Week 3, 2024

played in Buffalo, NY

69 degrees, fair, 3 mph wind

Pittsburgh Steelers	7	0	6	8	-	21
Buffalo Bills	0	7	0	0	-	7

Scoring Summary
1Q: 00:34 PIT - Danny Cranford 18 pass from Rico Howe (Ryan Succop extra point)
2Q: 02:35 BUF - Gabe Blasingame 4 run (Taylor Mehlhaff extra point)
3Q: 09:42 PIT - Ryan Succop 33 field goal
3Q: 01:07 PIT - Ryan Succop 27 field goal
4Q: 08:10 PIT - Danny Cranford 24 pass from Rico Howe (Herb Matich run for conversion)

Scoring Summary
1Q: 00:34 PIT - Danny Cranford 18 pass from Rico Howe (Ryan Succop extra point)
2Q: 02:35 BUF - Gabe Blasingame 4 run (Taylor Mehlhaff extra point)
3Q: 09:42 PIT - Ryan Succop 33 field goal
3Q: 01:07 PIT - Ryan Succop 27 field goal
4Q: 08:10 PIT - Danny Cranford 24 pass from Rico Howe (Herb Matich run for conversion)

Team Statistics PIT BUF
Record 3-0 0-3
First Downs 27 12
- by Rushing 6 4
- by Passing 20 8
- by Penalty 1 0
Total Net Yards 473 254
- Offensive Plays 80 51
- Yards per Play 5.91 4.98
Net Rushing Yards 170 54
- Rushing Attempts 32 14
- Yards per Rush 5.31 3.86
Net Passing Yards 303 200
- Att./Comp./Intrcpt 48 - 31 - 1 36 - 18 - 2
- Gross Passing Yards 303 204
- Sacks/Yards Lost 0/0 1/4
- Yards per Pass Play 6.31 5.41
Fumbles/Lost 1/0 1/1
3rd Down Conversions 11/17 3/10
- Avg. YtG on 3rd Down 5.6 8.3
4th Down Conversions 0/0 1/1
Penalties/Yards 6/43 4/35
Punt Returns/Yards 3/19 0/0
Kick Returns/Yards 1/16 5/122
Interception Ret./Yards 2/0 1/0
2pt Conversions 1/1 0/0
Red Zone Visits 4 1
- Red Zone TDs/FGs 2/2 1/0
Avg. Drive Start OWN 21 OWN 26
Time of Possession 40:19 19:41

Team Statistics	PIT	BUF
Record	3-0	0-3
First Downs	27	12
- by Rushing	6	4
- by Passing	20	8
- by Penalty	1	0
Total Net Yards	473	254
- Offensive Plays	80	51
- Yards per Play	5.91	4.98
Net Rushing Yards	170	54
- Rushing Attempts	32	14
- Yards per Rush	5.31	3.86
Net Passing Yards	303	200
- Att./Comp./Intrcpt	48 - 31 - 1	36 - 18 - 2
- Gross Passing Yards	303	204
- Sacks/Yards Lost	0/0	1/4
- Yards per Pass Play	6.31	5.41
Fumbles/Lost	1/0	1/1
3rd Down Conversions	11/17	3/10
- Avg. YtG on 3rd Down	5.6	8.3
4th Down Conversions	0/0	1/1
Penalties/Yards	6/43	4/35
Punt Returns/Yards	3/19	0/0
Kick Returns/Yards	1/16	5/122
Interception Ret./Yards	2/0	1/0
2pt Conversions	1/1	0/0
Red Zone Visits	4	1
- Red Zone TDs/FGs	2/2	1/0
Avg. Drive Start	OWN 21	OWN 26
Time of Possession	40:19	19:41

