Wild Card Playoff Games, 2065

played in Houston, TX

54 degrees, rain, 3 mph wind

Pittsburgh Steelers	20	3	0	10	-	33
Houston Texans	6	0	0	0	-	6

Scoring Summary
1Q: 12:53 PIT - Darien Pedrick 47 pass from Wally Milts (Kody Portis extra point failed)
1Q: 06:26 HOU - Nathan Crane 19 field goal
1Q: 04:27 PIT - Darien Pedrick 49 pass from Wally Milts (Kody Portis extra point)
1Q: 02:00 HOU - Nathan Crane 40 field goal
1Q: 00:16 PIT - Xavier Hobart 21 pass from Wally Milts (Kody Portis extra point)
2Q: 04:02 PIT - Kody Portis 28 field goal
4Q: 15:00 PIT - Aiden Folly 10 run (Kody Portis extra point)
4Q: 01:14 PIT - Kody Portis 34 field goal

Scoring Summary
1Q: 12:53 PIT - Darien Pedrick 47 pass from Wally Milts (Kody Portis extra point failed)
1Q: 06:26 HOU - Nathan Crane 19 field goal
1Q: 04:27 PIT - Darien Pedrick 49 pass from Wally Milts (Kody Portis extra point)
1Q: 02:00 HOU - Nathan Crane 40 field goal
1Q: 00:16 PIT - Xavier Hobart 21 pass from Wally Milts (Kody Portis extra point)
2Q: 04:02 PIT - Kody Portis 28 field goal
4Q: 15:00 PIT - Aiden Folly 10 run (Kody Portis extra point)
4Q: 01:14 PIT - Kody Portis 34 field goal

Team Statistics PIT HOU
Record 10-7 9-8
First Downs 22 18
- by Rushing 7 4
- by Passing 14 11
- by Penalty 1 3
Total Net Yards 479 310
- Offensive Plays 65 65
- Yards per Play 7.37 4.77
Net Rushing Yards 152 8
- Rushing Attempts 38 8
- Yards per Rush 4.00 1.00
Net Passing Yards 327 302
- Att./Comp./Intrcpt 26 - 20 - 0 57 - 32 - 3
- Gross Passing Yards 335 302
- Sacks/Yards Lost 1/8 0/0
- Yards per Pass Play 12.11 5.30
Fumbles/Lost 0/0 0/0
3rd Down Conversions 9/15 5/15
- Avg. YtG on 3rd Down 7.9 6.9
4th Down Conversions 0/0 0/1
Penalties/Yards 12/95 7/35
Punt Returns/Yards 2/41 0/0
Kick Returns/Yards 3/92 2/46
Interception Ret./Yards 3/25 0/0
2pt Conversions 0/0 0/0
Red Zone Visits 3 2
- Red Zone TDs/FGs 1/2 0/1
Avg. Drive Start OWN 32 OWN 27
Time of Possession 33:42 26:18

Team Statistics	PIT	HOU
Record	10-7	9-8
First Downs	22	18
- by Rushing	7	4
- by Passing	14	11
- by Penalty	1	3
Total Net Yards	479	310
- Offensive Plays	65	65
- Yards per Play	7.37	4.77
Net Rushing Yards	152	8
- Rushing Attempts	38	8
- Yards per Rush	4.00	1.00
Net Passing Yards	327	302
- Att./Comp./Intrcpt	26 - 20 - 0	57 - 32 - 3
- Gross Passing Yards	335	302
- Sacks/Yards Lost	1/8	0/0
- Yards per Pass Play	12.11	5.30
Fumbles/Lost	0/0	0/0
3rd Down Conversions	9/15	5/15
- Avg. YtG on 3rd Down	7.9	6.9
4th Down Conversions	0/0	0/1
Penalties/Yards	12/95	7/35
Punt Returns/Yards	2/41	0/0
Kick Returns/Yards	3/92	2/46
Interception Ret./Yards	3/25	0/0
2pt Conversions	0/0	0/0
Red Zone Visits	3	2
- Red Zone TDs/FGs	1/2	0/1
Avg. Drive Start	OWN 32	OWN 27
Time of Possession	33:42	26:18

