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2008 Pittsburgh Steelers

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Record: 12-4-0, Finished 1st in AFC North Division
NFL Season Summary

2008 Super Bowl Champions

Scored 347 points (21.7/g), 20th of 32 in the NFL.
 Allowed 223 points (13.9/g), 1st.
 Differential of 124 points (7.8/g), 5th.
 Expected W-L: 11.8-4.2.

 Takeaway/Giveaway Differential +4 (0.2/g), 11th.

Coached by Mike Tomlin (12-4-0)

2008 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 7 box W 1-0 Houston Texans 38 17 21 305 122 183 1 20 234 159 75 3
2 Sun September 14 box W 2-0 @ Cleveland Browns 10 6 14 281 164 117 17 208 155 53 2
3 Sun September 21 box L 2-1 @ Philadelphia Eagles 6 15 14 181 147 34 3 16 260 195 65 3
4 Mon September 29 box W 3-1 Baltimore Ravens 23 20 11 237 168 69 1 16 243 140 103 1
5 Sun October 5 box W 4-1 @ Jacksonville Jaguars 26 21 28 415 286 129 1 14 213 175 38
6 Bye Week
7 Sun October 19 box W 5-1 @ Cincinnati Bengals 38 10 20 375 250 125 16 212 128 84 1
8 Sun October 26 box L 5-2 New York Giants 14 21 12 249 154 95 4 14 282 199 83
9 Mon November 3 box W 6-2 @ Washington Redskins 23 6 15 229 165 64 1 13 221 161 60 2
10 Sun November 9 box L 6-3 Indianapolis Colts 20 24 18 326 271 55 3 17 290 228 62
11 Sun November 16 box W 7-3 San Diego Chargers 11 10 24 410 286 124 16 218 152 66 2
12 Thu November 20 box W 8-3 Cincinnati Bengals 27 10 20 364 243 121 1 11 208 165 43 1
13 Sun November 30 box W 9-3 @ New England Patriots 33 10 19 333 172 161 1 19 267 145 122 5
14 Sun December 7 box W 10-3 Dallas Cowboys 20 13 13 238 168 70 2 15 289 194 95 5
15 Sun December 14 box W 11-3 @ Baltimore Ravens 13 9 18 311 220 91 2 12 202 90 112 2
16 Sun December 21 box L 11-4 @ Tennessee Titans 14 31 23 374 301 73 4 16 322 205 117
17 Sun December 28 box W 12-4 Cleveland Browns 31 0 20 369 193 176 1 8 126 20 106 2
Playoffs
Division Sun January 11 box W 13-4 San Diego Chargers 35 24 22 342 177 165 15 290 275 15 2
ConfChamp Sun January 18 box W 14-4 Baltimore Ravens 23 14 11 275 223 52 1 13 198 125 73 4
SuperBowl Sun February 1 box W 15-4 N Arizona Cardinals 27 23 20 292 234 58 1 23 407 374 33 2

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 347 4991 1015 4.9 290 303 506 3301 19 15 5.9 179 460 1690 16 3.7 93 25 10 18
Team Defense 223 3795 974 3.9 240 301 533 2511 12 20 4.3 149 390 1284 7 3.3 73 29 9 18
Lg Rank Offense 20 22 20 20 17 18 16 20 9 23 11 29 15 13
Lg Rank Defense 1 1 2 23 1 2 6 1 5 2 2 1 9 18

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 26 QB 16 16 12-4-0 281 469 59.9 3301 17 3.6 15 3.2 65 7.0 6.3 11.7 206.3 80.1 46 284 5.9 5.2 8.9
4 Byron Leftwich 28 5 0 21 36 58.3 303 2 5.6 0 0.0 50 8.4 9.5 14.4 60.6 104.3 3 22 7.2 8.2 7.7
2 Dennis Dixon 23 1 0 1 1 100.0 3 0 0.0 0 0.0 3 3.0 3.0 3.0 3.0 79.2 0 0 3.0 3.0 0.0
Team Total 27.2 16 12-4-0 303 506 59.9 3607 19 3.8 15 3.0 65 7.1 6.5 11.9 225.4 81.9 49 306 5.9 5.4 8.8
Opp Total 16 301 533 56.5 2861 12 2.3 20 3.8 5.4 4.1 9.5 178.8 63.4 51 350 4.3 3.2

