Steelers 12

Vikings 23

Week 14, 2061

played in Minnesota, MN

68 degrees, fair, calm

Pittsburgh Steelers	3	6	3	0	-	12
Minnesota Vikings	3	6	7	7	-	23

Scoring Summary
1Q: 06:53 MIN - J.B. Cooley 37 field goal
1Q: 02:35 PIT - Freddie Sanderson 39 field goal
2Q: 14:10 MIN - J.B. Cooley 38 field goal
2Q: 10:33 PIT - Freddie Sanderson 26 field goal
2Q: 03:45 MIN - J.B. Cooley 40 field goal
2Q: 01:00 PIT - Freddie Sanderson 20 field goal
3Q: 12:35 MIN - Andre Briggs 47 run (J.B. Cooley extra point)
3Q: 07:59 PIT - Freddie Sanderson 53 field goal
4Q: 06:38 MIN - Andres Bates 15 pass from Josue Lindsay (J.B. Cooley extra point)

Team Statistics	PIT	MIN
Record	11-2	7-6
First Downs	15	17
- by Rushing	3	5
- by Passing	12	12
- by Penalty	0	0
Total Net Yards	339	338
- Offensive Plays	58	64
- Yards per Play	5.84	5.28
Net Rushing Yards	97	120
- Rushing Attempts	22	30
- Yards per Rush	4.41	4.00
Net Passing Yards	242	218
- Att./Comp./Intrcpt	32 - 17 - 1	31 - 17 - 0
- Gross Passing Yards	257	233
- Sacks/Yards Lost	4/15	3/15
- Yards per Pass Play	6.72	6.41
Fumbles/Lost	0/0	1/0
3rd Down Conversions	1/11	9/17
- Avg. YtG on 3rd Down	6.6	8.6
4th Down Conversions	0/2	0/0
Penalties/Yards	0/0	5/35
Punt Returns/Yards	1/9	3/32
Kick Returns/Yards	2/47	4/105
Interception Ret./Yards	0/0	1/0
2pt Conversions	0/0	0/0
Red Zone Visits	2	2
- Red Zone TDs/FGs	0/2	1/1
Avg. Drive Start	OWN 21	OWN 37
Time of Possession	28:25	31:35

Drive Charts

Pittsburgh Steelers
Quar	Began	Poss	From	Plays	Yards	Result
1	15:00	2:40	OWN 30	3	5	Punt
1	6:48	4:20	OWN 25	8	53	Field Goal
2	14:03	3:38	OWN 25	8	66	Field Goal
2	6:39	0:50	OWN 26	2	31	Interception
2	3:40	2:47	OWN 26	7	71	Field Goal
3	12:13	4:22	OWN 25	7	39	Field Goal
3	5:15	1:42	OWN 20	3	3	Punt
3	2:26	2:35	OWN 12	5	23	Punt
4	12:41	1:24	OWN 4	3	1	Punt
4	6:31	1:36	OWN 25	6	31	Downs
4	2:00	1:50	OWN 20	6	16	Downs

Minnesota Vikings
Quar	Began	Poss	From	Plays	Yards	Result
1	12:20	5:32	OWN 20	10	60	Field Goal
1	2:28	3:25	OWN 44	7	35	Field Goal
2	10:25	3:46	OWN 20	5	9	Punt
2	5:49	2:09	OWN 42	6	35	Field Goal
2	0:53	0:53	OWN 25	1	-8	Half
3	15:00	2:47	OWN 39	5	61	Touchdown
3	7:51	2:36	OWN 30	4	29	Punt
3	3:33	1:07	OWN 44	3	-3	Punt
4	14:51	2:10	OWN 26	6	25	Punt
4	11:17	4:46	OWN 46	10	54	Touchdown
4	4:55	2:55	OWN 44	6	7	Punt
4	0:10	0:10	OPP 36	1	-1	Game

Game MVP: Samuel Burke, Minnesota Vikings

Rushing Statistics

Pittsburgh	Att	Yards	Avg	LG	10+
QB Andre Reid	11	80	7.27	16	2
RB Irv Nygaard	4	15	3.75	6	0
RB Terrence Meier	3	-2	-0.67	0	0
RB Juan Snyder	3	2	0.67	2	0
WR Herman Shelton	1	2	2.00	2	0

