Week 3, 2015

played in St. Louis, MO

64 degrees, fair, 2 mph wind

Pittsburgh Steelers	7	0	7	7	-	21
St. Louis Rams	7	7	7	6	-	27

Scoring Summary
1Q: 06:57 PIT - Le'Veon Bell 1 run (Chris Boswell extra point)
1Q: 00:11 STL - Cam Newton 4 run (Greg Zuerlein extra point)
2Q: 04:25 STL - Jared Cook 2 pass from Cam Newton (Greg Zuerlein extra point)
3Q: 11:12 STL - Kenny Britt 40 pass from Cam Newton (Greg Zuerlein extra point)
3Q: 05:32 PIT - Antonio Brown 9 pass from Ben Roethlisberger (Chris Boswell extra point)
4Q: 13:40 STL - Greg Zuerlein 24 field goal
4Q: 05:04 STL - Greg Zuerlein 50 field goal
4Q: 01:15 PIT - Darren McFadden 31 pass from Ben Roethlisberger (Chris Boswell extra point)

Scoring Summary
1Q: 06:57 PIT - Le'Veon Bell 1 run (Chris Boswell extra point)
1Q: 00:11 STL - Cam Newton 4 run (Greg Zuerlein extra point)
2Q: 04:25 STL - Jared Cook 2 pass from Cam Newton (Greg Zuerlein extra point)
3Q: 11:12 STL - Kenny Britt 40 pass from Cam Newton (Greg Zuerlein extra point)
3Q: 05:32 PIT - Antonio Brown 9 pass from Ben Roethlisberger (Chris Boswell extra point)
4Q: 13:40 STL - Greg Zuerlein 24 field goal
4Q: 05:04 STL - Greg Zuerlein 50 field goal
4Q: 01:15 PIT - Darren McFadden 31 pass from Ben Roethlisberger (Chris Boswell extra point)

Team Statistics PIT STL
Record 1-2 2-1
First Downs 19 25
- by Rushing 4 10
- by Passing 15 14
- by Penalty 0 1
Total Net Yards 306 456
- Offensive Plays 56 72
- Yards per Play 5.46 6.33
Net Rushing Yards 35 162
- Rushing Attempts 12 42
- Yards per Rush 2.92 3.86
Net Passing Yards 271 294
- Att./Comp./Intrcpt 41 - 27 - 0 30 - 22 - 1
- Gross Passing Yards 296 294
- Sacks/Yards Lost 3/25 0/0
- Yards per Pass Play 6.16 9.80
Fumbles/Lost 0/0 1/0
3rd Down Conversions 4/11 8/14
- Avg. YtG on 3rd Down 8.0 10.1
4th Down Conversions 1/2 0/0
Penalties/Yards 4/24 8/52
Punt Returns/Yards 2/41 3/24
Kick Returns/Yards 3/70 1/21
Interception Ret./Yards 1/15 0/0
2pt Conversions 0/0 0/0
Red Zone Visits 3 3
- Red Zone TDs/FGs 2/0 2/1
Avg. Drive Start OWN 32 OWN 23
Time of Possession 23:45 36:15

Team Statistics	PIT	STL
Record	1-2	2-1
First Downs	19	25
- by Rushing	4	10
- by Passing	15	14
- by Penalty	0	1
Total Net Yards	306	456
- Offensive Plays	56	72
- Yards per Play	5.46	6.33
Net Rushing Yards	35	162
- Rushing Attempts	12	42
- Yards per Rush	2.92	3.86
Net Passing Yards	271	294
- Att./Comp./Intrcpt	41 - 27 - 0	30 - 22 - 1
- Gross Passing Yards	296	294
- Sacks/Yards Lost	3/25	0/0
- Yards per Pass Play	6.16	9.80
Fumbles/Lost	0/0	1/0
3rd Down Conversions	4/11	8/14
- Avg. YtG on 3rd Down	8.0	10.1
4th Down Conversions	1/2	0/0
Penalties/Yards	4/24	8/52
Punt Returns/Yards	2/41	3/24
Kick Returns/Yards	3/70	1/21
Interception Ret./Yards	1/15	0/0
2pt Conversions	0/0	0/0
Red Zone Visits	3	3
- Red Zone TDs/FGs	2/0	2/1
Avg. Drive Start	OWN 32	OWN 23
Time of Possession	23:45	36:15

