PAT RIOTS VS . STEELE RS SERIES HISTORY TALE OF THE TAPE The Patriots and Steelers will 201 0 Re gular Seas on New E nng land Pi ttsbur gh square off for t he 25th time ov erall Reco rd 6- 2 6-2 and the 21st time in the re guular Divisi onal Standin gs 2n d 2nd season. While New En gland has Tota l Yards Gained 2,5 95 2,397 won six of th e last ten games, Total Offense (Ran k) 324.4 (20) 2 99.6 (28) Pittsbur gh pre vailed in the last Ru sh Offense 107.1 (15) 1 17.8 (12) meeting, a 200 8 matchup at Gill ette Pa ss Offense 217.3 (17 t) 1 81.9 (27) Stadium with a 33-10 victory. Poi nts Per Game 27.4 (2) 2 1.58(16) Pittsbur gh l eads the all-t ime Touchdowns Score d 2 7 19 regular-season series 13-7, but the Third Down Conve rsion Pct. 44. 2 35.3 Patriots lead th e postseason s eries Tota l Yards Allowe d 3,0 92 2,386 by a 3-1 mar gin. The teams played in the A FC Championshi p Total Defense (Ra nk) 386.5 (29) 2 98.3 (4) Game followin g the 2001 and 2004 seasons, with the Patriot s Ru sh Defense 117.6 (21) 58.3 (1) winnin g both ti mes en route to Super Bowl titles . Of the previou s Pa ss Defense 268.9 (29) 2 40.0 (24) 24 games in the series, 17 hav e Poi nts Allowed/Ga me 23.5 (24 t) 15.4 (1) been played in Pittsbur gh, wher e Touchdowns Allow ed 2 1 11 the Steelers own a 10- 7 Third Down Defen se (Pct.) 48. 1 36.1 advanta ge. The Patriots will trav el Field Goals Made/Att empted 10/ 13 14/20 to Pittsbur gh fo r the first tim e Poss ession Av g. 26: 51 30:14 since a 23-20 Pat riots win on Sept . Sack s Allowed/Yards Lost 13/ 88 16/107 25, 2005. Sack s Made/Yards 13/ 71 24/145 The Patriots p osted a 30-14 wi n Inter ceptions For/A gaainst 9/ 5 11/7 in the Grand O penin g of Gillett e 8Pen alties A gainst/Ya rds 44/ 371 42/339 Stadium on Mond ay Ni ght Foo tbal l Punt s/Av g. 30/4 3.5 37/46.1 on Sept. 9, 200 2 a gainst the Ste elers. Turn over Differential +5 +9 PAS SING PERFO RMANCES Re gular Season – S teelers 13, Pat riots 7 Tom Brady has pla yed a gainst Pit tsbur gh four ti mes in the Date Res ult Score H/A Stadiu m re gul ar-season and t wo times in the postseason. He owns a 3-1 10/22/72 L 3-33 A Three R ivers Stadium re gul ar-season recor d and a 2-0 p ostseason recor d after two 12/08/74 L 17-21 H Schaefe r Stadium AFC Championship wins at Pittsbur gh followin g th e 2001 and 09/26/76 W 30-27 A Three R ivers Stadium 2004 seasons. Brady is 1-1 a gainst t he Steelers in P ittsbur gh in 09/03/79 L 13-16 H Schaefe r Stadium the r eeg ular-season a nd 2-0 at Pittsbu rrg h in the posts eason. 09/27/81 L 21-27 A Three R ivers Stadium 12/26/82 L 14-37 A Three R ivers Stadium Tom Brad y vs. Pittsbur ghh Steelers (3- 1) 09/25/83 W 28-23 A Three R ivers Stadium (Re gular Sea son) 10/19/86 W 34-0 A Three R ivers Stadium Date A C Yd % TD I Ratin g W/L Sc ore 09/09/ 02 43 29 29 4 67.4 3 0 1 10.0 W 30-1 4 (H) 12/17/89 L 10-28 A Three R ivers Stadium 10/31/ 04 43 25 271 58.1 2 2 72.9 L 20-3 4 (A) 12/09/90 L 3-24 A Three R ivers Stadium 09/25/ 05 41 31 372 75.6 0 1 92.7 W 23-2 0 (A) 09/15/91 L 6-20 A Three R ivers Stadium 12/09/ 07 46 32 399 69.6 4 0 1 25.2 W 34-1 3 (H) 12/05/93 L 14-17 A Three R ivers Stadium Total s 173 117 133 6 67.6 9 3 10 0.7 3-1 12/16/95 L 27-41 A Three R ivers Stadium 12/13/97 L 21-24 H Foxboro Stadium Tom Brad y vs. Pittsbur ghh Steelers (2- 0) 12/06/98 W 23-9 A Three R ivers Stadium (Postseaso n) 09/09/02 W 30-14 H Gillette Stadium Date A C Yd % TD I Ratin g W/L Sc ore 01/27/ 02 18 12 115 66.7 0 0 84.3 W 24-1 7 (A) 10/31/04 L 20-34 A Heinz Fi eld 01/23/ 05 21 14 207 66.7 2 0 1 30.5 W 41-2 7 (A) 09/25/05 W 23-20 A Heinz Fi eld Total s 39 26 489 66.7 2 0 10 9.1 2-0 12/09/07 W 34-13 H Gillette Stadium 11/30/08 L 10-33 H Gillette Stadium Steel ers quarterback Ben Roethlisber ger has faced N ew En gland Playoffs – Patri ots 3, Steelers 1 four times in the re guular-season and is 2-2 a gainst t he Patriots. Date Res ult Score H/A Stadiu m Roet hlisber ger’s first two losses as a n NFL startin g quarterback 01/05/97* W 28-3 H Foxboro Stadium came at the hands of the Patriots. 