Week 2, 2029

played in Pittsburgh, PA

47 degrees, fair, 7 mph wind

Detroit Lions	7	7	0	0	-	14
Pittsburgh Steelers	10	0	14	0	-	24

Scoring Summary
1Q: 10:09 PIT - Kelly Simonton 31 field goal
1Q: 05:45 DET - Bruce Brizzolara 4 pass from J.J. Sutton (Justin Branch extra point)
1Q: 01:57 PIT - George Gray 35 pass from Cam Newton (Kelly Simonton extra point)
2Q: 04:16 DET - J.J. Sutton 7 run (Justin Branch extra point)
3Q: 08:59 PIT - Nicky Newkirk 1 pass from Cam Newton (Kelly Simonton extra point)
3Q: 05:30 PIT - Toby Gerhardt 6 run (Kelly Simonton extra point)

Scoring Summary
1Q: 10:09 PIT - Kelly Simonton 31 field goal
1Q: 05:45 DET - Bruce Brizzolara 4 pass from J.J. Sutton (Justin Branch extra point)
1Q: 01:57 PIT - George Gray 35 pass from Cam Newton (Kelly Simonton extra point)
2Q: 04:16 DET - J.J. Sutton 7 run (Justin Branch extra point)
3Q: 08:59 PIT - Nicky Newkirk 1 pass from Cam Newton (Kelly Simonton extra point)
3Q: 05:30 PIT - Toby Gerhardt 6 run (Kelly Simonton extra point)

Team Statistics DET PIT
Record 0-2 1-1
First Downs 23 25
- by Rushing 5 5
- by Passing 16 18
- by Penalty 2 2
Total Net Yards 332 441
- Offensive Plays 67 66
- Yards per Play 4.96 6.68
Net Rushing Yards 81 82
- Rushing Attempts 19 29
- Yards per Rush 4.26 2.83
Net Passing Yards 251 359
- Att./Comp./Intrcpt 46 - 23 - 1 35 - 25 - 2
- Gross Passing Yards 272 372
- Sacks/Yards Lost 2/21 2/13
- Yards per Pass Play 5.23 9.70
Fumbles/Lost 0/0 0/0
3rd Down Conversions 8/15 11/16
- Avg. YtG on 3rd Down 7.3 7.0
4th Down Conversions 1/2 0/0
Penalties/Yards 7/50 7/40
Punt Returns/Yards 3/26 2/33
Kick Returns/Yards 4/134 3/49
Interception Ret./Yards 2/0 1/12
2pt Conversions 0/0 0/0
Red Zone Visits 3 5
- Red Zone TDs/FGs 2/0 2/1
Avg. Drive Start OWN 29 OWN 25
Time of Possession 27:12 32:48

Team Statistics	DET	PIT
Record	0-2	1-1
First Downs	23	25
- by Rushing	5	5
- by Passing	16	18
- by Penalty	2	2
Total Net Yards	332	441
- Offensive Plays	67	66
- Yards per Play	4.96	6.68
Net Rushing Yards	81	82
- Rushing Attempts	19	29
- Yards per Rush	4.26	2.83
Net Passing Yards	251	359
- Att./Comp./Intrcpt	46 - 23 - 1	35 - 25 - 2
- Gross Passing Yards	272	372
- Sacks/Yards Lost	2/21	2/13
- Yards per Pass Play	5.23	9.70
Fumbles/Lost	0/0	0/0
3rd Down Conversions	8/15	11/16
- Avg. YtG on 3rd Down	7.3	7.0
4th Down Conversions	1/2	0/0
Penalties/Yards	7/50	7/40
Punt Returns/Yards	3/26	2/33
Kick Returns/Yards	4/134	3/49
Interception Ret./Yards	2/0	1/12
2pt Conversions	0/0	0/0
Red Zone Visits	3	5
- Red Zone TDs/FGs	2/0	2/1
Avg. Drive Start	OWN 29	OWN 25
Time of Possession	27:12	32:48

