Week 3, 2031

played in Pittsburgh, PA

68 degrees, fair, 8 mph wind

Denver Broncos	3	10	7	7	-	27
Pittsburgh Steelers	0	3	0	0	-	3

Scoring Summary
1Q: 03:04 DEN - Wally Richardson 31 field goal
2Q: 07:20 DEN - Donnell Richmond 3 pass from Ryan Mallett (Wally Richardson extra point)
2Q: 04:00 DEN - Wally Richardson 47 field goal
2Q: 01:31 PIT - Kelly Simonton 40 field goal
3Q: 09:15 DEN - David Wilson 1 run (Wally Richardson extra point)
4Q: 04:39 DEN - Alonzo Fulton 4 run (Wally Richardson extra point)

Scoring Summary
1Q: 03:04 DEN - Wally Richardson 31 field goal
2Q: 07:20 DEN - Donnell Richmond 3 pass from Ryan Mallett (Wally Richardson extra point)
2Q: 04:00 DEN - Wally Richardson 47 field goal
2Q: 01:31 PIT - Kelly Simonton 40 field goal
3Q: 09:15 DEN - David Wilson 1 run (Wally Richardson extra point)
4Q: 04:39 DEN - Alonzo Fulton 4 run (Wally Richardson extra point)

Team Statistics DEN PIT
Record 1-2 0-3
First Downs 25 14
- by Rushing 8 1
- by Passing 16 12
- by Penalty 1 1
Total Net Yards 406 243
- Offensive Plays 74 70
- Yards per Play 5.49 3.47
Net Rushing Yards 125 27
- Rushing Attempts 32 12
- Yards per Rush 3.91 2.25
Net Passing Yards 281 216
- Att./Comp./Intrcpt 38 - 30 - 0 58 - 21 - 0
- Gross Passing Yards 302 216
- Sacks/Yards Lost 4/21 0/0
- Yards per Pass Play 6.69 3.72
Fumbles/Lost 2/1 0/0
3rd Down Conversions 5/14 3/17
- Avg. YtG on 3rd Down 6.5 9.7
4th Down Conversions 0/0 1/3
Penalties/Yards 1/15 6/42
Punt Returns/Yards 5/77 2/1
Kick Returns/Yards 2/51 5/78
Interception Ret./Yards 0/0 0/0
2pt Conversions 0/0 0/0
Red Zone Visits 5 2
- Red Zone TDs/FGs 3/1 0/1
Avg. Drive Start OWN 34 OWN 20
Time of Possession 37:17 22:43

Team Statistics	DEN	PIT
Record	1-2	0-3
First Downs	25	14
- by Rushing	8	1
- by Passing	16	12
- by Penalty	1	1
Total Net Yards	406	243
- Offensive Plays	74	70
- Yards per Play	5.49	3.47
Net Rushing Yards	125	27
- Rushing Attempts	32	12
- Yards per Rush	3.91	2.25
Net Passing Yards	281	216
- Att./Comp./Intrcpt	38 - 30 - 0	58 - 21 - 0
- Gross Passing Yards	302	216
- Sacks/Yards Lost	4/21	0/0
- Yards per Pass Play	6.69	3.72
Fumbles/Lost	2/1	0/0
3rd Down Conversions	5/14	3/17
- Avg. YtG on 3rd Down	6.5	9.7
4th Down Conversions	0/0	1/3
Penalties/Yards	1/15	6/42
Punt Returns/Yards	5/77	2/1
Kick Returns/Yards	2/51	5/78
Interception Ret./Yards	0/0	0/0
2pt Conversions	0/0	0/0
Red Zone Visits	5	2
- Red Zone TDs/FGs	3/1	0/1
Avg. Drive Start	OWN 34	OWN 20
Time of Possession	37:17	22:43

