NE 24 @ PIT 17 - 2001 NFL

AFC Conference Championship

New England PatriotsNE

#2 seed

24-17

Pittsburgh SteelersPIT

#1 seed

Sun, January 27, 2002 · 12:40PM · Heinz Field

Attendance: 64,704Duration: 3:46Surface: grassWeather: 50 degrees, relative humidity 50%, wind 16 mph, wind chill 0Line: Pittsburgh Steelers -10.0O/U: 35.5 (over)

NE: Bill Belichick · PIT: Bill Cowher

Team Stats

PIT

1st Downs

25-67

Rushing

22-58

22-39-217

Passing

24-42-255

259

Scoring

1st Quarter

3:42

Troy Brown 55 yard punt return (Adam Vinatieri kick)

2nd Quarter

13:33

Kris Brown 30 yard field goal

0:58

David Patten 11 yard pass from Drew Bledsoe (Adam Vinatieri kick)

Offensive Stats

Player	C/A	YDS	TD	INT	SK	RTG
NE
Passing
Drew Bledsoe	10/21	102	1	0	2	77.9
Tom Brady	12/18	115	0	0	2	84.3
Rushing
Player	ATT	YDS	TD	LNG	FUM
Drew Bledsoe	4	1	0	4	0
Tom Brady	2	3	0	2	0
Antowain Smith	15	47	0	19	0
J.R. Redmond	3	13	0	7	0
Marc Edwards	1	3	0	3	0
Receiving
Player	TGT	REC	YDS	TD	LNG
J.R. Redmond	4	2	2	0	7
Marc Edwards	5	4	26	0	7
Troy Brown	11	8	121	0	28
David Patten	11	4	39	1	15
Charles Johnson	3	2	22	0	15
Jermaine Wiggins	4	2	7	0	4
Fred Coleman	1	0	0	0
PIT
Passing
Player	C/A	YDS	TD	INT	SK	RTG
Kordell Stewart	24/42	255	0	3	3	45.2
Rushing
Player	ATT	YDS	TD	LNG	FUM
Kordell Stewart	8	41	0	34	1
Amos Zereoue	4	11	1	11	0
Jerome Bettis	9	8	1	4	0
Hines Ward	1	-2	0	-2	0
Receiving
Player	TGT	REC	YDS	TD	LNG
Amos Zereoue	4	4	50	0	19
Jerome Bettis	2	2	23	0	12
Plaxico Burress	12	5	67	0	16
Troy Edwards	4	2	16	0	9
Dan Kreider	2	2	13	0	9
Matt Cushing	1	1	10	0	10
Bobby Shaw	3	1	9	0	9
Jerame Tuman	2	1	3	0	3
Hines Ward	11	6	64	0	24
Chris Fuamatu-Ma'afala	1	0	0	0

