Week 1, 2015

played in New England, MA

64 degrees, fair, 1 mph wind

Pittsburgh Steelers	10	7	0	0	-	17
New England Patriots	7	14	3	6	-	30

Scoring Summary
1Q: 09:55 PIT - Chris Boswell 36 field goal
1Q: 06:54 NED - Julian Edelman 22 pass from Tom Brady (Stephen Gostkowski extra point)
1Q: 03:53 PIT - Antonio Brown 4 pass from Ben Roethlisberger (Chris Boswell extra point)
2Q: 13:14 NED - Dion Lewis 2 run (Stephen Gostkowski extra point)
2Q: 04:20 PIT - Antonio Brown 11 pass from Ben Roethlisberger (Chris Boswell extra point)
2Q: 00:45 NED - Brandon LaFell 27 pass from Tom Brady (Stephen Gostkowski extra point)
3Q: 01:19 NED - Stephen Gostkowski 45 field goal
4Q: 08:27 NED - Stephen Gostkowski 29 field goal
4Q: 05:03 NED - Stephen Gostkowski 43 field goal

Scoring Summary
1Q: 09:55 PIT - Chris Boswell 36 field goal
1Q: 06:54 NED - Julian Edelman 22 pass from Tom Brady (Stephen Gostkowski extra point)
1Q: 03:53 PIT - Antonio Brown 4 pass from Ben Roethlisberger (Chris Boswell extra point)
2Q: 13:14 NED - Dion Lewis 2 run (Stephen Gostkowski extra point)
2Q: 04:20 PIT - Antonio Brown 11 pass from Ben Roethlisberger (Chris Boswell extra point)
2Q: 00:45 NED - Brandon LaFell 27 pass from Tom Brady (Stephen Gostkowski extra point)
3Q: 01:19 NED - Stephen Gostkowski 45 field goal
4Q: 08:27 NED - Stephen Gostkowski 29 field goal
4Q: 05:03 NED - Stephen Gostkowski 43 field goal

Team Statistics PIT NED
Record 0-1 1-0
First Downs 22 23
- by Rushing 4 5
- by Passing 15 17
- by Penalty 3 1
Total Net Yards 341 434
- Offensive Plays 63 69
- Yards per Play 5.41 6.29
Net Rushing Yards 99 70
- Rushing Attempts 16 30
- Yards per Rush 6.19 2.33
Net Passing Yards 242 364
- Att./Comp./Intrcpt 41 - 20 - 0 38 - 33 - 0
- Gross Passing Yards 277 380
- Sacks/Yards Lost 6/35 1/16
- Yards per Pass Play 5.15 9.33
Fumbles/Lost 0/0 0/0
3rd Down Conversions 3/11 6/13
- Avg. YtG on 3rd Down 9.5 8.3
4th Down Conversions 0/3 0/0
Penalties/Yards 3/25 7/40
Punt Returns/Yards 2/15 2/28
Kick Returns/Yards 1/23 1/16
Interception Ret./Yards 0/0 0/0
2pt Conversions 0/0 0/0
Red Zone Visits 3 3
- Red Zone TDs/FGs 2/1 2/1
Avg. Drive Start OWN 22 OWN 30
Time of Possession 24:26 35:34

Team Statistics	PIT	NED
Record	0-1	1-0
First Downs	22	23
- by Rushing	4	5
- by Passing	15	17
- by Penalty	3	1
Total Net Yards	341	434
- Offensive Plays	63	69
- Yards per Play	5.41	6.29
Net Rushing Yards	99	70
- Rushing Attempts	16	30
- Yards per Rush	6.19	2.33
Net Passing Yards	242	364
- Att./Comp./Intrcpt	41 - 20 - 0	38 - 33 - 0
- Gross Passing Yards	277	380
- Sacks/Yards Lost	6/35	1/16
- Yards per Pass Play	5.15	9.33
Fumbles/Lost	0/0	0/0
3rd Down Conversions	3/11	6/13
- Avg. YtG on 3rd Down	9.5	8.3
4th Down Conversions	0/3	0/0
Penalties/Yards	3/25	7/40
Punt Returns/Yards	2/15	2/28
Kick Returns/Yards	1/23	1/16
Interception Ret./Yards	0/0	0/0
2pt Conversions	0/0	0/0
Red Zone Visits	3	3
- Red Zone TDs/FGs	2/1	2/1
Avg. Drive Start	OWN 22	OWN 30
Time of Possession	24:26	35:34

