| Pittsburgh Steelers at Minnesota Vikings Game Statistics |
| Date: December 18, 2005 Location: Minneapolis, MN |
| Venue: Metrodome Attendance: 64136 |
| Weather: Indoors |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh Steelers | 3 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 18 |
| Minnesota Vikings | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | PIT | MIN |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pittsburgh Steelers | Jeff Reed 21 FG | 3 | 0 |
| 1 | Minnesota Vikings | Paul Edinger 20 FG | 3 | 3 |
| 2 | Pittsburgh Steelers | Ben Roethlisberger 3 run (Jeff Reed kick) | 10 | 3 |
| 3 | Pittsburgh Steelers | Jeff Reed 41 FG | 13 | 3 |
| 3 | Pittsburgh Steelers | Jeff Reed 26 FG | 16 | 3 |
| 4 | Pittsburgh Steelers | Safety, Darren Bennett tackled in end zone by Larry Foote | 18 | 3 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh Steelers | ||
| Offense | ||
| 82 | WR | Antwaan Randle El |
| 86 | WR | Hines Ward |
| 79 | LOT | Trai Essex |
| 66 | LOG | Alan Faneca |
| 64 | C | Jeff Hartings |
| 73 | ROG | Kendall Simmons |
| 78 | ROT | Max Starks |
| 83 | TE | Heath Miller |
| 7 | QB | Ben Roethlisberger |
| 39 | HB | Willie Parker |
| 35 | FB | Dan Kreider |
| Defense | ||
| 91 | LDE | Aaron Smith |
| 98 | NT | Casey Hampton |
| 67 | RDE | Kimo Von Oelhoffen |
| 53 | LOLB | Clark Haggans |
| 51 | LILB | James Farrior |
| 50 | RILB | Larry Foote |
| 55 | ROLB | Joey Porter |
| 24 | LCB | Ike Taylor |
| 43 | SS | Troy Polamalu |
| 28 | FS | Chris Hope |
| 26 | RCB | Deshea Townsend |
| Minnesota Vikings | ||
| Offense | ||
| 18 | WR | Koren Robinson |
| 89 | WR | Travis Taylor |
| 74 | LOT | Bryant McKinnie |
| 64 | LOG | Anthony Herrera |
| 67 | C | Melvin Fowler |
| 73 | ROG | Adam Goldberg |
| 72 | ROT | Marcus Johnson |
| 40 | TE | Jimmy Kleinsasser |
| 14 | QB | Brad Johnson |
| 23 | RB | Michael Bennett |
| 85 | HBK | Jermaine Wiggins |
| Defense | ||
| 98 | LDE | Darrion Scott |
| 94 | NT | Pat Williams |
| 93 | UT | Kevin Williams |
| 99 | RDE | Erasmus James |
| 57 | SLB | Raonall Smith |
| 55 | MLB | Sam Cowart |
| 56 | WLB | E.J. Henderson |
| 26 | LCB | Antoine Winfield |
| 21 | SS | Corey Chavous |
| 42 | FS | Darren Sharper |
| 29 | RCB | Brian Williams |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |||||
| Willie Parker | 14 | 81 | 5.8 | 49 | 0 |
| Verron Haynes | 9 | 36 | 4.0 | 10 | 0 |
| Jerome Bettis | 9 | 16 | 1.8 | 6 | 0 |
| Ben Roethlisberger | 6 | 7 | 1.2 | 9 | 1 |
| Antwaan Randle El | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| Minnesota Vikings | |||||
| Michael Bennett | 11 | 43 | 3.9 | 18 | 0 |
| Brad Johnson | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| Mewelde Moore | 2 | 5 | 2.5 | 3 | 0 |
| Ciatrick Fason | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |||||||||||
| Ben Roethlisberger | 15 | 10 | 66.7 | 0 | 149 | 9.9 | 50 | 0 | 4 | 16 | 99.0 |
| Minnesota Vikings | |||||||||||
| Brad Johnson | 30 | 16 | 53.3 | 2 | 143 | 4.8 | 21 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 38.6 |
| RECEIVING | TAR | REC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh Steelers | ||||||
| Heath Miller | 3 | 2 | 58 | 29.0 | 50 | 0 |
| Antwaan Randle El | 3 | 2 | 48 | 24.0 | 28 | 0 |
| Willie Parker | 2 | 2 | 16 | 8.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Cedrick Wilson | 2 | 2 | 16 | 8.0 | 12 | 0 |
| Hines Ward | 5 | 2 | 11 | 5.5 | 11 | 0 |
| Minnesota Vikings | ||||||
| Koren Robinson | 7 | 3 | 34 | 11.3 | 15 | 0 |
| Travis Taylor | 6 | 3 | 28 | 9.3 | 18 | 0 |
| Marcus Robinson | 5 | 2 | 38 | 19.0 | 21 | 0 |
| Nate Burleson | 3 | 2 | 24 | 12.0 | 14 | 0 |
| Jermaine Wiggins | 3 | 2 | 9 | 4.5 | 5 | 0 |
| Mewelde Moore | 2 | 2 | 9 | 4.5 | 8 | 0 |
| Jimmy Kleinsasser | 2 | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| Michael Bennett | 2 | 1 | -5 | -5.0 | -5 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |||||
| Joey Porter | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Deshea Townsend | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Minnesota Vikings | |||||
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |||||
| Chris Gardocki | 6 | 282 | 47.0 | 58 | 0 |
| Minnesota Vikings | |||||
| Chris Kluwe | 6 | 267 | 44.5 | 51 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh Steelers | ||||||
