Week 4, 2023

played in Houston, TX

87 degrees, fair, calm

Pittsburgh Steelers	7	7	3	7	-	24
Houston Texans	3	0	0	0	-	3

Scoring Summary
1Q: 12:30 PIT - Graham Sellers 29 pass from Rico Howe (Ryan Succop extra point)
1Q: 06:49 HOU - Jack Kemnitzer 25 field goal
2Q: 07:34 PIT - George Gray 21 pass from Rico Howe (Ryan Succop extra point)
3Q: 09:45 PIT - Ryan Succop 53 field goal
4Q: 02:21 PIT - Herb Matich 2 run (Ryan Succop extra point)

Scoring Summary
1Q: 12:30 PIT - Graham Sellers 29 pass from Rico Howe (Ryan Succop extra point)
1Q: 06:49 HOU - Jack Kemnitzer 25 field goal
2Q: 07:34 PIT - George Gray 21 pass from Rico Howe (Ryan Succop extra point)
3Q: 09:45 PIT - Ryan Succop 53 field goal
4Q: 02:21 PIT - Herb Matich 2 run (Ryan Succop extra point)

Team Statistics PIT HOU
Record 3-1 2-2
First Downs 22 15
- by Rushing 4 1
- by Passing 18 12
- by Penalty 0 2
Total Net Yards 433 222
- Offensive Plays 75 61
- Yards per Play 5.77 3.64
Net Rushing Yards 78 26
- Rushing Attempts 38 9
- Yards per Rush 2.05 2.89
Net Passing Yards 355 196
- Att./Comp./Intrcpt 36 - 26 - 1 52 - 17 - 1
- Gross Passing Yards 358 196
- Sacks/Yards Lost 1/3 0/0
- Yards per Pass Play 9.59 3.77
Fumbles/Lost 1/0 3/0
3rd Down Conversions 12/19 2/13
- Avg. YtG on 3rd Down 7.1 9.3
4th Down Conversions 0/0 1/3
Penalties/Yards 4/30 6/38
Punt Returns/Yards 2/28 1/26
Kick Returns/Yards 2/44 2/52
Interception Ret./Yards 1/8 1/10
2pt Conversions 0/0 0/0
Red Zone Visits 1 1
- Red Zone TDs/FGs 1/0 0/1
Avg. Drive Start OWN 34 OWN 23
Time of Possession 39:02 20:58

Team Statistics	PIT	HOU
Record	3-1	2-2
First Downs	22	15
- by Rushing	4	1
- by Passing	18	12
- by Penalty	0	2
Total Net Yards	433	222
- Offensive Plays	75	61
- Yards per Play	5.77	3.64
Net Rushing Yards	78	26
- Rushing Attempts	38	9
- Yards per Rush	2.05	2.89
Net Passing Yards	355	196
- Att./Comp./Intrcpt	36 - 26 - 1	52 - 17 - 1
- Gross Passing Yards	358	196
- Sacks/Yards Lost	1/3	0/0
- Yards per Pass Play	9.59	3.77
Fumbles/Lost	1/0	3/0
3rd Down Conversions	12/19	2/13
- Avg. YtG on 3rd Down	7.1	9.3
4th Down Conversions	0/0	1/3
Penalties/Yards	4/30	6/38
Punt Returns/Yards	2/28	1/26
Kick Returns/Yards	2/44	2/52
Interception Ret./Yards	1/8	1/10
2pt Conversions	0/0	0/0
Red Zone Visits	1	1
- Red Zone TDs/FGs	1/0	0/1
Avg. Drive Start	OWN 34	OWN 23
Time of Possession	39:02	20:58