Defensive Stats

Player	TCK	SOLO	SK	INT	PD	QBH	FF	FR
NE
Tebucky Jones	4	3	0	1	1		0	0
Lawyer Milloy	3	3	0	1	1		0	0
Terrell Buckley	0	0	0	1	1		0	0
Willie McGinest	6	5	1	0	1		0	0
Anthony Pleasant	3	3	1	0	0		0	0
Tedy Bruschi	3	2	0.5	0	0		0	1
Ted Johnson	3	1	0.5	0	0		0	0
Ty Law	7	7	0	0	1		0	0
Otis Smith	7	6	0	0	0		0	0
Roman Phifer	6	2	0	0	0		0	0
Mike Vrabel	4	3	0	0	0		0	0
Bobby Hamilton	3	0	0	0	0		0	0
Richard Seymour	3	3	0	0	0		0	0
Antwan Harris	2	2	0	0	0		0	0
Patrick Pass	1	0	0	0	0		0	0
Ken Walter	1	1	0	0	0		0	0
Terrance Shaw	2	2	0		2		0	0
Matt Stevens	2	1	0		0		0	0
Matt Chatham	1	1	0		0		0	0
Je'Rod Cherry	1	1	0		0		0	0
Fred Coleman	1	1	0		0		0	0
Bryan Cox	1	1	0		0		0	0
Larry Izzo	1	0	0		0		0	0
PIT
Player	TCK	SOLO	SK	INT	PD	QBH	FF	FR
Dewayne Washington	5	3	0	0	1		0	0
Casey Hampton	2	0	0	0	0		0	0
Wayne Gandy	1	0	0	0	0		0	0
Kimo von Oelhoffen	1	1	0	0	0		0	0
Kordell Stewart			0	0	0		0	1
Mike Jones	3	3	0		0		0	0
Lenzie Jackson	2	2	0		0		0	0
Mike Logan	2	2	0		0		0	0
Deshea Townsend	2	2	0		0		0	0
Clark Haggans	1	1	0		0		0	0
Jason Gildon	8	5	2	0	4		0	0
Kendrell Bell	8	8	1	0	1		0	0
Aaron Smith	4	3	1	0	0		0	0
Lee Flowers	9	3	0	0	0		0	0
John Fiala	7	2	0	0	1		0	0
Brent Alexander	6	5	0	0	0		0	0
Chad Scott	6	4	0	0	0		0	0
Joey Porter	5	4	0	0	1		0	0

Kicking & Punting

Player	XP	FG	PNT	PNT YDS	AVG	LNG
NE
Adam Vinatieri	3/3	1/2	0	0	-	0
Ken Walter	-	-	7	274	39.1	52
PIT
Player	XP	FG	PNT	PNT YDS	AVG	LNG
Kris Brown	2/2	1/2	0	0	-	0
Josh Miller	-	-	6	258	43.0	53

Return Stats

Player	KR	KR YDS	KR TD	PR	PR YDS	PR TD
NE
Troy Brown	0	0	0	3	80	1
Patrick Pass	3	83	0	0	0	0
PIT
Player	KR	KR YDS	KR TD	PR	PR YDS	PR TD
Troy Edwards	5	86	0	3	29	0

Drive Summary

#	QTR	START	PLAYS	YDS	TOP	RESULT
1	1	NWE 20	3	7	2:11	Punt
2	1	NWE 45	3	5	1:11	Punt
3	1	NWE 15	5	24	2:10	Punt

Expected Points Added

PIT

7.0Total-7.0

-10.3Off Total-8.8

-2.3Off Pass-1.5

-5.0Off Rush-7.3

8.8Def Total10.3

1.5Def Pass2.3

7.3Def Rush5.0

9.4

Starting Lineups

QBTom Brady

RBAntowain Smith

FBMarc Edwards

WRTroy Brown

WRDavid Patten

TERod Rutledge

LTMatt Light

LGMike Compton

CDamien Woody

RGJoe Andruzzi

RTGreg Randall

Officials

RefereeEd Hochuli

UmpireEd Coukart

Head LinesmanGeorge Hayward

Line JudgeRon Marinucci

Back JudgeKirk Dornan

Side JudgeDon Carlsen

Field JudgeTom Sifferman

#	QTR	START	PLAYS	YDS	TOP	RESULT
1	1	PIT 28	3	2	1:03	Punt
2	1	PIT 11	5	28	2:27	Punt
3	1	PIT 9	3	-1	2:16	Punt
4	1	PIT 24	10	65	5:09	Field Goal
5	2	PIT 40	3	6	1:06	Punt
6	2	PIT 20	3	-3	0:57	Punt
7	2	PIT 28	7	28	0:58	Interception
8	3	PIT 25	3	11	0:59	Fumble
9	3	PIT 32	8	52	4:04	Blocked FG
10	3	PIT 21	8	79	3:40	Touchdown
11	3	NWE 32	5	32	1:41	Touchdown
12	4	PIT 33	5	19	2:52	Punt
13	4	PIT 22	4	13	1:40	Interception
14	4	PIT 40	2	0	0:13	Interception

NE at PIT, 2001 NFL game