Drive Charts

Denver Broncos
Quar	Began	Poss	From	Plays	Yards	Result
1	11:25	2:33	OWN 17	4	11	Punt
1	7:24	4:25	OWN 14	10	72	Field Goal
1	1:22	2:26	OWN 33	5	22	Punt
2	12:21	2:09	OPP 25	5	24	Fumble
2	9:12	2:02	OPP 43	5	43	Touchdown
2	5:36	1:43	OWN 41	5	29	Field Goal
2	1:26	1:02	OWN 28	5	29	Punt
3	15:00	5:51	OWN 34	12	66	Touchdown
3	8:05	3:08	OWN 6	6	42	Punt
3	2:56	2:02	OWN 31	3	9	Punt
4	13:58	2:35	OWN 20	5	33	Punt
4	9:51	3:39	OWN 22	5	21	Punt
4	5:27	0:55	OPP 7	2	7	Touchdown
4	1:00	1:00	OWN 12	2	3	Game

Pittsburgh Steelers
Quar	Began	Poss	From	Plays	Yards	Result
1	15:00	3:35	OWN 18	6	30	Punt
1	8:52	1:28	OWN 29	3	4	Punt
1	2:59	1:37	OWN 21	3	3	Punt
2	13:56	1:35	OWN 20	3	2	Punt
2	10:12	1:00	OWN 1	3	2	Punt
2	7:10	1:34	OWN 8	5	15	Punt
2	3:53	2:27	OWN 39	9	38	Field Goal
2	0:24	0:24	OWN 12	1	-1	Half
3	9:09	1:04	OWN 38	3	5	Punt
3	4:57	2:01	OWN 20	6	8	Punt
3	0:54	1:56	OWN 17	8	45	Punt
4	11:23	1:32	OWN 20	4	22	Punt
4	6:12	0:45	OWN 10	4	-3	Downs
4	4:32	3:32	OWN 30	13	58	Downs

Game MVP: Ryan Mallett, Denver Broncos

Rushing Statistics

Denver	Att	Yards	Avg	LG	10+	TD
David Wilson	15	54	3.60	9	0	1
Alonzo Fulton	11	66	6.00	13	3	1
D.J. Quartucci	6	5	0.83	3	0	0

Pittsburgh	Att	Yards	Avg	LG	10+
Brant Hockman	8	10	1.25	3	0
Cam Newton	2	17	8.50	18	1
Earnest Atkins	2	0	0.00	1	0

Passing Statistics

Denver	Att	Comp	Yards	Sk/Yd	TD	LG	Int	Rate
Ryan Mallett	38	30	302	4/21	1	32	0	108.5

Pittsburgh	Att	Comp	Yards	Sk/Yd	TD	LG	Int	Rate
Cam Newton	51	19	193	0/0	0	27	0	48.9
Jamie Blades	7	2	23	0/0	0	13	0	40.8

Receiving Statistics

Denver	Catch	Targ	Yards	Avg	YAC	LG	TD
WR Donnell Richmond	9	11	103	11.44	24	21	1
FB D.J. Quartucci	6	6	35	5.83	26	10	0
WR C.J. Clauss	6	8	71	11.83	38	24	0
RB David Wilson	4	5	30	7.50	17	9	0
RB Alonzo Fulton	3	4	36	12.00	24	32	0
TE Melvin Wolff	2	2	27	13.50	20	16	0
TE Rob Benton	0	1	0	0.00	0	0	0
WR Kris Carlisle	0	1	0	0.00	0	0	0

Pittsburgh	Catch	Targ	Yards	Avg	YAC	LG
WR Jamal Gardner	7	15	81	11.57	15	23
WR Danny Coale	6	19	73	12.17	32	27
WR John Hamilton	5	13	50	10.00	16	15
TE Donnell Zwillinger	2	7	7	3.50	1	5
TE Victor Morton	1	3	5	5.00	0	5
RB Earnest Atkins	0	1	0	0.00	0	0

