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2002 Pittsburgh Steelers

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Record: 10-5-1, Finished 1st in AFC North Division
NFL Season Summary

Scored 390 points (24.4/g), 8th of 32 in the NFL.
 Allowed 345 points (21.6/g), 16th.
 Differential of 45 points (2.8/g), 9th.
 Expected W-L: 9.2-6.8.

 Takeaway/Giveaway Differential 0 (0.0/g), 15th.

Coached by Bill Cowher (10-5-1)

2002 Statistics / Starters & Roster / Games & Schedule / Team Draftees

Team Games & Schedule

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Score Offense Defense
Week Day Date Rec Opp Tm Opp 1stD TotYd PassY RushY TO 1stD TotYd PassY RushY TO
1 Mon September 9 box L 0-1 @ New England Patriots 14 30 20 283 209 74 5 20 343 280 63 1
2 Sun September 15 box L 0-2 Oakland Raiders 17 30 14 273 201 72 5 27 464 369 95 2
3 Bye Week
4 Sun September 29 box W 1-2 Cleveland Browns 16 13 21 358 265 93 2 13 245 122 123 2
5 Sun October 6 box L 1-3 @ New Orleans Saints 29 32 23 364 244 120 2 17 315 194 121
6 Sun October 13 box W 2-3 @ Cincinnati Bengals 34 7 21 408 197 211 2 18 268 190 78 4
7 Mon October 21 box W 3-3 Indianapolis Colts 28 10 22 364 182 182 1 23 367 295 72 3
8 Sun October 27 box W 4-3 @ Baltimore Ravens 31 18 16 283 179 104 1 26 360 293 67 5
9 Sun November 3 box W 5-3 @ Cleveland Browns 23 20 25 391 255 136 1 9 193 157 36 3
10 Sun November 10 box T 5-3-1 Atlanta Falcons 34 34 30 645 463 182 3 21 447 279 168 2
11 Sun November 17 box L 5-4-1 @ Tennessee Titans 23 31 20 357 312 45 3 22 378 257 121 1
12 Sun November 24 box W 6-4-1 Cincinnati Bengals 29 21 21 391 235 156 17 352 298 54 1
13 Sun December 1 box W 7-4-1 @ Jacksonville Jaguars 25 23 23 403 184 219 1 13 226 124 102
14 Sun December 8 box L 7-5-1 Houston Texans 6 24 24 422 294 128 5 3 47 10 37 1
15 Sun December 15 box W 8-5-1 Carolina Panthers 30 14 19 332 203 129 2 11 131 81 50 4
16 Mon December 23 box W 9-5-1 @ Tampa Bay Buccaneers 17 7 19 327 233 94 1 18 277 203 74 3
17 Sun December 29 box W 10-5-1 Baltimore Ravens 34 31 25 351 176 175 2 21 422 308 114 4
Playoffs
WildCard Sun January 5 box W 11-5-1 Cleveland Browns 36 33 30 432 343 89 3 21 447 409 38 1
Division Sat January 11 box L 11-6-1 @ Tennessee Titans 31 34 21 324 257 67 1 29 430 331 99 4

Team Stats and Rankings

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Passing Rushing
Pts Yds Ply Y/P 1stD Cmp Att Yds TD Int NY/A 1stD Att Yds TD Y/A 1stD TO FL 1stPy
Team Offense 390 5952 1097 5.4 343 350 551 3832 26 22 6.6 200 512 2120 15 4.1 119 36 14 24
Team Defense 345 4835 982 4.9 279 336 573 3460 19 19 5.6 178 359 1375 16 3.8 77 36 17 24
Lg Rank Offense 8 5 6 16 7 8 25 7 3 9 14 17 28 20
Lg Rank Defense 16 7 5 26 20 9 8 9 1 1 20 8 6 5

Passing

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
No. Age Pos G GS QBrec Cmp Att Cmp% Yds TD TD% Int Int% Lng Y/A AY/A Y/C Y/G Rate Sk Yds NY/A ANY/A Sk%
8 Tommy Maddox 31 QB 15 11 7-3-1 234 377 62.1 2836 20 5.3 16 4.2 72 7.5 6.7 12.1 189.1 85.2 26 148 6.7 5.9 6.5
10 Kordell Stewart 30 qb 8 5 3-2-0 109 166 65.7 1155 6 3.6 6 3.6 64 7.0 6.1 10.6 144.4 82.8 7 46 6.4 5.5 4.0
82 Antwaan Randle El 23 RET 16 0 7 8 87.5 45 0 0.0 0 0.0 25 5.6 5.6 6.4 2.8 90.1 1 10 3.9 3.9 11.1
Team Total 26.8 16 10-5-1 350 551 63.5 4036 26 4.7 22 4.0 72 7.3 6.5 11.5 252.3 84.6 34 204 6.6 5.7 5.8
Opp Total 16 336 573 58.6 3773 19 3.3 19 3.3 6.6 5.8 11.2 235.8 75.6 50 313 5.6 4.8

