| Pittsburgh Steelers at New Orleans Saints Game Statistics |
| Date: October 6, 2002 Location: New Orleans, LA |
| Venue: Louisiana Superdome Attendance: 67734 |
| Weather: Indoors |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh SteelersPIT | 0 | 14 | 7 | 8 | 29 |
| New Orleans SaintsNO | 10 | 9 | 10 | 3 | 32 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | PIT | NO |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | New Orleans SaintsNO | John Carney 40 FG | 0 | 3 |
| 1 | New Orleans SaintsNO | Jerome Pathon 15 pass from Aaron Brooks (John Carney kick) | 0 | 10 |
| 2 | New Orleans SaintsNO | John Carney 48 FG | 0 | 13 |
| 2 | Pittsburgh SteelersPIT | Plaxico Burress 20 pass from Tommy Maddox (Todd Peterson kick) | 7 | 13 |
| 2 | New Orleans SaintsNO | Deuce McAllister 1 run (Aaron Brooks pass failed) | 7 | 19 |
| 2 | Pittsburgh SteelersPIT | Hines Ward 2 pass from Tommy Maddox (Todd Peterson kick) | 14 | 19 |
| 3 | New Orleans SaintsNO | Deuce McAllister 52 run (John Carney kick) | 14 | 26 |
| 3 | Pittsburgh SteelersPIT | Jerome Bettis 6 run (Todd Peterson kick) | 21 | 26 |
| 3 | New Orleans SaintsNO | John Carney 31 FG | 21 | 29 |
| 4 | New Orleans SaintsNO | John Carney 48 FG | 21 | 32 |
| 4 | Pittsburgh SteelersPIT | Terance Mathis 14 pass from Tommy Maddox (Hines Ward pass from Tommy Maddox) | 29 | 32 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh Steelers | ||
| Offense | ||
| 80 | WR | Plaxico Burress |
| 72 | LOT | Wayne Gandy |
| 66 | LOG | Alan Faneca |
| 64 | C | Jeff Hartings |
| 73 | ROG | Kendall Simmons |
| 77 | ROT | Marvel Smith |
| 87 | TE | Mark Bruener |
| 9 | QB | Tommy Maddox |
| 36 | HB | Jerome Bettis |
| 86 | FL | Hines Ward |
| 35 | FB | Dan Kreider |
| Defense | ||
| 67 | LDE | Kimo Von Oelhoffen |
| 98 | NT | Casey Hampton |
| 91 | RDE | Aaron Smith |
| 92 | LOLB | Jason Gildon |
| 51 | LILB | James Farrior |
| 50 | RILB | Larry Foote |
| 55 | ROLB | Joey Porter |
| 30 | LCB | Chad Scott |
| 41 | SS | Lee Flowers |
| 27 | FS | Brent Alexander |
| 20 | RCB | DeWayne Washington |
| New Orleans Saints | ||
| Offense | ||
| 87 | WR | Joe Horn |
| 80 | WR | Jerome Pathon |
| 68 | LOT | Kyle Turley |
| 64 | LOG | Kendyl Jacox |
| 62 | C | Jerry Fontenot |
| 65 | ROG | Lecharles Bentley |
| 71 | ROT | Spencer Folau |
| 88 | TE | David Sloan |
| 2 | QB | Aaron Brooks |
| 26 | RB | Deuce McAllister |
| 44 | FB | Terrelle Smith |
| Defense | ||
| 94 | LDE | Charles Grant |
| 99 | LDT | Norman Hand |
| 91 | RDT | Grady Jackson |
| 93 | RDE | Darren Howard |
| 54 | SLB | Darrin Smith |
| 56 | MLB | Charlie Clemons |
| 52 | WLB | Sedrick Hodge |
| 27 | LCB | Ken Irvin |
| 29 | SS | Sammy Knight |
| 20 | FS | Jay Bellamy |
| 22 | RCB | Fred Thomas |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |||||
| Jerome Bettis | 19 | 84 | 4.4 | 13 | 1 |
| Amos Zereoue | 5 | 35 | 7.0 | 15 | 0 |
| Hines Ward | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 |
| Antwaan Randle El | 1 | -10 | -10.0 | -10 | 0 |
| New Orleans Saints | |||||
| Deuce McAllister | 23 | 123 | 5.3 | 52t | 2 |
| Joe Horn | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| Aaron Brooks | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 |
| James Fenderson | 1 | -4 | -4.0 | -4 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |||||||||||
| Tommy Maddox | 38 | 22 | 57.9 | 1 | 268 | 7.1 | 54 | 3 | 4 | 24 | 95.1 |
| New Orleans Saints | |||||||||||
| Aaron Brooks | 23 | 13 | 56.5 | 0 | 205 | 8.9 | 64 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 100.8 |