Drive Charts

Pittsburgh Steelers
Quar	Began	Poss	From	Plays	Yards	Result
1	15:00	2:12	OWN 27	3	5	Punt
1	10:12	3:24	OPP 43	8	43	Touchdown
2	15:00	3:22	OWN 30	5	28	Punt
2	9:06	2:01	OWN 40	5	6	Punt
2	4:14	1:24	OWN 20	3	6	Punt
2	0:22	0:22	OWN 20	1	-1	Half
3	10:56	5:33	OWN 25	13	75	Touchdown
4	13:35	2:51	OWN 20	5	31	Punt
4	4:58	3:03	OWN 20	12	72	Downs
4	1:15	0:14	OPP 31	1	31	Touchdown

St. Louis Rams
Quar	Began	Poss	From	Plays	Yards	Result
1	12:48	2:36	OWN 37	6	9	Interception
1	6:48	6:48	OWN 7	17	93	Touchdown
2	11:38	2:32	OWN 20	6	17	Punt
2	7:05	2:51	OWN 9	6	91	Touchdown
2	2:50	2:28	OWN 48	6	10	Punt
3	15:00	4:04	OWN 18	7	82	Touchdown
3	5:23	6:48	OWN 20	12	73	Field Goal
4	10:44	5:46	OWN 17	8	50	Field Goal
4	1:55	0:40	OWN 8	3	2	Punt
4	1:01	1:01	OPP 45	2	-2	Game

Game MVP: Cam Newton, St. Louis Rams

Rushing Statistics

Pittsburgh	Att	Yards	Avg	LG	10+	TD
Le'Veon Bell	9	26	2.89	8	0	1
Ben Roethlisberger	2	9	4.50	10	1	0
Darren McFadden	1	0	0.00	0	0	0

St. Louis	Att	Yards	Avg	LG	10+	TD
Benny Cunningham	26	76	2.92	16	2	0
Cam Newton	9	54	6.00	10	2	1
Tre Mason	7	32	4.57	19	2	0

Passing Statistics

Pittsburgh	Att	Comp	Yards	Sk/Yd	TD	LG	Int	Rate
Ben Roethlisberger	41	27	296	3/25	2	31	0	103.2

St. Louis	Att	Comp	Yards	Sk/Yd	TD	LG	Int	Rate
Cam Newton	30	22	294	0/0	2	54	1	112.3

Receiving Statistics

Pittsburgh	Catch	Targ	Yards	Avg	YAC	LG	TD
WR Markus Wheaton	9	12	101	11.22	16	20	0
TE Matt Spaeth	6	9	55	9.17	33	23	0
WR Antonio Brown	5	10	51	10.20	21	21	1
WR Jacoby Jones	4	6	40	10.00	8	17	0
RB Darren McFadden	2	2	37	18.50	31	31	1
TE Ed Dickson	1	1	12	12.00	5	12	0
TE Derek Price	0	1	0	0.00	0	0	0

St. Louis	Catch	Targ	Yards	Avg	YAC	LG	TD
WR Kenny Britt	7	9	86	12.29	11	40	1
WR Tavon Austin	7	11	122	17.43	28	54	0
TE Lance Kendricks	3	3	29	9.67	10	16	0
TE Jared Cook	2	2	19	9.50	4	17	1
WR Brian Quick	2	4	26	13.00	20	22	0
TE Cory Harkey	1	1	12	12.00	2	12	0

