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2005 Pittsburgh Steelers

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Record: 11-5-0, Finished 1st in AFC North Division
NFL Season Summary

2005 Super Bowl Champions

Scored 389 points (24.3/g), 9th of 32 in the NFL.
 Allowed 258 points (16.1/g), 3rd.
 Differential of 131 points (8.2/g), 5th.
 Expected W-L: 11.6-4.4.

 Takeaway/Giveaway Differential +7 (0.4/g), 9th.

Coached by Bill Cowher (11-5-0)

2005 Statistics / Starters & Roster / Games & Schedule / Team Draftees

Team Games & Schedule

Glossary · CSV · PRE
Score Offense Defense
Week Date Rec Opp Tm Opp 1stD TotYd PassY RushY TO 1stD TotYd PassY RushY TO
1 Sun September 11 box W 1-0 Tennessee Titans 34 7 18 424 218 206 16 303 206 97 4
2 Sun September 18 box W 2-0 @ Houston Texans 27 7 18 388 253 135 16 221 108 113 1
3 Sun September 25 box L 2-1 New England Patriots 20 23 14 269 190 79 1 24 426 346 80 3
4 Bye Week
5 Mon October 10 box W 3-1 @ San Diego Chargers 24 22 25 311 207 104 1 20 279 213 66 2
6 Sun October 16 box L 3-2 Jacksonville Jaguars 17 23 16 218 145 73 4 17 246 153 93 1
7 Sun October 23 box W 4-2 @ Cincinnati Bengals 27 13 20 304 83 221 2 20 302 211 91 2
8 Mon October 31 box W 5-2 Baltimore Ravens 20 19 19 261 160 101 2 20 318 246 72 3
9 Sun November 6 box W 6-2 @ Green Bay Packers 20 10 13 213 59 154 1 16 268 203 65 3
10 Sun November 13 box W 7-2 Cleveland Browns 34 21 25 382 223 159 16 303 242 61 2
11 Sun November 20 box L 7-3 @ Baltimore Ravens 13 16 17 282 212 70 2 18 241 137 104 2
12 Mon November 28 box L 7-4 @ Indianapolis Colts 7 26 10 197 111 86 2 17 366 239 127 1
13 Sun December 4 box L 7-5 Cincinnati Bengals 31 38 28 474 379 95 4 21 324 222 102
14 Sun December 11 box W 8-5 Chicago Bears 21 9 20 363 173 190 15 268 185 83
15 Sun December 18 box W 9-5 @ Minnesota Vikings 18 3 14 275 133 142 1 11 185 131 54 3
16 Sat December 24 box W 10-5 @ Cleveland Browns 41 0 20 457 248 209 1 12 186 123 63 1
17 Sun January 1 box W 11-5 Detroit Lions 35 21 20 331 132 199 2 16 308 203 105 2
Playoffs
WildCard Sun January 8 box W 12-5 @ Cincinnati Bengals 31 17
Division Sun January 15 box W 13-5 @ Indianapolis Colts 21 18
ConfChamp Sun January 22 box W 14-5 @ Denver Broncos 34 17
SuperBowl Sun February 5 box W 15-5 N Seattle Seahawks 21 10

Team Stats and Rankings

Glossary · CSV · PRE
Passing Rushing
Pts Yds Ply Y/P 1stD Cmp Att Yds TD Int NY/A 1stD Att Yds TD Y/A 1stD TO FL 1stPy
Team Offense 389 5149 960 5.4 297 228 379 2926 21 14 7.1 144 549 2223 21 4.0 120 23 9 33
Team Defense 258 4544 998 4.6 475 315 549 3168 15 15 5.3 179 402 1376 10 3.4 275 30 15 21
Lg Rank Offense 9 15 17 32 24 12 9 3 1 5 5 12 6 5
Lg Rank Defense 3 4 12 24 16 2 19 3 5 3 7 1 11 5

