| Pittsburgh Steelers at Houston Texans Game Statistics |
| Date: December 25, 2017 Location: Houston, TX |
| Venue: NRG Stadium Attendance: 71842 |
| Weather: Indoors |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh SteelersPIT | 10 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 34 |
| Houston TexansHOU | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 6 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | PIT | HOU |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pittsburgh SteelersPIT | Chris Boswell 34 FG | 3 | 0 |
| 1 | Pittsburgh SteelersPIT | Justin Hunter 5 pass from Ben Roethlisberger (Chris Boswell kick) | 10 | 0 |
| 2 | Pittsburgh SteelersPIT | Roosevelt Nix 1 run (Chris Boswell kick) | 17 | 0 |
| 2 | Pittsburgh SteelersPIT | Chris Boswell 36 FG | 20 | 0 |
| 3 | Pittsburgh SteelersPIT | Le'Veon Bell 10 run (Chris Boswell kick) | 27 | 0 |
| 4 | Houston TexansHOU | DeAndre Hopkins 3 pass from T.J. Yates (T.J. Yates pass failed) | 27 | 6 |
| 4 | Pittsburgh SteelersPIT | JuJu Smith-Schuster 18 pass from Ben Roethlisberger (Chris Boswell kick) | 34 | 6 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh Steelers | ||
| Offense | ||
| 10 | WR | Martavis Bryant |
| 19 | WR | JuJu Smith-Schuster |
| 78 | LOT | Alejandro Villanueva |
| 67 | LOG | B.J. Finney |
| 53 | C | Maurkice Pouncey |
| 66 | ROG | David DeCastro |
| 77 | ROT | Marcus Gilbert |
| 81 | TE | Jesse James |
| 89 | TE | Vance McDonald |
| 7 | QB | Ben Roethlisberger |
| 26 | RB | Le'Veon Bell |
| Defense | ||
| 97 | LDE | Cam Heyward |
| 79 | NT | Javon Hargrave |
| 91 | RDE | Stephon Tuitt |
| 48 | LOLB | Bud Dupree |
| 51 | LILB | Sean Spence |
| 98 | RILB | Vince Williams |
| 90 | ROLB | T.J. Watt |
| 21 | LCB | Joe Haden |
| 28 | SS | Sean Davis |
| 23 | FS | Mike Mitchell |
| 25 | RCB | Artie Burns |
| Houston Texans | ||
| Offense | ||
| 15 | WR | Will Fuller |
| 10 | WR | DeAndre Hopkins |
| 70 | LOT | Julie'n Davenport |
| 71 | LOG | Xavier Su'a-Filo |
| 65 | C | Greg Mancz |
| 62 | ROG | Chad Slade |
| 68 | ROT | Breno Giacomini |
| 89 | TE | Stephen Anderson |
| 2 | QB | T.J. Yates |
| 38 | RB | Andre Ellington |
| 45 | FB | Jay Prosch |
| Defense | ||
| 91 | LDE | Carlos Watkins |
| 92 | NT | Brandon Dunn |
| 93 | RDE | Joel Heath |
| 56 | SLB | Brian Cushing |
| 90 | JLB | Jadeveon Clowney |
| 55 | MLB | Bernardrick McKinney |
| 41 | WLB | Zach Cunningham |
| 24 | LCB | Johnathan Joseph |
| 21 | SS | Marcus Gilchrist |
| 29 | FS | Andre Hal |
| 25 | RCB | Kareem Jackson |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |||||
| Le'Veon Bell | 14 | 69 | 4.9 | 22 | 1 |
| Stevan Ridley | 9 | 28 | 3.1 | 7 | 0 |
| Martavis Bryant | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| Roosevelt Nix | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1t | 1 |
| Landry Jones | 2 | -1 | -0.5 | 0 | 0 |
| Ben Roethlisberger | 1 | -1 | -1.0 | -1 | 0 |
| Houston Texans | |||||
| Alfred Blue | 16 | 108 | 6.8 | 48 | 0 |
| Lamar Miller | 10 | 55 | 5.5 | 16 | 0 |
| T.J. Yates | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 |
| Taylor Heinicke | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |||||||||||
| Ben Roethlisberger | 29 | 20 | 69.0 | 0 | 226 | 7.8 | 49 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 115.0 |
| Landry Jones | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 | |
| Houston Texans | |||||||||||
| T.J. Yates | 16 | 7 | 43.8 | 1 | 83 | 5.2 | 38 | 1 | 6 | 26 | 54.9 |
| Taylor Heinicke | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 16 | 108.3 |
| RECEIVING | TAR | REC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh Steelers | ||||||
| JuJu Smith-Schuster | 7 | 6 | 75 | 12.5 | 49 | 1 |
| Le'Veon Bell | 8 | 5 | 28 | 5.6 | 10 | 0 |
| Vance McDonald | 5 | 4 | 52 | 13.0 | 20 | 0 |
| Martavis Bryant | 4 | 3 | 60 | 20.0 | 36 | 0 |
| Eli Rogers | 4 | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| Justin Hunter | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5t | 1 |
| Jesse James | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Houston Texans | ||||||
| DeAndre Hopkins | 6 | 4 | 65 | 16.3 | 38 | 1 |
| Will Fuller | 5 | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 |
| Lamar Miller | 1 | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 |
| Braxton Miller | 2 | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Ryan Malleck | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Stephen Anderson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |||||
| Artie Burns | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Houston Texans | |||||
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |||||
| Jordan Berry | 3 | 143 | 47.7 | 57 | 0 |
| Houston Texans | |||||
| Shane Lechler | 7 | 342 | 48.9 | 60 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh Steelers | ||||||
| Eli Rogers | 5 | 2 | 82 | 16.4 | 27 | 0 |
| Houston Texans | ||||||
| Braxton Miller | 1 | 2 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| KICKOFFS | NO | YDS | AVG | TB |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh Steelers | ||||
| Chris Boswell | 7 | 441 | 63.0 | 5 |
| Houston Texans | ||||
| Ka'imi Fairbairn | 2 | 94 | 47.0 | 1 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh Steelers | ||||||
| Xavier Grimble | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Houston Texans | ||||||
| Jordan Todman | 2 | 0 | 41 | 20.5 | 25 | 0 |
| SACKS | NO | YDS |
|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh Steelers | ||
| Mike Hilton | 3.0 | 28.0 |
| Cam Heyward | 2.0 | 3.0 |
| Stephon Tuitt | 1.0 | 7.0 |
| Sean Spence | 1.0 | 4.0 |
| Houston Texans | ||
| DEFENSE | TKL | TFL | QH | PD | FF | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh Steelers | ||||||
| Sean Spence | 8 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Vince Williams | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mike Hilton | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Bud Dupree | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Cam Heyward | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Sean Davis | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mike Mitchell | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Joe Haden | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Stephon Tuitt | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Artie Burns | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Tyson Alualu | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| T.J. Watt | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Robert Golden | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| L.J. Fort | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Darrius Heyward-Bey | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Javon Hargrave | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Brian Allen | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Houston Texans | ||||||
| Zach Cunningham | 10 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Andre Hal | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kareem Jackson | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Bernardrick McKinney | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dylan Cole | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Kevin Johnson | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Corey Moore | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Treston Decoud | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jadeveon Clowney | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Angelo Blackson | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Johnathan Joseph | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Chris Thompson | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Joel Heath | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jon Weeks | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Chunky Clements | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kurtis Drummond | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Eddie Pleasant | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| T.J. Yates | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Brian Cushing | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Marcus Gilchrist | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Carlos Watkins | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Alfred Blue | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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