Patriots 24-17 Steelers (Jan 27, 2002) Box Score

New England Patriots

11-5, 5-3 away

	1	2	3	4	T
NE	7	7	7	3	24
PIT	0	3	14	0	17

Pittsburgh Steelers

13-3, 7-1 home

New England Passing


Tom Brady
Drew Bledsoe
team

C/ATT	YDS	AVG	TD	SACKS	RTG
12/18	115	6.4	0	2-14	84.3
10/21	102	4.9	1	2-11	77.9
22/39	192	5.6	1	4-25	80.8

Pittsburgh Passing


Kordell Stewart
team

C/ATT	YDS	AVG	TD	INT	SACKS	RTG
24/42	255	6.1	0	3	3-7	45.2
24/42	248	6.1	0	3	3-7	45.2

New England Rushing


Antowain Smith
J.R. Redmond
Marc Edwards
Tom Brady
Drew Bledsoe
team

CAR	YDS	AVG	LONG
15	47	3.1	19
3	13	4.3	7
1	3	3.0	3
2	3	1.5	2
4	1	0.3	4
25	67	2.7	19

Pittsburgh Rushing


Kordell Stewart
Amos Zereoue
Jerome Bettis
Hines Ward
team

CAR	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG
8	41	5.1	0	34
4	11	2.8	1	11
9	8	0.9	1	4
1	-2	-2.0	0	-2
22	58	2.6	2	34

New England Receiving


Troy Brown
David Patten
Marc Edwards
Charles Johnson
Jermaine Wiggins
J.R. Redmond
team

REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG
8	121	15.1	0	28
4	39	9.8	1	15
4	26	6.5	0	7
2	22	11.0	0	15
2	7	3.5	0	4
2	2	1.0	0	7
22	217	9.9	1	28

Pittsburgh Receiving


Plaxico Burress
Hines Ward
Amos Zereoue
Jerome Bettis
Troy Edwards
Dan Kreider
Matt Cushing
Bobby Shaw
Jerame Tuman
team

REC	YDS	AVG	LONG
5	67	13.4	16
6	64	10.7	24
4	50	12.5	19
2	23	11.5	12
2	16	8.0	9
2	13	6.5	9
1	10	10.0	10
1	9	9.0	9
1	3	3.0	3
24	255	10.6	24

New England Fumbles


Tedy Bruschi
team

FUM	LOST	REC
0	0	1
0	0	1

Pittsburgh Fumbles


Kordell Stewart
team

FUM	LOST	REC
2	1	0
2	1	0

New England Defense



Ty Law
Otis Smith
Willie McGinest
Roman Phifer
Mike Vrabel
Tebucky Jones
Anthony Pleasant
Lawyer Milloy
Richard Seymour
Tedy Bruschi
Ted Johnson
Bobby Hamilton
Terrance Shaw
Antwan Harris
Matt Stevens
Bryan Cox
Je'Rod Cherry
Ken Walter
Fred Coleman
Matt Chatham
Larry Izzo
Patrick Pass
Terrell Buckley
team

TACKLES				MISC
TOT	SOLO	SACKS	TFL	PD	QB HTS	TD
7	7	0	0	3	0	0
7	6	0	0	5	0	0
6	5	1	0	1	0	0
6	2	0	0	0	0	0
4	3	0	0	0	0	0
4	3	0	0	3	0	0
3	3	1	0	0	0	0
3	3	0	0	1	0	0
3	3	0	0	0	0	0
3	2	0.5	0	1	0	0
3	1	0.5	0	0	0	0
3	0	0	0	0	0	0
2	2	0	0	3	0	0
2	2	0	0	0	0	0
2	1	0	0	0	0	0
1	1	0	0	0	0	0
1	1	0	0	0	0	0
1	1	0	0	0	0	0
1	1	0	0	0	0	0
1	1	0	0	0	0	0
1	0	0	0	0	0	0
1	0	0	0	0	0	0
0	0	0	0	1	0	0
65	48	3	0	18	0	2

Pittsburgh Defense



Lee Flowers
Kendrell Bell
Jason Gildon
John Fiala
Brent Alexander
Chad Scott
Joey Porter
Dewayne Washington
Aaron Smith
Mike A. Jones
Mike Logan
Deshea Townsend
Bobby Shaw
Lenzie Jackson
Casey Hampton
Kimo Von von Oelhoffen
Alan Faneca
Plaxico Burress
Clark Haggans
Wayne Gandy
team

TACKLES				MISC
TOT	SOLO	SACKS	TFL	PD	QB HTS	TD
9	3	0	0	0	0	0
8	8	1	0	2	0	0
8	5	2	0	4	0	0
7	2	0	0	1	0	0
6	5	0	0	1	0	0
6	4	0	0	3	0	0
5	4	0	0	1	0	0
5	3	0	0	4	0	0
4	3	1	0	1	0	0
3	3	0	0	0	0	0
2	2	0	0	0	0	0
2	2	0	0	0	0	0
2	2	0	0	0	0	0
2	2	0	0	0	0	0
2	0	0	0	0	0	0
1	1	0	0	0	0	0
1	1	0	0	0	0	0
1	1	0	0	0	0	0
1	1	0	0	0	0	0
1	0	0	0	0	0	0
76	52	4	0	17	0	0

New England Interceptions


Tebucky Jones
Lawyer Milloy
Terrell Buckley
team

INT	YDS	TD
1	19	0
1	11	0
1	0	0
3	30	0

Pittsburgh Interceptions

	INT	YDS	TD
No Pittsburgh Interceptions

New England Kick Returns


Patrick Pass
team

NO	YDS	AVG	LONG	TD
3	83	27.7	35	0
3	83	27.7	35	0

Pittsburgh Kick Returns


Troy Edwards
team

NO	YDS	AVG	LONG	TD
5	86	17.2	26	0
5	86	17.2	26	0

New England Punt Returns


Troy Brown
team

NO	YDS	AVG	LONG	TD
3	80	26.7	55	1
3	80	26.7	55	1

Pittsburgh Punt Returns


Troy Edwards
team

NO	YDS	AVG	LONG	TD
3	29	9.7	28	0
3	29	9.7	28	0

New England Kicking


Adam Vinatieri
team

FG	PCT	LONG	XP	PTS
1/2	50.0	44	3/3	6
1/2	50.0	44	3/3	6

Pittsburgh Kicking


Kris Brown
team

FG	PCT	LONG	XP	PTS
1/2	50.0	30	2/2	5
1/2	50.0	30	2/2	5

New England Punting


Ken Walter
team

NO	YDS	AVG	TB	In 20	LONG
7	274	39.1	1	2	52
7	274	39.1	1	2	52

Pittsburgh Punting


Josh Miller
team

NO	YDS	AVG	TB	In 20	LONG
6	258	43.0	0	2	53
6	258	43.0	0	2	53

12:30 PM, January 27, 2002Coverage: CBS

Attendance: 64,704

Referees:
Ed Hochuli

Team	W	L	PCT	PF	PA
Buffalo	8	2	.800	290	193
Miami	3	6	.333	147	202
New York	3	7	.300	177	214
New England	3	7	.300	160	220

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