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www.steelers.com Pittsburgh Steelers 2014 Schedule Preseason (1-3) Saturday, Aug. 9 at N.Y. Giants L, 20-16 (KDKA) Saturday, Aug. 16 BUFFALO W, 19-16 (KDKA) Thursday, Aug. 21 at Philadelphia L, 31-21 (KDKA) Thursday, Aug. 28 CAROLINA L, 10-0 (KDKA) Regular Season (3-2) Sunday, Sept. 7 CLEVELAND W, 30-27 (CBS) Thursday, Sept. 11 at Baltimore L, 26-6 (CBS) Sunday, Sept. 21 at Carolina W, 37-19 (NBC) Sunday, Sept. 28 TAMPA BAY L, 27-24 (FOX) Sunday, Oct. 5 at Jacksonville W, 17-9 (CBS) Sunday, Oct. 12 at Cleveland 1 p.m. (CBS) Monday, Oct. 20 HOUSTON 8:30 p.m. (ESPN) Sunday, Oct. 26 INDIANAPOLIS* 4:25 p.m. (CBS) Sunday, Nov. 2 BALTIMORE* 8:30 p.m. (NBC) Sunday, Nov. 9 at N.Y. Jets* 1 p.m. (CBS) Monday, Nov. 17 at Tennessee 8:30 p.m. (ESPN) Sunday, Nov. 23 BYE WEEK Sunday, Nov. 30 NEW ORLEANS* 1 p.m. (FOX) Sunday, Dec. 7 at Cincinnati* 1 p.m. (CBS) Sunday, Dec. 14 at Atlanta* 1 p.m. (CBS) Sunday, Dec. 21 KANSAS CITY* 1 p.m. (CBS) Sunday, Dec. 28 CINCINNATI* 1 p.m. (CBS) * Times and TV Network may change due to NFL flexible scheduling Postseason Sat.-Sun., Jan. 3-4 Wild Card Weekend (CBS, ESPN, FOX, NBC) Sat.-Sun., Jan. 10-11 Divisional Playoff Games (CBS, FOX, NBC) Sunday, Jan. 18 Conference Championships (CBS & FOX) Sunday, Jan. 25 AFC-NFC Pro Bowl (Glendale, Ariz.) (NBC) Sunday, Feb. 1 Super Bowl XLIX (Glendale, Ariz.) (NBC) NOTE: All times are Eastern. Home games in Bold/CAPS. Game #6 Pittsburgh Steelers (3-2) at Cleveland Browns (2-2) Date: Sunday, Oct. 12, 2014 Kickoff: 1 p.m., ET Site: FirstEnergy Stadium (73,200) • Cleveland, Ohio Playing Surface: Grass TV Coverage: CBS (locally KDKA-TV, channel 2) Announcers: Greg Gumbel (play-by-play) Trent Green (color analyst) Evan Washburn (sideline) Local Radio: Steelers Radio Network WDVE-FM (102.5)/WBGG-AM (970) Announcers: Bill Hillgrove (play-by-play) Tunch Ilkin (color analyst) Craig Wolfley (sideline) A Look at the Coaches: Pittsburgh Steelers Head Coach Mike Tomlin Overall regular-season record: 74-43 (.632)/eighth season Regular-season record at Pittsburgh: 74-43 (.632)/eighth season Playoff Record/Years: 5-3/four years Cleveland Browns Head Coach Mike Pettine Overall regular-season record: 2-2 (.500)/first season Regular-season record at Cleveland: 2-2 (.500)/first season Playoff Record/Years: n/a www.steelers.com For all of the most up-to-date information on the Pittsburgh Steelers, visit the team’s official web site at www.steelers.com. Updated daily, the web site has the most extensive information on upcoming games and the most comprehensive news on the Steelers. Pittsburgh Steelers (3-2) at Cleveland Browns (2-2) Sunday, Oct. 12, 2014 1 p.m. (ET) FirstEnergy Stadium Cleveland, Ohio Game # 6

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Pittsburgh Steelers 2014 SchedulePreseason (1-3)

Saturday, Aug. 9 at N.Y. Giants L, 20-16 (KDKA)Saturday, Aug. 16 BUFFALO W, 19-16 (KDKA)Thursday, Aug. 21 at Philadelphia L, 31-21 (KDKA)Thursday, Aug. 28 CAROLINA L, 10-0 (KDKA)

Regular Season (3-2)Sunday, Sept. 7 CLEVELAND W, 30-27 (CBS)Thursday, Sept. 11 at Baltimore L, 26-6 (CBS)Sunday, Sept. 21 at Carolina W, 37-19 (NBC)Sunday, Sept. 28 TAMPA BAY L, 27-24 (FOX)Sunday, Oct. 5 at Jacksonville W, 17-9 (CBS)Sunday, Oct. 12 at Cleveland 1 p.m. (CBS)Monday, Oct. 20 HOUSTON 8:30 p.m. (ESPN)Sunday, Oct. 26 INDIANAPOLIS* 4:25 p.m. (CBS)Sunday, Nov. 2 BALTIMORE* 8:30 p.m. (NBC)Sunday, Nov. 9 at N.Y. Jets* 1 p.m. (CBS)Monday, Nov. 17 at Tennessee 8:30 p.m. (ESPN)Sunday, Nov. 23 BYE WEEKSunday, Nov. 30 NEW ORLEANS* 1 p.m. (FOX)Sunday, Dec. 7 at Cincinnati* 1 p.m. (CBS)Sunday, Dec. 14 at Atlanta* 1 p.m. (CBS)Sunday, Dec. 21 KANSAS CITY* 1 p.m. (CBS) Sunday, Dec. 28 CINCINNATI* 1 p.m. (CBS)

* Times and TV Network may change due to NFL fl exible scheduling

Postseason

Sat.-Sun., Jan. 3-4 Wild Card Weekend (CBS, ESPN, FOX, NBC)Sat.-Sun., Jan. 10-11 Divisional Playoff Games (CBS, FOX, NBC)Sunday, Jan. 18 Conference Championships (CBS & FOX)Sunday, Jan. 25 AFC-NFC Pro Bowl (Glendale, Ariz.) (NBC)Sunday, Feb. 1 Super Bowl XLIX (Glendale, Ariz.) (NBC)

NOTE: All times are Eastern.Home games in Bold/CAPS.

Game #6Pittsburgh Steelers (3-2) at Cleveland Browns (2-2)Date: Sunday, Oct. 12, 2014

Kickoff: 1 p.m., ET

Site: FirstEnergy Stadium (73,200) • Cleveland, Ohio

Playing Surface: Grass

TV Coverage: CBS (locally KDKA-TV, channel 2)

Announcers: Greg Gumbel (play-by-play)Trent Green (color analyst)Evan Washburn (sideline)

Local Radio: Steelers Radio NetworkWDVE-FM (102.5)/WBGG-AM (970)

Announcers: Bill Hillgrove (play-by-play)Tunch Ilkin (color analyst)Craig Wolfl ey (sideline)

A Look at the Coaches:Pittsburgh Steelers Head Coach Mike TomlinOverall regular-season record: 74-43 (.632)/eighth seasonRegular-season record at Pittsburgh: 74-43 (.632)/eighth seasonPlayoff Record/Years: 5-3/four years

Cleveland Browns Head Coach Mike PettineOverall regular-season record: 2-2 (.500)/fi rst seasonRegular-season record at Cleveland: 2-2 (.500)/fi rst seasonPlayoff Record/Years: n/a

www.steelers.comFor all of the most up-to-date information on the Pittsburgh Steelers, visit the team’s offi cial web site at www.steelers.com. Updated daily, the web site has the most extensive information on upcoming games and the most comprehensive news on the Steelers.

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Cleveland Browns (2-2)Sunday, Oct. 12, 2014 • 1 p.m. (ET)

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STEELERS NATION HD RADIO Steelers Nation Radio is a 24-hour/day HD radio station dedicated specifi cally to the Pittsburgh Steelers.

It can be heard on www.steelers.com, the Steelers Gameday Plus app or the iheart app on your smartphone (under the heading of Black and Gold Radio), and at 102.5 WDVE HD2.

A daily schedule of what is on Steelers Nation HD Radio is available at www.facebook.com/steelersnationradio.

MEDIA NOTES Weekly Press Conference: Steelers’ Head Coach Mike Tomlin will conduct a press conference on Tuesday, Oct. 7, at Noon in the Steelers’ press conference room LIVE on ROOT Sports.

Offi cial Steelers Website: Media and fans can read about the latest Steelers news on the offi cial Steelers website. The site, www.steelers.com, features breaking news, statistics, player biographies and much more.

Media-Only Section of www.steelers.com The Steelers Media Relations Department offers a “Media-Only” section on steelers.com. To sign up for this service, go to http://www.steelers.com/mediarelations/ and register as a new user below the left hand navigation bar. Then follow the instructions on the Media Relations page and once your registration is approved, you will receive an email and can access all information. If you have any questions or problems, please email [email protected].

NFLmedia.com: Journalists worldwide have access to the dedicated media website featuring news from the NFL and its teams. Daily releases, statistics, domestic and international NFL updates and other information about the NFL are available. The site also provides links to other NFL and individual team sites.

THIS WEEK’S SCHEDULE (SUBJECT TO CHANGE)Saturday, Oct. 11• No media availibility

Friday, Oct. 10

• Practice 10:45 a.m. - Noon

• Open locker room Noon - 12:30 p.m.

Sunday, Oct. 12 Monday, Oct. 13Wednesday, Oct. 8• TBA• Coach Tomlin Press

Conference: NoonLive on ROOT Sports

• No player availability - players

day off

• Open locker room 12:30 - 1 p.m.

• Practice 1:15 - 3:15 p.m.

• Coach Tomlin available upon request

after practice

• Open locker room 3:15 - 3:45 p.m.

Tuesday, Oct. 7 Thursday, Oct. 9• Open locker room 12:15 - 12:45 p.m.

• Practice 1 - 3 p.m.

• Coach Tomlin available upon request

after practice

• Coordinators available coming off the fi eld after

practice

• Open locker room 3 - 3:30 p.m.

1 p.m. (ET)Road Game

atCleveland

(FirstEnergy Stadium)

CBS(locally KDKA-TV,

channel 2)

For the 16th consecutive year, WDVE-FM (102.5) and WBGG-AM (970) are carrying all Steelers games. Additionally, Steelers games can be heard on a 47-station network spanning Pennsylvania, West Virginia, Ohio and Maryland. All Steelers’ games will be broadcast in Spanish on steelers.com. For the 20th straight season, Bill Hillgrove serves as the “Voice of the Steelers” and handles play-by-play duties for the broadcast. Joining Hillgrove for his 16th season as an expert analyst is Tunch Ilkin, the former Steelers All-Pro offensive tackle. Joining the team for his 12th season is former Steeler offensive lineman Craig Wolfl ey, who provides sideline analysis. Fans in Mexico can also listen to Steelers broadcasts on Grupo Imagen and games are heard on www.steelers.com/espanol.

Stations on the Steelers Radio Network include:

FLAGSHIP STATIONS (2)WDVE-FM (102.5)WBGG-AM (970)

STEELERS RADIO COVERAGE

PENNSYLVANIA (31)Allentown-WSAN (1470)Altoona-WVAM (1430)Altoona-WRKY (104.9)Beaver Falls-WBVP (1230)Beaver Falls-WMBA (1460)Bedford-WBVE (107.5)Bradford-WESB (1490)Butler-WISR (680)Chambersburg-WCHA (800)Clarendon-WKNB (104.3)Clarion-WCCR (92.7)Cooperstown-WUUZ (107.7)DuBois-WOWQ (102.1)Erie-WJET (1440)Gettysburg-WGET (1320)Grove City-WWGY (95.1)Harrisburg-WRVV (97.3)Homer City-WCCS (1160)Johnstown-WNTJ (1490)Latrobe-WCNS (1480)Mount Union-WHUN (106.9)Punxsutawney-WPXZ (104.1)Riverside/Selinsgrove-WVSL (92.3)Saegertown-WUUZ (94.3)Somerset-WLLI (990)State College-WRSC (103.1)Uniontown-WMBS (590)Washington-WJPA (1450)Williamsport-WCXR (93.3)Williamsport-WZXR (103.7)Wilkes-Barre-WHBS (102.3)

OHIO (3)Columbus-WTOH (98.9)Fremont-WOHF (92.1)Youngstown-WNIO (1390)MARYLAND (3)Cumberland-WTBO (1450)Frostburg-WFRB (560)Hagerstown-WHAG (1410)WEST VIRGINIA (7)Charleston-WCHS (580)Cross Lanes-WSWW (1490)Fairmont-WRLF (94.3)Fairmont-WMMN (920)New Martinsville-WXCR (92.3)St. Mary’s-WJAW (630)Wheeling-WKWK (97.3)

NEW YORK (1)Syracuse-WTLA (1200)

SOUTH CAROLINA (1)Myrtle Beach-WRXZ (107.1)

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CHUCK NOLL DAY AND DECALSteelers President Art Rooney II

announced in July on Steelers Nation Radio that the team will wear helmet decals as part of a season-long com-memoration of Chuck Noll’s coaching career. The decals, unveiled on Monday, September 1, were displayed on the team’s helmets for the fi rst time during the team’s Week One home opener against the Cleveland Browns, a date designated Chuck Noll Day as the result of bipartisan resolution introduced by Penn-sylvania’s two United States Senators – Pat Toomey (R-Pa.) and Bob Casey (D-Pa.). Noll, the only coach to win four Super Bowls (IX, X, XIII and XIV), compiled a 209-156-1 record in 23 seasons at the helm of the Pittsburgh Steelers from 1969-1991. He was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1993.

GREENE NUMBER ‘75’ TO BE RETIRED The Steelers will retire Joe Greene’s Number ‘75’ in a cer-emony on November 2, when the team hosts Baltimore at Heinz Field. Greene, the leader of the “Steel Curtain” defense during the 1970s, helped lead the team to four Su-per Bowl victories and six AFC Championship game appearances. Throughout his 13-year play-ing career, all with Pittsburgh, Greene earned All-NFL honors fi ve times and all-conference accolades 11 straight years to begin his tenure. He was twice named the NFL’s Defensive Player of the Year in 1972 and 1974. The team’s No. 1 draft pick in 1969, Greene quickly emerged in the league as he was named the NFL’s Rookie of the Year and received the fi rst of his 10 Pro Bowl selections. Greene was elected to the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1987 and has been recognized with the following honors:• All-Time NFL Team (2000)• NFL 75th Anniversary Team• Super Bowl Silver Anniversary Team• 1970s All-Decade Team Greene’s Number ‘75’ has not been issued by the Steelers since his retirement following the 1981 sea-son. He will join Ernie Stautner (No. 70) as the only play-ers in franchise history to offi cially have their number retired. After a 13-year playing career, Greene briefl y worked as a color analyst for CBS Sports before becoming the Steel-ers’ defensive line coach from 1987-91. He then went on to coach the defensive line for the Miami Dolphins (1992-95) and the Arizona Cardinals (1996-03) before retiring from coach-ing and moving into the player personnel department with the Steelers. He spent nine years as a special assistant for pro and college personnel for Pittsburgh before retiring in 2013.

The Steelers will celebrate the 40th anniversary of the team’s fi rst championship, Super Bowl IX, with a variety of events and features throughout the 2014 season. Super Bowl IX was Pittsburgh’s first title game appearence. The team captured their fi rst NFL Cham-pionship with a 16-6 victory over the Minnesota Vikings in Tulane Stadium. RB Franco Harris was named the game’s MVP with a rushing performance of 158 yards on 34 carries, establishing a new Super Bowl record. Harris gave the Steelers a 9-0 lead in the third quarter on a nine-yard rush. QB Terry Bradshaw connected with Larry Brown for a four-yard touchdown toss to seal the Steelers’ victory. Some highlights that will take place in recognition of the team’s Super Bowl IX win during the 2014 season include:

• Super Bowl IX 40th Anniversary Patch: The team will wear a special patch on their uniform against the New Orleans Saints (Nov. 30). • November 30 Halftime Ceremony: Players from the Super Bowl IX team will be recognized during a halftime ceremony of the Saints game.• Commemorative Game Ticket Logo: The Steelers printed a separate Super Bowl IX 40th Anniversary logo on game tickets for the November 30th game.• Alumni Weekend: November 29-30 will serve as the team’s annual Alumni Weekend to celebrate the team’s 40th Anniversary victory in Super Bowl IX.• Alumni Weekend Dinner Gala: On November 29, Heinz Field will host the Alumni Weekend Dinner Gala with proceeds benefi tting the UPMC Sports Medicine Concussion Program and The Cancer Caring Center. Players from the Super Bowl IX Championship team will be introduced at the event and will share their stories from the 1974 season.• 1974 Audio Replays: Replay of audio from the 1974 season and Super Bowl IX, which features Myron Cope and Jack Fleming, will be broadcast on Steelers Nation Radio on Alumni Weekend.

40TH ANNIVERSARY OF FIRST TITLE

2014 SEASON HIGHLIGHTS

2014 CAPTAINS ANNOUNCED The Steelers selected four players to serve as team captains for the 2014 season, the team announced through a vote of their team-mates for the 2014 season. QB Ben Roethlisberger will serve as the offensive captain, S Troy Polamalu will serve as the defensive captain and S Robert Golden and K Shaun Suisham will serve as the special teams captains. Roethlisberger has been selected as an offensive captain for the sixth time in his career (2008, ’09, ’11, ’12, ’13 and ‘14). This marks Golden’s, Polamalu’s and Suisham’s fi rst selections as captains.

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THE STEELERS• Pittsburgh earned its second road win of the season with a 17-9 victory at Jacksonville.• The Steelers have evened the all-time regular season series versus the Jaguars to 11-11.• Pittsburgh has now won three consecutive games versus Jacksonville.• The Steelers are 415-268-2 during the regular season since 1970.• The Steelers have held each of their last three opponents to less than 100 rushing yards – the fi rst three game stretch since 2012 (Weeks 14-16).

HEAD COACH MIKE TOMLIN• Is now 74-43 during the regular season, including 32-27 on the road.• Improved to 3-1 as the Steelers head coach against Jacksonville and 2-0 on the road.• Is now 20-7 in the month of October as the team’s head coach and 9-5 on the road in the second calendar month of the season.• Is now 56-10 when the Steelers hold a lead at halftime.

QB BEN ROETHLISBERGER• Improved to 98-49 as a starter during the regular season and 43-30 on the road.• Is now 4-2 against Jacksonville in the regular season as a starter, 3-1 on the road.• Completed 26-of-36 attempts for 273 yards with one touchdown for a passer rating of 103.1.• For the 60th time in his career during the regular season, and third time against the Jaguars in six games started, he registered a passer rating over 100.0. The Steelers are 53-7 in those games.

WR ANTONIO BROWN• Has registered at least one reception in 61 consecutive games in which he has played, including the postseason – dating back to October 3, 2010.• Totaled a team-best 84 yards on fi ve receptions. • With his fi rst reception for a 15 yard gain, became the 10th player in team history to record 4,000 receiving yards and the fourth Steeler to reach the mark within their fi rst fi ve seasons in the NFL with the franchise.• Surpassed Mike Wallace (4,042) for the ninth-most receiving yards in Steelers history.• Became the third Steeler in franchise history to eclipse 500 receiving yards through the fi rst fi ve games of a season (Mike Wallace – 2011 – 536 and John Stallworth – 1981 – 525).• Has recorded a reception of 20 or more yards in nine consecutive games dating back to Dec. 8, 2013 – the longest such streak of his NFL career and fi rst by a Steeler since Mike Wallace (12 games – Dec. 5, 2010 – Oct. 23, 2011).• Has recorded at least fi ve catches and 50 receiving yards in 21 consecutive games, dating back to Week One of the 2013 season. His streak of 21 straight games with at least fi ve receptions for 50 yards is an NFL record.

WR LANCE MOORE• Caught a pass for 26 yards – his longest reception as a Steeler.

WR DARRIUS HEYWARD-BEY• Made his fi rst catch as a Steeler on the team’s fi rst drive of the game.

FROM LAST WEEK’S GAME AT JACKSONVILLE TE HEATH MILLER

• With his first catch for a 27-yard gain, extended his consecutive games played with a catch streak to 93 – dating back to 11/3/2008 vs. Washington (including the postseason).

RB Le’VEON BELL• Led all rushers with 82 yards on 15 carries and added 36 receiving yards on fi ve receptions. • Surpassed Joe Geri (1949-50 – 1,248) for the fourth-most rushing yards by a Steeler in their fi rst two seasons in the NFL. • Has recorded the most yards from scrimmage (688) by a Steeler through the fi rst fi ve games of a season (Jerome Bettis – 1996 – 610).• Becomes the fi rst Steeler in team history to open the season with 100 yards from scrimmage in each of the fi rst fi ve games.• In each of the last six regular-season games, since Week 17 of 2013, has tallied at least 100 yards from scrimmage becoming the fi rst Steeler since Mike Wallace (2010-2011 – six games) to have a six game streak.• Recorded a run of 10 or more yards in seven straight games, dating back to Dec. 22, 2013 – the fi rst such streak by a Steeler since Rashard Mendenhall in 2009 (nine games: 10/4 – 12/6).

TE MICHAEL PALMER• Hauled in his fi rst catch of the season for a one yard touchdown, his fi rst scoring grab as a Steeler. • The touchdown catch marked the fourth of his NFL career and fi rst score since Nov. 4, 2012.

WR JUSTIN BROWN• Matched a personal best with three catches (Sept. 7, 2014) for 26 yards.

CB WILLIAM GAY• Extended his consecutive regular season games played streak to 117 – the longest active consecutive games played streak among NFL cornerbacks.

LB LAWRENCE TIMMONS• Extended his streak of consecutive regular-season games started to 58 – the longest active streak among current Steelers.

CB CORTEZ ALLEN• Recorded the second interception of the season, in back to back games, to mark the sixth pick of his NFL career. • Is the fi rst Steeler with an interception in back-to-back games since 2011 CB Ike Taylor (Weeks 12-13).• With two interceptions on the season, has matched a single-season career high established in 2012 and matched in 2013.

CB BRICE MCCAIN• Hauled in an interception – fi rst as a Steeler and sixth of NFL career – returning the ball for a 22 yard touchdown. • McCain’s interception returned for a touchdown marked the fi rst by a Steeler since Dec. 22, 2013 (Cortez Allen at Green Bay) and the second of his NFL career (10/23/2011 with Houston at Tennessee).

LB JASON WORILDS• Recorded his second sack of the season (20th of NFL career) on the Jaguars’ fi rst possession of the game.

K SHAUN SUISHAM• With his fi rst fi eld goal made, a 24-yard conversion, tied Norm Johnson (105) for the fourth-most fi eld goals made in team history.

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Series History: Series began in 1950 Overall Regular Season: Steelers lead 66-57 At Pittsburgh: Steelers lead 41-21 At Cleveland: Browns lead 36-25 Neutral Sites: n/a Streak: Steelers have won last four meetings Last Regular-Season Meeting: Sept. 7, 2014 in Pittsburgh Pittsburgh 30, Cleveland 27 Postseason Series: Steelers lead 2-0 Last Postseason Meeting: Jan. 5, 2003 in Pittsburgh Pittsburgh 36, Cleveland 33

(preseason and postseason record not included in overall series record)

The Pittsburgh Steelers and Cleveland Browns will meet for the 124th time in a regular-season series that began in 1950 on Sunday...Pittsburgh has defeated Cleveland in 14 of the previous 17 meetings in Cleveland...the Steelers will look to earn their fi fth consecutive win against the Browns on Sunday and sweep the regular season series for the 11th time since 2000.

STEELERS-BROWNS SERIES HISTORY THE LAST TIME VS. CLEVELAND

Steelers Category Browns 22.8 ..................................... Points Scored Per Game ...............................25.8 21.6 .....................................Points Allowed Per Game ..............................26.3 22.4 ....................................... First Downs Per Game .................................23.0 404.0 ......................................Total Yards Per Game ...............................387.0 137.2 ...................................Rushing Yards Per Game ............................143.3 266.8 ................................... Passing Yards Per Game .............................243.8 8.0 ....................................................Sacks By .............................................8.0 3 ................................................. Interceptions By ...........................................3 32:18 ....................................Avg. Time of Possession .............................28:31 12 .................................................. Touchdowns ............................................12 3 ............................................. Rushing Touchdowns .......................................5 7 ............................................. Passing Touchdowns .......................................6 2 ...........................................Touchdowns on Returns ....................................1 10-11 .............................................. Field Goals ............................................6-8 43.5 ............................................... Punting Avg. .........................................44.7 8.7 ..............................................Punt Return Avg. .......................................2.3 16.8 .......................................... Kickoff Return Avg.....................................21.1

2014 TEAM STATS

2014 AFC North Standings W L T Pct. Pts. Opp.Cincinnati 3 1 0 .750 97 76Pittsburgh 3 2 0 .600 114 108Baltimore 3 2 0 .600 116 80Cleveland 2 2 0 .500 103 105

This Week in the AFC North:Sunday, Oct. 12:Pittsburgh (3-2) at Cleveland (2-2), 1 p.m. (CBS, locally ch. 2)Baltimore (3-2) at Tampa Bay (1-4), 1 p.m. (CBS)Carolina (3-2) at Cincinnati (3-1), 1 pm. (FOX)

All times are Eastern.

2014 AFC NORTH STANDINGS

Pittsburgh 30, Cleveland 27Sept. 7, 2014

Heinz Field (64,598) PITTSBURGH – K Shaun Suisham connected on a 41-yard fi eld goal to give the Steelers a 30-27 victory over the Cleveland Browns in the 2014 season opener at Heinz Field. It marked the ninth time Suisham converted a game-winning fi eld goal in his career and seventh as a Steeler. Suisham booted a 36-yard fi eld goal on the Steelers’ opening drive of the contest to give the team an early 3-0 lead. Cleveland though would tie the game, 3-3, on its ensuing drive with a 39-yard fi eld goal by K Billy Cundiff. Pittsburgh though would score 24 straight points to take a commanding 27-3 lead at halftime. RB LeGarrette Blount scored on a seven-yard run late in the fi rst quarter. QB Ben Roethlisberger found WR Antonio Brown for a 35-yard touchdown early in the second quarter. Then RB Le’Veon Bell scored on a 38-yard run. Suisham capped off the half with a 34-yard fi eld goal as time expired. Like Pittsburgh, Cleveland scored 24 unanswered points to open up the second half. Rookie RB Isaiah Crowell scored on back-to-back drives, rushing into the end zone from three yards out and then 15 yards out on the following drive. Cundiff then connected on a 25-yard fi eld goal. And QB Brian Hoyer threw a nine-yard touchdown to WR Travis Benjamin to tie the game 27-27. With less than two minutes to go, the Steelers’ defense forced a three-and-out and the Browns punted to the Pittsburgh 43-yard line. Roethlisberger then led the team on a fi ve-play, 33-yard drive to set up Suisham’s game winning kick. It marked the 31st time Roethlisberger led the team on a fourth-quarter game-winning drive in the regular season for his career. He fi nished the game with 365 passing yards, marking the 29th time he eclipsed the 300-yard mark in the regular season. For the fi fth time since 1991, the Steelers generated 300 or more total net yards in the fi rst half (364) and for the fi rst time since the 2009 season the team recorded 490 or more total net yards in a single game (490).

GAME SUMMARY

BROWNS (0-1) 3 0 14 10 27STEELERS (1-0) 10 17 0 3 30

TEAM Q TIME PLAY DRIVE SCOREPIT 1 9:58 Suisham 36 yd. fi eld goal 9-62; 5:02 0-3CLE 1 5:39 Cundiff 39 yd. fi eld goal 8-54; 4:19 3-3PIT 1 0:50 Blount 7 yd. run (Suisham kick) 9-80; 4:49 3-10PIT 2 9:49 Brown 35 yd. pass from Roethlisberger (Suisham kick) 6-89; 3:12 3-17PIT 2 7:43 Bell 38 yd. run (Suisham kick) 2-50; 0:48 3-24PIT 2 0:00 Suisham 34 yd. fi eld goal 10-64; 1:44 3-27CLE 3 13:27 Crowell 3 yd. run (Cundiff kick) 6-80; 1:33 10-27CLE 3 9:05 Crowell 15 yd. run (Cundiff kick) 6-59; 2:31 17-27CLE 4 14:57 Cundiff 25 yd. fi eld goal 12-75; 4:45 20-27CLE 4 11:15 Benjamin 9 yd. pass from Hoyer (Cundiff kick) 7-51; 2:35 27-27PIT 4 0:00 Suisham 41 yd. fi eld goal 5-33; 0:47 27-30

INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING: Cle. – West 16-100; Tate 6-41; Crowell 5-32, 2TD; Benjamin 1-10; Gabriel 1-8; Agnew 1-2; Hoyer 1-(-2). Pit. – Bell 21-109, 1TD; Roethlisberger 2-8; Blount 4-6, 1TD; Archer 1-4. PASSING: Cle. – Hoyer 30-18-222 1TD. Pit. – Roethlisberger 23-23-365, 1TD, 1INT; Golden 1-1-25. RECEIVING: Cle. – Hawkins 8-87; Cameron 2-47; Dray 2-30; Austin 2-20; Benjamin 2-20, 1TD; Barnidge 1-13; Gabriel 1-5. Pit. – Wheaton 6-97; Bell 6-88; A. Brown 5-116, 1TD; J. Brown 3-38; Miller 3-26; Blake 1-25.