Interception Statistics

Denver	Ints	Yards	Avg	TD

Pittsburgh	Ints	Yards	Avg	TD

Fumble Statistics

Denver	Fumb	Recov
Donnell Richmond	1	0
David Wilson	1	0
Bryan Bulaga	0	1

Pittsburgh	Recov	Force
Ron Lazer	1	0
Juan Gaines	0	1
Mychal Kendricks	0	1

Punting Statistics

Denver	Punt	Yards	Avg	Net	LG	In20
Les Johnson	7	309	44.1	35.4	52	3

Pittsburgh	Punt	Yards	Avg	Net	LG	In20
Billy Joe Lowe	10	453	45.3	35.6	59	4

Kicking Statistics

Denver	FGs	40+Yd	50+Yd	LG	PAT
Wally Richardson	2/2	1/1	0/0	47	3/3

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

Punt Return Statistics

Denver	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Kyle Bradley	5	77	15.4	0

Pittsburgh	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Joshua Thomas	1	2	2.0	0
Warren Kushto	1	-1	-1.0	0

Kick Return Statistics

Denver	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Kyle Bradley	2	51	25.5	0

Pittsburgh	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Donovan Watson	3	37	12.3	0
Joshua Thomas	2	41	20.5	0

Defensive Statistics

Denver	Tack	Asst	RPlay	PPlay
OLB Paul Lawless	5	1	11	50
S Les Young	4	2	10	48
OLB Bruce Carter	4	1	5	13
CB Kyle Bradley	3	2	9	49
CB Omar Bolden	3	0	2	27
OLB Gene Dotson	2	1	5	11
S Mercury Dotson	2	0	8	45
CB Darryl Grant	2	0	6	37
DT Mike Martin	2	0	7	33
DT Larry Meadows	1	1	6	34
ILB Patrick Angerer	1	0	9	45
S Darrell Stuckey	1	0	3	31
ILB Devin Holko	1	0	3	13
DE Sean Washington	1	0	10	32
DT Ethan Losman	0	2	4	2
DT Chris Zlotnik	0	1	6	24
S Howard Biccum	0	1	4	19

Pittsburgh	Tack	Asst	Sack	RPlay	PPlay
S Rahim Moore	10	2	0.0	25	32
OLB Mychal Kendricks	7	2	0.0	24	31
OLB Patrick Mussi	7	0	0.0	19	26
CB Kyle Meadows	6	0	0.0	23	28
DE George Selvie	4	0	3.0	24	32
S Ralph Quinn	4	3	0.0	19	29
S Horace Gilmore	4	2	0.0	19	20
OLB Juan Gaines	3	1	0.0	16	23
ILB Ron Lazer	3	1	0.0	8	11
DT Orlando Whitfield	2	0	1.0	16	28
DT Grady Patton	2	3	0.0	28	32
CB Kent Wheeler	2	2	0.0	28	38
DE Melvin Ingram	2	2	0.0	16	24
CB Wayne Maxwell	2	1	0.0	28	36
DE Scottie Dightman	1	2	0.0	9	13
ILB Reggie Fields	1	0	0.0	8	10
DE Brant Covert	1	0	0.0	17	20
DT Walter Bryant	1	0	0.0	18	13

Pass Rush Statistics

Denver	Block	Hurry	Knock	PPlay
DE Bruce Pardee	1	8	5	46
DE Sean Washington	1	2	0	32
DT Larry Meadows	1	0	0	34
S Darrell Stuckey	1	0	0	31
DT Chris Zlotnik	0	2	0	24
DT Mike Martin	0	2	0	33
DE David Levine	0	1	1	34
OLB Gene Dotson	0	1	0	11

Pittsburgh	Sack	Hurry	Knock	PPlay
DE George Selvie	3.0	0	0	32
DT Orlando Whitfield	1.0	0	1	28
DT Grady Patton	0.0	1	0	32
DT Walter Bryant	0.0	1	0	13

Pass Defense Statistics

Denver	Caught	Defnsd	PPlay
OLB Paul Lawless	4	0	50
CB Kyle Bradley	3	1	49
OLB Bruce Carter	3	0	13
CB Omar Bolden	3	0	27
S Les Young	2	3	48
CB Darryl Grant	2	2	37
S Mercury Dotson	2	1	45
ILB Patrick Angerer	1	0	45
S Darrell Stuckey	1	0	31
OLB Gene Dotson	0	2	11
S Howard Biccum	0	1	19