Minnesota	Att	Yards	Avg	LG	10+	TD
RB Andre Briggs	22	110	5.00	47	4	1
RB Greg Schuster	6	13	2.17	6	0	0
QB Josue Lindsay	1	-1	-1.00	-1	0	0
WR Nicholas Farr	1	-2	-2.00	-2	0	0

Passing Statistics

Pittsburgh	Att	Comp	Yards	Sk/Yd	TD	LG	Int	Rate
Andre Reid	32	17	257	4/15	0	40	1	66.8

Minnesota	Att	Comp	Yards	Sk/Yd	TD	LG	Int	Rate
Josue Lindsay	31	17	233	3/15	1	32	0	89.8

Receiving Statistics

Pittsburgh	Catch	Targ	Yards	Avg	YAC	LG
WR Sergio Rice	6	9	86	14.33	53	31
WR Herman Shelton	5	10	105	21.00	44	40
TE Winston Orbik	3	7	31	10.33	9	14
RB Terrence Meier	1	1	5	5.00	4	5
WR Desmond Lang	1	1	6	6.00	0	6
WR Wes Blair	1	3	24	24.00	23	24

Minnesota	Catch	Targ	Yards	Avg	YAC	LG	TD
TE Andres Bates	6	8	95	15.83	41	32	1
RB Andre Briggs	3	5	22	7.33	10	14	0
TE Carl Guthrie	3	8	59	19.67	27	28	0
WR Ray Andersen	2	4	28	14.00	6	23	0
WR Harvey Fikarski	2	4	27	13.50	7	14	0
RB Greg Schuster	1	1	2	2.00	0	2	0
WR Casey Langford	0	1	0	0.00	0	0	0

Interception Statistics

Pittsburgh	Ints	Yards	Avg	TD

Minnesota	Ints	Yards	Avg	TD
ILB Jerome Laird	1	0	0.00	0

Fumble Statistics

Pittsburgh	Fumb	Recov	Force	TD
OLB Donny Roberts	0	0	1	0

Minnesota	Fumb	Recov	Force	TD
QB Josue Lindsay	1	0	0	0
TE Carl Guthrie	0	1	0	0

Punting Statistics

Pittsburgh	Punt	Yards	Avg	Net	LG	In20
Camden Powell	4	198	49.5	41.5	59	1

Minnesota	Punt	Yards	Avg	Net	LG	In20
Everett Sampson	5	216	43.2	37.4	47	3

Kicking Statistics

Pittsburgh	FGs	40+Yd	50+Yd	LG	PAT
Freddie Sanderson	4/4	1/1	1/1	53	0/0

Minnesota	FGs	40+Yd	50+Yd	LG	PAT
J.B. Cooley	3/3	1/1	0/0	40	2/2

Punt Return Statistics

Pittsburgh	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Allen Lane	1	9	9.0	0

Minnesota	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Ben Talley	3	32	10.7	0

Kick Return Statistics

Pittsburgh	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Ross Bilodeau	2	47	23.5	0

Minnesota	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Ray Soltys	3	91	30.3	0
Alexis Kelley	1	14	14.0	0

Defensive Statistics

Pittsburgh	Tack	Asst	Sack	RPlay	PPlay
OLB Donny Roberts	6	1	1.0	14	25
DE Edwin Fragomeni	5	0	0.5	28	30
S Elijah Young	5	2	0.0	30	34
ILB Wally Richardson	5	2	0.0	13	10
OLB Bruce Llewellyn	4	3	0.0	18	14
DT Bob Lipscomb	4	1	0.0	22	18
DT Spencer Spetz	4	0	0.0	12	20
DE Ryan Rodgers	2	2	0.5	17	23
OLB Marcus Lake	2	2	0.5	17	24
CB Randall Abdullah	2	1	0.0	30	34
DT Colby Boshier	2	1	0.0	11	18
S Gage Weidman	2	0	0.0	19	22
CB Sebastian Stokes	2	0	0.0	27	21
DE Marty Webb	1	2	0.5	11	13
TE Winston Orbik	1	0	---	---	---
CB Marc Moody	1	0	0.0	6	12
CB Ross Bilodeau	0	1	0.0	30	34

