Week 2, 2033

played in Detroit, MI

68 degrees, fair, calm

Pittsburgh Steelers	0	7	14	0	-	21
Detroit Lions	7	0	7	3	-	17

Scoring Summary
1Q: 04:38 DET - Travis Payton 5 run (Justin Branch extra point)
2Q: 11:56 PIT - Brant Hockman 1 run (Deon Prior extra point)
3Q: 09:20 PIT - Nicky Newkirk 6 pass from Cam Newton (Deon Prior extra point)
3Q: 06:39 DET - Carlton Whitlock 49 pass from J.J. Sutton (Justin Branch extra point)
3Q: 00:44 PIT - Rahim Moore 67 fumble return (Deon Prior extra point)
4Q: 11:34 DET - Justin Branch 37 field goal

Scoring Summary
1Q: 04:38 DET - Travis Payton 5 run (Justin Branch extra point)
2Q: 11:56 PIT - Brant Hockman 1 run (Deon Prior extra point)
3Q: 09:20 PIT - Nicky Newkirk 6 pass from Cam Newton (Deon Prior extra point)
3Q: 06:39 DET - Carlton Whitlock 49 pass from J.J. Sutton (Justin Branch extra point)
3Q: 00:44 PIT - Rahim Moore 67 fumble return (Deon Prior extra point)
4Q: 11:34 DET - Justin Branch 37 field goal

Team Statistics PIT DET
Record 2-0 0-2
First Downs 22 16
- by Rushing 10 4
- by Passing 12 10
- by Penalty 0 2
Total Net Yards 376 276
- Offensive Plays 68 59
- Yards per Play 5.53 4.68
Net Rushing Yards 128 73
- Rushing Attempts 38 17
- Yards per Rush 3.37 4.29
Net Passing Yards 248 203
- Att./Comp./Intrcpt 30 - 19 - 0 38 - 18 - 0
- Gross Passing Yards 248 226
- Sacks/Yards Lost 0/0 4/23
- Yards per Pass Play 8.27 4.83
Fumbles/Lost 2/1 1/1
3rd Down Conversions 7/15 5/14
- Avg. YtG on 3rd Down 6.2 7.0
4th Down Conversions 0/0 0/1
Penalties/Yards 4/35 1/5
Punt Returns/Yards 1/-3 2/14
Kick Returns/Yards 3/44 4/116
Interception Ret./Yards 0/0 0/0
2pt Conversions 0/0 0/0
Red Zone Visits 2 3
- Red Zone TDs/FGs 2/0 1/1
Avg. Drive Start OWN 16 OWN 36
Time of Possession 35:10 24:50

Team Statistics	PIT	DET
Record	2-0	0-2
First Downs	22	16
- by Rushing	10	4
- by Passing	12	10
- by Penalty	0	2
Total Net Yards	376	276
- Offensive Plays	68	59
- Yards per Play	5.53	4.68
Net Rushing Yards	128	73
- Rushing Attempts	38	17
- Yards per Rush	3.37	4.29
Net Passing Yards	248	203
- Att./Comp./Intrcpt	30 - 19 - 0	38 - 18 - 0
- Gross Passing Yards	248	226
- Sacks/Yards Lost	0/0	4/23
- Yards per Pass Play	8.27	4.83
Fumbles/Lost	2/1	1/1
3rd Down Conversions	7/15	5/14
- Avg. YtG on 3rd Down	6.2	7.0
4th Down Conversions	0/0	0/1
Penalties/Yards	4/35	1/5
Punt Returns/Yards	1/-3	2/14
Kick Returns/Yards	3/44	4/116
Interception Ret./Yards	0/0	0/0
2pt Conversions	0/0	0/0
Red Zone Visits	2	3
- Red Zone TDs/FGs	2/0	1/1
Avg. Drive Start	OWN 16	OWN 36
Time of Possession	35:10	24:50

