards from scrimmage five times in his career, most recently in Week 14 of 2016 at Buffalo. His five 200-yard scrimmage games are the most in Steelers history, as he broke a tie with Willie Parker (three), and are the most in the NFL since he entered the League in 2013.
7,000 IN 55 RB Le’Veon Bell reached 7,000 yards from scrimmage in Week Eight’s game at Detroit in 2017, his 55th career regular-season game, tying as the fewest games in NFL history to the mark:
FEWEST GAMES TO 5,000 SCRIMMAGE Rk. PLAYER YARDS: NFL HISTORY T1. Le’Veon Bell 55 Eric Dickerson 55 T3. Terrell Davis 56 Edgerrin James 56 LaDanian Tomlinson 56
Bell also reached the plateau in the fewest games in Steelers franchise history (previous: Jerome Bettis, 75 games).
6,500 IN 52 RB Le’Veon Bell eclipsed 6,500 yards from scrimmage in the 52nd regular-season game of his NFL career in Week Five of 2017 vs. Jacksonville to become the fastest player in Steelers history to the mark (Jerome Bettis: 70) and tying LaDanian Tomlinson for the third-fewest games in NFL history to the milestone (Edgerrin James: 50 and Eric Dickerson: 51).
FEWEST GAMES TO 6,500 SCRIMMAGE Rk. PLAYER YARDS: NFL HISTORY 1. Edgerrin James 50 2. Eric Dickerson 51 T3. Le’Veon Bell 52 LaDanian Tomlinson 52 5. Terrell Davis 53
OCTO-BELL Since entering the NFL in 2013, RB Le’Veon Bell has totaled 2,556 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 2,556 2. DeMarco Murrary, DAL-PHI-TEN 1,996 3. Matt Forte, CHI-NYJ 1,860 4. LeSean McCoy, PHI-BUF 1,855 5. T.Y. Hilton, IND 1,847
His 1,837 rushing yards are tops in games played in the month of October since 2013:
MOST RUSHING YARDS IN GAMES PLAYED INOCTOBER: 2013 - CURRENT
Rk. PLAYER RUSHING YARDS 1. Le’Veon Bell, PIT 1,837 2. DeMarco Murrary, DAL-PHI-TEN 1,587 3. LeSean McCoy, PHI-BUF 1,488 4. Lamar Miller, MIA-HOU 1,385 5. Frank Gore, SF-IND 1,366
DECEM-BELL Since entering the NFL in 2013, RB Le’Veon Bell has totaled 1,686 yards from scrimmage in the month of December - the second most in the NFL in games played in December since 2013, and his 1,216 rushing yards in games played in the month of December since 2013 are third most:
MOST YARDS FROM SCRIMMAGE IN GAMES PLAYED INDECEMBER: 2013 - CURRENT
Rk. PLAYER SCRIMMAGE YARDS 1. LeSean McCoy, PHI-BUF 1,954 2. Le’Veon Bell, PIT 1,686 3. Antonio Brown, PIT 1,578 4. Matt Forte, CHI-NYJ 1,508 5. Demaryius Thomas, DEN 1,423
MOST RUSHING YARDS IN GAMES PLAYED INDECEMBER: 2013 - CURRENT
Rk. PLAYER RUSHING YARDS 1. LeSean McCoy, PHI-BUF 1,552 2. Frank Gore, SF-IND 1,271 3. Le’Veon Bell, PIT 1,216 4. DeMarco Murrary, DAL-PHI-TEN 1,153 5. Lamar Miller, MIA-HOU 1,097
NOVEM-BELLSince entering the NFL in 2013, RB Le’Veon Bell has totaled 1,980 yards from scrimmage in the month of November - the second-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. Antonio Brown, PIT 1,993 2. Le’Veon Bell, PIT 1,980 3. LeSean McCoy, PHI-BUF 1,939 4. Mark Ingram, NO 1,890 5. DeMarco Murray, DAL-PHI-TEN 1,810
His 1,201 rushing yards are the sixth most in games played in the month of November since 2013:
MOST RUSHING YARDS IN GAMES PLAYED INNOVEMBER: 2013 - CURRENT
Rk. PLAYER RUSHING YARDS 1. LeSean McCoy, PHI-BUF 1,574 2. Mark Ingram, NO 1,544 3. Adrian Peterson, MIN-NO-ARI 1,274 4. DeMarco Murrary, DAL-PHI-TEN 1,238 5. Alfred Morris, WAS-DAL 1,204 6. Le’Veon Bell, PIT 1,201
THE OUTLAW JESSE JAMES
TE Jesse James caught six passes for 41 yards with two touchdown catches in the Steelers Week One 21-18 win at Cleveland. It was the first career multi-touchdown game of his NFL career – and marked the 10th such game by a Steelers tight end since 1960 and the first since 2012 (Heath Miller, Sept. 23, 2012 at Oakland).
James hauled in two passes for 42 yards, including a career-long reception of 32 yards from QB Ben Roethlisberger in the second quarter of the team’s Week Eight 20-15 win at Detroit.In Week 11 vs. Tennessee, James caught five passes for
21 yards, including a one-yard touchdown pass from QB Ben Roethlisberger in the fourth quarter, matching a single-season career high of three touchdown receptions (2016).
STEELERS ADD MCDONALD
The Steelers acquired veteran TE Vance McDonald via trade with the San Francisco 49ers on Aug. 29.
McDonald entered the NFL as a second-round (55th overall) draft selection of San Francisco in 2013. He has started 35-of-55 games played and his career numbers include 69 receptions for 945 yards and eight touchdowns.McDonald scored his first touchdown as a Steeler, on a seven-
yard pass from QB Ben Roethlisberger in the fourth quarter of Week 10’s 20-17 win at Indianapolis, increasing his career total to eight touchdown receptions.
HARRISON SETS TEAM SACK MARK LB James Harrison brought down Cleveland QB Cody Kessler in Week 11’s game of 2016 to increase his Steelers sack total to 77.5 to set the Steelers mark for the most sacks since the statistic became official in 1982. Harrison posted his first sack of 2017 in Week Six at Kansas City, becoming the first Steeler with at least 80.0 sacks since the stat became official in 1982:
STEELERS SACK LEADERS SINCE 1982 Rk. STEELER, YEARS SACKS 1. James Harrison, 2002-12, 2014-16 80.5 2. Jason Gildon, 1994-2003 77.0 3. Joey Porter, 1999-2006 60.0
Harrison produced his 19th multi-sack game as a Steeler with a two sack performance in Week Nine at Baltimore in 2016. His 19 multi-sack games as a Steeler are the most such games in team history since the statistic became official in 1982:
STEELERS MULTI-SACK GAMES SINCE 1982 Rk. STEELER, YEARS SACKS 1. James Harrison, 2002-12, 2014-15 19 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 32 3. Jason Gildon, 1994-2003 18
SHAZIER ON THE INSIDE LB Ryan Shazier leads the Steelers’ defense with 79 tackles in 2017 and has led or tied for the team lead in tackles in six of the team’s 10 games. Along with 79 tackles, the fourth-year linebacker has totaled three interceptions, 10 passes defensed, two quarterback hits, three tackles for losses, two forced fumbles and a fumble recovery. His 79 combined tackles place him seventh among AFC de-fenders in 2017:
NFL TACKLE LEADERS: 2017 Rk. PLAYER, TEAM TACKLES 6. Wesley Woodyard, TEN 80 7. Ryan Shazier, PIT 79 8. Telvin Smith, JAC 76 Nick Vigil, CIN 76 10. Jon Bostic, IND 72 In Week Four’s 26-9 win at Baltimore, Shazier led the defense with 11 tackles (10 solo), along with a tackle for loss, one inter-ception and three passes defensed. The interception marked the fifth of his NFL career, picking off Baltimore QB Joe Flacco in the fourth quarter. The fourth-year linebacker registered a game high 11 tackles (11 solo), with a tackle for loss, two forced fumbles and a fumble recovery at Chicago in Week Three. Shazier totaled 5 tackles (5 solo) and an interception in Week 10 at Indianapolis, picking off Indianapolis QB Jacoby Brissett in the fourth quarter – his third interception of 2017 – matching his single-season career high set in 2016. He led the Steelers defense with 10 tackles (5 solo) in Week 11 vs. Tennessee, marking his eighth career regular-season game with at least 10 tackles and his third such game of 2017.
BIG PLAY GAY CB William Gay notched 5 tackles in Pittsburgh’s Week One 21-18 win at Cleveland. In Week Seven vs. Cincinnati, Gay hauled in an interception, marking the 13th of his NFL career and 11th as a Steeler, picking off Cincinnati QB Andy Dalton. 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 fifth consecutive interception return for a touchdown, setting a new NFL record, and his fifth 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, 2013-17 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, ‘13-17 5 Rod Woodson, 1987-96 5 T3. Chad Scott, 1997-2004 4 Jack Butler, 1951-59 4 T5. Five Steelers Tied 3
With his fifth interception returned for a touchdown, Gay became the 10th active NFL defender with five pick sixes and increased his career total to 10 interceptions, eight as a Steeler.
MITCHELL IN THE BACKFIELD S Mike Mitchell led Pittsburgh’s secondary with 11 tackles, all solo, in Week Three at Chicago, along with adding one pass defensed. He tallied 1 solo tackle in Week One’s 21-18 win at Cleveland and tallied a pass defensed with two tackles in Week Two vs. Minnesota. Through Week 11, Mitchell has tallied 36 total tackles (22 solo), two passes defensed and one quarterback hit.
HEYWARD ON THE END DE Cameron Heyward recorded his team-leading seventh sack of 2017 in Week 11's 40-17 win vs. Tennessee, increasing his career total to 32.0. His 32.0 quarterback takedowns are the third-most by a Steel-ers defensive lineman since 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. Cameron Heyward, 2011-17 32.0 4. Brett Keisel, 2002-14 30.0 5. Keith Gary, 1983-88 25.0
Heywardproduced the fourth multi-sack game in his regu-lar-season career, bringing down Tennessee QB Marcus Mariota twice in Week 11.
WATT IN ROOKIE YEAR LB T.J. Watt - the Steelers’ first round selection the 2017 NFL Draft - has recorded 31 tackles (24 solo), 4.0 sacks, 6 tackles for losses, six quarterback hits, five passes defensed and an interception in nine games played, all starts, in his rookie season. In Week 11 vs. Tennessee, Watt was credited with a field goal block on a Tennessee K Ryan Succop 48-yard attempt in the second quarter. Watt’s 4.0 sacks rank him tied for third among the 2017 rookie class and by a Steelers rookie:
NFL ROOKIE SACK LEADERS: 2007 Rk. PLAYER, TEAM SACKS 1. Carl Lawson, CIN 5.5 2. Derek Barnett, PHI 4.5 T3. T.J. Watt, PIT 4.0 Myles Garrett, CLE 4.0
STEELERS ROOKIE SACK LEADERS Rk. PLAYER, YEAR SACKS 1. Kendrell Bell, 2001 9.0 T2. T.J. Watt, 2017 4.0 Bud Dupree, 2015 4.0 LaMarr Woodley, 2007 4.0
Watt started his regular-season career in historical fashion. He became the first player to record at least 2.0 sacks and an interception in an NFL debut on Kickoff Weekend since sacks became an official statistic in 1982. He finished Week 1’s 21-18 win at Cleveland with 6 tackles (5 solo), 2.0 sacks, two tackles for losses, one quarterback hit and one interception. With his 2.0 sack and one interception performance, Watt became: • Third player in NFL history to record 2.0 sacks and an in-
terception in an NFL debut, joining Charles Glaze (Oct. 4, 1987) and Tommy Haynes (Oct. 4, 1987).
• First Steeler with at least 2.0 sacks in their NFL debut since sacks became an official statistic in 1982 (previous mark, 1.5, Kenny Davidson, Sept. 9, 1990 at Cleveland).
• First Steeler with at least 2.0 sacks and an interception in the same game since 2010 (LaMarr Woodley, Dec. 12 vs. Cincinnati).
HADEN JOINS THE STEELERS The Steelers signed CB Joe Haden to a three-year contract on Aug. 30. Haden, a two-time Pro Bowl selection, made his Steelers debut, appearing in the 91st game of his NFL regular-season career and posted six tackles and 1.0 sack, on Kickoff Weekend at the Cleveland Browns. He brought down Cleveland QB DeShone Kizer for a sack of three yards to end the first half – his first sack with the Steelers – third of his NFL career – and first since Sept. 11, 2011 (with Cleveland). In Week Seven vs. Cincinnati, Haden hauled in the 20th interception of his NFL career and his first as a Steeler, picking off Cincinnati QB Andy Dalton in the third quarter. His 106 passes defensed since entering the NFL in 2010 are the second-most among all NFL defenders:
NFL PASSES DEFENSED LEADERS: 2010-CURRENT
Rk. PLAYER, TEAM(S) PD 1. Brent Grimes, ATL-MIA-TB 111 2. Joe Haden, CLE-PIT 106 3. Tramon Williams, GB-CLE-ARI 103 T4. Dominique Rodgers-Cromartie, ARI-PHI-DEN-NYG 99 Richard Sherman, SEA 99
The University of Florida product was a first-round (seventh overall) draft selection of the Browns in 2010. He has started 90-of-99 games played in the NFL and his career numbers include 385 tackles (312 solo), 20 interceptions, 106 passes defensed, four forced fumbles, four fumble recoveries and 3.0 sacks.
HILTON MAKING AN IMPACT CB Mike Hilton tallied the first sack and interception of his NFL career in the Steelers’ 26-9 win at Baltimore in Week Four. His sack, a six-yard takedown of Baltimore QB Joe Flacco came in the third quarter, and his interception off of Flacco in the fourth quarter. In Week 11 vs. Tennessee, Hilton picked off QB Marcus Mariota on the Titans' first offensive possession of the game - marking the Steelers' first of four interceptions in the team's 40-17 win. The Mississippi product joined the Steelers’ practice squad in December of 2016, and he has started two-of-10 games played with Pittsburgh in 2017, recording 34 tackles (24 solo), 1.0 sack, two interceptions, five quarterback hits and five tackles for losses and two passes defensed.
WILLIAMS ON THE ‘D’ LB Vince Williams has set a single-season career high and ranks second on the team with 6.0 sacks in 2017, surpassing his previous mark of 2.0 in 2016. He posted his first career multi-sack game, finishing with 2.0 against the Chiefs in Week Six. The Florida State sacked dianapolis QB Jacoby Brissett in Week 10 for a loss of four yards in the fourth quarter. Williams brought down Tennessee QB Marcus Mariota for a nine-yard loss in Week 11, increasing his 2017 sack total to 6.0. He finished the game with 7 tackles (6 solo), three quarterback hits, two tackles for losses and one sack. Williams has started each of the team’s 10 games in 2017, and recorded 53 tackles (42 solo), along with a career-best nine quarterback hits and adding 10 tackles for losses.
100 AND 20 CB Joe Haden became the ninth active player in the NFL to record at least 100 passes defensed and 20 interceptions. Haden tallied his first interception as a Steeler and the 20th of his NFL career in the team’s 29-14 win vs. Cincinnati in Week Seven.
BOS-DOES-WELL K Chris Boswell has converted 24-of-27 field goal attempts in 2017. He was successful on each of his three extra point attempts in the team’s 21-18 win at Cleveland in Week One, and converted each of his four field goal attempts in the team’s 26-9 win in Week Two against Minnesota at Heinz Field. Against Jacksonville in Week Five, Boswell made each of his three field goal tries, and converted a 24-yard attempt in Week Six at Kan-sas City. Boswell converted five field goal attempts, (22-, 24- and 41-, 49-, 25-yards), tying as the fourth-most in a single game in franchise history and the second-most in his NFL career (six, Dec. 18, 2016 at Cincinnati) in Week Seven’s 29-14 win vs. Cincinnati. In Week 10, Boswell converted a 33-yard field goal as time expired to lift the Steelers to a 20-17 win at Indianapolis - the second game-winning kick of hs regular-season career. Boswell made each of his four field goal attempts – 41-, 28-, 50- and 26-yards – against Tennessee in Week 11. His 50-yard field goal marked the third field goal of at least 50 yards in his NFL career, all occurring at Heinz Field (51 yards twice). Since joining the Steelers in 2015, Boswell is 74-of-84 overall on field goal attempts (88.1%), including 27-of-32 (84.4%) be-tween 40-49 yards. His 88.1 field goal percent ranks first in Steelers history among kickers with at least 30 field goal attempts:
STEELERS FIELD GOAL % LEADERS(Minimum 30 Attempts)
Rk. KICKER, YEARS FGM-FGA FG% 1. Chris Boswell, 2015-17 74-84 88.1 2. Shaun Suisham, 2010-14 124-141 87.9 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 Boswell became the seventh player in team history with at least 70 field goals made in Week 10 of 2017, on his second career game-winning field goal as time expired from 33 yards out:
STEELERS FIELD GOALS MADE LEADERS Rk. KICKER, YEARS FGM 1. Gary Anderson, 1982-94 309 2. Jeff Reed, 2002-10 204 3. Roy Gerela, 1971-78 146 4. Shaun Suisham, 2010-14 124 5. Norm Johnson, 1995-98 105 6. Kris Brown, 1999-2001 80 7. Chris Boswell, 2015-17 74 8. Lou Michaels, 1961-63 62
A LAND DOWN IN THE 20 P Jordan Berry boomed six punts covering 275 yards (45.8 average) in the team’s 21-18 win at Cleveland on Kickoff Week-end, and landed two inside Chicago’s 20-yard line in Week Three. Through Week 11, Berry has punted 43 times (1,889 yards) for a 43.9 average, in 2017, with 17 landing inside the opponent 20. Berry, in his third season in the NFL and with the Steelers, has pinned opponents inside their 20-yard line 69 times in his career to become the seventh player in Steelers history with at least 50.
BOZ TIES TEAM MARK K Chris Boswell was successful on each of his six field goal attempts (45, 49, 49, 40, 49, 30) in Week 15’s 24-20 win at Cin-cinnati in 2016. Boswell tied a a franchise single-game record with six field goals made (Jeff Reed: Dec. 1, 2002 and Gary Anderson: Oct. 23, 1988):
STEELERS SINGLE-GAME FIELD GOALS MADE LEADERS Rk. STEELER FGM T1. Chris Boswell, Dec. 18, 2016 6 Jeff Reed, Dec. 1, 2002 6 Gary Anderson, Oct. 23, 1988 6
PRESEASON GAME #1PITTSBURGH 20, NEW YORK GIANTS 12
AUG. 11, 2017METLIFE STADIUM (73,979)
EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. – A pair of Pittsburgh’s 2017 rookie draft class members highlighted the team’s first preseason game of the season. Rookie QB Joshua Dobbs and OLB T.J. Watt made their NFL debuts and each helped their respective units to lead the team to a 20-12 win at the New York Giants. The Giants opened up the scoreboard with field goals from Aldrick Rosas and Mike Nugent in the opening two quarters before Steelers’ K Chris Boswell connected on a 48-yard field goal to make the score 6-3 in the second quarter. Pittsburgh’s special teams unit sparked the team prior to halftime. CB Mike Hilton recovered a muffed punt of the Giants at their 28-yard line. On the team’s first play of the drive, Dobbs connected with WR Cobi Hamilton for a 28-yard touchdown to give the Steelers a 10-9 lead heading into halftime. Nugent and Boswell traded field goals in the third stanza and Steelers RB Terrell Watson scampered 15 yards to the end zone in the fourth quarter to produce the game’s final points. Dobbs, earning the starting nodd at quarterback, completed 8-of-15 passes for 100 yards with a touchdown, while Watt recorded 2.0 quarterback sacks and five total tackles. Hamilton led all receivers with a game-high 72 receiving yards on two catches as Watson finished with 44 rushing yards on 10 carries. Steelers LB Arthur Moats tallied 3.0 quarterback sacks as the defense finished with a total of seven quarterback takedowns in the contest.
