2008 Pittsburgh Steelers (NFL) |
| 1st place • American Football Conference • North Division • 12-4-0 .750 |
| SCORES | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Day | Date | Opponent | Score | Location | Venue | Attendance | |||
| AFC Divisional Playoff | |||||||||
| Sun | 1/11/2009 | H | San Diego Chargers | 35-24 | W | Pittsburgh, PA | Heinz Field | 63899 | |
| AFC Championship | |||||||||
| Sun | 1/18/2009 | H | Baltimore Ravens | 23-14 | W | Pittsburgh, PA | Heinz Field | 65350 | |
| Super Bowl XLIII | |||||||||
| Sun | 2/1/2009 | A | Arizona Cardinals | 27-23 | W | Tampa, FL | Raymond James Stadium | 77074 | |
| ROSTER | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | No | Pos | Ht | Wt | Age | College | GP | GS |
| Patrick Bailey | 46/55 | LB | 6-4 | 235 | 23 | Duke | 3 | 0 |
| Mitch Berger | 17 | P | 6-4 | 224 | 36 | Tyler JC; Colorado | 3 | 0 |
| Tyrone Carter | 23 | S | 5-8 | 192 | 32 | Minnesota | 3 | 0 |
| Ryan Clark | 25 | FS | 5-11 | 203 | 29 | Louisiana State | 3 | 3 |
| Willie Colon | 74 | ROT | 6-3 | 315 | 25 | Hofstra | 3 | 3 |
| Carey Davis | 38 | CB | 5-10 | 230 | 27 | Illinois | 3 | 0 |
| Nick Eason | 93 | DE | 6-3 | 305 | 28 | Clemson | 3 | 0 |
| Trai Essex | 79 | OT | 6-4 | 324 | 26 | Northwestern | 1 | 0 |
| James Farrior | 51 | LILB | 6-2 | 243 | 33 | Virginia | 3 | 3 |
| Larry Foote | 50 | RILB | 6-0 | 237 | 28 | Michigan | 3 | 3 |
| Keyaron Fox | 57 | LB | 6-3 | 235 | 26 | Georgia Tech | 3 | 0 |
| Andre Frazier | 54 | LB | 6-5 | 247 | 26 | Cincinnati | 3 | 0 |
| William Gay | 22 | CB | 5-10 | 190 | 23 | Louisville | 3 | 0 |
| Casey Hampton | 98 | NT | 6-1 | 323 | 31 | Texas | 3 | 3 |
| James Harrison | 92 | ROLB | 6-0 | 242 | 30 | Kent State | 3 | 3 |
| Justin Hartwig | 62 | C | 6-4 | 307 | 30 | Kansas | 3 | 3 |
| Chris Hoke | 76 | DT | 6-3 | 302 | 32 | Brigham Young | 3 | 0 |
| Santonio Holmes | 10 | WR | 5-11 | 191 | 24 | Ohio State | 3 | 2 |
| Brett Keisel | 99 | RDE | 6-5 | 284 | 30 | Brigham Young; Snow JC; Brigham Young | 3 | 3 |
| Chris Kemoeatu | 68 | LOG | 6-3 | 344 | 25 | Utah | 3 | 3 |
| Travis Kirschke | 90 | DE | 6-3 | 293 | 34 | UCLA | 3 | 0 |
| Byron Leftwich | 4 | QB | 6-5 | 246 | 28 | Marshall | 1 | 0 |
| Anthony Madison | 37 | CB | 5-9 | 180 | 27 | Alabama | 3 | 0 |
| Bryant McFadden | 20 | RCB | 6-0 | 190 | 27 | Florida State | 3 | 3 |
| Sean McHugh | 49 | TE | 6-5 | 264 | 26 | Penn State | 3 | 1 |
| Heath Miller | 83 | TE | 6-5 | 256 | 26 | Virginia | 3 | 3 |
| Mewelde Moore | 21 | RB | 5-11 | 209 | 26 | Tulane | 3 | 0 |
| Willie Parker | 39 | RB | 5-10 | 209 | 28 | North Carolina | 3 | 3 |
| Jeremy Parquet | 65 | OG | 6-6 | 321 | 26 | Southern Mississippi | 1 | 0 |
| Troy Polamalu | 43 | SS | 5-10 | 209 | 27 | Southern California | 3 | 3 |
| Jeff Reed | 3 | K | 5-11 | 224 | 29 | North Carolina | 3 | 0 |
| Jared Retkofsky | 61 | C | 6-5 | 260 | 25 | Texas Christian | 3 | 0 |
| Ben Roethlisberger | 7 | QB | 6-5 | 241 | 26 | Miami (Ohio) | 3 | 3 |
| Gary Russell | 33 | RB | 5-11 | 215 | 22 | Minnesota | 3 | 0 |
| Aaron Smith | 91 | LDE | 6-5 | 295 | 32 | Northern Colorado | 3 | 3 |
| Matt Spaeth | 89 | TE | 6-7 | 270 | 25 | Minnesota | 3 | 3 |
| Darnell Stapleton | 72 | ROG | 6-3 | 305 | 23 | Hudson Valley JC; Rutgers | 3 | 3 |
| Max Starks | 78 | LOT | 6-8 | 340 | 26 | Florida | 3 | 3 |
| Limas Sweed | 14 | WR | 6-4 | 220 | 24 | Texas | 3 | 0 |
| Ike Taylor | 24 | LCB | 6-1 | 193 | 28 | Louisiana-Lafayette | 3 | 3 |
| Lawrence Timmons | 94 | LB | 6-1 | 235 | 22 | Florida State | 3 | 0 |
| Deshea Townsend | 26 | CB | 5-10 | 187 | 33 | Alabama | 3 | 0 |
| Hines Ward | 86 | WR | 6-0 | 203 | 32 | Georgia | 3 | 3 |
| Nate Washington | 85 | WR | 6-1 | 183 | 25 | Tiffin | 3 | 0 |
| LaMarr Woodley | 56 | LOLB | 6-2 | 265 | 24 | Michigan | 3 | 3 |
| SCORING BY QUARTERS | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 16 | 28 | 13 | 28 | 85 |
| Opponents Totals | 7 | 17 | 0 | 37 | 61 |
| TEAM STATS | TOP | 1ST DOWNS | FDR | FDP | FDX | 3RD DOWN EFFICIENCY | 4TH DOWN EFFICIENCY | PEN | PENY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 34:13 | 53 | 17 | 29 | 7 | 17/42 40.5% | 0/0 % | 7 | 44 |
| Opponents Totals | 25:47 | 51 | 8 | 39 | 4 | 11/33 33.3% | 0/1 0.0% | 25 | 263 |
| SCORING | TD | X1 | X1A | PCT | X2 | X2A | FG | FGA | PCT | SAF | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jeff Reed | 0 | 10 | 10 | 100.0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 100.0 | 0 | 25 |
| Santonio Holmes | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||
