Week 2, 2028

played in New York, NY

73 degrees, rain, 10 mph wind

Pittsburgh Steelers	3	6	3	6	-	18
New York Giants	3	0	7	3	-	13

Scoring Summary
1Q: 11:43 NYG - Leland Svitak 39 field goal
1Q: 05:20 PIT - Bert Johnson 36 field goal
2Q: 09:27 PIT - Bert Johnson 25 field goal
2Q: 00:58 PIT - Bert Johnson 23 field goal
3Q: 08:53 PIT - Bert Johnson 27 field goal
3Q: 06:06 NYG - Troy Norton 48 pass from Bill Walker (Leland Svitak extra point)
4Q: 15:00 PIT - Bert Johnson 28 field goal
4Q: 05:07 NYG - Leland Svitak 29 field goal
4Q: 01:24 PIT - Bert Johnson 22 field goal

Scoring Summary
1Q: 11:43 NYG - Leland Svitak 39 field goal
1Q: 05:20 PIT - Bert Johnson 36 field goal
2Q: 09:27 PIT - Bert Johnson 25 field goal
2Q: 00:58 PIT - Bert Johnson 23 field goal
3Q: 08:53 PIT - Bert Johnson 27 field goal
3Q: 06:06 NYG - Troy Norton 48 pass from Bill Walker (Leland Svitak extra point)
4Q: 15:00 PIT - Bert Johnson 28 field goal
4Q: 05:07 NYG - Leland Svitak 29 field goal
4Q: 01:24 PIT - Bert Johnson 22 field goal

Team Statistics PIT NYG
Record 2-0 0-2
First Downs 23 14
- by Rushing 13 4
- by Passing 8 8
- by Penalty 2 2
Total Net Yards 358 295
- Offensive Plays 70 48
- Yards per Play 5.11 6.15
Net Rushing Yards 224 80
- Rushing Attempts 44 16
- Yards per Rush 5.09 5.00
Net Passing Yards 134 215
- Att./Comp./Intrcpt 24 - 17 - 0 30 - 18 - 2
- Gross Passing Yards 146 225
- Sacks/Yards Lost 2/12 2/10
- Yards per Pass Play 5.15 6.72
Fumbles/Lost 3/0 1/0
3rd Down Conversions 5/13 4/12
- Avg. YtG on 3rd Down 6.6 7.2
4th Down Conversions 0/0 0/1
Penalties/Yards 2/20 7/43
Punt Returns/Yards 3/22 0/0
Kick Returns/Yards 3/68 5/123
Interception Ret./Yards 2/40 0/0
2pt Conversions 0/0 0/0
Red Zone Visits 6 2
- Red Zone TDs/FGs 0/6 0/2
Avg. Drive Start OWN 37 OWN 24
Time of Possession 37:39 22:21

Team Statistics	PIT	NYG
Record	2-0	0-2
First Downs	23	14
- by Rushing	13	4
- by Passing	8	8
- by Penalty	2	2
Total Net Yards	358	295
- Offensive Plays	70	48
- Yards per Play	5.11	6.15
Net Rushing Yards	224	80
- Rushing Attempts	44	16
- Yards per Rush	5.09	5.00
Net Passing Yards	134	215
- Att./Comp./Intrcpt	24 - 17 - 0	30 - 18 - 2
- Gross Passing Yards	146	225
- Sacks/Yards Lost	2/12	2/10
- Yards per Pass Play	5.15	6.72
Fumbles/Lost	3/0	1/0
3rd Down Conversions	5/13	4/12
- Avg. YtG on 3rd Down	6.6	7.2
4th Down Conversions	0/0	0/1
Penalties/Yards	2/20	7/43
Punt Returns/Yards	3/22	0/0
Kick Returns/Yards	3/68	5/123
Interception Ret./Yards	2/40	0/0
2pt Conversions	0/0	0/0
Red Zone Visits	6	2
- Red Zone TDs/FGs	0/6	0/2
Avg. Drive Start	OWN 37	OWN 24
Time of Possession	37:39	22:21

