| Houston Texans at Pittsburgh Steelers Game Statistics |
| Date: September 7, 2008 Location: Pittsburgh, PA |
| Venue: Heinz Field Attendance: 64001 |
| Weather: Cloudy Temp: 73 F Humidty: 46% Wind: 12 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Houston TexansHOU | 0 | 3 | 0 | 14 | 17 |
| Pittsburgh SteelersPIT | 7 | 14 | 14 | 3 | 38 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | HOU | PIT |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pittsburgh SteelersPIT | Willie Parker 7 run (Jeff Reed kick) | 0 | 7 |
| 2 | Pittsburgh SteelersPIT | Willie Parker 13 run (Jeff Reed kick) | 0 | 14 |
| 2 | Pittsburgh SteelersPIT | Hines Ward 13 pass from Ben Roethlisberger (Jeff Reed kick) | 0 | 21 |
| 2 | Houston TexansHOU | Kris Brown 34 FG | 3 | 21 |
| 3 | Pittsburgh SteelersPIT | Willie Parker 4 run (Jeff Reed kick) | 3 | 28 |
| 3 | Pittsburgh SteelersPIT | Hines Ward 16 pass from Ben Roethlisberger (Jeff Reed kick) | 3 | 35 |
| 4 | Houston TexansHOU | Kevin Walter 14 pass from Matt Schaub (Kris Brown kick) | 10 | 35 |
| 4 | Pittsburgh SteelersPIT | Jeff Reed 44 FG | 10 | 38 |
| 4 | Houston TexansHOU | Matt Schaub 4 run (Kris Brown kick) | 17 | 38 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Houston Texans | ||
| Offense | ||
| 80 | WR | Andre Johnson |
| 83 | WR | Kevin Walter |
| 76 | LOT | Duane Brown |
| 69 | LOG | Chester Pitts |
| 55 | C | Chris Myers |
| 65 | ROG | Mike Brisiel |
| 73 | ROT | Eric Winston |
| 81 | TE | Owen Daniels |
| 8 | QB | Matt Schaub |
| 30 | RB | Ahman Green |
| 44 | FB | Vonta Leach |
| Defense | ||
| 98 | LDE | Anthony Weaver |
| 91 | DT | Amobi Okoye |
| 99 | NT | Travis Johnson |
| 90 | RDE | Mario Williams |
| 54 | SLB | Zac Diles |
| 59 | MLB | DeMeco Ryans |
| 56 | WLB | Morlon Greenwood |
| 32 | LCB | Fred Bennett |
| 24 | SS | C.C. Brown |
| 47 | FS | Will Demps |
| 35 | RCB | Jacques Reeves |
| Pittsburgh Steelers | ||
| Offense | ||
| 10 | WR | Santonio Holmes |
| 86 | WR | Hines Ward |
| 77 | LOT | Marvel Smith |
| 68 | LOG | Chris Kemoeatu |
| 62 | C | Justin Hartwig |
| 73 | ROG | Kendall Simmons |
| 74 | ROT | Willie Colon |
| 83 | TE | Heath Miller |
| 7 | QB | Ben Roethlisberger |
| 39 | RB | Willie Parker |
| 38 | FB | Carey Davis |
| Defense | ||
| 91 | LDE | Aaron Smith |
| 98 | NT | Casey Hampton |
| 99 | RDE | Brett Keisel |
| 56 | LOLB | Lamarr Woodley |
| 51 | LILB | James Farrior |
| 50 | RILB | Larry Foote |
| 92 | ROLB | James Harrison |
| 24 | LCB | Ike Taylor |
| 43 | SS | Troy Polamalu |
| 25 | FS | Ryan Clark |
| 26 | RCB | Deshea Townsend |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Houston Texans | |||||
| Steve Slaton | 13 | 43 | 3.3 | 8 | 0 |
| Ahman Green | 5 | 28 | 5.6 | 14 | 0 |
| Matt Schaub | 2 | 4 | 2.0 | 4t | 1 |
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |||||
| Willie Parker | 25 | 138 | 5.5 | 32 | 3 |
| Rashard Mendenhall | 10 | 28 | 2.8 | 9 | 0 |
| Ben Roethlisberger | 2 | 17 | 8.5 | 17 | 0 |
| Byron Leftwich | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Houston Texans | |||||||||||
| Matt Schaub | 33 | 25 | 75.8 | 2 | 202 | 6.1 | 24 | 1 | 5 | 43 | 75.6 |
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |||||||||||
| Ben Roethlisberger | 14 | 13 | 92.9 | 0 | 137 | 9.8 | 29 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 147.0 |
| Byron Leftwich | 4 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 | |
| RECEIVING | TAR | REC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Houston Texans | ||||||
| Andre Johnson | 13 | 10 | 112 | 11.2 | 24 | 0 |
| Ahman Green | 4 | 4 | 3 | 0.8 | 6 | 0 |
| Kevin Walter | 4 | 3 | 41 | 13.7 | 16 | 1 |
| Owen Daniels | 4 | 3 | 33 | 11.0 | 14 | 0 |
| Steve Slaton | 3 | 3 | 6 | 2.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Vonta Leach | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| David Anderson | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| Joel Dreessen | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Pittsburgh Steelers | ||||||
| Hines Ward | 6 | 6 | 76 | 12.7 | 29 | 2 |
| Heath Miller | 3 | 3 | 26 | 8.7 | 11 | 0 |
| Santonio Holmes | 4 | 2 | 19 | 9.5 | 10 | 0 |
| Carey Davis | 2 | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 |
| Matt Spaeth | 1 | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| Nate Washington | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Houston Texans | |||||
