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With the 13-9 victory over Baltimore, Pittsburgh clinched their second straight AFC North Division title.
Pittsburgh Steelers 23, Baltimore Ravens 20 (OT)
Sept. 29, 2008 - Heinz Field, Pittsburgh
Steelers kicker Jeff Reed booted a 46-yard game-winning field goal in overtime as Pittsburgh defeated the
visiting Baltimore Ravens, 23-20, on Sept. 29 on Monday Night Football. The Steelers improved to 3-1
while the Ravens fell to 2-1 on the season. Reed’s 46-yard field goal was his third of the game (49, 19)
and marked his seventh career game-winning field goal.
The Ravens came back from 2 deficits against the Steelers -- even mounting a late scoring drive to force OT --
but it wasn’t enough.
Baltimore jumped out to a 13-3 halftime lead when K Matt Stover connected on 33- and 20-yard FGs, and Flacco
found TE Daniel Wilcox in the back corner of the end zone for his 1st-career passing TD. Stover’s 1st FG was set
up by DT Haloti Ngata’s INT of QB Ben Roethlisberger in Pittsburgh territory. The Steelers struggled in the first
half to put any drives together as it finished with just 46 yards of total offense in the first two quarters.
However, Pittsburgh scored 14 points in 15 seconds in the third quarter to take a 17-13 lead. After Roethlisberger
hit WR Santonio Holmes for a 38-yard touchdown, LB LaMarr Woodley picked up a fumble on the Ravens’ first play from
scrimmage and darted seven yards for a touchdown.
On the first TD, Roethlisberger hit WR Santonio Holmes with a short pass over the middle, and Holmes escaped
several tackles en route to the end zone. The second TD came on the next play from scrimmage. Flacco was sacked
by LB James Harrison, who knocked the ball away. LB LaMarr Woodley scooped the fumble and went 7 yards for a TD.
The Steelers extended their lead to 20-13 on Reed’s 19-yard field goal with 9:19 left in the fourth quarter.
On that drive, the Ravens kept Steelers out of the end zone on third down as RB Mewelde Moore was stuffed
at the 1-yard line.
However, the Baltimore Ravens responded with a nine-play drive that ended with Le’Ron McClain running in from two yards
out to eventually force overtime. On the drive, rookie QB Joe Flacco connected with WR Derrick Mason for 15, 10 and 35
yards. Mason led all receivers with 8 catches for 137 yards.
The Ravens won the coin toss, but 2 penalties and 1 sack forced P Sam Koch to punt out of his own end zone. That
allowed Pittsburgh to start from its own 43-yard line, gain a 1st down and subsequently Reed’s 46-yard
game-winning field goal.
The Ravens harassed Roethlisberger for 3 sacks, while the Steelers sacked Flacco 5 times.
Roethlisberger finished 14-for-24 for 191 yards passing with one touchdown and one interception. Rookie
QB Joe Flacco played his 1st road game, completing 16 of 31 for 192 yards, a TD and no INTs.
Mendenhall had 30 rushing yards on nine carries (3.3 avg.) before leaving with a shoulder injury.
The Steelers limited the Ravens to just 97 yards of total offense in the second half and overtime. For
the game, Baltimore had 243 yards of offense to Pittsburgh’s 237.
Steelers LB James Harrison led the Steelers with 2.5 sacks, 10 tackles and a forced fumble. Woodley added eight tackles,
1.5 sacks and fumble return
for a score.
Pittsburgh Steelers 23, Baltimore Ravens 20 (OT)
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Baltimore Ravens | 3 | 10 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 23 | |
Pittsburgh Steelers | 3 | 0 | 14 | 3 | 3 | 20 | |
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Team | Qtr. | Time | Scoring Play | Drive | Score | |
PIT | 1 | 6:44Reed 49 FG | 11-45; 6:41 | 3-0 | |
BAL | 1 | 0:18Stover 33 FG | 10-33; 4:51 | 3-3 | |
BAL | 2 | 3:48Stover 20 FG | 11-48; 5:39 | 3-6 | |
BAL | 2 | 0:17Wilcox 4 pass from Flacco (Stover kick) | 6-44; 1:35 | 3-13 | |
PIT | 3 | 4:09Holmes 38 pass from Roethlisberger (Reed kick) | 4-67; 1:40 | 10-13 | |
PIT | 3 | 3:54Woodley 7 fumble return (Reed kick) | —; — | 17-13 | |
PIT | 4 | 9:19Reed 19 FG | 7-60; 4:44 | 20-13 | |
BAL | 4 | 4:02McClain 2 run (Stover kick) | 9-76; 5:17 | 20-20 | |
PIT | OT | 8:55Reed 46 FG | 7-29; 3:56 | 23-20 | |
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TEAM STATISTICS | Ravens | Steelers | |
1st Downs | 16 (4-12-0) | 11 (2-7-2) | |
3rd Downs | 7-17 (41%) | 5-15 (33%) | |
4th Downs | 0-0 (0%) | 0-0 (0%) | |
Total Net Yards | 243 | 237 | |
Plays-Avg. | 69-3.5 | 55-4.3 | |
Rushing Yards | 103 | 69 | |
Rush Att.-Avg. | 33-3.1 | 28-2.5 | |
Passing Yards | 140 | 168 | |
Att.-Comp.-Int. | 31-16-0 | 24-14-1 | |
Sacks By | 3-23 | 5-52 | |
Punts-Avg. | 8-47.4 | 7-40.1 | |
Penalties | 8-72 | 5-29 | |
Fumbles-Lost | 4-1 | 2-0 | |
Time of Poss. | 34:22 | 31:43 | |
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS
RUSHING:
Ravens – McClain 16-63, 1 TD; McGahee 13-42; Rice 1-0; Flacco 2-(-1); Clayton 1-(-1).
