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REGULAR SEASON GAME #14 Pittsburgh Steelers (8-5) at Cincinnati Bengals (5-7-1) DATE: Sunday, Dec. 18, 2016 | KICKOFF: 1 p.m. ET SITE: Paul Brown Stadium (65,515) • Cincinnati, Ohio PLAYING SURFACE: UBU Speed Series S5M TV COVERAGE: CBS (locally KDKA-TV, channel 2) ANNOUNCERS: Ian Eagle (play-by-play) Dan Fouts (analyst) | Evan Washburn (sideline) LOCAL RADIO: Steelers Radio Network WDVE-FM (102.5)/WBGG-AM (970) ANNOUNCERS: Bill Hillgrove (play-by-play) Tunch Ilkin (analyst) | Craig Wolfley (sideline) NATIONAL RADIO: Sports USA ANNOUNCERS: Wayne Randazzo (play-by-play) Mark Carrier (analyst) A LOOK AT THE COACHES Pittsburgh Steelers Head Coach Mike Tomlin Overall regular-season record: 100-57 (.637)/10th season Regular-season record with Pittsburgh: 100-57 (.637)/10th season PlayoRecord/Years: 6-5 (.545)/six years Cincinnati Bengals Head Coach Marvin Lewis Overall regular-season record: 117-101-3 (.536)/14th season Regular-season record with Cincinnati: 117-101-3 (.536)/14th season PlayoRecord/Years: 0-7 (.000)/seven years www.steelers.com For all of the most up-to-date information on the Pittsburgh Steelers, visit the team’s offi cial web site at www.steelers.com Updated daily, the web site has the most extensive information on upcoming games and the most comprehensive news on the Steelers. PITTSBURGH STEELERS 2016 SCHEDULE PRESEASON (1-3) Friday, Aug. 12 DETROIT L, 30-17 (KDKA) Thursday, Aug. 18 PHILADELPHIA L, 17-0 (KDKA) Friday, Aug. 26 @ New Orleans W, 27-14 (KDKA) Thursday, Sept. 1 @ Carolina L, 18-6 (KDKA) REGULAR SEASON (8-5) Monday, Sept. 12 @ Washington W, 38-16 (ESPN) Sunday, Sept. 18 CINCINNATI W, 24-16 (CBS) Sunday, Sept. 25 @ Philadelphia L, 34-3 (CBS) Sunday, Oct. 2 KANSAS CITY W, 43-14 (NBC) Sunday, Oct. 9 NEW YORK JETS W, 31-13 (CBS) Sunday, Oct. 16 @ Miami L, 30-15 (CBS) Sunday, Oct. 23 NEW ENGLAND L, 27-16 (CBS) Sunday, Oct. 30 BYE WEEK Sunday, Nov. 6 @ Baltimore L, 21-14 (CBS) Sunday, Nov. 13 DALLAS L, 35-30 (FOX) Sunday, Nov. 20 @ Cleveland W, 24-9 (CBS) Thursday, Nov. 24 @ Indianapolis W, 28-7 (NBC) Sunday, Dec. 4 NEW YORK GIANTS W, 24-14 (FOX) Sunday, Dec. 11 @ Buffalo W, 27-20 (CBS) Sunday, Dec. 18 @ Cincinnati 1 p.m. (CBS) Sunday, Dec. 25 BALTIMORE 4:30 p.m. (NFL Network) Sunday, Jan. 1 CLEVELAND* 1 p.m. (CBS) * - Time may change due to exible scheduling POSTSEASON Sat.-Sun., Jan. 7-8 Wild Card Weekend Sat.-Sun., Jan. 14-15 Divisional Playoff Games Sunday, Jan. 22 Conference Championships Sunday, Jan. 29 Pro Bowl (Orlando, Fla.) Sunday, Feb. 5 Super Bowl LI (Houston, Texas) NOTE: All times are Eastern | Home games in Bold CAPS PITTSBURGH STEELERS (8-5) at CINCINNATI BENGALS (5-7-1) Sunday, Dec. 18, 2016 • 1 p.m. (ET) • Paul Brown Stadium • Cincinnati, Ohio

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REGULAR SEASON GAME #14Pittsburgh Steelers (8-5)

atCincinnati Bengals (5-7-1)

DATE: Sunday, Dec. 18, 2016 | KICKOFF: 1 p.m. ETSITE: Paul Brown Stadium (65,515) • Cincinnati, Ohio

PLAYING SURFACE: UBU Speed Series S5MTV COVERAGE: CBS (locally KDKA-TV, channel 2)

ANNOUNCERS: Ian Eagle (play-by-play)Dan Fouts (analyst) | Evan Washburn (sideline)

LOCAL RADIO: Steelers Radio NetworkWDVE-FM (102.5)/WBGG-AM (970)

ANNOUNCERS: Bill Hillgrove (play-by-play)Tunch Ilkin (analyst) | Craig Wolfl ey (sideline)

NATIONAL RADIO: Sports USAANNOUNCERS: Wayne Randazzo (play-by-play)

Mark Carrier (analyst)

A LOOK AT THE COACHESPittsburgh Steelers Head Coach Mike Tomlin

Overall regular-season record: 100-57 (.637)/10th seasonRegular-season record with Pittsburgh: 100-57 (.637)/10th season

Playoff Record/Years: 6-5 (.545)/six years

Cincinnati Bengals Head Coach Marvin LewisOverall regular-season record: 117-101-3 (.536)/14th season

Regular-season record with Cincinnati: 117-101-3 (.536)/14th seasonPlayoff Record/Years: 0-7 (.000)/seven years

www.steelers.comFor all of the most up-to-date information on the Pittsburgh Steelers, visit the team’s offi cial web site at www.steelers.com Updated daily, the web site has the most extensive information on upcoming games and the most comprehensive news on the Steelers.

PITTSBURGH STEELERS2016 SCHEDULE

PRESEASON (1-3)

Friday, Aug. 12 DETROIT L, 30-17 (KDKA) Thursday, Aug. 18 PHILADELPHIA L, 17-0 (KDKA) Friday, Aug. 26 @ New Orleans W, 27-14 (KDKA) Thursday, Sept. 1 @ Carolina L, 18-6 (KDKA)

REGULAR SEASON (8-5)

Monday, Sept. 12 @ Washington W, 38-16 (ESPN) Sunday, Sept. 18 CINCINNATI W, 24-16 (CBS) Sunday, Sept. 25 @ Philadelphia L, 34-3 (CBS) Sunday, Oct. 2 KANSAS CITY W, 43-14 (NBC) Sunday, Oct. 9 NEW YORK JETS W, 31-13 (CBS) Sunday, Oct. 16 @ Miami L, 30-15 (CBS) Sunday, Oct. 23 NEW ENGLAND L, 27-16 (CBS) Sunday, Oct. 30 BYE WEEK Sunday, Nov. 6 @ Baltimore L, 21-14 (CBS) Sunday, Nov. 13 DALLAS L, 35-30 (FOX) Sunday, Nov. 20 @ Cleveland W, 24-9 (CBS) Thursday, Nov. 24 @ Indianapolis W, 28-7 (NBC) Sunday, Dec. 4 NEW YORK GIANTS W, 24-14 (FOX) Sunday, Dec. 11 @ Buff alo W, 27-20 (CBS) Sunday, Dec. 18 @ Cincinnati 1 p.m. (CBS) Sunday, Dec. 25 BALTIMORE 4:30 p.m. (NFL Network) Sunday, Jan. 1 CLEVELAND* 1 p.m. (CBS)

* - Time may change due to fl exible schedulingPOSTSEASON

Sat.-Sun., Jan. 7-8 Wild Card Weekend Sat.-Sun., Jan. 14-15 Divisional Playoff Games Sunday, Jan. 22 Conference Championships Sunday, Jan. 29 Pro Bowl (Orlando, Fla.) Sunday, Feb. 5 Super Bowl LI (Houston, Texas)

NOTE: All times are Eastern | Home games in Bold CAPS

PITTSBURGH STEELERS (8-5)at

CINCINNATI BENGALS (5-7-1)Sunday, Dec. 18, 2016 • 1 p.m. (ET) • Paul Brown Stadium • Cincinnati, Ohio

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STEELERS NATION HD RADIOSteelers Nation Radio is a 24-hour/day HD radio station dedicated specifi cally to the Pittsburgh Steelers. It can be heard on www.steelers.com, the offi cial Steelers app or the iheart app on your smartphone, and at 102.5 WDVE HD2. A daily schedule of what is on Steelers Nation HD Radio is available at www.facebook.com/steelersnationradio.

STEELERS RADIO COVERAGE

For the 18th consecutive year, WDVE-FM (102.5) and WBGG-AM (970) are carrying all Steelers games. Additionally, Steelers games can be heard on a 48-station network spanning Pennsylvania, West Virginia, Ohio, Maryland, New York and South Carolina. All Steelers’ games will be broadcast in Spanish on steelers.com. For the 22nd straight season, Bill Hillgrove serves as the “Voice of the Steelers” and handles play-by-play duties for the broadcast. Joining Hillgrove for his 18th season as an expert analyst is Tunch Ilkin, the former Steelers All-Pro off ensive tackle. Joining the team for his 14th season is former Steeler off ensive lineman Craig Wolfl ey, who provides sideline analysis. Fans in Mexico can also listen to Steelers broadcasts on Grupo Im-agen and games are heard on www.steelers.com/espanol. Stations on the Steelers Radio Network include:

FLAGSHIP STATIONS (2)WDVE-FM (102.5)WBGG-AM (970)

PENNSYLVANIA (31)Allentown-WSAN (1470)Altoona-WVAM (1430)Altoona-WRKY (104.9)Beaver Falls-WBVP (1230)Beaver Falls-WMBA (1460)Bedford-WBVE (107.5)Bradford-WESB (1490)Butler-WISR (680)Chambersburg-WCHA (800)Clarendon-WKNB (104.3)Clarion-WCCR (92.7)Cooperstown-WUUZ (107.7)DuBois-WOWQ (102.1)Erie-WJET (1440)Gettysburg-WGET (1320)Grove City-WWGY (95.1)Homer City-WCCS (1160)Johnstown-WNTJ (1490)Johnstown-WRKW (99.1)Latrobe-WCNS (1480)Mount Union-WHUN (106.9)Punxsutawney-WPXZ (104.1)Riverside/Selinsgrove-WVSL (92.3)Saegertown-WUUZ (94.3)Somerset-WLLI (990)Starview-WLPA (92.7)State College-WQWK (1450)Uniontown-WMBS (590)Washington-WJPA (1450)Williamsport-WCXR (99.3)Williamsport-WZXR (103.7)

OHIO (3)Fremont-WOHF (92.1)Upper Arlington-WTOH (98.9)Youngstown-WNIO (1390)

MARYLAND (5)Cumberland-WTBO (1450)Cumberland-WTBO (105.7)Frederick-WFMD (930)Frostburg-WFRB (560)Hagerstown-WHAG (1410)

WEST VIRGINIA (7)Charleston-WCHS (580)Cross Lanes-WSWW (1490)Fairmont-WRLF (94.3)Fairmont-WMMN (920)New Martinsville-WXCR (92.3)St. Mary’s-WJAW (630)Wheeling-WBBD (1400)

NEW YORK (1)Syracuse-WTLA (1200)

SOUTH CAROLINA (1)Myrtle Beach-WRXZ (107.1)

www.steelers.com

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2016 SCHEDULE NOTES The Steelers have won each of their three primetime games in 2016: a Kickoff Weekend Monday Night Football victory at the Washington Redskins (38-16), a Week Four Sunday Night Football win vs. Kansas City at Heinz Field (43-14) and a Thursday Night Football win on Thanksgiving Day at the Indianapolis Colts (28-7). Pittsburgh will host the Baltimore Ravens in Week 16 (NFL Network, 4:30 p.m.) on Dec. 25 to mark the fi rst Christmas Day game in franchise history.

STEELERS PRONUNCIATION GUIDE

Le’Veon Bell ......................... (Lay-vee-on)Anthony Chickillo ................. (Chick-il-oh)Ramon ...................... (Ruh-moan)Javon Hargrave.................... (Jay-von)Tyler Matakevich .................. (Matt-uh-kev-ich)Ben Roethlisberger .............. (Roth-lis-ber-ger)Ryan Shazier ....................... (Shay-zier)Shamarko Thomas ............... (Shuh-mar-ko)Fitzgerald Toussaint ............. (Too-saunt)Stephon Tuitt ........................ (Steff-on Too-it)

COLOR RUSH ON CHRISTMAS DAY Pittsburgh will debut its ‘color rush’ uniforms on Christmas Day when the team hosts the Baltimore Ravens at Heinz Field. Steelers President Art Rooney II announced during halftime of the team’s fi rst preseason game on KDKA-TV that the team’s ‘color rush’ uniforms will be all black with gold numbers.

1934 THROWBACKS IN WEEK 5 The Steelers wore their 1934 throwback uniforms in Week Five against the New York Jets at Heinz Field. This marked the fi fth straight season Pittsburgh donned their 1934 throwback uniforms and the last occasion. The team fi rst wore these in 2012 during the team’s 80th season in professional football.

STEELERS ON THANKSGIVING The Steelers earned their second win on Thanksgiving Day in team history on Nov. 24 (Week 12), defeating the Indianapolis Colts 28-7 in a nationally televised primetime game on Thursday Night Football. Below is a look at the team’s eight Thanksgiving Day games in franchise history:

STEELERS THANKSGIVING DAY GAME RESULTS DATE OPPONENT RESULT Nov. 23, 1939 at Philadelphia L, 17-14 Nov. 28, 1940 at Philadelphia L, 7-0 Nov. 23, 1950 at Chicago W, 28-17 Nov. 24, 1983 at Detroit L, 45-3 Nov. 28, 1991 at Dallas L, 20-10 Nov. 26, 1998 at Detroit L, 19-16 (OT) Nov. 28, 2013 at Baltimore L, 22-20 Nov. 24, 2016 at Indianapolis W, 28-7

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FROM LAST WEEK’S GAME AT BUFFALO THE STEELERS

• Pittsburgh improved to 8-5 overall, 4-3 on the road and to 6-3 vs. AFC teams (2-2 vs. AFC East) in 2016.• The Steelers have won at least eight regular-season games for the 13th consecutive season, dating back to 2004, matching the longest such streak in franchise history (1972-84).• The Steelers are now 14-8 in regular-season history against the Bills (6-7 on the road).• The Steelers have won six consecutive regular-season games against the Bills, including each of the previous four at Buff alo.• Pittsburgh improved to 3-1 in regular-season games against Buff alo in the month of December (1-1 on the road in the month).• Pittsburgh has won each of its last three road games.• The Steelers are the fi rst NFL franchise to have three head coaches in its history reach 100 regular-season wins: Chuck Noll (193), Bill Cowher (149) and Mike Tomlin (100).• Pittsburgh has held each of its last four opponents to 100 rushing yards or less to mark the team’s fi rst such streak since 2015 (four games: Nov. 15-Dec. 13).• Have outscored their opponents by 49 points in the opening half of the last four games (63-14).• Outscored Buff alo 7-0 in the fi rst quarter, increasing their opening quarter lead to a combined 29-0 in the last four games.• The defense recorded three sacks in the fi rst quarter – the fi rst three sack opening quarter of a game by the Steelers since 2006 (Oct. 29 at Oakland).

HEAD COACH MIKE TOMLIN• Earned his 100th regular-season victory since becoming the Steelers’ head coach in 2007, improving to 100-57 (43-36 on the road).• Joined Chuck Noll (193) and Bill Cowher (149) as the third head coach in franchise history to reach 100 regular-season wins.• Reached 100 regular season wins in his 157th game – the fewest games in Steelers history by a head coach to the century mark.• Is the eighth head coach in NFL history to reach 100 regular-season wins within their fi rst 10 seasons, joining Mike Ditka, Tony Dungy, Joe Gibbs, John Madden, Mike McCarthy, George Seifert and Don Shula.• Is the ninth head coach in NFL history to reach 100 regular-season wins within their fi rst 10 seasons with one franchise, joining Bill Belichick (New England), Mike Ditka (Chicago), Joe Gibbs (Washington), John Madden (Oakland), Mike McCarthy (Green Bay), Marty Schottenheimer (Kansas City), Mike Shanahan (Denver) and Don Shula (Miami).• Improved to 4-0 as the Steelers’ head coach in regular-season games vs. Buff alo (2-0 on the road).• Is now 74-43 in regular-season games vs. AFC teams (32-27 on the road).• Improved to 27-13 in regular-season games during the month of December (9-7 on the road during the month).• Is now 77-14 when the Steelers hold a lead at halftime.

QB BEN ROETHLISBERGER• Completed 17-of-31 passes for 220 yards with three interceptions. • Improved to 121-60 as a starter during the regular season (53-38 on the road).• Increased his Steelers franchise record for the most wins as a starting quarterback to 121 (Terry Bradshaw, 107).

FROM LAST WEEK’S GAME AT BUFFALO QB BEN ROETHLISBERGER (Cont’d)

• Is now 4-0 against Buff alo in the regular-season as a starter (2-0 on the road).• Increased his 2016 completions total to 283 to post the eighth-most in a single-season in Steelers history.• Surpassed Vinny Testaverde (46,233) for the 10th-most passing yards in NFL history, now with 46,249.

WR ANTONIO BROWN• Led the team in receptions (5) and receiving yards (78).• Extended his consecutive regular-season games started streak to 49 – the third-longest active consecutive games started streak among NFL wide receivers. • Has registered at least one reception in 102 consecutive games in which he has played, including the postseason – dating back to October 3, 2010.• Has registered at least one reception in 97 consecutive regular-season games – dating back to October 3, 2010. • Increased his 2016 reception total to 93 to mark the eighth-most receptions by a Steeler in a single-season.• Hauled in his 90th reception of the season on his second catch, extending his streak of 90-catch seasons to four.• Is the fi rst player in Steelers history to have four consecutive 90-catch seasons.

RB Le’VEON BELL• Set a single-game Steelers record for rushing yards with 236 (223, Willie Parker, Dec. 7, 2006 vs. Cleveland).• Tied a Steelers’ single-game record with a career-high three rushing touchdowns – 12th occasion (10th player) – fi rst since 2015 (DeAngelo Williams, Sept. 20).• Tied a Steelers record for the most 200-rushing yard games in team history with two (Willie Parker).• His 298 yards from scrimmage (236 rushing / 62 receiving) are the second-most in Steelers history (Antonio Brown, 306, Nov. 8, 2015 vs. Oakland).• Moved into a tie with Dick Hoak (25) for the eighth-most rushing touchdowns in Steelers history.• His three rushing touchdowns marked the fourth multi-rushing touchdown game of his NFL career.• Posted the 13th 100-yard rushing game of his NFL career.• Eclipsed 100 rushing yards in four consecutive games for the fi rst time in his NFL career.• Is the fi rst Steeler with a four-game 100-yard rushing streak since the 2006-07 seasons (Willie Parker, four games, Dec. 31, 2006-Sept. 23, 2007).• Surpassed Lynn Swann (5,534) for the ninth-most yards from scrimmage in Steelers history, with 5,782.• Has posted at least 100 yards from scrimmage in 30 career regular-season games.• Since entering the NFL in 2013, is one of four to record at least 30 games with 100 yards from scrimmage, joining LeSean McCoy, Matt Forte and DeMarco Murray.• Has posted at least 100 yards from scrimmage in fi ve consecutive games and in nine of his 10 games played in 2016.• His fi ve game 100-scrimmage yard streak is the second-longest in his NFL career (eight games: Sept. 7-Oct. 26, 2014).• Registered at least 150 yards from scrimmage for the 11th time in his NFL career during the regular-season and in back-to-back games.

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FROM LAST WEEK’S GAME AT BUFFALO RB Le’VEON BELL (Cont’d)

• Registered at least 200 yards from scrimmage for the fi fth time in his NFL career during the regular-season, extending his Steelers record.• Has caught 67 passes in 2016 – the second-most by a Steelers running back in a single-season, behind his franchise record of 83 (2014).• Has registered 563 receiving yards in 2016 – the fourth-most by a Steelers running back in a single-season.• Set a single-game career-high for rushing touchdowns in the opening half of a game with two.• Is the fi rst Steeler with two rushing touchdowns in the fi rst half of a game since 2015 (DeAngelo Williams, 2, Nov. 8 vs. Oakland).• Eclipsed 100 yards from scrimmage in the fi rst half of a game for the fi fth time in his NFL career with 125 today (77 rushing / 48 receiving).• His 125 yards from scrimmage in the fi rst half marked the third-most in the opening half of a game in his NFL career.• Rushed for 77 yards in the fi rst half to mark the fourth-most rushing yards in the opening half of a game in his NFL career.• Totaled 80 yards from scrimmage (42 receiving / 38 rushing) in the fi rst quarter to set an opening quarter career-high.• Eclipsed the 1,000-rushing yard mark in 2016 (1,053) – his second career 1,000-yard season (2014: 1,361).

C MAURKICE POUNCEY• Played in and started his 75th career NFL game since entering the NFL as the Steelers’ fi rst-round (18th overall) draft selection in 2010.

G DAVID DeCASTRO• Extended his consecutive regular-season games started streak to 53 – the fourth-longest active consecutive games started streak among NFL guards.

K CHRIS BOSWELL• Converted a 37-yard fi eld goal and a 39-yard fi eld goal in the fourth quarter, improving to 14-of-18 on fi eld goal tries in 2016 and 14-of-15 on fi eld goal attempts from 30-39 yards in his NFL career.

FROM LAST WEEK’S GAME AT BUFFALO CB WILLIAM GAY

• Extended his consecutive regular season games played streak to 157 – the longest active consecutive games played streak among NFL defensive players.

S MIKE MITCHELL• Extended his consecutive regular season games started streak to 59 – the fi fth-longest active consecutive games started streak among NFL safeties.

S SEAN DAVIS• Set a single-game career-high with 1.5 sacks, all coming in the fi rst quarter of Buff alo QB Tyrod Taylor.• Participated in a half-sack with DE Stephon Tuitt and notched the fi rst full sack of his NFL career.

CB ARTIE BURNS• Picked off Buff alo QB Tyrod Taylor in the fourth quarter to mark the third interception of his rookie season.

LB LAWRENCE TIMMONS• Extended his streak of consecutive regular-season games started to 98 – the longest active streak among current Steelers – and the longest active streak among NFL linebackers.• Extended his consecutive regular season games played streak to 117 – the longest active consecutive games played streak among NFL linebackers.

LB RYAN SHAZIER• Registered a sack of Buffalo QB Tyrod Taylor, increasing his season total to 2.5 (6.0 in his NFL career).• Led the team with eight tackles.

LB BUD DUPREE• Recorded the fi rst multi-sack game of his career, taking down QB Tyrod Taylor twice.

DE STEPHON TUITT• Credited with a half-sack of Buff alo QB Tyrod Taylor in the fi rst quarter, increasing his season total to 3.5 (11.0 in his NFL career).

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STEELERS-BENGALS HISTORY Series History: Series began in 1970 Overall Regular Season: Steelers lead, 57-35 At Pittsburgh: Steelers lead, 31-16 At Cincinnati: Steelers lead, 26-19 Neutral Sites: N/A Streak: Steelers won previous two meetings Last Regular-Season Meeting: Sept. 18, 2016, in Pittsburgh Pittsburgh 24, Cincinnati 16 Postseason Series: Steelers lead, 2-0 Last Postseason Meeting: Jan. 9, 2016, at Cincinnati Pittsburgh 18, Cincinnati 16 - AFC Wild Card

(preseason and postseason record not included in overall series record)

This week’s game will mark the 93rd regular-season meetingbetween Pittsburgh and Cincinnati, with the Steelers holding a22-game advantage in the series (57-35)...Sunday’s game will be the 46th time the two teams will meet in Cincinnati where the Steelers have won each of the previous two meetings...the two teams have met 22 times in the month of December (Steelers lead,(4-8 overall and 5-2 on the road in the month).

THE LAST TIME VS. CINCINNATI

Pittsburgh 24, Cincinnati 16September 18, 2016Heinz Field (65,072)

PITTSBURGH - For the second consecutive game, QB Ben Roethlisberger threw three touchdown passes to help lift the Steelers to victory, this time, 24-16, over the Cincinnati Bengals at Heinz Field. Roethlisberger’s fi rst touchdown pass, a 20-yarder, was thrown to TE Xavier Grimble late in the fi rst quarter. It marked Grimble’s fi rst career reception. Cincinnati K Mike Nugent connected on a 25-yard fi eld goal with less than one minute to go in the fi rst quarter to cut the lead to 7-3. K Chris Boswell’s 49-yard fi eld goal gave the Steelers a 10-3 advantage late in the second quarter. Nugent made a 33-yarder as time expired in the second quarter, and Pittsburgh led 10-6 at the break. TE Jesse James caught a nine-yard touchdown from Roethlisberger midway through the third quarter to extend the Steelers lead to 17-6. Nugent’s 21-yard fi eld goal late in the third quarter got the Bengals within one score, 17-9. Midway through the fourth quarter, Roethlisberger threw a four-yard touchdown to RB DeAngelo Williams to give Pittsburgh a 24-9 lead. The Bengals got within one score again when QB Andy Dalton threw a 25-yard touchdown pass to RB Giovani Bernard to make it 24-16 Pittsburgh. The Bengals had one last attempt to tie the game, but LB James Harrison forced a fumble on WR Tyler Boyd. The ball was recovered by S Robert Golden and he returned the fumble 21 yards, which sealed the victory for Pittsburgh.

GAME SUMMARY

Bengals (1-1) 3 3 3 7 16STEELERS (2-0) 7 3 7 7 24

TEAM Q TIME PLAY DRIVE SCORE PIT 1 3:46 Grimble 20 yd. pass from Roethlisberger (Boswell kick) 5-66; 1:43 7-0CIN 1 0:23 Nugent 25 yd. FG 8-68; 3:23 7-3PIT 2 4:10 Boswell 49 yd. FG 4-6; 0:55 10-3CIN 2 0:00 Nugent 33 yd. FG 8-53; 0:48 10-6PIT 3 6:16 James 9 yd. pass from Roethlisberger (Boswell kick) 7-91; 3:20 17-6CIN 3 2:10 Nugent 21 yd. FG 10-72; 4:06 17-9PIT 4 6:48 Williams 4 yd. from Roethlisberger (Boswell kick) 12-68; 6:54 24-9CIN 4 3:25 Bernard 25 yd. pass from Dalton (Nugent kick) 8-75; 3:23 24-16

2016 TEAM STATS Steelers Category Bengals 24.4 ..................................... Points Scored Per Game ...............................20.6 19.7 .....................................Points Allowed Per Game ..............................20.7 20.5 ....................................... First Downs Per Game .................................21.7 374.0 ......................................Total Yards Per Game ...............................371.1 112.8 ...................................Rushing Yards Per Game ............................ 114.6 261.2 ................................... Passing Yards Per Game .............................256.5 31 .....................................................Sacks By ..............................................25 10 ............................................... Interceptions By .........................................15 30:51 ....................................Avg. Time of Possession .............................30:03 38 .................................................. Touchdowns ............................................29 11 ........................................... Rushing Touchdowns .....................................13 26 ........................................... Passing Touchdowns .....................................16 1 ...........................................Touchdowns on Returns ....................................0 17-21 ............................................. Field Goals ........................................23-29 44.8 ............................................... Punting Avg. .........................................46.1 9.2 ..............................................Punt Return Avg. .......................................7.4 22.3 .......................................... Kickoff Return Avg.....................................24.7

2016 AFC NORTH STANDINGS

2016 AFC North Standings W L T Pct. Pts. Opp.Pittsburgh 8 5 0 .615 317 256Baltimore 7 6 0 .538 279 237Cincinnati 5 7 1 .423 268 269 Cleveland 0 13 0 .000 207 375This Week in the AFC North:Sunday, Dec. 18:Pittsburgh (7-5) at Cincinnati (5-7-1), 1 p.m. (CBS, locally KDKA-TV)Baltimore (7-6) vs. Philadelphia (5-8), 1 p.m.Cleveland (0-13) at Buff alo (6-7), 1 p.m.

TEAM STATISTICS Bengals Steelers1st Downs 21 (1-17-3) 19 (6-12-1)3rd Downs 4-16 (25%) 7-17 (41%)4th Downs 1-1 (100%) 0-1 (0%)Total Net Yards 412 374Plays-Avg. 73-5.6 74-5.1Rushing Yards 46 124Rush Att.-Avg. 18-2.6 36-3.4Net Passing 366 250Att.-Comp.-Int. 54-31-0 37-19-2Sacks By 1-9 1-0Punts-Avg. 9-45.2 8-47.1Penalties 5-31 5-54Fumbles-Lost 2-2 1-0

Time of Poss. 27:05 32:55

INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING: Cin. – Hill 11-22; Bernard 5-17; Dalton 2-7. Pit. – Williams 32-94; Roethlisberger 1-14; Coates 1-6; Richardson 1-6; Toussaint 1-4. PASSING: Cin. – Dalton 54-31-0, 366, 1 TD. Pit. – Roethlisberger 37-19-2, 259, 3 TDs. RECEIVING: Cin. – Bernard 9-100, 1 TD; Boyd 6-78; LaFell 3-39; Hill 3-37; Kroft 3-35; Uzomah 3-9; Green 2-38; Erickson 1-20; Wright 1-10. Pit. – Brown 4-39; Williams 4-38, 1 TD; James 3-29, 1 TD; Coates 2-97; Grimble 2-26, 1 TD; Rogers 1-9; Toussaint 1-9; Heyward-Bey 1-7, Johnson 1-5.

