Coverage: CBS
1:00 PM ET, December 30, 2012
Heinz Field, Pittsburgh, PA
Top Performers
Passing: T. Lewis (CLE) - 204 YDS, 1 TD, 1 INT
Rushing: B. Jackson (CLE) - 8 CAR, 54 YDS
Receiving: B. Watson (CLE) - 7 REC, 64 YDS
Scoring Summary
| SECOND QUARTER | CLE | PIT | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FG | 07:53 | Shaun Suisham 41 Yd | 0 | 3 | |
| FG | 03:48 | Phil Dawson 51 Yd | 3 | 3 | |
| TD | 00:47 | Leonard Pope 1 Yd Pass From Ben Roethlisberger (Shaun Suisham Kick) | 3 | 10 | |
| THIRD QUARTER | CLE | PIT | |||
| TD | 11:03 | Greg Little 7 Yd Pass From Thaddeus Lewis (Phil Dawson Kick) | 10 | 10 | |
| TD | 04:39 | Antonio Brown 9 Yd Pass From Ben Roethlisberger (Shaun Suisham Kick) | 10 | 17 | |
| FOURTH QUARTER | CLE | PIT | |||
| TD | 03:20 | Plaxico Burress 12 Yd Pass From Ben Roethlisberger (Shaun Suisham Kick) | 10 | 24 | |
Team Stat Comparison
CLE | PIT | |
|---|---|---|
| 1st Downs | 18 | 17 |
Passing 1st downs | 12 | 9 |
Rushing 1st downs | 5 | 6 |
1st downs from Penalties | 1 | 2 |
3rd down efficiency | 3-10 | 5-13 |
4th down efficiency | 1-2 | 0-0 |
| Total Plays | 62 | 53 |
| Total Yards | 320 | 212 |
| Yards per play | 5.2 | 4.0 |
| Total Drives | 11 | 11 |
| Passing | 182 | 121 |
Comp - Att | 22-32 | 15-23 |
Yards per pass | 5.7 | 5.3 |
Interceptions thrown | 1 | 0 |
Sacks - Yards Lost | 4-22 | 2-13 |
| Rushing | 138 | 91 |
Rushing Attempts | 26 | 28 |
Yards per rush | 5.3 | 3.3 |
| Red Zone (Made-Att) | 1-1 | 3-3 |
| Penalties | 9-79 | 3-58 |
| Turnovers | 4 | 0 |
Fumbles lost | 3 | 0 |
Interceptions thrown | 1 | 0 |
| Defensive / Special Teams TDs | 0 | 0 |
| Possession | 29:39 | 30:21 |
| Cleveland Passing | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| C/ATT | YDS | AVG | TD | INT | SACKS | QBR | RTG | |
| T. Lewis | 22/32 | 204 | 6.4 | 1 | 1 | 3-14 | 58.6 | 83.3 |
| Team | 22/32 | 182 | 5.7 | 1 | 1 | 4-22 | -- | -- |
| Pittsburgh Passing | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| C/ATT | YDS | AVG | TD | INT | SACKS | QBR | RTG | |
| B. Roethlisberger | 15/23 | 134 | 5.8 | 3 | 0 | 2-13 | 83.8 | 120.3 |
| Team | 15/23 | 121 | 5.3 | 3 | 0 | 2-13 | -- | -- |
| Cleveland Rushing | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CAR | YDS | AVG | TD | LG | ||
| B. Jackson | 8 | 54 | 6.8 | 0 | 25 | |
| M. Hardesty | 14 | 37 | 2.6 | 0 | 16 | |
| R. Ventrone | 1 | 35 | 35.0 | 0 | 35 | |
| C. Ogbonnaya | 2 | 9 | 4.5 | 0 | 9 | |
| T. Lewis | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 0 | 3 | |
| Team | 26 | 138 | 5.3 | 0 | 35 | |
| Pittsburgh Rushing | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CAR | YDS | AVG | TD | LG | ||
| J. Dwyer | 11 | 52 | 4.7 | 0 | 12 | |
| I. Redman | 6 | 26 | 4.3 | 0 | 11 | |
| R. Mendenhall | 6 | 19 | 3.2 | 0 | 11 | |
| C. Rainey | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 0 | 2 | |
| B. Roethlisberger | 2 | -2 | -1.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| A. Brown | 2 | -6 | -3.0 | 0 | 7 | |
| Team | 28 | 91 | 3.3 | 0 | 12 | |
| Cleveland Receiving | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| REC | YDS | AVG | TD | LG | TGTS | ||
| B. Watson | 7 | 64 | 9.1 | 0 | 15 | 8 | |
| T. Benjamin | 4 | 43 | 10.8 | 0 | 13 | 6 | |
| J. Gordon | 4 | 39 | 9.8 | 0 | 17 | 7 | |
| G. Little | 3 | 38 | 12.7 | 1 | 23 | 5 | |
| J. Cribbs | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 0 | 9 | 1 | |
| J. Cooper | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 0 | 8 | 2 | |
| C. Ogbonnaya | 2 | 3 | 1.5 | 0 | 4 | 2 | |
| M. Hardesty | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Team | 22 | 204 | 9.3 | 1 | 23 | 32 | |
| Pittsburgh Receiving | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| REC | YDS | AVG | TD | LG | TGTS | ||
| E. Sanders | 2 | 28 | 14.0 | 0 | 16 | 3 | |
| P. Burress | 2 | 24 | 12.0 | 1 | 12 | 3 | |
| A. Brown | 2 | 22 | 11.0 | 1 | 13 | 3 | |
| J. Cotchery | 2 | 21 | 10.5 | 0 | 13 | 3 | |
| W. Johnson | 2 | 17 | 8.5 | 0 | 9 | 3 | |
| I. Redman | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 0 | 11 | 1 | |
| J. Dwyer | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 0 | 9 | 2 | |
| R. Mendenhall | 2 | 1 | 0.5 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| L. Pope | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| D. Paulson | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Team | 15 | 134 | 8.9 | 3 | 16 | 23 | |
| Cleveland Fumbles | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| FUM | LOST | REC | |
| J. Johnson | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| J. Gordon | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| T. Benjamin | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Team | 3 | 3 | 0 |
| Pittsburgh Fumbles | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| FUM | LOST | REC | |