Drive Charts

Detroit Lions
Quar	Began	Poss	From	Plays	Yards	Result
1	15:00	1:07	OWN 49	3	6	Punt
1	10:01	4:25	OWN 46	8	54	Touchdown
1	1:41	3:47	OWN 33	6	21	Punt
2	9:15	5:08	OWN 20	12	80	Touchdown
2	1:07	1:07	OWN 20	2	27	Half
3	8:49	1:06	OWN 20	3	-3	Punt
3	5:20	5:20	OWN 30	11	26	Punt
4	11:30	1:35	OWN 38	4	13	Punt
4	8:28	3:50	OWN 28	15	56	Downs
4	1:52	0:38	OWN 14	3	37	Interception

Pittsburgh Steelers
Quar	Began	Poss	From	Plays	Yards	Result
1	13:53	3:52	OWN 20	10	66	Field Goal
1	5:36	3:55	OWN 18	7	82	Touchdown
2	12:54	3:39	OWN 20	8	68	Interception
2	4:07	3:00	OWN 30	8	62	Interception
3	15:00	6:11	OWN 27	12	73	Touchdown
3	7:43	2:23	OWN 49	5	51	Touchdown
4	15:00	3:30	OWN 20	6	9	Punt
4	9:55	1:27	OWN 18	3	4	Punt
4	4:38	2:46	OWN 16	5	29	Punt
4	1:14	1:14	OWN 33	3	-3	Game

Game MVP: Cam Newton, Pittsburgh Steelers

Rushing Statistics

Detroit	Att	Yards	Avg	LG	10+	TD
Shaun Stuart	11	57	5.18	20	1	0
Dean Stickney	6	7	1.17	8	0	0
J.J. Sutton	1	7	7.00	7	0	1
Terrance Kremers	1	10	10.00	10	1	0

Pittsburgh	Att	Yards	Avg	LG	10+	TD
Toby Gerhardt	19	42	2.21	6	0	1
Brant Hockman	8	38	4.75	17	2	0
Cam Newton	1	-1	-1.00	-1	0	0
Donovan Watson	1	3	3.00	3	0	0

Passing Statistics

Detroit	Att	Comp	Yards	Sk/Yd	TD	LG	Int	Rate
J.J. Sutton	46	23	272	2/21	1	38	1	66.6

Pittsburgh	Att	Comp	Yards	Sk/Yd	TD	LG	Int	Rate
Cam Newton	35	25	372	2/13	2	38	2	101.1

Receiving Statistics

Detroit	Catch	Targ	Yards	Avg	YAC	LG	TD
TE Bruce Brizzolara	6	15	51	8.50	18	14	1
WR Raymond Stephenson	4	6	37	9.25	0	11	0
WR Golden Tate	3	4	25	8.33	0	10	0
WR AJ Green	3	9	62	20.67	15	38	0
TE Lee Smith	2	3	24	12.00	5	15	0
WR Kris Cunningham	2	3	33	16.50	19	24	0
FB Jeremy Brakke	1	2	12	12.00	0	12	0
RB Dean Stickney	1	2	8	8.00	0	8	0
RB Shaun Stuart	1	2	20	20.00	18	20	0

Pittsburgh	Catch	Targ	Yards	Avg	YAC	LG	TD
WR George Gray	7	9	104	14.86	33	35	1
WR Danny Cranford	6	8	80	13.33	20	38	0
WR Nicky Newkirk	6	9	73	12.17	0	26	1
RB Toby Gerhardt	3	5	35	11.67	8	15	0
WR Donovan Watson	3	4	80	26.67	13	33	0

Interception Statistics

Detroit	Ints	Yards	Avg	TD
S Gino Swift	1	0	0.00	0
S Sammy Foster	1	0	0.00	0

Pittsburgh	Ints	Yards	Avg	TD
S Horace Gilmore	1	12	12.00	0

Fumble Statistics

Detroit	Fumb	Recov	Force	TD

Pittsburgh	Fumb	Recov	Force	TD

Punting Statistics

Detroit	Punt	Yards	Avg	Net	LG	In20
R.J. Lyons	5	233	46.6	28.0	53	1

Pittsburgh	Punt	Yards	Avg	Net	LG	In20
Billy Joe Lowe	3	150	50.0	41.3	53	2

Kicking Statistics

Detroit	FGs	40+Yd	50+Yd	LG	PAT
Justin Branch	0/0	0/0	0/0	0	2/2

Pittsburgh	FGs	40+Yd	50+Yd	LG	PAT
Kelly Simonton	1/1	0/0	0/0	31	3/3

Punt Return Statistics

Detroit	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
AJ Green	3	26	8.7	0

