Regular Season Week 1: Denver Broncos at Pittsburgh Steelers
September 07, 2014 65° Three Rivers Stadium
Attendance: 61,268 (82%)
Denver Broncos 3 3 3 6 - 15
Pittsburgh Steelers 0 0 6 3 - 9
Scoring Summary
(Qtr 1) Denver Broncos: 4-4-PIT 23 (4:17) 17-James Martin 41 yard field goal is GOOD. PIT 0 DEN 3
(Qtr 2) Denver Broncos: 4-10-PIT 36 (13:26) 17-James Martin 54 yard field goal is GOOD. PIT 0 DEN 6
(Qtr 3) Denver Broncos: 4-12-PIT 12 (10:17) 17-James Martin 30 yard field goal is GOOD. PIT 46-Edward Turner was injured on the play. He looks like he should be able to return. PIT 0 DEN 9
(Qtr 3) Pittsburgh Steelers: 3-5-DEN 42 (8:17) 3-Rene Schmidt pass complete to 19-Andrew Mounts for 42 yards. TOUCHDOWN!
(Qtr 4) Pittsburgh Steelers: 4-8-DEN 38 (8:13) 13-Edward McDermott 56 yard field goal is GOOD. PIT 9 DEN 9
(Qtr 4) Denver Broncos: 4-13-PIT 16 (1:48) 17-James Martin 34 yard field goal is GOOD. PIT 9 DEN 12
(Qtr 4) Denver Broncos: 4-6-PIT 12 (0:48) 17-James Martin 30 yard field goal is GOOD. PIT 9 DEN 15
Team Statistics
Pittsburgh Steelers Denver Broncos
First Downs 5 22
- Rushing 2 10
- Passing 3 9
- Penalty 0 3
Total Net Yards 190 286
- Offensive Plays 46 74
- Yards Per Play 4.13 3.86
Net Rushing Yards 78 130
- Rushing Attempts 19 29
- Yards Per Rush 4.11 4.48
Net Passing Yards 112 156
- Att/Comp/Int 27 / 13 / 1 42 / 26 / 0
- Gross Passing Yards 112 175
- Sacks/Yards Lost 0 / 0 3 / 19
- Yards Per Pass Play 4.15 3.47
- Yards Per Completion 8.62 6.73
Fumbles/Lost 2 / 1 0 / 0
3rd Down Conversions 4 / 13 5 / 17
- Avg YTG on 3rd Down 8.2 9.7
4th Down Conversions 0 / 0 0 / 0
Penalties/Yards 7 / 55 4 / 25
Punt Returns/Yards 0 / 0 0 / 0
Kick Returns/Yards 2 / 35 2 / 75
Int Returns/Yards 0 / 0 1 / 0
2pt Conversions 0 / 0 0 / 0
Red Zone Visits 0 3
- Red Zone TDs/FGs 0 / 0 0 / 3
Avg Drive Start OWN 28 OWN 25
Time of Possession 22:56 37:02
Drive Charts
Pittsburgh Steelers
Qtr Start Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 15:00 3:20 OWN 25 5 22 Punt
1 8:25 0:55 OWN 16 3 -5 Punt
1 4:13 0:54 OWN 24 3 -6 Punt
2 13:22 2:13 OWN 25 3 5 Punt
2 9:08 2:06 OWN 34 3 3 Punt
2 6:45 1:28 OWN 43 3 8 Punt
2 1:02 1:02 OWN 3 2 8 Half
3 10:14 2:04 OWN 25 6 75 Touchdown
3 6:39 4:53 OWN 30 8 25 Punt
3 1:00 0:51 50 3 1 Punt
4 10:16 2:07 OWN 44 6 18 Field Goal
4 1:45 1:00 OWN 16 3 -4 Field Goal
4 0:45 0:03 OWN 25 1 0 Interception
Denver Broncos
Qtr Start Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 11:40 3:15 OWN 7 6 30 Punt
1 7:30 3:16 OWN 43 6 34 Field Goal
1 3:19 4:58 OWN 35 8 29 Field Goal
