| San Diego Chargers at Pittsburgh Steelers Game Statistics |
| Date: December 21, 2003 Location: Pittsburgh, PA |
| Venue: Heinz Field Attendance: 52527 |
| Weather: Clear Temp: 37 F Humidty: 42% Wind: 14 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Diego ChargersSD | 0 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 24 |
| Pittsburgh SteelersPIT | 14 | 7 | 7 | 12 | 40 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | SD | PIT |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pittsburgh SteelersPIT | Plaxico Burress 25 pass from Tommy Maddox (Jeff Reed kick) | 0 | 7 |
| 1 | Pittsburgh SteelersPIT | Jerome Bettis 1 run (Jeff Reed kick) | 0 | 14 |
| 2 | Pittsburgh SteelersPIT | Plaxico Burress 16 pass from Tommy Maddox (Jeff Reed kick) | 0 | 21 |
| 2 | San Diego ChargersSD | LaDainian Tomlinson 5 run (Steve Christie kick) | 7 | 21 |
| 2 | San Diego ChargersSD | Steve Christie 31 FG | 10 | 21 |
| 3 | San Diego ChargersSD | Kassim Osgood 57 pass from Drew Brees (Steve Christie kick) | 17 | 21 |
| 3 | Pittsburgh SteelersPIT | Hines Ward 20 pass from Tommy Maddox (Jeff Reed kick) | 17 | 28 |
| 4 | Pittsburgh SteelersPIT | Jeff Reed 47 FG | 17 | 31 |
| 4 | San Diego ChargersSD | LaDainian Tomlinson 2 run (Steve Christie kick) | 24 | 31 |
| 4 | Pittsburgh SteelersPIT | Jeff Reed 40 FG | 24 | 34 |
| 4 | Pittsburgh SteelersPIT | Deshea Townsend 25 interception return (Jeff Reed kick failed) | 24 | 40 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| San Diego Chargers | ||
| Offense | ||
| 89 | WR | David Boston |
| 79 | LOT | Solomon Page |
| 63 | LOG | Kelvin Garmon |
| 66 | C | Cory Raymer |
| 61 | ROG | Michael Keathley |
| 64 | ROT | Phil Bogle |
| 85 | TE | Antonio Gates |
| 84 | TE | Justin Peelle |
| 9 | QB | Drew Brees |
| 21 | RB | LaDainian Tomlinson |
| 41 | FB | Lorenzo Neal |
| Defense | ||
| 75 | LDE | Marcellus Wiley |
| 76 | LDT | Jamal Williams |
| 92 | RDT | Jason Fisk |
| 90 | RDE | Adrian Dingle |
| 51 | SLB | Ben Leber |
| 57 | MLB | Zeke Moreno |
| 59 | WLB | Donnie Edwards |
| 23 | LCB | Quentin Jammer |
| 48 | SS | Terrence Kiel |
| 20 | FS | Jerry Wilson |
| 22 | RCB | Sammy Davis |
| Pittsburgh Steelers | ||
| Offense | ||
| 80 | SE | Plaxico Burress |
| 86 | WR | Hines Ward |
| 66 | LOT | Alan Faneca |
| 68 | LOG | Keydrick Vincent |
| 64 | C | Jeff Hartings |
| 73 | ROG | Kendall Simmons |
| 79 | ROT | Oliver Ross |
| 84 | TE | Jerame Tuman |
| 8 | QB | Tommy Maddox |
| 36 | HB | Jerome Bettis |
| 35 | FB | Dan Kreider |
| Defense | ||
| 91 | LDE | Aaron Smith |
| 67 | DE | Kimo Von Oelhoffen |
| 98 | NT | Casey Hampton |
| 92 | LOLB | Jason Gildon |
| 51 | LILB | James Farrior |
| 97 | RILB | Kendrell Bell |
| 55 | ROLB | Joey Porter |
| 26 | LCB | Deshea Townsend |
| 31 | SS | Mike Logan |
| 27 | FS | Brent Alexander |
| 20 | RCB | DeWayne Washington |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Diego Chargers | |||||
| LaDainian Tomlinson | 22 | 91 | 4.1 | 20 | 2 |
| Doug Flutie | 3 | 23 | 7.7 | 10 | 0 |
| Drew Brees | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| Leon Johnson | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |||||
| Jerome Bettis | 32 | 115 | 3.6 | 20 | 1 |
| Hines Ward | 3 | 32 | 10.7 | 25 | 0 |
| Amos Zereoue | 6 | 29 | 4.8 | 9 | 0 |
| Antwaan Randle El | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| Tommy Maddox | 1 | -1 | -1.0 | -1 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Diego Chargers | |||||||||||
| Drew Brees | 26 | 16 | 61.5 | 2 | 198 | 7.6 | 57t | 1 | 1 | 5 | 65.9 |
| Doug Flutie | 10 | 5 | 50.0 | 0 | 42 | 4.2 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 61.2 |
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |||||||||||
| Tommy Maddox | 18 | 11 | 61.1 | 0 | 160 | 8.9 | 28 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 129.6 |
| Antwaan Randle El | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 104.2 |
| RECEIVING | TAR | REC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Diego Chargers | ||||||
| LaDainian Tomlinson | 8 | 6 | 8 | 1.3 | 10 | 0 |
| Antonio Gates | 8 | 5 | 64 | 12.8 | 20 | 0 |
| Kassim Osgood | 7 | 4 | 102 | 25.5 | 57t | 1 |
| Justin Peelle | 4 | 2 | 29 | 14.5 | 24 | 0 |
| Dondre Gilliam | 2 | 2 | 28 | 14.0 | 15 | 0 |
| David Boston | 4 | 2 | 9 | 4.5 | 6 | 0 |
| Leon Johnson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Pittsburgh Steelers | ||||||
| Hines Ward | 6 | 6 | 94 | 15.7 | 28 | 1 |
| Plaxico Burress | 6 | 3 | 50 | 16.7 | 25t | 2 |