Pittsburgh	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Warren Kushto	2	33	16.5	0

Kick Return Statistics

Detroit	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Golden Tate	4	134	33.5	0

Pittsburgh	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Donovan Watson	3	49	16.3	0

Defensive Statistics

Detroit	Tack	Asst	Sack	RPlay	PPlay
S Gino Swift	9	1	0.0	25	29
CB Nolan Carroll	5	1	0.0	21	28
CB Harris Friday	5	0	0.0	21	22
S Sammy Foster	5	0	0.0	27	35
S Rodney Dunn	4	0	0.0	16	20
OLB Casey Matthews	4	0	0.0	21	30
DE Austin Tomei	3	2	0.0	20	22
DE Norm Spencer	2	2	1.0	15	14
OLB Tim Rawls	2	2	0.5	26	31
DE Dan Batten	2	0	0.5	9	15
DE Tyson Jackson	2	2	0.0	14	23
DT Percy Press	2	2	0.0	18	26
ILB Gabe Miller	2	1	0.0	11	21
ILB Ross Donohue	2	1	0.0	22	28
CB Craig Jefferson	2	0	0.0	12	18
WR AJ Green	1	0	---	---	---
ILB Lawrence Lewis	0	1	0.0	17	20

Pittsburgh	Tack	Asst	Sack	RPlay	PPlay
CB Kyle Meadows	6	0	0.0	8	20
ILB Ron Lazer	5	1	0.0	18	36
CB Peter Gaylor	4	1	0.0	13	33
CB Wayne Maxwell	4	0	0.0	14	40
DT Sammy Barton	3	0	1.0	11	17
S Rahim Moore	3	6	0.0	17	43
ILB Reggie Fields	3	1	0.0	5	13
DT Grady Patton	3	0	0.0	13	36
QB Cam Newton	2	0	---	---	---
CB Kent Wheeler	2	0	0.0	16	44
S Horace Gilmore	2	0	0.0	11	41
DE George Selvie	1	0	1.0	13	35
S Robert Gerleman	1	2	0.0	7	10
OLB Juan Gaines	1	2	0.0	16	18
OLB Patrick Mussi	1	0	0.0	10	24
ILB Kirk Snyder	1	0	0.0	1	18
DE Scottie Dightman	1	0	0.0	14	40
DE Brant Covert	1	0	0.0	6	13

Pass Rush Statistics

Detroit	Sack	Hurry	Knock	PPlay
DE Norm Spencer	1.0	0	0	14
OLB Tim Rawls	0.5	1	0	31
DE Dan Batten	0.5	0	2	15
DT Percy Press	0.0	1	0	26
OLB Casey Matthews	0.0	1	0	30

Pittsburgh	Sack	Block	Hurry	Knock	PPlay
DE George Selvie	1.0	0	4	1	35
DT Sammy Barton	1.0	0	0	0	17
CB Wayne Maxwell	0.0	1	0	0	40
DT Grady Patton	0.0	0	2	1	36
DE Brant Covert	0.0	0	2	0	13
DE Scottie Dightman	0.0	0	1	0	40

Pass Defense Statistics

Detroit	Caught	Defnsd	Intrcp	PPlay
CB Nolan Carroll	4	1	0	28
S Gino Swift	4	0	1	29
S Sammy Foster	4	0	1	35
CB Harris Friday	4	0	0	22
ILB Ross Donohue	3	0	0	28
CB Craig Jefferson	2	0	0	18
OLB Tim Rawls	2	0	0	31
S Rodney Dunn	1	1	0	20
ILB Gabe Miller	1	1	0	21

