Week 16, 2054

played in Pittsburgh, PA

20 degrees, fair, 11 mph wind

Carolina Panthers	13	7	0	0	-	20
Pittsburgh Steelers	3	7	7	0	-	17

Scoring Summary
1Q: 07:48 CAR - Blake Ballard 2 run (Dillon Westbrook extra point failed)
1Q: 01:30 PIT - Francisco Howland 42 field goal
1Q: 00:19 CAR - Eli Bouler 19 fumble return (Dillon Westbrook extra point)
2Q: 09:12 CAR - Griffin Lyons 38 pass from Richard Myers (Dillon Westbrook extra point)
2Q: 06:34 PIT - Amir Dodge 53 interception return (Francisco Howland extra point)
3Q: 13:12 PIT - Braxton Foreman 69 pass from Gary Tanner (Francisco Howland extra point)

Scoring Summary
1Q: 07:48 CAR - Blake Ballard 2 run (Dillon Westbrook extra point failed)
1Q: 01:30 PIT - Francisco Howland 42 field goal
1Q: 00:19 CAR - Eli Bouler 19 fumble return (Dillon Westbrook extra point)
2Q: 09:12 CAR - Griffin Lyons 38 pass from Richard Myers (Dillon Westbrook extra point)
2Q: 06:34 PIT - Amir Dodge 53 interception return (Francisco Howland extra point)
3Q: 13:12 PIT - Braxton Foreman 69 pass from Gary Tanner (Francisco Howland extra point)

Team Statistics CAR PIT
Record 9-6 8-6-1
First Downs 16 17
- by Rushing 6 6
- by Passing 10 10
- by Penalty 0 1
Total Net Yards 353 360
- Offensive Plays 61 63
- Yards per Play 5.79 5.71
Net Rushing Yards 173 89
- Rushing Attempts 30 21
- Yards per Rush 5.77 4.24
Net Passing Yards 180 271
- Att./Comp./Intrcpt 27 - 20 - 1 40 - 23 - 1
- Gross Passing Yards 215 280
- Sacks/Yards Lost 4/35 2/9
- Yards per Pass Play 5.81 6.45
Fumbles/Lost 0/0 2/1
3rd Down Conversions 5/15 9/17
- Avg. YtG on 3rd Down 8.2 7.2
4th Down Conversions 0/0 0/0
Penalties/Yards 9/61 5/38
Punt Returns/Yards 1/13 4/25
Kick Returns/Yards 1/20 2/43
Interception Ret./Yards 1/0 1/53
2pt Conversions 0/0 0/0
Red Zone Visits 2 1
- Red Zone TDs/FGs 1/0 0/0
Avg. Drive Start OWN 21 OWN 28
Time of Possession 31:36 28:24

Team Statistics	CAR	PIT
Record	9-6	8-6-1
First Downs	16	17
- by Rushing	6	6
- by Passing	10	10
- by Penalty	0	1
Total Net Yards	353	360
- Offensive Plays	61	63
- Yards per Play	5.79	5.71
Net Rushing Yards	173	89
- Rushing Attempts	30	21
- Yards per Rush	5.77	4.24
Net Passing Yards	180	271
- Att./Comp./Intrcpt	27 - 20 - 1	40 - 23 - 1
- Gross Passing Yards	215	280
- Sacks/Yards Lost	4/35	2/9
- Yards per Pass Play	5.81	6.45
Fumbles/Lost	0/0	2/1
3rd Down Conversions	5/15	9/17
- Avg. YtG on 3rd Down	8.2	7.2
4th Down Conversions	0/0	0/0
Penalties/Yards	9/61	5/38
Punt Returns/Yards	1/13	4/25
Kick Returns/Yards	1/20	2/43
Interception Ret./Yards	1/0	1/53
2pt Conversions	0/0	0/0
Red Zone Visits	2	1
- Red Zone TDs/FGs	1/0	0/0
Avg. Drive Start	OWN 21	OWN 28
Time of Possession	31:36	28:24

