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www.steelers.com Pittsburgh Steelers 2012 Schedule/Results Preseason (3-1) Thursday, Aug. 9 at Philadelphia L, 23-24 (KDKA) Sunday Aug. 19 INDIANAPOLIS W, 26-24 (NBC) Saturday, Aug. 25 at Buffalo W, 38-7 (KDKA) Thursday, Aug. 30 CAROLINA W, 17-16 (KDKA) Regular Season (5-3) Sunday, Sept. 9 at Denver L, 19-31 (NBC) Sunday, Sept. 16 NEW YORK JETS W, 27-10 (CBS) Sunday, Sept. 23 at Oakland L, 31-34 (CBS) Sunday, Sept. 30 BYE Sunday, Oct. 7 PHILADELPHIA W, 16-14 (FOX) Thursday, Oct. 11 at Tennessee L, 23-26 (NFL Net./WPCW) Sunday, Oct. 21 at Cincinnati W, 24-17 (NBC) Sunday, Oct. 28 WASHINGTON W, 27-12 (FOX) Sunday, Nov. 4 at New York Giants W, 24-20 (CBS) Monday, Nov. 12 KANSAS CITY 8:30 p.m. (ESPN) Sunday, Nov. 18 BALTIMORE 8:20 p.m. (NBC) Sunday, Nov. 25 at Cleveland • 1 p.m. (CBS) Sunday, Dec. 2 at Baltimore • 4:25 p.m. (CBS) Sunday, Dec. 9 SAN DIEGO 1 p.m. (CBS) Sunday, Dec. 16 at Dallas • 4:25 p.m. (CBS) Sunday, Dec. 23 CINCINNATI 1 p.m. (CBS) Sunday, Dec. 30 CLEVELAND 1 p.m. (CBS) • Times and TV Network may change due to NFL flexible scheduling Postseason Sat.-Sun., Jan. 5-6 Wild Card Weekend (NBC, CBS & FOX) Sat.-Sun., Jan. 12-13 Divisional Playoff Games (CBS & FOX) Sunday, Jan. 20 Conference Championships (CBS & FOX) Sunday, Jan. 27 AFC-NFC Pro Bowl (Hawaii) (NBC) Sunday, Feb. 3 Super Bowl XLVII (New Orleans) (CBS) NOTE: All times are Eastern. Home games in Bold/CAPS. Game #9 Pittsburgh Steelers (5-3) vs. Kansas City Chiefs (1-7) Date: Monday, Nov. 12, 2012 Kickoff: 8:30 p.m., ET Site: Heinz Field (65,500) • Pittsburgh, Pa. Playing Surface: Natural Grass TV Coverage: ESPN (locally WTAE-TV, channel 4) Announcers: Mike Tirico (play-by-play) Jon Gruden (analyst) Lisa Salters (sideline) Local Radio: Steelers Radio Network WDVE-FM (102.5)/WBGG-AM (970) Announcers: Bill Hillgrove (play-by-play) Tunch Ilkin (analyst) Craig Wolfley (sideline) National Radio: Dial Global Radio Sports Announcers: Kevin Harlan (play-by-play) Boomer Esiason (analyst) Steve Tasker (sideline) Spanish Radio: Grupo Imagen - Destrito Federal (Mexico City) XEDA-FM 90.5 A Look at the Coaches: Pittsburgh Steelers Head Coach Mike Tomlin Overall regular-season record: 60-28 (.682)/sixth season Regular-season record at Pittsburgh: 60-28 (.682)/sixth season Playoff Record/Years: 5-3/four years Kansas City Chiefs Head Coach Romeo Crennel Overall regular-season record: 27-48 (.360)/sixth season Regular-season record at Kansas City: 3-8 (.273)/second season Playoff Record/Years: n/a www.steelers.com For all of the most up-to-date information on the Pittsburgh Steelers, visit the team’s official web site at www.steelers.com. Updated daily, the web site has the most extensive information on upcoming games and the most comprehensive news on the Steelers. Pittsburgh Steelers (5-3) vs. Kansas City Chiefs (1-7) Monday, Nov. 12, 2012 8:30 p.m. (ET) Heinz Field Pittsburgh, Pa. Game #9

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Pittsburgh Steelers 2012 Schedule/Results

Preseason (3-1)

Thursday, Aug. 9 at Philadelphia L, 23-24 (KDKA)

Sunday Aug. 19 INDIANAPOLIS W, 26-24 (NBC)

Saturday, Aug. 25 at Buffalo W, 38-7 (KDKA)

Thursday, Aug. 30 CAROLINA W, 17-16 (KDKA)

Regular Season (5-3)

Sunday, Sept. 9 at Denver L, 19-31 (NBC)

Sunday, Sept. 16 NEW YORK JETS W, 27-10 (CBS)

Sunday, Sept. 23 at Oakland L, 31-34 (CBS)

Sunday, Sept. 30 BYE

Sunday, Oct. 7 PHILADELPHIA W, 16-14 (FOX)

Thursday, Oct. 11 at Tennessee L, 23-26 (NFL Net./WPCW)

Sunday, Oct. 21 at Cincinnati W, 24-17 (NBC)

Sunday, Oct. 28 WASHINGTON W, 27-12 (FOX)

Sunday, Nov. 4 at New York Giants W, 24-20 (CBS)

Monday, Nov. 12 KANSAS CITY 8:30 p.m. (ESPN)

Sunday, Nov. 18 BALTIMORE 8:20 p.m. (NBC)

Sunday, Nov. 25 at Cleveland • 1 p.m. (CBS)

Sunday, Dec. 2 at Baltimore • 4:25 p.m. (CBS)

Sunday, Dec. 9 SAN DIEGO • 1 p.m. (CBS)

Sunday, Dec. 16 at Dallas • 4:25 p.m. (CBS)

Sunday, Dec. 23 CINCINNATI • 1 p.m. (CBS)

Sunday, Dec. 30 CLEVELAND • 1 p.m. (CBS)

• Times and TV Network may change due to NFL flexible scheduling

Postseason

Sat.-Sun., Jan. 5-6 Wild Card Weekend (NBC, CBS & FOX)

Sat.-Sun., Jan. 12-13 Divisional Playoff Games (CBS & FOX)

Sunday, Jan. 20 Conference Championships (CBS & FOX)

Sunday, Jan. 27 AFC-NFC Pro Bowl (Hawaii) (NBC)

Sunday, Feb. 3 Super Bowl XLVII (New Orleans) (CBS)

NOTE: All times are Eastern.Home games in Bold/CAPS.

Game #9

Pittsburgh Steelers (5-3) vs. Kansas City Chiefs (1-7)

Date: Monday, Nov. 12, 2012

Kickoff: 8:30 p.m., ET

Site: Heinz Field (65,500) • Pittsburgh, Pa.

Playing Surface: Natural Grass

TV Coverage: ESPN (locally WTAE-TV, channel 4)

Announcers: Mike Tirico (play-by-play)Jon Gruden (analyst)Lisa Salters (sideline)

Local Radio: Steelers Radio NetworkWDVE-FM (102.5)/WBGG-AM (970)

Announcers: Bill Hillgrove (play-by-play)Tunch Ilkin (analyst)Craig Wolfley (sideline)

National Radio: Dial Global Radio Sports

Announcers: Kevin Harlan (play-by-play)Boomer Esiason (analyst)Steve Tasker (sideline)

Spanish Radio: Grupo Imagen - Destrito Federal (Mexico City)XEDA-FM 90.5

A Look at the Coaches:Pittsburgh Steelers Head Coach Mike TomlinOverall regular-season record: 60-28 (.682)/sixth seasonRegular-season record at Pittsburgh: 60-28 (.682)/sixth seasonPlayoff Record/Years: 5-3/four years

Kansas City Chiefs Head Coach Romeo CrennelOverall regular-season record: 27-48 (.360)/sixth seasonRegular-season record at Kansas City: 3-8 (.273)/second seasonPlayoff Record/Years: n/a

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For all of the most up-to-date information on the Pittsburgh Steelers,visit the team’s official web site at www.steelers.com. Updateddaily, the web site has the most extensive information on upcominggames and the most comprehensive news on the Steelers.

Pittsburgh Steelers (5-3)vs.

Kansas City Chiefs (1-7)Monday, Nov. 12, 2012 • 8:30 p.m. (ET)

Heinz Field • Pittsburgh, Pa.

Game#9

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MIKE TOMLIN was named the 16th head coach in PittsburghSteelers history on Jan. 22, 2007. Hired at the age of 34, Tomlinbecame only the third head coach hired by the Steelers since1969.

Tomlin became the youngest head coach in NFL history to bothcoach in and win a Super Bowl when he led the Steelers to a 27-23 victory over the Arizona Cardinals in Super Bowl XLIII. By winningthe Super Bowl in only his second season as a head coach, healso became the fastest to win a Super Bowl title in Steelers’history.

In Tomlin’s first five years as head coach, he guided the Steelers’defense to the NFL’s top ranking in total defense three times. Hehas also sent a total of 36 selections to the league’s annual ProBowl, including five following the 2011 season. Tomlin has reachedthe playoffs four times in his first five seasons, including two tripsto the Super Bowl (winning Super Bowl XLIII).

Tomlin is one of only seven coaches in league history to win aSuper Bowl within his first two seasons as an NFL head coach.Tomlin is the only head coach in Steelers history to lead the teamto two Super Bowls in his first four seasons at the helm, includingan appearance against the Green Bay Packers in Super BowlXLV. He is one of only two Steelers’ head coaches to win threedivision titles in his first four seasons.

Tomlin has compiled a 60-28 record in the regular seasonduring his head coaching career. Tomlin reached 60 regular-season wins in 88 games, tying Chuck Knox (88) for the fourth-fewest games to reach 60 career victories among coaches whobegan their career since 1970. In 2011, Tomlin led the Steelers toa 12-4 record, marking the second straight season the team hasposted 12 wins, which marks only the second time in team historyit has been achieved.

The Steelers finished the 2011 season with the top-ranked totaldefense (271.8 ypg) and scoring defense (14.2 ppg). Pittsburghposted a 7-1 record at home in 2011, upping his record at HeinzField in his five seasons as head coach to 31-9.

The Steelers finished second in total defense under Tomlin’sguidance in 2010, allowing only 276.8 yards per game. Pittsburghled the NFL and set a team record in rushing defense, yieldingonly 62.8 yards per game (1,004 yards), the third-best total in NFLhistory dating back to 1970. The Steelers also established anNFL record in 2010 by not allowing an opponent to rush for morethan 75 yards in any of their first eight games during the regularseason.

In all, the Steelers defense led the NFL in 2010 in rushing yardsallowed, points allowed (232), touchdowns (22), quarterbacksacks (48), rushing average (3.0), yards per play (4.5) and yardsallowed on first down (4.08).

Tomlin was a three-year starter at wide receiver at William andMary (1990-94) and finished his career with 101 receptions for2,054 yards and 20 TD catches. A first-team All-Yankee Conferenceselection in 1994, he established a school record with a 20.2yards-per-catch average.

THE COACHES

2012 AFC North StandingsW L T Pct. Pts. Opp.

Baltimore 6 2 0 .750 199 176Pittsburgh 5 3 0 .625 191 164Cincinnati 3 5 0 .375 189 218Cleveland 2 7 0 .222 169 211

This Week in the AFC North:Sunday, Nov. 11:Oakland (3-5) at Baltimore (6-2), 1 p.m. (CBS)New York Giants (6-3) at Cincinnati (3-5), 1 p.m. (FOX)

Monday, Nov. 12:Kansas City (1-7) at Pittsburgh (5-3), 8:30 p.m. (ESPN, WTAE-TV, locallychannel 4)

Bye Week: Cleveland (2-6)

All times are Eastern.

For the 14th consecutive year, WDVE-FM (102.5) and WBGG-AM (970) are carrying all Steelers games.

Additionally, Steelers games can be heard on a 47-stationnetwork spanning Pennsylvania, West Virginia, Ohio and Maryland.For the third straight year, all Steelers’ games will be broadcast inSpanish on Estadio W (730 AM).

For the 19th straight season, Bill Hillgrove serves as the “Voiceof the Steelers” and handles play-by-play duties for the broadcast.Joining Hillgrove for his 15th season as an expert analyst is TunchIlkin, the former Steelers All-Pro offensive tackle. Joining the teamfor his 10th season is former Steelers offensive lineman CraigWolfley, who provides sideline analysis.

Stations on the Steelers Radio Network include:

STEELERS RADIO COVERAGE

FLAGSHIP STATIONS (2)WDVE-FM (102.5)WBGG-AM (970)

PENNSYLVANIA (33)Allentown-WSAN (1470)Altoona-WVAM (1430)Altoona-WRKY (104.9)Beaver Falls-WBVP (1230)Beaver Falls-WMBA (1460)Bedford-WBVE (107.5)Bradford-WESB (1490)Butler-WISR (680)Chambersburg-WCHA (800)Clarendon-WKNB (104.3)Clarion-WCCR (92.7)Cooperstown-WUUZ (107.7)DuBois-WOWQ (102.1)Erie-WJET (1440)Gettysburg-WGET (1320)Grove City-WWGY (95.1)Harrisburg-WHGB (1400)Harrisburg-WTPA (95.3)Indiana-WCCS (1160)Johnstown-WRKW (99.1)Johnstown-WNTJ (850)Latrobe-WCNS (1480)Manchester Twp.-WGLD (1440)Punxsutawney-WPXZ (104.1)Reading-WIOV (1240)Saegertown-WUUZ (94.3)Selinsgrove-WVSL (1240)Somerset-WNTW (990)State College-WRSC (103.1)Uniontown-WMBS (590)Washington-WJPA (1450)

Williamsport-WCXR (93.3)Williamsport-WZXR (103.7)

OHIO (4)Fremont-WOHF (92.1)Toledo-WCWA (1230)Westerville-WTDA (103.9)Youngstown-WNIO (1390)

MARYLAND (4)Cumberland-WTBO (1450)Frostburg-WFRB (560)Hagerstown-WHAG (1410)Ocean City-WQMR (104.3/1590)

WEST VIRGINIA (5)Fairmont-WRLF (94.3)Fairmont-WMMN (920)New Martinsville-WXCR (92.3)St. Mary’s-WJAW (630)Wheeling-WWVA (1170)

MEXICO (15)Mexico City-Imagen (90.5)Bajio-Imagen (105.9)Cancun-Imagen (90.7)Chihuahua-Imagen (97.3)Colima-Imagen (89.3)Guadalajara-Imagen (93.9)Laredo-Imagen (94.1)Mexicali-Imagen (105.5)Monterrey-Imagen (107.7)Puebla-Imagen (105.1)Queretaro-Imagen (94.7)Satillo-Imagen (94.7)San Luis Potosi (1100)Tampico (103.1)Torreon (100.3)

ROMEO CRENNEL was named the 12th head coach in KansasCity Chiefs history on January 9, 2012, after serving as the interimhead coach for the final three games of the 2011 season. Crennelis in his 31st season in the NFL and fifth as a head coach.

From 2005-08 Crennel was the head coach of the ClevelandBrowns. Prior to Cleveland he served as the defensive coordinatorfor the New England Patriots (2001-04). During the four year spanthe Patriots won three Super Bowls. He was named the NFL’sassistant coach of the year in 2003. He also coached on thedefensive side of the ball in Cleveland (2000), New York Jets(1997-99), New England (1993-96) and the New York Giants(1981-92).

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STEELERS PRONUNCIATIONS

Ramon Foster ....................... (ra-MONE)

Brett Keisel ........................... (KEE-sull)

Keenan Lewis ....................... (KEY-nin)

Troy Polamalu ....................... (Pole-uh-MAH-lu)

Maurkice Pouncey ................ (Mar-KEESE POUN-see)

Ben Roethlisberger ................ (ROTH-lis-ber-ger)

Shaun Suisham .................... (Swee-zum)

Alameda Ta’amu ...................... (al-uh-MEE-duh tah-AH-moo)

LaMarr Woodley .................... (la-MARR)

Jason Worilds ....................... (Worlds)

MEDIA NOTESKansas City Chiefs Conference Call: Kansas City Chiefs Head

Coach Romeo Crennel and the Chiefs player will be available forinterviews via conference call on Wednesday, Nov. 7, in theSteelers’ media work room. Crennel will call at 11:30 a.m. ET andthe player will call at 11:45 a.m. ET.

Weekly Press Conference: Steelers’ Head Coach Mike Tomlinwill conduct a press conference on Tuesday, Nov. 6, at noon in theSteelers’ media workroom at the UPMC Sports PerformanceComplex.

Official Steelers Website: Media and fans can read about thelatest Steelers news on the official Steelers website. The site,www.steelers.com, features breaking news, statistics, playerbiographies and much more.

Media-Only Section of www.steelers.comThe Steelers Media Relations Department offers a “Media-

Only” section on steelers.com. To sign up for this service, go tohttp://www.steelers.com/mediarelations/ and register as a newuser below the left hand navigation bar. Then follow the instructionson the Media Relations page and once your registration isapproved, you will receive an email and can access all information.If you have any questions or problems, please [email protected].

NFLmedia.com: Journalists worldwide have access to thededicated media website featuring news from the NFL and itsteams. Daily releases, statistics, domestic and international NFLupdates and other information about the NFL are available. Thesite also provides links to other NFL and individual team sites.

THIS WEEK’S SCHEDULE (SUBJECT TO CHANGE)

Thursday, Nov. 8 Friday, Nov. 9 Saturday, Nov. 10 Sunday, Nov. 11 Monday, Nov. 12Tuesday, Nov. 6 Wednesday, Nov. 7

• 8:30 p.m. (ET)Home Game

vs.Kansas City Chiefs

(Heinz Field)ESPN

(locally WTAE-TV,channel 4)

STEELERS LAST GAMEPittsburgh 24, New York Giants 20Sunday, Nov. 4 • East Rutherford, N.Y. (MetLife Stadium)

Pittsburgh Team Notes:• Entering the game, the Giants had outscored their opponents by42 points in the fourth quarter. On Sunday, the Steelers outscoredNew York by 14 in the fourth quarter. Pittsburgh’s defense forcedthe Giants to go three and out on all three of their fourth quarterpossessions.• The Steelers recorded 349 total net yards compared to 182 forthe Giants.• Giants QB Eli Manning was held to 125 yards passing, the fewestpassing yards he has thrown in a regular season game since 12/28/08 against Minnesot (119). Manning also recorded a passerrating of 41.1, the sixth lowest rating of his career and the lowestsince 11/25/07 against Minnesota (33.8).• Pittsburgh is 5-4 against the Giants (4-2 on the road) since theAFL-NFL merger in 1970.• Including the postseason, the Steelers improved to 102-60-1all-time against the NFC, including 3-0 this season.• Pittsburgh is now 28-7 against NFC teams during the regularseason since 2004.• Sunday marked the Steelers fifth straight win in November roadgames.• For the seventh time this season, Pittsburgh’s defense held itsopponent to less than 100 yards rushing, allowing the Giants togain only 68 yards on 22 carries (3.1 avg.).• For the seventh consecutive game the Steelers offenseregistered at least 330 total net yards.• Entering the game QB Eli Manning had only been sacked sixtimes. The Steelers registered two sacks on Manning.• With RB Isaac Redman rushing for 147 yards on 26 carriestoday, the Steelers have now had a 100-yard rusher in threeconsecutive games for the first time since 2007(Willie Parker, 21-124 at NE, 12/9/07 – 14-100 vs. Jac 12/16/07 – Najeh Davenport,24-123, 1 TD at StL 12/20/07).

Player Game Att. Yds. Avg. TDsJonathan Dwyer 10/21/12 at Cin 17 122 7.2 0Jonathan Dwyer 10/28/12 vs. Was 17 107 6.3 0Isaac Redman 11/4/12 at NYG 147 26 5.7 1

• Open locker room12:30 - 1 p.m.

Practice: 1:15 - 3:15 p.m.

Coach Tomlin availableupon request after

practice

• Open locker room3:15 - 3:45 p.m.

Practice: 10:45 a.m. -12:30 p.m.

• Open locker room12:30 - 1 p.m.

• Open locker room12:15 - 12:45 p.m.

Practice: 1 - 3 p.m.

Coach Tomlin availableupon request after

practiceCoordinators availableon field after practice

• Open locker room3 - 3:30 p.m.

Noon - Coach TomlinPress Conference

(ROOT Sports)

• No Player Availability

• No media availabilityPractice: 10:45 a.m. -12:30 p.m.

• Open locker room12:30 - 1 p.m.

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• With a field goal by Shaun Suisham at the end of the first half, theSteelers have scored in the final two minutes of the first half inseven of eight games.• With 191 net passing yards Sunday, the Steelers have 2,099 netpassing yards on the season, the fourth highest total for Pittsburghin the first eight games of the season, dating back to 1978.

Rk. Seasaon Net Passing Yards In First Eight Games1. 2011 2,1872. 1980 2,1503. 2009 2,1344. 2012 2,099

• In the first half Pittsburgh outgained the Giants in total net yards,173-97. It marked only the second time since the start of the 2011season that New York was held under 100 total net yards in thefirst half (96 yards vs. Phi, 11/20/11).• The Steelers defense held QB Eli Manning to a quarterbackrating of 16.0 in the first half on 4-of-12 passing for 60 yards andone interception.• QB Charlie Batch, RB Jonathan Dwyer, RB Rashard Mendenhall,S Troy Polamalu, LB Stevenson Sylvester, T Marcus Gilbert andNT Alameda Ta’amu were inactive for the Steelers.

Pittsburgh Individual Notes:Head Coach Mike Tomlin• Is now 60-28 during the regular season.• Reached 60 regular-season wins in 88 games, tying ChuckKnox (88) for the fourth-fewest games to reach 60 career victoriesamong coaches who began their career since 1970. The coacheswho began their career since 1970 to win 60 games in the fewestgames:

COACH TEAM(S)^ NO. OF GAMESGeorge Seifert San Francisco 75Joe Gibbs Washington 84Mike Ditka Chicago 85Mike Tomlin Pittsburgh 88Chuck Knox LA Rams, Buffalo 88Bill Cowher Pittsburgh 90Andy Reid Philadelphia 90^ Through first 60 wins

QB Ben Roethlisberger• Is now 24-7 against NFC teams during the regular season.• Finished the game 21-of-30 for 216 yards, two touchdowns, oneinterception and a quarterback rating of 98.8.• For the 27th time during the regular season and the third timethis season, Roethlisberger rallied the Steelers from a fourthquarter deficit to win the game.• With one touchdown pass in the first half Sunday, Roethlisbergerhas thrown at least one touchdown pass in each first half thisseason. Roethlisberger has totaled 10 touchdown passes in firsthalves this season.• Recorded a passer rating of 98.4 in the first half, marking theseventh time this season Roethlisberger has recorded a passerrating over 90.0 in the first half.• Connected with WR Mike Wallace on a 51-yard touchdown passearly in the fourth quarter, marking the franchise best 13th time thetwo have recorded a touchdown pass of at least 40 yards.• Including the postseason, Roethlisberger now has 201 careertouchdown passes, making him the second Steelers player tothrow for at least 200 touchdowns (Terry Bradshaw, 242, 1970-83).• With two touchdown passes, Roethlisberger now has 16touchdown passes on the season, marking the second mosttouchdown passes a Steelers quarterback has thrown inPittsburgh’s first eight games of the season (dating back to 1978).

Touchdown Passes InRk. Player Season First Eight Games Played1. Ben Roethlisberger 2007 202. Ben Roethlisberger 2012 163. Terry Bradshaw 1978, ‘82, ‘80 15

• Has thrown only four interceptions this season, marking thefewest interceptions he has thrown in the first eight games hehas played in any season.

2012: 42010: 52007: 62004: 6

RB Isaac Redman• With 147 yards on 26 carries and one touchdown, recorded hisfirst career 100-yard rushing game during the regular season.• Registered 87 rushing yards on 14 carries (6.2 avg.) in the firsthalf. Dating back to 2000, Redman’s 87 yards tie Jerome Bettis(87, vs. Phi, 11/7/04) for the fifth most rushing yards by a Steelers’player in the first half of a regular season game.

RB Chris Rainey• Before leaving the game in the third quarter with a rib injury,Rainey registered 173 yards on five kickoff returns, marking thefifth most kickoff return yards by a Steelers’ player in a singlegame, dating back to 1941.• Recorded a 50-yard kickoff return to the Giants 48-yard line inthe middle of the second quarter and a career long 68-yard kickoffreturn to New York’s 35-yard line to start the second half. It markedRainey’s fourth and fifth kickoff returns of at least 40 yards thisseason.

WR Mike Wallace• Registered a 51-yard touchdown reception in the fourth quarter.It marked his 25th career reception of at least 40 yards and the15th that went for a touchdown.

WR Emmanuel Sanders• Hauled in a four-yard touchdown pass to put the Steelers up 7-0 early in the second quarter.• Registered a career-long 63-yard punt return to the Giants 12-yard line with 12:36 left in the game.

TE Heath Miller• Registered four receptions for 48 yards, giving him 384 receivingyards on the season, the most receiving yards he has recorded inthe first eight games of any season:

2012: 3842009: 3712011: 361

LB LaMarr Woodley• Registered a sack, forced fumble of QB Eli Manning on thirddown with just over three minutes left in the game, forcing theGiants to punt.• Woodley has three sacks on the season and 51.0 for his career.

LB Lawrence Timmons• Registered an 11-yard sack on QB Eli Manning on third down toforce a punt early in the fourth quarter.• Timmons now has 18.0 career sacks during the regular season.

CB Ike Taylor• Recorded an interception off of QB Eli Manning in the first quarter.• It marked Taylor’s 14th career interception during the regularseason and first since 12/4/11 vs. Cincinnati.• Played in his 131st consecutive game, the longest active streakamong NFL cornerbacks.

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STEELERS AND UPMC SPORTS MEDICINEANNOUNCE CONCUSSION AWARENESS PROGRAM,

“DON’T HIT THE HEAD, DON’T USE THE HEAD”

On August 29, the Pittsburgh Steelers and UPMC SportsMedicine announced a new program that will raise awarenessand promote safe play among high school, middle schooland youth football players.

Steelers Head Coach Mike Tomlin as well as Dr. MickyCollins, clinical and executive director of the UPMC SportsMedicine Concussion Program, will serve as spokespersonsfor the initiative, which was derived from a saying that Tomlinuses with the Steelers – “Don’t hit the head, Don’t use thehead” in regards to safe play.

The program will provide a letter from Coach Tomlin and Dr.Collins and a fact sheet about the UPMC concussion program.Additionally, there is a website (www.steelers.com/playsmart)for athletes and coaches to access videos about concussionawareness, symptoms and management from UPMC, and alink to information through USA Football’s “Head’s UpFootball” program with the NFL (http://videos.usafootball.com/pagesheadsupfootball/) that promotes coaching education,proper equipment fitting as well as a set of recommendedstandards for parents, coaches and leagues.

CELEBRATING 80 SEASONS

This season marks the 80th in Steelers history and the teamis celebrating its tremendous fan base. Below are a few ofmany events that are occuring to celebrate 80 years ofSteelers’ football.

• My Pittsburgh Steelers – On April 2, the Steelers gave fansa special opportunity to have their image appear on Steelerstickets during the 2012 season during the 80th seasoncelebration, “The Year of the Fan.” Starting on April 2 andrunning through April 20, fans were able to submit a 15-second video to Steelers.com saying their three words about,“My Pittsburgh Steelers.” On April 28th, 10 lucky fans werechosen to be on the face of Steelers tickets: Chris Pittman,Steve Harrison, Angelo Cammarata, Deb Neil, Benjamin andBrian Neas, Andre L. Brown, Quinn Hoerner, Theodore M.Broadnax, The Dearing Family, Mark and Corey Christofel.

• Throwback Jerseys – On April 17, the Steelers unveiledtheir throwback uniforms that they will wear during selectedhome games in 2012 during a special press conference atHeinz Field. The Steelers chose the 1934 jersey because itwas a unique part of Steelers history, and it was a uniformthat had not been worn since that season. Pittsburgh debutedthe jerseys on October 28 vs. Washington and will wear themagain on November 18 vs. Baltimore.

• Terrible Towel Wall/Steelers Fan Blitz – The Terrible TowelWall was unveiled on April 27 in the Great Hall at Heinz Field.The wall not only celebrates Steelers history but the legacy ofthe towel itself.

• 80th Season Celebration Weekend (November 17-18) – TheSaturday evening before the Steelers play the BaltimoreRavens, Heinz Field will host the 2012 Taste of the Steelersevent, which is dedicated to the 80th Season CelebrationGame. The event will feature players from most decades inthe 80-year history of the Steelers. The Steelers will weartheir throwback uniforms for their game versus the Ravens.Recent Pro Football Hall of Fame inductees DermonttiDawson and Jack Butler will be present for the entire weekend.

• Immaculate Reception Monument – In celebration of the40th anniversary of the most memorable play in NFL history,the Pittsburgh Steelers and the Senator John Heinz HistoryCenter, in conjunction with Allegheny TechnologiesIncorporated (ATI), will be unveiling an “ImmaculateReception” monument near Heinz Field during a specialceremony on Saturday, December 22, the day prior to the 40th

anniversary of the play and the Steelers game against theCincinnati Bengals at Heinz Field. The unveiling will takeplace at the actual site of the “Immaculate Reception,” whichis located between Heinz Field and Stage AE.

Also, on Sunday, December 23, which is the actualanniversary of the “Immaculate Reception,” the Steelers willsalute Harris and his teammates at halftime of the gameagainst the Bengals.

Additionally, the Steelers and the Heinz History Center willbe running a fundraising campaign that will give fans anopportunity to commemorate the play with “ImmaculateReception” collectibles. For more information, fans areencouraged to visit www.heinzhistorycenter.org to learn howto participate in the campaign. Portions of the proceeds willgo to the Heinz History Center.

STEELERS TRAVEL TO LONDON IN 2013

The Pittsburgh Steelers will travel to London to take on theMinnesota Vikings at historic Wembley Stadium on Sunday,September 29, 2013. Kickoff is set for 1 p.m. ET. It will be thefirst of two regular-season games played at WembleyStadium next season with the Jacksonville Jaguars hostingthe San Francisco 49ers on October 27, 2013.

“We are thrilled that our players and Steelers fans aroundthe world will be able to enjoy the atmosphere at historicWembley Stadium,” said Steelers President Art Rooney II.

The game will mark the first time the Steelers have playedin London, as well as the first time they have played a regularseason game outside of the United States. The internationalseries of regular-season games to date has contributed toincreased NFL fan interest in the UK, with a current fan baseof 11 million, including more than two million avid fans, a 32percent increase in the past two years.

The following is a list of the previous games the Steelershave played internationally since 1965, all taking place duringthe preseason:

Date Location Opponent ResultAugust 14, 2008 Toronto Buffalo L, 24-21August 19, 2000 Mexico City Indianapolis L, 24-23July 27, 1997 Dublin Chicago W, 30-17July 27, 1996 Tokyo San Diego L, 20-10August 1, 1993 Barcelona San Francisco L, 21-14August 9, 1990 Montreal New England W, 30-14September 11, 1969 Montreal N.Y. Giants W, 17-13

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Local Connections• Steelers offensive coordinator Todd Haley was the head coachof the Kansas City Chiefs from 2009-2011, compiling a 19-26record during that time. A number of current Chiefs coaches wereon Haley’s staff, including: Head Coach Romeo Crennel, MauriceCarthon, Mike Clark, Gary Gibbs, Bernie Parmalee, AnthonyPleasant, Brent Salazar, Nick Sirianni, Otis Smith, EmmittThomas, Adam Zimmer and Jim Zorn.• Steelers TE Leonard Pope was a member of the Chiefs underHaley and played in Kansas City from 2009-11.• Chiefs wide receivers Nick Sirianni coached at local IndianaUniversity of Pennsylvania from 2006-2008.• Chiefs WR Jon Baldwin was born in Aliquippa, Pa., and attendedAliquippa High School and the University of Pittsburgh. In threeseasons with the Panthers, Baldwin had 157 receptions for 2,306yards and 16 touchdowns. He was the Chiefs’ first-round selection(26th overall) of the 2011 NFL Draft, becoming the first Pittsburghwide receiver to be drafted in the first round since Larry Fitzgeraldin 2004.• Chiefs WR Steve Breaston was born in North Braddock, Pa.Breaston attended Woodland Hills High School with Steelers SRyan Mundy. Breaston lettered in both football and track and fieldfor the Woodland Hills Wolverines.• Steelers DE Ziggy Hood attended the University of Missouri, whichis located between St. Louis and Kansas City.• Chiefs P Dustin Colquitt is the son of Craig Colquitt, who puntedfor the Steelers from 1978-1984 and was a member of two SuperBowl winning teams in Pittsburgh.