TEAM STATISTICS Browns Steelers1st Downs 23 243rd Downs 2-11 (18%) 4-12 (33%)4th Downs 0-0 (0%) 1-1 (100%)Total Net Yards 389 490Plays-Avg. 64-6.1 67-7.3Rushing Yards 191 127Rush Att.-Avg. 30-6.1 28-4.5Passing Yards 206 363Att.-Comp.-Int. 31-19-0 35-24-1Sacks By 3-24 3-24Punts-Avg. 7-44.9 6-43.7Penalties 8-55 11-96Fumbles-Lost 0-0 1-0

Time of Poss. 27:33 32:27

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Steelers in Bold; Browns in Bold ItalicFormer Steelers/Browns• Steelers DC Dick LeBeau played collegiately at Ohio State and wasselected by the Browns in the fi fth round (58th overall) of the 1959 NFL Draft.• Steelers QB Bruce Gradkowski played for the Browns in 2008.• Pittsburgh Asst. HC/DL coach John Mitchell was the DL coach in Cleveland for three seasons (1991-93). • Steelers LB coach Keith Butler held the same position with the Browns for four years (1999-2002). • Pittsburgh WR coach Richard Mann was on the Cleveland coaching staff for nine seasons (1985-93). • Cleveland Owner Jimmy Haslam was a part owner of the Steelersfrom 2008-12. • Browns QB Brian Hoyer was a member of the Steelers roster for a portion of the 2012 season. Area Connections • Pittsburgh QB coach Randy Fichtner is a native of Cleveland.• The Browns have four coaches who spent time on the University of Pittsburgh coaching staff in HC Mike Pettine (1993-94), TE coach Brian Angelichio (2006-10), LB coach Chuck Driesbach (1993-96) and secondary coach Jeff Hafl ey (2006-10). • Cleveland has two former Pittsburgh Panthers on their roster: LB Jabaal Sheard and DB K’Waun Williams. NFL Connections • Steelers HC Mike Tomlin, WR coach Richard Mann and conditioning coordinator Garrett Giemont were on the Tampa Bay coaching staff from 2004-05 with Browns OC Kyle Shanahan.• Pittsburgh STC Danny Smith coached three seasons (2010-12) with Shanahan in Washington. • Steelers LB Arthur Moats (2010-13) played in Buffalo under Browns HC Mike Pettine, DC Jim O’Neil, Driesbach, Asst. LB coach Brian Fluery and DL Anthony Weaver. • Moats was a l so a Bu f fa lo t eammate o f B rowns DB Donte Whitner and S Jim Leonhard in Buffalo. • Pittsburgh WR Darrius Heyward-Bey and S Mike Mitchell each played four seasons (2009-12) with Cleveland DL DesmondBryant in Oakland. • Steelers S Will Allen, K Shaun Suisham and CB B.W. Webb each spent time in Dallas with Browns WR Miles Austin.• Pittsburgh OC Todd Haley was the passing game coordinator/WR coach in Dallas in 2006 when Austin was a rookie. • Steelers QB Bruce Gradkowski played two seasons (2011-12) with Browns WR Andrew Hawkins in Cincinnati. • Pittsburgh OL coach Mike Munchak coached eight seasons with Cleveland QB coach Dowell Loggains in Tennessee. • Steelers RB coach James Saxon coached three seasons (2008-10) with Browns TE coach George DeLeone in Miami. College Connections• Steelers T Marcus Gilbert and C Maurkice Pouncey were teammates with Browns DB Joe Haden for three seasons (2007-09) at Florida. • Pittsburgh G David DeCastro was teammates with Cleveland DB Johnson Bademosi (2008-11) and TE Jim Dray (2008-09) at Stanford.• Steelers S Will Allen spent one season (2003) at Ohio State with Browns DB Donte Whitner. • Pittsburgh WR Markus Wheaton and Cleveland DB Jordan Poyer were teammates for four seasons (2009-12) at Oregon State.• Steelers QB Bruce Gradkowski (2004-05) and WR Lance Moore (2004) were teammates at Toledo with Browns OL John Greco.• Pittsburgh WR/RB Dri Archer played two seasons (2009-10) with Cleveland DL Ishmaa’ily Kitchen at Kent State. • Pittsburgh P Brad Wing spent three seasons (2010-12) with Cleveland LB Barkevious Mingo at LSU.

STEELERS-BROWNS CONNECTIONS PIT-CLE SERIES HIGHSPassing Yards

Steelers Ben Roethlisberger 417 10/18/2009Browns Bernie Kosar 414 11/23/1986

Rushing Yards

Steelers Willie Parker 223 12/7/2006 Browns Jim Brown 175 10/5/1963

Receiving Yards

Steelers Buddy Dial 235 10/22/1961 Browns Josh Gordon 237 11/24/2013

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FROM THE STEELERS• The Steelers look to improve to 67-57 in the all time regular-season series against the Browns and to 26-36 on the road.• Pittsburgh looks win its fourth consecutive game versus Cleveland and sweep the two-game regular-season series for the 11th time since the 2000 season.• The team looks to improve to 3-1 on the road in 2014.

FROM HEAD COACH MIKE TOMLIN• A win would improve Tomlin to 75-43 during the regular season, inlcuding 33-27 on the road.• Looks to move to 14-2 as the Steelers head coach against Cleveland and to 6-2 on the road.• Would lead Pittsburgh to a regular season sweep over Cleveland for the sixth time as the team’s head coach.

FROM THE STEELERS OFFENSE

QB BEN ROETHLISBERGER• Would improve to 99-49 as a starter during the regular season and 19-1 against Cleveland (9-1 on the road).• Three touchdown passes to record 10 on the season and to hit double-digit scoring tosses in each of his 11 seasons in the NFL.• Needs 135 passing yards to tally 1,500 in 2014.• With his 129th completion, will reach 3,000 in his NFL career.

RB Le’VEON BELL• Needs one touchdown to post 10 in his NFL career.• With 33 rushing yards, will pass Willie Parker (2004-05 - 1,388) for the third most rushing yards by a Steeler in their fi rst two seasons in the NFL (rookie to second year) and 40 to move into second (Bam Morris - 1994-95 - 1,396).• Needs 50 yards from scrimmage to surpass Barry Foster (1992 - 737) for the most by a Steeler through the fi rst six games of a season.• With 100 yards from scrimmage, will extend his team record of recording 100 or more yards in each of the fi rst six games of a season.• With 56 yards from scrimmage, will surpass Franco Harris (1972-73 - 2,002) for the third most yards from scrimmage by a Steeler in their fi rst two seasons in the NFL (rookie to second year and 137 to pass Louis Lipps (1984-85 - 2,081) for the second most.

WR ANTONIO BROWN• Will become the eighth Steeler in team history with 300 career receptions with his fi fth reception.• Is one 100-yard receiving game from tying Plaxico Burress (11) for the fi fth most 100 yard games in team history.• Will surpass Plaxico Burress (4,206) for the eighth most receiving yards in team history with 135 yards.• Is 12 receptions shy from surpassing Franco Harris (1972-83 - 306) for the seventh most receptions in team history.• Needs 89 receiving yards to record 600 in 2014 and become the third Steeler to reach 600 in the fi rst six games of a season (Buddy Dial - 1961 - 621 and Mike Wallace - 2011 - 612).• With 1,000 receiving yards on the season, will become the fi rst player in team history with back-to-back 1,000 yard campaigns since Mike Wallace (2010-11) and the fi fth player in franchise history to accomplish the feat.

WHAT TO LOOK FOR

FROM THE STEELERS OFFENSE (CONT’D)

WR DARRIUS HEYWARD-BEY• Needs 30 receptions to notch 200 in his NFL career.• Is 120 receiving yards away from 2,500 in his NFL tenure.

RB LeGARRETTE BLOUNT• Is 103 rushing yards from reaching 3,000 in his NFL career.

TE HEATH MILLER• Will move into fourth in Steelers team history for most receiving touchdowns with his second scoring grab (Buddy Dial, 42).• Needs 10 catches to join Hines Ward (1,000) and John Stallworth (537) as the third player in team history to record 500 career receptions.• With 13 yards from scrimmage will move into seventh in team history (Lynn Swann, 5,534).

FROM THE STEELERS DEFENSE

DE BRETT KEISEL• Needs one sack to record the 30th of his NFL career.• Is Slated to play in the 150th game of his NFL career on Sunday.

DE CAMERON HEYWARD• Needs 1.5 sacks to produce the 10th of his NFL career.

S TROY POLAMALU• With his next interception, will move into sole possession for seventh-most in Steelers history (33).• Is one interception returned for a touchdown to match Chad Scott and Jack Butler (4) for the second-most INT-TDs in team history.

LB LAWRENCE TIMMONS• Will record the 30th sack of his NFL career with his fourth quarterback takedown.

CB CORTEZ ALLEN• With an interception on Sunday, would become the fi rst Steeler since 2008 (Troy Polamalu - four games - Games 11-14) to record an INT in three straight games.

FROM THE STEELERS SPECIAL TEAMS

K SHAUN SUISHAM• Needs one fi eld goal made to surpass Norm Johnson (105) for the fourth-most fi eld goals made by a Steeler.• Needs 45 points to reach 500 in his Steelers tenure.

WR/PR ANTONIO BROWN• Needs 90 punt return yards to move into fourth in team history (Louis Lipps, 1,212) and 137 to surpass Theo Bell (1,259) for third most in Steelers record books.

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Mike Tomlin was named the 16th head coach in Pittsburgh Steelers history on Jan. 22, 2007. Hired at the age of 34, Tomlin became only the third head coach hired by the Steelers since 1969.Tomlin became the youngest head coach in NFL history to both coach in and win a Super Bowl when he led the Steelers to a 27-23 victory over the Arizona Cardinals in Super Bowl XLIII. By winning the Super Bowl in only his second season as a head coach, he also became the fastest to win a Super Bowl title in Steelers’ history. Through seven seasons, Tomlin has accomplished many things that have never been done in the team’s storied history. His 71-41 record (.634) is tied for the best start in franchise history. He has guided the Steelers’ defense to the NFL’s top ranking in total defense four times, including most recently in 2012. He has also sent a total of 40 selections to the league’s annual Pro Bowl, including two following the 2013 season. Tomlin has reached the playoffs four times in his fi rst seven seasons, including two trips to the Super Bowl (winning Super Bowl XLIII). Tomlin is one of only seven coaches in league history to win a Super Bowl within his fi rst two seasons as an NFL head coach. Tomlin is the only head coach in Steelers history to lead the team to two Super Bowls in his fi rst four seasons at the helm, including an appearance against the Green Bay Packers in Super Bowl XLV. He is one of only two Steelers’ head coaches to win three division titles in his fi rst four seasons. Tomlin was appointed by Commisioner Roger Goodell to the NFL’s Competition Committee in March, 2013. Arguably one of his best coaching performances may possibly have come in the second half of the 2013 season. Despite an 0-4 and 2-6 start to the season, the Steelers fi nished the regular season surging to a 6-2 second-half record, falling just short of the playoffs. However, he rallied the team despite numerous injuries on both sides of the ball, to stick together and fi nished second in the AFC North. The 2013 campaign also saw quarterback Ben Roethlisberger, wide receiver and team MVP Antonio Brown and running back Le’Veon Bell break numerous regular-season records for the Steelers. Brown and safety Troy Polamalu were each selected to the Pro Bowl following the season. Tomlin led the Steelers to a 27-10 victory over the New York Jets in the 2012 home opener, becoming the fi rst coach in team history to win his fi rst six home openers. The Steelers fi nished the season with the top-ranked overall defense (275.8 ypg) and fi nished fi rst in passing defense (185.2 ypg). In 2011, Tomlin led the Steelers to a 12-4 record, marking the second straight season the team posted 12 wins, which marked only the second time in team history it has been achieved. The Steelers fi nished second in total defense under Tomlin’s guidance in 2010, allowing only 276.8 yards per game. Pittsburgh led the NFL and set a team record in rushing defense, yielding only 62.8 yards per game (1,004 yards), the third-best total in NFL history dating back to 1970. The Steelers also established an NFL record in 2010 by not allowing an opponent to rush for more than 75 yards in any of their fi rst eight games during the regular season. In all, the Steelers defense led the NFL in 2010 in rushing yards allowed, points allowed (232), touchdowns (22), quarterback sacks (48), rushing average (3.0), yards per play (4.5) and yards allowed on fi rst down (4.08). Tomlin was a three-year starter at wide receiver at William and Mary (1990-94) and fi nished his career with 101 receptions for 2,054 yards and 20 TD catches. A fi rst-team All-Yankee Conference selection in 1994, he established a school record with a 20.2 yards-per-catch average.

GOOD FIRST SEVENTHE TOMLIN FILE

Mike Tomlin has accomplished a lot in his fi rst seven seasons as head coach of the Steelers. Tomlin’s 71 wins after his fi rst seven seasons are tied for the most wins in team history for any coach after his fi rst seven seasons. His two Super Bowl appearances also are tied for the franchise best for a coach in his fi rst seven seasons. Tomlin’s four postseason berths and three division titles are tied for second for the most in a coach’s fi rst seven seasons. Below is how Tomlin ranks among Steelers’ coaches after their fi rst seven seasons:

STEELERS HEAD COACHES THROUGH SEVEN YEARS HEAD COACH RECORD Mike Tomlin (2007-2013) 71-41 (.634) (2007-2013) Bill Cowher (1992-2006) 71-41 (.634) (1992-1998) Chuck Noll (1969-1991) 55-42 (.566) (1969-1975) Buddy Parker (1957-1964) 46-38 (.548) (1957-1963)

HEAD COACH SUPER BOWL APP. SUPER BOWL WINS Chuck Noll 2 (1974, ‘75) 2 (1974, ‘75) Mike Tomlin 2 (2008, ’10) 1 (2008) Bill Cowher 1 (1995) 0

HEAD COACH PLAYOFF APPEARENCES Bill Cowher 6 (1992-97) Mike Tomlin 4 (2007, ’08, ’10, ’11) Chuck Noll 4 (1972, ’73, ’74, ‘75) Buddy Parker 1 (1962)

HEAD COACH DIVISION TITLES Bill Cowher 5 (1992, ’94-’97) (AFC Central) Mike Tomlin 3 (2007, ’08, ’10) (AFC North) Chuck Noll 3 (1972, ’74, ‘75) (AFC Central)

IN THE DIVISION Mike Tomlin owns a 30-14 all-time mark against teams in the AFC North, including a division leading 4-3 record in 2013. His 30 regular-season wins against division opponents are the most of any AFC North team since 2007 (Baltimore: 27-18 / Cincinnati: 21-22 / Cleveland: 10-34). Tomlin has won at least four games against division opponents in fi ve of his fi rst seven seasons. He owns an impressive 17-5 record against divisional foes at Heinz Field.

OUR HOUSE Mike Tomlin has lead the Steelers to a 42-16 career regular-season record at Heinz Field. In 2012, he won his fi rst four home games for the fourth time in his career (2007, ‘09 and ‘11). He opened the 2014 season with a 30-27 victory against Cleveland at Heinz Field in Week 1. Tomlin has led Pittsburgh to at least fi ve home wins in each of his fi rst seven seasons as head coach. His 42 home wins during the regular season are tied as the fourth-most in the NFL since 2007. Below is a look at the best home records during the regular season since 2007:

HOME GAME RECORDS: 2007-CURRENT Team W L T Pct. New England 52 6 0 .897 Green Bay 45 12 1 .784 Baltimore 45 14 0 .763 Pittsburgh 42 16 0 .724 New Orleans 42 16 0 .724

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1STOnly one head coach in Steelers history - Mike Tomlin - has

led the team to two Super Bowl appearences in their fi rst four seasons.

3RDTomlin became the third head coach hired by the Steelers since

1969 on Jan. 22, 2007.

4Number of times the Steelers’ defense has ranked fi rst in total

defense in the NFL under Tomlin, most recently in 2012.The Steelers have reached the playoffs four times in Tomlin’s fi rst

seven years at the helm, including two trips to the Super Bowl (capturing Super Bowl XLIII).

7Tomlin is one of only seven coaches in NFL history to win a Super

Bowl within his fi rst two years as an NFL head coach.

27-23Tomlin became the youngest head coach in NFL history to both lead his team to and capture a Super Bowl championship when Pittsburgh defeated the Arizona Cardinals 27-23 in Super Bowl

XLIII.

40Since 2007, Tomlin has sent a total of 40 selections to the

League’s annual Pro Bowl, including two following the 2013 campaign.

42-16Tomlin’s record in his fi rst seven seasons in games played at

Heinz Field - the fourth-best home record in the NFL since 2007.

74-43Tomlin has compiled a 73-43 record into his eighth season as

Pittsburgh’s head coach - the best start in Steelers history.

TOMLIN BY THE NUMBERS

TOMLIN AMONG THE BEST Since being named named head coach of the Steelers in 2007, Mike Tomlin has led Pittsburgh to 74 victories - the fourth-most wins in the NFL during that time span:

NFL TEAM RECORDS: 2007-CURRENT TEAM RECORD PLAYOFF APP. SUPER BOWL APP. New England 91-26 6* 2 Green Bay 77-39-1 6* 1 Indianapolis 76-41 6* 1 Pittsburgh 74-43 4 2 New Orleans 72-45 4* 1 *Made the playoffs in 2013

Tomlin also has a .635 winning percentage - the sixth-best regular season winning mark among active NFL head coaches (min. 50 games):

ACTIVE HEAD COACH WINNING PCT (MIN. 50 GAMES) COACH W L T Win Pct. Jim Harbaugh, SF (2011-pres.) 39 13 1 .750 Bill Belichick (Cle 1991-95, NE 2000-pres.) 202 107 0 .654 John Harbaugh (Bal 2008-pres.) 65 36 0 .644 Mike McCarthy (GB 2006-pres.) 85 47 1 .644 Sean Payton (NO 2006-11, 2013-pres.) 75 42 0 .641 Mike Tomlin (Pit 2007-pres.) 74 43 0 .632 Mike Smith (ATL 2008-pres.) 62 39 0 .614

Mike Tomlin reached 60 regular-season wins in 88 games, tying Chuck Knox (88) for the fourth-fewest games to reach 60 career victories among coaches who began their career since 1970.

FEWEST GAMES COACHED TO 60 WINS COACH TEAM(S)^ NO. OF GAMES George Seifert San Francisco 75 Joe Gibbs Washington 84 Mike Ditka Chicago 85 Mike Tomlin Pittsburgh 88 Chuck Knox L.A. Rams, Buffalo 88 Bill Cowher Pittsburgh 90 Andy Reid Philadelphia 90 ^ Through fi rst 60 wins

During his career, Mike Tomlin ’s regular-season record against the NFC is 20-10, including 12-3 at home. The Steelers .667 regular-season winning percentage against the NFC since 2007 is second-best among AFC teams:

AFC RECORDS VS. NFC: 2007-CURRENT Team W L Pct. New England 23 6 .793 Pittsburgh 20 10 .667 Baltimore 19 10 .655 Tennessee 18 11 .621

Including the postseason Tomlin has a .656 winning percentage against the NFC during his fi rst eight years, which ranks fi rst among Steelers’ head coaches.

TOMLIN VS. NFC

FEWEST TO 60

PRIMETIME SPECIALIST Pittsburgh played 14 games in primetime from 2011-2013. The Steelers defeated the Panthers 37-19 on Sunday Night Football last week, their second primetime game in as many weeks. The team will play three more times during the 2014 season under the lights. Head Coach Mike Tomlin is 22-14 overall in primetime games,including a 11-9 record on the road. He is 7-2 on Monday NightFootball, 10-8 on Sunday Night Football and 5-4 on Thursday NightFootball. Tomlin joined only Bill Cowher (Steelers), Tom Flores (Raiders),Steve Mariucci (49ers), George Siefert (49ers) and Don Shula(Colts, Dolphins) as coaches to win their fi rst six Monday NightFootball games.

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Pittsburgh closed out the regular season at Heinz Field by winning fi ve of its last six home games in 2013. The team is 76-29-1 (.722) at home since Heinz Field opened in 2001, which is the third-best winning percentage in the NFL during that time span in home games.

BEST HOME RECORD IN THE NFL - 2001-CURRENT TEAM RECORD WIN PCT. New England Patriots 89-17 .840 Baltimore Ravens 81-26 .757 Pittsburgh Steelers 76-29-1 .722 Indianapolis Colts 77-30 .720 Green Bay Packers 75-30-1 .711

The Steelers own the fourth best record among AFC teams in home games since the 2001 season in interconference games:

BEST HOME RECORD IN THE AFC vs. AFC - 2001-CURRENT TEAM RECORD WIN PCT. New England Patriots 68-12 .850 Indianapolis Colts 59-21 .738 Baltimore Ravens 58-22 .725 Pittsburgh Steelers 54-25 .684 Denver Broncos 52-28 .650

Pittsburgh’s 22-4-1 record at home against NFC opponents since opening Heinz Field in 2001 is second best in the AFC:

BEST HOME RECORD IN THE AFC vs. NFC - 2001-CURRENT TEAM RECORD WIN PCT. Baltimore Ravens 23-4 .852 Pittsburgh Steelers 22-4-1 .833 New England Patriots 21-5 .808 Denver Broncos 19-8 .704 Indianapolis Colts 18-9 .667 San Diego Chargers 18-9 .667

HEINZ FIELD ADVANTAGE

Pittsburgh’s defense gave up 20 points or less in fi ve of eight home games in 2013. Since 2012, the Steelers’ defense has held opponents to 19.1 points per game at home - the third fewest in the AFC since the 2012 season:

AFC POINTS PER GAME ALLOWED AT HOME - 2012-CURRENT

2012-current 2012-current TEAM HOME GP POINTS PER HOME GAME/ALLOWED Cincinnati 18 17.2 Baltimore 19 18.9 Pittsburgh 18 19.1

Since Dick LeBeau has been defensive coordinator (2004-present), the Steelers have allowed an average of 16.2 points per game at Heinz Field, which is the second-lowest in the NFL over that time span for points given up at home during the regular season (Baltimore, 15.7).

DEFENSE FEELS AT HOME

245-96-1The Steelers own the best home record in the NFL with a

245-96-1 record (.718) since 1970.

HOME NUMBER TO NOTE

WINNING ERA OF FREE AGENCY Pittsburgh owns the third-best regular-season record in the NFL since the free-agency era (since 1993) with a 211-128-1 (.622) record. The Steelers are one of fi ve teams (New England, 225 / Green Bay, 216, Denver, 203 and Indianapolis, 201) to record over 200 regular season wins since 1993. The following is a look at the top three regular-season records in the free agency era (since 1993): Team W L T Pct. 1. New England Patriots 225 116 0 .660 2. Green Bay Packers 216 124 1 .635 3. Pittsburgh Steelers 212 128 1 .623

The Steelers have won 32 of their past 46 regular-season games versus teams in the NFC, dating back to 2003, including an 9-5 record since the start of the 2011 season. Pittsburgh matches up against the NFC South in 2014. In 2013, Pittsburgh played the NFC North. The Steelers fell to Chicago and Minnesota before closing out their NFC slate with a win at home against Detroit and at NFC North Champion Green Bay. Under Head Coach Mike Tomlin, Pittsburgh is 21-10 against NFC teams (including the postseason). The Steelers are 105-64-1 all-time against the NFC in the regular and postseason, including 60-21-1 at home. Since 2009, Pittsburgh is 9-2 against the NFC at Heinz Field.

CONTROLLING THE NFC

Pittsburgh is one of three teams to win at least 110 regular-season games since the start of the 2003 season. They are also second in Super Bowl appearances over that time span and tied for the lead with two Super Bowl victories. The following are the top-fi ve teams in regular-season winning percentage from 2003-present:

Team W L T Pct. Playoff Berths SB App. SB WinsNew England 141 40 0 .779 10* 4 2Indianapolis 126 55 0 .696 10* 2 1Pittsburgh 114 67 0 .630 6 3 2Green Bay 109 71 1 .605 8* 1 1Baltimore 108 73 0 .597 7 1 1San Diego 108 73 0 .597 6 0 0*made the 2013 playoffs

IN A SPAN OF 10-PLUS YEARS

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6.1The Steelers rank fourth in the NFL and second in the AFC with

an average of 6.1 yards per play through Week 5.

8 / 12WR Antonio Brown (8) and QB Ben Roethlisberger (12) lead the NFL in receiving plays of 25-plus yards and pass plays of 25-plus

yards through Week 5.

24K Shaun Suisham set a team record for the most consecutive fi eld

goals made with 24.

35.0Pittsburgh’s defense has held opponents to a 35.0 third down

conversion percentage (21 of 60) - the sixth best mark in the AFC through Week 5.

44.4The Steelers have held opponents to a 44.4 red zone touchdown scoring effi ciency mark (8-of-18) - the fi fth best mark in the NFL.

264The Steelers amassed 264 rushing yards in Week 3’s win at

Baltimore - the fi rst time the team rushed for 250 yards or more since Dec. 7, 2006.

404.0Pittsburgh ranks fourth in the NFL (second in the AFC) with an

average of 404.0 yards per game through Week 5.

511WR Antonio Brown is third in the NFL (leads in the AFC) with 511

receiving yards through Week 5.

688RB Le’Veon Bell has set a team record for the most yards from scrimmage through the fi rst fi ve games of a season with 688 -

leading the AFC and second in the NFL through Week 5.

686The number of rushing yards the Steelers have generated through

Week 5 - the fourth most in the NFL.

10/26/1986The last game in Steelers history where two running backs each

rushed for 100 yards or more prior to RBs Le’Veon Bell and LeGarrette Blount crossing the century mark in Week 3.

2014 BY THE NUMBERS Regular Post Season SeasonOverall: 3-2 0-0At Home: 1-1 0-0On the Road: 2-1 0-0Neutral: 0-0 0-0

By Month: September 2-2 0-0 October 1-0 0-0 November 0-0 0-0 December 0-0 0-0 January 0-0 0-0

vs. AFC: 2-1 0-0 vs. AFC North 1-1 0-0 vs. AFC East 0-0 0-0 vs. AFC South 1-0 0-0 vs. AFC West 0-0 0-0

vs. NFC: 1-1 0-0 vs. NFC East 0-0 0-0 vs. NFC North 0-0 0-0 vs. NFC South 1-1 0-0 vs. NFC West 0-0 0-0

When: When Scoring First: 1-0 0-0 When Opponent Scored First: 2-2 0-0 When Scoring 20 or More Points: 2-1 0-0 When Scoring Less Than 20 Points: 1-1 0-0 When Leading after the fi rst quarter: 1-0 0-0 When Trailing after the fi rst quarter: 1-1 0-0 When Tied after the fi rst quarter: 1-1 0-0 When Leading at the Half: 3-1 0-0 When Trailing at the Half: 0-1 0-0 When Tied at the Half: 0-0 0-0 When Leading after three quarters: 3-1 0-0 When Trailing after three quarters: 0-1 0-0 When Tied after three quarters: 0-0 0-0 When Outrushing the Opponent: 2-1 0-0 With 35 or More Rushing Attempts: 0-0 0-0 With Less Than 25 Passing Attempts: 0-0 0-0 When Led in Time of Possession: 3-1 0-0 When Trailed in Time of Possession: 0-1 0-0

On Turf: 0-1 0-0 On Grass: 3-1 0-0

When led in Takeaway/Turnover Ratio: 2-0 0-0 When even in Takeaway/Turnover Ratio: 0-1 0-0 When trailed in Takeaway/Turnover Ratio: 1-1 0-0 With an Individual 100-Yard Rusher: 2-0 0-0 With an Individual 300-Yard Passer: 1-1 0-0 With an Individual 100-Yard Receiver: 1-1 0-0 With an Ind. Opponent 100-Yard Rusher: 1-0 0-0 With an Ind. Opponent 300-Yard Passer: 0-1 0-0 With an Ind. Opponent 100-Yard Receiver: 1-0 0-0

When winning the coin toss: 2-0 0-0 When losing the coin toss: 1-2 0-0 When playing outdoors: 3-2 0-0 When playing indoors: 0-0 0-0 In overtime games: 0-0 0-0

THE STEELERS IN 2014

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BEN ATTACK QB Ben Roethlisberger opened the 2014 season in remarkable fashion, setting a franchise record for the most passing yards in a Week One game with 365 yards as he completed 23 of 34 passes with a touchdown and interception for a 100.7 passer rating in the team’s Kickoff Weekend 30-27 win against Cleveland. Through Week 5, Roethlisberger is third in the AFC and seventh in the NFL with 1,365 passing yards and leads the NFL with 14 passing plays of 25 or more yards:

AFC PASSING YARDAGE LEADERS - 2014 Rk. PLAYER CMP ATT YARDS 1. Andrew Luck, IND 147 216 1,617 2. Philip Rivers, SD 116 165 1,443 3. Ben Roethlisberger, PIT 122 177 1,365

NFL PASS PLAYS OF 25+ YARDS - 2014 Rk. PLAYER PASS PLAYS OF 25+ 1. Ben Roethlisberger, PIT 14 T2. Kirk Cousins, WAS 12 Peyton Manning, DEN 12 T4. Nick Foles, PHI 11 Philip Rivers, SD 11 Matthew Stafford, DET 11 At Baltimore in Week 2, Roethlisberger completed 22 of 37 passes for 217 yards with an interception. Roethlisberger completed 22-of-30 passes for 196 yards and two touchdowns for a 112.6 passer rating in the team’s 37-19 win at Carolina in Week 3. Against Tampa Bay in Week 4, Roethlisberger completed 29-of-40 passes for 314 yards with three touchdowns for a 120.2 passer rating. He became the 12th quarterback in NFL history to reach 35,000 career passing yards with one team and the game marked his 30th 300 yard performance of his career. Roethlisberger led the Steelers to their second road victory of the season at Jacksonville on Sunday, completing 26-of-36 attempts for 273 yards with a touchdown for a 103.1 passer rating.