Drive Charts

Carolina Panthers
Quar	Began	Poss	From	Plays	Yards	Result
1	15:00	7:21	OWN 20	12	80	Touchdown
1	1:23	1:11	OWN 25	3	6	Punt
2	10:19	1:24	OWN 20	3	80	Touchdown
2	6:57	0:35	OPP 49	3	3	Interception
2	6:22	1:56	OWN 25	3	0	Punt
2	2:56	1:01	OWN 41	3	7	Punt
3	12:54	2:31	OWN 6	4	77	Missed FG
3	8:37	0:58	OWN 17	4	-7	Punt
3	5:10	5:05	OWN 6	8	55	Punt
4	12:51	4:42	OWN 6	8	17	Punt
4	6:37	1:11	OWN 20	3	-18	Punt
4	3:04	3:04	OWN 20	8	23	Game

Pittsburgh Steelers
Quar	Began	Poss	From	Plays	Yards	Result
1	7:39	6:16	OWN 32	10	43	Field Goal
1	0:12	4:53	OWN 24	9	28	Punt
2	8:55	1:58	OWN 12	3	4	Punt
2	4:26	1:30	OWN 22	3	-3	Punt
2	1:55	1:55	OWN 20	8	76	Half
3	15:00	2:06	OWN 25	4	75	Touchdown
3	10:23	1:46	OWN 23	5	16	Punt
3	7:39	2:29	OWN 35	6	22	Punt
3	0:05	2:14	OWN 20	5	30	Punt
4	8:09	1:32	OWN 45	4	8	Punt
4	5:26	2:22	OPP 44	6	43	Interception

Game MVP: Blake Ballard, Carolina Panthers

Rushing Statistics

Carolina	Att	Yards	Avg	LG	10+	TD
RB Blake Ballard	19	147	7.74	81	2	1
RB Griffin Floyd	7	7	1.00	7	0	0
QB Richard Myers	4	19	4.75	7	0	0

Pittsburgh	Att	Yards	Avg	LG	10+
RB Emmitt Santiago	16	74	4.63	13	4
QB Gary Tanner	2	7	3.50	4	0
RB Devante Garcia	2	6	3.00	5	0
FB Archie Burkhammer	1	2	2.00	2	0

Passing Statistics

Carolina	Att	Comp	Yards	Sk/Yd	TD	LG	Int	Rate
Richard Myers	27	20	215	4/35	1	38	1	93.9

Pittsburgh	Att	Comp	Yards	Sk/Yd	TD	LG	Int	Rate
Gary Tanner	40	23	280	2/9	1	69	1	77.1

Receiving Statistics

Carolina	Catch	Targ	Yards	Avg	YAC	LG	TD
RB Griffin Floyd	4	4	60	15.00	48	28	0
FB Kody Coles	3	3	32	10.67	15	17	0
WR Griffin Lyons	3	4	54	18.00	22	38	1
RB Blake Ballard	3	5	10	3.33	3	7	0
WR Tom Staley	2	5	39	19.50	33	37	0
TE Bert Harding	2	2	16	8.00	0	11	0
TE Eli Bouler	1	1	6	6.00	0	6	0
TE Mo Guthrie	1	2	-2	-2.00	0	-2	0
WR Edward Griffin	1	1	0	0.00	0	0	0

Pittsburgh	Catch	Targ	Yards	Avg	YAC	LG	TD
WR Braxton Foreman	6	6	142	23.67	70	69	1
RB Emmitt Santiago	6	8	26	4.33	9	9	0
TE Brant Garrison	4	6	47	11.75	30	28	0
WR Andres Gaudino	3	8	27	9.00	13	11	0
WR Ron Clark	1	1	13	13.00	0	13	0
RB Devante Garcia	1	3	10	10.00	13	10	0
TE Carter Moore	1	2	11	11.00	0	11	0
WR Shannon Walters	1	5	4	4.00	5	4	0
FB Archie Burkhammer	0	1	0	0.00	0	0	0