Drive Charts

Pittsburgh Steelers
Quar	Began	Poss	From	Plays	Yards	Result
1	12:20	4:10	OWN 22	8	44	Punt
1	7:15	0:50	OWN 29	3	2	Punt
1	5:26	0:09	OWN 28	1	-1	Fumble
1	4:28	7:39	OWN 16	14	84	Touchdown
2	7:47	3:46	OWN 3	8	63	Punt
2	2:23	1:58	OWN 7	6	33	Punt
3	15:00	5:46	OWN 20	10	80	Touchdown
3	6:21	2:12	OWN 21	3	8	Punt
4	11:27	3:14	OWN 21	6	20	Punt
4	5:26	3:30	OWN 2	6	33	Punt
4	1:15	1:15	OWN 16	3	0	Game

Detroit Lions
Quar	Began	Poss	From	Plays	Yards	Result
1	15:00	2:40	OWN 43	6	42	Missed FG
1	8:10	0:55	OWN 20	3	6	Punt
1	6:25	0:59	OWN 26	3	9	Punt
1	5:17	0:49	OPP 27	2	27	Touchdown
2	11:49	4:02	OWN 30	6	25	Punt
2	4:01	1:38	OWN 20	3	9	Punt
2	0:25	0:25	OWN 20	1	3	Half
3	9:14	2:53	OWN 39	6	61	Touchdown
3	4:09	3:39	OWN 31	8	36	Fumble
3	0:30	4:03	OWN 42	11	38	Field Goal
4	8:13	2:47	OWN 20	7	33	Punt
4	1:56	0:41	OPP 23	4	7	Downs

Game MVP: Cam Newton, Pittsburgh Steelers

Rushing Statistics

Pittsburgh	Att	Yards	Avg	LG	10+	TD
Brant Hockman	27	104	3.85	11	2	1
Earnest Atkins	9	23	2.56	6	0	0
Cam Newton	2	1	0.50	2	0	0

Detroit	Att	Yards	Avg	LG	10+	TD
Travis Payton	10	31	3.10	17	1	1
Thomas Montgomery	4	21	5.25	9	0	0
Dwayne George	2	16	8.00	13	1	0
J.J. Sutton	1	5	5.00	5	0	0

Passing Statistics

Pittsburgh	Att	Comp	Yards	Sk/Yd	TD	LG	Int	Rate
Cam Newton	30	19	248	0/0	1	31	0	100.4

Detroit	Att	Comp	Yards	Sk/Yd	TD	LG	Int	Rate
J.J. Sutton	38	18	226	4/23	1	49	0	75.1

Receiving Statistics

Pittsburgh	Catch	Targ	Yards	Avg	YAC	LG	TD
WR John Hamilton	6	12	52	8.67	0	17	0
WR Nicky Newkirk	4	5	56	14.00	11	23	1
WR Danny Coale	4	5	58	14.50	15	24	0
WR Devon Wylie	3	5	69	23.00	8	31	0
FB Stanley Havili	1	1	11	11.00	0	11	0
TE Donnell Zwillinger	1	1	2	2.00	0	2	0
RB Brant Hockman	0	1	0	0.00	0	0	0

Detroit	Catch	Targ	Yards	Avg	YAC	LG	TD
TE Bruce Brizzolara	5	8	46	9.20	17	12	0
WR AJ Green	4	12	55	13.75	15	18	0
WR Roger Losman	2	3	11	5.50	0	8	0
TE Rufus Franklin	2	2	42	21.00	9	22	0
WR Carlton Whitlock	2	2	54	27.00	30	49	1
RB Travis Payton	1	2	1	1.00	0	1	0
TE Herb Jaynes	1	2	11	11.00	0	11	0
WR Cedric Allison	1	6	6	6.00	0	6	0
RB Thomas Montgomery	0	1	0	0.00	0	0	0

Interception Statistics

Pittsburgh	Ints	Yards	Avg	TD

Detroit	Ints	Yards	Avg	TD

Fumble Statistics

Pittsburgh	Fumb	Recov	Force	TD
Brant Hockman	2	0	0	0
Rahim Moore	0	1	0	1
Rodger Saffold	0	1	0	0
Scottie Dightman	0	0	1	0