Drive Charts

Pittsburgh Steelers
Quar	Began	Poss	From	Plays	Yards	Result
1	15:00	2:21	OWN 43	3	57	Touchdown
1	6:18	2:08	OWN 36	4	64	Touchdown
1	1:54	1:53	OWN 27	4	73	Touchdown
2	12:16	1:27	OWN 19	4	3	Punt
2	9:18	5:23	OWN 6	12	83	Field Goal
2	1:53	1:53	OWN 32	5	15	Half
3	11:57	2:59	OWN 3	7	25	Punt
3	8:01	8:10	OWN 36	13	64	Touchdown
4	10:49	1:50	OWN 34	3	3	Punt
4	8:31	6:09	OWN 26	8	32	Punt
4	1:40	0:33	OPP 23	3	6	Field Goal
4	0:07	0:07	OWN 47	1	-1	Game

Houston Texans
Quar	Began	Poss	From	Plays	Yards	Result
1	12:39	6:21	OWN 25	15	73	Field Goal
1	4:10	2:16	OWN 25	6	52	Field Goal
1	0:01	2:45	OWN 25	9	51	Interception
2	10:49	1:31	OWN 46	3	3	Punt
2	3:55	2:02	OWN 25	6	50	Missed FG
3	15:00	3:03	OWN 25	6	19	Punt
3	8:58	0:57	OWN 34	3	6	Punt
4	14:51	4:02	OWN 26	7	36	Interception
4	8:59	0:28	OWN 17	3	0	Punt
4	2:22	0:42	OWN 20	4	5	Interception
4	1:07	1:00	OWN 34	3	5	Punt

Game MVP: Wally Milts, Pittsburgh Steelers

Rushing Statistics

Pittsburgh	Att	Yards	Avg	LG	10+	TD
RB Preston Silvers	15	65	4.33	14	2	0
RB Aiden Folly	10	36	3.60	10	1	1
QB Wally Milts	7	37	5.29	14	1	0
FB Lonnie Chepaitis	4	17	4.25	7	0	0
QB Kerry Brightbill	1	-1	-1.00	-1	0	0
WR Cory Berlat	1	-2	-2.00	-2	0	0

Houston	Att	Yards	Avg	LG	10+	TD
RB Vernon Boyer	7	3	0.43	5	0	0
QB Jumbo Bauer	1	5	5.00	5	0	0

Passing Statistics

Pittsburgh	Att	Comp	Yards	Sk/Yd	TD	LG	Int	Rate
Wally Milts	26	20	335	1/8	3	49	0	156.7

Houston	Att	Comp	Yards	Sk/Yd	TD	LG	Int	Rate
Brian Bernard	52	30	293	0/0	0	34	2	57.6
Jumbo Bauer	5	2	9	0/0	0	5	1	8.3

Receiving Statistics

Pittsburgh	Catch	Targ	Yards	Avg	YAC	LG	TD
WR Darien Pedrick	7	9	168	24.00	87	49	2
RB Preston Silvers	3	3	40	13.33	19	31	0
WR Miguel Haynesworth	3	4	50	16.67	6	23	0
TE Xavier Hobart	3	3	45	15.00	13	21	1
WR Cory Berlat	2	2	15	7.50	0	9	0
WR Kirk Crouse	1	2	19	19.00	2	19	0
RB Aiden Folly	1	1	-2	-2.00	0	-2	0
TE Kenneth Hampton	0	2	0	0.00	0	0	0

Houston	Catch	Targ	Yards	Avg	YAC	LG
WR Grant Dodson	11	19	70	6.36	6	14
WR Hayden Howe	10	18	114	11.40	44	31
WR J.J. Hennessee	7	15	78	11.14	31	34
WR Joe Wilkins	2	2	10	5.00	0	5
TE Samuel Randell	2	3	30	15.00	19	25