Interception Statistics

Carolina	Ints	Yards	Avg	TD
ILB Bryant Cushenbery	1	0	0.00	0

Pittsburgh	Ints	Yards	Avg	TD
S Amir Dodge	1	53	53.00	1

Fumble Statistics

Carolina	Fumb	Recov	Force	TD
TE Eli Bouler	0	1	1	1
OLB Earl Brimberry	0	0	1	0

Pittsburgh	Fumb	Recov	Force	TD
CB Vinny Crone	2	0	0	0
CB Thurman Dion	0	1	0	0

Punting Statistics

Carolina	Punt	Yards	Avg	Net	LG	In20
Sam Pace	7	348	49.7	40.4	61	2

Pittsburgh	Punt	Yards	Avg	Net	LG	In20
Carlos Gilmore	7	292	41.7	34.1	53	2

Kicking Statistics

Carolina	FGs	40+Yd	50+Yd	LG	PAT
Dillon Westbrook	0/1	0/0	0/0	0	2/3

Pittsburgh	FGs	40+Yd	50+Yd	LG	PAT
Francisco Howland	1/1	1/1	0/0	42	2/2

Punt Return Statistics

Carolina	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Griffin Lyons	1	13	13.0	0

Pittsburgh	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Vinny Crone	4	25	6.3	0

Kick Return Statistics

Carolina	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Mike Berry	1	20	20.0	0

Pittsburgh	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Shannon Walters	2	43	21.5	0

Defensive Statistics

Carolina	Tack	Asst	Sack	RPlay	PPlay
OLB Adrian McGee	9	1	0.0	20	36
S Karl Joseph	7	2	0.0	21	42
OLB Timothy Totten	5	2	1.0	21	42
DE Xavier Gerhardt	4	0	1.0	15	30
S Caiden Simmons	3	2	0.0	21	39
DE Maxwell Anderson	3	0	0.0	19	36
OLB Brock Strong	2	4	0.0	21	39
CB Eugene Hamilton	2	1	0.0	18	38
CB T.J. Snyder	2	0	0.0	9	22
ILB Bryant Cushenbery	2	0	0.0	7	11
DT George Buckner	1	1	0.0	11	28
DE Dwayne Keizur	1	0	0.0	4	8
OLB Earl Brimberry	1	0	0.0	3	13
S Leroy Gaston	1	0	0.0	1	3
S Leslie Beavers	1	0	0.0	7	12
CB Dominique Flowers	1	0	0.0	3	12
S Ed VandenBelt	0	2	0.0	16	23

Pittsburgh	Tack	Asst	Sack	RPlay	PPlay
OLB Teddy Greer	9	3	0.0	30	31
S Amir Dodge	9	1	0.0	29	31
DT Mario Nelson	7	1	2.5	30	31
OLB Eric Kendricks	6	1	0.0	17	20
OLB Ross Cochrane	4	3	0.0	19	22
OLB Lorenzo Enman	3	0	0.0	13	9
CB Vinny Crone	2	3	0.0	27	26
CB Mackenzie Bradford	2	1	0.0	30	31
DE Max Thelwell	2	1	0.0	28	30
S Alex Glover	2	1	0.0	15	12
DT Zachery Briggs	2	0	0.0	16	15
DT Sam Hanaki	1	1	1.0	15	18
QB Gary Tanner	1	0	---	---	---
S Jaquiski Tartt	1	0	0.0	16	21
CB Thurman Dion	1	0	0.0	7	9
DE Bernie Zawilinski	0	1	0.5	11	10
CB Nicky Spencer	0	1	0.0	12	9

Pass Rush Statistics

Carolina	Sack	Block	Hurry	Knock	PPlay
DE Xavier Gerhardt	1.0	0	0	0	30
OLB Timothy Totten	1.0	0	0	0	42

Pittsburgh	Sack	Hurry	Knock	PPlay
DT Mario Nelson	2.5	0	2	31
DT Sam Hanaki	1.0	0	0	18
DE Bernie Zawilinski	0.5	0	0	10
DE Max Thelwell	0.0	2	3	30
DT Zachery Briggs	0.0	1	0	15