2 11:08 2:01 OWN 24 3 -6 Punt
2 7:02 0:16 OWN 13 3 -5 Punt
2 5:18 4:15 OWN 14 7 32 Punt
3 15:00 4:46 OWN 32 10 56 Field Goal
3 8:09 1:30 OWN 25 3 1 Punt
3 1:47 0:46 OWN 6 3 -1 Punt
3 0:09 4:53 OWN 6 8 57 Missed FG
4 8:09 6:24 OWN 29 12 54 Field Goal
4 0:42 0:42 OPP 31 2 0 Game
Player Stats
Rushing Stats
Pittsburgh Steelers
Name Att Yds Avg Lng 10+ TDs
#36 Robert Miller 11 49 4.45 14 1 0
#20 Walter Powell 7 27 3.86 10 1 0
#41 Phillip Lambert 1 2 2.00 2 0 0
Denver Broncos
Name Att Yds Avg Lng 10+ TDs
#25 Nathaniel Hazeltine 18 62 3.44 17 3 0
#86 Steve Kerr 8 53 6.63 13 4 0
#7 Wayne Roberts 3 15 5.00 15 1 0
Passing Stats
Pittsburgh Steelers
Name Att Comp Yds Sk/Yd TDs Lng Int Rate
#3 Rene Schmidt 27 13 112 0 / 0 1 42 1 56.40
Denver Broncos
Name Att Comp Yds Sk/Yd TDs Lng Int Rate
#7 Wayne Roberts 42 26 175 3 / 19 0 27 0 71.03
Receiving Stats
Pittsburgh Steelers
Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TDs
#19 Andrew Mounts 1 42 42.00 42 1
#81 Daniel East 3 38 12.67 22 0
#85 Pedro James 2 21 10.50 17 0
#82 Antwan Crum 1 9 9.00 9 0
#36 Robert Miller 3 6 2.00 3 0
#87 Paul Chesnut 1 4 4.00 4 0
#20 Walter Powell 1 -3 -3.00 -3 0
#44 Pedro Deloach 1 -5 -5.00 -5 0
Denver Broncos
Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TDs
#81 Kevin Rodriguez 7 46 6.57 12 0
#25 Nathaniel Hazeltine 7 40 5.71 18 0
#16 Jeffery Noble 3 28 9.33 11 0
#10 Wilbur Span 1 27 27.00 27 0
#84 Troy Crouch 4 16 4.00 6 0
#86 Steve Kerr 2 9 4.50 12 0
#8 Robert Mueller 1 7 7.00 7 0
#44 Matthew Schlesinger 1 2 2.00 2 0
Blocking Stats
Pittsburgh Steelers
Name PassBlk RunBlk SkAlld TklAlld
#69 Kenneth Ford 18 9 0 0
#70 Jimmy Yockey 37 19 0 1
#65 Raymond Marciano 37 25 0 0
#89 Everett Peterson 37 29 0 1
#81 Daniel East 6 18 0 0
#87 Paul Chesnut 0 10 0 0
#78 Ramon Huber 27 26 0 0
#64 Howard Soltero 29 20 0 1
#36 Robert Miller 9 4 0 0
#44 Pedro Deloach 10 21 0 1
#82 Antwan Crum 1 1 0 0
#19 Andrew Mounts 0 9 0 1
#71 Albert Vesely 10 0 0 0
#94 Roy Santiago 6 3 0 0
#86 Mark Adler 8 4 0 0
#73 Larry McMurray 0 1 0 0
#68 Harold Woods 0 2 0 0
#58 Benjamin Farrell 0 1 0 0
#79 Randy Watson 0 2 0 0
#46 Edward Turner 0 2 0 0
#40 Austin Lowrey 0 2 0 0
#99 Alex Campbell 2 3 0 0
#55 Stephen Jimenez 0 1 0 1
#85 Pedro James 0 11 0 0
#11 Albert Long 0 2 0 0
#41 Phillip Lambert 1 1 0 0
#20 Walter Powell 3 1 0 0
#59 Micheal Carter 2 0 0 0
Denver Broncos
Name PassBlk RunBlk SkAlld TklAlld
#65 Paul Haviland 58 33 1 3
#59 William Dileo 52 28 1 3
#72 Juan Wiggins 42 32 1 2
#78 Scott Short 51 42 0 4