| C. Allen | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| L. Timmons | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Z. Hood | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Team | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Pittsburgh Interceptions | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| INT | YDS | TD | |
| T. Polamalu | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Team | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Cleveland Defensive | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TACKLES | MISC | ||||||
| TOT | SOLO | SACKS | TFL | PD | QB HTS | TD | |
| A. Rubin | 6 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| T. Gipson | 6 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| J. Haden | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| J. Sheard | 5 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| D. Jackson | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| C. Robertson | 5 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| E. Hagg | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| T. Wade | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| L. Fort | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| F. Rucker | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| J. Parker | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| P. Taylor | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| K. Maiava | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| B. Skrine | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| A. Mack | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| J. Cooper | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| B. Winn | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| J. Greco | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| C. Yount | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| T. Carder | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Team | 57 | 43 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 0 |
| Pittsburgh Defensive | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TACKLES | MISC | ||||||
| TOT | SOLO | SACKS | TFL | PD | QB HTS | TD | |
| J. Harrison | 11 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| R. Clark | 9 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| L. Foote | 9 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| C. Allen | 8 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| L. Timmons | 6 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| L. Woodley | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| J. Victorian | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| C. Heyward | 4 | 1 | .5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| R. Mundy | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| T. Polamalu | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Z. Hood | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| K. Lewis | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| R. Golden | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| A. Brown | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| B. Keisel | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| S. McLendon | 1 | 0 | .5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| C. Hampton | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| B. Johnson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team | 74 | 47 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 0 |
| Cleveland Kick Returns | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | |
| J. Cribbs | 2 | 42 | 21.0 | 22 | 0 |
| T. Benjamin | 1 | 29 | 29.0 | 29 | 0 |
| Team | 3 | 71 | 23.7 | 29 | 0 |
| Pittsburgh Kick Returns | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | |
| C. Rainey | 2 | 46 | 23.0 | 27 | 0 |
| Team | 2 | 46 | 23.0 | 27 | 0 |
| Cleveland Punt Returns | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | |
| J. Cribbs | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| Team | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| Pittsburgh Punt Returns | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | |
| A. Brown | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 |
| Team | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 |
| Cleveland Kicking | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FG | PCT | LONG | XP | PTS | |
| P. Dawson | 1/2 | 50.0 | 51 | 1/1 | 4 |
| Team | 1/2 | 50.0 | 51 | 1/1 | 4 |
| Pittsburgh Kicking | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FG | PCT | LONG | XP | PTS | |
| S. Suisham | 1/1 | 100.0 | 41 | 3/3 | 6 |
| Team | 1/1 | 100.0 | 41 | 3/3 | 6 |
| Cleveland Punting | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TOT | YDS | AVG | TB | -20 | LG | |
| R. Hodges | 3 | 115 | 38.3 | 0 | 2 | 48 |
| Team | 3 | 115 | 38.3 | 0 | 2 | 48 |
| Pittsburgh Punting | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TOT | YDS | AVG | TB | -20 | LG | |
| D. Butler | 6 | 251 | 41.8 | 0 | 1 | 60 |
| Team | 6 | 251 | 41.8 | 0 | 1 | 60 |
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