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CAREER NUMBERS VS. BENGALS

QB BEN ROETHLISBERGERDATE RESULT ATT CMP. PCT. YDS. TD. INT. LG. RT.10/3/04 W, 28-17 (H) 25 17 68.0 174 1 0 30 101.111/21/04 W, 19-14 (A) 21 15 71.4 138 1 0 26 104.910/23/05 W, 27-13 (A) 14 9 64.3 93 2 1 21 93.212/4/05 L, 38-31 (H) 41 29 70.7 386 3 3 41 94.29/24/06 L, 28-20 (H) 39 18 46.2 208 0 3 36 30.712/31/06 W, 23-27 (A) OT 28 19 67.9 280 1 1 67T 97.310/28/07 W, 24-13 (A) 26 19 73.1 230 2 1 42 109.512/2/07 W, 24-10 (H) 32 21 65.6 184 2 2 19 75.510/19/08 W, 38-10 (A) 28 17 60.7 216 2 0 50T 108.611/20/08 W, 27-10 (H) 30 17 56.7 243 1 0 37 94.29/27/09 L, 23-20 (A) 31 22 71.0 276 1 1 51 95.611/15/09 L, 18-12 (H) 40 20 50.0 174 0 1 21 51.511/8/10 W, 27-21 (A) 27 17 63.0 163 1 1 35 76.612/12/10 W, 23-7 (H) 33 21 63.6 258 0 0 33 87.711/13/11 W, 24-17 (A) 33 21 63.6 245 1 1 26 83.512/4/11 W, 35-7 (H) 23 15 65.2 176 2 0 45 117.310/21/12 W, 24-17 (A) 37 27 73.0 278 1 1 31 91.912/23/12 L, 13-10 (H) 28 14 50.0 220 1 2 60T 58.69/16/13 L, 20-10 (A) 37 20 54.1 251 1 1 43 73.112/15/13 W, 30-20 (H) 25 20 80.0 191 1 1 21 95.212/7/14 W, 42-21 (A) 39 25 64.1 350 3 0 94T 118.512/28/14 W, 27-17 (H) 38 24 63.2 317 2 1 63T 96.111/1/15 L, 16-10 (H) 45 28 62.2 262 1 3 25 57.812/13/15 W, 33-20 (A) 39 30 76.9 282 0 1 31 85.69/18/16 W, 24-16 (H) 37 19 51.4 259 3 2 53 78.5TOTALS 18-7 796 504 63.3 5,854 33 27 94T 85.2

1st - QB Ben Roethlisberger’s 504 completions, 5,854 passing yards and 292 passes for fi rst downs are tops among all quarter-backs in NFL history against Cincinnati. His 33 touchdown pass-es are second-most all-time vs. the Bengals (Warren Moon, 37).

RB Le’VEON BELLDATE RESULT ATT YDS. AVG. LG. TD REC. YDS. TD12/15/13 W, 30-20 (H) 24 57 2.4 8 1 5 50 012/7/14 W, 42-21 (A) 26 185 7.1 53 2 6 50 112/28/14 W, 27-17 (H) 8 20 2.5 6 0 6 80 011/1/15 L, 16-10 H) 10 45 4.5 7 0 2 13 0 TOTALS 3-1 68 307 4.5 53 3 19 193 1

RB DeANGELO WILLIAMSDATE RESULT ATT YDS. AVG. LG. TD REC. YDS. TD9/26/10 L, 20-7 (H) 10 64 6.4 26 0 0 0 0*11/1/15 L, 16-10 (H) 9 71 7.9 55 0 4 39 012/13/15 W, 33-20 (A) 23 76 3.3 15 2 2 15 09/18/16 W, 24-16 (H) 32 94 2.9 11 0 4 38 1TOTALS 2-2 74 305 4.1 55 2 10 92 1*With Carolina Panthers

WR ANTONIO BROWNDATE RESULT REC. YDS. AVG. LG. TD. 1ST. YAC12/12/10 W, 23-7 (H) 3 27 9.0 12 0 2 2711/13/11 W, 24-17 (A) 5 86 17.2 21 0 5 1212/4/11 W, 35-7 (H) 2 67 33.5 45 0 2 3710/21/12 W, 17-7 (A) 7 96 13.7 23 0 6 3712/23/12 L, 13-10 (H) 5 97 19.4 60T 1 3 279/16/13 L, 20-10 (A) 6 57 9.5 18 0 4 3512/15/13 W, 30-20 (H) 5 66 13.2 20 1 5 1712/7/14 W, 42-21 (A) 9 117 13.0 32 0 7 5112/28/14 W, 27-17 (H) 7 128 18.3 63T 1 5 6011/1/15 L, 16-10 (H) 6 47 7.8 17 1 4 812/13/15 W, 33-20 (A) 7 87 12.4 26 0 4 349/18/16 W, 24-16 (H) 4 39 9.8 17 0 0 6TOTALS 9-3 66 914 13.8 63T 4 49 351

3 - Three of WR/PR Antonio Brown’s four punt returns for touchdowns have occurred against Cincinnati, having returned 26 punts for 331 yards (12.7 average) in his career vs. the Ben-gals.

CAREER NUMBERS VS. BENGALSDE STEPHON TUITT

DATE RESULT TOT TACK ASST SACK-YDS FF/FR12/7/14 W, 42-21 (A) 2 1 1 0-0 0/012/28/14 W, 27-17 (H) 3 3 0 0-0 0/012/13/15 W, 33-20 (A) 2 1 1 0-0 0/09/18/16 W, 24-16 (H) 4 3 1 0-0 0/0TOTALS 4-0 11 8 3 0-0 0/0

LB LAWRENCE TIMMONSDATE RESULT TOT TACK ASST SACK-YDS FF/FR10/28/07 W, 24-13 (A) 0 0 0 0-0 0/012/2/07 W, 24-10 (H) 0 0 0 0-0 0/010/19/08 W, 38-10 (A) 9 6 3 2-12 0/011/20/08 W, 27-10 (H) 2 0 2 0-0 0/09/27/09 L, 23-20 (A) 4 2 2 0-0 0/011/15/09 L, 18-12 (H) 8 4 4 0-0 0/011/8/10 W, 27-21 (A) 4 3 1 0-0 0/012/12/10 W, 23-7 (H) 5 2 3 0-0 0/011/13/11 W, 24-17 (A) 7 4 3 0-0 0/012/4/11 W, 35-7 (H) 7 5 2 0-0 0/010/21/12 W, 24-17 (A) 11 4 7 0-0 0/012/23/12 L, 13-10 (H) 10 8 2 2-11 0/09/16/13 L, 20-10 (A) 8 4 4 0-0 0/012/15/13 W, 30-20 (H) 5 4 1 0-0 0/012/7/14 W, 42-21 (A) 5 2 3 0-0 0/012/28/14 W, 27-17 (H) 11 7 4 0-0 0/011/1/15 L, 16-10 (H) 4 2 2 0-0 0/012/13/15 W, 33-20 (A) 8 4 4 0-0 0/09/18/16 W, 24-16 (H) 7 6 1 0-0 0/0TOTALS 14-5 112 66 46 4-23 0/0

LB RYAN SHAZIERDATE RESULT TOT TACK ASST SACK-YDS FF/FR12/7/14 W, 42-21 (A) 0 0 0 0-0 0/012/28/14 W, 27-17 (H) 5 3 2 0-0 0/011/1/15 L, 16-10 (H) 8 6 2 0.5-2 0/012/13/15 W, 33-20 (A) 7 3 4 0-0 0/09/18/16 W, 24-16 (H) 12 6 6 0-0 0/0TOTALS 4-1 32 18 14 0.5-2 0/0

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STEELERS-BENGALS CONNECTIONS

Steelers in Bold; Bengals in Bold ItalicFormer Steelers/Bengals

Pittsburgh LB James Harrison played one season (2013) in Cincinnati.

Bengals TE coach Jonathan Hayes played with the Steelers from 1994-1996.

Bengals HC Marvin Lewis served as the Steelers’ LB coach for four seasons (1992-95.

Bengals LB coach Jim Haslett was the Steelers’ DC from 1997-99.

Area Connections Steelers HC Mike Tomlin was the DB coach at the

University of Cincinnati from 1999-2000. Pittsburgh QB Ben Roethlisberger, an Ohio native, played

his collegiate career at Miami University (Oh.) in Oxford. Steelers FS Mike Mitchell hails from Fort Thomas, Ky. Steelers LB James Harrison is from Akron, Oh. and

attended Kent State University. Pittsburgh FB Roosevelt Nix is from Reynoldsburg Oh.

and also played at Kent State University. Bengals HC Marvin Lewis was born in McDonald, Pa.

and coached for the University of Pittsburgh from 1990-91. Cincinnati DE Will Clarke is from Pittsburgh. Bengals TE coach Jonathan Hayes was born in South

Fayette, Pa. Bengals WR coach James Urban coached at Clarion

University from 1997-98. Cincinnati asst. HC/OL coach Paul Alexander was a GA

at Penn State from 1983-84. Bengals strength and conditioning coach Chip Morton

was a strength and conditioning asst. at Penn State for fi ve years (1987-1991).

Bengals rookie WR Tyler Boyd is a graduate of Clairton High School and played collegiately at the University of Pittsburgh.

Bengals LB coach Jim Haslett played his college career at Indiana University (Pa.).

Haslett also served as a football consultant for Penn State last year.

NFL Connections Steelers OC Todd Haley was on staff in Arizona from 2007-

08 when Bengals LB Karlos Dansby was a linebacker for the Cardinals.

Pittsburgh RB coach James Saxon coached in Miami at the same time Dansby was on Dolphins’ active roster, as well (2010).

Steelers CB Justin Gilbert played on the same side of the ball as Dansby in Cleveland for two seasons (2014-15).

Pittsburgh ILB coach Jerry Olsavsky played for Baltimore when Bengals STC Darrin Simmons was on the Ravens’ staff in 1998.

Steelers STC Danny Smith and Cincinnati QB coach Ken Zampese worked together on the Philadelphia Eagles’ coaching staff for one season (1998).

Pittsburgh OL coach Mike Munchak coached Bengals CB Adam Jones for two seasons (2005-06) with the Titans.

Steelers RB DeAngelo Williams shared a locker room with Bengals WR Brandon LaFell in Carolina for four years (2010-13).

Haley coached Bengals DE Wallace Gilberry for three seasons in Kansas City (2009-11).

PIT-CIN SERIES HIGHS

Passing YardsSteelers Ben Roethlisberger 386 12/4/2005Bengals Jon Kitna 411 12/30/2001

Rushing YardsSteelers Le’Veon Bell 185 12/7/2014Bengals James Brooks 133 9/30/1985

Receiving YardsSteelers Lynn Swann 192 12/2/1979Bengals A.J. Green 224 12/7/2014

STEELERS-BENGALS CONNECTIONS

Steelers in Bold; Bengals in Bold ItalicCollege Connections

Steelers OT Marcus Gilbert was teammates with Bengals DE Carlos Dunlap (2007-09) at Florida.

Pittsburgh G David DeCastro was teammates with Cincinnati HB Ryan Hewitt for three seasons (2009-11) at Stanford.

Steelers LB Jarvis Jones was a Georgia Bulldog with Bengals DT Geno Atkins (2009), WR A.J. Green (2009-10) and S Shawn Williams (2009-12).

Pittsburgh WR Sammie Coates played at Auburn with Cincinnati TE C.J. Uzomah (2011-14).

Steelers DE Stephon Tuitt was teammates with Bengals TE Tyler Eifert at Notre Dame from 2011-12.

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WHAT TO LOOK FOR

FROM THE STEELERS• With a win over Cincinnati, the Steelers would improve to 442-282-2 during the regular season since 1970.• The Steelers look to improve to 58-35 all-time against the Bengals in regular-season history and to 27-19 in road games at Cincinnati.• With a win, the Steelers will have swept the Bengals in their regular-season series for the 19th time in series history and for the fi rst time since 2014 (1982 not included due to shortened season).• Pittsburgh is aiming for their third straight win against Cincinnati in the regular season and their third straight road victory at the Bengals.• With a win, Pittsburgh would improve to 15-8 against Cincinnati in the month of December (6-2 on the road).• Pittsburgh is seeking their fi fth straight win against Cincinnati in the month of December.• With a win, the Steelers will have won each of their last four regular-season road games.

FROM HEAD COACH MIKE TOMLIN• A win would improve Tomlin to 101-57 during the regular season (44-36 on the road).• Looks to improve to 15-5 against the Bengals as the Steelers’ head coach since 2007 in the regular-season and to 8-2 on the road at Cincinnati.• With a win, would have led the Steelers to a regular-season sweep vs. the Bengals for the sixth time in his head coaching tenure (2007, ‘08, ‘10, ‘11 and ‘14).• With a win, would improve to 28-13 in the month of December and to 10-7 on the road during the month.

FROM THE STEELERS OFFENSE

QB BEN ROETHLISBERGER• With a win, would improve to 122-60 as a starter during the regular season and to 54-38 on the road.• With a win, would improve to 19-7 vs. Cincinnati in the regular season and to 11-2 on the road at the Bengals.• Is three touchdown passes from tying John Elway for the ninth most in NFL history (300).• Needs fi ve touchdown passes to tally 30 in 2016 and mark his third season with at least 30 scoring throws (2007 and 2014: 32).• Is one 300-yard passing game from notching 50 in his regular-season NFL career.• Is 29 completions from surpassing Vinny Testaverde (3,787) for 10th-most in NFL history.• Needs 755 passing yards to surpass Fran Tarkenton (47,003) for ninth-most in NFL history.

RB Le’VEON BELL• Will become the 20th player in Steelers history with 30 combined touchdowns with his next touchdown.• Aims for his fi fth consecutive 100-yard rushing game on Sunday, and his sixth in a row with 100 yards from scrimmage.• Will move into a tie with Barry Foster and John Henry Johnson (26) for the sixth-most rushing touchdowns in team history with his next rushing score, and is two rushing touchdowns from sole possesion of sixth in team history.• Needs three rushing scores to match Rashard Mendenhall (29) for fi fth-most in franchise history.• Needs 36 rushing yards to surpass Rocky Bleier (3,865) for the eight-most in Steelers history, 114 to move into seventh (Barry Foster: 3,943), 136 for sixth (Dick Hoak: 3,965) and 160 for fi fth (Frank Pollard: 3,989).• Is 294 scrimmage yards from moving into eighth in team history (Willie Parker: 6,075).

WHAT TO LOOK FORFROM THE STEELERS OFFENSE (CONT’D)

WR ANTONIO BROWN• Needs seven catches to mark his fourth straight season with at least 100 receptions and to extend his franchise record of consecutive seasons with at least 100 catches to four.• Is one touchdown catch from becoming the fourth player in Steelers history with at least 50.• Needs two touchdown catches to tie Lynn Swann (51) for the third-most touchdown grabs in team history.• Will match his single-season franchise record for touchdown catches (13) with two scoring grabs.• Will break a tie with Hines Ward (29) for the most 100-yard receiving games in team history with his next 100-yard game.• With 110 catches in 2016, will become the fi rst player in NFL history to record 110 or more receptions in three consecutive years.• With 125 receptions in 2016, would become the fi rst player in NFL history to record three consecutive seasons of 125 catches or more.

WR SAMMIE COATES• Is 64 receiving yards from reaching 500 in his NFL career.

RB DeANGELO WILLIAMS• Will record the 24th 100-yard rushing game of his NFL career with his next 100-yard performance and to mark his sixth as a Steeler.

FROM THE STEELERS DEFENSE

LB JAMES HARRISON• Is a half-sack from 80.0 in his career with the Steelers.

CB WILLIAM GAY• Will break a tie with Rod Woodson to set the record for the most interceptions returned for touchdowns in team history with his next pick six of six.

FROM THE STEELERS SPECIAL TEAMS

WR/PR ANTONIO BROWN• One punt return for a touchdown to break a tie with Antwaan Randle El for the most in Steelers history with fi ve.

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2016 BY THE NUMBERS

1The Steelers were the only NFL team on Kickoff Weekend

to feature a 300-yard passer (Ben Roethlisberger: 300), 100-yard rusher (DeAngelo Williams: 143) and a 100-yard

receiver (Antonio Brown: 126).

1stCB Artie Burns made his fi rst career start in Week Nine at

Baltimore and posted the fi rst interception of his NFL career.

3WR Antonio Brown set a single-game career-high with three touchdown receptions in Week 12 at Indianapolis to become

the 13th player (14th occasion) in Steelers history with a three-plus touchdown catch game.

6-110TE Ladarius Green recorded the fi rst 100-yard receiving game

of his NFL career in Week 13 vs. New York, fi nishing with single-game career highs in receptions (6) and yards (110),

while scoring the fi rst touchdown of his Steelers tenure.

8.0The Steelers recorded eight sacks in Week 11 at Cleveland

- the team’s most since eight on December 24, 2005 at Cleveland.

11The number of touchdown catches WR Antonio Brown has in 2016 - the tied as the fi fth-most in a season in Steelers history

and the second-most in his NFL career of his team record of 13 in 2014.

16The Steelers have limited opponents to 16 sacks in 2016 - the

second-fewest allowed on the season (Oakland: 13).

21.3WR Sammie Coates is second in the NFL with a 21.3 yards

per catch average (20-425, minimum 20 receptions).

79.5LB James Harrison increased his sack total with the Steelers to 79.5 in Week 13 - the most by a Pittsburgh defender since

the statistic became offi cial in 1982.

600WR Antonio Brown set an NFL record for the fewest games played to reach 600 receptions, setting the mark during Week

11’s game at Cleveland, his 96th game.

1,616RB Le’Veon Bell ranks third in the NFL with 1,616 yards from

scrimmage in 2016.

5,000RB Le’Veon Bell eclipsed 5,000 yards from scrimmage in his NFL career during Week 11’s game at Cleveland - his 42nd

career game - setting a Steelers record for the fewest games played to reach the milestone.

THE STEELERS IN 2016

Regular Post Season SeasonOverall: 8-5 0-0At Home: 4-2 0-0On the Road: 4-3 0-0Neutral: 0-0 0-0

By Month: September 2-1 0-0 October 2-2 0-0 November 2-2 0-0 December 2-0 0-0 January 0-0 0-0

vs. AFC: 6-3 0-0 vs. AFC North 2-1 0-0 vs. AFC East 2-2 0-0 vs. AFC South 1-0 0-0 vs. AFC West 1-0 0-0

vs. NFC: 2-2 0-0 vs. NFC East 2-2 0-0 vs. NFC North 0-0 0-0 vs. NFC South 0-0 0-0 vs. NFC West 0-0 0-0

When: When Scoring First: 6-1 0-0 When Opponent Scored First: 2-4 0-0 When Scoring 20 or More Points: 6-1 0-0 When Scoring Less Than 20 Points: 0-4 0-0 When Leading after the fi rst quarter: 7-2 0-0 When Trailing after the fi rst quarter: 1-3 0-0 When Tied after the fi rst quarter: 0-0 0-0 When Leading at the Half: 8-1 0-0 When Trailing at the Half: 0-4 0-0 When Tied at the Half: 0-0 0-0 When Leading after three quarters: 8-0 0-0 When Trailing after three quarters: 0-5 0-0 When Tied after three quarters: 0-0 0-0 When Outrushing the Opponent: 6-0 0-0 With 35 or More Rushing Attempts: 2-0 0-0 With Less Than 25 Passing Attempts: 0-0 0-0 When Led in Time of Possession: 6-1 0-0 When Trailed in Time of Possession: 2-4 0-0

On Turf: 2-0 0-0 On Grass: 6-5 0-0

When led in Takeaway/Turnover Ratio: 5-2 0-0 When even in Takeaway/Turnover Ratio: 1-0 0-0 When trailed in Takeaway/Turnover Ratio: 2-3 0-0

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TOMLIN AMONG THE BEST Since being named named head coach of the Steelers in 2007, Mike Tomlin has led Pittsburgh to 100 victories in the regular season - tied as the third-most wins in the NFL during that time span:

NFL TEAM RECORDS: 2007-CURRENT TEAM RECORD PLAYOFF APP. SUPER BOWL APP. New England 123-34 8* 3 Green Bay 103-53-1 8* 1 Pittsburgh 100-57 6* 2 Indianapolis 98-59 7 1 Denver 93-64 5* 1 Dallas 90-67 3 0 Baltimore 89-68 6 1 New Orleans 89-68 4 1 *Made the playoff s in 2015

Tomlin’s .637 winning percentage is the fourth-best regular season winning mark among active NFL head coaches (min. 50 games):

ACTIVE HEAD COACH WINNING PCT (MIN. 50 GAMES) COACH W L T Win Pct. Bill Belichick (Cle 1991-95, NE 2000-pres.) 234 115 0 .670 Bruce Arians (Ari 2013-pres.) 39 21 1 .648 Mike McCarthy (GB 2006-pres.) 111 61 1 .645 Mike Tomlin (Pit 2007-pres.) 100 57 0 .637 Chuck Pagano (Ind 2012-pres.) 47 30 0 .610 John Harbaugh (Bal 2008-pres.) 84 57 0 .596

TOMLIN AT HOME Mike Tomlin has guided the Steelers to a 57-21 career regular-season record at Heinz Field. He has led the Steelers to a 4-2 mark at home in 2016 through the team’s fi rst six home games of the season. Tomlin earned his 50th regular season home win in Week 9 in 2015 vs. Oakland and joined Chuck Noll (119) and Bill Cowher (85) as the third head coach in Steelers history with 50 regular season home victories. Tomlin has led Pittsburgh to at least fi ve home wins in each of his fi rst nine seasons as the team’s head coach and six in six of his nine at the helm. His 57-21 (.731) mark at home is the third-best and his 57 home wins are tied as the third most in the NFL since 2007:

HOME GAME RECORDS: 2007-CURRENT Team W L T Pct. New England 69 10 0 .873 Green Bay 61 17 1 .778 Pittsburgh 57 21 0 .731 Baltimore 57 22 0 .722 Seattle 55 23 0 .705

FEWEST TO 60 Mike Tomlin reached 60 regular-season wins in 88 games, tying Chuck Knox (88) for the fourth-fewest games to reach 60 career victories among coaches who began their career since 1970:

FEWEST GAMES COACHED TO 60 WINS COACH TEAM(S)^ NO. OF GAMES George Seifert San Francisco 75 Joe Gibbs Washington 84 Mike Ditka Chicago 85 Mike Tomlin Pittsburgh 88 Chuck Knox L.A. Rams, Buff alo 88 Bill Cowher Pittsburgh 90 Andy Reid Philadelphia 90 ^ Through fi rst 60 wins

TOMLIN IN THE DIVISION Mike Tomlin owns a 38-19 all-time record against teams in the AFC North since becoming the Steelers’ head coach in 2007. His 38 regular-season wins against division opponents are the most of any AFC North team since 2007:

AFC NORTH INTER-DIVISION GAME RECORDSSINCE 2007

TEAM W L T Win Pct. Pittsburgh Steelers 38 19 0 .667 Baltimore Ravens 35 23 0 .603 Cincinnati Bengals 30 28 0 .517 Cleveland Browns 13 45 0 .224

He owns an impressive 21-7 record against divisional foes at Heinz Field during the regular season:

AFC NORTH INTER-DIVISION HOME GAME RECORDSSINCE 2007

TEAM W L T Win Pct. Pittsburgh Steelers 21 7 0 .750 Baltimore Ravens 21 9 0 .800 Cincinnati Bengals 17 11 0 .607 Cleveland Browns 9 20 0 .310

Tomlin has won at least four games against division opponents in fi ve of his fi rst nine seasons (2007-15).

TOMLIN VS. NFC During his career, Mike Tomlin’s regular-season record against the NFC is 26-14, including 15-5 at home. The Steelers’ .650 regular-season winning percentage against the NFC since 2007 is second-best among AFC teams:

AFC RECORDS VS. NFC: 2007-CURRENT Team W L T Pct. New England 31 9 0 .775 Pittsburgh 26 14 0 .650 Denver 25 15 0 .625 Baltimore 23 16 0 .590 Indianapolis 23 16 0 .590

Including the postseason Tomlin has a .643 winning percentage (27-15) against the NFC during his fi rst 10 years, which ranks fi rst among Steelers’ head coaches.

PRIMETIME SPECIALIST Since the 2011 season, the Steelers have played in 28 primetimegames, including a Week One Monday Night Football gameat the Washington Redskins to kickoff the 2016 season(W, 38-16), a Week Four Sunday Night Football tilt at Heinz Field vs. Kansas City (W, 43-14) and a Week 12 Thursday Night tilt on Thanksgiving Day at the Indianapolis Colts (W, 28-7). Mike Tomlin, the 10th-year head coach, has guided Pittsburgh to a30-16 overall record in regular-season primetime games. He is 10-2 on Monday Night Football, 14-8 on Sunday Night Football and 6-6 on Thursday Night Football. Tomlin joined only Bill Cowher (Steelers), Tom Flores (Raiders),Steve Mariucci (49ers), George Seifert (49ers) and Don Shula(Colts, Dolphins) as coaches to win their fi rst six Monday NightFootball games.

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TOMLIN IN 10 In his 10th season as the head coach of the Steelers, Mike Tomlin has an extensive list of accomplishments. Tomlin earned his 100th regular-season victrory in Week 14 of 206 at Buff alo in his 157th career regular-season games to mark the fewest games by a Steelers head coach to reach the century mark in the win column (Chuck Noll: 158 and Bill Cowher: 163). His 100 wins in his fi rst 10 seasons are the most wins in team history for any coach in his fi rst 10 campaigns and his two Super Bowl appearances are second-most for the franchise for a coach in his fi rst 10 seasons. Tomlin’s six postseason berths are the third most in a coach’s fi rst 10 seasons with the Steelers and his four division titles are third-most. Below is how Tomlin ranks among Steelers’ coaches in their fi rst 10 seasons:

STEELERS HEAD COACHES IN THEIR 10th YEAR HEAD COACH RECORD Mike Tomlin (2007-current) 100-57 (.637) (2007-current) Chuck Noll (1969-1991) 88-53-1 (.623) (1969-1978) Bill Cowher (1992-2006) 99-61 (.619) (1992-2001)

HEAD COACH SUPER BOWL APP. SUPER BOWL WINS Chuck Noll 3 (1974, ‘75, ‘78) 3 (1974, ‘75, ‘78) Mike Tomlin 2 (2008, ’10) 1 (2008) Bill Cowher 1 (1995)

HEAD COACH PLAYOFF APPEARENCES Bill Cowher 7 (1992-97, 2001) Chuck Noll 7 (1972-78) Mike Tomlin 6 (2007, ’08, ’10, ’11, ‘14, ‘15)

HEAD COACH DIVISION TITLES Bill Cowher 6 (1992, ’94-’97, 2001) (AFC Central) Chuck Noll 6 (1972, ’74, ‘75, ‘76, ‘77, ‘78) (AFC Central) Mike Tomlin 4 (2007, ’08, ’10, ‘14) (AFC North)

TOMLIN’S 100TH IN 10 Mike Tomlin became the third head coach in Steelers history to record 100 regular season wins in Week 14 of 2016, with the team’s 27-20 victory at Buff alo. He joined Chuck Noll (1969-91: 193) and Bill Cowher (1992-2006:149) in the team’s 100-win club to make the Steelers the fi rst NFL franchise with three 100-win head coaches. Tomlin’s 100th win occurred in his 10th season with the Steelers,becoming the fi rst Pittsburgh head coach to reach 100 wins in his fi rst10 years (Bill Cowher: 1992-2001: 99 and Chuck Noll: 1976-78: 88). Tomlin also joined an elite head coach fraternity in NFLhistory by reaching 10 wins in his 10th season:

• He is the ninth head coach in NFL history to win 100 games in his fi rst 10 seasons with one franchise, joining Bill Belichick (Patriots), Mike Ditka (Chicago), Joe Gibbs (Washington), John Madden (Oakland), Mike McCarthy (Green Bay), Marty Schottenheimer (Kansas City), Mike Shanahan (Denver) and Don Shula (Miami).

AMONG COACHES IN FIRST 10 Mike Tomlin earned his 100th regular-season victrory in Week 14 at Buff alo in 2016, and has accumulated a 100-57 regular-season record in his fi rst 10 seasons as a head coach in NFL (2007-16). Tomlin is one of eight head coaches in NFL history with 100 or more regular-season wins in their fi rst 10 seasons as a head coach:

MOST WINS AMONG NFL HEAD COACHESIN THEIR FIRST 10 SEASONS AS A HEAD COACH

HEAD COACH YEARS WINS George Seifert 1989-96, 1999-2000 113 Don Shula 1963-72 105 Mike McCarthy 2006-15 104 John Madden 1969-78 103 Tony Dungy 1996-2005 102 Mike Ditka 1982-91 101 Joe Gibbs 1981-90 101 Mike Tomlin 2007-16 100

GOOD FIRST NINE In his 10th season as the head coach of the Steelers, Mike Tomlin has an extensive list of accomplishments. Tomlin earned his 90th regular-season victrory in Week 14 of 2015 at Cincinnati and closed out his ninth season with 92 wins following the team’s Week 17 victory at Cleveland. His 92 wins in his fi rst nine seasons are the most wins in team history for any coach after his fi rst nine campaigns and his two Super Bowl appearances also are tied for the franchise best for a coach in his fi rst nine seasons. Tomlin’s six postseason berths are tied as the most in a coach’s fi rst nine seasons with the Steelers and his four division titles are third-most. Below is how Tomlin ranks among Steelers’ coaches in their fi rst nine seasons:

STEELERS HEAD COACHES IN THEIR NINTH YEAR HEAD COACH RECORD Mike Tomlin (2007-15) 92-52 (.639) (2007-2015) Bill Cowher (1992-2006) 86-58 (.597) (1992-2000) Chuck Noll (1969-1991) 74-51-1 (.591) (1969-1977)

HEAD COACH SUPER BOWL APP. SUPER BOWL WINS Chuck Noll 2 (1974, ‘75) 2 (1974, ‘75) Mike Tomlin 2 (2008, ’10) 1 (2008) Bill Cowher 1 (1995)

HEAD COACH PLAYOFF APPEARENCES Bill Cowher 6 (1992-97) Chuck Noll 6 (1972-77) Mike Tomlin 6 (2007, ’08, ’10, ’11, ‘14, ‘15)

HEAD COACH DIVISION TITLES Bill Cowher 5 (1992, ’94-’97) (AFC Central) Chuck Noll 5 (1972, ’74, ‘75, ‘76, ‘77) (AFC Central) Mike Tomlin 4 (2007, ’08, ’10, ‘14) (AFC North)

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AMONG COACHES IN FIRST NINE Mike Tomlin earned his 90th regular-season victrory in Week 14 at Cincinnati in 2015, and has accumulated a 92-52 regular-season record in his fi rst nine seasons as a head coach in NFL (2007-15). Tomlin is one of nine head coaches in NFL history with 90 or more regular-season wins in their fi rst nine seasons as a head coach and his 92 wins are tied as the fourth-most among the group:

MOST WINS AMONG NFL HEAD COACHESIN THEIR FIRST NINE SEASONS AS A HEAD COACH

HEAD COACH YEARS WINS George Seifert 1989-96, 1999 106 Mike McCarthy 2006-14 94 John Madden 1969-77 94 Mike Tomlin 2007-15 92 Dennis Green 1992-2000 92 Joe Gibbs 1981-89 91 Don Shula 1963-71 91 Mike Ditka 1982-90 90 Mike Holmgren 1992-2000 90

EIGHT IN EACH OF FIRST NINE Along with securing his 90th win in Week 14 at Cincinnati in 2015,Mike Tomlin also led the Steelers to its eighth win of the season. Tomlin has guided the Steelers to at least eight wins in each ofhis nine seasons as the team’s head coach.

