Week 3, 2025

played in Pittsburgh, PA

78 degrees, fair, 3 mph wind

Denver Broncos	7	0	7	3	6	-	23
Pittsburgh Steelers	0	7	10	0	0	-	17

Scoring Summary
1Q: 05:58 DEN - Austin Miller 34 pass from Ian Hazeltine (Lee Peel extra point)
2Q: 05:58 PIT - George Gray 7 pass from Rico Howe (Ryan Succop extra point)
3Q: 10:59 PIT - Ryan Succop 51 field goal
3Q: 07:25 DEN - Patrick Angerer 12 fumble return (Lee Peel extra point)
3Q: 04:12 PIT - Herb Matich 1 pass from Rico Howe (Ryan Succop extra point)
4Q: 04:23 DEN - Lee Peel 19 field goal
OT: 09:45 DEN - Ricky Burroughs 22 pass from Ian Hazeltine

Scoring Summary
1Q: 05:58 DEN - Austin Miller 34 pass from Ian Hazeltine (Lee Peel extra point)
2Q: 05:58 PIT - George Gray 7 pass from Rico Howe (Ryan Succop extra point)
3Q: 10:59 PIT - Ryan Succop 51 field goal
3Q: 07:25 DEN - Patrick Angerer 12 fumble return (Lee Peel extra point)
3Q: 04:12 PIT - Herb Matich 1 pass from Rico Howe (Ryan Succop extra point)
4Q: 04:23 DEN - Lee Peel 19 field goal
OT: 09:45 DEN - Ricky Burroughs 22 pass from Ian Hazeltine

Team Statistics DEN PIT
Record 1-2 2-1
First Downs 19 16
- by Rushing 6 0
- by Passing 12 16
- by Penalty 1 0
Total Net Yards 368 290
- Offensive Plays 74 65
- Yards per Play 4.97 4.46
Net Rushing Yards 139 61
- Rushing Attempts 32 19
- Yards per Rush 4.34 3.21
Net Passing Yards 229 229
- Att./Comp./Intrcpt 38 - 24 - 1 40 - 24 - 1
- Gross Passing Yards 253 261
- Sacks/Yards Lost 4/24 6/32
- Yards per Pass Play 5.45 4.98
Fumbles/Lost 2/1 2/2
3rd Down Conversions 8/17 8/16
- Avg. YtG on 3rd Down 6.9 7.5
4th Down Conversions 0/0 0/0
Penalties/Yards 1/10 6/65
Punt Returns/Yards 3/28 3/28
Kick Returns/Yards 3/52 5/131
Interception Ret./Yards 1/0 1/1
2pt Conversions 0/0 0/0
Red Zone Visits 2 2
- Red Zone TDs/FGs 1/1 2/0
Avg. Drive Start OWN 22 OWN 35
Time of Possession 34:52 30:38

Team Statistics	DEN	PIT
Record	1-2	2-1
First Downs	19	16
- by Rushing	6	0
- by Passing	12	16
- by Penalty	1	0
Total Net Yards	368	290
- Offensive Plays	74	65
- Yards per Play	4.97	4.46
Net Rushing Yards	139	61
- Rushing Attempts	32	19
- Yards per Rush	4.34	3.21
Net Passing Yards	229	229
- Att./Comp./Intrcpt	38 - 24 - 1	40 - 24 - 1
- Gross Passing Yards	253	261
- Sacks/Yards Lost	4/24	6/32
- Yards per Pass Play	5.45	4.98
Fumbles/Lost	2/1	2/2
3rd Down Conversions	8/17	8/16
- Avg. YtG on 3rd Down	6.9	7.5
4th Down Conversions	0/0	0/0
Penalties/Yards	1/10	6/65
Punt Returns/Yards	3/28	3/28
Kick Returns/Yards	3/52	5/131
Interception Ret./Yards	1/0	1/1
2pt Conversions	0/0	0/0
Red Zone Visits	2	2
- Red Zone TDs/FGs	1/1	2/0
Avg. Drive Start	OWN 22	OWN 35
Time of Possession	34:52	30:38