| Antwaan Randle El | 5 | 0 | 85 | 17.0 | 72 | 0 |
| Minnesota Vikings | ||||||
| Mewelde Moore | 3 | 1 | 41 | 13.7 | 18 | 0 |
| Travis Taylor | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| KICKOFFS | NO | YDS | AVG | TB |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh Steelers | ||||
| Jeff Reed | 5 | 279 | 55.8 | 0 |
| Minnesota Vikings | ||||
| Paul Edinger | 2 | 129 | 64.5 | 0 |
| Chris Kluwe | 1 | 48 | 48.0 | 0 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh Steelers | ||||||
| Quincy Morgan | 2 | 40 | 20.0 | 23 | 0 | |
| Antwaan Randle El | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 16 | 0 | |
| Minnesota Vikings | ||||||
| Koren Robinson | 3 | 79 | 26.3 | 43 | 0 | |
| Ciatrick Fason | 2 | 4 | 2.0 | 4 | 0 | |
| Travis Taylor | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| SACKS | SK | SKY |
|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh Steelers | ||
| Larry Foote | 1.0 | |
| Joey Porter | 0.5 | |
| Kimo Von Oelhoffen | 0.5 | |
| Minnesota Vikings | ||
| Erasmus James | 2.0 | |
| Kevin Williams | 1.0 | |
| Lance Johnstone | 1.0 | |
| DEFENSE | TKL | TFL | QH | PD | FF | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh Steelers | ||||||
| James Farrior | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Larry Foote | 7 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Troy Polamalu | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Joey Porter | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Aaron Smith | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bryant McFadden | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ricardo Colclough | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Clint Kriewaldt | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ike Taylor | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| Deshea Townsend | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Clark Haggans | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Brett Keisel | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kimo Von Oelhoffen | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Tyrone Carter | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sean Morey | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| James Harrison | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Chris Hope | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Travis Kirschke | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Casey Hampton | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Minnesota Vikings | ||||||
| Sam Cowart | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kevin Williams | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Rod Davis | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Corey Chavous | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Darrion Scott | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Erasmus James | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Raonall Smith | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Antoine Winfield | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| E.J. Henderson | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Brian Williams | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Darren Sharper | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Spencer Johnson | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Lance Johnstone | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Pat Williams | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dovonte Edwards | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ciatrick Fason | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Will Hunter | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Richard Owens | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dontarrious Thomas | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Melvin Fowler | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ralph Brown | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Fred Smoot | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| C.J. Mosley | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mike Rosenthal | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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