Drive Charts

Pittsburgh Steelers
Quar	Began	Poss	From	Plays	Yards	Result
1	15:00	5:10	OWN 25	10	56	Field Goal
1	6:42	3:00	OWN 20	6	80	Touchdown
2	13:06	2:25	OWN 20	6	30	Punt
2	6:51	2:40	OWN 36	9	64	Touchdown
2	0:33	0:33	OWN 20	1	-7	Half
3	10:21	2:49	OWN 18	6	37	Punt
3	1:13	1:34	OWN 20	4	13	Punt
4	11:39	1:27	OWN 7	3	1	Punt
4	8:22	1:03	OWN 20	5	11	Downs
4	4:56	2:22	OWN 20	8	47	Downs
4	2:00	1:15	OWN 40	6	29	Downs

New England Patriots
Quar	Began	Poss	From	Plays	Yards	Result
1	9:50	3:08	OWN 20	8	80	Touchdown
1	3:42	5:36	OWN 20	10	80	Touchdown
2	10:41	3:50	OWN 20	6	51	Missed FG
2	4:11	3:38	OWN 15	7	85	Touchdown
3	15:00	4:39	OWN 20	8	36	Punt
3	7:32	6:19	OWN 3	11	69	Field Goal
4	14:39	3:00	OWN 36	6	13	Punt
4	10:12	1:50	OPP 34	6	22	Field Goal
4	7:19	2:23	OPP 31	3	5	Field Goal
4	2:34	0:34	OWN 33	3	1	Punt
4	0:45	0:45	OWN 31	2	-3	Game

Game MVP: Tom Brady, New England Patriots

Rushing Statistics

Pittsburgh	Att	Yards	Avg	LG	10+	TD
Le'Veon Bell	15	82	5.47	16	3	0
Darren McFadden	1	17	17.00	17	1	0

New England	Att	Yards	Avg	LG	TD
Dion Lewis	18	52	2.89	8	1
LeGarrette Blount	9	16	1.78	4	0
Tom Brady	2	-3	-1.50	-1	0
Brandon Bolden	1	5	5.00	5	0

Passing Statistics

Pittsburgh	Att	Comp	Yards	Sk/Yd	TD	LG	Int	Rate
Ben Roethlisberger	41	20	277	6/35	2	41	0	87.1

New England	Att	Comp	Yards	Sk/Yd	TD	LG	Int	Rate
Tom Brady	38	33	380	1/16	2	39	0	125.9

Receiving Statistics

Pittsburgh	Catch	Targ	Yards	Avg	YAC	LG	TD
WR Antonio Brown	6	14	61	10.17	19	20	2
TE Matt Spaeth	3	6	26	8.67	2	12	0
WR Jacoby Jones	2	6	45	22.50	15	30	0
WR Darrius Heyward-Bey	2	2	26	13.00	6	15	0
RB Le'Veon Bell	2	3	49	24.50	39	41	0
WR Markus Wheaton	2	5	43	21.50	3	37	0
FB Kevin Finch	2	2	13	6.50	8	14	0
RB Darren McFadden	1	2	14	14.00	0	14	0
TE Derek Price	0	1	0	0.00	0	0	0

New England	Catch	Targ	Yards	Avg	YAC	LG	TD
TE Rob Gronkowski	9	10	131	14.56	78	27	0
RB Dion Lewis	7	7	29	4.14	24	22	0
WR Julian Edelman	6	9	136	22.67	67	39	1
WR Brandon LaFell	5	5	51	10.20	1	27	1
WR Calvin Johnson	2	2	11	5.50	0	6	0
TE Eric Ebron	2	3	-4	-2.00	0	0	0
TE Scott Chandler	1	1	22	22.00	9	22	0
RB LeGarrette Blount	1	1	4	4.00	0	4	0