Pro Connections• Steelers offensive coordinator Todd Haley was on the New YorkJets’ coaching staff from 1997-2000 and Chiefs head coach/defensive coordinator Romeo Crennel was on the Jets’ staff from1997-1999, Chiefs assistant head coach Maurice Carthon wason the Jets’ staff from 1997-2000 and Chiefs defensive line coachAnthony Pleasant was on the Jets’ staff from 1998-1999. Chiefstight ends coach Bernie Parmalee was on the Jets’ staff from1999-2000.• Haley was the Arizona Cardinals’ offensive coordinator from2007-2008 when Chiefs WR Steve Breaston was a member ofthe Cardinals. While playing with the Cardinals, Breaston wasteammates with Steelers TE Leonard Pope and Steelers LBBrandon Johnson from 2006-07. Breaston and Pope also playedthe 2008 season together in Arizona and then became teammatesagain in Kansas City in 2011. Also, Chiefs assistant head coachMaurice Carthon was on the Cardinals’ staff from 2007-2008. In2004, Haley and Chiefs linebackers coach Gary Gibbs were bothon the Cowboys’ coaching staff.• Steelers K Shaun Suisham was teammates with Chiefs WRTerrance Copper with the Cowboys in 2005. He also spent timewith Dallas Cowboys in 2006 where he was a teammate of ChiefsS Abram Elam. Suisham played for the Washington Redskinswhen Chiefs quarterbacks coach Jim Zorn was the head coachof the Redskins from 2008-2009.• Steelers WR Jerricho Cotchery and Chiefs S Abram Elam wereteammates with the New York Jets from 2007-2008.• Steelers QB Byron Leftwich was in his only season with theAtlanta Falcons in 2007 when Chiefs special teams coach TomMcMahon was on the Falcons’ coaching staff.• Steelers QB Charlie Batch played for the Lions from 2001-2002when Chiefs assistant head coach Maurice Carthon was on theDetroit Lions staff. Batch was also with Detroit when Chiefsquarterbacks coach Jim Zorn was on the Lions’ staff from 1998-2000.

STEELERS-CHIEFS CONNECTIONS

2012 REGULAR SEASON STATISTICAL COMPARISONSteelers Category Chiefs

23.9 ................................. Points Scored Per Game ........................... 16.620.5 ................................ Points Allowed Per Game .......................... 30.021.8 ................................... First Downs Per Game ............................. 21.4367.3 .................................. Total Yards Per Game ............................ 357.5104.9 .............................. Rushing Yards Per Game ........................ 149.9262.4 .............................. Passing Yards Per Game ........................ 207.614 .................................................. Sacks By ............................................ 144 .............................................. Interceptions By ...................................... 1634:40 .............................. Avg. Time of Possession ........................ 32:0420 ................................................ Touchdowns .......................................... 124 .......................................... Rushing Touchdowns .................................... 516 ......................................... Passing Touchdowns ..................................... 60 ........................................ Touchdowns on Returns .................................. 117-18 ........................................... Field Goals ..................................... 16-1841.4 ........................................... Punting Avg. ..................................... 46.010.2 ....................................... Punt Return Avg. ................................. 10.728.0 ..................................... Kickoff Return Avg. ............................... 22.2

Series History: Series began in 1970Overall: Steelers lead 18-9At Pittsburgh: Steelers lead 8-4At Kansas City: Steelers lead 10-5Neutral Sites: n/aLast Regular-Season Meeting: Nov. 27, 2011

(in Kansas City) Pittsburgh 13, Kansas City 9Postseason Series: Kansas City leads 1-0

(postseason record not included in overall series record)

Pittsburgh is attempting to win consecutive games for thefirst time in the series since it won four in a row between 1987and 1992…this will be the third time in the last four seasonsthese two franchises have met during the regular season withthe two teams splitting the last two games…the last two contestswere decided by a total of seven points with the 2009 matchupgoing to overtime…the Steelers and the Chiefs have met 11 timessince 1992 but this is only the third time the game is taking placein Pittsburgh…Kansas City has not won in Pittsburgh in its lastthree tries…Monday night’s game marks the second straight yearthe teams have met in primetime…this matchup is also the firsttime the teams have met in back-to-back seasons since 1998-99.

STEELERS-CHIEFS SERIES HISTORY

SALUTE TO SERVICE

At this week’s game, the Steelers will pay tribute to America’smilitary veterans and active duty service members as part of theNFL’s Salute to Service. A veteran from every war will be honoredon the field during pregame, including a Pearl Harbor survivorand a Tuskegee airman. The team will also recognize a localHarrier pilot who was shot down and killed last month inAfghanistan. The Steelers will honor the local military communityby paying tribute to the service men and women of the 171st AirRefueling Wing.

In addition, the team is partnering with USAA for an in-stadiumcard stunt that features a special military appreciation messageduring the National Anthem.

For every point scored during the 32 Salute to Service games,the NFL will donate $100 to each of its core military non-profitpartners - the Pat Tillman Foundation, USO and Wounded WarriorProject ($300 total per point scored) - with the donation totalingan anticipated $400,000-500,000 from the National FootballLeague Foundation.

There will also be military themed elements such as helmetstickers that represent a branch of the military, newly designedon-field gloves, camouflaged-branded Gatorade towels, game-balls with the NFL shield camo-ribbon decal, goal post wraps, in-stadium banners and pylon decals.

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• Steelers linebackers coach Keith Butler and Chiefs head coachRomeo Crennel were on the Cleveland Browns’ staff together in2000.• Steelers defensive line coach John Mitchell coached for theCleveland Browns from 1991-1993 when Chiefs defensive linecoach Anthony Pleasant played on the defensive line for theBrowns.• Steelers tight ends coach James Daniel and Chiefs defensivebacks coach Emmitt Thomas were on the Atlanta Falcons’ stafffrom 2002-2003.• Steelers offensive line coach Sean Kugler and Chiefs defensivequality control coach Otis Smith were on the Detroit Lions’ stafftogether in 2003.• From 1978-1984, Steelers linebackers coach Keith Butler andChiefs quarterbacks coach Jim Zorn were teammates with theSeattle Seahawks.

College Connections• Steelers RB Rashard Mendenhall and Chiefs C/G Jon Asamoahwere teammates at the University of Illinois in 2007.• Steelers S Troy Polamalu and Chiefs QB Matt Cassel wereteammates at the University of Southern California from 2001-2002. In 2001, Steelers running backs coach Kirby Wilson wasthe Trojans’ wide receivers coach.• Steelers S Ryan Clark was in his final season at Louisiana StateUniversity in 2001 when Chiefs linebackers coach Gary Gibbswas the Tigers’ defensive coordinator.• Steelers DE Al Woods was teammates with Chiefs DE TysonJackson from 2006-2008 at LSU. Woods was also teammatesat LSU with Chiefs DE Glenn Dorsey from 2006-2007 and WRDwayne Bowe in 2006.• Steelers LB LaMarr Woodley and S Ryan Mundy were teammateswith Chiefs WR Steve Breaston at the University of Michigan from2003-2006.• Steelers WR Mike Wallace and Chiefs S Kendrick Lewis, RBDexter McCluster and NT Jerrell Powe were teammates at theUniversity of Mississippi from 2006-2008.• Steelers LB Jason Worilds and Chiefs CB Brandon Flowerswere teammates at Virginia Tech from 2006-2007.• Steelers G Ramon Foster and Chiefs S Eric Berry wereteammates at the University of Tennessee from 2007-2008.Foster was also teammates with Chiefs P Dustin Colquitt for theVols in 2004. Also, Chiefs special teams quality control coachDerius Swinton was on the Volunteers’ coaching staff from 2007-2008.• Steelers DE Cameron Heyward and Chiefs S/CB DonaldWashington were teammates at Ohio State University from 2007-2008.• Steelers OT Marcus Gilbert and Chiefs LB Brandon Siler wereteammates at the University of Florida in 2006.• Steelers P Drew Butler and Chiefs LB Justin Houston wereteammates at the University of Georgia from 2007-2010.

WHAT TO LOOK FORPITTSBURGH TEAM NOTES• Pittsburgh looks to improve home record to 237-89-1, including68-22-1 at Heinz Field.• If the Steelers win they will be 7-0 at Heinz Field on Monday NightFootball. Pittsburgh is looking to record its 15th consecutive win athome on Monday Night Football. The last time the Steelers lost athome on Monday Night Football was on 10/14/91 against the NewYork Giants, 20-23. Pittsburgh is looking to improve to 24-5 athome all-time on Monday Night Football.• The Steelers are looking for their 11th win the last 12 homesgames.• If Pittsburgh wins will start 4-0 at home for the second straightseason.• Steelers look to improve to 19-9 all-time against the Chiefs dur-ing the regular season, including 9-4 at home.• Pittsburgh is looking to improve to 2-2 in primetime games thisseason.• The Steelers look to win their fourth consecutive home gameagainst the Chiefs. The last time Pittsburgh lost to Kansas City athome was 1986.• Pittsburgh is looking to improve to 402-253-2 during the regularseason since 1970.• Pittsburgh is looking to have an individual 100+ yard rusher forthe fourth game in a row. It would be the first time the Steelersregistered an individual 100+ yard rusher in at least four consecu-tive games since Duce Staley (1) and Jerome Bettis (4) combinedfor five straight 100+ yard rushing games in 2004 (10/31 - 11/28).• The Steelers defense is looking to keep its eighth opponent tounder 100 yards rushing this season.• If Pittsburgh holds Kansas City to less than 170 net passingyards it will mark the fourth game in a row and the sixth time thisseason the Steelers did not allow their opponent to register atleast 170 net passing yards.• The Pittsburgh defense is looking to extend its regular seasonstreak of holding teams under 300 net passing yards to 32 games.The last time the Steelers allowed a team to record at least 300 netpassing yards was on 11/14/10 vs. New England (350).• The Steelers offense is looking to score points on their openingdrive of the game for the sixth time this season and on the openingdrive of the second half for the seventh time this season.• Pittsburgh’s defense will try and hold the opposing quarterbackto a passer rating of 75.0 or less for the fifth straight game and thesixth time this season.• The Steelers defense is looking to register at least one takeawayfor the eighth game this season.

PITTSBURGH INDIVIDUAL NOTESHead Coach Mike Tomlin• If Pittsburgh wins, will improve to 61-28 during the regular sea-son.• Looking to improve to 20-9 in primetime games, including 7-1 onMonday Night Football.• With a win, will start 4-0 at home for the fourth time as head coach(2007, ‘09, ‘11).

QB Ben Roethlisberger• If the Steelers win, will improve to 9-3 on Monday Night Football.Nine wins would be the fourth most wins on Monday by activequarterbacks (Tom Brady, 12-4 / Peyton Manning, 12-4 / Drew Brees10-4).• If Roethlisberger registers at least 218 passing yards and 12rushing yards, he will become the 25th quarterback in NFL historyto throw for at least 29,000 yards and run for at least 1,000 yardsduring the regular season.

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TEAM NOTESPrimetime Team: Over the next two weeks Pittsburgh will finish

its 2012 primetime schedule with a Monday night game versusthe Kansas City Chiefs on November 12 and a Sunday nightgame against the Baltimore Ravens on November 18.

Under Head Coach Mike Tomlin, Pittsburgh is 19-9 in primetimegames, including 6-1 on Monday Night Football.

It is the second time this season that the Steelers will playprimetime games in back-to-back weeks. Pittsburgh played inprimetime in Weeks 6-7, losing, 23-26, at the Tennessee Titansand then beating the Bengals, 24-17, in Cincinnati.

This is the second consecutive season where the Steelersplay on primetime in back-to-back weeks. In 2011, Pittsburghbeat Cleveland on Thursday night in Week 14 and then lost atSan Francisco on Monday night in Week 15.

Week 7’s victory over Cincinnati was the Steelers’ third of fiveappearances in primetime this season, marking the secondstraight year the Steelers appear in five primetime games.

Heinz Field Advantage: The Steelers own the best home recordin the NFL with a 237-89-1 record (.726) since 1970, including a3-0 record this season. Since the start of the 2011 regular seasonthe Steelers are 10-1 at home during the regular season.Pittsburgh is 68-22-1 (.753) at home since Heinz Field opened in2001.

The Steelers’ .753 winning percentage in regular-seasongames at Heinz Field is the third-highest winning percentage ofany team at a stadium since 1970 (min. 25 games).

Team Stadium Record Win Pct.New England Patriots Gillete Stadium* 69-14-0 .831Miami Dolphins Orange Bowl 101-22-1 .819Pittsburgh Steelers Heinz Field* 68-22-1 .753Minnesota Vikings Metropolitan Stadium 64-23-1 .733L.A. Rams LA Memorial Coliseum 53-20-2 .726*current NFL stadiumNote: Ties prior to 1972 do not count in winning percentage

The 2011 season marked the first time Pittsburgh finished witha 7-1 record at home since 2007. It was the 12th time since theAFL-NFL merger in 1970 that the Steelers won at least sevenregular-season games at home, including the fourth time at HeinzField (2001, ‘04, ‘07).

In the first five seasons under Head Coach Mike Tomlin, theSteelers won at least five games at home each season. The lasttime Pittsburgh did not win at least five home games in a seasonwas 2003. Since 2004, Pittsburgh and New England are the onlyteams in the league to register at least five wins at home duringeach regular season.

Pittsburgh finished the 2004 regular season with an undefeated(8-0) home record for only the third time in team history and forthe first time in 25 years.

The Steelers finished the 1979 regular season with anundefeated home record (8-0) and eventually won Super BowlXIV. The Steelers were also undefeated at home (7-0) in 1972.

The following is a look at the list of the Steelers’ records at homesince 2004:

Year Record2004 8-02005 5-32006 5-32007 7-12008 6-22009 6-22010 5-32011 7-12012 3-0

• Looking to record a passer rating of 120.0+ for the fourth time thisseason, which would tie for the second most times he has regis-tered a passer rating of at least 120.0 in the same regular season(four in 2004 / five in 2009).• Is looking to throw for at least 360 yards for the third time thisseason, which would tie 2011 (3) for the second most times hehas thrown for at least 360 yards in one season (2009, 4).

RB Isaac Redman• Looking to eclipse 100 yards rushing in back-to-back games forthe first time in his career.

RB Rashard Mendenhall• Is one rushing touchdown shy of becoming the fifth player infranchise history with 30 career rushing touchdowns.

RB Jonathan Dwyer• Looking to register his third 100+ yard rushing game in the lastthree games he has played.

TE Heath Miller• Needs one receiving touchdown to pass Elbie Nickel (37) for themost receiving touchdowns by a Steelers’ tight end.• Is two receiving touchdowns away from tying Louis Lipps (39) forthe fifth most in franchise history.• Is one receiving touchdown shy of tying his single-season careerhigh of seven, set in 16 games in 2007.

WR Mike Wallace• Is one receiving touchdown away from becoming the ninth playerin franchise history to register at least 30 receiving touchdowns.• If he records at least 100 yards receiving, it will mark the 14th 100-yard game of his career.

LB James Harrison• Needs one sack to tie Joey Porter (60.0) for second place on theSteelers’ sacks list, dating back to 1982 when sacks became anofficial statistic.

LB LaMarr Woodley• Needs 2.5 sacks to tie Greg Lloyd (53.5, 1988-97) for the fifthmost sacks by a Steelers’ player since sacks became an officialstatistic in 1982.• Looking to tie his single-season career high (2010) with hissecond interception of the season.

LB Jason Worilds• Needs one sack to pass his single-season career high of three,set in 12 games last season.

CB Ike Taylor• If Taylor records an interception it will be only the third time in hiscareer, including the postseason, that he has registered intercep-tions in back-to-back games.• Looking to extend his consecutive games played streak to 132games.

S Troy Polamalu• Needs one interception to become the ninth Steelers’ player torecord 30 career interceptions.• With one fumble return for a touchdown, will tie Jason Gildon (3)for the most fumbles returned for touchdowns in franchise history.• Is one defensive touchdown shy of tieing Carnell Lake, DwayneWoodruff and Jack Butler (5) for the second-most defensive touch-downs in Steelers history (Rod Woodson, 6).• Needs one interception return for a touchdown to tie CarnellLake, Dwayne Woodruff, Deshea Townsend and Tony Campagno(3) for the fourth-most in franchise history.

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2005 507,434 63,4292006 499,461 62,4332007 496,675 62,0842008 503,125 62,8902009 507,882 • 63,458 •2010 504,669 63,0842011 504,279 63,0352012 191,619 63,873

• Team record

Steady and Ready: Over the past few seasons, the PittsburghSteelers offensive line has grown accustom to having to moveguys in and out of the lineup due to injury. This season is nodifferent as the starting front five for the Steelers has seen threedifferent combinations.

During the preseason, Pittsburgh lost its 2012 first round draftchoice, G David DeCastro, to injury for at least the first half of theseason. Since then Pro Bowl C Maurkice Pouncey has missednearly two games and starting RT Marcus Gilbert has missedtwo due to injury. As usual other linemen have stepped up whilethose three have been away. Ramon Foster has started eachgame this season in place of DeCastro, Doug Legursky filled infor Pouncey in a win at Cincinnati and rookie Mike Adams hasfilled the void left by Gilbert in wins over the Bengals, Redskinsand Giants.

All of the Steelers linemen have stepped up to only allow QBBen Roethlisberger to be sacked 17 times in the first eightgames. That is the third-fewest times Roethlisberger has beensacked in the first eight games he has played in a season (11,2004 / 16, 2005). It also marks only the third time in his career thathe has been sacked less than 20 times through his first eightgames played.

Roethlisberger has been sacked once or less in four of the lastsix games. Pittsburgh’s offensive line has allowed zero sacks onRoethlisberger in two games this season, one shy of thequarterbacks career best for games with zero sacks in one regularseason (three in 2004 and 2008).

The Steelers’ offensive line has also done a nice job of clearingthe way for its running backs. Over the past three weeks theSteelers have rushed for 465 yards on 91 carries (5.1 avg.),including having an individual 100 yard rusher in each game. Itmarked the first time since since 2007 that the Steelers had anindividual 100-yard rusher in three straight games. (Willie Parker,21-124 at NE, 12/9/07 – 14-100 vs. Jac 12/16/07 – NajehDavenport, 24-123, 1 TD at StL 12/20/07).

Player Game Att. Yds. Avg. TDsJonathan Dwyer 10/21/12 at Cin 17 122 7.2 0Jonathan Dwyer 10/28/12 vs. Was 17 107 6.3 0Isaac Redman 11/4/12 at NYG 147 26 5.7 1

The Steelers have registered at least 130 rushing yards and a4.4 yards per carry in four of their five wins this season. Thefollowing is the Steelers rushing totals in wins:

Date Opponent Att Yards Avg.9/16/12 N.Y. JETS 28 66 2.410/7/12 PHILADELPHIA 31 136 4.410/21/12 at Cincinnati 29 167 5.810/28/12 WASHINGTON 27 140 5.211/4/12 at N.Y. Giants 35 158 4.5TOTALS 150 667 4.5

Tough In The Air: Week-in-and-week-out, NFL quarterbacksare continuing to put up monster numbers, except against thePittsburgh Steelers. The Steelers’ defense boasts the number-one pass defense in the NFL, giving up a total of 174.0 net yardspassing per game. The Steelers’ pass defense also has givenup the fewest passing first downs (78) and is tied for the fewestyards allowed after the catch (605). Pittsburgh’s pass defense

Defense Feels At Home: The Steelers have yielded only 36points in three home games this season. Pittsburgh’s 12.0 pointsper game allowed at home leads the NFL this season.

Team Home GP Points Per Game Allowed at HomePittsburgh 3 12.0San Francisco 4 13.5Chicago 4 14.0Seattle 3 14.0

In eight home games in 2011, the Steelers allowed a total of 80points, giving up 10.0 points per game, the lowest in the NFL. Itwas also the sixth lowest in Steelers history:

Year Points Per Game Allowed at Home1936 8.21946 9.01974 9.42001 9.81976 9.92011 10.0

Since Dick LeBeau has been defensive coordinator (2004-present), the Steelers have allowed an average of 15.3 points pergame at Heinz Field, ranking second in the NFL over that timespan for points given up at home during the regular season(Baltimore, 15.2).

Limiting What Counts Most: In four of the past five gamesPittsburgh has held its opponent to 20 points or less. The Steelersare 5-0 this season when holding teams to 20 points or fewer.Pittsburgh has allowed the fourth fewest points per game thisseason (20.5).

Pittsburgh has allowed the fewest points in the NFL since thebeginning of the 2007 season. Pittsburgh has allowed just 1,439points during that span.

The following is a list of the top four teams in the NFL who haveallowed the fewest points since the start of the 2007 campaign:

Team Points AllowedPittsburgh 1,439Baltimore 1,601New England 1,693San Francisco 1,704

If You Build It, They Will Come: The Steelers have averaged63,873 fans in three home games this season. If Pittsburgh holdsthat average for the rest of the season, it will be the highest pergame average in Heinz Field history.

In 2011, Pittsburgh registered a total attendance of 504,279,marking the fourth consecutive season that over 503,000 fansattended games at Heinz Field. Since Heinz Field opened in 2001,Pittsburgh has recorded over 503,000 fans six times.

In the 2010 AFC Championship victory over the N.Y. Jets, theSteelers broke the single-game record. The attendance of 66,662surpassed the old mark of 65,597 set October 25, 2009, during agame versus the Minnnesota Vikings.

The previous regular-season record was 65,392, which wasset on November 16, 2009 versus Cincinnati.

Pittsburgh set the team home attendance record in 2009 byaveraging 63,458 (507,882 total). Pittsburgh has sold out 309straight games at home, dating back to Nov. 5, 1972 versusCincinnati.

Following is a look at the team’s average attendance in its 10-plus years at Heinz Field:

Year Total Attendance Avg.2001 499,191 62,3992002 490,274 61,2842003 477,584 59,6982004 507,385 63,423

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LOOKING AHEAD...The Steelers stay at home to play the Baltimore Ravens on

Sunday, Nov. 18, at Heinz Field. Kickoff is set for 8:20 p.m. ETand will be televised nationally on NBC (locally WPXI-TV,channel 11).

has allowed the second-fewest completions (138) and the fourth-fewest passes of 25+ yards (10). The Steelers have held five of their eight opponents to lessthan 170 net passing yards, four of those coming in their last fivegames. The last three quarterbacks the Steelers have faced (AndyDalton, Robert Griffin III and Eli Manning) have combined to go40-of-86 for 407 yards with two touchdowns and two interceptionsfor a passer rating of 58.6. Last season marked the first time since 1992 (4) that Pittsburghlimited at least two teams to under 80 net passing yards duringthe regular season. Since 1970, it was the ninth time the Steelersdefense held opponents under 80 net passing yards multipletimes in one regular season (1992-4; 1979-3; 1978-2; 1977-4;1976-4; 1975-3; 1974-7; 1973-6; 1972-2). Under Head Coach Mike Tomlin (2007-present) the Steelershave given up a league-low 185.8 net passing yards per gameduring the regular season:

Team Net Passing Yards/Game (2007-Present) Pittsburgh 185.8 New York Jets 198.1 Indianapolis 204.7 Baltimore Ravens 209.8 Philadelphia Eagles 210.3

Since the start of the 2007 season, Pittsburgh’s defense hasallowed only 97 passing touchdowns, which is tied for the fewest(N.Y. Jets) in the NFL over that time span.

Facing The Champs: With a win over the New York Giants inWeek 9, Pittsburgh improved to 4-6 when facing the defendingSuper Bowl champion, including the postseason, since 2000.

Last week’s victory was the Steelers’ first over a defendingSuper Bowl champion since beating the New England Patriots in2004. The other two wins since 2000 were a pair of victories overBaltimore during the 2001 season after the Ravens won SuperBowl XXXV.

The following is a listing of the games Pittsburgh has playedversus defending Super Bowl champions since 2000:

Year Team (Super Bowl champion) Result2012 New York Giants (XLVI) W, 24-202010 New Orleans Saints (XLIV) L, 10-202008 New York Giants (XLII) L, 14-212005 New England Patriots (XXXIV) L, 20-232004 New England Patriots (XXXVIII) L, 27-41 (AFC Championship)2004 New England Patriots (XXXVIII) W, 34-202002 New England Patriots (XXXVI) L, 14-302001 Baltimore Ravens (XXXV) W, 27-10 (AFC Playoff Game)2001 Baltimore Ravens (XXXV) W, 26-212001 Baltimore Ravens (XXXV) L, 10-13

Continued Success: With a victory over the WashingtonRedskins in Week 8, the Steelers became the first team to reach400 wins since the 1970 merger of the National and AmericanFootball Leagues.

The following is a look at the top three regular-season recordssince the merger in 1970:

Team W L T Pct.1. Pittsburgh Steelers 401 253 2 .6132. Miami Dolphins 389 265 2 .5953. Dallas Cowboys 384 272 0 .585

Controlling The NFC: The Steelers have won 29 of their past 35regular-season games versus teams in the NFC, dating back to2003, including a 3-0 record this season.

The Steelers are 102-60-1 all-time against the NFC, including59-19-1 at home. Pittsburgh has won 11 of its last 13 gamesagainst NFC opponents.

The Steelers have nine consecutive home victories versus NFCteams. Pittsburgh last lost to an NFC team at Heinz Field in 2008(21-14, vs. New York Giants). Prior to losing to the Giants,Pittsburgh had won eight straight games versus NFC teams athome. The Steelers are 6-2 versus the NFC in the Super Bowl.

Sustaining Success: Pittsburgh has made the playoffs seventimes, including in 2011, and won the AFC North five times sincethe divisional realignment in 2002. The Steelers won the AFCNorth Division three times in last four years.

Although the Steelers finished with an identical 12-4 record in2011, the Baltimore Ravens won the division and got a first roundbye in the playoffs because the Ravens beat the Steelers twice.

The Steelers have won 20 division titles since the NFL mergerin 1970, the most in the NFL during that time.

The following is a list of teams that have won the most divisiontitles and qualified for the playoffs since 2002:

Team Playoffs Division TitlesIndianapolis 9 7New England** 8 8Philadelphia 7 6Pittsburgh* 7 5Green Bay** 7 5San Diego 5 5*Made the playoffs in 2011**Won division in 2011

Regular-Season Success: Pittsburgh owns the second-bestregular-season record in the NFL since 2000. The Steelers haveaveraged over 10 wins per year and have earned seven playoffberths, six division titles and two Super Bowl victories in that timeperiod.

The following are the top five teams in regular-season winningpercentage from 2000-Present:

Team W L T Pct. Playoff BerthsNew England 144 56 0 .720 9Pittsburgh 132 67 1 .663 8Indianapolis 132 68 0 .660 9Green Bay 126 75 0 .627 8Philadelphia 124 74 1 .626 9

Among The Best: The Steelers have 596 career wins (includingpostseason), which is the fourth-most in NFL history.

The following is a listing of the top five teams in the NFL forcareer wins (including postseason):

Team Wins1. Chicago Bears 7352. Green Bay Packers 7143. New York Giants 6754. Pittsburgh Steelers 596*5. Washington Redskins 578*Total includes 1943 season when Pittsburgh joined Philadelphia

Additionally, Pittsburgh owns the third-best record in the NFLsince the free-agency era (since 1993) with a 198-113-1 (.636)record. The Steelers are one of three teams (New England, 203 /Green Bay, 200) to recorded over 180 wins since 1993.

The following is a look at the top three regular-season recordsin the free agency era (since 1993):

Team W L T Pct.1. New England Patriots 203 109 0 .6512. Green Bay Packers 200 113 0 .6393. Pittsburgh Steelers 198 113 1 .636

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COACHING NOTESAmong The Best: Since Mike Tomlin was named head coach

of the Steelers in 2007, Pittsburgh has compiled the third-mostwins in the NFL during that time span (60). The following is thetop three regular-season records in the NFL since 2007:

Team Record Playoff App. Super Bowl App.NE 69-19 4 2GB 61-28 4 1PIT 60-28 4 2

Tomlin reached 60 regular-season wins in 88 games, tyingChuck Knox (88) for the fourth-fewest games to reach 60 careervictories among coaches who began their career since 1970.The coaches who began their career since 1970 to win 60 gamesin the fewest games:

COACH TEAM(S)^ NO. OF GAMESGeorge Seifert San Francisco 75Joe Gibbs Washington 84Mike Ditka Chicago 85Mike Tomlin Pittsburgh 88Chuck Knox LA Rams, Buffalo 88Bill Cowher Pittsburgh 90Andy Reid Philadelphia 90^ Through first 60 wins

Primetime Specialist: For the second consecutive season, theSteelers play five regular-season games in primetime. HeadCoach Mike Tomlin is 19-9 overall in primetime games, includinga 10-6 record on the road. He is 6-1 on Monday Night Football, 8-6 on Sunday Night Football and 5-2 on Thursday Night Football.

Tomlin joined only Bill Cowher (Steelers), Tom Flores (Raiders),Steve Mariucci (49ers), George Siefert (49ers) and Don Shula(Colts, Dolphins) as coaches to win their first six Monday NightFootball games.

Our House: Head Coach Mike Tomlin owns a 34-9 regular-season record at Heinz Field in his five plus seasons in Pittsburgh,including 3-0 this season. Tomlin’s 34 home wins during theregular season are the fourth most in the NFL since 2007. Belowis a look at the best home records during the regular seasonsince 2007:

Team W L Pct.New England 38 5 .884Green Bay 36 9 .800Baltimore 35 9 .795Pittsburgh 34 9 .791

With a win in Week 2 over the New York Jets, Tomlin becamethe first coach in team history to win his first six home openers.

For the second time in the Tomlin era, the Steelers finished 7-1 at home in 2011 (2007). For the third time in Tomlin’s fiveseasons, the Steelers started 4-0 at home last season. Tomlinhas led Pittsburgh to at least five home wins in each of his fiveseasons as head coach.

Tomlin Versus the NFC: During his career, Head Coach MikeTomlin’s regular-season record against the NFC is 17-6, including11-1 at home. The Steelers are 3-0 against the NFC this season.Over the past three regular seasons, the Steelers are 12-3 againstthe NFC.

The Steelers .739 regular-season winning percentage againstthe NFC since 2007 is the third-best among AFC teams.

In the Red Zone: The Steelers have converted 27-of-30 redzone opportunities into points this season. The only three timesthey did not score points in the red zone was when they ended thegame by taking a knee, had a 15 point lead with 29 seconds left inthe game and decided to run the ball on 4th-and-8 and when thethey failed to convert a fake field goal.

Following is a look at how the Steelers offense performed inthe red zone so far this season:

Opponent Att./Scores TDs FGs Pts@ Denver ................................ 4/4 ..................... 2 .............. 2 ............... 19New York Jets ......................... 3/3 ..................... 2 .............. 1 ............... 17@ Oakland ............................... 4/4 ..................... 3 .............. 1 ............... 24Philadelphia .............................. 4/4 ..................... 1 .............. 3 ............... 16@ Tennessee ........................... 3/3 ..................... 1 .............. 2 ............... 13@ Cincinnati ............................ 3/2 ..................... 2 .............. 0 ............... 14Washington .............................. 5/4 ..................... 3 .............. 1 ............... 24@ New York Giants ................. 4/3 ..................... 2 .............. 1 ............... 17Total ....................................... 30/27 .................. 16 ............ 11 ............ 144

Red Zone Defense: Over the past three games the Steelersdefense has only allowed opponents to enter the red zone seventimes and has yielded only four touchdowns.

Following is a look at how the Steelers’ defense performed inthe red zone so far this season:

Opponent Att./Scores TDs FGs Pts@ Denver ............................. 4/3 ...................... 2 ............... 1 ................ 17New York Jets ...................... 2/2 ...................... 1 ............... 1 ................ 10@ Oakland ............................ 4/4 ...................... 3 ............... 1 ................ 24Philadelphia ........................... 3/2 ...................... 2 ............... 0 ................ 14@ Tennessee ........................ 4/4 ...................... 2 ............... 2 ................ 20@ Cincinnati ......................... 2/2 ...................... 2 ............... 0 ................ 14Washington ........................... 3/2 ...................... 1 ............... 1 .................. 9@ New York Giants .............. 2/2 ...................... 1 ............... 1 ................ 10Total .................................... 24/21 .................... 14 .............. 7 .............. 118

Five & 10: The Steelers ranked in the top five in the AFC and/orthe top 10 in the NFL in several team and individual categoriesthis season. Following is a list of those rankings:

Pittsburgh Steelers - 2012 AFC/NFL RankingsTeam Offense Statistic Rank (AFC/NFL)Yards Per Game ........................................ 367.3 ........................... 5th/14thThird-Down Efficiency ............................... 51.3 ............................. 1st/1stTime of Possession .................................. 34:40 ........................... 2nd/2ndFirst Downs Per Game ............................... 21.8 ............................. 5th/9thPoints Per Game ........................................ 23.9 ............................ 5th/13thInterceptions Thrown ..................................... 4 .............................. 2nd/2ndCompletion Percentage .............................. 66.9 .......................... 2nd/T-5thPassing Touchdowns .................................... 16 ........................ T-2nd/T-5thPassing Yards Per Game .......................... 262.4 ........................... 5th/10thPassing Yards Per Attempt ........................ 6.6 ......................... 5th/T-12thPasser Rating ............................................ 100.8 ............................ 2nd/5thPassing Attempts Per Game ..................... 37.4 .......................... 4th/T-9thCompletions ................................................. 200 ............................ 5th/11th

Team Defense Statistic Rank (AFC/NFL)Points Per Game ........................................ 20.5 ............................. 4th/9thYards Per Game ........................................ 262.6 ............................ 1st/1stPassing Yards Per Game .......................... 174.0 ............................ 1st/1stRushing Yards Per Game .......................... 88.6 ....................... T-4th/T-7thForced Fumbles ............................................ 8 ......................... T-5th/T-8th

Team Special Teams Statistic Rank (AFC/NFL)Field Goals Made .......................................... 17 ........................ T-2nd/T-5thYards Per Kickoff Return .......................... 28.0 ............................. 3rd/4th

Individual Offense Statistic Rank (AFC/NFL)Roethlisberger (Passing Yards) ................ 2,203 ........................... 5th/11thRoethlisberger/Wallace (Long) .................... 82t ........................... 1st/T-3rdRoethlisberger (Passing Touchdowns) ......... 16 ........................ T-2nd/T-5thRoethlisberger (Completions) ..................... 200 ............................. 4th/9thRoethlisberger (INT Thrown, min. 110 att.) .. 4 ......................... T-2nd/T-4thRoethlisberger (Passer Rating) ................. 101.1 ............................ 2nd/5thRoethlisberger (Average Gain) ................... 7.4 ......................... 5th/T-13thRoethlisberger (Interception Percentage) .. 1.3 ................................... 2nd/Roethlisberger (Completion Percentage) ... 67.1 .................................. 2nd/Dwyer (Avg. Per Carry, min. 50 car.) ........ 5.2 ........................... 2nd/T-8thMiller (Receiving Touchdowns) ...................... 6 ......................... T-4th/T-7thWallace (Receiving Touchdowns) ................. 5 ........................ T-5th/T-11th

Individual Special Teams Statistic Rank (AFC/NFL)Rainey (Kickoff Return Average) ............. 29.1 .......................... 5th/T-6th

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INDIVIDUAL OFFENSIVE NOTES

Team W L Pct.New England 19 4 .826Tennessee 17 5 .773Pittsburgh 17 6 .739Baltimore 15 7 .682

In Control: Head Coach Mike Tomlin owns an 23-8 all-timemark against teams in the AFC North, including 1-0 this year.Tomlin’s 23 regular-season wins against division opponents aretied for the second most in the NFL and the most of any AFC Northteam since 2007 (Baltimore: 20-12 / Cincinnati: 15-19 / Cleveland:7-26).

