Regular Season Week 1: Atlanta Falcons at Pittsburgh Steelers
September 06, 2015 70° Three Rivers Stadium
Attendance: 60,926 (81%)
Atlanta Falcons 0 0 3 0 - 3
Pittsburgh Steelers 13 14 6 11 - 44
Scoring Summary
(Qtr 1) Pittsburgh Steelers: 4-8-ATL 14 (10:26) 13-Edward McDermott 32 yard field goal is GOOD. PENALTY - Offsides (ATL 97-David Galvan) (Declined) PIT 3 ATL 0
(Qtr 1) Pittsburgh Steelers: 4-4-ATL 16 (7:08) 13-Edward McDermott 34 yard field goal is GOOD. PIT 6 ATL 0
(Qtr 1) Pittsburgh Steelers: 1-1-ATL 1 (0:19) 41-Phillip Lambert ran for 1 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 13-Edward McDermott. PIT 13 ATL 0
(Qtr 2) Pittsburgh Steelers: 2-2-ATL 2 (8:47) 36-Robert Miller ran for 2 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 13-Edward McDermott. PIT 20 ATL 0
(Qtr 2) Pittsburgh Steelers: 2-2-ATL 9 (1:20) 3-Rene Schmidt pass complete to 87-Paul Chesnut for 9 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 13-Edward McDermott. PIT 27 ATL 0
(Qtr 3) Pittsburgh Steelers: 4-1-ATL 1 (6:02) 13-Edward McDermott 19 yard field goal is GOOD. PIT 30 ATL 0
(Qtr 3) Pittsburgh Steelers: 4-4-ATL 26 (4:35) 13-Edward McDermott 44 yard field goal is GOOD. PIT 33 ATL 0
(Qtr 3) Atlanta Falcons: 4-7-PIT 7 (3:00) 19-Rodney Lopez 25 yard field goal is GOOD. PIT 33 ATL 3
(Qtr 4) Pittsburgh Steelers: 4-4-ATL 5 (12:06) 13-Edward McDermott 23 yard field goal is GOOD. PIT 36 ATL 3
(Qtr 4) Pittsburgh Steelers: 1-4-ATL 4 (3:01) 41-Phillip Lambert ran for 4 yards. TOUCHDOWN! 20-Walter Powell ran for 2 yards. CONVERSION GOOD! PIT 44 ATL 3
Team Statistics
Pittsburgh Steelers Atlanta Falcons
First Downs 33 6
- Rushing 14 2
- Passing 19 3
- Penalty 0 1
Total Net Yards 575 122
- Offensive Plays 91 40
- Yards Per Play 6.32 3.05
Net Rushing Yards 252 39
- Rushing Attempts 41 12
- Yards Per Rush 6.15 3.25
Net Passing Yards 323 83
- Att/Comp/Int 50 / 35 / 0 23 / 9 / 2
- Gross Passing Yards 323 129
- Sacks/Yards Lost 0 / 0 5 / 46
- Yards Per Pass Play 6.46 2.96
- Yards Per Completion 9.23 14.33
Fumbles/Lost 2 / 0 1 / 1
3rd Down Conversions 7 / 14 0 / 10
- Avg YTG on 3rd Down 5.4 9.3
4th Down Conversions 0 / 0 0 / 0
Penalties/Yards 4 / 37 0 / 0
Punt Returns/Yards 4 / 35 0 / 0
Kick Returns/Yards 1 / 23 0 / 0
Int Returns/Yards 2 / 0 0 / 0
2pt Conversions 1 / 1 0 / 0
Red Zone Visits 8 1
- Red Zone TDs/FGs 4 / 4 0 / 1
Avg Drive Start OWN 37 OWN 26
Time of Possession 46:12 13:48
Drive Charts
Pittsburgh Steelers
Qtr Start Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 15:00 4:37 OWN 26 9 60 Field Goal
1 10:15 3:10 OPP 35 6 18 Field Goal
1 5:39 5:22 OWN 33 10 67 Touchdown
2 12:56 4:11 OWN 31 9 69 Touchdown
2 7:58 0:14 OPP 40 3 0 Missed FG
2 6:49 5:32 OWN 20 10 80 Touchdown