FINDING THE END ZONE Over the fi nal seven games of the 2013 regular season, QB Ben Roethlisberger registered 15 touchdown passes and four interceptions while throwing for 1,727 yards. He fi nished the 2013 regular season with 28 passing touchdowns - the second-most of his career during one regular season (32 in 2007) and tied for the second-most in franchise history (Terry Bradshaw, 28, 1978). With 226 career touchdown passes during the regular season Roethlisberger passed QB Terry Bradshaw (212) for the most in franchise history:

STEELERS ALL-TIME PASSING TOUCHDOWN LEADERS Rk. STEELER PASSING TDs 1. Ben Roethlisberger, 2004-pres. 226 2. Terry Bradshaw, 1970-83 212 3. Kordell Stewart, 1995-2002 70

STARTING IN STYLE

In his career, QB Ben Roethlisberger owns an 98-49 (.667) record as a starting quarterback in the regular season - the third-best regular season record in the NFL among all active quarterbacks (min. 50 starts). The following is a look at the top fi ve starting records among active quarterbacks in the NFL (min. 50 starts):

STARTING RECORDS AMONG ACTIVE QBs (Min. 50 Starts) Rk. PLAYER W L T Pct. 1. Tom Brady, NE 151 45 0 .770 2. Peyton Manning, IND-DEN 170 74 0 .759 3. Ben Roethlisberger, PIT 98 49 0 .667 4. Aaron Rodgers, GB 61 31 0 .663 5. Joe Flacco, BAL 65 36 0 .644 Roethlisberger registered his 90th career win in his 135th career start, becoming the fi fth fastest quarterback who began their career in the Super Bowl era to reach 90 wins.

NUMBER OF STARTS Rk. QUARTERBACK TO GET TO 90 WINS 1. Tom Brady 115 2. Joe Montana 128 3. Terry Bradshaw 129 4. Ken Stabler 133 5. Ben Roethlisberger 135

His 63-27 record after his fi rst 90 starts in the NFL ranked third (tied) in league history for the best record in such starts. Only Brady (67-23) and Stabler (66-23-1) had better records in their fi rst 90 starts in the NFL. Roethlisberger’s record is tied with Jim McMahon.

QB Ben Roethlisberger owns a 55-19 (.743) mark in the regular season in his career at Heinz Field, including winning his fi rst eight starts as a rookie in 2004.

Since the start of the 2011 season, the signal caller is 17-7 at home. Over that time period, Roethlisberger is one of six active quarterbacks to have a passer rating of at least 100.0 at home during the regular season (100.4).

Below is a breakdown of Roethlisberger’s statistics in his Heinz Field career:

ROETHLISBERGER’S STATS AT HEINZ FIELD CATEGORY STATISTIC Record ..............................................................55-19 Completion Pct. (Comp.-Att.) ...............63.3 (1,404-of-2,212) Passing Yards .................................................17,861 Passing Touchdowns..........................................118 Interceptions ....................................................... 57 Passer Rating ....................................................95.7 300-plus Yard Games ......................................... 16 Multi-Touchdown Performances ...............34 (25-9 record)

Roethlisberger has posted a perfect passer rating twice in his career at home, most recently Weeky 9 of the 2007 season against Baltimore. In the 2005 season opener against Tennessee, Roethlisberger achieved a perfect passer rating of 158.3.

HOME COOKING

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QB Ben Roethlisberger is 40-13 (.755) as a starter against AFC North opponents during his career and led the Steelers to the best divisional record during the 2013 regular season (4-2).

Since 2010, Roethlisberger is 16-6 against divisional foes during the regular season, including 6-4 from 2012-current.

Roethlisberger has fi nished with a .500 or above record against AFC North opponents during the regular season in eight of his fi rst 10 NFL seasons, including winning at least fi ve games in four campaigns:

ROETHLISBERGER RECORD VS. AFC NORTH AS A STARTER SEASON RECORD 2008 6-0 2004 5-0 2010 5-0 2007 5-0 2013 4-2 2011 4-2 2006 3-3 2005 3-1 2012 2-1 2014 1-1 2009 2-3 In his 53 career starts versus division opponents, Roethlisberger has posted a perfect passer rating once (11/5/07 vs. Baltimore) and has recorded a passer rating of over 100.0 a total of 20 times, including a rating of 100.7 in the team’s Week 1 win over Cleveland and twice in 2013: 107.2 in a Week 7 victory over Baltimore and a 102.2 rating in a win at Cleveland in Week 12. The following is a look at his statistics against the AFC North in his 53 games as a starter:

ROETHLISBERGER’S STATS VS. AFC NORTH CATEGORY STATISTIC Record ..............................................................40-13 Completion Pct. (Comp.-Att.) .................. 61.8 (965-1,564) Passing Yards ................................................. 11,921 Passing Touchdowns.......................................... 71 Interceptions ....................................................... 47 Passer Rating ....................................................87.9

Also, the following is a look at Roethlisberger’s career statistics against AFC North opponents as a starter at home compared to the road:

ROETHLISBERGER VS. AFC NORTH AT HOME AND AWAY Statistic Home vs. AFC North Away vs. AFC North Record ................................................................. 22-6 ............................18-7 Completion Pct. (Comp.-Att.) ..............62.2 (491-790) ............61.2 (474-774) Passing Yards ................................................... 6,393 .......................... 5,508 Passing Touchdowns.............................................. 41 ............................... 30 Interceptions ........................................................... 28 ............................... 19 Passer Rating ...................................................... 90.1 ............................ 85.5

CONTROLLING THE NORTH In 38 career regular-season games against NFC opponents, QB Ben Roethlisberger has posted a 27-11 record, including winning each of his fi rst seven starts against conference members. In four games against NFC teams in 2013, Roethlisberger threw for 1,232 yards and nine touchdowns for a passer rating of 97.6. Below is a look at the quarterback’s numbers in games against NFC opponents:

ROETHLISBERGER’S STATS VS. THE NFC CATEGORY STATISTIC Record .............................................................. 27-11 Completion Pct. (Comp.-Att.) ................ 63.1 (706-of-1,118) Passing Yards ..................................................9,060 Passing Touchdowns.......................................... 59 Interceptions ....................................................... 26 Passer Rating ....................................................96.4 300-plus Yard Games ......................................... 15 Multi-Touchdown Performances ...............35 (26-9 record)

Roethlisberger’s statistics against the NFC are equally impressive in games at Heinz Field. In 19 career games against NFC opponents at home, Roethlis-berger has a 16-3 mark while completing 347-of-562 passes (61.7 pct.) for 4,668 yards with 31 touchdowns and 10 interceptions for a passer rating of 99.1.

FACING THE NFC

FEELING AT HOME IN OHIO QB Ben Roethlisberger is from Cory Rawson, Ohio, and played collegietely at Miami (Ohio), so it is no wonder he feels at home while playing at Cincinnati or Cleveland. Including the postseason, Roethlisberger is a combined 17-3 playing at Paul Brown Stadium (9-2) and FirstEnergy Stadium (8-1). His only losses at either Cleveland or Cincinnati came by 10 points or less.

Below is Roethlisberger’s passing stats for games at Cincinnati and Cleveland:

ROETHLISBERGER IN GAMES PLAYED IN OHIO GP Att. Cmp. Pct. Yds. TDs Int Rat.@ Cin 11 301 200 66.4 2,378 16 8 97.0@ Cle 9 251 151 60.2 1,891 12 4 92.9Total 20 552 351 63.6 4,269 28 12 95.1

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BEN AMONG ACTIVE BESTS QB Ben Roethlisberger ranks in the top 10 among active NFL quarterbacks with a 7.84 yards per attempt average (T-3rd), 35,470 passing yards (5th), 226 passing touchdowns (6th) 2,871 comple-tions (7th) and a 92.9 passer rating (7th):

NFL ACTIVE PASSING YARDS PER ATTEMPT LEADERS Rk. PLAYER CMP-ATT YARDS YDS/ATT. 1. Aaron Rodgers 2,043-3,102 25,352 8.17 2. Philip Rivers 2,762-4,273 33,812 7.91 T3. Ben Roethlisberger 2,871-4,523 35,470 7.84 Tony Romo 2,549-3,934 30,825 7.84 5. Peyton Manning 5,637-8,610 66,257 7.70

NFL ACTIVE PASSING YARDAGE LEADERS Rk. PLAYER GP CMP-ATT YARDS 1. Peyton Manning 244 5,637-8,610 66,257 2. Drew Brees 191 4,631-7,017 52,655 3. Tom Brady 198 4,282-6,758 50,232 4. Eli Manning 158 3,041-5,177 36,519 5. Ben Roethlisberger 148 2,871-4,523 35,470

NFL ACTIVE PASSING TOUCHDOWN LEADERS Rk. PLAYER GP TDS 1. Peyton Manning 244 503 2. Drew Brees 191 372 3. Tom Brady 198 365 4. Eli Manning 158 240 5. Philip Rivers 137 233 6. Ben Roethlisberger 148 226

TOP OF THE STEELER CHARTS QB Ben Roethlisberger holds nearly all passing records in Pittsburgh Steelers franchise history. His 35,470 passing yards, 226 passing touchdowns and 2,871 completions are tops in the team’s record books:

STEELERS ALL-TIME PASSING YARDAGE LEADERS Rk. PLAYER CMP-ATT YARDS 1. Ben Roethlisberger, 2004-current 2,871-4,523 35,470 2. Terry Bradshaw, 1970-83 2,025-3,901 27,989 3. Kordell Stewart, 1995-2002 1,190-2,107 13,328 4. Neil O’Donnell, 1991-95 1,069-1,871 12,867 5. Bubby Brister, 1986-92 776-1,477 10,104

STEELERS ALL-TIME PASSING TOUCHDOWN LEADERS Rk. PLAYER GP TDS 1. Ben Roethlisberger 148 226 2. Terry Bradshaw 168 212 3. Kordell Stewart 113 70

STEELERS ALL-TIME PASS COMPLETION LEADERS Rk. PLAYER GP CMP 1. Ben Roethlisberger 148 2,871 2. Terry Bradshaw 168 2,025 3. Kordell Stewart 113 1,190

5The number of seasons Roethlisberger has thrown 20

touchdowns or more during his NFL career - a franchise record.

7Roethlisberger is one of seven active quarterbacks to throw at

least 115 touchdowns at home during the regular season.

12Roethlisberger had won 12 straight games against divisional foes

as the starter prior to a Week 3 setback at Cincinnati in 2009, which was the longest streak in the NFL since Peyton Manning

won 12 straight from 2004-06.

16Roethlisberger threw at least one touchdown pass in each of the team’s 16 regular season games in 2013. It marked the second

season in his NFL career that he threw a touchdown in each game he played (13 in 2012).

20-PLUSThe Steelers have scored at least 20 points in 59 of the 74

games at home with Roethlisberger as the starter, including six times during the 2013 season.

28Number of games Roethlisberger has totaled at least three

touchdown passes in his career, most recently Week 4 of the 2014 season vs. Tampa Bay.

30Roethlisberger has registered 30 300-plus yard passing games in his regular season NFL career - the most in franchise history - and

became the 14th quarterback in NFL history to accomplish the feat with one team (seventh active).

30Threw at least one touchdown in 30 consecutive games (9/11/12-9/7/14) matching Dan Marino for the fi fth longest streak in the NFL

dating back to 1960.

98-49Roethlisberger’s record as a starting quarterback in the regular

season - the third-best record in the NFL among all active quarterbacks (min. 50 starts).

125.0Roethlisberger has recorded a passer rating of 125.0 or better

13 times in his NFL career (minimum 20 attempts), most recently Week 2 of the 2012 season (125.1) against the New York Jets.

375Roethlisberger set a team-record with 375 completions during the

2013 season - also the sixth-most among quarterbacks on the year.

400Since entering the NFL in 2004, Roethlisberger has produced

fi ve 400-plus yard games - tying as the sixth-most from the 2004 season.

BEN’S NUMBERS

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QB Ben Roethlisberger leads the Steelers in nearly all major career statistics. The following is where Roethlisberger ranks in Steelers history in several key passing categories:

Roethlisberger’s Career Rankings Among Steelers QBsCategory Statistic RankSingle-Season TD Passes (2007) ....................................... 32 .............. 1st

Single-Season Passing Yards (2009) ............................ 4,328 .............. 1st

Career Passing TDs (regular season) .............................. 226 .............. 1st

Single-Season Completions (2013) .................................. 375 .............. 1st

Single-Season Pass Attempts (2013) ............................... 584 .............. 1st

Single-Season Completion Pct. (2004) ............................ 66.4 .............. 1st

Single-Season Passer Rating (2007)............................. 104.1 .............. 1st

3,000-Yard Passing Seasons (2006-13) ............................... 8 .............. 1st

Consecutive 3,000-Yard Passing Seasons (2006-13) .......... 8 .............. 1st

Single-Game Completion Pct. (11/26/07 vs. Miami) ........ 85.7 .............. 1st

Seasons w/ 250+ Completions (2006-09, ‘11-13) ................. 7 .............. 1st

Seasons w/ Completion Pct. of 60.0+ (2004, ‘05, ‘07, ‘09-‘13) ......... 8 .............. 1st

Seasons w/ Passer Rating of 90.0+ (2004, ‘05, ‘07, ‘09-’13) ......... 7 .............. 1st

Completions in Single Game (11/5/06 vs. Denver) ............. 38 .............. 1st

Passing Yards in Single Game (12/20/09 vs. G.B.) .......... 503 .............. 1st

Career Winning Pct. ......................................................... .667 .............. 1st

Career Completions ....................................................... 2,871 .............. 1st

Career Attempts ............................................................. 4,523 .............. 1st

Career Passing Yards .................................................. 35,470 .............. 1st

Career Completion Pct..................................................... 63.5 .............. 1st

Career Passing Yards/Attempts ......................................... 7.8 .............. 1st

Career QB Rating ............................................................ 92.9 .............. 1st

Career 300-yard Passing Games (reg and posteason) ...... 31 .............. 1st

Career Games w/ 30+ Completions ...................................... 8 .............. 1st

Career Games w/ 100.0+ Passer Rating ............................ 63 .............. 1st

Career Perfect Passer Rating Games (158.3) ** .................. 3 .............. 1st

Career QB Rating in 4th Qtr. * ......................................... 85.4 .............. 1st

Career Touchdown Passes in Final 2 mins./game * ........... 37 .............. 1st

Consecutive Reg. Gms. w/ At Least One TD Pass (2012-Week 1 of 2014) 30 .............. 1st

Games Played by Rookie QB (2004) .................................. 14 .............. 1st

Passing Attempts by Rookie QB (2004)............................ 295 .............. 1st

Pass Completions by Rookie QB (2004) .......................... 196 .............. 1st

Passing Yards by Rookie QB (2004) ............................. 2,621 .............. 1st

Passing TDs by Rookie QB (2004) ..................................... 17 .............. 1st

Rushing Attempts by Rookie QB (2004) ............................. 56 .............. 1st

Rushing Yards by Rookie QB (2004) ................................ 144 .............. 1st

Completion Pct. by Rookie QB (2004) ** ......................... 66.4 .............. 1st

Passer Rating by Rookie QB (2004) ** ............................ 98.1 .............. 1st

Comp. %./Single Game by Rookie QB (10/17/04 vs. Dal.) ** 84.0 ........... 1st

Consecutive Wins to Start Career (2004) ** ....................... 13 .............. 1st

Total Wins by Rookie QB (2004) ** ..................................... 13 .............. 1st

Single-Game TD Passes at Heinz Field (‘07 vs. Bal., ‘11 vs. Ten) ..... 5 .............. 1st

Total Wins When Throwing for 300-plus Yards ................... 13 .............. 1st

Seasons w/ 25+ Passing TDs (2007, ‘09, ‘12-13) ................. 4 .............. 1st

Single-Game TD Passes on MNF (11/5/07 vs. Bal.) ** ......... 5 ........... T-1st

Consecutive Passes Completed (11/26/07 vs. Miami) ........ 15 ........... T-1st

Career TD Passes (indoors) ............................................... 16 ........... T-1st

Passing TDs in Single Game (‘07 vs. Bal; ‘11 vs. Ten) ......... 5 ........... T-1st

Career Touchdown Passes in Dec./Jan. ............................. 63 ..............2nd

Career Rushing Yards (by QB) ...................................... 1,146 .............. 3rd

Attempts in Single Game (11/5/06 vs. Denver) ................... 54 .............. 3rd

* Since 1991** NFL Record

MOVING ON UP BROWN STEPS UPWR Antonio Brown produced a game-high 116 receiving yards

on fi ve catches to mark the ninth 100-yard receiving game of his NFL career in the team’s Week One 30-27 win over Cleveland.

In Week 3 at Carolina, he led the Steelers offense with nine catches for 90 yards and two touchdowns - the third multi-touchdown catch game of his NFL career.

In Week 4, Brown tallied a game-high 131 receiving yards on seven receptions with two touchdown catches. Along with his two touchdown catches at Carolina in Week 3, he became the fi rst Steeler since 2005 (Hines Ward - 9/18-9/25) to post two touchdown grabs in back-to-back games.

On Sunday, Brown totaled a team-best 84 receiving yards on fi ve catches and became the 10th player in team history to reach 4,000 receiving yards.

Through Week 5 of the 2014 season, Brown leads the Steelers with 34 catches for 511 yards and fi ve touchdowns. He is the only player in 2014 with 500 or more receiving yards and fi ve touchdown catches through game fi ve.

Brown leads the AFC (tied for third in the NFL) with 34 catches, is tied for the third in the NFL with fi ve touchdown receptions and ranks third in the League with 511 receiving yards:

NFL RECEIVING YARDS LEADERS - 2014

Rk. PLAYER REC. YARDS 1. Julio Jones, ATL 40 552 2. Jordy Nelson, GB 34 525 3. Antonio Brown, PIT 34 511 4. Steve Smith, Sr., BAL 30 463 5. Golden Tate, DEN 31 424

His 8 receptions of 25-plus yards in 2014 are tops in the NFL through Week 5:

NFL RECEPTION PLAYS OF 25+ YARDS - 2014 Rk. PLAYER REC PLAYS OF 25+ 1. Antonio Brown, PIT 8 T2. Victor Cruz, NYG 5 Alshon Jeffery, CHI 5 Steve Smith, Sr. BAL 5

Brown’s 295 career receptions with the Steelers place him eighth in franchise history:

STEELERS ALL-TIME RECEPTION LEADERS

Rk. STEELER RECEPTIONS 6. Elbie Nickel, 1947-57 329 7. Franco Harris, 1972-83 306 8. Antonio Brown, 2010-current 295 9. Plaxico Burress, 2000-04, 12-13 264 10. Charles Johnson, 1994-98 247

During Sunday’s game at Jacksonville, Brown moved into ninth place on the team’s all time receiving yardage list with 4,072 yards in his NFL career:

STEELERS ALL-TIME RECEIVING YARDS LEADERS

Rk. STEELER REC. YARDS 6. Elbie Nickel, 1947-57 5,131 7. Buddy Dial, 1959-63 4,723 8. Plaxico Burress, 2000-04, 12-13 4,206 9. Antonio Brown, 2010-current 4,072 10. Mike Wallace, 2009-12 4,042

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UNFORGETTABLE FOUR INTO FIVE

BROWN ON THE STREAKWR Antonio Brown became the fi rst player in NFL history to

register at least fi ve catches and 50 receiving yards in all 16 games of a regular season in 2013, and has continued the streak in each of the fi rst fi ve games of the 2014 season.

The streak of 21 regular-season games with at least fi ve catches and 50 receiving yards is an NFL record:

CONSECUTIVE GAMES WITH AT Rk. PLAYER (DATES) LEAST 5 REC. AND 50 REC. YDS. 1. Antonio Brown (9/8/13-present) 21 2. Laveranues Coles (9/29/02-10/12/03) 19 T3. Keyshawn Johnson (12/18/00-12/16/01) 15 Herman Moore (10/22/95-9/29/96) 15 Herman Moore (11/17/96-11/2/97) 15

Brown is just one of fi ve players in team history with at least two regular seasons of 1,110 receiving yards or more:

REGULAR SEASONSRk. STEELER WITH 1,100+ REC. YARDS1. Hines Ward 32. Antonio Brown 2 John Stallworth 2 Yancey Thigpen 2 Mike Wallace 2

WR Antonio Brown worked his way from a sixth-round draft pick to a two-time team MVP and Pro Bowler in his fi rst four seasons. He registered the most receptions by a Steelers’ receiver in their fi rst four regular seasons and is pacing up the charts to total the most by a Steeler through fi ve campaigns:

RECEPTIONS IN Rk. STEELER FIRST FIVE YEARS GP GS 1. Hines Ward (1998-2002) 330 80 61 2. Antonio Brown (2010-current) 295 59 32 3. Plaxico Burress (2000-03) 261 71 67 4. Charles Johnson (1994-98) 247 76 58 5. Heath Miller (2005-09) 244 78 77 Brown’s 3,561 receiving yards were the third-most receiving yards by a Steelers’ receiver in their fi rst four regular seasons and his 4,072 stand as the third most in a Steelers fi rst fi ve seasons:

RECEIVING YARDS IN Rk. STEELER FIRST FIVE YEARS 1. Buddy Dial (1959-63) 4,723 2. Plaxico Burress (2000-04) 4,164 3. Antonio Brown (2010-current) 4,072 4. Mike Wallace (2009-2012) 4,042 5. Hines Ward (1998-02) 3,888

Brown totaled (5,807) the most all purpose yards by a Steeler in their fi rst four regular seasons (2010-13) and has surpassed Franco Harris for the most through fi ve years:

ALL-PURPOSE YARDS IN Rk. STEELER FIRST FIVE YEARS 1. Antonio Brown (2010-current) 6,424 2. Franco Harris (1972-76) 6,180 3. Antwaan Randle El (2002-05) 5,664 4. Willie Parker (2004-08) 5,622 5. Lynn Chandnois (1950-54) 5,537

ALL AROUND BROWN

WR Antonio Brown continues to make a mark in the punt return game in 2014. Through the fourth week of action, Brown has returned 11 punts for 96 yards to rank fi fth in the AFC with a 8.7 punt return average:

AFC PUNT RETURN LEADERS - 2014 Rk. PLAYER PR-YDS. PR AVG. 1. Adam Jones, CIN 5-118 23.6 2. Frankie Hammond, KC 13-152 11.7 3. Julian Edelman, NE 12-110 9.2 4. T.J. Carrie, OAK 7-63 9.0 5. Antonio Brown, PIT 11-96 8.7

In 2013, Brown did not just contribute as one of Pittsburgh’s main offensive targets, but he also made plays on special teams, earning his second selection to the Pro Bowl as a punt returner (2011, ‘13). With a 12.8 punt return average in 2013, Brown ranked second in the AFC in the statistical category: Throughout his career, Brown has amassed 1,123 punt return yards - the fi fth-most punt return yards by a Steeler during the regular season:

STEELERS ALL-TIME PUNT RETURN YARDS Rk. STEELER CAREER PR YARDS PR TDs 1. Rod Woodson, 1987-96 2,362 2 2. Antwaan Randle El, 2002-05, ‘10 1,650 4 3. Theo Bell, 1976, 1978-80 1,259 0 4. Louis Lipps, 1984-91 1,212 3 5. Antonio Brown, 2010-present 1,123 2 In addition to two punts returned for touchdowns, Brown also has one kickoff returned to the end zone in his career.

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TE Heath Miller has been a consistent performer for the Steelers since joining the team as a fi rst-round draft selection in 2005. Miller contributed four receptions for a season high 51 yards in Sunday night’s win at Carolina. In Week 2 at Balitmore, Miller had four catches for 35 yards after opening the year with three catches for 26 yards against Cleveland. Against Tampa Bay in Week 4, Miller registered a single-game career high with 10 receptions for 85 yards and a touchdown. Miller caught three passes for 46 yards on Sunday at Jacksonville. Miller is the team’s all-time leader at tight end for career receptions (490), receiving yards (5,516) and receiving touchdowns (41) while ranking third among all Steelers in receptions, fourth in receiving yards and fi fth in touchdown catches:

STEELERS ALL-TIME RECEPTION LEADERS Rk. STEELER REC. YARDS TDs 1. Hines Ward, 1998-2011 1,000 12,083 85 2. John Stallworth, 1974-87 537 8,723 63 3. Heath Miller, 2005-pres. 490 5,516 41

STEELERS ALL-TIME RECEIVING YARDAGE LEADERS Rk. STEELER REC. YARDS 1. Hines Ward, 1998-2011 1,000 12,083 2. John Stallworth, 1974-87 537 8,723 3. Louis Lipps, 1984-91 358 6,018 4. Heath Miller, 2005-pres. 490 5,516 5. Lynn Swann, 1974-82 336 5,462

STEELERS ALL-TIME RECEIVING TOUCHDOWN LEADERS Rk. STEELER REC. YARDS TDs 1. Hines Ward, 1998-2011 1,000 12,083 85 2. John Stallworth, 1974-87 537 8,723 63 3. Lynn Swann, 1974-82 336 5,462 51 4. Buddy Dial, 1959-65 219 4,723 42 5. Heath Miller, 2005-pres. 490 5,516 41

Miller is 478 scrimmage yards from becoming the seventh Steeler with 6,000 yards from scrimmage in team history. He ranks ninth on the team’s all-time scrimmage yards chart:

STEELERS ALL-TIME SRIMMAGE YARDAGE LEADERS Rk. PLAYER RUSH YDS/REC YDS SCRMG. YARDS 6. Willie Parker, 2004-09 5,378 / 697 6,075 7. Lynn Swann, 1974-82 72 / 5,462 5,534 8. Heath Miller, 2005-pres. 6 / 5,516 5,522 9. Dick Hoak, 1961-70 3,965 / 1,452 5,417 10. John Henry-Johnson, 1960-65 4,381 / 814 5,195

Among active NFL tight ends, TE Heath Miller’s 490 receptions, 5,516 receiving yards and 288 fi rst downs rank him third at the positional group:

ACTIVE NFL TIGHT END RECEPTION LEADERS Rk. PLAYER REC. YARDS TDs 1. Jason Witten, DAL 898 10,014 52 2. Antonio Gates, SD 740 9,468 92 3. Heath Miller, PIT 490 5,516 41 4. Greg Olsen, CHI-CAR 408 4,506 40 5. Vernon Davis, SF 406 5,292 55

ACTIVE NFL TIGHT END RECEIVING YARDAGE LEADERS Rk. PLAYER REC. YARDS 1. Jason Witten, DAL 898 10,014 2. Antonio Gates, SD 740 9,468 3. Heath Miller, PIT 490 5,516 4. Vernon Davis, SF 406 5,292 5. Owen Daniels, HOU-BAL 404 4,800

ACTIVE NFL TIGHT END 1ST DOWN LEADERS Rk. PLAYER REC. YARDS 1ST DWN 1. Antonio Gates, SD 740 9,468 520 2. Jason Witten, DAL 898 10,014 503 3. Heath Miller, PIT 490 5,516 288 4. Owen Daniels, HOU-BAL 404 4,800 273 5. Greg Olsen, CHI-CAR 408 4,506 239

Miller is one of seven active NFL tight ends to have reached 40 receiving touchdowns:

ACTIVE NFL TIGHT END TOUCHDOWN LEADERS Rk. PLAYER REC. YARDS TDs 1. Antonio Gates, SD 740 9,468 92 2. Vernon Davis, SF 406 5,292 55 3. Jason Witten, DAL 898 10,014 52 4. Rob Gronkowski, NE 245 3,502 46 5. Jimmy Graham, NO 335 4,239 44 6. Heath Miller, PIT 490 5,516 41 7. Greg Olsen, CHI-CAR 408 4,506 40

AMONG ACTIVE TE’SMILLER TIME

10.0-PLUSIn each of his fi rst nine years of his career, Miller has averaged 10

yards per catch or better each season.