Interception Statistics

Pittsburgh	Ints	Yards	Avg	TD

New England	Ints	Yards	Avg	TD

Fumble Statistics

Pittsburgh	Fumb	Recov	Force	TD

New England	Fumb	Recov	Force	TD

Punting Statistics

Pittsburgh	Punt	Yards	Avg	Net	LG	In20
Rabble Brush	4	177	44.3	32.3	50	2

New England	Punt	Yards	Avg	Net	LG	In20
Ryan Allen	3	111	37.0	32.0	44	2

Kicking Statistics

Pittsburgh	FGs	40+Yd	50+Yd	LG	PAT
Chris Boswell	1/1	0/0	0/0	36	2/2

New England	FGs	40+Yd	50+Yd	LG	PAT
Stephen Gostkowski	3/4	2/3	0/0	45	3/3

Punt Return Statistics

Pittsburgh	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Darrius Heyward-Bey	2	15	7.5	0

New England	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Dion Lewis	2	28	14.0	0

Kick Return Statistics

Pittsburgh	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Darrius Heyward-Bey	1	23	23.0	0

New England	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Julian Edelman	1	16	16.0	0

Defensive Statistics

Pittsburgh	Tack	Asst	Sack	RPlay	PPlay
ILB Lawrence Timmons	9	4	1.0	30	39
S Glover Quin	8	3	0.0	30	39
CB William Gay	8	1	0.0	29	35
OLB Bud Dupree	8	1	0.0	24	30
CB Philip Gunsolus	6	0	0.0	16	33
S Rashad Johnson	5	3	0.0	30	39
DE Cameron Heyward	3	2	0.0	21	32
CB Brandon Farrell	3	2	0.0	28	37
DT Dontari Poe	3	1	0.0	21	24
ILB Sean Spence	3	0	0.0	12	6
OLB Arthur Moats	1	2	0.0	21	24
DT Samuel Robbins	1	1	0.0	9	15
OLB Anthony Chickillo	1	0	0.0	8	10

New England	Tack	Asst	Sack	RPlay	PPlay
S Devin McCourty	7	1	1.0	16	44
DE Jabaal Sheard	6	2	2.0	14	34
CB Rashaan Melvin	4	2	0.0	11	37
CB Tarell Brown	3	1	0.0	16	45
OLB Jamie Collins	3	1	0.0	12	25
S Duron Harmon	3	0	0.0	2	19
DE Chandler Jones	2	0	1.5	16	38
OLB Jon Bostic	2	1	0.0	3	7
ILB Dane Fletcher	2	0	0.0	2	7
CB Logan Ryan	2	0	0.0	15	41
S Jordan Richards	2	0	0.0	15	47
DE Geneo Grissom	1	1	1.5	2	22
ILB Jerod Mayo	1	4	0.0	14	40
OLB Dont'a Hightower	1	0	0.0	5	22
DT Malcom Brown	0	1	0.0	12	38

Pass Rush Statistics

Pittsburgh	Sack	Hurry	Knock	PPlay
ILB Lawrence Timmons	1.0	0	0	39
DT Dontari Poe	0.0	1	1	24
DE Stephon Tuitt	0.0	1	0	33
CB Brandon Farrell	0.0	1	0	37
DE Cam Thomas	0.0	0	1	6

New England	Sack	Block	Hurry	Knock	PPlay
DE Jabaal Sheard	2.0	0	3	0	34
DE Chandler Jones	1.5	2	4	2	38
DE Geneo Grissom	1.5	0	1	0	22
S Devin McCourty	1.0	0	0	0	44
DT Malcom Brown	0.0	2	0	0	38
DT Chris Jones	0.0	0	1	0	10