Steelers – Mendenhall 9-30; Davis 8-15; Moore 8-13; Washington 1-8; Roethlisberger 2-3.
PASSING:
Ravens – Flacco 31-16-0, 192, 1 TD.
Steelers – Roethlisberger 24-14-1, 191, 1 TD.
RECEIVING:
Ravens – Mason 8-137; McClain 3-26; McGahee 3-19; Williams 1-6; Wilcox 1-4, 1 TD.
Steelers – Holmes 3-61, 1 TD; Moore 3-37; Ward 2-57; Washington 2-23; Miller 2-8; Mendenhall 1-6; Davis 1-(1).
Pittsburgh Steelers 13, Baltimore Ravens 9
Dec. 14, 2008 - M&T Bank Stadium, Baltimore
In an epic clash of the NFL’s top 2 defenses, it was the
Steelers’ offense that captured a 13-9 victory over the Ravens.
Pittsburgh drove 92 yards in 12 plays to score a controversial
winning TD with 43 seconds left in the game. WR Santonio
Holmes hauled in a 4-yard scoring pass from QB Ben
Roethlisberger to cap the Steelers’ final march. Facing 3rd-and-
goal on Pittsburgh’s 4-yard line, Roethlisberger bought
time with his legs before finding Holmes, who had 2 feet in the
end zone but seemed to grasp the ball outside of it as S Ed
Reed tackled him to the 1-yard line. It was originally ruled that
Holmes did not score, but after a booth review, referee Walt
Coleman reversed the call when he saw a tip of the ball cross
the barrier.
K Matt Stover booted 3 FGs (28, 26 and 28 yards)
for the Ravens, while Pittsburgh came away with a pair of Jeff Reed FGs
before the game’s only TD.
After a scoreless first quarter, Baltimore struck first following a 46-yard
punt return by Ravens S Jim Leonhard. QB Joe Flacco led the Ravens to
the Pittsburgh 10-yard line before the drive stalled, and K Matt Stover
came on to hit a 28-yard field goal to give Baltimore a 3-0 advantage.
Pittsburgh responded with a field goal on the ensuing possession. QB
Ben Roethlisberger drove the Steelers deep into Ravens’ territory, but
this time it was Baltimore stopping Pittsburgh inside the red zone, and K
Jeff Reed came on to tie the score at 3-3 with a 31-yard field goal.
Baltimore regained the lead when Stover hit a 26-yard field goal with 52
seconds remaining in the first half to help Baltimore regain the lead 6-3.
The Ravens upped their lead to 9-3 midway through the third quarter when
Stover nailed his third field goal, another 28-yard boot, following an S Ed
Reed recovery of a WR Santonio Holmes fumble at the Pittsburgh 16-
yard line.
The Ravens were clinging to a 9-3
lead when LB Terrell Suggs sacked Roethlisberger on the 1st
play of the 4th quarter and jarred the ball loose into the hands
of DT Brandon McKinney. But Baltimore could not convert the
turnover into points and ended up punting.
The Steelers then drove to the Ravens’ 12 with the help of a 30-yard completion
to WR Hines Ward, setting up a 30-yard FG from K Jeff Reed. With just over five minutes
elapsed in the fourth quarter the Steelers had trimmed the Ravens advantage to 9-6.
The Ravens were forced to punt again when QB Joe Flacco was
sacked by LB Lawrence Timmons and fumbled. The play had
started on Pittsburgh’s 27-yard line, but the Ravens were
pushed out of Stover’s range when RB Willis McGahee recovered
the ball at the 41.