GAME SUMMARY
STEELERS (1-0) 0 10 3 7 20Giants (0-1) 3 6 3 0 12
TEAM Q TIME PLAY DRIVE SCORENYG 1 1:38 Rosas 27 yd. FG 12-30; 6:23 0-3NYG 2 11:51 Nugent 30 yd. FG 6-5; 2:16 0-6PIT 2 5:51 Boswell 48 yd. FG 9-58; 6:00 3-6NYG 2 1:12 Rosas 52 yd. FG 9-47; 4:39 3-9PIT 2 0:33 Hamilton 28 yd. pass from Dobbs (Boswell kick) 1-28; 0:07 10-9NYG 3 10:30 Nugent 45 yd. FG 9-52; 4:30 10-12PIT 3 4:02 Boswell 37 yd. FG 4-5; 1:32 13-12PIT 4 12:46 Watson 15 yd. run (Boswell kick) 9-53; 4:45 20-12
TEAM STATISTICS Steelers Giants1st Downs 10 193rd Downs 3-13 (23%) 5-17 (29%)4th Downs 0-0 (0%) 2-4 (50%)Total Net Yards 226 242Plays-Avg. 52-4.3 72-3.4Rushing Yards 124 73Rush Att.-Avg. 27-4.6 23-3.2Net Passing 102 169Att.-Comp.-Int. 22-10-2 42-23-1Sacks By 7-43 3-22Punts-Avg. 6-45.8 4-45.0Penalties 6-73 4-27Fumbles-Lost 0-0 3-1
Time of Poss. 26:17 33:43
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING: Pit. – Watson 10-44, TD; Davis 8-34; Toussaint 6-19; Dobbs 1-16; Smith-Schuster 1-9; Houston 1-2. NYG – Darkwa 3-18; Rudolph 1-13; Gallman 5-11; Abdullah 4-10; Johnson 2-8; Smith 2-5; Vereen 1-5; Perkins 5-3. PASSING: Pit. – Dobbs 15-8-2, 100, TD; Houston 7-2-0, 24. NYG – Smith 16-10-1, 114, TD; Webb 16-8-0, 67; Johnson 10-5-0, 31. RECEIVING: Pit. – Hamilton 2-72, TD; Severin 2-24; Tucker 1-10; Heyward-Bey 1-6; Davis 1-5; Smith-Schuster 1-4; Rogers 1-2; James 1-1. NYG – Adams 3-28; Ellison 3-20; Lane 2-27; Johnson 2-22; Abdullah 2-16; LaCosse 2-11; Lewis 1-15; Powe 1-15; Rudolph 1-14; Engram 1-11; Tye 1-11; Smith 1-9; Norwood 1-7; Gallman 1-4; Harris 1-2.
PRESEASON GAME #2PITTSBURGH 17, ATLANTA 13
AUG. 20, 2017HEINZ FIELD (48,809)
PITTSBURGH, Pa. – RB/PR Trey Williams ignited a Steelers’ come-from-behind win over the Atlanta Falcons at Heinz Field, courtesy of a special teams’ touchdown in the third quarter. Trailing 13-3, Williams fielded a punt and burst through the coverage unit of the Falcons to the end zone for a 64-yard score. Pittsburgh QB Bart Houston connected with WR Justin Hunter for the Steelers’ go-ahead score from six yards out in the fourth quarter to lift the team to a 17-13 win. Atlanta produced three consecutive scoring drives to begin the game - a touchdown and two field goals – their only points of the game as the Steelers’ defense closed out their ensuring 11 possessions. Steelers rookie RB James Conner , appearing in his first NFL game at Heinz Field, rushed for 98 yards on 20 carries (4.9 average) to lead all running backs. Pittsburgh S Jordan Dangerfield hauled in two interceptions in the second half – one off of Matt Simms in the third quarter and his second of the game off of Alek Torgersen in the final quarter of the game. LB Anthony Chickillo was responsible for two of the defense’s four sacks.
GAME SUMMARY
Falcons (0-2) 7 6 0 0 13STEELERS (2-0) 0 3 7 7 17
TEAM Q TIME PLAY DRIVE SCOREATL 1 8:44 Ward 5 yd. run (Bryant kick) 10-91; 4:37 7-0ATL 2 14:45 Bryant 23 yd. FG 14-76; 6:52 10-0PIT 2 10:23 Boswell 42 yd. FG 8-54; 4:22 10-3ATL 2 3:33 Bryant 26 yd. FG 13-77; 6:50 13-3PIT 3 4:06 Williams 64 yd. punt return (Boswell kick) --;-- 13-10PIT 4 6:35 Hunter 6 yd. pass from Houston (Boswell kick) 7-53; 4:18 13-17
TEAM STATISTICS Falcons Steelers1st Downs 20 113rd Downs 5-17 (29%) 2-13 (15%)4th Downs 0-1 (0%) 0-1 (0%)Total Net Yards 318 189Plays-Avg. 71-4.5 55-3.4Rushing Yards 63 99Rush Att.-Avg. 23-2.7 26-3.8Net Passing 255 90Att.-Comp.-Int. 44-22-2 28-15-2Sacks By 1-4 4-34Punts-Avg. 8-39.8 8-39.8Penalties 10-85 4-30Fumbles-Lost 0-0 2-0
Time of Poss. 33:01 26:59
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING: ATL – Ward 9-37, TD; Hill 7-14; Simms 2-11; Taylor 3-3; Coleman 2-(-2). Pit. – Conner 20-98; Toussaint 2-6; Bryant 1-(-1); Houston 3-(-4). PASSING: ATL – Simms 29-15-1, 197; Torgersen 8-2-1, 25; Ryan 6-4-0, 57; Schaub 1-1-0, 10. Pit – Dobbs 19-10-1, 70; Houston 9-5-1, 24, TD. RECEIVING: ATL – Davis 3-74; Williams 3-38; Hall 2-34; Dable 2-26; Sanu 2-25; Hooper 2-24; Burton 2-13; Cherry 1-17; Griswold 1-15; Saubert 1-8; Davis 1-8; Perkins 1-5; Ward 1-2. Pit. – Coates 3-20; Hunter 3-16, TD; Bryant 2-20; James 2-8; Johnson 1-15; Toussaint 1-8; Conner 1-3; Tucker 1-3; Rogers 1-1.
PRESEASON GAME #3PITTSBURGH 15, INDIANAPOLIS 19
AUG. 26, 2017HEINZ FIELD (50,039)
PITTSBURGH, Pa. – The Steelers suffered their first loss of the 2017 preseason, falling to the Indianapolis Colts, 19-15, at Heinz Field. Pittsburgh scored nine unanswered points to take a two-point advantage, 15-13, late in the third quarter. Trailing 13-6 in the third stanza, Steelers QB Landry Jones connected with TE Xavier Grimble for a 10-yard touchdown strike to put the team within one point. K Chris Boswell put the Steelers ahead 15-13 courtesty of a 37-yard field, but Indianaplis put together a 14-play, 86-yard drive that culminated in a RB Josh Ferguson one-yard run. QB Ben Roethlisberger saw his first action of the preseason, starting the game for the Steelers, and completed 6-of-9 passes for 73 yards in the first quarter. Jones saw extension action at quarterback for the Steelers and tallied game highs in pass attempts (31), pass completions (21) and passing yards (163), while RB Terrell Watson led all rushers with 40 yards on eight carries.
GAME SUMMARY
Colts (1-2) 7 6 0 6 19STEELERS (2-1) 3 3 9 0 15
TEAM Q TIME PLAY DRIVE SCOREIND 1 10:46 Gore 1 yd. run (Vinatieri kick) 4-63; 2:08 7-0PIT 1 4:56 Boswell 36 yd. FG 11-57; 5:50 7-3IND 2 9:35 Vinatieri 45 yd. FG 6-60; 2:34 10-3 IND 2 3:24 Vinatieri 31 yd. FG 9-51; 4:16 13-3PIT 2 0:06 Boswell 41 yd. FG 14-63; 3:18 13-6PIT 3 9:05 Grimble 10 yd. pass from Jones (kick failed) 8-63; 4:22 13-12PIT 3 1:33 Boswell 37 yd. FG 12-52; 4:50 13-15IND 4 9:47 Ferguson 1 yd. run (kick failed) 14-86; 6:46 19-15
TEAM STATISTICS Colts Steelers1st Downs 21 263rd Downs 5-11 (45%) 7-14 (50%)4th Downs 0-0 (0%) 0-0 (0%)Total Net Yards 326 347Plays-Avg. 54-6.0 72-4.8Rushing Yards 69 108Rush Att.-Avg. 25-2.8 22-4.9Net Passing 257 239Att.-Comp.-Int. 28-20-1 47-31-1Sacks By 3-21 1-8Punts-Avg. 4-47.5 3-43.0Penalties 9-82 5-37Fumbles-Lost 0-0 2-1
Time of Poss. 28:37 31:23
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING: Ind. – Ferguson 11-23, TD; Gore 5-23, TD; Mack 7-18; Tolzien 1-6; Morris 1-(-1). Pit. – Watson 8-40; Conner 4-26; Davis 7-21; Williams 1-10; Dobbs 1-9; Nix 1-2. PASSING: Ind. – Morris 16-12-0, 143; Tolzien 10-7-1, 123; Walker 2-1-0, (-1). Pit. – Jones 31-21-1, 163, TD; Roethlisberger 9-6-0, 73; Dobbs 7-4-0, 24. RECEIVING: Ind. – Dorsett 3-60; Natson 3-13; Daniels 3-6; Howard 2-35; Aiken 2-24; Moncrief 1-55; Krieger Coble 1-20; Mack 1-17; Brown 1-13; Doyle 1-9; Bray 1-9; Ferguson 1-4. Pit. – Rogers 5-58; Bryant 5-23; Watson 4-42; Smith-Schuster 3-31; Grimble 3-26, TD; Brown 2-28; James 1-12; Odom 1-10; Hamilton 1-9; Davis 1-9; Heyward-Bey 1-4; Johnson 1-3; Toussaint 1-3; Coates 1-1; Tucker 1-1.
PRESEASON GAME #4PITTSBURGH 17, CAROLINA 14
AUG. 31, 2017BANK OF AMERICA STADIUM (72,891)
CHARLOTTE, N.C. – Rookie QB Joshua Dobbs led the Steelers to a come-from-behind v ictory at the Carolina Panthers in the team’s 2017 preseason finale. Trailing 14-10, with 49 seconds remaining in the game, Dobbs and the Steelers’ offense drove 53 yards on five plays in 47 seconds and the rookie signal caller scampered in for a one-yard touchdown with two seconds remaining to give Pittsburgh the 17-14 win. Carolina scored the first points of the game with RB Fozzy Whitaker finding the end zone on a four-yard run in the first quarter. The Steelers took a 10-7 lead in the second quarter, following a K Chris Boswell 35-yard field goal, and a 58-yard connection from Dobbs to WR Justin Hunter. The Panthers carried a 14-10 lead after a 13-yard touchdown connection from Joe Webb to WR Damiere Byrd prior to halftime through the Steelers’ finale drive of the game. Dobbs finished the game completing 16-of-23 passing for 212 yards with a touchdown pass for a 113.0 passer rating. Steelers RB Terrell Watson led all rushers with game highs in carr ies (19) and rushing yards (89).
GAME SUMMARY
STEELERS (3-1) 0 10 0 7 17Panthers (2-2) 7 7 0 0 14
TEAM Q TIME PLAY DRIVE SCORECAR 1 5:49 Whitaker 4 yd. run (Butker kick) 7-30; 3:59 0-7PIT 2 14:55 Boswell 35 yd. FG 12-58; 5:54 3-7PIT 2 12:52 Hunter 58 yd. pass from Dobbs (Boswell kick) 1-58; 0:08 10-7CAR 2 1;18 Byrd 13 yd. pass from Webb (Butker kick) 6-61; 2:09 10-14PIT 4 0:02 Dobbs 1 yd. run (Boswell kick) 5-53; 0:47 17-14
TEAM STATISTICS Steelers Panthers1st Downs 15 183rd Downs 4-13 (31%) 6-15 (40%)4th Downs 0-1 (0%) 0-0 (0%)Total Net Yards 343 302Plays-Avg. 59-5.8 66-4.6Rushing Yards 111 123Rush Att.-Avg. 29-3.8 31-4.0Net Passing 232 179Att.-Comp.-Int. 29-20-1 33-22-3Sacks By 2-18 1-8Punts-Avg. 7-39.4 6-46.2Penalties 9-77 5-40Fumbles-Lost 2-1 1-1
Time of Poss. 26:14 33:46
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING: Pit. – Watson 19-89; Davis 5-13; Dobbs 5-9. Car. – Artis-Payne 8-51; Simmons 15-47; Whittaker 4-13, TD; Young 3-11; Anderson 1-1. PASSING: Pit. – Dobbs 23-16-0, 212, TD; Jones 6-4-1, 28, INT. Car. – Gilbert 17-12-1, 99; Webb 12-8-2, 88, TD; Anderson 4-2-0, 10. RECEIVING: Pit. – Tucker 5-83; Hunter 3-75, TD; Hamilton 3-42; McGee 3-13; Watson 2-5; Johnson 1-18; Rogers 1-7; Heyward-Bey 1-2; Davis 1-(-5). Car. – Manhertz 5-42; Frazier 4-29; Simmons 4-11; Clay 3-76; Byrd 2-21, TD; Samuel 2-5; Garrett 1-7; Whittaker 1-6.
GAME #1PITTSBURGH 21, CLEVELAND 18
SEPT. 10, 2017FIRSTENERGY STADIUM (67,431)
CLEVELAND, Ohio – The Steelers were victorious in the team’s2017 regular-season opener, defeating the Cleveland Browns, 21-18. Pittsburgh drew first blood when Steelers LB Tyler Matakevich blocked a Cleveland punt, which was recovered in the end zone by Steelers LB Anthony Chickillo for a touchdown early in the first quarter. Cleveland responded with a 68-yard drive that culminated in a one-yard touchdown run from QB DeShone Kizer. Begining on their own nine yard-line, Steelers QB Ben Roethlisberger connected with WR Antonio Brown for a 50-yard gain to aide the Steelers on a 91-yard drive that resulted in a Roethlisberger touchdown pass to TE Jesse James, giving the Steelers an advantage of 14-7 just before halftime. With a short field, Cleveland began driving in the third quarter, but an eight-yard sack from rookie LB T.J. Watt forced the Browns to settle for a field goal from K Zane Gonzalez. The Steelers increased their lead to 21-10 following a two-yard touchdown pass from Roethlisberger to James, giving James his first career multi-touchdown performance. Cleveland found the end zone one final time when Kizer connected with Corey Coleman on a three-yard touchdown pass and followed up with a successful two-point conversion, but wasn’t able to overcome it’s deficit as Pittsburgh claimed a 21-18 victory. Brown led all receivers with 182 receiving yards, including 102 in the first half. Watt finished the game with 2.0 sacks and one interception, becoming the third player in NFL history to do so in his NFL debut, and the first on Kickoff Weekend.
GAME SUMMARY
STEELERS (1-0) 7 7 7 0 21Browns (0-1) 7 0 3 8 18
TEAM Q TIME PLAY DRIVE SCOREPIT 1 12:44 Chickillo bl. punt recovery in end zone (Boswell kick) --- 7-0CLE 1 0:22 Kizer 1 yd. run (Gonzalez kick) 12-68, 5:26 7-7PIT 2 0:45 James 4 yd. pass from Roethlisberger (Boswell kick) 7-91, 3:08 14-7CLE 3 9:27 Gonzalez 24 yd. FG 7-53, 4:29 14-10PIT 3 5:37 James 2 yd. pass from Roethlisberger (Boswell kick) 6-75, 3:50 21-10CLE 4 3:36 Coleman 3 yd. pass from Kizer (Crowell run) 8-73; 3:05 21-18
TEAM STATISTICS Steelers Browns1st Downs 16 203rd Downs 5-13 (38%) 3-12 (25%)4th Downs 0-0 (0%) 2-2 (100%)Total Net Yards 290 237Plays-Avg. 54-5.4 62-3.8Rushing Yards 35 57Rush Att.-Avg. 17-2.1 25-2.3Net Passing 255 180Att.-Comp.-Int. 36-24-1 30-20-1Sacks By 7-42 1-8Punts-Avg. 6-40.2 5-35.0Penalties 13-144 4-61Fumbles-Lost 1-0 1-0
Time of Poss. 28:50 31:10
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING: Pit. – Bell 10-32; Conner 4-11; Roethlisberger 3-(-8). Cle. - Crowell 17-33; Kizer 5-17, TD; Dayes 3-7. PASSING: Pit. – Roethlisberger 36-24-1, 263; 2 TD. Cle. - Kizer 30-20-1, 222, TD. RECEIVING: Pit. – Brown 11-182; James 6-41, 2 TD; Bell 3-15; Bryant 2-14; Rogers 2-11. Cle. - Coleman 5-53, TD; DeValve 4-42; Crowell 2-33; Louis 2-32; Johnson 2-20; Njoku 2-20; Dayes 2-9; Britt 1-13.
GAME #2PITTSBURGH 26, MINNESOTA 9
SEPT. 17, 2017HEINZ FIELD (65,971)
PITTSBURGH – The Steelers won their fourth-straight home opener with a 26-9 victory over the Minnesota Vikings. For the second-straight week, the Steelers were first to score with a 27-yard touchdown pass from QB B e n R o e t h l i s b e r g e r t o W R M a r t a v i s B r y a n t . On Pittsburgh’s next drive, Roethlisberger took another shot down the field to Bryant, which this time resulted in a 49-yard defensive pass interference penalty. The Steelers took advantage, as Roethlisberger found rookie WR JuJu Smith-Schuster in the endzone for a four-yard touchdown. The touchdown reception marked the first catch of Smith-Schuster’s NFL career. Minnesota got on the board halfway through the second quarter with a 42-yard field goal from K Kai Forbath. The Steelers extended their lead to 17-3 with a 46-yard field goal from Chris Boswell early in the third quarter. The Vikings responded with a six-play, 82-yard drive that culminated in a one-yard touchdown run by FB C.J. Ham. On the ensuing drive, Roethlisberger completed a deep pass to Bryant for 51 yards, which set up a 29-yard Boswell field goal. The Steelers defense held the Vikings scoreless in the fourth quarter, while two more field goals from Boswell seeled the Steelers’ victory. Bryant led all receivers with 91 receiving yards and all players with 98 scrimmage yards, while LB Ryan Shazier, DB Mike Hilton and S Sean Davis tied for the team lead with eight tackles each.
GAME SUMMARY
Vikings (1-1) 0 3 6 0 9STEELERS (2-0) 7 7 6 6 26
TEAM Q TIME PLAY DRIVE SCOREPIT 1 3:02 Bryant 27 yd. pass from Roethlisberger (Boswell kick) 9-78, 5:43 0-7PIT 2 13:31 Smith-Schuster 4 yd. pass from Roethlisberger (Boswell kick) 5-60, 3:12 0-14MIN 2 8:50 Forbath 42 yd. Field Goal 11-51, 4:41 3-14PIT 3 12:19 Boswell 46 yd. Field Goal 4-8, 2:06 3-17MIN 3 9:57 Ham 1 yd. run (kick failed, wl) 6-82, 2:22 9-17PIT 3 5:05 Boswell 29 yd. Field Goal 10-74, 4:52 9-20PIT 4 3:18 Boswell 37 yd. Field Goal 11-64, 4:44 9-23PIT 4 1:53 Boswell 43 yd. Field Goal 4-5, 0:20 9-26
TEAM STATISTICS Vikings Steelers1st Downs 14 223rd Downs 5-15 (33%) 3-13 (23%)4th Downs 0-3 (0%) 0-0 (0%)Total Net Yards 237 335Plays-Avg. 60-4.0 69-4.9Rushing Yards 91 102Rush Att.-Avg. 20-4.6 32-3.2Net Passing 146 233Att.-Comp.-Int. 38-20-0 35-23-0Sacks By 2-10 2-21Punts-Avg. 6-44.0 5-38.6Penalties 11-131 10-72Fumbles-Lost 1-1 0-0
Time of Poss. 25:38 34:22
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING: Min. – Cook 12-64; MicKinnon 3-16; Murray 3-6; Diggs 1-4; Ham 1-1. Pit. – Bell 27-87; Conner 1-9; Bryant 1-7; Watson 1-1; Roethlisberger 2-(-2). PASSING: Min. – Keenum 37-20-0, 167; Quigley 1-0-0, 0. Pit. – Roethlisberger 35-23-0, 243, 2 TD. RECEIVING: Min. – Thielen 5-44; Rudolph 4-45; Treadwell 3-33; McKinnon 3-9; Diggs 2-27; Cook 2-0; Wright 1-9. Pit. – Brown 5-62; Rogers 4-43; James 4-27; Bell 4-4; Bryant 3-91, TD ; Smith-Schuster 3-16, TD.