Pass Defense Statistics

Pittsburgh	Caught	Defnsd	PPlay
CB William Gay	6	0	35
S Rashad Johnson	5	1	39
ILB Lawrence Timmons	4	1	39
OLB Bud Dupree	4	0	30
CB Philip Gunsolus	4	0	33
S Glover Quin	3	0	39
OLB Arthur Moats	2	0	24
CB Brandon Farrell	2	0	37
DT Dontari Poe	1	0	24
OLB Anthony Chickillo	1	0	10
DT Samuel Robbins	1	0	15

New England	Caught	Defnsd	PPlay
CB Logan Ryan	3	1	41
CB Rashaan Melvin	3	0	37
S Devin McCourty	2	2	44
CB Tarell Brown	2	1	45
S Jordan Richards	2	1	47
ILB Dane Fletcher	2	0	7
OLB Jamie Collins	2	0	25
S Duron Harmon	2	0	19
OLB Dont'a Hightower	1	0	22
OLB Jon Bostic	1	0	7

Blocking Statistics

Pittsburgh	KeyBl	BlOpp	RPly	SckA	PPly
Kelvin Beachum	2	4	16	3	47
Marcus Gilbert	2	4	16	0	47
Maurkice Pouncey	1	4	16	1	47
Ramon Foster	1	2	16	1	47
David DeCastro	1	1	16	1	47
Matt Spaeth	0	1	13	0	27

New England	KeyBl	BlOpp	RPly	SckA	PPly
Nate Solder	4	8	30	0	39
Sebastian Vollmer	3	6	30	0	39
Bryan Stork	2	6	30	0	39
Derek Newton	1	5	30	0	39
Tre Jackson	1	1	30	1	39
Rob Gronkowski	0	2	24	0	28

Special Teams Tackles

Pittsburgh	Tackles	STPlays
Ryan Shazier	2	15
Darrius Heyward-Bey	1	15

New England	Tackles	STPlays
Patrick Chung	1	19
Joey Iosefa	1	17
Tarell Brown	1	11

Participation

Pittsburgh	RPlyOff	PPlyOff	RPlyDef	PPlyDef	STPly	Total Plays
Lawrence Timmons	---	---	30	39	15	84
Brandon Farrell	---	---	28	37	14	79
Rashad Johnson	---	---	30	39	9	78
Glover Quin	---	---	30	39	4	73
Antonio Brown	15	46	---	---	11	72
Markus Wheaton	16	46	---	---	10	72
David DeCastro	16	47	---	---	5	68
William Gay	---	---	29	35	2	66
Ben Roethlisberger	16	47	---	---	---	63
Ramon Foster	16	47	---	---	---	63
Maurkice Pouncey	16	47	---	---	---	63
Marcus Gilbert	16	47	---	---	---	63
Kelvin Beachum	16	47	---	---	---	63
Le'Veon Bell	15	32	---	---	11	58
Bud Dupree	---	---	24	30	4	58
Stephon Tuitt	---	---	20	33	4	57
Cameron Heyward	---	---	21	32	3	56
Philip Gunsolus	---	---	16	33	5	54
Arthur Moats	---	---	21	24	3	48
Dontari Poe	---	---	21	24	2	47
Matt Spaeth	13	27	---	---	4	44
Jacoby Jones	9	31	---	---	---	40
Darren McFadden	1	15	---	---	19	35
Kevin Finch	6	17	---	---	10	33
Antwon Blake	---	---	5	6	21	32
Darrius Heyward-Bey	1	10	---	---	15	26
Ryan Shazier	---	---	4	7	15	26
Anthony Chickillo	---	---	8	10	8	26
Samuel Robbins	---	---	9	15	2	26
Derek Price	2	7	---	---	16	25
Steve McLendon	---	---	11	9	1	21
Cam Thomas	---	---	10	6	5	21
Sean Spence	---	---	12	6	1	19
Mike Mitchell	---	---	1	5	2	8
Jordan Todman	2	4	---	---	1	7
Cody Wallace	0	0	---	---	5	5
Chris Boswell	0	0	---	---	5	5
Louis Schwartz	0	0	---	---	5	5
Kristopher Kerr	0	0	---	---	5	5
Sammy Dodge	0	0	---	---	5	5
Rabble Brush	0	0	---	---	5	5
Shamarko Thomas	---	---	0	0	1	1
Landry Jones	0	0	---	---	---	0
Martavis Bryant	0	0	---	---	---	0
Senquez Golson	---	---	0	0	---	0
Donald Raynor	0	0	---	---	---	0