Pittsburgh	Caught	Defnsd	Intrcp	PPlay
CB Kyle Meadows	4	1	0	20
CB Wayne Maxwell	4	0	0	40
CB Kent Wheeler	3	2	0	44
ILB Ron Lazer	3	0	0	36
CB Peter Gaylor	2	1	0	33
S Rahim Moore	2	0	0	43
S Horace Gilmore	1	0	1	41
S Robert Gerleman	1	0	0	10
OLB Juan Gaines	1	0	0	18
ILB Kirk Snyder	1	0	0	18
ILB Reggie Fields	1	0	0	13
DE Brant Covert	0	1	0	13

Blocking Statistics

Detroit	KeyBl	BlOpp	RPly	SckA	PPly
Mike Iupati	3	7	17	0	40
Julio Koepke	2	3	18	0	42
Zachary Williams	2	2	14	0	32
Ricky Carpenter	0	2	6	0	14
Lester Schokora	0	1	15	1	39
Travis Corbett	0	1	12	1	35
Jeremy Brakke	0	1	13	0	29
Otis Hudson	0	1	1	0	9

Pittsburgh	KeyBl	BlOpp	Panc	RPly	SckA	PPly
Rodger Saffold	2	10	1	29	1	37
James Brewer	2	9	0	25	0	31
Jim Carlson	1	5	0	25	1	29
Alonzo Hatcher	1	2	0	7	0	7
Dwight Perez	0	1	0	24	0	30
Harvey Johnston	0	1	0	11	0	15

Special Teams Tackles

Detroit	Tackles	STPlays
Lawrence Lewis	3	14
AJ Green	2	11

Pittsburgh	Tackles	STPlays
Kyle Meadows	2	18
Warren Kushto	1	16
Brant Hockman	1	13
Victor Morton	1	11
George Gray	1	4
Stanley Havili	1	3

Participation

Detroit	RPlyOff	PPlyOff	RPlyDef	PPlyDef	STPly	Total Plays
Sammy Foster	---	---	27	35	9	71
Bruce Brizzolara	17	43	---	---	9	69
J.J. Sutton	19	48	---	---	---	67
AJ Green	16	36	---	---	11	63
Nolan Carroll	---	---	21	28	12	61
Casey Matthews	---	---	21	30	9	60
Julio Koepke	18	42	---	---	---	60
Tim Rawls	---	---	26	31	1	58
Lester Schokora	15	39	---	---	3	57
Mike Iupati	17	40	---	---	---	57
Gino Swift	---	---	25	29	---	54
Raymond Stephenson	14	34	---	---	5	53
Jeremy Brakke	13	29	---	---	9	51
Ross Donohue	---	---	22	28	1	51
Lawrence Lewis	---	---	17	20	14	51
Percy Press	---	---	18	26	3	47
Travis Corbett	12	35	---	---	---	47
Zachary Williams	14	32	---	---	---	46
Shaun Stuart	12	19	---	---	15	46
Harris Friday	---	---	21	22	1	44
Austin Tomei	---	---	20	22	1	43
Golden Tate	6	20	---	---	16	42
Tyson Jackson	---	---	14	23	2	39
Rodney Dunn	---	---	16	20	1	37
Craig Jefferson	---	---	12	18	6	36
Gabe Miller	---	---	11	21	---	32
Marvin Gillette	---	---	13	14	5	32
Norm Spencer	---	---	15	14	3	32
Dean Stickney	6	23	---	---	1	30
Dennis Rawls	7	13	---	---	5	25
Winfred Malone	5	16	---	---	4	25
Dan Batten	---	---	9	15	---	24
Myron Maupin	---	---	11	11	1	23
Ricky Carpenter	6	14	---	---	3	23
Kris Cunningham	0	13	---	---	8	21
Nate Byham	3	4	---	---	13	20
Lee Smith	5	11	---	---	3	19
Otis Hudson	1	9	---	---	5	15
Broderick DuBois	2	7	---	---	---	9
R.J. Lyons	0	0	---	---	5	5
Justin Branch	0	0	---	---	3	3
Terrance Kremers	1	1	---	---	---	2
Rusty Sheldon	0	0	---	---	---	0
Ricardo Fitchie	0	0	---	---	---	0
Dominic Gilbreath	0	0	---	---	---	0
Drake Nevis	---	---	0	0	---	0

