Buffalo 24, Pittsburgh 21
Preview - Box Score - Recap

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  1 2 3 4 Total
Pittsburgh 0 7 7 7 21  Final 
Buffalo 7 7 10 0 24   
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  Box Score Play by Play Drive Log
 Scoring Summary PIT - BUF 
  1st Quarter
 5:03  BUF TD Trent Edwards passed to Robert Royal to the left for 7 yard gain (Rian Lindell made PAT) 0 - 7 
 
  2nd Quarter
 9:43  BUF TD Trent Edwards passed to Robert Royal to the right for 13 yard gain (Rian Lindell made PAT) 0 - 14 
 
 6:26  PIT TD Ben Roethlisberger passed to Santonio Holmes to the left for 40 yard gain (Jeff Reed made PAT) 7 - 14 
 
  3rd Quarter
 9:33  BUF FG Rian Lindell kicked a 43-yard field goal 7 - 17 
 
 1:51  PIT TD Rashard Mendenhall rushed to the right for 6 yard gain (Jeff Reed made PAT) 14 - 17 
 
 1:38  BUF TD PIT kicked off, Leodis McKelvin returned kickoff for 95 yards (Rian Lindell made PAT) 14 - 24 
 
  4th Quarter
 4:31  PIT TD Dennis Dixon rushed to the right for 47 yard gain (Jeff Reed made PAT) 21 - 24 
 