Drive Charts

Pittsburgh Steelers
Quar	Began	Poss	From	Plays	Yards	Result
1	15:00	2:42	OWN 40	5	60	Touchdown
1	6:42	6:25	OWN 23	11	57	Missed FG
2	14:08	4:51	OWN 21	10	33	Punt
2	8:23	1:06	OPP 25	3	25	Touchdown
2	5:27	1:30	OWN 20	3	5	Punt
2	3:20	3:20	OWN 7	7	82	Half
3	13:38	4:01	OWN 31	8	33	Field Goal
3	8:04	3:08	OWN 16	5	16	Punt
3	2:37	1:49	OWN 33	4	20	Punt
4	13:32	6:07	OWN 20	11	57	Interception
4	5:22	3:09	OPP 45	5	45	Touchdown
4	1:19	0:30	OPP 32	3	0	Missed FG

Houston Texans
Quar	Began	Poss	From	Plays	Yards	Result
1	12:18	5:36	OWN 20	12	72	Field Goal
1	0:17	1:09	OWN 27	4	14	Punt
2	9:17	0:54	OWN 20	2	7	Interception
2	7:17	1:50	OWN 37	4	10	Punt
2	3:57	0:37	OWN 42	3	5	Punt
3	15:00	1:22	OWN 18	3	5	Punt
3	9:37	1:33	OWN 34	3	-1	Punt
3	4:56	2:19	OWN 9	5	16	Punt
3	0:48	2:16	OWN 2	8	60	Punt
4	7:25	2:03	OWN 18	7	27	Downs
4	2:13	0:54	OWN 20	6	12	Downs
4	0:49	0:49	OWN 39	5	10	Game

Game MVP: Rico Howe, Pittsburgh Steelers

Rushing Statistics

Pittsburgh	Att	Yards	Avg	LG	10+	TD
Herb Matich	30	62	2.07	11	1	1
Gus Eleazer	6	7	1.17	5	0	0
Rico Howe	2	9	4.50	5	0	0

Houston	Att	Yards	Avg	LG
LeSean McCoy	5	29	5.80	9
Kurt Houston	3	-2	-0.67	3
Dwight Donovan	1	-1	-1.00	-1

Passing Statistics

Pittsburgh	Att	Comp	Yards	Sk/Yd	TD	LG	Int	Rate
Rico Howe	36	26	358	1/3	2	52	1	110.6

Houston	Att	Comp	Yards	Sk/Yd	TD	LG	Int	Rate
Gene Chandler	52	17	196	0/0	0	33	1	37.0

Receiving Statistics

Pittsburgh	Catch	Targ	Yards	Avg	YAC	LG	TD
WR George Gray	7	12	73	10.43	23	21	1
RB Herb Matich	6	7	75	12.50	25	34	0
WR Kirk Cole	4	6	85	21.25	48	52	0
TE Graham Sellers	4	4	47	11.75	17	29	1
WR Britt Wheeler	3	4	63	21.00	29	39	0
TE Antonio Fecht	1	1	12	12.00	1	12	0
WR Danny Cranford	1	2	3	3.00	0	3	0

Houston	Catch	Targ	Yards	Avg	YAC	LG
WR Jessie Johannsen	6	11	86	14.33	33	33
WR Preston Beadnell	3	7	27	9.00	9	12
WR Tim Lincoln	2	9	12	6.00	0	9
WR Dwight Donovan	2	11	17	8.50	0	10
RB LeSean McCoy	2	2	30	15.00	8	19
TE Jumbo Dolan	1	3	12	12.00	0	12
WR Dean Rivers	1	5	12	12.00	0	12
TE John Carlson	0	2	0	0.00	0	0
RB Kurt Houston	0	1	0	0.00	0	0
FB Darrell Erickson	0	1	0	0.00	0	0

Interception Statistics

Pittsburgh	Ints	Yards	Avg	TD
OLB Lincoln Vespignani	1	8	8.00	0

Houston	Ints	Yards	Avg	TD
ILB Lawrence Fisk	1	10	10.00	0

Fumble Statistics

Pittsburgh	Fumb	Recov	Force
Rico Howe	1	1	0
Pete Wyoming	0	0	1
William Moore	0	0	1
Jake Ford	0	0	1