Detroit	Fumb	Recov	Force
J.J. Sutton	1	0	0
Ross Donohue	0	1	0
Lavonte David	0	0	1
Zach May	0	0	1

Punting Statistics

Pittsburgh	Punt	Yards	Avg	Net	LG	In20
Billy Joe Lowe	7	284	40.6	27.1	60	1

Detroit	Punt	Yards	Avg	Net	LG	In20
R.J. Lyons	5	230	46.0	46.6	61	3

Kicking Statistics

Pittsburgh	FGs	40+Yd	50+Yd	LG	PAT
Deon Prior	0/0	0/0	0/0	0	3/3

Detroit	FGs	40+Yd	50+Yd	LG	PAT
Justin Branch	1/2	0/0	0/0	37	2/2

Punt Return Statistics

Pittsburgh	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Warren Kushto	1	-3	-3.0	0

Detroit	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
AJ Green	2	14	7.0	0

Kick Return Statistics

Pittsburgh	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Donovan Watson	2	33	16.5	0
Wayne Maxwell	1	11	11.0	0

Detroit	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Bryant McNeil	4	116	29.0	0

Defensive Statistics

Pittsburgh	Tack	Asst	Sack	RPlay	PPlay
CB Sam Gardner	5	1	0.0	13	34
CB Kent Wheeler	4	1	0.0	15	35
OLB Roman Guthrie	4	0	0.0	6	12
OLB Mychal Kendricks	3	2	0.0	14	31
CB Wayne Maxwell	3	0	0.0	10	25
DE Melvin Ingram	2	0	1.5	10	29
DE Scottie Dightman	2	2	1.0	7	28
DE Brant Covert	2	1	1.0	10	14
CB Neal Baxter	2	2	0.0	7	23
S Mark LeGree	2	1	0.0	4	17
S Rahim Moore	2	0	0.0	16	37
S Ralph Quinn	1	1	0.0	14	28
OLB Tahir Whitehead	1	1	0.0	12	28
OLB Patrick Mussi	1	0	0.0	4	13
DT Grady Patton	1	0	0.0	11	29
DT Chris Bilukidi	1	0	0.0	5	11
DE Edward May	1	0	0.0	7	13
DT Walter Bryant	0	1	0.5	7	22
OLB Juan Gaines	0	1	0.0	3	11

Detroit	Tack	Asst	RPlay	PPlay
OLB Lavonte David	8	2	32	20
S Zach May	8	2	35	29
CB Bryant McNeil	6	1	26	25
OLB William Backstrom	5	2	33	22
CB Lonnie Denyer	4	0	19	12
S Kevin Delgado	4	0	38	28
ILB Ross Donohue	3	3	28	24
DE Austin Tomei	3	1	23	21
DE Bill Batchelder	3	1	28	21
DT Neal Wolfe	2	3	31	21
CB Dustin Blake	2	2	27	23
ILB Sean Spence	2	1	8	8
DE Bruce Delgado	2	0	15	9
OLB Renaldo Sims	1	4	16	10
ILB Moe Mason	1	0	19	13
S Robert Blanton	0	2	8	8

Pass Rush Statistics

Pittsburgh	Sack	Block	Hurry	Knock	PPlay
DE Melvin Ingram	1.5	0	1	0	29
DE Scottie Dightman	1.0	2	1	0	28
DE Brant Covert	1.0	0	1	0	14
DT Walter Bryant	0.5	0	3	1	22
DT Grady Patton	0.0	0	2	0	29
DT Orlando Whitfield	0.0	0	1	0	20

Detroit	Hurry	PPlay
ILB Moe Mason	2	13
OLB William Backstrom	2	22
DE Bill Batchelder	1	21