Tomlin has won at least four games against division opponentsin four of his first five seasons. Tomlin owns an impressive 12-3record against divisional foes at Heinz Field.

Strong Out Of The Gate: Head Coach Mike Tomlin is the onlySteelers head coach to win his first six home openers.

This season, for only the second time as head coach, Tomlinlost the season opener. In 2011, after the Steelers lost in Week 1at Baltimore, Pittsburgh responded with a 24-0 win over Seattle athome. This season they beat the New York Jets at home in Week2. The last time the Steelers lost consecutive regular-seasongames was in 2009.

Tomlin has led Pittsburgh to a 12-4 record three times in hisfive years as head coach of the Steelers (2008, 10). Last seasonalso marked the second time in team history that the Steelersrecorded back-to-back regular seasons with at least 12 wins(1978, 14-2 and 1979, 12-4).

Under Tomlin, Pittsburgh has recorded a 9-3 record in the first12 games four times. Tomlin is the only head coach in Steelers’history to lead his team to at least nine wins through the first 12games in four of his first five seasons.

Leading The Way: Head Coach Mike Tomlin has the highestregular-season winning percentage (.682) amongst active NFLhead coaches who have coached a minimum of 75 games:

Name W L T Win Pct.Mike Tomlin (Pit 2007-12) 60 28 0 .682Mike McCarthy (GB 2006-12) 69 36 0 .657Bill Belichick (Cle 1991-95, NE 2000-11) 180 100 0 .643Andy Reid (Phi 1999-11) 129 86 1 .600

Few And Far Between: Head Coach Mike Tomlin led the Steelersto at least 10 wins for the second consecutive season in 2011and for the fourth time in five years (2007, ‘08, ‘10).

Tomlin is only the second coach in Steelers’ history to postwinning records in each of his first five seasons. He became thesixth head coach to win at least nine games in each of his first fiveseasons since the NFL merger in 1970. Tomlin joined GeorgeSeifert, Mike Holmgren, Bill Cowher, Chuck Knox and MikeSherman.

In 2007, Tomlin became the second head coach in team historyto post a winning record in his first season with a mark of 10-6.

High Honor Roll: Defensive coordinator Dick LeBeau wasinducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in August of 2010.LeBeau had an outstanding NFL career, finishing with 62 careerinterceptions (seventh all-time) and 171 consecutive starts (then-NFL record for a cornerback) with the Detroit Lions.

LeBeau was also inducted into the Ohio State University Hall ofFame in 2009. He played at Ohio State as a cornerback andhalfback and was a member of the 1957 national championshipteam.

Home Cooking: QB Ben Roethlisberger owns a 47-13 (.783)mark in the regular season in his career at Heinz Field, includingwinning his first eight starts as a rookie in 2004. Roethlisbergeris 3-0 this season and was 6-1 at home in 2011.

At Heinz Field, Roethlisberger has completed 63.6 percent ofhis passes for 14,412 with 92 touchdowns and 46 interceptionsfor a passer rating of 95.7. He has thrown for more than 300 yards11 times and has 28 multi-touchdown games at home (23-5record in such games), including a franchise and career-high(tied) five touchdowns versus the Titans in Week 5 (2011).

Roethlisberger has twice posted a perfect passer rating athome, including most recently in Week 9 of 2007 againstBaltimore. He also had a perfect passer rating (158.3) againstTennessee in the 2005 season opener and has posted at least a125.0 passer rating eight times.

The Steelers have scored at least 20 points in 48 of the 60 gamesat home with Roethlisberger as the starter.

Good Way To Start: QB Ben Roethlisberger continues performwell in the first half of games. Through the first eight games thisseason, Roethlisberger has recorded first-half passer ratingsover 100.0 four times: 126.0 (Week 2 vs. NYJ), 120.4 (Week 8 vs.Was), 110.6 (Week 3 at Oak) and 101.0 (Week 1 at Den).Roethlisberger’s 126.0 passer rating in Week 2 marked the 22ndregular-season game where he registered a passer rating of atleast 125.0 in the first half.

Roethlisberger has totaled 1,253 passing yards whilecompleting 114-of-170 passes with 10 touchdowns and only twointerceptions in eight first halves this season. His first half passerrating of 103.4 ranks fifth in the NFL. Roethlisberger’s first halfperformance has helped the Steelers enter halftime with the leadin five games this season, including leads of at least 10 points invictories over Philadelphia and Washington.

In 2011, he completed 177-of-276 pass attempts for 2,139 yards,14 touchdowns and six interceptions in first halves. Roethlisbergertotaled over 100 yards passing in the first half in 13-of-15 gameshe played in last season, including 231 yards passing twice (atInd, vs. NE).

Roethlisberger has a career passer rating of 96.2 in the firsthalf of games, ranking fourth in the NFL among activequarterbacks (min. 670 attempts):

Defensive Mastermind: The Steelers defense has been ledby defensive coordinator Dick LeBeau since 2004. During thattime span it has been regarded as one of the top defenses in theNFL, helping to lead the Steelers to three Super Bowls. Below ishow the LeBeau’s defenses rank since the start of the 2004 sea-son:

Defensive Category Statistic Rank (NFL)Sacks 358 1stPassing Touchdowns 147 1stPoints Allowed Per Game 16.6 1stYards From Scrimmage 291.2 1stScrimmage Yards/Touch 6.8 1stNet Passing Yards/Game 189.3 1stRushing Yards 11,557 1stRushing Yards/Game 85.0 1stRushes of 10+ Yards 268 1stRushing Touchdowns 64 1stRushing Average 3.6 2ndQB Rating 74.1 2nd25+ Yard Passes 163 2nd

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Controlling The North: QB Ben Roethlisberger is 34-9 (.791)as a starter against AFC North opponents during his career. He is10-2 since 2010 against divisional foes during the regular season,including 1-0 this year.

Roethlisberger had won 12 straight games against divisionalfoes as the starter prior to a Week 3 setback at Cincinnati in 2009,which was the longest streak in the NFL since Peyton Manningwon 12 straight from 2004-06.

In his 43 career games versus division opponents,Roethlisberger has posted a perfect passer rating once (11/5/07vs. Baltimore) and has recorded a passer rating of over 100.0 atotal of 16 times.

The following is a look at his statistics against the AFC North inhis 43 games as a starter:

43 games vs.Statistic AFC North (as a starter)Record ............................................................. 34-9Completion Pct. (Comp.-Att.) ............... 61.3 (765-1,248)Passing Yards ................................................ 9,730Passing Touchdowns ......................................... 58Interceptions ...................................................... 39Passer Rating .................................................. 88.1

Also, the following is a look at Roethlisberger’s career statisticsagainst AFC North opponents as a starter at home compared tothe road:

Statistic Home vs. AFC North Away vs. AFC NorthRecord ................................................................ 17-5 ........................... 17-4Completion Pct. (Comp.-Att.) ........... 61.2 (383-626) .......... 61.4 (382-622)Passing Yards .................................................. 5,144 ......................... 4,566Passing Touchdowns ............................................. 33 .............................. 25Interceptions .......................................................... 22 .............................. 17Passer Rating ..................................................... 90.2 ........................... 85.9

Starting In Style: In his career, QB Ben Roethlisberger ownsan 85-36 (.702) record as a starting quarterback in the regularseason. That mark is the third-best record in the NFL among allactive quarterbacks (min. 50 starts).

Roethlisberger registered his 80th career win in his 113th careerstart, becoming the fourth quarterback who began their career inthe Super Bowl era to reach 80 wins in 113 or fewer starts: TomBrady (104), Roger Staubach (105) and Ken Stabler (112).

His 63-27 record after his first 90 starts in the NFL ranks third(tied) in league history for the best record in such starts. OnlyBrady (67-23) and Stabler (66-23-1) had better records in theirfirst 90 starts in the NFL. Roethlisberger’s record is tied with JimMcMahon.

The following is a look at the top five starting records amongactive quarterbacks in the NFL (min. 50 starts):

Name W L T Pct.1. Tom Brady, Patriots 129 40 0 .7632. Matt Ryan, Falcons 51 19 0 .7293. Ben Roethlisberger, Steelers 85 36 0 .7024. Joe Flacco, Ravens 50 22 0 .6945. Peyton Manning, Colts/Broncos 146 70 0 .676

One Of The Best: QB Ben Roethlisberger is mostly known asone of the league’s elite quarterbacks because he wins.Roethlisberger has led the Steelers to two Super Bowl titles andthree AFC Championships.

Roethlisberger has also compiled stats that place him nearthe top of the league. He is one of only six active quarterbacks inthe league today to complete over 2,000 passes, racked up over28,000 passing yards and at least 160 passing touchdowns.

The only other active quarterbacks to stack up all of thosenumbers are Peyton Manning, Drew Brees, Tom Brady, MattHasselbeck and Eli Manning:

Player Team QB RatingAaron Rodgers Green Bay 107.1Tom Brady New England 97.9Peyton Manning Denver/Indianapolis 97.5Ben Roethlisberger Pittsburgh 96.2Drew Brees New Orleans 95.9

Roethlisberger has led the Steelers offense to points on 46-of-92 first-half possesions (26 TDs, 20 FGs) over the last 16 gameshe has played in, including the 2011 regular season. In Week 8Roethlisberger guided the Steelers offense to scores on theirfirst four possessions (two touchdown passes, two field goals).Roethlisberger and Steelers offense have scored in the final twominutes of the first half in seven games this season.

Roethlisberger ranks fifth among active quarterbacks with 112passing touchdowns in first halves. He has thrown for at leastone touchdown in each first half this season. Four times in hiscareer Roethlisberger has recorded at least three touchdownpasses in the first half.

Player Opp. Passing TDs/First HalfBen Roethlisberger Bal (11/5/07) 5Ben Roethlisberger Ten (10/9/11) 3Ben Roethlisberger Atl (10/22/06) 3Ben Roethlisberger StL (12/20/07) 3Charlie Batch TB (9/26/10) 3Kordell Stewart Den (12/7/97) 3

Facing The NFC: With a career record of 85-36 as a starter, QBBen Roethlisberger has posted gaudy numbers no matter theopposition.

Throughout his career, Roethlisberger has feasted on compe-tition from the NFC. In 31 career regular-season games againstNFC opponents, Roethlisberger has posted a 24-7 record whilecompleting 524-of-843 passes (62.2 pct.) for 6,888 yards with 43touchdowns, 21 interceptions and a passer rating of 94.6.

Roethlisberger’s statistics against the NFC are equally im-pressive in games at Heinz Field. In 16 career games againstNFC opponents at home, Roethlisberger has a 15-1 mark whilecompleting 262-of-435 passes (60.2 pct.) for 3,568 yards with 21touchdowns and eight interceptions for a passer rating of 94.9.

Roethlisberger won his first seven starts against NFC teams.

Third-Down Success: In the first eight games of the season,the Steelers have converted an NFL-best 51.3 percent of thirddowns and QB Ben Roethlisberger has been a big reason why.Roethlisberger is 59-of-87 (67.8 pct.) for 747 yards, seventouchdowns and a passer rating of 121.2 on third downs.Roethlisberger leads the NFL in passer rating, passing yards,completions (tied) and passing touchdowns (tied) on third downsthis season. Plus he has not thrown an interception on third down.

Below is a list of the top five passer ratings on third down thisseason (min. 3.12 att/game):

Player Team Third-Down QB RatingBen Roethlisberger Pittsburgh 121.2Tom Brady New England 110.2Aaron Rodgers Green Bay 109.1Peyton Manning Denver 103.6Josh Freeman Tampa Bay 101.3

For his career, Roethlisberger has a passer rating of 93.1 onthird down, ranking third among active quarterbacks (min. 335attempts). He also ranks third among active quarterbacks with a61.9 career completion percentage on third down (min. 335attempts).

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Player Years Games Cmp Yds TDP. Manning 14 216 4,885 57,232 419Brees 12 162 3,822 43,291 303Brady 13 169 3,606 42,387 316Hasselbeck 14 193 3,029 34,511 201E. Manning 9 130 2,485 30,005 197Roethlisberger 9 122 2,290 28,782 181

Finding The End Zone: QB Ben Roethlistberger has recordedat least one touchdown pass in each of the eight games thisseason. Roethlisberger has totaled at least three touchdownpasses in 22 games during his career, including twice this season(4 at Oak / 3 vs. Was). Roethlisberger has thrown 16 touchdownsthis season, marking the second most touchdown passes hehas recorded in the first eight games he has played in during anyseason (20 in 2007).

Roethlisberger has thrown for four touchdown passes fourtimes in his career, including in Week 3 at Oakland. Roethlisbergeris the only Steelers quarterback to throw for a franchise-best fivetouchdowns in a single game twice during the regular season:

Player Opp Passing TDsBen Roethlisberger Ten (10/9/11) 5Ben Roethlisberger Bal (11/5/07) 5Mark Malone Ind (9/8/85) 5Terry Bradshaw Atl (11/15/81) 5

Since the start of the 2007 season, Roethlisberger has thefourth-most games (tied) with at least five touchdown passes inthe NFL.

Player Game of 5+ Passing TDsDrew Brees 5Tom Brady 4Matthew Stafford 3Ben Roethlisberger 2Aaron Rodgers 2Carson Palmer 2

300-Yard Plateau: QB Ben Roethlisberger has registered 22300+ yard passing games in his career during the regular season,including throwing for 384 yards at Oakland in Week 3 and 363yards at Tennessee in Week 6.

In 2011 Roethlisberger recorded five 300+ yard passingperformances, which tied his career-high for a single season.

In Weeks 7 and 8 last season, Roethlisberger became the firstSteelers’ quarterback to register at least 360 passing yards inback-to-back games (361, 365). For his career, Roethlisbergerhas thrown for at least 360 yards 12 times, a franchise best.

Title Man: QB Ben Roethlisberger led the Steelers to the AFCChampionship Game four times in his first eight seasons. He isone of only three active NFL quarterbacks to win multiple SuperBowl titles (Tom Brady, Eli Manning).

Roethlisberger joined Roger Staubach, Bernie Kosar, Tom Bradyand Donovan McNabb as the only quarterbacks to lead their teamsto the conference title game at least three times in their first fiveseasons as the starting quarterback.

Movin’ On Up: QB Ben Roethlisberger leads the Steelers innearly 40 different career categories and is tied for first in fiveother categories. The following is where Roethlisberger ranks inSteelers history in several key passing categories:

Roethlisberger’s Career Rankings Among Steelers QBs

Category Statistic RankSingle-Season TD Passes (2007) ...................................... 32 ............. 1st

Single-Season Passing Yards (2009) ........................... 4,328 ............. 1st

Single-Season Completions (2009) ................................. 337 ............. 1st

Single-Season Completion Pct. (2004) .......................... 66.4 ............. 1st

Single-Season Passer Rating (2007) ........................... 104.1 ............. 1st

3,000-Yard Passing Seasons (2006-11) .............................. 6 ............. 1st

Consecutive 3,000-Yard Passing Seasons (2006-11) ........ 6 ............. 1st

Single-Game Completion Pct. (11/26/07 vs. Miami) ..... 85.7 ............. 1st

Seasons w/ 250+ Completions (2006-09, 11) ..................... 5 ............. 1st

Seasons w/ Completion Pct. of 60.0+ (2004, ‘05, ‘07, ‘09, ‘10, ‘11) 5 ............. 1st

Seasons w/ Passer Rating of 90.0+ (2004, ‘05, ‘07, ‘09, ‘10, ‘11) 5 ............. 1st

Completions in Single Game (11/5/06 vs. Denver) ......... 38 ............. 1st

Passing Yards in Single Game (12/20/09 vs. G.B.) ....... 503 ............. 1st

Career Winning Pct. ....................................................... .702 ............. 1st

Career Completions ...................................................... 2,290 ............. 1st

Career Passing Yards ................................................ 28,782 ............. 1st

Career Completion Pct. .................................................. 63.4 ............. 1st

Career Passing Yards/Attempts ...................................... 8.0 ............. 1st

Career QB Rating ........................................................... 92.9 ............. 1st

Career 300-yard Passing Games ...................................... 23 ............. 1st

Career Games w/ 30+ Completions .................................... 7 ............. 1st

Career Games w/ 100.0+ Passer Rating .......................... 52 ............. 1st

Career Perfect Passer Rating Games (158.3) ** ............... 3 ............. 1st

Career QB Rating in 4th Qtr. * ....................................... 86.7 ............. 1st

Career Touchdown Passes in Final 2 mins./game * ......... 28 ............. 1st

Consecutive Games w/ At Least One TD Pass (2006-07) ... 15 ............. 1st

Games Played by Rookie QB (2004) ............................... 14 ............. 1st

Passing Attempts by Rookie QB (2004) ........................ 295 ............. 1st

Pass Completions by Rookie QB (2004) ........................ 196 ............. 1st

Passing Yards by Rookie QB (2004) ........................... 2,621 ............. 1st

Passing TDs by Rookie QB (2004) .................................. 17 ............. 1st

Rushing Attempts by Rookie QB (2004) .......................... 56 ............. 1st

Rushing Yards by Rookie QB (2004) ............................. 144 ............. 1st

Completion Pct. by Rookie QB (2004) ** ...................... 66.4 ............. 1st

Passer Rating by Rookie QB (2004) ** ......................... 98.1 ............. 1st

Comp. %./Single Game by Rookie QB (10/17/04 vs. Dal.) ** .... 84.0 ............. 1st

Consecutive Wins to Start Career (2004) ** ................... 13 ............. 1st

Total Wins by Rookie QB (2004) ** .................................. 13 ............. 1st

Single-Game TD Passes at Heinz Field (‘07 vs. Bal., ‘11 vs. Ten) 5 ............. 1st

Total Wins When Throwing for 300-plus Yards ................. 11 ............. 1st

Single-Game TD Passes on MNF (11/5/07 vs. Bal.) ** ..... 5 ......... T-1st

Consecutive Passes Completed (11/26/07 vs. Miami) ... 15 ......... T-1st

Seasons w/ 25+ Passing TDs (2007, 2009) ........................ 2 ......... T-1st

Career TD Passes (indoors) .............................................. 16 ......... T-1st

Passing TDs in Single Game (‘07 vs. Bal; ‘11 vs. Ten) ..... 5 ......... T-1st

Career QB Rating in Final 2 mins./game * .................... 78.6 ............ 2nd

Career Yards/Attempt in Final 2 mins./game * ............. 6.83 ............ 2nd

Career Attempts ........................................................... 3,611 ............ 2nd

Career Passing TDs ........................................................ 181 ............ 2nd

Career TD Passes (on road) ............................................. 90 ............ 2nd

Career Passing Yards vs. NFC ................................... 6,888 ............ 2nd

Career Touchdown Passes in Dec./Jan. ........................... 47 ............ 2nd

Career Rushing Yards (by QB) ....................................... 988 ............ 3rd

Attempts in Single Game (11/5/06 vs. Denver) ............... 54 ............ 3rd

* Since 1991** NFL Record

Passing Perfection: QB Ben Roethlisberger has achieved anumber of outstanding single-season accomplishments in hiscareer, including achieving a feat three times that is rarely done inthe NFL.

Roethlisberger, who set the team’s single-season mark forpasser rating (104.1) in 2007, has had a perfect passer rating(158.3) three times in his career, tying him with QB Peyton Manningfor the most in NFL history (minimum 10 attempts).

Roethlisberger’s 48 career 100-plus passer rating games inthe regular season rank first in team history, surpassing TerryBradshaw, who had 31 such games since the passer rating rulewas implemented in 1973. Of his 48 100-plus passer ratingperformances 13 were higher than 125.0, including registering arating of 125.1 in a win over the New York Jets in Week 2 thisseason.

Steelers Highest Single-Season Passer-Ratings Leaders(Among Qualifiers)

Player Rating1. Ben Roethlisberger (2007) 104.12. Ben Roethlisberger (2009) 100.53. Ben Roethlisberger (2005) 98.64. Ben Roethlisberger (2004) 98.15. Ben Roethlisberger (2010) 97.0

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Steelers Top Single-Season Completion Percentage Leaders(Minimum 250 Attempts)

Player Att. Comp. Pct.1. Ben Roethlisberger (2009) 506 337 66.62. Ben Roethlisberger (2004) 295 196 66.43. Ben Roethlisberger (2007) 404 264 65.34. Ben Roethlisberger (2011) 513 324 63.25. Ben Roethlisberger (2005) 268 168 62.7

Deadly Combination: QB Ben Roethlisberger and WR MikeWallace have combined for 13 touchdowns of at least 40 yardssince the start of 2009. The 13 touchdowns rank first in teamhistory.

In Week 6 at the Tennessee Titans this season, the two addedto that total with an 82-yard touchdown, which is the fourth longestpass play of Roethlisberger’s career. Against the Giants in Week9, Roethlisberger found Wallace for a 51-yard touchdown early inthe fourth quarter. In the first eight games of the 2012 season thetwo have connected for five touchdowns.

In 2011, Roethlisberger and Wallace recorded three touchdownsof at least 40 yards. In 2011, Roethlisberger and Wallace con-nected on a 95-yard touchdown at Arizona, the longest pass playand second-longest offensive play from scrimmage in Steelershistory. The following is a list of the top QB-WR combos in termsof touchdowns of 40 yards in club history:

Career TDs ofQuarterback/Wide Receiver 40-plus yds.Ben Roethlisberger/Mike Wallace 13Bubby Brister/Louis Lipps 7Terry Bradshaw/John Stallworth 6Jim Finks/Ray Mathews 6

Run That Rock, 34: In Week 5 at Philadelphia, RB RashardMendenhall played in his first game since suffering a season-ending knee injury on 1/1/12 at Cleveland. In the win overPhiladelphia (Week 5), Mendenhall led the way with a team-high68 yards on 13 carries (5.2 avg.) and one receiving touchdown.

Mendenhall is one rushing touchdown shy of becoming thefifth Steelers’ player to record 30 career rushing touchdowns. His29 rushing touchdowns are the third most in franchise historyamong running backs, trailing only Franco Harris (91) and JeromeBettis (78).

In his first four-plus seasons, Mendenhall has accumulated3,441 rushing yards, the ninth most in franchise history. Eachplayer ahead of him on the Steelers’ all-time rushing list hasplayed in at least 10 more games than he has. Mendenhall’s 4.1yards per carry is tied with Franco Harris for the sixth highest inSteelers’ history. Mendenhall has recorded 77 runs of 10 or moreyards during his career.

Dwyer Dominates: Steelers RB Jonathan Dwyer seized theopportunity given to him a few weeks ago after injuries sidelinedrunning backs Rashard Mendenhall and Isaac Redman.

Dwyer, who is in his third year but only played in 13 games,became the first Steelers running back since Willie Parker (9/7 -9/14 in 2008) to register at least 100 yards rushing in back-to-back games. He helped the Steelers earn their first consecutivevictories this season with 107 yards (6.3) in Week 8 versusWashington and a career high 122 yards (7.2 avg.) in Week 7 atCincinnati.

Prior to this season, Dwyer had registered one 100-yard rushingperformance in his professional career (107 yards vs. Tennessee,10/9/11). Dwyer’s 9.7 yards per carry average against Tennesseein 2011 tied Parker (22 car. for 213 yds., vs. NO, 11/12/06) for thefifth highest average by a Steelers’ player who reached at least100 yards with a minimum of 10 attempts (dating back to 1970):

Player Date Opp. Car. Yds. Avg. TDFranco Harris 11/19/72 at Cle 12 136 11.3 1Frenchy Fuqua 12/20/70 at Phi 20 218 10.9 2Sidney Thornton 9/23/79 Bal 13 129 9.9 0Barry Foster 9/27/92 at GB 12 117 9.8 0Jonathan Dwyer 10/9/11 Tenn 11 107 9.7 0Willie Parker 11/12/06 NO 22 213 9.7 2

Dating back to 1970, Dwyer joins Franco Harris (9), Willie Parker(6), Frenchy Fuqua (3) and Rashard Mendenhall (2) as the onlySteelers’ to average at least 7.0 yards per carry multiple timeswhen registering 100+ yards (min. 10 attempts).

Run Redman Run: RB Isaac Redman has made it a habit in hisyoung career of showing up when called upon and this season isno different. With RBs Rashard Mendenhall and Jonathan Dwyersidelined due to injury, Redman returned from an injury thatsidelined him for the previous two games and rushed for a careerhigh 147 yards on 26 carries (5.7 avg.) with one touchdown, helpingto lead the Steelers to a victory over the Giants in his home stateof New Jersey. It was the most rushing yards recorded by aSteelers’ player since Mendenhall totaled 151 yards on 36 carries(4.2 avg.) on 11/28/10 at Buffalo.

Redman has also shown the ability to make an impact in thepassing game. In Week 6 at Tennessee, Redman became thefirst Steelers’ running back since Frenchy Fuqua (11/29/70 vs.Cleveland) to record 100+ receiving yards in a game. Redmantotaled 105 yards on four receptions.

Miller Time: TE Heath Miller has been a consistent performerfor the Steelers throughout his career and that has continued intothis season. Miller’s 39 receptions on the season are the second-most he has registered in the first eight games in his career (43in 2009). Miller has six touchdown receptions so far this season,one behind his career high of seven, set in 2007.

Miller recorded six receptions in Week 6 and Week 7, markingthe first time in his career that he has totaled at least six receptionsin back-to-back games in the same season. In just eight gamesthis season, Miller has registered at least six receptions threetimes. From 2010-11 he had only registered six-plus receptionsonce in 30 games played.

For the first time in his career, Miller recorded a touchdown ineach of the first three games of the season, tying for the second-longest streak of his career in which he recorded at least onereceiving touchdown (Games 4-6 in 2009 / Games 4-7 in 2005).Both of Miller’s touchdowns in Week 3 came in the first quarter,making him the first Steelers’ player since WR Plaxico Burress(10/31/04) to register two receiving touchdowns in the first quarter.

Miller Climbs The Ranks: TE Heath Miller has 37 careerreceiving touchdowns, tying Elbie Nickel (37) for the most by aPittsburgh tight end. The Steelers are 25-8 when Miller finds theend zone. Miller (376) passed Nickel (329) for the franchise leadin receptions by a tight end in 2011. He ranks in the top-10 infranchise history in receptions (third), receiving yards (seventh)and receiving touchdowns (tied for sixth).

Miller has registered at least one reception in 120-of-128 careergames played, including the postseason. Miller has recorded atleast one reception in every game he has played in, regular andpostseason, dating back to 11/3/08 vs. Washington, a streak of66 games.

Since 2008, Miller has surpassed 40 receptions each season,including a career-best 76-reception performance in 2009. Duringthe first seven years of his career, Miller averaged over 10 yardsper catch each season.

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Growing Up: WR Antonio Brown is a third-year player thatcontinues to get better as each game goes by. His quickprogression earned him a five-year contract extension that willkeep him with the Steelers through 2017.

Through the first eight games this season, Brown leads theSteelers with 42 receptions for 499 yards (11.9 avg.) and onetouchdown. Of Brown’s 42 receptions, 28 of them have gone forfirst downs. Since the start of the 2011 season, Brown ranks sixthin the league with 76.6% of his receptions resulting in first downs(minimum 65 receptions).

Rk. Player 1st Down% Receptions1. Malcolm Floyd 92.1 762. Vincent Jackson 91.2 913. Calvin Johnson 79.9 1444. Roddy White 80.3 1475. Rob Gronkowski 77.4 1336. Antonio Brown 76.6 111

Brown has led the team in receptions, receiving yards or both,four times this season. In Week 6 at Cincinnati, Brown led theSteelers with a season-high 96 yards on seven receptions.

In games 2-4 this season, Brown registered seven receptionsin each, marking the first time in his career that he recorded atleast seven receptions in three consecutive games.

In 2011 Brown became the first player in NFL history with atleast 1,000 receiving yards (1,108) and at least 1,000 return yards(1,062) in the same season. With 2,211 all-purpose yards lastseason, Brown passed Barry Foster (2,034 in 1992) for thefranchise single-season record.

100 Is the Number: WR Mike Wallace recorded his first 100+yard game of 2012 and the 13th of his career in Week 3 at Oaklandby registering 123 yards on a career-high (tied) eight receptions.His 123 receiving yards was the fourth-highest single game totalof his career.

Wallace’s 13 career 100-yard receiving games during theregular season are three shy of Louis Lipps (16) for the thirdmost in franchise history:

Career 100-yardRk. Player Years Receiving Games1. Hines Ward 1998-2011 292. John Stallworth 1974-87 253. Louis Lipps 1984-91 164. Mike Wallace 2009-Present 13

Wallace posted 100 yards receiving in each of the first threegames in 2011, setting a franchise-best streak of six consecutviegames with at least 100 yards receiving.

Wallace’s six consecutive games with 100+ yards receivingtied the second longest streak in NFL history:

100-yard Receiving GamesPlayer Team Year In a RowCharley Hannigan Hou 1961 7Michael Irvin Dal 1995 7Mike Wallace Pit 2010-11 6Raymond Berry Bal 1960 6Bill Groman Hou 1961 6Pat Studstill Det 1966 6Isaac Bruce StL 1995 6

Speedy Start: WR Mike Wallace has been an explosive playerever since entering the NFL in 2009. He once again got off to aquick start this season, recording a touchdown in each of the firstthree regular-season games for the first time in his career. It wasthe second time in his career that he recorded at least onereceiving touchdown in three consecutive games (Games 5-7 in2011). In Week 6, Wallace registered the second longest reception

of his career, an 82-yard touchdown at Tennessee. Wallace addedanother expolsive play in a Week 9 victory over the New YorkGiants by recording a 51-yard touchdown in the fourth quarter.

Since he entered the league in 2009, Wallace ranks fourth inthe NFL in average yards per catch (17.8) over that time spanamongst recievers with at least 60 receptions, and is 0.9 yardsshort of league leader Vincent Jackson (18.7).

The fourth-year wide receiver is second in the league with 43receptions of 25+ yards since the start of the 2009 season, trailingDeSean Jackson by four. Dating back to 1991, his 43 receptionsof 25+ yards are second among Steelers (Hines Ward, 81).

Wallace is one of only eight NFL players to register at least 29receiving touchdowns since the beginning of the 2009 season.

In 2011, Wallace registered a reception of at least 40 yards insix consecutive games (Games 2-7), the longest such streak inthe NFL since Isaac Bruce in 2000 (Games 2-7).

The following is a list of all of Wallace’s receptions (25) of atleast 40 yards:

Reception Opponent Date95 yards (TD) at Arizona 10/23/1182 yards (TD) at Tennessee 10/11/1281 yards (TD) at Indianapolis 9/25/1160 yards (TD) vs. Green Bay 12/20/0956 yards (TD) at Cleveland 1/2/1154 yards (TD) at Miami 1/3/1053 yards (TD) at Miami 10/24/1053 yards vs. Seattle 9/18/1152 yards (TD) vs. Oakland 11/21/1052 yards vs. Atlanta 9/12/1051 yards (TD) at New York Giants 11/4/1251 yards at Cincinnati 9/27/0950 yards vs. Cleveland 10/17/1048 yards vs. Jacksonville 10/16/1147 yards (TD) at Detroit 10/11/0946 yards vs. St. Louis 12/24/1146 yards (TD) at Tampa Bay 9/26/1045 yards vs. Baltimore 12/27/0943 yards (TD) vs. Carolina 12/23/1041 yards at Cleveland 1/2/1141 yards (TD) at Tampa Bay 9/26/1040 yards (TD) vs. Tennessee 10/9/1140 yards at Houston 10/2/1140 yards (TD) vs. Minnesota 10/25/0940 yards vs. Carolina 12/23/10

Wallace Continues To Thrive: WR Mike Wallace continues tocontribute in big way for the Steelers. In eight games this season,Wallace is second on the team in touchdown receptions (5),receptions (39, tied) and first in receiving yards (525). Wallace’sfive touchdown receptions on the season are tied for the most inhis career through the first eight games played (2010 and 2011).Wallace has tied his career high of eight receptions twice thisseason and five times in his career.