Rushing & Receiving

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Rushing Receiving
No. Age Pos G GS Att Yds TD Lng Y/A Y/G A/G Rec Yds Y/R TD Lng R/G Y/G YScm RRTD Fmb
21 Amos Zereoue 26 rb 16 5 193 762 4 42 3.9 47.6 12.1 42 341 8.1 0 54 2.6 21.3 1103 4 2
36 Jerome Bettis 30 RB 13 11 187 666 9 41 3.6 51.2 14.4 7 57 8.1 0 15 0.5 4.4 723 9 1
10 Kordell Stewart 30 qb 8 5 43 191 2 25 4.4 23.9 5.4 191 2 4
45 Chris Fuamatu-Ma'afala 25 8 0 23 115 0 17 5.0 14.4 2.9 2 12 6.0 0 6 0.3 1.5 127 0 0
82 Antwaan Randle El 23 RET 16 0 19 134 0 24 7.1 8.4 1.2 47 489 10.4 2 36 2.9 30.6 623 2 4
8 Tommy Maddox 31 QB 15 11 19 43 0 21 2.3 2.9 1.3 43 0 8
86 Hines Ward* 26 WR 16 16 12 142 0 39 11.8 8.9 0.8 112 1329 11.9 12 72 7.0 83.1 1471 12 1
34 Verron Haynes 23 14 0 10 51 0 20 5.1 3.6 0.7 3 10 3.3 0 7 0.2 0.7 61 0 0
35 Dan Kreider 25 FB 16 13 6 16 0 5 2.7 1.0 0.4 18 122 6.8 1 15 1.1 7.6 138 1 1
80 Plaxico Burress 25 WR 16 15 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 78 1325 17.0 7 62 4.9 82.8 1325 7 2
88 Terance Mathis 35 16 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 23 218 9.5 2 22 1.4 13.6 218 2 0
87 Mark Bruener 30 TE 12 12 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 13 66 5.1 1 10 1.1 5.5 66 1 0
84 Jerame Tuman 26 te 13 7 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 4 63 15.8 1 27 0.3 4.8 63 1 0
48 Matt Cushing 27 6 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 1 4 4.0 0 4 0.2 0.7 4 0 0
Team Total 26.8 16 512 2120 15 42 4.1 132.5 32.0 350 4036 11.5 26 72 21.9 252.3 6156 41 26
Opp Total 16 359 1375 16 3.8 85.9 22.4 336 3460 10.3 19 21.0 216.3 4835 35 22

Kick & Punt Returns

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Punt Returns Kick Returns
No. Age Pos G GS Ret Yds TD Lng Y/R Rt Yds TD Lng Y/Rt APYd
82 Antwaan Randle El 23 RET 16 0 37 257 0 29 6.9 32 733 1 99 22.9 1613
89 Lee Mays 24 16 0 32 671 0 35 21.0 671
22 Hank Poteat 25 13 0 4 29 0 11 7.3 5 103 0 25 20.6 132
85 John Allred 28 13 0 1 7 0 7 7.0 7
94 Rodney Bailey 23 16 0 1 12 0 12 12.0 12
35 Dan Kreider 25 FB 16 13 1 18 0 18 18.0 156
30 Chad Scott 28 LCB 15 15 1 4 0 4 4.0 4
Team Total 26.8 16 42 290 0 29 6.9 72 1544 1 99 21.4 7990
Opp Total 16 32 1 78 1671 1 21.4

Kicking & Punting

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
0-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50+ Tot PAT Punting
No. Age Pos G GS FGA FGM FGA FGM FGA FGM FGA FGM FGA FGM FGA FGM FG% XPA XPM XP% Pnt Yds Lng Blck Y/P
4 Josh Miller 32 P 14 0 55 2267 62 1 41.2
2 Todd Peterson 32 K 10 0 1 1 3 2 10 6 7 3 21 12 57.1% 26 25 96.2%
3 Jeff Reed 23 6 0 5 5 5 5 7 6 2 1 19 17 89.5% 11 10 90.9%
14 Tom Rouen 34 2 0 7 316 55 0 45.1
Team Total 26.8 16 1 1 8 7 15 11 14 9 2 1 40 29 72.5% 37 35 94.6% 62 2583 62 1 41.7
Opp Total 16 26 20 76.9% 38 37 97.4% 77 3103 40.3