Pass Defense Statistics

Pittsburgh	Caught	Defnsd	PPlay
CB Wayne Maxwell	3	1	25
CB Kent Wheeler	3	0	35
OLB Roman Guthrie	3	0	12
CB Sam Gardner	3	0	34
OLB Mychal Kendricks	2	0	31
OLB Patrick Mussi	1	0	13
S Rahim Moore	1	0	37
S Mark LeGree	1	0	17
CB Neal Baxter	1	0	23
OLB Tahir Whitehead	0	1	28

Detroit	Caught	Defnsd	PPlay
CB Bryant McNeil	5	1	25
S Kevin Delgado	3	0	28
S Zach May	3	0	29
OLB Renaldo Sims	2	0	10
CB Dustin Blake	2	0	23
ILB Ross Donohue	1	0	24
CB Lonnie Denyer	1	0	12
ILB Sean Spence	1	0	8
DT Neal Wolfe	1	0	21
OLB Lavonte David	0	1	20

Blocking Statistics

Pittsburgh	KeyBl	BlOpp	Panc	RPly	PPly
James Brewer	4	8	0	33	29
Dwight Perez	3	10	1	33	21
Rodger Saffold	3	6	0	38	30
Antoine Ross	3	4	0	30	26
Rusty Gothe	1	3	0	29	26
Chris Tenney	1	2	1	7	9
Stanley Havili	1	2	0	19	10
Harvey Johnston	0	1	0	20	9

Detroit	KeyBl	BlOpp	RPly	SckA	PPly
Shannon Weinke	2	4	15	1	36
Ricky Carpenter	2	3	16	0	34
Julio Koepke	1	4	14	0	40
Wendell Gaylor	1	3	17	0	40
Travis Corbett	0	2	11	1	35
Sedrick Blake	0	0	8	2	8

Special Teams Tackles

Pittsburgh	Tackles	STPlays
Juan Gaines	2	16
Neal Baxter	2	16
Victor Morton	1	15
Harvey Johnston	1	7

Detroit	Tackles	STPlays
Sean Spence	1	27
Roger Losman	1	19
Levon Bass	1	8
Cedric Allison	1	5

Participation

Pittsburgh	RPlyOff	PPlyOff	RPlyDef	PPlyDef	STPly	Total Plays
Rodger Saffold	38	30	---	---	7	75
Cam Newton	38	30	---	---	---	68
James Brewer	33	29	---	---	2	64
John Hamilton	26	26	---	---	12	64
Rusty Gothe	29	26	---	---	7	62
Rahim Moore	---	---	16	37	4	57
Dwight Perez	33	21	---	---	3	57
Kent Wheeler	---	---	15	35	6	56
Antoine Ross	30	26	---	---	---	56
Sam Gardner	---	---	13	34	7	54
Brant Hockman	29	23	---	---	---	52
Mychal Kendricks	---	---	14	31	4	49
Donnell Zwillinger	24	19	---	---	5	48
Neal Baxter	---	---	7	23	16	46
Wayne Maxwell	---	---	10	25	10	45
Devon Wylie	25	20	---	---	---	45
Grady Patton	---	---	11	29	4	44
Ralph Quinn	---	---	14	28	2	44
Nicky Newkirk	22	21	---	---	1	44
Melvin Ingram	---	---	10	29	1	40
Tahir Whitehead	---	---	12	28	---	40
Scottie Dightman	---	---	7	28	2	37
Stanley Havili	19	10	---	---	7	36
Harvey Johnston	20	9	---	---	7	36
Patrick Mussi	---	---	4	13	18	35
Walter Bryant	---	---	7	22	3	32
Orlando Whitfield	---	---	10	20	2	32
Danny Coale	17	11	---	---	4	32
Victor Morton	10	6	---	---	15	31
Juan Gaines	---	---	3	11	16	30
Brant Covert	---	---	10	14	4	28
Earnest Atkins	9	7	---	---	8	24
Mark LeGree	---	---	4	17	1	22
Chris Tenney	7	9	---	---	6	22
Darrell Gil	9	5	---	---	8	22
Edward May	---	---	7	13	2	22
Warren Kushto	0	0	---	---	20	20
Roman Guthrie	---	---	6	12	2	20
Chris Bilukidi	---	---	5	11	2	18
Donovan Watson	0	2	---	---	8	10
Billy Joe Lowe	0	0	---	---	7	7
Johnnie Bryant	---	---	0	0	5	5
Reggie Fields	---	---	2	2	---	4
Deon Prior	0	0	---	---	4	4
Jamie Blades	0	0	---	---	---	0
Johnnie Ferderer	0	0	---	---	---	0