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
39 Willie Parker 28 RB 11 11 210 791 5 34 3.8 71.9 19.1 3 13 4.3 0 5 0.3 1.2 804 5 0
21 Mewelde Moore 26 16 4 140 588 5 32 4.2 36.8 8.8 40 320 8.0 1 25 2.5 20.0 908 6 2
7 Ben Roethlisberger 26 QB 16 16 34 101 2 17 3.0 6.3 2.1 1 -7 -7.0 0 -7 0.1 -0.4 94 2 14
33 Gary Russell 22 RET 12 0 28 77 3 15 2.8 6.4 2.3 1 -2 -2.0 0 -2 0.1 -0.2 75 3 0
34 Rashard Mendenhall 21 4 1 19 58 0 12 3.1 14.5 4.8 2 17 8.5 0 11 0.5 4.3 75 0 0
38 Carey Davis 27 14 3 12 35 0 11 2.9 2.5 0.9 5 27 5.4 0 14 0.4 1.9 62 0 2
85 Nate Washington 25 16 1 5 18 0 8 3.6 1.1 0.3 40 631 15.8 3 65 2.5 39.4 649 3 0
4 Byron Leftwich 28 5 0 4 7 1 8 1.8 1.4 0.8 7 1 0
10 Santonio Holmes 24 WR 15 15 2 9 0 10 4.5 0.6 0.1 55 821 14.9 5 48 3.7 54.7 830 5 4
44 Najeh Davenport 29 4 0 2 5 0 3 2.5 1.3 0.5 5 0 0
2 Dennis Dixon 23 1 0 2 -3 0 -1 -1.5 -3.0 2.0 -3 0 0
86 Hines Ward 32 WR 16 15 1 4 0 4 4.0 0.3 0.1 81 1043 12.9 7 49 5.1 65.2 1047 7 1
17 Mitch Berger 36 P 13 0 1 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0 0 0
83 Heath Miller 26 TE 14 14 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 48 514 10.7 3 22 3.4 36.7 514 3 1
89 Matt Spaeth 25 TE 16 13 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 17 136 8.0 0 13 1.1 8.5 136 0 0
14 Limas Sweed 24 11 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 6 64 10.7 0 17 0.5 5.8 64 0 2
49 Sean McHugh 26 15 3 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 3 24 8.0 0 15 0.2 1.6 24 0 0
81 Dallas Baker 26 8 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 1 6 6.0 0 6 0.1 0.8 6 0 0
Team Total 27.2 16 460 1690 16 34 3.7 105.6 28.8 303 3607 11.9 19 65 18.9 225.4 5297 35 28
Opp Total 16 390 1284 7 3.3 80.3 24.4 301 2511 8.3 12 18.8 156.9 3795 19 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
10 Santonio Holmes 24 WR 15 15 34 226 0 35 6.6 1056
21 Mewelde Moore 26 16 4 6 21 0 12 3.5 10 185 0 24 18.5 1114
33 Gary Russell 22 RET 12 0 16 371 0 43 23.2 446
44 Najeh Davenport 29 4 0 10 217 0 27 21.7 222
38 Carey Davis 27 14 3 6 106 0 24 17.7 168
34 Rashard Mendenhall 21 4 1 6 115 0 27 19.2 190
23 Tyrone Carter 32 16 2 1 16 0 16 16.0 16
89 Matt Spaeth 25 TE 16 13 1 3 0 3 3.0 139
14 Limas Sweed 24 11 0 1 0 0 0 0.0 64
Team Total 27.2 16 41 247 0 35 6.0 50 1013 0 43 20.3 6557
Opp Total 16 40 0 71 1357 0 19.1

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 29 K 16 0 1 1 9 9 9 8 10 8 2 1 31 27 87.1% 37 36 97.3%
17 Mitch Berger 36 P 13 0 66 2728 61 0 41.3
5 Paul Ernster 26 3 0 12 379 43 0 31.6
Team Total 27.2 16 1 1 9 9 9 8 10 8 2 1 31 27 87.1% 37 36 97.3% 78 3107 61 0 39.8
Opp Total 16 27 24 88.9% 21 21 100.0% 91 3868 42.5