Wallace followed up his breakout 2010 season with a stellar2011, recording a career-high 72 receptions for 1,193 yards andeight touchdowns. He was named a starter for his first career ProBowl, becoming the first Steelers wide receiver to start in the ProBowl since 1985 when John Stallworth was named a starter.

Wallace joined WR Antonio Brown (1,108 yards) as the thirdSteeler duo since 1960 to each register at least 1,100+ receivingyards in the same season (2002: Hines Ward, 1,329 / PlaxicoBurress, 1,325 and 2009: Ward, 1,167 / Santonio Holmes, 1,248).

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Taking The Lead: With the loss of long-time starting insidelinebacker James Farrior, veteran LB Larry Foote has been askedto step up from his recent supporting roll and back into thedefensive leader. Through games, Foote leads the team in tackles(56), forced fumbles (2), fumble recoveries (2) and sacks (3.0,tied).

In Week 1 at Denver, Foote exceeded expections, registering ateam-high 12 tackles, one sack, one forced fumble, one QBpressure and one pass defensed. It was the 17th 10+ tacklegame of his career and first since 11/22/09 vs. Cleveland (12).

Twice this season (Weeks 1 and 6) Foote has recorded a sackand a forced fumble, marking the fourth and fifth times in hiscareer, and the first since 12/2/07 vs. Cincinnati, that he registereda forced fumble and a sack in the same game.

In Week 3 at Oakland, Foote tied for the team lead with threequarterback hurries, while also chipping in eight tackles. A Week5 win over Philadelphia saw Foote register a career-high twofumble recoveries. In a road win over the Giants in Week 9 Footetied for the team lead with seven tackles.

Not Backing Down: CB Ike Taylor is consistently matched upwith the other team’s top receiving threat, routinely minimizingtheir impact. Taylor has played in 131 consecutive games, thelongest active streak among NFL cornerbacks.

Against the Giants in Week 9, Taylor led a secondary that heldQB Eli Manning to a passer rating of 41.1, the sixth lowest ratingof his career and the lowest since 11/25/07 against Minnesota(33.8). In Week 8, Taylor helped the Steelers limit Redskins QBRobert Griffin III to season lows in quarterback rating (72.8), yardsper attempt (5.2) and completion percentage (47.1) as well ashis second fewest passing yards (177).

In a Week 6 victory at Cincinnati, Taylor was primarily matchedup with WR A.J. Green, who entered the game averaging 104.7receiving yards and 7.2 receptions per game. Against Taylor andthe Steelers secondary Green hauled in one pass for an eight-yard touchdown. In Week 2 against the New York Jets, Taylor tookon the challenge of covering receiver Santonio Holmes and heldhis former teammate to three receptions for 28 yards while beingtargeted 11 times.

Since Taylor became a regular starter (2005-present), theSteelers have led the league in pass defense, allowing only 191.6net passing yards per game. Since 2005 the Steelers have played120 regular-season games, with Taylor playing in all of them andstarting 99, and during that time the defense only allowed sevenplayers to record double-digit receptions in a single game. Also,in those 120 games, Pittsburgh’s defense has allowed only nine300-yard passers, including only one in 2011 and none througheight games this season.

Tackling Machine: S Ryan Clark has teamed with perennialAll-Pro Troy Polamalu to form one of the finest safety duos in theNFL. Since coming to the Steelers in 2006, Clark has started 86of 87 regular-season games played, including all 16 in both 2010and 2011.

After missing the 2012 season opener in Denver due to a healthissue, Clark returned to the Steelers starting lineup in a big wayover the last seven games while his backfield mate S Troy Polamluhas been out most of the season due to injury. Clark has recordedat least seven tackles in four games this season.

In Week 2 against the New York Jets, Clark tied for the teamlead with eight tackles and one pass defensed. In Week 3 atOakland, he registered an interception off of QB Carson Palmerand returned it for a career long 26 yards to the Oakland 36-yardline. On the ensuing drive the Steelers’ offense would score atouchdown to make it 7-0. It marked Clark’s ninth interception as

a Steeler, the 12th of his career and first since 10/23/11 at Arizona.In a Week 5 win over Philadelphia, Clark forced a Michael Vickfumble at the Steelers’ one-yard line that LB Larry Foote recoveredin the end zone for a touchback. In Week 6, at Tennessee, he ledthe team with a season-high nine tackles. He tied for the teamlead with seven tackles in a victory over the Giants in Week 9.

In Week 7 at Cincinnati he helped lead a defense that held theBengals to 105 net passing yards, which is the third fewest netpassing yards they have given up on the road during the MikeTomlin era and the fifth fewest allowed since Dick LeBeau returnedto the Steelers as defensive coordinator in 2004 (17, at Oakland,10/29/06 / 84, 12/10/09 at Cleveland / 87, 9/19/04 at Baltimore /90, 12/14/08 at Baltimore).

Timmons Time: On a defense that has struggled to stay healthyover the last couple of seasons, LB Lawrence Timmons hasbeen a player the Steelers can count on being in the lineup eachweek.

Timmons, who has missed only two games his entire career,has recorded a team-best 29 consecutive starts. Since the startof the 2010 season, Timmons has started (39) and played in (40)the most games out of any Steelers’ linebackers, while alsoleading the group in tackles over that time.

While Timmons is a steady player that the defense can counton game-in and game-out, he also makes plays. So far thisseason, Timmons has forced a fumble of Eagles QB MichaelVick, intercepted Tennessee QB Matt Hasselbeck in the fourthquarter, recorded a team high 10 tackles in a road victory over theCincinnati Bengals and registered an 11-yard sack on QB EliManning on third down to force a punt early in the fourth quarter ina win at the Giants. He was also a part of a defense that held theWashington Redskins to 86 rushing yards after they entered thegame averaging an NFL-high 177.7 yards per game.

Double Trouble: The Steelers have a tradition of fielding someof the best pass-rushing linebackers in the NFL, and currentlinebackers James Harrison and LaMarr Woodley haveaccounted for two of the top four sack totals by a Steelers’ duo inteam history. Although Harrison missed the first three games of2012, Woodley picked up the slack by registering a fumble recoveryin Week 1 and a sack in both games two and three before ahamstring injury sidelined him early in game four versusPhiladelphia.

Both players played their first full game together in Week 7 atCincinnati and Woodley registered his fifth career interception.Having the two on the field together powered the defense to holdthe Bengals to just 105 passing yards, the second fewest of QBAndy Dalton’s career. In the second game where the two were onthe field together, the Steelers limited Washington QB RobertGriffin III to eight rushing yards on six attempts and 177 yardspassing. Last week, on the against the Giants Woodley registereda sack, forced fumble of QB Eli Manning on third down with justover three minutes left in the game, forcing the Giants to punt andHarrison finished with six tackles, the second most on the team.

In 2011, the two combined for 18.0 sacks during the regularseason: Harrison (9.0) and Woodley (9.0), even though Harrison(Weeks 5-8, 14) and Woodley (Games 9-11, 13, 15) eachedmissed games.

In 2008, Harrison and Woodley broke the team’s top sack duorecord (since 1982) by combining for 27.5 sacks. The 27.5 sacksby Harrison (16) and Woodley (11.5) broke the record (24)previously held by Jason Gildon (13.5) and Joey Porter (10.5) in2000 and Kevin Greene (14) and Greg Lloyd (10) in 1994.

The following is a list of the Steelers’ top sack duos since 1982,when sacks became an official NFL statistic:

INDIVIDUAL DEFENSIVE NOTES

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Steelers Top Sack Duos (Since 1982)Year Players (Ind. sacks) Total Sacks2008 James Harrison (16*) 27.5*

LaMarr Woodley (11.5)2000 Jason Gildon (13.5) 24

Joey Porter (10.5)1994 Kevin Greene (14) 24

Greg Lloyd (10)2009 LaMarr Woodley (13.5) 23.5

James Harrison (10)1984 Mike Merriweather (15) 22

Edmund Nelson (7)

* Steelers Record

Elite Company: LB LaMarr Woodley registered his 50th careersack in Week 3 at Oakland to become the eighth player in Steelers’history to reach the mark (including players that played beforesacks became an official statistic in 1982).

Among Steelers to reach 50.0 sacks since 1982, Woodley gotto the mark the fastest, reaching 50.0 in just 73 regular-seasongames played. Below is a list of the other Steelers who reached50.0 career sacks since 1982 and how many games it took:

Player Games To Get To 50.0 SacksLaMarr Woodley (2007-present) 73Jason Gildon (1994-2003) 95Keith Willis (1982-87, 89-91) 105Joey Porter (1999-2006) 106James Harrison (2002, 2004-11) 109Greg Lloyd (1988-97) 119

Although he is only in the ninth week of his sixth season,Woodley’s 51.0 sacks are the most by a Steelers’ player in theirfirst six seasons. The following is a breakdown of sacks in thehistory of the club in player’s first two, three, four, five and sixseasons (Kevin Greene had 35.5 sacks in his first three seasonswith the team, but he had previously played with the L.A. Rams):

Most Sacks (two consecutive seasons)Name Sacks YearsJames Harrison 26.0 2008-09Jason Gildon 25.5 2000-01LaMarr Woodley 25.0 2008-09

Most Sacks (first three seasons with team)Name Sacks YearsLaMarr Woodley 29.0 2007-09Keith Willis 20.0 1982-84

Most Sacks (first four seasons with team)Name Sacks YearsLaMarr Woodley 39.0 2007-10Joey Porter 30.5 1999-02Chad Brown 30.0 1993-96

Most Sacks (first five seasons with team)Name Sacks YearsLaMarr Woodley 48.0 2007-11Keith Willis 37.5 1982-86Joey Porter 35.5 1999-03

Most Sacks (first six seasons with team)Name Sacks YearsLaMarr Woodley 51.0 2007-12Joey Porter 42.5 1999-04Keith Willis 40.5 1982-87

Harrison Makes Most Of Time On The Field: LB JamesHarrison, the 2008 NFL Defensive Player of the Year, has been aterror on opposing quarterbacks since he became the startingoutside linebacker for the Steelers in 2007. After missing the firstthree games of this season with a knee injury, Harrison registeredthree quarterback hits on Michael Vick in his first game back andin Week 6 at Tennessee, Harrison recorded his first sack of theseason. In a Week 7 victory at Cincinnati he recorded onequarterback hurry and helped the Steelers to their first road victoryof the season. Harrison helped the Steelers contiue their roadsuccess by recording the second most tackles on the team (6) inat the New York Giants.

Missing time due to injury is nothing new for Harrison - a hurteye sidelined him for four games during the 2011 regular season(Week 5-8). Although he only played in 11 games, Harrison finishedlast season tied for the team lead with nine sacks.

During the second half of the 2011 regular season, Harrisonregistered seven sacks: three sacks twice (Week 9 vs. Bal andWeek 13 vs. Cin) and one against St. Louis in Week 16. He becamethe third Steelers’ player to register at least three sacks multipletimes in one season since 1982 (Chad Brown, 1996, 2; MikeMerriweather, 1984, 3).

Harrison has five regular-season games with at least threesacks in his career, tying Joey Porter for the most 3+ sack gamesduring the regular season by a Steelers’ player since 1982.

The Steelers are 28-13 when he posts a sack.

Climbing The Ranks: After registering a sack in Week 6 atTennessee, LB James Harrison tied Keith Willis (59.0, 1982-91)for the third most by a Steeler since sacks became an officialstatistic in 1982.

Rk. Player Sacks1. Jason Gildon (1994-2003) 77.02. Joey Porter (1999-2006) 60.03. James Harrison (2002-Present) 59.0

Keith Willis (1982-91) 59.0

Outside Presence: LB James Harrison has 26 forced fumblesin his career, ranking second in team history for career forcedfumbles, behind only Greg Lloyd. The following is a list of the topseven career forced fumble leaders for the Steelers since 1987:

Rk. Name # of FF1. Greg Lloyd 362. James Harrison 263. Jason Gildon 184. Rod Woodson 175. Joey Porter 16

Carnell Lake 167. James Farrior 14

Levon Kirkland 14

The following is a list of the top five single-season forcedfumbles leaders for the Steelers since 1992:

Rk. Name (Year) # of FF1. James Harrison (2008) 7

Greg Lloyd (1994) 73. James Harrison (2010) 6

James Harrison (2007) 6Greg Lloyd (1995) 6

Bringing The Wood: Although LB LaMarr Woodley has onlyplayed in just over five games (left Philadelphia game in the firstquarter), he has already registered three sacks (tied for the teamlead), a fumble recovery, 12 quarterback pressures and an inter-ception this season.

In 2011, Woodley registered nine sacks through the first eightgames. Woodley’s nine sacks were the second most he recordedin the first eight games of a season during his career (9.5, 2008).Woodley’s nine sacks also marked the fourth-highest total for aSteeler in the first half of a season since sacks became an officialstatistic in 1982:

Rk. Player (Year) Sacks in Games 1-81. James Harrison (2008) 10.0

Keith Willis (1983) 10.03. LaMarr Woodley (2008) 9.54. LaMarr Woodley (2011) 9.0

In 2011, Woodley became the first Steelers’ player to registerat least 1.5 sacks in four consecutive regular-season gamessince sacks became an official statistic in 1982. The last player inthe NFL with more than one sack in four straight games wasSimeon Rice in 2002 (five straight).

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THE STEELERS IN 2012

Regular PostSeason Season

Overall: 5-3 0-0At Home: 3-0 0-0On the Road: 2-3 0-0Neutral: 0-0 0-0

By Month:September: 1-2 0-0October: 3-1 0-0November: 1-0 0-0December: 0-0 0-0January: 0-0 0-0

vs. AFC: 2-3 0-0vs. AFC North 1-0 0-0vs. AFC East 1-0 0-0vs. AFC South 0-1 0-0vs. AFC West 0-2 0-0

vs. NFC: 3-0 0-0vs. NFC East 3-0 0-0vs. NFC North 0-0 0-0vs. NFC South 0-0 0-0vs. NFC West 0-0 0-0

When Scoring First: 5-2 0-0When Opponent Scored First: 0-1 0-0When Scoring 20 or More Points: 4-2 0-0When Scoring Less Than 20 Points: 1-1 0-0When Leading after the first quarter: 2-2 0-0When Trailing after the first quarter: 2-0 0-0When Tied after the first quarter: 1-1 0-0When Leading at the Half: 3-2 0-0When Trailing at the Half: 1-1 0-0When Tied at the Half: 1-0 0-0When Leading after three quarters: 3-1 0-0When Trailing after three quarters: 1-2 0-0When Tied after three quarters: 1-0 0-0When Outrushing the Opponent: 4-0 0-0With 35 or More Rushing Attempts: 1-0 0-0With Less Than 25 Passing Attempts: 0-0 0-0When Led in Time of Possession: 5-2 0-0When Trailed in Time of Possession: 0-1 0-0

On Turf: 2-0 0-0On Grass: 3-3 0-0

When led in Takeaway/Turnover Ratio: 2-0 0-0When even in Takeaway/Turnover Ratio: 1-2 0-0When trailed in Takeaway/Turnover Ratio: 1-2 0-0With an Individual 100-Yard Rusher: 3-0 0-0With an Individual 300-Yard Passer: 0-2 0-0With an Individual 100-Yard Receiver: 0-2 0-0With an Ind. Opponent 100-Yard Rusher: 0-1 0-0With an Ind. Opponent 300-Yard Passer: 0-0 0-0With an Ind. Opponent 100-Yard Receiver: 0-0 0-0

When winning the coin toss: 3-2 0-0When losing the coin toss: 2-1 0-0When playing outdoors: 5-3 0-0When playing indoors: 0-0 0-0In overtime games: 0-0 0-0

INDIVIDUAL SPECIAL TEAMS NOTESOh So Suisham: K Shaun Suisham is 17-of-18 on field goals

this season, with his only miss coming from 54 yards away late inthe fourth quarter at Tennessee. Earlier in that same game,Suisham tied his career-long with a 52-yard field goal.

Suisham has a current streak to 73 consecutive PATs made asa Steeler. Since October 4, 2009, Suisham has made 94 straightPATs, which is the longest streak of his career.

Suisham recorded a 34-yard game-winning field goal to lift theSteelers to a 16-14 victory as time expired against Philadelphia inWeek 5. It marked Suisham’s fifth career game-winning field goaland third as a Steeler, and it was his first since 9/25/11 atIndianapolis.

In addition to his place kicking, Suisham has succeeded onkickoffs. Suisham already has 15 touchbacks. He is on pace tobreak his personal best of 28 touchbacks in 2011.

Rookie Returner: RB Chris Rainey is starting to emerge as athreat on kickoff returns. The first year player leads all NFL rookieswith a kickoff return average of 29.1.

Before leaving the game in the third quarter with a rib injuryagainst the New York Giants in Week 9, Rainey registered 173yards on five kickoff returns, marking the fifth most kickoff returnyards by a Steelers’ player in a single game, dating back to 1941.He recorded a 50-yard kickoff return to the Giants 48-yard line inthe middle of the second quarter and a career long 68-yard kickoffreturn to New York’s 35-yard line to start the second half.

In the Week 7 victory at Cincinnati, Rainey helped set up twoSteelers’ scoring drives, that both resulted in field goals, withgood field position by recording a 41-yard return to the Steelers’40-yard line and a 36-yard return to the Pittsburgh 39-yard line.On the season, Rainey has seven returns over 30 yards:

Opponent Yards Yard Line Returned To Result of Ensuing DriveN.Y. Giants 68 NYG 35 PuntN.Y. Giants 50 NYG 48 Fumble (Roethlisberger)Tennessee 49 PIT 45 29-yd FG (7-44; 3:29)Philadelphia 44 PIT 40 PuntCincinnati 41 PIT 40 42-yd. FG (9-36, 4:34)Cincinnati 36 PIT 39 42-yd. FG (6-37, 2:52)N.Y. Giants 31 PIT 31 Punt

In Week 7 at Cincinnati, Rainey also recorded his first careertouchdown, an 11-yard run to put the Steelers up 24-17 early inthe fourth quarter. In a victory over Washington in Week 8, Raineyregistered a career long 19-yard run down to the Redskins one-yard line.

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Preseason Game #2Pittsburgh 26, Indianapolis 24

Aug. 19, 2012Heinz Field (54,559)

PITTSBURGH – K Daniel Hrapmann nailed a 22-yard field goalwith 22 seconds left in the fourth quarter to give the Steelers a 26-24 victory in their 2012 preseason home opener.

The Steelers took a 14-point lead in the first quarter thanks totwo big plays. QB Ben Roethlisberger found WR Antonio Brownon a screen pass for a 57-yard touchdown. Late in the first quarter,CB Ike Taylor picked off QB Andrew Luck and returned it 49 yardsfor a touchdown.

The Colts responded with 17 unanswered points on two rushingtouchdowns and a field goal. RB Donald Brown scored on a one-yard run early in the second quarter, and Luck scored on a one-yard run right after the two-minute warning. As time expired in thesecond quarter, K Adam Vinatiere connected on a 53-yard field togive the Colts a 17-14 lead going into the half.

Early in the third quarter, Hrapmann connected on a 39-yardfield goal to tie the game 17-17. But the Colts scored on their nextdrive to take a 24-17 lead as QB Drew Stanton found WR GriffWhalen for a four-yard touchdown.

Hrapmann connected from 39 yards out late in the third quarterand from 43 yards out early in the fourth quarter to cut the lead to24-23. The Colts were driving with five minutes to play and foundthemselves at the Steelers’ 31-yard line until CB Josh Victorianpicked off QB Chandler Harnish’s pass. QB Jerrod Johnsonthen led the Steelers on a 15-play, 65-yard drive to set upHrapmann’s game-winning field goal.

The Steelers defense and special teams had a big showing.The defense had three interceptions, eight passes defensed andheld the Colts to 85 yards rushing. The special teams unit hadseven total tackles, held the Colts to less than 100 combinedtotal punt and kickoff return yards and had a blocked punt that setup a third-quarter field goal.

GAME SUMMARY

Colts (1-1) 0 17 7 0 24STEELERS (1-1) 14 0 6 6 26

TEAM Q TIME PLAY DRIVE SCOREPIT 1 7:44 Brown 57-yd. pass from Roethlisberger 6-80; 3:01 7-0PIT 1 2:56 Taylor 49-yd. interception return – ; – : – 14-0IND 2 13:08 Brown 1-yd. run 10-80; 4:48 14-7IND 2 1:56 Luck 1-yd. run 10-80; 5:19 14-14IND 2 0:00 Vinatieri 53-yd. FG 5-31; 0:42 14-17PIT 3 11:14 Hrapmann 25-yd. FG 4-3; 2:11 17-17IND 3 8:23 Whalen 4-yd. pass from Stanton 9-74; 2:41 17-24PIT 3 0:11 Hrapmann 39-yd. FG 12-64; 6:20 20-24PIT 4 10:40 Hrapmann 43-yd. FG 8-34; 4:07 23-24PIT 4 0:20 Hrapmann 22-yd. FG 15-65; 5:17 26-24

INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS

RUSHING: Ind. – Ballard 10-34; Brown 6-30,1 TD; Evans 6-15; Karim 1-5; Luck 1-1, 1 TD.Pit. – Dwyer 8-43; Ford 8-42; Rainey 6-20; B.Batch 8-19; J. Johnson 3-11; C. Batch 1-9;Roethlisberger 1-2; W. Johnson 1-0.

PASSING: Ind. – Luck 16-25-2, 175; Stanton4-13-0, 69, 1TD; Harnish 3-9-1, 45 Pit. – C.Batch 7-10-0, 84; Roethlisberger 5-9-1, 81, 1TD; J. Johnson 4-5-0, 65.

RECEIVING: Ind. – Wayne 6-74; Whalen 4-59, 1 TD; Fleener 3-33; Hilton 2-37; Brazill 2-25; Allen 2-18; Ross 1-28; Brown 1-9; Adams1-8; Sambrano 1-2. Pit. – Gilreath 4-78; A.Brown 2-75, 1 TD; Paulson 2-11; Pope 2-9;Rainey 2-3; Peelle 1-21; Clemons 1-14;Saunders 1-10; B. Batch 1-9.

TEAM STATISTICS

Colts Steelers1st Downs 20 (6-14-0) 15 (7-8-0)3rd Downs 6-15 (40%) 8-18 (44%)4th Downs 1-2 (50%) 0-0 (0%)Total Net Yards 369 364Plays-Avg. 72-5.1 63-5.8Rushing Yards 85 146Rush Att.-Avg. 24-3.5 36-4.1Passing Yards 284 218Att.-Comp.-Int. 47-23-3 24-16-1Sacks By 3-12 1-5Punts-Avg. 5-36.4 5-44.8Penalties 4-26 8-55Fumbles-Lost 1-0 1-0Time of Poss. 28:53 31:07

Preseason Game #1Philadelphia 24, Pittsburgh 23

Aug. 9, 2012Lincoln Financial Field (69,144)

PHILADELPHIA – K Alex Henery nailed a 51-yard field goal with12 seconds left in the game to give the Eagles a 24-23 victory overthe Steelers in the 2012 preseason opener.

The Steelers got off to a great start and went up 3-0 when KShaun Suisham connected on a 46-yard field goal midway throughthe first quarter. Early in the second quarter, QB Byron Leftwichfound WR Emmanuel Sanders for a two-yard touchdown pass togive the Steelers a 10-0 lead. DE Al Woods’ interception of QBMike Kafka set up a Suisham 31-yard field goal, and the Steelerswent into halftime with a 13-0 lead.

The Eagles responded with two big pass plays in the thirdquarter by QB Nick Foles. In a span of three minutes, Foles foundWR Damaris Johnson for a 70-yard touchdown and WR MardyGilyard for a 44-yard touchdown to put the Eagles up 14-13. Folesfinished with a game-high 144 passing yards and twotouchdowns.

QB Jerrod Johnson found RB Chris Rainey on a slip screenfor a 57-yard touchdown to give the Steelers a 20-14 lead late inthe third quarter. Johnson finished the game with a team-high 93passing yards and registered 26 rushing yards. Rainey finishedwith a team-high 65 receiving yards.

The Eagles took the lead back with about five minutes remainingwhen QB Trent Edwards found WR Jamel Hamler for a 16-yardscore. Steelers appeared to have the game won when rookie KDaniel Hrapmann nailed a 43-yard field goal right after the two-minute warning but Edwards led the Eagles down the field to setup Henery’s game-winning field goal.

Despite being outgained in total yards, the Steelers defensehad a strong showing. They held the Eagles to only one third-down conversion, 74 rushing yards and forced seven punts.

GAME SUMMARY

STEELERS (0-1) 3 10 7 3 23Eagles (1-0) 0 0 14 10 24

TEAM Q TIME PLAY DRIVE SCOREPIT 1 5:12 Suisham 46 yd. FG 16-52; 9:48 3-0PIT 2 11:10 Sanders 2 yd. pass from Leftwich (Suisham kick) 10-70; 6:32 10-0PIT 2 1:41 Suisham 31 yd. FG 4-(-9); 1:37 13-0PHI 3 7:49 D. Johnson 70 yd. pass from Foles (Henery kick) 1-70; 0:12 13-7PHI 3 5:52 Gilyard 44 yd. pass from Foles (Henery kick) 1-44; 0:31 13-14PIT 3 2:57 Rainey 57 yd. pass from J. Johnson (Hrapmann kick) 6-75; 2:55 20-14PHI 4 5:26 Hamler 16 yd. pass from Edwards (Henery kick) 9-60; 3:46 20-21PIT 4 1:57 Hrapmann 43 yd. FG 10-55; 3:29 23-21PHI 4 0:12 Henery 51 yd. FG 11-46; 1:45 23-34

INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS

RUSHING: Pit. – B. Batch 19-41; Dwyer 2-40;J. Johnson 3-26; Redman 5-14; Clay 5-8;Rainey 4-1; Maze 1-1. Phi. – Brown 3-33; Lewis4-22; Edwards 2-14; Akpla 1-6; Polk 3-1; McCoy1-(-2).

PASSING: Pit. – Roethlisberger 7-8-0, 49; J.Johnson 3-6-0, 93, 1 TD; Leftwich 3-5-0, 14, 1TD. Phi. – Edwards 12-20-0, 106, 1 TD; Foles6-10-0, 144, 2 TD; Kafka 5-9-1, 31; Vick 3-4-0,6.

RECEIVING: Pit. – Rainey 2-65, 1 TD; Brown2-21; Sanders 2-19, 1 TD; D. Johnson 2-13;Redman 2-4; Beiler 1-30; Dwyer 1- (-2). Phi. –D. Johnson 4-85, 1 TD; Hamler 3-34, 1 TD; Polk3-28; Brown 2-16; Jacobson 2-14; Ford 2-2;Jones 2-10; Brackett 2-9; Gilyard 1-44; Akpla1-12; Hall 1-11; Igwenagu 1-8; Jackson 1-5;McCoy 1-(-3).

TEAM STATISTICS

Steelers Eagles1st Downs 14 (6-7-1) 18 (4-13-1)3rd Downs 6-16 (38%) 1-11 (9%)4th Downs 1-1 (100%) 2-2 (100%)Total Net Yards 230 354Plays-Avg. 65-3.5 58-6.1Rushing Yards 131 74Rush Att.-Avg. 39-3.4 14-5.3Passing Yards 99 280Att.-Comp.-Int. 19-13-0 43-26-1Sacks By 1-7 7-57Punts-Avg. 6-49.7 7-39.7Penalties 7-62 6-65Fumbles-Lost 1-0 0-0Time of Poss. 34:32 25:28

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Preseason Game #4Pittsburgh 17, Carolina 16

Aug. 30, 2012Heinz Field (50,122)

PITTSBURGH – K Justin Medlock missed a 50-yard field goalwith 38 seconds left in the game, and the Steelers capped the2012 preseason with a 17-16 victory over the Carolina Panthers.The Steelers finished the preseason with a record of 3-1.

Pittsburgh wasted no time scoring as they marched right downthe field after the opening kickoff. QB Charlie Batch led the teamon a five-play, 80-yard drive that he capped off with a 37-yardtouchdown pass to WR Emmanuel Sanders.

K Shaun Suisham put the Steelers up 10-0 late in the firstquarter when he connected on a 49-yard field goal. Midway throughthe second quarter Medlock connected on a 31-yard field goal tocut the lead 10-3, which the score remained into halftime.

The Panthers tied the game 10-10 when QB Jimmy Clausenfound WR Jared Green for a three-yard touchdown pass early inthe third quarter. Medlock had a chance to put the Panthers uplate in the third quarter, but his 56-yard field goal went wide left.

The Steelers took the lead for good midway through the fourthquarter when QB Jerrod Johnson found TE Weslye Saundersfor a six-yard touchdown pass.

The Panthers made it interesting down the stretch. With lessthan three minutes left to play, Clausen found WR Lamont Bryantfor a 79-yard touchdown pass. After the touchdown, the Pantherswent for the win and attempted a two-point conversion, butClausen’s pass to Bryant fell incomplete. The Panthers had onemore chance for the win but Medlock’s kick was wide right.

The majority of the Steelers starters did not see game action,but the Steelers got quality play from their backups. Batch finishedthe game 11-of-14 for 102 yards and one touchdown. Threedifferent Steelers (RB Jonathan Dwyer, RB DuJuan Harris andRB Baron Batch) all had at least 30 yards rushing, and 12 differentSteelers had at least one reception.

GAME SUMMARY

Panthers (2-2) 0 3 7 6 16STEELERS (3-1) 10 0 0 7 17

TEAM Q TIME PLAY DRIVE SCOREPIT 1 12:29 Sanders 37-yd. pass from Batch 5-80; 2:31 7-0PIT 1 0:41 Suisham 49-yd. FG 10-53; 5:20 10-0CAR 2 8:18 Medlock 31-yd. FG 17-73; 7:23 10-3CAR 3 10:34 Green 3-yd. pass from Clausen 10-87; 4:26 10-10PIT 4 7:23 Saunders 6-yd. pass from J. Johnson 10-89; 5:58 17-10CAR 4 2:31 Bryant 79-yd. pass from Clausen (2-pt. conv. failed) 2-90; 0:39 17-16

INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS

RUSHING: Car. –A. Smith 16-85; Poole 7-30.Pit. – Dwyer 13-63; Harris 12-45; B. Batch 7-30; W. Johnson 2-1; Rainey 3-(-1); J. Johnson1-(-1).

PASSING: Car.. – Clausen 9-19-0, 173, 2TD; Anderson 8-18-0, 91. Pit. – C. Batch 11-14-0, 102, 1 TD; J. Johnson 7-10-0, 78, 1 TD.

RECEIVING: Car. – Finley 4-57; Poole 4-37;Edwards 2-32; Murphy 2-25; Pilares 2-24;Bryant 1-79, 1 TD; Barnridge 1-7; Green 1-3,1TD. Pit. – Saunders 2-35, 1 TD; Maze 2-32;Cotchery 2-15; Williams 2-13; Pope 2-4;Rainey 2-(-1); Sanders 1-37, 1 TD; W. Johnson1-27; B. Batch 1-11; Harris 1-4; Paulson 1-3;Gilreath 1-0.

TEAM STATISTICS

Panthers Steelers1st Downs 22 (7-13-2) 16 (8-7-1)3rd Downs 5-14 (36%) 5-16 (31%)4th Downs 0-0 (0%) 1-1 (100%)Total Net Yards 379 311Plays-Avg. 60-6.3 64-4.9Rushing Yards 115 137Rush Att.-Avg. 23-5.0 38-3.6Passing Yards 264 180Att.-Comp.-Int. 37-17-0 24-18-0Sacks By 2-6 0-0Punts-Avg. 6-48.7 9-40.9Penalties 7-55 9-81Fumbles-Lost 2-1 0-0Time of Poss. 26:11 33:49

Preseason Game #3Pittsburgh 38, Buffalo 7

Aug. 25, 2012Ralph Wilson Stadium (67,383)

ORCHARD PARK – Trailing 7-0 midway through the secondquarter, the Steelers offense scored 38 unanswered points tobeat the Buffalo Bills 38-7 at Ralph Wilson Stadium.

The Bills scored first when RB Fred Jackson rushed for a one-yard touchdown to put Bills up 7-0 but it would be the last pointsBuffalo would score. LB Lawrence Timmons forced a fumblethat was recovered by DE Ziggy Hood, which set up the Steelers inBills’ territory.

RB Isaac Redman scored on a two-yard run five plays later totie the game 7-7. With less than two minutes remaining in thehalf, QB Ben Roethlisberger led the team on an 11-play, 98-yarddrive that was capped off with a six-yard touchdown pass to WRAntonio Brown and the Steelers went into halftime with a 14-7lead.

S Troy Polamalu’s interception of QB Vince Young set up theSteelers third score of the contest. On the first play after theinterception, QB Byron Leftwich found Brown for a 39-yardtouchdown to put the Steelers up 21-7. Brown finished with gamehighs in receptions (7), receiving yards (108) and receivingtouchdowns (2).

S Robert Golden’s interception of Young gave the Steelersanother opportunity to put points on the board. Leftwich found WRDerrick Williams for a 10-yard touchdown to give the Steelers a28-7 lead. Leftwich finished 5-of-8 for 105 yards and twotouchdowns.

The Steelers made it 31-7 on K Daniel Hrapmann’s 40-yardfield goal midway through the fourth quarter. With less than threeminutes remaining in the game, RB Chris Rainey broke off a 41-yard touchdown run to cap off the 38-7 victory.