Houston	Fumb	Recov	Force
LeSean McCoy	1	0	0
Jessie Johannsen	1	0	0
Kurt Houston	1	0	0
Antoine Caldwell	0	1	0
Herb Bradford	0	1	0
Dean Rivers	0	1	0
Sedrick Harvey	0	0	1

Punting Statistics

Pittsburgh	Punt	Yards	Avg	Net	LG	In20
Colin Zook	4	202	50.5	39.0	59	3

Houston	Punt	Yards	Avg	Net	LG	In20
Steve Watanabe	7	347	49.6	39.9	68	3

Kicking Statistics

Pittsburgh	FGs	40+Yd	50+Yd	LG	PAT
Ryan Succop	1/3	1/2	1/1	53	3/3

Houston	FGs	40+Yd	50+Yd	LG	PAT
Jack Kemnitzer	1/1	0/0	0/0	25	0/0

Punt Return Statistics

Pittsburgh	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Kirk Cole	2	28	14.0	0

Houston	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Dean Rivers	1	26	26.0	0

Kick Return Statistics

Pittsburgh	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Marshall Robb	1	31	31.0	0
Ronnie White	1	13	13.0	0

Houston	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Preston Beadnell	2	52	26.0	0

Defensive Statistics

Pittsburgh	Tack	Asst	Sack	RPlay	PPlay
S William Moore	4	0	0.0	6	43
OLB Bruce Davis	3	2	0.0	7	44
CB Pete Wyoming	3	1	0.0	7	44
CB Curtis Fitzgerald	3	0	0.0	7	39
S Jake Ford	3	0	0.0	9	49
S Ronnie White	2	1	0.0	6	43
DT Pat Sims	2	0	0.0	5	16
DE Aaron Maybin	2	0	0.0	8	41
ILB Edward Patterson	1	2	0.0	8	41
WR George Gray	1	0	---	---	---
OLB Lincoln Vespignani	1	0	0.0	1	8
S Josh Moseley	1	0	0.0	5	31

Houston	Tack	Asst	Sack	RPlay	PPlay
S Kent Jarvis	9	1	0.0	13	22
ILB Lawrence Fisk	7	1	0.0	35	33
OLB Herb Hampton	6	3	0.0	34	30
CB Gregory Toler	6	0	0.0	17	25
DT Levon Jacobs	5	0	0.0	29	34
CB Casey Donovan	4	2	0.0	26	25
S Luke Hartland	4	2	0.0	25	25
DE Carlos Dunlap	3	0	0.0	31	31
OLB Ralph Livanis	3	0	0.0	18	9
DT Sedrick Harvey	2	1	1.0	14	11
CB D.J. Moore	2	5	0.0	14	20
DT Jermaine Lowe	2	1	0.0	25	13
CB Tyrell Johnson	2	0	0.0	27	26
DE Joey Sims	2	0	0.0	22	19
OLB Marc Poloski	2	0	0.0	3	4
OLB Peter Heuvicq	1	1	0.0	14	7
DE Teddy Flannery	1	0	0.0	17	19
TE John Carlson	1	0	---	---	---
S Antonio Giles	1	0	0.0	13	16
S Chad Jones	0	2	0.0	25	25

Pass Rush Statistics

Pittsburgh	Block	Hurry	PPlay
DE George Selvie	1	4	38
ILB Edward Patterson	1	1	41
DE Aaron Maybin	1	1	41
DT Pat Sims	1	0	16
DT Norbert Briggs	0	2	21
DT Sen'Derrick Marks	0	1	37
DE Chris Akaka	0	1	16
DT B.J. Buckner	0	1	20

Houston	Sack	Hurry	Knock	PPlay
DT Sedrick Harvey	1.0	0	0	11
DE Carlos Dunlap	0.0	2	0	31
DE Teddy Flannery	0.0	1	1	19
DT Levon Jacobs	0.0	1	0	34
DE Joey Sims	0.0	1	0	19