Drive Charts

Denver Broncos
Quar	Began	Poss	From	Plays	Yards	Result
1	12:06	6:21	OWN 6	13	94	Touchdown
1	3:39	2:58	OWN 26	5	2	Punt
2	12:42	1:36	OWN 5	3	8	Punt
2	5:49	3:34	OWN 19	7	29	Punt
2	0:01	0:01	OWN 44	1	0	Half
3	15:00	0:52	OWN 26	2	8	Interception
3	12:39	0:14	OWN 20	1	18	Fumble
3	10:51	2:47	OWN 20	6	23	Punt
3	4:06	1:55	OWN 23	3	-5	Punt
3	1:25	2:06	OWN 9	6	27	Punt
4	10:48	6:30	OWN 20	11	78	Field Goal
4	3:28	1:58	50	6	15	Missed FG
4	0:58	0:58	OWN 22	6	29	Half
OT1	12:13	2:43	OPP 47	5	47	Touchdown

Pittsburgh Steelers
Quar	Began	Poss	From	Plays	Yards	Result
1	15:00	2:54	OWN 27	6	17	Punt
1	5:45	2:06	OWN 30	3	6	Punt
1	0:41	2:59	OWN 30	6	14	Punt
2	11:06	5:17	OWN 49	9	51	Touchdown
2	2:15	2:14	OWN 16	7	47	Missed FG
3	14:08	1:29	OWN 49	3	5	Punt
3	12:25	1:34	OPP 35	3	1	Field Goal
3	8:04	0:49	OWN 14	2	-2	Fumble
3	7:15	3:09	OWN 38	6	62	Touchdown
3	2:11	0:46	OWN 37	3	1	Punt
4	14:19	3:31	OWN 35	7	26	Punt
4	4:18	0:50	OWN 25	2	3	Interception
4	1:30	0:32	OWN 42	3	0	Punt
OT1	15:00	2:47	OWN 38	5	9	Fumble

Game MVP: Billy Joe Corbett, Denver Broncos

Rushing Statistics

Denver	Att	Yards	Avg	LG	10+
Dexter McCluster	23	98	4.26	19	4
Dustin Peterson	7	29	4.14	9	0
Ian Hazeltine	2	12	6.00	8	0

Pittsburgh	Att	Yards	Avg	LG
Herb Matich	14	39	2.79	7
Toby Gerhardt	4	16	4.00	7
Rico Howe	1	6	6.00	6

Passing Statistics

Denver	Att	Comp	Yards	Sk/Yd	TD	LG	Int	Rate
Ian Hazeltine	38	24	253	4/24	2	34	1	89.0

Pittsburgh	Att	Comp	Yards	Sk/Yd	TD	LG	Int	Rate
Rico Howe	40	24	261	6/32	2	35	1	85.5

Receiving Statistics

Denver	Catch	Targ	Yards	Avg	YAC	LG	TD
WR Ricky Burroughs	6	8	63	10.50	6	22	1
WR Terrell Houari	5	10	49	9.80	12	18	0
FB Robert Newton	3	3	22	7.33	7	12	0
RB Dexter McCluster	3	4	18	6.00	0	12	0
WR Derek Stokes	3	3	39	13.00	19	27	0
WR Austin Miller	2	4	51	25.50	24	34	1
TE Dustin Francis	1	4	8	8.00	4	8	0
WR Gary Lindquist	1	1	3	3.00	0	3	0
TE Rob Benton	0	1	0	0.00	0	0	0

Pittsburgh	Catch	Targ	Yards	Avg	YAC	LG	TD
WR George Gray	8	13	90	11.25	22	35	1
TE Graham Sellers	5	6	40	8.00	3	11	0
WR Kirk Cole	4	5	68	17.00	21	23	0
RB Herb Matich	4	4	25	6.25	13	11	1
WR Todd Kerr	2	6	22	11.00	4	12	0
WR Britt Wheeler	1	6	16	16.00	3	16	0

Interception Statistics

Denver	Ints	Yards	Avg	TD
CB Charlie Galasinski	1	0	0.00	0

Pittsburgh	Ints	Yards	Avg	TD
S Josh Moseley	1	1	1.00	0

Fumble Statistics

Denver	Fumb	Recov	Force	TD
Ian Hazeltine	1	0	0	0
Dexter McCluster	1	0	0	0
Patrick Angerer	0	1	0	1
J.R. Clemons	0	1	0	0
Everson Griffen	0	1	0	0
Billy Joe Corbett	0	0	2	0