3 12:39 6:39 OWN 16 12 83 Field Goal
3 5:57 1:26 OPP 31 3 6 Field Goal
3 2:58 5:54 OWN 25 10 70 Field Goal
4 11:24 0:49 OWN 43 3 1 Punt
4 9:16 6:18 OWN 37 10 63 Touchdown
4 2:00 2:00 OWN 25 5 27 Game
Atlanta Falcons
Qtr Start Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 10:23 0:08 OWN 25 1 0 Fumble
1 7:05 1:26 OWN 25 3 3 Punt
1 0:16 2:20 OWN 25 5 6 Punt
2 8:45 0:47 OWN 25 3 4 Interception
2 7:44 0:55 OWN 47 3 -3 Punt
2 1:17 1:17 OWN 25 6 26 Half
3 15:00 2:21 OWN 25 3 7 Punt
3 6:00 0:04 OWN 25 1 0 Interception
3 4:31 1:33 OWN 25 6 68 Field Goal
4 12:04 0:40 OWN 25 3 -9 Punt
4 10:35 1:19 OWN 15 3 6 Punt
4 2:58 0:58 OWN 25 3 3 Punt
Player Stats
Rushing Stats
Pittsburgh Steelers
Name Att Yds Avg Lng 10+ TDs
#41 Phillip Lambert 17 105 6.18 11 6 2
#36 Robert Miller 14 86 6.14 11 4 1
#20 Walter Powell 8 50 6.25 15 3 0
#44 Pedro Deloach 2 11 5.50 10 1 0
Atlanta Falcons
Name Att Yds Avg Lng 10+ TDs
#27 Benjamin Robbins 3 26 8.67 13 2 0
#31 Zane Lang 5 11 2.20 5 0 0
#18 Brian Wu 1 8 8.00 8 0 0
#39 John Bryant 3 -6 -2.00 1 0 0
Passing Stats
Pittsburgh Steelers
Name Att Comp Yds Sk/Yd TDs Lng Int Rate
#3 Rene Schmidt 48 35 323 0 / 0 1 20 0 97.83
#16 Raul Spencer 2 0 0 0 / 0 0 0 0 39.58
Atlanta Falcons
Name Att Comp Yds Sk/Yd TDs Lng Int Rate
#18 Brian Wu 22 9 129 5 / 46 0 45 2 22.73
#17 Joe Stephenson 1 0 0 0 / 0 0 0 0 39.58
Receiving Stats
Pittsburgh Steelers
Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TDs
#81 George Taylor 4 58 14.50 17 0
#83 Stephen Sainz 6 50 8.33 20 0
#19 Andrew Mounts 4 47 11.75 20 0
#41 Phillip Lambert 4 41 10.25 17 0
#36 Robert Miller 8 38 4.75 10 0
#20 Walter Powell 3 28 9.33 13 0
#87 Paul Chesnut 2 28 14.00 19 1
#44 Pedro Deloach 1 17 17.00 17 0
#81 Daniel East 2 10 5.00 6 0
#88 Perry Elkins 1 6 6.00 6 0
Atlanta Falcons
Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TDs
#31 Zane Lang 2 53 26.50 45 0
#83 Richard Suggs 3 37 12.33 20 0
#14 Tommy Cooper 1 16 16.00 16 0
#27 Benjamin Robbins 1 15 15.00 15 0
#87 Dave Bayless 2 8 4.00 7 0
Blocking Stats
Pittsburgh Steelers
Name PassBlk RunBlk SkAlld TklAlld
#68 Harold Woods 0 2 0 0
#79 Randy Watson 0 1 0 0
#95 Stephen Jones 1 3 0 0
#74 Ashley Smith 0 2 0 1
#86 Mark Adler 3 11 0 1
#77 Gregory Keith 0 3 0 0
#99 Alex Campbell 1 2 0 0
#57 Stephen Jimenez 0 3 0 1
#49 Mark Donaldson 0 2 0 0
#70 Jimmy Yockey 60 47 0 3
#64 Howard Soltero 51 44 0 0
#65 Raymond Marciano 56 41 0 1
#89 Everett Peterson 56 47 0 3
#78 Ramon Huber 58 45 0 0
#83 Stephen Sainz 10 31 0 0
#59 Micheal Carter 16 3 0 0
#44 Pedro Deloach 16 26 0 1
#88 Perry Elkins 0 11 0 0
#87 Paul Chesnut 0 34 0 2
#81 George Taylor 0 32 0 1
#41 Phillip Lambert 6 1 0 0
#36 Robert Miller 9 3 0 0
#19 Andrew Mounts 0 27 0 1
#63 Adam Stanley 10 0 0 0