Pittsburgh	Caught	Defnsd	PPlay
CB Kyle Meadows	5	0	28
OLB Patrick Mussi	4	0	26
OLB Juan Gaines	4	0	23
S Rahim Moore	4	0	32
CB Kent Wheeler	2	1	38
OLB Mychal Kendricks	2	1	31
S Ralph Quinn	2	0	29
S Horace Gilmore	2	0	20
CB Wayne Maxwell	1	0	36
ILB Ron Lazer	1	0	11
ILB Reggie Fields	1	0	10
DT Walter Bryant	1	0	13
DE Melvin Ingram	1	0	24

Blocking Statistics

Denver	KeyBl	BlOpp	RPly	SckA	PPly
Jorge Sirmon	4	5	19	0	39
David Arkin	2	7	26	2	38
J.R. Clemons	1	8	27	0	35
Bryan Bulaga	1	3	28	1	33
Preston Pickens	1	2	6	0	4
Terry Finley	1	1	4	0	9
Danny Briscoe	0	2	29	0	30
Jah Reid	0	2	13	0	3
Freddie Hoover	0	1	3	1	12
D.J. Quartucci	0	1	27	0	32

Pittsburgh	BlOpp	RPly	PPly
Rodger Saffold	2	11	56
Dwight Perez	2	9	52
Jim Carlson	2	6	9
Rusty Gothe	1	7	49
James Brewer	1	11	51
Harvey Johnston	1	8	45
Donnell Zwillinger	1	9	54

Special Teams Tackles

Denver	Tackles	STPlays
Tommy Streeter	2	17
Melvin Wolff	2	16
Omar Bolden	1	28
Darrell Stuckey	1	16
Donnell Richmond	1	2

Pittsburgh	Tackles	STPlays
Kyle Meadows	3	31
Tahir Whitehead	1	14
John Hamilton	1	13
Alonzo Hatcher	1	11
Bruce Ryder	1	8

Participation

Denver	RPlyOff	PPlyOff	RPlyDef	PPlyDef	STPly	Total Plays
D.J. Quartucci	27	32	---	---	24	83
Ryan Mallett	32	42	---	---	---	74
David Arkin	26	38	---	---	9	73
Kyle Bradley	---	---	9	49	14	72
Bryan Bulaga	28	33	---	---	9	70
Donnell Richmond	26	38	---	---	2	66
Paul Lawless	---	---	11	50	2	63
J.R. Clemons	27	35	---	---	---	62
David Wilson	18	27	---	---	17	62
Les Young	---	---	10	48	2	60
Danny Briscoe	29	30	---	---	---	59
Jorge Sirmon	19	39	---	---	---	58
Rob Benton	24	29	---	---	4	57
Bruce Pardee	---	---	10	46	1	57
Omar Bolden	---	---	2	27	28	57
Patrick Angerer	---	---	9	45	2	56
Mercury Dotson	---	---	8	45	---	53
David Levine	---	---	4	34	15	53
Amari Spievey	---	---	10	41	1	52
Darrell Stuckey	---	---	3	31	16	50
C.J. Clauss	21	25	---	---	---	46
Kris Carlisle	11	17	---	---	17	45
Melvin Wolff	11	18	---	---	16	45
Darryl Grant	---	---	6	37	2	45
Sean Washington	---	---	10	32	3	45
Larry Meadows	---	---	6	34	4	44
Mike Martin	---	---	7	33	4	44
Alonzo Fulton	14	15	---	---	12	41
Gene Dotson	---	---	5	11	19	35
Howard Biccum	---	---	4	19	10	33
Chris Zlotnik	---	---	6	24	---	30
Bruce Carter	---	---	5	13	7	25
Freddie Hoover	3	12	---	---	9	24
Terry Finley	4	9	---	---	9	22
Artie Spivey	5	7	---	---	9	21
Tommy Streeter	1	2	---	---	17	20
Alshon Jeffery	7	7	---	---	5	19
Devin Holko	---	---	3	13	2	18
Jah Reid	13	3	---	---	---	16
Preston Pickens	6	4	---	---	---	10
Les Johnson	0	0	---	---	9	9
Wally Richardson	0	0	---	---	8	8
Ethan Losman	---	---	4	2	---	6
Jared Odrick	---	---	0	4	---	4
Tyrod Taylor	0	0	---	---	---	0
Ryan Tannehill	0	0	---	---	---	0

