Coverage: NBC
8:20 PM ET, September 9, 2012
Sports Authority Field at Mile High, Denver, CO
Top Performers
Passing: P. Manning (DEN) - 253 YDS, 2 TD
Rushing: W. McGahee (DEN) - 16 CAR, 64 YDS
Receiving: D. Thomas (DEN) - 5 REC, 110 YDS, 1 TD
Scoring Summary
| SECOND QUARTER | PIT | DEN | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FG | 10:10 | Shaun Suisham 21 Yd | 3 | 0 | |
| TD | 05:16 | Knowshon Moreno 7 Yd Run (Matt Prater Kick) | 3 | 7 | |
| TD | 00:28 | Heath Miller 4 Yd Pass From Ben Roethlisberger (Shaun Suisham Kick) | 10 | 7 | |
| THIRD QUARTER | PIT | DEN | |||
| FG | 06:05 | Shaun Suisham 35 Yd | 13 | 7 | |
| TD | 05:29 | Demaryius Thomas 71 Yd Pass From Peyton Manning (Matt Prater Kick) | 13 | 14 | |
| FOURTH QUARTER | PIT | DEN | |||
| TD | 14:11 | Mike Wallace 3 Yd Pass From Ben Roethlisberger (Two-Point Pass Conversion Failed) | 19 | 14 | |
| TD | 09:23 | Jacob Tamme 1 Yd Pass From Peyton Manning (Peyton Manning Pass To Willis McGahee For Two-Point Conversion) | 19 | 22 | |
| FG | 03:00 | Matt Prater 26 Yd | 19 | 25 | |
| TD | 01:58 | Tracy Porter 43 Yd Interception Return (Two-Point Run Conversion Failed) | 19 | 31 | |
Team Stat Comparison
PIT | DEN | |
|---|---|---|
| 1st Downs | 19 | 20 |
Passing 1st downs | 15 | 11 |
Rushing 1st downs | 2 | 8 |
1st downs from Penalties | 2 | 1 |
3rd down efficiency | 11-19 | 5-9 |
4th down efficiency | 1-2 | 0-0 |
| Total Plays | 71 | 55 |
| Total Yards | 284 | 334 |
| Yards per play | 4.0 | 6.1 |
| Total Drives | 9 | 9 |
| Passing | 209 | 240 |
Comp - Att | 22-40 | 19-26 |
Yards per pass | 5.2 | 9.2 |
Interceptions thrown | 1 | 0 |
Sacks - Yards Lost | 5-36 | 2-13 |
| Rushing | 75 | 94 |
Rushing Attempts | 26 | 27 |
Yards per rush | 2.9 | 3.5 |
| Red Zone (Made-Att) | 2-4 | 2-4 |
| Penalties | 8-52 | 6-49 |
| Turnovers | 1 | 1 |
Fumbles lost | 0 | 1 |
Interceptions thrown | 1 | 0 |
| Defensive / Special Teams TDs | 0 | 1 |
| Possession | 35:05 | 24:55 |
| Pittsburgh Passing | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| C/ATT | YDS | AVG | TD | INT | SACKS | QBR | RTG | |
| B. Roethlisberger | 22/40 | 245 | 6.1 | 2 | 1 | 5-36 | 47.3 | 79.7 |
| Team | 22/40 | 209 | 5.2 | 2 | 1 | 5-36 | -- | -- |
| Denver Passing | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| C/ATT | YDS | AVG | TD | INT | SACKS | QBR | RTG | |
| P. Manning | 19/26 | 253 | 9.7 | 2 | 0 | 2-13 | 94.4 | 129.2 |
| Team | 19/26 | 240 | 9.2 | 2 | 0 | 2-13 | -- | -- |
| Denver Rushing | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CAR | YDS | AVG | TD | LG | ||
| W. McGahee | 16 | 64 | 4.0 | 0 | 12 | |
| L. Ball | 2 | 14 | 7.0 | 0 | 11 | |
| K. Moreno | 5 | 13 | 2.6 | 1 | 7 | |
| P. Manning | 4 | 3 | 0.8 | 0 | 7 | |
| Team | 27 | 94 | 3.5 | 1 | 12 | |
| Pittsburgh Receiving | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| REC | YDS | AVG | TD | LG | TGTS | ||
| A. Brown | 4 | 74 | 18.5 | 0 | 27 | 8 | |
| E. Sanders | 4 | 55 | 13.8 | 0 | 17 | 8 | |
| H. Miller | 4 | 50 | 12.5 | 1 | 23 | 7 | |
| M. Wallace | 4 | 37 | 9.3 | 1 | 14 | 6 | |
| W. Johnson | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 0 | 12 | 1 | |
| J. Dwyer | 2 | 11 | 5.5 | 0 | 11 | 4 | |
| I. Redman | 2 | 7 | 3.5 | 0 | 5 | 2 | |
| J. Cotchery | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| C. Rainey | 1 | -1 | -1.0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Team | 22 | 245 | 11.1 | 2 | 27 | 38 | |
| Denver Receiving | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| REC | YDS | AVG | TD | LG | TGTS | ||
| D. Thomas | 5 | 110 | 22.0 | 1 | 71 | 7 | |
| E. Decker | 5 | 54 | 10.8 | 0 | 17 | 7 | |
| J. Tamme | 5 | 43 | 8.6 | 1 | 18 | 5 | |
| B. Stokley | 2 | 26 | 13.0 | 0 | 17 | 3 | |
| M. Willis | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 0 | 14 | 1 | |
| J. Dreessen | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | |
| W. McGahee | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Team | 19 | 253 | 13.3 | 2 | 71 | 26 | |
| Pittsburgh Fumbles | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| FUM | LOST | REC | |
| B. Roethlisberger | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| L. Woodley | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Team | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Denver Fumbles | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| FUM | LOST | REC | |