GAME #3CHICAGO 23, PITTSBURGH 17 OT
SEPT. 24, 2017SOLDIER FIELD (62,172)
CHICAGO, Ill. – The Steelers suffered their first loss of the regular season, falling to the Chicago Bears in overtime, 23-17, at Soldier Field. Trailing by seven in the second quarter, QB Ben Roethlisberger found WR Antonio Brown in the end zone for his first touchdown reception of 2017. On the ensuing drive, Bears QB Mike Glennon responded with a touchdown of his own, taking a 14-7 lead. At the end of the first half, Bears CB Sherrick McManis blocked a Steelers field goal that was recovered by Chicago and returned 70 yards. Near the goal line the ball carrier was stripped by TE Vance McDonald and knocked out of bounds in the end zone. Due to a penalty, the ball was placed at the one-yard-line, and a field goal gave the Bears a 17-7 lead going into halftime. In the third quarter, Steelers RB Le’Veon Bell narrowed the gap with his first touchdown run of 2017. A Pittsburgh field goal from K Chris Boswell tied the game at 17-17 early in the fourth. The rest of the quarter remained scoreless as time expired, forcing overtime. Chicago won the coin toss and utilized a four-play 74-yard drive to score a touchdown and end the game, 23-17.
GAME SUMMARY
STEELERS (2-1) 0 7 7 3 0 17Bears (1-2) 7 10 0 0 6 23
TEAM Q TIME PLAY DRIVE SCORECHI 1 9:09 Howard 3 yd. run (Barth kick) 6-29; 3:24 0-7PIT 2 5:42 Brown 7 yd. pass from Roethlisberger (Boswell kick) 13-77; 7:11 7-7CHI 2 0:43 Shaheen 2 yd. pass from Glennon (C.Barth kick) 9-75; 4:59 7-14CHI 2 0:00 Barth 24 yd. Field Goal 1-4; 0:00 7-17PIT 3 6:43 Bell 1 yd. run (Boswell kick) 6-16; 2:42 14-17PIT 4 8:03 Boswell 32 yd. Field Goal 4-7; 0:54 17-17CHI 5 8:27 Howard 19 yd. run 4-74; 1:33 17-23
TEAM STATISTICS Steelers Bears1st Downs 19 183rd Downs 4-11 (36%) 4-12 (33%)4th Downs 0-0 (0%) 0-0 (0%)Total Net Yards 282 304Plays-Avg. 59-4.8 62-4.9Rushing Yards 70 220Rush Att.-Avg. 17-4.1 38-5.8Net Passing 235 101Att.-Comp.-Int. 39-22-0 22-15-1Sacks By 2-17 3-23Punts-Avg. 5-40.6 6-44.5Penalties 6-40 10-73Fumbles-Lost 2-2 5-1
Time of Poss. 27:34 33:59
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING: Pit. – Bell 15-61, TD; Roethlisberger 1-6; Watson 1-3. Chi. – Howard 23-138, 2 TD; Cohen 12-78; Glennon 3-4. PASSING: Pit. – Roethlisberger 39-22-0, 235, TD.Chi. – Glennon 22-15-1, 101, TD. RECEIVING: Pit. – Brown 10-110, TD; Bell 6-37; Smith-Schuster 2-39; Bryant 2-30; James 2-19. Chi. – Howard 5-26; Cohen 4-24; Cunningham 3-23; Miller 1-17; Thompson 1-9; Shaheen 1-2.
GAME #4PITTSBURGH 26, BALTIMORE 9
OCT. 1, 2017M&T STADIUM (71,126)
B A LT I M O R E , M d . – S o u n d d e f e n s e a n d a strong rushing attack propelled the Steelers to a 26-9 victory over the Balt imore Ravens at M&T Stadium. Pittsburgh held Baltimore scoreless in the half for the third time in regular-season series history, while scoring 19 unanswered points, including an 11-yard touchdown pass from QB Ben Roethlisberger to rookie WR JuJu Smith-Schuster. The Ravens got on the board in the third quarter with a 42-yard field goal followed by a 16-yard touchdown pass f rom QB Joe F lacco to WR Mike Wal lace . In the fourth quarter, Baltimore’s momentum was put to a stop, as Steelers LB Ryan Shazier and Steelers CB Mike Hilton intercepted Flacco on back-to-back drives. A one-yard touchdown run from RB Le’Veon Bell, his second of the day, seeled a 26-9 victory for Pittsburgh and moved the Steelers into first place in the AFC North. Bell led all rushers with 144 rushing yards and all players with 186 scimmage yards. DE Cameron Heyward f inished the game with 2.0 sacks, marking the third multi-sack game of his regular-season career.
GAME SUMMARY
STEELERS (3-1) 3 16 0 7 26Ravens (2-2) 0 0 9 0 9
TEAM Q TIME PLAY DRIVE SCOREPIT 1 0:22 Boswell 30 yd. FG 16-84; 10:23 3-0PIT 2 7:25 Boswell 49 yd. FG 9-15; 2:59 6-0PIT 2 3:24 Bell 1 yd. run (Boswell kick) 6-28; 2:24 13-0PIT 2 0:38 Smith-Schuster 11 yd. pass from Roesthlisberger (pass failed) 8-70; 1:35 19-0BAL 3 12:32 Tucker 42 yd. FG 4-(-6); 0:56 19-3BAL 3 6:02 Wallace 16 yd. pass from Flacco (run failed) 3-66; 1:03 19-9PIT 4 2:26 Bell 1 yd. run (Boswell kick) 7-49; 3:11 26-9
TEAM STATISTICS Steelers Ravens1st Downs 22 183rd Downs 7-15 (47%) 5-13 (38%)4th Downs 0-0 (0%) 0-2 (0%)Total Net Yards 381 288Plays-Avg. 73-5.2 68-4.2Rushing Yards 173 82Rush Att.-Avg. 42-4.1 15-5.5Net Passing 208 206Att.-Comp.-Int. 30-18-1 49-31-2Sacks By 4-29 1-8Punts-Avg. 4-37.5 5-44.4Penalties 8-60 6-55Fumbles-Lost 1-0 3-1
Time of Poss. 35:24 24:31
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING: Pit. – Bell 35-144, 2 TD; Conner 4-26; Heyward-Bey 1-3; Watson 1-1; Roethlisberger 1-(-1). Bal. - Collins 9-82; Allen 2-7; West 4-(-4). PASSING: Pit. – Roethlisberger 30-18-1, 216; TD. Bal. - Flacco 49-31-2, 235, TD. RECEIVING: Pit. – Bell 4-42; Brown 4-34; Bryant 3-48; Smith-Schuster 3-47, TD; James 3-40; Hunter 1-5. Bal. - Wallace 6-55, TD; Allen 6-37; Watson 5-43; Boyle 5-36; Campanaro 4-25; Maclin 3-21; Matthews 1-12; Perriman 1-6.
GAME #5JACKSONVILLE 30, PITTSBURGH 9
OCT. 8, 2017HEINZ FIELD (66,237)
PITTSBURGH – The Jaguars de fense u t i l i zed a p a i r o f p i c k - 6 s t o p r o p e l l J a c k s o n v i l l e t o a 30-9 victory over the Steelers at Heinz Field. K Chris Boswell gave Pittsburgh an early 3-0 lead , but Jacksonville RB Leonard Fournette found the end zone on a 2-yard run in the second quarter, shifting the scoreboard to 7-3. The Steelers recaptured the lead with two more Boswell field goals. Trailing 9-7, Jacksonville LB Travis Smith picked off QB Ben Rothlisberger and returned it 28-yards for a touchdown. The extra point failed. On the ensuing drive, Jaguars S Barry Church stepped in front of a Roethlisberger pass intended for WR Antonio Brown and returned it to the end zone, registering the Jaguars' second pick-6 and giving Jacksonville a 20-9 lead over Pittsburgh. A Jacksonv i l le f ie ld goa l fo l lowed by a second touchdown from Fournette seeled the Jaguars victory. Roethlisberger completed 33-of-55 passes for 312 yards and five interceptions, marking the 50th 300-yard passing performance of his regular-season career. Brown caught 10 passes for 157 yards, marking his third game of the season with at least 10 catches and 100 receiving yards.
GAME SUMMARY
Jaguars (3-2) 0 7 13 10 30STEELERS (3-2) 3 3 3 0 9
TEAM Q TIME PLAY DRIVE SCOREPIT 1 10:17 Boswell 29 yd. Field Goal 7-61; 3:06 0-3JAX 2 12:19 Fournette 2 yd. run (Myers kick) 8-47; 4:05 7-3PIT 2 0:03 Boswell 34 yd. Field Goal 6-45; 0:38 7-6PIT 3 8:54 Boswell 20 yd. Field Goal 14-73; 6:06 7-9JAX 3 6:38 Smith 28 yd. interception return (kick failed, wl) -- 13-9JAX 3 3:59 Church 51 yd. interception return (Myers kick) -- 20-9JAX 4 6:43 Myers 47 yd. Field Goal 13-67; 8:07 23-9JAX 4 1:47 Fournette 90 yd. run (Myers kick) 3-98; 1:29 30-9
TEAM STATISTICS Jaguars Steelers1st Downs 15 213rd Downs 6-12 (50%) 7-15 (47%)4th Downs 0-0 (0%) 0-0 (0%)Total Net Yards 313 371Plays-Avg. 53-5.9 77-4.8Rushing Yards 231 70Rush Att.-Avg. 37-6.2 20-3.5Net Passing 82 301Att.-Comp.-Int. 14-8-1 55-33-5Sacks By 2-13 2-11Punts-Avg. 5-38.0 3-44.7Penalties 4-19 5-37Fumbles-Lost 0-0 0-0
Time of Poss. 28:52 31:08
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING: Jax. – Fournette 28-181, 2 TD; Ivory 8-41; Bortles 1-9. Pit. – Bell 15-47; Bryant 1-13; Conner 3-0; Roethlisberger 1-1. PASSING: Jax. – Bortles 14-8-1, 95. Pit. – Roethlisberger 55-33-5, 312. RECEIVING: Jax. – Lee 2-49; Hurns 2-21; Lewis 1-14; McCaffrey 1-4; Cole 1-4; Fournette 1-3. Pit. – Brown 10-157; Bell 10-46; Bryant 5-21; Smith-Schuster 4-58; James 3-24; Hunter 1-6.
GAME #6PITTSBURGH 19, KANSAS CITY 13
OCT. 15, 2017ARROWHEAD STADIUM (76,994)
KANSAS CITY, Mo. – RB Le'Veon Bell rushed for 179 yards and a touchdown as the Steelers secured a 19-13 victory over the previously undefeated Kansas City Chiefs at Arrowhead Stadium. The Steelers defense only allowed six yards of total offense and one first down in the first half, as Pittsburgh jumped out to a 12-3 lead. Kansas City narrowed the gap early in the fourth quar ter when QB Alex Smi th connected wi th WR D e ' A n t h o n y T h o m a s f o r a 5 7 - y a r d t o u c h d o w n . The Steelers responded on the following drive with a 51-yard touchdown pass from QB Ben Roethlisberger to WR Antonio Brown, extending their lead to 19-10. Kansas City K Harrison Butker put three more points on the scoreboard for the Chiefs, but on Kansas City's final drive of the game, an 8-yard sack on third-down by LB James Harrison sealed a 19-13 victory for Pittsburgh. LB Vince Williams produced the first multi-sack game of his career, bringing down Smith twice. Harrison's game-ending sack brought his career total to 80.5, the most by a Steeler and sixth-most among active players since the statistic became official in 1982. Brown finished the game with eight receptions for 155 yards. Bell's 179 rushing yards tied as the tenth-most in a single-game in Steelers history and the fourth-most in his NFL regular-season career.
GAME SUMMARY
STEELERS (4-2) 2 10 0 7 19Chiefs (5-1) 3 0 0 10 13
TEAM Q TIME PLAY DRIVE SCOREPIT 1 7:49 Fulton fumble out of bounds in the end zone (safety) -- 2-0KC 1 6:20 Butker 46 yd. Field Goal 4-4; 1:29 2-3PIT 2 14:55 Bell 3 yd. run (Boswell kick) 12-75; 6:25 9-3PIT 2 2:08 Boswell 24 yd. Field Goal 12-93, 6:43 12-3KC 4 6:13 Thomas 57 yd. pass from Smith (Butker kick) 8-82; 2:50 12-10PIT 4 3:24 Brown 51 yd. pass from Roethlisberger (Boswell kick) 5-75; 2:49 19-10KC 4 2:17 Butker 33 yd. Field Goal 6-52; 1:07 19-13
TEAM STATISTICS Steelers Chiefs1st Downs 23 123rd Downs 4-11 (36%) 3-11 (27%)4th Downs 0-0 (0%) 0-2 (0%)Total Net Yards 439 251Plays-Avg. 63-7.0 52-4.8Rushing Yards 194 28Rush Att.-Avg. 37-5.2 15-1.9Net Passing 245 246Att.-Comp.-Int. 25-17-1 34-19-0Sacks By 3-23 1-7Punts-Avg. 5-41.4 4-47.5Penalties 6-57 7-48Fumbles-Lost 1-0 1-0
Time of Poss. 36:39 23:21
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING: Pit. – Bell 32-179, TD; Conner 2-14; Watson 1-3; Roethlisberger 2-(-2). KC – K. Hunt 9-21; Smith 4-13; A. Hunt 1-3; Hill 1-(-9). PASSING: Pit. – Roethlisberger 25-17-1, 252, TD. KC – Smith 34-19-0, 246, TD. RECEIVING: Pit. – Brown 8-155, TD; Smith-Schuster 3-32; Bell 3-12; Bryant 2-27; McDonald 1-26. KC – K. Hunt 5-89; Hill 5-34; Kelce 4-37; Thomas 3-61, TD; Robinson 1-16; West 1-9.
GAME #7PITTSBURGH 29, CINCINNATI 14
OCT. 22, 2017HEINZ FIELD (65,363)
PITTSBURGH – The S tee le rs de fense a l lowed less than 200 yards of total offense in Pittsburgh's 29-14 victory over the Cincinnati Bengals at Heinz Field. RB Le'Veon Bell amassed 55 scrimmage yards (32 rushing / 23 receiving) in the first quarter, but it was WR Antonio Brown who got the Steelers on the board with a 7-yard touchdown reception from QB Ben Roethlisberger on Pittsburgh's opening drive. In the second quarter, Roethlisberger found WR JuJu Smith-Schuster in the end zone for a 31-yard touchdown. With the score tied at 14-14, a pair of field goals from K Chr is Boswe l l on back - t o -back possess i ons gave Pi t tsburgh a 20-14 edge going into hal f t ime. When play resumed, Pittsburgh's defense continued to stifle the Bengal's attack. CB Joe Haden and CB William Gay picked off Cincinnati QB Andy Dalton on back-to-back Bengals drives, while Boswell knocked down two more field goals from 41- and 49-yards out. Four sacks from Pittsburgh's defense in the fourth quarter seeled the Steelers victory, improving their record to 5-2. Bell finished with 192 scrimmage yards (134 rushing / 58 receiving), eclipsing 150 yards for the second-straight week. Boswell went 5-for-5 on field goals and added two extra points.
GAME SUMMARY
Bengals (2-4) 7 7 0 0 14STEELERS (5-2) 7 13 6 3 29
TEAM Q TIME PLAY DRIVE SCOREPIT 1 9:25 Brown 7 yd. pass from Roethlisberger (Boswell kick) 9-75; 5:35 0-7CIN 1 0:10 LaFell 6 yd. pass from Dalton (Bullock kick) 8-53; 3:34 7-7PIT 2 12:52 Smith-Schuster 31 yd. pass from Roethlisberger (Boswell kick) 5-75; 2:18 7-14CIN 2 7:12 Kroft 1 yd. pass from Dalton (Bullock kick) 12-75; 5:40 14-14PIT 2 1:50 Boswell 22 yd. Field Goal 10-75; 5:22 14-17PIT 2 0:00 Boswell 24 yd. Field Goal 7-71; 1:28 14-20PIT 3 7:23 Boswell 41 yd. Field Goal 11:45; 5:57 14-23PIT 3 5:28 Boswell 49 yd. Field Goal 4-9; 1:20 14-26PIT 4 5:14 Boswell 25 yd. Field Goal 10-70; 4:06 14-29
TEAM STATISTICS Bengals Steelers1st Downs 11 213rd Downs 3-11 (27%) 2-11 (18%)4th Downs 1-2 (50%) 1-3 (33%)Total Net Yards 179 420Plays-Avg. 51-3.5 68-6.2Rushing Yards 71 152Rush Att.-Avg. 17-4.2 43-3.5Net Passing 108 268Att.-Comp.-Int. 30-17-2 25-15-0Sacks By 0-0 4-32Punts-Avg. 5-50.0 3-44.7Penalties 5-54 1-5Fumbles-Lost 1-0 0-0
Time of Poss. 24:45 35:15
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING: Cin. – Mixon 7-48; Bernard 3-8; Dalton 3-8; Hill 4-7. Pit. – Bell 35-134; Conner 3-19; Bryant 1-2; Watson 1-0; Roethlisberger 3-(-3). PASSING: Cin. – Dalton 30-17-3, 140, 2 TD. Pit. – Roethlisberger 24-14-0, 224, 2 TD; Golden 1-1-0, 44. RECEIVING: Cin. – LaFell 4-28, TD; Kroft 4-23, TD; Green 3-41; Mixon 3-20; Erickson 1-22; Uzomah 1-7; Bernard 1-(-1). Pit. – Brown 4-65, TD; Bell 3-58; Smith-Schuster 2-39, TD; McDonald 2-37; Heyward-Bey 1-44; Grimble 1-12; Rogers 1-10; Bryant 1-3.
GAME #8PITTSBURGH 20, DETROIT 15
OCT. 29, 2017HEINZ FIELD (64,983)
DETROIT, Mich. – Rookie WR JuJu Smith-Schuster hauled in a pass from QB Ben Roethlisberger resulting in a 97-yard touchdown - the longest pass play in Steelers history - in Pittsburgh's 20-15 victory over the Detroit Lions at Ford Field. For the fifth week in a row, the Steelers drew first blood with a 34-yard field goal from K Chris Boswell. Back-to-back field goals from Detroit gave the Lions a three-point lead in the second quarter. Pittsburgh regained the advantage after a five-yard touchdown run by RB Le'Veon Bell, but six more points from Detroit K Matt Prater put the Lions up 12-10 going into halftime. In the third quarter, Boswell added three more points with a 38-yard field goal, before Smith-Schuster's 97-yard touchdown gave the Steelers a 20-12 lead. Three goal-line stands by the Pittsburgh defense prevented the Lions from finding the end zone in the second half and sealed the Steelers' victory.