01/03/98* L 6-7 A Three R ivers Stadium Ben Roethlisbe rrg er vs. New E nng land Patriot s (2-2) 01/27/02$ W 24-17 A Heinz Fi eld 01/23/05$ W 41-27 A Heinz Fi eld (Re gular Sea son) *-Divisional Playoffs $- AFC Championshi p Game Date A C Yd % TD I Ratin g W/L Sc ore 10/31/ 04 24 18 19 6 75.0 2 0 1 26.4 W 34-2 0 SERIES B REAKDOWN 09/25/ 05 28 12 271 42.9 2 0 93.8 L 20-2 3 (Includes Postseason) 12/09/ 07 32 19 187 59.4 1 0 86.3 L 13-3 4 Overall Record . ........................ ........................ ................10-1 4 11/30/ 08 33 17 179 51.5 2 1 75.2 W 34-1 3 Home Record ....................... ...................... .................. 3- 4 Total s 117 66 77 8 56.4 7 1 9 3.2 2-2 Gillette Sta dium ................ ........................ ................... 2- 1 Foxboro St adium .............. ........................ ................... 1- 3 Ben Roethlisbe rrg er vs. New E nng land Patriot s (0-1) Away Record . ....................... ...................... ................ 7-1 0 (Postseaso n) Date A C Yd % T D I Rating W/L Score Heinz Field ....................... ........................ ................... 3- 1 01/23/ 05 24 14 226 58.3 2 3 78.1 L 27-41 Three Rive rs Stadium........ ........................ ................... 4- 9 *- AFC C hampionship Game Lon gest winnin g streak............. ........................ 3 games (twice ) Lon gest losin g s treak ............... .. 5 games (12/1 7/89 - 12/16/95 ) Bill Belichick vs. Pittsbur gh ....... ....... 7-8 (5-2 wi th New En gland ) Mike Tomlin vs. New En gland ... ........................ ................... 1- 1 PATRIOTS VS . STEELERS PATRIOTS-STEELERS QUICK HITS CONNECTIONS (continued) ¾ This week’s game features the league’s two best late-season ¾ Patriots RB BenJarvus Green-Ellis and Steelers WR Mike teams since 2001. In games played after Nov.1 in the NFL Wallace played together for Mississippi from 2006-07. since 2001, the Patriots lead the league with a 75-23 record ¾ New England rookie P Zoltan Mesko and Pittsburgh LB while the Steelers are second at 66-30-1. LaMarr Woodley were teammates at Michigan in 2006. ¾ Since Robert Kraft purchased the Patriots in 1994, the Patriots PATRIOTS IN SUNDAY NIGHT GAMES lead the league with 189 wins, while the Steelers are second The Patriots are 15-14 all-time on Sunday Night Football. with 181 victories NBC (3-5) ¾ The Patriots lead the NFL with 17 playoff victories since 1994, DATE OPPONENT SCORE while the Steelers are second with 15 playoff victories. 9/24/06 vs. DEN 7-17 L THE LAST MEETING: 11/07/06 vs. IND 20-27 L STEELERS 33, PATRIOTS 10 9/16/07 vs. SD 38-14 W November 30, 2008 ¹ Gillette Stadium (Att: 68,756) 11/18/07 at BUF 56-10 W 1 2 3 4 Final 11/25/07 vs. PHI 31-28 W Pittsburgh Steelers 3 7 13 10 — 33 10/12/08 at SD 10-30 L New England Patriots 7 3 0 0 — 10 11/2/08 at IND 15-18 L 11/15/09 at IND 34-35 L The New England Patriots fell to the Pittsburgh Steelers, 33- ESPN (9-6) 10 at Gillette Stadium to fall to 7-5 on the season. The teams DATE OPPONENT SCORE were tied 10-10 at halftime, but the Steelers pulled away with 23 11/08/87 at NYG 10-17 L second-half points.