Interception Statistics

Pittsburgh	Ints	Yards	Avg	TD
S Rashad Johnson	1	15	15.00	0

St. Louis	Ints	Yards	Avg	TD

Fumble Statistics

Pittsburgh	Fumb	Recov	Force	TD
Brandon Farrell	0	0	1	0

St. Louis	Fumb	Recov	Force	TD
Tavon Austin	1	0	0	0
Braxton Craig	0	1	0	0

Punting Statistics

Pittsburgh	Punt	Yards	Avg	Net	LG	In20
Rabble Brush	5	200	40.0	31.2	44	2

St. Louis	Punt	Yards	Avg	Net	LG	In20
Johnny Hekker	3	127	42.3	22.0	43	0

Kicking Statistics

Pittsburgh	FGs	40+Yd	50+Yd	LG	PAT
Chris Boswell	0/0	0/0	0/0	0	3/3

St. Louis	FGs	40+Yd	50+Yd	LG	PAT
Greg Zuerlein	2/2	1/1	1/1	50	3/3

Punt Return Statistics

Pittsburgh	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Stephon Gilmore	2	41	20.5	0

St. Louis	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Kenny Britt	3	24	8.0	0

Kick Return Statistics

Pittsburgh	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Stephon Gilmore	2	47	23.5	0
Darrius Heyward-Bey	1	23	23.0	0

St. Louis	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Tavon Austin	1	21	21.0	0

Defensive Statistics

Pittsburgh	Tack	Asst	RPlay	PPlay
S Glover Quin	12	1	42	30
ILB Lawrence Timmons	10	1	42	30
S Rashad Johnson	8	1	42	29
OLB Arthur Moats	7	2	28	19
CB Bene' Benwikere	6	1	42	29
CB William Gay	3	2	25	17
OLB Bud Dupree	3	0	29	17
OLB Paul Posluszny	2	1	14	11
CB Stephon Gilmore	2	0	13	5
CB Eric Spiller	2	0	31	26
ILB Sean Spence	1	2	11	5
DE Cameron Heyward	1	1	30	23
DE Stephon Tuitt	1	0	37	29
DT Samuel Robbins	1	0	33	27
S Shamarko Thomas	0	1	4	8

St. Louis	Tack	Asst	Sack	RPlay	PPlay
ILB James Laurinaitis	8	3	0.0	12	41
S T.J. McDonald	6	0	0.0	12	43
OLB Bruce Irvin	4	2	0.0	9	39
CB Janoris Jenkins	4	1	0.0	12	38
DT Michael Brockers	3	1	1.0	9	25
S Rodney McLeod	3	2	0.0	10	44
DT Aaron Donald	2	0	1.0	10	39
OLB Alec Ogletree	2	0	0.0	5	18
DE Robert Quinn	1	0	1.0	12	36
CB Patrick Robinson	1	2	0.0	4	23
DE Chris Long	1	0	0.0	9	33
OLB Akeem Ayers	1	0	0.0	5	7
WR Tavon Austin	1	0	---	---	---
CB Curtis Banks	1	0	0.0	3	9
DT Cristian Golson	1	0	0.0	5	11
CB Lamarcus Joyner	0	2	0.0	9	36

Pass Rush Statistics

Pittsburgh	Sack	Block	Hurry	Knock	PPlay
OLB James Harrison	0.0	1	0	0	5
DE Stephon Tuitt	0.0	0	1	0	29

St. Louis	Sack	Block	Hurry	Knock	PPlay
DE Robert Quinn	1.0	0	1	3	36
DT Michael Brockers	1.0	0	1	0	25
DT Aaron Donald	1.0	0	1	0	39
DE Eugene Sims	0.0	1	0	0	9
DE Chris Long	0.0	0	3	0	33
ILB James Laurinaitis	0.0	0	2	0	41