#71 Albert Vesely 9 6 0 1
#81 Daniel East 12 4 0 0
#56 James Leclaire 0 1 0 0
#21 Charles Stewart 0 1 0 0
#98 Brandon Krier 0 3 0 0
#6 David Burns 0 3 0 0
#20 Walter Powell 1 1 0 0
#97 Frederick Lancaster 0 3 0 0
#72 Jim Cameron 6 10 0 0
#53 Ray Castro 3 10 0 3
Atlanta Falcons
Name PassBlk RunBlk SkAlld TklAlld
#65 Kenneth Gibson 26 14 1 1
#57 Nick Benefield 33 15 1 1
#51 Anthony Martinez 35 16 1 2
#73 Joshua Cote 36 19 1 2
#83 Richard Suggs 7 14 0 0
#87 Dave Bayless 4 8 0 0
#79 Robert Barros 29 16 0 0
#31 Zane Lang 4 5 0 1
#14 Tommy Cooper 0 7 0 0
#39 John Bryant 14 6 0 2
#63 Arturo James 14 1 0 0
#40 Scott Norris 3 2 0 0
#84 Mark Ng 0 3 0 0
#85 John Hawkins 0 1 0 0
#27 Benjamin Robbins 2 3 0 1
#66 Austin Jordan 7 0 0 0
#71 Michael Pena 1 1 0 0
#64 Robert Vaughn 2 2 0 0
#77 Steven White 3 1 0 0
#97 David Galvan 2 0 0 0
Interception Stats
Pittsburgh Steelers
Name Int Yds Avg TDs
#56 James Leclaire 1 0 0.00 0
#55 Norbert Clark 1 0 0.00 0
Atlanta Falcons
Name Int Yds Avg TDs
Fumble Stats
Pittsburgh Steelers
Name Fumb Recov Force TDs
#41 Phillip Lambert 1 0 0 0
#36 Robert Miller 1 0 0 0
#49 Mark Donaldson 0 1 1 0
#70 Jimmy Yockey 0 1 0 0
#19 Andrew Mounts 0 1 0 0
Atlanta Falcons
Name Fumb Recov Force TDs
#14 Tommy Cooper 1 0 0 0
#31 Herbert Purvis 0 0 1 0
#36 Edward Schofield 0 0 1 0
Punting
Pittsburgh Steelers
Name Punts Yds Avg Net Lng In20
#10 Robert Gariepy 1 41 41.00 41.00 41 1
Atlanta Falcons
Name Punts Yds Avg Net Lng In20
#5 Garrett Brady 7 355 50.71 42.71 62 1
Kicking
Pittsburgh Steelers
Name FG 40+ 50+ Lng XP
#13 Edward McDermott 5 / 6 1 / 2 0 / 1 44 3 / 3
Atlanta Falcons
Name FG 40+ 50+ Lng XP
#19 Rodney Lopez 1 / 1 0 / 0 0 / 0 25 0 / 0
Punt Return
Pittsburgh Steelers
Name Ret Yds Avg Lng TDs
#41 Phillip Lambert 4 35 8.8 11 0
Atlanta Falcons
Name Ret Yds Avg Lng TDs
Kick Return
Pittsburgh Steelers
Name Ret Yds Avg TDs
#20 Walter Powell 1 23 23.0 0
Atlanta Falcons
Name Ret Yds Avg TDs
Defensive Stats
Pittsburgh Steelers
Name Tackles Sacks
#57 Stephen Jimenez 3 0
#21 Charles Stewart 3 0
#94 Brian Isham 3 2
#54 Justin Bolton 2 0
#2 Micah Perkins 2 0
#74 Ashley Smith 2 2
#6 David Burns 2 0
#21 Kurt Villanueva 2 0
#98 Brandon Krier 1 0
#68 Harold Woods 1 0
#95 Stephen Jones 1 1
#55 Norbert Clark 1 0
Atlanta Falcons
Name Tackles Sacks
#31 Herbert Purvis 10 0
#23 Daniel Parker 10 0
#59 Larry Lyon 8 0
#29 Leo Hitt 7 0
#37 Clinton Smith 6 0
#29 Ryan Kinnison 6 0
#36 Edward Schofield 4 0
#61 Roger Farley 4 0
#40 Scott Norris 3 0
#95 Christian Wesley 3 0
#97 David Galvan 3 0
#76 Thomas Vincent 3 0
#83 Richard Suggs 2 0
#73 Joshua Cote 2 0
#52 John Kelly 2 0
#98 Christopher Osborne 2 0
#85 John Hawkins 1 0
#31 Zane Lang 1 0
#45 Jack Disney 1 0
#63 Arturo James 1 0