GAME SUMMARY
STEELERS (6-2) 3 7 10 0 20Lions (3-4) 3 9 3 0 15
TEAM Q TIME PLAY DRIVE SCOREPIT 1 12:12 Boswell 34 yd. Field Goal 7-59; 2:48 3-0DET 1 7:50 Prater 48 yd. Field Goal 8-45; 4:22 3-3DET 2 9:11 Prater 37 yd. Field Goal 8-39; 3:33 3-6PIT 2 4:10 Bell 5 yd. run (Boswell kick) 9-75; 5:01 10-6DET 2 2:14 Prater 51 yd. Field Goal 6-42; 1:56 10-9DET 2 0:13 Prater 34 yd. Field Goal 8-63; 0:43 10-12PIT 3 9:21 Boswell 38 yd. Field Goal 9-28; 4:08 13-12PIT 3 3:01 Smith-Schuster 97 yd. pass from Roethlisberger (Boswell kick) 3-98; 1:24 20-12DET 4 12:54 Prater 19 yd. Field Goal 10-74; 5:07 20-15
TEAM STATISTICS Steelers Lions1st Downs 17 213rd Downs 7-14 (50%) 2-12 (17%)4th Downs 0-0 (0%) 0-2 (0%)Total Net Yards 392 482Plays-Avg. 60-6.5 69-7.0Rushing Yards 75 71Rush Att.-Avg. 29-2.6 22-3.2Net Passing 317 411Att.-Comp.-Int. 31-17-1 45-21-0Sacks By 2-12 0-0Punts-Avg. 4-47.0 3-39.7Penalties 5-37 6-57Fumbles-Lost 1-1 1-1
Time of Poss. 28:23 31:37
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING: Pit. – Bell 25-76, TD; Conner 1-1; Roethlisberger 3-(-2). Det. – Abdullah 11-27; Riddick 4-21; Washington 6-12; Stafford 1-11. PASSING: Pit. – Roethlisberger 31-17-1, 317, TD. Det. – Stafford 45-27-0, 423. RECEIVING: Pit. – Smith-Schuster 7-193, TD; Brown 5-70; James 2-42; Bell 2-5; Hunter 1-7. Det. – Tate 7-86; M. Jones 6-128; T. Jones 4-88; Abdullah 3-11; Ebron 2-58; Riddick 2-24; Fells 1-12; Agnew 1-12; Washing
GAME #9PITTSBURGH 20, INDIANAPOLIS 17
NOV. 12, 2017LUCAS OIL STADIUM (66,146)
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. – After a rocky start, the Pittsburgh Steelers racked up 17 straight points in the second half on their way to a 20-17 victory over the Indianapolis Colt at Lucas Oil Stadium. Following a scoreless first quarter, Colts QB Jacoby Brissett connected with WR Donte Moncrief for a 60-yard touchdown. On its next drive, Indianapolis K Adam Vinatieri added three more points, extending the Colts lead to 10-0. Steelers K Chris Boswell responded with three points of his own on a 41-yard field goal just before the end of the first half. After a Colts touchdown on the opening drive of the second half, Steelers QB Ben Roethlisberger ochestrated an eight-play 78-yard drive that culminated in a 7-yard touchdown pass to rookie WR JuJu Smith-Schuster. The extra point was blocked by Indianapolis and nearly returned by Colts S Matthias Farley, who was tackled within 10 yards of the Colts end zone by TE Jesse James. Early in the fourth quarter, LB Ryan Shazier picked off Brissett, giving the Steelers a short field which allowed Roethlisberger to find TE Vance McDonald in the end zone for a 7-yard touchdown. Roethlisberger connected with WR Martavis Bryant on the 2-point conversion attempt, the game up at 17-17. On the final play of regulation, Boswell converted a 33-yard game-winning field goal as time expired - the second game-winning field goal of his regular-season career.
GAME SUMMARY
STEELERS (7-2) 0 3 6 11 20Colts (3-7) 0 10 7 0 17TEAM Q TIME PLAY DRIVE SCOREIND 2 14:52 Moncrief 60 yd. pass from Brissett (Vinatieri kick) 4-68; 1:21 0-7IND 2 5:51 Vinatieri 48 yd. Field Goal 13-63; 7:13 0-10PIT 2 0:30 Boswell 41 yd. Field Goal 8-39; 1:09 3-10IND 3 12:46 Rogers 61 yd. pass from Brissett (Vinatieri kick) 4-75; 2:14 3-17PIT 3 7:47 Smith-Schuster 7 yd. pass from Roethlisberger (kick blocked) 8-78; 4:59 9-17PIT 4 11:52 McDonald 7 yd. pass from Roethlisberger (Roethlisberger-Bryant pass) 3-10; 1:00 17-17PIT 4 0:00 Boswell 33 yd. Field Goal 10-70; 3:10 20-17
TEAM STATISTICS Steelers Colts1st Downs 18 133rd Downs 5-13 (38%) 6-15 (40%)4th Downs 0-0 (0%) 0-0 (0%)Total Net Yards 316 267Plays-Avg. 62-5.1 56-4.8Rushing Yards 88 71Rush Att.-Avg. 30-2.9 29-2.4Net Passing 228 196Att.-Comp.-Int. 31-19-1 24-14-1Sacks By 3-26 1-8Punts-Avg. 6-49.5 7-46.9Penalties 9-70 9-82Fumbles-Lost 1-0 0-0
Time of Poss. 29:58 30:02
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING: Pit. – Bell 26-80; Conner 1-12; Roethlisberger 2-5; Bryant 1-(-9). Ind. – Gore 17-54; Mack 7-7; Brissett 4-7; Rogers 1-3. PASSING: Pit. – Roethlisberger 31-19-1, 236, 2 TD. Ind. – Brissett 24-14-1, 222, 2 TD. RECEIVING: Pit. – Smith-Schuster 5-97, TD; Bell 5-32; Brown 3-47; Bryant 3-42; McDonald 2-16, TD; Rogers 1-2. Ind. – Rogers 6-104, TD; Hilton 2-23; Mack 2-19; Doyle 2-9; Moncrief 1-60, TD; Gore 1-7.
GAME #10PITTSBURGH 40, TENNESSEE 17
NOV. 16, 2017HEINZ FIELD (60,703)
PITTSBURGH – QB Ben Roesthlisberger threw four touchdown passes - three to WR Antonio Brown - in the Steelers' 40-17 victory over the Tennessee Titans at Heinz Field. Pittsburgh scored on it 's opening drive for the fifth time this season with a 41-yard touchdown pass from Roethlisberger to Brown. The Steelers put up three more points on their following possession with a 41-yard field goal from K Chris Boswell after CB Mike Hilton intercepted Titans QB Marcus Mariota, giving Pittsburgh a short field. Tennessee struck back with a 7-yard touchdown run from Mariota, tightening the score at 10-7. The Titans looked to tie things up with a 48-yard field goal attempt from K Ryan Succop, but the kick was blocked by Pittsburgh LB T.J. Watt. - the first blocked field goal by the Steelers since Oct. 16, 2016 at Miami. Boswell helped the Steelers extend their lead to 16-7 before the end of the half, with two more field goals from 28 and 50 yards out. His 50-yard field goal was the third field goal of at least 50 yards in his NFL career, and first of 2017. Mar io ta t i gh tened the sco re to 16 -14 ea r l y i n the second hal f wi th a deep pass to WR Rishard Mat thews tha t resu l ted in a 75-yard touchdown. Roethisberger responded with his second touchdown pass to Brown. Another Titans field goal from Succop moved the score to 23-17 before the end of the quarter. In the fourth quarter, the Steelers racked up 17 unanswered po in ts , i nc lud ing touchdown passes from Roethlisberger to TE Jesse James and Brown, as well as a fourth field goal by Boswell for a 40-17 victory. Despite two starters sitting out with injuries, the Steelers' secondary picked off Mariota four times with Hilton, CB Coty Sensabaugh, S Robert Golden and S Sean Davis all recording interceptions. The Pittsburgh defense also recorded five sacks including 2.0 from DE Cameron Heyward, marking the fourth multi-sack game of his NFL career and his second of 2017.
GAME SUMMARY
Titans (6-4) 7 0 10 0 17STEELERS (8-2) 10 6 7 17 40TEAM Q TIME PLAY DRIVE SCOREPIT 1 12:25 Brown 41 yd. pass from Roethlisberger (Boswell kick) 6-75; 2:35 0-7PIT 1 9:41 Boswell 41 yd. Field Goal 5-1; 1:46 0-10TEN 1 3:05 Mariota 7 yd. run (Succop kick) 11-68; 6:36 7-10PIT 2 1:37 Boswell 28 yd. Field Goal 7-10; 1:34 7-13PIT 2 0:18 Boswell 50 yd. Field Goal 7-35; 0:53 7-16TEN 3 14:49 Matthews 75 yd. pass from Mariota (Succop kick) 1-75; 0:11 14-16PIT 3 10:01 Brown 5 yd. pass from Roethlisberger (Boswell kick) 10-75; 4:48 14-23TEN 3 5:34 Succop 44 yd. Field Goal 8-49; 4:27 17-23 PIT 4 14:56 James 1 yd. pass from Roethlisberger (Boswell kick) 12-75; 5:38 17-30PIT 4 12:12 Brown 10 yd. pass from Roethlisberger (Boswell kick) 3-51; 1:27 17-37PIT 4 5:21 Boswell 26 yd. Field Goal 10-11; 6:18 17-40
TEAM STATISTICS Titans Steelers1st Downs 17 253rd Downs 5-13 (38%) 4-12 (33%)4th Downs 1-2 (50%) 0-1 (0%)Total Net Yards 316 349Plays-Avg. 60-5.3 69-5.1Rushing Yards 52 65Rush Att.-Avg. 21-2.5 21-3.1Net Passing 264 284Att.-Comp.-Int. 34-22-4 45-30-0Sacks By 3-15 5-42Punts-Avg. 3-47.3 3-50.7Penalties 9-65 7-61Fumbles-Lost 0-0 1-0
Time of Poss. 28:20 31:40
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING: Ten. – Henry 7-32; Murray 8-10; Mariota 5-5; Jackson 1-5. Pit. – Bell 12-46; Conner 5-12; Roethlisberger 1-10; Bryant 3-(-3). PASSING: Ten. – Mariota 33-22-4, 306, TD; Decker 1-0-0, 0. Pit. – Roethlisberger 45-30-0, 299, 4 TD. RECEIVING: Ten. – Walker 6-92; Matthews 5-113, TD; Murray 5-37; Decker 3-37; Davis 3-27. Pit. – Brown 10-144, 3 TD; Bell 9-57; James 5-21, TD; Smith-Schuster 4-47; Bryant 2-30.
Pittsburgh Steelers / Week 11 / Through Thursday, November 16, 2017 / Regular Season
Won 8, Lost 2 9/10/2017 W 21- 18 at Cleveland Browns 9/17/2017 W 26- 9 Minnesota Vikings 9/24/2017 L 17- 23 at Chicago Bears 10/1/2017 W 26- 9 at Baltimore Ravens 10/8/2017 L 9- 30 Jacksonville Jaguars 10/15/2017 W 19- 13 at Kansas City Chiefs 10/22/2017 W 29- 14 Cincinnati Bengals 10/29/2017 W 20- 15 at Detroit Lions 11/12/2017 W 20- 17 at Indianapolis Colts 11/16/2017 W 40- 17 Tennessee Titans Pittsburgh Opponent Total First Downs 204 159 Rushing 59 50 Passing 123 94 Penalty 22 15 3rd Down: Made/Att 48/128 42/126 3rd Down Pct. 37.5% 33.3% 4th Down: Made/Att 1/4 4/15 4th Down Pct. 25.0% 26.7% Possession Avg. 31:51 28:09 Total Net Yards 3575 2876 Avg. Per Game 357.5 287.6 Total Plays 654 593 Avg. Per Play 5.5 4.8 Net Yards Rushing 1024 976 Avg. Per Game 102.4 97.6 Total Rushes 288 239 Net Yards Passing 2551 1900 Avg. Per Game 255.1 190.0 Sacked/Yards Lost 14/90 34/257 Gross Yards 2641 2157 Attempts/Completions 352/218 320/193 Completion Pct. 61.9% 60.3% Had Intercepted 10 12 Punts/Average 43/43.9 50/44.3 Net Punting Avg. 39.5 42.3 Penalties/Yards 70/582 71/645 Fumbles/Ball Lost 8/3 13/4 Touchdowns 22 18 Rushing 5 7 Passing 16 9 Returns 1 2 Score By Periods Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 OT Pts Team 42 79 52 54 0 227 Opponents 34 46 48 31 6 165 Scoring TD Ru Pa Rt PAT FG 2Pt Pts C.Boswell 0 0 0 0 19/20 24/27 0 91 A.Brown 6 0 6 0 0/0 0/0 0 36 L.Bell 5 5 0 0 0/0 0/0 0 30 J.Smith-Schuster 5 0 5 0 0/0 0/0 0 30 J.James 3 0 3 0 0/0 0/0 0 18 M.Bryant 1 0 1 0 0/0 0/0 1 8 A.Chickillo 1 0 0 1 0/0 0/0 0 6 V.McDonald 1 0 1 0 0/0 0/0 0 6 Team 22 5 16 1 19/20 24/27 1 227 Opponents 18 7 9 2 13/15 14/17 1 165 2-Pt. Conversions: Team 1/ 2, Opponents: 1/ 2 Sacks: C.Heyward 7.0, V.Williams 6.0, B.Dupree 4.0, T.Watt 4.0, A.Chickillo 3.0, J.Hargrave 2.0, S.Tuitt 2.0, T.Alualu 2.0, J.Harrison 1.0, M.Hilton 1.0, L.Walton 1.0, J.Haden 1.0 Team: 34.0, Opponents: 14.0
Rushing No. Yds Avg Long TD L.Bell 232 886 3.8 27 5 J.Conner 24 113 4.7 23 0 M.Bryant 4 13 3.3 13 0 T.Watson 5 8 1.6 3 0 B.Roethlisberger 19 4 0.2 10 0 D.Heyward-Bey 1 3 3.0 3 0 L.Jones 3 -3 -1.0 -1 0 Team 288 1024 3.6 27 5 Opponents 239 976 4.1 90t 7
Receiving No. Yds Avg Long TD A.Brown 70 1026 14.7 51t 6 L.Bell 49 308 6.3 42 0 J.Smith-Schuster 33 568 17.2 97t 5 J.James 25 214 8.6 32 3 M.Bryant 23 306 13.3 51 1 E.Rogers 8 66 8.3 16 0 V.McDonald 5 79 15.8 28 1 J.Hunter 3 18 6.0 7 0 D.Heyward-Bey 1 44 44.0 44 0 X.Grimble 1 12 12.0 12 0 J.Conner 0 0 0 0 0 Team 218 2641 12.1 97t 16 Opponents 193 2157 11.2 75t 9
Interceptions No. Yds Avg Long TD R.Shazier 3 2 0.7 2 0 M.Hilton 2 45 22.5 26 0 S.Davis 1 41 41.0 41 0 C.Sensabaugh 1 32 32.0 32 0 T.Watt 1 17 17.0 17 0 J.Haden 1 1 1.0 1 0 J.Wilcox 1 0 0.0 0 0 R.Golden 1 -1 -1.0 -1 0 W.Gay 1 -1 -1.0 -1 0 Team 12 136 11.3 41 0 Opponents 10 149 14.9 51t 2
Punting No Yds Avg Net TB In Lg B J.Berry 43 1889 43.9 39.5 2 16 62 0 Team 43 1889 43.9 39.5 2 16 62 0 Opponents 50 2214 44.3 42.3 0 21 62 1
Punt Returns Ret FC Yds Avg Long TD A.Brown 8 8 52 6.5 16 0 E.Rogers 8 5 46 5.8 15 0 Team 16 13 98 6.1 16 0 Opponents 17 12 152 8.9 32 0
Kickoff Returns No. Yds Avg Long TD T.Watson 7 140 20.0 25 0 J.Smith-Schuster 5 69 13.8 25 0 R.Golden 1 5 5.0 5 0 Team 13 214 16.5 25 0 Opponents 22 475 21.6 36 0
Field Goals 1-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50+ C.Boswell 0/ 0 9/ 9 7/ 9 7/ 8 1/ 1 Team 0/ 0 9/ 9 7/ 9 7/ 8 1/ 1 Opponents 1/ 1 2/ 2 3/ 3 7/ 9 1/ 2
Fumbles Lost: B.Roethlisberger 1, L.Bell 1, E.Rogers 1 Total: 3 Opponent Fumble Recoveries: A.Burns 2, C.Heyward 1, R.Shazier 1 Total: 4
Passing Att Cmp Yds Cmp% Yds/Att TD TD% Int Int% Long Sack Lost Rating B.Roethlisberger 351 217 2597 61.8% 7.4 16 4.6% 10 2.8% 97t 14/ 90 87.8 R.Golden 1 1 44 100.0% 44.0 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 44 0/ 0 118.8 Team 352 218 2641 61.9% 7.5 16 4.5% 10 2.8% 97t 14/ 90 88.3
2017 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 BLShazier 60 19 79 0/0 2 3/2 10 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0Williams 42 11 53 6/45 9 0/0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0Davis 39 10 49 0/0 1 1/41 6 1 0 2 0 2 0 0 0Mitchell 24 14 38 0/0 1 0/0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0Burns 32 3 35 0/0 0 0/0 7 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0Hilton 24 10 34 1/6 5 2/45 2 0 0 5 2 7 0 0 0Heyward 22 10 32 7/53 15 0/0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0Watt 24 7 31 4/21 6 1/17 5 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 1Dupree 19 6 25 4/46 5 0/0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0Alualu 14 10 24 2/12 3 0/0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0Hargrave 14 10 24 2/16 2 0/0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0Haden 14 2 16 1/3 1 1/0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0Tuitt 11 2 13 2/15 9 0/0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0Gay 10 2 12 0/0 0 1/0 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0Wilcox 9 3 12 0/0 0 1/0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0Chickillo 7 5 12 3/25 3 0/0 1 0 0 3 1 4 0 0 0Golden 8 1 9 1/0 0 1/-1 2 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0Walton 5 3 8 1/4 1 0/0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0Sensabaugh 4 2 6 0/0 0 1/32 2 0 0 3 0 3 0 0 0Harrison 3 0 3 1/8 2 0/0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0Matakevich 3 0 3 0/0 0 0/0 1 0 0 8 3 11 0 0 1McCullers 1 0 1 0/0 0 0/0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0Nix 0 0 0 0/0 0 0/0 0 0 0 3 1 4 0 0 0Grimble 0 0 0 0/0 0 0/0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0Fort 0 0 0 0/0 0 0/0 0 0 0 2 1 3 0 0 0Brown 0 0 0 0/0 0 0/0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0Rogers 0 0 0 0/0 0 0/0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0McDonald 0 0 0 0/0 0 0/0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0Boswell 0 0 0 0/1 0 0/0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0Canaday 0 0 0 0/0 0 0/0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0Moats 0 0 0 0/0 0 0/0 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 0Heyward-Bey 0 0 0 0/0 0 0/0 0 0 0 0 3 3 0 0 0TOTALS 389 130 519 34/257 65 12/136 52 6 4 34 14 48 0 1 2OPPONENTS 425 204 629 14/90 40 10/149 52 5 2 29 1 30 0 3 1