Pass Defense Statistics

Carolina	Caught	Defnsd	Intrcp	PPlay
OLB Adrian McGee	7	0	0	36
ILB Bryant Cushenbery	2	0	1	11
DE Xavier Gerhardt	2	0	0	30
DE Maxwell Anderson	2	0	0	36
CB T.J. Snyder	2	0	0	22
S Karl Joseph	1	2	0	42
OLB Timothy Totten	1	2	0	42
OLB Brock Strong	1	2	0	39
CB Eugene Hamilton	1	1	0	38
DT George Buckner	1	0	0	28
OLB Earl Brimberry	1	0	0	13
S Leroy Gaston	1	0	0	3
CB Dominique Flowers	1	0	0	12
S Ed VandenBelt	0	1	0	23

Pittsburgh	Caught	Defnsd	Intrcp	PPlay
S Amir Dodge	6	0	1	31
OLB Eric Kendricks	4	0	0	20
CB Mackenzie Bradford	2	1	0	31
OLB Ross Cochrane	2	0	0	22
S Alex Glover	2	0	0	12
OLB Teddy Greer	2	0	0	31
OLB Lorenzo Enman	1	1	0	9
CB Vinny Crone	1	0	0	26

Blocking Statistics

Carolina	KeyBl	BlOpp	Panc	RPly	SckA	PPly
C Lorenzo Tucker	5	9	1	30	1	31
T Alejandro Garrett	3	5	0	30	0	31
T Leslie Murphy	2	4	0	30	0	31
G Francisco Hardy	2	3	0	30	3	31
G Leroy McCormick	1	6	0	30	0	31

Pittsburgh	KeyBl	BlOpp	Panc	RPly	SckA	PPly
G Daryl Davis	5	9	2	21	0	42
G Caden Osieja	2	4	0	21	0	42
T Deion Gambone	1	3	0	21	0	42
T Jack Conklin	0	3	0	21	2	42

Special Teams Tackles

Carolina	Tackles	STPlays
Eli Bouler	3	23
Earl Brimberry	2	23
Leslie Beavers	1	11

Pittsburgh	Tackles	STPlays
Jack Conklin	1	8
Brant Garrison	1	5

Participation

Carolina	RPlyOff	PPlyOff	RPlyDef	PPlyDef	STPly	Total Plays
G Francisco Hardy	30	31	---	---	8	69
G Leroy McCormick	30	31	---	---	8	69
T Alejandro Garrett	30	31	---	---	8	69
T Leslie Murphy	30	31	---	---	8	69
S Karl Joseph	---	---	21	42	5	68
WR Griffin Lyons	26	28	---	---	11	65
OLB Timothy Totten	---	---	21	42	2	65
QB Richard Myers	30	31	---	---	---	61
C Lorenzo Tucker	30	31	---	---	---	61
S Caiden Simmons	---	---	21	39	---	60
OLB Brock Strong	---	---	21	39	---	60
CB Eugene Hamilton	---	---	18	38	1	57
OLB Adrian McGee	---	---	20	36	1	57
DE Maxwell Anderson	---	---	19	36	1	56
WR Edward Griffin	25	27	---	---	---	52
TE Mo Guthrie	24	24	---	---	---	48
DT George Buckner	---	---	11	28	8	47
DE Xavier Gerhardt	---	---	15	30	---	45
CB T.J. Snyder	---	---	9	22	10	41
RB Blake Ballard	21	20	---	---	---	41
OLB Earl Brimberry	---	---	3	13	23	39
S Ed VandenBelt	---	---	16	23	---	39
WR Tom Staley	22	14	---	---	1	37
FB Kody Coles	7	13	---	---	16	36
TE Eli Bouler	4	3	---	---	23	30
S Leslie Beavers	---	---	7	12	11	30
DE Gavin Peterman	---	---	11	17	---	28
CB Dominique Flowers	---	---	3	12	13	28
TE Bert Harding	10	11	---	---	---	21
WR Justin Pino	2	4	---	---	15	21
DE Dwayne Keizur	---	---	4	8	8	20
S Leroy Gaston	---	---	1	3	16	20
RB Griffin Floyd	8	10	---	---	---	18
ILB Bryant Cushenbery	---	---	7	11	---	18
RB Morris Becker	0	0	---	---	16	16
ILB Micah Wooden	---	---	0	3	12	15
DE K.C. McDermid	---	---	3	8	---	11
WR Mike Berry	1	1	---	---	8	10
OLB Hector Enos	---	---	0	0	10	10
P Sam Pace	0	0	---	---	8	8
C Joseph Tucker	0	0	---	---	8	8
K Dillon Westbrook	0	0	---	---	5	5
QB Johnathan Tubbs	0	0	---	---	---	0
G Brody Petrella	0	0	---	---	---	0
C Isaiah Gerhardt	0	0	---	---	---	0
T Daniel Blake	0	0	---	---	---	0