Drive Charts

Pittsburgh Steelers
Quar	Began	Poss	From	Plays	Yards	Result
1	13:07	5:49	OWN 1	13	73	Interception
1	4:23	4:00	OWN 13	7	87	Touchdown
2	14:10	1:36	OWN 22	3	8	Punt
2	8:59	3:03	OWN 9	6	19	Punt
2	2:26	1:29	OWN 32	4	13	Punt
2	0:25	0:19	OPP 47	3	21	Missed FG
3	15:00	5:23	OWN 20	11	64	Field Goal
3	8:09	7:07	OWN 25	12	65	Field Goal
4	14:11	6:15	OWN 26	13	74	Touchdown
4	4:49	3:13	OWN 16	8	35	Punt
4	0:11	0:11	OWN 15	1	-1	Game

Buffalo Bills
Quar	Began	Poss	From	Plays	Yards	Result
1	15:00	1:53	OWN 26	3	5	Punt
1	7:18	2:55	OWN 19	6	28	Interception
1	0:23	1:13	OWN 32	3	-1	Punt
2	12:34	3:35	OWN 22	6	23	Punt
2	5:56	3:30	OWN 23	9	77	Touchdown
2	0:57	0:32	OWN 20	3	-7	Punt
2	0:06	0:06	OWN 33	1	14	Half
3	9:37	1:28	OWN 38	3	-4	Punt
3	1:02	1:51	OWN 30	3	5	Punt
4	7:56	3:07	OWN 24	6	60	Fumble
4	1:36	1:25	OWN 20	8	39	Interception

Game MVP: Rico Howe, Pittsburgh Steelers

Rushing Statistics

Pittsburgh	Att	Yards	Avg	LG	10+
Herb Matich	26	149	5.73	26	6
Toby Gerhardt	4	18	4.50	13	1
Rico Howe	2	3	1.50	4	0

Buffalo	Att	Yards	Avg	LG	10+	TD
Gabe Blasingame	12	45	3.75	26	2	1
Marshall Quaccia	1	6	6.00	6	0	0
J.B. Siegel	1	3	3.00	3	0	0

Passing Statistics

Pittsburgh	Att	Comp	Yards	Sk/Yd	TD	LG	Int	Rate
Rico Howe	48	31	303	0/0	2	24	1	87.4

Buffalo	Att	Comp	Yards	Sk/Yd	TD	LG	Int	Rate
Phillip Rotzell	36	18	204	1/4	0	34	2	44.2

Receiving Statistics

Pittsburgh	Catch	Targ	Yards	Avg	YAC	LG	TD
WR George Gray	7	12	81	11.57	13	23	0
RB Herb Matich	7	10	56	8.00	34	21	0
WR Danny Cranford	5	7	58	11.60	28	24	2
WR Kirk Cole	3	4	26	8.67	0	13	0
WR Britt Wheeler	3	8	36	12.00	4	21	0
TE Graham Sellers	3	4	26	8.67	5	11	0
FB Bucky Irwin	2	2	15	7.50	0	8	0
TE Antonio Fecht	1	1	5	5.00	0	5	0

Buffalo	Catch	Targ	Yards	Avg	YAC	LG
WR Irv Buckner	4	5	44	11.00	3	22
FB Marshall Quaccia	4	6	47	11.75	23	34
RB Gabe Blasingame	3	3	16	5.33	2	11
WR Colin Saenz	2	8	41	20.50	6	24
TE Kendall Carswell	2	3	28	14.00	10	23
RB J.B. Siegel	2	3	5	2.50	0	9
WR James Hardy	1	4	23	23.00	0	23
WR Harvey Horn	0	4	0	0.00	0	0

Interception Statistics

Pittsburgh	Ints	Yards	Avg	TD
CB Pete Wyoming	1	0	0.00	0
S Jake Ford	1	0	0.00	0

Buffalo	Ints	Yards	Avg	TD
CB Ethan Gaytan	1	0	0.00	0

Fumble Statistics

Pittsburgh	Fumb	Recov	Force
Herb Matich	1	0	0
Kirk Cole	0	1	0
Ronnie White	0	1	0
Wayne Maxwell	0	0	1