• Tomlin is the third head coach in NFL history to win at least eight games in each of their fi rst nine years as an NFL head coach and with the same team (Dennis Green: Minnesota, John Madden: Oakland and Mike Tomlin: Pittsburgh).

• He became the sixth head coach in NFL history to lead a team to at least eight wins in each of their fi rst nine years as a NFL head coach (George Allen: Los Angeles/Washington, Dennis Green: Minnesota, John Madden: Oakland, George Seifert: San Francisco/Carolina, Don Shula: Baltimore/Miami and Mike Tomlin: Pittsburgh).

• Tomlin is the fourth head coach in NFL history to win at least eight games in their fi rst nine years as a head coach with a team (Dennis Green: Minnesota, John Madden: Oakland, Marty Schottenheimer: Kansas City and Mike Tomlin: Pitts-burgh).

TOMLIN’S 90TH IN NINE Mike Tomlin became the third head coach in Steelers history to record 90 regular season wins in Week 14 of 2015, with the team’s 33-20 victory at Cincinnati. He joined Chuck Noll (1969-91: 193) and Bill Cowher (1992-2006:149) in the team’s 90-win club. Tomlin’s 90th win occurred in his ninth season with the Steelers,becoming the fi rst Pittsburgh head coach to reach 90 wins in his fi rstnine years (Bill Cowher: 1992-2000: 86 and Chuck Noll: 1976-77: 74). Tomlin also joined several elite head coach fraternities in NFLhistory by reaching 90 wins in his ninth season:

• Tomlin is the ninth head coach in NFL history to win 90 games in his fi rst nine seasons as a head coach, joining Mike Ditka, Joe Gibbs, Dennis Green, Mike Holmgren, John Madden, Mike McCarthy, George Seifert and Don Shula.

• He is the sixth head coach in NFL history to win 90 games in his fi rst nine seasons with one franchise, joining Mike Ditka, Joe Gibbs, Dennis Green, John Madden and Mike McCarthy.

TOMLIN GOING FOR TWO Pittsburgh has converted three of their eight two-point attempts in 2016, their fi rst two conversions both coming in the fi rst quarter of games (Oct. 2 vs. Kansas City and Oct. 16 at Miami). The Steelers converted 8-of-11 two-point attempts in 2015. Their eight succesful two-point conversions set a new NFL record in a single-season. Below is a look at the number of two-point conversions and attempts since Mike Tomlin became the team’s head coach in 2007:

STEELERS TWO-POINT CONVERSION PCT.UNDER MIKE TOMLIN: 2007-CURRENT

YEAR CONV-ATT PCT. 2007 2-of-2 100% 2008 0-of-1 0% 2009 0-of-0 0% 2010 2-of-2 100% 2011 0-of-0 0% 2012 1-of-2 50% 2013 1-of-2 50% 2014 4-of-4 100% 2015 8-of-11 72.7% 2016 3-of-8 38% TOTALS 21-32 65.6%

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HEINZ FIELD ADVANTAGE The Steelers have won four of their home games at Heinz Field in 2016 - a 24-16 home opener win vs. Cincinnati, a 43-14 victory over Kansas City on Sunday Night Football, a 31-13 win vs. the New York Jets in Week Five and a 24-14 win vs. the New York Giants in Week 13. Pittsburgh won six of its eight regular season games in 2015, and have won at least six home games in eight seasons at Heinz Field since the stadium opened in 2001. The Steelers are 91-34-1 (.726) at Heinz Field since the stadium opened in 2001, which is the third-best home game winning percentage in the NFL during that time span:

BEST HOME RECORD IN THE NFL:2001-CURRENT

TEAM RECORD WIN PCT. New England Patriots 106-21 .835 Baltimore Ravens 93-34 .732 Pittsburgh Steelers 91-34-1 .726 Green Bay Packers 91-35-1 .720 Seattle Seahawks 90-36 .714

The Steelers have the fourth best record among AFC teams in home games since the 2001 season in interconference games:

BEST HOME RECORD IN THE AFC vs. AFC:2001-CURRENT

TEAM RECORD WIN PCT. New England Patriots 81-14 .853 Baltimore Ravens 68-28 .708 Indianapolis Colts 67-28 .705 Pittsburgh Steelers 66-28 .702 Denver Broncos 63-31 .670

Pittsburgh’s 25-6-1 record at home against NFC opponents since opening Heinz Field in 2001 is the second best in the AFC:

BEST HOME RECORD IN THE AFC vs. NFC:2001-CURRENT

TEAM RECORD WIN PCT. Baltimore Ravens 25-6 .806 Pittsburgh Steelers 25-6-1 .797 New England Patriots 25-7 .781 Denver Broncos 23-9 .719 Cincinnati Bengals 20-9-3 .672

WINNING ERA OF FREE AGENCY Pittsburgh owns the third-best regular-season record in the NFL since the free-agency era (since 1993) with a 238-142-1 (.626) record. The Steelers are one of four teams (New England: 257 , Green Bay: 242 and Denver: 232) to record at least 230 regular season wins since 1993. The following is a look at the best regular-season records in the free agency era (since 1993):

BEST REGULAR-SEASON RECORDS IN THE FREE AGENCY ERA1993-CURRENT

TEAM RECORD WIN PCT. New England Patriots 257-124 .675 Green Bay Packers 242-138-1 .636 Pittsburgh Steelers 238-142-1 .626 Denver Broncos 232-149 .609 Indianapolis Colts 223-158 .585

ACTIVE NON-LOSING SEASONS The Steelers have fi nished with an 8-8 (.500) mark or better in each of the previous 13 seasons, dating back to 2004. Pittsburgh’s 13-season streak of a .500 winning mark or better is the second-longest active in the NFL, and is tied as the team’s record for most consecutive non-losing seasons (13, 1972-1984):

MOST CONSECUTIVE NON-LOSING SEASONS:ACTIVE STREAKS

TEAM STREAK YEARS New England Patriots 16 2001-16 Pittsburgh Steelers 13 2004-16 Green Bay Packers 7 2009-15 Denver Broncos 6 2011-16 Cincinnati Bengals 5 2011-15

WINNING AT LEAST 4 AT HOME The Steelers have won at least four home games in each of the previous 17 seasons (since 2000), marking the longest active streak in the NFL:

MOST CONSECUTIVE SEASONS WITH AT LEASTFOUR HOME WINS - ACTIVE STREAK

TEAM CONSECUTIVE SEASONS Pittsburgh Steelers 17 (2000-16) New England Patriots 16 (2001-16) Arizona Cardinals 10 (2007-16) Green Bay Packers 10 (2007-16)

HOME NUMBER TO NOTE

260-101-1The Steelers own the best home record in the NFL with a

260-101-1 record (.720) since 1970.

HEINZ FIELD UNDER THE LIGHTS The Steelers defeated the Kansas City Chiefs 43-14 on Sunday Night Football at Heinz Field in Week Four - the team’s 29th primetime game at Heinz Field since the stadium opened in 2001. Pittsburgh has won 22 of its 29 home games under the lights since 2001. The team’s .759 winning percentage is the second-best and its 22 wins are tied as the third-most in home primetime games since 2001:

BEST REGULAR-SEASON HOME PRIMETIME GAME RECORDS2001-CURRENT

TEAM RECORD WIN PCT. Seattle Seahawks 18-5 .783 Pittsburgh Steelers 22-7 .759 Green Bay Packers 23-8 .742 New England Patriots 23-8 .742 Baltimore Ravens 16-6 .727

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BEN IN 2016 QB Ben Roethlisberger threw his 20th touchdown pass of 2016 in Week 10’s game at Dallas, extending his streak of 20-touchdown seasons to six (eighth overall). Through Week 14, Roethlisberger has completed 283-of-440 passes for 3,254 yards and 25 touchdowns with 11 interceptions for a passer rating of 95.0. Roethlisberger threw for 300 yards on 27 completions and three touchdowns with an interception for a passer rating of 112.4 in the team’s Week One 38-16 win on Monday Night Football at Washington. The win gave him his 50th career road win as a starter and he joined Tom Brady (75) and Drew Brees (57) as the only active quarterbacks with at least 50 road wins. In Week Two’s home opener at Heinz Field, Roethlisberger threw for 259 yards on 19-of-37 passing with three touchdowns and two interceptions, leading the Steelers to a 24-16 win over Cincinnati. The game marked his 80th career regular-season game with multiple scoring passes, and his 45th at Heinz Field. The Miami (Oh.) product completed 24-of-44 passes for 257 yards with an interception in Week Three’s loss at Philadelphia. In Week Four on Sunday Night Football, Roethlisberger notched his fi fth career regular-season game with at least fi ve touchdown passes - becoming the sixth player in NFL history to accomplish the feat - completing 22-of-27 passes for 300 yards for a passer rating of 152.5. Roethlisberger threw four touchdowns while completing 34-of-47 attempts for 380 yards for a passer rating of 124.4 in Week Five vs. New York at Heinz fi eld. In Week 10’s game, Roethlisberger threw for 408 yards - his ninth career 400-yard game - while completing 37-of-46 passes with three touchdowns and zero interceptions for a passer rating of 125.4. During the game, he reached the 45,000 yardage marker, in his 179th career game, the fi fth-fewest to the milestone, and surpasses Warren Moon (290) for the 10th-most touchdown passes in NFL history. Roethlisberger completed 14-of-20 passes for 221 yards with three touchdowns and zero interceptions for a passer rating of 146.0 in Week 12’s 28-7 win at Indianapolis. Below is a look at where Roethlisberger ranks in the NFL through Week 14:• 3-Touchdown Games: 6 (T-2nd)• Passing Touchdowns: 25 (T-5th)• Touchdowns Per Attempt Percent: 5.7 (6th)• 300-Yard Games: 4 (T-7th)• Pass Plays of 25-Plus Yards: 28 (8th)

CONTROLLING THE NORTHQB Ben Roethlisberger is 47-17 (.734) as a starter against

AFC North opponents during his career and led the Steelers to the best divisional record during the 2013 and 2014 regular seasons (4-2).

Since 2010, Roethlisberger is 23-10 against divisional foes during the regular season.

Roethlisberger has fi nished with a .500 or above record against AFC North opponents during the regular season in 10 of his 12 NFL seasons, including winning at least fi ve games in four campaigns:

ROETHLISBERGER RECORD VS. AFC NORTH AS A STARTER

SEASON RECORD 2008 6-0 2004 5-0 2010 5-0 2007 5-0 2014 4-2 2013 4-2 2011 4-2 2005 3-1 2016 2-1 2012 2-1 2006 3-3 2015 2-2 2009 2-3 In his 64 career starts versus division opponents, Roethlisberger has posted a perfect passer rating once (11/5/07 vs. Baltimore) and has recorded a passer rating of over 100.0 a total of 23 times, including a 102.7 rating in the team’s 2015 regular-season fi nale at Cleveland. The following is a look at his statistics against the AFC North in his 64 games as a starter:

ROETHLISBERGER’S STATS VS. AFC NORTH CATEGORY STATISTIC Record ..............................................................47-17 Completion Pct. (Comp.-Att.) .................65.3 (1,301-1,992) Passing Yards .................................................14,954 Passing Touchdowns.......................................... 91 Interceptions ....................................................... 60 Passer Rating ....................................................90.5

Also, the following is a look at Roethlisberger’s career statistics against AFC North opponents as a starter at home compared to the road:

ROETHLISBERGER VS. AFC NORTH AT HOME AND AWAY Statistic Home vs. AFC North Away vs. AFC North Record ................................................................. 25-7 ..........................22-10 Completion Pct. (Comp.-Att.) ..............62.4 (587-947) .........62.0 (644-1,045) Passing Yards ................................................... 7,571 .......................... 7,363 Passing Touchdowns.............................................. 53 ............................... 38 Interceptions ........................................................... 34 ............................... 26 Passer Rating ...................................................... 90.7 ............................ 84.6

BEN FINDING THE END ZONE QB Ben Roethlisberger has thrown 25 touchdown passes in 2016 - the sixth season of his NFL career reaching the 25 scoring toss mark - and ranks tied for fi fth in 2016 in the category:

NFL PASSING TOUCHDOWN LEADERS - 2016 Rk. PLAYER, TEAM TDS 1. Aaron Rodgers, GB 32 T2. Drew Brees, NO 30 Matt Ryan, ATL 30 4. Philip Rivers, SD 27 T5. Ben Roethlisberger, PIT 25 Andrew Luck, IND 25 Marcus Mariota, TEN 25

FEELING AT HOME IN OHIO QB Ben Roethlisberger is from Cory Rawson, Ohio, and played collegietely at Miami (Ohio), so it is no wonder he feels at home while playing at Cincinnati or Cleveland. Including the postseason, Roethlisberger is a combined 21-4 playing in games played in Ohio (Paul Brown Stadium: 11-2 and FirstEnergy Stadium: 10-2).

Below is Roethlisberger’s passing stats for games at Cincinnati and Cleveland:

ROETHLISBERGER IN GAMES PLAYED IN OHIO GP Att. Cmp. Pct. Yds. TDs Int Rat.@ Cin 13 379 255 67.3 3,010 19 9 98.1@ Cle 12 365 219 60.0 2,635 16 7 88.8Total 25 744 474 63.7 5,645 35 16 93.5

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HOME COOKING

QB Ben Roethlisberger owns a 68-22 (.756) mark in the regular season in his career as a starter at Heinz Field, including winning his fi rst eight starts as a rookie in 2004.

Since the start of the 2011 season, the signal caller is 30-10 at home as a starter. Over that time period, Roethlisberger is one of fi ve active quarterbacks to have a passer rating of at least 100.0 at home during the regular season (105.8).

Below is a breakdown of Roethlisberger’s statistics in his Heinz Field career:

ROETHLISBERGER’S STATS AT HEINZ FIELD CATEGORY STATISTIC Record ..............................................................68-22 Completion Pct. (Comp.-Att.) ...............64.4 (1,861-of-2,888) Passing Yards .................................................23,684 Passing Touchdowns......................................... 170 Interceptions ....................................................... 70 Passer Rating ....................................................99.5 300-plus Yard Games ......................................... 28 Multi-Touchdown Performances ............. 49 (37-11 record)**Threw 3 touchdowns in Week 10 of 2015, but did not start

Roethlisberger has thrown at least one touchdown pass in each of his last 43 home games at Heinz Field - the third-longest streak in NFL history and the longest active:

CONSECUTIVE HOME GAMES Rk. PLAYER (YEAR) WITH AT LEAST 1 TD PASS 1. Drew Brees (10/18/09-11/27/16) 60 2. Tom Brady (9/14/09-12/14/14) 47 3. Ben Roethlisberger (12/19/10-present) 43 4. Dan Marino (10/9/83-11/14/88) 39 5. Aaron Rodgers (10/5/08-12/2/12) 35

STARTING IN STYLE In his career, QB Ben Roethlisberger owns a 121-60 (.669) record as a starting quarterback in the regular season - the third best regular season record in the NFL among all active quarterbacks (min. 50 starts). The following is a look at the top fi ve starting records among active quarterbacks in the NFL (min. 50 starts):

STARTING RECORDS AMONG ACTIVE QBs (Min. 50 Starts)

Rk. PLAYER, TEAM W L T Pct. 1. Tom Brady, NE 180 52 0 .776 2. Russell Wilson, SEA 54 22 1 .708 3. Ben Roethlisberger, PIT 121 60 0 .669 4. Aaron Rodgers, GB 87 45 0 .659 5. Andy Dalton, CIN 55 33 2 .622 Roethlisberger earned 117 wins in his fi rst 175 regular-season starts - the second-most by an NFL QB in League history through 175 starts:

NUMBER OF WINS Rk. PLAYER IN FIRST 175 STARTS 1. Tom Brady 136 2. Ben Roethlisberger 117 T3. Peyton Manning 116 Brett Favre 116 Johnny Unitas

Roethlisberger made his 150th career regular season start in Week 8 vs. Indianapolis in 2014 to become just the fourth quarterback in NFL history to record 100 wins in their fi rst 150 regular season starts (Tom Brady: 116, Joe Montana: 108, Terry and Bradshaw: 102). Roethlisberger registered his 90th career win in his 135th career start, becoming the fi fth fastest quarterback who began their career in the Super Bowl era to reach 90 wins. His 63-27 record after his fi rst 90 starts in the NFL ranked third (tied) in league history for the best record in such starts. Only Brady (67-23) and Stabler (66-23-1) had better records in their fi rst 90 starts in the NFL. Roethlisberger’s record is tied with Jim McMahon.

THE 45,000 CLUB QB Ben Roethlisberger became the fi rst player in Steelers history to register 45,000 career passing yards in Week 10’s game vs. Dallas. Roethlisberger is the 11th quarterback in NFL history to reach the mark, the eighth to do so with one team, and the fourth active signal caller with 45,000 passing yards. Roethlisberger reached the 45,000 yard milestone in his 179th regular-season game - the fi fth-fewest games to reach the mark in NFL history:

FEWEST GAMES TO REACH Rk. PLAYER 45,000 PASSING YARDS 1. Drew Brees 168 2. Dan Marino 172 3. Peyton Manning 174 4. Tom Brady 178 5. Ben Roethlisberger 179

FACING THE NFC In 47 career regular-season games against NFC opponents, QB Ben Roethlisberger has posted a 32-15 record, including winning each of his fi rst seven starts against conference members. In Week One’s game at Washington in 2016, Roethlisberger completed 27-of-37 passes for 300 yards with three touchdowns and an interception for a passer rating of 112.4. He threw for 289 yards on 24-of-36 passing with two touchdowns and an interception for a 98.0 passer rating in Week 13’s 24-14 win over the New York Giants at Heinz Field. Below is a look at the quarterback’s numbers in games against NFC opponents:

ROETHLISBERGER’S STATS VS. THE NFC CATEGORY STATISTIC Record ..............................................................32-15 Completion Pct. (Comp.-Att.) ................ 64.5 (954-of-1,480) Passing Yards .................................................12,126 Passing Touchdowns.......................................... 73 Interceptions ....................................................... 34 Passer Rating ....................................................96.8 300-plus Yard Games ......................................... 16 Multi-Touchdown Performances ...............23 (16-7 record)

Roethlisberger’s statistics against the NFC are equally impres-sive in games at Heinz Field. In 23 career games against NFC opponents at home, Roethlis-berger has a 18-5 mark while completing 461-of-729 passes (63.2 pct.) for 6,169 yards with 41 touchdowns and 13 interceptions for a passer rating of 101.4.

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BEN AMONG ACTIVE BESTS QB Ben Roethlisberger ranks in the top 10 among active NFL quarterbacks with a 7.89 yards per attempt average (T-3rd), 46,249 passing yards (4th), 3,759 completions (4th), 297 passing touchdowns (5th) and a 94.0 passer rating (7th):

NFL ACTIVE PASSING YARDS PER ATTEMPT LEADERS Rk. PLAYER CMP-ATT YARDS YDS/ATT. 1. Russell Wilson 1,409-2,178 17,356 7.97 2. Aaron Rodgers 2,960-4,549 35,928 7.90 T3. Ben Roethlisberger 3,759-5,863 46,249 7.89 Tony Romo 2,826-4,331 34,154 7.89 5. Philip Rivers 3,749-5,803 45,036 7.76

NFL ACTIVE PASSING YARDAGE LEADERS Rk. PLAYER GP CMP-ATT YARDS 1. Drew Brees 230 5,747-8,626 65,073 2. Tom Brady 234 5,186-8,132 60,904 3. Eli Manning 198 3,997-6,707 47,477 4. Ben Roethlisberger 183 3,759-5,863 46,249 5. Philip Rivers 177 3,749-5,803 45,036

NFL ACTIVE PASSING TOUCHDOWN LEADERS Rk. PLAYER GP TDS 1. Drew Brees 230 458 2. Tom Brady 234 450 3. Eli Manning 198 317 4. Philip Rivers 177 308 5. Ben Roethlisberger 183 297

HITTING 3,000 IN 11 STRAIGHT QB Ben Roethlisberger extended his consecutive seasons of throwing for 3,000 yards to 11 during Week 13’s game vs. the New York Giants in 2016. He joined Brett Favre (18), Peyton Manning (13), Dan Marino (9), Drew Brees (13), Eli Manning (12) and Philip Rivers (11) as just the sixth signal caller in NFL history to have such a streak:

CONSECUTIVE SEASONS WITH 3,000 PASSING YARDS - NFL HISTORY

Rk. QUARTERBACK CONS. YEARS (SEASONS) 1. Brett Favre 18 (1992-2009) T2. Drew Brees 13 (2004-16) Peyton Manning 13 (1998-2010) 4. Eli Manning 12 (2005-16) T5. Ben Roethlisberger 11 (2006-16) Philip Rivers 11 (2006-16)

15 IN FIRST 13 QB Ben Roethlisberger threw four touchdowns in Week Five vs. New York to increase his 2016 season total to 15. He has now thrown at least 15 touchdown passes in each of his fi rst 13 NFL seasons - tying as the longest streak of 15 touchdown campaigns to start an NFL career:

MOST CONSECUTIVE 15-TOUCHDOWN PASS Rk. PLAYER SEASONS TO START A CAREER T1. Ben Roethlisberger, 2004-16 13 Peyton Manning, 1998-2010 13 T3. Jim Kelly, 1986-95 10 Dan Marino, 1983-92 10 Fran Tarkenton, 1961-70 10

TOP OF THE STEELERS’ CHARTS QB Ben Roethlisberger holds nearly all passing records in Pittsburgh Steelers franchise history. He became the fi rst player in Steelers history to record 40,000 passing yards, a feat he reached during Week 8’s game vs. Cin-cinnati in 2015. His 46,249 passing yards, 297 passing touchdowns and 3,759 completions are tops in the team’s record books:

STEELERS ALL-TIME PASSING YARDAGE LEADERS Rk. STEELER, YEARS CMP-ATT YARDS 1. Ben Roethlisberger, 2004-16 3,759-5,863 46,249 2. Terry Bradshaw, 1970-83 2,025-3,901 27,989 3. Kordell Stewart, 1995-2002 1,190-2,107 13,328 4. Neil O’Donnell, 1991-95 1,069-1,871 12,867 5. Bubby Brister, 1986-92 776-1,477 10,104

STEELERS ALL-TIME PASSING TOUCHDOWN LEADERS Rk. STEELER GP TDS 1. Ben Roethlisberger 183 297 2. Terry Bradshaw 168 212 3. Kordell Stewart 113 70 4. Neil O’Donnell 66 68 5. Bobby Layne 55 66

STEELERS ALL-TIME PASS COMPLETION LEADERS Rk. STEELER GP CMP 1. Ben Roethlisberger 183 3,759 2. Terry Bradshaw 168 2,025 3. Kordell Stewart 113 1,190

BEN’S CAREER GAME QB Ben Roethlisberger set single-game Steelers franchise records during Week 8’s 51-34 win over Indianapolis in 2014 with 40 pass completions, 522 passing yards and six passing touchdowns. His 522 passing yards tied as the fourth-most in an NFL game:

MOST PASSING YARDS IN A GAME - NFL HISTORY Rk. PLAYER PASSING YARDS 1. Norm Van Brocklin, 9/28/1951 554 T2. Matt Schaub, 11/18/2012 527 Warren Moon, 12/16/1990 527 T4. Ben Roethlisberger, 10/26/2014 522 Boomer Esiason, 11/10/1996 522

BEN TO A.B. QB Ben Roethlisberger has connected with WR Antonio Brown for 49 touchdown strikes - tying as the most by a tandem in Steelers history:

MOST TOUCHDOWN CONNECTIONS STEELERS HISTORY

Rk. PLAYERS TOUCHDOWNS T1. Ben Roethlisberger-Antonio Brown 49 Terry Bradshaw-Lynn Swann 49 3. Terry Bradshaw-John Stallworth 44

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BEN’S NUMBERS

1stBecame the fi rst quarterback in NFL history to with 500

passing yards in two career games (Week 8 2014 and Week 15 2009).

3Roethlisberger is one of three active quarterbacks to throw at

least 170 touchdowns at home during the regular season.

8Roethlisberger became the fi fth quarterback (eighth occasion)

to record at least 20 regular-season wins against one opponent since the 1970 season, earning his 20th regular-season win vs. Cleveland in Week 11 of 216. He joined Dan Marino (vs. Colts),

Brett Favre (vs. Bears and Lions), John Elway (vs. Chargers and Seahawks) and Tom Brady (vs. Bills and Jets).

8The number of seasons Roethlisberger has thrown 20

touchdowns or more during his NFL career - a franchise record.

15He has thrown at least 15 touchdown passes in each of his fi rst 13 NFL seasons, tying as the most consecutive seasons with 15 or more scoring tosses to start a career (Peyton Manning:

1998-2010).

20-PLUSThe Steelers have scored at least 20 points in 75 of the 91

games at home with Roethlisberger as the starter.

42Number of games Roethlisberger has totaled at least three

touchdown passes in his career (41 regular season, 1 postseason), including each of his last seven regular-season

home games.

49Roethlisberger has thrown 49 300-plus yard passing games in his regular season NFL career - most in franchise history - and became the 10th QB in NFL history to reach 40 with one team.

121-60Roethlisberger’s record as a starting quarterback in the regular

season - the third best record in the NFL among all active quarterbacks (min. 50 starts) - and most wins in franchise

history for a starting signal caller.

125.0Roethlisberger has recorded a passer rating of 125.0 or better 18 times in his NFL career (minimum 20 attempts), most recent

Week 12 on Thursday Night Football at Indianapolis Colts (146.0).

150.0Roethlisberger has posted a passer rating of 150.0 or better in eight games during his NFL career (min. 10 attempts/game) -

the most all-time.

400Since entering the NFL in 2004, Roethlisberger has produced

nine 400-plus yard games - the fourth most in NFL history.

MOVING ON UP QB Ben Roethlisberger leads the Steelers in nearly all major career statistics. The following is where Roethlisberger ranks in Steelers history in several key passing categories:

Roethlisberger’s Career Rankings Among Steelers QBsCategory Statistic RankSingle-Season TD Passes (2007 and 2014) ....................... 32 .............. 1st

Single-Season Passing Yards (2014) ............................ 4,952 .............. 1st

Career Passing TDs (regular season) .............................. 297 .............. 1st

Single-Season Completions (2014) .................................. 408 .............. 1st

Single-Season Pass Attempts (2014) ............................... 608 .............. 1st

Single-Season Completion Pct. (2015) ............................ 68.0 .............. 1st

Single-Season Passer Rating (2007)............................. 104.1 .............. 1st

3,000-Yard Passing Seasons (2006-16) ..............................11 .............. 1st

Consecutive 3,000-Yard Passing Seasons (2006-16) .........11 .............. 1st

Single-Game Completion Pct. (11/26/07 vs. Miami) ........ 85.7 .............. 1st

Seasons w/ 250+ Completions (2006-09, ‘11-16) ............... 10 .............. 1st

Seasons w/ Completion Pct. of 60.0+ (2004, ‘05, ‘07, ‘09-‘15) ....... 10 .............. 1st

Seasons w/ Passer Rating of 90.0+ (2004, ‘05, ‘07, ‘09-’15) ......... 9 .............. 1st

Completions in Single Game (10/26/14 vs. Indianapolis and 12/20/15 vs. Denver)...........40 ............. 1stAttempts in Single Game (11/30/14 vs. New Orleans) ........ 58 .............. 1st

Passing Yards in Single Game (10/26/14 vs. Indianapolis) ........522 .............. 1st

Career Winning Pct. ......................................................... .669 .............. 1st

Career Completions ....................................................... 3,759 .............. 1st

Career Attempts ............................................................. 5,863 .............. 1st

Career Passing Yards .................................................. 46,249 .............. 1st

Career Completion Pct..................................................... 64.1 .............. 1st

Career Passing Yards/Attempts ......................................... 7.9 .............. 1st

Career QB Rating ............................................................ 94.0 .............. 1st

Career 300-yard Passing Games (reg and posteason) ...... 52 .............. 1st

Career Games w/ 30+ Completions (reg and postseason) . 17 .............. 1st

Career Games w/ 100.0+ Passer Rating (reg and posteason) . 78 .............. 1st

Career Perfect Passer Rating Games (158.3) ** .................. 3 .............. 1st

Career QB Rating in 4th Qtr. * ......................................... 90.9 .............. 1st

Career Touchdown Passes in Final 2 mins./game * ........... 44 .............. 1st

Consecutive Reg. Gms. w/ At Least One TD Pass (2012-Week 1 of 2014) 30 .............. 1st

Games Played by Rookie QB (2004) .................................. 14 .............. 1st

Passing Attempts by Rookie QB (2004)............................ 295 .............. 1st

Pass Completions by Rookie QB (2004) .......................... 196 .............. 1st

Passing Yards by Rookie QB (2004) ............................. 2,621 .............. 1st

Passing TDs by Rookie QB (2004) ..................................... 17 .............. 1st

Rushing Attempts by Rookie QB (2004) ............................. 56 .............. 1st

Rushing Yards by Rookie QB (2004) ................................ 144 .............. 1st

Completion Pct. by Rookie QB (2004) ** ......................... 66.4 .............. 1st

Passer Rating by Rookie QB (2004) ** ............................ 98.1 .............. 1st

Comp. %./Single Game by Rookie QB (10/17/04 vs. Dal.) ** 84.0 ........... 1st

Consecutive Wins to Start Career (2004) ** ....................... 13 .............. 1st

Total Wins by Rookie QB (2004) ** ..................................... 13 .............. 1st

Passing TDs in Single Game (10/26/14 vs. Ind. and 11/2/14 vs. Bal.) ... 6 .............. 1st

Single-Game TD Passes at Heinz Field (10/26/14 vs. Ind. and 11/2/14 vs. Bal.) ... 6 .............. 1st

Passing TDs in Back-to-Back Games ** ............................. 12 .............. 1st

Total Wins When Throwing for 300-plus Yards ................... 26 .............. 1st

Seasons w/ 25+ Passing TDs (2007, ‘09, ‘12-16) ................. 6 .............. 1st

Career Wins (Regular Season). ....................................... .121 .............. 1st

Career TD Passes (indoors) ............................................... 19 .............. 1st

Single-Game TD Passes on MNF (11/5/07 vs. Bal.) ** ......... 5 ........... T-1st

Consecutive Passes Completed (11/26/07 vs. Miami) ........ 15 ........... T-1st

Career Touchdown Passes in Dec./Jan. ............................. 81 .............. 1st

Career Rushing Yards (by QB) .......................................1,211 .............. 3rd

Career Rushing Touchdowns (by QB) ................................ 16 .............. 3rd

* Since 1991** NFL Record

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NO. 84: ANTONIO BROWNWR Antonio Brown leads the Steelers’ off ense with 93

receptions for 1,130 yards and 11 touchdown catches through the team’s fi rst 13 games of the 2016 season. Below is a look at where Brown ranks in the NFL through Week 13:• Receptions: 93 (1st)• Mutli-Touchdown Catch Games: 3 (T-1st)• Touchdown Catches: 11 (2nd)• 10-Reception Games: 2 (T-2nd)• Receiving Yards: 1,130 (3rd)• 100-Yard Receiving Games: 4 (T-4th)

NFL RECEPTION LEADERS: 2016 Rk. PLAYER, TEAM REC. YARDS TDs 1. Antonio Brown, PIT 93 1,130 11 2. Larry Fitzgerald, ARI 91 892 5 3. Mike Evans, TB 80 1,100 10

Brown fi nished Week 12’s game with a single-game career-high of three touchdown receptions, to go along with a game-high 91 receiving yards on a team-best fi ve receptions. His three touchdown receptions are tied for the second-most in Steelers history for a single-game, becoming the 13th player in team history to catch at least three scoring grabs in one game.