| Willie Parker | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Gary Russell | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| James Harrison | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Heath Miller | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Troy Polamalu | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Team Totals | 10 | 10 | 10 | 100.0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 100.0 | 0 | 85 |
| Opponents Totals | 8 | 8 | 8 | 100.0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 61 |
| FIELD GOALS | MADE | ATT | PCT | 1-19 | 20-29 | 30-39 | 40-49 | 50+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jeff Reed | 5 | 5 | 100.0 | 1/1 | 1/1 | 0/1 | 1/2 | 2/0 |
| OWN | 5 | 5 | 100.0 | 1/1 | 1/1 | 0/1 | 1/2 | 2/0 |
| OPP | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 1/1 | 0/0 |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Willie Parker | 70 | 246 | 3.5 | 27 | 2 |
| Mewelde Moore | 5 | 25 | 5.0 | 6 | 0 |
| Santonio Holmes | 2 | 7 | 3.5 | 4 | 0 |
| Gary Russell | 6 | 2 | 0.3 | 3 | 2 |
| Nate Washington | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| Carey Davis | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ben Roethlisberger | 5 | 0 | 0.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Byron Leftwich | 4 | -2 | -0.5 | 2 | 0 |
| Ryan Clark | 1 | -4 | -4.0 | -4 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 95 | 275 | 2.9 | 27 | 4 |
| Opponents Totals | 48 | 121 | 2.5 | 16 | 2 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INC | YDS | Y/ATT | Y/COM | LG | TD | TD% | INT | INT% | TS | YL | NYP | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ben Roethlisberger | 89 | 54 | 60.7 | 34 | 692 | 7.8 | 12.8 | 65t | 3 | 3.4 | 1 | 1.1 | 8 | 58 | 634 | 91.6 |
| Byron Leftwich | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 | ||
| Team Totals | 90 | 54 | 60.0 | 35 | 692 | 7.7 | 12.8 | 65t | 3 | 3.3 | 1 | 1.1 | 8 | 58 | 634 | 90.6 |
| Opponents Totals | 108 | 65 | 60.2 | 38 | 826 | 7.6 | 12.7 | 64t | 6 | 5.6 | 5 | 4.6 | 9 | 52 | 774 | 83.3 |
| RECEIVING | TAR | REC | PCT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Santonio Holmes | 25 | 13 | 52.0 | 226 | 17.4 | 65t | 2 |
| Heath Miller | 16 | 11 | 68.8 | 156 | 14.2 | 30 | 1 |
| Nate Washington | 16 | 7 | 43.8 | 62 | 8.9 | 18 | 0 |
| Hines Ward | 12 | 9 | 75.0 | 168 | 18.7 | 45 | 0 |
| Carey Davis | 5 | 5 | 100.0 | 33 | 6.6 | 20 | 0 |
| Mewelde Moore | 5 | 4 | 80.0 | 25 | 6.3 | 9 | 0 |
| Limas Sweed | 5 | 2 | 40.0 | 20 | 10.0 | 14 | 0 |
| Willie Parker | 4 | 2 | 50.0 | -4 | -2.0 | -2 | 0 |
| Matt Spaeth | 2 | 1 | 50.0 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| Gary Russell | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Team Totals | 91 | 54 | 59.3 | 692 | 12.8 | 65t | 3 |
| Opponents Totals | 105 | 65 | 61.9 | 826 | 12.7 | 6 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| James Harrison | 1 | 100 | 100.0 | 100t | 1 |
| Troy Polamalu | 1 | 40 | 40.0 | 40t | 1 |
| Tyrone Carter | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Deshea Townsend | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| Larry Foote | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 5 | 147 | 29.4 | 100t | 2 |
| Opponents Totals | 1 | -1 | -1.0 | -1 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL | TB | I20 | RYDS | NYDS | NET |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mitch Berger | 14 | 595 | 42.5 | 51 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 103 | 472 | 33.7 |
| Ben Roethlisberger | 1 | 25 | 25.0 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 25 | 25.0 |
| Team Totals | 15 | 620 | 41.3 | 51 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 270 | 330 | 22.0 |
| Opponents Totals | 18 | 749 | 41.6 | 63 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 104 | 645 | 35.8 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Santonio Holmes | 7 | 3 | 103 | 14.7 | 67t | 1 |
| Mewelde Moore | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0.5 | 1 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 9 | 4 | 104 | 11.6 | 67t | 1 |
| Opponents Totals | 14 | 0 | 270 | 19.3 | 45 | 0 |
| KICKOFFS | NO | YDS | AVG | OB | TB | OSA | OSR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jeff Reed | 17 | 1078 | 63.4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Mitch Berger | 1 | 53 | 53.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 18 | 1131 | 62.8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Opponents Totals | 12 | 687 | 57.3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gary Russell | 6 | 0 | 120 | 20.0 | 25 | 0 |