Pittsburgh	RPlyOff	PPlyOff	RPlyDef	PPlyDef	STPly	Total Plays
WR Andres Gaudino	20	42	---	---	16	78
S Amir Dodge	---	---	29	31	16	76
G Caden Osieja	21	42	---	---	8	71
T Jack Conklin	21	42	---	---	8	71
G Daryl Davis	21	42	---	---	8	71
T Deion Gambone	21	42	---	---	8	71
CB Vinny Crone	---	---	27	26	12	65
QB Gary Tanner	21	42	---	---	---	63
C Tony Fabini	21	42	---	---	---	63
DT Mario Nelson	---	---	30	31	1	62
CB Mackenzie Bradford	---	---	30	31	1	62
OLB Teddy Greer	---	---	30	31	1	62
DE Max Thelwell	---	---	28	30	1	59
TE Brant Garrison	18	34	---	---	5	57
RB Emmitt Santiago	17	26	---	---	12	55
WR Shannon Walters	13	33	---	---	8	54
DT Mike Sousa	---	---	14	16	18	48
WR Braxton Foreman	14	29	---	---	---	43
OLB Ross Cochrane	---	---	19	22	1	42
DT Sam Hanaki	---	---	15	18	8	41
OLB Eric Kendricks	---	---	17	20	1	38
S Jaquiski Tartt	---	---	16	21	1	38
TE Carter Moore	5	8	---	---	23	36
DT Zachery Briggs	---	---	16	15	---	31
CB Thurman Dion	---	---	7	9	15	31
CB Nicky Spencer	---	---	12	9	7	28
FB Archie Burkhammer	3	9	---	---	16	28
S Alex Glover	---	---	15	12	---	27
OLB Ricardo Boatman	---	---	0	0	22	22
RB Devante Garcia	7	15	---	---	---	22
OLB Lorenzo Enman	---	---	13	9	---	22
DE Bernie Zawilinski	---	---	11	10	---	21
WR Ron Clark	5	14	---	---	---	19
RB Lucas Portillo	0	0	---	---	15	15
ILB Vinny Harvey	---	---	0	0	11	11
P Carlos Gilmore	0	0	---	---	8	8
C Korey Kaplan	0	0	---	---	8	8
K Francisco Howland	0	0	---	---	5	5
TE C.J. Connell	3	0	---	---	---	3
DT Cory Babic	---	---	1	0	---	1
T Curtis Harper	0	0	---	---	---	0
G Howie Bruner	0	0	---	---	---	0
QB Pedro Burchfield	0	0	---	---	---	0
ILB Jeffery Drenik	---	---	0	0	---	0
OLB Jay DuVall	---	---	0	0	---	0
DE Miguel Huntley	---	---	0	0	---	0

Directional Rushing Statistics

Distance	Att	Yards	Avg
Left	7	29	4.1
Middle	16	48	3.0
Right	6	97	16.2
None	1	-1	-1.0

Distance	Att	Yards	Avg
Left	3	6	2.0
Middle	14	88	6.3
Right	4	-5	-1.3
None	0	0	0.0

Detailed Passing Statistics

Carolina	Att	Cmp	20+	BdTh	Drop	Dfns	Hurr	Knck	Intc
Richard Myers	27	20	3	1	0	2	3	5	1

Pittsburgh	Att	Cmp	20+	BdTh	Drop	Dfns	Hurr	Knck	Intc
Gary Tanner	40	23	3	4	4	8	0	0	1

Directional Passing Statistics

Distance	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg
Screen	7	4	20	2.9
Short (0-8 Yds)	15	12	133	8.9
Medium (9-18 Yds)	4	3	24	6.0
Long (19+ Yds)	1	1	38	38.0