2017 PITTSBURGH STEELERS DEPTH CHART
OFFENSE
DEFENSE
LDE 97 CAMERON HEYWARD (6-5, 295, 7) 96 L.T. Walton (6-5, 305, 3) NT 79 JAVON HARGRAVE (6-2, 305, 2) 93 Daniel McCullers (6-7, 352, 4)
RDE 91 STEPHON TUITT (6-6, 303, 4) 94 Tyson Alualu (6-3, 304, 8) LOLB 48 BUD DUPREE (6-4, 269, 3) 56 Anthony Chickillo (6-3, 255, 3) 55 Arthur Moats (6-0, 246, 8) LILB 50 RYAN SHAZIER (6-1, 230, 4) 54 L.J. Fort (6-0, 232,3) RILB 98 VINCE WILLIAMS (6-1, 233, 5) 44 Tyler Matakevich (6-1, 235, 2) ROLB 90 T.J. WATT (6-4, 252, R) 92 James Harrison (6-0, 242, 15) LCB 21 JOE HADEN (5-11, 195, 8) 24 Coty Sensabaugh (5-11, 187, 6) 31 Mike Hilton (5-9, 184, 1) FS 23 MIKE MITCHELL (6-1, 221, 9) 27 J.J Wilcox (6-0, 212, 5) SS 28 SEAN DAVIS (6-1, 202, 2) 20 Robert Golden (5-11, 202, 6)
RCB 25 ARTIE BURNS (6-0, 197, 2) 22 William Gay (5-10, 187, 11) 29 Brian Allen (6-3, 215, R) 34 Cameron Sutton (5-11, 188, R)
SPECIAL TEAMS
P 4 JORDAN BERRY (6-5, 195, 3) K 9 CHRIS BOSWELL (6-2, 185, 3) LS 57 KAMERON CANADAY (6-4, 245, 1) H 4 JORDAN BERRY (6-5, 195, 3)
KR 19 JUJU SMITH-SCHUSTER (6-1, 215, R) 25 Artie Burns (6-0, 197, 2) 39 Terrell Watson (6-1, 240, 1) PR 84 ANTONIO BROWN (5-10, 181, 8) - OR - 17 Eli Rogers (5-10, 187, 3)
• Rookie
Tyson Alualu ............................................. (AH-loo AH-loo) Le’Veon Bell ............................................. (Lay-vee-on) Anthony Chickillo ...................................... (Chick-ill-oh) Matt Feiler................................................. (Fy-ler) Ramon Foster ........................................... (Ruh-moan) Javon Hargrave ........................................ (Jay-von) Tyler Matakevich ...................................... (Matt-uh-kev-ich) Ben Roethlisberger ................................... (Roth-lis-ber-ger) Ryan Shazier ............................................ (Shay-zier) Stephon Tuitt ............................................ (Steff-on Too-it)
WR 84 ANTONIO BROWN (5-10, 181, 8) 17 Eli Rogers (5-10, 187, 3) 19 JuJu Smith-Schuster (6-1, 215, R) LT 78 ALEJANDRO VILLANUEVA (6-9, 320, 3) 65 Jerald Hawkins (6-6, 305, 2) LG 73 RAMON FOSTER (6-5, 328, 9) 67 B.J. Finney (6-4, 318, 2) C 53 MAURKICE POUNCEY (6-4, 304, 8) 67 B.J. Finney (6-4, 318, 2)
RG 66 DAVID DECASTRO (6-5, 316, 6) 71 Matt Feiler (6-6, 330, 1) RT 74 CHRIS HUBBARD (6-4, 295, 4) TE 81 JESSE JAMES (6-7, 261, 3) 89 Vance McDonald (6-4, 267, 5) 85 Xavier Grimble (6-4, 261, 2) RB 26 LE’VEON BELL (6-1, 225, 5) 30 James Conner (6-1, 233 R) 39 Terrell Watson (6-1, 240, 1) FB 45 ROOSEVELT NIX (5-11, 248, 3) QB 7 BEN ROETHLISBERGER (6-5, 240, 14) 3 Landry Jones (6-4, 225, 5) 5 Joshua Dobbs (6-3, 216, R) WR 10 MARTAVIS BRYANT (6-4, 211, 3) 88 Darrius Heyward Bey (6-2, 210, 9) 11 Justin Hunter (6-4, 203, 5)
NO NAME POS HT WT DOB AGE EXP COLLEGE BIRTHPLACE HOW ACQ 2017 GP/GS29 Allen, Brian CB 6-3 215 10/21/93 24 R Utah La Marque, TX D5 '17 3/094 Alualu, Tyson DE 6-3 304 05/12/87 30 8 California Honolulu, HI UFA '17 (JAX) 9/426 Bell, Le'Veon RB 6-1 225 02/18/92 25 5 Michigan State Reynoldsburg, OH D2 '13 9/94 Berry, Jordan P 6-5 195 03/18/91 26 3 Eastern Kentucky Melbourne, Victoria, Australia FA '15 9/09 Boswell, Chris K 6-2 185 03/16/91 26 3 Rice Fort Worth, TX FA '15 9/084 Brown, Antonio WR 5-10 181 07/10/88 29 8 Central Michigan Miami, FL D6b '10 9/910 Bryant, Martavis WR 6-4 211 12/20/91 25 3 Clemson Calhoun Falls, SC D4 '14 8/525 Burns, Artie CB 6-0 197 05/01/95 22 2 Miami (FL) Miami, FL D1 '16 9/957 Canaday, Kameron LS 6-4 245 08/20/92 25 1 Portland State Eugene, OR FA '17 9/056 Chickillo, Anthony LB 6-3 255 12/10/92 24 3 Miami (FL) Tampa, FL D6b '15 9/230 Conner, James RB 6-1 233 05/05/95 22 R Pittsburgh Erie, PA D3b '17 9/028 Davis, Sean S 6-1 202 10/23/93 24 2 Maryland Washington, DC D2 '16 9/966 DeCastro, David G 6-5 316 01/11/90 27 6 Stanford Bellevue, WA D1 '12 9/95 Dobbs, Joshua QB 6-3 216 01/26/95 22 R Tennessee Alpharetta, GA D4 '17 0/048 Dupree, Bud LB 6-4 269 02/12/93 24 3 Kentucky Macon, GA D1 '15 9/971 Feiler, Matt OT 6-6 330 07/07/92 25 1 Bloomsburg (PA) Strasburg, PA FA '16 4/067 Finney, B.J. C/G 6-4 318 10/26/91 26 2 Kansas State Wichita, KS UDFA '15 7/254 Fort, L.J. LB 6-0 232 01/03/90 27 3 Northern Iowa Granite City, IL FA '17 7/073 Foster, Ramon G 6-5 328 01/07/86 31 9 Tennessee Henning, TN UDFA '09 8/822 Gay, William CB 5-10 187 01/01/85 32 11 Louisville Tallahassee, FL FA '13 9/177 Gilbert, Marcus OT 6-6 330 02/15/88 29 7 Florida Fort Lauderdale, FL D2 '11 5/520 Golden, Robert S 5-11 202 09/13/90 27 6 Arizona Fresno, CA UDFA '12 9/085 Grimble, Xavier TE 6-4 261 09/22/92 25 2 USC Las Vegas, NV FA '15 9/121 Haden, Joe CB 5-11 195 04/14/89 28 8 Florida Fort Washington, MD FA'17 9/979 Hargrave, Javon DT 6-2 305 02/07/93 24 2 South Carolina State Salisbury, NC D3 '16 9/892 Harrison, James LB 6-0 242 05/04/78 39 15 Kent State Akron, OH FA '14 5/088 Heyward-Bey, Darrius WR 6-2 210 02/26/87 30 9 Maryland Silver Spring, MD UFA '14 (IND) 9/065 Hawkins, Jerald OT 6-6 305 10/16/93 24 2 LSU Baldwin, LA D4 '16 2/097 Heyward, Cameron DE 6-5 295 05/06/89 28 7 Ohio State Pittsburgh, PA D1 '11 9/931 Hilton, Mike CB 5-9 184 03/09/94 23 1 Mississippi Fayetteville, GA FA '16 9/174 Hubbard, Chris C/G 6-4 295 04/23/91 26 4 UAB Columbus, GA UDFA '13 9/511 Hunter, Justin WR 6-4 203 05/20/91 26 5 Tennessee Virginia Beach, VA UFA '17 (BUF) 3/181 James, Jesse TE 6-7 261 06/04/94 23 3 Penn State Glassport, PA D5 '15 9/73 Jones, Landry QB 6-4 225 04/04/89 28 5 Oklahoma Artesia, NM D4b '13 0/044 Matakevich, Tyler LB 6-1 235 12/22/92 24 2 Temple Stratford, CT D7b '16 9/089 McDonald, Vance TE 6-4 267 06/13/90 27 5 Rice Winnie, TX TR'17 (SF) 7/593 McCullers, Daniel DT 6-7 352 08/11/92 25 4 Tennessee Raleigh, NC D6b '14 3/023 Mitchell, Mike S 6-1 221 06/10/87 30 9 Ohio Fort Thomas, KY UFA '14 (CAR) 8/755 Moats, Arthur LB 6-0 246 03/14/88 29 8 James Madison Portsmouth, VA UFA '14 (BUF) 8/045 Nix, Roosevelt FB 5-11 248 03/30/92 25 3 Kent State Reynoldsburg, OH FA '15 9/253 Pouncey, Maurkice C 6-4 304 07/24/89 28 8 Florida Lakeland, FL D1 '10 9/97 Roethlisberger, Ben QB 6-5 240 03/02/82 35 14 Miami (OH) Findlay, OH D1 '04 9/917 Rogers, Eli WR 5-10 187 12/23/92 24 3 Louisville Miami, FL UDFA '15 7/124 Sensabaugh, Coty CB 5-11 187 11/15/88 29 6 Clemson Kingsport, TN UFA '17 (NYG) 9/050 Shazier, Ryan LB 6-1 230 09/06/92 25 4 Ohio State Fort Lauderdale, FL D1 '14 9/919 Smith-Schuster, JuJu WR 6-1 215 11/22/96 21 R USC Long Beach, CA D2 '17 9/334 Sutton, Cameron CB 5-11 188 02/27/95 22 R Tennessee Jonesboro, GA D3a '17 0/091 Tuitt, Stephon DE 6-6 303 05/23/93 24 4 Notre Dame Miami, FL D2 '14 5/578 Villanueva, Alejandro OT 6-9 320 09/22/88 29 3 Army Meridian, MS FA '14 9/996 Walton, L.T. DE 6-5 305 03/31/92 25 3 Central Michigan Clinton Township, MI D6a '15 9/039 Watson, Terrell RB 6-1 240 08/22/93 24 1 Azusa Pacific Los Angeles, CA FA '17 9/027 Wilcox, J.J. S 6-0 212 02/14/91 26 5 Georgia Southern Cairo, GA TR'17 (TB) 8/190 Watt, T.J. LB 6-4 252 10/11/94 23 R Wisconsin Pewaukee, WI D1 '17 8/898 Williams, Vince LB 6-1 233 12/27/89 27 5 Florida State Davenport, FL D6b '13 9/9
PRACTICE SQUAD 37 Dangerfield, Jordan S 5-11 199 12/25/90 26 2 Towson Elmont, NY FA '15 0/061 Friend, Kyle C 6-2 305 04/03/94 23 1 Temple Harrisburg, PA FA '17 0/095 Hooks, Lavon DE 6-3 312 01/23/92 25 1 Mississippi Atlanta, GA FA '17 0/041 Huguenin, Farrington LB 6-4 268 05/08/92 25 1 Kentucky Columbia, SC FA '17 0/057 Keith, Kelsey LB 6-0 233 03/17/95 22 R Louisville Gainesville, FL UDFA '17 0/080 McGee, Jake TE 6-5 250 09/19/91 26 1 Flordia Richmond, VA FA '17 0/035 Phillips, Dashaun CB 5-11 186 01/03/91 26 3 Tarleton State Duncanville, TX TR'17 (WAS) 0/068 Rodgers, Jake OL 6-6 320 09/10/17 26 1 Eastern Washington Spokane, WA FA'17 0/033 Toussaint, Fitzgerald RB 5-9 204 05/04/90 27 4 Michigan Youngstown, OH FA '15 0/016 Tucker, Marcus WR 5-10 190 05/24/92 25 1 Northern Michigan Flint, MI UDFA '16 0/0
RESERVE/SUSPENSED77 Gilbert, Marcus OT 6-6 330 02/15/88 29 7 Florida Fort Lauderdale, FL D2 '11 5/5
RESERVE/DID NOT REPORT30-D Stafford, Daimion S 6-1 218 02/18/91 26 5 Nebraska Norco, CA UFA '17 (TEN) 0/0
INJURED RESERVE99 Adams, Keion LB 6-2 245 06/08/95 22 R Western Michigan Salisbury, NC D7 '17 0/034 Crawford, Antonio CB 5-10 184 02/02/94 23 R West Virginia Tampa, FL UFDA'17 0/038 Ducre, Greg CB 5-10 183 01/22/92 25 2 Washington Los Angeles, CA FA'17 0/046-D Galambos, Matt LB 6-1 239 03/21/95 22 R Pittsburgh Collingdale, PA UDFA '17 0/062 Matthews, Matthews C 6-2 300 01/27/94 23 1 Texas A&M Sugar Land, TX FA '17 0/0
Head Coach: Mike TomlinAssistant Coaches:
PITTSBURGH STEELERS 2017 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: 53
Experience Includes 2017 Season
NO NAME POS HT WT DOB AGE EXP COLLEGE BIRTHPLACE HOW ACQ 2017 GP/GS3 Jones, Landry QB 6-4 225 04/04/89 28 5 Oklahoma Artesia, NM D4b '13 0/04 Berry, Jordan P 6-5 195 03/18/91 26 3 Eastern Kentucky Melbourne, Victoria, Australia FA '15 9/05 Dobbs, Joshua QB 6-3 216 01/26/95 22 R Tennessee Alpharetta, GA D4 '17 0/07 Roethlisberger, Ben QB 6-5 240 03/02/82 35 14 Miami (OH) Findlay, OH D1 '04 9/99 Boswell, Chris K 6-2 185 03/16/91 26 3 Rice Fort Worth, TX FA '15 9/010 Bryant, Martavis WR 6-4 211 12/20/91 25 3 Clemson Calhoun Falls, SC D4 '14 8/511 Hunter, Justin WR 6-4 203 05/20/91 26 5 Tennessee Virginia Beach, VA UFA '17 (BUF) 3/117 Rogers, Eli WR 5-10 187 12/23/92 24 3 Louisville Miami, FL UDFA '15 7/119 Smith-Schuster, JuJu WR 6-1 215 11/22/96 21 R USC Long Beach, CA D2 '17 9/320 Golden, Robert S 5-11 202 09/13/90 27 6 Arizona Fresno, CA UDFA '12 9/021 Haden, Joe CB 5-11 195 04/14/89 28 8 Florida Fort Washington, MD FA'17 9/922 Gay, William CB 5-10 187 01/01/85 32 11 Louisville Tallahassee, FL FA '13 9/123 Mitchell, Mike S 6-1 221 06/10/87 30 9 Ohio Fort Thomas, KY UFA '14 (CAR) 8/724 Sensabaugh, Coty CB 5-11 187 11/15/88 29 6 Clemson Kingsport, TN UFA '17 (NYG) 9/025 Burns, Artie CB 6-0 197 05/01/95 22 2 Miami (FL) Miami, FL D1 '16 9/926 Bell, Le'Veon RB 6-1 225 02/18/92 25 5 Michigan State Reynoldsburg, OH D2 '13 9/927 Wilcox, J.J. S 6-0 212 02/14/91 26 5 Georgia Southern Cairo, GA TR'17 (TB) 8/128 Davis, Sean S 6-1 202 10/23/93 24 2 Maryland Washington, DC D2 '16 9/929 Allen, Brian CB 6-3 215 10/21/93 24 R Utah La Marque, TX D5 '17 3/030 Conner, James RB 6-1 233 05/05/95 22 R Pittsburgh Erie, PA D3b '17 9/031 Hilton, Mike CB 5-9 184 03/09/94 23 1 Mississippi Fayetteville, GA FA '16 9/134 Cameron Sutton CB 5-11 188 02/27/95 22 R Tennessee Jonesboro, GA D3a '17 0/039 Watson, Terrell RB 6-1 240 08/22/93 24 1 Azusa Pacific Los Angeles, CA FA '17 9/044 Matakevich, Tyler LB 6-1 235 12/22/92 24 2 Temple Stratford, CT D7b '16 9/045 Nix, Roosevelt FB 5-11 248 03/30/92 25 3 Kent State Reynoldsburg, OH FA '15 9/248 Dupree, Bud LB 6-4 269 02/12/93 24 3 Kentucky Macon, GA D1 '15 9/950 Shazier, Ryan LB 6-1 230 09/06/92 25 4 Ohio State Fort Lauderdale, FL D1 '14 9/953 Pouncey, Maurkice C 6-4 304 07/24/89 28 8 Florida Lakeland, FL D1 '10 9/954 Fort, L.J. LB 6-0 232 01/03/90 27 3 Northern Iowa Granite City, IL FA '17 7/055 Moats, Arthur LB 6-0 246 03/14/88 29 8 James Madison Portsmouth, VA UFA '14 (BUF) 8/056 Chickillo, Anthony LB 6-3 255 12/10/92 24 3 Miami (FL) Tampa, FL D6b '15 9/257 Canaday, Kameron LS 6-4 245 08/20/92 25 1 Portland State Eugene, OR FA '17 9/065 Hawkins, Jerald OT 6-6 305 10/16/93 24 2 LSU Baldwin, LA D4 '16 2/066 DeCastro, David G 6-5 316 01/11/90 27 6 Stanford Bellevue, WA D1 '12 9/967 Finney, B.J. C/G 6-4 318 10/26/91 26 2 Kansas State Wichita, KS UDFA '15 7/271 Feiler, Matt OT 6-6 330 07/07/92 25 1 Bloomsburg (PA) Strasburg, PA FA '16 4/073 Foster, Ramon G 6-5 328 01/07/86 31 9 Tennessee Henning, TN UDFA '09 8/874 Hubbard, Chris C/G 6-4 295 04/23/91 26 4 UAB Columbus, GA UDFA '13 9/577 Gilbert, Marcus OT 6-6 330 02/15/88 29 7 Florida Fort Lauderdale, FL D2 '11 5/578 Villanueva, Alejandro OT 6-9 320 09/22/88 29 3 Army Meridian, MS FA '14 9/979 Hargrave, Javon DT 6-2 305 02/07/93 24 2 South Carolina State Salisbury, NC D3 '16 9/881 James, Jesse TE 6-7 261 06/04/94 23 3 Penn State Glassport, PA D5 '15 9/784 Brown, Antonio WR 5-10 181 07/10/88 29 8 Central Michigan Miami, FL D6b '10 9/985 Grimble, Xavier TE 6-4 261 09/22/92 25 2 USC Las Vegas, NV FA '15 9/188 Heyward-Bey, Darrius WR 6-2 210 02/26/87 30 9 Maryland Silver Spring, MD UFA '14 (IND) 9/089 McDonald, Vance TE 6-4 267 06/13/90 27 5 Rice Winnie, TX TR'17 (SF) 7/590 Watt, T.J. LB 6-4 252 10/11/94 23 R Wisconsin Pewaukee, WI D1 '17 8/891 Tuitt, Stephon DE 6-6 303 05/23/93 24 4 Notre Dame Miami, FL D2 '14 5/592 Harrison, James LB 6-0 242 05/04/78 39 15 Kent State Akron, OH FA '14 5/093 McCullers, Daniel DT 6-7 352 08/11/92 25 4 Tennessee Raleigh, NC D6b '14 3/094 Alualu, Tyson DE 6-3 304 05/12/87 30 8 California Honolulu, HI UFA '17 (JAX) 9/496 Walton, L.T. DE 6-5 305 03/31/92 25 3 Central Michigan Clinton Township, MI D6a '15 9/097 Heyward, Cameron DE 6-5 295 05/06/89 28 7 Ohio State Pittsburgh, PA D1 '11 9/998 Williams, Vince LB 6-1 233 12/27/89 27 5 Florida State Davenport, FL D6b '13 9/9
