Patriots 23 Steelers 20: Scoring Summary and Stats
New England Patriots RB Corey Dillon breaks a tackle by Pittsburgh Steelers linebacker Larry Foote Sept 25, 2005 (AP Photo/Keith Srakocic)

Posted Sep 25, 2005


The New England Patriots managed to take on the Pittsburgh Steelers at Heinz Field under trying conditions. They had to overcome injuries, turnovers and mistakes to win a critical game. The outcome was in doubt right down to the wire when Adam Vinatieri managed another game-winning kick with only 1 second left on the clock. Today's Box Score, Scoring Summary and individual stats.

PHOTO: New England Patriots RB Corey Dillon breaks a tackle by Pittsburgh Steelers linebacker Larry Foote Sept 25, 2005 (AP Photo/Keith Srakocic)

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BOX SCORE

  1ST 2ND 3RD 4TH TOTAL
New England 0 0 3 13 23
Pittsburgh 10 0 3 7 20

SCORING SUMMARY

1ST QUARTER: 

 5:13 NWE - TD, COREY DILLON 4 YD RUN (ADAM VINATIERI KICK). 
      Drive: 7 plays, 46 yards in 3:33. 
      Key plays: Dillon 7-yard run on 3rd-and-3 to Pittsburgh 32;  Brady 
      15-yard pass to Givens to Pittsburgh 17; Brady 10-yard pass to Watson to 
      Pittsburgh 4. 
      NEW ENGLAND 7-0.
      
 5:28 PIT - TD, HINES WARD 85 YD PASS FROM BEN ROETHLISBERGER (JEFF REED KICK). 
      Drive: 1 plays, 85 yards in 0:15. 
      NEW ENGLAND 7-7.

10:18 PIT - FG, JEFF REED 33 YD. 
      Drive: 7 plays, 34 yards in 2:57. 
      Key plays: Randle El 17-yard punt return to New England 49; 25-yard 
      pass interference penalty on Patriots' Scott to New England 24. 
      PITTSBURGH 10-7.

2ND QUARTER:

NONE


3RD QUARTER:

 8:52 PIT - FG, JEFF REED 24 YD. 
      Drive: 6 plays, 22 yards in 2:56. 
      Key plays: Kirschke recovery of Faulk fumble at New England 28. 
      Roethlisberger 13-yard pass to Miller to New England 15. 
      PITTSBURGH 13-7.

14:46 NWE - FG, ADAM VINATIERI 48 YD. 
      Drive: 4 plays, 0 yards in 0:51. 
      Key plays: Dwight 28-yard punt return to Pittsburgh 30. 
      PITTSBURGH 13-10.

4TH QUARTER:

 4:23 NWE - TD, COREY DILLON 7 YD RUN (ADAM VINATIERI KICK). 
      Drive: 7 plays, 86 yards in 3:42. 
      Key plays: Brady 14-yard pass to Givens to New England 28; Brady 
      19-yard pass to T Brown to Pittsburgh 45; Brady 30-yard pass to Givens on 
      3rd-and-2 to Pittsburgh 7. 
      NEW ENGLAND 17-13.

11:41 NWE - FG, ADAM VINATIERI 35 YD. 
      Drive: 7 plays, 59 yards in 4:08. 
      Key plays: Brady 12-yard pass to Givens to New England 36; Brady 
      19-yard pass to Dillion to Pittsburgh 45; Brady 20-yard pass to Givens to 
      Pittsburgh 25. NEW ENGLAND 20-13.
      NEW ENGLAND 20-13.
      
13:39 PIT - TD, HINES WARD 4 YD PASS FROM BEN ROETHLISBERGER (JEFF REED KICK). 
      Drive: 9 plays, 51 yards in 1:58. 
      Key plays: Colclough 44-yard kickoff return to Pittsburgh 49; 
      Roethlisberger 6-yard pass to Wilson to New England 38; Roethlisberger 
      12-yard pass to Ward to New England 26; Morgan 9-yard rush to Pittsburg 
      17. 
      NEW ENGLAND 20-20.