Drive Charts

Pittsburgh Steelers
Quar	Began	Poss	From	Plays	Yards	Result
1	11:38	6:23	OWN 20	11	61	Field Goal
1	3:53	0:54	OPP 44	3	-4	Punt
2	14:45	5:25	OWN 30	9	62	Field Goal
2	6:41	5:51	OWN 8	14	86	Field Goal
3	15:00	6:15	OWN 33	11	57	Field Goal
3	5:49	5:54	OWN 25	9	64	Field Goal
4	10:34	2:00	OPP 41	3	2	Punt
4	5:02	3:43	OWN 40	9	55	Field Goal
4	0:24	0:24	OPP 30	1	-2	Game

New York Giants
Quar	Began	Poss	From	Plays	Yards	Result
1	15:00	3:22	OWN 20	6	58	Field Goal
1	5:15	1:22	OWN 24	3	1	Interception
1	2:59	3:14	OWN 5	6	21	Punt
2	9:20	2:39	OWN 34	5	27	Punt
2	0:50	0:50	OWN 20	3	11	Punt
3	8:45	2:56	OWN 43	6	57	Touchdown
4	14:55	4:21	OWN 30	8	44	Interception
4	8:34	3:32	OWN 20	8	68	Field Goal
4	1:19	0:55	OWN 22	4	8	Downs

Game MVP: Bert Johnson, Pittsburgh Steelers

Rushing Statistics

Pittsburgh	Att	Yards	Avg	LG	10+
Bruce Carlisle	22	64	2.91	14	1
Ernest Hancock	17	136	8.00	40	3
C.J. Watkins	5	24	4.80	19	1

New York	Att	Yards	Avg	LG	10+
Ronnie Ascencao	11	72	6.55	35	2
Dale Dennis	4	7	1.75	4	0
Bill Walker	1	1	1.00	1	0

Passing Statistics

Pittsburgh	Att	Comp	Yards	Sk/Yd	TD	LG	Int	Rate
C.J. Watkins	24	17	146	2/12	0	18	0	86.4

New York	Att	Comp	Yards	Sk/Yd	TD	LG	Int	Rate
Bill Walker	30	18	225	2/10	1	48	2	66.7

Receiving Statistics

Pittsburgh	Catch	Targ	Yards	Avg	YAC	LG
WR Sherman Cooper	6	7	49	8.17	2	15
WR Darren Patchet	3	5	42	14.00	8	18
TE Dexter Sobien	2	2	9	4.50	1	10
TE Kirk Kerr	2	2	14	7.00	1	14
FB Marty Douglas	2	2	17	8.50	2	15
WR Lamont Monroe	2	2	15	7.50	2	8
RB Bruce Carlisle	0	1	0	0.00	0	0
WR David Brown	0	3	0	0.00	0	0

New York	Catch	Targ	Yards	Avg	YAC	LG	TD
RB Ronnie Ascencao	4	4	32	8.00	8	13	0
WR Troy Norton	3	5	96	32.00	63	48	1
WR Leon Gilmore	3	6	36	12.00	1	17	0
WR Sean Fink	3	6	32	10.67	13	19	0
FB Rob Spadaford	2	2	10	5.00	5	6	0
TE Harvey Grange	2	2	20	10.00	2	13	0
RB Dale Dennis	1	1	-1	-1.00	0	-1	0
TE Conrad Mayes	0	1	0	0.00	0	0	0
WR Percy McCarthy	0	2	0	0.00	0	0	0

Interception Statistics

Pittsburgh	Ints	Yards	Avg	TD
OLB Bernard Gott	1	40	40.00	0
S Preston Cote	1	0	0.00	0

New York	Ints	Yards	Avg	TD

Fumble Statistics

Pittsburgh	Fumb	Recov	Force
Preston Cote	1	0	1
Sherman Cooper	1	0	0
C.J. Watkins	1	0	0
Dexter Sobien	0	2	0
Bernard Gott	0	1	0

New York	Fumb	Recov	Force
Ronnie Ascencao	1	0	0
Bill Walker	0	1	0
Troy Norton	0	0	1
Reuben Warren	0	0	1
Ian Gerhardt	0	0	1

Punting Statistics

Pittsburgh	Punt	Yards	Avg	Net	LG	In20
Terrell Blades	2	81	40.5	30.5	42	1

New York	Punt	Yards	Avg	Net	LG	In20
Hugh Levesque	3	134	44.7	37.3	49	1

Kicking Statistics

Pittsburgh	FGs	40+Yd	50+Yd	LG	PAT
Bert Johnson	6/6	0/0	0/0	36	0/0

New York	FGs	40+Yd	50+Yd	LG	PAT
Leland Svitak	2/2	0/0	0/0	39	1/1

Punt Return Statistics

Pittsburgh	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Preston Cote	3	22	7.3	0

