Week 16, 2034

played in Carolina, NC

62 degrees, fair, 3 mph wind

Pittsburgh Steelers	7	10	3	6	-	26
Carolina Panthers	7	0	0	0	-	7

Scoring Summary
1Q: 10:43 PIT - Nicky Newkirk 19 pass from Cam Newton (Deon Prior extra point)
1Q: 05:26 CAR - Bernard Anglin 16 pass from Ronald Chae (Ethan Hutton extra point)
2Q: 08:55 PIT - Deon Prior 19 field goal
2Q: 02:51 PIT - Devon Wylie 24 pass from Cam Newton (Deon Prior extra point)
3Q: 06:02 PIT - Deon Prior 45 field goal
4Q: 04:13 PIT - Deon Prior 33 field goal
4Q: 01:13 PIT - Deon Prior 38 field goal

Scoring Summary
1Q: 10:43 PIT - Nicky Newkirk 19 pass from Cam Newton (Deon Prior extra point)
1Q: 05:26 CAR - Bernard Anglin 16 pass from Ronald Chae (Ethan Hutton extra point)
2Q: 08:55 PIT - Deon Prior 19 field goal
2Q: 02:51 PIT - Devon Wylie 24 pass from Cam Newton (Deon Prior extra point)
3Q: 06:02 PIT - Deon Prior 45 field goal
4Q: 04:13 PIT - Deon Prior 33 field goal
4Q: 01:13 PIT - Deon Prior 38 field goal

Team Statistics PIT CAR
Record 11-4 3-12
First Downs 23 12
- by Rushing 7 1
- by Passing 15 10
- by Penalty 1 1
Total Net Yards 410 199
- Offensive Plays 72 58
- Yards per Play 5.69 3.43
Net Rushing Yards 114 37
- Rushing Attempts 32 15
- Yards per Rush 3.56 2.47
Net Passing Yards 296 162
- Att./Comp./Intrcpt 39 - 23 - 0 43 - 22 - 1
- Gross Passing Yards 302 162
- Sacks/Yards Lost 1/6 0/0
- Yards per Pass Play 7.40 3.77
Fumbles/Lost 1/1 1/1
3rd Down Conversions 8/15 3/14
- Avg. YtG on 3rd Down 7.5 7.1
4th Down Conversions 0/0 1/3
Penalties/Yards 4/35 3/20
Punt Returns/Yards 4/24 1/2
Kick Returns/Yards 2/38 6/121
Interception Ret./Yards 1/10 0/0
2pt Conversions 0/0 0/0
Red Zone Visits 4 1
- Red Zone TDs/FGs 2/2 1/0
Avg. Drive Start OWN 34 OWN 28
Time of Possession 37:26 22:34

Team Statistics	PIT	CAR
Record	11-4	3-12
First Downs	23	12
- by Rushing	7	1
- by Passing	15	10
- by Penalty	1	1
Total Net Yards	410	199
- Offensive Plays	72	58
- Yards per Play	5.69	3.43
Net Rushing Yards	114	37
- Rushing Attempts	32	15
- Yards per Rush	3.56	2.47
Net Passing Yards	296	162
- Att./Comp./Intrcpt	39 - 23 - 0	43 - 22 - 1
- Gross Passing Yards	302	162
- Sacks/Yards Lost	1/6	0/0
- Yards per Pass Play	7.40	3.77
Fumbles/Lost	1/1	1/1
3rd Down Conversions	8/15	3/14
- Avg. YtG on 3rd Down	7.5	7.1
4th Down Conversions	0/0	1/3
Penalties/Yards	4/35	3/20
Punt Returns/Yards	4/24	1/2
Kick Returns/Yards	2/38	6/121
Interception Ret./Yards	1/10	0/0
2pt Conversions	0/0	0/0
Red Zone Visits	4	1
- Red Zone TDs/FGs	2/2	1/0
Avg. Drive Start	OWN 34	OWN 28
Time of Possession	37:26	22:34