Despite a slow start on offense, the Steelers scored on six oftheir final 10 drives. The Steelers offense tallied 378 total netyards (269 passing, 109 rushing) and did not commit anyturnovers.

The Steelers defensed had another strong showing. It forcedthree turnovers, had two sacks and held the Bills to less than 200passing yards.

GAME SUMMARY

STEELERS (2-1) 0 14 7 17 38Bills (0-3) 7 0 0 0 7

TEAM Q TIME PLAY DRIVE SCOREBUF 1 10:04 F. Jackson 1-yd. run 5-49; 1:27 0-7PIT 2 7:37 Redman 2-yd. run 5-18; 2:50 7-7PIT 2 0:13 A. Brown 6-yd. pass from Roethlisberger 11-98; 1:33 14-7PIT 3 14:02 A. Brown 39-yd. pass from Leftwich 1-39; 0:07 21-7PIT 4 10:34 Williams 10-yd. pass from Leftwich 2-8; 0:43 28-7PIT 4 6:45 Hrapmann 40-yd. FG 8-36; 3:03 31-7PIT 4 2:44 Rainey 41-yd. run 3-74; 0:54 38-7

INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS

RUSHING: Pit. – Rainey 3-41, 1 TD; B. Batch7-33; Redman 12-24, 1 TD; Roethlisberger 1-5; Leftwich 2-2; W. Johnson 1-2; Dwyer 5-1;Gilreath 1-1. Buf. – 7-50; Jackson 7-34, 1 TD;Spiller 4-10; Young 2-2; White 1-1; Z. Brown 2-0; Fitzpatrick 1-(-1).

PASSING: Pit. – Roethlisberger 17-24-0,169, 1 TD; Leftwich 5-8-0, 105, 2 TD. Buf.. –Young 12-26-2, 103; Fitzpatrick 7-18-0, 89.

RECEIVING: Pit. – A. Brown 7-108, 2 TD;Cotchery 4-38; Dwyer 3-48; Williams 2-36, 1TD; Sanders 2-18; Miller 2-15; Redman 1-8;Pope 1-3. Buf. – S. Johnson 3-36; Graham 3-28; Roosevelt 2-21; B. Smith 2-15; Nelson 1-25; Jones 1-20; Choice 1-18; Martin 1-14;Clowney 1-9; Hagan 1-4; Jackson 1-4; Easley1-3; Z. Brown 1-(-5).

TEAM STATISTICS

Steelers Bills1st Downs 20 (7-12-1) 17 (8-9-0)3rd Downs 4-14 (29%) 5-15 (33%)4th Downs 0-0 (0%) 0-1 (0%)Total Net Yards 378 286Plays-Avg. 66-5.7 70-4.1Rushing Yards 109 96Rush Att.-Avg. 32-3.4 24-4.0Passing Yards 269 190Att.-Comp.-Int. 32-22-0 44-19-2Sacks By 2-2 2-5Punts-Avg. 8-49.3 9-40.2Penalties 2-11 4-44Fumbles-Lost 1-0 1-1Time of Poss. 29:55 30:55

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Game #2Pittsburgh 27, New York Jets 10

Sept. 16, 2012Heinz Field (64,511)

PITTSBURGH – The Steelers defeated the New York Jets 27-10in the 2012 home opener at Heinz Field. With the victory, theSteelers won their 10th consecutive home opener.

The Steelers got on the board first when K Shaun Suishamnailed a 45-yard field goal to put the Steelers up 3-0. The Jetsresponded on their ensuing drive as QB Mark Sanchez led NewYork on an eight-play, 90-yard drive that he capped off with a 14-yard touchdown pass to WR Santonio Holmes.

Suisham connected from 45-yards out again early in the secondquarter to cut the lead 7-6. New York extended its lead to 10-6 onK Nick Folk’s 38-yard field goal midway through the second quarterbut it would be the last points the Jets would score.

Just before halftime, the Steelers went up 13-10 when QB BenRoethlisberger found TE Heath Miller for a one-yard touchdown,capping off an 11-play, 80-yard drive. Early in the third quarter,Roethlisberger found WR Mike Wallace for a 37-yard score togive the Steelers a 20-10 lead.

Roethlisberger finished 24-of-31 for 275 yards and twotouchdowns for a quarterback rating of 125.1. It marked the 47th

time Roethlisberger recorded a quarterback rating of 100.0+ duringthe regular season.

Pittsburgh sealed the victory late in the fourth quarter when RBIsaac Redman scored on a two-yard run. The Steelers controlledthe ball for 10:13 on that drive, going 75 yards on 14 plays.

The Steelers defense held the Jets to 219 total net yards (129passing and 90 rushing), while registering two sacks and holdingthe Jets to 4-of-12 on third-down conversions.

The Steelers dominated the time of possession 36:36-23:24and continued their success on third-down conversions. For thesecond week in a row, the Steelers converted at least 50% of theirthird-down attempts.

GAME SUMMARY

Jets (1-1) 7 3 0 0 10STEELERS (1-1) 3 10 7 7 27

TEAM Q TIME PLAY DRIVE SCOREPIT 1 9:07 Suisham 45-yd. FG 10-53; 5:53 3-0NYJ 1 4:19 Holmes 14-yd. pass from Sanchez 8-90; 4:48 3-7PIT 2 14:56 Suisham 45-yd. FG 9-48; 4:23 6-7NYJ 2 9:35 Folk 38-yd. FG 12-61; 5:21 6-10PIT 2 1:03 Miller 1-yd. pass from Roethlisberger 11-80; 5:40 13-10PIT 3 8:44 Wallace 37-yd. pass from Roethlisberger 5-59; 2:14 20-10PIT 4 3:34 Redman 2-yd. run 14-75’ 10:13 27-10

INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS

RUSHING: N.Y. – Powell 9-33; Greene 11-23; Tebow 1-22; McKnight 1-12.Pit. – Dwyer 12-28; Redman 12-25, 1 TD; A.Brown 1-9; Rainey 2-3; B. Batch 1-1.

PASSING: N.Y. – Sanchez 10-27-0, 138, 1TD. Pit. – Roethlisberger 24-31-0, 275, 2 TD.

RECEIVING: N.Y. – Holmes 3-28, 1 TD; Kerley2-67; Reuland 2-20; Cumberland 2-13; Gates1-10. Pit. – A. Brown 7-79; Wallace 5-74, 1 TD;Sanders 3-33; Miller 3-19, 1 TD; W. Johnson1-26; Redman 1-14; Dwyer 1-12; Pope 1-7;Cotchery 1-6; Rainey 1-5.

TEAM STATISTICS

Jets Steelers1st Downs 16 (5-6-5) 21 (5-13-3)3rd Downs 4-12 (33%) 8-15 (53%)4th Downs 0-0 (0%) 0-0 (0%)Total Net Yards 219 331Plays-Avg. 51-4.3 62-5.3Rushing Yards 90 66Rush Att.-Avg. 22-4.1 28-2.4Passing Yards 209 265Att.-Comp.-Int. 40-22-1 31-24-0Sacks By 3-10 2-9Punts-Avg. 6-45.3 5-41.0Penalties 7-63 10-107Fumbles-Lost 1-1 0-0Time of Poss. 23:24 36:36

Game #1Denver 31, Pittsburgh 19

Sept. 9, 2012Sports Authority Field at Mile High (76,823)

DENVER – CB Tracy Porter intercepted QB Ben Roethlisbergerand returned it 43 yards for a touchdown with less than two minutesremaining to seal the 31-19 Broncos victory over the Steelers inthe 2012 season opener.

Both teams got off to a slow start as neither team scored in thefirst quarter. Pittsburgh struck early in the second quarter when KShaun Suisham nailed a 21-yard field goal to give the Steelers a3-0 lead. Midway through the second quarter the Broncos wentup 7-3 when RB Knowshon Moreno scored on a seven-yard run.

The Steelers capitalized right before halftime whenRoethlisberger connected with TE Heath Miller on a four-yardtouchdown, and the Steelers took a 10-7 lead into the break.

Suisham connected on a 35-yard field goal midway throughthe third quarter to give Pittsburgh a 13-7 lead. But on Denver’sensuing drive, QB Peyton Manning and WR Demaryius Thomasconnected on a 71-yard touchdown to put the Broncos up 14-13.

The Steelers took the lead back early in the fourth quarter andwent up 19-14 when Roethlisberger found WR Mike Wallace fora three-yard touchdown. Roethlisberger finished 22-of-40 for 245yards and two touchdowns.

The Broncos went on to score 17 unanswered points. Manningconnected with TE Jacob Tamme on a one-yard score to putDenver up 22-19. Denver then extended their lead to 25-19 on KMatt Prater’s 26-yard field goal. The Steelers had one final chanceto win the game but Porter stepped in front of Roethlisberger’spass and returned it for a touchdown.

The Steelers controlled the ball for 35:05 compared to theBroncos 24:55, and the Steelers’ offense converted 11-of-19 (58%)of their third-down attempts.

GAME SUMMARY

STEELERS (0-1) 0 10 3 6 19Broncos (1-0) 0 7 7 17 31

TEAM Q TIME PLAY DRIVE SCOREPIT 2 10:10 Suisham 21-yd. FG 10-35; 4:50 3-0DEN 2 5:16 Moreno 7-yd. run 12-80; 4:54 3-7PIT 2 0:28 Miller 4-yd. pass from Roethlisberger 14-79; 4:48 10-7PIT 3 6:05 Suisham 35-yd. FG 16-64; 8:55 13-7DEN 3 5:29 Thomas 71-yd. pass from Manning 2-80; 0:36 13-14PIT 4 14:11 Wallace 3-yd pass from Roethlisberger (pass failed) 14-80; 6:18 19-14DEN 4 9:23 Tamme ̀ -yd. pass from Manning (Manning-McGahee pass)10-80; 4:48 19*22DEN 4 3:00 Prater 26-yd. FG 12-55; 5:18 19-25DEN 4 1:58 Porter 43-yd. interception return (run failed) - -; - - 19-31

INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS

RUSHING: Pit. –Dwyer 9-43; Redman 11-20;Rainey 2-5; Roethlisberger 2-4; A. Brown 1-4;B. Batch 1-(1). Den. – McGahee 16-64; Ball 2-14; Moreno 5-13; Manning 4-3.

PASSING: Pit. – Roethlisberger 22-40-1,245, 2 TD. Den. – Manning 19-26-0, 253, 2 TD.

RECEIVING: Pit. – A. Brown 4-74; Sanders4-55; Miller 4-50, 1 TD; Wallace 4-37, 1 TD;Dwyer 2-11; Redman 2-7; W. Johnson 1-12;Rainey 1-(-1). Den. – Thomas 5-110, 1 TD;Decker 5-54; Tamme 5-43, 1 TD; Stokley 2-26;Willis 1-14; Dreessen 1-6.

TEAM STATISTICS

Steelers Broncos1st Downs 19 (2-15-2) 20 (8-11-1)3rd Downs 11-19 (58%) 5-9 (56%)4th Downs 1-2 (50%) 0-0 (0%)Total Net Yards 284 334Plays-Avg. 71-4.0 55-6.1Rushing Yards 75 94Rush Att.-Avg. 26-2.9 27-3.5Passing Yards 209 240Att.-Comp.-Int. 40-22-1 26-19-0Sacks By 2-13 5-36Punts-Avg. 3-47.3 2-45.0Penalties 8-52 6-49Fumbles-Lost 1-0 0-0Time of Poss. 35:05 24:55

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Game #4Pittsburgh 16, Philadelphia 14

Oct. 7, 2012Heinz Field (64,737)

PITTSBURGH – K Shaun Suisham nailed a 34-yard field goalin the rain as time expired to lift the Steelers to a 16-14 victoryagainst the Philadelphia Eagles at Heinz Field. It was Suisham’sfifth career game-winning field goal and third as a Steeler.

After a scoreless first quarter, the Steelers found the end zonewith five minutes left before the half. RB Rashard Mendenhall, inhis first game of the 2012 season, scored on a 13-yard run to givethe Steelers a 7-0 lead. It marked Mendehall’s 30th career rushingtouchdown, making him the fifth Steeler to reach 30 career rushingtouchdowns in the regular season.

Seconds before halftime, Suisham connected on a 20-yardfield goal. For the fourth consecutive game, the Steelers scoredon their final drive before halftime, and Pittsburgh took a 10-0lead into halftime.

The Eagles responded midway through the third quarter whenQB Michael Vick found RB LeSean McCoy for a 15-yard touchdownto cut the lead 10-7. Suisham connected on a 34-yard field goalearly in the fourth quarter to give the Steelers a 13-7 lead.

Philadelphia went 79 yards on 17 plays and took a 14-13 leadas Vick found TE Brent Celek for a two-yard touchdown. TheEagles controlled the football for more than eight minutes on thedrive.

Pittsburgh took over with more than six minutes left in the game.QB Ben Roethlisberger then led the team on a 14-play, 64-yarddrive to set up Suisham’s game-winning kick. It marked the 25th

time in Roethlisberger’s career that he registered a fourth-quarter/overtime game-winning drive.

The Steelers offensive line did not allow a sack and they pavedthe way for Steelers’ rushers to gain a season-high 136 rushingyards. The Steelers defense forced a total of four fumbles andhad two fumble recoveries. The defense forced three fumbles inthe first half alone.

GAME SUMMARY

Eagles (3-2) 0 0 7 7 14STEELERS (2-2) 0 10 0 6 16

TEAM Q TIME PLAY DRIVE SCOREPIT 2 5:01 Mendenhall 13-yd. pass from Roethlisberger 12-75; 7:21 7-0PIT 2 0:06 Suisham 20-yd. FG 12-77; 2:28 10-0PHI 3 6:32 McCoy 15-yd. pass from Vick 8-80; 3:50 10-7PIT 4 14:51 Suisham 34-yd. FG 9-51; 4:25 13-7PHI 4 6:33 Celek 2-yd. pass from Vick 17-79; 8:18 13-14PIT 4 0:00 Suisham 34-yd. FG 14-64; 6:33 16-14

INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS

RUSHING: Phi. – McCoy 16-53; Vick 5-16;Havili 1-5; B. Brown 1-4. Pit. – Mendenhall 13-68; Redman 13-41; Roethlisberger 3-14;Rainey 1-0.

PASSING: Phi. – Vick 20-30-0, 175, 2 TD.Pit. – Roethlisberger 22-38-0, 220, 1 TD.

RECEIVING: Phi. – Maclin 5-39; D. Jackson4-58; McCoy 4-27, 1 TD; Avant 3-34; Celek 3-9, 1 TD; Harbor 1-8. Pit. – A. Brown 7-86; Miller4-41; Sanders 3-22; Mendenhall 3-33, 1 TD;Wallace 2-17; Paulson 1-8; Cotchery 1-7;Rainey 1-6.

TEAM STATISTICS

Eagles Steelers1st Downs 19 (7-9-3) 22 (6-14-2)3rd Downs 4-10 (40%) 6-14 (43%)4th Downs 2-2 (100%) 0-1 (0%)Total Net Yards 246 343Plays-Avg. 56-4.4 68-5.0Rushing Yards 78 123Rush Att.-Avg. 23-3.4 30-4.1Passing Yards 168 220Att.-Comp.-Int. 30-20-0 38-22-0Sacks By 0-0 3-7Punts-Avg. 4-44.0 4-46.3Penalties 5-35 9-106Fumbles-Lost 4-2 3-0Time of Poss. 26:29 33:31

Game #3Oakland 34, Pittsburgh 31

Sept. 23, 2012Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum (62,373)

OAKLAND – K Sebastian Janikowski kicked a 43-yard field goalas time expired to beat the Steelers 34-31. Pittsburgh dropped to1-2 on the season.

S Ryan Clark’s interception of QB Carson Palmer on theRaiders’ first play of the game set the Steelers up at Oakland’s36-yard line. Seven plays later, QB Ben Roethlisberger found TEHeath Miller for a four-yard touchdown to put the Steelers up 7-0.

The Raiders responded on their next drive as RB DarrenMcFadden scored on a 64-yard run to tie the game 7-7. Late in thefirst quarter, Roethlisberger hooked up with Miller again for anotherfour-yard touchdown to put the Steelers up 14-7.

Oakland tied the game 14-14 right after the two-minute warningwhen Palmer found WR Darius Heyward-Bey for a three-yardtouchdown. But Pittsburgh took a 17-14 lead into halftime on KShaun Suisham’s 33-yard field goal.

The Steelers scored on their first drive of the second half to takea 24-14 lead when Roethlisberger found WR Mike Wallace for a22-yard touchdown. Midway through the third quarter the Raiderscut the lead to 24-21 when Palmer found TE Richard Gordon for aone-yard touchdown.

Pittsburgh extended their lead 31-21 late in the third quarterwhen Roethlisberger found WR Antonio Brown for an 11-yardscore. Roethlisberger finished with a game-high 384 passingyards and four touchdown passes.

Oakland scored the next 13 points. Palmer found WR DenariusMoore for a six-yard touchdown early in the fourth quarter to cutthe lead 31-28. Janikowski connected from 32 yards out midwaythrough the fourth quarter to tie the game 31-31. After the Raidersrecovered a Steelers’ fumble after the two-minute warning, Palmerled them down the field for Janikowski’s game-winning kick.

GAME SUMMARY

STEELERS (1-2) 14 3 14 0 31Raiders (1-2) 7 7 7 13 34

TEAM Q TIME PLAY DRIVE SCOREPIT 1 11:33 Miller 4-yd. pass from Roethlisberger 7-36; 3:06 7-0OAK 1 10:33 McFadden 64-yd. run 3-80; 1:00 7-7PIT 1 3:49 Miller 4-yd. pass from Roethlisberger 12-81; 6:44 14-7OAK 2 1:54 Heyward-Bey 3-yd. pass from Palmer 6-30; 2:26 14-14PIT 2 0:00 Suisham 33-yd. FG 9-64; 1:54 17-14PIT 3 11:40 Wallace 22-yd. pass from Roethlisberger 9-80; 3:20 24-14OAK 3 6:35 Gordon 1-yd. pass from Palmer 10-48; 5:05 24-21PIT 3 1:31 A. Brown 11-yd. pass from Roethlisberger 8-48; 5:04 31-21OAK 4 12:13 Moore 6-yd. pass from Palmer 11-80; 4:18 31-28OAK 4 6:30 Janikowski 32-yd. FG 9-50; 4:15 31-31OAK 4 0:00 Janikowski 43-yd. FG 9-49; 1:43 31-34

INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS

RUSHING: Pit. – Redman 9-27; B. Batch 4-12; Roethlisberger 1-8; Rainey 2-7; Wallace1-1; Dwyer 3-(-1). Oak. – McFadden 18-113, 1TD; Palmer 2-5; Goodson 1-1.

PASSING: Pit. – Roethlisberger 36-49-0,384, 4 TD. Oak. – Palmer 24-34-1, 209, 3 TD.

RECEIVING: Pit. – Wallace 8-123, 1 TD; Miller8-60, 2 TD; A. Brown 7-87, 1 TD; Sanders 3-33;Redman 3-24; Rainey 2-23; B. Batch 2-20;Cotchery 1-9; W. Johnson 1-4; Dwyer 1-1. Oak.– Moore 5-45, 1 TD; Myers 4-55; Reece 4-27;Hagan 3-30; Streater 2-22; Heyward-Bey 2-14, 1 TD; McFadden 2-2; Ausberry 1-13;Gordon 1-1, 1 TD.

TEAM STATISTICS

Steelers Raiders1st Downs 24 (6-18-0) 21 (4-15-2)3rd Downs 8-14 (57%) 7-12 (58%)4th Downs 2-2 (100%) 0-0 (0%)Total Net Yards 433 321Plays-Avg. 70-6.2 56-5.7Rushing Yards 54 119Rush Att.-Avg. 20-2.7 21-5.7Passing Yards 379 202Att.-Comp.-Int. 49-36-0 34-24-1Sacks By 1-7 1-5Punts-Avg. 3-36.0 3-51.7Penalties 10-81 3-25Fumbles-Lost 4-2 0-0Time of Poss. 36:15 23:45

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Game #6Pittsburgh 24, Cincinnati 17

Oct. 21, 2012Paul Brown Stadium (63,411)

CINCINNATI – Facing a third-and-seven with less than twominutes remaining in the game, RB Jonathan Dwyer sprinted upthe middle for 32 yards to seal the Steelers’ 24-17 victory over theCincinnati Bengals at Paul Brown Stadium.

Pittsburgh scored on its opening possession to take a 3-0lead on K Shaun Suisham’s 42-yard field goal. On the ensuingkickoff, the Bengals took over at their own 20-yard line. QB AndyDalton then led Cincinnati on a 15-play, 80-yard drive that wascapped off with a five-yard touchdown run by RB Cedric Peermanto give the Bengals a 7-3 lead.

After a Kevin Huber punt was downed in Steelers’ territory,Pittsburgh took over at its own 13-yard line. On the very first play,QB Ben Roethlisberger was sacked by DT Devon Still and DERobert Geathers and fumbled the football. The Bengals recoveredthe ball and set up at the Pittsburgh eight-yard line. Dalton foundWR A.J. Green for an eight-yard touchdown on the first play andthe Bengals led 14-3.

Late in the second quarter, Suisham connected on a 47-yardfield goal to cut the lead 14-6. On the Bengals’ ensuing drive, LBLaMarr Woodley picked off Dalton to set the Steelers up at theBengals 29-yard line. Roethlisberger then found TE Heath Millerfor a nine-yard score. The Steelers then went for a two-pointconversion, and Roethlisberger and Miller hooked up again forthe two point-try and the teams entered halftime tied 14-14.

Cincinnati scored on its first drive of the second half to take a17-14 lead when K Mike Nugent connected on a 48-yard fieldgoal. It would be the last points the Bengals would score. Suishamwould connect on a 42-yard field goal on the Steelers ensuingpossession to tie the game 17-17.

The Steelers started a drive at their own 33-yard line late in thethird quarter. Roethlisberger then led his team on an eight-play,67-yard drive that was capped off by RB Chris Rainey’s 11-yardtouchdown run. It marked Rainey’s first career touchdown.

After the Steelers made it 24-17, the Bengals had three morechances to tie the game but the Steelers defense forced Cincinnatito punt all three times on their final three drives.

GAME SUMMARY

STEELERS (3-3) 3 11 3 7 24Bengals (3-4) 7 7 3 0 17

TEAM Q TIME PLAY DRIVE SCOREPIT 1 10:26 Suisham 42-yd. FG 9-36; 4:34 3-0CIN 1 2:17 Peerman 5-yd. run 15-80; 8:09 3-7CIN 2 8:29 Green 8-yd. pass from Dalton 1-8; 0:05 3-14PIT 2 3:07 Suisham 47-yd. FG 10-60; 5:22 6-14PIT 2 0:24 Miller 9-yd. pass from Roethlisberger (Roethlisberger-Miller pass) 6-29; 0:59 14-14CIN 3 11:09 Nugent 48-yd. FG 7-32; 3:51 14-17PIT 3 8:17 Suisham 42-yd. FG 6-37; 2:52 17-17PIT 4 14:16 Rainey 11-yd. run 8-67; 4:42 24-17

INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS

RUSHING: Pit. – 17-122; Rainey 4-17, 1 TD;A. Brown 2-13; Wallace 2-7; W. Johnson 1-5;B. Batch 2-4; Roethlisberger 1 -(-1). Cin. –Green-Ellis 18-69; Sanu 1-7; Peerman 1-5, 1TD; Dalton 1-(-1).

PASSING: Pit. – Roethlisberger 27-37-1,278, 1 TD; A. Brown 0-1-0, 0. Cin. – Dalton 14-28-1, 105, 1 TD.

RECEIVING: Pit. – Wallace 8-52; A. Brown 7-96; Miller 6-53, 1TD; Sanders 2-40; Cotchery1-20; Rainey 1-8; Paulson 1-7; W. Johnson 1-2. Cin.– Whalen 4-31; Sanu 3-27; Gresham 3-19; Hawkins 2-17; Green 1-8, 1 TD; Tate 1-3.

TEAM STATISTICS

Steelers Bengals1st Downs 22 (10-12-0) 11 (6-5-0)3rd Downs 10-16 (63%) 5-13 (38%)4th Downs 0-0 (0%) 1-1 (100%)Total Net Yards 431 185Plays-Avg. 70-6.2 49-3.8Rushing Yards 167 80Rush Att.-Avg. 29-5.8 21-3.8Passing Yards 264 105Att.-Comp.-Int. 38-27-1 28-14-1Sacks By 0-0 3-14Punts-Avg. 3-40.0 6-51.8Penalties 5-50 2-20Fumbles-Lost 1-1 0-0Time of Poss. 37:30 22:30

Game #5Tennessee 26, Pittsburgh 23

Oct. 11, 2012LP Field (69,143)

NASHVILLE – K Rob Bironas connected on a 40-yard fieldgoal as time expired to lift the Tennessee Titans to a 26-23 victoryover the Steelers at LP Field.

The Titans took the opening kickoff and drove 69 yards onnine plays and went up 3-0 on Bironas’ 22-yard field goal.Pittsburgh tied the game midway through the first when K ShaunSuisham connected on a 29-yard field goal.After forcing Tennessee to punt, the Steelers took over at theirown 18-yard line. On the very first play, QB Ben Roethlisbergerfound WR Mike Wallace for an 82-yard touchdown. It was thefourth-longest passing play of Roethlisberger’s career andsecond-longest reception of Wallace’s career.

Bironas nailed a 38-yard field goal near the end of the firstquarter to cut the Steelers lead 10-6. And at the very end of the firstquarter, LB Tim Shaw blocked a Drew Butler punt to set the Titansup at the Steelers’ one-yard line. RB Jamie Harper then scoredfrom one-yard out to give the Titans a 13-10 lead.

Bironas added another field goal, a 47-yarder as the halftimewhistle sounded, and the Titans took a 16-10 lead into halftime.

The only score in the third quarter came on Suisham’s 28-yard field goal and the Steelers faced a 16-13 deficit heading intothe fourth quarter. Early in the fourth, RB Baron Batch scored hisfirst career touchdown on a one-yard run to give the Steelers a 20-16 lead.

On the Titans’ ensuing drive, LB Lawrence Timmons steppedin front of a Matt Hasselbeck pass and picked it off setting theSteelers up in Titans’ territory. Suisham then made a 52-yard fieldgoal to extend the Steelers lead to 23-16.

Tennessee started their ensuing drive on their own 20-yardline. Hasselbeck then led the Titans on an 11-play, 80-yard drivethat was capped off by a five-yard touchdown pass to WR KennyBritt. With the game tied 23-23, Pittsburgh took over at their own11-yard line. Roethlisberger led the team into Titans’ territory whereSuisham attempted a career-long 54-yard field goal. The kick fellshort.

With 49 seconds left in the game, Hasselbeck droveTennessee into Steelers’ territory, setting up Bironas’ game-winning kick.

GAME SUMMARY

STEELERS (2-3) 10 0 3 10 23Titans (2-3) 6 10 0 10 26

TEAM Q TIME PLAY DRIVE SCORETEN 1 10:53 Bironas 22-yd. FG 9-69; 4:07 0-3PIT 1 7:24 Suisham 29-yd. FG 7-44; 3:29 3-3PIT 1 5:25 Wallace 82-yd. pass from Roethlisberger 1-82; 0:12 10-3TEN 1 1:11 Bironas 38-yd. FG 8-52; 4:14 10-6TEN 2 14:14 Harper 1-yd. run 2-1; 0:46 10-13TEN 2 0:00 Bironas 47-yd. FG 10-59; 1:31 10-16PIT 3 9:03 Suisham 28-yd. FG 11-65; 5:57 13-16PIT 4 13:34 B. Batch 1-yd. run 15-80; 6:42 20-16PIT 4 8:18 Suisham 52-yd. FG 5-14; 1:38 23-16TEN 4 4:19 Britt 5-yd. pass from Hasselbeck 11-80; 3:59 23-23TEN 4 0:00 Bironas 40-yd. FG 5-33; 0:49 23-26

INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS

RUSHING: Pit. – B. Batch 10-22, 1 TD;Redman 5-14; Roethlisberger 1-14;Mendenhall 6-6. Ten. – C. Johnson 19-91;Hasselbeck 1-2; Harper 2-1, 1 TD.

PASSING: Pit. – Roethlisberger 24-40-1,363, 1 TD. Ten. – Hasselbeck 25-44-1, 290, 1TD.

RECEIVING: Pit. – Miller 6-67; Redman 4-105; Sanders 4-43; A. Brown 4-20; Wallace 2-94, 1 TD; Rainey 1-12; Mendenhall 1-11;Paulson 1-8; B. Batch 1-3. Ten. – Wright 6-71;Britt 4-62. 1 TD; Cook 4-54; C. Johnson 4-23;Washington 3-57; D. Williams 2-14; Thompson1-5; Stevens 1-4.

TEAM STATISTICS

Steelers Titans1st Downs 19 (3-14-2) 21 (3-16-2)3rd Downs 7-15 (47%) 9-16 (56%)4th Downs 0-0 (0%) 0-0 (0%)Total Net Yards 412 359Plays-Avg. 63-6.5 69-5.2Rushing Yards 56 94Rush Att.-Avg. 22-2.5 22-4.3Passing Yards 356 265Att.-Comp.-Int. 40-24-1 44-25-1Sacks By 3-25 1-7Punts-Avg. 4-30.8 5-52.2Penalties 4-50 5-45Fumbles-Lost 0-0 2-0Time of Poss. 29:57 30:03

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Game #7Pittsburgh 27, Washington 12

Oct. 28, 2012Heinz Field (62,371)

PITTSBURGH – RB Jonathan Dwyer rushed for 107 yards andQB Ben Roethlisberger threw for three touchdowns, guiding theSteelers to a 27-12 victory over the Washington Redskins at HeinzField. The Steelers improved to 4-3 on the season.

Pittsburgh took a 7-0 lead on its opening possession,marching 76 yards on 12 plays. Roethlisberger capped off thedrive with a one-yard touchdown pass to TE Leonard Pope. TheSteelers increased their lead 10-0 on their next drive on K ShaunSuisham’s 48-yard field goal.

Early in the second quarter, Washington cut the lead 10-6when QB Robert Griffin III found WR Santana Moss for a two-yardtouchdown but the Redskins’ extra point attempt was blocked byDE Ziggy Hood. It was the first time the Steelers blocked a PATsince 2003.

Midway through the second quarter, Roethlisberger connectedwith TE Heath Miller on a seven-yard touchdown reception toincrease Pittsburgh’s lead 17-6. With the touchdown, Miller tiedformer TE Elbie Nickel (37) for the most receiving touchdowns bya tight end in team history.

Suisham connected on a 27-yard field goal late in the secondand the Steelers took a 20-6 lead into halftime. K Kai Forbathmade a 48-yard field goal to cut the Steelers’ lead to 20-9 onWashington’s first possession of the second half.

Roethlisberger threw his final touchdown pass of the afternoonmidway through the third quarter, finding FB Will Johnson for aone-yard score. The Redskins scored their final points of theafternoon on Forbath’s 45-yard field goal.

The Steelers used a heavy dose of the run game throughoutthe second half, racking up 72 yards on 17 carries (4.2 avg.)Dwyer’s final run of 13 yards put him over the century mark for thesecond-straight week.

Pittsburgh controlled the ball for more than 33 minutes and forthe second time this season, the offensive line did not allow aquarterback sack. The defense held the Redskins’ number-onerushing attack to just 86 yards and held Griffin III to 177 passingyards and a completion percentage of 47.1.

GAME SUMMARY

Redskins (3-5) 0 6 3 3 12STEELERS (4-3) 10 10 7 0 27

TEAM Q TIME PLAY DRIVE SCOREPIT 1 7:55 Pope 1-yd. pass from Roethlisberger 12-76; 7:05 7-0PIT 1 2:49 Suisham 48-yd. FG 5-42; 2:59 10-0WAS 2 11:33 Moss 2-yd. pass from Griffin (kick blocked) 13-80; 6:16 10-6PIT 2 6:17 Miller 7-yd. pass from Roethlisberger 10-74; 5:16 17-6PIT 2 1:56 Suisham 27-yd. FG 6-46; 2:13 20-6WAS 3 11:52 Forbath 48-yd. FG 7-49; 3:08 20-9PIT 3 5:13 W. Johnson 1-yd. pass from Roethlisberger 11-80; 6:39 27-9WAS 4 12:06 Forbath 45-yd. FG 9-15; 4:02 27-12

INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS

RUSHING: Was. – Morris 13-59; D. Young 1-10; Morgan 1-9; Griffin 6-8. Pit. – Dwyer 17-107; Rainey 4-26; Roethlisberger 2-6; B. Batch4-1.

PASSING: Was. – Griffin 16-34-0, 177, 1 TD;Morgan 0-1-0, 0. Pit. – Roethlisberger 24-33-0, 222, 3 TD; Sanders 0-0-0, 0.

RECEIVING: Was. – Morgan 5-46; Paulsen4-43; Moss 4-21, 1 TD; Paul 1-37; Hankerson1-16; Briscoe 1-14.Pit. – Wallace 7-62; Miller 4-46, 1 TD; A. Brown4-38; Sanders 3-56; W. Johnson 2-8, 1 TD; B.Batch 1-8; Dwyer 1-8; Pope 1-1, 1 TD; Rainey1-(-5).

