2001 Pittsburgh Steelers (NFL) |
| 1st place • American Football Conference • Central Division • 13-3-0 .812 |
| SCORES | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Day | Date | Opponent | Score | Location | Venue | Attendance | |||
| AFC Divisional Playoff | |||||||||
| Sun | 1/20/2002 | H | Baltimore Ravens | 27-10 | W | Pittsburgh, PA | Heinz Field | 63976 | |
| AFC Championship | |||||||||
| Sun | 1/27/2002 | H | New England Patriots | 17-24 | L | Pittsburgh, PA | Heinz Field | 64704 | |
| ROSTER | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | No | Pos | Ht | Wt | Age | College | GP | GS |
| Brent Alexander | 27 | FS | 5-11 | 198 | 30 | Tennessee State | 2 | 2 |
| Rodney Bailey | 94 | DE | 6-3 | 302 | 22 | Ohio State | 2 | 0 |
| Kendrell Bell | 97 | RILB | 6-1 | 247 | 23 | Middle Georgia JC; Georgia | 2 | 2 |
| Myron Bell | 40 | S | 5-11 | 207 | 30 | Michigan State | 2 | 0 |
| Jerome Bettis | 36 | HB | 5-11 | 252 | 29 | Notre Dame | 1 | 1 |
| Kris Brown | 3 | K | 5-10 | 207 | 25 | Nebraska | 2 | 0 |
| Plaxico Burress | 80 | WR | 6-5 | 229 | 24 | Michigan State | 2 | 2 |
| Kendrick Clancy | 96 | NT | 6-1 | 298 | 23 | East Central CC; Mississippi | 2 | 0 |
| Matt Cushing | 48 | TE | 6-3 | 258 | 26 | Illinois | 2 | 1 |
| Roger Duffy | 62 | OG-C | 6-3 | 300 | 34 | Penn State | 1 | 0 |
| Troy Edwards | 81 | WR | 5-9 | 194 | 24 | Louisiana Tech | 2 | 0 |
| Alan Faneca | 66 | LOG | 6-5 | 309 | 25 | Louisiana State | 2 | 2 |
| John Fiala | 57 | LILB | 6-2 | 236 | 28 | Washington | 2 | 1 |
| Lee Flowers | 41 | SS | 6-0 | 213 | 28 | Georgia Tech | 2 | 2 |
| Chris Fuamatu-Ma'afala | 45 | RB | 6-0 | 252 | 24 | Utah | 2 | 0 |
| Wayne Gandy | 72 | LOT | 6-5 | 310 | 30 | Auburn | 2 | 2 |
| Cory Geason | 85 | TE | 6-3 | 263 | 26 | Tulane | 1 | 0 |
| Jason Gildon | 92 | LOLB | 6-3 | 252 | 29 | Oklahoma State | 2 | 2 |
| Clark Haggans | 53 | LB | 6-3 | 245 | 24 | Colorado State | 2 | 0 |
| Casey Hampton | 98 | NT | 6-1 | 323 | 24 | Texas | 2 | 2 |
| Jeff Hartings | 64 | C | 6-3 | 292 | 29 | Penn State | 2 | 2 |
| Earl Holmes | 50 | LILB | 6-2 | 245 | 28 | Florida A&M | 1 | 1 |
| Lenzie Jackson | 83 | WR | 6-0 | 185 | 24 | Arizona State | 2 | 0 |
| Mike Jones | 51 | LB | 6-1 | 241 | 32 | Missouri | 2 | 0 |
| Dan Kreider | 35 | FB | 5-11 | 251 | 24 | New Hampshire | 2 | 0 |
| Justin Kurpeikis | 90 | LB | 6-3 | 252 | 24 | Penn State | 1 | 0 |
| Mike Logan | 31 | DB | 6-1 | 210 | 27 | West Virginia | 2 | 0 |
| Tee Martin | 17 | QB | 6-1 | 225 | 23 | Tennessee | 2 | 0 |
| Josh Miller | 4 | P | 6-3 | 224 | 31 | Scottsdale CC; Arizona | 2 | 0 |
| Joey Porter | 55 | ROLB | 6-2 | 249 | 24 | Colorado State | 2 | 2 |
| Oliver Ross | 79 | OT | 6-5 | 315 | 27 | Southwestern JC; Iowa State | 2 | 0 |
| Mike Schneck | 54 | C | 6-0 | 241 | 24 | Wisconsin | 2 | 0 |
| Chad Scott | 30 | LCB | 6-1 | 200 | 27 | Towson; Maryland | 2 | 2 |
| Bobby Shaw | 82 | WR | 6-0 | 185 | 26 | California | 2 | 0 |
| Jason Simmons | 23 | CB | 5-9 | 195 | 25 | Arizona State | 2 | 0 |
| Aaron Smith | 91 | LDE | 6-5 | 295 | 25 | Northern Colorado | 2 | 2 |
| Marvel Smith | 77 | ROT | 6-5 | 317 | 23 | Arizona State | 2 | 2 |
| Kordell Stewart | 10 | QB | 6-1 | 215 | 29 | Colorado | 2 | 2 |
| Deshea Townsend | 26 | CB | 5-10 | 187 | 26 | Alabama | 2 | 0 |
| Jerame Tuman | 84 | TE | 6-3 | 256 | 25 | Michigan | 2 | 2 |
| Rich Tylski | 65 | ROG | 6-4 | 308 | 30 | Utah State | 2 | 2 |
| Keydrick Vincent | 68 | OG | 6-5 | 324 | 23 | Mississippi | 1 | 0 |
| Kimo Von Oelhoffen | 67 | RDE | 6-3 | 301 | 30 | Hawaii; Walla Walla CC; Boise State | 2 | 2 |
| Hines Ward | 86 | WR | 6-0 | 203 | 25 | Georgia | 2 | 2 |
| DeWayne Washington | 20 | RCB | 5-11 | 192 | 29 | North Carolina State | 2 | 2 |
| Jon Witman | 38 | FB | 6-2 | 241 | 29 | Penn State | 2 | 1 |
| Amos Zereoue | 21 | HB | 5-8 | 205 | 25 | West Virginia | 2 | 1 |
| SCORING BY QUARTERS | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 10 | 13 | 14 | 7 | 44 |
| Opponents Totals | 7 | 10 | 14 | 3 | 34 |