| Amos Zereoue | 3 | 2 | 9 | 4.5 | 8 | 0 |
| Jerome Bettis | 1 | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 16 | 0 |
| Dan Kreider | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Antwaan Randle El | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Diego Chargers | |||||
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |||||
| Deshea Townsend | 2 | 24 | 12.0 | 25t | 1 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Diego Chargers | |||||
| Darren Bennett | 3 | 127 | 42.3 | 48 | 0 |
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |||||
| Josh Miller | 4 | 155 | 38.8 | 43 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Diego Chargers | ||||||
| Leon Johnson | 3 | 0 | 16 | 5.3 | 11 | 0 |
| Pittsburgh Steelers | ||||||
| Antwaan Randle El | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1.5 | 3 | 0 |
| KICKOFFS | NO | YDS | AVG | TB |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Diego Chargers | ||||
| Steve Christie | 5 | 271 | 54.2 | 0 |
| Pittsburgh Steelers | ||||
| Jeff Reed | 8 | 484 | 60.5 | 0 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Diego Chargers | ||||||
| Leon Johnson | 8 | 141 | 17.6 | 26 | 0 | |
| Pittsburgh Steelers | ||||||
| Antwaan Randle El | 3 | 43 | 14.3 | 25 | 0 | |
| Lee Mays | 2 | 47 | 23.5 | 27 | 0 | |
| SACKS | NO | YDS |
|---|---|---|
| San Diego Chargers | ||
| Stephen Cooper | 1.0 | 6.0 |
| Otis Leverette | 1.0 | 3.0 |
| Pittsburgh Steelers | ||
| Joey Porter | 1.0 | 7.0 |
| Troy Polamalu | 1.0 | 5.0 |
| DEFENSE | TKL | TFL | QH | PD | FF | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Diego Chargers | ||||||
| Donnie Edwards | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jerry Wilson | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Zeke Moreno | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jason Fisk | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Terrence Kiel | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Otis Leverette | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ben Leber | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Marcellus Wiley | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Stephen Cooper | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jacques Cesaire | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jamal Williams | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Quentin Jammer | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Jesse Chatman | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sammy Davis | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Leon Johnson | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Carlos Polk | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Drayton Florence | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Antonio Gates | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kassim Osgood | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Adrian Dingle | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Pittsburgh Steelers | ||||||
| James Farrior | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Deshea Townsend | 9 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Brent Alexander | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mike Logan | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| DeWayne Washington | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Chris Hope | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Kendrell Bell | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Joey Porter | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Clint Kriewaldt | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Troy Polamalu | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Chidi Iwuoma | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ike Taylor | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Jason Gildon | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Lee Mays | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Casey Hampton | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Aaron Smith | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Rodney Bailey | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kendrick Clancy | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Chris Doering | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Clark Haggans | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Russell Stuvaints | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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