14:59 NWE - FG, ADAM VINATIERI 43 YD. 
      Drive: 5 plays, 37 yards in 1:20. 
      Key plays: Brady 17-yard pass to Faulk to Pittsburgh 45; Brady 
      13-yard pass to Pass to Pittsburgh 32; Brady 7-yard pass to Givens to 
      Pittsburgh 25. 
      NEW ENGLAND 23-20.
NEW ENGLAND - PITTSBURGH Final Statistics

 

TEAM STATISTICS                            NEW ENGLAND     PITTSBURGH
 

FIRST DOWNS                                         24             14
  Rushing                                            5              4
  Passing                                           19              7
  Penalty                                            0              3
THIRD DOWN EFFICIENCY                         8-16-50%       3-13-23%
FOURTH DOWN EFFICIENCY                          0-0-0%         0-0-0%
TOTAL NET YARDS                                    425            269
  Total offensive plays                             74             55
  Average gain per play                            5.7            4.9
NET YARDS RUSHING                                   79             79
  Rushing attempts                                  30             23
  Average gain per rush                            2.6            3.4
  Tackles for loss-yards                           2-2            2-3
NET YARDS PASSING                                  346            190
  Times sacked: Number-Yards                      3-26           4-26
  Gross passing yards                              372            216
PASS ATTEMPTS-COMPLETIONS-HAD INTERCEPTED      41-31-1        28-12-0
  Avg gain per pass play                           7.9            5.9
KICKOFFS: Number-In End Zone-Touchbacks          6-4-2          5-1-0
PUNTS: Number and Average                       4-45.0         6-44.2
  Had blocked                                        0              0
  Net punting average                             31.3           40.8
TOTAL RETURN YARDAGE (Not including kickoffs)       55             25
  Number-Yards: Punt Returns                      4-55           3-20
  Number-Yards: Kickoff Returns                  5-128           4-79
  Number-Yards: Interception Returns               0-0            1-5
PENALTIES: Number-Yards                         10-118           5-35
FUMBLES: Number-Lost                               3-2            1-1
TOUCHDOWNS                                           2              2
  Rushing                                            2              0
  Passing                                            0              2
  Interceptions                                      0              0
  Other (blocked kicks, etc.)                        0              0
EXTRA POINTS: Made-Attempts                        2-2            2-2
  Kicking: Made-Attempts                           2-2            2-2
  Passing: Made-Attempts                           0-0            0-0
  Rushing: Made-Attempts                           0-0            0-0
FIELD GOALS: Made-Attempts                         3-4            2-3
  FGs - PATs had blocked                           0-0            0-0
RED ZONE EFFICIENCY                            2-5-40%        1-3-33%
GOAL TO GO EFFICIENCY                          2-3-67%        1-2-50%
SAFETIES                                             0              0
TIME OF POSSESSION                               35:23          24:37

 

INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS

NEW ENGLAND                             PITTSBURGH                              
 

RUSHING             ATT YDS  AVG LG TD  RUSHING             ATT YDS  AVG LG TD
--------------------------------------  --------------------------------------
C DILLON             22  61  2.8  9  2  W PARKER             17  55  3.2 11  0
K FAULK               7  13  1.9  4  0  B ROETHLIS            3  17  5.7 10  0
P PASS                1   5  5.0  5  0  V HAYNES              2   7  3.5  6  0
                                        C WILSON              1   0  0.0  0  0
 

PASSING             CM-AT-YDS IN TD LG  PASSING             CM-AT-YDS IN TD LG
--------------------------------------  --------------------------------------
T BRADY             31-41-372  1  0 30  B ROETHLIS          12-28-216  0  2 85

 
Sacked-Yards Lost: T BRADY 3-26.        Sacked-Yards Lost: B ROETHLIS 4-26.