Pass Defense Statistics

Pittsburgh	Caught	Defnsd	Intrcp	PPlay
CB Curtis Fitzgerald	3	2	0	39
S William Moore	3	1	0	43
CB Pete Wyoming	2	1	0	44
OLB Bruce Davis	2	1	0	44
S Jake Ford	2	1	0	49
ILB Edward Patterson	2	0	0	41
S Ronnie White	1	3	0	43
S Josh Moseley	1	1	0	31
OLB Lincoln Vespignani	1	0	1	8
DE George Selvie	0	1	0	38

Houston	Caught	Defnsd	Intrcp	PPlay
CB Gregory Toler	5	0	0	25
S Kent Jarvis	4	1	0	22
OLB Herb Hampton	4	0	0	30
CB Casey Donovan	3	0	0	25
CB Tyrell Johnson	2	0	0	26
DT Levon Jacobs	2	0	0	34
ILB Lawrence Fisk	1	1	1	33
CB D.J. Moore	1	0	0	20
OLB Peter Heuvicq	1	0	0	7
S Antonio Giles	1	0	0	16
OLB Marc Poloski	1	0	0	4
OLB Ralph Livanis	1	0	0	9
ILB Emmitt Vilnit	0	1	0	7

Blocking Statistics

Pittsburgh	KeyBl	BlOpp	RPly	SckA	PPly
Frankie Modrell	3	10	32	1	25
Rodger Saffold	1	5	29	0	32
Marty Howard	1	4	32	0	32
Antonio Fecht	1	3	15	0	8
Brett Hathaway	1	2	34	0	32
Donovan Ahern	0	4	13	0	13
Graham Sellers	0	3	21	0	16
Gabe Russell	0	2	29	0	34
Don Middleton	0	1	8	0	7
Edwin Veldheer	0	1	4	0	5
Alonzo Hatcher	0	1	9	0	5

Houston	KeyBl	BlOpp	Panc	RPly	PPly
Herb Bradford	1	2	0	9	52
Darrell Erickson	1	2	0	5	28
Antoine Caldwell	1	1	1	8	32
Gosder Cherilus	1	1	0	7	44
Jumbo Wheeler	0	1	0	1	3
Mickey Brandon	0	1	0	8	39
Matt Slauson	0	1	0	4	28

Special Teams Tackles

Pittsburgh	Tackles	STPlays
Gus Eleazer	2	8
Antonio Fecht	1	14

Houston	Tackles	STPlays
Darrell Erickson	2	15
Kent Jarvis	1	14
Tim Lincoln	1	13

Participation

Pittsburgh	RPlyOff	PPlyOff	RPlyDef	PPlyDef	STPly	Total Plays
Rico Howe	38	37	---	---	---	75
George Gray	33	36	---	---	1	70
Gabe Russell	29	34	---	---	5	68
Brett Hathaway	34	32	---	---	---	66
Kirk Cole	28	29	---	---	8	65
Herb Matich	32	31	---	---	2	65
Marty Howard	32	32	---	---	---	64
Rodger Saffold	29	32	---	---	---	61
Frankie Modrell	32	25	---	---	2	59
Jake Ford	---	---	9	49	1	59
Josh Moseley	---	---	5	31	22	58
Aaron Maybin	---	---	8	41	8	57
Ronnie White	---	---	6	43	7	56
Pete Wyoming	---	---	7	44	4	55
Bruce Davis	---	---	7	44	4	55
Danny Cranford	19	23	---	---	12	54
William Moore	---	---	6	43	3	52
Edward Patterson	---	---	8	41	1	50
Sen'Derrick Marks	---	---	9	37	1	47
Curtis Fitzgerald	---	---	7	39	---	46
George Selvie	---	---	6	38	2	46
Graham Sellers	21	16	---	---	7	44
Britt Wheeler	12	19	---	---	10	41
Bucky Irwin	16	12	---	---	11	39
Antonio Fecht	15	8	---	---	14	37
Donovan Ahern	13	13	---	---	7	33
Rondell Kurtz	---	---	5	14	11	30
Patrick Lee	---	---	2	25	---	27
Pat Sims	---	---	5	16	4	25
B.J. Buckner	---	---	4	20	1	25
Norbert Briggs	---	---	1	21	2	24
Chris Akaka	---	---	3	16	4	23
Quentin Dernbach	8	4	---	---	11	23
Don Middleton	8	7	---	---	7	22
Gus Eleazer	6	7	---	---	8	21
Alonzo Hatcher	9	5	---	---	7	21
Irving Duvall	0	0	---	---	20	20
Edwin Veldheer	4	5	---	---	7	16
Lincoln Vespignani	---	---	1	8	2	11
Ryan Succop	0	0	---	---	8	8
Josh Hall	---	---	0	2	5	7
Colin Zook	0	0	---	---	4	4
Patrick Mussi	---	---	0	0	4	4
Jim Brady	0	0	---	---	3	3
Marshall Robb	---	---	0	0	2	2
David Abrams	0	0	---	---	---	0