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* 33 LILB 16 16 3.5 0 0 0 0 5 1 0 1 0 0 89 44
92 James Harrison*+ 30 ROLB 15 15 16.0 1 33 0 33 3 7 1 0 -18 0 59 34 1
25 Ryan Clark 29 FS 14 14 1 0 0 0 6 50 35
43 Troy Polamalu*+ 27 SS 16 16 7 59 0 23 17 54 19
56 LaMarr Woodley 24 LOLB 15 15 11.5 1 6 0 6 2 2 0 4 9 1 41 19
24 Ike Taylor 28 LCB 16 16 1 0 0 0 14 47 15
91 Aaron Smith 32 LDE 16 16 5.5 0 0 0 0 4 44 16
94 Lawrence Timmons 22 16 2 5.0 1 89 0 89 3 1 0 1 0 0 35 22
50 Larry Foote 28 RILB 16 16 1.5 0 0 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 34 29
20 Bryant McFadden 27 RCB 10 8 1.0 2 0 0 0 8 0 0 1 0 0 36 4
90 Travis Kirschke 34 rde 16 6 2.0 0 0 1 0 0 30 16
99 Brett Keisel 30 RDE 10 10 1.0 0 0 0 0 2 22 19
22 William Gay 23 16 4 1 12 0 12 7 26 8
26 Deshea Townsend 33 12 4 2 27 1 25 8 0 1 1 0 0 16 4
98 Casey Hampton 31 NT 13 13 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 13 9
23 Tyrone Carter 32 16 2 3 64 1 32 5 11 4
93 Nick Eason 28 15 0 1.5 0 0 0 0 1 10 7
76 Chris Hoke 32 16 3 0.5 12 4
7 Ben Roethlisberger 26 QB 16 16 0 14 3 -5 0 2 0
54 Andre Frazier 26 15 0 1.0 4 3
83 Heath Miller 26 TE 14 14 0 1 0 0 0 5 0
57 Keyaron Fox 26 13 0 0 0 2 18 0 1 6
96 Orpheus Roye 35 6 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 3
31 Fernando Bryant 31 2 0 3 0
10 Santonio Holmes 24 WR 15 15 0 4 2 0 0
46 Patrick Bailey 23 12 0 0 5
33 Gary Russell 22 RET 12 0 1 3
27 Anthony Smith 25 14 0 2 1
14 Limas Sweed 24 11 0 0 2 1 0 0 1 0
38 Carey Davis 27 14 3 0 2 1 0 0 0 1
62 Justin Hartwig 30 C 16 16 2 0
68 Chris Kemoeatu 25 LG 16 16 0 0 2 0 0 1 0
37 Anthony Madison 27 16 0 1 2
21 Mewelde Moore 26 16 4 0 2 0 0 0 1 0
39 Willie Parker 28 RB 11 11 2 0
86 Hines Ward 32 WR 16 15 0 1 0 0 0 1 0
85 Nate Washington 25 16 1 1 1
74 Willie Colon 25 RT 16 16 0 2 0 0
49 Sean McHugh 26 15 3 1 0
89 Matt Spaeth 25 TE 16 13 1 0
78 Max Starks 26 LT 16 11 1 0
95 Donovan Woods 23 5 0 0 2
44 Najeh Davenport 29 4 0 0 1
61 Jared Retkofsky 25 9 0 0 1
73 Kendall Simmons 29 4 4 0 1
60 Greg Warren 27 7 0 0 1
Team Total 27.2 16 51.0 20 290 2 89 90 12 28 22 4 1 663 339 1
Opp Total 16 49 22 13 2

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 29 K 16 0 36 27 117
86 Hines Ward 32 WR 16 15 7 7 42
21 Mewelde Moore 26 16 4 5 1 6 36
10 Santonio Holmes 24 WR 15 15 5 5 30
39 Willie Parker 28 RB 11 11 5 5 30
83 Heath Miller 26 TE 14 14 3 3 18
33 Gary Russell 22 RET 12 0 3 3 18
85 Nate Washington 25 16 1 3 3 18
7 Ben Roethlisberger 26 QB 16 16 2 2 12
23 Tyrone Carter 32 16 2 1 1 6
4 Byron Leftwich 28 5 0 1 1 6
26 Deshea Townsend 33 12 4 1 1 6
56 LaMarr Woodley 24 LOLB 15 15 1 1 6
92 James Harrison*+ 30 ROLB 15 15 1 2
Team Total 27.2 16 16 19 1 2 38 36 27 1 347
Opp Total 16 7 12 21 24 2 223