| Carey Davis | 4 | 0 | 69 | 17.3 | 21 | 0 |
| Mewelde Moore | 1 | 0 | 18 | 18.0 | 18 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 11 | 0 | 207 | 18.8 | 25 | 0 |
| Opponents Totals | 17 | 0 | 348 | 20.5 | 63 | 0 |
| SACKS | NO | YDS |
|---|---|---|
| LaMarr Woodley | 6.0 | 30.0 |
| Brett Keisel | 1.0 | 8.0 |
| James Harrison | 1.0 | 7.0 |
| Aaron Smith | 1.0 | 7.0 |
| Team Totals | 9.0 | 52.0 |
| Opponents Totals | 8.0 | 58.0 |
| FUMBLES | NO | LOST | OWN | OPP | REC | YDS | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| William Gay | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Santonio Holmes | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Brett Keisel | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Willie Parker | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Lawrence Timmons | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Opponents Totals | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| DEFENSE | TKL | TT | TA | DT | DA | STT | STA | MT | MA | PD | QH | TFL | FF | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| James Farrior | 26 | 19 | 7 | 19 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| LaMarr Woodley | 16 | 12 | 4 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| Lawrence Timmons | 16 | 12 | 4 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ryan Clark | 15 | 12 | 3 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Ike Taylor | 14 | 11 | 3 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| James Harrison | 14 | 10 | 4 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Brett Keisel | 9 | 7 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Troy Polamalu | 9 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Larry Foote | 8 | 7 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Casey Hampton | 7 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Aaron Smith | 6 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Tyrone Carter | 5 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Anthony Madison | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bryant McFadden | 4 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Deshea Townsend | 4 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| William Gay | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Gary Russell | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Patrick Bailey | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Carey Davis | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Andre Frazier | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Travis Kirschke | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Keyaron Fox | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mitch Berger | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nick Eason | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sean McHugh | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mewelde Moore | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nate Washington | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 183 | 135 | 48 | 108 | 42 | 25 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 16 | 20 | 12 | 3 | 0 |
| Opponents Totals | 216 | 152 | 64 | 130 | 58 | 17 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 14 | 14 | 19 | 1 | 0 |
| PENALTIES | Called | Declined | Accepted | Yards | Nullified Yards | First Downs | Stalled Drives |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Willie Colon | 3 | 0 | 3 | 16 | 13 | 0 | 1 |
| William Gay | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| James Harrison | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Justin Hartwig | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 19 | 0 | 1 |
| Santonio Holmes | 1 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Chris Kemoeatu | 3 | 0 | 3 | 34 | 21 | 0 | 2 |
| Anthony Madison | 1 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 0 |
| Bryant McFadden | 1 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Heath Miller | 1 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 13 | 0 | 1 |
| Troy Polamalu | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Darnell Stapleton | 3 | 0 | 3 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Ike Taylor | 3 | 1 | 2 | 35 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| LaMarr Woodley | 1 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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