Pass Defense Statistics

Pittsburgh	Caught	Defnsd	Intrcp	PPlay
CB Bene' Benwikere	5	2	0	29
S Rashad Johnson	3	0	1	29
CB William Gay	3	0	0	17
ILB Lawrence Timmons	2	1	0	30
OLB Arthur Moats	2	0	0	19
CB Stephon Gilmore	2	0	0	5
ILB Sean Spence	2	0	0	5
CB Eric Spiller	1	1	0	26
S Glover Quin	1	0	0	30
DE Cameron Heyward	1	0	0	23

St. Louis	Caught	Defnsd	PPlay
ILB James Laurinaitis	6	0	41
CB Janoris Jenkins	4	0	38
S T.J. McDonald	4	0	43
OLB Bruce Irvin	3	0	39
S Rodney McLeod	2	1	44
OLB Alec Ogletree	2	0	18
CB Patrick Robinson	1	0	23
OLB Akeem Ayers	1	0	7
S Mark Barron	1	0	20
DT Aaron Donald	1	0	39
CB Lamarcus Joyner	1	0	36
CB Curtis Banks	1	0	9

Blocking Statistics

Pittsburgh	KeyBl	BlOpp	RPly	SckA	PPly
Ramon Foster	2	4	12	1	44
David DeCastro	1	4	12	0	44
Marcus Gilbert	1	2	12	0	44
Kelvin Beachum	0	0	12	2	44

St. Louis	KeyBl	BlOpp	RPly	PPly
Rodger Saffold	3	8	42	30
Jamon Brown	3	6	42	30
Tim Barnes	2	9	42	30
Rob Havenstein	2	6	42	30
Andrew Donnal	2	4	42	30
Cory Harkey	0	1	16	11

Special Teams Tackles

Pittsburgh	Tackles	STPlays
Darren McFadden	1	18
James Harrison	1	16
Le'Veon Bell	1	9
Brandon Farrell	1	9

St. Louis	Tackles	STPlays
Barry Howe	2	15
Chase Reynolds	1	13
Kenny Britt	1	6
Jamon Brown	1	5

Participation

Pittsburgh	RPlyOff	PPlyOff	RPlyDef	PPlyDef	STPly	Total Plays
Lawrence Timmons	---	---	42	30	2	74
Rashad Johnson	---	---	42	29	2	73
Glover Quin	---	---	42	30	1	73
Bene' Benwikere	---	---	42	29	2	73
Stephon Tuitt	---	---	37	29	1	67
Eric Spiller	---	---	31	26	10	67
Samuel Robbins	---	---	33	27	2	62
Ramon Foster	12	44	---	---	5	61
Antonio Brown	9	39	---	---	13	61
David DeCastro	12	44	---	---	5	61
Cameron Heyward	---	---	30	23	5	58
Ben Roethlisberger	12	44	---	---	---	56
Matt Spaeth	11	41	---	---	4	56
Maurkice Pouncey	12	44	---	---	---	56
Marcus Gilbert	12	44	---	---	---	56
Kelvin Beachum	12	44	---	---	---	56
Arthur Moats	---	---	28	19	6	53
Le'Veon Bell	11	33	---	---	9	53
Markus Wheaton	9	40	---	---	---	49
Bud Dupree	---	---	29	17	3	49
Darren McFadden	5	23	---	---	18	46
William Gay	---	---	25	17	1	43
Paul Posluszny	---	---	14	11	11	36
Derek Price	4	15	---	---	15	34
Stephon Gilmore	---	---	13	5	15	33
James Harrison	---	---	9	5	16	30
Mario Addison	---	---	17	9	2	28
Ed Dickson	6	8	---	---	12	26
Jacoby Jones	3	14	---	---	6	23
Sean Spence	---	---	11	5	3	19
Darrius Heyward-Bey	0	5	---	---	10	15
Shamarko Thomas	---	---	4	8	3	15
Philip Gunsolus	---	---	4	8	2	14
Dontari Poe	---	---	9	3	---	12
Brandon Farrell	---	---	0	0	9	9
Cody Wallace	0	0	---	---	5	5
Louis Schwartz	0	0	---	---	5	5
Sammy Dodge	0	0	---	---	5	5
Rabble Brush	0	0	---	---	5	5
Jordan Todman	2	2	---	---	---	4
Chris Boswell	0	0	---	---	4	4
Anthony Chickillo	---	---	0	0	3	3
Landry Jones	0	0	---	---	---	0
Senquez Golson	---	---	0	0	---	0
Donald Raynor	0	0	---	---	---	0
Leon Otero	---	---	0	0	---	0