Detroit	RPlyOff	PPlyOff	RPlyDef	PPlyDef	STPly	Total Plays
Kevin Delgado	---	---	38	28	4	70
Zach May	---	---	35	29	---	64
J.J. Sutton	17	42	---	---	---	59
Bryant McNeil	---	---	26	25	8	59
William Backstrom	---	---	33	22	2	57
Wendell Gaylor	17	40	---	---	---	57
Ross Donohue	---	---	28	24	3	55
Ricky Carpenter	16	34	---	---	5	55
Julio Koepke	14	40	---	---	---	54
Travis Payton	10	22	---	---	22	54
Bruce Brizzolara	11	38	---	---	4	53
Lavonte David	---	---	32	20	1	53
Neal Wolfe	---	---	31	21	1	53
Shannon Weinke	15	36	---	---	1	52
Dustin Blake	---	---	27	23	2	52
AJ Green	11	33	---	---	7	51
Bill Batchelder	---	---	28	21	1	50
Roger Losman	6	23	---	---	19	48
Travis Corbett	11	35	---	---	---	46
Austin Tomei	---	---	23	21	1	45
Dwayne George	16	21	---	---	8	45
Sean Spence	---	---	8	8	27	43
Cedric Allison	8	27	---	---	5	40
Lonnie Denyer	---	---	19	12	7	38
Lance Evans	---	---	16	14	7	37
Moe Mason	---	---	19	13	3	35
Carlton Whitlock	6	16	---	---	9	31
Bruce Delgado	---	---	15	9	4	28
Renaldo Sims	---	---	16	10	2	28
Herb Jaynes	6	7	---	---	13	26
Thomas Montgomery	5	17	---	---	4	26
Rufus Franklin	6	6	---	---	14	26
Robert Blanton	---	---	8	8	9	25
Sedrick Blake	8	8	---	---	7	23
Sammy Foster	---	---	4	11	4	19
Vincent Schwartz	---	---	11	7	1	19
Zachary Williams	3	7	---	---	6	16
Johnnie Troutman	1	9	---	---	3	13
Jason Slowey	0	1	---	---	7	8
Levon Bass	---	---	0	0	8	8
Justin Branch	0	0	---	---	6	6
Antoine Sellers	---	---	1	4	---	5
R.J. Lyons	0	0	---	---	5	5
Jack Hernandez	0	0	---	---	2	2
Gene Zeyen	0	0	---	---	---	0
Damon Sim	0	0	---	---	---	0

Directional Rushing Statistics

Distance	Att	Yards	Avg
Left	9	33	3.7
Middle	10	33	3.3
Right	18	63	3.5
None	1	-1	-1.0

Distance	Att	Yards	Avg
Left	3	5	1.7
Middle	10	55	5.5
Right	4	13	3.3
None	0	0	0.0

Detailed Passing Statistics

Pittsburgh	Att	Cmp	20+	BdTh	Drop	Dfns	Hurr	Knck	Intc
Cam Newton	30	19	5	0	4	2	5	0	0

Detroit	Att	Cmp	20+	BdTh	Drop	Dfns	Hurr	Knck	Intc
J.J. Sutton	38	18	3	3	4	2	9	1	0

Directional Passing Statistics

Distance	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg
Screen	1	0	0	0.0
Short (0-8 Yds)	16	12	97	6.1
Medium (9-18 Yds)	4	2	25	6.3
Long (19+ Yds)	9	5	126	14.0