PRACTICE SQUAD 16 Marcus Tucker WR 5-10 190 05/24/92 25 1 Northern Michigan Flint, MI UDFA '16 0/033 Fitzgerald Toussaint RB 5-9 204 05/04/90 27 4 Michigan Youngstown, OH FA '15 0/035 Dashaun Phillips CB 5-11 186 01/03/91 26 3 Tarleton State Duncanville, TX TR'17 (WAS) 0/037 Jordan Dangerfield S 5-11 199 12/25/90 26 2 Towson Elmont, NY FA '15 0/041 Farrington Huguenin LB 6-4 268 05/08/92 25 1 Kentucky Columbia, SC FA '17 0/057 Keith Kelsey LB 6-0 233 03/17/95 22 R Louisville Gainesville, FL UDFA '17 0/061 Kyle Friend C 6-2 305 04/03/94 23 1 Temple Harrisburg, PA FA '17 0/068 Jake Rodgers OL 6-6 320 09/10/17 26 1 Eastern Washington Spokane, WA FA'17 0/080 Jake McGee TE 6-5 250 09/19/91 26 1 Flordia Richmond, VA FA '17 0/095 Lavon Hooks DE 6-3 312 01/23/92 25 1 Mississippi Atlanta, GA FA '17 0/0
RESERVE/SUSPENSED77 Gilbert, Marcus OT 6-6 330 02/15/88 29 7 Florida Fort Lauderdale, FL D2 '11 5/5
RESERVE/DID NOT REPORT30-D Daimion Stafford S 6-1 218 02/18/91 26 5 Nebraska Norco, CA UFA '17 (TEN) 0/0
INJURED RESERVE34 Antonio Crawford CB 5-10 184 02/02/94 23 R West Virginia Tampa, FL UFDA'17 0/046-D Matt Galambos LB 6-1 239 03/21/95 22 R Pittsburgh Collingdale, PA UDFA '17 0/038 Ducre, Greg CB 5-10 183 01/22/92 25 2 Washington Los Angeles, CA FA'17 0/062 Mike Matthews C 6-2 300 01/27/94 23 1 Texas A&M Sugar Land, TX FA '17 0/099 Keion Adams LB 6-2 245 06/08/95 22 R Western Michigan Salisbury, NC D7 '17 0/0
PITTSBURGH STEELERS 2017 NUMERICAL ROSTER
Experience Includes 2017 SeasonNumber of Players on Active Roster: 53
NO NAME POS HT WT DOB AGE EXP COLLEGE BIRTHPLACE HOW ACQ
3 Landry Jones QB 6-4 225 04/04/89 28 5 Oklahoma Artesia, NM D4b '135 Joshua Dobbs QB 6-3 216 01/26/95 22 R Tennessee Alpharetta, GA D4 '177 Ben Roethlisberger QB 6-5 240 03/02/82 35 14 Miami (OH) Findlay, OH D1 '04
26 Le'Veon Bell RB 6-1 225 02/18/92 25 5 Michigan State Reynoldsburg, OH D2 '1330 James Conner RB 6-1 233 05/05/95 22 R Pittsburgh Erie, PA D3b '1739 Terrell Watson RB 6-1 240 08/22/93 24 1 Azusa Pacific Los Angeles, CA FA '1745 Roosevelt Nix FB 5-11 248 03/30/92 25 3 Kent State Reynoldsburg, OH FA '15
10 Martavis Bryant WR 6-4 211 12/20/91 25 3 Clemson Calhoun Falls, SC D4 '1411 Justin Hunter WR 6-4 203 05/20/91 26 5 Tennessee Virginia Beach, VA UFA '17 (BUF)17 Eli Rogers WR 5-10 187 12/23/92 24 3 Louisville Miami, FL UDFA '1519 JuJu Smith-Schuster WR 6-1 215 11/22/96 21 R USC Long Beach, CA D2 '1784 Antonio Brown WR 5-10 181 07/10/88 29 8 Central Michigan Miami, FL D6b '1088 Darrius Heyward-Bey WR 6-2 210 02/26/87 30 9 Maryland Silver Spring, MD UFA '14 (IND)
81 Jesse James TE 6-7 261 06/04/94 23 3 Penn State Glassport, PA D5 '1585 Xavier Grimble TE 6-4 261 09/22/92 25 2 USC Las Vegas, NV FA '1589 Vance McDonald TE 6-4 267 06/13/90 27 5 Rice Winnie, TX TR'17 (SF)
53 Maurkice Pouncey C 6-4 304 07/24/89 28 8 Florida Lakeland, FL D1 '1065 Jerald Hawkins OT 6-6 305 10/16/93 24 2 LSU Baldwin, LA D4 '1666 David DeCastro G 6-5 316 01/11/90 27 6 Stanford Bellevue, WA D1 '1267 B.J. Finney C/G 6-4 318 10/26/91 26 2 Kansas State Wichita, KS UDFA '1571 Matt Feiler OT 6-6 330 07/07/92 25 1 Bloomsburg (PA) Strasburg, PA FA '1673 Ramon Foster G 6-5 328 01/07/86 31 9 Tennessee Henning, TN UDFA '0974 Chris Hubbard C/G 6-4 295 04/23/91 26 4 UAB Columbus, GA UDFA '1378 Alejandro Villanueva OT 6-9 320 09/22/88 29 3 Army Meridian, MS FA '14
79 Javon Hargrave DT 6-2 305 02/07/93 24 2 South Carolina State Salisbury, NC D3 '1691 Stephon Tuitt DE 6-6 303 05/23/93 24 4 Notre Dame Miami, FL D2 '1493 Daniel McCullers DT 6-7 352 08/11/92 25 4 Tennessee Raleigh, NC D6b '1494 Tyson Alualu DE 6-3 304 05/12/87 30 8 California Honolulu, HI UFA '17 (JAX)96 L.T. Walton DE 6-5 305 03/31/92 25 3 Central Michigan Clinton Township, MI D6a '1597 Cameron Heyward DE 6-5 295 05/06/89 28 7 Ohio State Pittsburgh, PA D1 '11
44 Tyler Matakevich LB 6-1 235 12/22/92 24 2 Temple Stratford, CT D7b '1648 Bud Dupree LB 6-4 269 02/12/93 24 3 Kentucky Macon, GA D1 '1550 Ryan Shazier LB 6-1 230 09/06/92 25 4 Ohio State Fort Lauderdale, FL D1 '1454 L.J. Fort LB 6-0 232 01/03/90 27 3 Northern Iowa Granite City, IL FA '1755 Arthur Moats LB 6-0 246 03/14/88 29 8 James Madison Portsmouth, VA UFA '14 (BUF)56 Anthony Chickillo LB 6-3 255 12/10/92 24 3 Miami (FL) Tampa, FL D6b '1590 T.J. Watt LB 6-4 252 10/11/94 23 R Wisconsin Pewaukee, WI D1 '1792 James Harrison LB 6-0 242 05/04/78 39 15 Kent State Akron, OH FA '1498 Vince Williams LB 6-1 233 12/27/89 27 5 Florida State Davenport, FL D6b '13
20 Robert Golden S 5-11 202 09/13/90 27 6 Arizona Fresno, CA UDFA '1221 Joe Haden CB 5-11 195 04/14/89 28 8 Florida Fort Washington, MD FA'1722 William Gay CB 5-10 187 01/01/85 32 11 Louisville Tallahassee, FL FA '1323 Mike Mitchell S 6-1 221 06/10/87 30 9 Ohio Fort Thomas, KY UFA '14 (CAR)24 Coty Sensabaugh CB 5-11 187 11/15/88 29 6 Clemson Kingsport, TN UFA '17 (NYG)25 Artie Burns CB 6-0 197 05/01/95 22 2 Miami (FL) Miami, FL D1 '1627 J.J. Wilcox S 6-0 212 02/14/91 26 5 Georgia Southern Cairo, GA TR'17 (TB) 28 Sean Davis S 6-1 202 10/23/93 24 2 Maryland Washington, DC D2 '1629 Brian Allen CB 6-3 215 10/21/93 24 R Utah La Marque, TX D5 '1731 Mike Hilton CB 5-9 184 03/09/94 23 1 Mississippi Fayetteville, GA FA '1634 Cameron Sutton CB 5-11 188 02/27/95 22 R Tennessee Jonesboro, GA D3a '17
SPECIALISTS (3)4 Jordan Berry P 6-5 195 03/18/91 26 3 Eastern Kentucky Melbourne, Victoria, Australia FA '159 Chris Boswell K 6-2 185 03/16/91 26 3 Rice Fort Worth, TX FA '1557 Kameron Canaday LS 6-4 245 08/20/92 25 1 Portland State Eugene, OR FA '17
PRACTICE SQUAD 16 Marcus Tucker WR 5-10 190 05/24/92 25 1 Northern Michigan Flint, MI UDFA '1633 Fitzgerald Toussaint RB 5-9 204 05/04/90 27 4 Michigan Youngstown, OH FA '1535 Dashaun Phillips CB 5-11 186 01/03/91 26 3 Tarleton State Duncanville, TX TR'17 (WAS)37 Jordan Dangerfield S 5-11 199 12/25/90 26 2 Towson Elmont, NY FA '1541 Farrington Huguenin LB 6-4 268 05/08/92 25 1 Kentucky Columbia, SC FA '1742 Jacob Hagen S 6-3 205 03/16/92 25 1 Liberty Orange Park, FL FA '1657 Keith Kelsey LB 6-0 233 03/17/95 22 R Louisville Gainesville, FL UDFA '1761 Kyle Friend C 6-2 305 04/03/94 23 1 Temple Harrisburg, PA FA '1768 Jake Rodgers OL 6-6 320 09/10/17 26 1 Eastern Washington Spokane, WA FA'1780 Jake McGee TE 6-5 250 09/19/91 26 1 Flordia Richmond, VA FA '1795 Lavon Hooks DE 6-3 312 01/23/92 25 1 Mississippi Atlanta, GA FA '17
RESERVE/SUSPENSED77 Gilbert, Marcus OT 6-6 330 02/15/88 29 7 Florida Fort Lauderdale, FL D2 '11
RESERVE/DID NOT REPORT30-D Daimion Stafford S 6-1 218 02/18/91 26 5 Nebraska Norco, CA UFA '17 (TEN)
INJURED RESERVE34 Antonio Crawford CB 5-10 184 02/02/94 23 R West Virginia Tampa, FL UFDA'1738 Greg Ducre CB 5-10 183 01/22/92 25 2 Washington Los Angeles, CA FA'1746-D Matt Galambos LB 6-1 239 03/21/95 22 R Pittsburgh Collingdale, PA UDFA '1762 Mike Matthews C 6-2 300 01/27/94 23 1 Texas A&M Sugar Land, TX FA '1799 Keion Adams LB 6-2 245 06/08/95 22 R Western Michigan Salisbury, NC D7 '17
Number of Players on Active Roster: 53
Head Coach: Mike Tomlin
Assistant Coaches: 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 (8)
DEFENSIVE LINEMEN (6)
LINEBACKERS (9)
DEFENSIVE BACKS (11)
DEFENSE (26)
WIDE RECEIVERS (6)
TIGHT ENDS (3)
PITTSBURGH STEELERS 2017 POSITIONAL ROSTER
QUARTERBACKS (3)
RUNNING BACKS (4)
OFFENSE (24)
NO NAME POS HT WT DOB AGE EXP COLLEGE BIRTHPLACE HOW ACQ15th YEAR (1)92 James Harrison LB 6-0 242 05/04/78 39 15 Kent State Akron, OH FA '1414th YEAR (1)7 Ben Roethlisberger QB 6-5 240 03/02/82 35 14 Miami (OH) Findlay, OH D1 '0411th YEAR (1)22 William Gay CB 5-10 187 01/01/85 32 11 Louisville Tallahassee, FL FA '139th YEAR (3)23 Mike Mitchell S 6-1 221 06/10/87 30 9 Ohio Fort Thomas, KY UFA '14 (CAR)73 Ramon Foster G 6-5 328 01/07/86 31 9 Tennessee Henning, TN UDFA '0988 Darrius Heyward-Bey WR 6-2 210 02/26/87 30 9 Maryland Silver Spring, MD UFA '14 (IND)8th YEAR (5) 21 Joe Haden CB 5-11 195 04/14/89 28 8 Florida Fort Washington, MD FA'1753 Maurkice Pouncey C 6-4 304 07/24/89 28 8 Florida Lakeland, FL D1 '1055 Arthur Moats LB 6-0 246 03/14/88 29 8 James Madison Portsmouth, VA UFA '14 (BUF)84 Antonio Brown WR 5-10 181 07/10/88 29 8 Central Michigan Miami, FL D6b '1094 Tyson Alualu DE 6-3 304 05/12/87 30 8 California Honolulu, HI UFA '17 (JAX)7th YEAR (1)97 Cameron Heyward DE 6-5 295 05/06/89 28 7 Ohio State Pittsburgh, PA D1 '116th YEAR (3)20 Robert Golden S 5-11 202 09/13/90 27 6 Arizona Fresno, CA UDFA '1224 Coty Sensabaugh CB 5-11 187 11/15/88 29 6 Clemson Kingsport, TN UFA '17 (NYG)66 David DeCastro G 6-5 316 01/11/90 27 6 Stanford Bellevue, WA D1 '125th YEAR (6)3 Landry Jones QB 6-4 225 04/04/89 28 5 Oklahoma Artesia, NM D4b '1311 Justin Hunter WR 6-4 203 05/20/91 26 5 Tennessee Virginia Beach, VA UFA '17 (BUF)26 Le'Veon Bell RB 6-1 225 02/18/92 25 5 Michigan State Reynoldsburg, OH D2 '1327 J.J. Wilcox S 6-0 212 02/14/91 26 5 Georgia Southern Cairo, GA TR'17 (TB) 89 Vance McDonald TE 6-4 267 06/13/90 27 5 Rice Winnie, TX TR'17 (SF)98 Vince Williams LB 6-1 233 12/27/89 27 5 Florida State Davenport, FL D6b '134th YEAR (4)50 Ryan Shazier LB 6-1 230 09/06/92 25 4 Ohio State Fort Lauderdale, FL D1 '1474 Chris Hubbard C/G 6-4 295 04/23/91 26 4 UAB Columbus, GA UDFA '1391 Stephon Tuitt DE 6-6 303 05/23/93 24 4 Notre Dame Miami, FL D2 '1493 Daniel McCullers DT 6-7 352 08/11/92 25 4 Tennessee Raleigh, NC D6b '143rd YEAR (11)4 Jordan Berry P 6-5 195 03/18/91 26 3 Eastern Kentucky Melbourne, Victoria, Australia FA '159 Chris Boswell K 6-2 185 03/16/91 26 3 Rice Fort Worth, TX FA '1510 Martavis Bryant WR 6-4 211 12/20/91 25 3 Clemson Calhoun Falls, SC D4 '1417 Eli Rogers WR 5-10 187 12/23/92 24 3 Louisville Miami, FL UDFA '1545 Roosevelt Nix FB 5-11 248 03/30/92 25 3 Kent State Reynoldsburg, OH FA '1548 Bud Dupree LB 6-4 269 02/12/93 24 3 Kentucky Macon, GA D1 '1554 L.J. Fort LB 6-0 232 01/03/90 27 3 Northern Iowa Granite City, IL FA '1756 Anthony Chickillo LB 6-3 255 12/10/92 24 3 Miami (FL) Tampa, FL D6b '1578 Alejandro Villanueva OT 6-9 320 09/22/88 29 3 Army Meridian, MS FA '1481 Jesse James TE 6-7 261 06/04/94 23 3 Penn State Glassport, PA D5 '1596 L.T. Walton DE 6-5 305 03/31/92 25 3 Central Michigan Clinton Township, MI D6a '152nd YEAR (7)25 Artie Burns CB 6-0 197 05/01/95 22 2 Miami (FL) Miami, FL D1 '1628 Sean Davis S 6-1 202 10/23/93 24 2 Maryland Washington, DC D2 '1644 Tyler Matakevich LB 6-1 235 12/22/92 24 2 Temple Stratford, CT D7b '1665 Jerald Hawkins OT 6-6 305 10/16/93 24 2 LSU Baldwin, LA D4 '1667 B.J. Finney C/G 6-4 318 10/26/91 26 2 Kansas State Wichita, KS UDFA '1579 Javon Hargrave DT 6-2 305 02/07/93 24 2 South Carolina State Salisbury, NC D3 '1685 Xavier Grimble TE 6-4 261 09/22/92 25 2 USC Las Vegas, NV FA '151st YEAR (4)39 Terrell Watson RB 6-1 240 08/22/93 24 1 Azusa Pacific Los Angeles, CA FA '1731 Mike Hilton CB 5-9 184 03/09/94 23 1 Mississippi Fayetteville, GA FA '1657 Kameron Canaday LS 6-4 245 08/20/92 25 1 Portland State Eugene, OR FA '1771 Matt Feiler OT 6-6 330 07/07/92 25 1 Bloomsburg (PA) Strasburg, PA FA '16ROOKIES (6)5 Joshua Dobbs QB 6-3 216 01/26/95 22 R Tennessee Alpharetta, GA D4 '1719 JuJu Smith-Schuster WR 6-1 215 11/22/96 21 R USC Long Beach, CA D2 '1729 Brian Allen CB 6-3 215 10/21/93 24 R Utah La Marque, TX D5 '1730 James Conner RB 6-1 233 05/05/95 22 R Pittsburgh Erie, PA D3b '1734 Cameron Sutton CB 5-11 188 02/27/95 22 R Tennessee Jonesboro, GA D3a '1790 T.J. Watt LB 6-4 252 10/11/94 23 R Wisconsin Pewaukee, WI D1 '17
PRACTICE SQUAD 16 Marcus Tucker WR 5-10 190 05/24/92 25 1 Northern Michigan Flint, MI UDFA '1633 Fitzgerald Toussaint RB 5-9 204 05/04/90 27 4 Michigan Youngstown, OH FA '1535 Dashaun Phillips CB 5-11 186 01/03/91 26 3 Tarleton State Duncanville, TX TR'17 (WAS)37 Jordan Dangerfield S 5-11 199 12/25/90 26 2 Towson Elmont, NY FA '1541 Farrington Huguenin LB 6-4 268 05/08/92 25 1 Kentucky Columbia, SC FA '1757 Keith Kelsey LB 6-0 233 03/17/95 22 R Louisville Gainesville, FL UDFA '1761 Kyle Friend C 6-2 305 04/03/94 23 1 Temple Harrisburg, PA FA '1768 Jake Rodgers OL 6-6 320 09/10/17 26 1 Eastern Washington Spokane, WA FA'1780 Jake McGee TE 6-5 250 09/19/91 26 1 Flordia Richmond, VA FA '1795 Lavon Hooks DE 6-3 312 01/23/92 25 1 Mississippi Atlanta, GA FA '17
RESERVE/SUSPENSED77 Gilbert, Marcus OT 6-6 330 02/15/88 29 7 Florida Fort Lauderdale, FL D2 '11
RESERVE/DID NOT REPORT30-D Daimion Stafford S 6-1 218 02/18/91 26 5 Nebraska Norco, CA UFA '17 (TEN)
INJURED RESERVE34 Antonio Crawford CB 5-10 184 02/02/94 23 R West Virginia Tampa, FL UFDA'1746-D Matt Galambos LB 6-1 239 03/21/95 22 R Pittsburgh Collingdale, PA UDFA '1738 Greg Ducre CB 5-10 183 01/22/92 25 2 Washington Los Angeles, CA FA'1762 Mike Matthews C 6-2 300 01/27/94 23 1 Texas A&M Sugar Land, TX FA '1799 Keion Adams LB 6-2 245 06/08/95 22 R Western Michigan Salisbury, NC D7 '17
Head Coach: Mike TomlinAssistant Coaches:
PITTSBURGH STEELERS 2017 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 2017 SeasonNumber of Players on Active Roster: 53