| RECEIVING | TAR | REC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh Steelers | ||||||
| Antwaan Randle El | 5 | 5 | 48 | 9.6 | 22 | 0 |
| Hines Ward | 9 | 5 | 45 | 9.0 | 21 | 1 |
| Plaxico Burress | 7 | 4 | 59 | 14.8 | 22 | 1 |
| Amos Zereoue | 5 | 3 | 84 | 28.0 | 54 | 0 |
| Mark Bruener | 4 | 3 | 12 | 4.0 | 7 | 0 |
| Terance Mathis | 4 | 2 | 20 | 10.0 | 14t | 1 |
| Verron Haynes | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jerame Tuman | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| New Orleans Saints | ||||||
| Joe Horn | 8 | 5 | 68 | 13.6 | 21 | 0 |
| Jerome Pathon | 3 | 2 | 79 | 39.5 | 64 | 1 |
| Jake Reed | 2 | 2 | 22 | 11.0 | 13 | 0 |
| Deuce McAllister | 3 | 2 | 20 | 10.0 | 17 | 0 |
| David Sloan | 4 | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| Michael Lewis | 2 | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| Boo Williams | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |||||
| New Orleans Saints | |||||
| Sammy Knight | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |||||
| Josh Miller | 4 | 189 | 47.3 | 52 | 0 |
| New Orleans Saints | |||||
| Toby Gowin | 3 | 147 | 49.0 | 52 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh Steelers | ||||||
| Antwaan Randle El | 3 | 0 | 35 | 11.7 | 29 | 0 |
| New Orleans Saints | ||||||
| Michael Lewis | 4 | 0 | 50 | 12.5 | 17 | 0 |
| KICKOFFS | NO | YDS | AVG | TB |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh Steelers | ||||
| Todd Peterson | 5 | 271 | 54.2 | 0 |
| New Orleans Saints | ||||
| Toby Gowin | 7 | 469 | 67.0 | 0 |
| John Carney | 1 | 55 | 55.0 | 1 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh Steelers | ||||||
| Antwaan Randle El | 4 | 69 | 17.3 | 20 | 0 | |
| Lee Mays | 3 | 59 | 19.7 | 22 | 0 | |
| New Orleans Saints | ||||||
| Michael Lewis | 4 | 102 | 25.5 | 33 | 0 | |
| Jay Bellamy | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 | |
| SACKS | NO | YDS |
|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh Steelers | ||
| Joey Porter | 1.0 | 8.0 |
| Jason Gildon | 1.0 | 3.0 |
| New Orleans Saints | ||
| DEFENSE | TKL | TFL | QH | PD | FF | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh Steelers | ||||||
| Aaron Smith | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Chad Scott | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| James Farrior | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Brent Alexander | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Joey Porter | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Casey Hampton | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jason Gildon | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Lee Flowers | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Larry Foote | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kimo Von Oelhoffen | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| John Fiala | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Verron Haynes | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Rodney Bailey | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Deshea Townsend | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Hank Poteat | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Chidi Iwuoma | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Todd Peterson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dan Kreider | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kendall Simmons | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| New Orleans Saints | ||||||
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