BROWN SINCE 2010

WR Antonio Brown has recorded fi ve 1,000-receiving yard campaigns (2011 and ‘13-16) and three consecutive 110-reception seasons from 2013-15 since entering the NFL in 2010.

His 619 receptions and 8,223 receiving yards are the most since entering the NFL in 2010 among active NFL players:

ACTIVE NFL RECEPTION LEADERS: 2010-CURRENT Rk. PLAYER, TEAM GP REC. 1. Antonio Brown, PIT 99 619 2. Brandon Marshall, MIA-CHI-NYJ 104 611 3. Larry Fitzgerald, ARI 107 586

ACTIVE NFL RECEIVING YARDS LEADERS: 2010-CURRENT Rk. PLAYER, TEAM REC. YARDS 1. Antonio Brown, PIT 619 8,223 2. Brandon Marshall, MIA-CHI-NYJ 611 7,998 3. Demaryius Thomas, DEN 532 7,546

REACHING 600 IN 96WR Antonio Brown hauled in the 600th reception of his NFL

career in Week 11 at Cleveland - his 96th regular-season game - setting an NFL record for thew fewest games played to reach 600 catches in a career:

FEWEST GAMES TO 600 RECEPTIONS: NFL HISTORY Rk. PLAYER GAMES TO 600 1. Antonio Brown 96 2. Anquan Boldin 98 3. Marvin Harrison 102 4. Andre Johnson 104 5. Brandon Marshall 105

BROWN SINCE 2010 VS. NFCWR Antonio Brown Brown has also seen success when

facing members of the opposing conference in the NFC since entering the NFL.

Brown leads all AFC players in receptions (180) and receiving yards (2,330) and is second in touchdown catches (16) in games vs. NFC opponents since entering the NFL in 2010:

AFC RECEPTION LEADERS VS. NFC: 2010-CURRENT Rk. PLAYER, TEAM GP REC. 1. Antonio Brown, PIT 26 180 2. Demaryius Thomas, DEN 25 158 3. Antonio Gates, SD 24 133

AFC RECEIVING YARDS LEADERS VS. NFC: 2010-CURRENT

Rk. PLAYER, TEAM REC. YARDS 1. Antonio Brown, PIT 180 2,330 2. Demaryius Thomas, DEN 158 2,300 3. Andre Johnson, HOU-IND-TEN 121 1,746

BROWN AT THE TOP IN FIRST SIXWR Antonio Brown Brown caught 526 receptions in his fi rst

six years in the NFL (2010-15) - the most by any player in their fi rst six seasons in NFL history:

NFL RECEPTION LEADERS:FIRST SIX YEARS OF A CAREER

Rk. PLAYER, YEARS RECEPTIONS 1. Antonio Brown, 2010-15 526 2. Randy Moss, 1998-2003 525 3. Larry Fitzgerald, 2004-09 523

Brown recorded 59 games with at least fi ve catches and 50 receiving yards in his fi rst six years in the NFL, tying as the most such games in a player’s fi rst six seasons in NFL history:

MOST FIVE CATCH AND 50-YARD GAMES INFIRST SIX YEARS OF A CAREER: NFL HISTORY

Rk. PLAYER, YEARS 5/50 GAMES T1. Antonio Brown, 2010-15 59 Torry Holt, 1999-2004 59 3. Randy Moss, 1998-2003 56

554 IN 90WR Antonio Brown played in his 90th career regular-season

game in Week Four and increased his career total to 554 receptions - the second-most by any player in NFL history in their fi rst 90 career regular-season games:

MOST RECEPTIONS IN FIRST 90 REGULAR-SEASON GAMES Rk. PLAYER RECEPTIONS 1. Anquan Boldin 558 2. Antonio Brown 554 3. Larry Fitzgerald 515

7,500 AND 8,000 SCRIMMAGE YARDSWR Antonio Brown reached the 7,500 scrimmage yard

milestone in Week Three’s game at Philadelphia. He accomplished the feat in his 89th career regular-season game to tie Calvin Johnson for the fourth-fewest games to 7,500 scrimmage yards by a wide receiver in NFL history.

Brown reached the 8,000 scrimmage yard mark in Week 10’s game vs. Dallas, in his 95th career regular-season game to mark the sixth-fewest games to 8,000 scrimmage yards by a wide receiver in NFL history.

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BROWN ON THE TEAM’S CHARTSWR Antonio Brown is the second player in Steelers history

with 600 receptions third 8,000 with receiving yards and fi fth with 8,000 yards from scrimmage:

STEELERS ALL-TIME RECEPTION LEADERS Rk. STEELER, YEARS RECEPTIONS 1. Hines Ward, 1998-2011 1,000 2. Antonio Brown, 2010-16 619 3. Heath Miller, 2005-15 592

STEELERS ALL-TIME RECEIVING YARDS LEADERS Rk. STEELER, YEARS REC. YARDS 1. Hines Ward, 1998-2011 12,083 2. John Stallworth, 1974-87 8,723 8,723 3. Antonio Brown, 2010-16 8,223

STEELERS ALL-TIME SRIMMAGE YARDAGE LEADERS Rk. STEELER, YEARS RUSH YDS/REC YDS SCRMG. YARDS 1. Franco Harris, 1972-83 11,950 / 2,284 14,234 2. Hines Ward, 1998-2011 428 / 12,083 12,511 3. Jerome Bettis, 1996-2005 10,571 / 806 11,377 4. John Stallworth, 1974-87 111 / 8,723 8,834 5. Antonio Brown, 2010-16 119 / 8,223 8,342

Brown set a single-game career-high and became the 13th player (14th occasion) in Steelers history with a three touchdown catch game in Week 12 of 2016 at Indianapolis, to break a tie with Heath Miller for sole possession of the fourth-most touchdown catches in franchise history:

STEELERS ALL-TIME RECEIVING TOUCHDOWN LEADERS Rk. STEELER, YEARS REC. YARDS TDs 1. Hines Ward, 1988-2011 1,000 12,083 85 2. John Stallworth, 1974-87 537 8,723 63 3. Lynn Swann, 1974-82 336 5,462 51 4. Antonio Brown, 2010-16 614 8,145 49 5. Heath Miller, 2005-15 592 6,569 45

Brown increased his overall touchdown total to 54 in Week 13 vs. the New York Giants to move into sole possession of the fi fth-most total touchdowns in franchise history:

STEELERS ALL-TIME TOUCHDOWN LEADERS Rk. STEELER, YEARS RUSH / REC / RET TDS 1. Franco Harris, 1972-83 91 / 9 / 0 100 2. Hines Ward, 1998-2011 1 / 85 / 0 86 3. Jerome Bettis, 1996-2005 78 / 2 / 0 80 4. John Stallworth, 1974-87 1 / 63 / 0 64 5. Antonio Brown, 2010-16 0 / 49 / 5 54 6. Lynn Swann, 1974-82 1 / 51 / 1 53

BROWN ON THE TEAM’S CHARTS

WR Antonio Brown’s 2015 receptions and receiving yards totals marked the most by a Steeler in a single-season in team history and his 93 in 2016 stand as eighth-most:

STEELERS SINGLE-SEASON RECEPTION LEADERS Rk. STEELER, YEAR RECEPTIONS 1. Antonio Brown, 2015 136 2. Antonio Brown, 2014 129 3. Hines Ward, 2002 112 4. Antonio Brown, 2013 110 T5. Hines Ward, 2009 95 Hines Ward, 2003 95 7. Hines Ward, 2001 94 8. Antonio Brown, 2016 93 9. Yancey Thigpen, 1995 85 10. Le’Veon Bell, 2014 83

STEELERS SINGLE-SEASON RECEIVING YARDS LEADERS

Rk. STEELER, YEAR RECEIVING YARDS 1. Antonio Brown, 2015 1,834 2. Antonio Brown, 2014 1,698 3. Antonio Brown, 2013 1,499 4. Yancey Thigpen, 1997 1,398 5. John Stallworth, 1984 1,395

Brown amassed 1,862 yards from scrimmage in 2015, the third most by a Steeler in a single-season:

STEELERS SINGLE-SEASON SCRIMMAGE YARDS LEADERS

Rk. STEELER, YEAR RUSH YDS/REC YDS SCRMG. YARDS 1. Le’Veon Bell, 2014 1,361 / 854 2,215 2. Barry Foster, 1992 1,690 / 344 2,034 3. Antonio Brown, 2015 28 / 1,834 1,862 4. Jerome Bettis, 1997 1,665 / 110 1,775 5. Willie Parker, 2006 1,494 / 222 1,716 6. Antonio Brown, 2014 13 / 1,698 1,711

BROWN’S FRANCHISE DAY WR Antonio Brown posted the most prolifi c receiving game for a player in Steelers history in Week 9’s 38-35 win vs. Oakland in 2015. He led all players with franchise records of 17 catches for 284 receiving yards, and added 22 rushing yards for a team record 306 yards from scrimmage:

STEELERS SINGLE-GAME RECEPTION LEADERS Rk. STEELER RECEPTIONS 1. Antonio Brown, Nov. 8, 2015 17 2. Antonio Brown, Dec. 20, 2015 16 T3. Antonio Brown, Nov. 13, 2016 14 Courtney Hawkins, Nov. 1, 1998 14

STEELERS SINGLE-GAME RECEIVING YARDS LEADERS Rk. STEELER REC. YARDS 1. Antonio Brown, Nov. 8, 2015 284 2. Plaxico Burress, Nov. 10, 2002 253 3. Buddy Dial, Oct. 22, 1961 235

STEELERS SINGLE-GAME SCRIMMAGE YARDS LEADERS Rk. STEELER SCRMG. YARDS 1. Antonio Brown, Nov. 8, 2015 306 2. Frenchy Fuqua, Dec. 20, 1970 256 3. Le’Veon Bell, Nov. 30, 2014 254

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UNFORGETTABLE SIX WR Antonio Brown worked his way from a sixth-round draft pick to a three-time team MVP and four-time Pro Bowler in his fi rst six seasons. He has registered the most receptions by a Steelers’ receiver in their fi rst four, fi ve and six regular and seasons:

RECEPTIONS IN Rk. STEELER, YEARS FIRST SIX YEARS GP/GS 1. Antonio Brown, 2010-15 526 86/59 2. Hines Ward, 1998-2003 425 96/77 5. Heath Miller, 2005-10 286 92/91 4. Plaxico Burress, 2000-04 261 71/67 5. Louis Lipps, 1984-89 253 79/70 Brown’s 5,259 receiving yards were the most receiving yards by a Steelers’ receiver in their fi rst fi ve regular seasons and his 7,093 are the most by a Steeler in their fi rst six seasons:

RECEIVING YARDS IN Rk. STEELER, YEARS FIRST SIX YEARS 1. Antonio Brown, 2010-15 7,093 2. Hines Ward, 1998-03 5,051 3. Buddy Dial, 1959-63 4,723 4. Louis Lipps, 1984-89 4,665 5. Plaxico Burress, 2000-04 4,164

Brown totaled 7,755 all-purpose yards - the most by a Steeler in their fi rst fi ve regular seasons (2010-13). His 9,911 are tops by a Steeler through their fi rst six seasons:

ALL-PURPOSE YARDS IN Rk. STEELER, YEARS FIRST SIX YEARS 1. Antonio Brown, 2010-15 9,911 2. Franco Harris, 1972-77 7,399 3. Louis Lipps, 1984-89 6,510 4. Lynn Chandnois, 1950-55 6,498 5. Willie Parker, 2004-09 6,075

BROWN’S NFL NOTES

WR Antonio Brown caught 375 passes over the past three seasons (2013-15) - the most in NFL history over any three-year span:

RECEPTIONS IN ANY THREE Rk. PLAYER, YEARS YEAR SPAN: NFL HISTORY 1. Antonio Brown, 2013-15 375 2. Marvis Harrison, 2000-02 354 T3. Wes Welker, 2007-09 346 Marvin Harrison, 2001-03 346 5. Jerry Rice, 1994-96 342

His 5,031 receiving yards from the 2013-2015 seasons are the second-most by any player in NFL history in any three-year span:

RECEIVING YARDS IN ANY THREE Rk. PLAYER, YEARS YEAR SPAN: NFL HISTORY 1. Calvin Johnson, 2011-13 5,137 2. Antonio Brown, 2013-15 5,031 3. Jerry Rice, 1993-95 4,850 4. Calvin Johnson, 2010-12 4,765 5. Marvin Harrison, 2000-02 4,659

Brown became just the second player in NFL history to record three consecutive 110 catch seasons during Week 15’s game vs. Denver in 2015, joining Wes Welker (2013-15).

He became the second in NFL history with consecutive 120-catch and back-to-back 1,600-receiving yard campaigns during Week 16’s game at Baltimore in 2015:

CONSECUTIVE SEASONS WITH Rk. PLAYER, YEARS AT LEAST 120 CATCHES T1. Antonio Brown, 2014-15 2 Cris Carter, 1994-95 2

CONSECUTIVE SEASONS WITH Rk. PLAYER, YEARS 1,600 RECEIVING YARDS T1. Antonio Brown, 2014-15 2 Calvin Johnson, 2011-12 2

The sixth-year receiver has tallied 1,500 receiving yards in back-to-back seaons and is the fi fth player in NFL history to reach the feat:

CONSECUTIVE SEASONS WITH Rk. PLAYER, YEARS 1,500 RECEIVING YARDS T1. Antonio Brown, 2014-15 2 Julio Jones, 2014-15 2 Calvin Johnson, 2011-12 2 Andre Johnson, 2008-09 2 Marvin Harrison, 2001-02 2

Brown is the fi rst player in Steelers history and fi fth player in NFL history to record three straight 1,400-receiving yard campaigns:

CONSECUTIVE SEASONS WITH Rk. PLAYER, YEARS 1,400 RECEIVING YARDS 1. Marvin Harrison, 1999-2002 4 T2. Antonio Brown, 2013-15 3 Demaryius Thomas, 2012-14 3 Calvin Johnson, 2011-13 3 Jerry Rice, 1993-95 3

Brown has eclipsed 1,500 yards from scrimmage in each of the last three seasons (2013: 1,503, 2014: 1,711 and 2015: 1,614). He is the fi rst player in Steelers history with three consecutive 1,500-scrimmage yard seasons and the second wide receiver in NFL history to accmplish the feat.

ALL AROUND BROWN WR Antonio Brown has been a valuable asset to the team’s off ensive and special teams eff orts. In Week 13 vs. Indianapolis in 2015, Brown returned a punt for a 71-yard touchdown, his fourth punt return for a touchdown to tie a Steelers record:

STEELERS ALL-TIME PUNT RETURN FOR TOUCHDOWNS Rk. STEELER, YEARS PR TDs T1. Antonio Brown, 2010-16 4 Antwaan Randle El, 2002-05, ‘10 4 T3. Louis Lipps, 1984-91 3 Ray Mathews, 1951-59 3

Brown also ranks second in team history with 1,693 punt return yards:

STEELERS ALL-TIME PUNT RETURN YARDS Rk. STEELER, YEARS CAREER PR YARDS PR TDs 1. Rod Woodson, 1987-96 2,362 2 2. Antonio Brown, 2010-16 1,693 4 3. Antwaan Randle El, 2002-05, ‘10 1,650 4 4. Theo Bell, 1976, 1978-80 1,259 0 5. Louis Lipps, 1984-91 1,212 3 Along with four punts returned for touchdowns, Brown has one kickoff returned to the end zone in his career. He is the sixth player in NFL history - the fi rst Steeler - to have 35 career touchdown catches and fi ve returns for touchdowns.

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BROWN’S STEELERS NOTESIn his seventh year, receiver - WR Antonio Brown - has

caught 10 passes or more in 12 games of his NFL career, all with the Steelers, the most double-digit reception games in team history:

MOST DOUBLE-DIGIT CATCH Rk. STEELER, YEARS GAMES: STEELERS HISTORY 1. Antonio Brown, 2010-16 12 2. Hines Ward, 1998-2011 7 T3. Heath Miller, 2005-15 3 Yancey Thigpen, 1992-97 3

His 29 100-receiving yard games place Brown are tied as the most in the category in Steelers history:

MOST 100-REC. YARD GAMES Rk. STEELER, YEARS IN STEELERS HISTORY T1. Antonio Brown, 2010-16 29 Hines Ward, 1998-2011 29 3. John Stallworth, 1974-87 25

Brown has caught two touchdown catches in 12 games in his NFL career, all with Pittsburgh, the second-most multi-touchdown catch games in Steelers history:

MOST MULTI-TOUCHDOWN Rk. STEELER, YEARS GAMES: STEELERS HISTORY 1. Buddy Dial, 1959-63 15 2. Antonio Brown, 2010-16 12 3. Lynn Swann, 1974-82 10 4. John Stallworth, 1974-87 9 T5. Louis Lipps, 1984-91 7 Roy Jeff erson, 1965-69 7

From 2014-15, Brown caught 23 touchdown passes - the most by a Steeler in back-to-back seasons - and joining Hines Ward as the only players with 10 or more touchdown receptions in consecutive years:

MOST TOUCHDOWN CATCHES Rk. STEELER, YEARS IN BACK-TO-BACK SEASONS 1. Antonio Brown, 2014-15 23 2. Hines Ward, 2002-03 22

Brown’s nine 100-yard receiving games in 2015 set a single-season team record, surpassing his previous 2014 record of eight:

MOST 100-REC. YARD GAMES Rk. STEELER, YEARS IN A SEASON: STEELERS HISTORY 1. Antonio Brown, 2015 9 2. Antonio Brown, 2014 8 T3. Mike Wallace, 2010 7 John Stallworth, 1984 7 T5. Yancey Thigpen, 1997 6 Buddy Dial, 1963 6

COATES GOING THE DISTANCE

WR Sammie Coates has caught 20 passes for 425 receiving yards, inclduing a long of 72 yards, during the 2016 season.

Coates’ 21.3 yards per catch average is second among all NFL players in 2016 (min. 2 catches/game):

NFL YARDS PER CATCH LEADERS: 2016Min. 20 Receptions

Rk. PLAYER, TEAM REC-YDS AVG. 1. Rob Gronkowski, NE 25-540 21.6 2. Sammie Coates, PIT 20-425 21.3 3. Chris Hogan, NE 32-613 19.2 4. DeSean Jackson, WAS 42-746 17.8 5. Kenny Stills, MIA 34-598 17.6

Coates registered his fi rst career 100-yard receiving game, tying a personal single-game high of six catches for a game-best 139 yards with two touchdowns in Week Five vs. the New York Jets. He caught a 72-yard touchdown from QB Ben Roethlisberger, the longest reception of his NFL career, and the fi rst touchdown of his NFL career. He added a fi ve-yard touchdown with less than two minutes remaining in the fourth quarter to mark his fi rst career multi-touchdown game.

BROWN NUMBER TO NOTE

180WR Antonio Brown became the fi rst player in NFL history

to record four 180-yard receiving games in a season in 2015 (195: Sept. 20, vs. San Francisco, 284: Nov. 8 vs. Oakland,

189: Dec. 20 vs. Denver and 187: Jan. 3 at Cleveland ).

COATES AND ROETHLISBERGER

40+WR Sammie Coates and QB Ben Roethlisberger

connected on a pass play of at least 40 yards in each of the fi rst fi ve games of the 2016 season. The streak marked the second-longest in Steelers history (Mike Wallace, six

consecutive games in 2011).

THE OUTLAW JESSE JAMES

TE Jesse James set single-game career-highs with six catches (fi ve, Sept. 12, 2016 at Washington) for 43 yards in Week Five against the New York Jets.

He caught a touchdown pass in back-to-back (Weeks Four-Five) games for the fi rst time in his NFL career in 2016.

James has set single-season career-highs in receptions (33), receiving yards (273) and touchdown catches (3) in 2016.

ROGERS RECORDS FIRST 100

WR Eli Rogers registered the fi rst 100-yard receiving games of his NFL career in Week Nine at Baltimore, fi nishing with 103 yards in six receptions. His six catches tied a single-game career-high (six at Washington, Sept. 12, 2016).

In Week 10 vs. Dallas, Rogers caught four passes for 42 yards, including a three-yard touchdown pass from QB Ben Roethlisberger in the fi rst quarter, his second touchdown catch of the season and his career.

FINDING THE GREEN

TE Ladarius Green recorded the fi rst 100-receiving yard game of his NFL career in Week 13 vs. the New York Giants, leading all players with single-game career highs in receptions (6) and receiving yards (110), while scoring his fi rst touchdown as a Steeler on a 20-yard reception in the third quarter.

Green has totaled 13 catches for 232 yards and a touchdown in fi ve games played (one start) in 2016.

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RINGING THE BELL IN 2016 RB Le’Veon Bell has rushed for at least 100 yards in each of the previous four games, becoming the fi rst Steeler with a such a streak since the 2006-07 seasons. He has eclipsed 100 scrimmage yards in fi ve consecutive games and in nine of his 10 games played in 2016. Below is a look at where Bell ranks in the NFL through Week 14:• Scrimmage Yards Per Game: 161.6 (1st)• Rushing Yards Per Game: 105.3 (2nd)• Receptions by a Running Back: 67 (2nd)• Receiving Yards by a Running Back: 563 (2nd)• Scrimmage Yards: 1,616 (3rd)• Rushing Yards: 1,053 (4th)• Rushing Average: 4.83 (6th)

NFL SCRIMMAGE YARDS PER GAME LEADERS: 2016 Rk. PLAYER, TEAM SCRMG. YDS (RUSH / REC) AVG,/GAME 1. Le’Veon Bell, PIT 1,616 (1,053 / 563) 161.6 2. David Johnson, ARI 1,830 (1,085 / 745) 140.8 3. Ezekiel Elliott, DAL 1,714 (1,392 / 322) 131.8 4. DeMarco Murray, TEN 1,444 (1,135 / 309) 111.1 5. Melvin Gordon, SD 1,416 (997 / 419) 108.9

Bell rushed for a single-game Steelers record 236 yards in Week 14 at Buff alo while tying a team record with three rushing touchdowns and his 298 scrimmage yards marked the second-most in team history. He set a team record for the most 200-scrimmage yard games with his fourth in Week 11 at Cleveland, racking up 201 yards (146 rushing / 55 receiving) and adding a one-yard touchdown run. Bell returned to the playing fi eld in Week Four on Sunday Night Football against Kansas City and totaled up a game-high 144 rushing yards on 18 carries, to go along with 34 receiving yards on fi ve catches, for a total of 178 scrimmage yards. Bell totaled a game-high 154 yards from scrimmage (66 rushing and 88 receiving) in Week Five vs. New York. Bell posted a game-high 149 yards from scrimmage (81 rushing and 68 receiving) in Week Seven vs. New England, his 25th regular-season game with at least 100 scrimmage yards, and set a personal regular-season single-game high of 10 receptions. In Week 10 vs. Dallas, Bell posted 134 yards from scrimmage, along with a rushing (one-yard) and receiving (two-yard) touchdown to mark his second career game with a touchdown in both categories (Dec. 7, 2014 at Cincinnati).

BELL SINCE ‘13 RB Le’Veon Bell’s 1,259 yards from scrimmage paced the Steelers’ off ense in 2013 and set a franchise rookie record. His output marked the second-best production among the NFL’s rookie class in 2013. Bell fi nished second in the NFL with 2,215 yards from scrimmage in 2014. Since entering the NFL in 2013, the fourth-year back leads the NFL with an average of 128.5 yards from scrimmage per game:

NFL SRIMMAGE YARDS PER GAME LEADERS:2013 - CURRENT

Rk. PLAYER GAMES-YARDS YARDS/GM 1. Le’Veon Bell, PIT 45-5,782 128.5 2. Julio Jones, ATL 48-5,305 110.5 3. LeSean McCoy, PHI-BUF 56-6,100 108.9 4. DeMarco Murray, DAL-PHI-TEN 58-6,200 106.9 5. Matt Forte, CHI-NYJ 58-6,114 105.4

Since entering the NFL in 2013, Bell has recorded 30 games with 100 yards from scrimmage or more - the fourth-most over that time span:

MOST 100-YARD SCRIMMAGE GAMES: 2013-CURRENT

Rk. PLAYER 100-YARD GAMES 1. LeSean McCoy, PHI-BUF 36 2. Matt Forte, CHI-NYJ 32 3. DeMarco Murray, DAL-PHI-TEN 31 4. Le’Veon Bell, PIT 30 5. Antonio Brown, PIT 27

BELL’S FRANCHISE DAY RB Le’Veon Bell rushed for 236 yards in Week 14 of 2016 at Buff alo to set the team’s single-game record and his 298 yards from scrimmage marked the second-most:

STEELERS SINGLE-GAME RUSHING YARDS LEADERS Rk. STEELER REC. YARDS 1. Le’Veon Bell, Dec. 11, 2016 236 2. Willie Parker, Dec. 7, 2006 223 3. Frenchy Fuqua, Dec. 20, 1970 218

STEELERS SINGLE-GAME SCRIMMAGE YARDS LEADERS Rk. STEELER SCRMG. YARDS 1. Antonio Brown, Nov. 8, 2015 306 2. Le’Veon Bell, Dec. 11, 2016 298 3. Frenchy Fuqua, Dec. 20, 1970 256

BELL AMONG STEELERS BEST IN FOUR RB Le’Veon Bell has produced 3,830 rushing yards and 5,782 yards from scrimmage since entering the NFL in 2013. His 5,782 yards from scrimmage are the second-most by a Steeler in their fi rst four years with the team, while his 3,830 rushing yards are fourth-most:

SCRIMMAGE YARDS IN Rk. STEELER FIRST FOUR YEARS 1. Jerome Bettis, 1996-99 5,804 2. Le’Veon Bell, 2013-current 5,782 3. Willie Parker, 2004-07 4,818 4. Franco Harris, 1972-75 4,668 5. Mike Wallace, 2009-12 4,193 RUSHING YARDS IN Rk. STEELER FIRST FOUR YEARS 1. Jerome Bettis, 1996-99 5,372 2. Willie Parker, 2004-07 4,198 3. Franco Harris, 1972-75 4,005 4. Le’Veon Bell, 2013-current 3,830 5. Rashard Mendenhall, 2008-11 3,367

OVER 200 TIMES TWO AND FOUR RB Le’veon Bell eclipsed 200 rushing yards for the second time in his NFL regular-season career in Week 14 at Buff alo, racking up a franchise record 236 yards. It marked his second 200-rushing yard performance (204: Nov. 17, 2014) to tie him with Willie Parker for the most 200-rushing yard games in team history. Bell has eclipsed 200 yards from scrimmage fi ve times in his career, most recently in Week 14 of 2016 at Buff alo. His fi ve 200-yard scrimmage games are the most in Steelers history, as he broke a tie with Willie Parker (three), and are the most in the NFL since he entered the League in 2013.