Pittsburgh	Fumb	Recov	Force
Rico Howe	2	0	0
Ron Lazer	0	1	0
Edward Patterson	0	0	1
George Selvie	0	0	1

Punting Statistics

Denver	Punt	Yards	Avg	Net	LG	In20
Sam Glover	6	261	43.5	38.8	50	2

Pittsburgh	Punt	Yards	Avg	Net	LG	In20
Colin Zook	7	341	48.7	39.0	55	5

Kicking Statistics

Denver	FGs	40+Yd	50+Yd	LG	PAT
Lee Peel	1/2	0/1	0/1	19	2/2

Pittsburgh	FGs	40+Yd	50+Yd	LG	PAT
Ryan Succop	1/2	1/2	1/2	51	2/2

Punt Return Statistics

Denver	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Gary Lindquist	3	28	9.3	0

Pittsburgh	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Kirk Cole	3	28	9.3	0

Kick Return Statistics

Denver	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Derek Stokes	3	52	17.3	0

Pittsburgh	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Marshall Robb	4	108	27.0	0
Peter Gaylor	1	23	23.0	0

Defensive Statistics

Denver	Tack	Asst	Sack	RPlay	PPlay
DE Billy Joe Corbett	6	0	4.0	11	25
S Darren Meehan	6	5	0.0	16	33
CB Charlie Galasinski	6	1	0.0	16	38
DE Everson Griffen	4	2	1.0	14	37
DT Larry Meadows	3	0	1.0	11	34
OLB Lionel Schneider	3	0	0.0	6	11
CB Alphonso Smith	3	0	0.0	11	32
ILB Patrick Angerer	2	1	0.0	13	40
CB Todd Power	2	1	0.0	16	36
S Paul Musterer	2	1	0.0	9	23
OLB Stan Whitfield	2	0	0.0	12	37
S Rico Hill	2	0	0.0	10	22
S Darcel McBath	1	1	0.0	3	15
G Eugene Monroe	1	0	---	---	---
OLB Reuben Stevenson	1	0	0.0	7	9
CB Morgan Burnett	1	0	0.0	7	22
DT Ethan Losman	1	0	0.0	12	31
OLB Travis Foster	1	0	0.0	8	9
TE Rob Benton	1	0	---	---	---
DT Shaun Cella	1	0	0.0	6	8
DE Bruce Delgado	0	1	0.0	8	22

Pittsburgh	Tack	Asst	Sack	RPlay	PPlay
S Josh Moseley	8	1	0.0	26	37
OLB Patrick Mussi	6	5	0.0	26	28
OLB Juan Gaines	6	0	0.0	25	33
CB Peter Gaylor	5	0	0.0	27	38
DE Chris Akaka	4	0	1.0	19	29
S Jake Ford	4	3	0.0	28	41
ILB Ron Lazer	4	0	0.0	14	9
ILB Edward Patterson	3	2	0.0	21	22
DT Sen'Derrick Marks	3	2	0.0	25	25
DT Grady Patton	3	1	0.0	17	23
DT B.J. Buckner	3	0	0.0	23	31
DE Aaron Maybin	2	0	2.0	21	26
DE George Selvie	2	2	1.0	23	29
CB Wayne Maxwell	1	2	0.0	28	35
OLB Bruce Davis	1	0	0.0	6	14
WR George Gray	1	0	---	---	---
S William Moore	1	0	0.0	9	9
CB Kyle Meadows	1	0	0.0	8	24
CB Joseph Weldon	1	0	0.0	6	9

Pass Rush Statistics

Denver	Sack	Block	Hurry	Knock	PPlay
DE Billy Joe Corbett	4.0	1	1	3	25
DT Larry Meadows	1.0	0	0	2	34
DE Everson Griffen	1.0	0	0	0	37
OLB Lionel Schneider	0.0	1	0	0	11
DE Bruce Delgado	0.0	0	2	0	22
OLB Travis Foster	0.0	0	1	1	9
OLB Stan Whitfield	0.0	0	1	0	37

