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2009 Pittsburgh Steelers

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Record: 9-7-0, Finished 2nd in AFC North Division
NFL Season Summary

Scored 368 points (23.0/g), 12th of 32 in the NFL.
 Allowed 324 points (20.2/g), 12th.
 Differential of 44 points (2.8/g), 14th.
 Expected W-L: 9.2-6.8.

 Takeaway/Giveaway Differential -3 (-0.2/g), 20th.

Simple Rating System: Total 1.7, Offense: 1.0, Defense: 0.7, SoS: -1.1, versus averages of 0.0.

Coached by Mike Tomlin (9-7-0)
 Offensive Coordinator: Bruce Arians
 Defensive Coordinator: Dick LeBeau

Training Camp: St. Vincent College (Latrobe, Pennsylvania)

Team Stats and Rankings

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 368 5941 1014 5.9 331 351 536 4148 28 14 7.1 210 428 1793 10 4.2 96 25 11 25
Team Defense 324 4885 967 5.1 274 319 548 3447 22 12 5.8 186 372 1438 7 3.9 70 22 10 18
Lg Rank Offense 12 7 9 18 9 7 12 8 18 19 20 16 12 17
Lg Rank Defense 12 5 4 23 16 14 25 8 4 3 4 5 26 17

Team Games & Schedule

Score Offense Defense
Week Day Date OT Rec Opp Tm Opp 1stD TotYd PassY RushY TO 1stD TotYd PassY RushY TO
1 Thu September 10 boxscore W OT 1-0 Tennessee Titans 13 10 19 357 321 36 3 18 320 234 86 2
2 Sun September 20 boxscore L 1-1 @ Chicago Bears 14 17 21 308 203 105 2 17 275 231 44
3 Sun September 27 boxscore L 1-2 @ Cincinnati Bengals 20 23 17 373 271 102 1 19 273 173 100
4 Sun October 4 boxscore W 2-2 San Diego Chargers 38 28 32 497 320 177 1 17 251 235 16 1
5 Sun October 11 boxscore W 3-2 @ Detroit Lions 28 20 18 344 262 82 1 21 335 225 110 1
6 Sun October 18 boxscore W 4-2 Cleveland Browns 27 14 28 543 403 140 4 12 197 106 91 4
7 Sun October 25 boxscore W 5-2 Minnesota Vikings 27 17 14 259 152 107 1 21 386 297 89 2
8 Bye Week
9 Mon November 9 boxscore W 6-2 @ Denver Broncos 28 10 21 375 202 173 2 12 242 215 27 3
10 Sun November 15 boxscore L 6-3 Cincinnati Bengals 12 18 16 226 146 80 1 14 218 157 61
11 Sun November 22 boxscore L OT 6-4 @ Kansas City Chiefs 24 27 27 516 402 114 3 13 282 214 68 1
12 Sun November 29 boxscore L OT 6-5 @ Baltimore Ravens 17 20 16 298 145 153 1 21 393 261 132 2
13 Sun December 6 boxscore L 6-6 Oakland Raiders 24 27 19 401 269 132 1 19 396 287 109
14 Thu December 10 boxscore L 6-7 @ Cleveland Browns 6 13 16 218 141 77 12 255 84 171
15 Sun December 20 boxscore W 7-7 Green Bay Packers 37 36 28 537 472 65 18 436 376 60
16 Sun December 27 boxscore W 8-7 Baltimore Ravens 23 20 17 286 238 48 2 20 323 148 175 3
17 Sun January 3 boxscore W 9-7 @ Miami Dolphins 30 24 22 403 201 202 2 20 303 204 99 3

Passing

ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+),
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% 4QC GWD
7 Ben Roethlisberger 27 QB 15 15 9-6-0 337 506 66.6 4328 26 5.1 12 2.4 60 8.6 8.5 12.8 288.5 100.5 50 348 7.2 7.1 9.0 2 3
2 Dennis Dixon 24 1 1 0-1-0 12 26 46.2 145 1 3.8 1 3.8 33 5.6 4.6 12.1 145.0 60.6 0 0 5.6 4.6 0.0
16 Charlie Batch 35 1 0 1 2 50.0 17 0 0.0 0 0.0 17 8.5 8.5 17.0 17.0 79.2 0 0 8.5 8.5 0.0
10 Santonio Holmes 25 WR 16 16 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
21 Mewelde Moore 27 16 0 1 1 100.0 6 1 100.0 0 0.0 6 6.0 26.0 6.0 0.4 131.2 0 0 6.0 26.0 0.0
Team Total 27.4 16 9-7-0 351 536 65.5 4496 28 5.2 13 2.4 60 8.4 8.3 12.8 281.0 98.9 50 348 7.1 7.0 8.5 2 3
Opp Total 16 319 548 58.2 3761 22 4.0 12 2.2 6.9 6.7 11.8 235.1 83.4 47 314 5.8 5.6 7.9