| TEAM STATS | TOP | 1ST DOWNS | FDR | FDP | FDX | 3RD DOWN EFFICIENCY | 4TH DOWN EFFICIENCY | PEN | PENY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 34:55 | 44 | 15 | 22 | 7 | 11/30 36.7% | 0/0 % | 5 | 50 |
| Opponents Totals | 25:05 | 22 | 4 | 17 | 1 | 7/29 24.1% | 1/2 50.0% | 21 | 152 |
| SCORING | TD | X1 | X1A | PCT | X2 | X2A | FG | FGA | PCT | SAF | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Amos Zereoue | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||
| Kris Brown | 0 | 5 | 5 | 100.0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 60.0 | 0 | 14 |
| Jerome Bettis | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Plaxico Burress | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Team Totals | 5 | 5 | 5 | 100.0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 60.0 | 0 | 44 |
| Opponents Totals | 4 | 4 | 4 | 100.0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 66.7 | 0 | 34 |
| FIELD GOALS | MADE | ATT | PCT | 1-19 | 20-29 | 30-39 | 40-49 | 50+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kris Brown | 3 | 5 | 60.0 | 0/0 | 1/1 | 1/3 | 1/1 | 0/0 |
| OWN | 3 | 5 | 60.0 | 0/0 | 1/1 | 1/3 | 1/1 | 0/0 |
| OPP | 2 | 3 | 66.7 | 0/0 | 1/1 | 0/0 | 1/1 | 0/1 |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Amos Zereoue | 28 | 74 | 2.6 | 12 | 3 |
| Kordell Stewart | 18 | 71 | 3.9 | 34 | 0 |
| Chris Fuamatu-Ma'afala | 12 | 30 | 2.5 | 8 | 0 |
| Troy Edwards | 1 | 23 | 23.0 | 23 | 0 |
| Jerome Bettis | 9 | 8 | 0.9 | 4 | 1 |
| Hines Ward | 2 | 4 | 2.0 | 6 | 0 |
| Jon Witman | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 71 | 212 | 3.0 | 34 | 4 |
| Opponents Totals | 36 | 89 | 2.5 | 19 | 1 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INC | YDS | Y/ATT | Y/COM | LG | TD | TD% | INT | INT% | TS | YL | NYP | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kordell Stewart | 64 | 36 | 56.3 | 24 | 409 | 6.4 | 11.4 | 32t | 1 | 1.6 | 4 | 6.3 | 5 | 18 | 391 | 54.8 |
| Team Totals | 64 | 36 | 56.3 | 24 | 409 | 6.4 | 11.4 | 32t | 1 | 1.6 | 4 | 6.3 | 5 | 18 | 391 | 54.8 |
| Opponents Totals | 76 | 40 | 52.6 | 33 | 370 | 4.9 | 9.3 | 28 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 3.9 | 7 | 50 | 320 | 49.8 |
| RECEIVING | TAR | REC | PCT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Plaxico Burress | 20 | 10 | 50.0 | 151 | 15.1 | 32t | 1 |
| Hines Ward | 17 | 9 | 52.9 | 101 | 11.2 | 24 | 0 |
| Amos Zereoue | 8 | 6 | 75.0 | 63 | 10.5 | 19 | 0 |
| Troy Edwards | 5 | 3 | 60.0 | 22 | 7.3 | 9 | 0 |
| Bobby Shaw | 4 | 2 | 50.0 | 23 | 11.5 | 14 | 0 |
| Dan Kreider | 3 | 2 | 66.7 | 13 | 6.5 | 9 | 0 |
| Jerome Bettis | 2 | 2 | 100.0 | 23 | 11.5 | 12 | 0 |
| Matt Cushing | 2 | 1 | 50.0 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 |
| Jerame Tuman | 2 | 1 | 50.0 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Chris Fuamatu-Ma'afala | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Team Totals | 64 | 36 | 56.3 | 409 | 11.4 | 32t | 1 |
| Opponents Totals | 76 | 40 | 52.6 | 370 | 9.3 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brent Alexander | 2 | 32 | 16.0 | 32 | 0 |
| Chad Scott | 1 | 19 | 19.0 | 19 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 3 | 51 | 17.0 | 32 | 0 |
| Opponents Totals | 4 | 48 | 12.0 | 19 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL | TB | I20 | RYDS | NYDS | NET |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Josh Miller | 12 | 500 | 41.7 | 53 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 179 | 301 | 25.1 |
| Team Totals | 12 | 500 | 41.7 | 53 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 179 | 301 | 25.1 |
| Opponents Totals | 15 | 573 | 38.2 | 52 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 96 | 457 | 30.5 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Troy Edwards | 7 | 0 | 94 | 13.4 | 35 | 0 |
| Bobby Shaw | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 8 | 0 | 96 | 12.0 | 35 | 0 |
| Opponents Totals | 6 | 2 | 179 | 29.8 | 88t | 2 |
| KICKOFFS | NO | YDS | AVG | OB | TB | OSA | OSR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kris Brown | 10 | 620 | 62.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 10 | 620 | 62.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Opponents Totals | 8 | 485 | 60.6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Troy Edwards | 7 | 0 | 135 | 19.3 | 28 | 0 |
