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2004 Pittsburgh Steelers

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Record: 15-1-0, Finished 1st in AFC North Division
NFL Season Summary

Scored 372 points (23.2/g), 11th of 32 in the NFL.
 Allowed 251 points (15.7/g), 1st.
 Differential of 121 points (7.6/g), 5th.
 Expected W-L: 11.5-4.5.

 Takeaway/Giveaway Differential +11 (0.7/g), 5th.

Coached by Bill Cowher (15-1-0)

2004 Statistics / Starters & Roster / Games & Schedule / Team Draftees

Team Games & Schedule

Glossary · CSV · PRE
Score Offense Defense
Week Day Date Rec Opp Tm Opp 1stD TotYd PassY RushY TO 1stD TotYd PassY RushY TO
1 Sun September 12 box W 1-0 Oakland Raiders 24 21 17 237 130 107 1 18 358 297 61 4
2 Sun September 19 box L 1-1 @ Baltimore Ravens 13 30 16 310 217 93 3 15 259 87 172
3 Sun September 26 box W 2-1 @ Miami Dolphins 13 3 15 314 161 153 1 13 169 117 52 4
4 Sun October 3 box W 3-1 Cincinnati Bengals 28 17 23 333 168 165 2 22 293 156 137 3
5 Sun October 10 box W 4-1 Cleveland Browns 34 23 21 401 231 170 1 17 305 207 98 1
6 Sun October 17 box W 5-1 @ Dallas Cowboys 24 20 21 297 172 125 20 348 248 100 1
7 Bye Week
8 Sun October 31 box W 6-1 New England Patriots 34 20 25 417 196 221 19 248 243 5 4
9 Sun November 7 box W 7-1 Philadelphia Eagles 27 3 25 420 168 252 2 7 113 90 23 1
10 Sun November 14 box W 8-1 @ Cleveland Browns 24 10 18 300 120 180 1 12 228 160 68 4
11 Sun November 21 box W 9-1 @ Cincinnati Bengals 19 14 21 235 84 151 1 10 209 147 62 1
12 Sun November 28 box W 10-1 Washington Redskins 16 7 15 207 100 107 10 156 105 51 1
13 Sun December 5 box W 11-1 @ Jacksonville Jaguars 17 16 15 316 196 120 20 359 259 100
14 Sun December 12 box W 12-1 New York Jets 17 6 15 262 142 120 2 15 296 189 107 3
15 Sat December 18 box W 13-1 @ New York Giants 33 30 27 469 309 160 2 18 278 182 96 1
16 Sun December 26 box W 14-1 Baltimore Ravens 20 7 20 404 221 183 2 16 248 177 71 1
17 Sun January 2 box W 15-1 @ Buffalo Bills 29 24 15 262 105 157 3 16 267 171 96 3
Playoffs
Division Sat January 15 box W 16-1 New York Jets 20 17 23 364 171 193 3 17 275 165 110 1
ConfChamp Sun January 23 box L 16-2 New England Patriots 27 41 19 388 225 163 4 18 322 196 126

Team Stats and Rankings

Glossary · CSV · PRE
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 372 5184 1012 5.1 309 228 358 2720 20 13 6.9 147 618 2464 16 4.0 134 21 8 28
Team Defense 251 4134 882 4.7 248 269 484 2835 14 19 5.4 146 357 1299 8 3.6 79 32 13 23
Lg Rank Offense 11 16 11 32 28 19 8 8 1 2 6 19 5 4
Lg Rank Defense 1 1 2 5 4 1 9 5 2 1 5 5 11 9

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%
7 Ben Roethlisberger 22 QB 14 13 13-0-0 196 295 66.4 2621 17 5.8 11 3.7 58 8.9 8.4 13.4 187.2 98.1 30 213 7.4 6.9 9.2
8 Tommy Maddox 33 4 3 2-1-0 30 60 50.0 329 1 1.7 2 3.3 39 5.5 4.3 11.0 82.3 58.3 6 37 4.4 3.4 9.1
36 Jerome Bettis* 32 RB 15 6 1 1 100.0 10 1 100.0 0 0.0 10 10.0 30.0 10.0 0.7 147.9 0 0 10.0 30.0 0.0
82 Antwaan Randle El 25 wr 16 7 1 1 100.0 10 1 100.0 0 0.0 10 10.0 30.0 10.0 0.6 147.9 0 0 10.0 30.0 0.0
2 Brian St. Pierre 25 1 0 0 1 0.0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 39.6 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Team Total 27.4 16 15-1-0 228 358 63.7 2970 20 5.6 13 3.6 58 8.3 7.8 13.0 185.6 93.2 36 250 6.9 6.4 9.1
Opp Total 16 269 484 55.6 3060 14 2.9 19 3.9 6.3 5.1 11.4 191.3 68.0 41 225 5.4 4.3