Pittsburgh	RPlyOff	PPlyOff	RPlyDef	PPlyDef	STPly	Total Plays
Kyle Meadows	---	---	23	28	31	82
Jamal Gardner	9	51	---	---	11	71
Donnell Zwillinger	9	54	---	---	8	71
John Hamilton	8	50	---	---	13	71
Rodger Saffold	11	56	---	---	1	68
Kent Wheeler	---	---	28	38	2	68
Wayne Maxwell	---	---	28	36	3	67
Grady Patton	---	---	28	32	3	63
Cam Newton	12	51	---	---	---	63
Rusty Gothe	7	49	---	---	6	62
James Brewer	11	51	---	---	---	62
Dwight Perez	9	52	---	---	1	62
Mychal Kendricks	---	---	24	31	5	60
George Selvie	---	---	24	32	2	58
Rahim Moore	---	---	25	32	1	58
Juan Gaines	---	---	16	23	17	56
Brant Hockman	9	46	---	---	---	55
Danny Coale	9	45	---	---	---	54
Harvey Johnston	8	45	---	---	---	53
Ralph Quinn	---	---	19	29	2	50
Patrick Mussi	---	---	19	26	3	48
Horace Gilmore	---	---	19	20	9	48
Melvin Ingram	---	---	16	24	8	48
Orlando Whitfield	---	---	16	28	2	46
Brant Covert	---	---	17	20	3	40
Walter Bryant	---	---	18	13	4	35
Victor Morton	3	12	---	---	18	33
Richard Makowski	4	14	---	---	11	29
Ron Lazer	---	---	8	11	7	26
Jim Carlson	6	9	---	---	11	26
Earnest Atkins	4	17	---	---	5	26
Bruce Ryder	5	12	---	---	8	25
Warren Kushto	0	0	---	---	25	25
Scottie Dightman	---	---	9	13	1	23
Reggie Fields	---	---	8	10	5	23
Joshua Thomas	---	---	3	5	14	22
Alonzo Hatcher	1	8	---	---	11	20
Scott Holmes	0	0	---	---	19	19
Lamar Webb	---	---	4	11	2	17
Tahir Whitehead	---	---	0	0	14	14
Chris Tenney	3	6	---	---	4	13
Donovan Watson	4	3	---	---	4	11
Billy Joe Lowe	0	0	---	---	10	10
Jamie Blades	0	7	---	---	---	7
Kelly Simonton	0	0	---	---	3	3
Johnnie Ferderer	0	0	---	---	1	1

Directional Rushing Statistics

Distance	Att	Yards	Avg
Left	8	35	4.4
Middle	16	69	4.3
Right	8	21	2.6
None	0	0	0.0

Distance	Att	Yards	Avg
Left	3	-4	-1.3
Middle	8	32	4.0
Right	0	0	0.0
None	1	-1	-1.0

Detailed Passing Statistics

Denver	Att	Cmp	20+	BdTh	Drop	Dfns	Hurr	Knck	Intc
Ryan Mallett	38	30	4	2	2	2	2	1	0

Pittsburgh	Att	Cmp	20+	BdTh	Drop	Dfns	Hurr	Knck	Intc
Cam Newton	51	19	2	1	4	7	16	6	0
Jamie Blades	7	2	0	0	2	3	0	0	0