27-10The Steelers record when Miller reaches the end zone.

40Miller is one of 10 players in team history with 40 career

touchdowns and one of fi ve with 40 career receiving scores.

93Number of consecutive games Miller has caught at least one pass

in which he played, dating back to 11/3/08 vs. Washington.

147-of -154The tight end has hauled in at least one reception in 147-of-154

career games played, including the postseason.

MILLER BY THE NUMBERS

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RINGING THE BELL RB Le’Veon Bell eclipsed 100 yards from scrimmage (82 rushing and 36 receiving) on Sunday at Jacksonville, becoming the fi rst Steeler in team history to produce 100 yards from scrimmage in each of the fi rst fi ve games of a season. On Sunday Night Football in Carolina in Week 3, Bell rushed for a career-high 147 yards on 21 carries and added two catches for 10 yards in Week 3’s 37-19 win at Carolina. He produced an 81 yard long - a personal best - and the fi rst 80-plus yard run by a Steeler since 2005. In Week 2 at Baltimore, Bell combined for 107 yards from scrimmage (59 rushing / 48 receiving) to become the fi rst Steeler since 2011 (Mike Wallace - fi rst three games) to open the season with 100 yards from scrimmage in each of the fi rst two games. The second year back recorded the second 100 yard rushing game of his NFL career in Week One against Cleveland, fi nishing with a game-high 109 yards on 21 carries and a touchdown. He added a career high 88 receiving yards on six catches to become the seventh Steeler (10th occurrence) to eclipse 100 rushing and 50 receiving yards in the same game. Through Week 5, Bell ranks second in the NFL and leads the AFC with 460 rushing yards:

2014 NFL RUSHING YARDAGE LEADERS Rk. PLAYER RUSH YARDS 1. DeMarco Murray, DAL 130 670 2. Le’Veon Bell, PIT 87 460 3. Arian Foster, HOU 86 404

Bell leads the AFC and is second in the NFL with 688 yards from scrimmage in the fi rst fi ve games of the 2014 season - also the most by a Steeler in Games 1-5 of a season:

2014 SRIMMAGE YARDAGE LEADERS Rk. PLAYER RUSH YDS/REC YDS SCRMG. YARDS 1. DeMarco Murray, DAL 670 / 124 794 2. Le’Veon Bell, PIT 460 / 228 688 3. Matt Forte, CHI 319 / 299 618

The second year running back has moved the chains for 31 fi rst downs in 2014 - the most in the AFC and tied for second best in the NFL:

2014 FIRST DOWN LEADERS Rk. PLAYER RUSH 1ST/REC 1ST TOTAL 1. DeMarco Murray, DAL 37 / 4 41 T2. Le’Veon Bell, PIT 20 / 11 31 Matt Forte, CHI 20 / 11 31

BELL SINCE ‘13 RB Le’Veon Bell’s 1,259 yards from scrimmage paced the Steelers’ offense in 2013 and set a franchise rookie record. His output marked the second-best production among the NFL’s rookie class last season. Through Week 5 of the 2014 season, Bell is second in the NFL with 688 yards from scrimmage. Since making his NFL debut in Week 3 of the 2013 season, the second year back has totaled 1,947 yards from scrimmage - the third most in the NFL over the last 18 weeks of regular season action:

SRIMMAGE YARDAGE LEADERS:WEEK FOUR OF 2013 - CURRENT

Rk. PLAYER RUSH YDS/REC YDS SCRMG. YARDS 1. Matt Forte, CHI 1,433 / 755 2,188 2. LeSean McCoy, PHI 1,485 / 489 1,974 3. Le’Veon Bell, PIT 1,320 / 627 1,947 4. DeMarco Murray, DAL 1,505 / 358 1,863 5. Jamaal Charles, KC 1,258 / 585 1,843

RB Le’Veon Bell set a Steelers franchise record for the most yards from scrimmage by a rookie with 1,259 in 2013 - becoming the third rookie in team history to eclipse 1,000 yards from scrimmage. His 860 rushing yards in his freshman campaign were the second-most and his eight rushing touchdowns tied for the second-most by a Steelers rookie. Combined with his 460 rushing yards in 2014, Bell ranks fourth in team history in rushing yards in a player’s fi rst two seasons in the NFL with the Steelers:

RUSHING YARDS IN Rk. STEELER FIRST TWO YEARS 1. Franco Harris (1972-73) 1,753 2. Bam Morris (1994-95) 1,395 3. Willie Parker (2004-05) 1,388 4. Le’Veon Bell (2013-current) 1,320 5. Joe Geri (1949-50) 1,248

Combined with his 688 yards from scrimmage in 2014, Bell ranks fourth in team history in yards from scrimmage in a player’s fi rst two seasons in the NFL with the Steelers:

SCRIMMAGE YARDS IN Rk. STEELER FIRST TWO YEARS 1. Mike Wallace (2009-10) 2,100 2. Louis Lipps (1984-85) 2,081 3. Franco Harris (1972-73) 2,002 4. Le’Veon Bell (2013-current) 1,947 5. Santonio Holmes (2006-07) 1,796

BELL AMONG STEELERS BEST IN TWO

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S Troy Polamalu has made a career of making plays on defense. He has done it so well that he has been selected Defensive Player of the Year once and All-Pro six times by the Associated Press (four fi rst-team and two second-team selections), as well as chosen to eight Pro Bowls, including being selected for his perfomance in 2013. Polamalu made an impact on the Steelers’ defense in Week One against Cleveland - leading the unit with 11 tackles (six solo) and followed up with eight stops (six solo) at Baltimore in Week 2. After injuries kept him to only seven games played in 2012, Polamalu started all 16 games in 2013 - the fi fth time in his career to start all 16 contests. He fi nished 2013 with 85 tackles - surpassing 80 for the eighth time in his NFL career - fi nishing third on the Steelers defense. He also contributed two sacks and set a career-high of fi ve forced fumbles. For only the third time in his NFL career, Polamalu registered at least on sack, an interception, one forced fumble and a fumble recovery in the same regular season:

Season Sacks INT FF FR 2013 2.0 2 5 1 2010 1.0 7 1 1 2005 3.0 2 1 2

In Week 14 against Miami, Polamalu returned an interception 19 yards for a touchdown in the third quarter. It was his third career interception return for a touchdown during the regular season, which tied Dwayne Woodruff, Carnell Lake, Deshea Townsend and Tony Campagno for the fourth-most in franchise history (Chad Scott, 4; Jack Butler, 4; Rod Woodson, 5). The INT-TD also marked fi fth career touchdown to tie Carnell Lake, Dwayne Woodruff and Jack Butler for the second-most defensive touchdowns in team history:

STEELERS ALL-TIME DEFENSIVE TOUCHDOWNS STEELER INT TDs FR TDs Total Def. TDs Rod Woodson 5 1 6 Troy Polamalu 3 2 5 Carnell Lake 3 2 5 Dwayne Woodruff 3 2 5 Jack Butler 4 1 5

TROY BEING TROY

2In Week 12 at Cleveland in 2013, Polamalu forced a career-high

two fumbles to go along with a sack and a fumble recovery.

5Polamalu set a career high with fi ve forced fumbles in 2013.

5In Week 14 of 2013, Polamalu returned an interecption 19 yards for a touchdown - his fi fth career defensive score, tying for the

second most defensive touchdowns in team history.

16The number of games in Polamalu’s NFL career that he has

recorded 10 or more tackles.

85Surpassed 80 tackles for the eighth time in his NFL career with 85

stops in 2013.

NUMBERS FOR TROY

DE Cameron Heyward tallied a sack of Cleveland QB Brian Hoyer to go along with four tackles (three solo) and two stops behind the line of scrimmage in the Steelers’ 30-27 win against Cleveland in Week 1. In Week 2 at Baltimore, Heyward led the team’s defensive line with sevel tackles (two solo). Heyward emerged in his third season as both a force against the run and the pass. After not starting the fi rst 34 regular-season games of his career, Heyward started 13 of the last 14 contests of the 2013 season. He posted career highs with 63 tackles, 45 solo stops, fi ve sacks and led the defensive unit with 31 quarterback pressures. He led all Pittsburgh defensive linemen with fi ve quarterback sacks - all of which came in the team’s fi nal nine games of the season.

HEYWARD EMERGES

TAKEAWAY TROY S Troy Polamalu is tied with Jack Ham and Darren Perry (32) for the seventh-most interceptions in team history during the regular season. His 32 passes intercepted rank him fi fth among all active NFL defenders and he is one of seven active players to have 30 or more interceptions:

ACTIVE NFL INTERCEPTION LEADERS Rk. PLAYER INT’S 1. Charles Woodson, 1998-pres. 57 2. DeAngelo Hall, 2004-pres. 43 T3. Terence Newman, 2003-pres. 36 Charles Tillman, 2003-pres. 36 5. Troy Polamalu, 2003-pres. 32 6. Rashean Mathis, 2003-pres. 31

Since Defensive Coordinator Dick LeBeau returned to the Steel-ers in 2004, the Steelers have had tremendous success against rookie quarterbacks. Including the postseason, the Steelers are 18-2 against teams that start a rookie quarterback. In those 20 contests, rookie quarterbacks have combined for 3,433 passing yards with 10 touchdowns and 24 interceptions, a completion percentage of 54.0 (341-631) and a passer rating of 59.2. The following is a list of all the games, the quarterback the Steel-ers faced and the outcome:

DATE OPPONENT QB RESULT12/18/04 at N.Y. Giants Eli Manning W, 33-3012/11/05 CHICAGO Kyle Orton W, 21-912/24/05 at Cleveland Charlie Frye W, 41-012/3/06 TAMPA BAY Bruce Gradkowski W, 20-311/27/07 MIAMI John Beck W, 3-012/30/07 at Baltimore Troy Smith L, 27-219/29/08 BALTIMORE Joe Flacco W, 23-20 (OT)12/14/08 at Baltimore Joe Flacco W, 13-9*1/18/09 BALTIMORE Joe Flacco W, 23-1410/17/10 CLEVELAND Colt McCoy W, 28-1012/23/10 CAROLINA Jimmy Clausen W, 27-31/2/11 at Cleveland Colt McCoy W, 41-910/16/11 JACKSONVILLE Blaine Gabbert W, 17-1311/13/11 at Cincinnati Andy Dalton W, 24-1712/4/11 CINCINNATI Andy Dalton W, 35-710/28/12 WASHINGTON Robert Griffi n III W, 27-1211/25/12 at Cleveland Brandon Weeden L, 20-1410/13/13 at N.Y. Jets Geno Smith W, 19-611/10/13 BUFFALO E.J. Manuel W, 23-1010/5/14 at Jacksonville Blake Bortles W, 17-9

TOUGH ON ROOKIE QBS

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IT’S WORILDS’ WORLD LB Jason Worilds brought down Browns QB Brian Hoyer on Kickoff Weekend against Cleveland, notching his fi rst sack of the 2014 season. In his fi rst three seasons Worilds was limited in his defensive op-portunities due to the players he backed up, Pro Bowl linebackers James Harrison and LaMarr Woodley. When Worilds got his oppor-tunity to play extensively on defense in 2013, he took advantage of it. Worilds started 11-of-15 games played in 2013, passing his career-best of seven opening nods in 2011. Despite missing the last game-and-a-half due to injury, the fi fth-year Steeler recorded a team and career-high 8.0 sacks and fi nished second on the defense with 29 quarterback pressures.

TIMMONS TIME LB Lawrence Timmons led all defenders with a combined 12 tackles (seven solo) in Week 3’s game at Baltimore, including a tackle for a loss. The eight-year veteran opened up the 2014 season with six stops in the team’s 30-27 win against Cleveland at Heinz Field. Timmons, who has missed only two games his entire career, started his team-leading 57th consecutive regular-season game in Week 4 vs. Tampa Bay. Since the start of the 2010 season, Timmons has started (69) and played in (70) the most games out of any Steelers’ linebacker, while also leading the group in tackles over that time. Timmons fi nished the 2013 season with the team lead in tackles (155, 105 solo).

10Timmons led Pittsburgh’s defense with 10 total tackles (seven

solo) in Sunday’s game. He has registered double digit tackles in 27 games during his career, including 14 times since the start of

the 2012 season.

10THIn Week 8 of the 2013 season, Timmons forced a fumble that was recovered by Pittsburgh at the Oakland 11-yard

line early in the fourth quarter. It was the 10th forced fumble of his career.

20 (17)His tackles (20) and solo tackles (17) in a victory over Baltimore in Week 7 in 2013 were both career highs.

100Timmons’ team and career-high 155 tackles in 2013 marked

the third time in the last four seasons (2010 and 2012) that he eclipsed 100 tackles.

TIMMONS’ DIGITS

GOTTA BE DA BEARD

DE Brett Keisel played in his 145th regular season game as a Steeler in Week One and made two tackles with a quarterback hurry. On Thursday Night Football, Kiesel tallied one tackle.

In 2013, Keisel was named a team captain and served as a veteran leader on the defense as he provided steady play along the defensive line.

Despite missing four games due to injury, Keisel fi nished third on the defense with 26 quarterback pressures in 2013, while adding 38 tackles (26 solo), good for third among the team’s defensive line.

In his 12-year NFL career - all with Pittsburgh since joining the team as a seventh round draft choice in 2002 - Keisel has played in 149 regular season games (110 starts) and recorded 408 tackles (282 solo) and 29.0 sacks, 34 break-ups and one interception.

SHAZIER IN ROOKIE CAMPAIGN Pittsburgh’s 2014 fi rst round draft selection - LB Ryan Shazier - became the fi rst rookie linebacker to start on Kickoff Weekend for the Steelers since 2001 (Kendrell Bell) and joined Bell and Jack Lambert (1974) as only the third defensive rookie in Pittsburgh history since 1974 to earn the nod in a season opener. In his NFL debut in Week 1 against Cleveland, Shazier totaled six tackles (fi ve solo) to go along with a stop for a loss and a pass defensed. Shazier fi nished with 11 tackles (six solo) in Week 2’s contest at Baltimor and notched three solo stops at Carolina in Week 3 before leaving the game with an injury. His 20 total tackles place him third among all 2014 rookies from Weeks 1-3:

2014 NFL ROOKIE TACKLE LEADERS: WEEKS 1-3 Rk. PLAYER TACKLES 1. Preston Brown, BUF 31 2. C.J. Mosley, BAL 22 3. Ryan Shazier, PIT 20 T4. Kyle Fuller, CHI 19 Khalil Mack, OAK 19

HARRISON RETURNS

LB James Harrison, who recently announced his retirement on September 5, returned to the Steelers for a 12th season in the NFL and 11th with Pittsburgh (2002, 2004-12 with Pittsburgh and 2013 with Cincinnati). In his most recent season with the Steelers in 2012, Harrison tied for the team lead with 6.0 sacks, increasing his total with the franchise to 64.0 - the second most quarterback takedowns by a Steeler since sacks became an offi cial statistic in 1982:

STEELERS SACK LEADERS SINCE 1982 Rk. STEELER SACKS 1. Jason Gildon, 1994-2003 77.0 2. James Harrison, 2002-12, 2014-current 64.0 3. Joey Porter, 1999-2006 60.0

The linebacker also ranks second in team history for career forced fumbles, behind only Greg Lloyd (since 1987):

STEELERS FORCED FUMBLE LEADERS SINCE 1987 Rk. STEELER FORCED FUMBLES 1. Greg Lloyd, 1988-97 36 2. James Harrison, 2002-12, 2014-current 28 3. Jason Gildon, 1994-2003 18

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SUISH-ING THE NUMBERS K Shaun Suisham provided Pittsburgh with 12 points in the team’s 37-19 victory at Carolina on Sunday night in Week 3, converting each of his three fi eld goal attempts and three extra point tries. In Week 2, Suisham connected on two fi eld goal tries - a 25- and 43-yard attempt. With his second fi eld goal of the game, Suisham became the fi fth player in Steelers history to record 100 fi eld goals made. Suisham lifted the Steelers to a 30-27 victory on Kickoff Weekend after converting a 41 yard field goal as time expried against Cleveland. The game winnning kick marked the ninth of Suisham’s NFL career and seventh as a Steeler. He went three-for-three on the day. Through the fi rst fi ve weeks of the 2014 season, Suisham is 10-of-11 on fi eld goal attempts and successful on each of his 12 extra point attempts for 42 points - sixth in the AFC (ninth among NFL kickers):

AFC KICKER SCORING LEADERS - 2014 Rk. PLAYER FGM-FGA XPM-XPA PTS 1. Stephen Gostkowski, NE 13-13 12-12 51 2. Adam Vinatieri, IND 10-10 18-18 48 3. Nick Novak, SD 11-11 14-14 47 4. Dan Carpenter, BUF 13-15 7-7 46 5. Justin Tucker, BAL 11-13 11-11 44 6. Shaun Suisham, PIT 10-11 12-12 42

Since joining the Steelers in 2010, Suisham has made 105-of-120 fi eld goal attempts and each of his 140 point after tries for 455 points. Suisham ranks fi rst in team history with an 87.5 fi eld goal conversion mark and 105 fi eld goals made place him tied for fourth in team history:

STEELERS ALL-TIME FIELD GOAL PERCENTAGE Rk. STEELER FGM-FGA PCT. 1. Shaun Suisham, 2010-pres. 105-120 87.5 2. Jeff Reed, 2002-10 127-204 81.9 3. Gary Anderson, 1982-94 197-309 78.5

STEELERS ALL-TIME FIELD GOALS MADE Rk. STEELER FGM 1. Gary Anderson, 1982-94 309 2. Jeff Reed, 2002-2010 204 3. Roy Gerela, 1971-78 146 T4. Shaun Suisham 2010-pres. 105 Norm Johnson, 1995-98 105

From Nov. 3, 2013 until his second fi eld goal attempt in Sunday’s game, Suisham had made 24 consecutive fi eld goal attempts - setting a franchise record:

STEELERS ALL-TIME FIELD CONSECUTIVE GOALS MADE Rk. STEELER FGM 1. Shaun Suisham (Nov. 13, 2013-Sept. 28, 2014) 24 2. Jeff Reed, 2004-05 22 3. Gary Anderson, 1994 19

OH SO SUISHAM

9The number of game winning fi eld goals Suisham has made in his NFL career - seven as a Steeler - including Week One’s 41 yard

kick as time expired.

87.5%The percentage of fi eld goals made by Suisham (105-of-120) since joining the Steelers in 2010 - tops in franchise history.

105Since joining the Steelers in 2010, Suisham has converted 105 fi eld goal attempts - tied as the fourth-most fi eld goals made in

team history (Norm Johnson).

137Suisham has a current streak of 137 consecutive PATs made as a Steeler. Since October 4, 2009, he has made 154 straight PATs,

which is the longest streak of his career.

WING IN DEBUT YEAR

P Brad Wing has stepped in to the role of the Steelers punter in 2014 and made his NFL debut in Week 1. Wing punted six times for 262 yards (43.7 average) and landed two of his attempts in the Cleveland 20 yard line. Throgh Week 5, Wing has punted 22 times covering 958 yards (43.5 average) and pinned opponents inside their 20 yard line eight times. Among rookies in Steelers history, Wing’s 43.5 punting average is fi fth best (min. 10 punts):

STEELERS ROOKIE PUNTING AVERAGE LEADERS (Min. 10 punts)

Rk. STEELER P-YDS AVG. 1. Ernie Wheeler, 1939 10-460 46.0 2. Frank Lambert, 1965 78-3,518 45.1 3. Bobby Joe Green, 1960 64-2,829 44.2 4. Drew Butler, 2012 77-3,374 43.8 5. Brad Wing, 2014 22-958 43.5

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Preseason Game #1New York Giants 20, Pittsburgh 16

Aug. 9, 2014MetLife Stadium (74,611)

EAST RUTHERFORD – QB Curtis Painter threw a game-winning three-yard touchdown pass to WR Corey Washington with less than three minutes remaining to lift the Giants to a 20-16 victory over the Steelers in the 2014 preseason opener. On theSteelersfirstdriveof thecontest, rookieWR/RB Dri Archer caught a pass from QB Ben Roethlisberger and raced 46 yards into Giants’ territory. The drive was capped off by a 26-yard fieldgoalbyK Shaun Suisham to give Pittsburgh an early 3-0 lead. But on the first play ofNewYork’s ensuingpossession,RBRashad Jennings scored on a 73-yard run to give the Giants a 7-3 advantage. NewYorkincreasedtheirlead10-3earlyinthesecondquarteronKJoshBrown’s45-yardfieldgoal.Andwithlessthanoneminuteremaininginthefirsthalf,theGiantsincreasedtheirleadto13-3onKBrandonMcManus’46-yardfieldgoal. Pittsburghscored13unansweredpointsforitsfirstleadofthegame. Suisham connected from 38 yards out midway through the thirdquarterandfrom32yardsoutearlyinthefourthquartertocutthe Giants’ lead 13-9. TheSteelersgotasplashplayfromrookieLB Howard Jones as he scooped up a Giants’ fumble and returned it 28 yards for a touchdown to give Pittsburgh a 16-13 advantage. OntheGiants’nextdrive,Painterledtheteamona12-play,80-yard drive that he capped off with the game-winning touchdown pass.

GAME SUMMARY

STEELERS (0-1) 3 0 3 10 16Giants (2-0) 7 6 0 7 20

TEAM Q TIME PLAY DRIVE SCOREPIT 1 10:34 Suisham 26-yd. FG 7-70; 3:10 3-0NYG 1 10:14 Jennings73-yd.run(McManuskick) 1-73;0:20 3-7NYG 2 9:13 Brown45-yd.FG 4-8;1:22 3-10NYG 2 0:38 McManus46yd.FG 12-44;3:44 3-13PIT 3 6:14 Suisham 38-yd. FG 4-1; 1:23 6-13PIT 4 14:01 Suisham 32-yd. FG 6-62; 2:07 9-13PIT 4 10:16 H. Jones 28 yd. fumble return 16-13NYG 4 2:50 Washington3yd.passfromPainter(Brownkick)12-80;7:26 16-20

INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING: Pit. – Bell 3-18; Poole 5-17; Blount 3-10; Wheaton 1-10; Archer 2-9; Hall 6-5; Maysonet 2-1. NYG – Jennings 5-85; Gaskins 10-46; Williams 7-35; Cox 6-4; Conner 1-3; Nassib 1-0; Painter 1-(-2). PASSING: Pit. – Jones 21-11-0, 74; Gradkowski 12-8-0, 66; Roethlisberger 2-1-0, 46. NYG – Nassib 21-12-0, 81; Painter 7-7-0, 68, 1TD; Manning 2-0-0, 0. RECEIVING: Pit. – Moye 4-32; Archer 2-50; A. Brown 2-21; J. Brown 2-9; Maysonet 2-8; Paulson 2-7; Wheaton 1-28; Bryant 1-19; Bell 1-6; Harris 1-4; Hall 1-3; Miller 1-(-1). NYG – Washington 3-23, 1 TD; Gaskins 3-19; Harvey 2-23; Talley 2-19; Parker 2-14; Donnell 2-13; Cox 2-8; Randle 1-12; Robinson 1-9; David 1-9.

TEAM STATISTICS Steelers Giants 1st Downs 14 (3-5-6) 15 (4-11-0)3rd Downs 2-14 (14%) 5-14 (36%)4th Downs 0-1 (0%) 0-0 (0%)Total Net Yards 251 312Plays-Avg. 59-4.3 62-5.0Rushing Yards 70 171Rush Att.-Avg. 22-3.2 31-5.5Passing Yards 181 141 Att.-Comp.-Int. 35-20-0 30-19-0 Sacks By 1-8 2-5 Punts-Avg. 6-36.5 6-47.2Penalties 5-34 10-109 Fumbles-Lost 3-1 2-2 Time of Poss. 29:24 30:36

Preseason Game #2Pittsburgh 19, Buffalo 16

Aug. 16, 2014Heinz Field (50,434)

PITTSBURGH – K Shaun Suisham connected on a 20-yard fieldgoalastimeexpiredtogivetheSteelersa19-16victoryoverthe Buffalo Bills in the preseason home opener at Heinz Field. The game-winning kickwas set up by a big play from theSteelers’defense,asLB Vic So’oto sackedandstrippedBuffaloQBJeffTuelandthefumblewaspickedupandreturnedtotheBillsone-yard line by LB Howard Jones. TheBillstookanearly3-0leadonKDanCarpenter’s37-yardfieldgoal.Buton thesecondplayof theSteelers’ensuingdrive,WR Antonio Brown caught a pass from QB Ben Roethlisberger andtookit76yardsforatouchdowntogivetheSteelersa6-3lead,followed by a missed extra point attempt. Pittsburghscoredanothertouchdownonitsnextdrive,punchingit in on a third-and-11 play from the Bills’ 16-yard line. Roethlisberger found WR Markus Wheaton in the corner of the end zone to give theSteelersa13-3advantagebytheendofthefirstquarter. Carpenterbooteda53-yardfieldgoalearlyinthesecondquartertogiveBuffaloitssecondscoreofthecontest,andtheSteelerswentinto halftime with a 13-6 lead. Midwaythroughthethirdquarter,QB Landry Jones wassackedandstrippedbyDTStefanCharlesandDTLandonCohenreturnedit59 yards to the Pittsburgh 16-yard line. Buffalo capped off the drive withaone-yardscorebyRBAnthonyDixontotiethegame13-13. Suisham booted a 48-yarder in the fourth quarter to givePittsburgh a 16-13 advantage. Carpenter though would tie the game with a 44-yarder of his own at the two minute. AfteraPittsburghturnover,theBillstookoverattheirown29-yardline.Butwith31secondsremaining,So’otoandJonesmadeasplashplaytosetupthegame-winningkick.

GAME SUMMARY

STEELERS (1-1) 13 0 0 6 19BILLS (1-2) 3 3 7 3 16

TEAM Q TIME PLAY DRIVE SCOREBUF 1 9:35 Carpenter 37-yd. FG 11-44; 5:25 3-0PIT 1 8:49 A.Brown76-yd.passfromRoethlisberger(kickfailed,wl) 2-80; 0:46 3-6PIT 1 2:19 Wheaton16-yd.passfromRoethlisberger(Suishamkick) 8-37; 3:39 3-13BUF 2 13:15 Carpenter 53-yd. FG 11-39; 4:04 6-13BUF 3 7:55 Dixon1-yd.run(Carpenterkick) 3-16;1:01 13-13PIT 4 9:26 Suisham 48-yd. FG 5-31; 2:13 13-16BUF 4 1:36 Carpenter 44-yd. FG 12-55; 4:21 16-16PIT 4 0:00 Suisham20-yd.FG 2-(-1);0:15 16-19

INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING: Buf. – Jackson 6-27; Dixon 10-26; Wingo 5-25; Tuel 1-17; Spiller 6-16; Brown 6-12; Summers 2-11; Lewis 1-11; Manuel 1-5. Pit. – Gradkowski 3-17; Bell 4-11; Poole 3-7; Archer 2-1; Blount 3-0; Harris 2-0; Jones 1-(-1). PASSING: Buf. – Manuel 27-17-1, 148; Tuel 9-5-0, 48; Lewis 6-1-1, 18. Pit. – Gradkowski 13-7-1, 47; Roethlisberger 11-8-0, 128, 2 TDs; Jones 5-2-1, 53. RECEIVING : Buf. – Jackson 7-28; Chandler 4-40; Woods 3-49; Gurley 2-25; Rodriguez 1-18; Graham 1-16; Gragg 1-10; Mi. Williams 1-10; Roosevelt 1-9; Dixon 1-5; Brown 1-4. Pit. – A. Brown 2-93, 1 TD; Archer 2-44; Bryant 2-18; Wheaton 2-15, 1 TD; Miller 2-10; Paulson 1-13; K. Moore 1-12; Waters 1-7; L. Moore 1-6; J. Brown 1-6; Sampson 1-3; Poole 1-1.

