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National Football League
BOXSCORE | RECAP
Pittsburgh 12, Minnesota 10
When: 8:00 PM ET, Saturday, August 23, 2008
Where: Hubert Humphrey Metrodome, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Temperature: Dome
Head Official: Carl Cheffers
Attendance: 62625
Final Scoring Summary
 
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Pittsburgh 033612
Minnesota 073010
SCORING
Scoring Summary
2nd Quarter - 14:12
Minnesota TD Minnesota 7 - Pittsburgh 0
Adrian Peterson 1 yd. run (Ryan Longwell kick)
2nd Quarter - 6:40
Pittsburgh FG Minnesota 7 - Pittsburgh 3
Jeff Reed 35 yd. field goal
3rd Quarter - 10:06
Minnesota FG Minnesota 10 - Pittsburgh 3
Ryan Longwell 37 yd. field goal
3rd Quarter - 2:50
Pittsburgh FG Minnesota 10 - Pittsburgh 6
Jeff Reed 43 yd. field goal
4th Quarter - 10:02
Pittsburgh FG Minnesota 10 - Pittsburgh 9
Jeff Reed 37 yd. field goal
4th Quarter - 0:00
Pittsburgh FG Minnesota 10 - Pittsburgh 12
Jeff Reed 47 yd. field goal
TEAMS
Team Stats
  Pittsburgh Minnesota
1st Downs 19 12
Rushing 4 1
Passing 13 9
Penalty 2 2
3rd Down Conversions 5-17 4-12
4th Down Conversions 3-4 0-0
Punts-Average 4-48.0 7-48.6
Return Yards 86 94
Punts-Returns 6-36 2--3
Kickoffs-Returns 2-46 5-97
Int-Returns 1-4 0-0
Penalties-Yards 8-65 10-75
Fumbles-Lost 2-2 0-0
Time of Possession 36:23 23:37
Total Net Yards 281 163
Total Plays 74 50
Average Gain 3.8 3.3
Net Yards Rushing 102 32
Rushes 31 22
Average/Rush 3.3 1.5
Net Yards Passing 179 131
Comp-Att 26-40 17-24
Yards/Pass 4.2 4.7
Sacked-Yards Lost 3-15 4-21
Had Intercepted 0 1
Touchdowns 0 1
Rushing 0 1
Passing 0 0
Other 0 0
Extra Points 0-0 1-1
Field Goals 4-4 1-1
Red Zone Efficiency 0-2-0% 1-2-50%
Goal To Go Efficiency 0-0-0% 1-1-100%
Safeties 0 0
PLAYER STATS
Pittsburgh Steelers (0-0)
Passing
  COMP/ATT YDS TD INT
B. Leftwich 16/23 129 0 0
B. Roethlisberger 10/17 65 0 0
Minnesota Vikings (0-0)
Passing
  COMP/ATT YDS TD INT
G. Frerotte 13/19 133 0 1
J. Booty 4/5 19 0 0
Rushing
  ATT YDS AVG TD LG
R. Mendenhall 15 79 5.3 0 21
W. Parker 10 18 1.8 0 9
M. Moore 1 4 4.0 0 4
G. Russell 4 1 0.2 0 5
B. Roethlisberger 1 0 0.0 0 0
Rushing
  ATT YDS AVG TD LG
A. Peterson 12 21 1.8 1 6
C. Taylor 4 5 1.2 0 3
M. Hicks 3 5 1.7 0 5
G. Frerotte 1 1 1.0 0 1
A. Young 2 0 0.0 0 2
Receiving
  REC YDS AVG TD LG
W. Reid 5 55 11.0 0 22
H. Miller 3 30 10.0 0 13
L. Sweed 3 28 9.3 0 11
D. Baker 3 23 7.7 0 11
R. Mendenhall 2 15 7.5 0 8
M. Moore 3 12 4.0 0 6
N. Washington 1 11 11.0 0 11
D. Sherrod 2 10 5.0 0 8
H. Ward 1 6 6.0 0 6
W. Parker 2 2 1.0 0 6
B. Latsko 1 2 2.0 0 2
Receiving
  REC YDS AVG TD LG
A. Allison 5 56 11.2 0 17
V. Shiancoe 2 36 18.0 0 25
M. Nance 2 25 12.5 0 13
A. Peterson 3 11 3.7 0 4
N. Jones 1 7 7.0 0 7
N. Tahi 2 6 3.0 0 9
B. Jones 1 6 6.0 0 6
T. Tapeh 1 5 5.0 0 5
Interceptions
  NO. YDS TD
I. Taylor 1 4 0
Interceptions
  NO. YDS TD
No interceptions
Sks
  NO. YDS
J. Harrison 1.0 7.0
A. Harrison 1.0 6.0
L. Woodley 1.0 5.0
A. Smith 1.0 3.0
Sks
  NO. YDS
K. Williams 1.0 9.0
R. Edwards 1.0 6.0
D. Herron Jr. 1.0 0.0
Tackles
  TK AST
A. Smith 4 1
T. Carter 4 1
B. Keisel 3 0
B. McFadden 3 0
D. Townsend 2 0
A. Harrison 2 0
A. Smith 2 0
R. Clark 2 0
I. Taylor 2 0
L. Timmons 2 2
J. Harrison 2 3
L. Woodley 2 3
J. Farrior 1 0
O. Roye 1 0
S. Paxson 1 0
N. Eason 1 0
A. Madison 1 0
C. Hampton 1 1
Tackles
  TK AST
E. Henderson 5 0
E. Henderson 5 0
B. Sapp 5 0
C. Greenway 5 1
D. Herron Jr. 4 0
K. Williams 4 0
P. Williams 3 0
L. Guion 3 1
C. Griffin 3 2
M. Walker 2 0
R. Alexander 2 0
A. Winfield 2 0
D. Sharper 2 0
B. Sumrall 2 0
R. Edwards 2 0
C. Norwell 1 0
M. Burnett 1 0
M. Boulware 1 0
M. McCauley 1 0
B. Leber 1 1
O. Grigsby 1 1
L. Douzable 1 1
V. Ciurciu 1 2
Fumbles
  NO.
R. Mendenhall 2
Fumbles
  NO.
No fumbles