Houston	RPlyOff	PPlyOff	RPlyDef	PPlyDef	STPly	Total Plays
Lawrence Fisk	---	---	35	33	4	72
Herb Bradford	9	52	---	---	8	69
Herb Hampton	---	---	34	30	3	67
Carlos Dunlap	---	---	31	31	4	66
Levon Jacobs	---	---	29	34	2	65
Gene Chandler	9	52	---	---	1	62
Gosder Cherilus	7	44	---	---	7	58
Tyrell Johnson	---	---	27	26	2	55
Luke Hartland	---	---	25	25	3	53
Casey Donovan	---	---	26	25	1	52
Preston Beadnell	6	38	---	---	7	51
Dwight Donovan	5	34	---	---	11	50
Chad Jones	---	---	25	25	---	50
Kent Jarvis	---	---	13	22	14	49
Darrell Erickson	5	28	---	---	15	48
Mickey Brandon	8	39	---	---	---	47
Gregory Toler	---	---	17	25	3	45
Joey Sims	---	---	22	19	3	44
D.J. Moore	---	---	14	20	9	43
Jessie Johannsen	7	35	---	---	---	42
Jermaine Lowe	---	---	25	13	4	42
LeSean McCoy	5	31	---	---	5	41
Antoine Caldwell	8	32	---	---	1	41
Antonio Giles	---	---	13	16	9	38
Teddy Flannery	---	---	17	19	1	37
Dean Rivers	3	28	---	---	6	37
Mitch Petrus	5	24	---	---	8	37
Tim Lincoln	2	18	---	---	13	33
Matt Slauson	4	28	---	---	---	32
Lawrence Berry	1	22	---	---	8	31
Ralph Livanis	---	---	18	9	4	31
Jimmy Fulcher	3	19	---	---	8	30
Jumbo Dolan	3	11	---	---	15	29
Sedrick Harvey	---	---	14	11	1	26
Emmitt Vilnit	---	---	4	7	14	25
John Carlson	4	19	---	---	---	23
Junior Harden	---	---	12	6	5	23
Peter Heuvicq	---	---	14	7	1	22
Kurt Houston	4	15	---	---	2	21
Brett Murphy	0	0	---	---	19	19
Marc Poloski	---	---	3	4	5	12
Jumbo Wheeler	1	3	---	---	6	10
Steve Watanabe	0	0	---	---	7	7
Jack Kemnitzer	0	0	---	---	3	3
Charles Stephens	0	0	---	---	---	0
Julio McElroy	0	0	---	---	---	0

Directional Rushing Statistics

Distance	Att	Yards	Avg
Left	17	36	2.1
Middle	7	11	1.6
Right	14	31	2.2
None	0	0	0.0

Distance	Att	Yards	Avg
Left	0	0	0.0
Middle	5	18	3.6
Right	4	8	2.0
None	0	0	0.0

Detailed Passing Statistics

Pittsburgh	Att	Cmp	20+	BdTh	Drop	Dfns	Hurr	Knck	Intc
Rico Howe	36	26	5	0	1	3	5	1	1

Houston	Att	Cmp	20+	BdTh	Drop	Dfns	Hurr	Knck	Intc
Gene Chandler	52	17	1	2	6	11	11	0	1

