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Super Bowl XLV matchups

Yahoo! Sports Staff

The Green Bay Packers and Pittsburgh Steelers both dominated statistical categories during the regular season and throughout the playoffs.

packers offense
packers offense

Regular-season statistics

No

Age

Pos

Yds

TD

Rating

Int

12

Aaron Rodgers(notes)

27

QB

3,922

28

101.2

11

10

Matt Flynn(notes)

25

QB

433

3

82.4

2

32

B. Jackson(notes)

25

RB

703

3

342

1

30

John Kuhn(notes)

28

FB

281

4

97

2

12

Aaron Rodgers

27

QB

356

4

0

0

23

Dimitri Nance(notes)

22

RB

95

0

30

0

44

James Starks(notes)

24

RB

101

0

15

0

85

Greg Jennings(notes)

27

WR

-1

0

1,265

12

80

Donald Driver(notes)

35

WR

0

0

565

4

89

James Jones(notes)

26

WR

0

0

679

5

87

Jordy Nelson(notes)

25

WR

0

0

582

2

88

J. Finley(notes)

23

TE

0

0

301

1

81

A. Quarless(notes)

22

TE

0

0

238

1

86

Donald Lee(notes)

30

TE

0

0

73

3

packers defense
packers defense

Dom Capers' "amoeba" defense in Green Bay is a close cousin to Pittsburgh's 3-4 defense. The Packers' athletic versatility allows the defense to alter its formations.

No

Age

Pos

INTs

INT
TDs

FF*

93

Erik Walden(notes)

25

ROLB

0

0

0

55

Desmond Bishop(notes)

26

RILB

1

1

2

50

A.J. Hawk(notes)

26

LILB

3

0

0

52

Clay Matthews(notes)

24

LOLB

1

1

2

95

Howard Green(notes)

31

RDE

0

0

0

90

B.J. Raji(notes)

24

NT

0

0

0

79

Ryan Pickett(notes)

31

LDE

0

0

0

38

Tramon Williams(notes)

27

RCB

6

0

1

21

Charles Woodson(notes)

34

LCB

2

1

5

36

Nick Collins(notes)

27

FS

4

0

0

37

Sam Shields(notes)

23

SS

2

0

0

*Forced fumbles

steelers offense
steelers offense

Regular-season statistics

No

Age

Pos

Yds

TD

Rating

Int

7

Roethlisberger(notes)

28

QB

3,200

17

97

5

16

Charlie Batch(notes)

36

QB

352

3

76.2

3

34

R. Mendenhall

23

RB

1,273

13

167

0

33

Isaac Redman(notes)

26

RB

247

0

72

2

21

Mewelde Moore(notes)

28

RB

99

0

205

0

7

Roethlisberger

28

QB

176

2

17

Mike Wallace(notes)

24

WR

39

0

1,257

10

86

Hines Ward(notes)

34

WR

-2

0

755

5

82

A. Randle El(notes)

31

WR

2

0

253

0

83

Heath Miller(notes)

28

TE

0

0

512

2

88

E. Sanders(notes)

27

WR

0

0

376

2

84

Antonio Brown(notes)

24

WR

0

0

167

0

89

Matt Spaeth(notes)

27

TE

0

0

80

1

steelers defense
steelers defense

Hall of Famer Dick LeBeau has set the blueprint for teams that run the 3-4 defense. Under the defensive coordinator's guidance, the Steelers thrive on aggressive zone blitzes that are meant to put pressure, as well as confuse, quarterbacks.

No

Age

Pos

INTs

INT
TDs

FF*

92

James Harrison(notes)

32

ROLB

2

0

6

94

Lawrence Timmons(notes)

24

RILB

2

0

2

51

James Farrior(notes)

35

LILB

0

0

1

56

LaMarr Woodley(notes)

26

LOLB

2

1

3

99

Brett Keisel(notes)

32

DE

1

1

2

98

Casey Hampton(notes)

33

NT

0

0

1

96

Ziggy Hood(notes)

23

DE

0

0

0

24

Ike Taylor(notes)

30

RCB

2

0

1

20

Bryant McFadden(notes)

29

LCB

2

0

2

25

Ryan Clark(notes)

31

FS

2

0

0

43

Troy Polamalu(notes)

29

SS

7

1

1