Minnesota	Tack	Asst	Sack	RPlay	PPlay
OLB Ronnie Bauer	8	2	0.0	21	32
S Tony Lake	7	3	0.0	22	35
DE Samuel Burke	4	0	2.0	13	27
S Kaleb Carter	4	1	0.0	22	36
CB Connor Swindal	4	0	0.0	8	19
CB Jevon O'Neal	3	0	0.0	11	18
CB Ben Talley	3	0	0.0	15	27
ILB Jerome Laird	2	2	0.0	21	36
CB Eddie Watts	2	1	0.0	22	35
OLB Xavier Becker	2	0	0.0	9	11
DE Cameron Edwards	1	2	1.0	20	32
DT Kai Clements	1	1	1.0	15	31
DE Isaiah Farrell	1	0	0.0	9	9
DE Harvey McCuistion	1	0	0.0	8	12

Pass Rush Statistics

Pittsburgh	Sack	Block	Hurry	Knock	PPlay
OLB Donny Roberts	1.0	0	0	0	25
OLB Marcus Lake	0.5	1	1	0	24
DE Marty Webb	0.5	0	1	1	13
DE Edwin Fragomeni	0.5	0	1	0	30
DE Ryan Rodgers	0.5	0	0	0	23
DT Spencer Spetz	0.0	0	1	0	20
DT Gage Pham	0.0	0	0	1	21

Minnesota	Sack	Hurry	Knock	PPlay
DE Samuel Burke	2.0	2	4	27
DE Cameron Edwards	1.0	3	2	32
DT Kai Clements	1.0	2	1	31
DT Tyrone Coglan	0.0	0	1	26

Pass Defense Statistics

Pittsburgh	Caught	Defnsd	PPlay
S Elijah Young	3	2	34
CB Randall Abdullah	2	1	34
OLB Bruce Llewellyn	2	0	14
OLB Marcus Lake	2	0	24
ILB Wally Richardson	2	0	10
OLB Donny Roberts	2	0	25
CB Sebastian Stokes	1	2	21
S Gage Weidman	1	0	22
DE Edwin Fragomeni	1	0	30
CB Marc Moody	1	0	12
CB Ross Bilodeau	0	1	34

Minnesota	Caught	Defnsd	Intrcp	PPlay
OLB Ronnie Bauer	5	1	0	32
S Kaleb Carter	3	0	0	36
CB Ben Talley	2	1	0	27
ILB Jerome Laird	2	0	1	36
CB Eddie Watts	1	1	0	35
OLB Xavier Becker	1	0	0	11
CB Jevon O'Neal	1	0	0	18
S Tony Lake	1	0	0	35
CB Connor Swindal	1	0	0	19

Blocking Statistics

Pittsburgh	KeyBl	BlOpp	RPly	SckA	PPly
G Ricardo Price	1	4	22	2	36
C Maurice Ayanbadejo	1	3	22	2	36
G Adrian South	0	3	22	0	36
G Sebastian Cook	0	1	22	0	36
T Alfred Lee	0	1	22	0	36
TE Winston Orbik	0	1	21	0	36

Minnesota	KeyBl	BlOpp	Panc	RPly	SckA	PPly
T Jeffery Stanton	3	7	0	30	0	34
C Christopher Jamison	2	10	0	30	0	34
T Corwin McKnight	2	4	1	30	0	34
G Ramon Canter	1	4	0	30	1	34
T Josue Pollinger	0	4	0	30	2	34

Special Teams Tackles

Pittsburgh	Tackles	STPlays
Micah Carr	3	24
DeAndre Boyd	1	24
Elijah Young	1	19
Juan Snyder	1	19
Adrian South	1	8