Distance	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg
Screen	12	9	111	9.3
Short (0-8 Yds)	21	11	100	4.8
Medium (9-18 Yds)	5	2	24	4.8
Long (19+ Yds)	2	1	45	22.5

Detailed Receiving Statistics

Carolina	Targt	Caugt	Yards	20+	PPlay
WR Tom Staley	5	2	39	1	14
RB Blake Ballard	5	3	10	0	20
WR Griffin Lyons	4	3	54	1	28
RB Griffin Floyd	4	4	60	1	10
FB Kody Coles	3	3	32	0	13
TE Mo Guthrie	2	1	-2	0	24
TE Bert Harding	2	2	16	0	11
TE Eli Bouler	1	1	6	0	3
WR Edward Griffin	1	1	0	0	27

Pittsburgh	Targt	Caugt	Dropd	Yards	20+	PPlay
WR Andres Gaudino	8	3	2	27	0	42
RB Emmitt Santiago	8	6	0	26	0	26
WR Braxton Foreman	6	6	0	142	2	29
TE Brant Garrison	6	4	0	47	1	34
WR Shannon Walters	5	1	2	4	0	33
RB Devante Garcia	3	1	0	10	0	15
TE Carter Moore	2	1	0	11	0	8
WR Ron Clark	1	1	0	13	0	14
FB Archie Burkhammer	1	0	0	0	0	9

Red-Zone Rushing Statistics

Carolina	Att	Yards	Avg	Overall Avg
RB Blake Ballard	3	3	1.00	7.74
QB Richard Myers	2	13	6.50	4.75
RB Griffin Floyd	1	5	5.00	1.00

Pittsburgh	Att	Yards	Avg	Overall Avg
RB Emmitt Santiago	2	12	6.00	4.63

Red-Zone Passing Statistics

Carolina	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg/Att	Overall Avg
Richard Myers	1	0	0	0.00	7.96

Pittsburgh	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg/Att	Overall Avg
Gary Tanner	1	0	0	0.00	7.00

Red-Zone Receiving Statistics

Carolina	Target	Catch	Yards	Avg/Targ	Overall Avg
WR Griffin Lyons	1	0	0	0.00	13.50

Pittsburgh	Target	Catch	Yards	Avg/Targ	Overall Avg
FB Archie Burkhammer	1	0	0	0.00	0.00

Third Down Rushing Statistics

Carolina	Rushes	Conversions
QB Richard Myers	2	1
RB Blake Ballard	1	1

Pittsburgh	Rushes	Conversions
QB Gary Tanner	2	0
RB Devante Garcia	1	1

Third Down Passing Statistics

Carolina	Att	Comp	Conversions
Richard Myers	10	7	3

Pittsburgh	Att	Comp	Conversions
Gary Tanner	14	9	8

Third Down Receiving Statistics

Carolina	Targ	Catch	Conversions
WR Tom Staley	4	1	0
FB Kody Coles	1	1	0
TE Eli Bouler	1	1	1
TE Mo Guthrie	1	1	0
WR Griffin Lyons	1	1	1
TE Bert Harding	1	1	0
RB Blake Ballard	1	1	1

Pittsburgh	Targ	Catch	Conversions
WR Braxton Foreman	3	3	3
TE Brant Garrison	3	3	2
WR Andres Gaudino	2	0	0
TE Carter Moore	2	1	1
WR Shannon Walters	2	0	0
WR Ron Clark	1	1	1
RB Devante Garcia	1	1	1

Section Attendance
Stadium 64,500 (64,500 capacity)
Upper Deck 18,500 (18,500)
End Zone 13,300 (13,300)
Mezzanine 7,700 (7,700)
Sideline Seats 11,800 (11,800)
Club Seats 7,000 (7,000)
Luxury Boxes 6,200 (6,200)

Section	Attendance
Stadium	64,500 (64,500 capacity)
Upper Deck	18,500 (18,500)
End Zone	13,300 (13,300)
Mezzanine	7,700 (7,700)
Sideline Seats	11,800 (11,800)
Club Seats	7,000 (7,000)
Luxury Boxes	6,200 (6,200)