TEAM STATISTICS

Redskins Steelers1st Downs 17 (6-10-1) 25 (7-16-2)3rd Downs 3-12 (25%) 4-14 (36%)4th Downs 2-3 (67%) 1-2 (50%)Total Net Yards 255 355Plays-Avg. 57-4.5 61-5.8Rushing Yards 86 140Rush Att.-Avg. 21-4.1 27-5.2Passing Yards 169 215Att.-Comp.-Int. 35-16-0 43-24-0Sacks By 1-7 1-8Punts-Avg. 4-37.8 3-50.7Penalties 7-55 3-20Fumbles-Lost 1-0 0-0Time of Poss. 26:47 33:13

Game #8Pittsburgh 24, New York Giants 20

Nov. 4, 2012MetLife Stadium (80,991)

EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. – RB Isaac Redman scored on aone-yard run with four minutes left in the game to seal the Steelers24-20 victory over the New York Giants at MetLife Stadium. TheSteelers improved to 5-3 on the season with the win.

After a scoreless first quarter, the Steelers took a 7-0 leadearly in the second quarter. QB Ben Roethlisberger found WREmmanuel Sanders for a four-yard touchdown pass that cappedoff an 11-play, 58-yard drive.

The Giants then scored 14-consecutive points in less thanseven minutes. RB Andre Brown scored on a one-yard run to tiethe game 7-7. And on the Steelers ensuing drive, Roethlisbergerfumbled and Giants’ LB Michael Boley returned it 70 yards for atouchdown.

Pittsburgh cut the lead 14-10 when K Shaun Suishamconnected on a 30-yard field goal as the halftime whistle sounded.

The Giants extended their lead 17-10 on K Lawrence Tynes’50-yard field goal midway through the third quarter. Tynes addeda 23-yard field goal late in the fourth quarter to give New York a 20-10 lead but it would be the last points the Giants would score.

Early in the fourth quarter, Roethlisberger found WR MikeWallace in the middle of the field and Wallace raced pastdefenders for a 51-yard touchdown. It marked Wallace’s 25th careerreception of 25+ yards and the 15th that went for a touchdown.

The Steelers defense forced a three-and-out on the Giants’ensuing drive. WR Emmanuel Sanders then returned a punt 63yards to set the Steelers up at the Giants’ 12-yard line. The Steelersdrive stalled and the team set up for a field goal. Pittsburgh wentfor the fake but the Giants stopped them short of the goal line.

Pittsburgh’s defense forced another Giants’ three-and-out. Andon the Steelers next possession, the team drove 51 yards on nineplays for the game-winning touchdown.

Entering the game, the Giants had outscored their opponentsby 42 points in the fourth quarter. The Steelers defense didn’tallow the Giants to score and the Steelers offense put up 14points. After only being sacked six times all season, the Steelersdefense brought down Giants’ QB Eli Manning twice.

GAME SUMMARY

STEELERS (5-3) 0 10 0 14 24Giants (6-3) 0 14 6 0 20

TEAM Q TIME PLAY DRIVE SCOREPIT 2 12:09 Sanders 4-yd. pass from Roethlisberger 11-58; 5:54 7-0NYG 2 7:01 A. Brown 1-yd. run 8-72; 5:08 7-7NYG 2 5:11 Boley 70-yd. fumble return - -: - - 7-14PIT 2 0:00 Suisham 30-yd. FG 4-47; 0:31 10-14NYG 3 8:25 Tyned 50-yd. FG 9-61; 4:37 10-17NYG 3 1:32 Tynes 23-yd. FG 9-28; 5:37 10-20PIT 4 14:05 Wallace 51-yd. pass from Roethlisberger 5-75; 2:27 17-20PIT 4 4:02 Redman 1-yd. run 9-51; 4:53 24-20

INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS

RUSHING: Pit. – Redman 26-147, 1 TD; B.Batch 2-7; Rainey 1-4; W. Johnson 1-2;Roethlisberger 4-(-1); Suisham 1(-1). NYG – Bradshaw 15-48; A. Brown 7-20, 1 TD.

PASSING: Pit. – Roethlisberger 21-30-1,216, 2 TD. NYG – Manning 10-24-1, 125.

RECEIVING: Pit. – Cotchery 4-50; Miller 4-48; Wallace 3-66, 1 TD; Sanders 2-20, 1 TD;A. Brown 2-19; Redman 2-4; Rainey 2-(-3);Paulson 1-7; W. Johnson 1-5. NYG – Cruz 5-67; Bennett 3-40; Nicks 1-10;Hynoski 1-8.

TEAM STATISTICS

Steelers Giants1st Downs 22 (9-12-1) 13 (4-6-3)3rd Downs 6-13 (46%) 2-10 (20%)4th Downs 1-2 (50%) 0-0 (0%)Total Net Yards 349 182Plays-Avg. 69-5.1 48-3.8Rushing Yards 158 68Rush Att.-Avg. 35-4.5 22-3.1Passing Yards 191 114Att.-Comp.-Int. 30-21-1 24-10-1Sacks By 2-11 4-25Punts-Avg. 4-41.3 5-47.4Penalties 6-119 7-40Fumbles-Lost 2-1 1-0Time of Poss. 35:15 24:45

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PITTSBURGH STEELERS / WEEK 9 / THROUGH SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 2012 WON 5, LOST 3 * RUSHING No. Yds Avg Long TD 09/09 L 19-31 at Denver 76,823 Dwyer 58 299 5.2 34 0 09/16 W 27-10 New York Jets 64,511 Redman 76 274 3.6 28 2 09/23 L 31-34 at Oakland 62,373 Mendenhall 19 74 3.9 17 0 10/07 W 16-14 Philadelphia 64,737 Rainey 16 62 3.9 19 1 10/11 L 23-26 at Tennessee 69,143 B. Batch 24 46 1.9 10 1 10/21 W 24-17 at Cincinnati 63,411 Roethlisberger 14 44 3.1 14 0 10/28 W 27-12 Washington 62,371 A. Brown 4 26 6.5 13 0 11/04 W 24-20 at New York Giants 80,991 Wallace 3 8 2.7 13 0 11/12 Kansas City W. Johnson 2 7 3.5 5 0 11/18 Baltimore Suisham 1 -1 -1.0 -1 0 11/25 at Cleveland TEAM 217 839 3.9 34 4 12/02 at Baltimore OPPONENTS 179 709 4.0 64t 5 12/09 San Diego * RECEIVING No. Yds Avg Long TD 12/16 at Dallas A. Brown 42 499 11.9 27 1 12/23 Cincinnati Wallace 39 525 13.5 82t 5 12/30 Cleveland Miller 39 384 9.8 30 6 Pitt. Opp. Sanders 24 302 12.6 31 1 TOTAL FIRST DOWNS 174 138 Redman 12 154 12.8 55 0 Rushing 48 43 Rainey 10 45 4.5 14 0 Passing 114 78 Cotchery 8 92 11.5 24 0 Penalty 12 17 W. Johnson 7 57 8.1 26 1 3rd Down: Made/Att 60/117 39/94 Dwyer 5 32 6.4 12 0 3rd Down Pct. 51.3 41.5 Mendenhall 4 44 11.0 15 1 4th Down: Made/Att 5/9 5/6 B. Batch 4 31 7.8 15 0 4th Down Pct. 55.6 83.3 Paulson 4 30 7.5 8 0 POSSESSION AVG. 34:40 25:20 Pope 2 8 4.0 7 1 TOTAL NET YARDS 2938 2101 TEAM 200 2203 11.0 82t 16 Avg. Per Game 367.3 262.6 OPPONENTS 138 1472 10.7 71t 11 Total Plays 534 441 * INTERCEPTIONS No. Yds Avg Long TD Avg. Per Play 5.5 4.8 Clark 1 26 26.0 26 0 NET YARDS RUSHING 839 709 Woodley 1 11 11.0 11 0 Avg. Per Game 104.9 88.6 Timmons 1 4 4.0 4 0 Total Rushes 217 179 Taylor 1 3 3.0 3 0 NET YARDS PASSING 2099 1392 TEAM 4 44 11.0 26 0 Avg. Per Game 262.4 174.0 OPPONENTS 4 50 12.5 43t 1 Sacked/Yards Lost 18/104 14/80 * PUNTING No. Yds Avg Net TB In Lg B Gross Yards 2203 1472 Butler 27 1174 43.5 37.9 1 13 58 1 Att./Completions 299/200 248/138 Roethlisberger 1 26 26.0 26.0 0 1 26 0 Completion Pct. 66.9 55.6 TEAM 29 1200 41.4 37.4 1 14 58 1 Had Intercepted 4 4 OPPONENTS 35 1653 47.2 39.1 4 8 61 0 PUNTS/AVERAGE 29/41.4 35/47.2 * PUNT RETURNS Ret FC Yds Avg Long TD NET PUNTING AVG. 29/37.4 35/39.1 A. Brown 15 2 107 7.1 23 0 PENALTIES/YARDS 55/585 42/332 Sanders 3 0 76 25.3 63 0 FUMBLES/BALL LOST 11/4 10/4 Rainey 2 0 20 10.0 13 0 TOUCHDOWNS 20 18 TEAM 20 2 203 10.2 63 0 Rushing 4 5 OPPONENTS 11 8 94 8.5 27 0 Passing 16 11 * KICKOFF RETURNS No. Yds Avg Long TD Returns 0 2 Rainey 20 581 29.1 68 0 * SCORE BY PERIODS Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 OT PTS W. Johnson 1 8 8.0 8 0 TEAM 40 64 37 50 0 191 Sanders 1 27 27.0 27 0 OPPONENTS 27 54 33 50 0 164 TEAM 22 616 28.0 68 0 * SCORING TD-Ru-Pa-Rt K-PAT FG S PTS OPPONENTS 27 726 26.9 51 0 Suisham 0 0 0 0 18/18 17/18 0 69 * FIELD GOALS 1-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50+ Miller 6 0 6 0 0 38 Suisham 0/ 0 5/ 5 5/ 5 6/ 6 1/2 Wallace 5 0 5 0 0 30 TEAM 0/ 0 5/ 5 5/ 5 6/ 6 1/2 Redman 2 2 0 0 0 12 OPPONENTS 0/ 0 3/ 3 3/ 3 6/ 6 1/2 B. Batch 1 1 0 0 0 6 Suisham: (21G,35G)(45G,45G)(33G)(20G,34G,34G) A. Brown 1 0 1 0 0 6 (29G,28G,52G,54N)(42G,47G,42G)(48G,27G)(30G) W. Johnson 1 0 1 0 0 6 OPP: (26G)(38G)(32G,43G)()(22G,38G,47G,40G)(48G) Mendenhall 1 0 1 0 0 6 (48G,45G)(51N,50G,23G) Pope 1 0 1 0 0 6 Rainey 1 1 0 0 0 6 Sanders 1 0 1 0 0 6 TEAM 20 4 16 0 18/18 17/18 0 191 OPPONENTS 18 5 11 2 15/16 13/14 0 164 2-Pt Conv: Miller, TM 1-2, OPP 1-2 SACKS: Foote 3, Woodley 3, Worilds 3, Harrison 1, Heyward 1, Hood 1, McLendon 1, Timmons 1, TM 14, OPP 18 FUM/LOST: Roethlisberger 4/2, A. Brown 2/1, Dwyer 1/1, Mendenhall 1/0, Pouncey 1/0, Rainey 1/0, Wallace 1/0 * PASSING Att Cmp Yds Cmp% Yds/Att TD TD% Int Int% Long Sack/Lost Rating Roethlisberger 298 200 2203 67.1 7.39 16 5.4 4 1.3 82t 17/ 97 101.1 A. Brown 1 0 0 0.0 0.00 0 0.0 0 0.0 --- 0/ 0 39.6 Sanders 0 0 0 --- --- 0 --- 0 --- --- 1/ 7 --- TEAM 299 200 2203 66.9 7.37 16 5.4 4 1.3 82t 18/ 104 100.8 OPPONENTS 248 138 1472 55.6 5.94 11 4.4 4 1.6 71t 14/ 80 81.3

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Sacks/ Int./ SPECIAL TEAMS STATISTICS Player U A Tot Yds. QP Yards PD FF FR U A Tot FF FR BL Foote 45 11 56 3/24 4 0/0 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 Timmons 36 18 54 1/11 11 1/4 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Clark 39 7 46 0/0 0 1/26 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Lewis 25 6 31 0/0 0 0/0 15 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 Taylor 20 7 27 0/0 0 1/3 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Mundy 22 4 26 0/0 0 0/0 0 0 0 2 3 5 0 1 0 Keisel 13 10 23 0/0 17 0/0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 W. Allen 13 9 22 0/0 0 0/0 5 1 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 Harrison 16 4 20 1/8 6 0/0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Woodley 17 2 19 3/13 10 1/11 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 Worilds 13 1 14 3/19 5 0/0 0 0 0 4 0 4 0 0 0 Hood 7 6 13 1/0 6 0/0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 C. Allen 10 2 12 0/0 0 0/0 4 0 0 2 2 4 0 0 0 Polamalu 7 4 11 0/0 0 0/0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Hampton 5 4 9 0/0 4 0/0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Heyward 5 2 7 1/3 0 0/0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Carter 2 4 6 0/0 2 0/0 0 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 McLendon 2 1 3 1/2 3 0/0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 C. Brown 2 1 3 0/0 0 0/0 0 0 0 8 2 10 0 0 0 Woods 1 1 2 0/0 1 0/0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 B. Johnson 1 0 1 0/0 0 0/0 0 0 0 3 2 5 0 0 0 B. Batch 0 0 0 0/0 0 0/0 0 0 0 3 0 3 0 0 0 Paulson 0 0 0 0/0 0 0/0 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 Van Dyke 0 0 0 0/0 0 0/0 0 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 Golden 0 0 0 0/0 0 0/0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 Warren 0 0 0 0/0 0 0/0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 Rainey 0 0 0 0/0 0 0/0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 Suisham 0 0 0 0/0 0 0/0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 TOTALS 301 104 405 14/80 69 4/44 41 8 3 31 13 44 0 1 1 OPPONENTS 342 186 528 18/104 29 4/50 34 7 4 38 7 45 0 0 1

2012 PITTSBURGH STEELERS REGULAR-SEASON DEFENSIVE/SPECIAL TEAMS STATISTICS

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2012 PITTSBURGH STEELERS DEPTH CHART

OFFENSE

DEFENSE

DE 96 ZIGGY HOOD (6-3, 300, 4) 65 Al Woods (6-4, 307, 3)

NT 98 CASEY HAMPTON (6-1, 325, 12) 90 Steve McLendon (6-4, 280, 3) 95 Alameda Ta’amu (6-2, 348, R)

DE 99 BRETT KEISEL (6-5, 285, 11) 97 Cameron Heyward (6-5, 288, 2)

LOLB 56 LAMARR WOODLEY (6-2, 265, 6) 93 Jason Worilds (6-2, 262, 3)

LILB 50 LARRY FOOTE (6-1, 239, 11) 55 Stevenson Sylvester (6-2, 231, 3)

RILB 94 LAWRENCE TIMMONS (6-1, 234, 6) 91 Brandon Johnson (6-5, 245, 7)

ROLB 92 JAMES HARRISON (6-0, 242, 9) 54 Chris Carter (6-1, 248, 2) 57 Adrian Robinson (6-1, 250, R)

LCB 23 KEENAN LEWIS (6-0, 208, 4) 28 Cortez Allen (6-1, 196, 2) 30 DeMarcus Van Dyke (6-1, 187, 2)

FS 25 RYAN CLARK (5-11, 205, 11) 29 Ryan Mundy (6-1, 209, 4) 21 Robert Golden (5-11, 202, R)

SS 43 TROY POLAMALU (5-10, 207, 10) 26 Will Allen (6-1, 200, 9)

RCB 24 IKE TAYLOR (6-2, 195, 10) 31 Curtis Brown (6-0, 185, 2) 30 DeMarcus Van Dyke (6-1, 187, 2)

SPECIAL TEAMS

P 9 DREW BUTLER (6-1, 204, R)

PK 6 SHAUN SUISHAM (6-0, 200, 8)

LS 60 GREG WARREN (6-3, 252, 8)

H 9 DREW BUTLER (6-1, 204, R)

KR 22 CHRIS RAINEY (5-8, 178, R) 88 Emmanuel Sanders (5-11, 180, 3)

PR 22 CHRIS RAINEY (5-8, 178, R) 84 Antonio Brown (5-10, 186, 3)

Rookie

WR 17 MIKE WALLACE (6-0, 199, 4) 88 Emmanuel Sanders (5-11, 180, 3)

LT 78 MAX STARKS (6-8, 345, 9) 76 Mike Adams (6-7, 323, R)

LG 74 WILLIE COLON (6-3, 315, 7) 68 Kelvin Beachum (6-3, 306, R)

C 53 MAURKICE POUNCEY (6-4, 304, 3) 64 Doug Legursky (6-1, 315, 4)

RG 73 RAMON FOSTER (6-6, 325, 4) 68 Kelvin Beachum (6-3, 306, R)

RT 77 MARCUS GILBERT (6-6, 330, 2) 76 Mike Adams (6-7, 323, R)

TE 83 HEATH MILLER (6-5, 256, 8) 45 Leonard Pope (6-8, 264, 7) 81 David Paulson (6-4, 241, R)

RB 34 RASHARD MENDENHALL (5-10, 225, 5) 33 Isaac Redman (6-0, 230, 3) 27 Jonathan Dwyer (5-11, 229, 3)

20 Baron Batch (5-10, 210, 2) 22 Chris Rainey (5-8, 178, R)

FB 46 WILL JOHNSON (6-2, 238, 1)

QB 7 BEN ROETHLISBERGER (6-5, 241, 9) 4 Byron Leftwich (6-5, 250, 10) 16 Charlie Batch (6-2, 216, 15)

WR 84 ANTONIO BROWN (5-10, 186, 3) 89 Jerricho Cotchery (6-1, 200, 9)

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NO NAME POS HT WT DOB AGE EXP COLLEGE BIRTHPLACE HOW ACQ 2012 GP/GS76 Adams, Mike OT 6-7 323 03/10/90 22 R Ohio State Farrell, PA D2 '12 7/3

28 Allen, Cortez CB 6-1 196 10/29/88 24 2 The Citadel Ocala, FL D4 '11 8/0

26 Allen, Will S 6-1 200 06/17/82 30 9 Ohio State Dayton, OH FA '10 8/4

20 Batch, Baron RB 5-10 210 12/21/87 24 2 Texas Tech Midland, TX D7 '11 8/0

16 Batch, Charlie QB 6-2 216 12/05/74 37 15 Eastern Michigan Homestead, PA FA '02 0/0

68 Beachum, Kelvin G 6-3 303 06/08/89 23 R SMU Mexia, TX D7d '12 1/0

84 Brown, Antonio WR 5-10 186 07/10/88 24 3 Central Michigan Miami, FL D6b '10 8/6

31 Brown, Curtis CB 6-0 185 09/24/88 24 2 Texas Longview, TX D3 '11 8/0

9 Butler, Drew P 6-1 204 05/10/89 23 R Georgia Duluth, GA FA '12 8/0

54 Carter, Chris LB 6-1 248 04/06/89 23 2 Fresno State Fontana, CA D5 '11 7/3

25 Clark, Ryan S 5-11 205 10/12/79 33 11 LSU Marrero, LA UFA '06 (Was) 7/7

74 Colon, Willie G 6-3 315 04/09/83 29 7 Hofstra Bronx, NY D4a '06 8/8

89 Cotchery, Jerricho WR 6-1 200 06/16/82 30 9 North Carolina State Birmingham, AL FA '11 7/0

27 Dwyer, Jonathan RB 5-11 229 07/26/89 23 3 Georgia Tech Marietta, GA D6a '10 5/2

50 Foote, Larry LB 6-1 239 06/12/80 32 11 Michigan Detroit, MI FA '10 8/8

73 Foster, Ramon G 6-6 325 01/07/86 26 4 Tennessee Henning, TN FA '09 8/8

77 Gilbert, Marcus OT 6-6 330 02/15/88 24 2 Florida Fort Lauderdale, FL D2 '11 5/5

21 Golden, Robert S 5-11 202 09/13/90 22 R Arizona Fresno, CA FA '12 7/0

98 Hampton, Casey NT 6-1 325 09/03/77 35 12 Texas Galveston, TX D1 '01 8/8

92 Harrison, James LB 6-0 242 05/04/78 34 9 Kent State Akron, OH FA '04 5/5

97 Heyward, Cameron DE 6-5 288 05/06/89 23 2 Ohio State Pittsburgh, PA D1 '11 8/0

96 Hood, Ziggy DE 6-3 300 02/16/87 25 4 Missouri Amarillo, TX D1 '09 8/8

91 Johnson, Brandon LB 6-5 245 04/05/83 29 7 Louisville Birmingham, AL FA '12 6/0

46 Johnson, Will FB 6-2 238 11/14/89 22 1 West Virginia Dayton, OH FA '12 8/3

99 Keisel, Brett DE 6-5 285 09/19/78 34 11 Brigham Young Greybull, WY D7b '02 8/8

4 Leftwich, Byron QB 6-5 250 01/14/80 32 10 Marshall Washington, D.C. T '10 (T.B.) 0/0

64 Legursky, Doug C/G 6-1 315 06/09/86 26 4 Marshall Frankfurt, Germany FA '08 8/1

23 Lewis, Keenan CB 6-0 208 05/17/86 26 4 Oregon State New Orleans, LA D3c '09 8/8

90 McLendon, Steve NT 6-4 280 01/03/86 26 3 Troy Ozark, AL FA '09 8/0

34 Mendenhall, Rashard RB 5-10 225 06/19/87 25 4 Illinois Skokie, IL D1 '08 2/2

83 Miller, Heath TE 6-5 256 10/22/82 30 8 Virginia Swords Creek, VA D1 '05 8/8

29 Mundy, Ryan S 6-1 209 02/11/85 27 4 West Virginia Pittsburgh, PA D6b '08 8/3

81 Paulson, David TE 6-4 246 02/22/89 23 R Oregon Auburn, WA D7b '12 8/3

43 Polamalu, Troy S 5-10 207 04/19/81 31 10 Southern California Santa Ana, CA D1 '03 2/2

45 Pope, Leonard TE 6-8 264 09/10/83 29 7 Georgia Americus, GA FA '12 8/2

53 Pouncey, Maurkice C 6-4 304 07/24/89 23 3 Florida Lakeland, FL D1 '10 7/7

22 Rainey, Chris RB 5-9 180 03/02/88 24 R Florida Lakeland, FL D5 '12 8/0

33 Redman, Isaac RB 6-0 230 11/10/84 28 3 Bowie State Paulsboro, NJ FA '09 6/4

57 Robinson, Adrian LB 6-1 250 11/21/89 22 R Temple Harrisburg, PA FA '12 6/0

7 Roethlisberger, Ben QB 6-5 241 03/02/82 30 9 Miami (OH) Cory Rawson, OH D1 '04 8/8

88 Sanders, Emmanuel WR 5-11 180 03/17/87 25 3 SMU Bellville, TX D3 '10 8/2

78 Starks, Max OT 6-8 345 01/10/82 30 9 Florida Orlando, FL FA '12 8/8

6 Suisham, Shaun K 6-0 200 12/29/81 30 8 Bowling Green Wallaceburg, Ontario FA '10 8/0

55 Sylvester, Stevenson LB 6-2 231 07/18/88 24 3 Utah Las Vegas, NV D5c '10 4/0

95 Ta'amu, Alameda NT 6-3 348 08/23/90 22 R Washington Kent, WA D4 '12 0/0

24 Taylor, Ike CB 6-2 195 05/05/80 32 10 LA-Lafayette Gretna, LA D4 '03 8/8

94 Timmons, Lawrence LB 6-1 234 05/14/86 26 6 Florida State Florence, SC D1 '07 8/8

30 Van Dyke, DeMarcus CB 6-1 187 01/17/89 23 2 Miami Miami, FL FA '12 7/0

17 Wallace, Mike WR 6-0 199 08/01/86 26 4 Mississippi New Orleans, LA D3b '09 8/8

60 Warren, Greg LS 6-3 252 10/18/81 31 8 North Carolina Goldsboro, NC FA '05 8/0

56 Woodley, LaMarr LB 6-2 265 11/03/84 28 6 Michigan Saginaw, MI D2 '07 7/7

65 Woods, Al DE 6-4 307 03/25/87 25 3 LSU Jennings, LA FA '11 8/0

93 Worilds, Jason LB 6-2 262 03/03/88 24 3 Virginia Tech Carteret, NJ D2 '10 8/1

PRACTICE SQUAD11 Clemons, Toney WR 6-2 210 10/11/88 24 R Colorado Pittsburgh, PA D7a '12 0/0

42 Cromartie-Smith, Damon S 6-2 203 02/19/87 25 1 UTEP Riverside, CA FA '10 1/0

18 Gilreath, David WR 5-10 169 12/11/88 23 1 Wisconsin New Hope, MN FA '12 0/0

69 Lee, Ryan C/G 6-3 308 10/16/88 24 R Furman Carrollton, GA FA '12 0/0

62 Malecki, John G 6-2 298 05/26/88 24 1 Pittsburgh Murrysville, PA FA '11 0/0

80 McCoy, Jamie TE 6-3 240 07/21/87 25 1 Texas A&M Midland, TX FA '11 0/0

40 McFadden, Marshall LB 6-1 233 08/04/86 26 1 South Carolina State Lamar, SC FA '12 0/0

35 Victorian, Josh CB 5-10 190 07/10/88 24 1 Louisiana Tech New Orleans, LA FA '12 0/0

RESERVE/INJURED LIST; DESIGNATED FOR RETURN66 DeCastro, David G 6-5 316 01/11/90 22 R Stanford Bellevue, WA D1 '12 0/0

RESERVE/INJURED LIST51 Spence, Sean LB 5-11 231 06/07/90 22 R Miami Miami, FL D3 '12 0/0

Head Coach: Mike Tomlin

Assistant Coaches:

PITTSBURGH STEELERS 2012 ALPHABETICAL ROSTER

Experience Includes 2012 Season

Number of Players on Active Roster: 53

John Mitchell (asst head coach/defensive line); Dick LeBeau (defensive coordinator); Todd Haley (offensive

coordinator); Randy Fichtner (quarterbacks); Keith Butler (linebackers); James Daniel (tight ends); Scottie

Montgomery (wide receivers); Carnell Lake (defensive backs); Amos Jones (special teams coach); Sean

Kugler (offensive line); Shaun Sarrett (offensive asst); Jerry Olsavsky (defensive asst); Kirby Wilson

(running backs); Garrett Giemont (strength and conditioning); Marcel Pastoor (asst strength and

conditioning).

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NO NAME POS HT WT DOB AGE EXP COLLEGE BIRTHPLACE HOW ACQ 2012 GP/GS4 Byron Leftwich QB 6-5 250 01/14/80 32 10 Marshall Washington, D.C. T '10 (T.B.) 0/0

6 Shaun Suisham K 6-0 200 12/29/81 30 8 Bowling Green Wallaceburg, Ontario FA '10 8/0

7 Ben Roethlisberger QB 6-5 241 03/02/82 30 9 Miami (OH) Cory Rawson, OH D1 '04 8/8

9 Drew Butler P 6-1 204 05/10/89 23 R Georgia Duluth, GA FA '12 8/0

16 Charlie Batch QB 6-2 216 12/05/74 37 15 Eastern Michigan Homestead, PA FA '02 0/0

17 Mike Wallace WR 6-0 199 08/01/86 26 4 Mississippi New Orleans, LA D3b '09 8/8

20 Baron Batch RB 5-10 210 12/21/87 24 2 Texas Tech Midland, TX D7 '11 8/0

21 Robert Golden S 5-11 202 09/13/90 22 R Arizona Fresno, CA FA '12 7/0

22 Chris Rainey RB 5-8 178 03/02/88 24 R Florida Lakeland, FL D5 '12 8/0

23 Keenan Lewis CB 6-0 208 05/17/86 26 4 Oregon State New Orleans, LA D3c '09 8/8

24 Ike Taylor CB 6-2 195 05/05/80 32 10 LA-Lafayette Gretna, LA D4 '03 8/8

25 Ryan Clark S 5-11 205 10/12/79 33 11 LSU Marrero, LA UFA '06 (Was) 7/7

26 Will Allen S 6-1 200 06/17/82 30 9 Ohio State Dayton, OH FA '10 8/4

27 Jonathan Dwyer RB 5-11 229 07/26/89 23 3 Georgia Tech Marietta, GA D6a '10 5/2

28 Cortez Allen CB 6-1 196 10/29/88 24 2 The Citadel Ocala, FL D4 '11 8/0

29 Ryan Mundy S 6-1 209 02/11/85 27 4 West Virginia Pittsburgh, PA D6b '08 8/3

30 DeMarcus Van Dyke CB 6-1 187 01/17/89 23 2 Miami Miami, FL FA '12 7/0

31 Curtis Brown CB 6-0 185 09/24/88 24 2 Texas Longview, TX D3 '11 8/0

33 Isaac Redman RB 6-0 230 11/10/84 28 3 Bowie State Paulsboro, NJ FA '09 6/4

34 Rashard Mendenhall RB 5-10 225 06/19/87 25 5 Illinois Skokie, IL D1 '08 2/2

43 Troy Polamalu S 5-10 207 04/19/81 31 10 Southern California Santa Ana, CA D1 '03 2/2

45 Leonard Pope TE 6-8 264 09/10/83 29 7 Georgia Americus, GA FA '12 8/2

46 Will Johnson FB 6-2 238 11/14/88 23 1 West Virginia Dayton, OH FA '12 8/3

50 Larry Foote LB 6-1 239 06/12/80 32 11 Michigan Detroit, MI FA '10 8/8

53 Maurkice Pouncey C 6-4 304 07/24/89 23 3 Florida Lakeland, FL D1 '10 7/7

54 Chris Carter LB 6-1 248 04/06/89 23 2 Fresno State Fontana, CA D5 '11 7/3

55 Stevenson Sylvester LB 6-2 231 07/18/88 24 3 Utah Las Vegas, NV D5c '10 4/0

56 LaMarr Woodley LB 6-2 265 11/03/84 28 6 Michigan Saginaw, MI D2 '07 7/7

57 Adrian Robinson LB 6-1 250 11/21/89 22 R Temple Harrisburg, PA FA '12 6/0

60 Greg Warren LS 6-3 252 10/18/81 31 8 North Carolina Goldsboro, NC FA '05 8/0

64 Doug Legursky C/G 6-1 315 06/09/86 26 4 Marshall Frankfurt, Germany FA '08 8/1

65 Al Woods DE 6-4 307 03/25/87 25 3 LSU Jennings, LA FA '11 8/0

68 Kelvin Beachum G 6-3 306 06/08/89 23 R SMU Mexia, TX D7d '12 1/0

73 Ramon Foster G 6-6 325 01/07/86 26 4 Tennessee Henning, TN FA '09 8/8

74 Willie Colon G 6-3 315 04/09/83 29 7 Hofstra Bronx, NY D4a '06 8/8

76 Mike Adams OT 6-7 323 03/10/90 22 R Ohio State Farrell, PA D2 '12 7/3

77 Marcus Gilbert OT 6-6 330 02/15/88 24 2 Florida Fort Lauderdale, FL D2 '11 5/5

78 Max Starks OT 6-8 345 01/10/82 30 9 Florida Orlando, FL FA '12 8/8

81 David Paulson TE 6-4 241 02/22/89 23 R Oregon Auburn, WA D7b '12 8/3

83 Heath Miller TE 6-5 256 10/22/82 30 8 Virginia Swords Creek, VA D1 '05 8/8

84 Antonio Brown WR 5-10 186 07/10/88 24 3 Central Michigan Miami, FL D6b '10 8/6

88 Emmanuel Sanders WR 5-11 180 03/17/87 25 3 SMU Bellville, TX D3 '10 8/2

89 Jerricho Cotchery WR 6-1 200 06/16/82 30 9 North Carolina State Birmingham, AL FA '11 7/0

90 Steve McLendon NT 6-4 280 01/03/86 26 3 Troy Ozark, AL FA '09 8/0

91 Brandon Johnson LB 6-5 245 04/05/83 29 7 Louisville Birmingham, AL FA '12 6/0

92 James Harrison LB 6-0 242 05/04/78 34 9 Kent State Akron, OH FA '04 5/5

93 Jason Worilds LB 6-2 262 03/03/88 24 3 Virginia Tech Carteret, NJ D2 '10 8/1

94 Lawrence Timmons LB 6-1 234 05/14/86 26 6 Florida State Florence, SC D1 '07 8/8

95 Alameda Ta'amu NT 6-2 348 08/23/90 22 R Washington Kent, WA D4 '12 0/0

96 Ziggy Hood DE 6-3 300 02/16/87 25 4 Missouri Amarillo, TX D1 '09 8/8

97 Cameron Heyward DE 6-5 288 05/06/89 23 2 Ohio State Pittsburgh, PA D1 '11 8/0

98 Casey Hampton NT 6-1 325 09/03/77 35 12 Texas Galveston, TX D1 '01 8/8

99 Brett Keisel DE 6-5 285 09/19/78 34 11 Brigham Young Greybull, WY D7b '02 8/8

PRACTICE SQUAD11 Toney Clemons WR 6-2 210 10/11/88 24 R Colorado Pittsburgh, PA D7a '12 0/0

18 David Gilreath WR 5-10 169 12/11/88 23 1 Wisconsin New Hope, MN FA '12 0/0

35 Josh Victorian CB 5-10 190 07/10/88 24 1 Louisiana Tech New Orleans, LA FA '12 0/0

40 Marshall McFadden LB 6-1 233 08/04/86 26 1 South Carolina State Lamar, SC FA '12 0/0

42 Damon Cromartie-Smith S 6-2 203 02/19/87 25 1 UTEP Riverside, CA FA '10 1/0

62 John Malecki G 6-2 298 05/26/88 24 1 Pittsburgh Murrysville, PA FA '11 0/0

69 Ryan Lee C/G 6-3 308 10/16/88 24 R Furman Carrollton, GA FA '12 0/0

80 Jamie McCoy TE 6-3 240 07/21/87 25 1 Texas A&M Midland, TX FA '11 0/0

RESERVE/INJURED LIST; DESIGNATED FOR RETURN66 David DeCastro G 6-5 316 01/11/90 22 R Stanford Bellevue, WA D1 '12 0/0

RESERVE/INJURED LIST51 Sean Spence LB 5-11 231 06/07/90 22 R Miami Miami, FL D3 '12 0/0

Head Coach: Mike Tomlin

Assistant Coaches:

PITTSBURGH STEELERS 2012 NUMERICAL ROSTER

Experience Includes 2012 Season

Number of Players on Active Roster: 53

John Mitchell (asst head coach/defensive line); Dick LeBeau (defensive coordinator); Todd Haley (offensive

coordinator); Randy Fichtner (quarterbacks); Keith Butler (linebackers); James Daniel (tight ends); Scottie

Montgomery (wide receivers); Carnell Lake (defensive backs); Amos Jones (special teams coach); Sean

Kugler (offensive line); Shaun Sarrett (offensive asst); Jerry Olsavsky (defensive asst); Kirby Wilson (running

backs); Garrett Giemont (strength and conditioning); Marcel Pastoor (asst strength and conditioning).