New York	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD

Kick Return Statistics

Pittsburgh	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Lamont Monroe	2	50	25.0	0
Darren Patchet	1	18	18.0	0

New York	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Alonzo Lyon	4	101	25.3	0
Reuben Warren	1	22	22.0	0

Defensive Statistics

Pittsburgh	Tack	Asst	Sack	RPlay	PPlay
S Preston Cote	6	2	0.0	16	31
OLB Bernard Gott	4	2	0.0	13	16
S Cole Sanders	4	0	0.0	13	20
DE Edward Arnold	3	1	1.0	12	24
CB Leonard Hilliard	3	2	0.0	11	30
DT Andrew Toscano	3	1	0.0	9	8
CB Carl Watson	3	1	0.0	12	30
DT Rickey Wolf	2	1	1.0	14	27
DE Lance Garrison	2	1	0.0	12	23
ILB Pat Gelbart	1	0	0.0	4	6
S Norman Barker	1	0	0.0	0	15
CB Darnell Carr	1	0	0.0	7	11
S Brock Marshall	1	0	0.0	2	12
OLB Terrance Alston	1	0	0.0	5	16
ILB Floyd Footman	0	4	0.0	13	23
DT Rodney Washington	0	1	0.0	8	10
CB Bart McKnight	0	1	0.0	2	1

New York	Tack	Asst	Sack	RPlay	PPlay
ILB Floyd Juarez	7	0	0.0	41	26
S Horace Tygart	6	2	0.0	37	18
CB Shaun Perry	6	1	0.0	41	21
CB Reuben Warren	5	1	0.0	22	22
OLB Marco Fisk	4	1	0.5	30	21
S Preston Cain	4	2	0.0	13	6
OLB Barry Stanton	4	2	0.0	16	6
CB Glen James	4	1	0.0	38	23
OLB Rusty Kennedy	4	0	0.0	31	20
DT Kent Mills	3	2	1.0	24	20
S Bo Hickey	3	0	0.0	29	23
CB Lester Noetzel	2	2	0.5	9	9
DE Ron Nord	2	1	0.0	31	20
DE Phillip Patrizio	2	0	0.0	29	17
DE Matthew Marchand	2	0	0.0	13	6
DE Ian Gerhardt	2	0	0.0	15	9
OLB Ellis Coleman	1	1	0.0	17	3
ILB Maurice Kloosterman	1	1	0.0	17	2
S Ben Money	1	0	0.0	7	8
WR Percy McCarthy	1	0	---	---	---
WR Sean Fink	1	0	---	---	---
DT Blaine Buckner	0	2	0.0	23	6

Pass Rush Statistics

Pittsburgh	Sack	Block	Hurry	Knock	PPlay
DE Edward Arnold	1.0	0	1	0	24
DT Rickey Wolf	1.0	0	0	0	27
DE Lance Garrison	0.0	1	0	1	23

New York	Sack	Block	Hurry	Knock	PPlay
DT Kent Mills	1.0	1	0	0	20
OLB Marco Fisk	0.5	0	0	0	21
CB Lester Noetzel	0.5	0	0	0	9
DE Phillip Patrizio	0.0	0	1	0	17
DE Matthew Marchand	0.0	0	0	1	6

Pass Defense Statistics

Pittsburgh	Caught	Defnsd	Intrcp	PPlay
OLB Bernard Gott	3	0	1	16
CB Leonard Hilliard	3	0	0	30
S Preston Cote	2	1	1	31
CB Carl Watson	2	0	0	30
CB Darnell Carr	2	0	0	11
S Cole Sanders	2	0	0	20
S Norman Barker	1	1	0	15
DE Edward Arnold	1	0	0	24
S Brock Marshall	1	0	0	12
OLB Terrance Alston	1	0	0	16
ILB Floyd Footman	0	1	0	23