| Lenzie Jackson | 1 | 0 | 23 | 23.0 | 23 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 8 | 0 | 158 | 19.8 | 28 | 0 |
| Opponents Totals | 9 | 0 | 198 | 22.0 | 35 | 0 |
| SACKS | NO | YDS |
|---|---|---|
| Jason Gildon | 3.0 | 31.0 |
| Mike Jones | 1.0 | 10.0 |
| Joey Porter | 1.0 | 5.0 |
| Aaron Smith | 1.0 | 3.0 |
| Kendrell Bell | 1.0 | 1.0 |
| Team Totals | 7.0 | 50.0 |
| Opponents Totals | 5.0 | 18.0 |
| FUMBLES | NO | LOST | OWN | OPP | REC | YDS | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Troy Edwards | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jason Gildon | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Lenzie Jackson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kordell Stewart | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -3 | 0 |
| Hines Ward | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Amos Zereoue | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 4 | -3 | 0 |
| Opponents Totals | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| DEFENSE | TKL | TT | TA | DT | DA | STT | STA | MT | MA | PD | QH | TFL | FF | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kendrell Bell | 14 | 12 | 2 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Lee Flowers | 13 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| John Fiala | 12 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| DeWayne Washington | 11 | 9 | 2 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Joey Porter | 11 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Jason Gildon | 10 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Chad Scott | 8 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Brent Alexander | 6 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mike Jones | 5 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Lenzie Jackson | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mike Logan | 5 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kimo Von Oelhoffen | 4 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Aaron Smith | 4 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Casey Hampton | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Deshea Townsend | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Earl Holmes | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Myron Bell | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Clark Haggans | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bobby Shaw | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Plaxico Burress | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Troy Edwards | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Alan Faneca | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Hines Ward | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Wayne Gandy | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jason Simmons | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 132 | 90 | 42 | 74 | 38 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 20 | 7 | 9 | 1 | 0 |
| Opponents Totals | 152 | 114 | 38 | 96 | 34 | 15 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 11 | 7 | 19 | 3 | 1 |
| PENALTIES | Called | Declined | Accepted | Yards | Nullified Yards | First Downs | Stalled Drives |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Plaxico Burress | 2 | 0 | 2 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Troy Edwards | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Wayne Gandy | 1 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Josh Miller | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Aaron Smith | 1 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Marvel Smith | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Deshea Townsend | 2 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jerame Tuman | 1 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 1 |
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