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BELL ON THE TOP 10 RB Le’Veon Bell has made his mark on the Steelers’ top 10 rushing yards, rushing touchdowns and yards from scrimmage charts lists within his fi rst four seasons with the team. His 3,830 rushing yards and 5,782 yards from scrimmage place him ninth in team history while his 25 rushing touchdowns place him tied for eighth:

MOST RUSHING YARDS: STEELERS HISTORY Rk. STEELER RUSHING YARDS 6. Dick Hoak, 1961-70 3,965 7. Barry Foster, 1990-94 3,943 8. Rocky Bleier, 1968-80 3,865 9. Le’Veon Bell, 2013-current 3,830 10. Rashard Mendenhall, 2008-12 3,549

MOST YARDS FROM SCRIMMAGE: STEELERS HISTORY Rk. STEELER RUSHING YARDS 6. Heath Miller, 2005-15 6,577 7. Louis Lipps, 1984-91 6,406 8. Willie Parker, 2004-09 6,075 9. Le’Veon Bell, 2013-current 5,782 10. Lynn Swann, 1974-82 5,534

MOST RUSHING TOUCHDOWNS: STEELERS HISTORY Rk. STEELER RUSHING YARDS T6. Barry Foster, 1990-94 26 John Henry Johnson, 1960-65 26 T8. Le’Veon Bell, 2013-current 25 Dick Hoak, 1961-70 25 10. Willie Parker, 2004-09 24

BELL AMONG STEELERS IN THREE RB Le’veon Bell set a Steelers franchise record for the most yards from scrimmage by a rookie with 1,259 in 2013 - becoming the third rookie in team history to eclipse 1,000 yards from scrimmage. His 860 rushing yards in his freshman campaign were the second-most and his eight rushing touchdowns tied for the second-most by a Steelers rookie. Combined with his 1,361 rushing yards in 2014 and 556 yardson the ground in 2015, Bell ranks second in team history in rushingyards in a player’s fi rst three seasons in the NFL with the Steelers:

RUSHING YARDS IN Rk. STEELER FIRST THREE YEARS 1. Willie Parker, 2004-06 2,882 2. Le’Veon Bell, 2013-15 2,777 3. Franco Harris, 1972-74 2,759 4. Rashard Mendenhall, 2008-10 2,439 5. Barry Foster, 1990-92 2,381

His 2,777 rushing yards are the third-most by a Steelers in his fi rst three seaons with the team: RUSHING YARDS IN Rk. STEELER FIRST THREE YEARS 1. Jerome Bettis, 1996-98 4,281 2. Willie Parker, 2004-06 2,882 3. Le’Veon Bell, 2013-15 2,777 4. Franco Harris, 1972-74 2,759 5. John Henry Johnson, 1960-62 2,549

Combined with his 2,215 yards from scrimmage in 2014, Bell has set a team record for the most yards from scrimmage in a player’s fi rst three seasons in the NFL with the Steelers with 4,166. SCRIMMAGE YARDS IN Rk. STEELER FIRST THREE YEARS 1. Le’Veon Bell, 2013-15 4,166 2. Mike Wallace, 2009-11 3,350 3. Willie Parker, 2004-06 3,338

3,000 AND 1,500 RB Le’veon Bell became the third player in Steelers history with at least 3,000 rushing and 1,500 receiving yards in Week Six at Miami, joining Franco Harris and Merril Hoge. Bell reached the 3,000 rushing and 1,500 receiving yard mark in his 38th career regular-season game, surpassing Edgerrin James (42 games) for the fewest games in NFL history to reach the feat.

FEWEST GAMES TO 3,000 RUSHING AND Rk. PLAYER 1,500 RECEIVING YARDS 1. Le’Veon Bell 38 2. Edgerrin James 42 T3. Herschel Walker 43 Marcus Allen 43

UNDER THE MONDAY NIGHT LIGHTS RB Le’Veon Bell tied Barry Sanders for the most yards from scrimmage in a player’s fi rst three Monday Night Football games with 494 after Week 5’s 127-yard game.

MOST YARDS FROM SCRIMMAGE IN A PLAYER’SFIRST THREE MONDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL GAMES

Rk. PLAYER SCRIMMAGE YARDS T1. Le’Veon Bell, PIT 494 Barry Sanders, DET 494

5,000 IN 42 RB Le’veon Bell reached 5,000 yards from scrimmage in Week 11’s game at Cleveland, his 42nd career regular-season game, marking the fewest games in Steelers history to the mark:

FEWEST GAMES TO 5,000 SCRIMMAGE Rk. PLAYER YARDS: STEELERS HISTORY 1. Le’Veon Bell 42 2. Jerome Bettis 52 T3. Willie Parker 56 Franco Harris 56 5. John Henry Johnson 64

Bell also reached the milestone in the second-fewest games among active NFL players (Chris Johnson: 41).

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DECEM-BELL Since entering the NFL in 2013, RB Le’veon Bell has totaled 1,418 yards from scrimmage in the month of December - the fourth-most in the NFL in games played in December since 2013:

MOST YARDS FROM SCRIMMAGE IN GAMES PLAYED INDECEMBER: 2013 - CURRENT

Rk. PLAYER SCRIMMAGE YARDS 1. LeSean McCoy, PHI-BUF 1,640 2. Matt Forte, CHI-NYJ 1,480 3. Antonio Brown, PIT 1,424 4. Le’Veon Bell, PIT 1,418 5. Demaryius Thomas, DEN 1,302

His 1,001 rushing yards in games played in the month of December since 2013 are fi fth-most:

MOST RUSHING YARDS IN GAMES PLAYED INDECEMBER: 2013 - CURRENT

Rk. PLAYER RUSHING YARDS 1. LeSean McCoy, PHI-BUF 1,271 2. Frank Gore, SF-IND 1,097 3. Lamar Miller, MIA-HOU 1,034 4. DeMarco Murrary, DAL-PHI-TEN 1,022 5. Le’Veon Bell, PIT 1,001

WILLIAMS IN BLACK AND GOLD RB DeAngelo Williams led the NFL in rushing yards through the fi rst two weeks of the 2016 season with 237 yards on 58 carries (4.1 avg.) and two rushing touchdowns. Williams has totaled 276 rushing yards and 91 receiving yards for 367 yards from scrimmage in 2016. He led all NFL players with 143 rushing yards to go along with two rushing touchdowns and six catches for 28 yards in Week One at Washington to open up the 2016 season. In Week Two, Williams totaled a game-high 132 scrimmage yards (94 rushing and 38 receiving) with one receiving touchdown - his 39th career regular-season games with at least 100 scrimmage yards and eighth with Pittsburgh. Williams scored the 60th rushing touchdown of his NFL career on Sunday Night Football in Week Four vs. Kansas City to become the third active player in the NFL with at least 60 rushing scores (Adrian Peterson and Frank Gore).

JONES MAKES FIRST START OF ‘16QB Landry Jones made his third career start, fi nishing 29-of-47

for 281 yards with one touchdown and one interception, in Week Seven against New England. He established single-game career highs in completions (29), attempts (47) and passing yards (281), and set a career high for passing yards in any half of a game with 179 in the opening half, surpassing his previous mark of 168 (Oct. 18, 2015 vs. Arizona, second half).

WILLIAMS AMONG ACTIVES RB DeAngelo Williams has rushed for 8,029 yards on 1,707 rushing attempts and scored 60 rushing touchdowns since entering the NFL in 2006 (2006-14: Carolina and 2015-pres.: Pittsburgh). Among active NFL running backs, Williams’ 60 rushing touchdowns are third-most and his 8,029 rushing yards place him sixth:

NFL ACTIVE RUSHING TOUCHDOWN LEADERS Rk. PLAYER ATT-YARDS RUSH TDs 1. Adrian Peterson 2,412-11,725 97 2. Frank Gore 2,910-12,830 74 3. DeAngelo Williams 1,707-8,029 60 4. LeSean McCoy 1,850-8,663 57 5. Chris Johnson 2,118-9,537 55

NFL ACTIVE RUSHING YARDS LEADERS Rk. PLAYER ATT-YARDS 1. Frank Gore 2,910-12,830 2. Adrian Peterson 2,412-11,725 3. Chris Johnson 2,118-9,537 4. Matt Forte 2,249-9,394 5. LeSean McCoy 1,850-8,663 6. DeAngelo Williams 1,707-8,029

WILLIAMS: 10,000 YARD MARK10,000

RB DeAngelo Williams eclipsed the 10,000 yards from scrimmage mark in Week Two of 2016 to become the 13th

active NFL player to hit the milestone.

WILLIAMS HITS 8,000 RUSHING YARDS8,000

RB DeAngelo Williams became the fi fth active NFL running back with at least 8,000 rushing yards during Week Three’s

game at Philadelphia.

OCTO-BELL Since entering the NFL in 2013, RB Le’veon Bell has totaled 1,813 yards from scrimmage - the most in the NFL in games played in October since 2013:

MOST YARDS FROM SCRIMMAGE IN GAMES PLAYED INOCTOBER: 2013 - CURRENT

Rk. PLAYER SCRIMMAGE YARDS 1. Le’Veon Bell, PIT 1,813 2. DeMarco Murrary, DAL-PHI-TEN 1,729 3. Matt Forte, CHI-NYJ 1,645 3. T.Y. Hilton, IND 1,579 5. Demaryius Thomas, DEN 1,474

His 1,257 rushing yards in games played in the month of October since 2013 trail only DeMarco Murray (1,399):

MOST RUSHING YARDS IN GAMES PLAYED INOCTOBER: 2013 - CURRENT

Rk. PLAYER RUSHING YARDS 1. DeMarco Murrary, DAL-PHI-TEN 1,399 2. Le’Veon Bell, PIT 1,257 3. Lamar Miller, MIA-HOUR 1,141 T4. Frank Gore, SF-IND 1,107 LeSean McCoy, PHI-BUF 1,107

NOVEM-BELLSince entering the NFL in 2013, RB Le’veon Bell has totaled 1,765 yards from scrimmage in the month of November - the second-most yards in November games over the last three seasons:

MOST YARDS FROM SCRIMMAGE IN GAMES PLAYED INNOVEMBER: 2013 - CURRENT

Rk. PLAYER SCRIMMAGE YARDS 1. Antonio Brown, PIT 1,802 2. Le’Veon Bell, PIT 1,765 2. LeSean McCoy, PHI-BUF 1,728 4. DeMarco Murray, DAL-PHI-TEN 1,650 5. Mark Ingram, NO 1,525

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HARRISON SETS TEAM SACK MARK LB James Harrison brought down Cleveland QB Cody Kessler in Week 11’s game to increase his Steelers sack total to 77.5 to set the Steelers mark for the most sacks since the statistic became offi cial in 1982. Harrison has posted a sack in three consecutive games since Week 11, increasing his team mark to 79.5:

STEELERS SACK LEADERS SINCE 1982 Rk. STEELER, YEARS SACKS 1. James Harrison, 2002-12, 2014-16 79.5 2. Jason Gildon, 1994-2003 77.0 3. Joey Porter, 1999-2006 60.0

Harrison produced his 19th multi-sack game as a Steeler with a two sack performance in Week Nine at Baltimore. His 19 multi-sack games as a Steeler are the most such games in team history since the statistic became offi cial in 1982:

STEELERS MULTI-SACK GAMES SINCE 1982 Rk. STEELER, YEARS SACKS 1. James Harrison, 2002-12, 2014-15 19 2. Jason Gildon, 1994-2003 17 3. LaMarr Woodley, 2007-13 16

The linebacker also ranks second in team history for career forced fumbles, behind only Greg Lloyd (since 1987):

STEELERS FORCED FUMBLE LEADERS SINCE 1987 Rk. STEELER, YEARS FORCED FUMBLES 1. Greg Lloyd, 1988-97 36 2. James Harrison, 2002-12, 2014-15 32 3. Jason Gildon, 1994-2003 18

BIG PLAY GAY CB William Gay has notched 44 tackles (32 solo) to go along with six passes defensed, one interception, one sack, a forced fumble and a a tackle for a loss through Week 14. Gay picked off Cincinnati QB AJ McCarron and returned the ball 23 yards for a touchdown in Week 14’s game of 2015. It marked Gay’s fi fth consecutive interception return for a touchdown, setting a new NFL record, and his fi fth pick six with the Steelers, tying Rod Woodson for the most in team history:

MOST CONSECUTIVE INTERCEPTION-TOUCHDOWNS -NFL HISTORY

Rk. PLAYER, YEARS INT-TDs 1. William Gay, 2013-15 5 T2. Captain Munnerylyn, 2012-13 4 Charles Tillman, 2012 4 Tedy Bruschi, 2002-03 4

MOST INTERCEPTION-TOUCHDOWNS -STEELERS HISTORY

Rk. STEELER, YEARS INT-TDs T1. William Gay, 2007-11, ‘13-15 5 Rod Woodson, 1987-96 5 T3. Chad Scott, 1997-2004 4 Jack Butler, 1951-59 4 T5. Five Steelers Tied 3

With his fi fth interception returned for a touchdown, Gay became the 10th active NFL defender with fi ve pick sixes and increased his career total to 10 interceptions, eight as a Steeler.

SHAZIER ON THE INSIDE LB Ryan Shazier has totaled 64 tackles, including 40 solo stops, along with six passes defensed, three forced fumbles, a fumble recovery, fi ve tackles for losses, fi ve quarterback hits, an interception and 2.5 sacks in 2016. In Week One on Monday Night Football at Washington, Shazier totaled 6 tackles (5 solo) and recorded his second career inter-ception in the third quarter, one play after forcing his third career forced fumble. Shazier posted a game-high 11 total tackles (5 solo), and a tackle for a loss in the team’s Week Two win vs. Cincinnati - his third career double-digit tackle game and fi rst of the season. In Week Nine at Baltimore, Shazier tied for the team-lead with 9 tackles (6 solo) and split a sack, and forced a fumble in the second quarter. In Week 10 vs. Dallas, Shazier led the team with 9 tackles (4 solo) and recovered a fumble forced by LB Anthony Chickillo in the fi rst quarter – the second fumble recovery of his NFL career. Shazier forced a fumble on a sack of QB Josh McCown, which was recovered in the endzone by NT Javon Hargrave in Week 11’s game at Cleveland. It marked his third forced fumble on the season, a new single-season career-high, and the fi fth forced fumble of his career. In Week 11 at Cleveland, Shazier forced a fumble on a sack of QB Josh McCown, which was recovered in the endzone by NT Javon Hargrave. It marked his third forced fumble on the season, a new single-season career-high, and the fi fth forced fumble of his career. Shazier led the defense with eight tackles in Week 14 at Buff alo and registered a sack of Buff alo QB Tyrod Taylor.

MITCHELL IN THE BACKFIELD S Mike Mitchell leads the Pittsburgh secondary with 59 combined tackles in 2016 (41 solo) and has added eight pass break-ups, an interception and a quarterback hit through the fi rst 13 games of the season. In Week 12 at Indianapolis, Mitchell picked off Indianapolis QB Scott Tolzien in the fourth quarter to mark his 10th career interception and fourth as a Steeler. Mitchell made his 59th consecutive regular-season at Buff alo in Week 14 - the fi fth-longest active consecutive games played streak among NFL safeties.

GAY’S MILESTONE AT 157 CB William Gay extended his consecutive regular-season games played streak to 157 in Week 14 at Buff alo - the longest active consecutive games played streak among NFL defenisve

players.

TUITT TIES SINGLE-GAME MARK DE Stephon Tuitt tied a single-game career-high with 2.0 sacks in Week 11 at Cleveland, his third career multi-sack game. Tuitt was named AFC Defensive Player of the Week for his Week 11 performance, his fi rst such accolade, and became the Steeler to receive the honor since Troy Polamalu in 2013 (Week 12). Along with a sack in Week 11, he posted his second career sack streak (three games, Sept. 20-Oct. 1, 2015). Tuitt was credited with a half-sack of Buff alo QB Tyrod Taylor in the fi rst quarter of Week 14’s game at Buff alo, increasing his season total to 3.5 (11.0 in his NFL career).

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TIMMONS’ TIME IN 2016 LB Lawrence Timmons leads the Steelers’ defense in 2016 with 90 total tackles (60 solo) through the team’s fi rst 13 games, to go along with an interception he posted in Week 13. Timmons led the Steelers with eight stops in the fi rst game of the season on Monday Night Football at Washington, including four solo stops, and totaled a game-high 11 tackles in Week Seven vs. New England, all solo. In Week 12, Timmons posted a game-high 10 total tackles (8 solo), along with a quarterback hit.

DUPREE IN YEAR TWO LB Bud Dupree made his fi rst start of the 2016 season in Week 14 at Buff alo and recorded the fi rst multi-sack game of his NFL career, bringing down Buff alo QB Tyrod Taylor twice. Dupree returned to the fi eld in Week 11 and has appeared in each of the previous four games, making nine total tackles, to go along with 2.0 sacks, three quarterback hits and three tackles for losses.

TIMMONS ON THE SACK CHART LB Lawrence Timmons recorded a sack in the fourth quarter during Week 11’s game at Cleveland to increase his career total to 34.5 quarterback sacks. Timmons’ 34.5 quarterback sacks are the ninth-most by a Steeler since sacks became an offi cial statistic in 1982:

STEELERS SACK LEADERS SINCE 1982 Rk. STEELER, YEARS SACKS 6. Greg Lloyd, 1988-97 53.5 7. Aaron Smith, 1999-2011 44.0 8. Kevin Greene, 1993-95 35.5 9. Lawrence Timmons, 2007-15 34.5 10. Clark Haggans, 2000-07 32.5

TIMMONS’ DIGITS

1-OF-4 Timmons became the fourth Steeler with 30 sacks and 10

interceptions in 2015, joining Joey Porter, Greg Lloyd and Mike Merriweather, since sacks became an offi cial statistic in 1982.

10He recorded the 10th interception of his NFL career in Week 6 of 2015 vs. Arizona. He became the ninth Steelers linebacker to record 10 interceptions since the 1970 AFL-NFL merger.

10

Timmons totaled 10 total tackles (8 solo) in Week 12 against at Indianapolis. He has registered double digit tackles in 41

games during his career, including 28 times since the start of the 2012 season.

20 (17)His tackles (20) and solo tackles (17) in a victory over Baltimore in Week 7 in 2013 were both career highs.

97Timmons, who has missed only two games his entire career,

started his team-leading 97th consecutive regular-season game in Week 14 at Buff alo.

107-AND-108Since the start of the 2010 season, Timmons has started (107) and played in (108) the most games out of any Steelers’ line-backer, while also leading the group in tackles over that time.

100Timmons has eclipsed 100 total tackles fi ve times in his NFL career (2010, ‘12, ‘13, ‘14, ‘15) and has led the defense in

total tackles four times, including each of the previous three seasons (2010 ‘13 ‘14 and ‘15).

BURNS ON THE CORNER Rookie CB Artie Burns leads the Steelers defense with three interceptions in 2016 and is tied for the lead among the 2016 NFL rookie class:

NFL INTERCEPTION LEADERS - 2016 ROOKIES Rk. ROOKIE, TEAM INTs T1. Artie Burns, PIT 3 Deion Jones, ATL 3 T3. Briean Boddy-Calhoun, CLE 2 Tavon Young, BAL 2

Each of Burns’ three interceptions have come in road games, with his fi rst pick coming in his fi rst career start in Week Nine at Baltimore. In Week 11 at Cleveland, Burns hauled in his second intercep-tion of the season, picking off Cleveland QB Cody Kessler on the Browns’ opening possession of the game, and led the team with a single-game career-high three pass breakups. Burns posted his third interception in Week 14 at Buff alo.

DAVIS MAKING HIS MARK Rookie SS Sean Davis has totaled 49 tackles (39 solo) in 2016 - ranking tenth among the 2016 NFL defensive back ookie class (NFL.com):

NFL TACKLE LEADERS - 2016 DEFENSIVE BACK ROOKIES

Rk. ROOKIE, TEAM TACKLES 6. Jalen Ramsey, JAC 53 T7. Anthony Brown, DAL 51 Kevin Byard, TEN 51 9. Jalen Mills, PHI 50 10. Sean Davis, PIT 49

Davis has started fi ve of 13 games on the season and added 1.5 sacks, three passes defensed, three quarterback hits, three tackles for losses and an interception during his rookie campaign.

WILLIAMS LED THE ‘D’ LB Vince Williams led the Steelers’ defense in tackles in back-to-back games (Weeks Four-Five). In Week Four, Williams made his fi rst start of the 2016 season in vs. Kansas City on Sunday Night Football, and tallied a game and single-game personal best 15 tackles (13 solo). He was also redited with a sack in the second quarter, his fi rst of the season, increasing his career total to 1.5. Williams led the defense with a game high of 9 tackles (8 solo) in Week Five against the New York Jets, to go along with a sack, three stops for losses and two quarterback hits.

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BOS-DOES-WELL K Chris Boswell has converted 14 of his 18 fi eld goal attempts in 2016 - including six of seven attempts from 40-49 yards. Since joining the Steelers in 2015, Boswell is 43-of-50 overall on fi eld goal attempts (86.0%), including 15-of-19 (78.9%) be-tween 40-49 yards. His 86.0 fi eld goal percent ranks second in Steelers history among kickers with at least 30 fi eld goal attempts:

STEELERS FIELD GOAL % LEADERS(Minimum 30 Attempts)

Rk. KICKER, YEAR FGM-FGA FG% 1. Shaun Suisham, 2010-14 124-141 87.9 2. Chris Boswell, 2015-pres. 43-50 86.0 3. Norm Johnson, 1995-98 105-127 82.7 4. Jeff Reed, 2002-10 204-249 81.9 5. Gary Anderson, 1982-94 309-395 78.2

A LAND DOWN IN THE 20 P Jordan Berry boomed two punts covering 107 yards for a 53.5 average in Week One at Washington. In Week Two vs. Cincinnati, he pinned fi ve punts inside the Bengals’ 20 yard line, marking the fi fth game of his NFL career with at least three inside the 20’s. Berry landed each of his three punts in Week Five against the New York Jets inside their 20-yard line. In Week Nine at Baltimore, Berry punted the ball a single-game career-high nine times. Through the team’s fi rst 13 games, Berry has pinned opponents inside their 20-yard line on 21 of his 56 punts.

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PRESEASON GAME #1Detroit 30, Pittsburgh 17

August 12, 2016Heinz Field (44,148)

PITTSBURGH - The Steelers fell to the Detroit Lions, 30-17, in the team’s 2016 preseason opener at Heinz Field. Afterascorelessfirstquarter,theSteelers’defensegotasplashplayearly in thesecondquarter.DE Ricardo Mathews applied pressureonQBDanOrlovsky,andhisensuingthrowwaspickedoffbyCB Doran Grant,whoreturnedtheinterception39yardsforatouchdown.DetroitKMattPraterconnectedona29-yardfieldgoalontheLions’nextpossessionfortheteam’sfirstpointsofthegame. PittsburghrespondedonitsnextdrivewhenQB Landry Jones threwa29-yardtouchdowntoWR Darrius Heyward-BeytogivePittsburgha14-3advantage.Detroitcuttheleadto14-10onitsnextpossessionwhenOrlovskythrewa28-yardtouchdowntoWRAndreRoberts.Pratermadea31-yardfieldgoalpriortohalftime,andtheSteelershelda14-13leadatthebreak. DetroitKDevonBellconnectedona42-yardfieldgoalmidwaythrough the third quarter to give the Lions a 16-14 advantage.Steelers K Chris Boswellrespondedwitha37-yardfieldgoallaterinthequartertogivePittsburgha17-16lead. TheLionsthoughwouldscorethefinal14pointsofthegame.RBDwayneWashingtonreturnedakickoff96yardsforatouchdownearlyinthefourthquarter.AndQBJakeRudockthrewa27-yardtouchdowntoWRJaceBillingsleymidwaythroughthefourthquartertosealthe30-17victoryforDetroit.

GAME SUMMARY

Lions (1-0) 0 13 3 14 30STEELERS (0-1) 0 14 0 3 17

TEAM Q TIME PLAY DRIVE SCOREPIT 2 14:04 Grant39yd.interceptionreturn(Boswellkick) --;-- 7-0DET 2 8:00 Prater29yd.FG 13-74;6:04 7-3PIT 2 4:29 Heyward-Bey28yd.passfromJones(Boswellkick) 6-75;3:31 14-3DET 2 1:52 Roberts28yd.passfromOrlovsky(Praterkick) 7-81;2:37 14-10DET 2 0:18 Prater31yd.FG 7-14;0:54 14-13DET 3 6:54 Bell42yd.FG 4-9;2:00 14-16PIT 4 13:38 Boswell37yd.FG 13-56;8:16 17-16DET 4 13:26 Washington96yd.kickoffreturn(Rudock-Davispass) 0-0;0:12 17-24DET 4 6:12 Billingsley27yd.passfromRudock(Kickfailed) 11-74;5:42 30-17

TEAM STATISTICS Lions Steelers1st Downs 20 (3-16-1) 10 (5-4-1)3rd Downs 12-19 (63%) 2-12 (17%)4th Downs 0-0 (0%) 0-0 (0%)Total Net Yards 379 187Plays-Avg. 70-5.4 50-3.7Rushing Yards 95 85Rush Att.-Avg. 27-3.5 20-4.3Net Passing 284 102Att.-Comp.-Int. 42-28-1 26-15-0Sacks By 4-25 1-10Punts-Avg. 3-47.0 7-52.1Penalties 8-82 9-72Fumbles-Lost 5-1 3-1

Time of Poss. 34:02 25:58

INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING: Det. – Zenner 7-24;Rudock4-20;Riddick4-15;Ridley5-14;Washington 2-12;Winn 4-5;Stafford1-5. Pit. –Richardson11-44;Ayers 1-14;Gradkowski 2-11;Toussaint1-5;Rogers1-5;Brown-Dukes1-2;Stingily1-1;Coates1-0. PASSING: Det. –Orlovsky25-16-1,164,1TD;Rudock11-8-0,72,1TD;Stafford6-4-0,58.Pit. –Jones12-6-0,55,1TD;Vaughan11-6-0,50.Gradkowski3-3-0,22. RECEIVING: Det. –Kerley5-36;Roberts3-57,1TD;Billingsley3-33,1 TD; Zenner 3-32;Winn 2-25;Charles 2-15; Davis 2-14; Boldin1-30;M. Jones 1-16;Washington1-15;Wick1-10;Ridley1-5;Fuehne1-5; Riddick 1-2; T. Jones 1-(-1).Pit. – Coates 3-18; Hamilton2-22;Richardson2-16;Lang2-15;Heyward-Bey 1-29, 1TD;Rogers1-8;Brown-Dukes 1-8;Ayers 1-5;James1-4;Johnson1-2.

PRESEASON GAME #2Philadelphia 17, Pittsburgh 0

August 18, 2016Heinz Field (45,351)

PITTSBURGH - TheSteelerswereshutout,17-0,bythePhiladelphiaEaglesatHeinzField in the team’s secondexhibitiongame. OnPittsburgh’sseconddriveof thegame,QB Landry JoneswaspickedoffbyCBNolanCarroll,whoreturnedtheinterception38yardsforatouchdowntogivePhiladelphiaa 7-0 lead. Jones threwfour interceptions in thefirsthalf.HisfinalinterceptioncameatthehandsofCBJaylenWatkins.OntheEagles’ensuingpossession,KCodyParkeyconnectedona40-yardfieldgoalpriortohalftimetogivePhiladelphiaa10-0advantageatthebreak. Midwaythroughthethirdquarter,RBKenjonBarnerscoredona five-yard run togivePhiladelphia thedecisive17-0victory. Steelers’WRs Cobi Hamilton and Eli Rogers each had agame-highfourreceptions,andSteelers’CBKevin White finishedwithagame-highsixtackles.

GAME SUMMARY

Eagles (2-0) 7 3 7 0 17STEELERS (0-2) 0 0 0 0 0

TEAM Q TIME PLAY DRIVE SCOREPHI 1 9:18 Carroll38yd.interceptionreturn(Parkeykick) --;-- 0-7PHI 2 0:03 Parkey40yd.FG 6-38;0:32 0-10PHI 3 7:47 Barner5yd.run(Parkeykick) 15-87;7:13 0-17

TEAM STATISTICS Eagles Steelers1st Downs 16 (4-12-0) 12 (2-9-1)3rd Downs 9-17 (53%) 7-15 (47%)4th Downs 0-0 (0%) 0-1 (0%)Total Net Yards 298 207Plays-Avg. 67-4.4 58-3.6Rushing Yards 91 50Rush Att.-Avg. 27-3.4 21-2.4Net Passing 207 157Att.-Comp.-Int. 39-26-0 33-19-4Sacks By 4-21 1-12Punts-Avg. 7-50.4 6-46.7Penalties 12-96 6-36Fumbles-Lost 1-1 0-0

Time of Poss. 30:29 29:31

INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING: Phi. –Barner6-41,1TD;Marshall8-18;Mathews5-18;O’Neal 4-9; Daniel 1-7; Bradford1-1;Bethel-Thompson2-(-3).Pit. – Toussaint8-26;Richardson10-15;Coates1-9;Brown-Dukes2-0. PASSING: Phi. – Bradford19-14-0,115;Daniel16-10-0,82;Bethel-Thompson4-2-0,22.Pit. – Jones20-12-4,111;Vaughan13-7-0,67. RECEIVING: Phi. –Turner3-44;Ertz3-24;Rush3-22;Sproles3-8;Agholor2-30;Marshall2-19;Jones2-16; Burton 2-13; Randle 2-10;Celek1-17;Pantale1-7;Huff1-5;Barner 1-4.Pit. –Hamilton 4-44;Rogers4-39;Coates2-30;Tucker2-17;Toussaint 2-16; James 2-7;Heyward-Bey 1-12; Brown-Dukes1-7;Richardson1-6.

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PRESEASON GAME #3Pittsburgh 27, New Orleans 14

August 26, 2016Mercedes-Benz Superdome (73,002)

NEW ORLEANS - Pittsburghwon itsfirstcontestof the2016preseason,defeatingtheNewOrleansSaints,27-14. TheSteelers’ offensewasted no time, as the group scoredtouchdownsoneachofitsfirsttwopossessionsofthegame.QB Ben Roethlisberger ledtheteamona15-play,74-yarddrivethathecappedoffwithafive-yardtouchdownpasstoTE Jesse James.OntheSteelers’nextdrive,Roethlisbergerthrewa57-yardtouchdownpass to WR Antonio BrowntogivetheSteelersa14-0lead. NewOrleanscutthelead14-7whenQBDrewBreesthrewa17-yardtouchdowntoWRWillieSneadearlyinthesecondquarter.Withlessthanoneminuteremaininginthefirsthalf,QB Landry Jones threwaneight-yardtouchdownpasstoWR Sammie Coates, and theSteelersled21-7atthebreak. Midwaythroughthethirdquarter,QBGarrettGraysonthrewa31-yardtouchdowntoWRTommyleeLewistocuttheleadto21-14,butitwouldbetheclosesttheSaintswouldgettherestofthegame. K Chris Boswellmadea40-yardfieldgoallateinthethirdquartertogivetheSteelersa24-14advantage.Lateinthefourthquarter,LB Steven Johnson pickedoffGrayson, andBoswellmadea48-yardfieldgoalonPittsburgh’sensuingdrive.RookieLB Tyler MatakevichpickedoffGraysonontheSaints’nextpossessiontosealthevictoryforPittsburgh.