#84 Troy Crouch 0 22 0 1
#25 Nathaniel Hazeltine 19 4 0 0
#44 Matthew Schlesinger 44 19 0 1
#79 Richard Leming 52 28 0 1
#69 Donald Tyner 2 1 0 1
#16 Jeffery Noble 0 21 0 2
#81 Kevin Rodriguez 19 26 0 0
#70 Ramon Bissonnette 18 12 0 1
#83 Ben Boggan 12 12 0 0
#72 James Morgan 6 2 0 0
#79 Julian Gorton 1 0 0 0
#86 Steve Kerr 5 2 0 0
#10 Wilbur Span 0 7 0 0
#89 John Sailer 6 0 0 0
#21 James Kuykendall 0 5 0 0
#54 Alex Singleton 0 2 0 0
#90 John Gross 0 2 0 0
#28 John Shirley 0 2 0 0
#41 Anthony Williamson 0 3 0 0
#42 Ronnie Nilsson 0 3 0 0
#76 Walter Lovett 0 2 0 0
#92 Edward Boucher 0 2 0 0
#8 Robert Mueller 0 1 0 0
#77 Andrew Young 4 2 0 0
#85 Eric Jones 0 1 0 0
#75 Jason Biron 0 1 0 0
#96 William Rockwood 0 1 0 0
#48 Gary Polizzi 0 1 0 0
#52 Eduardo Kim 0 1 0 0
Interception Stats
Pittsburgh Steelers
Name Int Yds Avg TDs
Denver Broncos
Name Int Yds Avg TDs
#28 John Shirley 1 0 0.00 0
Fumble Stats
Pittsburgh Steelers
Name Fumb Recov Force TDs
#36 Robert Miller 1 0 0 0
#20 Walter Powell 1 0 0 0
#70 Jimmy Yockey 0 1 0 0
Denver Broncos
Name Fumb Recov Force TDs
#42 Ronnie Nilsson 0 0 1 0
#28 John Shirley 0 1 1 0
Punting
Pittsburgh Steelers
Name Punts Yds Avg Net Lng In20
#18 Donnie Swing 8 350 43.75 43.75 49 5
Denver Broncos
Name Punts Yds Avg Net Lng In20
#18 John Dube 6 284 47.33 47.33 51 2
Kicking
Pittsburgh Steelers
Name FG 40+ 50+ Lng XP
#13 Edward McDermott 1 / 1 1 / 1 1 / 1 56 0 / 1
Denver Broncos
Name FG 40+ 50+ Lng XP
#17 James Martin 5 / 6 2 / 3 1 / 2 54 0 / 0
Punt Return
Pittsburgh Steelers
Name Ret Yds Avg Lng TDs
Denver Broncos
Name Ret Yds Avg Lng TDs
Kick Return
Pittsburgh Steelers
Name Ret Yds Avg TDs
#20 Walter Powell 2 35 17.5 0
Denver Broncos
Name Ret Yds Avg TDs
#84 Troy Crouch 2 75 37.5 0
Defensive Stats
Pittsburgh Steelers
Name Tackles Sacks
#40 Austin Lowrey 7 0
#46 Edward Turner 7 0
#55 Stephen Jimenez 6 0
#2 Micah Perkins 4 0
#68 Harold Woods 4 1
#49 Mark Donaldson 4 0
#33 Scott Paige 4 0
#98 Brandon Krier 4 0
#21 Kurt Villanueva 4 0
#79 Randy Watson 3 0
#97 Frederick Lancaster 3 1
#99 Alex Campbell 2 0
#54 Justin Bolton 1 0
#58 Benjamin Farrell 1 1
#55 Norbert Clark 1 0
#13 Edward McDermott 1 0
#56 James Leclaire 1 0
#77 Gregory Keith 1 0
#87 Paul Chesnut 1 0
Denver Broncos
Name Tackles Sacks
#28 John Shirley 6 0
#21 James Kuykendall 5 0
#99 John Wallace 5 0
#52 Eduardo Kim 4 0
#92 Edward Boucher 3 0
#48 Gary Polizzi 3 0
#42 Ronnie Nilsson 1 0
#67 Brian Compton 1 0
#96 William Rockwood 1 0
#30 Jerry Scott 1 0
#97 Leon Nelson 1 0
#54 Alex Singleton 1 0