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2009 Pittsburgh Steelers

Franchise Index: Previous Season

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)

2009 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 Thu September 10 box W 1-0 Tennessee Titans 13 10 19 357 321 36 3 18 320 234 86 2
2 Sun September 20 box L 1-1 @ Chicago Bears 14 17 21 308 203 105 2 17 275 231 44
3 Sun September 27 box L 1-2 @ Cincinnati Bengals 20 23 17 373 271 102 1 19 273 173 100
4 Sun October 4 box W 2-2 San Diego Chargers 38 28 32 497 320 177 1 17 251 235 16 1
5 Sun October 11 box W 3-2 @ Detroit Lions 28 20 18 344 262 82 1 21 335 225 110 1
6 Sun October 18 box W 4-2 Cleveland Browns 27 14 28 543 403 140 4 12 197 106 91 4
7 Sun October 25 box W 5-2 Minnesota Vikings 27 17 14 259 152 107 1 21 386 297 89 2
8 Bye Week
9 Mon November 9 box W 6-2 @ Denver Broncos 28 10 21 375 202 173 2 12 242 215 27 3
10 Sun November 15 box L 6-3 Cincinnati Bengals 12 18 16 226 146 80 1 14 218 157 61
11 Sun November 22 box L 6-4 @ Kansas City Chiefs 24 27 27 516 402 114 3 13 282 214 68 1
12 Sun November 29 box L 6-5 @ Baltimore Ravens 17 20 16 298 145 153 1 21 393 261 132 2
13 Sun December 6 box L 6-6 Oakland Raiders 24 27 19 401 269 132 1 19 396 287 109
14 Thu December 10 box L 6-7 @ Cleveland Browns 6 13 16 218 141 77 12 255 84 171
15 Sun December 20 box W 7-7 Green Bay Packers 37 36 28 537 472 65 18 436 376 60
16 Sun December 27 box W 8-7 Baltimore Ravens 23 20 17 286 238 48 2 20 323 148 175 3
17 Sun January 3 box W 9-7 @ Miami Dolphins 30 24 22 403 201 202 2 20 303 204 99 3

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 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

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 27 15 337 506 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 Dennis Dixon 24 1 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 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 16 0 1 0.0 0 0 0.0 1 100.0 0 0.0 -45.0 0.0 0.0 0 0 0.0 -45.0 0.0
21 Mewelde Moore 27 16 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 27.6 16 351 536 65.5 4496 28 5.2 14 2.6 60 8.4 8.3 12.8 281.0 98.1 50 348 7.1 7.0 8.5
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

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
34 Rashard Mendenhall 22 16 242 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 13 98 389 0 34 4.0 29.9 7.5 6 64 10.7 1 27 0.5 4.9 453 1 2
7 Ben Roethlisberger 27 15 40 82 2 15 2.1 5.5 2.7 82 2 7
21 Mewelde Moore 27 16 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 15 5 48 0 21 9.6 3.2 0.3 39 756 19.4 6 60 2.6 50.4 804 6 1
10 Santonio Holmes 25 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 3 27 1 24 9.0 27.0 3.0 27 1 0
38 Carey Davis 28 4 2 15 0 14 7.5 3.8 0.5 15 0 0
86 Hines Ward 33 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 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 6 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 5 25 5.0 1 9 0.8 4.2 25 1 1
85 David Johnson 22 2 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 2 9 4.5 0 5 1.0 4.5 9 0 0
19 Tyler Grisham 22 1 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 1 14 14.0 0 14 1.0 14.0 14 0 0
11 Stefan Logan 28 16 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 1 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 1 5 5.0 0 5 1.0 5.0 5 0 0
Team Total 27.6 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

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
11 Stefan Logan 28 16 30 280 0 25 9.3 55 1466 0 83 26.7 1751
21 Mewelde Moore 27 16 3 3 0 2 1.0 4 44 0 13 11.0 318
27 Joe Burnett 23 11 3 23 0 13 7.7 23
10 Santonio Holmes 25 16 2 6 0 3 3.0 1260
38 Carey Davis 28 4 1 13 0 13 13.0 28
92 James Harrison* 31 16 1 1 0 1 1.0 1
34 Rashard Mendenhall 22 16 1 8 0 8 8.0 1377
89 Matt Spaeth 26 6 1 1 0 1 1.0 26
17 Mike Wallace 23 15 1 26 0 26 26.0 830
Team Total 27.6 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