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NO NAME POS HT WT DOB AGE EXP COLLEGE BIRTHPLACE HOW ACQ 2012 GP/GS

4 Byron Leftwich QB 6-5 250 01/14/80 32 10 Marshall Washington, D.C. T '10 (T.B.) 0/0

7 Ben Roethlisberger QB 6-5 241 03/02/82 30 9 Miami (OH) Cory Rawson, OH D1 '04 8/8

16 Charlie Batch QB 6-2 216 12/05/74 37 15 Eastern Michigan Homestead, PA FA '02 0/0

20 Baron Batch RB 5-10 210 12/21/87 24 2 Texas Tech Midland, TX D7 '11 8/0

22 Chris Rainey RB 5-8 178 03/02/88 24 R Florida Lakeland, FL D5 '12 8/0

27 Jonathan Dwyer RB 5-11 229 07/26/89 23 3 Georgia Tech Marietta, GA D6a '10 5/2

33 Isaac Redman RB 6-0 230 11/10/84 28 3 Bowie State Paulsboro, NJ FA '09 6/4

34 Rashard Mendenhall RB 5-10 225 06/19/87 25 5 Illinois Skokie, IL D1 '08 2/2

46 Will Johnson FB 6-2 238 11/14/88 23 1 West Virginia Dayton, OH FA '12 8/3

17 Mike Wallace WR 6-0 199 08/01/86 26 4 Mississippi New Orleans, LA D3b '09 8/8

84 Antonio Brown WR 5-10 186 07/10/88 24 3 Central Michigan Miami, FL D6b '10 8/6

88 Emmanuel Sanders WR 5-11 180 03/17/87 25 3 SMU Bellville, TX D3 '10 8/2

89 Jerricho Cotchery WR 6-1 200 06/16/82 30 9 North Carolina State Birmingham, AL FA '11 7/0

45 Leonard Pope TE 6-8 264 09/10/83 29 7 Georgia Americus, GA FA '12 8/2

81 David Paulson TE 6-4 241 02/22/89 23 R Oregon Auburn, WA D7b '12 8/3

83 Heath Miller TE 6-5 256 10/22/82 30 8 Virginia Swords Creek, VA D1 '05 8/8

53 Maurkice Pouncey C 6-4 304 07/24/89 23 3 Florida Lakeland, FL D1 '10 7/7

64 Doug Legursky C/G 6-1 315 06/09/86 26 4 Marshall Frankfurt, Germany FA '08 8/1

68 Kelvin Beachum G 6-3 306 06/08/89 23 R SMU Mexia, TX D7d '12 1/0

73 Ramon Foster G 6-6 325 01/07/86 26 4 Tennessee Henning, TN FA '09 8/8

74 Willie Colon G 6-3 315 04/09/83 29 7 Hofstra Bronx, NY D4a '06 8/8

77 Marcus Gilbert OT 6-6 330 02/15/88 24 2 Florida Fort Lauderdale, FL D2 '11 5/5

76 Mike Adams OT 6-7 323 03/10/90 22 R Ohio State Farrell, PA D2 '12 7/3

78 Max Starks OT 6-8 345 01/10/82 30 9 Florida Orlando, FL FA '12 8/8

9 Drew Butler P 6-1 204 05/10/89 23 R Georgia Duluth, GA FA '12 8/0

6 Shaun Suisham K 6-0 200 12/29/81 30 8 Bowling Green Wallaceburg, Ontario FA '10 8/0

60 Greg Warren LS 6-3 252 10/18/81 31 8 North Carolina Goldsboro, NC FA '05 8/0

65 Al Woods DE 6-4 307 03/25/87 25 3 LSU Jennings, LA FA '11 8/0

90 Steve McLendon NT 6-4 280 01/03/86 26 3 Troy Ozark, AL FA '09 8/0

95 Alameda Ta'amu NT 6-2 348 08/23/90 22 R Washington Kent, WA D4 '12 0/0

96 Ziggy Hood DE 6-3 300 02/16/87 25 4 Missouri Amarillo, TX D1 '09 8/8

97 Cameron Heyward DE 6-5 288 05/06/89 23 2 Ohio State Pittsburgh, PA D1 '11 8/0

98 Casey Hampton NT 6-1 325 09/03/77 35 12 Texas Galveston, TX D1 '01 8/8

99 Brett Keisel DE 6-5 285 09/19/78 34 11 Brigham Young Greybull, WY D7b '02 8/8

50 Larry Foote LB 6-1 239 06/12/80 32 11 Michigan Detroit, MI FA '10 8/8

54 Chris Carter LB 6-1 248 04/06/89 23 2 Fresno State Fontana, CA D5 '11 7/3

55 Stevenson Sylvester LB 6-2 231 07/18/88 24 3 Utah Las Vegas, NV D5c '10 4/0

56 LaMarr Woodley LB 6-2 265 11/03/84 28 6 Michigan Saginaw, MI D2 '07 7/7

57 Adrian Robinson LB 6-1 250 11/21/89 22 R Temple Harrisburg, PA FA '12 6/0

91 Brandon Johnson LB 6-5 245 04/05/83 29 7 Louisville Birmingham, AL FA '12 6/0

92 James Harrison LB 6-0 242 05/04/78 34 9 Kent State Akron, OH FA '04 5/5

93 Jason Worilds LB 6-2 262 05/04/78 34 3 Virginia Tech Carteret, NJ D2 '10 8/1

94 Lawrence Timmons LB 6-1 234 05/14/86 26 6 Florida State Florence, SC D1 '07 8/8

21 Robert Golden S 5-11 202 09/13/90 22 R Arizona Fresno, CA FA '12 7/0

23 Keenan Lewis CB 6-0 208 05/17/86 26 4 Oregon State New Orleans, LA D3c '09 8/8

24 Ike Taylor CB 6-2 195 05/05/80 32 10 LA-Lafayette Gretna, LA D4 '03 8/8

25 Ryan Clark S 5-11 205 10/12/79 33 11 LSU Marrero, LA UFA '06 (Was) 7/7

26 Will Allen S 6-1 200 06/17/82 30 10 Ohio State Dayton, OH FA '10 8/4

28 Cortez Allen CB 6-1 196 10/29/88 24 2 The Citadel Ocala, FL D4 '11 8/0

29 Ryan Mundy S 6-1 209 02/11/85 27 4 West Virginia Pittsburgh, PA D6b '08 8/3

30 DeMarcus Van Dyke CB 6-1 187 01/17/89 23 2 Miami Miami, FL FA '12 7/0

31 Curtis Brown CB 6-0 185 09/24/88 24 2 Texas Longview, TX D3 '11 8/0

43 Troy Polamalu S 5-10 207 04/19/81 31 10 Southern California Santa Ana, CA D1 '03 2/2

PRACTICE SQUAD11 Toney Clemons WR 6-2 210 10/11/88 24 R Colorado Pittsburgh, PA D7a '12 0/0

18 David Gilreath WR 5-10 169 12/11/88 23 1 Wisconsin New Hope, MN FA '12 0/0

35 Josh Victorian CB 5-10 190 07/10/88 24 1 Louisiana Tech New Orleans, LA FA '12 0/0

40 Marshall McFadden LB 6-1 233 08/04/86 26 1 South Carolina State Lamar, SC FA '12 0/0

42 Damon Cromartie-Smith S 6-2 203 02/19/87 25 1 UTEP Riverside, CA FA '10 1/0

62 John Malecki G 6-2 298 05/26/88 24 1 Pittsburgh Murrysville, PA FA '11 0/0

69 Ryan Lee C/G 6-3 308 10/16/88 24 R Furman Carrollton, GA FA '12 0/0

80 Jamie McCoy TE 6-3 240 07/21/87 25 1 Texas A&M Midland, TX FA '11 0/0

RESERVE/INJURED LIST; DESIGNATED FOR RETURN66 David DeCastro G 6-5 316 01/11/90 22 R Stanford Bellevue, WA D1 '12 0/0

RESERVE/INJURED LIST51 Sean Spence LB 5-11 231 06/07/90 22 R Miami Miami, FL D3 '12 0/0

Head Coach: Mike Tomlin

Assistant Coaches:

WIDE RECEIVERS (4)

TIGHT ENDS (3)

PITTSBURGH STEELERS 2012 POSITIONAL ROSTEROFFENSE (27)

QUARTERBACKS (3)

RUNNING BACKS (6)

Experience Includes 2012 Season

Number of Players on Active Roster: 53

John Mitchell (asst head coach/defensive line); Dick LeBeau (defensive coordinator); Todd Haley (offensive

coordinator); Randy Fichtner (quarterbacks); Keith Butler (linebackers); James Daniel (tight ends); Scottie

Montgomery (wide receivers); Carnell Lake (defensive backs); Amos Jones (special teams coach); Sean

Kugler (offensive line); Shaun Sarrett (offensive asst); Jerry Olsavsky (defensive asst); Kirby Wilson (running

backs); Garrett Giemont (strength and conditioning); Marcel Pastoor (asst strength and conditioning).

OFFENSIVE LINEMEN (8)

SPECIALISTS (3)

DEFENSE (26)DEFENSIVE LINEMEN (7)

LINEBACKERS (9)

DEFENSIVE BACKS (10)

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NO NAME POS HT WT DOB AGE EXP COLLEGE BIRTHPLACE HOW ACQ 2012 GP/GS15th YEAR (1)16 Charlie Batch QB 6-2 216 12/05/74 37 15 Eastern Michigan Homestead, PA FA '02 0/0

12th YEAR (1)98 Casey Hampton NT 6-1 325 09/03/77 35 12 Texas Galveston, TX D1 '01 8/8

11th YEAR (3)25 Ryan Clark S 5-11 205 10/12/79 33 11 LSU Marrero, LA UFA '06 (Was) 7/7

50 Larry Foote LB 6-1 239 06/12/80 32 11 Michigan Detroit, MI FA '10 8/8

99 Brett Keisel DE 6-5 285 09/19/78 34 11 Brigham Young Greybull, WY D7b '02 8/8

10th YEAR (3)4 Byron Leftwich QB 6-5 250 01/14/80 32 10 Marshall Washington, D.C. T '10 (T.B.) 0/0

24 Ike Taylor CB 6-2 195 05/05/80 32 10 LA-Lafayette Gretna, LA D4 '03 8/8

43 Troy Polamalu S 5-10 207 04/19/81 31 10 Southern California Santa Ana, CA D1 '03 2/2

9th YEAR (5)7 Ben Roethlisberger QB 6-5 241 03/02/82 30 9 Miami (OH) Cory Rawson, OH D1 '04 8/8

26 Will Allen S 6-1 200 06/17/82 30 9 Ohio State Dayton, OH FA '10 8/4

78 Max Starks OT 6-8 345 01/10/82 30 9 Florida Orlando, FL FA '12 8/8

89 Jerricho Cotchery WR 6-1 200 06/16/82 30 9 North Carolina State Birmingham, AL FA '11 7/0

92 James Harrison LB 6-0 242 05/04/78 34 9 Kent State Akron, OH FA '04 5/5

8th YEAR (3)6 Shaun Suisham K 6-0 200 12/29/81 30 8 Bowling Green Wallaceburg, Ontario FA '10 8/0

60 Greg Warren LS 6-3 252 10/18/81 31 8 North Carolina Goldsboro, NC FA '05 8/0

83 Heath Miller TE 6-5 256 10/22/82 30 8 Virginia Swords Creek, VA D1 '05 8/8

7th YEAR (3)45 Leonard Pope TE 6-8 264 09/10/83 29 7 Georgia Americus, GA FA '12 8/2

74 Willie Colon G 6-3 315 04/09/83 29 7 Hofstra Bronx, NY D4a '06 8/8

91 Brandon Johnson LB 6-5 245 04/05/83 29 7 Louisville Birmingham, AL FA '12 6/0

6th YEAR (2)56 LaMarr Woodley LB 6-2 265 11/03/84 28 6 Michigan Saginaw, MI D2 '07 7/7

94 Lawrence Timmons LB 6-1 234 05/14/86 26 6 Florida State Florence, SC D1 '07 8/8

5th YEAR (1)34 Rashard Mendenhall RB 5-10 225 06/19/87 25 5 Illinois Skokie, IL D1 '08 2/2

4th YEAR (6)17 Mike Wallace WR 6-0 199 08/01/86 26 4 Mississippi New Orleans, LA D3b '09 8/8

23 Keenan Lewis CB 6-0 208 05/17/86 26 4 Oregon State New Orleans, LA D3c '09 8/8

29 Ryan Mundy S 6-1 209 02/11/85 27 4 West Virginia Pittsburgh, PA D6b '08 8/3

64 Doug Legursky C/G 6-1 315 06/09/86 26 4 Marshall Frankfurt, Germany FA '08 8/1

73 Ramon Foster G 6-6 325 01/07/86 26 4 Tennessee Henning, TN FA '09 8/8

96 Ziggy Hood DE 6-3 300 02/16/87 25 4 Missouri Amarillo, TX D1 '09 8/8

3nd YEAR (9) 27 Jonathan Dwyer RB 5-11 229 07/26/89 23 3 Georgia Tech Marietta, GA D6a '10 5/2

33 Isaac Redman RB 6-0 230 11/10/84 28 3 Bowie State Paulsboro, NJ FA '09 6/4

53 Maurkice Pouncey C 6-4 304 07/24/89 23 3 Florida Lakeland, FL D1 '10 7/7

55 Stevenson Sylvester LB 6-2 231 07/18/88 24 3 Utah Las Vegas, NV D5c '10 4/0

65 Al Woods DE 6-4 307 03/25/87 25 3 LSU Jennings, LA FA '11 8/0

84 Antonio Brown WR 5-10 186 07/10/88 24 3 Central Michigan Miami, FL D6b '10 8/6

88 Emmanuel Sanders WR 5-11 180 03/17/87 25 3 SMU Bellville, TX D3 '10 8/2

90 Steve McLendon NT 6-4 280 01/03/86 26 3 Troy Ozark, AL FA '09 8/0

93 Jason Worilds LB 6-2 262 03/03/88 24 3 Virginia Tech Carteret, NJ D2 '10 8/1

2nd YEAR (7)20 Baron Batch RB 5-10 210 12/21/87 24 2 Texas Tech Midland, TX D7 '11 8/0

28 Cortez Allen CB 6-1 196 10/29/88 24 2 The Citadel Ocala, FL D4 '11 8/0

30 DeMarcus Van Dyke CB 6-1 187 01/17/89 23 2 Miami Miami, FL FA '12 7/0

31 Curtis Brown CB 6-0 185 09/24/88 24 2 Texas Longview, TX D3 '11 8/0

54 Chris Carter LB 6-1 248 04/06/89 23 2 Fresno State Fontana, CA D5 '11 7/3

77 Marcus Gilbert OT 6-6 330 02/15/88 24 2 Florida Fort Lauderdale, FL D2 '11 5/5

97 Cameron Heyward DE 6-5 288 05/06/89 23 2 Ohio State Pittsburgh, PA D1 '11 8/0

1st YEAR (1)46 Will Johnson FB 6-2 238 11/14/89 22 1 West Virginia Dayton, OH FA '12 8/3

Rookies (8)9 Drew Butler P 6-1 204 05/10/89 23 R Georgia Duluth, GA FA '12 8/0

21 Robert Golden S 5-11 202 09/13/90 22 R Arizona Fresno, CA FA '12 7/0

22 Chris Rainey RB 5-8 178 03/02/88 24 R Florida Lakeland, FL D5 '12 8/0

57 Adrian Robinson LB 6-1 250 11/21/89 22 R Temple Harrisburg, PA FA '12 6/0

68 Kelvin Beachum G 6-3 306 06/08/89 23 R SMU Mexia, TX D7d '12 1/0

76 Mike Adams OT 6-7 323 03/10/90 22 R Ohio State Farrell, PA D2 '12 7/3

81 David Paulson TE 6-4 241 02/22/89 23 R Oregon Auburn, WA D7b '12 8/3

95 Alameda Ta'amu NT 6-2 348 08/23/90 22 R Washington Kent, WA D4 '12 0/0

PRACTICE SQUAD11 Toney Clemons WR 6-2 210 10/11/88 24 R Colorado Pittsburgh, PA D7a '12 0/0

18 David Gilreath WR 5-10 169 12/11/88 23 1 Wisconsin New Hope, MN FA '12 0/0

35 Josh Victorian CB 5-10 190 07/10/88 24 1 Louisiana Tech New Orleans, LA FA '12 0/0

40 Marshall McFadden LB 6-1 233 08/04/86 26 1 South Carolina State Lamar, SC FA '12 0/0

42 Damon Cromartie-Smith S 6-2 203 02/19/87 25 1 UTEP Riverside, CA FA '10 1/0

62 John Malecki G 6-2 298 05/26/88 24 1 Pittsburgh Murrysville, PA FA '11 0/0

69 Ryan Lee C/G 6-3 308 10/16/88 24 R Furman Carrollton, GA FA '12 0/0

80 Jamie McCoy TE 6-3 240 07/21/87 25 1 Texas A&M Midland, TX FA '11 0/0

RESERVE/INJURED LIST; DESIGNATED FOR RETURN66 David DeCastro G 6-5 316 01/11/90 22 R Stanford Bellevue, WA D1 '12 0/0

RESERVE/INJURED LIST51 Sean Spence LB 5-11 231 06/07/90 22 R Miami Miami, FL D3 '12 0/0

Head Coach: Mike Tomlin

Assistant Coaches:

PITTSBURGH STEELERS 2012 ROSTER BY EXPERIENCE

Experience Includes 2012 Season

Number of Players on Active Roster: 53

John Mitchell (asst head coach/defensive line); Dick LeBeau (defensive coordinator); Todd Haley

(offensive coordinator); Randy Fichtner (quarterbacks); Keith Butler (linebackers); James Daniel (tight

ends); Scottie Montgomery (wide receivers); Carnell Lake (defensive backs); Amos Jones (special teams

coach); Sean Kugler (offensive line); Shaun Sarrett (offensive asst); Jerry Olsavsky (defensive asst);

Kirby Wilson (running backs); Garrett Giemont (strength and conditioning); Marcel Pastoor (asst strength

and conditioning).

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2012 ROSTER MOVES

Date Pos. Name Transaction 1/18 OG John Malecki Re-signed 1/18 TE Jamie McCoy Re-signed 1/18 OT Chris Scott Re-signed 1/18 OT Trevis Turner Re-signed 1/18 DE Corbin Bryant Re-signed 1/18 QB Jerrod Johnson Signed Contract 1/18 DT Mike Blanc Signed Contract 1/18 DT Kade Weston Signed Contract 1/18 LB Marshall McFadden Signed Contract 1/18 CB Antonio Smith Signed Contract 1/20 QB Troy Smith Signed Contract 1/20 CB Walter McFadden Signed Contract 1/20 WR David Gilreath Signed Contract 1/20 WR Derrick Williams Signed Contract 1/20 WR Tyler Beiler Signed Contract 1/20 WR Jimmy Young Signed Contract 1/26 NT Chris Hoke Retired 2/7 Coach Todd Haley Signed Contract 2/7 TE Weslye Saunders Suspended NFL (First four games) 2/8 WR Arnaz Battle Released 2/8 CB Bryant McFadden Released 2/8 S Myron Rolle Signed Contract 2/8 LB Brandon Hicks Signed Contract 2/8 WR Juamorris Stewart Signed Contract 2/29 WR Hines Ward Released 3/2 LB James Farrior Released 3/2 DE Aaron Smith Released 3/3 OG Chris Kemoeatu Released 3/21 TE Wes Lyons Signed Contract 3/21 FB Will Johnson Signed Contract 4/7 OG Ramon Foster Signed Tender 4/10 TE Leonard Pope Signed Contract 4/11 WR Jerricho Cotchery Re-signed 4/12 OG Trai Essex Re-signed 4/12 C Doug Legursky Signed Tender 4/12 TE David Johnson Signed Tender 4/16 S Ryan Mundy Signed Tender 4/16 CB Keenan Lewis Signed Tender 4/16 QB Charlie Batch Re-signed 4/26 QB Byron Leftwich Re-signed 4/26 OG David DeCastro Drafted 4/27 OT Mike Adams Drafted 4/27 LB Sean Spence Drafted 4/28 DT Alameda Ta’amu Drafted 4/28 RB Chris Rainey Drafted 4/28 WR Toney Clemons Drafted 4/28 TE David Paulson Drafted 4/28 CB Terrence Frederick Drafted 4/28 OG Kelvin Beachum Drafted 4/28 P Drew Butler Signed Contract 4/28 CB Terry Carter Signed Contract 4/28 WR Connor Dixon Signed Contract 4/28 S Robert Golden Signed Contract 4/28 DE Ikponmwosa Igbinosun Signed Contract 4/28 C/G Ryan Lee Signed Contract 4/28 LB Brandon Lindsey Signed Contract 4/28 WR Marquis Maze Signed Contract 4/28 K Grant Ressel Signed Contract 4/28 LB Adrian Robinson Signed Contract 4/28 OT Desmond Stapleton Signed Contract 4/28 DE Jake Stoller Signed Contract 5/2 RB Chad Spann Released 5/2 CB Antonio Smith Released 5/7 K Grant Ressel Released 5/17 OT Kyle Jolly Signed Contract 5/17 K Daniel Hrapmann Signed Contract 5/18 OT Trevis Turner Released 5/18 CB Andre Freeman Signed Contract 5/29 LB Sean Spence Signed Contract 6/13 LB Brandon Johnson Signed Contract

Date Pos. Name Transaction 6/13 LS Matt Katula Signed Contract 6/13 WR Connor Dixon Waived/Injured List 6/13 TE Wes Lyons Released 6/28 LB Ryan Baker Signed Contract 6/28 LB Brandon Lindsey Released 7/17 OT Max Starks Re-Signed 7/19 OT Jonathan Scott Released 7/23 G Bridger Buche Signed Contract 7/24 G David DeCastro Signed Contract 7/27 WR Antonio Brown Signed Contract Extension 7/31 G Bridger Buche Released 7/31 WR Paul Cox Signed Contract 8/1 S Damon Cromartie-Smith Activated from PUP List 8/3 CB Terry Carter Waived/Injured List 8/3 CB Josh Victorian Signed Contract 8/13 TE David Johnson Waived/Injured List 8/13 TE Justin Peelle Signed Contract 8/14 OT Max Starks Activated from PUP List 8/14 RB John Clay Waived/Injured 8/14 RB Jason Ford Signed Contract 8/17 RB Rashard Mendenhall Activated from PUP List 8/17 NT Casey Hampton Activated from PUP List 8/27 LB Ryan Baker Released 8/27 DT Mike Blanc Released 8/27 WR Paul Cox Released 8/27 CB Andre Freeman Released 8/27 K Daniel Hrapmann Released 8/27 LB Mortty Ivy Waived/Injured 8/27 OT Kyle Jolly Released 8/27 LS Matt Katula Released 8/27 TE Jamie McCoy Released 8/27 CB Walter McFadden Released 8/27 TE Justin Peelle Released 8/27 S Myron Rolle Released 8/27 WR Juamorris Stewart Released 8/27 DT Kade Weston Released 8/27 WR Jimmy Young Released 8/27 RB DuJuan Harris Signed Contract 8/28 WR Mike Wallace Signed Tender 8/28 RB Jason Ford Waived/Injured 8/28 LB James Harrison Activated from PUP List 8/28 LB Jason Worilds Activated from PUP List 8/31 LB Sean Spence Reserve/Injured List 8/31 P Jeremy Kapinos Waived/Injured 8/31 OL Trai Essex Released 8/31 S Damon Cromartie-Smith Released 8/31 CB Terrence Frederick Released 8/31 CB Josh Victorian Released 8/31 LB Brandon Hicks Released 8/31 LB Marshall McFadden Released 8/31 DE Corbin Bryant Released 8/31 DE Ikponmwosa Igbinosun Released 8/31 DE Jake Stoller Released 8/31 QB Jerrod Johnson Released 8/31 RB DuJuan Harris Released 8/31 WR Tyler Beiler Released 8/31 WR Tony Clemons Released 8/31 WR David Gilreath Released 8/31 WR Marquis Maze Released 8/31 WR Derrick Williams Released 8/31 OL Ryan Lee Released 8/31 OL John Malecki Released 8/31 OL Chris Scott Released 9/1 OL John Malecki Signed to Practice Squad 9/1 OL Ryan Lee Signed to Practice Squad 9/1 WR David Gilreath Signed to Practice Squad 9/1 WR Toney Clemons Signed to Practice Squad 9/1 TE Jamie McCoy Signed to Practice Squad 9/1 LB Marshall McFadden Signed to Practice Squad 9/1 S Damon Cromartie-Smith Signed to Practice Squad

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9/1 CB Josh Victorian Signed to Practice Squad 9/7 G David DeCastro Reserve/Injured; Designated for Return List 9/7 CB DeMarcus Van Dyke Signed Contract 10/11 TE Weslye Saunders Released 10/16 NT Alameda Ta’amu Reserve/Suspended 10/16 DE Corbin Bryant Signed Contract 10/16 TE Jamie McCoy Released from Practice Squad 10/16 OL Jacques McClendon Signed to Practice Squad 10/20 DE Corbin Bryant Released 10/20 G John Malecki Signed to Active Roster from Practice Squad 10/23 DE Corbin Bryant Signed to Practice Squad 10/27 G John Malecki Released 10/27 S Damon Cromartie-Smith Signed to Active Roster from Practice Squad 10/29 NT Alameda Ta’amu Reinstated from Reserve/Suspended List 10/30 DE Corbin Bryant Released from Practice Squad 10/30 G John Malecki Signed to Practice Squad 10/30 TE Jamie McCoy Signed to Practice Squad 10/31 S Damon Cromartie-Smith Released 11/2 OL Jacques McClendon Released from Practice Squad 11/2 S Damon Cromartie-Smith Signed to Practice Squad

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HOW THE 2012 STEELERS WERE BUILT

Year-Record (Finish) Draft Choices (31) Free Agents (20) Unrestricted Free Agents (1) Trade (1) 2001: 13-3 (1

st AFC Central) DT Casey Hampton (#1)

________________________________________________________________________________________________________2002: 11-5-1 (1

st AFC North) DE Brett Keisel (#7b) QB Charlie Batch FA

_____________________________________________________________________________________________________ 2003: 6-10 (3

rd AFC North) S Troy Polamalu (#1)

CB Ike Taylor (#4)

________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 2004: 15-1 (1

st AFC North) QB Ben Roethlisberger (#1) LB James Harrison FA

________________________________________________________________________________________________________2005: 11-5 (2

nd AFC North) TE Heath Miller (#1) LS Greg Warren FA

________________________________________________________________________________________________________2006: 8-8 (T-2

nd AFC North) G Willie Colon (#4a) S Ryan Clark UFA (Was)

________________________________________________________________________________________________________2007: 10-6 (1

st AFC North) LB Lawrence Timmons (#1)

LB LaMarr Woodley (#2)

________________________________________________________________________________________________________2008: 12-4 (1

st AFC North) RB Rashard Mendenhall (#1) C/G Doug Legursky FA

S Ryan Mundy (#6b)

________________________________________________________________________________________________________2009: 9-7 (3

rd AFC North) DE Ziggy Hood (#1) RB Isaac Redman FA

CB Keenan Lewis (#3c) OT Ramon Foster FA WR Mike Wallace (#3b) DT Steve McLendon FA

________________________________________________________________________________________________________2010: 12-4 (T-1

st AFC North) C Maurkice Pouncey (#1) QB Byron Leftwich T (T.B.)