Interception Statistics

Pittsburgh	Ints	Yards	Avg	TD
ILB Miguel Kroinek	2	25	12.50	0
S Grady Stemke	1	0	0.00	0

Houston	Ints	Yards	Avg	TD

Fumble Statistics

Pittsburgh	Fumb	Recov	Force	TD

Houston	Fumb	Recov	Force	TD

Punting Statistics

Pittsburgh	Punt	Yards	Avg	Net	LG	In20
T.J. McElroy	4	158	39.5	34.5	46	1

Houston	Punt	Yards	Avg	Net	LG	In20
Jessie Upshaw	5	235	47.0	38.8	58	3

Kicking Statistics

Pittsburgh	FGs	40+Yd	50+Yd	LG	PAT
Kody Portis	2/2	0/0	0/0	34	3/4

Houston	FGs	40+Yd	50+Yd	LG	PAT
Nathan Crane	2/3	1/2	0/0	40	0/0

Punt Return Statistics

Pittsburgh	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Kirk Crouse	2	41	20.5	0

Houston	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD

Kick Return Statistics

Pittsburgh	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Kirk Crouse	2	57	28.5	0
Aiden Folly	1	35	35.0	0

Houston	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Brett Weber	2	46	23.0	0

Defensive Statistics

Pittsburgh	Tack	Asst	RPlay	PPlay
OLB Logan Allen	7	1	4	40
ILB Lucas Dennis	6	0	8	27
CB Jose Ellis	5	2	8	56
S Grady Stemke	4	3	8	57
ILB Miguel Kroinek	4	0	1	31
OLB Taylor Hollingsworth	4	0	6	41
CB Robbie Creaven	3	1	1	25
CB Edwin Durant	3	0	8	57
DT Jim Austin	1	0	4	44
DT Doug Siever	1	0	5	25
DE J.C. Mullens	1	0	2	42
OLB Axel Ogilvie	1	0	4	1
DT Blaine Hickman	0	2	4	45
DE J.C. Woodyshek	0	1	5	14
DE Douglas Strickland	0	1	4	26

Houston	Tack	Asst	Sack	RPlay	PPlay
S Johnnie Oliver	8	5	0.0	34	19
OLB Kevin Daehnke	8	1	0.0	22	16
S Amos Blair	7	3	0.0	38	27
ILB Jeffery Foley	5	3	0.0	29	19
OLB Cary Norris	4	2	0.0	20	14
CB Jonathan Kerr	4	2	0.0	38	27
ILB Sebastian Ellington	3	2	0.0	16	11
DE Mike Stadtmauer	2	1	0.5	35	26
CB Kaden Hostetler	2	1	0.0	26	17
DT Mackenzie Okuyama	2	0	0.0	29	18
DE Cameron Wasserman	2	0	0.0	12	11
DT Casey Perrino	1	0	0.5	25	19
DT Alejandro Bernhardt	1	1	0.0	22	17
DE Wendell Donovan	1	0	0.0	29	17
S Gary Riner	1	0	0.0	20	21
WR J.J. Hennessee	1	0	---	---	---
WR Hayden Howe	1	0	---	---	---
TE Samuel Randell	1	0	---	---	---
CB Dalton Glover	1	0	0.0	14	9

Pass Rush Statistics

Pittsburgh	Block	Hurry	PPlay
DE Douglas Strickland	3	1	26
DE Ernest Sax	2	1	25
DT Blaine Hickman	0	3	45
DT Jim Austin	0	1	44
DE J.C. Mullens	0	1	42

Houston	Sack	Block	Hurry	Knock	PPlay
DE Mike Stadtmauer	0.5	0	2	4	26
DT Casey Perrino	0.5	0	0	0	19

Pass Defense Statistics

Pittsburgh	Caught	Defnsd	Intrcp	PPlay
OLB Logan Allen	6	1	0	40
ILB Miguel Kroinek	4	1	2	31
ILB Lucas Dennis	4	0	0	27
CB Jose Ellis	4	0	0	56
OLB Taylor Hollingsworth	4	0	0	41
S Grady Stemke	3	2	1	57
CB Edwin Durant	3	0	0	57
CB Robbie Creaven	3	0	0	25
DT Doug Siever	1	0	0	25
DE J.C. Mullens	0	1	0	42