Minnesota	Tackles	STPlays
Kai Clements	1	17
Santiago Hulten	1	8
Ray Soltys	1	6

Participation

Pittsburgh	RPlyOff	PPlyOff	RPlyDef	PPlyDef	STPly	Total Plays
S Elijah Young	---	---	30	34	19	83
CB Randall Abdullah	---	---	30	34	14	78
CB Ross Bilodeau	---	---	30	34	14	78
TE Winston Orbik	21	36	---	---	19	76
WR Wes Blair	18	36	---	---	20	74
G Adrian South	22	36	---	---	8	66
G Sebastian Cook	22	36	---	---	8	66
DE Edwin Fragomeni	---	---	28	30	3	61
QB Andre Reid	22	36	---	---	---	58
T Alfred Lee	22	36	---	---	---	58
C Maurice Ayanbadejo	22	36	---	---	---	58
G Ricardo Price	22	36	---	---	---	58
OLB Marcus Lake	---	---	17	24	14	55
CB Sebastian Stokes	---	---	27	21	1	49
DT Gage Pham	---	---	23	21	1	45
WR Sergio Rice	13	31	---	---	---	44
S Gage Weidman	---	---	19	22	2	43
DE Ryan Rodgers	---	---	17	23	3	43
WR Herman Shelton	15	28	---	---	---	43
OLB Donny Roberts	---	---	14	25	3	42
DT Bob Lipscomb	---	---	22	18	---	40
DE Marty Webb	---	---	11	13	15	39
DT Spencer Spetz	---	---	12	20	3	35
RB Juan Snyder	8	6	---	---	19	33
OLB Bruce Llewellyn	---	---	18	14	---	32
RB Irv Nygaard	7	24	---	---	---	31
DT Colby Boshier	---	---	11	18	2	31
FB DeAndre Boyd	2	0	---	---	24	26
TE Micah Carr	0	0	---	---	24	24
OLB Max Terry	---	---	2	1	20	23
ILB Wally Richardson	---	---	13	10	---	23
FB Kirk Duveneck	8	8	---	---	5	21
CB Marc Moody	---	---	6	12	2	20
CB Roberto Robinson	---	---	0	0	16	16
RB Terrence Meier	7	5	---	---	---	12
TE Roderick Baxter	8	3	---	---	---	11
K Freddie Sanderson	0	0	---	---	9	9
C Bernie Leeper	0	0	---	---	8	8
T Zachery Fox	0	0	---	---	8	8
P Camden Powell	0	0	---	---	8	8
CB Allen Lane	---	---	0	0	5	5
WR Desmond Lang	2	2	---	---	---	4
WR Norman Pardo	1	1	---	---	---	2
WR Irv Burtnett	0	0	---	---	---	0
QB Howie Kayer	0	0	---	---	---	0
T Bryson Cook	0	0	---	---	---	0

Minnesota	RPlyOff	PPlyOff	RPlyDef	PPlyDef	STPly	Total Plays
TE Carl Guthrie	26	34	---	---	19	79
T Jeffery Stanton	30	34	---	---	3	67
CB Eddie Watts	---	---	22	35	8	65
C Christopher Jamison	30	34	---	---	---	64
QB Josue Lindsay	30	34	---	---	---	64
T Josue Pollinger	30	34	---	---	---	64
T Corwin McKnight	30	34	---	---	---	64
G Ramon Canter	30	34	---	---	---	64
DT Kai Clements	---	---	15	31	17	63
S Kaleb Carter	---	---	22	36	4	62
ILB Jerome Laird	---	---	21	36	4	61
S Tony Lake	---	---	22	35	4	61
OLB Ronnie Bauer	---	---	21	32	4	57
DE Cameron Edwards	---	---	20	32	4	56
TE Andres Bates	11	19	---	---	23	53
CB Ben Talley	---	---	15	27	11	53
WR Ray Andersen	25	27	---	---	---	52
RB Andre Briggs	22	27	---	---	---	49
DT Tyrone Coglan	---	---	14	26	2	42
DE Samuel Burke	---	---	13	27	2	42
WR Casey Langford	15	14	---	---	10	39
WR Nicholas Farr	12	5	---	---	18	35
WR Ray Soltys	15	14	---	---	6	35
CB Jevon O'Neal	---	---	11	18	4	33
RB Nickolas Whiting	5	4	---	---	23	32
CB Connor Swindal	---	---	8	19	---	27
WR Harvey Fikarski	11	13	---	---	---	24
OLB Xavier Becker	---	---	9	11	2	22
DE Harvey McCuistion	---	---	8	12	2	22
DT Bo Berosik	---	---	9	7	6	22
ILB Wesley Hassell	---	---	1	0	20	21
OLB Dylan Carpenter	---	---	0	0	20	20
DE Isaiah Farrell	---	---	9	9	2	20
CB Alexis Kelley	---	---	2	2	15	19
S Jerome Gaunt	---	---	0	1	15	16
RB Greg Schuster	7	7	---	---	---	14
K J.B. Cooley	0	0	---	---	9	9
T Harold Creamer	0	0	---	---	8	8
G Sedrick Schweitzer	0	0	---	---	8	8
C Santiago Hulten	0	0	---	---	8	8
G Taylor Shelton	0	0	---	---	8	8
TE Tracy Strong	1	6	---	---	---	7
P Everett Sampson	0	0	---	---	5	5
QB Wayne Howe	0	0	---	---	3	3
C Lukas Garrison	0	0	---	---	---	0
ILB Vincent Swift	---	---	0	0	---	0