Passing

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Age Pos G GS QBrec Cmp Att Cmp% Yds TD TD% Int Int% Lng Y/A AY/A Y/C Y/G Rate Sk Yds NY/A ANY/A Sk%
Ben Roethlisberger 23 QB 12 12 9-3-0 168 268 62.7 2385 17 6.3 9 3.4 85 8.9 8.0 14.2 198.8 98.6 23 129 7.8 6.9 7.9
Tommy Maddox 34 5 2 0-2-0 34 71 47.9 406 2 2.8 4 5.6 32 5.7 3.5 11.9 81.2 51.7 8 43 4.6 2.6 10.1
Charlie Batch 31 4 2 2-0-0 23 36 63.9 246 1 2.8 1 2.8 43 6.8 5.9 10.7 61.5 81.5 1 6 6.5 5.5 2.7
Antwaan Randle El 26 WR 16 15 3 3 100.0 67 1 33.3 0 0.0 51 22.3 25.7 22.3 4.2 158.3 0 0 22.3 25.7 0.0
Chris Gardocki 35 P 16 0 0 1 0.0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 39.6 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Team Total 27.5 16 11-5-0 228 379 60.2 3104 21 5.5 14 3.7 85 8.2 7.1 13.6 194.0 89.4 32 178 7.1 6.1 7.8
Opp Total 16 315 549 57.4 3168 15 2.7 15 2.7 5.8 4.8 10.1 198.0 71.7 47 312 5.3 3.9

Rushing & Receiving

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Rushing Receiving
Age Pos G GS Att Yds TD Lng Y/A Y/G A/G Rec Yds Y/R TD Lng R/G Y/G YScm RRTD Fmb
Willie Parker 25 RB 15 15 255 1202 4 80 4.7 80.1 17.0 18 218 12.1 1 48 1.2 14.5 1420 5 4
Jerome Bettis 33 12 0 110 368 9 39 3.3 30.7 9.2 4 40 10.0 0 16 0.3 3.3 408 9 0
Verron Haynes 26 14 0 74 274 3 20 3.7 19.6 5.3 11 113 10.3 0 18 0.8 8.1 387 3 2
Duce Staley 30 5 1 38 148 1 17 3.9 29.6 7.6 6 34 5.7 0 9 1.2 6.8 182 1 1
Ben Roethlisberger 23 QB 12 12 31 69 3 13 2.2 5.8 2.6 69 3 2
Antwaan Randle El 26 WR 16 15 12 73 0 43 6.1 4.6 0.8 35 558 15.9 1 63 2.2 34.9 631 1 4
Charlie Batch 31 4 2 11 30 1 15 2.7 7.5 2.8 30 1 1
Tommy Maddox 34 5 2 8 26 0 16 3.3 5.2 1.6 26 0 2
Hines Ward 29 WR 15 15 3 10 0 7 3.3 0.7 0.2 69 975 14.1 11 85 4.6 65.0 985 11 1
Dan Kreider 28 FB 16 9 3 21 0 12 7.0 1.3 0.2 7 43 6.1 0 9 0.4 2.7 64 0 0
Noah Herron 23 2 0 3 2 0 1 0.7 1.0 1.5 2 0 0
Cedrick Wilson 27 16 1 1 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.1 26 451 17.3 0 46 1.6 28.2 451 0 1
Heath Miller 23 TE 16 14 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 39 459 11.8 6 50 2.4 28.7 459 6 0
Quincy Morgan 28 RET 16 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 9 150 16.7 2 31 0.6 9.4 150 2 1
Jerame Tuman 29 te 15 9 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 3 57 19.0 0 27 0.2 3.8 57 0 0
Matt Kranchick 26 4 1 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 1 6 6.0 0 6 0.3 1.5 6 0 0
Team Total 27.5 16 549 2223 21 80 4.0 138.9 34.3 228 3104 13.6 21 85 14.3 194.0 5327 42 22
Opp Total 16 402 1376 10 3.4 86.0 25.1 315 3168 10.1 15 19.7 198.0 4544 25 30

Kick & Punt Returns

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Punt Returns Kick Returns
Age Pos G GS Ret Yds TD Lng Y/R Rt Yds TD Lng Y/Rt APYd
Antwaan Randle El 26 WR 16 15 44 448 2 81 10.2 1 16 0 16 16.0 1095
Quincy Morgan 28 RET 16 0 23 583 0 74 25.3 733
Ricardo Colclough 23 14 0 22 473 0 63 21.5 473
Ike Taylor 25 LCB 16 15 1 19 0 19 19.0 3 59 0 24 19.7 78
Cedrick Wilson 27 16 1 3 53 0 29 17.7 504
Brett Keisel 27 16 0 2 23 0 12 11.5 23
James Harrison 27 16 3 1 -2 0 -2 -2.0 -2
Chidi Iwuoma 27 16 0 1 3 0 3 3.0 3
Dan Kreider 28 FB 16 9 1 3 0 3 3.0 67
Team Total 27.5 16 46 470 2 81 10.2 56 1208 0 74 21.6 7005
Opp Total 16 37 0 77 1685 0 21.9