Houston	Caught	PPlay
OLB Cary Norris	4	14
S Amos Blair	3	27
CB Jonathan Kerr	3	27
CB Kaden Hostetler	3	17
OLB Kevin Daehnke	3	16
ILB Jeffery Foley	2	19
S Gary Riner	1	21
S Johnnie Oliver	1	19

Blocking Statistics

Pittsburgh	KeyBl	BlOpp	RPly	SckA	PPly
G Mercury Loftin	2	10	38	0	27
C Gene Arnold	2	6	37	0	27
T Karl McGregor	2	4	38	0	27
TE Kenneth Hampton	2	2	12	0	7
T Gus McNeil	1	1	37	0	27
G Brad Taylor	0	6	38	0	27
TE Xavier Hobart	0	1	28	1	26
FB Lonnie Chepaitis	0	1	9	0	1

Houston	KeyBl	BlOpp	RPly	PPly
T Bob Juedes	2	2	8	57
T Pete Dunn	2	2	8	57
G Cris Procop	0	1	7	55
T Louis Marshall	0	1	1	2
T Rickey Filar	0	1	7	55

Special Teams Tackles

Pittsburgh	Tackles	STPlays
Edwin Durant	1	18
Jerald Bell	1	13

Houston	Tackles	STPlays
Heath Hatcher	2	22
Warren Meyer	1	22
Aaron Paoletti	1	14
Bob Juedes	1	5

Participation

Pittsburgh	RPlyOff	PPlyOff	RPlyDef	PPlyDef	STPly	Total Plays
CB Edwin Durant	---	---	8	57	18	83
CB Jose Ellis	---	---	8	56	8	72
G Brad Taylor	38	27	---	---	4	69
S Grady Stemke	---	---	8	57	3	68
WR Darien Pedrick	31	26	---	---	10	67
G Mercury Loftin	38	27	---	---	---	65
T Karl McGregor	38	27	---	---	---	65
C Gene Arnold	37	27	---	---	---	64
T Gus McNeil	37	27	---	---	---	64
QB Wally Milts	34	27	---	---	---	61
WR Miguel Haynesworth	30	26	---	---	---	56
TE Xavier Hobart	28	26	---	---	---	54
OLB Taylor Hollingsworth	---	---	6	41	7	54
DT Blaine Hickman	---	---	4	45	2	51
DT Jim Austin	---	---	4	44	2	50
OLB Logan Allen	---	---	4	40	2	46
RB Preston Silvers	27	18	---	---	---	45
DE J.C. Mullens	---	---	2	42	---	44
S Dixon Writt	---	---	4	39	1	44
WR Kirk Crouse	16	19	---	---	8	43
ILB Miguel Kroinek	---	---	1	31	9	41
TE Kenneth Hampton	12	7	---	---	21	40
ILB Lucas Dennis	---	---	8	27	2	37
RB Aiden Folly	15	3	---	---	16	34
DE Ernest Sax	---	---	6	25	2	33
DT Doug Siever	---	---	5	25	2	32
DE Douglas Strickland	---	---	4	26	2	32
DE J.C. Woodyshek	---	---	5	14	8	27
FB Lonnie Chepaitis	9	1	---	---	17	27
CB Robbie Creaven	---	---	1	25	1	27
WR Cory Berlat	6	7	---	---	14	27
CB Norman Logan	---	---	1	9	15	25
OLB Axel Ogilvie	---	---	4	1	20	25
S Jacob Langlois	---	---	4	20	1	25
WR Bill Copeland	6	1	---	---	17	24
TE Jerald Bell	1	0	---	---	13	14
WR Todd Roach	9	1	---	---	---	10
K Kody Portis	0	0	---	---	9	9
G Amos Carroll	1	0	---	---	6	7
T Roberto Tuggle	1	0	---	---	6	7
C Courtney Craig	0	0	---	---	6	6
T Evan Buckner	0	0	---	---	6	6
P T.J. McElroy	0	0	---	---	6	6
S Devon Herek	---	---	1	3	---	4
QB Kerry Brightbill	4	0	---	---	---	4
CB Billy Rucker	---	---	0	0	---	0