St. Louis	RPlyOff	PPlyOff	RPlyDef	PPlyDef	STPly	Total Plays
Jamon Brown	42	30	---	---	5	77
Rodger Saffold	42	30	---	---	---	72
Cam Newton	42	30	---	---	---	72
Tim Barnes	42	30	---	---	---	72
Andrew Donnal	42	30	---	---	---	72
Rob Havenstein	42	30	---	---	---	72
Kenny Britt	36	26	---	---	6	68
Tavon Austin	36	28	---	---	4	68
Lance Kendricks	34	21	---	---	11	66
T.J. McDonald	---	---	12	43	10	65
Rodney McLeod	---	---	10	44	10	64
Bruce Irvin	---	---	9	39	10	58
Benny Cunningham	34	22	---	---	1	57
James Laurinaitis	---	---	12	41	1	54
Janoris Jenkins	---	---	12	38	4	54
Robert Quinn	---	---	12	36	2	50
Aaron Donald	---	---	10	39	1	50
Lamarcus Joyner	---	---	9	36	---	45
Chris Long	---	---	9	33	---	42
Mark Barron	---	---	3	20	18	41
Cory Harkey	16	11	---	---	13	40
Michael Brockers	---	---	9	25	3	37
Brian Quick	18	17	---	---	---	35
Jared Cook	9	9	---	---	15	33
Barry Howe	13	4	---	---	15	32
Patrick Robinson	---	---	4	23	---	27
Stedman Bailey	6	4	---	---	14	24
Alec Ogletree	---	---	5	18	---	23
Akeem Ayers	---	---	5	7	9	21
Cristian Golson	---	---	5	11	---	16
Tre Mason	8	7	---	---	---	15
Wes Welker	0	0	---	---	14	14
Chase Reynolds	0	1	---	---	13	14
Matt Longacre	---	---	1	11	2	14
Eugene Sims	---	---	2	9	2	13
Curtis Banks	---	---	3	9	---	12
Greg Zuerlein	0	0	---	---	8	8
Braxton Craig	---	---	0	2	4	6
Garrett Reynolds	0	0	---	---	5	5
Cody Wichmann	0	0	---	---	5	5
Corbin Freeman	0	0	---	---	5	5
Nicholas Nagi	0	0	---	---	5	5
Johnny Hekker	0	0	---	---	3	3
Sean Mannion	0	0	---	---	2	2
Jerome Stevenson	0	0	---	---	---	0
Unknown	---	---	0	0	---	0

Directional Rushing Statistics

Distance	Att	Yards	Avg
Left	2	-1	-0.5
Middle	4	14	3.5
Right	5	23	4.6
None	1	-1	-1.0

Distance	Att	Yards	Avg
Left	14	54	3.9
Middle	14	71	5.1
Right	12	39	3.3
None	2	-2	-1.0

Detailed Passing Statistics

Pittsburgh	Att	Cmp	20+	BdTh	Drop	Dfns	Hurr	Knck	Intc
Ben Roethlisberger	41	27	4	3	1	1	8	3	0

St. Louis	Att	Cmp	20+	BdTh	Drop	Dfns	Hurr	Knck	Intc
Cam Newton	30	22	4	0	1	4	1	0	1

Directional Passing Statistics

Distance	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg
Screen	1	1	31	31.0
Short (0-8 Yds)	20	15	135	6.8
Medium (9-18 Yds)	19	11	130	6.8
Long (19+ Yds)	1	0	0	0.0

