| AFC Championship - New England Patriots at Pittsburgh Steelers Game Statistics |
| Date: January 27, 2002 Location: Pittsburgh, PA |
| Venue: Heinz Field Attendance: 64704 |
| Weather: Mostly Cloudy Temp: 55 F Humidty: 38% Wind: 14 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New England Patriots | 7 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 24 |
| Pittsburgh Steelers | 0 | 3 | 14 | 0 | 17 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | NE | PIT |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | New England Patriots | Troy Brown 55 punt return (Adam Vinatieri kick) | 7 | 0 |
| 2 | Pittsburgh Steelers | Kris Brown 30 FG | 7 | 3 |
| 2 | New England Patriots | David Patten 11 pass from Drew Bledsoe (Adam Vinatieri kick) | 14 | 3 |
| 3 | New England Patriots | Antwan Harris 49/11 blocked field goal recovery (Adam Vinatieri kick) | 21 | 3 |
| 3 | Pittsburgh Steelers | Jerome Bettis 1 run (Kris Brown kick) | 21 | 10 |
| 3 | Pittsburgh Steelers | Amos Zereoue 11 run (Kris Brown kick) | 21 | 17 |
| 4 | New England Patriots | Adam Vinatieri 44 FG | 24 | 17 |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New England Patriots | |||||
| Antowain Smith | 15 | 47 | 3.1 | 19 | 0 |
| J.R. Redmond | 3 | 13 | 4.3 | 7 | 0 |
| Tom Brady | 2 | 3 | 1.5 | 2 | 0 |
| Marc Edwards | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Drew Bledsoe | 4 | 1 | 0.3 | 4 | 0 |
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |||||
| Kordell Stewart | 8 | 41 | 5.1 | 34 | 0 |
| Amos Zereoue | 4 | 11 | 2.8 | 11t | 1 |
| Jerome Bettis | 9 | 8 | 0.9 | 4 | 1 |
| Hines Ward | 1 | -2 | -2.0 | -2 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New England Patriots | |||||||||||
| Drew Bledsoe | 21 | 10 | 47.6 | 0 | 102 | 4.9 | 18 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 77.9 |
| Tom Brady | 18 | 12 | 66.7 | 0 | 115 | 6.4 | 28 | 0 | 2 | 14 | 84.3 |
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |||||||||||
| Kordell Stewart | 42 | 24 | 57.1 | 3 | 255 | 6.1 | 24 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 45.2 |
| RECEIVING | TAR | REC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New England Patriots | ||||||
| Troy Brown | 11 | 8 | 121 | 15.1 | 28 | 0 |
| David Patten | 11 | 4 | 39 | 9.8 | 15 | 1 |
| Marc Edwards | 5 | 4 | 26 | 6.5 | 7 | 0 |
| Charles Johnson | 3 | 2 | 22 | 11.0 | 15 | 0 |
| Jermaine Wiggins | 4 | 2 | 7 | 3.5 | 4 | 0 |
| J.R. Redmond | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1.0 | 7 | 0 |
| Fred Coleman | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Pittsburgh Steelers | ||||||
| Hines Ward | 11 | 6 | 64 | 10.7 | 24 | 0 |
| Plaxico Burress | 12 | 5 | 67 | 13.4 | 16 | 0 |
| Amos Zereoue | 4 | 4 | 50 | 12.5 | 19 | 0 |
| Jerome Bettis | 2 | 2 | 23 | 11.5 | 12 | 0 |
| Troy Edwards | 4 | 2 | 16 | 8.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Dan Kreider | 2 | 2 | 13 | 6.5 | 9 | 0 |
| Matt Cushing | 1 | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 |
| Bobby Shaw | 3 | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Jerame Tuman | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Chris Fuamatu-Ma'afala | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New England Patriots | |||||
| Tebucky Jones | 1 | 19 | 19.0 | 19 | 0 |
| Lawyer Milloy | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 |
| Terrell Buckley | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |||||
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New England Patriots | |||||
| Ken Walter | 7 | 274 | 39.1 | 52 | 0 |
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |||||
| Josh Miller | 6 | 258 | 43.0 | 53 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New England Patriots | ||||||
| Troy Brown | 3 | 1 | 80 | 26.7 | 55t | 1 |
| Pittsburgh Steelers | ||||||
| Troy Edwards | 3 | 0 | 29 | 9.7 | 28 | 0 |
| KICKOFFS | NO | YDS | AVG | TB |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| New England Patriots | ||||
| Adam Vinatieri | 5 | 305 | 61.0 | 0 |
| Pittsburgh Steelers | ||||
| Kris Brown | 4 | 267 | 66.8 | 1 |