Rushing & Receiving

ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+),
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
34 Rashard Mendenhall 22 RB 16 12 242 1108 7 60 4.6 69.3 15.1 25 261 10.4 1 26 1.6 16.3 1369 8 3
39 Willie Parker 29 14 3 98 389 0 34 4.0 27.8 7.0 6 64 10.7 1 27 0.4 4.6 453 1 2
7 Ben Roethlisberger 27 QB 15 15 40 82 2 15 2.1 5.5 2.7 82 2 7
21 Mewelde Moore 27 16 0 35 118 0 15 3.4 7.4 2.2 21 153 7.3 2 19 1.3 9.6 271 2 0
17 Mike Wallace 23 16 4 5 48 0 21 9.6 3.0 0.3 39 756 19.4 6 60 2.4 47.3 804 6 1
10 Santonio Holmes 25 WR 16 16 3 6 0 7 2.0 0.4 0.2 79 1248 15.8 5 57 4.9 78.0 1254 5 0
2 Dennis Dixon 24 1 1 3 27 1 24 9.0 27.0 3.0 27 1 0
38 Carey Davis 28 6 0 2 15 0 14 7.5 2.5 0.3 15 0 0
86 Hines Ward 33 WR 16 16 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 95 1167 12.3 6 54 5.9 72.9 1167 6 2
83 Heath Miller* 27 TE 16 16 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 76 789 10.4 6 41 4.8 49.3 789 6 2
89 Matt Spaeth 26 TE 16 8 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 5 25 5.0 1 9 0.3 1.6 25 1 1
85 David Johnson 22 15 3 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 2 9 4.5 0 5 0.1 0.6 9 0 0
19 Tyler Grisham 22 4 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 1 14 14.0 0 14 0.3 3.5 14 0 0
11 Stefan Logan 28 PR/KR 16 1 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 1 5 5.0 0 5 0.1 0.3 5 0 3
14 Limas Sweed 25 9 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 1 5 5.0 0 5 0.1 0.6 5 0 0
Team Total 27.4 16 428 1793 10 60 4.2 112.1 26.8 351 4496 12.8 28 60 21.9 281.0 6289 38 21
Opp Total 16 372 1438 7 3.9 89.9 23.3 319 3447 10.8 22 19.9 215.4 4885 29 21

Kick & Punt Returns

ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+),
Punt Returns Kick Returns
No. Age Pos G GS Ret Yds TD Lng Y/R Rt Yds TD Lng Y/Rt APYd
11 Stefan Logan 28 PR/KR 16 1 30 280 0 25 9.3 55 1466 0 83 26.7 1751
21 Mewelde Moore 27 16 0 3 3 0 2 1.0 4 44 0 13 11.0 318
27 Joe Burnett 23 15 0 3 23 0 13 7.7 23
10 Santonio Holmes 25 WR 16 16 2 6 0 3 3.0 1260
38 Carey Davis 28 6 0 1 13 0 13 13.0 28
92 James Harrison* 31 ROLB 16 16 1 1 0 1 1.0 1
34 Rashard Mendenhall 22 RB 16 12 1 8 0 8 8.0 1377
89 Matt Spaeth 26 TE 16 8 1 1 0 1 1.0 26
17 Mike Wallace 23 16 4 1 26 0 26 26.0 830
Team Total 27.4 16 36 290 0 25 8.1 66 1581 0 83 24.0 8160
Opp Total 16 33 0 74 1795 4 24.3

Kicking & Punting

ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+),
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 30 K 16 0 31 27 87.1% 41 41 100.0%
9 Daniel Sepulveda 25 P 16 0 72 3074 60 0 42.7
Team Total 27.4 16 31 27 87.1% 41 41 100.0% 72 3074 60 0 42.7
Opp Total 16 29 22 75.9% 32 32 100.0% 86 3681 42.8