GAME SUMMARY

STEELERS (1-2) 14 7 3 3 27Saints (0-3) 0 7 7 0 14

TEAM Q TIME PLAY DRIVE SCOREPIT 1 9:24 James5yd.passfromRoethlisberger(Boswellkick) 15-74;5:36 7-0PIT 1 6:53 Brown57yd.passfromRoethlisberger(Boswellkick) 4-79;1:13 14-0NO 2 9:40 Snead17yd.passfromBrees(Barthkick) 12-78;5:26 14-7PIT 2 0:58 Coates8yd.passfromJones(Boswellkick) 11-61;3:56 21-7NO 3 6:56 Lewis31yd.passfromGrayson(Forbathkick) 6-63;2:30 21-14PIT 3 3:02 Boswell40yd.FG 5-58;3:54 24-14PIT 4 3:02 Boswell48yd.FG 4-6;1:23 27-14

TEAM STATISTICS Steelers Saints1st Downs 17 (3-13-1) 20 (6-12-2)3rd Downs 6-14 (43%) 6-13 (46%)4th Downs 0-1 (0%) 0-2 (0%)Total Net Yards 417 360Plays-Avg. 64-6.5 70-5.1Rushing Yards 75 111Rush Att.-Avg. 24-3.1 26-4.3Net Passing 342 249Att.-Comp.-Int. 39-31-0 43-27-2Sacks By 1-8 1-12Punts-Avg. 4-40.5 5-49.0Penalties 9-80 6-55Fumbles-Lost 1-1 2-0

Time of Poss. 31:45 28:15

INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING: Pit. – Bell 3-21;Richardson 9-20; Ayers 1-15;Williams4-12;Toussaint6-8;Jones1-(-1).N.O. –Hightower8-27;Cadet4-24; Spiller 4-20; Ingram 7-17;Murphy1-16;Lasco1-4;Kuhn1-3. PASSING: Pit. –Jones21-19-0,206,1TD;Roethlisberger17-12-0,148,2TDs;Renner0-0-0,0.N.O. – Grayson23-14-2,128,1TD;Brees12-9-0,78,1TD;McCown8-4-0,51. RECEIVING: Pit. – Bell 5-37;Brown 4-87, 1 TD; James 4-25,1TD;Williams 3-9;Coates 2-66,1 TD; Wheaton 2-40; Grimble2-26; Toussaint 2-18; Rogers2-17; Johnson2-12;Heyward-Bey1-14;Richardson1-4;Ayers1-(-1).N.O. – Snead 4-58, 1TD;Cadet4-42;Murphy 3-9; Spiller 3-(-1);Lewis 2-41, 1TD;Coleman 2-20;Lasco 2-12;Thomas 1-23;Griffin1-14;Manhertz 1-12;Cooks1-10;Hightower1-8;Harris1-5;Fleener1-3.

PRESEASON GAME #4Carolina 18, Pittsburgh 6

September 1, 2016Bank of America Stadium (73,274)

CHARLOTTE - Pittsburghlostits2016preseasonfinaletoCarolina,18-6,atBankofAmericaStadium. Carolinaledtheentiregame.KGrahamGanoconnectedona47-yardfieldgoalmidwaythroughthefirstquartertogivethePanthersa3-0advantage.Ganofinishedwithsixmadefieldgoalsonthenight. Inthesecondquarter,Ganomadefieldgoalsfrom42,28and41yardsouttogiveCarolinaa12-0leadathalftime. Gano’s22-yardfieldgoalmidwaythroughthethirdquarterextendedCarolina’sleadto15-0. TheSteelersgotontheboardearlyinthefourthquarterwhenRB Daryl Richardson scoredonaone-yardruntocuttheleadto15-6.ButGanomadea45-yardfieldgoalonthePanthers’nextpossessiontosealthevictoryforCarolina. Pittsburgh’s defense totaled three sacks on the night.S Jordan Dangerfield and LB L.J. Fort each added 10 tackles.

GAME SUMMARY

STEELERS (1-3) 0 0 0 6 6Panthers (2-2) 3 9 3 3 18

TEAM Q TIME PLAY DRIVE SCORECAR 1 5:41 Gano47yd.FG 6-28;2:38 0-3CAR 2 11:23 Gano42yd.FG 12-59;6:02 0-6CAR 2 3:36 Gano28yd.FG 11-44;6:08 0-9CAR 2 0:00 Gano41yd.FG 12-59;1:36 0-12CAR 3 7:35 Gano22yd.FG 6-18;2:42 0-15PIT 4 14:51 Richardson1yd.run(Passfailed) 7-66;3:41 6-15CAR 4 10:48 Gano45yd.FG 7-55;4:03 6-18

TEAM STATISTICS Steelers Panthers1st Downs 8 (3-4-1) 21 (10-10-1)3rd Downs 4-11 (36%) 7-17 (41%)4th Downs 0-0 (0%) 0-0 (0%)Total Net Yards 122 351Plays-Avg. 39-3.1 74-4.7Rushing Yards 63 174Rush Att.-Avg. 22-2.9 42-4.1Net Passing 59 177Att.-Comp.-Int. 16-9-0 29-17-0Sacks By 3-23 1-9Punts-Avg. 7-46.0 3-33.7Penalties 4-37 5-54Fumbles-Lost 3-2 0-0

Time of Poss. 21:07 38:53

INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING: Pit. – Richardson9-45,1TD;Toussaint7-11;Brown-Dukes3-5;Ayers1-3;Coates1-0;Stingily 1-(-1).Car. –Artis-Payne18-77; Simmons 10-43;Wegher11-42;Whittaker2-13;Webb1-(-1). PASSING: Pit. – Renner11-5-0,39;Jones5-4-0,29.Car. –Webb29-17-0,200. RECEIVING: Pit. – Rogers3-20;Hamilton 2-18; Richardson 2-13;Ayers 1-11; Tucker 1-6.Car. – Bersin 6-89; Lucas 2-26;Artis-Payne 2-18;Norwood 2-17;Byrd1-18;Garrett1-12;Simonson1-11;Simmons1-8;Wegher1-1.

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GAME #1Pittsburgh 38, Washington 16

September 12, 2016FedExField (79,124)

LANDOVER, Md. - TheSteelerswerevictoriousintheteam’s2016regular-seasonopener,defeatingtheWashingtonRedskins,38-16,onMondayNightFootball. WashingtonKDustinHopkins connected from31 yards outmidwaythroughthefirstquarter,andafterCBBashaudBreelandintercepted QB Ben RoethlisbergeronPittsburgh’sensuingdrive,Hopkinsmadea40-yardfieldgoaltogiveWashingtonanearly6-0lead.ItwouldbetheRedskins’finalleadofthegame. Early in the second quarter,Roethlisberger threw a 29-yardtouchdownpasstoWR Antonio Brownonafourth-and-oneplaytogivetheSteelersa7-6lead.Roethlisbergerthrewathree-yardtouchdowntoWREliRogerswith31secondsremaininginthefirsthalftogivePittsburgha14-3advantageatthebreak. K Chris Boswell madea 46-yard field goal on theSteelers’first driveof the secondhalf togivePittsburgha17-6 lead.OnWashington’sensuingpossession,LB Ryan Shazier pickedoffQBKirkCousins.Fiveplayslater,RoethlisbergerandBrownconnectedagain,thistimefora26-yardtouchdown,togivetheSteelersa24-6advantage. TheRedskinsgotwithinonescoreearlyinthefourthquarter,astheteamscored10pointsonaHopkins’34-yardfieldgoalaone-yardrushingtouchdownbyRBChrisThompson. But Pittsburgh’s offense could not stop itsmomentum.RB DeAngelo Williamsscoredtworushingtouchdownsinthefourthquarter,onefrom15yardsandonefromsixyards,tosealthevictoryfor the Steeelers.

GAME SUMMARY

STEELERS (1-0) 0 14 10 14 38Redskins (0-1) 6 0 3 7 16

TEAM Q TIME PLAY DRIVE SCOREWAS 1 5:56 Hopkins31yd.FG 9-54;3:24 0-3WAS 1 1:08 Hopkins40yd.FG 5-14;2:38 0-6PIT 2 10:10 Brown29yd.passfromRoethlisberger(Boswellkick) 11-75;5:58 7-6PIT 2 0:27 Rogers3yd.passfromRoethlisberger(Boswellkick) 14-67;5:52 14-6PIT 3 11:18 Boswell46yd.FG 8-47;3:42 17-6PIT 3 7:01 Brown26yd.passfromRoethlisberger(Boswellkick) 5-75;2:04 24-6WAS 3 2:01 Hopkins34yd.FG 9-52;5:00 24-9WAS 4 13:01 Thompson1yd.run(Hopkinskick) 7-77;2:18 24-16PIT 4 5:48 Williams15yd.run(Boswellkick) 13-73;7:13 31-16PIT 4 1:54 Williams6yd.run(Boswellkick) 6-45;2:23 38-16

TEAM STATISTICS Steelers Redskins1st Downs 23 (9-14-0) 18 (3-14-1)3rd Downs 9-14 (64%) 3-10 (30%)4th Downs 2-2 (100%) 0-2 (0%)Total Net Yards 435 384Plays-Avg. 68-6.4 55-7.0Rushing Yards 147 55Rush Att.-Avg. 30-4.9 12-4.6Net Passing 288 329Att.-Comp.-Int. 37-27-1 43-30-2Sacks By 0-0 1-12Punts-Avg. 2-53.5 1-27.0Penalties 4-81 9-55Fumbles-Lost 2-0 1-0

Time of Poss. 33:18 26:42

INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING: Pit. –Williams26-143,2TDs;Toussaint3-6;Roethlisberger1-(-2).Was. –Jones7-24;Thompson4-23,1TD;Cousins1-8. PASSING: Pit. –Roethlisberger37-27-1, 300, 3 TDs. Was. –Cousins43-30-2,329. RECEIVING: Pi t . – Brown8-126,2TDs;Rogers6-59,1TD;Williams6-28;James5-31;Coates2-56. Was. –Reed7-64; Jackson6-102;Crowder6-58;Garcon6-51;Thompson2-16;Davis1-20;Jones1-9;Doctson1-9.

GAME #2Pittsburgh 24, Cincinnati 16

September 18, 2016Heinz Field (65,072)

PITTSBURGH - Forthesecondconsecutivegame,QB Ben RoethlisbergerthrewthreetouchdownpassestohelplifttheSteelerstovictory,thistime,24-16,overtheCincinnatiBengalsatHeinzField. Roethlisberger’sfirsttouchdownpass,a20-yarder,wasthrown toTE Xavier Grimble late in the first quarter. ItmarkedGrimble’sfirstcareerreception.CincinnatiKMikeNugentconnectedona25-yardfieldgoalwithlessthanoneminutetogointhefirstquartertocuttheleadto7-3. K Chris Boswell’s49-yardfieldgoalgavetheSteelersa10-3advantagelateinthesecondquarter.Nugentmadea 33-yarder as time expired in the second quarter, andPittsburghled10-6atthebreak. TE Jesse James caught a nine-yard touchdown fromRoethlisbergermidwaythroughthethirdquartertoextendtheSteelersleadto17-6.Nugent’s21-yardfieldgoallateinthethirdquartergottheBengalswithinonescore,17-9. Midwaythroughthefourthquarter,Roethlisbergerthrewafour-yardtouchdowntoRB DeAngelo WilliamstogivePittsburgha24-9lead.TheBengalsgotwithinonescoreagainwhenQBAndyDalton threwa25-yard touchdownpasstoRBGiovaniBernardtomakeit24-16Pittsburgh. TheBengalshadonelastattempttotiethegame,butLB James HarrisonforcedafumbleonWRTylerBoyd.TheballwasrecoveredbyS Robert Goldenandhereturnedthefumble21yards,whichsealedthevictoryforPittsburgh.

GAME SUMMARY

Bengals (1-1) 3 3 3 7 16STEELERS (2-0) 7 3 7 7 24

TEAM Q TIME PLAY DRIVE SCOREPIT 1 3:46 Grimble20yd.passfromRoethlisberger(Boswellkick) 5-66;1:43 7-0CIN 1 0:23 Nugent25yd.FG 8-68;3:23 7-3PIT 2 4:10 Boswell49yd.FG 4-6;0:55 10-3CIN 2 0:00 Nugent33yd.FG 8-53;0:48 10-6PIT 3 6:16 James9yd.passfromRoethlisberger(Boswellkick) 7-91;3:20 17-6CIN 3 2:10 Nugent21yd.FG 10-72;4:06 17-9PIT 4 6:48 Williams4yd.fromRoethlisberger(Boswellkick) 12-68;6:54 24-9CIN 4 3:25 Bernard25yd.passfromDalton(Nugentkick) 8-75;3:23 24-16

TEAM STATISTICS Bengals Steelers1st Downs 21 (1-17-3) 19 (6-12-1)3rd Downs 4-16 (25%) 7-17 (41%)4th Downs 1-1 (100%) 0-1 (0%)Total Net Yards 412 374Plays-Avg. 73-5.6 74-5.1Rushing Yards 46 124Rush Att.-Avg. 18-2.6 36-3.4Net Passing 366 250Att.-Comp.-Int. 54-31-0 37-19-2Sacks By 1-9 1-0Punts-Avg. 9-45.2 8-47.1Penalties 5-31 5-54Fumbles-Lost 2-2 1-0

Time of Poss. 27:05 32:55

INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING: Cin. – Hill 11-22;Bernard 5-17; Dalton 2-7.Pit. – Williams 32-94; Roethlisberger1-14;Coates1-6;Richardson1-6;Toussaint1-4. PASSING: Cin. – 54-31-0,366,1TD. Pit. –Roethlisberger37-19-2,259,3TDs. RECEIVING: Cin. – Bernard9-100, 1 TD; Boyd 6-78; LaFell3-39;Hill3-37;Kroft3-35;Uzomah3-9; Green 2-38; Erickson 1-20;Wright 1-10.Pit. – Brown 4-39;Williams4-38, 1TD; James3-29,1TD;Coates2-97;Grimble2-26,1TD;Rogers 1-9;Toussaint 1-9;Heyward-Bey1-7,Johnson1-5.

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GAME #3Philadelphia 34, Pittsburgh 3

September 25, 2016Lincoln Financial Field (69,596)

PHILADELPHIA - TheSteelerslosttheirfirstgameoftheseasontothePhiladelphiaEagles,34-3,atLincolnFinancialField. Eagles’KCalebSturgis connectedona 29-yard field to givePhiladelphiaa3-0leadmidwaythroughthefirstquarter.QBCarsonWentzthrewa12-yardtouchdownpasstoWRJordanMatthewsearlyinthesecondquartertogivetheEaglesa10-0advantage. Pittsburgh’sonlypointscameona40-yardfieldgoalbyKChris Boswell midwaythroughthesecondquarter.Sturgismadea38-yardfieldgoalpriortothetwo-minutewarningtogivePhiladelphiaa 13-3 lead at halftime. TheEaglesscored three third-quarter touchdowns toseal thevictory.Wentz threw a 73-yard touchdown pass toRBDarrenSproles, andRBsWendellSmallwoodandKenjonBarner eachscoredarushingtouchdown.

GAME SUMMARY

STEELERS (2-1) 0 3 0 0 3Eagles (3-0) 3 10 21 0 34

TEAM Q TIME PLAY DRIVE SCOREPHI 1 5:29 Sturgis29yd.FG 7-63;3:20 0-3PHI 2 12:04 Matthews12yd.passfromWentz(Sturgiskick) 12-82;6:06 0-10PIT 2 7:40 Boswell40yd.FG 8-61;4:24 3-10PHI 2 2:25 Sturgis38yd.FG 10-58;5:15 3-13PHI 3 12:54 Sproles73yd.passfromWentz(Sturgiskick) 3-75;2:06 3-20PHI 3 5:45 Smallwood1yd.run(Sturgiskick) 7-67;4:58 3-27PHI 3 1:52 Barner8yd.run(Sturgiskick) 3-41;1:24 3-34

TEAM STATISTICS Steelers Eagles1st Downs 15 (2-11-2) 25 (10-11-4)3rd Downs 4-11 (36%) 4-10 (40%)4th Downs 0-2 (0%) 0-0 (0%)Total Net Yards 251 426Plays-Avg. 58-4.3 61-7.0Rushing Yards 29 125Rush Att.-Avg. 10-2.9 30-4.2Net Passing 222 301Att.-Comp.-Int. 44-24-1 31-23-0Sacks By 0-0 4-35Punts-Avg. 3-55.0 4-41.3Penalties 7-77 10-99Fumbles-Lost 2-1 1-0

Time of Poss. 25:04 34:56

INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING: Pit. –Williams8-21;Roethlisberger 1-7; Richardson1-1. Phi. –Smallwood17-79,1TD;Barner 8-42, 1 TD;Wentz 1-10;Sproles2-(-1);Mathews2-(-5). PASSING: Pit. –Roethlisberger44-24-1,257.Phi. –Wentz31-23-0,301, 2 TDs. RECEIVING: Pit. –Brown12-140;Williams4-23;Coates3-50;Rogers2-32; James 2-10;Wheaton 1-2.Phi. – Sproles 6-128, 1TD;Huff4-20;Celek3-61;Green-Beckham3-33;Agholor 3-21; Burton 2-19;Matthews2-19,1TD.

GAME #4Pittsburgh 43, Kansas City 14

October 2, 2015Heinz Field (61,278)

PITTSBURGH - The Steelers scored a team record 22 first-quarter points en route to a 43-14 victory over theKansasCityChiefsonSundayNightFootballatHeinzField. Pittsburgh’s three first-quarter touchdowns came fromtouchdownpassesbyQB Ben Roethlisberger. After DE Stephon TuittforcedafumbleonRBSpencerWarethatwasrecoveredbyCB Ross Cockrell,Roethlisbergerthrewa31-yardtouchdowntoWR Darrius Heyward-Bey. AfteraninterceptionbyLB Jarvis Jones,Roethlisbergerthrewafour-yardtouchdowntoWR Antonio Brown. After a short punt by theChiefs, Roethlisberger and Brownconnectedagain,thistimeona38-yardtouchdown,togivetheSteelersa22-0leadattheendofthefirstquarter. Roethlisbergerthrewanine-yardtouchdowntoTE Jesse Jamesinthesecondquarter,andtheSteelerstooka29-0lead into halftime. OnPittsburgh’sfirstdriveofthesecondhalf,Roethlisbergerthrew his fifth touchdown pass of the game, this one a30-yarder to WR Markus Wheaton,togivetheSteelersa36-0advantage. TheChiefsgotontheboardearlyinthefourthquarterwhenQBAlexSmiththrewa10-yardtouchdowntoWRTyreekHill.TheSteelerscounteredthatscorewithatouchdownoftheirown,whenRB DeAngelo Williamsscoredonatwo-yardrun.Smithaddedathree-yardtouchdownpasstoTETravisKelcelateinthefourthquarterfortheChiefs’finalpoints. Pittsburgh’s defense totaled four sacks, included threefrom DE Cameron Heyward,andforcedtwoturnovers.

GAME SUMMARY

Chiefs (2-2) 0 0 0 14 14STEELERS (3-1) 22 7 7 7 43

TEAM Q TIME PLAY DRIVE SCOREPIT 1 7:27 Heyward-Bey31yd.passfromRoethlisberger(PasstoWheaton) 3-32;1:23 8-0PIT 1 5:10 Brown4yd.passfromRoethlisberger(Boswellkick) 1-4;0:04 15-0PIT 1 1:20 Brown38yd.passfromRoethlisberger(Boswellkick) 2-40;0:47 22-0PIT 2 0:44 James9yd.passfromRoethlisberger(Boswellkick) 10-80;3:44 29-0PIT 3 11:19 Wheaton30yd.passfromRoethlisberger(Boswellkick)6-75;3:41 36-0KC 4 11:11 Hill10yd.passfromSmith(Santoskick) 7-47;2:17 36-7PIT 4 7:22 Williams2yd.run(Boswellkick) 8-75;3:49 43-7KC 4 0:04 Kelce3yd.passfromSmith(Santoskick) 7-62;3:41 43-14

TEAM STATISTICS Chiefs Steelers1st Downs 22 (3-17-2) 18 (4-13-1)3rd Downs 8-17 (47%) 6-11 (55%)4th Downs 2-3 (67%) 0-0 (0%)Total Net Yards 357 436Plays-Avg. 72-5.0 55-7.9Rushing Yards 87 149Rush Att.-Avg. 18-4.8 26-5.7Net Passing 270 287Att.-Comp.-Int. 50-30-1 27-22-0Sacks By 2-13 4-17Punts-Avg. 6-42.8 5-42.2Penalties 7-40 9-68Fumbles-Lost 3-1 1-0

Time of Poss. 30:36 29:24

INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING: K.C. – Ware 13-82;Charles2-7;Smith1-2;Hill1-(-2);Davis 1-(-2).Pit. – Bell 18-144;Williams 4-7, 1 TD; Jones 2-0;Coates1-(-1);Roethlisberger1-(-1). PASSING: K.C. – Smith 50-30-1, 287, 2TDs.Pit. –Roethlisberger27-22-0, 300, 5 TDs. RECEIVING: K.C. – Conley6-70;Maclin5-78;Wilson5-52Hill5-24,1 TD; Kelce 5-23, 1 TD; Davis2-14;Ware1-14;Harris 1-12.Pit. – Coates 6-79; Bell 5-34; Brown4-64, 2TDs; James 2-15, 1TD;Heyward-Bey1-31,1TD;Wheaton1-30,1TD;Johnson1-26;Grimble1-19;Williams1-2.

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GAME #5Pittsburgh 31, New York 13

October 9, 2016Heinz Field (66,385)

PITTSBURGH - The Steelers defense pitched a second-half shutoutandtheoffensescored17second-halfpointstolifttheteamtoa31-13victoryovertheNewYorkJetsatHeinzField. TheJetsscoredthefirstpointsofthecontestwhenKNickFolkconnectedona35-yardfieldgoal.OntheSteelers’firstpossessionofthegame, QB Ben Roethlisberger threwa72-yardtouchdownpass to WR Sammie CoatestogivetheSteelersa7-3advantage. NewYorkscored10unansweredpoints.Folkmadea48-yardfieldgoal,andQBRyanFitzpatrickthrewa15-yardtouchdownpasstoWRBrandonMarshalltogivetheJetsa13-7lead.ItwouldbethelastpointstheJetswouldscore. Roethlisbergerthrewaone-yardtouchdownpasstoTE Jesse Jamespriortohalftime,andtheSteelerstooka14-13leadintothebreak. ThesecondhalfbelongedtoPittsburgh.K Chris Boswell made a47-yardfieldgoalearlyinthethirdquarter.Roethlisbergerthrewtwofourth-quartertouchdowns,afive-yardertoWR Antonio Brown andafive-yardertoCoatestosealthevictoryforPittsburgh. TheSteelersdefensedidnotallowasinglethird-downconversioninthesecondhalf,andtheyheldtheJetstojust100netyardsinthefinaltwoquarters.LBVinceWilliamsledthedefensewithninetackles,andheaddedonesack.

GAME SUMMARY

Jets (1-4) 3 10 0 0 13STEELERS (4-1) 7 7 3 14 31

TEAM Q TIME PLAY DRIVE SCORENY 1 11:45 Folk35yd.FG 8-58;3:15 0-3PIT 1 10:16 Coates72yd.passfromRoethlisberger(Boswellkick) 3-75;1:29 7-3NY 2 11:07 Folk48yd.FG 9-59;4:40 7-6NY 2 2:06 Marshall15yd.passfromFitzpatrick(Folkkick) 7-69;3:48 7-13PIT 2 0:41 James1yd.passfromRoethlisberger(Boswellkick) 11-75;1:25 14-13PIT 3 10:23 Boswell47yd.FG 4-2;0:58 17-13PIT 4 14:55 Brown5yd.passfromRoethlisberger(Boswellkick) 9-80;4:12 24-13PIT 4 1:46 Coates5yd.passfromRoethlisberger(Boswellkick) 12-79;5:43 31-13

TEAM STATISTICS Jets Steelers1st Downs 16 (4-12-0) 30 (3-23-4)3rd Downs 2-11 (18%) 5-10 (50%)4th Downs 0-1 (0%) 0-1 (0%)Total Net Yards 316 436Plays-Avg. 58-5.4 72-6.1Rushing Yards 72 61Rush Att.-Avg. 17-4.2 24-2.5Net Passing 244 375Att.-Comp.-Int. 38-25-0 47-34-0Sacks By 1-5 3-11Punts-Avg. 6-43.3 3-46.3Penalties 4-18 1-10Fumbles-Lost 1-0 2-1

Time of Poss. 28:10 31:50

INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING: N.Y. – Forte 12-53;Powell 4-10; Fitzpatrick 1-9.Pit. – Bell 20-66;Williams 1-0; Jones2-(-2);Berry1-(-3).

PASSING: N.Y. – Fitzpatrick38-25-0, 255, 1 TD. Pit. –Roethlisberger47-34-0,380,4TDs.

RECEIVING: N.Y. – Marshall8-114,1TD;Powell6-41;Enunwa4-51;Sefarian-Jenkins 2-17;Forte2-7;Anderson 1-10; Bostick 1-0;Peake1-6.Pit. –Bell9-88;Brown9-78, 1TD;Coates6-139, 2TDs;James6-43,1TD;Wheaton2-19;Grimble2-13.

GAME #6Miami 30, Pittsburgh 15

October 16, 2015Hard Rock Stadium (65,351)

MIAMI - RBJayAjayirushedfor204yardswithtworushingscorestohelplifttheDolphinstoa30-15victoryovertheSteelersatHardRockStadium. KAndrewFranksgave theDolphinsanearly3-0 lead.OntheSteelers’ensuingdrive,WR Darrius Heyward-Bey scoredona60-yardtouchdownruntogivePittsburghan8-3advantage.The60-yardtouchdownrunwasthelongesttouchdownrunbyaSteelersince2005. Miami then scored 20 unanswered points. Franksconnectedon twofieldgoals (23and30yards),andRBDamienWilliamsscoredonaone-yardrunlateinthesecondquarter,togivetheDolphinsa16-8leadatthebreak.Ajayiscoredonaone-yardrunlateinthethirdquartertoextendMiami’sleadto23-8. Lateinthefourthquarter,QB Ben Roethlisbergerthrewa23-yardtouchdownpasstoWR Cobi Hamilton.OntheDolphins’nextplayfromscrimmage,Ajayiscoredona62-yardruntosealthevictory.

GAME SUMMARY

STEELERS (4-2) 8 0 0 7 15Dolphins (2-4) 3 13 7 7 30

TEAM Q TIME PLAY DRIVE SCOREMIA 1 8:34 Franks30yd.FG 9-53;3:39 0-3PIT 1 5:39 Heyward-Bey60yd.run(PasstoBell) 6-75;2:55 8-3MIA 2 8:18 Franks23yd.FG 12-85;7:08 8-6MIA 2 5:23 Franks30yd.FG 4-1;2:43 8-9MIA 2 0:21 Williams1yd.run(Frankskick) 9-71;2:26 8-16MIA 3 1:39 Ajayi1yd.run(Frankskick) 6-52;3:31 8-23PIT 4 1:02 Hamilton23yd.passfromRoethlisberger(Boswellkick)10-97;3:18 15-23MIA 4 0:50 Ajayi62yd.run(Frankskick) 1-62;0:12 15-30

TEAM STATISTICS Steelers Dolphins1st Downs 15 (3-11-1) 24 (12-10-2)3rd Downs 3-11 (27%) 7-14 (50%)4th Downs 0-1 (0%) 0-0 (0%)Total Net Yards 297 474Plays-Avg. 53-5.6 68-7.0Rushing Yards 128 222Rush Att.-Avg. 16-8.0 36-6.2Net Passing 169 252Att.-Comp.-Int. 35-19-2 32-24-0Sacks By 0-0 2-20Punts-Avg. 5-36.0 2-38.5Penalties 6-65 8-95Fumbles-Lost 0-0 0-0

Time of Poss. 23:30 36:30

INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING: Pit. – Heyward-Bey1-60, 1TD; Bell 10-53;Williams3-10;Brown1-6;Jones1-(-1). Mia. – Ajayi 25-204, 2 TDs;Williams6-12,1TD;Foster3-3;Tannehill2-3. PASSING: Pit. – Roethlisberger34-19-2,189,1TD;Jones1-0-0,0.Mia. –Tannehill32-24-0,252. RECEIVING: Pit. – Bell 6-55;Brown4-39;Rogers4-35;Hamilton2-36, 1TD; James 2-13;Grimble1-11. Mia. – Landry 7-91; Parker5-28;Gray3-81;Stills2-12;Foster2-12;Williams2-5;Sims1-12;Jones1-8,Ajayi1-3.

