| San Diego Chargers at Pittsburgh Steelers Game Statistics |
| Date: October 4, 2009 Location: Pittsburgh, PA |
| Venue: Heinz Field Attendance: 64045 |
| Weather: Overcast Temp: 53 F Humidty: 69% Wind: 6 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Diego ChargersSD | 0 | 0 | 7 | 21 | 28 |
| Pittsburgh SteelersPIT | 14 | 7 | 7 | 10 | 38 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | SD | PIT |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pittsburgh SteelersPIT | Rashard Mendenhall 1 run (Jeff Reed kick) | 0 | 7 |
| 1 | Pittsburgh SteelersPIT | Mewelde Moore 19 pass from Ben Roethlisberger (Jeff Reed kick) | 0 | 14 |
| 2 | Pittsburgh SteelersPIT | Rashard Mendenhall 2 run (Jeff Reed kick) | 0 | 21 |
| 3 | Pittsburgh SteelersPIT | Heath Miller 6 pass from Ben Roethlisberger (Jeff Reed kick) | 0 | 28 |
| 3 | San Diego ChargersSD | Antonio Gates 3 pass from Philip Rivers (Nate Kaeding kick) | 7 | 28 |
| 4 | San Diego ChargersSD | Jacob Hester 41 opponents fumble recovery (Nate Kaeding kick) | 14 | 28 |
| 4 | Pittsburgh SteelersPIT | Heath Miller 6 pass from Mewelde Moore (Jeff Reed kick) | 14 | 35 |
| 4 | San Diego ChargersSD | Antonio Gates 30 pass from Philip Rivers (Nate Kaeding kick) | 21 | 35 |
| 4 | San Diego ChargersSD | Chris Chambers 13 pass from Philip Rivers (Nate Kaeding kick) | 28 | 35 |
| 4 | Pittsburgh SteelersPIT | Jeff Reed 46 FG | 28 | 38 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| San Diego Chargers | ||
| Offense | ||
| 89 | WR | Chris Chambers |
| 83 | WR | Vincent Jackson |
| 73 | LOT | Marcus McNeill |
| 68 | LOG | Kris Dielman |
| 64 | C | Scott Mruczkowski |
| 65 | ROG | Louis Vasquez |
| 66 | ROT | Jeromey Clary |
| 85 | TE | Antonio Gates |
| 17 | QB | Philip Rivers |
| 21 | RB | LaDainian Tomlinson |
| 22 | FB | Jacob Hester |
| Defense | ||
| 74 | LDE | Jacques Cesaire |
| 91 | NT | Ogemdi Nwagbuo |
| 93 | RDE | Luis Castillo |
| 95 | LOLB | Shaun Phillips |
| 54 | LILB | Stephen Cooper |
| 99 | RILB | Kevin Burnett |
| 56 | ROLB | Shawne Merriman |
| 23 | LCB | Quentin Jammer |
| 42 | SS | Clinton Hart |
| 32 | FS | Eric Weddle |
| 31 | RCB | Antonio Cromartie |
| Pittsburgh Steelers | ||
| Offense | ||
| 10 | WR | Santonio Holmes |
| 86 | WR | Hines Ward |
| 78 | LOT | Max Starks |
| 68 | LOG | Chris Kemoeatu |
| 62 | C | Justin Hartwig |
| 79 | ROG | Trai Essex |
| 74 | ROT | Willie Colon |
| 83 | TE | Heath Miller |
| 89 | TE | Matt Spaeth |
| 7 | QB | Ben Roethlisberger |
| 34 | RB | Rashard Mendenhall |
| Defense | ||
| 91 | LDE | Aaron Smith |
| 98 | NT | Casey Hampton |
| 99 | RDE | Brett Keisel |
| 56 | LOLB | Lamarr Woodley |
| 51 | LILB | James Farrior |
| 94 | RILB | Lawrence Timmons |
| 92 | ROLB | James Harrison |
| 24 | LCB | Ike Taylor |
| 23 | SS | Tyrone Carter |
| 25 | FS | Ryan Clark |
| 22 | RCB | William Gay |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Diego Chargers | |||||
| LaDainian Tomlinson | 7 | 15 | 2.1 | 5 | 0 |
| Philip Rivers | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |||||
| Rashard Mendenhall | 29 | 165 | 5.7 | 32 | 2 |
| Santonio Holmes | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| Ben Roethlisberger | 4 | 3 | 0.8 | 3 | 0 |
| Mewelde Moore | 2 | 2 | 1.0 | 2 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Diego Chargers | |||||||||||
| Philip Rivers | 36 | 21 | 58.3 | 0 | 254 | 7.1 | 30t | 3 | 3 | 19 | 107.9 |
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |||||||||||
| Ben Roethlisberger | 33 | 26 | 78.8 | 0 | 333 | 10.1 | 35 | 2 | 3 | 19 | 128.9 |
| Mewelde Moore | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 6 | 6.0 | 6t | 1 | 0 | 0 | 131.2 |
| RECEIVING | TAR | REC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Diego Chargers | ||||||
| Antonio Gates | 12 | 9 | 124 | 13.8 | 30t | 2 |
| Vincent Jackson | 7 | 4 | 56 | 14.0 | 16 | 0 |
| Chris Chambers | 8 | 4 | 39 | 9.8 | 17 | 1 |
| Legedu Naanee | 3 | 2 | 20 | 10.0 | 12 | 0 |
| Darren Sproles | 1 | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 16 | 0 |
| LaDainian Tomlinson | 4 | 1 | -1 | -1.0 | -1 | 0 |
| Malcom Floyd | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Pittsburgh Steelers | ||||||
| Hines Ward | 11 | 8 | 113 | 14.1 | 26 | 0 |
| Heath Miller | 9 | 8 | 70 | 8.8 | 18 | 2 |
| Santonio Holmes | 5 | 4 | 52 | 13.0 | 15 | 0 |
| Mewelde Moore | 3 | 3 | 31 | 10.3 | 19t | 1 |
| Mike Wallace | 3 | 2 | 47 | 23.5 | 35 | 0 |