Defense & Fumbles

ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+),
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 34 LILB 16 16 3.0 1 18 0 18 5 1 0 1 0 0 68 34
25 Ryan Clark 30 FS 15 15 3 0 0 0 8 68 20
92 James Harrison* 31 ROLB 16 16 10.0 0 0 0 0 3 5 0 2 0 0 60 19
22 William Gay 24 RCB 16 14 1.0 0 0 0 0 10 1 0 0 0 0 67 8
94 Lawrence Timmons 23 RILB 14 13 7.0 0 0 0 0 4 4 0 0 0 0 55 22
56 LaMarr Woodley* 25 LOLB 16 16 13.5 0 0 0 0 6 1 0 1 77 1 51 11
24 Ike Taylor 29 LCB 16 16 1.0 1 20 0 20 13 0 0 1 1 0 52 9
23 Tyrone Carter 33 SS 16 12 1.0 2 53 1 48 4 1 0 1 6 0 49 12
99 Brett Keisel 31 RDE 15 15 3.0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 2 0 0 36 18
98 Casey Hampton* 32 NT 16 16 2.5 23 20
26 Deshea Townsend 34 16 2 1 -1 0 -1 3 24 3
57 Keyaron Fox 27 16 3 1 82 1 82 1 0 0 1 5 0 18 13
90 Travis Kirschke 35 LDE 12 7 1.0 16 10
43 Troy Polamalu 28 ss 5 5 3 17 0 16 7 18 2
93 Nick Eason 29 lde 8 5 15 1
29 Ryan Mundy 24 16 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 5 8
91 Aaron Smith 33 lde 5 5 2.0 6 3
96 Evander Hood 22 16 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 -1 0 5 3
83 Heath Miller* 27 TE 16 16 0 2 0 0 0 4 2
27 Joe Burnett 23 15 0 3 5
7 Ben Roethlisberger 27 QB 15 15 0 7 2 -6 0
11 Stefan Logan 28 PR/KR 16 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 5
34 Rashard Mendenhall 22 RB 16 12 0 3 1 0 0 2 0
31 Keiwan Ratliff 28 8 0 4 0
17 Mike Wallace 23 16 4 0 1 0 0 0 3 0
54 Andre Frazier 27 14 0 0 6
97 Arnold Harrison 27 8 0 0 5
76 Chris Hoke 33 16 0 1 3
78 Max Starks 27 LT 16 16 2 1
50 Rocky Boiman 29 6 0 0 4
37 Anthony Madison 28 5 0 0 3
39 Willie Parker 29 14 3 0 2 1 0 0
62 Justin Hartwig 31 C 16 16 1 0
10 Santonio Holmes 25 WR 16 16 1 0
Corey Ivy 32 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0
64 Doug Legursky 23 8 0 1 0
21 Mewelde Moore 27 16 0 1 0
89 Matt Spaeth 26 TE 16 8 0 1 1 0 0
14 Limas Sweed 25 9 0 1 0
86 Hines Ward 33 WR 16 16 0 2 0 0 0
38 Carey Davis 28 6 0 0 0 1 0 0
95 Donovan Woods 24 1 0 0 1
Team Total 27.4 16 46.0 12 189 2 82 70 14 21 17 82 1 661 251
Opp Total 16 50 21 11

Scoring Summary

ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+),
No. Age Pos G GS RshTD RecTD PR TD KR TD FblTD IntTD OthTD AllTD 2PM XPM FGM Sfty Pts
3 Jeff Reed 30 K 16 0 41 27 122
34 Rashard Mendenhall 22 RB 16 12 7 1 8 48
83 Heath Miller* 27 TE 16 16 6 6 36
17 Mike Wallace 23 16 4 6 6 36
86 Hines Ward 33 WR 16 16 6 6 36
10 Santonio Holmes 25 WR 16 16 5 5 30
21 Mewelde Moore 27 16 0 2 2 12
7 Ben Roethlisberger 27 QB 15 15 2 2 12
23 Tyrone Carter 33 SS 16 12 1 1 6
2 Dennis Dixon 24 1 1 1 1 6
57 Keyaron Fox 27 16 3 1 1 6
39 Willie Parker 29 14 3 1 1 6
89 Matt Spaeth 26 TE 16 8 1 1 6
56 LaMarr Woodley* 25 LOLB 16 16 1 1 6
Team Total 27.4 16 10 28 1 2 41 41 27 368
Opp Total 16 7 22 4 2 32 22 324