That lead looked like it was going to hold up when the Ravens pinned
the Steelers at their own eight-yard line with 3:36 remaining in regulation.
But Roethlisberger drove the Steelers 92 yards in 12 plays, culminated by
Roethlisberger throwing a four-yard scoring strike to Holmes with less than
one minutes remaining. CB William Gay picked off a Flacco pass intended
for WR Derrick Mason, and the Steelers secured their sixth road win of the
season.
Baltimore gained 112 rushing yards against the NFL’s best run
defense, including a game-high 87 from FB Le’Ron McClain.
Ben Roethlisberger completed 22-of-40 passes for 246 yards with one touchdown for a passer rating of 81.9.
WR Hines Ward caught eight passes for 107 yards (13.4 avg.).
Defensively, the Steelers gave up only 202 yards to the Ravens, including 90 net yards passing. DE Aaron
Smith and LB Lawrence Timmons had the Steelers’ sacks. S Ryan Clark had the Steelers other interception.
Pittsburgh Steelers 13, Baltimore Ravens 9
Dec. 14, 2008 - M&T Bank Stadium, Baltimore
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Pittsburgh Steelers | 0 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 13 | |
Baltimore Ravens | 0 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 9 | |
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Team | Qtr. | Time | Scoring Play | Drive | Score | |
BAL | 2 | 12:30Stover 28 FG | 7-33; 2:30 | 0-3 | |
PIT | 2 | 5:44Reed 31 FG | 14-68; 6:46 | 3-3 | |
BAL | 2 | 0:49Stover 26 FG | 15-69; 4:55 | 3-6 | |
BAL | 3 | 6:02Stover 28 FG | 4-6; 1:32 | 3-9 | |
PIT | 4 | 9:26Reed 30 FG | 9-54; 3:52 | 6-9 | |
PIT | 4 | 0:43Holmes 4 pass from Roethlisberger (Reed kick) | 12-92; 2:53 | 13-9 | |
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STATISTICS | Steelers | Ravens | |
1st Downs | 18 (5-13-0) | 12 (4-8-0) | |
3rd Downs | 8-17 (47%) | 4-14 (29%) | |
4th Downs | 0-0 (0%) | 0-0 (0%) | |
Total Net Yards | 311 | 202 | |
Plays-Avg. | 70-4.4 | 61-3.3 | |
Rushing Yards | 91 | 112 | |
Rush Att.-Avg. | 27-3.4 | 31-3.6 | |
Passing Yards | 220 | 90 | |
Att.-Comp.-Int. | 40-22-0 | 28-11-2 | |
Sacks By | 2-25 | 3-26 | |
Punts-Avg. | 6-42.0 | 7-41.7 | |
Penalties | 6-48 | 6-40 | |
Fumbles-Lost | 3-2 | 1-0 | |
Time of Poss. | 31:38 | 28:22 | |
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS
RUSHING:
Steelers – Parker 14-47; Roethlisberger 4-21; Moore 7-16; Washington 1-6; Russell 1-1.
Ravens – McClain 23-87; McGahee 6-18; Flacco 1-5; Neal 1-2.
PASSING:
Steelers – Roethlisberger 40-22-0, 246, 1 TD.
Ravens – Flacco 28-11-2, 115.
RECEIVING:
Steelers – Ward 8-107; Washington 5-76; Miller 3-26; Holmes 3-21, TD; Parker 2-9; McHugh 1-7.
Ravens – Clayton 3-38; Mason 3-23; Neal 2-15; McGahee 2-15; Heap 1-24.
CONFERENCE CHAMPIONSHIP SCHEDULE – JANUARY 18
(All times Eastern)
Sunday, January 18
NFC: Philadelphia Eagles at Arizona Cardinals, 3:00 PM (FOX)
AFC: Baltimore Ravens at Pittsburgh Steelers, 6:30 PM (CBS)
NFL DIVISIONAL ROUND RESULTS – JANUARY 10-11
(Home team in CAPS)
Saturday, January 10
Baltimore Ravens 13, TENNESSEE TITANS 10
Arizona Cardinals 33, CAROLINA PANTHERS 13
Sunday, January 11
Philadelphia Eagles 23, NEW YORK GIANTS 11
PITTSBURGH STEELERS 35, San Diego Chargers 24
NFL WILD CARD WEEKEND RESULTS – JANUARY 3-4
(Home team in CAPS)
Saturday, January 3
ARIZONA 30, Atlanta 24
SAN DIEGO 23, Indianapolis 17 (OT)
Sunday, January 4
Baltimore 27, MIAMI 9
Philadelphia 26, MINNESOTA 14
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