Directional Passing Statistics

Distance	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg
Screen	2	1	10	5.0
Short (0-8 Yds)	20	16	160	8.0
Medium (9-18 Yds)	13	9	188	14.5
Long (19+ Yds)	1	0	0	0.0

Distance	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg
Screen	2	1	12	6.0
Short (0-8 Yds)	12	5	55	4.6
Medium (9-18 Yds)	28	11	129	4.6
Long (19+ Yds)	10	0	0	0.0

Detailed Receiving Statistics

Pittsburgh	Targt	Caugt	Dropd	Yards	20+	PPlay
WR George Gray	12	7	0	73	1	36
RB Herb Matich	7	6	0	75	1	31
WR Kirk Cole	6	4	1	85	1	29
WR Britt Wheeler	4	3	0	63	1	19
TE Graham Sellers	4	4	0	47	1	16
WR Danny Cranford	2	1	0	3	0	23
TE Antonio Fecht	1	1	0	12	0	8

Houston	Targt	Caugt	Dropd	Yards	20+	PPlay
WR Dwight Donovan	11	2	1	17	0	34
WR Jessie Johannsen	11	6	1	86	1	35
WR Tim Lincoln	9	2	1	12	0	18
WR Preston Beadnell	7	3	2	27	0	38
WR Dean Rivers	5	1	0	12	0	28
TE Jumbo Dolan	3	1	0	12	0	11
TE John Carlson	2	0	0	0	0	19
RB LeSean McCoy	2	2	0	30	0	31
RB Kurt Houston	1	0	1	0	0	15
FB Darrell Erickson	1	0	0	0	0	28

Red-Zone Rushing Statistics

Pittsburgh	Att	Yards	Avg	Overall Avg
Herb Matich	2	2	1.00	2.07

Houston	Att	Yards	Avg	Overall Avg
LeSean McCoy	1	8	8.00	5.80
Kurt Houston	1	-1	-1.00	-0.67

Red-Zone Passing Statistics

Pittsburgh	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg/Att	Overall Avg

Houston	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg/Att	Overall Avg
Gene Chandler	1	0	0	0.00	3.77

Red-Zone Receiving Statistics

Pittsburgh	Target	Catch	Yards	Avg/Targ	Overall Avg

Houston	Target	Catch	Yards	Avg/Targ	Overall Avg
WR Jessie Johannsen	1	0	0	0.00	7.82

Third Down Rushing Statistics

Pittsburgh	Rushes	Conversions
Herb Matich	2	1
Rico Howe	1	0

Houston	Rushes	Conversions

Third Down Passing Statistics

Pittsburgh	Att	Comp	Conversions
Rico Howe	16	13	11

Houston	Att	Comp	Conversions
Gene Chandler	13	3	2

Third Down Receiving Statistics

Pittsburgh	Targ	Catch	Conversions
RB Herb Matich	6	5	4
WR George Gray	3	2	2
WR Kirk Cole	3	2	2
WR Britt Wheeler	2	2	1
TE Antonio Fecht	1	1	1
TE Graham Sellers	1	1	1

Houston	Targ	Catch	Conversions
WR Dwight Donovan	5	0	0
WR Jessie Johannsen	4	2	1
WR Tim Lincoln	3	1	1
WR Preston Beadnell	1	0	0

Section Attendance
Stadium 46,700 (69,500 capacity)
Upper Deck 14,300 (21,100)
End Zone 10,300 (15,200)
Mezzanine 5,800 (8,800)
Sideline Seats 9,200 (13,400)
Club Seats 4,700 (7,000)
Luxury Boxes 2,400 (4,000)

Section	Attendance
Stadium	46,700 (69,500 capacity)
Upper Deck	14,300 (21,100)
End Zone	10,300 (15,200)
Mezzanine	5,800 (8,800)
Sideline Seats	9,200 (13,400)
Club Seats	4,700 (7,000)
Luxury Boxes	2,400 (4,000)