LB Jason Worilds (#2) S Will Allen FA WR Emmanuel Sanders (#3) K Shaun Suisham FA LB Stevenson Sylvester (#5c) LB Larry Foote FA RB Jonathan Dwyer (#6a)

WR Antonio Brown (#6b)

________________________________________________________________________________________________________2011: 12-4 (T-1

st AFC North) DE Cameron Heyward (#1) DE Al Woods FA

OT Marcus Gilbert (#2) WR Jerricho Cotchery FA CB Curtis Brown (#3)

CB Cortez Allen (#4) LB Chris Carter (#5) RB Baron Batch (#7)

________________________________________________________________________________________________________2012: 5-3 (2

nd AFC North) OT Mike Adams (#2) FB Will Johnson FA

NT Alameda Ta’amu (#4) TE Leonard Pope FA RB Chris Rainey (#5) OT Max Starks FA

TE David Paulson (#7b) LB Adrian Robinson FA G Kelvin Beachum (#7d) S Robert Golden FA P Drew Butler FA LB Brandon Johnson FA CB DeMarcus Van Dyke FA

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2012 STARTING LINEUPS

OFFENSE

Opponent

WR LT LG C RG RT TE WR QB RB FB Preseason

at Philadelphia (8/9) Brown Adams Foster Pouncey DeCastro Gilbert Miller Sanders Roethlisberger Redman W. Johnson INDIANAPOLIS (8/19) Brown Gilbert Colon Pouncey DeCastro Foster Miller Sanders Roethlisberger Dwyer W. Johnson at Buffalo (8/25) Brown Starks Colon Pouncey DeCastro Gilbert Miller Sanders Roethlisberger Redman W. Johnson CAROLINA (8/30) Sanders Starks Colon Legursky Foster Gilbert Pope Cotchery C. Batch Dwyer Rainey

Opponent

WR LT LG C RG RT TE WR QB RB FB Regular Season at Denver (9/9) Brown Starks Colon Pouncey Foster Gilbert Miller Wallace Roethlisberger Redman W. Johnson N.Y. JETS (9/16) Brown Starks Colon Pouncey Foster Gilbert Miller Wallace Roethlisberger Redman Pope (TE) at Oakland (9/23) Paulson(TE) Starks Colon Pouncey Foster Gilbert Miller Wallace Roethlisberger Redman Pope (TE) PHILADELPHIA (10/7) Brown Starks Colon Pouncey Foster Gilbert Miller Wallace Roethlisberger Mendenhall Paulson (TE) at Tennessee (10/11) Brown Starks Colon Pouncey Foster Gilbert Miller Wallace Roethlisberger Mendenhall W. Johnson at Cincinnati (10/21) Brown Starks Colon Legursky Foster Adams Miller Wallace Roethlisberger Dwyer Sanders (WR) WASHINGTON (10/28) Brown Starks Colon Pouncey Foster Adams Miller Wallace Roethlisberger Dwyer Sanders (WR)

at N.Y. Giants (11/4) Paulson(TE) Starks Colon Pouncey Foster Adams Miller Wallace Roethlisberger Redman W. Johnson

KANSAS CITY (11/12) BALTIMORE (11/18) at Cleveland (11/25) at Baltimore (12/2) SAN DIEGO (12/9) at Dallas (12/16) CINCINNATI (12/23) CLEVELAND (12/30)

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DEFENSE

Opponent

LE NT RE LOLB LILB RILB ROLB LCB RCB SS FS

Preseason

at Philadelphia (8/9) Hood McLendon C. Allen (CB) Woodley Foote Timmons Carter Lewis Taylor Polamalu Clark INDIANAPOLIS (8/19) Hood McLendon Keisel Woodley Foote Timmons Carter Lewis Taylor Polamalu Clark at Buffalo (8/25) Hood McLendon Keisel Woodley Foote Timmons Carter Lewis Taylor Polamalu Clark CAROLINA (8/30) Bryant Hampton Heyward Robinson Foote Timmons Carter Lewis C. Allen Mundy W. Allen

Opponent

LE NT RE LOLB LILB RILB ROLB LCB RCB SS FS Regular Season at Denver (9/9) Hood Hampton Keisel Woodley Foote Timmons Carter Lewis Taylor Polamalu Mundy N.Y. JETS (9/16) Hood Hampton Keisel Woodley Foote Timmons Carter Lewis Taylor Mundy Clark at Oakland (9/23) Hood Hampton Keisel Woodley Foote Timmons Carter Lewis Taylor Mundy Clark PHILADELPHIA (10/7) Hood Hampton Keisel Woodley Foote Timmons Harrison Lewis Taylor Polamalu Clark at Tennessee (10/11) Hood Hampton Keisel Worilds Foote Timmons Harrison Lewis Taylor W. Allen Clark at Cincinnati (10/21) Hood Hampton Keisel Woodley Foote Timmons Harrison Lewis Taylor W. Allen Clark WASHINGTON (10/28) Hood Hampton Keisel Woodley Foote Timmons Harrison Lewis Taylor W. Allen Clark

at N.Y. Giants (11/4) Hood Hampton Keisel Woodley Foote Timmons Harrison Lewis Taylor W. Allen Clark

KANSAS CITY (11/12) BALTIMORE (11/18) at Cleveland (11/25) at Baltimore (12/2) SAN DIEGO (12/9) at Dallas (12/16) CINCINNATI (12/23) CLEVELAND (12/30)

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2012 PLAYER PARTICIPATION Games 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 Sep Sep Sep Oct Oct Oct Oct Nov Nov Nov Nov Dec Dec Dec Dec Dec 9 16 23 7 11 21 28 4 12 18 25 2 9 16 23 30 @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ 2012 Injury 2012 DEN NYJ OAK PHI TEN CIN WAS NYG KC BAL CLE BAL SD DAL CIN CLE Career Consec. Games Games/ G/S G/S Missed Starts Names Adams, Mike P P SI P P RT RT RT 7/3 5/3 1 7/3 Allen, Cortez P P P P P P P P 23/0 19/0 0 8/0 Allen, Will P P P P SS SS SS SS 122/30 30/4 0 8/4 Batch, Baron P P P P P P P P 8/0 8/0 0 8/0 Batch, Charlie SI SI SI SI SI SI SI SI 79/53 0/0 0 0/0 Beachum, Kelvin SI SI P SI SI DNP DNP DNP 1/0 0/0 0 1/0 Brown, Antonio WR WR P WR WR WR WR P 33/9 29/0 0 8/6 Brown, Curtis P P P P P P P P 20/0 8/0 0 8/0 Butler, Drew P P P P P P P P 8/0 8/0 0 8/0 Carter, Chris OLB OLB OLB P P SI P P 15/3 2/0 1 7/3 Clark, Ryan SI FS FS FS FS FS FS FS 137/113 7/7 0 7/7 Clemons, Toney PS PS PS PS PS PS PS PS 0/0 0/0 0 0/0 Colon, Willie LG LG LG LG LG LG LG LG 59/59 8/8 0 8/8 Cotchery, Jerricho P P P P P P DNP P 123/66 0/0 0 7/0 Cromartie-Smith, Damon PS PS PS PS PS PS P PS 5/0 1/0 0 1/0 DeCastro, David IR IR IR IR IR IR IR IR 0/0 0/0 8 0/0 Dwyer, Jonathan P P P SI SI RB RB SI 13/2 0/0 1 5/2 Foote, Larry ILB ILB ILB ILB ILB ILB ILB ILB 163/110 12/8 0 8/8 Foster, Ramon RG RG RG RG RG RG RG RG 49/34 23/21 0 8/8 Gilbert, Marcus RT RT RT RT RT SI SI SI 19/18 0/0 3 5/5 Gilreath, David PS PS PS PS PS PS PS PS 0/0 0/0 0 0/0 Golden, Robert P P P SI P P P P 7/0 7/0 0 7/0 Hampton, Casey NT NT NT NT NT NT NT NT 165/154 17/17 0 8/8 Harrison, James SI SI SI OLB OLB OLB OLB OLB 123/87 5/5 3 5/5 Heyward, Cameron P P P P P P P P 24/0 24/0 0 8/0 Hood, Ziggy DE DE DE DE DE DE DE DE 56/31 56/22 0 8/8 Johnson, Brandon P P P SI P P SI P 79/17 0/0 1 6/0 Johnson, Will FB P P P FB P P FB 8/3 8/0 0 8/3 Keisel, Brett DE DE DE DE DE DE DE DE 124/90 20/20 0 8/8 Lee, Ryan PS PS PS PS PS PS PS PS 0/0 0/0 0 0/0 Leftwich, Byron DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP 58/49 0/0 0 0/0 Legursky, Doug P P P P P C P P 43/15 8/1 0 8/1 Lewis, Keenan LCB LCB LCB LCB LCB LCB LCB LCB 37/9 26/8 0 8/8 McFadden, Marshall PS PS PS PS PS PS PS PS 0/0 0/0 0 0/0 McLendon, Steve P P P P P P P P 29/1 22/0 0 8/0 Mendenhall, Rashard SI SI SI RB RB SI SI SI 53/46 0/0 6 2/2 Bold denotes starter and position P — Played DNP — Did Not Play IR — Reserve/Injured SI — Sunday Inactive PUP — Physically Unable to Perform PS — Practice Squad SUS — Reserved/Suspended

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2012 PLAYER PARTICIPATION Games 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 Sep Sep Sep Oct Oct Oct Oct Nov Nov Nov Nov Dec Dec Dec Dec Dec 9 16 23 7 11 21 28 4 12 18 25 2 9 16 23 30 @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ 2012 Injury 2012 DEN NYJ OAK PHI TEN CIN WAS NYG KC BAL CLE BAL SD DAL CIN CLE Career Consec. Games Games/ G/S G/S Missed Starts

Names Miller, Heath TE TE TE TE TE TE TE TE 116/115 26/26 0 8/8 Mundy, Ryan FS SS SS P P P P P 56/5 56/0 0 8/3 Paulson, David P P TE TE P P P TE 8/3 8/3 0 8/3 Polamalu, Troy SS SI SI SS SI SI SI SI 125/109 0/0 6 2/2 Pope, Leonard P TE TE P P P P P 95/51 61/0 0 8/2 Pouncey, Maurkice C C C C C SI C C 37/37 2/2 1 7/7 Rainey, Chris P P P P P P P P 8/0 8/0 0 8/0 Redman, Isaac RB RB RB P P SI SI RB 39/5 1/1 2 6/4 Robinson, Adrian P P P SI SI P P P 6/0 3/0 0 6/0 Roethlisberger, Ben QB QB QB QB QB QB QB QB 122/121 9/9 0 8/8 Sanders, Emmanuel P P P P P WR WR P 32/3 9/0 0 8/2 Spence, Sean IR IR IR IR IR IR IR IR 0/0 0/0 8 0/0 Starks, Max LT LT LT LT LT LT LT LT 115/88 20/20 0 8/8 Suisham, Shaun P P P P P P P P 88/0 33/0 0 8/0 Sylvester, Stevenson SI SI SI P P P P SI 35/1 4/0 4 4/0 Ta’amu, Alameda SI SI SI SI SI SUS SUS SI 0/0 0/0 0 0/0 Taylor, Ike RCB RCB RCB RCB RCB RCB RCB RCB 149/115 131/28 0 8/8 Timmons, Lawrence ILB ILB ILB ILB ILB ILB ILB ILB 86/54 47/29 0 8/8 Van Dyke, DeMarcus P P P P P P SI P 21/4 1/0 0 7/0 Victorian, Josh PS PS PS PS PS PS PS PS 0/0 0/0 0 0/0 Wallace, Mike WR WR WR WR WR WR WR WR 56/42 56/9 0 8/8 Warren, Greg P P P P P P P P 109/0 40/0 0 8/0 Woodley, LaMarr OLB OLB OLB OLB SI OLB OLB OLB 77/64 3/3 1 7/7 Woods, Al P P P P P P P P 19/0 8/0 0 8/0 Worilds, Jason P P P P OLB P P P 34/8 16/1 0 8/1

Bold denotes starter and position P — Played DNP — Did Not Play IR — Reserve/Injured SI — Sunday Inactive PUP — Physically Unable to Perform PS — Practice Squad SUS — Reserved/Suspended

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2012 INDIVIDUAL HIGHS

OPPONENTS STEELERS RUSHING

at Ten (10/11) Chris Johnson 19 Rushes 26 Isaac Redman at NYG (11/4) at Oak (9/23) Darren McFadden 113 Yards 147 Isaac Redman at NYG (11/4) at Oak (9/23) Darren McFadden 64t Long 32 Jonathan Dwyer at Cin (10/21) at Den (9/9) Knowshon Moreno 1 TDs 1 Isaac Redman vs. NYJ (9/16) at Oak (9/23) Darren McFadden 1 1 Rashard Mendenhall vs. Phi (10/7) at Ten (10/11) Jamie Harper 1 1 Baron Batch at Ten (10/11) at Cin (10/21) Cedric Peerman 1 1 Chris Rainey at Cin (10/21) at NYG (11/4) Andre Brown 1 1 Isaac Redman at NYG (11/4) RECEIVING at Ten (10/11) Kendall Wright 6 Receptions 8 Heath Miller at Oak (9/23) 8 Mike Wallace at Oak (9/23) 8 Mike Wallace at Cin (10/21) at Den (9/9) Demaryius Thomas 110 Yards 123 Mike Wallace at Oak (9/23) at Den (9/9) Demaryius Thomas 71t Long 82t Mike Wallace at Ten (10/11) at Den (9/9) Demaryius Thomas 1 TDs 2 Heath Miller at Oak (9/23) at Den (9/9) Jacob Tamme 1 vs. NYJ (9/16) Santonio Holmes 1 at Oak (9/23) Denarius Moore 1 at Oak (9/23) Darrius Heyward-Bey 1 at Oak (9/23) Richard Gordon 1 at Ten (10/11) Kenny Britt 1 at Cin (10/21) A.J. Green 1 vs. Was (10/28) Santana Moss 1 PASSING at Ten (10/11) Matt Hasselbeck 44 Attempts 49 Ben Roethlisberger at Oak (9/23) at Ten (10/11) Matt Hasselbeck 25 Completions 36 Ben Roethlisberger at Oak (9/23) at Ten (10/11) Matt Hasselbeck 290 Yards 384 Ben Roethlisberger at Oak (9/23) at Den (9/9) Peyton Manning 71t Long 82t Ben Roethlisberger at Ten (10/11) at Oak (9/23) Carson Palmer 3 TDs 4 Ben Roethlisberger at Oak (9/23) at Oak (9/23) Carson Palmer 1 INTs 1 Ben Roethlisberger at Den (9/9) at Ten (10/11) Matt Hasselbeck 1 1 Ben Roethlisberger at Ten (10/11) at Cin (10/21) Andy Dalton 1 1 Ben Roethlisberger at Cin (10/21) at NYG (11/4) Eli Manning 1 1 Ben Roethlisberger at NYG (11/4) PUNT RETURNS vs. NYJ (9/16) Jeremy Kerley 3 Returns 3 Antonio Brown at Ten (10/11) 3 Antonio Brown at Cin (10/21) 3 Antonio Brown vs. Was (10/28) 3 Emmanuel Sanders at NYG (11/4) vs. Was (10/28) Brandon Banks 34 Yards 76 Emmanuel Sanders at NYG (11/4) vs. Was (10/28) Brandon Banks 27 Long 63 Emmanuel Sanders at NYG (11/4) NONE TDs NONE KICKOFF RETURNS at Ten (10/11) Darius Reynaud 5 Returns 5 Chris Rainey at NYG (11/4) at Ten (10/11) Darius Reynaud 131 Yards 173 Chris Rainey at NYG (11/4) at Oak (9/23) Mike Goodson 51 Long 68 Chris Rainey at NYG (11/4) NONE TDs NONE PUNTS vs. NYJ (9/16) Robert Malone 6 Punts 5 Drew Butler vs. NYJ (9/16) at Cin (10/21) Kevin Huber 6 at Cin (10/21) Kevin Huber 311 Yards 205 Drew Butler vs. NYJ (9/16) at Ten (10/11) Brett Kern 52.2 Avg. 50.7 Drew Butler vs. Was (10/28) at Cin (10/21) Kevin Huber 46.8 Net 40.0 Drew Butler at Den (9/9) at Ten (10/11) Brett Kern 61 Long 58 Drew Butler vs. Was (10/28) at Cin (10/21) Kevin Huber 61 at Ten (10/11) Brett Kern 2 In 20 3 Drew Butler vs. NYJ (9/16) vs. NYJ (9/16) Robert Malone 1 Touchbacks 1 Drew Butler at NYG (11/4) vs. Phi (10/7) Mat McBriar 1 at Ten (10/11) Brett Kern 1 at Cin (10/21) Kevin Huber 1 INTERCEPTIONS at Den (9/9) Tracy Porter 1 Interceptions 1 Ryan Clark at Oak (9/23) at Ten (10/11) Jason McCourty 1 1 Lawrence Timmons at Ten (10/11) at Cin (10/21) Chris Crocker 1 1 LaMarr Woodley at Cin (10/21) at NYG (11/4) Corey Webster 1 1 Ike Taylor at NYG 911/4) at Den (9/9) Tracy Porter 43t Long Return 26 Ryan Clark at Oak (9/23) at Den (9/9) Tracy Porter 1 TDs NONE TACKLES at Cin (10/21) Vontaze Burfict 15 Total 12 Larry Foote at Den (9/9) at Cin (10/21) Vontaze Burfict 13 Solo 10 Larry Foote at Den (9/9) vs. NYJ (9/16) David Harris 6 Assisted 4 Keenan Lewis at Den (9/9) at Oak (9/23) Rolando McClaim 6 4 Troy Polamalu at Den (9/9)

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vs. Phi (10/7) DeMeco Ryans 6 4 Lawrence Timmons at Oak (9/23) vs. Was (10/28) Cedric Griffin 6 4 Lawrence Timmons at Cin (10/21) at Den (9/9) Von Miller 2 Sacks 1 Larry Foote at Den (9/9) vs. NYJ (9/16) Garrett McIntyre 2 1 Jason Worilds at Den (9/9) at NYG (11/4) Justin Tuck 2 1 LaMarr Woodley vs. NYJ (9/16) 1 Cam Heyward vs. NYJ (9/16) 1 LaMarr Woodley at Oak (9/23) 1 Ziggy Hood vs. Phi (10/7) 1 Steve McLendon vs. Phi (10/7) 1 Jason Worilds vs. Phi (10/7) 1 Larry Foote at Ten (10/11) 1 James Harrison at Ten (10/11) 1 Jason Worilds at Ten (10/11) 1 Larry Foote vs. Was (10/28) 1 Lawrence Timmons at NYG (11/4) 1 LaMarr Woodley at NYG (11/4)

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2012 DRIVE ENGINEERING

Steelers

REGULAR SEASON No. Missed Blkd Blkd Scoring 1st STEELERS Drives TD FG FG FG Punt Punt Downs Fum. Int. Safety Time Pts Effic. Drive Sept. 9 at Den 9 2 2 0 0 3 0 1 0 1 0 0 19 44% Punt

Sept. 16 vs. NYJ 10 3 2 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 27 50% FG

Sept. 23 at Oak 10 4 1 0 0 3 0 0 2 0 0 0 31 50% TD

Oct. 7 vs. Phi 9 1 3 0 0 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 16 44% Punt

Oct. 11 at Ten 11 2 3 1 0 3 1 0 0 1 0 0 23 45% FG

Oct. 21 at Cin 11 2 3 0 0 3 0 0 1 1 0 1 24 45% FG

Oct. 28 vs. WAS 9 3 2 0 0 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 27 56% TD

Nov. 4 at NYG 12 3 1 0 0 4 0 1 1 1 0 1 24 33% Punt

Nov. 12 vs. KC

Nov. 18 vs. Bal Nov. 25 at Cle Dec. 2 at Bal Dec. 9 vs. SD Dec. 16 at Dal Dec. 23 vs. Cin Dec. 20 vs. Cle TOTAL 81 20 17 1 0 28 1 4 4 4 0 2 191 46%

Opponents

REGULAR SEASON No. Missed Blkd Blkd Scoring 1st OPPONENTS Drives TD FG FG FG Punt Punt Downs Fum. Int. Safety Time Pts Effic. Drive Sept. 9 at Den 9 3 1 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 2 31 42% Punt Sept. 16 vs. NYJ 10 1 1 0 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 2 10 20% TD Sept. 23 at Oak 10 4 2 0 0 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 34 60% INT

Oct. 7 vs. Phi 9 2 0 0 0 4 0 0 2 0 0 0 14 22% Punt

Oct. 11 at Ten 12 2 4 0 0 5 0 0 0 1 0 0 26 50% FG

Oct. 21 at Cin 11 2 1 0 0 6 0 0 0 1 0 1 17 27% TD

Oct. 28 vs. WAS 10 1 2 0 0 4 0 1 0 0 0 2 12 30% Punt

Nov. 4 at NYG 10 1 2 1 0 5 0 0 0 1 0 0 20 30%? Punt

Nov. 12 vs. KC Nov. 18 vs. Bal Nov. 25 at Cle Dec. 2 at Bal Dec. 9 vs. SD Dec. 16 at Dal Dec. 23 vs. Cin Dec. 20 vs. Cle TOTAL 81 16 13 1 0 35 0 1 3 4 0 7 164 36%

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2012 STEELERS SCORING DRIVES

REGULAR SEASON Drive Score Time

Opponent Obtained Scoring Play Plays Yards Time Pit-Opp Qtr Remain Denver Punt Suisham 21-yd. FG 10 35 4:50 3-0 2 10:10 Denver Kickoff Miller 4-yd. pass from Roethlisberger 14 79 4:48 10-7 2 0:28 Denver Kickoff Suisham 35-yd. FG 16 64 8:55 13-7 3 6:05 Denver Kickoff Wallace 3-yd. pass from Roethlisberger (pass failed) 14 80 6:18 19-14 4 14:11 N.Y. Jets Kickoff Suisham 45-yd. FG 10 53 5:53 3-0 1 9:07 N.Y. Jets Kickoff Suisham 45-yd. FG 9 48 4:23 6-7 2 14:56 N.Y. Jets Punt Miller 1-yd. pass from Roethlisberger 11 80 5:40 13-10 2 1:03 N.Y. Jets Punt Wallace 37-yd. pass from Roethlisberger 5 59 2:12 20-10 3 8:44 N.Y. Jets Punt Redman 2-yd. run 14 75 10:13 27-10 4 3:34 Oakland Interception Miller 4-yd. pass from Roethlisberger 7 36 3:06 7-0 1 11:33 Oakland Kickoff Miller 4-yd. pass from Roethlisberger 12 81 6:44 14-7 1 3:49 Oakland Kickoff Suisham 33-yd. FG 9 64 1:54 17-14 2 0:00 Oakland Kickoff Wallace 22-yd. pass from Roethlisberger 9 80 3:20 24-14 3 11:40 Oakland Kickoff A. Brown 11-yd. pass from Roethlisberger 8 48 5:04 31-21 3 1:31 Philadelphia Punt Mendenhall 13-yd. pass from Roethlisberger 12 75 7:21 7-0 2 5:01 Philadelphia Punt Suisham 20-yd FG 12 77 2:28 10-0 2 0:06 Philadelphia Punt Suisham 34-yd. FG 9 51 4:25 13-7 4 14:51 Philadelphia Kickoff Suisham 34-yd. FG 14 64 6:33 16-14 4 0:00 Tennessee Kickoff Suisham 29-yd. FG 7 44 3:29 3-3 1 7:24 Tennessee Punt Wallace 82-yd. pass from Roethlisberger 1 82 0:12 10-3 1 5:25 Tennessee Kickoff Suisham 28-yd. FG 11 65 5:57 13-16 3 9:03 Tennessee Punt B. Batch 1-yd. run 15 80 6:42 20-16 4 13:34 Tennessee Interception Suisham 52-yd. FG 5 14 1:38 23-16 4 8:18 Cincinnati Kickoff Suisham 42-yd. FG 9 36 4:34 3-0 1 10:26 Cincinnati Kickoff Suisham 47-yd. FG 10 60 5:22 6-14 2 3:07 Cincinnati Interception Miller 9-yd. pass from Roethlisberger (Roethlisberger-Miller pass) 6 29 0:59 14-14 2 0:24 Cincinnati Kickoff Suisham 42-yd. FG 6 37 2:52 17-17 3 8:17 Cincinnati Punt Rainey 11-yd. run 8 67 4:42 24-17 4 14:16 Washington Kickoff Pope 1-yd. pass from Roethlisberger 12 76 7:05 7-0 1 7:55 Washington Punt Suisham 48-yd. FG 5 42 2:59 10-0 1 2:49 Washington Kickoff Miller 7-yd. pass from Roethlisberger 10 74 5:16 17-6 2 6:17 Washington Punt Suisham 27-yd. FG 6 46 2:13 20-6 2 1:56 Washington Kickoff W. Johnson 1-yd. pass from Roethlisberger 11 80 6:39 27-9 3 5:13 N.Y. Giants Interception Sanders 4-yd. pass from Roethlisberger 11 58 5:54 7-0 2 12:09 N.Y. Giants Missed FG Suisham 30-yd. FG 4 47 0:31 10-14 2 0:00 N.Y. Giants Kickoff Wallace 51-yd. pass from Roethlisberger 5 75 2:27 17-20 4 14:05 N.Y. Giants Punt Redman 1-yd. run 9 51 4:53 24-20 4 4:02

2012 OPPONENTS SCORING DRIVES

REGULAR SEASON

Drive Score Time

Opponent Obtained Scoring Play Plays Yards Time Pit-Opp Qtr Remain Denver Kickoff Moreno 7-yd. run 12 80 4:54 3-7 2 5:16 Denver Kickoff Thomas 71-yd. pass from Manning 2 80 0:36 14-13 2 5:29 Denver Kickoff Tamme 1-yd. pass from Manning (Manning-McGahee pass) 10 80 4:48 19-22 4 9:23 Denver Punt Prater 26-yd. FG 12 55 5:18 19-25 4 3:00 Denver Interception Porter 43-yd. interception return (run failed) – – –; – 19-31 4 1:58 N.Y. Jets Kickoff Holmes 14-yd. pass from Sanchez 8 90 4:48 3-7 1 4:19 N.Y. Jets Kickoff Folk 38-yd. FG 12 61 5:21 6-10 2 9:35 Oakland Kickoff McFadden 64-yd. run 3 80 1:00 7-7 1 10:33 Oakland Fumble Heyward-Bey 3-yd. pass from Palmer 6 30 2:26 14-14 2 1:54 Oakland Kickoff Gordon 1-yd. pass from Palmer 10 48 5:05 24-21 3 6:35 Oakland Kickoff Moore 6-yd. pass from Palmer 11 80 4:18 31-28 4 12:13 Oakland Fumble Janikowski 32-yd. FG 9 50 4:15 31-31 4 6:30 Oakland Punt Janikowski 43-yd. FG 8 49 1:42 31-34 4 0:00 Philadelphia Punt 15-yd. pass from Vick 8 80 3:50 10-7 3 6:32 Philadelphia Kickoff Celek 2-yd. pass from Vick 17 79 8:18 13-14 4 6:33

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Tennessee Kickoff Bironas 22-yd. FG 9 69 4:07 0-3 1 10:57 Tennessee Kickoff Bironas 38-yd. FG 8 52 4:13 10-6 1 1:12 Tennessee Blocked Punt Harper 1-yd. run 2 1 0:46 10-13 2 14:14 Tennessee Interception Bironas 47-yd. FG 10 59 1:31 10-16 2 0:00 Tennessee Kickoff Britt 5-yd. pass from Hasselbeck 11 80 3:59 23-23 4 4:19 Tennessee Missed FG Bironas 40-yd. FG 5 33 0:49 23-26 4 0:00 Cincinnati Kickoff Peerman 5-yd. run 15 80 8:09 3-7 1 2:17 Cincinnati Fumble Green 8-yd. pass from Dalton 1 8 0:05 3-14 2 8:29 Cincinnati Kickoff Nugent 48-yd. FG 7 32 3:51 14-17 3 11:09 Washington Kickoff Moss 2-yd. pass from Griffin (kick blocked) 13 80 6:16 10-6 2 11:33 Washington Kickoff Forbath 48-yd. FG 7 49 3:08 20-9 3 11:52 Washington Punt Forbath 45-yd. FG 9 15 4:02 27-12 4 12:06 N.Y. Giants Kickoff A. Brown 1-yd. run 8 72 5:08 7-7 2 7:01 N.Y. Giants Fumble Boley 70-yard fumble return – – –; – 7-14 2 5:11 N.Y. Giants Punt Tynes 50-yd. FG 9 61 4:37 10-17 3 8:25 N.Y. Giants Interception Tynes 23-yd. FG 9 28 5:37 10-20 3 1:32

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2012 STEELERS SCORING DRIVES

REGULAR SEASON Drive Score Time

Opponent Obtained Scoring Play Plays Yards Time Pit-Opp Qtr Remain Denver Punt Suisham 21-yd. FG 10 35 4:50 3-0 2 10:10 Denver Kickoff Miller 4-yd. pass from Roethlisberger 14 79 4:48 10-7 2 0:28 Denver Kickoff Suisham 35-yd. FG 16 64 8:55 13-7 3 6:05 Denver Kickoff Wallace 3-yd. pass from Roethlisberger (pass failed) 14 80 6:18 19-14 4 14:11 N.Y. Jets Kickoff Suisham 45-yd. FG 10 53 5:53 3-0 1 9:07 N.Y. Jets Kickoff Suisham 45-yd. FG 9 48 4:23 6-7 2 14:56 N.Y. Jets Punt Miller 1-yd. pass from Roethlisberger 11 80 5:40 13-10 2 1:03 N.Y. Jets Punt Wallace 37-yd. pass from Roethlisberger 5 59 2:12 20-10 3 8:44 N.Y. Jets Punt Redman 2-yd. run 14 75 10:13 27-10 4 3:34 Oakland Interception Miller 4-yd. pass from Roethlisberger 7 36 3:06 7-0 1 11:33 Oakland Kickoff Miller 4-yd. pass from Roethlisberger 12 81 6:44 14-7 1 3:49 Oakland Kickoff Suisham 33-yd. FG 9 64 1:54 17-14 2 0:00 Oakland Kickoff Wallace 22-yd. pass from Roethlisberger 9 80 3:20 24-14 3 11:40 Oakland Kickoff A. Brown 11-yd. pass from Roethlisberger 8 48 5:04 31-21 3 1:31 Philadelphia Punt Mendenhall 13-yd. pass from Roethlisberger 12 75 7:21 7-0 2 5:01 Philadelphia Punt Suisham 20-yd FG 12 77 2:28 10-0 2 0:06 Philadelphia Punt Suisham 34-yd. FG 9 51 4:25 13-7 4 14:51 Philadelphia Kickoff Suisham 34-yd. FG 14 64 6:33 16-14 4 0:00 Tennessee Kickoff Suisham 29-yd. FG 7 44 3:29 3-3 1 7:24 Tennessee Punt Wallace 82-yd. pass from Roethlisberger 1 82 0:12 10-3 1 5:25 Tennessee Kickoff Suisham 28-yd. FG 11 65 5:57 13-16 3 9:03 Tennessee Punt B. Batch 1-yd. run 15 80 6:42 20-16 4 13:34 Tennessee Interception Suisham 52-yd. FG 5 14 1:38 23-16 4 8:18 Cincinnati Kickoff Suisham 42-yd. FG 9 36 4:34 3-0 1 10:26 Cincinnati Kickoff Suisham 47-yd. FG 10 60 5:22 6-14 2 3:07 Cincinnati Interception Miller 9-yd. pass from Roethlisberger (Roethlisberger-Miller pass) 6 29 0:59 14-14 2 0:24 Cincinnati Kickoff Suisham 42-yd. FG 6 37 2:52 17-17 3 8:17 Cincinnati Punt Rainey 11-yd. run 8 67 4:42 24-17 4 14:16 Washington Kickoff Pope 1-yd. pass from Roethlisberger 12 76 7:05 7-0 1 7:55 Washington Punt Suisham 48-yd. FG 5 42 2:59 10-0 1 2:49 Washington Kickoff Miller 7-yd. pass from Roethlisberger 10 74 5:16 17-6 2 6:17 Washington Punt Suisham 27-yd. FG 6 46 2:13 20-6 2 1:56 Washington Kickoff W. Johnson 1-yd. pass from Roethlisberger 11 80 6:39 27-9 3 5:13 N.Y. Giants Interception Sanders 4-yd. pass from Roethlisberger 11 58 5:54 7-0 2 12:09 N.Y. Giants Missed FG Suisham 30-yd. FG 4 47 0:31 10-14 2 0:00 N.Y. Giants Kickoff Wallace 51-yd. pass from Roethlisberger 5 75 2:27 17-20 4 14:05 N.Y. Giants Punt Redman 1-yd. run 9 51 4:53 24-20 4 4:02

2012 OPPONENTS SCORING DRIVES

REGULAR SEASON

Drive Score Time

Opponent Obtained Scoring Play Plays Yards Time Pit-Opp Qtr Remain Denver Kickoff Moreno 7-yd. run 12 80 4:54 3-7 2 5:16 Denver Kickoff Thomas 71-yd. pass from Manning 2 80 0:36 14-13 2 5:29 Denver Kickoff Tamme 1-yd. pass from Manning (Manning-McGahee pass) 10 80 4:48 19-22 4 9:23 Denver Punt Prater 26-yd. FG 12 55 5:18 19-25 4 3:00 Denver Interception Porter 43-yd. interception return (run failed) – – –; – 19-31 4 1:58 N.Y. Jets Kickoff Holmes 14-yd. pass from Sanchez 8 90 4:48 3-7 1 4:19 N.Y. Jets Kickoff Folk 38-yd. FG 12 61 5:21 6-10 2 9:35 Oakland Kickoff McFadden 64-yd. run 3 80 1:00 7-7 1 10:33 Oakland Fumble Heyward-Bey 3-yd. pass from Palmer 6 30 2:26 14-14 2 1:54 Oakland Kickoff Gordon 1-yd. pass from Palmer 10 48 5:05 24-21 3 6:35 Oakland Kickoff Moore 6-yd. pass from Palmer 11 80 4:18 31-28 4 12:13 Oakland Fumble Janikowski 32-yd. FG 9 50 4:15 31-31 4 6:30 Oakland Punt Janikowski 43-yd. FG 8 49 1:42 31-34 4 0:00 Philadelphia Punt 15-yd. pass from Vick 8 80 3:50 10-7 3 6:32 Philadelphia Kickoff Celek 2-yd. pass from Vick 17 79 8:18 13-14 4 6:33

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Tennessee Kickoff Bironas 22-yd. FG 9 69 4:07 0-3 1 10:57 Tennessee Kickoff Bironas 38-yd. FG 8 52 4:13 10-6 1 1:12 Tennessee Blocked Punt Harper 1-yd. run 2 1 0:46 10-13 2 14:14 Tennessee Interception Bironas 47-yd. FG 10 59 1:31 10-16 2 0:00 Tennessee Kickoff Britt 5-yd. pass from Hasselbeck 11 80 3:59 23-23 4 4:19 Tennessee Missed FG Bironas 40-yd. FG 5 33 0:49 23-26 4 0:00 Cincinnati Kickoff Peerman 5-yd. run 15 80 8:09 3-7 1 2:17 Cincinnati Fumble Green 8-yd. pass from Dalton 1 8 0:05 3-14 2 8:29 Cincinnati Kickoff Nugent 48-yd. FG 7 32 3:51 14-17 3 11:09 Washington Kickoff Moss 2-yd. pass from Griffin (kick blocked) 13 80 6:16 10-6 2 11:33 Washington Kickoff Forbath 48-yd. FG 7 49 3:08 20-9 3 11:52 Washington Punt Forbath 45-yd. FG 9 15 4:02 27-12 4 12:06 N.Y. Giants Kickoff A. Brown 1-yd. run 8 72 5:08 7-7 2 7:01 N.Y. Giants Fumble Boley 70-yard fumble return – – –; – 7-14 2 5:11 N.Y. Giants Punt Tynes 50-yd. FG 9 61 4:37 10-17 3 8:25 N.Y. Giants Interception Tynes 23-yd. FG 9 28 5:37 10-20 3 1:32

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THIRD/FOURTH DOWN CONVERSIONS

REGULAR SEASON

THIRD DOWN FOURTH DOWN Date Opponent Made Att. Pct. Made Att. Pct. 9/9/11 STEELERS 11 19 58% 1 2 50% at Denver 5 9 56% 0 0 0% 9/16/11 STEELERS 8 15 53% 0 0 0% vs. N.Y. Jets 4 12 33% 0 0 0% 9/23/11 STEELERS 8 14 57% 2 2 100% at Oakland 7 12 58% 0 0 0% 10/7/11 STEELERS 6 14 43% 0 1 0% vs. Philadelphia 4 10 40% 2 2 100% 10/11/11 STEELERS 7 15 47% 0 0 0% at Tennessee 9 16 56% 0 0 0% 10/21/11 STEELERS 10 16 63% 0 0 0% at Cincinnati 5 13 38% 1 1 100% 10/28/11 STEELERS 4 11 36% 1 2 50% vs. Washington 3 12 25% 2 3 67% 11/4/11 STEELERS 6 13 46% 1 2 50% at N.Y. Giants 2 10 20% 0 0 0% 11/12/11 STEELERS vs. Kansas City 11/18/11 STEELERS vs. Baltimore 11/25/11 STEELERS at Cleveland 12/2/11 STEELERS at Baltimore 12/9/11 STEELERS vs. San Diego 12/16/11 STEELERS at Dallas 12/23/11 STEELERS vs. Cincinnati 12/30/12 STEELERS vs. Cleveland STEELERS 60 117 51% 5 9 56%

OPPONENTS 39 94 42% 5 6 83%