Houston	RPlyOff	PPlyOff	RPlyDef	PPlyDef	STPly	Total Plays
RB Vernon Boyer	8	54	---	---	18	80
T Bob Juedes	8	57	---	---	5	70
T Rickey Filar	7	55	---	---	8	70
S Johnnie Oliver	---	---	34	19	15	68
S Amos Blair	---	---	38	27	2	67
CB Jonathan Kerr	---	---	38	27	2	67
G Roberto Lynn	8	57	---	---	---	65
T Pete Dunn	8	57	---	---	---	65
DE Mike Stadtmauer	---	---	35	26	2	63
G Cris Procop	7	55	---	---	---	62
TE Eric Valdez	7	52	---	---	---	59
ILB Jeffery Foley	---	---	29	19	11	59
QB Brian Bernard	6	52	---	---	---	58
WR Grant Dodson	7	50	---	---	---	57
OLB Cary Norris	---	---	20	14	21	55
DT Mackenzie Okuyama	---	---	29	18	6	53
DE Wendell Donovan	---	---	29	17	4	50
DT Casey Perrino	---	---	25	19	---	44
CB Kaden Hostetler	---	---	26	17	---	43
S Gary Riner	---	---	20	21	1	42
TE Samuel Randell	7	35	---	---	---	42
DT Alejandro Bernhardt	---	---	22	17	2	41
CB Dalton Glover	---	---	14	9	16	39
OLB Kevin Daehnke	---	---	22	16	---	38
WR Hayden Howe	2	33	---	---	---	35
WR J.J. Hennessee	7	26	---	---	---	33
CB Adam Hickman	---	---	9	9	13	31
ILB Sebastian Ellington	---	---	16	11	2	29
TE Warren Meyer	1	5	---	---	22	28
WR Efrain Chestnut	0	21	---	---	7	28
DE Cameron Wasserman	---	---	12	11	2	25
FB Heath Hatcher	0	1	---	---	22	23
WR Brett Weber	0	3	---	---	17	20
WR Aaron Paoletti	0	0	---	---	14	14
T Louis Marshall	1	2	---	---	11	14
TE Tucker Boyer	0	0	---	---	11	11
C Kendrick Mason	0	0	---	---	8	8
G Leland Monroe	0	0	---	---	8	8
P Jessie Upshaw	0	0	---	---	8	8
QB Jumbo Bauer	2	5	---	---	---	7
WR Joe Wilkins	1	5	---	---	---	6
K Nathan Crane	0	0	---	---	6	6
C Alexander Galloway	1	2	---	---	---	3
G Orlando Thornton	0	0	---	---	---	0
RB Drew Lyon	0	0	---	---	---	0
OLB Brian Salazar	---	---	0	0	---	0

Directional Rushing Statistics

Distance	Att	Yards	Avg
Left	3	3	1.0
Middle	24	122	5.1
Right	10	28	2.8
None	1	-1	-1.0

Distance	Att	Yards	Avg
Left	4	3	0.8
Middle	1	5	5.0
Right	3	0	0.0
None	0	0	0.0

Detailed Passing Statistics

Pittsburgh	Att	Cmp	20+	BdTh	Drop	Dfns	Hurr	Knck	Intc
Wally Milts	26	20	8	3	1	0	2	4	0

Houston	Att	Cmp	20+	BdTh	Drop	Dfns	Hurr	Knck	Intc
Brian Bernard	52	30	3	1	2	5	7	0	2
Jumbo Bauer	5	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	1

Directional Passing Statistics

Distance	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg
Screen	3	3	-1	-0.3
Short (0-8 Yds)	10	6	34	3.4
Medium (9-18 Yds)	8	6	141	17.6
Long (19+ Yds)	5	5	161	32.2