Drive Charts

Pittsburgh Steelers
Quar	Began	Poss	From	Plays	Yards	Result
1	15:00	4:25	OWN 38	10	62	Touchdown
1	5:16	5:09	OWN 28	10	39	Punt
2	12:52	4:02	OWN 35	7	63	Field Goal
2	6:23	3:48	OWN 31	7	69	Touchdown
2	0:19	0:19	OWN 13	1	-3	Half
3	13:18	1:22	OWN 32	3	4	Punt
3	9:20	3:24	OWN 21	7	51	Field Goal
3	3:07	7:20	OWN 1	12	65	Punt
4	8:16	4:10	OWN 43	9	41	Field Goal
4	2:47	1:42	OPP 32	5	11	Field Goal
4	0:22	0:22	OPP 31	1	-2	Game

Carolina Panthers
Quar	Began	Poss	From	Plays	Yards	Result
1	10:35	5:19	OWN 35	10	65	Touchdown
1	0:07	1:05	OWN 20	3	-5	Punt
2	14:02	1:10	OPP 38	3	9	Fumble
2	8:50	2:27	OWN 28	3	3	Punt
2	2:35	2:16	OWN 17	5	20	Punt
3	15:00	1:42	OWN 36	3	4	Punt
3	11:56	2:36	OWN 21	6	16	Punt
3	5:56	2:49	OWN 27	6	27	Punt
4	10:47	2:31	OWN 20	8	44	Interception
4	4:06	1:19	OWN 20	8	12	Downs
4	1:05	0:43	OWN 22	4	9	Downs

Game MVP: Cam Newton, Pittsburgh Steelers

Rushing Statistics

Pittsburgh	Att	Yards	Avg	LG	10+
Nathan Hoover	24	95	3.96	15	6
Brant Hockman	5	10	2.00	7	0
Cam Newton	3	9	3.00	6	0

Carolina	Att	Yards	Avg	LG
Pete Bates	8	22	2.75	5
Earl Peterson	4	0	0.00	1
Ronald Chae	2	10	5.00	7
Bernard Pierce	1	5	5.00	5

Passing Statistics

Pittsburgh	Att	Comp	Yards	Sk/Yd	TD	LG	Int	Rate
Cam Newton	39	23	302	1/6	2	35	0	100.5

Carolina	Att	Comp	Yards	Sk/Yd	TD	LG	Int	Rate
Ronald Chae	43	22	162	0/0	1	23	1	58.5

Receiving Statistics

Pittsburgh	Catch	Targ	Yards	Avg	YAC	LG	TD
WR John Hamilton	7	12	86	12.29	22	24	0
WR Devon Wylie	5	9	65	13.00	26	24	1
WR Donovan Watson	3	6	66	22.00	16	35	0
WR Nicky Newkirk	3	5	40	13.33	14	19	1
RB Nathan Hoover	3	4	30	10.00	21	21	0
RB Brant Hockman	1	1	4	4.00	0	4	0
TE Darrell Gil	1	2	11	11.00	2	11	0

Carolina	Catch	Targ	Yards	Avg	YAC	LG	TD
RB Pete Bates	5	8	28	5.60	15	13	0
WR Leonard Uerling	4	8	29	7.25	9	14	0
TE Terry Browning	3	5	36	12.00	5	23	0
WR Bernard Anglin	3	9	26	8.67	0	16	1
TE Richie Criblez	3	5	15	5.00	0	9	0
RB Earl Peterson	2	2	18	9.00	9	12	0
WR Cris Ciervo	2	4	10	5.00	5	11	0
WR Tommie Woodard	0	2	0	0.00	0	0	0