Pittsburgh	RPlyOff	PPlyOff	RPlyDef	PPlyDef	STPly	Total Plays
George Gray	29	37	---	---	4	70
Rodger Saffold	29	37	---	---	---	66
Cam Newton	29	37	---	---	---	66
Wayne Maxwell	---	---	14	40	8	62
Rahim Moore	---	---	17	43	---	60
Kent Wheeler	---	---	16	44	---	60
Ron Lazer	---	---	18	36	2	56
James Brewer	25	31	---	---	---	56
Nicky Newkirk	14	29	---	---	11	54
Dwight Perez	24	30	---	---	---	54
Jim Carlson	25	29	---	---	---	54
Scottie Dightman	---	---	14	40	---	54
Horace Gilmore	---	---	11	41	---	52
Rusty Gothe	20	28	---	---	3	51
Toby Gerhardt	21	27	---	---	2	50
Grady Patton	---	---	13	36	---	49
Juan Gaines	---	---	16	18	15	49
George Selvie	---	---	13	35	---	48
Kyle Meadows	---	---	8	20	18	46
Peter Gaylor	---	---	13	33	---	46
Danny Cranford	15	25	---	---	2	42
Orlando Whitfield	---	---	10	32	---	42
Graham Sellers	14	16	---	---	6	36
Donovan Watson	14	14	---	---	8	36
Victor Morton	11	14	---	---	11	36
Patrick Mussi	---	---	10	24	1	35
Brant Hockman	8	10	---	---	13	31
Sammy Barton	---	---	11	17	2	30
Harvey Johnston	11	15	---	---	1	27
Robert Gerleman	---	---	7	10	8	25
Fernando Hernandez	---	---	6	13	5	24
Brant Covert	---	---	6	13	5	24
Reggie Fields	---	---	5	13	5	23
Kirk Snyder	---	---	1	18	3	22
Warren Kushto	4	2	---	---	16	22
J.B. Winters	4	5	---	---	12	21
Stanley Havili	11	6	---	---	3	20
Alonzo Hatcher	7	7	---	---	4	18
Archie Roberts	4	8	---	---	4	16
Kelly Simonton	0	0	---	---	6	6
Richard Makowski	0	0	---	---	4	4
Billy Joe Lowe	0	0	---	---	3	3
Jay Schmidgall	---	---	0	2	---	2
Johnnie Ferderer	0	0	---	---	1	1
J.R. Branch	---	---	0	0	1	1
Jamie Blades	0	0	---	---	---	0

Directional Rushing Statistics

Distance	Att	Yards	Avg
Left	8	20	2.5
Middle	10	59	5.9
Right	1	2	2.0
None	0	0	0.0

Distance	Att	Yards	Avg
Left	14	32	2.3
Middle	4	10	2.5
Right	10	41	4.1
None	1	-1	-1.0

Detailed Passing Statistics

Detroit	Att	Cmp	20+	BdTh	Drop	Dfns	Hurr	Knck	Intc
J.J. Sutton	46	23	3	0	7	5	9	2	1

Pittsburgh	Att	Cmp	20+	BdTh	Drop	Dfns	Hurr	Knck	Intc
Cam Newton	35	25	7	0	2	3	3	2	2

Directional Passing Statistics

Distance	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg
Screen	1	1	20	20.0
Short (0-8 Yds)	23	14	139	6.0
Medium (9-18 Yds)	19	7	75	3.9
Long (19+ Yds)	3	1	38	12.7

Distance	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg
Screen	0	0	0	0.0
Short (0-8 Yds)	17	13	124	7.3
Medium (9-18 Yds)	7	5	55	7.9
Long (19+ Yds)	11	7	193	17.5