New England	RPlyOff	PPlyOff	RPlyDef	PPlyDef	STPly	Total Plays
Derek Newton	30	39	---	---	7	76
Jordan Richards	---	---	15	47	11	73
Tarell Brown	---	---	16	45	11	72
Julian Edelman	29	37	---	---	5	71
Tom Brady	30	39	---	---	---	69
Sebastian Vollmer	30	39	---	---	---	69
Nate Solder	30	39	---	---	---	69
Bryan Stork	30	39	---	---	---	69
Tre Jackson	30	39	---	---	---	69
Devin McCourty	---	---	16	44	1	61
Logan Ryan	---	---	15	41	1	57
Jerod Mayo	---	---	14	40	2	56
Rob Gronkowski	24	28	---	---	4	56
Chandler Jones	---	---	16	38	1	55
Calvin Johnson	21	28	---	---	5	54
Malcom Brown	---	---	12	38	---	50
Jabaal Sheard	---	---	14	34	1	49
Dion Lewis	20	26	---	---	3	49
Rashaan Melvin	---	---	11	37	1	49
LeGarrette Blount	11	14	---	---	18	43
Jamie Collins	---	---	12	25	1	38
Brandon LaFell	11	24	---	---	1	36
Sealver Siliga	---	---	13	19	3	35
Aaron Dobson	10	12	---	---	13	35
Duron Harmon	---	---	2	19	14	35
Eric Ebron	15	16	---	---	4	35
Patrick Chung	---	---	2	13	19	34
Dont'a Hightower	---	---	5	22	5	32
Geneo Grissom	---	---	2	22	4	28
Scott Chandler	4	3	---	---	18	25
Joey Iosefa	3	3	---	---	17	23
Matthew Slater	1	4	---	---	15	20
Dane Fletcher	---	---	2	7	10	19
Jon Bostic	---	---	3	7	8	18
Dominique Easley	---	---	4	9	3	16
Chris Jones	---	---	2	10	---	12
Stephen Gostkowski	0	0	---	---	11	11
Ryan Wendell	0	0	---	---	7	7
Josh Kline	0	0	---	---	7	7
Cameron Fleming	0	0	---	---	7	7
Joe Cardona	0	0	---	---	7	7
Hunter Pieters	0	0	---	---	4	4
Ryan Allen	0	0	---	---	3	3
Brandon Bolden	1	0	---	---	1	2
Jimmy Garoppolo	0	0	---	---	---	0
Shaq Mason	0	0	---	---	---	0

Directional Rushing Statistics

Distance	Att	Yards	Avg
Left	4	15	3.8
Middle	7	41	5.9
Right	5	43	8.6
None	0	0	0.0

Distance	Att	Yards	Avg
Left	9	11	1.2
Middle	10	20	2.0
Right	9	42	4.7
None	2	-3	-1.5

Detailed Passing Statistics

Pittsburgh	Att	Cmp	20+	BdTh	Drop	Dfns	Hurr	Knck	Intc
Ben Roethlisberger	41	20	4	1	2	5	9	2	0

New England	Att	Cmp	20+	BdTh	Drop	Dfns	Hurr	Knck	Intc
Tom Brady	38	33	9	0	0	2	3	2	0

Directional Passing Statistics

Distance	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg
Screen	3	1	6	2.0
Short (0-8 Yds)	13	10	118	9.1
Medium (9-18 Yds)	21	8	116	5.5
Long (19+ Yds)	4	1	37	9.3

Distance	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg
Screen	12	12	64	5.3
Short (0-8 Yds)	17	13	179	10.5
Medium (9-18 Yds)	7	6	81	11.6
Long (19+ Yds)	2	2	56	28.0