Interception Statistics

Pittsburgh	Ints	Yards	Avg	TD
CB Wayne Maxwell	1	10	10.00	0

Carolina	Ints	Yards	Avg	TD

Fumble Statistics

Pittsburgh	Fumb	Recov	Force	TD
Warren Kushto	1	0	0	0
Rahim Moore	0	1	1	0

Carolina	Fumb	Recov	Force	TD
Pete Bates	1	0	0	0
Keith Deaver	0	1	1	0

Punting Statistics

Pittsburgh	Punt	Yards	Avg	Net	LG	In20
Billy Joe Lowe	3	112	37.3	23.3	45	1

Carolina	Punt	Yards	Avg	Net	LG	In20
Jared Francis	6	268	44.7	40.7	53	2

Kicking Statistics

Pittsburgh	FGs	40+Yd	50+Yd	LG	PAT
Deon Prior	4/4	1/1	0/0	45	2/2

Carolina	FGs	40+Yd	50+Yd	LG	PAT
Ethan Hutton	0/0	0/0	0/0	0	1/1

Punt Return Statistics

Pittsburgh	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Warren Kushto	4	24	6.0	0

Carolina	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Barry Abrams	1	2	2.0	0

Kick Return Statistics

Pittsburgh	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Donovan Watson	2	38	19.0	0

Carolina	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Cris Ciervo	4	80	20.0	0
Tommie Woodard	2	41	20.5	0

Defensive Statistics

Pittsburgh	Tack	Asst	RPlay	PPlay
ILB Russell Harvey	5	0	14	37
OLB Roman Guthrie	4	1	15	43
S Ralph Quinn	3	1	13	29
S Rahim Moore	3	1	13	34
CB Wayne Maxwell	3	0	13	39
CB Sam Gardner	3	0	11	39
DE Brant Covert	2	0	14	30
DT Walter Bryant	2	0	8	18
OLB Mychal Kendricks	2	0	4	7
DE Edward May	2	0	5	8
DT Chris Bilukidi	1	2	9	26
CB Kent Wheeler	1	1	14	36
DT Moe Blazewicz	1	0	7	27
DE Melvin Ingram	1	0	8	29
OLB Tahir Whitehead	1	0	1	6
ILB Wes Richmond	1	0	1	5
CB Gino Desrosiers	1	0	7	29

Carolina	Tack	Asst	Sack	RPlay	PPlay
CB Shaun Perkins	10	0	0.0	20	32
ILB Brenden Richard	8	2	0.0	30	38
OLB Seth Gozinsky	5	2	1.0	24	30
DT Dontari Poe	5	3	0.0	23	27
S Junior Barker	5	1	0.0	23	32
OLB Zach Brown	5	0	0.0	25	29
CB Bryce Glasthal	4	1	0.0	18	28
OLB Peter Alcott	3	0	0.0	6	10
ILB Bart Graham	2	1	0.0	13	11
DE George Carter	1	1	0.0	21	30
DE Dustin Baxter	1	1	0.0	11	10
CB Barry Abrams	1	1	0.0	27	29
S Sam Moss	1	0	0.0	10	15
T Wes Grimes	1	0	---	---	---
DE Isaac Eatherton	1	0	0.0	19	20
CB Mel Richardson	1	0	0.0	15	15
WR Cris Ciervo	1	0	---	---	---
DE Courtney Upshaw	0	2	0.0	13	20
DT George Harr	0	2	0.0	9	13
CB Keith Deaver	0	1	0.0	4	5

Pass Rush Statistics

Pittsburgh	Block	Hurry	Knock	PPlay
DT Walter Bryant	1	0	0	18
DE Melvin Ingram	0	2	0	29
DT Moe Blazewicz	0	1	1	27
DE Scottie Dightman	0	1	0	28
DE Edward May	0	1	0	8

Carolina	Sack	Block	Hurry	PPlay
OLB Seth Gozinsky	1.0	1	1	30
DE Dustin Baxter	0.0	1	0	10
DT Dontari Poe	0.0	0	1	27
DE Isaac Eatherton	0.0	0	1	20

Pass Defense Statistics

Pittsburgh	Caught	Defnsd	Intrcp	PPlay
ILB Russell Harvey	4	0	0	37
CB Wayne Maxwell	3	0	1	39
OLB Roman Guthrie	3	0	0	43
S Rahim Moore	2	0	0	34
CB Kent Wheeler	1	1	0	36
OLB Tahir Whitehead	1	1	0	6
CB Sam Gardner	1	1	0	39
DT Moe Blazewicz	1	0	0	27
S Ralph Quinn	1	0	0	29
DT Walter Bryant	1	0	0	18
DE Melvin Ingram	1	0	0	29
OLB Mychal Kendricks	1	0	0	7
ILB Wes Richmond	1	0	0	5
CB Gino Desrosiers	1	0	0	29