Defense & Fumbles

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Def Interceptions Fumbles Tackles
No. Age Pos G GS Sk Int Yds TD Lng PD FF Fmb FR Yds TD Tkl Ast Sfty
55 Joey Porter*+ 25 ROLB 16 16 9.0 4 153 0 84 10 2 0 2 6 0 61 28
30 Chad Scott 28 LCB 15 15 2 30 1 30 16 66 17
51 James Farrior 27 RILB 14 14 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 4 0 60 22
91 Aaron Smith 26 LDE 16 16 5.5 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 3 0 0 55 17
41 Lee Flowers 29 SS 16 15 4.0 2 31 0 25 0 0 0 1 3 0 52 21
27 Brent Alexander 31 FS 16 16 1.0 4 37 0 25 0 50 25
92 Jason Gildon* 30 LOLB 16 16 9.0 45 21
20 Dewayne Washington 30 RCB 16 16 3 51 0 28 0 0 0 1 0 0 45 9
97 Kendrell Bell 24 LILB 12 12 4.0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 37 13
26 Deshea Townsend 27 16 3 3 3 0 2 10 40 7
31 Mike Logan 28 14 0 0.5 1 46 0 46 9 2 0 0 0 0 33 9
53 Clark Haggans 25 16 1 6.5 0 0 0 0 8 2 0 0 0 0 24 15
98 Casey Hampton 25 NT 16 15 2.0 2 0 1 36 0 24 17
94 Rodney Bailey 23 16 0 5.5 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 18 7
28 Chris Hope 22 14 0 0 0 1 0 0 19 4
67 Kimo von Oelhoffen 31 RDE 16 16 3.0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 12 10
22 Hank Poteat 25 13 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 16 3
50 Larry Foote 22 14 3 0 0 1 0 0 13 7
29 Chidi Iwuoma 24 13 0 11 3
8 Tommy Maddox 31 QB 15 11 8 5 -3 0
57 John Fiala 29 11 1 0 0 1 0 0 4 1
99 Brett Keisel 24 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 1
10 Kordell Stewart 30 qb 8 5 4 2 -10 0
82 Antwaan Randle El 23 RET 16 0 0 4 1 0 0
80 Plaxico Burress 25 WR 16 15 2 1 0 0
96 Kendrick Clancy 24 7 0 1 0
66 Alan Faneca*+ 26 LG 16 16 0 0 2 0 0
21 Amos Zereoue 26 rb 16 5 2 0 0 0
36 Jerome Bettis 30 RB 13 11 1 0 0 0
95 Mike Jones 33 6 1 0 0 1 0 0
35 Dan Kreider 25 FB 16 13 0 1 0 0 0
56 Chukky Okobi 24 c 13 5 1 0 -13 0
2 Todd Peterson 32 K 10 0 1 0 0 0
86 Hines Ward* 26 WR 16 16 0 1 0 0 0
Team Total 26.8 16 50.0 19 351 1 84 63 8 26 29 23 0 689 257
Opp Total 16 34 22 5

Scoring Summary

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
No. Age Pos G GS RshTD RecTD PR TD KR TD FblTD IntTD OthTD AllTD 2PM XPM FGM Sfty Pts
86 Hines Ward* 26 WR 16 16 12 12 3 78
2 Todd Peterson 32 K 10 0 25 12 61
3 Jeff Reed 23 6 0 10 17 61
36 Jerome Bettis 30 RB 13 11 9 9 54
80 Plaxico Burress 25 WR 16 15 7 7 1 44
21 Amos Zereoue 26 rb 16 5 4 4 24
82 Antwaan Randle El 23 RET 16 0 2 1 3 18
88 Terance Mathis 35 16 0 2 2 12
10 Kordell Stewart 30 qb 8 5 2 2 12
35 Dan Kreider 25 FB 16 13 1 1 1 8
87 Mark Bruener 30 TE 12 12 1 1 6
30 Chad Scott 28 LCB 15 15 1 1 6
84 Jerame Tuman 26 te 13 7 1 1 6
Team Total 26.8 16 15 26 1 1 43 5 35 29 390
Opp Total 16 16 19 1 1 1 37 20 345