TEAM STATISTICS Bills Steelers1st Downs 22 123rd Downs 7-17 (41%) 4-12 (33%)4th Downs 0-2 (0%) 0-0 (0%)Total Net Yards 358 254Plays-Avg. 84-4.3 49-5.2Rushing Yards 150 35Rush Att.-Avg. 38-3.9 18-1.9Passing Yards 208 219Att.-Comp.-Int. 42-23-2 29-17-2Sacks By 2-9 4-6Punts-Avg. 2-41.5 6-44.5Penalties 10-67 8-74Fumbles-Lost 2-2 1-1

Time of Poss. 35:32 24:28

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Preseason Game #3Philadelphia 31, Pittsburgh 21

Aug. 21, 2014Lincoln Financial Field (69,144)

PHILADELPHIA – TheSteelerscouldn’tkeepupwiththehigh-pacedPhiladelphiaoffenseandfelltotheEagles,31-21,atLincolnFinancial Field. TheEaglesscoredthefirst17pointsofthecontest.Philadelphiabegan its scoring with a 22-yard screen pass for a touchdown from QBNickFolestoRBLeSeanMcCoymidwaythroughthefirstquarter.EarlyinthesecondquarterRBDarrenSprolesscoredonaone-yardtouchdownrun.Andwithlessthanaminuteremaininginthehalf,KAlexHeneryconnectedona36-yardfieldgoal.TheEaglesoutgainedtheSteelers251-96inthefirsthalf. Early in the third quarter,RBMatthewTucker scored on aone-yard run to give Philadelphia a 24-0 lead. But on the Steelers’ ensuingdrive,QB Ben Roethlisberger engineeredasix-play,79-yard drive that he capped off with a 27-yard touchdown pass to TE Heath Miller. The Eagles scored from one-yard out to increase Philadelphia’s lead to 31-7 on their ensuing possession. Pittsburghmanagedtoscoretwofourthquartertouchdowns,both from throws by QB Bruce Gradkowski. He connected with WR Darrius Heyward-Beyona33-yardstrikeandthenwithrookieWR Martavis Bryant on a three-yard completion to give Pittsburgh its finalpointsofthecontest.Gradkowskifinished8-of-11for105yardswith two touchdowns.

GAME SUMMARY

STEELERS (1-2) 0 0 7 14 21EAGLES (1-2) 7 10 14 0 31

TEAM Q TIME PLAY DRIVE SCOREPHI 1 6:12 McCoy22yd.passfromFoles(Henerykick) 11-80;3:07 0-7PHI 2 12:34 Sproles1yd.run(Henerykick) 13-77;6:13 0-14PHI 2 0:59 Henery36yd.fieldgoal 9-50;2:43 0-17PHI 3 8:10 Tucker1yd.run(Parkeykick) 9-60;3:01 0-24PIT 3 4:07 Miller27yd.passfromRoethlisberger(Suishamkick) 6-79; 4:03 7-24PHI 3 0:24 Tucker1yd.run(Henerykick) 9-80;3:43 7-31PIT 4 6:12 Heyward-Bey33yd.passfromGradkowski(Suishamkick) 9-80; 3:43 14-31PIT 4 2:41 Bryant3yd.passfromBradkowski(Suishamkick) 6-42; 1:36 21-31

INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING: Pit. – Blount 7-32; Bell 9-23; Gradkowski 1-3. Phi. – Josey 4-48; Tucker 10-46 2 TDs; Sproles 6-33 1TD; Barner 7-32; McCoy 4-24; Foles 1-0; Kinne 3(-1). PASSING: Pit. – Roethlisberger 24-15-1, 157, 1 TD, 157; Gradkowski 11-8-0, 105 2 TDs. Phi. – Foles 29-19-1, 179, 1 TD,Sanchez 9-7-0, 85; Barkley 4-4-0, 37; Kinne 1-1-0, 8. RECEIVING: Pit. – Miller 4-53, 1 TD; Brown 3-59; Heyward-Bey 3-54, 1 TD; Archer 3-14; Blount 3-14; Bryant 2-28 1 TD; Wheaton 2-24; Houston 1-13; Bell 1-3. Phi. – Maclin 6-43; Maehl 4-19; Cooper 3-25; Celek 2-41; Burton 2-37; Johnson 2-29; McCoy 2-26; Ertz 2-24; Pratt 2-20; Matthews 2-16; Cunningham 1-16; Josey 1-8; Sproles 1-4; Murphy 1-1.

TEAM STATISTICS Steelers Eagles1st Downs 20 363rd Downs 6-12 (50%) 6-11 (55%)4th Downs 0-0 (0%) 0-0 (0%)Total Net Yards 309 482Plays-Avg. 54-5.7 79-6.1Rushing Yards 58 182Rush Att.-Avg. 17-3.4 35-5.2Passing Yards 251 300Att.-Comp.-Int. 35-23-1 43-31-1Sacks By 1-9 2-11Punts-Avg. 5-39.8 3-41.1Penalties 13-92 14-110Fumbles-Lost 1-0 0-0

Time of Poss. 28:13 31:47

Preseason Game #4Carolina 10, Pittsburgh 0

Aug. 28, 2014Heinz Field (43,514)

PITTSBURGH – The Steelers’ offense struggled to move the football throughout the game and were shut out by the Carolina Panthers 10-0 in the 2014 preseason finale at Heinz Field. The Panthers scored on their opening drive of the contest, as the teamwent 62 yards on 14 plays. KGrahamGano connected on a 33-yard field goal to give Carolina an early 3-0 lead, which was the score heading into halftime. LB Jarvis Jones stalled a Carolin drive by scooping up a fumble but the ensuing Pittsburgh possession resulted in a punt. DespitegoodnumbersfromQB Landry Jones,whofinishedthefirsthalf10-of-13for69yards,theteamfailedtoconvertathird-down. Carolina scored on their opening drive of the second half, going 90 yards on just six plays. RB FozzyWhittakerscored on a two-yard run to give the Panthers the 10-0 victory.Whittaker finishedwith a game-high 91 rushing yards. ThoughPittsburghoutrushedCarolina106-100,thePanthersdefenserecordedsixsacksandheldtheSteelerstojust185netyards.

GAME SUMMARY

STEELERS (1-3) 0 0 0 0 0PANTHERS (2-2) 3 0 7 0 10

TEAM Q TIME PLAY DRIVE SCORECAR 1 9:22 Gano33yd.fieldgoal 14-64;5:38 0-3CAR 3 6:24 Whittaker2yd.run(Ganokick) 6-90;3:26 0-10

INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING: Car. – Whittaker 23-91 1 TD; Webb 4-12; Tolbert 3-1; Anderson 1-0; Zordich 4-(-4); Pit. - Harris 6-41; Wheaton 1-15; Houston 4-14; Archer 2-8; Bell 2-8; Blount 3-7; Kay 2-7; Johnson 1-6. PASSING: Car. – Anderson 14-8-0, 98; Webb 11-8-0, 116; Pit. - Jones 18-14-0, 97; Kay 10-5-0, 32. RECEIVING: Car. – Benjamin 4-56; Brown 3-68; Bersin 2-26; Dickson 2-24; Williams 2-20; Avant 1-13; Cotchery 1-5; King 1-2. Pit. - Heyward-Bey 6-44; Brown 2-17; Moye 2-14; Harris 2-8; Johnson 1-18; Sampson 1-13; Paulson 1-6; Blanchflower 1-5; Bryant 1-3; Palmer 1-1.

TEAM STATISTICS Panthers Steelers1st Downs 18 113rd Downs 4-12 (33%) 5-15 (33%)4th Downs 1-1 (100%) 0-1 (0%)Total Net Yards 314 185Plays-Avg. 60-5.2 55-3.4Rushing Yards 100 106Rush Att.-Avg. 35-2.9 21-5.0Passing Yards 214 79Att.-Comp.-Int. 25-16-0 28-19-0Sacks By 6-50 0-0Punts-Avg. 5-45.8 9-40.1Penalties 9-70 5-52Fumbles-Lost 1-1 1-0

Time of Poss. 31:51 28:09

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Game #1Pittsburgh 30, Cleveland 27

Sept. 7, 2014Heinz Field (64,598)

PITTSBURGH – K Shaun Suisham connectedona41-yardfieldgoalto give the Steelers a 30-27 victory over the Cleveland Browns in the 2014 seasonopeneratHeinzField.ItmarkedtheninthtimeSuishamconvertedagame-winningfieldgoalinhiscareerandseventhasaSteeler. Suishambooteda36-yardfieldgoalontheSteelers’openingdriveofthe contest to give the team an early 3-0 lead. Cleveland though would tie the game,3-3,onitsensuingdrivewitha39-yardfieldgoalbyKBillyCundiff. Pittsburghthoughwouldscore24straightpointstotakeacommanding27-3 lead at halftime. RB LeGarrette Blount scored on a seven-yard run lateinthefirstquarter.QB Ben Roethlisberger found WR Antonio Brown fora35-yardtouchdownearlyinthesecondquarter.ThenRB Le’Veon Bell scoredona38-yardrun.Suishamcappedoffthehalfwitha34-yardfieldgoal as time expired. LikePittsburgh,Clevelandscored24unansweredpointstoopenupthesecondhalf.RookieRBIsaiahCrowellscoredonback-to-backdrives,rushing into the end zone from three yards out and then 15 yards out on thefollowingdrive.Cundiffthenconnectedona25-yardfieldgoal.AndQBBrianHoyerthrewanine-yardtouchdowntoWRTravisBenjamintotiethegame 27-27. Withlessthantwominutestogo,theSteelers’defenseforcedathree-and-out and the Browns punted to the Pittsburgh 43-yard line. Roethlisberger thenledtheteamonafive-play,33-yarddrivetosetupSuisham’sgamewinningkick. Itmarkedthe31sttimeRoethlisbergerledtheteamonafourth-quartergame-winningdriveintheregularseasonforhiscareer.Hefinishedthegamewith365passingyards,markingthe29thtimeheeclipsedthe300-yardmarkin the regular season. Forthefifthtimesince1991,theSteelersgenerated300ormoretotalnetyardsinthefirsthalf(364)andforthefirsttimesincethe2009seasontheteamrecorded490ormoretotalnetyardsinasinglegame(490).

GAME SUMMARY

BROWNS (0-1) 3 0 14 10 27STEELERS (1-0) 10 17 0 3 30

TEAM Q TIME PLAY DRIVE SCOREPIT 1 9:58 Suisham36yd.fieldgoal 9-62;5:02 0-3CLE 1 5:39 Cundiff39yd.fieldgoal 8-54;4:19 3-3PIT 1 0:50 Blount7yd.run(Suishamkick) 9-80;4:49 3-10PIT 2 9:49 Brown35yd.passfromRoethlisberger(Suishamkick) 6-89; 3:12 3-17PIT 2 7:43 Bell38yd.run(Suishamkick) 2-50;0:48 3-24PIT 2 0:00 Suisham34yd.fieldgoal 10-64;1:44 3-27CLE 3 13:27 Crowell3yd.run(Cundiffkick) 6-80;1:33 10-27CLE 3 9:05 Crowell15yd.run(Cundiffkick) 6-59;2:31 17-27CLE 4 14:57 Cundiff25yd.fieldgoal 12-75;4:45 20-27CLE 4 11:15 Benjamin9yd.passfromHoyer(Cundiffkick) 7-51;2:35 27-27PIT 4 0:00 Suisham41yd.fieldgoal 5-33;0:47 27-30

INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING: Cle. – West 16-100; Tate 6-41; Crowell 5-32, 2 TDs; Benjamin 1-10; Gabriel 1-8; Agnew 1-2; Hoyer 1-(-2). Pit. – Bell 21-109, 1 TD; Roethlisberger 2-8; Blount 4-6, 1 TD; Archer 1-4. PASSING: Cle. – Hoyer 30-18-0, 222 1 TD. Pit. – Roethlisberger 23-23-1, 365, 1 TD; Golden 1-1-25. RECEIVING : Cle. – Hawkins 8-87; Cameron 2-47; Dray 2-30; Austin 2-20; Benjamin 2-20, 1 TD; Barnidge 1-13; Gabriel 1-5. Pit. – Wheaton 6-97; Bell 6-88; A. Brown 5-116, 1 TD; J. Brown 3-38; Miller 3-26; Blake 1-25.

TEAM STATISTICS Browns Steelers1st Downs 23 243rd Downs 2-11 (18%) 4-12 (33%)4th Downs 0-0 (0%) 1-1 (100%)Total Net Yards 389 490Plays-Avg. 64-6.1 67-7.3Rushing Yards 191 127Rush Att.-Avg. 30-6.1 28-4.5Passing Yards 206 363Att.-Comp.-Int. 31-19-0 35-24-1Sacks By 3-24 3-24Punts-Avg. 7-44.9 6-43.7Penalties 8-55 11-96Fumbles-Lost 0-0 1-0

Time of Poss. 27:33 32:27

Game #2Baltimore 26, Pittsburgh 6

Sept. 11, 2014M&T Bank Stadium (71,181)

BALTIMORE–TheBaltimoreRavensdefeatedtheSteelers,26-6, at M&T Bank Stadium on Thursday Night Football. Pittsburgh marched into Ravens’ territory on its opening drive of the contest before the drive was stalled at the Baltimore 16-yard line due to a fumble recovered by the defense. QB Joe Flacco then led his teamona12-play,85-yarddrivethathecappedoffwithatwo-yardtouchdownpasstoTEOwenDanielstogivetheRavensa7-0lead. K JustinTucker connected on a 30-yard field goalmidwaythrough the secondquarter to increaseBaltimore’s lead10-0.K Shaun Suishamconnectedona25-yardfieldgoallateinthesecondquarterandtheteamsenteredhalftimewithBaltimoreleading10-3. Suishamaddeda43-yarderearlyinthethirdquartertocutthelead10-6,butitwouldbethelastpointsPittsburghwouldscore.OntheRavens’ensuingpossession,Flaccoledtheteamona12-play,80-yard drive and he capped it off with another touchdown pass toDaniels, this timeaone-yarder, togiveBaltimorea17-6 lead. TheRavens’ defense forced two fourth quarter turnoversto close the door on a Pittsburgh comeback. Tucker addedthree fourth quarter field goals, from 23 yards, 22 yards and20 yards to give Baltimore its final points of the contest.

GAME SUMMARY

STEELERS (1-1) 0 3 3 0 6RAVENS (1-1) 7 3 7 9 26

TEAM Q TIME PLAY DRIVE SCOREBAL 1 0:27 Daniels2yd.passfromFlacco(Tuckerkick) 12-85;6:26 0-7BAL 2 8:01 Tucker30yd.fieldgoal 12-65;5:32 0-10PIT 2 2:50 Suisham25yd.fieldgoal 11-73;5:11 3-10PIT 3 10:30 Suisham43yd.fieldgoal 6-27;2:56 6-10BAL 3 3:58 Daniels1yd.passfromFlacco(Tuckerkick) 12-80;6:32 6-17BAL 4 14:11 Tucker23yd.fieldgoal 10-53;3:51 6-20BAL 4 11:14 Tucker22yd.fieldgoal 6-16;2:46 6-23BAL 4 4:31 Tucker20yd.fieldgoal 7-53;4:57 6-26

INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING: Pit. – Bell 11-59; Wheaton 2-22; Brown 2-10; Blount 3-8. Bal. - Pierce 22-96; Forsett 8-56; Flacco 5-3; Jones 1-2. PASSING: Pit. – Roethlisberger 37-22-1, 217; Bal. - Flacoo 29-21-0, 166, 2 TDs. RECEIVING: Pit. – A. Brown 7-90; Bell 5-48; Wheaton 5-38; Miller 4-35; J. Brown 1-6. Bal. - S. Smith 6-71; Daniels 5-28, 2 TDs; Forsett 4-16; Pitta 3-30; T. Smith 1-10; Pierce 1-7; Jones 1-4.

TEAM STATISTICS Steelers Ravens1st Downs 17 253rd Downs 6-12 (50%) 5-12 (42%)4th Downs 0-0 (0%) 1-1 (100%)Total Net Yards 301 323Plays-Avg. 57-5.3 65-5.0Rushing Yards 99 157Rush Att.-Avg. 18-5.5 36-4.4Passing Yards 202 166Att.-Comp.-Int. 37-22-1 29-21-0Sacks By 0-0 2-15Punts-Avg. 4-45.8 2-55.0Penalties 9-75 4-35Fumbles-Lost 2-2 0-0

Time of Poss. 24:52 35:08

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Game #3Pittsburgh 37, Carolina 19

Sept. 21, 2014Bank of America Stadium (73,945)

CHARLOTTE – Pittsburgh won its first road contest of the 2014 season in dominating fashion with a 37-19 win at Carolina. It marked the Steelers fifth straight win against the Panthers. KGrahamGanoconnectedona40-yardfieldgoalmidway throughthe first quarter to giveCarolina a 3-0 lead. The Steelers respondedwith three straight field goals as K Shaun Suisham connected from 42, 24and45 yardsout to givePittsburgha9-3advantageat halftime. In the second half, Pittsburgh scored 28 points thanks to splashplays from the offense, defense and special teams.On the Panthersfirst drive of the third quarter,LB Jarvis Jones sacked and strippedQB Cam Newton, and the fumble was recovered by LB Jason Worilds. Five plays later, QB Ben Roethlisberger found WR Antonio Brown for a seven-yard touchdown to give the Steelers a 16-3 lead. Gano made a 40-yard field goal on Carolina’s ensuing drive. Pittsburgh responded on its next drive when RB Le’Veon Bell had an 81-yard rush toCarolina’s 11-yard line. Itmarked the first 80-yard rushfor Pittsburgh since the 2005 season. Roethlisberger found Brown again from seven yards out to give the Steelers a 23-6 advantage. ThePantherscutthelead23-13onNewton’s37-yardtouchdownpasstoTE Greg Olsen and forced the Steelers to punt on Pittsburgh’s ensuing drive. But S Shamarko Thomas forced a fumble on the punt that was recovered by S Robert Golden in the endzone for a touchdown to give Pittsburgh a 30-13 lead. The Steelers added seven more points on RB LeGarrette Blount’s eight-yardtouchdownruntogivePittsburgha37-13advantage.QBDerekAnderson connectedwithWRKelvinBenjaminona 35-yard touchdownpasslateinthefourthquartertogiveCarolinaitsfinalpointsofthegame. For the first time since 1986, the Steelers had two runningbacks (Bell andBlount) each rush for 100 yards in the same contest.

GAME SUMMARY

STEELERS (2-1) 3 6 14 14 37PANTHERS (2-1) 3 0 3 13 19

TEAM Q TIME PLAY DRIVE SCORECAR 1 6:40 Gano40yd.FG (9-58;3:55) 0-3PIT 1 0:07 Suisham42yd.FG (6-51;2:31) 3-3PIT 2 5:37 Suisham24yd.FG (16-87;8:00) 6-3PIT 2 0:00 Suisham45yd.FG (7-53;1:35) 9-3PIT 3 11:02 Roethlisberger7yd.passtoA.Brown(Suishamkick) (4-17;1:30) 16-3CAR 3 6:21 Gano40yd.FG (12-58;4:41) 16-6PIT 3 2:22 Roethlisberger7yd.passtoA.Brown(Suishamkick) (6-80;3:59) 23-6CAR 4 13:28 Newton37yd.passtoOlsen(Ganokick) (7-80;3:54) 23-13PIT 4 11:00 Goldenfumblerecoveryinendzone(Suishamkick) 30-13PIT 4 5:38 Blount8yd.run(Suishamkick) (8-98;4:29) 37-13CAR 4 3:53 Anderson35yd.passtoBenjamin(Passfailed) (6-80;1:45) 37-19

INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING: Pit. – Bell 21-147; Blount 10-118, 1 TD; Roethlisberger 1-1; Gradkowski 2-(-2) Car. – Stewart 5-31; Newton 2-7, Tolbert 3-4. PASSING: Pit. – Roethlisberger 30-22-0, 196, 2 TDs. Car. – Newton 35-24-0, 250, 1 TD; Anderson 6-5-80, 1 TD. RECEIVING: Pit. – A. Brown 10-90, 2 TDs; Miller 4-51; Wheaton 4-35; Bell 2-10; J. Brown 2-10. Car. – Benjamin 8-115, 1 TD; Brown 7-66; Olsen 5-69, 1 TD; Tolbert 3-20; Stewart 3-19; Avant 2-12; Bersin 1-29.

TEAM STATISTICS Steelers Panthers1st Downs 24 203rd Downs 3-11 (27%) 4-12 (33%)4th Downs 1-1 (100%) 1-1 (100%)Total Net Yards 454 349Plays-Avg. 65-7.0 54-6.5Rushing Yards 264 42Rush Att.-Avg. 34-7.8 10-4.2Passing Yards 190 307Att.-Comp.-Int. 30-22-0 41-29-0Sacks By 3-23 1-6Punts-Avg. 3-46.0 4-52.5Penalties 11-91 7-105Fumbles-Lost 0-0 3-2

Time of Poss. 34:39 25:21

Game #4Tampa Bay 27, Pittsburgh 24

Sept. 28, 2014Heinz Field (62,910)

PITTSBURGH – QBMikeGlennon threwagame-winning five-yardtouchdownpasstoWRVincentJacksonwithsevensecondslefttogivetheBuccaneers a 27-24 victory at Heinz Field. On the Steelers opening drive of the game the Buccaneers got after QB Ben Roethlisberger,sackinghimonconsecutiveplays.Onthird-and-16,DEMichaelJohnsonsackedandstrippedRoethlisbergerand the fumblewasrecoveredbyTampaBay.Twoplayslater,Glennonthrewaseven-yardtouchdownpasstoWRMikeEvanstogiveTampaBaya7-0lead. The Buccaneers forced the Steelers to punt on their next possession. TampaBaycappedoffthatdrivewitha50-yardfieldgoalbyKPatrickMurrayto increase their lead 10-0. Pittsburgh responded on their next possession driving 73 yards on 10 plays. K Shaun Suishamnaileda25-yardfieldgoalto cut the lead 10-3. The Steelers then scored two straight touchdowns thanks toRoethlisberger and WR Antonio Brown. Roethlisberger and Brown connected on an 11-yard score and then a 27-yard score to give Pittsburgh a 17-10 lead going into halftime. Tampa Bay marched 80 yards on eight plays on its opening drive of the secondhalf.RBDougMartinscoredonathree-yardruntotiethegame17-17.But the Steelers scored a touchdown on their next drive when Roethlisberger found TE Heath Miller forafive-yardtouchdowntogivePittsburghanotherseven-pointadvantage,24-17. Early in the fourthquarter,Murraymadea27-yardfieldgoal toputTampaBaywithinfourpoints,24-20.ItappearedthattheBuccaneerswouldtaketheleadrightafterthetwo-minutewarning.ButtheSteelersheldtheBuccaneers on fourth-and-10 from the Pittsburgh 14-yard line. TampaBaythoughforcedtheSteelerstopuntandtookoverwith40secondsremainingandnotimeouts.Onsecond-and-10,GlennonfoundWRLouisMurphyfora41-yardcompletionwhichsetupGlennon’sgame-winningthrowtoJackson.

GAME SUMMARY

BUCCANEERS (1-3) 10 0 7 10 27STEELERS (2-2) 10 7 7 0 24

TEAM Q TIME PLAY DRIVE SCORETB 1 13:01 Evans7yd.passfromGlennon(Murraykick) 2-9;0:44 0-7TB 1 10:01 Murrat 50 yd. FG 6-23; 1:24 0-10PIT 1 6:19 Suisham 25 yd. FG 10-73; 3:42 3-10PIT 1 0:15 A.Brown11yd.passfromRoethlisberger(Suishamkick) 9-60; 4:43 10-10PIT 2 4:58 A.Brown27yd.passfromRoethlisberger(Suishamkick) 13-93; 7:25 17-10TB 3 12:27 Martin3yd.run(Murraykick) 8-80;2:33 17-17PIT 3 7:50 Miller5yd.passfromRoethlisberger(Suishamkick) 10-80; 4:37 24-17TB 4 11:37 Murray 27 yd. FG 12-83; 4:39 24-20TB 4 0:07 Jackson5yd.passfromGlennon(Murraykick) 5-46;0:33 24-27

INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING: T.B. – Martin 14-30, 1 TD; Patton 1-19; Rainey 4-2; Lane 1-2. Pit. – Bell 19-63; Blount 4-25; Roethlisberger 2-4; W. Johnson 1-0; Wheaton 1-(-7). PASSING: T.B. – Glennon 42-21-1, 302; 2 TDs; Rainey 1-0-0. Pit. – Roethlisberger 40-29-0; 314, 3 TDs; A. Brown 1-1-17. RECEIVING: T.B. – Murphy 6-99; Evans 4-65, 1 TD; Seferian-Jenkins 3-44; Jackson 3-32, 1 TD; Shepard 2-30; Martin 2-16; Rainey 1-16.Pit. – Miller 10-85, 1 TD; A. Brown 7-131, 2 TDs; Bell 6-46; Wheaton 4-57; Moore 1-12; J. Brown 1-5. Archer 1-1.

TEAM STATISTICS Buccaneers Steelers1st Downs 21 273rd Downs 7-13 (54%) 6-14 (43%)4th Downs 0-1 (0%) 1-1 (100%)Total Net Yards 350 390Plays-Avg. 64-5.5 73-5.3Rushing Yards 63 85Rush Att.-Avg. 20-3.2 27-3.1Passing Yards 287 305Att.-Comp.-Int. 43-21-0 41-30-0Sacks By 5-26 1-15Punts-Avg. 3-35.3 4-37.0Penalties 9-50 13-125Fumbles-Lost 0-0 2-1

Time of Poss. 25:45 34:15

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Game #5Pittsburgh 17, Jacksonville 9

Oct. 5, 2014Everbank Field (66,198)

PITTSBURGH – CB Brice McCainreturnedaBlakeBortlesinterception22yardsforatouchdownearlyinthefourthquartertolifttheSteelerstoa17-9victoryovertheJaguarsatEverbankField. JacksonvillegotontheboardmidwaythroughthefirstquarterwithKJoshScobee’s43-yardfieldgoal.EarlyinthesecondquarterK Shaun Suisham connectedona24-yardfieldgoaltotiethegame3-3. Pittsburgh took the lead for good right after the two-minutewarning in thefirsthalfwhenQB Ben Roethlisberger found TE Michael Palmer for a one-yard touchdown. The touchdown capped offa10-play,70-yarddriveandwasPalmer’sfirstcareertouchdownas a Steeler. Jacksonvillecutthelead10-9bytheendofthethirdquarteronScobee’stwomadefieldgoals(35and36yards),andtheteamgota splash play on defense when the Steelers were driving. With the Steelersat theJaguars’13-yard line,RoethlisbergerwassackedandstrippedandthefumblewasrecoveredbyDLAndreBranch. ButontheJaguarssecondplayoftheirensuingdrive,BortleswaspickedoffbyMcCainandhereturneditforascoretosealthevictory for Pittsburgh. Pittsburgh’s defense held the Jaguars to less than 100 rushing yards,thefirsttimesince2012thattheSteelersheldthreestraightopponents to less than 100 rushing yards. RB Le’Veon Bellextendedhisstreaktosixconsecutivegameswith100yardsfromscrimmage,andWR Antonio Brown extended hisstreakto21straightgameswithatleastfivereceptionsand50receiving yards.

GAME SUMMARY

STEELERS (3-2) 0 10 0 7 17JAGUARS (0-5) 3 3 3 0 9

TEAM Q TIME PLAY DRIVE SCOREJAX 1 5:17 Scobee43yd.FG 15-43;8:08 0-3PIT 2 12:35 Suisham 24 yd. FG 9-65; 3:35 3-3PIT 2 1:53 Palmer1yd.passfromRoethlisberger(Suishamkick) 10-70; 4:53 10-3JAX 2 0:09 Scobee35yd.FG 10-58;1:44 10-6JAX 3 3:16 Scobee36yd.FG 8-68;3:17 10-9PIT 4 11:12 McCain22yd.interceptionreturn(Suishamkick) 17-9

TEAM STATISTICS Steelers Jaguars1st Downs 20 123rd Downs 8-16 (50%) 3-12 (25%)4th Downs 0-0 (0%) 1-1 (100%)Total Net Yards 372 243Plays-Avg. 68-5.5 52-4.7Rushing Yards 111 56Rush Att.-Avg. 28-4.0 15-3.7Passing Yards 261 187Att.-Comp.-Int. 36-26-0 36-22-2Sacks By 1-4 4-12Punts-Avg. 5-45.4 5-45.0Penalties 7-50 4-34Fumbles-Lost 1-1 3-0

Time of Poss. 35:17 24:43

INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING: Pit. – Bell 15-82; Blount 8-29; Archer 1-2; Wi. Johnson 1-0; Roethlisberger 3-(-2). Jax. – Johnson 4-27; Bortles 4-14; Gerhart 4-9; Robinson 3-6. PASSING: Pit. – Roethlisberger 36-26-0, 273, 1 TD. Jax.– Bortles 36-22-2, 191. RECEIVING: Pit. – A. Brown 5-84; Bell 5-36; Miller 3-46; J. Brown 3-26; Blount 3-17; Archer 2-8; Moore 1-26; Wheaton 1-17; Wi. Johnson 1-12; Palmer 1-1, 1 TD; Heyward-Bey 1-0. Jax. – Robinson 5-51; Hurns 4-26; Harbor 3-22; Brown 2-26; Todman 2-23; Sanders 2-12; Robinson 2-(-1); Gerhart 1-20; Ta’ufo’ou 1-12.