Directional Rushing Statistics

Distance	Att	Yards	Avg
Left	0	0	0.0
Middle	16	88	5.5
Right	6	9	1.5
None	0	0	0.0

Distance	Att	Yards	Avg
Left	10	23	2.3
Middle	6	42	7.0
Right	13	56	4.3
None	1	-1	-1.0

Detailed Passing Statistics

Pittsburgh	Att	Cmp	20+	BdTh	Drop	Dfns	Hurr	Knck	Intc
Andre Reid	32	17	5	1	2	3	7	8	1

Minnesota	Att	Cmp	20+	BdTh	Drop	Dfns	Hurr	Knck	Intc
Josue Lindsay	31	17	3	1	2	6	4	2	0

Directional Passing Statistics

Distance	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg
Screen	2	1	24	12.0
Short (0-8 Yds)	18	12	144	8.0
Medium (9-18 Yds)	6	3	49	8.2
Long (19+ Yds)	5	1	40	8.0

Distance	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg
Screen	4	4	43	10.8
Short (0-8 Yds)	11	7	102	9.3
Medium (9-18 Yds)	12	6	88	7.3
Long (19+ Yds)	4	0	0	0.0

Detailed Receiving Statistics

Pittsburgh	Targt	Caugt	Dropd	Yards	20+	PPlay
WR Herman Shelton	10	5	2	105	2	28
WR Sergio Rice	9	6	0	86	2	31
TE Winston Orbik	7	3	0	31	0	36
WR Wes Blair	3	1	0	24	1	36
RB Terrence Meier	1	1	0	5	0	5
WR Desmond Lang	1	1	0	6	0	2

Minnesota	Targt	Caugt	Dropd	Yards	20+	PPlay
TE Andres Bates	8	6	1	95	1	19
TE Carl Guthrie	8	3	1	59	1	34
RB Andre Briggs	5	3	0	22	0	27
WR Ray Andersen	4	2	0	28	1	27
WR Harvey Fikarski	4	2	0	27	0	13
RB Greg Schuster	1	1	0	2	0	7
WR Casey Langford	1	0	0	0	0	14

Red-Zone Rushing Statistics

Pittsburgh	Att	Yards	Avg	Overall Avg
QB Andre Reid	1	4	4.00	7.27

Minnesota	Att	Yards	Avg	Overall Avg
RB Andre Briggs	1	-1	-1.00	5.00

Red-Zone Passing Statistics

Pittsburgh	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg/Att	Overall Avg
Andre Reid	5	1	0	0.00	8.03

Minnesota	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg/Att	Overall Avg
Josue Lindsay	4	1	15	3.75	7.52

Red-Zone Receiving Statistics

Pittsburgh	Target	Catch	Overall Avg
WR Sergio Rice	2	1	9.56
WR Herman Shelton	1	0	10.50
TE Winston Orbik	1	0	4.43
WR Wes Blair	1	0	8.00

Minnesota	Target	Catch	Yards	Avg/Targ	Overall Avg
TE Andres Bates	1	1	15	15.00	11.88
RB Andre Briggs	1	0	0	0.00	4.40
TE Carl Guthrie	1	0	0	0.00	7.38
WR Casey Langford	1	0	0	0.00	0.00

Third Down Rushing Statistics

Pittsburgh	Rushes	Conversions
QB Andre Reid	3	1
RB Juan Snyder	2	0
WR Herman Shelton	1	0

Minnesota	Rushes	Conversions
RB Andre Briggs	3	2

Third Down Passing Statistics

Pittsburgh	Att	Comp	Conversions
Andre Reid	3	0	0

Minnesota	Att	Comp	Conversions
Josue Lindsay	13	8	7

Third Down Receiving Statistics

Pittsburgh	Targ	Catch	Conversions
WR Sergio Rice	1	0	0
WR Herman Shelton	1	0	0
WR Wes Blair	1	0	0

Minnesota	Targ	Catch	Conversions
TE Carl Guthrie	5	2	2
WR Harvey Fikarski	3	2	2
TE Andres Bates	2	2	2
WR Ray Andersen	2	1	1
RB Andre Briggs	1	1	0

Section	Attendance
Stadium	62,000 (91,500 capacity)
Upper Deck	15,800 (24,800)
End Zone	11,400 (17,900)
Mezzanine	7,000 (10,400)
Sideline Seats	10,400 (15,900)
Club Seats	12,400 (17,500)
Luxury Boxes	5,000 (5,000)