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
36 Jerome Bettis* 32 RB 15 6 250 941 13 29 3.8 62.7 16.7 6 46 7.7 0 20 0.4 3.1 987 13 1
22 Duce Staley 29 rb 10 10 192 830 1 38 4.3 83.0 19.2 6 55 9.2 0 21 0.6 5.5 885 1 3
7 Ben Roethlisberger 22 QB 14 13 56 144 1 20 2.6 10.3 4.0 144 1 2
34 Verron Haynes 25 13 0 55 272 0 18 4.9 20.9 4.2 18 142 7.9 2 26 1.4 10.9 414 2 0
39 Willie Parker 24 8 0 32 186 0 58 5.8 23.3 4.0 3 16 5.3 0 12 0.4 2.0 202 0 0
8 Tommy Maddox 33 4 3 9 15 0 10 1.7 3.8 2.3 15 0 3
82 Antwaan Randle El 25 wr 16 7 8 34 0 12 4.3 2.1 0.5 43 601 14.0 3 39 2.7 37.6 635 3 5
86 Hines Ward* 28 WR 16 16 7 25 1 16 3.6 1.6 0.4 80 1004 12.6 4 58 5.0 62.8 1029 5 1
35 Dan Kreider 27 FB 16 9 4 18 0 6 4.5 1.1 0.3 10 75 7.5 1 13 0.6 4.7 93 1 0
2 Brian St. Pierre 25 1 0 4 -3 0 2 -0.8 -3.0 4.0 -3 0 0
46 Dante Brown 24 1 0 1 2 0 2 2.0 2.0 1.0 2 0 0
80 Plaxico Burress 27 WR 11 11 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 35 698 19.9 5 48 3.2 63.5 698 5 1
89 Lee Mays 26 16 1 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 9 137 15.2 0 46 0.6 8.6 137 0 0
84 Jerame Tuman 28 TE 16 16 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 9 89 9.9 3 26 0.6 5.6 89 3 0
85 Jay Riemersma 31 11 2 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 7 82 11.7 2 26 0.6 7.5 82 2 0
48 Matt Cushing 29 16 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 1 17 17.0 0 17 0.1 1.1 17 0 0
81 Sean Morey 28 16 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 1 8 8.0 0 8 0.1 0.5 8 0 0
Team Total 27.4 16 618 2464 16 58 4.0 154.0 38.6 228 2970 13.0 20 58 14.3 185.6 5434 36 20
Opp Total 16 357 1299 8 3.6 81.2 22.3 269 2835 10.5 14 16.8 177.2 4134 22 28

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 25 wr 16 7 42 347 0 60 8.3 21 527 0 41 25.1 1509
21 Ricardo Colclough 22 RET 16 0 1 13 0 13 13.0 26 566 0 48 21.8 579
24 Ike Taylor 24 13 1 11 184 0 22 16.7 184
48 Matt Cushing 29 16 0 3 45 0 20 15.0 62
34 Verron Haynes 25 13 0 1 5 0 5 5.0 419
90 Travis Kirschke 30 16 1 1 13 0 13 13.0 13
Team Total 27.4 16 44 365 0 60 8.3 62 1335 0 48 21.5 7134
Opp Total 16 34 0 74 1595 1 21.6

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
3 Jeff Reed 25 K 16 0 1 1 9 8 13 12 8 5 2 2 33 28 84.8% 40 40 100.0%
17 Chris Gardocki 34 P 16 0 67 2879 61 0 43.0
Team Total 27.4 16 1 1 9 8 13 12 8 5 2 2 33 28 84.8% 40 40 100.0% 67 2879 61 0 43.0
Opp Total 16 27 23 85.2% 24 24 100.0% 79 3373 42.7