Buffalo	Fumb	Recov	Force	TD
Irv Buckner	1	0	0	0
Chris Long	0	0	1	0

Punting Statistics

Pittsburgh	Punt	Yards	Avg	Net	LG	In20
Colin Zook	4	201	50.3	40.3	55	0

Buffalo	Punt	Yards	Avg	Net	LG	In20
Thomas Morstead	6	286	47.7	44.5	68	4

Kicking Statistics

Pittsburgh	FGs	40+Yd	50+Yd	LG	PAT
Ryan Succop	2/3	0/1	0/0	33	1/1

Buffalo	FGs	40+Yd	50+Yd	LG	PAT
Taylor Mehlhaff	0/0	0/0	0/0	0	1/1

Punt Return Statistics

Pittsburgh	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Kirk Cole	3	19	6.3	0

Buffalo	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD

Kick Return Statistics

Pittsburgh	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Marshall Robb	1	16	16.0	0

Buffalo	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
James Hardy	4	100	25.0	0
Irv Buckner	1	22	22.0	0

Defensive Statistics

Pittsburgh	Tack	Asst	Sack	RPlay	PPlay
S Jake Ford	5	2	0.0	14	34
OLB Bruce Davis	5	0	0.0	8	30
CB Pete Wyoming	4	1	0.0	13	30
DE Aaron Maybin	3	0	1.0	12	25
CB Curtis Fitzgerald	3	0	0.0	9	32
S William Moore	2	1	0.0	10	28
S Ronnie White	2	1	0.0	7	19
DT B.J. Buckner	1	1	0.0	8	17
DT Pat Sims	1	0	0.0	4	8
WR George Gray	1	0	---	---	---
DT Sen'Derrick Marks	1	0	0.0	8	26
DT Norbert Briggs	1	0	0.0	6	13
DE Chris Akaka	1	0	0.0	8	30
OLB Rondell Kurtz	1	0	0.0	6	9
OLB Juan Gaines	1	0	0.0	5	8
ILB Edward Patterson	0	1	0.0	9	23

Buffalo	Tack	Asst	Sack	RPlay	PPlay
OLB Tommy Wyden	8	0	0.0	16	20
OLB Jackie Stargell	6	1	0.0	23	35
CB Jerome Murphy	5	2	0.0	23	35
CB Fernando Mathews	5	0	0.0	18	28
S Jamie Allen	4	5	0.0	27	43
DT Teddy Richard	4	1	0.0	23	22
ILB Sean Lee	4	1	0.0	21	43
DE Chris Long	4	0	0.0	25	40
ILB James Laurinaitis	4	0	0.0	11	5
S Joseph Delgado	4	0	0.0	8	20
CB Kris Eastridge	3	1	0.0	18	34
DT Everett Kinsella	2	3	0.0	17	29
CB Benjamin King	2	1	0.0	10	17
S Kendrick Green	2	1	0.0	22	25
CB Ethan Gaytan	1	2	0.0	19	31
WR Colin Saenz	1	0	---	---	---
WR Harvey Horn	1	0	---	---	---
DE Doug Worthington	1	0	0.0	18	29
OLB Jack Marsh	1	0	0.0	11	10
DT Glenn Dorsey	0	3	0.0	21	35
CB Derrick Namnath	0	1	0.0	3	13

Pass Rush Statistics

Pittsburgh	Sack	Hurry	Knock	PPlay
DE Aaron Maybin	1.0	0	0	25
DE Chris Akaka	0.0	1	1	30
DT Pat Sims	0.0	1	0	8
OLB Bruce Davis	0.0	1	0	30
DT Sen'Derrick Marks	0.0	1	0	26

Buffalo	Block	Hurry	Knock	PPlay
DT Everett Kinsella	1	0	0	29
CB Ethan Gaytan	1	0	0	31
ILB Sean Lee	1	0	0	43
DE Chris Long	0	3	2	40
DE Doug Worthington	0	2	0	29
DT Glenn Dorsey	0	1	0	35
DT Teddy Richard	0	1	0	22

