| Cleveland Browns at Pittsburgh Steelers Game Statistics |
| Date: December 28, 2008 Location: Pittsburgh, PA |
| Venue: Heinz Field Attendance: 63553 |
| Weather: Clear Temp: 45 F Humidty: 51% Wind: 23 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland BrownsCLE | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Pittsburgh SteelersPIT | 0 | 14 | 3 | 14 | 31 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | CLE | PIT |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | Pittsburgh SteelersPIT | Willie Parker 34 run (Jeff Reed kick) | 0 | 7 |
| 2 | Pittsburgh SteelersPIT | Byron Leftwich 8 run (Jeff Reed kick) | 0 | 14 |
| 3 | Pittsburgh SteelersPIT | Jeff Reed 22 FG | 0 | 17 |
| 4 | Pittsburgh SteelersPIT | Gary Russell 3 run (Jeff Reed kick) | 0 | 24 |
| 4 | Pittsburgh SteelersPIT | Tyrone Carter 32 interception return (Jeff Reed kick) | 0 | 31 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | ||
| Offense | ||
| 17 | WR | Braylon Edwards |
| 18 | WR | Donte' Stallworth |
| 73 | LOT | Joe Thomas |
| 65 | LOG | Eric Steinbach |
| 66 | C | Hank Fraley |
| 70 | ROG | Rex Hadnot |
| 77 | ROT | Kevin Shaffer |
| 86 | TE | Martin Rucker |
| 7 | QB | Bruce Gradkowski |
| 31 | RB | Jamal Lewis |
| 47 | FB | Lawrence Vickers |
| Defense | ||
| 99 | LDE | Corey Williams |
| 92 | NT | Shaun Rogers |
| 91 | RDE | Shaun Smith |
| 55 | LOLB | Willie McGinest |
| 54 | MLB | Andra Davis |
| 52 | WLB | D'Qwell Jackson |
| 95 | ROLB | Kamerion Wimbley |
| 24 | LCB | Eric Wright |
| 26 | SS | Sean Jones |
| 21 | FS | Brodney Pool |
| 22 | RCB | Brandon McDonald |
| Pittsburgh Steelers | ||
| Offense | ||
| 10 | WR | Santonio Holmes |
| 86 | WR | Hines Ward |
| 78 | LOT | Max Starks |
| 68 | LOG | Chris Kemoeatu |
| 62 | C | Justin Hartwig |
| 72 | ROG | Darnell Stapleton |
| 74 | ROT | Willie Colon |
| 83 | TE | Heath Miller |
| 89 | TE | Matt Spaeth |
| 7 | QB | Ben Roethlisberger |
| 39 | RB | Willie Parker |
| 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 |
| 94 | ROLB | Lawrence Timmons |
| 24 | LCB | Ike Taylor |
| 43 | SS | Troy Polamalu |
| 23 | FS | Tyrone Carter |
| 20 | RCB | Bryant McFadden |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | |||||
| Jamal Lewis | 23 | 94 | 4.1 | 13 | 0 |
| Josh Cribbs | 2 | 7 | 3.5 | 6 | 0 |
| Bruce Gradkowski | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| Lawrence Vickers | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| Jerome Harrison | 2 | 1 | 0.5 | 1 | 0 |
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |||||
| Willie Parker | 23 | 116 | 5.0 | 34t | 1 |
| Mewelde Moore | 4 | 23 | 5.8 | 11 | 0 |
| Gary Russell | 4 | 21 | 5.3 | 8 | 1 |
| Carey Davis | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 |
| Byron Leftwich | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8t | 1 |
| Dennis Dixon | 2 | -3 | -1.5 | -1 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | |||||||||||
| Bruce Gradkowski | 16 | 5 | 31.3 | 2 | 18 | 1.1 | 12 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 1.0 |
| Josh Cribbs | 2 | 1 | 50.0 | 0 | 8 | 4.0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 60.4 |
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |||||||||||
| Ben Roethlisberger | 14 | 9 | 64.3 | 1 | 110 | 7.9 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 58.6 |
| Byron Leftwich | 12 | 7 | 58.3 | 0 | 80 | 6.7 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 78.5 |
| Dennis Dixon | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 79.2 |
| RECEIVING | TAR | REC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | ||||||
| Jerome Harrison | 4 | 2 | -1 | -0.5 | 1 | 0 |
| Donte' Stallworth | 3 | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 |
| Martin Rucker | 2 | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| Braylon Edwards | 5 | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Charles Ali | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| Syndric Steptoe | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jamal Lewis | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Pittsburgh Steelers | ||||||
| Hines Ward | 7 | 6 | 70 | 11.7 | 24 | 0 |
| Heath Miller | 7 | 5 | 55 | 11.0 | 20 | 0 |
| Santonio Holmes | 8 | 3 | 31 | 10.3 | 15 | 0 |
| Carey Davis | 1 | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 |
| Nate Washington | 1 | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 |
| Mewelde Moore | 1 | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 |
| Willie Parker | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | |||||
| Sean Jones | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |||||
| Tyrone Carter | 2 | 50 | 25.0 | 32t | 1 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | |||||
| Dave Zastudil | 6 | 288 | 48.0 | 60 | 0 |
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |||||
| Mitch Berger | 4 | 184 | 46.0 | 49 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | ||||||
| Josh Cribbs | 1 | 0 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| Pittsburgh Steelers | ||||||
| Santonio Holmes | 4 | 0 | 16 | 4.0 | 8 | 0 |
| KICKOFFS | NO | YDS | AVG | TB |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | ||||
| Phil Dawson | 1 | 72 | 72.0 | 0 |
| Pittsburgh Steelers | ||||
| Jeff Reed | 6 | 379 | 63.2 | 2 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | ||||||
| Josh Cribbs | 3 | 53 | 17.7 | 22 | 0 | |
| Brad Cieslak | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 | |
| Pittsburgh Steelers | ||||||
| Gary Russell | 1 | 24 | 24.0 | 24 | 0 | |
| SACKS | NO | YDS |
|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | ||
| Pittsburgh Steelers | ||
| Andre Frazier | 1.0 | 3.0 |
| Bryant McFadden | 1.0 | 0.0 |
| Chris Hoke | 0.5 | 1.5 |
| Travis Kirschke | 0.5 | 1.5 |
| DEFENSE | TKL | TFL | QH | PD | FF | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | ||||||
| D'Qwell Jackson | 13 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kamerion Wimbley | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Brandon McDonald | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Louis Leonard | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Andra Davis | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Shaun Smith | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Willie McGinest | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Brodney Pool | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Shaun Rogers | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Eric Wright | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nick Sorensen | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Corey Williams | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sean Jones | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Kris Griffin | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Josh Cribbs | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ahtyba Rubin | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Joe Thomas | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Lawrence Vickers | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Pittsburgh Steelers | ||||||
| Lawrence Timmons | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Larry Foote | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| James Farrior | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Aaron Smith | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Brett Keisel | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Tyrone Carter | 4 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Keyaron Fox | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Andre Frazier | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bryant McFadden | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Troy Polamalu | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Orpheus Roye | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Ike Taylor | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Gary Russell | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Travis Kirschke | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Anthony Smith | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Lamarr Woodley | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| William Gay | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Heath Miller | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Chris Hoke | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Patrick Bailey | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nick Eason | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Casey Hampton | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Anthony Madison | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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