| Rashard Mendenhall | 2 | 2 | 26 | 13.0 | 20 | 0 |
| Matt Spaeth | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Diego Chargers | |||||
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |||||
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Diego Chargers | |||||
| Mike Scifres | 6 | 291 | 48.5 | 63 | 0 |
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |||||
| Dan Sepulveda | 2 | 84 | 42.0 | 55 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Diego Chargers | ||||||
| Darren Sproles | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Pittsburgh Steelers | ||||||
| Stefan Logan | 3 | 0 | 28 | 9.3 | 20 | 0 |
| Mewelde Moore | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| KICKOFFS | NO | YDS | AVG | TB |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Diego Chargers | ||||
| Nate Kaeding | 5 | 279 | 55.8 | 0 |
| Pittsburgh Steelers | ||||
| Jeff Reed | 7 | 440 | 62.9 | 0 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Diego Chargers | ||||||
| Darren Sproles | 6 | 154 | 25.7 | 42 | 0 | |
| Antonio Cromartie | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 | |
| Pittsburgh Steelers | ||||||
| Stefan Logan | 4 | 83 | 20.8 | 24 | 0 | |
| SACKS | NO | YDS |
|---|---|---|
| San Diego Chargers | ||
| Tim Dobbins | 1.0 | 7.0 |
| Alfonso Boone | 1.0 | 6.0 |
| Larry English | 1.0 | 6.0 |
| Pittsburgh Steelers | ||
| James Harrison | 2.0 | 10.0 |
| Aaron Smith | 1.0 | 9.0 |
| DEFENSE | TKL | TFL | QH | PD | FF | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Diego Chargers | ||||||
| Stephen Cooper | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Quentin Jammer | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Eric Weddle | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Steve Gregory | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tim Dobbins | 7 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Shaun Phillips | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Clinton Hart | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Luis Castillo | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kevin Burnett | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Antonio Cromartie | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Alfonso Boone | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Larry English | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Jyles Tucker | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| David Binn | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Brandon Siler | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kassim Osgood | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mike Tolbert | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ogemdi Nwagbuo | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Jacques Cesaire | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Shawne Merriman | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Antoine Cason | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jacob Hester | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jeromey Clary | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Pittsburgh Steelers | ||||||
| Ryan Clark | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| James Harrison | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| James Farrior | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Keiwan Ratliff | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ike Taylor | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| William Gay | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Aaron Smith | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Lawrence Timmons | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Casey Hampton | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Joe Burnett | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Andre Frazier | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tyrone Carter | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Lamarr Woodley | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Brett Keisel | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Deshea Townsend | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ryan Mundy | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Keyaron Fox | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Stefan Logan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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