New York	Caught	Defnsd	PPlay
CB Shaun Perry	4	2	21
S Horace Tygart	3	0	18
CB Reuben Warren	3	0	22
S Preston Cain	2	0	6
S Bo Hickey	2	0	23
CB Glen James	1	0	23
CB Lester Noetzel	1	0	9
ILB Floyd Juarez	1	0	26

Blocking Statistics

Pittsburgh	KeyBl	BlOpp	RPly	SckA	PPly
Dusty Glenn	4	11	38	0	24
Pat Carlisle	4	7	38	1	22
Mike Emerson	2	9	42	0	24
Trevor Carpenter	1	5	39	0	24
Randal Moffitt	1	2	10	0	8
Dexter Sobien	1	1	34	0	16
Marty Douglas	1	1	26	0	11
Frank Fairley	1	1	10	0	6
Terrell Kelley	1	1	2	0	2
Kendall Starks	0	3	41	1	20

New York	KeyBl	BlOpp	RPly	SckA	PPly
Steve Jordan	2	2	6	0	16
Dustin Ellis	1	3	15	0	32
Lincoln Wolf	1	1	4	0	6
Teddy Monroe	0	5	15	1	28
Burt Allison	0	2	11	0	20
Rob Spadaford	0	1	9	0	21
Clay Garrison	0	1	14	0	26
Kevin Spencer	0	0	12	1	26

Special Teams Statistics

Pittsburgh	Tackles	STPlays
Darren Patchet	2	17
Norman Barker	2	15
Ty Shields	1	11
Grady Prior	0	22
David Brown	0	17
Bert Johnson	0	13
Kirk Kerr	0	13
Marty Douglas	0	12
Pat Gelbart	0	10
Dexter Sobien	0	10
Bart McKnight	0	10
Randal Moffitt	0	8
Terrell Blades	0	8
Dusty Glenn	0	8
Frank Fairley	0	8
Terrell Kelley	0	8
Carl Watson	0	7
Edward Arnold	0	6
Brock Marshall	0	6
Ernest Hancock	0	6
Terrance Alston	0	6
Preston Cote	0	5
Bobby Austin	0	5
Raymond Franz	0	4
Cole Sanders	0	4
Lamont Monroe	0	4
Leonard Hilliard	0	3
Roger Pritchett	0	3
Bruce Carlisle	0	2
Rodney Washington	0	2
Darnell Carr	0	2
Trevor Carpenter	0	2
Bernard Gott	0	2
Rickey Wolf	0	1
Kendall Starks	0	1
Gene McKenzie	0	1
Jackie Aguirre	0	1
Floyd Footman	0	1

New York	Tackles	STPlays
Troy Norton	3	16
Bo Hickey	1	19
Rob Spadaford	1	12
Steve Jordan	1	5
Dale Dennis	0	17
Conrad Mayes	0	15
Reuben Warren	0	14
Rusty Kennedy	0	14
Alonzo Lyon	0	13
Percy McCarthy	0	11
Lester Noetzel	0	10
Barry Stanton	0	9
Shaun Perry	0	7
Harvey Grange	0	7
Ron Nord	0	6
Marco Fisk	0	6
Floyd Juarez	0	6
Leland Svitak	0	6
Ian Gerhardt	0	6
Horace Tygart	0	5
Glen James	0	5
Ben Money	0	5
B.J. Givens	0	5
Lincoln Wolf	0	5
Byron Hickman	0	5
Phillip Patrizio	0	4
Kent Mills	0	4
Maurice Kloosterman	0	4
Burt Allison	0	4
Ellis Coleman	0	3
Preston Cain	0	3
Hugh Levesque	0	3
Leon Gilmore	0	2
Blaine Buckner	0	2
Leon Kell	0	2
Chuck Franco	0	2
Clay Garrison	0	1
Ronnie Ascencao	0	1

Directional Rushing Statistics

Distance	Att	Yards	Avg
Left	14	99	7.1
Middle	15	77	5.1
Right	14	50	3.6
None	1	-2	-2.0

Distance	Att	Yards	Avg
Left	3	16	5.3
Middle	7	25	3.6
Right	6	39	6.5
None	0	0	0.0

Detailed Passing Statistics

Pittsburgh	Att	Cmp	20+	BdTh	Drop	Dfns	Hurr	Knck	Intc
C.J. Watkins	24	17	0	0	3	2	1	1	0