Pittsburgh	Sack	Block	Hurry	PPlay
DE Aaron Maybin	2.0	0	1	26
DE George Selvie	1.0	0	2	29
DE Chris Akaka	1.0	0	1	29
DT Sen'Derrick Marks	0.0	1	0	25

Pass Defense Statistics

Denver	Caught	Defnsd	Intrcp	PPlay
CB Charlie Galasinski	6	2	1	38
S Darren Meehan	3	1	0	33
S Rico Hill	3	1	0	22
OLB Stan Whitfield	3	0	0	37
CB Alphonso Smith	3	0	0	32
CB Todd Power	2	1	0	36
OLB Lionel Schneider	1	1	0	11
S Darcel McBath	1	0	0	15
DT Larry Meadows	1	0	0	34
S Paul Musterer	1	0	0	23
CB Morgan Burnett	0	1	0	22

Pittsburgh	Caught	Defnsd	Intrcp	PPlay
S Josh Moseley	4	0	1	37
OLB Juan Gaines	4	0	0	33
CB Peter Gaylor	4	0	0	38
OLB Patrick Mussi	3	1	0	28
ILB Ron Lazer	2	0	0	9
CB Wayne Maxwell	1	2	0	35
OLB Bruce Davis	1	0	0	14
ILB Edward Patterson	1	0	0	22
S Jake Ford	1	0	0	41
DE George Selvie	1	0	0	29
DT Grady Patton	1	0	0	23
CB Kyle Meadows	1	0	0	24
S William Moore	0	1	0	9
CB Joseph Weldon	0	1	0	9

Blocking Statistics

Denver	KeyBl	BlOpp	RPly	SckA	PPly
J.R. Clemons	2	9	25	0	36
Bryan Bulaga	2	5	25	1	29
Eugene Monroe	2	4	17	0	20
Danny Briscoe	1	4	32	2	41
Jorge Sirmon	1	3	24	0	33
Randal Welch	1	2	27	1	35
Robert Newton	1	2	18	0	16
Russell Okung	0	1	10	0	15

Pittsburgh	KeyBl	BlOpp	RPly	SckA	PPly
Frankie Modrell	1	7	17	1	38
Bucky Irwin	1	2	14	0	25
Archie Roberts	1	1	1	1	9
Gabe Russell	0	3	18	0	37
Edwin Veldheer	0	2	17	2	38
Antonio Fecht	0	2	9	0	18
Marty Howard	0	1	17	1	37
Alonzo Hatcher	0	0	2	1	14

Special Teams Tackles

Denver	Tackles	STPlays
Gary Lindquist	3	23
Morgan Burnett	2	27
Dustin Peterson	1	23
Perry Sheldon	1	16
Austin Miller	1	14

Pittsburgh	Tackles	STPlays
William Moore	2	15
Gus Eleazer	1	24
Bucky Irwin	1	19
Kirk Cole	1	18
Kyle Meadows	1	9