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PITTSBURGH STEELERS / WEEK 5 / THROUGH SUNDAY, OCTOBER 5, 2014 WON 3, LOST 2 * RUSHING No. Yds Avg Long TD 09/07 W 30-27 Cleveland 64,598 Bell 87 460 5.3 81 1 09/11 L 6-26 at Baltimore 71,181 Blount 29 186 6.4 50 2 09/21 W 37-19 at Carolina 73,945 Wheaton 3 15 5.0 12 0 09/28 L 24-27 Tampa Bay 62,910 Roethlisberger 9 11 1.2 7 0 10/05 W 17- 9 at Jacksonville 66,198 A. Brown 2 10 5.0 9 0 10/12 at Cleveland Archer 2 6 3.0 4 0 10/20 Houston Wi. Johnson 2 0 0.0 0 0 10/26 Indianapolis Gradkowski 2 -2 -1.0 -1 0 11/02 Baltimore TEAM 136 686 5.0 81 3 11/09 at New York Jets OPPONENTS 112 509 4.5 41 3 11/17 at Tennessee * RECEIVING No. Yds Avg Long TD 11/30 New Orleans A. Brown 34 511 15.0 41 5 12/07 at Cincinnati Miller 24 243 10.1 30 1 12/14 at Atlanta Bell 24 228 9.5 30 0 12/21 Kansas City Wheaton 20 244 12.2 40 0 12/28 Cincinnati J. Brown 10 85 8.5 18 0 Pitt. Opp. Blount 3 17 5.7 13 0 TOTAL FIRST DOWNS 112 101 Archer 3 9 3.0 7 0 Rushing 34 32 Moore 2 38 19.0 26 0 Passing 69 55 Blake 1 25 25.0 25 0 Penalty 9 14 Wi. Johnson 1 12 12.0 12 0 3rd Down: Made/Att 27/65 21/60 Palmer 1 1 1.0 1t 1 3rd Down Pct. 41.5 35.0 Heyward-Bey 1 0 0.0 0 0 4th Down: Made/Att 3/3 3/4 Roethlisberger 0 -6 --- -6 0 4th Down Pct. 100.0 75.0 TEAM 124 1407 11.3 41 7 POSSESSION AVG. 32:18 27:42 OPPONENTS 111 1211 10.9 47 7 TOTAL NET YARDS 2020 1654 * INTERCEPTIONS No. Yds Avg Long TD Avg. Per Game 404.0 330.8 C. Allen 2 27 13.5 27 0 Total Plays 330 299 McCain 1 22 22.0 22t 1 Avg. Per Play 6.1 5.5 TEAM 3 49 16.3 27 1 NET YARDS RUSHING 686 509 OPPONENTS 2 13 6.5 13 0 Avg. Per Game 137.2 101.8 * PUNTING No. Yds Avg Net TB In Lg B Total Rushes 136 112 Wing 22 958 43.5 38.1 2 8 59 0 NET YARDS PASSING 1334 1145 TEAM 22 958 43.5 38.1 2 8 59 0 Avg. Per Game 266.8 229.0 OPPONENTS 21 965 46.0 39.5 2 5 65 0 Sacked/Yards Lost 15/73 8/66 * PUNT RETURNS Ret FC Yds Avg Long TD Gross Yards 1407 1211 A. Brown 11 5 96 8.7 36 0 Att./Completions 179/124 179/111 TEAM 11 5 96 8.7 36 0 Completion Pct. 69.3 62.0 OPPONENTS 9 8 80 8.9 33 0 Had Intercepted 2 3 * KICKOFF RETURNS No. Yds Avg Long TD PUNTS/AVERAGE 22/43.5 21/46.0 Archer 4 65 16.3 23 0 NET PUNTING AVG. 22/38.1 21/39.5 Blount 1 25 25.0 25 0 PENALTIES/YARDS 51/437 32/279 Wheaton 1 11 11.0 11 0 FUMBLES/BALL LOST 6/4 6/2 TEAM 6 101 16.8 25 0 TOUCHDOWNS 12 10 OPPONENTS 11 239 21.7 28 0 Rushing 3 3 * FIELD GOALS 1-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50+ Passing 7 7 Suisham 0/ 0 4/ 4 2/ 2 4/ 4 0/1 Returns 2 0 TEAM 0/ 0 4/ 4 2/ 2 4/ 4 0/1 * SCORE BY PERIODS Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 OT PTS OPPONENTS 0/ 0 5/ 5 4/ 4 3/ 3 1/1 TEAM 23 43 24 24 0 114 Suisham: (36G,34G,41G)(25G,43G)(42G,24G,45G) OPPONENTS 26 6 34 42 0 108 (25G,50N)(24G) * SCORING TD-Ru-Pa-Rt K-PAT FG S PTS OPP: (39G,25G)(30G,23G,22G,20G)(40G,40G)(50G, Suisham 0 0 0 0 12/12 10/11 0 42 27G)(43G,35G,36G) A. Brown 5 0 5 0 0 30 Blount 2 2 0 0 0 12 Bell 1 1 0 0 0 6 Golden 1 0 0 1 0 6 McCain 1 0 0 1 0 6 Miller 1 0 1 0 0 6 Palmer 1 0 1 0 0 6 TEAM 12 3 7 2 12/12 10/11 0 114 OPPONENTS 10 3 7 0 9/ 9 13/13 0 108 2-Pt Conv: TM 0-0, OPP 0-1 SACKS: Heyward 2, J. Jones 2, Worilds 2, McLendon 1, Moats 1, TM 8, OPP 15 FUM/LOST: Roethlisberger 4/2, J. Brown 1/1, Miller 1/1 * PASSING Att Cmp Yds Cmp% Yds/Att TD TD% Int Int% Long Sack/Lost Rating Roethlisberger 177 122 1365 68.9 7.71 7 4.0 2 1.1 41 15/ 73 100.1 A. Brown 1 1 17 100.0 17.00 0 0.0 0 0.0 17 0/ 0 118.8 Golden 1 1 25 100.0 25.00 0 0.0 0 0.0 25 0/ 0 118.8 TEAM 179 124 1407 69.3 7.86 7 3.9 2 1.1 41 15/ 73 100.9 OPPONENTS 179 111 1211 62.0 6.77 7 3.9 3 1.7 47 8/ 66 88.0

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2014 PITTSBURGH STEELERS REGULAR-SEASON

DEFENSIVE/SPECIAL TEAMS STATISTICS

SPECIAL TEAMS STATISTICS

Player U A Tot

Sacks/

Yds. QP

Int./

Yards PD FF FR U A Tot FF FR BL

Timmons 36 14 50 0/0 1 0/0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

C. Allen 30 3 33 0/0 0 2/23 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Polamalu 23 8 31 0/0 0 0/0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Mitchell 22 3 25 0/0 0 0/0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Shazier 14 5 19 0/0 1 0/0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Heyward 13 4 17 2/21 9 0/0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Jones 11 2 13 2/18 1 0/0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Gay 11 1 12 0/0 0 0/0 10 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 0

McLendon 8 3 11 1/7 5 0/0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Spence 6 5 11 0/0 2 0/0 1 0 0 3 0 3 0 0 0

Worilds 8 3 11 2/12 7 0/0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0

Keisel 4 5 9 0/0 10 0/0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Taylor 8 0 8 0/0 0 0/0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

C. Thomas 7 1 8 0/0 4 0/0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Moats 6 1 7 1/8 3 0/0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Harrison 1 1 2 0/0 1 0/0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Blake 1 0 1 0/0 0 0/0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0

McCain 1 0 1 0/0 0 1/22 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Tuitt 0 1 1 0/0 0 0/0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Williams 0 1 1 0/0 0 0/0 0 0 0 1 2 3 0 0 0

Garvin 0 0 0 0/0 0 0/0 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 0

Golden 0 0 0 0/0 0 0/0 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 1 0

W. Allen 0 0 0 0/0 0 0/0 0 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0

Johnson 0 0 0 0/0 0 0/0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0

Palmer 0 0 0 0/0 0 0/0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0

S. Thomas 0 0 0 0/0 0 0/0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0

Warren 0 0 0 0/0 0 0/0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0

Webb 0 0 0 0/0 0 0/0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0

Wing 0 0 0 0/0 0 0/0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0

TOTALS 210 61 271 8/66 44 3/45 26 1 1 17 4 21 1 1 0

OPPONENTS 205 113 318 16/86 19 2/13 14 4 4 14 6 20 0 0 0

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2014 PITTSBURGH STEELERS DEPTH CHART

OFFENSE

DEFENSE

LDE 97 CAMERON HEYWARD (6-5, 288, 4) 91 Stephon Tuitt (6-5, 303, R)

NT 90 STEVE MCLENDON (6-4, 320, 5) 62 Daniel McCullers (6-7, 352, R)

RDE 96 CAM THOMAS (6-4, 330, 5) 99 Brett Keisel (6-5, 285, 13)

LOLB 93 JASON WORILDS (6-2, 262, 5) 55 Arthur Moats (6-2, 250, 5)

LILB 50 RYAN SHAZIER (6-1, 237, R) 51 Sean Spence (5-11, 231, 3) 57 Terence Garvin (6-3, 221, 2)

RILB 94 LAWRENCE TIMMONS (6-1, 234, 8) 98 Vince Williams (6-1, 250, 2)

ROLB 55 ARTHUR MOATS (6-2, 250, 5) 92 James Harrison (6-0, 275, 12)

LCB 28 CORTEZ ALLEN (6-1, 196, 4) 22 William Gay (5-10, 190, 8) 41 Antwon Blake (5-9, 198, 3)

FS 23 MIKE MITCHELL (6-0, 210, 6) 20 Will Allen (6-1, 200, 11) 21 Robert Golden (5-11, 202, 3)

SS 43 TROY POLAMALU (5-10, 207, 12) 29 Shamarko Thomas (5-9, 217, 2)

RCB 24 IKE TAYLOR (6-2, 195, 12) 25 Brice McCain (5-9, 187, 6) -OR- 39 B.W. Webb (5-11, 190, 2)

SPECIAL TEAMS

P 9 BRAD WING (6-3, 205, 1)

PK 6 SHAUN SUISHAM (6-0, 200, 10)

LS 60 GREG WARREN (6-3, 252, 10)

H 9 BRAD WING (6-3, 205, 1)

KR 13 DRI ARCHER (5-8, 173, R) 27 LeGarrette Blount (6-0, 250, 5) 11 Markus Wheaton (5-11, 182, 2)

PR 84 ANTONIO BROWN (5-10, 186, 5) 13 Dri Archer (5-8, 173, R) 11 Markus Wheaton (5-11, 182, 2)

Rookie

Dri Archer ..................................(Dree) Le’Veon Bell ..............................(Lay-vee-on) LeGarrette Blount ......................(Luh-gair-it Blunt) Ramon Foster ............................(Ruh-moan) Brett Keisel ................................(Key-sull) Troy Polamalu ...........................(Pole-uh-mah-lu) Ben Roethlisberger ....................(Roth-lis-ber-ger)

Ryan Shazier ............................................. (Shay-zier) Matt Spaeth ................................................... (Spayth) Shaun Suisham ....................................... (Swee-zum) Shamarko Thomas .............................. (Shuh-mar-ko) Stephon Tuitt ............................................... (Steff-on) Jason Worilds ................................................ (Worlds)

WR 84 ANTONIO BROWN (5-10, 186, 5) 15 Justin Brown (6-3, 209, 1) 85 Darrius Heyward-Bey (6-2, 219, 6)

LT 68 KELVIN BEACHUM (6-3, 303, 3) 76 Mike Adams (6-7, 323, 3) 67 Wesley Johnson (6-5, 297, R)

LG 73 RAMON FOSTER (6-6, 325, 6) 74 Chris Hubbard (6-4, 286, 1) 67 Wesley Johnson (6-5, 297, R)

C 53 MAURKICE POUNCEY (6-4, 304, 5) 72 Cody Wallace (6-4, 300, 5) 67 Wesley Johnson (6-5, 297, R)

RG 66 DAVID DECASTRO (6-5, 316, 3)

RT 77 MARCUS GILBERT (6-6, 330, 4) 76 Mike Adams (6-7, 323, 3)

TE 83 HEATH MILLER (6-5, 256, 10) 89 Matt Spaeth (6-7, 260, 8) 82 Michael Palmer (6-5, 252, 5)

RB 26 LE’VEON BELL (6-1, 244, 2) 27 LeGarrette Blount (6-0, 250, 5) 13 Dri Archer (5-8, 173, R)

FB 46 WILL JOHNSON (6-2, 238, 3)

QB 7 BEN ROETHLISBERGER (6-5, 241, 11) 5 Bruce Gradkowski (6-1, 220, 9) 3 Landry Jones (6-3, 221, 2)

WR 11 MARKUS WHEATON (5-11, 182, 2) 16 Lance Moore (5-9, 190, 9) 10 Martavis Bryant (6-4, 211, R)

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NO NAME POS HT WT DOB AGE EXP COLLEGE BIRTHPLACE HOW ACQ 2014 GP/GS

76 Adams, Mike OT 6-7 323 03/10/90 24 3 Ohio State Farrell, PA D2 '12 5/028 Allen, Cortez CB 6-1 196 10/29/88 25 4 The Citadel Ocala, FL D4 '11 5/5

20 Allen, Will S 6-1 200 06/17/82 32 11 Ohio State Dayton, OH FA '13 5/0

13 Archer, Dri WR/RB 5-8 173 08/09/91 23 R Kent State Laurel, FL D3 '14 3/0

68 Beachum, Kelvin T/G 6-3 303 06/08/89 25 3 SMU Mexia, TX D7d '12 5/5

26 Bell, Le'Veon RB 6-1 244 02/18/92 22 2 Michigan State Reynoldsburg, OH D2 '13 5/5

41 Blake, Antwon CB 5-9 198 08/09/90 24 3 UTEP Houston, TX W '13 (JAX) 5/0

27 Blount, LeGarrette RB 6-0 250 12/05/86 27 5 Oregon Perry, FL UFA '14 (NE) 5/0

84 Brown, Antonio WR 5-10 186 07/10/88 26 5 Central Michigan Miami, FL D6b '10 5/5

15 Brown, Justin WR 6-3 209 03/10/91 23 1 Oklahoma Wilmington, DE D6a '13 5/1

10 Bryant, Martavis WR 6-4 211 12/20/91 22 R Clemson Calhoun Falls, SC D4 '14 0/0

66 DeCastro, David G 6-5 316 01/11/90 24 3 Stanford Bellevue, WA D1 '12 5/5

73 Foster, Ramon G 6-6 325 01/07/86 28 6 Tennessee Henning, TN FA '09 3/3

57 Garvin, Terence LB 6-3 221 01/01/91 23 2 West Virginia Baltimore, MD FA '13 5/0

22 Gay, William CB 5-10 190 01/01/85 29 8 Louisville Tallahassee, FL FA '13 5/2

77 Gilbert, Marcus OT 6-6 330 02/15/88 26 4 Florida Fort Lauderdale, FL D2 '11 5/5

21 Golden, Robert S 5-11 202 09/13/90 24 3 Arizona Fresno, CA FA '12 5/0

5 Gradkowski, Bruce QB 6-1 220 01/27/83 31 9 Toledo Pittsburgh, PA UFA '13 (CIN) 1/0

92 Harrison, James LB 6-0 275 05/04/78 36 12 Kent State Akron, OH FA '14 2/0

97 Heyward, Cameron DE 6-5 288 05/06/89 25 4 Ohio State Pittsburgh, PA D1 '11 5/5

85 Heyward-Bey, Darrius WR 6-2 219 02/26/87 27 6 Maryland Silver Spring, MD UFA '14 (IND) 5/0

74 Hubbard, Chris G 6-4 286 04/23/91 23 1 UAB Columbus, GA FA '13 1/0

67 Johnson, Wesley OL 6-5 297 01/09/91 23 R Vanderbilt Nashville, TN D5b '14 0/0

46 Johnson, Will FB 6-2 238 11/14/89 24 3 West Virginia Dayton, OH FA '12 5/2

3 Jones, Landry QB 6-3 221 04/04/89 25 2 Oklahoma Artesia, NM D4b '13 0/0

99 Keisel, Brett DE 6-5 285 09/19/78 36 13 Brigham Young Greybull, WY D7b '02 5/0

25 McCain, Brice CB 5-9 187 12/10/86 27 6 Utah Terrell, TX FA '14 4/0

62 McCullers, Daniel DL 6-7 352 08/11/92 22 R Tennessee Raleigh, NC D6b '14 0/0

90 McLendon, Steve NT 6-4 320 01/03/86 28 5 Troy Ozark, AL FA '09 5/5

83 Miller, Heath TE 6-5 256 10/22/82 31 10 Virginia Swords Creek, VA D1 '05 5/5

23 Mitchell, Mike S 6-0 210 06/10/87 27 6 Ohio Fort Thomas, KY UFA '14 (CAR) 5/5

55 Moats, Arthur LB 6-2 250 03/14/88 26 5 James Madison Portsmouth, VA UFA '14 (BUF) 5/2

16 Moore, Lance WR 5-9 190 08/31/83 31 9 Toledo Columbus, OH FA '14 3/0

82 Palmer, Michael TE 6-5 252 01/18/88 26 5 Clemson Stone Mountain, GA W '13 (SEA) 5/0

43 Polamalu, Troy S 5-10 207 04/19/81 33 12 Southern California Santa Ana, CA D1 '03 5/5

53 Pouncey, Maurkice C 6-4 304 07/24/89 25 5 Florida Lakeland, FL D1 '10 5/5

7 Roethlisberger, Ben QB 6-5 241 03/02/82 32 11 Miami (OH) Cory Rawson, OH D1 '04 5/550 Shazier, Ryan LB 6-1 237 09/06/92 22 R Ohio State Fort Lauderdale, FL D1 '14 3/389 Spaeth, Matt TE 6-7 260 11/24/83 30 8 Minnesota St. Michael, MN FA '13 5/3

51 Spence, Sean LB 5-11 231 06/07/90 24 3 Miami Miami, FL D3 '12 5/2

6 Suisham, Shaun K 6-0 200 12/29/81 32 10 Bowling Green Wallaceburg, Ontario FA '10 5/0

24 Taylor, Ike CB 6-2 195 05/05/80 34 12 LA-Lafayette Gretna, LA D4 '03 3/3

96 Thomas, Cam DT 6-4 330 12/12/86 27 5 North Carolina Cheraw, SC UFA '14 (SD) 5/5

29 Thomas, Shamarko S 5-9 217 02/23/91 23 2 Syracuse Virginia Beach, VA D4a '13 5/0

94 Timmons, Lawrence LB 6-1 234 05/14/86 28 8 Florida State Florence, SC D1 '07 5/5

91 Tuitt, Stephon DE 6-5 303 05/23/93 21 R Notre Dame Miami, FL D2 '14 5/0

72 Wallace, Cody C/G 6-4 300 11/26/84 29 5 Texas A&M Cuero, TX FA '13 4/2

60 Warren, Greg LS 6-3 252 10/18/81 32 10 North Carolina Goldsboro, NC FA '05 5/0

39 Webb, B.W. CB 5-11 190 05/03/90 24 2 William & Mary Newport News, VA W'14 (DAL) 4/0

11 Wheaton, Markus WR 5-11 182 02/07/91 23 2 Oregon State Chandler, AZ D3 '13 5/4

98 Williams, Vince LB 6-1 250 12/27/89 24 2 Florida State Davenport, FL D6b '13 5/0

9 Wing, Brad P 6-3 205 01/27/91 23 1 LSU Melbourne, Australia FA '14 5/0

93 Worilds, Jason LB 6-2 262 03/03/88 26 5 Virginia Tech Carteret, NJ D2 '10 5/5

PRACTICE SQUAD

87 Blanchflower, Rob TE 6-4 256 06/08/90 24 R Massachusetts Leominster, MA D7 '14 0/0

18 Goodwin, C.J. WR 6-3 190 02/04/90 24 R California University (PA) Wheeling, WV FA '14 0/0

40 Harris, Josh RB 5-11 210 01/22/91 23 R Wake Forest Duncanville, TX FA '14 0/0

44 Jones, Howard LB 6-4 238 02/10/90 24 R Shepherd Woodbridge, VA FA '14 0/0

71 Mauro, Josh DE 6-6 282 02/17/91 23 R Stanford St. Albans, England FA '14 0/0

14 Moye, Derek WR 6-5 210 08/12/88 26 2 Penn State Rochester, PA FA '12 0/0

31 Richardson, Shaquille CB 6-0 194 03/21/92 22 R Arizona Carson, CA D5a '14 0/0

78 Villanueva, Alejandro OL 6-9 277 09/22/88 26 R Army Meridian, MI FA '14 0/0

35 Ventrone, Ross S 5-8 195 09/27/86 28 2 Villanova Bridgeville, PA FA '13 0/0

65 Williams, Nick DE 6-4 309 02/21/90 24 2 Samford Birmingham, AL D7 '13 0/0

RESERVED/INJURED;DESIGNATED FOR RETURN

95 Jones, Jarvis LB 6-2 245 10/13/89 25 2 Georgia Richland, GA D1 '13 3/3

RESERVED/INJURED LIST

56 Zumwalt, Jordan LB 6-4 235 10/13/91 23 R UCLA LaHabra, CA D6a '14 0/0

Head Coach: Mike Tomlin

Assistant Coaches:

PITTSBURGH STEELERS 2014 ALPHABETICAL ROSTER

Number of Players on Active Roster: 53

John Mitchell (asst head coach/defensive line); Dick LeBeau (defensive coordinator); Todd Haley (offensive coordinator); Danny

Smith (special teams coordinator); Keith Butler (linebackers); James Daniel (tight ends); Randy Fichtner (quarterbacks); Carnell

Lake (defensive backs); Richard Mann (wide receivers); Mike Munchak (offensive line); James Saxon (running backs); Jerry

Olsavsky (defensive asst); Joey Porter (defensive asst); Shaun Sarrett (offensive asst); Garrett Giemont (strength and

conditioning); Marcel Pastoor (asst strength and conditioning).

Experience Includes 2014 Season

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NO NAME POS HT WT DOB AGE EXP COLLEGE BIRTHPLACE HOW ACQ 2014 GP/GS

3 Landry Jones QB 6-3 221 04/04/89 25 2 Oklahoma Artesia, NM D4b '13 0/0

5 Bruce Gradkowski QB 6-1 220 01/27/83 31 9 Toledo Pittsburgh, PA UFA '13 (CIN) 1/0

6 Shaun Suisham K 6-0 200 12/29/81 32 10 Bowling Green Wallaceburg, Ontario FA '10 5/07 Ben Roethlisberger QB 6-5 241 03/02/82 32 11 Miami (OH) Cory Rawson, OH D1 '04 5/5

9 Brad Wing P 6-3 205 01/27/91 23 1 LSU Melbourne, Australia FA '14 5/0

10 Martavis Bryant WR 6-4 211 12/20/91 22 R Clemson Calhoun Falls, SC D4 '14 0/0

11 Markus Wheaton WR 5-11 182 02/07/91 23 2 Oregon State Chandler, AZ D3 '13 5/4

13 Dri Archer WR/RB 5-8 173 08/09/91 23 R Kent State Laurel, FL D3 '14 3/0

15 Justin Brown WR 6-3 209 03/10/91 23 1 Oklahoma Wilmington, DE D6a '13 5/1

16 Lance Moore WR 5-9 190 08/31/83 31 9 Toledo Columbus, OH FA '14 3/0

20 Will Allen S 6-1 200 06/17/82 32 11 Ohio State Dayton, OH FA '13 5/0

21 Robert Golden S 5-11 202 09/13/90 24 3 Arizona Fresno, CA FA '12 5/0

22 William Gay CB 5-10 190 01/01/85 29 8 Louisville Tallahassee, FL FA '13 5/2

23 Mike Mitchell S 6-0 210 06/10/87 27 6 Ohio Fort Thomas, KY UFA '14 (CAR) 5/5

24 Ike Taylor CB 6-2 195 05/05/80 34 12 LA-Lafayette Gretna, LA D4 '03 3/325 Brice McCain CB 5-9 187 12/10/86 27 6 Utah Terrell, TX FA '14 4/0

26 Le'Veon Bell RB 6-1 244 02/18/92 22 2 Michigan State Reynoldsburg, OH D2 '13 5/5

27 LeGarrette Blount RB 6-0 250 12/05/86 27 5 Oregon Perry, FL UFA '14 (NE) 5/0

28 Cortez Allen CB 6-1 196 10/29/88 25 4 The Citadel Ocala, FL D4 '11 5/5

29 Shamarko Thomas S 5-9 217 02/23/91 23 2 Syracuse Virginia Beach, VA D4a '13 5/0

39 B.W. Webb CB 5-11 190 05/03/90 24 2 William & Mary Newport News, VA W'14 (DAL) 4/0

41 Antwon Blake CB 5-9 198 08/09/90 24 3 UTEP Houston, TX W '13 (JAX) 5/0

43 Troy Polamalu S 5-10 207 04/19/81 33 12 Southern California Santa Ana, CA D1 '03 5/5

46 Will Johnson FB 6-2 238 11/14/88 25 3 West Virginia Dayton, OH FA '12 5/2

50 Ryan Shazier LB 6-1 237 09/06/92 22 R Ohio State Fort Lauderdale, FL D1 '14 3/3

51 Sean Spence LB 5-11 231 06/07/90 24 3 Miami Miami, FL D3 '12 5/2

53 Maurkice Pouncey C 6-4 304 07/24/89 25 5 Florida Lakeland, FL D1 '10 5/5

55 Arthur Moats LB 6-2 250 03/14/88 26 5 James Madison Portsmouth, VA UFA '14 (BUF) 5/2

57 Terence Garvin LB 6-3 221 01/01/91 23 2 West Virginia Baltimore, MD FA '13 5/0

60 Greg Warren LS 6-3 252 10/18/81 32 10 North Carolina Goldsboro, NC FA '05 5/0

62 Daniel McCullers DL 6-7 352 08/11/92 22 R Tennessee Raleigh, NC D6b '14 0/0

66 David DeCastro G 6-5 316 01/11/90 24 3 Stanford Bellevue, WA D1 '12 5/5

67 Wesley Johnson OL 6-5 297 01/09/91 23 R Vanderbilt Nashville, TN D5b '14 0/0

68 Kelvin Beachum T/G 6-3 306 06/08/89 25 3 SMU Mexia, TX D7d '12 5/5

72 Cody Wallace C/G 6-4 300 11/26/84 29 5 Texas A&M Cuero, TX FA '13 4/2

73 Ramon Foster G 6-6 325 01/07/86 28 6 Tennessee Henning, TN FA '09 3/3

74 Chris Hubbard G 6-4 286 04/23/91 23 1 UAB Columbus, GA FA '13 1/0

76 Mike Adams OT 6-7 323 03/10/90 24 3 Ohio State Farrell, PA D2 '12 5/0

77 Marcus Gilbert OT 6-6 330 02/15/88 26 4 Florida Fort Lauderdale, FL D2 '11 5/5

82 Michael Palmer TE 6-5 252 01/18/88 26 5 Clemson Stone Mountain, GA W '13 (SEA) 5/083 Heath Miller TE 6-5 256 10/22/82 31 10 Virginia Swords Creek, VA D1 '05 5/584 Antonio Brown WR 5-10 186 07/10/88 26 5 Central Michigan Miami, FL D6b '10 5/5

85 Darrius Heyward-Bey WR 6-2 219 02/26/87 27 6 Maryland Silver Spring, MD UFA '14 (IND) 5/0

89 Matt Spaeth TE 6-7 260 11/24/83 30 8 Minnesota St. Michael, MN FA '13 5/3

90 Steve McLendon NT 6-4 320 01/03/86 28 5 Troy Ozark, AL FA '09 5/5

91 Stephon Tuitt DE 6-5 303 05/23/93 21 R Notre Dame Miami, FL D2 '14 5/0

92 James Harrison LB 6-0 275 05/04/78 36 12 Kent State Akron, OH FA '14 2/0

93 Jason Worilds LB 6-2 262 03/03/88 26 5 Virginia Tech Carteret, NJ D2 '10 5/5

94 Lawrence Timmons LB 6-1 234 05/14/86 28 8 Florida State Florence, SC D1 '07 5/5

96 Cam Thomas DT 6-4 330 12/12/86 27 5 North Carolina Cheraw, SC UFA '14 (SD) 5/5

97 Cameron Heyward DE 6-5 288 05/06/89 25 4 Ohio State Pittsburgh, PA D1 '11 5/5

98 Vince Williams LB 6-1 250 12/27/89 24 2 Florida State Davenport, FL D6b '13 5/0

99 Brett Keisel DE 6-5 285 09/19/78 36 13 Brigham Young Greybull, WY D7b '02 5/0

PRACTICE SQUAD

14 Derek Moye WR 6-5 210 08/12/88 26 2 Penn State Rochester, PA FA '12 0/0

18 C.J. Goodwin WR 6-3 190 02/04/90 24 R California University (PA) Wheeling, WV FA '14 0/0

31 Shaquille Richardson CB 6-0 194 03/21/92 22 R Arizona Carson, CA D5a '14 0/0

35 Ross Ventrone S 5-8 195 09/27/86 28 2 Villanova Bridgeville, PA FA '13 0/0

40 Josh Harris RB 5-11 210 01/22/91 23 R Wake Forest Duncanville, TX FA '14 0/0

44 Howard Jones LB 6-4 238 02/10/90 24 R Shepherd Woodbridge, VA FA '14 0/0

65 Nick Williams DE 6-4 309 02/21/90 24 2 Samford Birmingham, AL D7 '13 0/0

71 Josh Mauro DE 6-6 282 02/17/91 23 R Stanford St. Albans, England FA '14 0/0

78 Alejandro Villanueva OL 6-9 277 09/22/88 26 R Army Meridian, MI FA '14 0/0

87 Rob Blanchflower TE 6-4 256 06/08/90 24 R Massachusetts Leominster, MA D7 '14 0/0

RESERVED/INJURED;DESIGNATED FOR RETURN

95 Jarvis Jones LB 6-2 245 10/13/89 25 2 Georgia Richland, GA D1 '13 3/3

RESERVED/INJURED LIST

56 Jordan Zumwalt LB 6-4 235 10/13/91 23 R UCLA LaHabra, CA D6a '14 0/0

Head Coach: Mike Tomlin

Assistant Coaches:

PITTSBURGH STEELERS 2014 NUMERICAL ROSTER

Experience Includes 2014 Season

Number of Players on Active Roster: 53

John Mitchell (asst head coach/defensive line); Dick LeBeau (defensive coordinator); Todd Haley (offensive coordinator);

Danny Smith (special teams coordinator); Keith Butler (linebackers); James Daniel (tight ends); Randy Fichtner

(quarterbacks); Carnell Lake (defensive backs); Richard Mann (wide receivers); Mike Munchak (offensive line); James

Saxon (running backs); Jerry Olsavsky (defensive asst); Joey Porter (defensive asst); Shaun Sarrett (offensive asst);

Garrett Giemont (strength and conditioning); Marcel Pastoor (asst strength and conditioning).