Kicking & Punting

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
0--19 20--29 30--39 40--49 50+ Tot PAT Punting
Age Pos G GS FGA FGM FGA FGM FGA FGM FGA FGM FGA FGM FGA FGM FG% XPA XPM XP% Pnt Yds Lng Blck Y/P
Jeff Reed 26 K 16 0 9 9 9 9 9 6 2 29 24 82.8% 45 45 100.0%
Chris Gardocki 35 P 16 0 67 2803 65 0 41.8
Ben Roethlisberger 23 QB 12 12 2 72 39 0 36.0
Team Total 27.5 16 9 9 9 9 9 6 2 29 24 82.8% 45 45 100.0% 69 2875 65 0 41.7
Opp Total 16 30 24 80.0% 25 24 96.0% 80 3464 43.3

Defense & Fumbles

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Def Interceptions Fumbles Tackles
Age Pos G GS Sk Int Yds TD Lng PD FF Fmb FR Yds TD Tkl Ast Sfty
Joey Porter* 28 ROLB 16 16 10.5 2 9 0 9 4 4 0 1 0 0 40 17
Clark Haggans 28 LOLB 13 13 9.0 0 0 0 0 2 4 0 0 0 0 42 19
Troy Polamalu*+ 24 SS 16 16 3.0 2 42 0 36 8 1 0 2 78 1 74 18
Willie Parker 25 RB 15 15 0 4 2 0 0
Deshea Townsend 30 RCB 16 15 3.0 2 26 0 26 12 1 0 1 2 0 41 14
James Harrison 27 16 3 3.0 1 25 0 25 3 0 0 1 0 0 36 9
Tyrone Carter 29 16 0 1.0 1 3 0 3 3 2 0 2 0 0 20 6
Larry Foote 25 RILB 16 16 3.0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 27 0 76 26 1
Chris Hope 25 FS 16 16 3 60 0 55 5 1 0 1 6 0 70 27
Brett Keisel 27 16 0 3.0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 23 10
Antwaan Randle El 26 WR 16 15 0 4 0 0 0
Aaron Smith 29 LDE 16 16 2.0 1 0 0 0 3 1 0 1 0 0 30 10
Kimo von Oelhoffen 34 RDE 16 16 3.5 0 0 0 0 4 1 0 0 0 0 23 12
Charlie Batch 31 4 2 1 2 0 0
Ricardo Colclough 23 14 0 1.0 1 14 0 14 2 0 1 0 0 0 24 6
James Farrior 30 LILB 14 14 2.0 0 0 0 0 4 2 0 1 0 0 76 45
Verron Haynes 26 14 0 2 1 0 0
Bryant McFadden 24 12 1 1.0 1 0 0 0 7 1 0 1 9 0 17 1
Ben Roethlisberger 23 QB 12 12 0 2 1 -1 0
Ike Taylor 25 LCB 16 15 1 0 0 0 20 0 0 2 8 0 75 16
Alan Faneca*+ 29 LG 16 16 0 0 2 0 0
Travis Kirschke 31 16 0 1.0 0 0 1 0 0 7 6
Tommy Maddox 34 5 2 2 0 -9 0
Duce Staley 30 5 1 1 1 0 0
Cedrick Wilson 27 16 1 1 1 0 0
Andre Frazier 23 11 0 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 8 0
Jeff Hartings* 33 C 16 16 1 0 -9 0
Heath Miller 23 TE 16 14 0 0 1 0 0
Sean Morey 29 15 0 0 1 0 0
Quincy Morgan 28 RET 16 0 1 0 0 0
Hines Ward 29 WR 15 15 0 1 0 0 0
Greg Warren 24 16 0 0 1 0 0 0
Team Total 27.5 16 47.0 15 179 0 55 83 21 22 28 111 1 764 279 1
Opp Total 16 32 30 15

Scoring Summary

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Age Pos G GS RshTD RecTD PR TD KR TD FblTD IntTD OthTD 2PM XPM FGM Sfty Pts
Jeff Reed 26 K 16 0 45 24 117
Hines Ward 29 WR 15 15 11 66
Jerome Bettis 33 12 0 9 54
Heath Miller 23 TE 16 14 6 36
Willie Parker 25 RB 15 15 4 1 30
Verron Haynes 26 14 0 3 18
Antwaan Randle El 26 WR 16 15 1 2 18
Ben Roethlisberger 23 QB 12 12 3 18
Quincy Morgan 28 RET 16 0 2 12
Charlie Batch 31 4 2 1 6
Troy Polamalu*+ 24 SS 16 16 1 6
Duce Staley 30 5 1 1 6
Larry Foote 25 RILB 16 16 1 2
Team Total 27.5 16 21 21 2 1 45 24 1 389
Opp Total 16 10 15 24 24 258