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 30 K 16 1 1 7 7 16 15 5 4 2 31 27 87.1% 41 41 100.0%
9 Daniel Sepulveda 25 P 16 72 3074 60 0 42.7
Team Total 27.6 16 1 1 7 7 16 15 5 4 2 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% 86 368 4.3

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
51 James Farrior 34 16 3.0 1 18 0 18 5 1 0 1 1 0 68 34
25 Ryan Clark 30 15 3 0 0 0 8 68 20
92 James Harrison* 31 16 10.0 0 0 0 0 3 5 0 2 0 0 60 19
22 William Gay 24 15 1.0 0 0 0 0 10 1 0 0 0 0 67 8
94 Lawrence Timmons 23 14 7.0 0 0 0 0 4 4 0 0 0 0 55 22
56 LaMarr Woodley 25 16 13.5 0 0 0 0 6 1 0 1 77 1 51 11
24 Ike Taylor 29 15 1.0 1 20 0 20 13 0 0 1 1 0 52 9
23 Tyrone Carter 33 14 1.0 2 53 1 48 4 1 0 1 6 0 49 12
99 Brett Keisel 31 15 3.0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 2 0 0 36 18
98 Casey Hampton* 32 15 2.5 23 20
26 Deshea Townsend 34 13 1 -1 0 -1 3 24 3
57 Keyaron Fox 27 13 1 82 1 82 1 0 0 1 5 0 18 13
90 Travis Kirschke 35 9 1.0 16 10
43 Troy Polamalu 28 5 3 17 0 16 7 18 2
93 Nick Eason 29 8 15 1
29 Ryan Mundy 24 12 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 5 8
91 Aaron Smith 33 4 2.0 6 3
96 Evander Hood 22 6 1.0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 -1 0 5 3
83 Heath Miller 27 16 0 2 0 0 0 4 2
27 Joe Burnett 23 11 3 5
7 Ben Roethlisberger 27 15 0 7 2 -6 0
11 Stefan Logan 28 16 0 3 0 0 0 0 5
34 Rashard Mendenhall 22 16 0 3 1 0 0 2 0
31 Keiwan Ratliff 28 5 4 0
17 Mike Wallace 23 15 0 1 0 0 0 3 0
54 Andre Frazier 27 8 0 6
76 Chris Hoke 33 3 1 3
78 Max Starks 27 3 2 1
50 Rocky Boiman 29 3 0 4
97 Arnold Harrison 27 5 0 3
39 Willie Parker 29 13 0 2 1 0 0
62 Justin Hartwig 31 1 1 0
10 Santonio Holmes 25 16 1 0
64 Doug Legursky 23 1 1 0
21 Mewelde Moore 27 16 1 0
89 Matt Spaeth 26 6 0 1 1 0 0
14 Limas Sweed 25 1 1 0
86 Hines Ward 33 16 0 2 0 0 0
38 Carey Davis 28 4 0 0 1 0 0
37 Anthony Madison 28 4 0 1
95 Donovan Woods 24 1 0 1
Team Total 27.6 16 46.0 12 189 2 82 69 14 21 17 83 1 660 247
Opp Total 16 50 21 11

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 30 K 16 41 27 122
34 Rashard Mendenhall 22 16 7 1 8 48
83 Heath Miller 27 16 6 6 36
17 Mike Wallace 23 15 6 6 36
86 Hines Ward 33 16 6 6 36
10 Santonio Holmes 25 16 5 5 30
21 Mewelde Moore 27 16 2 2 12
7 Ben Roethlisberger 27 15 2 2 12
23 Tyrone Carter 33 14 1 1 6
2 Dennis Dixon 24 1 1 1 6
57 Keyaron Fox 27 13 1 1 6
39 Willie Parker 29 13 1 1 6
89 Matt Spaeth 26 6 1 1 6
56 LaMarr Woodley 25 16 1 1 6
Team Total 27.6 16 10 28 1 2 41 41 27 368
Opp Total 16 7 22 4 2 32 22 324