New York	Att	Cmp	20+	BdTh	Drop	Dfns	Hurr	Knck	Intc
Bill Walker	30	18	2	4	0	3	1	1	2

Directional Passing Statistics

Distance	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg
Screen	1	1	0	0.0
Short (0-8 Yds)	11	8	44	4.0
Medium (9-18 Yds)	11	8	102	9.3
Long (19+ Yds)	1	0	0	0.0

Distance	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg
Screen	5	5	49	9.8
Short (0-8 Yds)	13	8	68	5.2
Medium (9-18 Yds)	8	4	60	7.5
Long (19+ Yds)	3	1	48	16.0

Detailed Receiving Statistics

Pittsburgh	Targt	Caugt	Dropd	Yards	PPlay
WR Sherman Cooper	7	6	1	49	17
WR Darren Patchet	5	3	0	42	17
WR David Brown	3	0	2	0	8
TE Dexter Sobien	2	2	0	9	16
TE Kirk Kerr	2	2	0	14	15
FB Marty Douglas	2	2	0	17	11
WR Lamont Monroe	2	2	0	15	15
RB Bruce Carlisle	1	0	0	0	17

New York	Targt	Caugt	Yards	20+	PPlay
WR Leon Gilmore	6	3	36	0	24
WR Sean Fink	6	3	32	0	16
WR Troy Norton	5	3	96	2	17
RB Ronnie Ascencao	4	4	32	0	23
FB Rob Spadaford	2	2	10	0	21
TE Harvey Grange	2	2	20	0	16
WR Percy McCarthy	2	0	0	0	20
TE Conrad Mayes	1	0	0	0	9
RB Dale Dennis	1	1	-1	0	8

Red-Zone Rushing Statistics

Pittsburgh	Att	Yards	Avg	Overall Avg
Ernest Hancock	7	13	1.86	8.00
Bruce Carlisle	6	3	0.50	2.91

New York	Att	Yards	Avg	Overall Avg
Ronnie Ascencao	1	3	3.00	6.55

Red-Zone Passing Statistics

Pittsburgh	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg/Att	Overall Avg
C.J. Watkins	4	2	8	2.00	6.08

New York	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg/Att	Overall Avg
Bill Walker	2	0	0	0.00	7.50

Red-Zone Receiving Statistics

Pittsburgh	Target	Catch	Yards	Avg/Targ	Overall Avg
WR Darren Patchet	1	0	0	0.00	8.40
TE Kirk Kerr	1	1	0	0.00	7.00
WR Sherman Cooper	1	0	0	0.00	7.00
WR Lamont Monroe	1	1	8	8.00	7.50

New York	Target	Catch	Yards	Avg/Targ	Overall Avg
WR Troy Norton	1	0	0	0.00	19.20
TE Conrad Mayes	1	0	0	0.00	0.00

Third Down Rushing Statistics

Pittsburgh	Rushes	Conversions
Ernest Hancock	4	2
Bruce Carlisle	2	1

New York	Rushes	Conversions
Ronnie Ascencao	2	1

Third Down Passing Statistics

Pittsburgh	Att	Comp	Conversions
C.J. Watkins	7	6	2

New York	Att	Comp	Conversions
Bill Walker	10	3	3

Third Down Receiving Statistics

Pittsburgh	Targ	Catch	Conversions
WR Darren Patchet	2	1	1
TE Dexter Sobien	2	2	1
TE Kirk Kerr	1	1	0
WR Sherman Cooper	1	1	0
WR Lamont Monroe	1	1	0

New York	Targ	Catch	Conversions
WR Troy Norton	3	2	2
WR Leon Gilmore	3	1	1
WR Sean Fink	2	0	0
WR Percy McCarthy	1	0	0

Section Attendance
Stadium 45,000 (79,700 capacity)
Upper Deck 17,000 (28,000)
End Zone 12,300 (20,300)
Mezzanine 7,100 (11,700)
Sideline Seats 8,000 (17,900)
Luxury Boxes 600 (1,800)

Section	Attendance
Stadium	45,000 (79,700 capacity)
Upper Deck	17,000 (28,000)
End Zone	12,300 (20,300)
Mezzanine	7,100 (11,700)
Sideline Seats	8,000 (17,900)
Luxury Boxes	600 (1,800)