2017 ROSTER MOVES Date Pos. Name Transaction 1/24/17 RB Gus Johnson Reserve/Future Contract 1/24/17 RB Brandon Brown-Dukes Reserve/Future Contract 1/24/17 RB Karlos Williams Reserve/Future Contract 1/24/17 RB Dreamius Smith Reserve/Future Contract 1/24/17 CB Brandon Dixon Reserve/Future Contract 1/24/17 CB Mike Hilton Reserve/Future Contract 1/24/17 OL Keavon Milton Reserve/Future Contract 1/24/17 OL Matt Feiler Reserve/Future Contract 1/24/17 S Jacob Hagen Reserve/Future Contract 1/24/17 WR Marcus Tucker Reserve/Future Contract 1/24/17 WR Dez Stewart Reserve/Future Contract 1/27/17 LB Farrington Huguenin Reserve/Future Contract 1/30/17 CB Greg Ducre Reserve/Future Contract 2/2/17 LS Greg Warren Re-Signed (One-Year Contract) 2/6/17 CB Justin Gilbert Released 2/13/17 DT Lavon Hooks Signed Contract 2/13/17 DT Roy Philon Signed Contract 2/14/17 CB Devonte Johnson Signed Contract 2/14/17 LB Akil Blount Signed Contract 2/14/17 LB Jason Fanaika Signed Contract 2/14/17 OL Kyle Friend Signed Contract 2/14/17 OL Mike Matthews Signed Contract 2/14/17 RB Trey Williams Signed Contract 2/15/17 LB Steven Johnson Re-Signed (One-Year Contract) 2/21/17 LS Kameron Canady Signed Contract 2/21/17 P A.J. Hughes Signed Contract 2/22/17 TE Ryan Malleck Signed Contract 2/27/17 RB Le’Veon Bell Exclusive Franchise Tag 2/27/17 WR Antonio Brown Signed New Contract (Five Years) 3/1/17 LB James Harrison Re-Signed (Two-Year Contract) 3/6/17 OT Ryan Harris Reserve/Retired List 3/9/17 TE David Johnson Re-Signed (Two-Year Contract) 3/9/17 QB Landry Jones Re-Signed (Two-Year Contract) 3/9/17 RB Karlos Williams Released 3/15/17 WR Justin Hunter Signed One-Year Contract (UFA, BUF) 3/20/17 RB Knile Davis Signed One-Year Contract (UFA, KC) 3/20/17 CB Coty Sensabaugh Signed Two-Year Contract (UFA, NYG) 3/21/17 DE Tyson Alualu Signed Two-Year Contract (UFA, JAX) 4/6/17 G Chris Hubbard Signed Restricted Free Agent Tender 4/17/17 CB Ross Cockrell Signed Restricted Free Agent Tender 4/19/17 LB Jason Fanaika Released 4/25/17 WR Martavis Bryant Reinstated (Conditional Basis) 4/27/17 LB T.J. Watt Drafted 4/28/17 WR JuJu Smith-Schuster Drafted 4/28/17 CB Cameron Sutton Drafted 4/28/17 RB James Conner Drafted 4/29/17 QB Joshua Dobbs Drafted 4/29/17 CB Brian Allen Drafted 4/29/17 LS Colin Holba Drafted 4/29/17 LB Keion Adams Drafted 4/29/17 DT Nelson Adams Agreed To Terms (UDFA) 4/29/17 DT Christian Brown Agreed To Terms (UDFA) 4/29/17 G Ethan Cooper Agreed To Terms (UDFA) 4/29/17 DE Francis Kallon Agreed To Terms (UDFA) 4/29/17 LB Keith Kelsey Agreed To Terms (UDFA) 4/29/17 TE Scott Orndoff Agreed To Terms (UDFA) 4/29/17 QB Nick Schuessler Agreed To Terms (UDFA) 4/29/17 RB Rushel Shell Agreed To Terms (UDFA) 4/29/17 CB Terrish Webb Agreed To Terms (UDFA) 5/1/17 QB Zach Mettenberger Released 5/2/17 RB Brandon Brown-Dukes Released 5/2/17 RB Gus Johnson Released 5/2/17 WR Canaan Severin Released 5/2/17 CB Al-Hajj Shabazz Released 5/5/17 LS Kameron Canady Released 5/5/17 WR Dez Stewart Waived/Injured 5/5/17 OT Jake Rodgers Signed Contract 5/8/17 CB Brian Allen Signed Rookie Contract (Four-Years) 5/10/17 LB Keion Adams Signed Rookie Contract (Four-Years) 5/11/17 LS Colin Holba Signed Rookie Contract (Four-Years) 5/11/17 RB James Conner Signed Rookie Contract (Four-Years) 5/12/17 RB Dreamius Smith Released 5/16/17 LB Matt Galambos Signed Contract (UDFA) 5/16/17 TE Phazahn Odom Signed Contract (UDFA)
Date Pos. Name Transaction 5/16/17 TE Ryan Malleck Released 5/16/17 CB Devonte Johnson Released 5/17/17 LB Akil Blount Released 5/17/17 QB Nick Schuessler Released 5/17/17 WR Canaan Severin Signed Contract 5/17/17 QB Bart Houston Signed Contract 5/17/17 WR JuJu Smith-Schuster Signed Rookie Contract (Four-Years) 5/18/17 LS Greg Warren Released (Failed Physical) 5/18/17 TE Ladarius Green Released (Failed Physical) 5/18/17 RB Terrell Watson Signed Contract 5/22/17 QB Joshua Dobbs Signed Rookie Contract (Four-Years) 5/30/17 P A.J. Hughes Released 5/30/17 S Daimion Stafford Signed One-Year Contract (UFA, TEN) 5/30/17 LS Kameron Canaday Signed Contract 6/13/17 CB Cameron Sutton Signed Rookie Contract (Four-Years) 6/14/17 RB Rushel Shell Released 6/14/17 RB Brandon Brown-Dukes Signed Contract 6/14/17 LB T.J. Watt Signed Rookie Contract (Four-Years) 7/27/17 OT Alejandro Villanueva Signed New Contract (Four Years) 7/2717 WR Sammie Coates Placed on PUP List 7/27/17 WR Canaan Severin Placed on PUP List 7/27/17 S Daimion Stafford Placed on Did Not Report List 7/28/17 S Malik Golden Signed Contract 7/29/17 WR Canaan Severin Activated from PUP List 8/2/17 TE Scott Orndoff Waived/Injured 8/2/17 TE Jake McGee Signed 8/3/17 TE Scott Orndoff Reserve/Injured List 8/5/17 DE Nelson Adams Released 8/5/17 CB JaCorey Shepherd Signed 8/8/17 C Mike Matthews Waived/Injured 8/817 C Lucas Crowley Signed 8/14/17 WR Canaan Severin Released 8/14/17 LB Austin Gearing Signed 8/16/17 WR Sammie Coates Activated from PUP List 8/23/17 RB Brandon Brown-Dukes Released 8/23/17 CB Greg Ducre Waived/injured 8/23/17 C Lucas Crowley Traded (WAS) 8/23/17 CB DaShaun Phillips Acquired via trade (WAS) 8/24/17 CB Antonio Crawford Waived/Injured 8/25/17 C Ruben Carter Signed 8/29/17 TE Vance McDonald Acquired via trade (SF) 8/29/17 DE Christian Brown Released 8/29/17 TE Phazahn Odom Released 8/31/17 CB Joe Haden Signed 9/2/17 WR Sammie Coates Traded (CLE) 9/2/17 CB Ross Cockrell Traded (NYG) 9/2/17 WR Demarcus Ayers Released 9/2/17 C Ruben Carter Released 9/2/17 OL Ethan Cooper Released 9/2/17 RB Knile Davis Released 9/2/17 CB Brandon Dixon Released 9/2/17 C Kyle Friend Released 9/2/17 LB Matt Galambos Released 9/2/17 LB Austin Gearing Released 9/2/17 S Malik Golden Waived/Injured 9/2/17 CB Senquez Golson Released 9/2/17 S Jacob Hagen Released 9/2/17 WR Cobi Hamilton Released 9/2/17 LS Colin Holba Released 9/2/17 DE Lavon Hooks Released 9/2/17 QB Bart Houston Released 9/2/17 LB Farrington Huguenin Released 9/2/17 TE David Johnson Released 9/2/17 LB Steven Johnson Released 9/2/17 DE Francis Kallon Released 9/2/17 LB Keith Kelsey Released 9/2/17 DE Johnny Maxey Released 9/2/17 TE Jake McGee Released 9/2/17 OT Brian Mihalik Released 9/2/17 OL Keavon Milton Released 9/2/17 CB Dashaun Phillips Released 9/2/17 DT Roy Philon Released 9/2/17 OT Jake Rodgers Released 9/2/17 CB JaCorey Shepherd Released
2017 ROSTER MOVES Date Pos. Name Transaction 9/2/17 WR Justin Thomas Released 9/2/17 RB Fitzgerald Toussaint Released 9/2/17 WR Marcus Tucker Released 9/2/17 S Terrish Webb Released 9/2/17 RB Trey Williams Released 9/3/17 C Kyle Friend Signed to Practice Squad 9/3/17 LB Matt Galambos Signed to Practice Squad 9/3/17 S Jacob Hagen Signed to Practice Squad 9/3/17 DE Lavon Hooks Signed to Practice Squad 9/3/17 LB Farrington Huguenin Signed to Practice Squad 9/3/17 TE Jake McGee Signed to Practice Squad 9/3/17 CB Dashaun Phillips Signed to Practice Squad 9/3/17 RB Fitzgerald Toussaint Signed to Practice Squad 9/3/17 WR Marcus Tucker Signed to Practice Squad 9/3/17 S J.J. Wilcox Acquired via trade (TB) 9/4/17 WR Justin Thomas Signed to Practice Squad 9/4/17 LB Steven Johnson Signed 9/4/17 S Jordan Dangerfield Waived/Injured 9/4/17 CB Cameron Sutton Reserve/Injured List 9/9/17 DE Stephon Tuitt Signed New Contract (Six Years) 9/9/17 RB Le’Veon Bell Activated 9/9/17 LB Steven Johnson Released 9/12/17 LB L.J. Fort Terminated 9/12/17 LB Steven Johnson Signed 9/13/17 LB Matt Galambos Released from Practice Squad 9/13/17 LB L.J. Fort Signed to Practice Squad 9/20/17 WR Justin Thomas Released from Practice Squad 9/20/17 OL Jake Rodgers Signed to Practice Squad 9/23/17 LB Steven Johnson Released 9/23/17 LB L.J. Fort Signed 10/16/17 S Jacob Hagen Released from Practice Squad 10/16/17 S Jordan Dangerfield Signed to Practice Squad 11/20/17 OT Marcus Gilbert Reserve/Suspended List 11/21/17 CB Cameron Sutton Activated
HOW THE 2017 STEELERS WERE BUILT
Year-Record (Finish) Draft Choices (27) Free Agents (13) Trades (2) Undrafted Free Agents (5) Unrestricted Free Agents (6)
2004: 15-1 (1st AFC North) QB Ben Roethlisberger (#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) 2012: 8-8 (3rd AFC North) G David DeCastro (#1) S Robert Golden UDFA 2013: 8-8 (2nd AFC North) RB Le’Veon Bell (#2) CB William Gay FA QB Landry Jones (#4b) C/G Chris Hubbard UDFA 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) WR Martavis Bryant (#4) LB James Harrison FA DT Daniel McCullers (#6b) WR Darrius Heyward-Bey UFA (IND) LB Arthur Moats UFA (BUF) 2015: 10-6 (2nd AFC North) LB Bud Dupree (#1) TE Xavier Grimble FA TE Jesse James (#5) C/G B.J. Finney UDFA DE L.T. Walton (#6a) WR Eli Rogers UDFA LB Anthony Chickillo (#6b) P Jordan Berry FA K Chris Boswell FA FB Roosevelt Nix FA 2016: 11-5 (1st AFC North) CB Artie Burns (#1) CB Mike Hilton FA S Sean Davis (#2) OT Matt Feiler FA DT Javon Hargrave (#3) OT Jerald Hawkins (#4) LB Tyler Matakevich (#7b) 2017: 2-1 (T-1st AFC North) LB T.J. Watt (#1) DE Tyson Alualu UFA (JAX) WR JuJu Smith-Schuster (#2) CB Coty Sensabaugh UFA (NYG) CB Cameron Sutton (#3a) WR Justin Hunter UFA (BUF) RB James Conner (#3b) RB Terrell Watson FA QB Joshua Dobbs (#4) LS Kameron Canaday FA CB Brian Allen (#5) TE Vance McDonald TR (SF) CB Joe Haden UFA (CLE) S J.J. Wilcox TR (TB) LB L.J. Fort FA
2017 Starting Lineups
Date Opponent WR LT LG C RG RT TE WR QB RB FB10-Sep at CLE Brown Villanueva Foster Pouncey DeCastro Gilbert James Smith-Shuster Roethlisberger Bell Rogers (WR)
17-Sep MIN Brown Villanueva Foster Pouncey DeCastro Gilbert Hubbard James (TE) Roethlisberger Bell Nix
24-Sep at CHI Brown Villanueva Foster Pouncey DeCastro Hubbard James Bryant (WR) Roethlisberger Bell Grimble (WR)
1-Oct at BAL Brown Villanueva Foster Pouncey DeCastro Hubbard McDonlad Finney (TE) Roethlisberger Bell Nix
8-Oct JAC Brown Villanueva Foster Pouncey DeCastro Hubbard James Bryant Roethlisberger Bell McDonald (TE)
15-Oct at KC Brown Villanueva Finney Pouncey DeCastro Gilbert James Bryant Roethlisberger Bell McDonald (TE)
22-Oct CIN Brown Villanueva Foster Pouncey DeCastro Hubbard James Bryant Roethlisberger Bell McDonald (TE)
29-Oct at DET Brown Villanueva Foster Pouncey DeCastro Hubbard James Hunter Roethlisberger Bell Smith-Schuster
12-Nov at IND Brown Villanueva Foster Pouncey DeCastro Gilbert McDonald Smith-Shuster Roethlisberger Bell Grimble (WR)
16-Nov TEN Brown Villanueva Foster Pouncey DeCastro Gilbert James Smith-Shuster Roethlisberger Bell Rogers (WR)
Date Opponent LE NT RE LOLB LILB RILB ROLB LCB RCB SS FS10-Sep at CLE Heyward Hargrave Tuitt Chickillo Shazier Williams Watt Haden Burns Davis Mitchell17-Sep MIN Heyward Hilton (DB) Alualu Dupree Shazier Williams Watt Haden Burns Davis Gay24-Sep at CHI Heyward Hargrave Alualu Dupree Shazier Williams Chickillo Haden Burns Davis Mitchell1-Oct at BAL Heyward Hargrave Tuitt Dupree Shazier Williams Watt Haden Burns Davis Wilcox 8-Oct JAC Heyward Hargrave Tuitt Dupree Shazier Williams Watt Haden Burns Davis Mitchell15-Oct at KC Heyward Hargrave Tuitt Dupree Shazier Williams Watt Haden Burns Davis Mitchell22-Oct CIN Heyward Hargrave Alualu Dupree Shazier Williams Watt Haden Burns Davis Mitchell29-Oct at DET Heyward Hargrave Alualu Dupree Shazier Williams Watt Haden Burns Davis Mitchell12-Nov at IND Heyward Hargrave Tuitt Dupree Shazier Williams Watt Haden Burns Davis Mitchell16-Nov TEN Heyward Hilton (DB) Tuitt Dupree Shazier Williams Watt Sensabaugh Burns Davis Golden
2017 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 Oct Nov Nov Nov Dec Dec Dec Dec D 10 17 24 1 8 15 22 29 12 16 26 4 10 17 25 31 @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ 2017 Injury 2017 CLE MIN CHI BAL JAC KC CIN DET IND TEN GB CIN BAL NE HOU CLE Career Consec. Games Games/ G/S G/S Missed Starts Names Adams, Keion IR IR IR IR IR IR IR IR IR IR 0/0 0/0 10 0/0 Allen, Brian SI P SI P SI P SI SI SI P 4/0 1/0 0 4/0 Alualu, Tyson P RDE RDE P P P RDERDE P P 120/92 10/0 0 10/4 Bell, Le'Veon RB RB RB RB RB RB RB RB RB RB 57/57 57/57 0 10/10 Berry, Jordan P P P P P P P P P P 42/0 42/0 0 10/0 Boswell, Chris P P P P P P P P P P 37/0 14/0 0 10/0 Brown, Antonio WR WR WR WR WR WR WR WR WR WR 111/84 10/10 0 10/10 Bryant, Martavis P P WR P WR WR WR SI P P 30/12 2/0 0 9/4 Burns, Artie RCB RCB RCB RCB RCB RCB RCB RCB RCB RCB 26/19 26/19 0 10/10 Canaday, Kameron P P P P P P P P P P 10/0 10/0 0 10/0 Chickillo, Anthony LOLBP LOLB P P P P P P P 32/9 10/0 0 10/2 Conner, James P P P P P P P P P P 10/0 10/0 0 10/0 Crawford, Antonio IR IR IR IR IR IR IR IR IR IR 0/0 0/0 10 0/0 Davis, Sean SS SS SS SS SS SS SS SS SS SS 26/19 26/17 0 10/10 DeCastro, David RG RG RG RG RG RG RG RG RG RG 77/76 66/66 0 10/10 Dobbs, Joshua SI SI SI SI SI SI SI SI SI SI 0/0 0/0 0 0/0 Dupree, Bud SI LOLB LOLB LOLB LOLB LOLB LOLB LOLB LOLB LOLB 33/19 9/9 0 9/9 Feiler, Matt SI SI P P DNP DNP DNP P SI SI 4/0 0/0 0 3/0 Finney, B.J. DNP P P TE P LG P P DNP P 21/5 1/0 0 8/2 Fort, L.J. P PS P P P P P P P P 41/2 9/0 0 9/0 Foster, Ramon LG LG LG LG LG SI LG LG LG LG 126/110 4/4 0 9/9 Friend, Kyle PS PS PS PS PS PS PS PS PS PS 0/0 0/0 0 0/0 Galambos, Matt PS PS - - - - - - - - 0/0 0/0 0 0/0 Gay, William P FS P P P P P P P P 170/102 170/0 0 10/1 Gilbert, Marcus RT RT DNP SI SI RT SI SI RT RT 81/80 2/2 1 5/5 Golden, Robert P P P P P P P P P FS 86/11 10/1 0 10/1 Grimble, Xavier P P TE P P SI P P TE P 22/4 4/0 0 9/2 Haden, Joe LCB LCB LCB LCB LCB LCB LCB LCB LCB SI 99/90 0/0 1 9/9 Hagen, Jacob PS PS PS PS PS PS - - - - 0/0 0/0 0 0/0 Hargrave, Javon NT P NT NT NT NT NT NT NT P 24/21 12/0 0 10/8 Harrison, James P DNP P SI SI P P DNP SI SI 191/117 0/0 0 4/0 Hawkins, Jerald SI SI SI SI SI SI SI SI SI SI 0/0 0/0 0 0/0 Heyward, Cameron LDE LDE LDE LDE LDE LDE LDE LDE LDE LDE 97/62 10/10 0 10/10 Heyward-Bey, Darrius P P P P P P P P P P 124/69 12/0 0 10/0 Hilton, Mike P DB P P P P P P P DB 10/2 10/1 0 10/2 Hooks, Lavon PS PS PS PS PS PS PS PS PS PS 0/0 0/0 0 0/0 Hubbard, Chris P TE RT RT RT P RT P P P 32/10 25/0 0 9/5 Huguenin, Farrington PS PS PS PS PS PS PS PS PS PS 0/0 0/0 0 0/0 Hunter, Justin SI SI SI P P SI SI WR SI DNP 51/19 0/0 0 3/1 James, Jesse TE TE TE P TE TE TE TE P TE 34/23 34/1 0 10/8 Johnson, Steven - P - - - - - - - - 64/7 0/0 0 1/0 Jones, Landry DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP 15/4 0/0 0 0/0 Matakevich, Tyler P P P P P P P P P P 26/0 26/0 0 10/0 Matthews, Mike IR IR IR IR IR IR IR IR IR IR 0/0 0/0 5 0/0 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
