Spokesman-Review
National Football League
BOXSCORE | PLAY-BY-PLAY | RECAP
Pittsburgh 34, Houston 6
When: 4:30 PM ET, Monday, December 25, 2017
Where: NRG Stadium, Houston, Texas
Temperature: Dome
Head Official: Bill Vinovich
Attendance: 71842
Final Scoring Summary
 
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Pittsburgh 10107734
Houston 00066
SCORING
Scoring Summary
1st Quarter - 10:40
Pittsburgh FG Houston 0 - Pittsburgh 3
Chris Boswell 34 yd. field goal
1st Quarter - 6:59
Pittsburgh TD Houston 0 - Pittsburgh 10
Justin Hunter 5 yd. pass from Ben Roethlisberger (Chris Boswell kick)
2nd Quarter - 4:14
Pittsburgh TD Houston 0 - Pittsburgh 17
Roosevelt Nix 1 yd. run (Chris Boswell kick)
2nd Quarter - 0:53
Pittsburgh FG Houston 0 - Pittsburgh 20
Chris Boswell 36 yd. field goal
3rd Quarter - 1:48
Pittsburgh TD Houston 0 - Pittsburgh 27
Le'Veon Bell 10 yd. run (Chris Boswell kick)
4th Quarter - 12:30
Houston TD Houston 6 - Pittsburgh 27
DeAndre Hopkins 3 yd. pass from T.J. Yates (pass failed)
4th Quarter - 9:26
Pittsburgh TD Houston 6 - Pittsburgh 34
JuJu Smith-Schuster 18 yd. pass from Ben Roethlisberger (Chris Boswell kick)
TEAMS
Team Stats
  Pittsburgh Houston
1st Downs 20 13
Rushing 6 7
Passing 12 5
Penalty 2 1
3rd Down Conversions 7-12 3-12
4th Down Conversions 0-0 0-1
Punts-Average 3-47.7 7-48.9
Return Yards 82 48
Punts-Returns 5-82 1-7
Kickoffs-Returns 1-0 2-41
Int - Returns 1-0 0-0
Penalties-Yards 4-24 7-80
Fumbles-Lost 0-0 3-1
Time of Possession 30:56 29:04
Total Net Yards 330 227
Total Plays 58 52
Average Gain 5.7 4.4
Net Yards Rushing 104 176
Rushes 28 28
Average/Rush 3.7 6.3
Net Yards Passing 226 51
Comp-Att 20-30 8-17
Yards/Pass 7.5 2.1
Sacked-Yards Lost 0-0 7-42
Had Intercepted 0 1
Touchdowns 4 1
Rushing 2 0
Passing 2 1
Other 0 0
Extra Points 4-4 0-1
Field Goals 2-2 0-0
Red Zone Efficiency 4-6-67% 1-2-50%
Goal To Go Efficiency 1-1-100% 1-2-50%
Safeties 0 0
PLAYER STATS
Pittsburgh Steelers (12-3)
Passing
  COMP/ATT YDS TD INT
B. Roethlisberger 20/29 226 2 0
L. Jones 0/1 0 0 0
Houston Texans (4-11)
Passing
  COMP/ATT YDS TD INT
T. Yates 7/16 83 1 1
T. Heinicke 1/1 10 0 0
Rushing
  ATT YDS AVG TD LG
L. Bell 14 69 4.9 1 22
S. Ridley 9 28 3.1 0 7
M. Bryant 1 8 8.0 0 8
R. Nix 1 1 1.0 1 1
B. Roethlisberger 1 -1 -1.0 0 -1
L. Jones 2 -1 -0.5 0 0
Rushing
  ATT YDS AVG TD LG
A. Blue 16 108 6.8 0 48
L. Miller 10 55 5.5 0 16
T. Yates 1 11 11.0 0 11
T. Heinicke 1 2 2.0 0 2
Receiving
  TAR REC YDS AVG TD LG
J. Smith-Schuster 7 6 75 12.5 1 49
M. Bryant 4 3 60 20.0 0 36
V. McDonald 5 4 52 13.0 0 20
L. Bell 8 5 28 5.6 0 10
E. Rogers 4 1 6 6.0 0 6
J. Hunter 1 1 5 5.0 1 5
J. James 1 0 0 0 0 0
Receiving
  TAR REC YDS AVG TD LG
D. Hopkins 6 4 65 16.2 1 38
L. Miller 1 1 10 10.0 0 10
W. Fuller V 5 1 10 10.0 0 10
B. Miller 2 1 5 5.0 0 5
R. Malleck 1 1 3 3.0 0 3
S. Anderson 1 0 0 0 0 0
Interceptions
  NO. YDS TD
A. Burns 1 0 0
Interceptions
  NO. YDS TD
No interceptions
Sacks
  NO. YDS
M. Hilton 3.0 28.0
C. Heyward 2.0 3.0
S. Tuitt 1.0 7.0
S. Spence 1.0 4.0
Sacks
  NO. YDS
No sacks
Tackles
  Tk Ast
M. Hilton 6 0
S. Spence 6 2
V. Williams 6 2
B. Dupree 5 1
C. Heyward 3 1
S. Davis 3 1
J. Haden 2 0
M. Mitchell 2 2
A. Burns 1 1
T. Alualu 1 1
S. Tuitt 1 1
R. Golden 0 1
J. Hargrave 0 1
T. Watt 0 2
Tackles
  Tk Ast
Z. Cunningham 7 3
A. Hal 5 2
K. Jackson 3 2
A. Blackson 2 0
J. Joseph 2 0
J. Clowney 2 0
C. Moore 2 0
T. Decoud 2 1
K. Johnson 2 2
B. McKinney 2 3
E. Pleasant 1 0
C. Clements 1 0
K. Drummond 1 0
J. Heath 1 1
D. Cole 1 4
M. Gilchrist 0 1
B. Cushing 0 1
C. Watkins 0 1
Tackles For Loss
  NO.
M. Hilton 3.0
C. Heyward 2.0
S. Spence 1.0
Tackles For Loss
  NO.
Z. Cunningham 1.0
J. Clowney 1.0
C. Moore 1.0
Fumbles
  NO.
No fumbles
Fumbles
  NO.
T. Yates 3