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3 Landry Jones QB 6-3 221 04/04/89 25 2 Oklahoma Artesia, NM D4b '13 0/0

5 Bruce Gradkowski QB 6-1 220 01/27/83 31 9 Toledo Pittsburgh, PA UFA '13 (CIN) 1/0

7 Ben Roethlisberger QB 6-5 241 03/02/82 32 11 Miami (OH) Cory Rawson, OH D1 '04 5/5

13 Dri Archer WR/RB 5-8 173 08/09/91 23 R Kent State Laurel, FL D3 '14 3/0

26 Le'Veon Bell RB 6-1 244 02/18/92 22 2 Michigan State Reynoldsburg, OH D2 '13 5/5

27 LeGarrette Blount RB 6-0 250 12/05/86 27 5 Oregon Perry, FL UFA '14 (NE) 5/0

46 Will Johnson FB 6-2 238 11/14/88 25 3 West Virginia Dayton, OH FA '12 5/2

10 Martavis Bryant WR 6-4 211 12/20/91 22 R Clemson Calhoun Falls, SC D4 '14 0/0

11 Markus Wheaton WR 5-11 182 02/07/91 23 2 Oregon State Chandler, AZ D3 '13 5/4

15 Justin Brown WR 6-3 209 03/10/91 23 1 Oklahoma Wilmington, DE D6a '13 5/1

16 Lance Moore WR 5-9 190 08/31/83 31 9 Toledo Columbus, OH FA '14 3/0

84 Antonio Brown WR 5-10 186 07/10/88 26 5 Central Michigan Miami, FL D6b '10 5/5

85 Darrius Heyward-Bey WR 6-2 219 02/26/87 27 6 Maryland Silver Spring, MD UFA '14 (IND) 5/0

82 Michael Palmer TE 6-5 252 01/18/88 26 5 Clemson Stone Mountain, GA W '13 (SEA) 5/0

83 Heath Miller TE 6-5 256 10/22/82 31 10 Virginia Swords Creek, VA D1 '05 5/5

89 Matt Spaeth TE 6-7 260 11/24/83 30 8 Minnesota St. Michael, MN FA '13 5/3

53 Maurkice Pouncey C 6-4 304 07/24/89 25 5 Florida Lakeland, FL D1 '10 5/5

66 David DeCastro G 6-5 316 01/11/90 24 3 Stanford Bellevue, WA D1 '12 5/5

67 Wesley Johnson OL 6-5 297 01/09/91 23 R Vanderbilt Nashville, TN D5b '14 0/0

68 Kelvin Beachum T/G 6-3 306 06/08/89 25 3 SMU Mexia, TX D7d '12 5/5

72 Cody Wallace C/G 6-4 300 11/26/84 29 5 Texas A&M Cuero, TX FA '13 4/2

73 Ramon Foster G 6-6 325 01/07/86 28 6 Tennessee Henning, TN FA '09 3/3

74 Chris Hubbard G 6-4 286 04/23/91 23 1 UAB Columbus, GA FA '13 1/0

76 Mike Adams OT 6-7 323 03/10/90 24 3 Ohio State Farrell, PA D2 '12 5/0

77 Marcus Gilbert OT 6-6 330 02/15/88 26 4 Florida Fort Lauderdale, FL D2 '11 5/5

6 Shaun Suisham K 6-0 200 12/29/81 32 10 Bowling Green Wallaceburg, Ontario FA '10 5/0

9 Brad Wing P 6-3 205 01/27/91 23 1 LSU Melbourne, Australia FA '14 5/0

60 Greg Warren LS 6-3 252 10/18/81 32 10 North Carolina Goldsboro, NC FA '05 5/0

62 Daniel McCullers DL 6-7 352 08/11/92 22 R Tennessee Raleigh, NC D6b '14 0/0

90 Steve McLendon NT 6-4 320 01/03/86 28 5 Troy Ozark, AL FA '09 5/5

91 Stephon Tuitt DE 6-5 303 05/23/93 21 R Notre Dame Miami, FL D2 '14 5/0

96 Cam Thomas DT 6-4 330 12/12/86 27 5 North Carolina Cheraw, SC UFA '14 (SD) 5/5

97 Cameron Heyward DE 6-5 288 05/06/89 25 4 Ohio State Pittsburgh, PA D1 '11 5/5

99 Brett Keisel DE 6-5 285 09/19/78 36 13 Brigham Young Greybull, WY D7b '02 5/0

50 Ryan Shazier LB 6-1 237 09/06/92 22 R Ohio State Fort Lauderdale, FL D1 '14 3/3

51 Sean Spence LB 5-11 231 06/07/90 24 3 Miami Miami, FL D3 '12 5/2

55 Arthur Moats LB 6-2 250 03/14/88 26 5 James Madison Portsmouth, VA UFA '14 (BUF) 5/2

57 Terence Garvin LB 6-3 221 01/01/91 23 2 West Virginia Baltimore, MD FA '13 5/0

92 James Harrison LB 6-0 275 05/04/78 36 12 Kent State Akron, OH FA '14 2/0

93 Jason Worilds LB 6-2 262 03/03/88 26 5 Virginia Tech Carteret, NJ D2 '10 5/5

94 Lawrence Timmons LB 6-1 234 05/14/86 28 8 Florida State Florence, SC D1 '07 5/5

98 Vince Williams LB 6-1 250 12/27/89 24 2 Florida State Davenport, FL D6b '13 5/0

20 Will Allen S 6-1 200 06/17/82 32 11 Ohio State Dayton, OH FA '13 5/0

21 Robert Golden S 5-11 202 09/13/90 24 3 Arizona Fresno, CA FA '12 5/0

22 William Gay CB 5-10 190 01/01/85 29 8 Louisville Tallahassee, FL FA '13 5/2

23 Mike Mitchell S 6-0 210 06/10/87 27 6 Ohio Fort Thomas, KY UFA '14 (CAR) 5/5

24 Ike Taylor CB 6-2 195 05/05/80 34 12 LA-Lafayette Gretna, LA D4 '03 3/3

25 Brice McCain CB 5-9 187 12/10/86 27 6 Utah Terrell, TX FA '14 4/0

28 Cortez Allen CB 6-1 196 10/29/88 25 4 The Citadel Ocala, FL D4 '11 5/5

29 Shamarko Thomas S 5-9 217 02/23/91 23 2 Syracuse Virginia Beach, VA D4a '13 5/0

39 B.W. Webb CB 5-11 190 05/03/90 24 2 William & Mary Newport News, VA W'14 (DAL) 4/0

41 Antwon Blake CB 5-9 198 08/09/90 24 3 UTEP Houston, TX W '13 (JAX) 5/0

43 Troy Polamalu S 5-10 207 04/19/81 33 12 Southern California Santa Ana, CA D1 '03 5/5

PRACTICE SQUAD

14 Derek Moye WR 6-5 210 08/12/88 26 2 Penn State Rochester, PA FA '12 0/0

18 C.J. Goodwin WR 6-3 190 02/04/90 24 R California University (PA) Wheeling, WV FA '14 0/0

31 Shaquille Richardson CB 6-0 194 03/21/92 22 R Arizona Carson, CA D5a '14 0/0

35 Ross Ventrone S 5-8 195 09/27/86 28 2 Villanova Bridgeville, PA FA '13 0/0

40 Josh Harris RB 5-11 210 01/22/91 23 R Wake Forest Duncanville, TX FA '14 0/0

44 Howard Jones LB 6-4 238 02/10/90 24 R Shepherd Woodbridge, VA FA '14 0/0

65 Nick Williams DE 6-4 309 02/21/90 24 2 Samford Birmingham, AL D7 '13 0/0

71 Josh Mauro DE 6-6 282 02/17/91 23 R Stanford St. Albans, England FA '14 0/0

78 Alejandro Villanueva OL 6-9 277 09/22/88 26 R Army Meridian, MI FA '14 0/0

87 Rob Blanchflower TE 6-4 256 06/08/90 24 R Massachusetts Leominster, MA D7 '14 0/0

RESERVED/INJURED;DESIGNATED FOR RETURN

95 Jarvis Jones LB 6-2 245 10/13/89 25 2 Georgia Richland, GA D1 '13 3/3

RESERVED/INJURED LIST

56 Jordan Zumwalt LB 6-4 235 10/13/91 23 R UCLA LaHabra, CA D6a '14 0/0

Head Coach: Mike Tomlin

Assistant Coaches:

WIDE RECEIVERS (6)

TIGHT ENDS (3)

PITTSBURGH STEELERS 2014 POSITIONAL ROSTEROFFENSE (28)

QUARTERBACKS (3)

RUNNING BACKS (4)

Experience Includes 2014 Season

Number of Players on Active Roster: 53

John Mitchell (asst head coach/defensive line); Dick LeBeau (defensive coordinator); Todd Haley (offensive coordinator);

Danny Smith (special teams coordinator); Keith Butler (linebackers); James Daniel (tight ends); Randy Fichtner

(quarterbacks); Carnell Lake (defensive backs); Richard Mann (wide receivers); Mike Munchak (offensive line); James

Saxon (running backs); Jerry Olsavsky (defensive asst); Joey Porter (defensive asst); Shaun Sarrett (offensive asst);

Garrett Giemont (strength and conditioning); Marcel Pastoor (asst strength and conditioning).

OFFENSIVE LINEMEN (9)

SPECIALISTS (3)

DEFENSE (25)

DEFENSIVE LINEMEN (6)

LINEBACKERS (8)

DEFENSIVE BACKS (11)

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13th YEAR (1)

99 Brett Keisel DE 6-5 285 09/19/78 36 13 Brigham Young Greybull, WY D7b '02 5/0

12th YEAR (3)

24 Ike Taylor CB 6-2 195 05/05/80 34 12 LA-Lafayette Gretna, LA D4 '03 3/3

43 Troy Polamalu S 5-10 207 04/19/81 33 12 Southern California Santa Ana, CA D1 '03 5/5

92 James Harrison LB 6-0 275 05/04/78 36 12 Kent State Akron, OH FA '14 2/0

11th YEAR (2)

7 Ben Roethlisberger QB 6-5 241 03/02/82 32 11 Miami (OH) Cory Rawson, OH D1 '04 5/5

20 Will Allen S 6-1 200 06/17/82 32 11 Ohio State Dayton, OH FA '13 5/0

10th YEAR (3)

6 Shaun Suisham K 6-0 200 12/29/81 32 10 Bowling Green Wallaceburg, Ontario FA '10 5/0

60 Greg Warren LS 6-3 252 10/18/81 32 10 North Carolina Goldsboro, NC FA '05 5/0

83 Heath Miller TE 6-5 256 10/22/82 31 10 Virginia Swords Creek, VA D1 '05 5/5

9th YEAR (2)

5 Bruce Gradkowski QB 6-1 220 01/27/83 31 9 Toledo Pittsburgh, PA UFA '13 (CIN) 1/0

16 Lance Moore WR 5-9 190 08/31/83 31 9 Toledo Columbus, OH FA '14 3/0

8th YEAR (3)

22 William Gay CB 5-10 190 01/01/85 29 8 Louisville Tallahassee, FL FA '13 5/2

89 Matt Spaeth TE 6-7 260 11/24/83 30 8 Minnesota St. Michael, MN FA '13 5/3

94 Lawrence Timmons LB 6-1 234 05/14/86 28 8 Florida State Florence, SC D1 '07 5/5

6th YEAR (4)

23 Mike Mitchell S 6-0 210 06/10/87 27 6 Ohio Fort Thomas, KY UFA '14 (CAR) 5/5

25 Brice McCain CB 5-9 187 12/10/86 27 6 Utah Terrell, TX FA '14 4/0

73 Ramon Foster G 6-6 325 01/07/86 28 6 Tennessee Henning, TN FA '09 3/3

85 Darrius Heyward-Bey WR 6-2 219 02/26/87 27 6 Maryland Silver Spring, MD UFA '14 (IND) 5/0

5th YEAR (9)

27 LeGarrette Blount RB 6-0 250 12/05/86 27 5 Oregon Perry, FL UFA '14 (NE) 5/0

53 Maurkice Pouncey C 6-4 304 07/24/89 25 5 Florida Lakeland, FL D1 '10 5/5

55 Arthur Moats LB 6-2 250 03/14/88 26 5 James Madison Portsmouth, VA UFA '14 (BUF) 5/2

72 Cody Wallace C/G 6-4 300 11/26/84 29 5 Texas A&M Cuero, TX FA '13 4/2

82 Michael Palmer TE 6-5 252 01/18/88 26 5 Clemson Stone Mountain, GA W '13 (SEA) 5/0

84 Antonio Brown WR 5-10 186 07/10/88 26 5 Central Michigan Miami, FL D6b '10 5/5

90 Steve McLendon NT 6-4 320 01/03/86 28 5 Troy Ozark, AL FA '09 5/5

93 Jason Worilds LB 6-2 262 03/03/88 26 5 Virginia Tech Carteret, NJ D2 '10 5/5

96 Cam Thomas DT 6-4 330 12/12/86 27 5 North Carolina Cheraw, SC UFA '14 (SD) 5/5

4th YEAR (3)

28 Cortez Allen CB 6-1 196 10/29/88 25 4 The Citadel Ocala, FL D4 '11 5/5

77 Marcus Gilbert OT 6-6 330 02/15/88 26 4 Florida Fort Lauderdale, FL D2 '11 5/5

97 Cameron Heyward DE 6-5 288 05/06/89 25 4 Ohio State Pittsburgh, PA D1 '11 5/5

3rd YEAR (7)

21 Robert Golden S 5-11 202 09/13/90 24 3 Arizona Fresno, CA FA '12 5/0

41 Antwon Blake CB 5-9 198 08/09/90 24 3 UTEP Houston, TX W '13 (JAX) 5/0

46 Will Johnson FB 6-2 238 11/14/89 24 3 West Virginia Dayton, OH FA '12 5/2

51 Sean Spence LB 5-11 231 06/07/90 24 3 Miami Miami, FL D3 '12 5/2

66 David DeCastro G 6-5 316 01/11/90 24 3 Stanford Bellevue, WA D1 '12 5/5

68 Kelvin Beachum T/G 6-3 306 06/08/89 25 3 SMU Mexia, TX D7d '12 5/5

76 Mike Adams OT 6-7 323 03/10/90 24 3 Ohio State Farrell, PA D2 '12 5/0

2nd YEAR (7)

3 Landry Jones QB 6-3 221 04/04/89 25 2 Oklahoma Artesia, NM D4b '13 0/0

11 Markus Wheaton WR 5-11 182 02/07/91 23 2 Oregon State Chandler, AZ D3 '13 5/4

26 Le'Veon Bell RB 6-1 244 02/18/92 22 2 Michigan State Reynoldsburg, OH D2 '13 5/5

29 Shamarko Thomas S 5-9 217 02/23/91 23 2 Syracuse Virginia Beach, VA D4a '13 5/0

39 B.W. Webb CB 5-11 190 05/03/90 24 2 William & Mary Newport News, VA W'14 (DAL) 4/0

57 Terence Garvin LB 6-3 221 01/01/91 23 2 West Virginia Baltimore, MD FA '13 5/0

98 Vince Williams LB 6-1 250 12/27/89 24 2 Florida State Davenport, FL D6b '13 5/0

1st YEAR (3)

9 Brad Wing P 6-3 205 01/27/91 23 1 LSU Melbourne, Australia FA '14 5/0

15 Justin Brown WR 6-3 209 03/10/91 23 1 Oklahoma Wilmington, DE D6a '13 5/1

74 Chris Hubbard G 6-4 286 04/23/91 23 1 UAB Columbus, GA FA '13 1/0

ROOKIES (6)

10 Martavis Bryant WR 6-4 211 12/20/91 22 R Clemson Calhoun Falls, SC D4 '14 0/0

13 Dri Archer WR/RB 5-8 173 08/09/91 23 R Kent State Laurel, FL D3 '14 3/0

50 Ryan Shazier LB 6-1 237 09/06/92 22 R Ohio State Fort Lauderdale, FL D1 '14 3/3

62 Daniel McCullers DL 6-7 352 08/11/92 22 R Tennessee Raleigh, NC D6b '14 0/0

67 Wesley Johnson OL 6-5 297 01/09/91 23 R Vanderbilt Nashville, TN D5b '14 0/0

91 Stephon Tuitt DE 6-5 303 05/23/93 21 R Notre Dame Miami, FL D2 '14 5/0

PRACTICE SQUAD

14 Derek Moye WR 6-5 210 08/12/88 26 2 Penn State Rochester, PA FA '12 0/0

18 C.J. Goodwin WR 6-3 190 02/04/90 24 R California University (PA) Wheeling, WV FA '14 0/0

31 Shaquille Richardson CB 6-0 194 03/21/92 22 R Arizona Carson, CA D5a '14 0/0

35 Ross Ventrone S 5-8 195 09/27/86 28 2 Villanova Bridgeville, PA FA '13 0/0

40 Josh Harris RB 5-11 210 01/22/91 23 R Wake Forest Duncanville, TX FA '14 0/0

44 Howard Jones LB 6-4 238 02/10/90 24 R Shepherd Woodbridge, VA FA '14 0/0

65 Nick Williams DE 6-4 309 02/21/90 24 2 Samford Birmingham, AL D7 '13 0/0

71 Josh Mauro DE 6-6 282 02/17/91 23 R Stanford St. Albans, England FA '14 0/0

78 Alejandro Villanueva OL 6-9 277 09/22/88 26 R Army Meridian, MI FA '14 0/0

87 Rob Blanchflower TE 6-4 256 06/08/90 24 R Massachusetts Leominster, MA D7 '14 0/0

RESERVED/INJURED;DESIGNATED FOR RETURN

95 Jarvis Jones LB 6-2 245 10/13/89 25 2 Georgia Richland, GA D1 '13 3/3

RESERVED/INJURED LIST

56 Jordan Zumwalt LB 6-4 235 10/13/91 23 R UCLA LaHabra, CA D6a '14 0/0

Head Coach: Mike Tomlin

Assistant Coaches:

PITTSBURGH STEELERS 2014 ROSTER BY EXPERIENCE

Experience Includes 2014 Season

Number of Players on Active Roster: 53

John Mitchell (asst head coach/defensive line); Dick LeBeau (defensive coordinator); Todd Haley (offensive

coordinator); Danny Smith (special teams coordinator); Keith Butler (linebackers); James Daniel (tight ends); Randy

Fichtner (quarterbacks); Carnell Lake (defensive backs); Richard Mann (wide receivers); Mike Munchak (offensive line);

James Saxon (running backs); Jerry Olsavsky (defensive asst); Joey Porter (defensive asst); Shaun Sarrett (offensive

asst); Garrett Giemont (strength and conditioning); Marcel Pastoor (asst strength and conditioning).

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2014 ROSTER MOVES Date Pos. Name Transaction 12/31/13 RB Alvester Alexander Signed Reserve/Future Contract 12/31/13 WR Justin Brown Signed Reserve/Future Contract 12/31/13 G Bryant Browning Signed Reserve/Future Contract 12/31/13 G Chris Hubbard Signed Reserve/Future Contract 12/31/13 WR Kashif Moore Signed Reserve/Future Contract 12/31/13 S Ross Ventrone Signed Reserve/Future Contract 12/31/13 LB Kion Wilson Signed Reserve/Future Contract 1/3/14 P Brad Wing Signed Reserve/Future Contract 1/3/14 LS Bryce Davis Signed Reserve/Future Contract 1/3/14 Coach Jack Bicknell, Jr. Terminated Contract 1/6/14 CB Devin Smith Signed Reserve/Future Contract 1/6/14 LB Dan Molls Signed Reserve/Future Contract 1/7/14 RB Miguel Maysonet Signed Reserve/Future Contract 1/7/14 WR Lanear Sampson Signed Reserve/Future Contract 1/9/14 DT Al Lapuaho Signed Reserve/Future Contract 1/10/14 WR Jasper Collins Signed Reserve/Future Contract 1/10/14 S Jordan Dangerfield Signed Reserve/Future Contract 1/23/14 Coach Mike Munchak Hired as Offensive Line Coach 1/27/14 LB Vic So’oto Signed Reserve/Future Contract 1/27/14 RB Tauren Poole Signed Reserve/Future Contract 1/28/14 WR Danny Coale Signed Reserve/Future Contract 1/28/14 Coach James Saxon Hired as Running Backs Coach 2/11/14 Coach Joey Porter Hired as Defensive Assistant Coach 3/3/14 LB Jason Worilds Designated as Transition Player 3/4/14 LB Jason Worilds Accepted Transition Tag Offer 3/5/14 S Troy Polamalu Signed New Contract (three-year) 3/5/14 TE Heath Miller Signed New Contract (three-year) 3/5/14 LB Larry Foote Released 3/5/14 OT Levi Brown Released 3/5/14 CB Curtis Brown Released 3/11/14 LB LaMarr Woodley Released, Post-June 1 Designation 3/12/14 S Will Allen Re-signed (one-year) 3/12/14 LS Greg Warren Re-signed (one-year) 3/12/14 C/G Cody Wallace Re-signed (three-year) 3/12/14 S Mike Mitchell Signed Contract (five-year) 3/14/14 DT Cam Thomas Signed Contract (two-year) 3/17/14 OT Guy Whimper Re-signed (one-year) 3/21/14 TE Michael Palmer Re-signed (one-year) 3/21/14 WR Lance Moore Signed Contract (two-year) 3/24/14 LB Arthur Moats Signed Contract (one-year) 3/28/14 RB LeGarrette Blount Signed Contract (two-year) 4/1/14 CB Brice McCain Signed Contract (one-year) 4/2/14 WR Darrius Heyward-Bey Signed Contract (one-year) 4/15/14 P Adam Podlesh Signed Contract (one-year) 5/8/14 LB Ryan Shazier Drafted 5/9/14 DE Stephon Tuitt Drafted 5/9/14 WR/RB Dri Archer Drafted 5/10/14 WR Martavis Bryant Drafted 5/10/14 CB Shaquille Richardson Drafted 5/10/14 OL Wesley Johnson Drafted 5/10/14 LB Jordan Zumwalt Drafted 5/10/14 DL Daniel McCullers Drafted 5/10/14 TE Rob Blanchflower Drafted 5/10/14 OL Chris Elkins Signed Contract 5/10/14 DE Ethan Hemer Signed Contract 5/10/14 OT Kaycee Ike Signed Contract 5/10/14 LB Howard Jones Signed Contract 5/10/14 QB Brendon Kay Signed Contract 5/10/14 DE Josh Mauro Signed Contract 5/10/14 DT Roy Philon Signed Contract 5/10/14 G Will Simmons Signed Contract 5/10/14 TE Eric Waters Signed Contract 5/19/14 TE Rob Blanchflower Signed Contract (four-year) 5/19/14 DL Daniel McCullers Signed Contract (four-year) 5/27/14 OL Wesley Johnson Signed Contract (four-year) 5/27/14 LB Jordan Zumwalt Signed Contract (four-year) 5/29/14 OT Kaycee Ike Released 5/29/14 G Nik Embernate Released 5/29/14 CB Deion Belue Claimed off Waivers from Miami 5/29/14 OT Emmanuel McCray Signed 5/29/14 CB Shaquille Richardson Signed Contract (four-year) 6/4/14 WR Jasper Collins Released 6/4/14 WR C.J. Goodwin Signed Contract 6/5/14 LB Ryan Shazier Signed Contract (four-year)

Date Pos. Name Transaction 6/9/14 WR Martavis Bryant Signed Contract (four-year) 6/12/14 C Maurkice Pouncey Signed New Contract (five-year) 6/13/14 WR/RB Dri Archer Signed Contract (four-year) 6/18/14 CB Deion Belue Released 6/18/14 RB Jordan Hall Signed Contract 6/18/14 DE Stephon Tuitt Signed Contract (four-year) 7/25/14 LB Kion Wilson Released 7/25/14 CB Lewis Toler Signed Contract 7/25/14 S Mike Mitchell Placed on PUP List 7/25/14 RB Alvester Alexander Placed on PUP List 7/29/14 C/G David Snow Waived/Injured 7/29/14 RB Josh Harris Signed Contract 8/1/14 RB Alvester Alexander Released 8/1/14 RB Jawan Jamison Signed Contract 8/4/14 S Mike Mitchell Activated from PUP List 8/6/14 WR Danny Coale Waived/Injured 8/6/14 WR James Shaw Signed Contract 8/11/14 RB Jawan Jamison Released 8/12/14 P Adam Podlesh Placed on Reserved/Did Not Report List 8/13/14 RB Stephen Houston Signed Contract 8/14/14 LS Luke Ingram Signed Contract 8/18/14 G Bryant Browning Waived/Injured 8/18/14 WR James Shaw Released 8/18/14 CB Dayonne Nunley Signed Contract 8/18/14 OT Graham Pocic Signed Contract 8/19/14 OT Marcus Gilbert Signed New Contract (six-year) 8/20/14 DT Al Lapuaho Released 8/20/14 DE Brett Keisel Signed Contract (two-year) 8/26/14 RB Jordan Hall Released 8/26/14 RB Miguel Maysonet Released 8/26/14 WR C.J. Goodwin Released 8/26/14 WR Kashif Moore Released 8/26/14 TE Eric Waters Released 8/26/14 S Jordan Dangerfield Released 8/26/14 CB Devin Smith Released 8/26/14 CB Lewis Toler Released 8/26/14 LB Vic So’oto Released 8/26/14 OL Chris Elkins Released 8/26/14 OT Emmanuel McCray Released 8/26/14 DT Hebron Fangupo Released 8/26/14 DE Brian Arnfelt Released 8/26/14 LS Luke Ingram Released 8/26/14 RB Tauren Poole Released 8/29/14 CB B.W. Webb Claimed off Waivers from Dallas 8/29/14 LB Jordan Zumwalt Placed on Reserve/Injured List 8/30/14 TE Rob Blanchflower Released 8/30/14 TE Bryce Davis Released 8/30/14 TE David Paulson Released 8/30/14 CB Isaiah Green Released 8/30/14 CB Dayonne Nunley Released 8/30/14 CB Shaquille Richardson Released 8/30/14 S Ross Ventrone Released 8/30/14 RB Josh Harris Released 8/30/14 RB Stephen Houston Released 8/30/14 DE Ethan Hemer Released 8/30/14 DE Josh Mauro Released 8/30/14 DL Roy Philon Released 8/30/14 DL Nick Williams Released 8/30/14 LB Chris Carter Released 8/30/14 LB Howard Jones Released 8/30/14 LB Dan Molls Released 8/30/14 QB Brendon Kay Released 8/30/14 WR Derek Moye Released 8/30/14 WR Lanear Sampson Released 8/30/14 OL Graham Pocic Released 8/30/14 OL Will Simmons Released 8/30/14 OL Guy Whimper Released 8/31/14 OL Alejandro Villanueva Signed to Practice Squad 8/31/14 TE Rob Blanchflower Signed to Practice Squad 8/31/14 WR Derek Moye Signed to Practice Squad 8/31/14 WR C.J. Goodwin Signed to Practice Squad 8/31/14 RB Josh Harris Signed to Practice Squad 8/31/14 DL Nick Williams Signed to Practice Squad 8/31/14 DL Josh Mauro Signed to Practice Squad