2017 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 Oct Nov Nov Nov Dec Dec Dec Dec D 10 17 24 1 8 15 22 29 12 16 26 4 10 17 25 31 @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ 2017 Injury 2017 CLE MIN CHI BAL JAC KC CIN DET IND TEN GB CIN BAL NE HOU CLE Career Consec. Games Games/ G/S G/S Missed Starts Names McCullers, Daniel SI DNP P SI SI SI P DNP DNP P 41/1 1/0 0 3/0 McDonald, Vance P SI P TE TE TE TE SI TE SI 55/35 0/0 0 7/5 McGee, Jake PS PS PS PS PS PS PS PS PS PS 0/0 0/0 0 0/0 Mitchell, Mike P P FS SI FS FS FS FS FS SI 132/78 0/0 0 8/7 Moats, Arthur P P P P P SI SI P P P 115/45 3/0 0 8/0 Nix, Roosevelt P FB P FB P P P P P P 35/7 18/0 0 10/2 Phillips, Dashaun PS PS PS PS PS PS PS PS PS PS 11/2 0/0 0 0/0 Pouncey, Maurkice C C C C C C C C C C 87/87 10/10 0 10/10 Roethlisberger, Ben QB QB QB QB QB QB QB QB QB QB 195/193 10/10 0 10/10 Rogers, Eli WR P P SI SI P P P P WR 21/10 5/1 0 8/2 Sensabaugh, Coty P P P P P P P P P CB 82/30 10/1 0 10/1 Shazier, Ryan LILB LILB LILB LILB LILB LILB LILB LILB LILB LILB 44/39 23/19 0 10/10 Smith-Schuster, JuJu WR P P P P P P WR WR WR 10/4 10/3 0 10/4 Thomas, Justin PS PS PS PS PS PS PS PS PS PS 0/0 0/0 0 0/0 Toussaint, Fitzgerald PS PS PS PS PS PS PS PS PS PS 25/0 0/0 0 0/0 Tucker, Marcus PS PS PS PS PS PS PS PS PS PS 0/0 0/0 0 0/0 Tuitt, Stephon RDE SI SI RDE RDE RDE SI SI RDE RDE 89/38 2/2 0 6/6 Villanueva, Al LT LT LT LT LT LT LT LT LT LT 42/36 42/36 0 10/10 Watson, Terrell P P P P P P P P P P 11/0 10/0 0 10/0 Walton, L.T. P P P P P P P P P P 26/4 17/0 0 10/0 Watt, T.J. ROLB ROLB SI ROLB ROLB ROLB ROLB ROLB ROLB ROLB 9/9 7/7 0 9/9 Willcox, J.J. P SI P FS P P P P P DNP 67/39 0/0 0 8/1 Williams, Vince RILB RILB RILB RILB RILB RILB RILB RILB RILB RILB 73/27 73/10 0 10/10 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
2017 INDIVIDUAL HIGHS
OPPONENTS STEELERS RUSHING
JAC (10/8) Leonard Fournette 28 Rushes 35 Le’Veon Bell at BAL (10/1) 35 Le’Veon Bell CIN (10/22) JAC (10/8) Leonard Fournette 181 Yards 179 Le’Veon Bell at KC (10/15) JAC (10/8) Leonard Fournette 90t Long 27 Le’Veon Bell at KC (10/15) at CHI (9/24) Jordan Howard 2 TDs 2 Le’Veon Bell at BAL (10/1) JAC (10/8) Leonard Fournette 2 RECEIVING at DET (10/29) Marvin Jones 7 Receptions 11 Antonio Brown at CLE (9/10) 11 Antonio Brown at MIN (9/17) at DET (10/29) Marvin Jones 128 Yards 193 JuJu Smith-Schuster at DET (10/29) TEN (11/16) Rishard Matthews 75 Long 97t JuJu Smith-Schuster at DET (10/29) at CLE (9/10) Corey Coleman 1 TDs 3 Antonio Brown TEN (11/16) at CHI (9/24) Adam SHaheen 1 at BAL (10/1) Mike Wallace 1 at KC (10/15) De’Anthony Thomas 1 CIN (10/22) Tyler Kroft 1 CIN (10/22) Brandon Lafell 1 at IND (11/12) Chester Rogers 1 at IND (11/12) Donte Moncrief 1 TEN (11/16) Rishard Matthews 1 PASSING at BAL (10/1) Joe Flacco 49 Attempts 55 Ben Roethlisberger JAC (10/8) at BAL (10/1) Joe Flacco 31 Completions 33 Ben Roethlisberger JAC (10/8) at DET (10/29) Matthew Stafford 423 Yards 317 Ben Roethlisberger at DET (10/29) TEN (11/16) Marcus Marriota 75 Long 97t Ben Roethlisberger at DET (10/29) CIN (10/22) Andy Dalton 2 TDs 4 Ben Roethlisberger TEN (11/16) at IND (11/12) Jacoby Brissett 2 TEN (11/16) Marcus Marriota 4 INTs 5 Ben Roethlisberger JAC (10/8) PUNT RETURNS at IND (11/12) Chester Rogers 4 Returns 3 Eli Rogers at CLE (9/10) at KC (10/15) Tyreek Hill 39 Yards 32 Eli Rogers at CLE (9/10) at KC (10/15) Tyreek Hill 32 Long 15 Eli Rogers at CHI (9/24) TDs KICKOFF RETURNS TEN (11/16) Adoree’ Jackson 5 Returns 2 Terrell Watson at BAL (10/1) TEN (11/16) Adoree’ Jackson 103 Yards 36 Terrell Watson at BAL (10/1) TEN (11/16) Adoree’ Jackson 36 Long 25 Terrell Watson MIN (9/17) 25 JuJu Smith-Schuster at IND (11/12) TDs PUNTS at IND (11/12) Rigoberto Sanchez 4 Punts 6 Jordan Berry at CLE (9/10) 6 Jordan Berry at IND (11/12) at IND (11/12) Rigoberto Sanchez 328 Yards 297 Jordan Berry at IND (11/12) CIN (10/22) Kevin Huber 50 Avg. 50.7 Jordan Berry TEN (11/16) CIN (10/22) Kevin Huber 48.6 Net 49.5 Jordan Berry at IND (11/12) at CHI (9/24) Pat O’Donnell 62 Long 62 Jordan Berry at KC (10/15) at CLE (9/10) Britton Colquitt 3 In 20 3 Jordan Berry at CHI (9/24) MIN (9/17) Ryan Quigley 3 3 Jordan Berry at IND (11/12) JAC (10/8) Brad Norton 3 at KC (10/15) Dustin Colquitt 3 Touchbacks 1 Jordan Berry at CHI (9/24) 1 Jordan Berry at KC (10/15) INTERCEPTIONS JAC (10/8) Tashaun Gipson 2 Interceptions 1 T.J. Watt at CLE (9/10) 1 J.J. Wilcox at CHI (9/24) 1 Ryan Shazier at BAL (10/1) 1 Mike Hilton at BAL (10/1) 1 Ryan Shazier JAC (10/8) 1 Joe Haden CIN (10/22) 1 William Gay CIN (10/22) 1 Ryan Shazier at IND (11/12) 1 Sean Davis TEN (11/16) 1 Mike Hilton TEN (11/16) 1 Coty Sensabaugh TEN (11/16) 1 Rob Golden TEN (11/16) JAC (10/8) Barry Church 51 Long Return 41 Sean Davis TEN (11/16) JAC (10/8) Barry Church 1 TDs JAC (10/8) Telvin Smith 1
TACKLES at BAL (10/1) C.J. Mosley 12 Total 11 Ryan Shazier at CHI (9/24) 11 Ryan Shazier at BAL (10/1) TEN (11/16) Adoree’ Jackson 11 Solo 11 Ryan Shazier at CHI (9/24) 11 Ryan Shazier at BAL (10/1) MIN (9/17) Eric Kendricks 6 Assisted 6 Javon Hargrave JAC (10/8) MIN (9/17) Everson Griffen 2.0 Sacks 2.0 T.J. Watt at CLE (9/10) 2.0 Vince Williams at KC (10/15) 2.0 Anthony Chickillo at CLE (9/10) 2.0 Cameron Heyward at BAL (10/1)
2017 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. 10 at CLE 10 2 0 0 0 6 0 7 1 1 0 28:50 21 20% Punt Sept. 17 MIN 12 2 4 0 0 5 0 22 0 0 0 34:22 26 50% Punt Sept. 24 at CHI 11 2 1 0 0 4 0 19 2 0 0 27:34 17 27% Punt Oct. 1 at BAL 11 3 1 1 0 4 0 22 1 1 0 35:29 26 36% Field goal Oct. 8 JAC 12 0 3 0 0 3 0 21 0 5 0 31:08 9 0% Field goal Oct. 15 at KC 10 2 1 0 0 5 0 23 0 1 0 36:39 19 30% Punt Oct. 22 CIN 11 2 5 0 0 2 0 21 0 0 0 35:15 29 63% Touchdown Oct. 29 at DET 12 2 2 0 0 4 0 17 1 1 0 28:23 20 30% Field goal Nov. 12 at IND 12 2 2 0 0 6 0 18 1 1 0 29:58 18 33% Interception Nov. 16 TEN 12 4 4 0 0 3 0 25 1 0 0 31:40 40 66% Touchdown
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. 10 at CLE 11 2 1 0 0 5 1 7 1 1 0 31:10 18 27% Blocked Punt Sept. 17 MIN 12 1 1 0 0 6 0 14 0 0 0 25:38 9 16% Punt Sept. 24 at CHI 13 3 1 0 1 5 0 18 5 1 0 33:59 23 30% Punt Oct. 1 at BAL 12 1 1 1 0 5 0 18 3 1 0 24:31 9 16% Punt Oct. 8 JAC 10 4 1 0 0 5 0 15 0 5 0 28:52 30 50% Field goal Oct. 15 at KC 11 1 2 0 0 4 0 12 0 0 1 23:21 13 27% Safety Oct. 22 CIN 11 2 0 0 0 5 0 11 0 2 0 24:45 14 27% Punt Oct. 29 at DET 11 0 5 0 0 3 0 21 1 0 0 31:37 15 45% Field goal Nov. 12 at IND 12 2 1 0 0 7 0 13 0 1 0 30:02 17 25% Punt Nov. 16 TEN 13 2 1 1 1 3 0 17 0 4 0 28:20 17 23% Interception
2017 STEELERS SCORING DRIVES
REGULAR SEASON Drive Score Time
Opponent Obtained Scoring Play Plays Yards Time Pit-Opp Qtr Remain at Cleveland Punt Matakevich punt block recovery - - - 7-0 1 12:44 at Cleveland Punt James 4 yd. pass from Roethlisberger 12 68 5:26 7-7 2 0:45 at Cleveland Kickoff James 2 yd. pass from Roethlisberger 6 75 3:50 21-10 3 5:37 Minnesota Punt Bryant 27 yd. pass from Roethlisberger 9 78 2:18 7-0 1 3:02 Minnesota Punt Smith-Schuster 4 yd. pass from Roethlisberger 5 60 3:12 14-0 2 13:31 Minnesota Downs Boswell 46 yd. field goal 4 8 2:06 17-3 3 12:19 Minnesota Kickoff Boswell 29 yd. field goal 10 74 4:52 20-9 3 5:05 Minnesota Punt Boswell 37 yd. field goal 11 64 4:44 23-9 4 3:18 Minnesota Downs Boswell 43 yd. field goal 4 5 0:20 26-9 4 1:53 at Chicago Punt Brown 7 yd. pass from Roethlisberger 13 77 7:11 7-7 2 5:42 at Chicago Fumble Bell 1 yd. run 6 16 2:42 14-17 3 6:43 at Chicago Interception Boswell 32 yd. field goal 4 7 0:54 17-17 4 8:03 at Baltimore Punt Boswell 31 yd. field goal 16 84 10:23 3-0 1 0:26 at Baltimore Punt Boswell 49 yd. field goal 9 15 2:59 6-0 2 7:25 at Baltimore Fumble Bell 1 yd. run 6 28 2:24 13-0 2 3:24 at Baltimore Punt Smith-Schuster 11 yd. pass from Roethlisberger 8 70 1:35 19-0 2 0:38 at Baltimore Interception Bell 1 yd. run 7 49 3:11 26-9 4 2:26 Jacksonville Punt Boswell 29 yd. field goal 7 61 3:06 3-0 1 10:17 Jacksonville Interception Boswell 34 yd. field goal 6 45 0:38 6-7 2 0:03 Jacksonville Kickoff Boswell 20 yd. field goal 14 73 6:06 9-7 3 8:54 at Kansas City Punt Safety 2-0 1 7:49 at Kansas City Kickoff Bell 3 yd. run 12 75 6:25 9-3 2 14:55 at Kansas City Punt Boswell 24 yd. field goal 12 93 6:43 12-3 2 2:08 at Kansas City Kickoff Brown 51 yd. pass from Roethlisberger 5 75 2:49 19-10 4 3:24 Cincinnati Kickoff Brown 7 yd. pass from Roethlisberger 9 75 5:35 7-0 1 9:25 Cincinnati Kickoff Smith-Schuster 31 yd. pass from Roethlisberger 5 75 2:18 14-7 2 12:52 Cincinnati Kickoff Boswell 22 yd. field goal 10 75 5:22 17-14 2 1:50 Cincinnati Punt Boswell 24 yd. field goal 7 71 1:28 20-14 2 0:00 Cincinnati Punt Boswell 41 yd. field goal 11 54 5:57 23-14 3 7:23 Cincinnati Kickoff Boswell 49 yd. field goal 4 9 1:20 26-14 3 5:28 Cincinnati Punt Boswell 25 yd. field goal 10 70 4:06 29-14 4 5:14 at Detroit Kickoff Boswell 34 yd. field goal 7 59 2:48 3-0 1 12:12 at Detroit Kickoff Bell 5 yd. run 9 75 5:01 10-6 2 4:10 at Detroit Punt Boswell 38 yd. field goal 9 28 4:08 13-12 3 9:21 at Detroit Downs Smith-Schuster 97 yd. pass from Roethlisberger 3 98 1:24 20-12 3 12:54 at Indianapolis Punt Boswell 41 yd. field goal 8 39 1:09 3-10 2 0:30 at Indianapolis Kickoff Smith-Schuster 7 yd. pass from Roethlisberger 8 78 4:59 9-17 3 7:47 at Indianapolis Interception McDonald 7 yd. pass from Roethlisberger 3 10 1:00 17-17 4 11:52 at Indianapolis Punt Boswell 33 yd. field goal 10 70 3:10 20-17 4 0:00 Tennessee Kickoff Brown 41 yd. pass from Roethlisberger 6 75 2:35 7-0 1 12:25 Tennessee Interception Boswell 41 yd. field goal 5 1 1:46 10-0 1 9:41 Tennessee Interception Boswell 28 yd. field goal 7 10 1:34 13-7 2 1:37 Tennessee Punt Boswell 50 yd. field goal 7 35 0:53 16-7 2 0:18 Tennessee Kickoff Brown 5 yd. pass from Roethlisberger 10 75 4:48 23-14 3 10:01 Tennessee Kickoff James 1 yd. pass from Roethlisberger 12 75 5:38 30-17 4 14:56 Tennessee Punt Brown 10 yd. pass from Roethlisberger 3 51 1:27 37-17 4 12:12 Tennessee Interception Boswell 26 yd. field goal 10 44 6:18 40-17 4 5:21
2017 OPPONENTS SCORING DRIVES
REGULAR SEASON
Drive Score Time Opponent Obtained Scoring Play Plays Yards Time Pit-Opp Qtr Remain at Cleveland Kickoff Kizer run for 1yd. 12 68 5:25 14-7 1 0:22 at Cleveland Punt Gonzalez 24 yd. field goal 7 53 4:29 14-10 3 9:27 at Cleveland Kickoff Coleman 3 yd. pass from Kizer 8 73 3:05 21-18 4 3:36 Minnesota Kickoff Forbath 42 yd. field goal 11 51 4:41 14-3 2 8:50 Minnesota Kickoff Hamm 1 yd. run 6 82 2:22 17-9 3 9:57 at Chicago muffed punt Howard 3 yd. run 6 29 3:24 0-7 1 9:09 at Chicago kickoff Shaheen 2 yd. pass from Glennon 9 75 4:59 7-14 2 0:43 at Chicago Kickoff Barth 24 yd. field goal 1 0 0:00 7-17 2 0:00 at Chicago Kickoff Howard 19 yd. run 4 74 1:33 23-17 5 8:27 at Baltimore Interception Tucker 42 yd. field goal 4 -6 0:56 19-3 3 12:32 at Baltimore Missed FG Wallace 16 yd. pass from Flacco 3 66 1:03 26-9 3 6:02 Jacksonville Interception Fournette 2 yd. run 8 47 4:05 3-7 1 12:19 Jacksonville Interception Gipson 28 yd. INT return Jacksonville Interception Church 51 yd. INT return Jacksonville Punt Myers 47 yd. field goal 13 67 8:07 9-23 4 6:43 Jacksonville Interception Fournette 90 yd. run 3 98 1:29 9-30 4 1:47 at Kansas City Own kickoff Butker 46 yd. field goal 4 4 1:29 3-2 1 6:20 at Kansas City Punt Thomas 57 yd. pass from Smith 8 82 2:50 12-10 4 6:13 at Kansas City Kickoff Butker 33 yd. field goal 6 52 1:07 19-13 4 2:17 Cincinnati Punt Lafell 7 yd. pass from Dalton 8 53 3:34 7-7 1 0:10 Cincinnati Kickoff Kroft 1 yd. pass from Dalton 12 75 5:40 14-14 2 7:12 at Detroit Kickoff Prater 48 yd. field goal 8 45 4:22 3-3 1 7:50 at Detroit Punt Prater 37 yd. field goal 8 39 3:33 6-3 2 4:10 at Detroit Kickoff Prater 51 yd. field goal 6 42 1:56 9-10 2 2:14 at Detroit Fumble Prater 34 yd. field goal 8 63 0:43 12-13 2 0:13 at Detroit Kickoff Prater 19 yd. field goal 10 74 5:07 20-15 4 12:54 at Indianapolis Punt Moncrief 60 yd. pass from Brissett 4 68 1:21 0-7 2 14:52 at Indianapolis Punt Vinatieri 48 yd. field goal 13 63 7:13 0-10 2 5:51 at Indianapolis Kickoff Rogers 61 yd. pass from Brissett 4 75 2:14 3-17 3 12:46 Tennessee Kickoff Mariota 7 yd. run 11 68 6:36 10-7 1 3:05 Tennessee Kickoff Matthews 75 yd. from Mariota 1 75 0:11 16-14 3 14:49 Tennessee Kickoff Succop 44 yd. field goal 8 49 4:27 23-17 3 5:34
THIRD/FOURTH DOWN CONVERSIONS
REGULAR SEASON
THIRD DOWN FOURTH DOWN Date Opponent Made Att. Pct. Made Att. Pct. 9/10/17 STEELERS 5 13 38% 0 0 0% at Cleveland 3 12 25% 2 2 100% 9/17/17 STEELERS 8 26 31% 0 0 0% Minnesota 8 27 30% 2 5 40% 9/24/17 STEELERS 4 11 36% 0 0 0% at Chicago 4 12 33% 0 0 0% 10/1/17 STEELERS 7 15 47% 0 0 0% at Baltimore 5 13 38% 0 2 0% 10/8/17 STEELERS 7 15 47% 0 0 0% Jacksonville 6 12 50% 0 0 0% 10/15/17 STEELERS 4 11 36% 0 0 0% at Kansas City 3 11 27% 0 2 0% 10/22/17 STEELERS 2 11 18% 1 3 33% at Cincinnati 3 11 27% 1 2 50% 10/29/17 STEELERS 7 14 50% 0 0 0% at Detroit 2 12 17% 0 2 0% 11/12/17 STEELERS 5 13 38% 0 0 0% at Indianapolis 6 15 40% 0 0 0% 11/16/17 STEELERS 4 12 33% 0 1 0% Tennessee 5 13 38% 1 2 50% 11/26/17 STEELERS Green bay 12/4/17 STEELERS at Cincinnati 12/10/17 STEELERS Baltimore 12/17/17 STEELERS New England 12/25/17 STEELERS at Houston 12/31/17 STEELERS Cleveland STEELERS 53 142 37.3% 1 4 25% OPPONENTS 45 138 32.6% 6 17 35.2%