Detailed Receiving Statistics

Pittsburgh	Targt	Caugt	Dropd	Yards	20+	PPlay
WR Antonio Brown	14	6	2	61	1	46
WR Jacoby Jones	6	2	0	45	1	31
TE Matt Spaeth	6	3	0	26	0	27
WR Markus Wheaton	5	2	0	43	1	46
RB Le'Veon Bell	3	2	0	49	1	32
RB Darren McFadden	2	1	0	14	0	15
WR Darrius Heyward-Bey	2	2	0	26	0	10
FB Kevin Finch	2	2	0	13	0	17
TE Derek Price	1	0	0	0	0	7

New England	Targt	Caugt	Yards	20+	PPlay
TE Rob Gronkowski	10	9	131	2	28
WR Julian Edelman	9	6	136	4	37
RB Dion Lewis	7	7	29	1	26
WR Brandon LaFell	5	5	51	1	24
TE Eric Ebron	3	2	-4	0	16
WR Calvin Johnson	2	2	11	0	28
TE Scott Chandler	1	1	22	1	3
RB LeGarrette Blount	1	1	4	0	14

Red-Zone Rushing Statistics

Pittsburgh	Att	Yards	Avg	Overall Avg
Le'Veon Bell	1	7	7.00	5.47

New England	Att	Yards	Avg	Overall Avg
Dion Lewis	2	8	4.00	2.89
LeGarrette Blount	1	-4	-4.00	1.78

Red-Zone Passing Statistics

Pittsburgh	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg/Att	Overall Avg
Ben Roethlisberger	4	2	15	3.75	6.76

New England	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg/Att	Overall Avg
Tom Brady	2	0	0	0.00	10.00

Red-Zone Receiving Statistics

Pittsburgh	Target	Catch	Yards	Avg/Targ	Overall Avg
WR Antonio Brown	2	2	15	7.50	4.36
WR Markus Wheaton	1	0	0	0.00	8.60
TE Derek Price	1	0	0	0.00	0.00

New England	Target	Catch	Yards	Avg/Targ	Overall Avg
WR Julian Edelman	1	0	0	0.00	15.11
TE Rob Gronkowski	1	0	0	0.00	13.10

Third Down Rushing Statistics

Pittsburgh	Rushes	Conversions
Darren McFadden	1	1
Le'Veon Bell	1	0

New England	Rushes	Conversions
LeGarrette Blount	1	0
Brandon Bolden	1	1
Dion Lewis	1	0

Third Down Passing Statistics

Pittsburgh	Att	Comp	Conversions
Ben Roethlisberger	9	4	2

New England	Att	Comp	Conversions
Tom Brady	10	9	5

Third Down Receiving Statistics

Pittsburgh	Targ	Catch	Conversions
WR Antonio Brown	3	2	1
WR Markus Wheaton	2	0	0
WR Jacoby Jones	1	0	0
TE Matt Spaeth	1	1	0
RB Darren McFadden	1	0	0
WR Darrius Heyward-Bey	1	1	1

New England	Targ	Catch	Conversions
TE Rob Gronkowski	4	4	3
RB Dion Lewis	2	2	1
WR Calvin Johnson	1	1	1
WR Julian Edelman	1	0	0
RB LeGarrette Blount	1	1	0
WR Brandon LaFell	1	1	0

Section Attendance
Stadium 61,500 (70,000 capacity)
Upper Deck 18,400 (21,400)
End Zone 13,300 (15,400)
Mezzanine 7,800 (8,900)
Sideline Seats 12,100 (13,600)
Club Seats 6,700 (7,400)
Luxury Boxes 3,200 (3,300)

Section	Attendance
Stadium	61,500 (70,000 capacity)
Upper Deck	18,400 (21,400)
End Zone	13,300 (15,400)
Mezzanine	7,800 (8,900)
Sideline Seats	12,100 (13,600)
Club Seats	6,700 (7,400)
Luxury Boxes	3,200 (3,300)