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GAME #7New England 27, Pittsburgh 16

October 23, 2016Heinz Field (66,009)

PITTSBURGH - RBLeGarretteBlount’sfiveyardtouchdownrunearlyinthefourthquartersealedthe27-16victoryforthePatriotsat Heinz Field. NewEnglandjumpedtoa14-0leadbytheearlystagesofthesecondquarter.QBTomBradythrewa19-yardtouchdownpasstoRBJamesWhiteandBlountscoredonathree-yardrun. TheSteelerswouldchipaway,getting10pointspriortohalftime.QB Landry Jones threwa14-yardtouchdownpasstoWR Darrius Heyward-Bey, and K Chris Boswellmadea32-yardfieldgoal.NewEnglandled14-10atthebreak. Boswell’s46-yardfieldgoalmidwaythroughthethirdquartergottheSteelerswithinonepoint,butitwouldbetheclosestPittsburghwouldgettheremainderofthegame. Bradythrewa36-yardtouchdownpasstoTERobGronkowskitomakeit20-13midwaythroughthethirdquarter.Boswellconnectedona44-yardfieldgoaltocuttheleadto20-16earlyinthefourthquarter. ButonthePatriots’nextdrive,Blountscoredthegame-sealingtouchdown.

GAME SUMMARY

Patriots (6-1) 7 7 6 7 27STEELERS (4-3) 0 10 3 3 16

TEAM Q TIME PLAY DRIVE SCORENE 1 2:55 White19yd.passfromBrady(Gostkowskikick) 13-80;7:23 0-7NE 2 10:58 Blount3yd.run(Gostkowskikick) 11-84;4:46 0-14PIT 2 9:02 Heyward-Bey14yd.passfromJones(Boswellkick)5-71;1:56 7-14PIT 2 0:02 Boswell32yd.FG 10-66;1:45 10-14PIT 3 8:44 Boswell46yd.FG 9-48;4:49 13-14NE 3 6:19 Gronkowski36yd.passfromBrady(Kickfailed) 5-75;2:25 13-20PIT 4 14:44 Boswell44yd.FG 12-42;6:35 16-20NE 4 11:44 Blount5yd.run(Gostkowskikick) 6-75;3:00 16-27

TEAM STATISTICS Patriots Steelers1st Downs 21 (11-9-1) 17 (5-11-1)3rd Downs 7-12 (58%) 5-16 (31%)4th Downs 0-0 (0%) 1-2 (50%)Total Net Yards 362 375Plays-Avg. 55-6.6 69-5.4Rushing Yards 140 94Rush Att.-Avg. 29-4.8 22-4.3Net Passing 222 281Att.-Comp.-Int. 26-19-0 47-29-1Sacks By 0-0 0-0Punts-Avg. 5-40.6 4-48.8Penalties 4-40 10-85Fumbles-Lost 2-2 1-0

Time of Poss. 27:31 32:29

INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING: N.E. –Blount24-127,2TDs;Brady5-13.Pit. –Bell21-81;Brown1-13. PASSING: N.E. –Brady26-19-0,222, 2 TDs. Pit. – Jones47-29-1,281,1TD. RECEIVING: N.E. – Edelman 9-60;Gronkowski4-93,1TD;White2-32,1TD;Hogan2-25;Blount1-7;Bennett1-5.Pit. –Bell10-68;Brown7-106;Hamilton3-36;Heyward-Bey3-30, 1TD; James 2-18;Grimble2-14;Johnson1-5;Coates1-4.

GAME #8Baltimore 21, Pittsburgh 14

November 6, 2016M&T Bank Stadium (71,286)

BALTIMORE - DespitealatecomebackbyPittsburgh,theRavensdefeatedtheSteelers21-14atM&TBankStadium. QBJoeFlaccothrewa95-yardtouchdownpasstoWRMikeWallacetogivetheRavensa7-0advantage.KJustinTuckermadea49-yardfieldgoalpriortohalftime,andtheRavensled10-0atthebreak. Tucker’s 42-yard field goalmidway through the thirdquarter gave theRavensa13-0advantage.Early in thefourth quarter,WRChrisMoore returnedablockedpunt14yardsforatouchdown.FlaccothenconnectedwithWRSteveSmithSr.forthetwo-pointconversiontogiveBaltimorea 21-0 lead. TheSteelersmade a comeback in the fourth quarter.QB Ben Roethlisberger threwa 23-yard touchdown toWR Antonio Brown.AndRoethlisbergerscoredonafour-yardtouchdownruntocuttheleadto21-14.TheSteelers,however,failedtorecoveralateonsidekickattempt.

GAME SUMMARY

STEELERS (4-4) 0 0 0 14 14Ravens (4-4) 7 3 3 8 21

TEAM Q TIME PLAY DRIVE SCOREBAL 1 1:07 Wallace95yd.passfromFlacco(Tuckerkick) 2-96;0:43 0-7BAL 2 0:03 Tucker49yd.FG 9-43;1:41 0-10BAL 3 4:50 Tucker42yd.FG 4-8,1:30 0-13BAL 4 13:36 Moore14yd.blockedpuntreturn(Flacco-Smithpass) --;-- 0-21PIT 4 8:38 Brown23yd.passfromRoethlisberger(Boswellkick) 9-75;4:58 7-21PIT 4 0:48 Roethlisberger4yd.run(Boswellkick) 7-65;1:20 14-21

TEAM STATISTICS Steelers Ravens1st Downs 15 (3-10-2) 13 (2-7-4)3rd Downs 4-16 (25%) 4-17 (24%)4th Downs 1-2 (50%) 0-0 (0%)Total Net Yards 277 274Plays-Avg. 65-4.3 63-4.3Rushing Yards 36 50Rush Att.-Avg. 18-2.0 29-1.7Net Passing 241 224Att.-Comp.-Int. 45-23-1 31-19-1Sacks By 3-26 2-23Punts-Avg. 10-43.1 9-42.2Penalties 13-99 10-94Fumbles-Lost 2-0 2-0

Time of Poss. 27:50 32:10

INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING: Pit. – Bell 14-32;Roethlisberger3-3,1TD;Williams1-1. Bal. – West15-21;Dixon9-13;Flacco3-12;Moore1-2; Juszczyk1-2. PASSING: Pit. – Roethlisberger45-23-1,264,1TD.Bal. – Flacco 30-18-1;241,1TD;Mallett1-1-0,9. RECEIVING: Pit. – Brown7-85,1TD;Rogers6-103;Bell6-38;James2-13;Johnson1-15;Grimble1-10.Bal. –Wallace4-124,1TD;Smith4-47;Perriman3-33;Waller 2-17;Pitta 2-14; Dixon 2-0;Aiken 1-9;West1-6.

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GAME #9Dallas 35, Pittsburgh 30

November 13, 2016Heinz Field (67,737)

PITTSBURGH - RBEzekielElliottscoredonagame-winning32-yardtouchdownrunwithlessthan10secondsremaininginthegametolifttheCowboystoa35-30victoryovertheSteelersatHeinzField.Theattendanceof67,737wasaSteelers’all-timerecordforahomegame. RB Le’Veon Bellcaughtatwo-yardpassfromQB Ben Roethlisberger togivePittsburghanearly6-0advantage.KDanBaileyconnectedona37-yardfieldgoaltocuttheleadto6-3.Roethlisbergerthrewathree-yardtouchdowntoWR Eli RogerstoincreasePittsburgh’sleadto12-3.QBDakPrescottconnectedwithElliottonan83-yardtouchdownpasslateinthefirstquarter. Teamsexchangedfieldgoals in thesecondquarter.Baileymadea 53-yarder, anNFL record atHeinzField.AndK Chris Boswell connectedfrom39yardsout.Pittsburghled15-13atthebreak. Boswellmadea25-yardfieldgoalearlyinthethirdquarter.Baileyconnectedfrom46yardsoutonDallas’nextdrive.OntheCowboys’ensuingpossessionPrescottthrewa50-yardtouchdownpasstoWRDezBryanttogivetheCowboysa23-18leadheadingintothefourthquarter. Bellscoredonaone-yardrunmidwaythroughthefourthquartertogivePittsburgha24-23advantage.Elliottscoredona14-yardrunrightafterthetwominutewarningtogiveDallasa29-24edge.Roethlisbergerthrewa15-yardtouchdownpasstoWR Antonio Brown onafakespikeplay onPittsburgh’sensuingpossessiontogivetheSteelersa30-29lead. ButonDallas’finaldrive,Elliottscoredthegamewinningtouchdown.

GAME SUMMARY

Cowboys (8-1) 10 3 10 12 35STEELERS (4-5) 12 3 3 12 30

TEAM Q TIME PLAY DRIVE SCOREPIT 1 9:54 Bell2yd.passfromRoethlisberger(Passfailed) 8-38;3:51 6-0DAL 1 5:17 Bailey37yd.FG 10-42;4:37 6-3PIT 1 1:13 Rogers3yd.passfromRoethlisberger(Passfailed) 8-75;4:04 12-3DAL 1 0:12 Elliott83yd.passfromPrescott(Baileykick) 2-75;1:01 12-10DAL 2 11:04 Bailey53yd.FG 6-25;3:24 12-13PIT 2 4:43 Boswell39yd.FG 10-54;6:21 15-13PIT 3 13:10 Boswell25yd.FG 7-68;1:50 18-13DAL 3 5:35 Bailey46yd.FG 14-46;7:35 18-15DAL 3 1:35 Bryant50yd.passfromPrescott(Baileykick) 3-49;1:48 18-23PIT 4 7:51 Bell1yd.run(Passfailed) 6-46;3:05 24-23DAL 4 1:55 Elliott14yd.run(Passfailed) 10-75;5:56 24-29PIT 4 0:42 Brown15yd.passfromRoethlisberger(Passfailed) 5-75;1:13 30-29

TEAM STATISTICS Cowboys Steelers1st Downs 20 (7-11-2) 30 (5-22-3)3rd Downs 7-13 (54%) 4-10 (40%)4th Downs 0-0 (0%) 0-0 (0%)Total Net Yards 422 448Plays-Avg. 59-7.2 66-6.8Rushing Yards 127 48Rush Att.-Avg. 25-5.1 19-2.5Net Passing 295 400Att.-Comp.-Int. 32-22-0 46-37-0Sacks By 1-8 2-24Punts-Avg. 3-48.3 4-43.5Penalties 10-98 4-40Fumbles-Lost 1-1 1-0

Time of Poss. 30:24 29:36

INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING: Dal. –Elliott21-114,2TDs;Morris4-13.Pit. –Bell17-57,1TD; Roethlisberger 1-1; Brown1-(-10). PASSING: Dal. –Prescott32-22-0,319,2TDs.Pit. –Roethlisberger46-37-0,408,3TDs. RECEIVING: Dal. – Bryant6-116,1TD;Witten6-59;Beasley5-33;Elliott2-95,1TD;Morris1-6;Williams1-5;Whitehead1-5.Pit. –Brown14-154,1TD;Bell9-77,1TD; James 4-59; Rogers 4-42,1TD;Green3-30;Hamilton1-39;Grimble1-5;Johnson1-2.

GAME #10Pittsburgh 24, Cleveland 9

November 20, 2016FirstEnergy Stadium (67,431)

CLEVELAND - TheSteelersdefenserecordedeightsacksandheld theBrownsto just209netyards,asPittsburghsecureda24-9victoryagainstCleveland. Pittsburghcontrolledtheclockfor20:37inthefirsthalf.K Chris Boswell connectedontwofieldgoals,32and33yards, togive theSteelersa6-0 lead.RB Le’Veon Bell scoredonaone-yardrunasthehalftimewhistlesounded,andtheSteelersled14-0atthebreak.Bellfinishedwith146rushingyards. KCodyParkeymadea24-yardfieldgoalearlyinthethirdquarter tocut theSteelers lead to14-3.Boswellmadea22-yarderlateinthethirdquartertogivePittsburgha17-3advantage. Cleveland’slonetouchdownofthegamecamewhenQBJoshMcCownthrewa14-yardpasstoTEGaryBarnidgeearlyinthefourthquarter. Pittsburgh’s defense sealed the gamewhenLB Ryan ShazierforcedafumbleonMcCown,andthefumblewasrecovered in the endzone byNT Javon Hargrave for a touchdown.

GAME SUMMARY

STEELERS (5-5) 3 11 3 7 24Browns (0-11) 0 0 3 6 9

TEAM Q TIME PLAY DRIVE SCOREPIT 1 2:28 Boswell32yd.FG 16-82;9:18 3-0PIT 2 4:43 Boswell33yd.FG 16-68;9:28 6-0PIT 2 0:00 Bell1yd.run(Roethlisberger-Johnsonpass) 11-59;1:51 14-0CLE 3 8:05 Parkey24yd.FG 11-48;5:00 14-3PIT 3 0:03 Boswell22yd.FG 15-71;8:02 17-3CLE 4 9:45 Barnidge14yd.passfromMcCown(Kickfailed) 11-75;5:18 17-9PIT 4 3:36 Hargravefumblerecoveryinendzone(Boswellkick) --;-- 24-9

TEAM STATISTICS Steelers Browns1st Downs 24 (9-12-3) 17 (2-11-4)3rd Downs 5-12(42%) 4-15 (27%)4th Downs 1-1 (100%) 5-5 (100%)Total Net Yards 313 209Plays-Avg. 64-4.9 62-3.4Rushing Yards 146 33Rush Att.-Avg. 28-5.2 13-2.5Net Passing 167 176Att.-Comp.-Int. 36-23-0 41-21-1Sacks By 8-70 0-0Punts-Avg. 3-50.0 3-46.3Penalties 8-70 9-52Fumbles-Lost 1-0 1-1

Time of Poss. 33:58 26:02

INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING: Pit. – Bell28-146,1TD. Cle. – McCown2-11;Crowell8-10;JohnsonJr.2-10;Kessler1-2. PASSING: Pit. – Roethlisberger36-23-0, 167. Cle. –McCown27-14-0,118,1TD;Kessler14-7-1,128. RECEIVING: Pit. – Brown8-76,Bell 8-55;Rogers 4-20;Hamilton2-11; James1-5.Cle. – PryorSr.5-97;Crowell5-13;Coleman4-39;JohnsonJr.3-46;Barnidge2-23,1TD;Hawkins1-20;DeValve1-8.

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GAME #11Pittsburgh 28, Indianapolis 7

November 24, 2016Lucas Oil Stadium (66,583)

INDIANAPOLIS - QB Ben Roethlisberger threw threetouchdownpasses,alltoWR Antonio Brown, to lift the Steelers toa28-7victoryovertheIndianapolisColtsonThanksgiving. Pittsburghtookan7-0leadonafive-yardtouchdownrunbyRB Le’Veon BellontheSteelers’firstdriveofthegame.Lateinthefirst quarter,Roethlisberger andBrownconnectedona25-yardtouchdowntogivetheSteelersa14-0advantage. TheColts’lonepointsofthegamecameonafive-yardpassfromQBScottTolzientoWRDonteMoncriefearlyinthesecondquarter.On theSteelers’ ensuing drive,Roethlisberger threwa 33-yardtouchdowntoBrown.TheSteelersled21-7athalftime. Pittsburgh’sdefensepickedoffTolzientwiceinthefourthquarter,one interception from S Mike Mitchell and another from CB William Gay.Roethlisberger’s22-yardtouchdowntoBrownlateinthefourthquartersealedthevictoryforPittsburgh.

GAME SUMMARY

STEELERS (6-5) 14 7 0 7 28Colts (5-6) 0 7 0 0 7

TEAM Q TIME PLAY DRIVE SCOREPIT 1 9:10 Bell5yd.run(Boswellkick) 7-52;4:19 7-0PIT 1 1:06 Brown25yd.passfromRoethlisberger(Boswellkick)7-58;3:02 14-0IND 2 13:02 Moncrief5yd.passfromTolzien(Vinatierikick) 6-47;3:04 14-7PIT 2 9:00 Brown33yd.passfromRoethlisberger(Boswellkick)7-75;4:02 21-7PIT 4 5:30 Brown22yd.passfromRoethlisberger(Boswellkick)4-64;2:21 28-7

TEAM STATISTICS Steelers Colts1st Downs 16 (8-8-0) 18 (4-13-1)3rd Downs 7-11 (64%) 8-15 (53%)4th Downs 0-0 (0%) 2-4 (50%)Total Net Yards 369 310Plays-Avg. 50-7.4 63-4.9Rushing Yards 148 91Rush Att.-Avg. 29-5.1 23-4.0Net Passing 221 219Att.-Comp.-Int. 21-14-0 37-23-2Sacks By 3-21 0-0Punts-Avg. 4-44.3 2-46.0Penalties 7-67 2-10Fumbles-Lost 0-0 1-0

Time of Poss. 28:15 31:45

INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING: Pit. –Bell23-120,1TD;Toussaint6-28.Ind. –Todman3-37;Gore15-28;Turbin2-20;Tolzien3-6. PASSING: Pit. – Roethlisberger20-14-0, 221, 3TDs; Jones 1-0-0,0. Ind. – Tolzien36-22-2,205,1TD;McAfee1-1-0,35. RECEIVING: Pit. – Brown5-91,3TDs;Bell4-22;Green2-67;Rogers2-36;Hamilton1-5. Ind. –Moncrief6-45, 1TD;Allen 5-49;Hilton 3-54;Dorsett3-31;Doyle2-25;Turbin2-(-2);Swoope1-35;Gore1-3.

GAME #12Pittsburgh 24, New York 14

December 4, 2016Heinz Field (65,825)

PITTSBURGH - Pittsburgh’sdefenseforcedtwoturnoversandtheSteelersoffensecontrolledtheclock,enroutetoa24-14victoryovertheGiantsatHeinzField. Near the end of the first quarter,LB James Harrison was held in the endzone, and the result was a safety.OnPittsburgh’s following possession,K Randy Bullock connectedona44-yardfieldgoaltogivetheSteelersa5-0lead. TheGiantswereinSteelersterritorymidwaythroughthesecondquarter.QBEliManningthoughwaspickedoffbyLB Lawrence Timmons atthetwo-yardline,andhereturnedit58yards.Threeplayslater,QB Ben Roethlisbergerthrewa22-yardtouchdowntoWR Antonio Brown.Bullockmadea34-yarderpriortohalftime,andtheSteelersled14-0atthebreak. Manningthrewa13-yardtouchdownpasstoRBRashadJennings to cut the lead to 14-7.OnPittsburgh’s ensuingpossession,Roethlisberger threwa20-yard touchdown toTE Ladarius Green togivetheSteelersa21-7lead. Earlyinthefourthquarter,ManningwasinterceptedbyS Sean Davis in theredzone.Bullockmadea38-yardfieldgoallateinthefourthquartertomakeit24-7. Manning’s one-yard touchdown pass toWR SterlingShepardgavetheGiantstheirfinalpointsofthegame.

GAME SUMMARY

Giants (8-4) 0 0 7 7 14STEELERS (7-5) 5 9 7 3 24

TEAM Q TIME PLAY DRIVE SCOREPIT 1 3:04 PenaltyonFlowersinendzoneforasafety --;-- 2-0PIT 1 0:04 Bullock44yd.FG 7-38;3:00 5-0PIT 2 7:10 Brown22yd.passfromRoethlisberger(Passfailed) 3-40;1:11 11-0PIT 2 0:24 Bullock34yd.FG 15-64;5:52 14-0NY 3 6:30 Jennings13yd.passfromManning(Gouldkick) 2-17;0:42 14-7PIT 3 3:09 Green20yd.passfromRoethlisberger(Bullockkick) 7-88;3:21 21-7PIT 4 1:39 Bullock38yd.FG 11-48;5:17 24-7NY 4 0:26 Shepard1yd.passfromManning(Gouldkick) 5-52;1:13 24-14

TEAM STATISTICS Giants Steelers1st Downs 16 (3-10-3) 20 (5-15-0)3rd Downs 4-11 (36%) 7-15 (47%)4th Downs 0-3 (0%) 1-1 (100%)Total Net Yards 234 389Plays-Avg. 55-4.3 69-5.6Rushing Yards 56 117Rush Att.-Avg. 14-4.0 30-3.9Net Passing 178 272Att.-Comp.-Int. 39-24-2 37-24-1Sacks By 2-17 2-17Punts-Avg. 4-44.3 4-37.0Penalties 4-24 12-115Fumbles-Lost 0-0 1-1

Time of Poss. 25:52 34:08

INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING: N.Y. – Perkins 7-38;Jennings6-19;Manning1-(-1).Pit. – Bell29-118;Jones1-(-1). PASSING: N.Y. – Manning39-24-2,195,2TDs.Pit. –Roethlisberger36-24-1,289,2TDs;Bell1-0-0,0. RECEIVING: N.Y. – Beckham, Jr.10-100;Jennings6-34,1TD;Shepard4-21, 1TD;Tye2-22;Adams1-10;Lewis1-8.Pit. –Green6-110,1TD;Bell6-64;Brown6-54,1TD;James3-32;Hamilton2-11;Rogers1-18.

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GAME #13Pittsburgh 27, Buffalo 20

December 11, 2016New Era Field (69,657)

BUFFALO - RB Le’Veon Bellsetthesingle-gameteamrecordbyrushingfor236yards,astheSteelersbeattheBills27-20atNewEraField. Bellscoredonathree-yardrunmidwaythroughthefirstquartertogivetheSteelersa7-0lead.Early inthesecondquarter,Bellscoredonaseven-yardruntogivePittsburgha14-0advantage. BuffaloQBTyrodTaylorconnectedwithWRSammyWatkinsonaneight-yardtouchdownpassmidwaythroughthesecondquarter.Pittsburghled14-7athalftime. Midwaythroughthethirdquarter,Bellscoredhisthirdrushingtouchdownofthegame,afive-yardrun,togivetheSteelersa21-7lead. K Chris Boswell madea37-yardfieldgoalearlyinthefourthquartertogivetheSteelersa24-7advantage.Buffalomountedacomeback.Taylorthrewa40-yardtouchdownpasstoTECharlesClaytocuttheleadto24-13.Boswellmadea39-yardfieldgoaltoextendPittsburgh’sleadto27-13. RBLeSeanMcCoyscoredona three-yard runwith less thantwominutestogotocuttheleadto27-20.ButBuffalo’sonsidekickattemptwentoutofbounds,sealingthevictoryforPittsburgh. Pittsburgh’sdefenserecordedfivesacks,includingtwofromLB Bud Dupree.

GAME SUMMARY

STEELERS (8-5) 7 7 7 6 27Bills (6-7) 0 7 0 13 20

TEAM Q TIME PLAY DRIVE SCOREPIT 1 6:00 Bell3yd.run(Boswellkick) 8-71;3:06 7-0PIT 2 12:00 Bell7yd.run(Boswellkick) 10-61;5:14 14-0BUF 2 7:07 Watkins8yd.passfromTaylor(Carpenterkick) 3-7;1:27 14-7PIT 3 5:28 Bell5yd.run(Boswellkick) 10-82;6:33 21-7PIT 4 9:57 Boswell37yd.FG 6-29;3:34 24-7BUF 4 7:27 Clay40yd.passfromTaylor(Kickfailed) 5-82;2:30 24-13PIT 4 3:38 Boswell39yd.FG 9-54;3:49 27-13BUF 4 1:25 McCoy3yd.run(Carpenterkick) 8-75;2:13 27-20

TEAM STATISTICS Steelers Bills1st Downs 24 (14-9-1) 14 (4-9-1)3rd Downs 6-14 (43%) 3-9 (33%)4th Downs 1-1 (100%) 0-0 (0%)Total Net Yards 460 275Plays-Avg. 73-6.3 48-5.7Rushing Yards 240 67Rush Att.-Avg. 42-5.7 18-3.7Net Passing 220 208Att.-Comp.-Int. 31-17-3 25-15-1Sacks By 5-20 0-0Punts-Avg. 2-50.5 6-45.0Penalties 6-45 7-46Fumbles-Lost 0-0 0-0

Time of Poss. 38:41 21:19

INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING: Pit. –Bell38-236,3TDs;Toussaint1-6;Roethlisberger3-(-2).Buf. –Gillislee2-34;McCoy12-27,1TD;Bush1-4;Taylor3-2. PASSING: Pit. – Roethlisberger31-17-3, 220. Buf. – Taylor 25-15-1, 228,2TDs. RECEIVING: Pit. – Brown 5-78;Bell4-62;Rodgers3-20;Green2-25;Hamilton1-15;Johnson1-15;James1-5. Buf. –McCoy6-81;Watkins4-54,1TD;Clay3-52,1TD;Woods1-29;O’Leary1-12.

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PITTSBURGH STEELERS / WEEK 14 / THROUGH SUNDAY, DECEMBER 11, 2016 WON 8, LOST 5 * RUSHING No. Yds Avg Long TD 09/12 W 38-16 at Washington 79,124 Bell 218 1053 4.8 44 6 09/18 W 24-16 Cincinnati 65,072 D. Williams 75 276 3.7 17 3 09/25 L 3-34 at Philadelphia 69,596 Heyward-Bey 1 60 60.0 60t 1 10/02 W 43-14 Kansas City 61,278 Toussaint 11 44 4.0 16 0 10/09 W 31-13 New York Jets 66,385 Roethlisberger 11 20 1.8 14 1 10/16 L 15-30 at Miami 65,351 Brown 3 9 3.0 13 0 10/23 L 16-27 New England 66,009 Richardson 2 7 3.5 6 0 11/06 L 14-21 at Baltimore 71,286 Coates 2 5 2.5 6 0 11/13 L 30-35 Dallas 67,737 Berry 1 -3 -3.0 -3 0 11/20 W 24- 9 at Cleveland 67,431 L. Jones 6 -4 -.7 0 0 11/24 W 28- 7 at Indianapolis 66,583 TEAM 330 1467 4.4 60t 11 12/04 W 24-14 New York Giants 65,825 OPPONENTS 282 1171 4.2 62t 11 12/11 W 27-20 at Buffalo 69,657 * RECEIVING No. Yds Avg Long TD 12/18 at Cincinnati Brown 93 1130 12.2 51 11 12/25 Baltimore Bell 67 563 8.4 32 1 01/01 Cleveland Rogers 33 374 11.3 32 2 Pitt. Opp. James 33 273 8.3 24 3 TOTAL FIRST DOWNS 266 245 Coates 20 425 21.3 72t 2 Rushing 76 66 D. Williams 15 91 6.1 20 1 Passing 171 151 Green 13 232 17.8 37 1 Penalty 19 28 Hamilton 12 153 12.8 39 1 3rd Down: Made/Att 72/168 65/170 Grimble 10 98 9.8 20t 1 3rd Down Pct. 42.9 38.2 D. Johnson 6 68 11.3 26 0 4th Down: Made/Att 7/14 10/19 Heyward-Bey 5 68 13.6 31t 2 4th Down Pct. 50.0 52.6 Wheaton 4 51 12.8 30t 1 POSSESSION AVG. 30:51 29:09 Toussaint 1 9 9.0 9 0 TOTAL NET YARDS 4862 4455 TEAM 312 3535 11.3 72t 26 Avg. Per Game 374.0 342.7 OPPONENTS 306 3490 11.4 95t 17 Total Plays 836 792 * INTERCEPTIONS No. Yds Avg Long TD Avg. Per Play 5.8 5.6 Burns 3 13 4.3 9 0 NET YARDS RUSHING 1467 1171 Timmons 1 58 58.0 58 0 Avg. Per Game 112.8 90.1 Mitchell 1 26 26.0 26 0 Total Rushes 330 282 J. Jones 1 20 20.0 20 0 NET YARDS PASSING 3395 3284 Davis 1 0 0.0 0 0 Avg. Per Game 261.2 252.6 Gay 1 0 0.0 0 0 Sacked/Yards Lost 16/140 31/206 Harrison 1 0 0.0 0 0 Gross Yards 3535 3490 Shazier 1 0 0.0 0 0 Att./Completions 490/312 479/306 TEAM 10 117 11.7 58 0 Completion Pct. 63.7 63.9 OPPONENTS 12 111 9.3 31 0 Had Intercepted 12 10 * PUNTING No. Yds Avg Net TB In Lg B PUNTS/AVERAGE 57/44.8 60/43.3 Berry 56 2555 45.6 39.9 3 21 63 1 NET PUNTING AVG. 57/39.9 60/38.2 TEAM 57 2555 44.8 39.9 3 21 63 1 PENALTIES/YARDS 93/876 89/702 OPPONENTS 60 2599 43.3 38.2 7 18 58 0 FUMBLES/BALL LOST 14/3 15/7 * PUNT RETURNS Ret FC Yds Avg Long TD TOUCHDOWNS 38 29 Brown 14 13 135 9.6 33 0 Rushing 11 11 Rogers 4 3 30 7.5 15 0 Passing 26 17 TEAM 18 16 165 9.2 33 0 Returns 1 1 OPPONENTS 23 14 218 9.5 39 0 * SCORE BY PERIODS Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 OT PTS * KICKOFF RETURNS No. Yds Avg Long TD TEAM 85 81 50 101 0 317 Toussaint 10 226 22.6 33 0 OPPONENTS 42 63 63 88 0 256 Coates 5 106 21.2 24 0 * SCORING TD-Ru-Pa-Rt K-PAT FG S PTS J. Gilbert 3 69 23.0 32 0 Boswell 0 0 0 0 29/29 14/18 0 71 Brown 1 23 23.0 23 0 Brown 11 0 11 0 0 66 TEAM 19 424 22.3 33 0 Bell 7 6 1 0 0 44 OPPONENTS 21 472 22.5 43 0 D. Williams 4 3 1 0 0 24 * FIELD GOALS 1-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50+ Heyward-Bey 3 1 2 0 0 18 Boswell 0/ 0 2/ 2 6/ 7 6/ 7 0/2 James 3 0 3 0 0 18 Bullock LG 0/ 0 0/ 0 2/ 2 1/ 1 0/0 Bullock LG 0 0 0 0 3/ 4 3/ 3 0 12 Bullock TM 0/ 0 0/ 0 2/ 2 1/ 1 0/0 Bullock TM 0 0 0 0 1/ 1 3/ 3 0 10 TEAM 0/ 0 2/ 2 8/ 9 7/ 8 0/2 Coates 2 0 2 0 0 12 OPPONENTS 0/ 0 5/ 6 8/ 8 5/ 6 1/3 Rogers 2 0 2 0 0 12 Boswell: (46G)(49G)(36B,40G)()(47G)()(42N,32G, Wheaton 1 0 1 0 0 8 46G,44G,54N)()(39G,55N,25G)(32G,33G,22G)()() Green 1 0 1 0 0 6 (37G,39G) Grimble 1 0 1 0 0 6 Bullock: ()()()()()()()()()()()(44G,34G,38G)() Hamilton 1 0 1 0 0 6 OPP: (31G,40G,34G)(25G,33G,21G)(29G,38G)(49N) Hargrave 1 0 0 1 0 6 (35G,48G)(30G,23G,30G,24B,50N)()(49G,42G)(37G, Roethlisberger 1 1 0 0 0 6 53G,46G)(24G)(52N)()() D. Johnson 0 0 0 0 0 2 TEAM 38 11 26 1 30/30 17/21 1 317 OPPONENTS 29 11 17 1 23/26 19/23 0 256 2-Pt Conv: Bell, D. Johnson, Wheaton, TM 3-8, OPP 1-3 SACKS: Harrison 5, Moats 3.5, Tuitt 3.5, Heyward 3, Chickillo 2.5, Shazier 2.5, Dupree 2, Hargrave 2, V. Williams 2, Davis 1.5, Timmons 1.5, Gay 1, Mathews 1, TM 31, OPP 16 FUM/LOST: Roethlisberger 7/2, Bell 4/1, Berry 1/0, Hubbard 1/0, Rogers 1/0 * PASSING Att Cmp Yds Cmp% Yds/Att TD TD% Int Int% Long Sack/Lost Rating Roethlisberger 440 283 3254 64.3 7.40 25 5.7 11 2.5 72t 16/ 140 95.0 L. Jones 49 29 281 59.2 5.73 1 2.0 1 2.0 51 0/ 0 73.6 Bell 1 0 0 0.0 0.00 0 0.0 0 0.0 --- 0/ 0 39.6 TEAM 490 312 3535 63.7 7.21 26 5.3 12 2.4 72t 16/ 140 92.7 OPPONENTS 479 306 3490 63.9 7.29 17 3.5 10 2.1 95t 31/ 206 88.8

