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National Football League
BOXSCORE | RECAP
New England 23, Pittsburgh 20
When: 4:05 PM ET, Sunday, September 25, 2005
Where: Heinz Field, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Temperature: 83°
Head Official: Bill Carollo
Attendance: 64868
Final Scoring Summary
 
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New England 7031323
Pittsburgh 1003720
SCORING
Scoring Summary
1st Quarter - 9:47
New England TD Pittsburgh 0 - New England 7
Corey Dillon 4 yd. run (Adam Vinatieri kick)
1st Quarter - 9:32
Pittsburgh TD Pittsburgh 7 - New England 7
Hines Ward 85 yd. pass from Ben Roethlisberger (Jeff Reed kick)
1st Quarter - 4:42
Pittsburgh FG Pittsburgh 10 - New England 7
Jeff Reed 33 yd. field goal
3rd Quarter - 6:08
Pittsburgh FG Pittsburgh 13 - New England 7
Jeff Reed 24 yd. field goal
3rd Quarter - 0:14
New England FG Pittsburgh 13 - New England 10
Adam Vinatieri 48 yd. field goal
4th Quarter - 10:37
New England TD Pittsburgh 13 - New England 17
Corey Dillon 7 yd. run (Adam Vinatieri kick)
4th Quarter - 3:19
New England FG Pittsburgh 13 - New England 20
Adam Vinatieri 35 yd. field goal
4th Quarter - 1:21
Pittsburgh TD Pittsburgh 20 - New England 20
Hines Ward 4 yd. pass from Ben Roethlisberger (Jeff Reed kick)
4th Quarter - 0:01
New England FG Pittsburgh 20 - New England 23
Adam Vinatieri 43 yd. field goal
TEAMS
Team Stats
  New England Pittsburgh
1st Downs 24 14
Rushing 5 4
Passing 19 7
Penalty 0 3
3rd Down Conversions 8-16 3-13
4th Down Conversions 0-0 0-0
Punts-Average 4-45.0 6-44.2
Return Yards 183 104
Punts-Returns 4-55 3-20
Kickoffs-Returns 5-128 4-79
Int-Returns 0-0 1-5
Penalties-Yards 10-118 5-35
Fumbles-Lost 3-2 1-1
Time of Possession 35:23 24:37
Total Net Yards 425 269
Total Plays 74 55
Average Gain 5.7 4.9
Net Yards Rushing 79 79
Rushes 30 23
Average/Rush 2.6 3.4
Net Yards Passing 346 190
Comp-Att 31-41 12-28
Yards/Pass 7.9 5.9
Sacked-Yards Lost 3-26 4-26
Had Intercepted 1 0
Touchdowns 2 2
Rushing 2 0
Passing 0 2
Other 0 0
Extra Points 2-2 2-2
Field Goals 3-4 2-3
Red Zone Efficiency 2-5-40% 1-3-33%
Goal To Go Efficiency 2-3-67% 1-2-50%
Safeties 0 0
PLAYER STATS
New England Patriots (0-0)
Passing
  COMP/ATT YDS TD INT
T. Brady 31/41 372 0 1
Pittsburgh Steelers (0-0)
Passing
  COMP/ATT YDS TD INT
B. Roethlisberger 12/28 216 2 0
Rushing
  ATT YDS AVG TD LG
C. Dillon 22 61 2.8 2 9
K. Faulk 7 13 1.9 0 4
P. Pass 1 5 5.0 0 5
Rushing
  ATT YDS AVG TD LG
W. Parker 17 55 3.2 0 11
B. Roethlisberger 3 17 5.7 0 10
V. Haynes 2 7 3.5 0 6
C. Wilson 1 0 0.0 0 0
Receiving
  REC YDS AVG TD LG
D. Givens 9 130 14.4 0 30
D. Branch 6 78 13.0 0 22
K. Faulk 7 71 10.1 0 23
T. Brown 4 43 10.8 0 19
C. Dillon 2 23 11.5 0 19
P. Pass 1 14 14.0 0 14
B. Watson 1 10 10.0 0 10
B. Johnson 1 3 3.0 0 3
Receiving
  REC YDS AVG TD LG
H. Ward 4 110 27.5 2 85
A. Randle El 2 56 28.0 0 49
V. Haynes 1 18 18.0 0 18
C. Wilson 2 16 8.0 0 10
H. Miller 1 13 13.0 0 13
Q. Morgan 1 9 9.0 0 9
W. Parker 1 -6 -6.0 0 -6
Interceptions
  NO. YDS TD
No interceptions
Interceptions
  NO. YDS TD
C. Hope 1 5 0
Sacks
  NO. YDS
R. Seymour 2.0 17.0
W. McGinest 1.0 9.0
R. Colvin 1.0 0.0
Sacks
  NO. YDS
J. Farrior 1.0 11.0
J. Harrison 1.0 8.0
C. Haggans 1.0 7.0
Tackles
  TK AST
R. Seymour 4 0
T. Warren 3 1
G. Scott 3 1
W. McGinest 3 1
C. Scott 2 0
M. Vrabel 2 1
C. Brown 2 1
A. Samuel 2 1
E. Hobbs 2 1
M. Beisel 2 3
R. Harrison 1 0
D. Starks 1 0
R. Colvin 1 0
V. Wilfork 1 1
J. Green 1 1
Tackles
  TK AST
C. Haggans 9 3
I. Taylor 9 4
J. Farrior 9 6
C. Hope 6 4
L. Foote 5 4
R. Colclough 3 0
D. Townsend 3 0
M. Logan 3 0
T. Polamalu 2 1
K. Von Oelhoffen 2 1
J. Harrison 1 0
T. Kirschke 1 0
J. Porter 1 0
C. Hampton 1 3
Fumbles
  NO.
K. Faulk 2
T. Dwight 1
Fumbles
  NO.
A. Randle El 1