Spokesman-Review
National Football League
BOXSCORE | RECAP
Pittsburgh 33, N.Y. Giants 30
When: 1:30 PM ET, Saturday, December 18, 2004
Where: Giants Stadium, East Rutherford, New Jersey
Temperature: 42°
Head Official: Gerry Austin
Attendance: 78836
Final Scoring Summary
 
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Pittsburgh 101031033
N.Y. Giants 14010630
SCORING
Scoring Summary
1st Quarter - 14:45
New York TD New York 7 - Pittsburgh 0
Willie Ponder 91 yd. kickoff return (Steve Christie kick)
1st Quarter - 7:26
Pittsburgh TD New York 7 - Pittsburgh 7
Verron Haynes 10 yd. pass from Antwaan Randle El (Jeff Reed kick)
1st Quarter - 4:02
New York TD New York 14 - Pittsburgh 7
Jeremy Shockey 2 yd. pass from Eli Manning (Steve Christie kick)
1st Quarter - 0:19
Pittsburgh FG New York 14 - Pittsburgh 10
Jeff Reed 33 yd. field goal
2nd Quarter - 5:36
Pittsburgh TD New York 14 - Pittsburgh 17
Antwaan Randle El 35 yd. pass from Ben Roethlisberger (Jeff Reed kick)
2nd Quarter - 0:14
Pittsburgh FG New York 14 - Pittsburgh 20
Jeff Reed 21 yd. field goal
3rd Quarter - 8:35
New York FG New York 17 - Pittsburgh 20
Steve Christie 22 yd. field goal
3rd Quarter - 4:15
Pittsburgh FG New York 17 - Pittsburgh 23
Jeff Reed 36 yd. field goal
3rd Quarter - 0:29
New York TD New York 24 - Pittsburgh 23
Marcellus Rivers 1 yd. pass from Eli Manning (Steve Christie kick)
4th Quarter - 11:35
Pittsburgh FG New York 24 - Pittsburgh 26
Jeff Reed 28 yd. field goal
4th Quarter - 8:15
New York TD New York 30 - Pittsburgh 26
Tiki Barber 1 yd. run (pass failed)
4th Quarter - 4:57
Pittsburgh TD New York 30 - Pittsburgh 33
Jerome Bettis 1 yd. run (Jeff Reed kick)
TEAMS
Team Stats
  Pittsburgh New York
1st Downs 27 18
Rushing 9 6
Passing 16 10
Penalty 2 2
3rd Down Conversions 8-16 2-7
4th Down Conversions 1-1 0-0
Punts-Average 0-0.0 3-34.0
Return Yards 125 271
Punts-Returns 1--2 0-0
Kickoffs-Returns 6-127 8-259
Int-Returns 1-0 2-12
Penalties-Yards 2-14 5-55
Fumbles-Lost 0-0 0-0
Time of Possession 35:43 24:17
Total Net Yards 469 278
Total Plays 71 44
Average Gain 6.6 6.3
Net Yards Rushing 160 96
Rushes 39 21
Average/Rush 4.1 4.6
Net Yards Passing 309 182
Comp-Att 19-29 16-23
Yards/Pass 9.7 7.9
Sacked-Yards Lost 3-17 0-0
Had Intercepted 2 1
Touchdowns 3 4
Rushing 1 1
Passing 2 2
Other 0 1
Extra Points 3-3 3-4
Field Goals 4-4 1-1
Red Zone Efficiency 2-6-33% 3-4-75%
Goal To Go Efficiency 1-1-100% 3-4-75%
Safeties 0 0
PLAYER STATS
Pittsburgh Steelers (0-0)
Passing
  COMP/ATT YDS TD INT
B. Roethlisberger 18/28 316 1 2
A. Randle El 1/1 10 1 0
New York Giants (0-0)
Passing
  COMP/ATT YDS TD INT
E. Manning 16/23 182 2 1
Rushing
  ATT YDS AVG TD LG
J. Bettis 36 140 3.9 1 23
V. Haynes 2 21 10.5 0 18
B. Roethlisberger 1 -1 -1.0 0 -1
Rushing
  ATT YDS AVG TD LG
T. Barber 18 76 4.2 1 35
E. Manning 2 18 9.0 0 13
R. Dayne 1 2 2.0 0 2
Receiving
  REC YDS AVG TD LG
A. Randle El 5 149 29.8 1 39
H. Ward 9 134 14.9 0 40
V. Haynes 3 28 9.3 1 10
L. Mays 1 12 12.0 0 12
J. Bettis 1 3 3.0 0 3
Receiving
  REC YDS AVG TD LG
D. Tyree 1 49 49.0 0 49
T. Barber 5 38 7.6 0 17
I. Hilliard 3 34 11.3 0 15
A. Toomer 2 34 17.0 0 17
J. Shockey 3 13 4.3 1 8
J. Finn 1 13 13.0 0 13
M. Rivers 1 1 1.0 1 1
Interceptions
  NO. YDS TD
W. Williams 1 0 0
Interceptions
  NO. YDS TD
F. Walker 1 10 0
B. Alexander 1 2 0
Sacks
  NO. YDS
No sacks
Sacks
  NO. YDS
N. Greisen 1.0 8.0
B. Alexander 1.0 7.0
O. Umenyiora 1.0 2.0
Tackles
  TK AST
L. Foote 8 3
C. Hope 6 3
T. Polamalu 5 0
J. Harrison 3 0
W. Williams 3 2
D. Townsend 2 0
J. Farrior 2 0
J. Porter 2 1
R. Stuvaints 1 0
A. Smith 1 0
C. Hoke 1 1
Tackles
  TK AST
N. Greisen 13 2
O. Umenyiora 8 5
K. Allen 6 0
T. Cousin 6 1
W. Allen 5 1
W. Peterson 4 0
C. Emmons 4 7
B. Alexander 3 4
F. Robbins 2 0
L. Legree 2 1
F. Walker 1 0
K. Lewis 1 2
Fumbles
  NO.
No fumbles
Fumbles
  NO.
No fumbles