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PITTSBURGH (4 - 1) at DENVER (2 - 3)
Week 7 Sunday, 10/21/2007 8:15 PM
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  1 2 3 4 Tot
Steelers (4-2) 7 0 7 14 28
Broncos (3-3) 7 14 7 3 31

Resilient Broncos outlast Steelers 31-28 with another last second victory

Jason Elam kicked the game-winning field goal but it was Jay Cutler, bouncing back from the Broncos most lopsided home defeat, that put Denver in a position to pull out a hard-fought victory over the Steelers.

Cutler tossed three touchdown passes to offset several mistakes and outplay Steelers QB Ben Roethlisberger, who had three turnovers and was bothered all night by an active Broncos pass rush.

Roethlisberger led the Steelers on two fourth-quarter scoring drives that tied the score with 1:10 left before Cutler worked the Broncos two-minute drill to perfection...more

Team Statistics
  Steelers Broncos
Time of Possession 31:35 28:25
First Downs 24 21
Rushing 6 4
Passing 17 15
Penalty 1 2
3rd-Down efficiency 8-12-67% 7-10-70%
4th-Down efficiency 1-1-100% 0-0-0%
Red-Zone Efficiency 4-4-100% 3-3-100%
Goal-To-Go Efficiency 1-1-100% 2-2-100%
Total net yards 379 324
Total plays 65 55
Average gain 5.8 5.9
Net yards rushing 119 90
Rushes 26 24
Average yards per rush 4.6 3.8
Rushing TDs 0 0
Net yards passing 260 234
Completed-attempted 24-35 22-29
Average yards per pass 6.7 7.5
Passing TDs 4 3
Sacked-yards lost 4-30 2-14
Had intercepted 2 2
Return Yardage 97 78
Punts-returns 1-16 0-0
Punt-Return TDs 0 0
Kickoffs-returns 4-67 3-78
Kickoff-return TDs 0 0
Interceptions-returns 2-14 2-0
Interception-Return TDs 0 0
Field Goals Made 0-1-0% 1-1-100%
Extra Points Made 4-4-100% 4-4-100%
Two-Point Conversions Made 0-0-0% 0-0-0%
Penalties-yards 3-23 2-20
Fumbles-lost 1-1 2-0
Own-Recovered-yards 0-0 2-0
Own-Recovered-TDs 0 0
Opp-Recovered-Yards 0-0 1-50
Opp-Recovered-TDs 0 1

SN Preview: When NBC hand selected this match-up before the season started, there’s no doubt they expected both clubs to be sporting positive records. That is the case for Pittsburgh whose only lost one game to date (4-1), but it’s certainly not the story in Denver...more
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 Scoring Summary
1st Quarter
TD 11:00 Heath Miller 1 yard TD pass from Ben Roethlisberger (Jeff Reed extra point is GOOD)
Plays: 8 | Yards: 60 | Time: 4:00
TD 6:17 Brandon Stokley 15 yard TD pass from Jay Cutler (Jason Elam extra point is GOOD)
Plays: 9 | Yards: 69 | Time: 4:43
2nd Quarter
TD 4:01 Cecil Sapp 1 yard TD pass from Jay Cutler (Jason Elam extra point is GOOD)
Plays: 6 | Yards: 53 | Time: 3:15
TD 2:31 Tim Crowder 50 yard fumble return for TD (Jason Elam extra point is GOOD)
Plays: 0 | Yards: 0 | Time: 0:00
3rd Quarter
TD 8:10 Santonio Holmes 13 yard TD pass from Ben Roethlisberger (Jeff Reed extra point is GOOD)
Plays: 7 | Yards: 41 | Time: 4:11
TD 0:00 Tony Scheffler 1 yard TD pass from Jay Cutler (Jason Elam extra point is GOOD)
Plays: 13 | Yards: 79 | Time: 8:10
4th Quarter
TD 10:10 Matt Spaeth 13 yard TD pass from Ben Roethlisberger (Jeff Reed extra point is GOOD)
Plays: 10 | Yards: 79 | Time: 4:50
TD 1:10 Heath Miller 12 yard TD pass from Ben Roethlisberger (Jeff Reed extra point is GOOD)
Plays: 12 | Yards: 78 | Time: 6:37
FG 0:00 Jason Elam 49 yard field goal
Plays: 7 | Yards: 44 | Time: 1:10
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