 
 Team Statistics
  PIT BUF 
  First Downs 15 15 
    Passing 11 7 
    Rushing 4 8 
    Penalty 0 0 
  Third Down Efficiency 5-14 4-11 
  Fourth Down Efficiency 2-2 0-0 
  TOTAL NET YARDS 338 263 
    Total Plays 61 52 
    Average Gain Per Play 5.5 5.1 
  NET YARDS RUSHING 108 159 
    Rushes 22 31 
    Average Per Rush 4.9 5.1 
  NET YARDS PASSING 230 104 
    Completions-Attempts 20-37 14-18 
    Yards Per Pass Play 5.9 5.0 
    Times Sacked 2 3 
    Yards Lost to Sacks 32 22 
    Had Intercepted 1 0 
  PUNTS 5 6 
    Average Punt 47.0 44.8 
  PENALTIES 5 4 
    Penalty Yards 30 26 
  FUMBLES 1 2 
    Fumbles Lost 0 1 
  TIME OF POSSESSION 28:37 31:23 
 Passing                  
 Pittsburgh Comp Att Yds Pct Y/A Sack YdsL TD Int 
 B. Roethlisberger 9 11 142 81.8 12.9 0 0 1 1 
 D. Dixon 6 15 79 40.0 5.3 1 13 0 0 
 B. Leftwich 5 11 41 45.5 3.7 1 19 0 0 
 Buffalo Comp Att Yds Pct Y/A Sack YdsL TD Int 
 T. Edwards 9 11 104 81.8 9.5 1 7 2 0 
 J. Losman 4 5 19 80.0 3.8 2 15 0 0 
 M. Baker 1 2 3 50.0 1.5 0 0 0 0 
 Rushing            
 Pittsburgh Rush Yds Avg Lng TD FumL 
 D. Dixon 2 54 27.0 47 1 0 
 R. Mendenhall 11 30 2.7 9 1 0 
 W. Parker 5 14 2.8 7 0 0 
 G. Russell 3 10 3.3 6 0 0 
 J. Vincent 1 0 0.0 0 0 0 
 Buffalo Rush Yds Avg Lng TD FumL 
 X. Omon 10 44 4.4 14 0 0 
 D. Wright 7 31 4.4 16 0 0 
 M. Lynch 5 25 5.0 11 0 0 
 T. Edwards 1 22 22.0 22 0 0 
 B. Hall 3 19 6.3 10 0 0 
 F. Jackson 5 18 3.6 6 0 0 
 Receiving            
 Pittsburgh Rec Yds Avg Lng TD FumL 
 D. Baker 3 57 19.0 25 0 0 
 S. Holmes 2 53 26.5 40 1 0 
 H. Ward 3 48 16.0 24 0 0 
 N. Washington 2 30 15.0 24 0 0 
 M. Spaeth 2 23 11.5 16 0 0 
 W. Reid 3 21 7.0 9 0 0 
 M. Moore 1 14 14.0 14 0 0 
 L. Sweed 2 9 4.5 7 0 0 
 W. Parker 1 4 4.0 4 0 0 
 B. Latsko 1 3 3.0 3 0 0 
 Buffalo Rec Yds Avg Lng TD FumL 
 L. Evans 3 55 18.3 23 0 0 
 R. Royal 2 20 10.0 13 2 0 
 R. Parrish 2 19 9.5 15 0 0 
 F. Jackson 3 10 3.3 5 0 0 
 M. Lynch 1 8 8.0 8 0 0 
 D. Wright 1 6 6.0 6 0 0 
 F. Huggins 1 5 5.0 5 0 0 
 J. Evans 1 3 3.0 3 0 0 
 Kicking              
 Pittsburgh XPM XPA FGM FGA Lng Pct Pts 
 J. Reed 3 3 0 1 0 0.0 3 
 Buffalo XPM XPA FGM FGA Lng Pct Pts 
 R. Lindell 3 3 1 1 43 100.0 6 
 Punting          
 Pittsburgh Punt Avg Blk In20 TB 
 M. Berger 4 47.5 0 3 1 
 P. Ernster 1 45.0 0 0 1 
 Buffalo Punt Avg Blk In20 TB 
 B. Moorman 4 45.3 0 0 0 
 D. Fitzpatrick 2 44.0 0 0 1 
 Kick/Punt Returns
 Pittsburgh KR Yds Avg Lng TD PR Yds Avg Lng TD 
 C. Davis 1 25 25.0 25 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 
 W. Reid 3 61 20.3 29 0 1 6 6.0 6 0 
 M. Moore 1 17 17.0 17 0 1 2 2.0 2 0 
 E. Drummond 0 0 0.0 0 0 1 7 7.0 7 0 
 T. Williams 0 0 0.0 0 0 1 7 7.0 7 0 
 Buffalo KR Yds Avg Lng TD PR Yds Avg Lng TD 
 L. McKelvin 4 149 37.3 95 1 2 2 1.0 2 0 
 D. Fox 0 0 0.0 0 0 1 0 0.0 0 0 
 Defense
 Pittsburgh Tack Ast Sack Yds FFum FumR PD Int Yds IntTD 
 L. Foote 5 1 0.0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
 L. Timmons 4 3 1.0 8.0 0 0 1 0 0 0 
 A. Harrison 3 3 0.0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
 A. Smith 3 1 0.0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
 T. Carter 3 1 0.0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
 J. Harrison 3 0 1.0 7.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
 A. Frazier 2 0 0.0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
 A. Madison 2 0 0.0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
 J. Farrior 2 0 0.0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
 B. Davis 2 0 0.0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
 R. McBean 2 0 0.0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
 I. Taylor 2 0 0.0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
 R. Clark 1 1 0.0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
 B. McFadden 1 1 0.0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
 J. Reffett 1 1 0.0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
 A. Smith 1 0 1.0 7.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
 T. Williams 1 0 0.0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
 G. Mason 1 0 0.0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
 S. Paxson 1 0 0.0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
 B. Keisel 1 0 0.0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
 R. Lewis 1 0 0.0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
 M. Prince 1 0 0.0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
 T. Kirschke 0 2 0.0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
 N. Eason 0 1 0.0 0.0 0 0 1 0 0 0 
 L. Woodley 0 1 0.0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
 C. Hoke 0 1 0.0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
 D. Woods 0 0 0.0 0.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 
 Buffalo Tack Ast Sack Yds FFum FumR PD Int Yds IntTD 
 B. Scott 5 0 0.0 0.0 0 0 1 0 0 0 
 A. Youboty 4 0 1.0 13.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
 J. Corto 3 0 0.0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
 K. Ellison 3 0 0.0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
 P. Posluszny 2 2 0.0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
 J. Wendling 2 1 0.0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
 J. DiGiorgio 2 1 0.0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
 D. Spragan 2 1 0.0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
 K. Williams 2 0 0.0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
 B. Costanzo 2 0 0.0 0.0 0 0 1 0 0 0 
 J. McCargo 2 0 0.0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
 L. McKelvin 2 0 0.0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
 D. Fox 2 0 0.0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
 G. Wilson 2 0 0.0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
 K. Cox 2 0 0.0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
 R. Denney 1 2 0.0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
 D. Whitner 1 1 0.0 0.0 0 0 0 1 11 0 
 R. Neill 1 0 0.0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
 T. McGee 1 0 0.0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
 K. Simpson 1 0 0.0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
 M. Stroud 1 0 0.0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
 X. Omon 1 0 0.0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
 W. James 1 0 0.0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
 R. Corner 0 2 0.0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
 C. Mace 0 1 0.0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
 S. Johnson 0 1 0.0 0.0 0 0 1 0 0 0 
 K. Mitchell 0 1 0.0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
 T. McCray 0 1 0.0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
 C. Ellis 0 0 1.0 19.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

Updated on Wednesday, Aug 20, 2008 1:49 am ET

  
 Top Performers
 Pittsburgh
D. Dixon D. Dixon QB
6-15, 79 yds
2 Rush, 54 yds, 1 TD
 Buffalo
T. Edwards T. Edwards QB
9-11, 104 yds
2 TDs