2012 Broncos 34 - 2001 Steelers 3

This was pretty much a beat-down. The 01 Steelers can't play from behind, and the Broncos put them there out of the gates, Manning hit Eric Decker with a 36 yard pass, and cashed in with a 7 yard toos to end the drive. Later in the first half Rahim Moore picked off a Kordell Stewart pass and took it 94 yard for a score. The Broncos scored another defensive TD off of a sack fumble, as Elvis Dumervil rolled for 48 yards. Early Steeler drives were stopped just short of FG range by Von Miller and Elvis Dumerville sacks, and a big early lead took Jerome Bettis et al. out of the equation.

2001 Pittsburgh 3, 2012 Denver 34
	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	OT	Total
2001 Pittsburgh	0	3	0	0	0	3
2012 Denver	7	14	3	10	0	34

Scoring Plays
Qtr	Clock	Poss	Scoring Description(Extra Point)	Score
1	6:54	2012 Denver	E.Decker 7 yd. pass from P.Manning (M.Prater kick)	7-0 DNA
2	12:04	2012 Denver	R.Moore 94 yd. intercept (M.Prater kick)	14-0 DNA
2	5:51	2001 Pittsburgh	K.Brown 31 yd. field goal	14-3 DNA
2	0:22	2012 Denver	W.McGahee 1 yd. run (M.Prater kick)	21-3 DNA
3	0:02	2012 Denver	M.Prater 30 yd. field goal	24-3 DNA
4	9:46	2012 Denver	E.Dumervil 49 yd. fumble recovery (M.Prater kick)	31-3 DNA
4	2:59	2012 Denver	M.Prater 20 yd. field goal	34-3 DNA

Team Statistics
	2001 Pittsburgh	2012 Denver
First Downs by Rush-Pass-Pen-Total	7-14-0-21	7-15-1-23
Third Down Efficiency	6-14-43%	6-11-55%
Fourth Down Efficiency	1-2-50%	1-1-100%
Red Zone Efficiency (pts-poss-pct)	3-7-43%	20-35-57%
Total Offense-Plays-Avg Yards Per Play	325-71-4.6	359-59-6.1
Total Net Yards Rushing	133	104
Total Rushes	29	31
Average Per Rush	4.6	3.4
Passes Completed/Attempted	23/37 (62.2%)	20/27 (74.1%)
Net Yards Passing	192	255
Avg Yards Per Pass	6.1	9.6
Sacked/Yards Lost	5/32	1/5
Punts/Average	5/40.2	2/39.5
Punts Received/Return Yardage	0/0	3/27
Kickoffs/Returns	0/0	2/36
Interceptions/Returns	0/0	1/94
Penalties/Yards	4/25	4/30
Total Fumbles/Fumbles Lost	1/1	2/1
Time of Possession	33 mins 24 secs	26 mins 36 secs
Average Drive Start	PIA 17	DNA 31

Passing Stats
	Att	Comp	Yds	Comp %	Yds/Att	TD	TD %	INT	INT %	Long	Sack	Rating
2001 Pittsburgh
Kordell Stewart	37	23	224	62.2	6.1	0	0	1	2.7	25	5/32	67.8
2012 Denver
Peyton Manning	27	20	260	74.1	9.6	1	3.7	0	0	56	1/5	116.3

Rushing Stats
	No	Yds	Avg	Long	TD	2 Pt Conv	Fumbles/Lost
2001 Pittsburgh
Jerome Bettis	10	57	5.7	15	0	0	0/0
Amos Zereoue	9	31	3.4	16	0	0	0/0
Kordell Stewart	5	30	6.0	16	0	0	1/1
Chris Fuamatu-Maafala	4	16	4.0	6	0	0	0/0
Dan Kreider	1	-1	-1.0	-1	0	0	0/0
2012 Denver
Willis McGahee	15	53	3.5	15	1	0	1/1
Ronnie Hillman	7	14	2.0	5	0	0	0/0
Knowshon Moreno	4	28	7.0	20	0	0	0/0
Jacob Hester	3	9	3.0	5	0	0	0/0
Brock Osweiler	2	0	0.0	1	0	0	0/0

Receiving Stats
	No	Yds	Avg	Long	TD	2 Pt Conv
2001 Pittsburgh
Hines Ward	11	125	11.4	25	0	0
Amos Zereoue	4	36	9.0	15	0	0
Plaxico Burress	4	39	9.8	17	0	0
Jerome Bettis	2	12	6.0	7	0	0
Jerame Tuman	1	7	7.0	7	0	0
Chris Fuamatu-Maafala	1	5	5.0	5	0	0
2012 Denver
Demaryius Thomas	5	64	12.8	15	0	0
Eric Decker	5	100	20.0	56	1	0
Jacob Tamme	4	36	9.0	13	0	0
Brandon Stokley	3	28	9.3	11	0	0
Ronnie Hillman	2	22	11.0	16	0	0
Joel Dreessen	1	10	10.0	10	0	0

Field Goals
	1-19	20-29	30-39	40-49	50+	Totals	% Made
2001 Pittsburgh
Kris Brown	0/0	0/0	1/1	0/0	0/0	1/1	100
2012 Denver
Matt Prater	0/0	1/1	1/1	0/0	0/0	2/2	100

Punting
	No	Avg	Net	Tb	Inside 20	Long	Blocked
2001 Pittsburgh
Josh Miller	5	40.2	26.8	2	0	43	0
2012 Denver
Britton Colquitt	2	39.5	39.5	0	2	47	0

Kickoff Returns
	No	Yds	Avg	Long	TD
2001 Pittsburgh
2012 Denver
Omar Bolden	1	18	18.0	18	0
Trindon Holliday	1	18	18.0	18	0

Punt Returns
	Ret	FC	Yds	Avg	Long	TD
2001 Pittsburgh
Hank Poteat	0	1	0		0	0
2012 Denver
Trindon Holliday	3	0	27	9.0	17	0

Individual Defense
	Tackles	Sacks	Fum Rec
2001 Pittsburgh
Chad Scott	9	0	0
Earl Holmes	6	0	0
Jason Gildon	6	1	0
Dewayne Washington	6	0	0
Lethon Flowers	5	0	0
Kendrell Bell	5	0	0
Joey Porter	3	0	0
Casey Hampton	3	0	1
Aaron Smith	2	0	0
Brent Alexander	2	0	0
Kimo von Oelhoffen	1	0	0
Jason Simmons	1	0	0
2012 Denver
Von Miller	8	1	0
Wesley Woodyard	8	2	0
Christopher Harris	7	0	0
Kevin Vickerson	6	1	0
Rahim Moore	6	0	0
Keith Brooking	5	0	0
Champ Bailey	5	0	0
Elvis Dumervil	4	1	1
Mike Adams	4	0	0
Jim Leonhard	3	0	0
Derek Wolfe	1	0	0
Trindon Holliday	0	0	1

Interceptions
	No	Yds	Avg	Long	TD
2001 Pittsburgh
2012 Denver
Rahim Moore	1	94	94.0	94	1

Game Story

In a blowout Denver smashed Pittsburgh by the score of 34 to 3. Peyton Manning threw 27 times for 260 yards with a touchdown. Denver was in control on third down, converting on 6 of 11 opportunities. The crowd was treated to a pass to Eric Decker that covered 56 yards with 8:50 left in the 1st quarter. Denver was ahead at halftime 21 to 3. Despite losing, Pittsburgh controlled the ball for 33:24.

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