Carolina	Caught	Defnsd	PPlay
CB Shaun Perkins	6	1	32
CB Bryce Glasthal	4	1	28
ILB Brenden Richard	3	0	38
OLB Zach Brown	3	0	29
S Junior Barker	2	2	32
OLB Peter Alcott	2	0	10
OLB Seth Gozinsky	1	0	30
DE George Carter	1	0	30
CB Mel Richardson	1	0	15
CB Barry Abrams	0	2	29
S Jerald Boggs	0	1	30
ILB Drew Gailey	0	1	10

Blocking Statistics

Pittsburgh	KeyBl	BlOpp	Panc	RPly	SckA	PPly
Dwight Perez	4	9	1	28	0	33
Antoine Ross	2	5	0	30	1	35
James Brewer	1	5	0	27	0	28
Stanley Havili	1	1	0	11	0	20
Harvey Johnston	0	6	0	28	0	31
Rusty Gothe	0	1	0	9	0	14
Chris Tenney	0	1	0	2	0	10
Peter Kowal	0	1	0	4	0	9

Carolina	KeyBl	BlOpp	RPly	PPly
Rickey Stoole	1	2	11	33
Percy Stokes	1	2	5	13
Danny Stephens	0	3	14	38
Wes Grimes	0	3	15	43
Junior Marsh	0	1	1	1
Grant Cook	0	1	11	36
Billy Joe Sellers	0	1	14	42

Special Teams Tackles

Pittsburgh	Tackles	STPlays
Wes Richmond	3	10
Warren Kushto	2	22
Sam Gardner	1	18
Stanley Havili	1	15
Eddie Dawkins	1	13

Carolina	Tackles	STPlays
Richie Criblez	2	13
Keith Deaver	2	6
Bernard Anglin	1	9
Earl Peterson	1	8

Participation

Pittsburgh	RPlyOff	PPlyOff	RPlyDef	PPlyDef	STPly	Total Plays
Cam Newton	32	40	---	---	---	72
Sam Gardner	---	---	11	39	18	68
Harvey Johnston	28	31	---	---	7	66
John Hamilton	29	37	---	---	---	66
Antoine Ross	30	35	---	---	---	65
Dwight Perez	28	33	---	---	1	62
Wayne Maxwell	---	---	13	39	9	61
Roman Guthrie	---	---	15	43	---	58
James Brewer	27	28	---	---	1	56
Sean Shannon	23	31	---	---	---	54
Donovan Watson	21	31	---	---	2	54
Nathan Hoover	26	25	---	---	---	51
Devon Wylie	12	25	---	---	14	51
Russell Harvey	---	---	14	37	---	51
Kent Wheeler	---	---	14	36	---	50
Darrell Gil	19	18	---	---	12	49
Rahim Moore	---	---	13	34	---	47
Brant Covert	---	---	14	30	3	47
Stanley Havili	11	20	---	---	15	46
Ralph Quinn	---	---	13	29	2	44
Gino Desrosiers	---	---	7	29	7	43
Nicky Newkirk	21	19	---	---	1	41
Melvin Ingram	---	---	8	29	3	40
Scottie Dightman	---	---	8	28	2	38
Moe Blazewicz	---	---	7	27	3	37
Chris Bilukidi	---	---	9	26	---	35
Victor Morton	9	7	---	---	13	29
Walter Bryant	---	---	8	18	3	29
Tahir Whitehead	---	---	1	6	20	27
Rusty Gothe	9	14	---	---	1	24
Jessie Shea	9	9	---	---	6	24
Warren Kushto	0	0	---	---	22	22
Brant Hockman	6	15	---	---	---	21
Mychal Kendricks	---	---	4	7	9	20
Chris Tenney	2	10	---	---	7	19
Peter Kowal	4	9	---	---	6	19
Mel Davey	6	2	---	---	10	18
Wes Richmond	---	---	1	5	10	16
Edward May	---	---	5	8	1	14
Eddie Dawkins	0	1	---	---	13	14
Deon Prior	0	0	---	---	11	11
Joe Morris	---	---	0	3	2	5
Johnnie Ferderer	0	0	---	---	4	4
Billy Joe Lowe	0	0	---	---	3	3
Herman Turnbull	---	---	0	0	1	1
Kelvin Cox	0	0	---	---	---	0