Pass Defense Statistics

Pittsburgh	Caught	Defnsd	Intrcp	PPlay
CB Pete Wyoming	4	2	1	30
OLB Bruce Davis	4	0	0	30
S Jake Ford	3	0	1	34
DE Aaron Maybin	2	0	0	25
CB Curtis Fitzgerald	2	0	0	32
CB Wayne Maxwell	1	2	0	15
S William Moore	1	0	0	28
OLB Juan Gaines	1	0	0	8
S Josh Moseley	0	2	0	24
S Ronnie White	0	2	0	19

Buffalo	Caught	Defnsd	Intrcp	PPlay
CB Jerome Murphy	5	0	0	35
OLB Tommy Wyden	5	0	0	20
S Joseph Delgado	4	0	0	20
CB Fernando Mathews	3	0	0	28
ILB Sean Lee	3	0	0	43
OLB Jackie Stargell	3	0	0	35
CB Kris Eastridge	2	0	0	34
S Jamie Allen	2	0	0	43
CB Ethan Gaytan	1	2	1	31
DE Chris Long	1	0	0	40
CB Benjamin King	1	0	0	17
S Kendrick Green	1	0	0	25
OLB Jack Marsh	0	1	0	10

Blocking Statistics

Pittsburgh	KeyBl	BlOpp	Panc	RPly	PPly
Gabe Russell	2	8	0	29	39
Frankie Modrell	2	5	1	27	45
Marty Howard	2	4	0	29	43
Rodger Saffold	2	4	0	27	45
Donovan Ahern	1	3	0	9	13
Bucky Irwin	1	2	0	20	24
Edwin Veldheer	1	1	0	8	5
Brett Hathaway	0	2	0	27	45
Antonio Fecht	0	1	0	11	18

Buffalo	KeyBl	BlOpp	Panc	RPly	SckA	PPly
Michael Oher	2	6	0	13	0	32
Jorge Lynn	1	2	1	13	0	35
Donald Buckner	1	2	0	10	1	26
Leonard Dodge	1	1	0	6	0	8
Jeff Thomason	0	1	0	3	0	7
Jonathan Luigs	0	1	0	9	0	21
Louis Vasquez	0	1	0	14	0	36

Special Teams Tackles

Pittsburgh	Tackles	STPlays
Bucky Irwin	2	14
Toby Gerhardt	2	6
George Gray	1	8

Buffalo	Tackles	STPlays
Jack Marsh	2	11
Sean Lee	1	9
Jeff Thomason	1	6

Participation

Pittsburgh	RPlyOff	PPlyOff	RPlyDef	PPlyDef	STPly	Total Plays
Rico Howe	32	48	---	---	---	80
George Gray	29	43	---	---	8	80
Frankie Modrell	27	45	---	---	4	76
Marty Howard	29	43	---	---	3	75
Gabe Russell	29	39	---	---	6	74
Herb Matich	28	45	---	---	---	73
Brett Hathaway	27	45	---	---	1	73
Rodger Saffold	27	45	---	---	---	72
Britt Wheeler	24	35	---	---	5	64
Bucky Irwin	20	24	---	---	14	58
Kirk Cole	10	22	---	---	16	48
Jake Ford	---	---	14	34	---	48
Pete Wyoming	---	---	13	30	1	44
Danny Cranford	13	29	---	---	2	44
Graham Sellers	17	18	---	---	8	43
Antonio Fecht	11	18	---	---	13	42
Curtis Fitzgerald	---	---	9	32	---	41
Josh Moseley	---	---	8	24	9	41
Bruce Davis	---	---	8	30	1	39
William Moore	---	---	10	28	1	39
Chris Akaka	---	---	8	30	---	38
Aaron Maybin	---	---	12	25	---	37
Edward Patterson	---	---	9	23	4	36
Sen'Derrick Marks	---	---	8	26	2	36
Wayne Maxwell	---	---	5	15	15	35
Rondell Kurtz	---	---	6	9	18	33
B.J. Buckner	---	---	8	17	5	30
Donovan Ahern	9	13	---	---	7	29
Gus Eleazer	4	3	---	---	20	27
Ronnie White	---	---	7	19	---	26
Grady Patton	---	---	6	15	5	26
Juan Gaines	---	---	5	8	11	24
Edwin Veldheer	8	5	---	---	7	20
Norbert Briggs	---	---	6	13	---	19
Don Middleton	4	5	---	---	7	16
Lincoln Vespignani	---	---	6	8	1	15
Kyle Meadows	---	---	2	13	---	15
Toby Gerhardt	4	3	---	---	6	13
Pat Sims	---	---	4	8	---	12
Marshall Robb	---	---	0	0	5	5
Jared Pommier	0	0	---	---	5	5
Colin Zook	0	0	---	---	4	4
Ryan Succop	0	0	---	---	3	3
David Abrams	0	0	---	---	3	3
Jim Brady	0	0	---	---	---	0
Brandon Johnson	0	0	---	---	---	0