Detailed Receiving Statistics

Detroit	Targt	Caugt	Dropd	Yards	20+	PPlay
TE Bruce Brizzolara	15	6	3	51	0	43
WR AJ Green	9	3	0	62	1	36
WR Raymond Stephenson	6	4	2	37	0	34
WR Golden Tate	4	3	1	25	0	20
TE Lee Smith	3	2	1	24	0	11
WR Kris Cunningham	3	2	0	33	1	13
FB Jeremy Brakke	2	1	0	12	0	29
RB Dean Stickney	2	1	0	8	0	23
RB Shaun Stuart	2	1	0	20	1	19

Pittsburgh	Targt	Caugt	Dropd	Yards	20+	PPlay
WR George Gray	9	7	0	104	2	37
WR Nicky Newkirk	9	6	2	73	1	29
WR Danny Cranford	8	6	0	80	1	25
RB Toby Gerhardt	5	3	0	35	0	27
WR Donovan Watson	4	3	0	80	3	14

Red-Zone Rushing Statistics

Detroit	Att	Yards	Avg	Overall Avg
J.J. Sutton	1	7	7.00	7.00

Pittsburgh	Att	Yards	Avg	Overall Avg
Brant Hockman	3	10	3.33	4.75
Toby Gerhardt	2	8	4.00	2.21

Red-Zone Passing Statistics

Detroit	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg/Att	Overall Avg
J.J. Sutton	8	3	25	3.13	5.91

Pittsburgh	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg/Att	Overall Avg
Cam Newton	12	6	36	3.00	10.63

Red-Zone Receiving Statistics

Detroit	Target	Catch	Yards	Avg/Targ	Overall Avg
WR Golden Tate	2	1	10	5.00	6.25
TE Bruce Brizzolara	2	1	4	2.00	3.40
WR Raymond Stephenson	2	1	11	5.50	6.17
WR AJ Green	1	0	0	0.00	6.89
WR Kris Cunningham	1	0	0	0.00	11.00

Pittsburgh	Target	Catch	Yards	Avg/Targ	Overall Avg
RB Toby Gerhardt	4	2	20	5.00	7.00
WR Danny Cranford	3	2	10	3.33	10.00
WR George Gray	2	1	5	2.50	11.56
WR Nicky Newkirk	2	1	1	0.50	8.11
WR Donovan Watson	1	0	0	0.00	20.00

Third Down Rushing Statistics

Detroit	Rushes	Conversions
Terrance Kremers	1	1
Shaun Stuart	1	1

Pittsburgh	Rushes	Conversions
Toby Gerhardt	2	1
Cam Newton	1	0
Brant Hockman	1	1

Third Down Passing Statistics

Detroit	Att	Comp	Conversions
J.J. Sutton	13	6	6

Pittsburgh	Att	Comp	Conversions
Cam Newton	12	11	9

Third Down Receiving Statistics

Detroit	Targ	Catch	Conversions
TE Bruce Brizzolara	3	0	0
RB Dean Stickney	2	1	1
WR AJ Green	2	1	1
WR Raymond Stephenson	2	2	2
WR Golden Tate	1	0	0
TE Lee Smith	1	1	1
RB Shaun Stuart	1	0	0
WR Kris Cunningham	1	1	1

Pittsburgh	Targ	Catch	Conversions
WR George Gray	4	3	1
WR Nicky Newkirk	3	3	3
WR Danny Cranford	2	2	2
WR Donovan Watson	2	2	2
RB Toby Gerhardt	1	1	1

Section Attendance
Stadium 56,900 (64,500 capacity)
Upper Deck 15,200 (18,800)
End Zone 12,700 (13,700)
Mezzanine 7,300 (7,900)
Sideline Seats 11,300 (12,100)
Club Seats 6,600 (7,000)
Luxury Boxes 3,800 (5,000)

Section	Attendance
Stadium	56,900 (64,500 capacity)
Upper Deck	15,200 (18,800)
End Zone	12,700 (13,700)
Mezzanine	7,300 (7,900)
Sideline Seats	11,300 (12,100)
Club Seats	6,600 (7,000)
Luxury Boxes	3,800 (5,000)