Distance	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg
Screen	5	3	13	2.6
Short (0-8 Yds)	26	18	157	6.0
Medium (9-18 Yds)	25	10	101	4.0
Long (19+ Yds)	1	1	31	31.0

Detailed Receiving Statistics

Pittsburgh	Targt	Caugt	Dropd	Yards	20+	PPlay
WR Darien Pedrick	9	7	1	168	4	26
WR Miguel Haynesworth	4	3	0	50	2	26
RB Preston Silvers	3	3	0	40	1	18
TE Xavier Hobart	3	3	0	45	1	26
TE Kenneth Hampton	2	0	0	0	0	7
WR Kirk Crouse	2	1	0	19	0	19
WR Cory Berlat	2	2	0	15	0	7
RB Aiden Folly	1	1	0	-2	0	3

Houston	Targt	Caugt	Dropd	Yards	20+	PPlay
WR Grant Dodson	19	11	1	70	0	50
WR Hayden Howe	18	10	0	114	1	33
WR J.J. Hennessee	15	7	1	78	1	26
TE Samuel Randell	3	2	0	30	1	35
WR Joe Wilkins	2	2	0	10	0	5

Red-Zone Rushing Statistics

Pittsburgh	Att	Yards	Avg	Overall Avg
RB Preston Silvers	1	7	7.00	4.33
RB Aiden Folly	1	10	10.00	3.60

Houston	Att	Yards	Avg	Overall Avg

Red-Zone Passing Statistics

Pittsburgh	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg/Att	Overall Avg
Wally Milts	4	2	8	2.00	12.88

Houston	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg/Att	Overall Avg
Brian Bernard	7	3	18	2.57	5.63

Red-Zone Receiving Statistics

Pittsburgh	Target	Catch	Yards	Avg/Targ	Overall Avg
WR Kirk Crouse	1	0	0	0.00	9.50
WR Darien Pedrick	1	0	0	0.00	18.67
RB Preston Silvers	1	1	2	2.00	13.33
WR Cory Berlat	1	1	6	6.00	7.50

Houston	Target	Catch	Yards	Avg/Targ	Overall Avg
WR Grant Dodson	5	2	7	1.40	3.68
WR J.J. Hennessee	1	0	0	0.00	5.20
WR Hayden Howe	1	1	11	11.00	6.33

Third Down Rushing Statistics

Pittsburgh	Rushes	Conversions
FB Lonnie Chepaitis	3	1
QB Wally Milts	2	1
RB Aiden Folly	1	1
WR Cory Berlat	1	0

Houston	Rushes	Conversions
RB Vernon Boyer	4	2

Third Down Passing Statistics

Pittsburgh	Att	Comp	Conversions
Wally Milts	8	7	6

Houston	Att	Comp	Conversions
Brian Bernard	9	6	3
Jumbo Bauer	2	1	0

Third Down Receiving Statistics

Pittsburgh	Targ	Catch	Conversions
WR Darien Pedrick	2	1	1
WR Cory Berlat	2	2	1
WR Kirk Crouse	1	1	1
RB Preston Silvers	1	1	1
WR Miguel Haynesworth	1	1	1
TE Xavier Hobart	1	1	1

Houston	Targ	Catch	Conversions
WR Grant Dodson	5	4	2
WR J.J. Hennessee	4	2	1
WR Hayden Howe	2	1	0

Section Attendance
Stadium 28,100 (80,000 capacity)
Upper Deck 4,900 (18,200)
End Zone 4,000 (13,200)
Mezzanine 2,200 (7,600)
Sideline Seats 3,300 (11,700)
Club Seats 5,900 (19,800)
Luxury Boxes 7,800 (9,500)

Section	Attendance
Stadium	28,100 (80,000 capacity)
Upper Deck	4,900 (18,200)
End Zone	4,000 (13,200)
Mezzanine	2,200 (7,600)
Sideline Seats	3,300 (11,700)
Club Seats	5,900 (19,800)
Luxury Boxes	7,800 (9,500)