Participation

Denver	RPlyOff	PPlyOff	RPlyDef	PPlyDef	STPly	Total Plays
Danny Briscoe	32	41	---	---	8	81
Ian Hazeltine	32	42	---	---	---	74
Jorge Sirmon	24	33	---	---	8	65
Randal Welch	27	35	---	---	---	62
Terrell Houari	28	31	---	---	2	61
Ricky Burroughs	25	36	---	---	---	61
J.R. Clemons	25	36	---	---	---	61
Todd Power	---	---	16	36	7	59
Patrick Angerer	---	---	13	40	4	57
Dexter McCluster	24	32	---	---	---	56
Morgan Burnett	---	---	7	22	27	56
Charlie Galasinski	---	---	16	38	2	56
Rob Benton	21	19	---	---	15	55
Bryan Bulaga	25	29	---	---	---	54
Everson Griffen	---	---	14	37	2	53
Darren Meehan	---	---	16	33	3	52
Stan Whitfield	---	---	12	37	3	52
Dustin Francis	17	16	---	---	13	46
Larry Meadows	---	---	11	34	1	46
Austin Miller	9	23	---	---	14	46
Ethan Losman	---	---	12	31	3	46
Robert Newton	18	16	---	---	11	45
Alphonso Smith	---	---	11	32	2	45
Billy Joe Corbett	---	---	11	25	4	40
Dustin Peterson	8	7	---	---	23	38
Eugene Monroe	17	20	---	---	---	37
Gary Lindquist	3	10	---	---	23	36
Rico Hill	---	---	10	22	2	34
Bruce Delgado	---	---	8	22	4	34
Russell Okung	10	15	---	---	8	33
Paul Musterer	---	---	9	23	1	33
Perry Sheldon	6	7	---	---	16	29
Reuben Stevenson	---	---	7	9	12	28
Darcel McBath	---	---	3	15	9	27
Lionel Schneider	---	---	6	11	9	26
Jon Dupre	---	---	8	13	2	23
Derek Stokes	1	13	---	---	9	23
Travis Foster	---	---	8	9	3	20
Shaun Cella	---	---	6	8	6	20
Ike Brothers	---	---	5	9	5	19
Sedrick Blake	0	1	---	---	8	9
Sam Glover	0	0	---	---	8	8
Lee Peel	0	0	---	---	7	7
Walter James	---	---	0	0	2	2
Brian Brohm	0	0	---	---	---	0
Percy Barnes	0	0	---	---	---	0

Pittsburgh	RPlyOff	PPlyOff	RPlyDef	PPlyDef	STPly	Total Plays
Peter Gaylor	---	---	27	38	6	71
Jake Ford	---	---	28	41	1	70
George Gray	18	43	---	---	8	69
Wayne Maxwell	---	---	28	35	3	66
Rico Howe	19	46	---	---	---	65
Josh Moseley	---	---	26	37	2	65
Gabe Russell	18	37	---	---	9	64
Juan Gaines	---	---	25	33	3	61
Rodger Saffold	19	40	---	---	---	59
Bucky Irwin	14	25	---	---	19	58
Patrick Mussi	---	---	26	28	3	57
Herb Matich	15	41	---	---	---	56
Frankie Modrell	17	38	---	---	---	55
Edwin Veldheer	17	38	---	---	---	55
B.J. Buckner	---	---	23	31	1	55
Marty Howard	17	37	---	---	---	54
Aaron Maybin	---	---	21	26	7	54
George Selvie	---	---	23	29	2	54
Sen'Derrick Marks	---	---	25	25	1	51
Edward Patterson	---	---	21	22	6	49
Chris Akaka	---	---	19	29	1	49
Antonio Fecht	9	18	---	---	18	45
Kirk Cole	5	21	---	---	18	44
Bruce Davis	---	---	6	14	23	43
Britt Wheeler	16	27	---	---	---	43
Grady Patton	---	---	17	23	2	42
Kyle Meadows	---	---	8	24	9	41
Graham Sellers	7	25	---	---	8	40
Todd Kerr	6	19	---	---	9	34
William Moore	---	---	9	9	15	33
Gus Eleazer	1	6	---	---	24	31
Ron Lazer	---	---	14	9	4	27
Alonzo Hatcher	2	14	---	---	9	25
Toby Gerhardt	4	5	---	---	12	21
Joseph Weldon	---	---	6	9	6	21
Don Middleton	2	9	---	---	9	20
Donovan Ahern	2	8	---	---	9	19
Archie Roberts	1	9	---	---	9	19
Colin Zook	0	0	---	---	7	7
Marshall Robb	---	---	0	0	7	7
Jared Pommier	0	0	---	---	4	4
Kirk Snyder	---	---	0	0	4	4
Greg Lynn	---	---	0	0	4	4
Ryan Succop	0	0	---	---	2	2
Deon Gray	0	0	---	---	2	2
Brandon Johnson	0	0	---	---	---	0

Directional Rushing Statistics

Distance	Att	Yards	Avg
Left	9	56	6.2
Middle	13	41	3.2
Right	10	42	4.2
None	0	0	0.0

Distance	Att	Yards	Avg
Left	7	23	3.3
Middle	9	32	3.6
Right	3	6	2.0
None	0	0	0.0

Detailed Passing Statistics

Denver	Att	Cmp	20+	BdTh	Drop	Dfns	Hurr	Knck	Intc
Ian Hazeltine	38	24	3	1	2	5	4	0	1