Buffalo	RPlyOff	PPlyOff	RPlyDef	PPlyDef	STPly	Total Plays
Jamie Allen	---	---	27	43	4	74
Sean Lee	---	---	21	43	9	73
Jackie Stargell	---	---	23	35	12	70
Chris Long	---	---	25	40	4	69
Kris Eastridge	---	---	18	34	13	65
Jerome Murphy	---	---	23	35	4	62
Glenn Dorsey	---	---	21	35	3	59
Ethan Gaytan	---	---	19	31	3	53
Jorge Lynn	13	35	---	---	4	52
Louis Vasquez	14	36	---	---	1	51
Phillip Rotzell	14	37	---	---	---	51
Doug Worthington	---	---	18	29	4	51
Everett Kinsella	---	---	17	29	2	48
Teddy Richard	---	---	23	22	3	48
Fernando Mathews	---	---	18	28	2	48
Kendrick Green	---	---	22	25	1	48
Kendall Carswell	12	34	---	---	1	47
Michael Oher	13	32	---	---	---	45
Marshall Quaccia	13	19	---	---	13	45
Colin Saenz	6	25	---	---	7	38
Irv Buckner	8	25	---	---	5	38
Gabe Blasingame	12	26	---	---	---	38
Tommy Wyden	---	---	16	20	2	38
J.C. Iafrate	8	27	---	---	2	37
Jonathan Luigs	9	21	---	---	6	36
Donald Buckner	10	26	---	---	---	36
Harvey Horn	5	18	---	---	11	34
Jack Marsh	---	---	11	10	11	32
Joseph Delgado	---	---	8	20	4	32
James Hardy	6	20	---	---	5	31
Austen Lane	---	---	17	14	---	31
Benjamin King	---	---	10	17	1	28
James Laurinaitis	---	---	11	5	10	26
Derrick Namnath	---	---	3	13	7	23
Leonard Dodge	6	8	---	---	4	18
Steven Bradford	1	0	---	---	17	18
Jeff Thomason	3	7	---	---	6	16
J.B. Siegel	1	10	---	---	4	15
Perry Georges	0	0	---	---	13	13
Daniel Joslyn	0	1	---	---	6	7
Thomas Morstead	0	0	---	---	6	6
Cameron Sheffield	---	---	1	0	4	5
Andy Gass	0	0	---	---	4	4
Taylor Mehlhaff	0	0	---	---	2	2
Rhett Bomar	0	0	---	---	---	0
Mack Lowe	0	0	---	---	---	0

Directional Rushing Statistics

Distance	Att	Yards	Avg
Left	9	59	6.6
Middle	9	70	7.8
Right	13	42	3.2
None	1	-1	-1.0

Distance	Att	Yards	Avg
Left	5	32	6.4
Middle	7	15	2.1
Right	2	7	3.5
None	0	0	0.0

Detailed Passing Statistics

Pittsburgh	Att	Cmp	20+	BdTh	Drop	Dfns	Hurr	Knck	Intc
Rico Howe	48	31	4	1	2	3	7	2	1