Distance	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg
Screen	2	1	12	6.0
Short (0-8 Yds)	12	6	44	3.7
Medium (9-18 Yds)	22	10	121	5.5
Long (19+ Yds)	2	1	49	24.5

Detailed Receiving Statistics

Pittsburgh	Targt	Caugt	Dropd	Yards	20+	PPlay
WR John Hamilton	12	6	3	52	0	26
WR Nicky Newkirk	5	4	0	56	1	21
WR Danny Coale	5	4	0	58	2	11
WR Devon Wylie	5	3	1	69	2	20
FB Stanley Havili	1	1	0	11	0	10
RB Brant Hockman	1	0	0	0	0	23
TE Donnell Zwillinger	1	1	0	2	0	19

Detroit	Targt	Caugt	Dropd	Yards	20+	PPlay
WR AJ Green	12	4	0	55	0	33
TE Bruce Brizzolara	8	5	1	46	0	38
WR Cedric Allison	6	1	2	6	0	27
WR Roger Losman	3	2	1	11	0	23
RB Travis Payton	2	1	0	1	0	22
TE Herb Jaynes	2	1	0	11	0	7
TE Rufus Franklin	2	2	0	42	2	6
WR Carlton Whitlock	2	2	0	54	1	16
RB Thomas Montgomery	1	0	0	0	0	17

Red-Zone Rushing Statistics

Pittsburgh	Att	Yards	Avg	Overall Avg
Brant Hockman	4	7	1.75	3.85
Earnest Atkins	1	6	6.00	2.56

Detroit	Att	Yards	Avg	Overall Avg
Dwayne George	1	3	3.00	8.00
Travis Payton	1	5	5.00	3.10
Thomas Montgomery	1	5	5.00	5.25

Red-Zone Passing Statistics

Pittsburgh	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg/Att	Overall Avg
Cam Newton	1	1	6	6.00	8.27

Detroit	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg/Att	Overall Avg
J.J. Sutton	4	1	1	0.25	5.95

Red-Zone Receiving Statistics

Pittsburgh	Target	Catch	Yards	Avg/Targ	Overall Avg
WR Nicky Newkirk	1	1	6	6.00	11.20

Detroit	Target	Catch	Yards	Avg/Targ	Overall Avg
WR AJ Green	2	0	0	0.00	4.58
RB Travis Payton	2	1	1	0.50	0.50

Third Down Rushing Statistics

Pittsburgh	Rushes	Conversions
Brant Hockman	5	4
Cam Newton	1	0
Earnest Atkins	1	0

Detroit	Rushes	Conversions

Third Down Passing Statistics

Pittsburgh	Att	Comp	Conversions
Cam Newton	8	5	3

Detroit	Att	Comp	Conversions
J.J. Sutton	12	7	5

Third Down Receiving Statistics

Pittsburgh	Targ	Catch	Conversions
WR John Hamilton	3	1	1
WR Danny Coale	2	2	1
FB Stanley Havili	1	1	1
WR Nicky Newkirk	1	1	0
WR Devon Wylie	1	0	0

Detroit	Targ	Catch	Conversions
WR AJ Green	3	1	1
TE Bruce Brizzolara	2	2	2
RB Travis Payton	2	1	1
WR Cedric Allison	2	0	0
WR Carlton Whitlock	2	2	1
WR Roger Losman	1	1	0

Section Attendance
Stadium 35,600 (65,000 capacity)
Upper Deck 11,900 (19,600)
End Zone 7,800 (14,200)
Mezzanine 4,300 (8,200)
Sideline Seats 6,800 (12,500)
Club Seats 3,200 (7,000)
Luxury Boxes 1,600 (3,500)

Section	Attendance
Stadium	35,600 (65,000 capacity)
Upper Deck	11,900 (19,600)
End Zone	7,800 (14,200)
Mezzanine	4,300 (8,200)
Sideline Seats	6,800 (12,500)
Club Seats	3,200 (7,000)
Luxury Boxes	1,600 (3,500)