Bills Run Into Steel Wall Losing to the Defending AFC Champions 51-12
Bills CB Terrence McGee intercepts a screen pass/SS Troy Polamalu intercepts his second pass of the game and takes it back for the score.
(8-4)- 51
(7-5)- 12
AP Buffalo: The Buffalo Bills suffered a complete collapse as the Steelers crushed them by the score of 51-12. The Bills looked to be in control early jumping out to a 9-0 lead at the end of the first quarter behind the leg of
PK Rian Lindell. Pittsburgh turned up the heat in the second quarter and Bills
QB Trent Edwards crumbled. Edwards threw two interceptions in the second quarter both to
SS Troy Polamalu who returned one of them for the score. The Bills defense struggled being put in bad situation after bad situation as the Steelers offense began to get rolling. The Steelers would head into halftime with a 20-12 lead.
It was all Pittsburgh, in the third quarter. Edwards continued to struggle, throwing another interception, this time to
MLB Lawrence Timmons. Bills
CB Terrence McGee suffered a broken rib late in the game. The injury is expected to keep him out of next week’s game. Despite the resounding boos from the fans, Steelers
QB J.P. Losman put up quite the show with his defense giving him a short field nearly every series. Losman would finish the day with three passing touchdowns and a rushing touchdown. Pittsburgh would put up ten more points in the fourth quarter to finish off the rout. As the game ended, chants of
“Bradford! Bradford! Bradford!†could be heard throughout the stadium.
The Steelers will stay on the road to take on the winless Buccaneers (0-12). The Bills will head back on the road to take on the Bengals (4-8) in Cincinnati.
Scoring Summary
1st Quarter
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R. Lindell 49 yd FG 8:18
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R. Lindell 50 yd FG 5:50
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R. Lindell 34 yd FG 1:28
2nd Quarter
-T. Smith 3 yd pass from J. Losman (D. Carpenter kick) 10:53
-D. Carpenter 55 yd FG 6:46
-T. Polamalu returned interception 33 yds (D. Carpenter kick) 5:30
-D. Carpenter 38 yd FG 1:18
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R. Lindell 41 yd FG 0:08
3rd Quarter
-J. Losman 5 yd run (D. Carpenter kick) 8:31
-S. Holmes 31 yd pass from J. Losman (D. Carpenter kick) 4:47
-M. Wallace 43 yd pass from J. Losman (D. Carpenter kick) 0:32
4th Quarter
-D. Carpenter 53 yd FG 11:14
-R. Mendenhall 19 yd run (D. Carpenter kick) 1:13
Individual Player Statistics
Passing
Team Name Rating Comp Att Yds Comp% TD INT
BUF T. Edwards 46.2 31 58 294 53 0 3
PIT J. Losman 116.2 24 36 366 66 3 1
Rushing
Team Player Att Yds Avg. TD Fum
BUF D. Moore 8 35 4.3 0 0
BUF D. Rhodes 2 4 2 0 0
BUF T. Edwards 2 6 3 0 0
PIT W. Parker 20 91 4.5 0 0
PIT R. Mendenhall 3 35 11.6 1 0
PIT J. Losman 2 6 3 1 1
PIT M. Moore 1 3 3 0 0
Receiving
Team Name REC Yds TD Drop
BUF D. Moore 8 83 0 1
BUF J. Hardy 6 47 0 0
BUF L. Evans 5 15 0 0
BUF S. Nelson 4 48 0 0
BUF D. Thompson 3 43 0 0
BUF F. Jackson 2 16 0 0
BUF K. McKinley 1 28 0 2
BUF D. Fine 1 10 0 1
BUF M. Austin 1 4 0 2
PIT S. Holmes 4 55 1 1
PIT H. Miller 4 34 0 0
PIT M. Wallace 3 69 1 0
PIT M. Spaeth 3 87 0 0
PIT T. Smith 3 40 1 0
PIT L. Sweed 2 11 0 0
PIT H. Ward 2 30 0 1
PIT R. Mendenhall 1 12 0 0
PIT W. Parker 1 4 0 0
Defense
Team Name Solo Ast TFL Sack Interception FF FR
BUF D. Whitner 7 1 0 0 0 0 0
BUF K. Mitchell 5 1 2 0 0 0 0
BUF J. Byrd 4 0 0 0 0 0 0
BUF P. Posluszny 4 1 0 0 0 0 0
BUF L. McKelvin 4 2 1 0 0 0 0
BUF M. Stroud 3 0 3 3 0 1 0
BUF T. McGee 3 2 1 0 1 0 0
BUF A. Maybin 3 1 2 2 0 0 0
BUF C. Harris 2 0 1 0 0 0 0
BUF T. Spikes 2 0 0 0 0 0 0
BUF A. Schobel 2 0 0 0 0 0 0
BUF K. Ellison 2 0 0 0 0 0 0
BUF D. Florence 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
BUF M. Dixon 1 0 1 1 0 0 0
BUF C. Kelsay 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
BUF B. Smith 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
BUF P. Mahone 1 0 1 0 0 0 0
BUF C. Session 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
BUF B. Moorman 1 1 0 0 0 0 0
PIT J. Harrison 6 2 0 0 0 0 0
PIT A. Frazier 5 0 0 0 0 0 0
PIT I. Taylor 5 0 0 0 0 0 0
PIT K. Lewis 4 2 0 0 0 0 0
PIT R. Clark 4 1 0 0 0 0 0
PIT L. Timmons 4 0 2 1 1 0 0
PIT B. Davis 3 0 0 0 0 0 0
PIT T. Polamalu 3 1 0 0 2 (1 TD) 0 0
PIT L. Woodley 3 0 2 1 0 0 0
PIT A. Smith 3 2 1 1 0 0 0
PIT T. Williams 2 0 0 0 0 0 0
PIT D. Smith 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
PIT K. Thomas 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
PIT J. Burnett 1 1 0 0 0 0 0
PIT D. Townsend 1 1 0 0 0 0 0
PIT E. Hood 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
PIT C. Hoke 0 1 1 0 0 0 0
PIT C. Hampton 0 2 0 0 0 0 0
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