Buffalo	Att	Cmp	20+	BdTh	Drop	Dfns	Hurr	Knck	Intc
Phillip Rotzell	36	18	5	1	3	8	4	1	2

Directional Passing Statistics

Distance	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg
Screen	5	4	37	7.4
Short (0-8 Yds)	23	18	147	6.4
Medium (9-18 Yds)	18	9	119	6.6
Long (19+ Yds)	2	0	0	0.0

Distance	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg
Screen	8	4	9	1.1
Short (0-8 Yds)	10	7	40	4.0
Medium (9-18 Yds)	11	5	110	10.0
Long (19+ Yds)	7	2	45	6.4

Detailed Receiving Statistics

Pittsburgh	Targt	Caugt	Dropd	Yards	20+	PPlay
WR George Gray	12	7	0	81	1	43
RB Herb Matich	10	7	0	56	1	45
WR Britt Wheeler	8	3	1	36	1	35
WR Danny Cranford	7	5	0	58	1	29
WR Kirk Cole	4	3	0	26	0	22
TE Graham Sellers	4	3	1	26	0	18
FB Bucky Irwin	2	2	0	15	0	24
TE Antonio Fecht	1	1	0	5	0	18

Buffalo	Targt	Caugt	Dropd	Yards	20+	PPlay
WR Colin Saenz	8	2	2	41	1	25
FB Marshall Quaccia	6	4	0	47	1	19
WR Irv Buckner	5	4	0	44	1	25
WR James Hardy	4	1	0	23	1	20
WR Harvey Horn	4	0	0	0	0	18
RB Gabe Blasingame	3	3	0	16	0	26
TE Kendall Carswell	3	2	1	28	1	34
RB J.B. Siegel	3	2	0	5	0	10

Red-Zone Rushing Statistics

Pittsburgh	Att	Yards	Avg	Overall Avg
Herb Matich	1	1	1.00	5.73

Buffalo	Att	Yards	Avg	Overall Avg
Gabe Blasingame	2	4	2.00	3.75

Red-Zone Passing Statistics

Pittsburgh	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg/Att	Overall Avg
Rico Howe	6	2	23	3.83	6.31

Buffalo	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg/Att	Overall Avg

Red-Zone Receiving Statistics

Pittsburgh	Target	Catch	Yards	Avg/Targ	Overall Avg
WR Danny Cranford	3	1	18	6.00	8.29
RB Herb Matich	2	1	5	2.50	5.60
WR Britt Wheeler	1	0	0	0.00	4.50

Buffalo	Target	Catch	Yards	Avg/Targ	Overall Avg

Third Down Rushing Statistics

Pittsburgh	Rushes	Conversions
Herb Matich	5	4

Buffalo	Rushes	Conversions
Marshall Quaccia	1	1

Third Down Passing Statistics

Pittsburgh	Att	Comp	Conversions
Rico Howe	12	8	7

Buffalo	Att	Comp	Conversions
Phillip Rotzell	8	3	2

Third Down Receiving Statistics

Pittsburgh	Targ	Catch	Conversions
WR Danny Cranford	4	2	2
RB Herb Matich	3	3	2
WR George Gray	2	1	1
WR Britt Wheeler	2	1	1
WR Kirk Cole	1	1	1

Buffalo	Targ	Catch	Conversions
WR Colin Saenz	3	1	1
FB Marshall Quaccia	2	2	1
WR Harvey Horn	2	0	0
WR James Hardy	1	0	0

Section Attendance
Stadium 20,200 (75,300 capacity)
Upper Deck 6,000 (23,100)
End Zone 4,300 (16,700)
Mezzanine 2,400 (9,600)
Sideline Seats 4,400 (14,800)
Club Seats 2,500 (8,900)
Luxury Boxes 600 (2,200)

Section	Attendance
Stadium	20,200 (75,300 capacity)
Upper Deck	6,000 (23,100)
End Zone	4,300 (16,700)
Mezzanine	2,400 (9,600)
Sideline Seats	4,400 (14,800)
Club Seats	2,500 (8,900)
Luxury Boxes	600 (2,200)