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2014 ROSTER MOVES 8/31/14 LB Howard Jones Signed to Practice Squad 8/31/14 CB Shaquille Richardson Signed to Practice Squad 8/31/14 S Ross Ventrone Signed to Practice Squad 9/6/14 CB Cortez Allen Signed New Contract (five-year) 9/23/14 LB Jarvis Jones Reserve/Injured; Designated For Return List 9/23/14 LB James Harrison Signed Contract 9/30/14 P Adam Podlesh Terminated Contract

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HOW THE 2014 STEELERS WERE BUILT

Year-Record (Finish) Draft Choices (28) Free Agents (16) Unrestricted Free Agents (6) Trade (0) Waivers (3) 2002: 11-5-1 (1st AFC North) DE Brett Keisel (#7b)

________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 2003: 6-10 (3rd AFC North) S Troy Polamalu (#1) CB Ike Taylor (#4)

________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 2004: 15-1 (1st AFC North) QB Ben Roethlisberger (#1)

________________________________________________________________________________________________________2005: 11-5 (2nd AFC North) TE Heath Miller (#1) LS Greg Warren FA

________________________________________________________________________________________________________2007: 10-6 (1st AFC North) LB Lawrence Timmons (#1)

________________________________________________________________________________________________________2009: 9-7 (3rd AFC North) G Ramon Foster FA NT Steve McLendon FA

________________________________________________________________________________________________________2010: 12-4 (T-1st AFC North) C Maurkice Pouncey (#1) K Shaun Suisham FA

LB Jason Worilds (#2) WR Antonio Brown (#6b)

________________________________________________________________________________________________________2011: 12-4 (T-1st AFC North) DE Cameron Heyward (#1) OT Marcus Gilbert (#2) CB Cortez Allen (#4)

________________________________________________________________________________________________________2012: 8-8 (3rd AFC North) G David DeCastro (#1) FB Will Johnson FA OT Mike Adams (#2) S Robert Golden FA LB Sean Spence (#3) T/G Kelvin Beachum (#7d)

________________________________________________________________________________________________________2013: 8-8 (2nd AFC North) RB Le’Veon Bell (#2) CB William Gay FA WR Markus Wheaton (#3) QB Bruce Gradkowski UFA (CIN) S Shamarko Thomas (#4a) CB Antwon Blake W (JAX) QB Landry Jones (#4b) LB Terence Garvin FA WR Justin Brown (#6a) TE Matt Spaeth FA LB Vince Williams (#6b) TE Michael Palmer W (SEA) G Chris Hubbard FA S Will Allen FA C/G Cody Wallace FA

_______________________________________________________________________________________________________ 2014: 3-2 (3rd AFC North) LB Ryan Shazier (#1) P Brad Wing FA DE Stephon Tuitt (#2) WR Lance Moore FA WR/RB Dri Archer (#3) S Mike Mitchell UFA (CAR) WR Martavis Bryant (#4) DT Cam Thomas UFA (SD) OL Wesley Johnson (#5b) LB Arthur Moats UFA (BUF) DL Daniel McCullers (#6b) RB LeGarrette Blount UFA (NE) CB Brice McCain FA WR Darrius Heyward-Bey UFA (IND)

CB B.W. Webb W (DAL) LB James Harrison FA

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2014 STARTING LINEUPS

OFFENSE

Opponent

WR LT LG C RG RT TE WR QB RB FB Preseason

At N.Y. Giants (8/9) Brown Beachum Foster Pouncey DeCastro Gilbert Miller Spaeth (TE) Roethlisberger Bell Johnson BUFFALO (8/16) Brown Beachum Foster Pouncey DeCastro Gilbert Miller Wheaton Roethlisberger Bell Archer (WR) At Philadelphia (8/21) Brown Beachum Foster Pouncey DeCastro Gilbert Miller J. Brown Roethlisberger Bell Wheaton (WR) CAROLINA (8/28) J. Brown Beachum Foster We. Johnson DeCastro Gilbert Palmer Wheaton L. Jones Archer Moore (WR)

Opponent

WR LT LG C RG RT TE WR QB RB FB

Regular Season CLEVELAND (9/7) Brown Beachum Foster Pouncey DeCastro Gilbert Miller Wheaton Roethlisberger Bell Spaeth (TE) At Baltimore (9/11) Brown Beachum Foster Pouncey DeCastro Gilbert Miller Wheaton Roethlisberger Bell Johnson At Carolina (9/21) Brown Beachum Wallace Pouncey DeCastro Gilbert Miller Wheaton Roethlisberger Bell Spaeth (TE) TAMPA BAY (9/28) Brown Beachum Wallace Pouncey DeCastro Gilbert Miller Spaeth (TE) Roethlisberger Bell Johnson At Jacksonville (10/5) Brown Beachum Foster Pouncey DeCastro Gilbert Miller Wheaton Roethlisberger Bell J. Brown (WR) At Cleveland (10/12) HOUSTON (10/20) INDIANAPOLIS (10/26) BALTIMORE (11/2) At N.Y. Jets (11/9) At Tennessee (11/17) NEW ORLEANS (11/30) At Cincinnati (12/7) At Atlanta (12/14) KANSAS CITY (12/21) CINCINNATI (12/28)

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2014 STARTING LINEUPS

DEFENSE

Opponent

LE NT RE LOLB LILB RILB ROLB LCB RCB SS FS

Preseason

At N.Y. Giants (8/9) Heyward Tuitt (DE) Gay (CB) Worilds Spence Timmons Jones C. Allen Taylor W. Allen Mitchell BUFFALO (8/16) Heyward McLendon Thomas Worilds Shazier Timmons Carter C. Allen Taylor Polamalu Mitchell At Philadelphia (8/21) Heyward McLendon Thomas Worilds Shazier Timmons Jones C. Allen Taylor Polamalu Mitchell CAROLINA (8/28) Keisel McLendon Thomas Moats Shazier Timmons Jones Gay Taylor W. Allen Mitchell

Opponent

LE NT RE LOLB LILB RILB ROLB LCB RCB SS FS Regular Season

CLEVELAND (9/7) Heyward McLendon C. Thomas Worilds Shazier Timmons Jones C. Allen Taylor Polamalu Mitchell At Baltimore (9/11) Heyward McLendon C. Thomas Worilds Shazier Timmons Jones C. Allen Taylor Polamalu Mitchell At Carolina (9/21) Heyward McLendon C. Thomas Worilds Shazier Timmons Jones C. Allen Taylor Polamalu Mitchell TAMPA BAY (9/28) Heyward McLendon C. Thomas Worilds Spence Timmons Moats C. Allen Gay Polamalu Mitchell At Jacksonville (10/5) Heyward McLendon C. Thomas Worilds Spence Timmons Moats C. Allen Gay Polamalu Mitchell At Cleveland (10/12) HOUSTON (10/20) INDIANAPOLIS (10/26) BALTIMORE (11/2) At N.Y. Jets (11/9) At Tennessee (11/17) NEW ORLEANS (11/30) At Cincinnati (12/7) At Atlanta (12/14) KANSAS CITY (12/21) CINCINNATI (12/28)

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2014 PLAYER PARTICIPATION Games 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 Sep Sep Sep Sep Oct Oct Oct Oct Nov Nov Nov Nov Dec Dec Dec Dec 7 11 21 28 5 12 20 26 2 9 17 30 7 14 21 28 @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ 2014 Injury 2014 CLE BAL CAR TB JAX CLE HOU IND BAL NYJ TEN NO CIN ATL KC CIN Career Consec. Games Games/ G/S G/S Missed Starts Names Adams, Mike P P P P P 30/16 16/0 0 5/0 Allen, Cortez LCB LCB LCB LCB LCB 49/16 18/9 0 5/5 Allen, Will P P P P P 152/35 54/0 0 5/0 Archer, Dri P SI SI P P 3/0 2/0 2 3/0 Beachum, Kelvin LT LT LT LT LT 27/22 8/8 0 5/5 Bell, Le’Veon RB RB RB RB RB 18/18 18/18 0 5/5 Blake, Antwon P P P P P 35/0 17/0 0 5/0 Blanchflower, Rob PS PS PS PS PS 0/0 0/0 0 0/0 Blount, LeGarrette P P P P P 61/29 21/0 0 5/0 Brown, Antonio WR WR WR WR WR 59/32 26/9 0 5/5 Brown, Justin P P P P WR 5/1 5/1 0 5/1 Bryant, Martavis SI SI SI SI SI 0/0 0/0 2 0/0 DeCastro, David RG RG RG RG RG 24/23 13/13 0 5/5 Foster, Ramon LG LG SI SI LG 75/60 1/1 2 3/3 Garvin, Terence P P P P P 20/1 5/0 0 5/0 Gay, William P P P RCB RCB 117/65 117/2 0 5/2 Gilbert, Marcus RT RT RT RT RT 40/39 21/21 0 5/5 Golden, Robert P P P P P 36/0 33/0 0 5/0 Goodwin, C.J. PS PS PS PS PS 0/0 0/0 0 0/0 Gradkowski, Bruce DNP DNP P DNP DNP 37/20 0/0 0 1/0 Harris, Josh PS PS PS PS PS 0/0 0/0 0 0/0 Harrison, James DNP DNP DNP P P 148/105 3/0 0 2/0 Heyward, Cameron DE DE DE DE DE 53/18 53/17 0 5/5 Heyward-Bey, Darrius P P P P P 77/64 33/0 0 5/0 Hubbard, Chris SI SI P DNP SI 1/0 0/0 0 1/0 Johnson, Wesley SI SI SI SI SI 0/0 0/0 0 0/0 Johnson, Will P FB P FB P 36/14 20/1 0 5/2 Jones, Jarvis ROLB ROLB ROLB SI SI 17/11 0/0 2 3/3 Jones, Howard PS PS PS PS PS 0/0 0/0 0 0/0 Jones, Landry SI SI SI SI SI 0/0 0/0 0 0/0 Keisel, Brett P P P P P 149/110 7/0 0 5/0 Mauro, Josh PS PS PS PS PS 0/0 0/0 0 0/0 McCain, Brice SI P P P P 76/10 4/0 1 4/0 McCullers, Daniel SI SI SI SI SI 0/0 0/0 0 0/0 McLendon, Steve NT NT NT NT NT 56/16 7/6 0 5/5 Miller, Heath TE TE TE TE TE 142/141 19/19 0 5/5 Mitchell, Mike FS FS FS FS FS 81/28 20/19 0 5/5 Moats, Arthur P P P ROLB ROLB 64/23 21/2 0 5/2 Moore, Lance SI SI P P P 104/30 3/0 2 3/0 Moye, Derek PS PS PS PS PS 7/0 0/0 0 0/0 Palmer, Michael P P P P P 64/5 31/0 0 5/0 Polamalu, Troy SS SS SS SS SS 151/135 26/26 0 5/5 Pouncey, Maurkice C C C C C 51/51 5/5 0 5/5 Richardson, Shaquille PS PS PS PS PS 0/0 0/0 0 0/0 Roethlisberger, Ben QB QB QB QB QB 148/147 25/25 0 5/5 Shazier, Ryan LILB LILB LILB SI SI 3/3 0/0 2 3/3 Spaeth, Matt TE P TE TE P 100/61 9/2 0 5/3 Spence, Sean P P P LILB LILB 5/2 5/2 0 5/2 Suisham, Shaun P P P P P 117/0 62/0 0 5/0 Taylor, Ike RCB RCB RCB SI SI 172/138 0/0 2 3/3 Bold denotes starter and position P — Played DNP — Did Not Play IR — Reserve/Injured SI — Sunday Inactive PS — Practice Squad

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2014 PLAYER PARTICIPATION Games 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 Sep Sep Sep Sep Oct Oct Oct Oct Nov Nov Nov Nov Dec Dec Dec Dec 7 11 21 28 5 12 20 26 2 9 17 30 7 14 21 28 @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ 2014 Injury 2014 CLE BAL CAR TB JAX CLE HOU IND BAL NYJ TEN NO CIN ATL KC CIN Career Consec. Games Games/ G/S G/S Missed Starts Names Thomas, Cam DE DE DE DE DE 59/20 53/5 0 5/5 Thomas, Shamarko P P P P P 19/2 10/0 0 5/0 Timmons, Lawrence RILB RILB RILB RILB RILB 115/83 76/58 0 5/5 Tuitt, Stephon P P P P P 5/0 5/0 0 5/0 Ventrone, Ross PS PS PS PS PS 0/0 0/0 0 0/0 Villanueva, Alejandro PS PS PS PS PS 0/0 0/0 0 0/0 Wallace, Cody DNP P LG LG P 22/6 4/2 0 4/2 Warren, Greg P P P P P 138/0 69/0 0 5/0 Webb, B.W. P P DNP P P 19/0 2/0 0 4/0 Wheaton, Markus WR WR WR P WR 17/5 13/1 0 5/4 Williams, Nick PS PS PS PS PS 0/0 0/0 0 0/0 Williams, Vince P P P P P 20/11 20/0 0 5/0 Wing, Brad P P P P P 5/0 5/0 0 5/0 Worilds, Jason LOLB LOLB LOLB LOLB LOLB 62/26 5/5 0 5/5 Zumwalt, Jordan IR IR IR IR IR 0/0 0/0 0 0/0 Bold denotes starter and position P — Played DNP — Did Not Play IR — Reserve/Injured SI — Sunday Inactive PS — Practice Squad

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2014 INDIVIDUAL HIGHS

OPPONENTS STEELERS RUSHING

at BAL (9/11) Bernard Pierce 22 Rushes 21 Le’Veon Bell vs. CLE (9/7) 21 Le’Veon Bell at CAR (9/21) vs. CLE (9/7) Terrance West 100 Yards 147 Le’Veon Bell at CAR (9/21) at BAL (9/11) Justin Forsett 41 Long 81 Le’Veon Bell at CAR (9/21) vs. CLE (9/7) Isaiah Crowell 2 TDs 1 LeGarrette Blount vs. CLE (9/7) 1 Le’Veon Bell vs. CLE (9/7) 1 LeGarrette Blount at CAR (9/21) RECEIVING vs. CLE (9/7) Andrew Hawkins 8 Receptions 10 Antonio Brown at CAR (9/21) at CAR (9/21) Kelvin Benjamin 8 10 Heath Miller vs. TB (9/28) at CAR (9/21) Kelvin Benjamin 115 Yards 131 Antonio Brown vs. TB (9/28) vs. CLE (9/7) Jordan Cameron 47 Long 41 Antonio Brown vs. CLE (9/7) at BAL (9/11) Owen Daniels 2 TDs 2 Antonio Brown at CAR (9/21) 2 Antonio Brown vs. TB (9/28)

PASSING vs. TB (9/28) Mike Glennon 42 Attempts 40 Ben Roethlisberger vs. TB (9/28) at CAR (9/21) Cam Newton 24 Completions 29 Ben Roethlisberger vs. TB (9/28) vs. TB (9/28) Mike Glennon 302 Yards 365 Ben Roethlisberger vs. CLE (9/7) vs. CLE (9/7) Brian Hoyer 47 Long 41 Ben Roethlisberger vs. CLE (9/7) at BAL (9/11) Joe Flacco 2 TDs 3 Ben Roethlisberger vs. TB (9/28) vs. TB (9/28) Mike Glennon 2 at JAX (10/5) Blake Bortles 2 INTs 1 Ben Roethlisberger vs. CLE (9/7) 1 Ben Roethlisberger at BAL (9/11) PUNT RETURNS at JAX (10/5) Ace Sanders 3 Returns 4 Antonio Brown at JAX (10/5) at BAL (9/11) Jacoby Jones 47 Yards 46 Antonio Brown vs. CLE (9/7) at BAL (9/11) Jacoby Jones 33 Long 36 Antonio Brown vs. CLE (9/7) None TDs None KICKOFF RETURNS vs. CLE (9/7) Travis Benjamin 4 Returns 2 Dri Archer vs. CLE (9/7) 2 Dri Archer at JAX (10/5) vs. CLE (9/7) Travis Benjamin 85 Yards 36 Dri Archer at JAX (10/5) vs. CLE (9/7) Travis Benjamin 28 Long 25 LeGarrette Blount vs. TB (9/28) at JAX (10/5) Jordan Todman 28 None TDs None PUNTS vs. CLE (9/7) Spencer Lanning 7 Punts 6 Brad Wing vs. CLE (9/7) vs. CLE (9/7) Spencer Lanning 314 Yards 262 Brad Wing vs. CLE (9/7) at BAL (9/11) Sam Koch 55.0 Avg. 46.0 Brad Wing at CAR (9/21) at BAL (9/11) Sam Koch 48.5 Net 49.3 Brad Wing at CAR (9/21) at CAR (9/21) Brad Nortman 65 Long 59 Brad Wing at CAR (9/21) at CAR (9/21) Brad Nortman 2 In 20 2 Brad Wing vs. CLE (9/7) 2 Brad Wing vs. TB (9/28) 2 Brad Wing at JAX (10/5) vs. CLE (9/7) Spencer Lanning 1 Touchbacks 1 Brad Wing vs. CLE (9/7) at CAR (9/21) Brad Nortman 1 1 Brad Wing at JAX (10/5) INTERCEPTIONS vs. CLE (9/7) Karlos Dansby 1 Interceptions 1 Cortez Allen vs. TB (9/28) at BAL (9/11) Haloti Ngata 1 1 Cortez Allen at JAX (10/5) 1 Brice McCain at JAX (10/5) at BAL (9/11) Haloti Ngata 13 Long Return 27 Cortez Allen vs. TB (9/28) None TDs None TACKLES at CAR (9/21) Luke Kuechly 14 Total 13 Lawrence Timmons at BAL (9/11) vs. CLE (9/7) Donte Whitner 12 Solo 10 Lawrence Timmons at BAL (9/11) at CAR (9/21) Luke Kuechly 7 Assisted 3 Lawrence Timmons at BAL (9/11) 3 Ryan Shazier at BAL (9/11) 3 Lawrence Timmons at CAR (9/21) 3 Lawrence Timmons vs. TB (9/28) 3 Troy Polamalu at JAX (10/5) 3 Sean Spence at JAX (10/5) 3 Lawrence Timmons at JAX (10/5) at BAL (9/11) Elvis Dumervil 2 Sacks 1 Cameron Heyward vs. CLE (9/7) vs. TB (9/28) Michael Johnson 2 1 Jarvis Jones vs. CLE (9/7) at JAX (10/5) Abry Jones 2 1 Jason Worilds vs. CLE (9/7) 1 Jarvis Jones at CAR (9/21) 1 Steve McLendon at CAR (9/21)

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1 Arthur Moats at CAR (9/21) 1 Cameron Heyward vs. TB (9/28) 1 Jason Worilds at JAX (10/5)

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2014 DRIVE ENGINEERING

Steelers

REGULAR SEASON No. Missed Blkd Blkd Scoring 1st STEELERS Drives TD FG FG FG Punt Punt Downs Fum. Int. Safety Time Pts Effic. Drive Sept. 7 vs. Cle 13 3 3 0 0 6 0 0 0 1 0 0 30 46.2% FG

Sept. 11 at Bal 9 0 2 0 0 4 0 0 2 1 0 0 6 22.2% Fumble

Sept. 21 at Car 10 3 3 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 30 60.0% Punt

Sept. 28 vs. TB 11 3 1 1 0 4 0 0 1 0 0 1 24 36.4% Fumble

Oct. 5 at Jax 10 1 1 0 0 5 0 0 1 0 0 2 10 20.0% Punt

Oct. 12 at Cle 10 1 1 0 0 5 0 0 1 0 0 2 17 20.0% Punt

Oct. 20 vs. Hou

Oct. 26 vs. Ind

Nov. 2 vs. Bal

Nov. 9 at NYJ

Nov. 17 at Ten

Nov. 30 vs. NO

Dec. 7 at Cin

Dec. 14 at Atl

Dec. 21 vs. KC

Dec. 28 vs. Cin

TOTAL 63 11 11 1 0 27 0 0 5 2 0 6 117 34.9%

Opponents

REGULAR SEASON No. Missed Blkd Blkd Scoring 1st OPPONENTS Drives TD FG FG FG Punt Punt Downs Fum. Int. Safety Time Pts Effic. Drive Sept. 7 vs. Cle 12 3 2 0 0 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 27 41.7% FG

Sept. 11 at Bal 10 2 4 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 26 60.0% TD

Sept. 21 at Car 9 2 2 0 0 4 0 0 1 0 0 0 19 44.4% FG

Sept. 28 vs. TB 10 3 2 0 0 3 0 1 0 1 0 0 27 50.0% TD

Oct. 5 at Jax 10 0 3 0 0 5 0 0 0 2 0 0 9 30.0% FG

Oct. 12 at Cle 10 0 3 0 0 5 0 0 0 2 0 0 9 30.0% FG

Oct. 20 vs. Hou

Oct. 26 vs. Ind

Nov. 2 vs. Bal

Nov. 9 at NYJ

Nov. 17 at Ten

Nov. 30 vs. NO

Dec. 7 at Cin

Dec. 14 at Atl

Dec. 21 vs. KC

Dec. 28 vs. Cin

TOTAL 61 10 16 0 0 26 0 1 1 5 0 2 117 42.6%

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2014 STEELERS SCORING DRIVES

REGULAR SEASON Drive Score Time

Opponent Obtained Scoring Play Plays Yards Time Pit-Opp Qtr Remain Cleveland Kickoff Suisham 36-yd. FG 9 62 5:02 3-0 1 9:58 Cleveland Kickoff Blount 7-yd. run 9 80 4:49 10-3 1 0:50 Cleveland Punt A. Brown 35-yd. pass from Roethlisberger 6 89 3:12 17-3 2 9:49 Cleveland Punt Bell 38-yd. run 2 50 0:48 24-3 2 7:43 Cleveland Punt Suisham 34-yd. FG 10 64 1:44 27-3 2 0:00 Cleveland Punt Suisham 41-yd. FG 5 33 0:47 30-27 4 0:00 Baltimore Kickoff Suisham 25-yd. FG 11 73 5:11 3-10 2 2:50 Baltimore Punt Suisham 43-yd. FG 6 27 2:56 6-10 3 10:30 Carolina Punt Suisham 42-yd. FG 6 51 2:31 3-3 1 0:07 Carolina Punt Suisham 24-yd. FG 16 87 8:00 6-3 2 5:37 Carolina Punt Suisham 45-yd. FG 7 53 1:35 9-3 2 0:00 Carolina Fumble A. Brown 7-yd. pass from Roethlisberger 4 17 1:30 16-3 3 11:02 Carolina Kickoff A. Brown 7-yd. pass from Roethlisberger 6 80 3:59 23-6 3 2:22 Carolina Punt L. Blount 8-yd. run 8 98 4:29 37-13 4 5:38 Tampa Bay Kickoff Suisham 25-yd. FG 10 73 3:42 3-10 1 6:19 Tampa Bay Punt A. Brown 11-yd. pass from Roethlisberger 9 60 4:43 10-10 1 0:15 Tampa Bay Punt A. Brown 27-yd. pass from Roethlisberger 13 93 7:25 17-10 2 4:58 Tampa Bay Kickoff Miller 5-yd. pass from Roethlisberger 10 80 4:37 24-17 3 7:50 Jacksonville Punt Suisham 24-yd. FG 9 65 3:35 3-3 2 12:35 Jacksonville Punt Palmer 1-yd. pass from Roethlisberger 10 70 4:53 10-3 2 1:53

Jacksonville Interception McCain 22-yd. interception return - - - 17-9 4 11:32

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2014 OPPONENTS SCORING DRIVES

REGULAR SEASON

Drive Score Time

Opponent Obtained Scoring Play Plays Yards Time Pit-Opp Qtr Remain Cleveland Kickoff Cundiff 39-yd. FG 8 54 4:19 3-3 1 5:39 Cleveland Kickoff Crowell 3-yd. run 6 80 1:33 27-10 3 13:27 Cleveland Punt Crowell 15-yd. run 6 59 2:31 27-17 3 9:05 Cleveland Punt Cundiff 25-yd. FG 12 75 4:45 27-20 4 14:57 Cleveland Punt Benjamin 9-yd. pass from Hoyer 7 51 2:35 27-27 4 11:15 Baltimore Fumble Daniels 2-yd. pass from Flacco 12 85 6:26 0-7 1 0:27 Baltimore Punt Tucker 30-yd. FG 12 65 5:32 0-10 2 8:01 Baltimore Kickoff Daniels 1-yd. pass from Flacco 12 80 6:32 6-17 3 3:58 Baltimore Punt Tucker 23-yd. FG 10 53 3:51 6-20 4 14:11 Baltimore Fumble Tucker 22-yd. FG 6 16 2:46 6-23 4 11:14 Baltimore Punt Tucker 20-yd. FG 7 53 4:57 6-26 4 4:31 Carolina Punt Gano 40-yd. FG 9 58 3:55 0-3 1 6:40 Carolina Kickoff Gano 40-yd. FG 12 58 4:41 16-6 3 6:21 Carolina Kickoff Olsen 37-yd. pass from Newton 7 80 3:54 23-13 4 13:28 Carolina Kickoff Benjamin 35-yd. pass from Newton 6 80 1:45 37-19 4 3:53 Tampa Bay Fumble Evans 7-yd. pass from Glennon 2 9 0:44 0-7 1 13:01 Tampa Bay Punt Murray 50-yd. FG 6 23 1:24 0-10 1 10:01 Tampa Bay Kickoff Martin 3-yd. run 8 80 2:33 17-17 3 12:27 Tampa Bay Punt Murray 27-yd. FG 12 83 4:39 24-20 4 11:37 Tampa Bay Punt Jackson 5-yd. pass from Glennon 5 46 0:33 24-27 4 0:07 Jacksonville Punt Scobee 43-yd. FG 15 43 8:08 0-3 1 5:17 Jacksonville Kickoff Scobee 35-yd. FG 10 58 1:44 10-6 2 0:09 Jacksonville Punt Scobee 36-yd. FG 8 68 3:17 10-9 3 3:16

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THIRD/FOURTH DOWN CONVERSIONS

REGULAR SEASON

THIRD DOWN FOURTH DOWN Date Opponent Made Att. Pct. Made Att. Pct. 9/7/14 STEELERS 4 12 33% 1 1 100% vs. Cleveland 2 11 18% 0 0 0% 9/11/14 STEELERS 6 12 50% 0 0 0% at Baltimore 5 12 42% 1 1 100% 9/21/14 STEELERS 3 11 27% 1 1 100% at Carolina 4 12 33% 1 1 100% 9/28/14 STEELERS 6 14 43% 1 1 100% vs. Tampa Bay 7 13 54% 0 1 0% 10/5/14 STEELERS 8 16 50% 0 0 0% at Jacksonville 3 12 25% 1 1 0% 10/12/14 STEELERS at Cleveland 10/20/14 STEELERS vs. Houston 10/26/14 STEELERS vs. Indianapolis 11/2/14 STEELERS vs. Baltimore 11/9/14 STEELERS at N.Y. Jets 11/17/14 STEELERS at Tennessee 11/30/14 STEELERS vs. New Orleans 12/7/14 STEELERS at Cincinnati 12/14/14 STEELERS at Atlanta 12/21/14 STEELERS vs. Kansas City 12/28/14 STEELERS vs. Cincinnati STEELERS 27 65 42% 3 3 100%

OPPONENTS 21 60 35% 3 4 75%