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
51 James Farrior*+ 29 LILB 16 16 3.0 4 113 1 41 12 3 0 3 0 0 67 28
43 Troy Polamalu* 23 SS 16 16 1.0 5 58 1 26 14 1 0 0 0 0 68 29
28 Chris Hope 24 FS 16 16 1 41 0 41 5 1 0 0 0 0 59 31
50 Larry Foote 24 RILB 16 16 3.0 1 1 0 1 2 1 0 1 0 0 53 17
26 Deshea Townsend 29 RCB 15 15 4.0 4 54 1 39 10 1 0 1 0 0 47 9
55 Joey Porter* 27 ROLB 15 15 7.0 1 3 0 3 12 3 0 0 0 0 37 17
91 Aaron Smith* 28 LDE 16 15 8.0 0 0 0 0 1 3 0 2 54 0 31 13
92 James Harrison 26 16 4 1.0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 1 18 1 36 9
53 Clark Haggans 27 LOLB 13 13 6.0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 1 0 0 30 8
30 Chad Scott 30 lcb 7 7 1 23 0 23 7 27 2
21 Ricardo Colclough 22 RET 16 0 1.5 0 0 0 0 3 2 3 0 0 0 21 6
67 Kimo von Oelhoffen 33 RDE 16 15 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 21 0 16 8
76 Chris Hoke 28 NT 14 10 1.0 13 11
29 Chidi Iwuoma 26 14 0 1 0 0 0 0 16 2
33 Russell Stuvaints 24 15 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 1 24 1 14 3
24 Ike Taylor 24 13 1 1 0 0 0 5 0 1 0 0 0 10 6
57 Clint Kriewaldt 28 15 0 0.5 1 0 0 0 0 10 6
98 Casey Hampton 27 nt 6 6 8 7
90 Travis Kirschke 30 16 1 1.0 6 6
23 Tyrone Carter 28 9 0 8 0
96 Kendrick Clancy 26 8 0 7 1
97 Kendrell Bell 26 3 0 6 2
99 Brett Keisel 26 13 0 5 4
31 Mike Logan 30 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 5 3
82 Antwaan Randle El 25 wr 16 7 0 5 2 0 0
95 Alonzo Jackson 24 7 0 2 1
22 Duce Staley 29 rb 10 10 3 1 0 0
8 Tommy Maddox 33 4 3 3 0 0 0
37 Ainsley Battles 26 1 0 1 0
36 Jerome Bettis* 32 RB 15 6 1 1 0 0
80 Plaxico Burress 27 WR 11 11 1 1 0 0
35 Dan Kreider 27 FB 16 9 0 0 2 0 0
7 Ben Roethlisberger 22 QB 14 13 0 2 0 -6 0
27 Willie J. Williams 34 LCB 16 10 1.0 1 0 0 0 0
34 Verron Haynes 25 13 0 0 1 2 0
89 Lee Mays 26 16 1 0 1 0 0
86 Hines Ward* 28 WR 16 16 0 1 0 0 0
Team Total 27.4 16 39.0 19 293 3 41 80 20 20 21 113 2 603 229
Opp Total 16 36 28 15

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
3 Jeff Reed 25 K 16 0 40 28 124
36 Jerome Bettis* 32 RB 15 6 13 13 78
80 Plaxico Burress 27 WR 11 11 5 5 30
86 Hines Ward* 28 WR 16 16 1 4 5 30
82 Antwaan Randle El 25 wr 16 7 3 3 18
84 Jerame Tuman 28 TE 16 16 3 3 18
34 Verron Haynes 25 13 0 2 2 12
85 Jay Riemersma 31 11 2 2 2 12
51 James Farrior*+ 29 LILB 16 16 1 1 6
92 James Harrison 26 16 4 1 1 6
35 Dan Kreider 27 FB 16 9 1 1 6
43 Troy Polamalu* 23 SS 16 16 1 1 6
7 Ben Roethlisberger 22 QB 14 13 1 1 6
22 Duce Staley 29 rb 10 10 1 1 6
33 Russell Stuvaints 24 15 0 1 1 6
26 Deshea Townsend 29 RCB 15 15 1 1 6
Team Total 27.4 16 16 20 2 3 41 40 28 370
Opp Total 16 8 14 1 1 24 23 251