Distance	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg
Screen	2	2	8	4.0
Short (0-8 Yds)	15	13	110	7.3
Medium (9-18 Yds)	6	5	82	13.7
Long (19+ Yds)	7	2	94	13.4

Detailed Receiving Statistics

Pittsburgh	Targt	Caugt	Dropd	Yards	20+	PPlay
WR Markus Wheaton	12	9	0	101	1	40
WR Antonio Brown	10	5	0	51	1	39
TE Matt Spaeth	9	6	1	55	1	41
WR Jacoby Jones	6	4	0	40	0	14
RB Darren McFadden	2	2	0	37	1	23
TE Ed Dickson	1	1	0	12	0	8
TE Derek Price	1	0	0	0	0	15

St. Louis	Targt	Caugt	Dropd	Yards	20+	PPlay
WR Tavon Austin	11	7	0	122	2	28
WR Kenny Britt	9	7	0	86	1	26
WR Brian Quick	4	2	1	26	1	17
TE Lance Kendricks	3	3	0	29	0	21
TE Jared Cook	2	2	0	19	0	9
TE Cory Harkey	1	1	0	12	0	11

Red-Zone Rushing Statistics

Pittsburgh	Att	Yards	Avg	Overall Avg
Le'Veon Bell	3	7	2.33	2.89
Ben Roethlisberger	1	10	10.00	4.50
Darren McFadden	1	0	0.00	0.00

St. Louis	Att	Yards	Avg	Overall Avg
Cam Newton	3	19	6.33	6.00
Benny Cunningham	3	9	3.00	2.92

Red-Zone Passing Statistics

Pittsburgh	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg/Att	Overall Avg
Ben Roethlisberger	7	4	26	3.71	7.22

St. Louis	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg/Att	Overall Avg
Cam Newton	2	2	7	3.50	9.80

Red-Zone Receiving Statistics

Pittsburgh	Target	Catch	Yards	Avg/Targ	Overall Avg
TE Matt Spaeth	2	1	5	2.50	6.11
WR Antonio Brown	2	2	13	6.50	5.10
WR Markus Wheaton	2	1	8	4.00	8.42
WR Jacoby Jones	1	0	0	0.00	6.67

St. Louis	Target	Catch	Yards	Avg/Targ	Overall Avg
WR Kenny Britt	1	1	5	5.00	9.56
TE Jared Cook	1	1	2	2.00	9.50

Third Down Rushing Statistics

Pittsburgh	Rushes	Conversions
Ben Roethlisberger	1	1
Le'Veon Bell	1	1

St. Louis	Rushes	Conversions
Benny Cunningham	2	1
Cam Newton	1	1
Tre Mason	1	1

Third Down Passing Statistics

Pittsburgh	Att	Comp	Conversions
Ben Roethlisberger	8	5	2

St. Louis	Att	Comp	Conversions
Cam Newton	10	8	5

Third Down Receiving Statistics

Pittsburgh	Targ	Catch	Conversions
TE Matt Spaeth	4	3	1
WR Jacoby Jones	2	1	0
WR Antonio Brown	2	1	1

St. Louis	Targ	Catch	Conversions
WR Tavon Austin	4	2	2
WR Kenny Britt	3	3	1
TE Jared Cook	1	1	1
TE Cory Harkey	1	1	0
WR Brian Quick	1	1	1

Section Attendance
Stadium 60,800 (70,000 capacity)
Upper Deck 18,100 (21,400)
End Zone 13,200 (15,400)
Mezzanine 7,600 (8,900)
Sideline Seats 11,900 (13,600)
Club Seats 6,800 (7,400)
Luxury Boxes 3,200 (3,300)

Section	Attendance
Stadium	60,800 (70,000 capacity)
Upper Deck	18,100 (21,400)
End Zone	13,200 (15,400)
Mezzanine	7,600 (8,900)
Sideline Seats	11,900 (13,600)
Club Seats	6,800 (7,400)
Luxury Boxes	3,200 (3,300)