Pittsburgh Steelers at New England Patriots

September 9, 2002

Quarter	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	Final
Pittsburgh Steelers	7	0	0	7	14
New England Patriots	7	3	17	3	30

Scoring Summary
1st Quarter
4:03	NE	TD	Christian Fauria 4 pass from Tom Brady (Adam Vinatieri Kick)	NE 7, Pit 0
10:10	Pit	TD	Hines Ward 13 pass from Kordell Stewart (Todd Peterson Kick)	NE 7, Pit 7
2nd Quarter
12:37	NE	FG	FG Adam Vinatieri 45	NE 10, Pit 7
3rd Quarter
1:33	NE	TD	Donald Hayes 40 pass from Tom Brady (Adam Vinatieri Kick)	NE 17, Pit 7
7:57	NE	TD	Deion Branch 22 pass from Tom Brady (Adam Vinatieri Kick)	NE 24, Pit 7
12:52	NE	FG	FG Adam Vinatieri 28	NE 27, Pit 7
4th Quarter
5:28	NE	FG	FG Adam Vinatieri 27	NE 30, Pit 7
15:00	Pit	TD	Kordell Stewart 1 run (Todd Peterson Kick)	NE 30, Pit 14

Missed Field Goals: Pit - Todd Peterson 39

Attendance: 68,436

Team Statistics

Pittsburgh Steelers New England Patriots

First downs 20 20

Rushes - yards 24 - 74 18 - 63

Passing 209 280

Punt returns 2 - 9 1 - 10

Kickoff returns 6 - 129 2 - 51

Interception returns 0 - 0 3 - 4

Pass attempts - Completions - Had Intercepted 25 - 38 - 3 29 - 43 - 0

Sacked - yards lost 5 - 38 2 - 14

Punts 5 - 39.4 5 - 39.4

Fumbles - lost 2 - 2 1 - 1

Penalties - yards 13 - 112 7 - 88

Time of possession 30:31 29:29

Passing

Pittsburgh Steelers Att Cmp Yds Avg TD Int Lg Sack Loss Rating

Kordell Stewart 37 24 242 6.54 1 3 27 5 38 58.6

Antwaan Randle El 1 1 5 5.00 0 0 5 0 0 87.5

New England Patriots Att Cmp Yds Avg TD Int Lg Sack Loss Rating

Tom Brady 43 29 294 6.84 3 0 40t 2 14 110.0

Rushing

Pittsburgh Steelers Att Yds Avg Lg TD

Jerome Bettis 8 35 4.4 16 0

Kordell Stewart 8 16 2.0 10 1

Amos Zereoue 7 14 2.0 7 0

Antwaan Randle El 1 9 9.0 9 0

New England Patriots Att Yds Avg Lg TD

Antowain Smith 17 60 3.5 25 0

Marc Edwards 1 3 3.0 3 0

Receiving

Pittsburgh Steelers Rec Yds Avg Lg TD

Hines Ward 8 90 11.3 17 1

Antwaan Randle El 6 87 14.5 27 0

Mark Bruener 4 25 6.3 8 0

Amos Zereoue 3 15 5.0 10 0

Plaxico Burress 1 11 11.0 11 0

Dan Kreider 1 9 9.0 9 0

Chris Fuamatu-Ma'afala 1 6 6.0 6 0

Terance Mathis 1 4 4.0 4 0

New England Patriots Rec Yds Avg Lg TD

Deion Branch 6 83 13.8 22t 1

Cameron Cleeland 6 40 6.7 10 0

Troy Brown 6 22 3.7 19 0

David Patten 4 70 17.5 37 0

Donald Hayes 3 54 18.0 40t 1

Christian Fauria 2 11 5.5 7 1

Marc Edwards 1 11 11.0 11 0

J.R. Redmond 1 3 3.0 3 0

Kickoff Returns

Pittsburgh Steelers Num Yds Avg FC Lg TD

Lee Mays 4 84 21.0 0 25 0

Hank Poteat 2 45 22.5 0 25 0

New England Patriots Num Yds Avg FC Lg TD

Deion Branch 2 51 25.5 0 29 0

Punt Returns

Pittsburgh Steelers Num Yds Avg FC Lg TD

Antwaan Randle El 2 9 4.5 2 9 0

New England Patriots Num Yds Avg FC Lg TD

Troy Brown 1 10 10.0 2 10 0

Punting

Pittsburgh Steelers Punts Yds Avg Lg TB In20 Blk Net OppRet RetYds

Josh Miller 5 197 39.4 54 1 1 0 33.4 1 10

New England Patriots Punts Yds Avg Lg TB In20 Blk Net OppRet RetYds

Ken Walter 5 197 39.4 42 1 1 0 33.6 2 9

Defense

Pittsburgh Steelers Ints Yds Avg Lg TD Sacks Loss

Kimo von Oelhoffen 0 0 0.0 0 0 1.5 12.5

Clark Haggans 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.5 1.5

New England Patriots Ints Yds Avg Lg TD Sacks Loss

Terrell Buckley 2 4 2.0 6 0 0.0 0.0

Mike Vrabel 1 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 0.0

Ty Law 0 0 0.0 0 0 1.0 5.0

Willie McGinest 0 0 0.0 0 0 1.0 9.0

Richard Seymour 0 0 0.0 0 0 1.0 10.0

Jarvis Green 0 0 0.0 0 0 1.0 13.0

Tedy Bruschi 0 0 0.0 0 0 1.0 1.0

2002 NFL Scoreboard
Week 1

Thu, Sep 5, 2002

San Francisco
NY Giants 16
13 Final

Sun, Sep 8, 2002

San Diego
Cincinnati 34
6 Final

Baltimore
Carolina 7
10 Final

NY Jets
Buffalo 37
31 F/OT

Minnesota
Chicago 23
27 Final

Kansas City
Cleveland 40
39 Final

Arizona
Washington 23
31 Final

Philadelphia
Tennessee 24
27 Final

Detroit
Miami 21
49 Final

Indianapolis
Jacksonville 28
25 Final

Atlanta
Green Bay 34
37 F/OT

New Orleans
Tampa Bay 26
20 F/OT

Seattle
Oakland 17
31 Final

St. Louis
Denver 16
23 Final

Dallas
Houston 10
19 Final

Mon, Sep 9, 2002

Pittsburgh
New England 14
30 Final

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