Carolina	RPlyOff	PPlyOff	RPlyDef	PPlyDef	STPly	Total Plays
Brenden Richard	---	---	30	38	4	72
Jerald Boggs	---	---	29	30	4	63
Barry Abrams	---	---	27	29	6	62
Billy Joe Sellers	14	42	---	---	4	60
Wes Grimes	15	43	---	---	1	59
Junior Barker	---	---	23	32	4	59
Danny Stephens	14	38	---	---	6	58
Ronald Chae	15	43	---	---	---	58
Seth Gozinsky	---	---	24	30	3	57
Zach Brown	---	---	25	29	3	57
Dontari Poe	---	---	23	27	4	54
George Carter	---	---	21	30	3	54
Bryce Glasthal	---	---	18	28	7	53
Shaun Perkins	---	---	20	32	1	53
Rickey Stoole	11	33	---	---	6	50
Grant Cook	11	36	---	---	2	49
Bernard Pierce	9	21	---	---	18	48
Leonard Uerling	12	31	---	---	1	44
Bernard Anglin	7	27	---	---	9	43
Mel Richardson	---	---	15	15	12	42
Tommie Woodard	9	23	---	---	9	41
Isaac Eatherton	---	---	19	20	2	41
Pete Bates	10	28	---	---	---	38
Richie Criblez	7	18	---	---	13	38
Cris Ciervo	4	22	---	---	12	38
Sam Moss	---	---	10	15	12	37
Courtney Upshaw	---	---	13	20	4	37
Terry Browning	11	25	---	---	---	36
Drew Gailey	---	---	6	10	14	30
Earl Peterson	5	15	---	---	8	28
Bart Graham	---	---	13	11	4	28
Dustin Baxter	---	---	11	10	4	25
Percy Stokes	5	13	---	---	6	24
George Harr	---	---	9	13	1	23
Allen Floyd	5	10	---	---	5	20
Peter Alcott	---	---	6	10	4	20
Randy Stuvaints	0	2	---	---	15	17
Keith Deaver	---	---	4	5	6	15
Johnny Sanderson	---	---	2	2	8	12
Bobby Ogunleye	0	2	---	---	6	8
Tom Everett	---	---	4	4	---	8
Jared Francis	0	0	---	---	6	6
Junior Marsh	1	1	---	---	3	5
Ethan Hutton	0	0	---	---	2	2
Paul Osborne	0	0	---	---	---	0
Terry George	0	0	---	---	---	0

Directional Rushing Statistics

Distance	Att	Yards	Avg
Left	6	39	6.5
Middle	22	80	3.6
Right	3	-3	-1.0
None	1	-2	-2.0

Distance	Att	Yards	Avg
Left	3	10	3.3
Middle	9	20	2.2
Right	3	7	2.3
None	0	0	0.0

Detailed Passing Statistics

Pittsburgh	Att	Cmp	20+	BdTh	Drop	Dfns	Hurr	Knck	Intc
Cam Newton	39	23	6	2	1	8	3	0	0

Carolina	Att	Cmp	20+	BdTh	Drop	Dfns	Hurr	Knck	Intc
Ronald Chae	43	22	1	7	4	3	5	1	1

Directional Passing Statistics

Distance	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg
Screen	1	0	0	0.0
Short (0-8 Yds)	22	18	187	8.5
Medium (9-18 Yds)	6	2	31	5.2
Long (19+ Yds)	10	3	84	8.4