| W. McGahee | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Team | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Denver Interceptions | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| INT | YDS | TD | |
| T. Porter | 1 | 43 | 1 |
| Team | 1 | 43 | 1 |
| Pittsburgh Defensive | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TACKLES | MISC | ||||||
| TOT | SOLO | SACKS | TFL | PD | QB HTS | TD | |
| L. Foote | 9 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| L. Timmons | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| T. Polamalu | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| K. Lewis | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| J. Worilds | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| C. Heyward | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| R. Mundy | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| L. Woodley | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| I. Taylor | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| C. Allen | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Z. Hood | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| C. Hampton | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| B. Keisel | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| C. Carter | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| C. Brown | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team | 46 | 40 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 0 |
| Denver Defensive | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TACKLES | MISC | ||||||
| TOT | SOLO | SACKS | TFL | PD | QB HTS | TD | |
| W. Woodyard | 12 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| T. Porter | 8 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 1 |
| V. Miller | 4 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| M. Adams | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| C. Harris | 4 | 3 | .5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| R. Moore | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| E. Dumervil | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| D. Wolfe | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| J. Mays | 2 | 1 | .5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| R. Ayers | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| J. Bannan | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| K. Vickerson | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| J. Leonhard | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| O. Bolden | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| K. Brooking | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| T. Warren | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| C. Bailey | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| M. Ramirez | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| J. Tamme | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Q. Carter | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| M. Unrein | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team | 59 | 51 | 5 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 1 |
| Pittsburgh Kick Returns | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | |
| E. Sanders | 1 | 27 | 27.0 | 27 | 0 |
| Team | 1 | 27 | 27.0 | 27 | 0 |
| Pittsburgh Punt Returns | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | |
| A. Brown | 2 | 23 | 11.5 | 23 | 0 |
| Team | 2 | 23 | 11.5 | 23 | 0 |
| Denver Punt Returns | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | |
| J. Leonhard | 2 | 22 | 11.0 | 12 | 0 |
| Team | 2 | 22 | 11.0 | 12 | 0 |
| Pittsburgh Kicking | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FG | PCT | LONG | XP | PTS | |
| S. Suisham | 2/2 | 100.0 | 35 | 1/1 | 7 |
| Team | 2/2 | 100.0 | 35 | 1/1 | 7 |
| Denver Kicking | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FG | PCT | LONG | XP | PTS | |
| M. Prater | 1/1 | 100.0 | 26 | 2/2 | 5 |
| Team | 1/1 | 100.0 | 26 | 2/2 | 5 |
| Pittsburgh Punting | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TOT | YDS | AVG | TB | -20 | LG | |
| D. Butler | 3 | 142 | 47.3 | 0 | 1 | 52 |
| Team | 3 | 142 | 47.3 | 0 | 1 | 52 |
| Denver Punting | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TOT | YDS | AVG | TB | -20 | LG | |
| B. Colquitt | 2 | 90 | 45.0 | 0 | 1 | 46 |
| Team | 2 | 90 | 45.0 | 0 | 1 | 46 |
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