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Tennessee 31, Pittsburgh 14
Preview - Box Score - Recap

(11-4)
  1 2 3 4 Total
Pittsburgh 0 7 7 0 14  Final 
Tennessee 0 10 7 14 31   
(13-2)
  Box Score Play by Play Drive Log
 Scoring Summary PIT - TEN 
  1st Quarter
 NONE 0 - 0 
 
  2nd Quarter
 14:13  TEN FG Rob Bironas kicked a 42-yard field goal 0 - 3 
 
 11:59  TEN TD Kerry Collins passed to Justin Gage to the right for 34 yard gain (Rob Bironas made PAT) 0 - 10 
 
 5:40  PIT TD Ben Roethlisberger passed to Santonio Holmes to the right for 31 yard gain (Jeff Reed made PAT) 7 - 10 
 
  3rd Quarter
 9:41  PIT TD Ben Roethlisberger passed to Hines Ward down the middle for 21 yard gain (Jeff Reed made PAT) 14 - 10 
 
 5:05  TEN TD Chris Johnson rushed to the left for 21 yard gain (Rob Bironas made PAT) 14 - 17 
 
  4th Quarter
 14:57  TEN TD LenDale White rushed to the right for 1 yard gain (Rob Bironas made PAT) 14 - 24 
 
 0:16  TEN TD Michael Griffin intercepted Ben Roethlisberger for 83 yards (Rob Bironas made PAT) 14 - 31 
 
 
 Team Statistics
  PIT TEN 
  First Downs 23 16 
    Passing 19 9 
    Rushing 3 6 
    Penalty 1 1 
  Third Down Efficiency 6-13 3-14 
  Fourth Down Efficiency 0-0 2-2 
  TOTAL NET YARDS 374 323 
    Total Plays 69 61 
    Average Gain Per Play 5.4 5.3 
  NET YARDS RUSHING 71 117 
    Rushes 24 31 
    Average Per Rush 3.0 3.8 
  NET YARDS PASSING 303 206 
    Completions-Attempts 26-40 20-29 
    Yards Per Pass Play 6.7 6.9 
    Times Sacked 5 1 
    Yards Lost to Sacks 28 10 
    Had Intercepted 2 0 
  PUNTS 5 7 
    Average Punt 44.0 39.7 
  PENALTIES 3 4 
    Penalty Yards 17 45 
  FUMBLES 5 1 
    Fumbles Lost 2 0 
  TIME OF POSSESSION 30:51 29:09 
 Passing                    
 Pittsburgh Comp Att Yds Pct Y/A Sack YdsL TD Int Rating 
 B. Roethlisberger 26 40 331 65.0 8.3 5 28 2 2 86.6 
 Tennessee Comp Att Yds Pct Y/A Sack YdsL TD Int Rating 
 K. Collins 20 29 216 69.0 7.4 1 10 1 0 102.1 
 Rushing            
 Pittsburgh Rush Yds Avg Lng TD FumL 
 W. Parker 18 29 1.6 13 0 0 
 M. Moore 3 28 9.3 17 0 0 
 B. Roethlisberger 3 14 4.7 9 0 2 
 Tennessee Rush Yds Avg Lng TD FumL 
 C. Johnson 16 69 4.3 21 1 0 
 L. White 15 48 3.2 10 1 0 
 Receiving            
 Pittsburgh Rec Yds Avg Lng TD FumL 
 H. Ward 7 109 15.6 26 1 0 
 S. Holmes 5 93 18.6 31 1 0 
 H. Miller 8 69 8.6 17 0 0 
 N. Washington 3 38 12.7 20 0 0 
 M. Moore 2 20 10.0 12 0 0 
 W. Parker 1 2 2.0 2 0 0 
 Tennessee Rec Yds Avg Lng TD FumL 
 J. Gage 5 104 20.8 34 1 0 
 J. McCareins 6 55 9.2 19 0 0 
 A. Crumpler 3 30 10.0 11 0 0 
 B. Scaife 4 26 6.5 9 0 0 
 C. Johnson 2 1 0.5 2 0 0 
 Kicking              
 Pittsburgh XPM XPA FGM FGA Lng Pct Pts 
 J. Reed 2 2 0 1 0 0.0 2 
 Tennessee XPM XPA FGM FGA Lng Pct Pts 
 R. Bironas 4 4 1 1 42 100.0 7 
 Punting          
 Pittsburgh Punt Avg Blk In20 TB 
 M. Berger 5 44.0 0 2 0 
 Tennessee Punt Avg Blk In20 TB 
 C. Hentrich 7 39.7 0 2 2 
 Kick/Punt Returns
 Pittsburgh KR Yds Avg Lng TD PR Yds Avg Lng TD 
 G. Russell 1 16 16.0 16 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 
 C. Davis 1 14 14.0 14 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 
 S. Holmes 0 0 0.0 0 0 2 2 1.0 6 0 
 Tennessee KR Yds Avg Lng TD PR Yds Avg Lng TD 
 C. Carr 1 29 29.0 29 0 3 23 7.7 12 0 
 A. Hall 1 8 8.0 8 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 
 Defense
 Pittsburgh Tack Ast Sack Yds FFum FumR PD Int Yds IntTD 
 J. Farrior 10 4 0.0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
 R. Clark 7 3 0.0 0.0 0 0 1 0 0 0 
 I. Taylor 6 1 0.0 0.0 0 0 1 0 0 0 
 J. Harrison 4 3 1.0 10.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
 T. Polamalu 3 2 0.0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
 L. Timmons 3 0 0.0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
 W. Gay 3 0 0.0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
 L. Foote 2 4 0.0 0.0 0 0 1 0 0 0 
 B. McFadden 2 0 0.0 0.0 0 0 1 0 0 0 
 A. Smith 2 0 0.0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
 L. Woodley 1 2 0.0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
 M. Moore 1 0 0.0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
 K. Fox 1 0 0.0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
 C. Davis 1 0 0.0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
 N. Eason 1 0 0.0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
 J. Reed 1 0 0.0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
 D. Townsend 1 0 0.0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
 J. Hartwig 1 0 0.0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
 A. Madison 1 0 0.0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
 B. Keisel 0 1 0.0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
 T. Carter 0 1 0.0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
 Tennessee Tack Ast Sack Yds FFum FumR PD Int Yds IntTD 
 K. Bulluck 10 3 0.0 0.0 1 0 2 0 0 0 
 C. Hope 8 0 0.0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
 N. Harper 5 1 0.0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
 C. Finnegan 5 1 0.0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
 D. Thornton 4 7 0.0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
 J. Jones 4 1 3.5 22.0 3 0 0 0 0 0 
 S. Tulloch 4 1 0.0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
 V. Fuller 3 0 0.0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
 J. Ford 3 0 0.0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
 M. Griffin 2 2 0.0 0.0 0 0 3 2 115 1 
 T. Brown 2 1 0.5 5.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 
 D. Nickey 2 0 0.0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
 W. Hayes 1 1 1.0 1.0 1 1 0 0 0 0 
 J. Kearse 1 0 0.0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
 T. Harris 1 0 0.0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
 D. Ball 0 1 0.0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

Updated on Wednesday, Dec 24, 2008 4:56 am ET

  
 Top Performers
 Pittsburgh
H. Ward Hines Ward WR
7 Rec, 109 yds
1 TD
 Tennessee
J. Gage Justin Gage WR
5 Rec, 104 yds
1 TD