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |||||
| Lamarr Woodley | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| Troy Polamalu | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Houston Texans | |||||
| Matt Turk | 4 | 173 | 43.3 | 56 | 0 |
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |||||
| Mitch Berger | 3 | 129 | 43.0 | 45 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Houston Texans | ||||||
| Jacoby Jones | 2 | 0 | 5 | 2.5 | 5 | 0 |
| Pittsburgh Steelers | ||||||
| Mewelde Moore | 1 | 2 | -3 | -3.0 | -3 | 0 |
| KICKOFFS | NO | YDS | AVG | TB |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Houston Texans | ||||
| Kris Brown | 4 | 256 | 64.0 | 0 |
| Pittsburgh Steelers | ||||
| Jeff Reed | 7 | 465 | 66.4 | 1 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Houston Texans | ||||||
| Andre' Davis | 6 | 112 | 18.7 | 28 | 0 | |
| Pittsburgh Steelers | ||||||
| Rashard Mendenhall | 2 | 46 | 23.0 | 27 | 0 | |
| Mewelde Moore | 2 | 33 | 16.5 | 21 | 0 | |
| SACKS | NO | YDS |
|---|---|---|
| Houston Texans | ||
| Mario Williams | 2.0 | 15.0 |
| Pittsburgh Steelers | ||
| James Harrison | 3.0 | 20.0 |
| Lamarr Woodley | 1.0 | 9.0 |
| Nick Eason | 0.5 | 7.0 |
| James Farrior | 0.5 | 7.0 |
| DEFENSE | TKL | TFL | QH | PD | FF | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Houston Texans | ||||||
| Zac Diles | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| DeMeco Ryans | 12 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mario Williams | 6 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| C.C. Brown | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Fred Bennett | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Will Demps | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kevin Bentley | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Travis Johnson | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Anthony Weaver | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jeff Zgonina | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jacques Reeves | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Joel Dreessen | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Antwaun Molden | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| N.D. Kalu | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| DelJuan Robinson | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| DeMarcus Faggins | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Morlon Greenwood | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| David Anderson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Andre Johnson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kevin Walter | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Pittsburgh Steelers | ||||||
| James Harrison | 9 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Ryan Clark | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ike Taylor | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bryant McFadden | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Brett Keisel | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| James Farrior | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Lawrence Timmons | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nick Eason | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Larry Foote | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Lamarr Woodley | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Troy Polamalu | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Travis Kirschke | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Donovan Woods | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tyrone Carter | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Aaron Smith | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Deshea Townsend | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| William Gay | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Casey Hampton | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Carey Davis | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Andre Frazier | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Willie Parker | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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