Distance	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg
Screen	9	7	28	3.1
Short (0-8 Yds)	16	9	52	3.3
Medium (9-18 Yds)	11	4	43	3.9
Long (19+ Yds)	7	2	39	5.6

Detailed Receiving Statistics

Pittsburgh	Targt	Caugt	Dropd	Yards	20+	PPlay
WR John Hamilton	12	7	1	86	2	37
WR Devon Wylie	9	5	0	65	1	25
WR Donovan Watson	6	3	0	66	2	31
WR Nicky Newkirk	5	3	0	40	0	19
RB Nathan Hoover	4	3	0	30	1	25
TE Darrell Gil	2	1	0	11	0	18
RB Brant Hockman	1	1	0	4	0	15

Carolina	Targt	Caugt	Dropd	Yards	20+	PPlay
WR Bernard Anglin	9	3	0	26	0	27
RB Pete Bates	8	5	0	28	0	28
WR Leonard Uerling	8	4	1	29	0	31
TE Terry Browning	5	3	0	36	1	25
TE Richie Criblez	5	3	0	15	0	18
WR Cris Ciervo	4	2	1	10	0	22
WR Tommie Woodard	2	0	2	0	0	23
RB Earl Peterson	2	2	0	18	0	15

Red-Zone Rushing Statistics

Pittsburgh	Att	Yards	Avg	Overall Avg
Cam Newton	1	5	5.00	3.00

Carolina	Att	Yards	Avg	Overall Avg

Red-Zone Passing Statistics

Pittsburgh	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg/Att	Overall Avg
Cam Newton	7	2	22	3.14	7.74

Carolina	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg/Att	Overall Avg
Ronald Chae	2	1	16	8.00	3.77

Red-Zone Receiving Statistics

Pittsburgh	Target	Catch	Yards	Avg/Targ	Overall Avg
WR John Hamilton	3	1	3	1.00	7.17
WR Nicky Newkirk	2	1	19	9.50	8.00
WR Devon Wylie	1	0	0	0.00	7.22
TE Darrell Gil	1	0	0	0.00	5.50

Carolina	Target	Catch	Yards	Avg/Targ	Overall Avg
WR Bernard Anglin	2	1	16	8.00	2.89

Third Down Rushing Statistics

Pittsburgh	Rushes	Conversions
Nathan Hoover	2	1
Cam Newton	1	0

Carolina	Rushes	Conversions
Bernard Pierce	1	0
Pete Bates	1	0
Ronald Chae	1	0

Third Down Passing Statistics

Pittsburgh	Att	Comp	Conversions
Cam Newton	11	8	7

Carolina	Att	Comp	Conversions
Ronald Chae	11	5	3

Third Down Receiving Statistics

Pittsburgh	Targ	Catch	Conversions
WR Donovan Watson	3	1	1
WR Devon Wylie	3	2	2
WR John Hamilton	2	2	2
WR Nicky Newkirk	1	1	1
RB Nathan Hoover	1	1	0
TE Darrell Gil	1	1	1

Carolina	Targ	Catch	Conversions
TE Terry Browning	3	2	2
WR Leonard Uerling	3	1	1
WR Bernard Anglin	2	1	0
WR Tommie Woodard	1	0	0
TE Richie Criblez	1	1	0
WR Cris Ciervo	1	0	0

Section Attendance
Stadium 61,300 (77,500 capacity)
Upper Deck 17,500 (21,400)
End Zone 12,500 (15,500)
Mezzanine 7,200 (8,900)
Sideline Seats 10,900 (13,700)
Club Seats 10,100 (13,000)
Luxury Boxes 3,100 (5,000)

Section	Attendance
Stadium	61,300 (77,500 capacity)
Upper Deck	17,500 (21,400)
End Zone	12,500 (15,500)
Mezzanine	7,200 (8,900)
Sideline Seats	10,900 (13,700)
Club Seats	10,100 (13,000)
Luxury Boxes	3,100 (5,000)