 

RECEIVING            NO YDS  AVG LG TD  RECEIVING            NO YDS  AVG LG TD
--------------------------------------  --------------------------------------
D GIVENS              9 130 14.4 30  0  H WARD                4 110 27.5 85  2
K FAULK               7  71 10.1 23  0  A RANDLE E            2  56 28.0 49  0
D BRANCH              6  78 13.0 22  0  C WILSON              2  16  8.0 10  0
T BROWN               4  43 10.8 19  0  V HAYNES              1  18 18.0 18  0
C DILLON              2  23 11.5 19  0  H MILLER              1  13 13.0 13  0
P PASS                1  14 14.0 14  0  Q MORGAN              1   9  9.0  9  0
B WATSON              1  10 10.0 10  0  W PARKER              1  -6 -6.0  0  0
B JOHNSON             1   3  3.0  3  0

 
INTERCEPTIONS        NO YDS  AVG LG TD  INTERCEPTIONS        NO YDS  AVG LG TD
--------------------------------------  --------------------------------------
                                        C HOPE                1   5  5.0  5  0



PUNTING             NO YDS  AVG T I LG  PUNTING             NO YDS  AVG T I LG
--------------------------------------  --------------------------------------
J MILLER             4 180 45.0 0 1 49  C GARDOCKI           5 226 45.2 0 0 56
                                        B ROETHLIS           1  39 39.0 1 0 39


T = Touchbacks, I = Inside 20

 

PUNT RETURNS         NO YDS  AVG LG TD  PUNT RETURNS         NO YDS  AVG LG TD
--------------------------------------  --------------------------------------
T DWIGHT              4  55 13.8 28  0  A RANDLE EL           3  20  6.7 17  0
D GRAHAM              1  28 28.0 28  0

 

KICKOFF RETURNS      NO YDS  AVG LG TD  KICKOFF RETURNS      NO YDS  AVG LG TD
--------------------------------------  --------------------------------------
B JOHNSON             3  69 23.0 26  0  R COLCLOUGH           3  81 27.0 44  0
E HOBBS               2  59 29.5 34  0  J HARRISON            1  -2 -2.0  0  0

 
KICKING              XP/XPA FG/FGA      KICKING              XP/XPA FG/FGA
----------------------------------      ----------------------------------
A VINATIER            2/2    3/4        J REED                2/2    2/3  

Dist.: (53) 48 35 43                    Dist.: 33 (52) 24                       

 

                                 O-D                                     O-D
FUMBLES              NO  LOST FF REC    FUMBLES              NO  LOST FF REC
------------------------------------    ------------------------------------
K FAULK               2    2   0 0-0    A RANDLE EL           1    1   0 0-0
T DWIGHT              1    0   0 1-0    C HAGGANS             0    0   2 0-0
E WILSON              0    0   0 0-1    L FOOTE               0    0   0 0-1
                                        T KIRSCHKE            0    0   0 0-1

 

DEFENSE              TK SO AS SK-YD     DEFENSE              TK SO AS SK-YD
------------------------------------    ------------------------------------
M BEISEL              5  2  3  0-0      J FARRIOR            15  9  6  1-11 
E WILSON              5  0  5  0-0      I TAYLOR             13  9  4  0-0  
R SEYMOUR             4  4  0  2-17     C HAGGANS            12  9  3  1-7  
W MCGINEST            4  3  1  1-9      C HOPE               10  6  4  0-0  
G SCOTT               4  3  1  0-0      L FOOTE               9  5  4  0-0  
T WARREN              4  3  1  0-0      C HAMPTON             4  1  3  0-0  
C BROWN               3  2  1  0-0      M LOGAN               3  3  0  0-0  
A SAMUEL              3  2  1  0-0      R COLCLOUGH           3  3  0  0-0  
M VRABEL              3  2  1  0-0      D TOWNSEND            3  3  0  0-0  
E HOBBS               3  2  1  0-0      K VON OELHOFFEN       3  2  1  0-0  
C SCOTT               2  2  0  0-0      T POLAMALU            3  2  1  0-0  
V WILFORK             2  1  1  0-0      J HARRISON            1  1  0  1-8  
J GREEN               2  1  1  0-0      T KIRSCHKE            1  1  0  0-0  
R COLVIN              1  1  0  1-0      J PORTER              1  1  0  0-0  
R HARRISON            1  1  0  0-0  
D STARKS              1  1  0  0-0  
M CHATHAM             1  0  1  0-0  
 

Officials: Referee-Bill Carollo, Umpire-Tony Michalek, Head 
Linesman-John Schleyer, Line Judge-Byron Boston, Field Judge-Gene 
Steratore, Side Judge-James Coleman, Back Judge-Bob Waggoner.

Att: 64,868   Time of Game: 3:33


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