Directional Passing Statistics

Distance	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg
Screen	7	7	70	10.0
Short (0-8 Yds)	23	19	173	7.5
Medium (9-18 Yds)	7	4	59	8.4
Long (19+ Yds)	1	0	0	0.0

Distance	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg
Screen	2	1	7	3.5
Short (0-8 Yds)	25	12	91	3.6
Medium (9-18 Yds)	27	8	118	4.4
Long (19+ Yds)	4	0	0	0.0

Detailed Receiving Statistics

Denver	Targt	Caugt	Dropd	Yards	20+	PPlay
WR Donnell Richmond	11	9	0	103	1	38
WR C.J. Clauss	8	6	1	71	2	25
FB D.J. Quartucci	6	6	0	35	0	32
RB David Wilson	5	4	0	30	0	27
RB Alonzo Fulton	4	3	1	36	1	15
TE Melvin Wolff	2	2	0	27	0	18
TE Rob Benton	1	0	0	0	0	29
WR Kris Carlisle	1	0	0	0	0	17

Pittsburgh	Targt	Caugt	Dropd	Yards	20+	PPlay
WR Danny Coale	19	6	0	73	1	45
WR Jamal Gardner	15	7	2	81	1	51
WR John Hamilton	13	5	1	50	0	50
TE Donnell Zwillinger	7	2	2	7	0	54
TE Victor Morton	3	1	1	5	0	12
RB Earnest Atkins	1	0	0	0	0	17

Red-Zone Rushing Statistics

Denver	Att	Yards	Avg	Overall Avg
David Wilson	5	15	3.00	3.60
Alonzo Fulton	1	4	4.00	6.00

Pittsburgh	Att	Yards	Avg	Overall Avg

Red-Zone Passing Statistics

Denver	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg/Att	Overall Avg
Ryan Mallett	4	3	21	5.25	7.95

Pittsburgh	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg/Att	Overall Avg
Jamie Blades	4	0	0	0.00	3.29
Cam Newton	1	0	0	0.00	3.78

Red-Zone Receiving Statistics

Denver	Target	Catch	Yards	Avg/Targ	Overall Avg
WR Donnell Richmond	2	2	12	6.00	9.36
RB David Wilson	2	1	9	4.50	6.00

Pittsburgh	Target	Overall Avg
WR Jamal Gardner	2	5.40
WR Danny Coale	2	3.84
TE Donnell Zwillinger	1	1.00

Third Down Rushing Statistics

Denver	Rushes	Conversions
Alonzo Fulton	4	1
D.J. Quartucci	1	0
David Wilson	1	1

Pittsburgh	Rushes	Conversions
Brant Hockman	1	0

Third Down Passing Statistics

Denver	Att	Comp	Conversions
Ryan Mallett	8	7	3

Pittsburgh	Att	Comp	Conversions
Cam Newton	15	5	3
Jamie Blades	1	0	0

Third Down Receiving Statistics

Denver	Targ	Catch	Conversions
FB D.J. Quartucci	3	3	2
RB Alonzo Fulton	2	2	0
RB David Wilson	2	1	0
WR C.J. Clauss	1	1	1

Pittsburgh	Targ	Catch	Conversions
WR Jamal Gardner	6	2	1
WR Danny Coale	6	2	1
WR John Hamilton	3	1	1
TE Donnell Zwillinger	1	0	0

Section Attendance
Stadium 57,400 (64,500 capacity)
Upper Deck 15,600 (18,800)
End Zone 12,800 (13,700)
Mezzanine 7,400 (7,900)
Sideline Seats 11,300 (12,100)
Club Seats 6,600 (7,000)
Luxury Boxes 3,700 (5,000)

Section	Attendance
Stadium	57,400 (64,500 capacity)
Upper Deck	15,600 (18,800)
End Zone	12,800 (13,700)
Mezzanine	7,400 (7,900)
Sideline Seats	11,300 (12,100)
Club Seats	6,600 (7,000)
Luxury Boxes	3,700 (5,000)