Pittsburgh	Att	Cmp	20+	BdTh	Drop	Dfns	Hurr	Knck	Intc
Rico Howe	40	24	3	1	0	7	5	6	1

Directional Passing Statistics

Distance	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg
Screen	5	4	12	2.4
Short (0-8 Yds)	15	10	63	4.2
Medium (9-18 Yds)	17	9	156	9.2
Long (19+ Yds)	1	1	22	22.0

Distance	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg
Screen	3	3	17	5.7
Short (0-8 Yds)	15	13	107	7.1
Medium (9-18 Yds)	13	6	79	6.1
Long (19+ Yds)	9	2	58	6.4

Detailed Receiving Statistics

Denver	Targt	Caugt	Dropd	Yards	20+	PPlay
WR Terrell Houari	10	5	2	49	0	31
WR Ricky Burroughs	8	6	0	63	1	36
TE Dustin Francis	4	1	0	8	0	16
RB Dexter McCluster	4	3	0	18	0	32
WR Austin Miller	4	2	0	51	1	23
FB Robert Newton	3	3	0	22	0	16
WR Derek Stokes	3	3	0	39	1	13
WR Gary Lindquist	1	1	0	3	0	10
TE Rob Benton	1	0	0	0	0	19

Pittsburgh	Targt	Caugt	Yards	20+	PPlay
WR George Gray	13	8	90	1	43
WR Britt Wheeler	6	1	16	0	27
TE Graham Sellers	6	5	40	0	25
WR Todd Kerr	6	2	22	0	19
WR Kirk Cole	5	4	68	2	21
RB Herb Matich	4	4	25	0	41

Red-Zone Rushing Statistics

Denver	Att	Yards	Avg	Overall Avg
Dexter McCluster	4	18	4.50	4.26

Pittsburgh	Att	Yards	Avg	Overall Avg
Herb Matich	1	0	0.00	2.79

Red-Zone Passing Statistics

Denver	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg/Att	Overall Avg

Pittsburgh	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg/Att	Overall Avg
Rico Howe	4	4	28	7.00	6.53

Red-Zone Receiving Statistics

Denver	Target	Catch	Yards	Avg/Targ	Overall Avg

Pittsburgh	Target	Catch	Yards	Avg/Targ	Overall Avg
RB Herb Matich	2	2	9	4.50	6.25
WR George Gray	1	1	7	7.00	6.92
WR Todd Kerr	1	1	12	12.00	3.67

Third Down Rushing Statistics

Denver	Rushes	Conversions
Dustin Peterson	3	1
Dexter McCluster	2	0

Pittsburgh	Rushes	Conversions
Rico Howe	1	0

Third Down Passing Statistics

Denver	Att	Comp	Conversions
Ian Hazeltine	10	8	7

Pittsburgh	Att	Comp	Conversions
Rico Howe	15	8	8

Third Down Receiving Statistics

Denver	Targ	Catch	Conversions
WR Ricky Burroughs	4	3	3
WR Terrell Houari	3	2	2
RB Dexter McCluster	1	1	0
WR Austin Miller	1	1	1
WR Derek Stokes	1	1	1

Pittsburgh	Targ	Catch	Conversions
WR George Gray	4	2	2
WR Todd Kerr	4	2	2
WR Kirk Cole	3	2	2
WR Britt Wheeler	3	1	1
TE Graham Sellers	1	1	1

Section Attendance
Stadium 60,800 (64,500 capacity)
Upper Deck 17,000 (19,600)
End Zone 14,200 (14,200)
Mezzanine 8,000 (8,200)
Sideline Seats 12,100 (12,500)
Club Seats 7,000 (7,000)
Luxury Boxes 2,500 (3,000)

Section	Attendance
Stadium	60,800 (64,500 capacity)
Upper Deck	17,000 (19,600)
End Zone	14,200 (14,200)
Mezzanine	8,000 (8,200)
Sideline Seats	12,100 (12,500)
Club Seats	7,000 (7,000)
Luxury Boxes	2,500 (3,000)