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2016 PITTSBURGH STEELERS REGULAR-SEASONDEFENSIVE/SPECIAL TEAMS STATISTICS

SPECIAL TEAMS STATISTICS

Player U A Tot Sacks/Yds. QP Int./Yards PD FF FR U A Tot FF FR BLTimmons 60 30 90 1.5/12 7 1/58 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0Shazier 40 24 64 2.5/18 5 1/0 6 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0Mitchell 41 18 59 0/0 1 1/26 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0Cockrell 39 9 48 0/0 1 0/0 12 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0Davis 38 10 48 1.5/8 3 1/0 3 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0Burns 39 7 46 0/0 0 3/13 10 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0V. Williams 32 8 40 2/3 3 0/0 0 0 0 3 2 5 0 0 0J. Jones 26 12 38 0/0 3 1/20 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0Tuitt 27 10 37 3.5/28 13 0/0 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0Gay 32 12 33 1/10 0 1/0 6 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0Harrison 26 7 33 5/39 8 1/0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0Golden 20 12 32 0/0 0 0/0 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 0Chickillo 19 5 24 2.5/22 7 0/0 0 2 0 2 3 5 0 0 0Heyward 17 4 21 3/16 4 0/0 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0Hargrave 14 6 20 2/17 3 0/0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0Moats 7 11 18 3.5/17 7 0/0 3 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0Mathews 6 5 11 1/8 2 0/0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0Dangerfield 4 5 9 0/0 0 0/0 0 0 0 0 4 4 0 0 0Dupree 9 0 9 2/8 3 0/0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0Matakevich 6 2 8 0/0 0 0/0 0 0 0 6 2 8 0 0 0McCullers 4 4 8 0/0 1 0/0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1Fort 2 0 2 0/0 1 0/0 0 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0Walton 1 1 2 0/0 1 0/0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0Gilbert 1 0 1 0/0 0 0/0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0Shabazz 1 0 1 0/0 0 0/0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0Thomas 0 0 0 0/0 0 0/0 0 0 0 7 0 7 0 0 0S. Johsnon 0 0 0 0/0 0 0/0 0 0 0 5 1 6 1 0 0Coates 0 0 0 0/0 0 0/0 0 0 0 3 3 6 0 0 0Nix 0 0 0 0/0 0 0/0 0 0 0 4 1 5 0 0 0Heywad-Bey 0 0 0 0/0 0 0/0 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 0Hamilton 0 0 0 0/0 0 0/0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0Toussaint 0 0 0 0/0 0 0/0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0Warren 0 0 0 0/0 0 0/0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0TOTALS 511 202 713 31/206 73 10/117 65 11 6 37 21 58 1 1 1OPPONENTS 523 236 759 16/142 43 12/111 71 8 3 32 12 44 0 0 1

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2016 PITTSBURGH STEELERS DEPTH CHART OFFENSE

DEFENSE

LDE 90 RICARDO MATHEWS (6-3, 300, 7) 96 L.T. Walton (6-5, 305, 2) NT 79 JAVON HARGRAVE (6-2, 305, R) 93 Daniel McCullers (6-7, 352, 3)

RDE 91 STEPHON TUITT (6-6, 303, 3) 96 L.T. Walton (6-5, 305, 2) LOLB 55 ARTHUR MOATS (6-0, 246, 7) 56 Anthony Chickillo (6-3, 255, 2) 48 Bud Dupree (6-4, 269, 2) LILB 50 RYAN SHAZIER (6-1, 230, 3) 44 Tyler Matakevich (6-1, 235, R) 54 L.J. Fort (6-0, 232, 2) RILB 94 LAWRENCE TIMMONS (6-1, 234, 10) 98 Vince Williams (6-1, 233, 4) 54 L.J. Fort (6-0, 232, 2) ROLB 95 JARVIS JONES (6-3, 248, 4) 92 James Harrison (6-0, 242, 14) 48 Bud Dupree (6-4, 269, 2) LCB 22 WILLIAM GAY (5-10, 187, 10) 24 Justin Gilbert (6-0, 202, 3) FS 23 MIKE MITCHELL (6-1, 221, 8) 28 Sean Davis (6-1, 202, R) 37 Jordan Dangerfield (5-11, 199, 1) SS 21 ROBERT GOLDEN (5-11, 202, 5) 29 Shamarko Thomas (5-9, 205, 4) 37 Jordan Dangerfield (5-11, 199, 1)

RCB 31 ROSS COCKRELL (6-0, 191, 3) 25 Artie Burns (6-0, 197, R)

SPECIAL TEAMS

P 4 JORDAN BERRY (6-5, 195, 2) K 9 CHRIS BOSWELL (6-2, 185, 2) LS 60 GREG WARREN (6-3, 252, 12) H 4 JORDAN BERRY (6-5, 195, 2)

KR 14 SAMMIE COATES (6-1, 212, 2) 24 Justin Gilbert (6-0, 202, 3) 33 Fitzgerald Toussaint (5-9, 204, 3)

PR 84 OR 17

ANTONIO BROWN (5-10, 181, 7) OR

ELI ROGERS (5-10, 187, 2)

• Rookie

Le’Veon Bell ..............................(Lay-vee-on) Anthony Chickillo .......................(Chick-ill-oh) Ramon Foster ............................(Ruh-moan) Javon Hargrave .........................(Jay-von) Tyler Matakevich .......................(Matt-uh-kev-ich) Ben Roethlisberger ....................(Roth-lis-ber-ger) Ryan Shazier .............................(Shay-zier) Shamarko Thomas ....................(Shuh-mar-ko) Fitzgerald Toussaint ..................(Too-saunt) Stephon Tuitt .............................(Steff-on Too-it)

WR 84 ANTONIO BROWN (5-10, 181, 7) 14 Sammie Coates (6-1, 212, 2) 83 Cobi Hamilton (6-2, 201, 1) LT 78 ALEJANDRO VILLANUEVA (6-9, 320, 2) 74 Chris Hubbard (6-4, 295, 3) 69 Brian Mihalik (6-9, 302, 1) LG 73 RAMON FOSTER (6-5, 328, 8) 67 B.J. Finney (6-4, 318, 1) C 53 MAURKICE POUNCEY (6-4, 304, 7) 67 B.J. Finney (6-4, 318, 1)

RG 66 DAVID DECASTRO (6-5, 316, 5) 67 B.J. Finney (6-4, 318, 1) RT 77 MARCUS GILBERT (6-6, 330, 6) 74 Chris Hubbard (6-4, 295, 3) 69 Brian Mihalik (6-9, 302, 1) TE 81 JESSE JAMES (6-7, 261, 2) 82 David Johnson (6-2, 260, 8) 89 Ladarius Green (6-6, 250, 5)

85 Xavier Grimble (6-4, 261, 1) RB 26 LE’VEON BELL (6-1, 225, 4) 34 DeAngelo Williams (5-9, 207, 11) 33 Fitzgerald Toussaint (5-9, 204, 3)

38 Daryl Richardson (5-11, 196, 3) FB 45 ROOSEVELT NIX (5-11, 248, 2) QB 7 BEN ROETHLISBERGER (6-5, 240, 13) 3 Landry Jones (6-4, 225, 4) 18 Zach Mettenberger (6-5, 224, 3) WR 88 DARRIUS HEYWARD-BEY (6-2, 210, 8) 17 Eli Rogers (5-10, 187, 2) 15 Demarcus Ayers (5-9, 190, R)

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NO NAME POS HT WT DOB AGE EXP COLLEGE BIRTHPLACE HOW ACQ 2016 GP/GS

15 Ayers, Demarcus WR 5-9 190 07/04/94 22 R Houston Lancaster, TX D7a '16 0/0

26 Bell, Le'Veon RB 6-1 225 02/18/92 24 4 Michigan State Reynoldsburg, OH D2 '13 10/10

4 Berry, Jordan P 6-5 195 03/18/91 25 2 Eastern Kentucky Melbourne, Victoria, Australia FA '15 13/0

9 Boswell, Chris K 6-2 185 03/16/91 25 2 Rice Fort Worth, TX FA '15 12/0

84 Brown, Antonio WR 5-10 181 07/10/88 28 7 Central Michigan Miami, FL D6b '10 13/13

25 Burns, Artie CB 6-0 197 05/01/95 21 R Miami (FL) Miami, FL D1 '16 13/6

56 Chickillo, Anthony LB 6-3 255 12/10/92 24 2 Miami (FL) Tampa, FL D6b '15 13/7

14 Coates, Sammie WR 6-1 212 03/31/93 23 2 Auburn Leroy, AL D3 '15 13/4

31 Cockrell, Ross CB 6-0 191 08/06/91 25 3 Duke Waxhaw, NC FA '15 13/13

37 Dangerfield, Jordan S 5-11 199 12/25/90 25 1 Towson Elmont, NY FA '15 10/2

28 Davis, Sean S 6-1 202 10/23/93 23 R Maryland Washington, DC D2 '16 13/5

66 DeCastro, David G 6-5 316 01/11/90 26 5 Stanford Bellevue, WA D1 '12 13/13

48 Dupree, Bud LB 6-4 269 02/12/93 23 2 Kentucky Macon, GA D1 '15 4/1

67 Finney, B.J. C/G 6-4 318 10/26/91 25 1 Kansas State Wichita, KS UDFA '15 10/2

54 Fort, L.J. LB 6-0 232 01/03/90 26 2 Northern Iowa Granite City, IL FA '15 11/0

73 Foster, Ramon G 6-5 328 01/07/86 30 8 Tennessee Henning, TN UDFA '09 11/11

22 Gay, William CB 5-10 187 01/01/85 31 10 Louisville Tallahassee, FL FA '13 13/9

24 Gilbert, Justin CB 6-0 202 11/07/91 25 3 Oklahoma State The Woodlands, TX T '16 (CLE) 10/0

77 Gilbert, Marcus OT 6-6 330 02/15/88 28 6 Florida Fort Lauderdale, FL D2 '11 10/10

21 Golden, Robert S 5-11 202 09/13/90 26 5 Arizona Fresno, CA UDFA '12 11/7

89 Green, Ladarius TE 6-6 240 05/29/90 26 5 Louisiana-Lafayette Pensacola, FL UFA '16 (SD) 5/1

85 Grimble, Xavier TE 6-4 261 09/22/92 24 1 USC Las Vegas, NV FA '15 10/2

83 Hamilton, Cobi WR 6-2 201 11/13/90 26 1 Arkansas Texarkana, TX FA '16 8/6

79 Hargrave, Javon DT 6-2 305 02/07/93 23 R South Carolina State Salisbury, NC D3 '16 12/10

92 Harrison, James LB 6-0 242 05/04/78 38 14 Kent State Akron, OH FA '14 13/5

88 Heyward-Bey, Darrius WR 6-2 210 02/26/87 29 8 Maryland Silver Spring, MD UFA '14 (IND) 8/0

74 Hubbard, Chris C/G 6-4 295 04/23/91 25 3 UAB Columbus, GA UDFA '13 12/4

81 James, Jesse TE 6-7 261 06/04/94 22 2 Penn State Glassport, PA D5 '15 13/12

82 Johnson, David TE 6-2 260 08/26/87 29 8 Arkansas State Pine Bluff, AR FA '16 13/3

95 Jones, Jarvis LB 6-3 248 10/13/89 27 4 Georgia Lumpkin, GA D1 '13 13/8

3 Jones, Landry QB 6-4 225 04/04/89 27 4 Oklahoma Artesia, NM D4b '13 7/1

44 Matakevich, Tyler LB 6-1 235 12/22/92 23 R Temple Stratford, CT D7b '16 13/0

90 Mathews, Ricardo DE 6-3 300 07/30/87 29 7 Cincinnati Jacksonville, FL UFA '16 (SD) 13/3

93 McCullers, Daniel DT 6-7 352 08/11/92 24 3 Tennessee Raleigh, NC D6b '14 13/1

18 Mettenberger, Zach QB 6-5 224 07/16/91 25 3 LSU Watkinsville, GA W '16 (SD) 0/0

69 Mihalik, Brian OT 6-9 302 08/21/92 24 1 Boston College Avon Lake, OH FA '16 0/0

23 Mitchell, Mike S 6-1 221 06/10/87 29 8 Ohio Fort Thomas, KY UFA '14 (CAR) 13/13

55 Moats, Arthur LB 6-0 246 03/14/88 28 7 James Madison Portsmouth, VA UFA '14 (BUF) 13/5

45 Nix, Roosevelt FB 5-11 248 03/30/92 24 2 Kent State Reynoldsburg, OH FA '15 7/2

53 Pouncey, Maurkice C 6-4 304 07/24/89 27 7 Florida Lakeland, FL D1 '10 13/13

38 Richardson, Daryl RB 5-11 196 04/12/90 26 3 Abilene Christian Jacksonville, FL FA '16 3/0

7 Roethlisberger, Ben QB 6-5 240 03/02/82 34 13 Miami (OH) Cory Rawson, OH D1 '04 12/12

17 Rogers, Eli WR 5-10 187 12/23/92 23 2 Louisville Miami, FL UDFA '15 10/6

50 Shazier, Ryan LB 6-1 230 09/06/92 24 3 Ohio State Fort Lauderdale, FL D1 '14 10/9

29 Thomas, Shamarko S 5-9 205 02/23/91 25 4 Syracuse Virginia Beach, VA D4a '13 8/0

94 Timmons, Lawrence LB 6-1 234 05/14/86 30 10 Florida State Florence, SC D1 '07 13/13

33 Toussaint, Fitzgerald RB 5-9 204 05/04/90 26 3 Michigan Youngstown, OH FA '15 13/0

91 Tuitt, Stephon DE 6-6 303 05/23/93 23 3 Notre Dame Miami, FL D2 '14 13/13

78 Villanueva, Alejandro OT 6-9 320 09/22/88 28 2 Army Meridian, MS FA '14 13/13

96 Walton, L.T. DE 6-5 305 03/31/92 24 2 Central Michigan Clinton Township, MI D6a '15 7/1

60 Warren, Greg LS 6-3 252 10/18/81 35 12 North Carolina Goldsboro, NC UDFA '05 13/0

34 Williams, DeAngelo RB 5-9 207 04/25/83 33 11 Memphis Wynne, AR FA '15 7/3

98 Williams, Vince LB 6-1 233 12/27/89 26 4 Florida State Davenport, FL D6b '13 13/4

PRACTICE SQUAD (8)

20 Dixon, Brandon CB 5-11 203 04/26/90 26 2 Northwest Missouri State Pompano Beach, FL FA '16 0/0

71 Feiler, Matt OL 6-6 330 07/07/92 24 1 Bloomsburg (PA) Strasburg, PA FA '16 1/0

42 Hagen, Jacob S 6-3 205 03/16/92 24 1 Liberty Orange Park, FL FA '16 0/0

99 Lyons, Caushaud DE 6-5 284 01/03/93 23 1 Tusculum Atlanta, GA W '15 (TB) 0/0

62 Maxey, Johnny DT 6-5 283 10/19/93 23 R Mars Hill Columbia, SC UDFA '16 0/0

76 Milton, Keavon OL 6-4 320 06/23/90 26 2 Louisiana-Monroe Canton, TX FA '16 0/0

39 Smith, Dreamius RB 5-11 225 09/08/92 24 1 West Virginia Wichita, KS FA '16 0/0

16 Tucker, Marcus WR 5-10 190 06/25/96 20 R Northern Michigan Flint, MI FA '16 0/0

RESERVE/INJURED LIST (11)

Anderson, Kevin LB 6-4 244 07/25/92 24 R Stanford Palo Alto, CA UDFA '16 0/0

Golson, Senquez CB 5-9 176 07/07/93 23 2 Mississippi Pascagoula, MS D2 '15 0/0

Hawkins, Jerald OT 6-6 305 10/16/93 23 R LSU Baldwin, LA D4 '16 0/0

Harris, Ryan OT 6-5 302 03/11/85 31 9 Notre Dame Minneapolis, MN UFA '16 (DEN) 4/0

Heyward, Cameron DE 6-5 295 05/06/89 27 6 Ohio State Pittsburgh, PA D1 '11 7/7

Johnson, Steven LB 6-1 237 03/28/88 28 5 Kansas Media, PA UFA '16 (TEN) 6/0

Manhart, Cole G 6-4 298 09/25/92 24 1 Nebraska-Kearney Highlands Ranch, CO FA '16 0/0

Severin, Canaan WR 6-2 205 03/16/93 23 R Virginia Marlborough, MA UDFA '16 0/0

Ume-Ezeoke, Valerian C 6-3 295 02/14/93 23 1 New Mexico State Garland, TX FA '16 0/0

Wallace, Cody C/G 6-4 296 11/26/84 32 7 Texas A&M Cuero, TX FA '13 0/0

Wheaton, Markus WR 5-11 189 02/07/91 25 4 Oregon State Chandler, AZ D3 '13 3/2

RESERVE/SUSPENDED BY COMMISSIONER (1)

Bryant, Martavis WR 6-4 211 12/20/91 25 3 Clemson Calhoun Falls, SC D4 '14 0/0

PRACTICE SQUAD RESERVE/SUSPENDED BY COMMISSIONER (1)

Williams, Karlos RB 6-2 230 05/04/93 23 2 Florida State Davenport, FL FA '16 0/0

Head Coach: Mike Tomlin

Assistant Coaches:

PITTSBURGH STEELERS 2016 ALPHABETICAL ROSTER

John Mitchell (Asst. Head Coach/Defensive Line); Todd Haley (Offensive Coordinator); Keith Butler (Defensive

Coordinator); Danny Smith (Special Teams Coordinator); James Daniel (Tight Ends); Randy Fichtner (Quarterbacks);

Carnell Lake (Defensive Backs); Richard Mann (Wide Receivers); Mike Munchak (Offensive Line); Jerry Olsavsky (Inside

Linebackers); Joey Porter (Outside Linebackers); James Saxon (Running Backs); Shaun Sarrett (Offensive Asst.); Steve

Meyer (Coaching Asst.); Daniel Martin Rooney (Coaching Asst.); Garrett Giemont (Conditioning Coordinator); Marcel

Pastoor (Conditioning Asst.)

Number of Players on Active Roster: 53

Experience Includes 2016 Season

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NO NAME POS HT WT DOB AGE EXP COLLEGE BIRTHPLACE HOW ACQ 2016 GP/GS

3 Landry Jones QB 6-4 225 04/04/89 27 4 Oklahoma Artesia, NM D4b '13 7/1

4 Jordan Berry P 6-5 195 03/18/91 25 2 Eastern Kentucky Melbourne, Victoria, Australia FA '15 13/0

7 Ben Roethlisberger QB 6-5 240 03/02/82 34 13 Miami (OH) Cory Rawson, OH D1 '04 12/12

9 Chris Boswell K 6-2 185 03/16/91 25 2 Rice Fort Worth, TX FA '15 12/0

14 Sammie Coates WR 6-1 212 03/31/93 23 2 Auburn Leroy, AL D3 '15 13/4

15 Demarcus Ayers WR 5-9 190 07/04/94 22 R Houston Lancaster, TX D7a '16 0/0

17 Eli Rogers WR 5-10 187 12/23/92 23 2 Louisville Miami, FL UDFA '15 10/6

18 Zach Mettenberger QB 6-5 224 07/16/91 25 3 LSU Watkinsville, GA W '16 (SD) 0/0

21 Robert Golden S 5-11 202 09/13/90 26 5 Arizona Fresno, CA UDFA '12 11/7

22 William Gay CB 5-10 187 01/01/85 31 10 Louisville Tallahassee, FL FA '13 13/9

23 Mike Mitchell S 6-1 221 06/10/87 29 8 Ohio Fort Thomas, KY UFA '14 (CAR) 13/13

24 Justin Gilbert CB 6-0 202 11/07/91 25 3 Oklahoma State The Woodlands, TX T '16 (CLE) 10/0

25 Artie Burns CB 6-0 197 05/01/95 21 R Miami (FL) Miami, FL D1 '16 13/6

26 Le'Veon Bell RB 6-1 225 02/18/92 24 4 Michigan State Reynoldsburg, OH D2 '13 10/10

28 Sean Davis S 6-1 202 10/23/93 23 R Maryland Washington, DC D2 '16 13/6

29 Shamarko Thomas S 5-9 205 02/23/91 25 4 Syracuse Virginia Beach, VA D4a '13 8/0

31 Ross Cockrell CB 6-0 191 08/06/91 25 3 Duke Waxhaw, NC FA '15 13/13

33 Fitzgerald Toussaint RB 5-9 204 05/04/90 26 3 Michigan Youngstown, OH FA '15 13/0

34 DeAngelo Williams RB 5-9 207 04/25/83 33 11 Memphis Wynne, AR FA '15 7/3

37 Jordan Dangerfield S 5-11 199 12/25/90 25 1 Towson Elmont, NY FA '15 10/2

38 Daryl Richardson RB 5-11 196 04/12/90 26 3 Abilene Christian Jacksonville, FL FA '16 3/0

44 Tyler Matakevich LB 6-1 235 12/22/92 23 R Temple Stratford, CT D7b '16 13/0

45 Roosevelt Nix FB 5-11 248 03/30/92 24 2 Kent State Reynoldsburg, OH FA '15 7/2

48 Bud Dupree LB 6-4 269 02/12/93 23 2 Kentucky Macon, GA D1 '15 4/1

50 Ryan Shazier LB 6-1 230 09/06/92 24 3 Ohio State Fort Lauderdale, FL D1 '14 10/9

53 Maurkice Pouncey C 6-4 304 07/24/89 27 7 Florida Lakeland, FL D1 '10 13/13

54 L.J. Fort LB 6-0 232 01/03/90 26 2 Northern Iowa Granite City, IL FA '15 11/0

55 Arthur Moats LB 6-0 246 03/14/88 28 7 James Madison Portsmouth, VA UFA '14 (BUF) 13/5

56 Anthony Chickillo LB 6-3 255 12/10/92 24 2 Miami (FL) Tampa, FL D6b '15 13/7

60 Greg Warren LS 6-3 252 10/18/81 35 12 North Carolina Goldsboro, NC UDFA '05 13/0

66 David DeCastro G 6-5 316 01/11/90 26 5 Stanford Bellevue, WA D1 '12 13/13

67 B.J. Finney C/G 6-4 318 10/26/91 25 1 Kansas State Wichita, KS UDFA '15 10/2

69 Brian Mihalik OT 6-9 302 08/21/92 24 1 Boston College Avon Lake, OH FA '16 0/0

73 Ramon Foster G 6-5 328 01/07/86 30 8 Tennessee Henning, TN UDFA '09 11/1174 Chris Hubbard C/G 6-4 295 04/23/91 25 3 UAB Columbus, GA UDFA '13 11/4

77 Marcus Gilbert OT 6-6 330 02/15/88 28 6 Florida Fort Lauderdale, FL D2 '11 10/10

78 Alejandro Villanueva OT 6-9 320 09/22/88 28 2 Army Meridian, MS FA '14 13/13

79 Javon Hargrave DT 6-2 305 02/07/93 23 R South Carolina State Salisbury, NC D3 '16 12/10

81 Jesse James TE 6-7 261 06/04/94 22 2 Penn State Glassport, PA D5 '15 13/12

82 David Johnson TE 6-2 260 08/26/87 29 8 Arkansas State Pine Bluff, AR FA '16 13/3

83 Cobi Hamilton WR 6-2 201 11/13/90 26 1 Arkansas Texarkana, TX FA '16 8/6

84 Antonio Brown WR 5-10 181 07/10/88 28 7 Central Michigan Miami, FL D6b '10 13/13

85 Xavier Grimble TE 6-4 261 09/22/92 24 1 USC Las Vegas, NV FA '15 10/2

88 Darrius Heyward-Bey WR 6-2 210 02/26/87 29 8 Maryland Silver Spring, MD UFA '14 (IND) 8/0

89 Ladarius Green TE 6-6 240 05/29/90 26 5 Louisiana-Lafayette Pensacola, FL UFA '16 (SD) 5/1

90 Ricardo Mathews DE 6-3 300 07/30/87 29 7 Cincinnati Jacksonville, FL UFA '16 (SD) 13/3

91 Stephon Tuitt DE 6-6 303 05/23/93 23 3 Notre Dame Miami, FL D2 '14 13/13

92 James Harrison LB 6-0 242 05/04/78 38 14 Kent State Akron, OH FA '14 13/5

93 Daniel McCullers DT 6-7 352 08/11/92 24 3 Tennessee Raleigh, NC D6b '14 13/1

94 Lawrence Timmons LB 6-1 234 05/14/86 30 10 Florida State Florence, SC D1 '07 13/13

95 Jarvis Jones LB 6-3 248 10/13/89 27 4 Georgia Lumpkin, GA D1 '13 13/8

96 L.T. Walton DE 6-5 305 03/31/92 24 2 Central Michigan Clinton Township, MI D6a '15 7/1

98 Vince Williams LB 6-1 233 12/27/89 26 4 Florida State Davenport, FL D6b '13 13/4

PRACTICE SQUAD (8)

16 Marcus Tucker WR 5-10 190 06/25/96 20 R Northern Michigan Flint, MI FA '16 0/0

20 Brandon Dixon CB 5-11 203 04/26/90 26 2 Northwest Missouri State Pompano Beach, FL FA '16 0/0

39 Dreamius Smith RB 5-11 225 09/08/92 24 1 West Virginia Wichita, KS FA '16 0/0

42 Jacob Hagen S 6-3 205 03/16/92 24 1 Liberty Orange Park, FL FA '16 0/0

62 Johnny Maxey DT 6-5 283 10/19/93 23 R Mars Hill Columbia, SC UDFA '16 0/0

71 Matt Feiler OL 6-6 330 07/07/92 24 1 Bloomsburg (PA) Strasburg, PA FA '16 1/0

76 Keavon Milton OL 6-4 320 06/23/90 26 2 Louisiana-Monroe Canton, TX FA '16 0/0

99 Caushaud Lyons DE 6-5 284 01/03/93 23 1 Tusculum Atlanta, GA W '15 (TB) 0/0

RESERVE/INJURED LIST (11)

Kevin Anderson LB 6-4 244 07/25/92 24 R Stanford Palo Alto, CA UDFA '16 0/0

Senquez Golson CB 5-9 176 07/07/93 23 2 Mississippi Pascagoula, MS D2 '15 0/0

Jerald Hawkins OT 6-6 305 10/16/93 23 R LSU Baldwin, LA D4 '16 0/0

Ryan Harris OT 6-5 302 03/11/85 31 9 Notre Dame Minneapolis, MN UFA '16 (DEN) 4/0

Cameron Heyward DE 6-5 295 05/06/89 27 6 Ohio State Pittsburgh, PA D1 '11 7/7

Steven Johnson LB 6-1 237 03/28/88 28 5 Kansas Media, PA UFA '16 (TEN) 6/0

Cole Manhart G 6-4 298 09/25/92 24 1 Nebraska-Kearney Highlands Ranch, CO FA '16 0/0

Canaan Severin WR 6-2 205 03/16/93 23 R Virginia Marlborough, MA UDFA '16 0/0

Valerian Ume-Ezeoke C 6-3 295 02/14/93 23 1 New Mexico State Garland, TX FA '16 0/0

Cody Wallace C/G 6-4 296 11/26/84 32 7 Texas A&M Cuero, TX FA '13 0/0

Markus Wheaton WR 5-11 189 02/07/91 25 4 Oregon State Chandler, AZ D3 '13 3/2

RESERVE/SUSPENDED BY COMMISSIONER (1)

Martavis Bryant WR 6-4 211 12/20/91 25 3 Clemson Calhoun Falls, SC D4 '14 0/0

PRACTICE SQUAD RESERVE/SUSPENDED BY COMMISSIONER (1)

Karlos Williams RB 6-2 230 05/04/93 23 2 Florida State Davenport, FL FA '16 0/0

Head Coach: Mike Tomlin

Assistant Coaches:

PITTSBURGH STEELERS 2016 NUMERICAL ROSTER

Experience Includes 2016 Season

Number of Players on Active Roster: 53

John Mitchell (Asst. Head Coach/Defensive Line); Todd Haley (Offensive Coordinator); Keith Butler (Defensive

Coordinator); Danny Smith (Special Teams Coordinator); James Daniel (Tight Ends); Randy Fichtner (Quarterbacks);

Carnell Lake (Defensive Backs); Richard Mann (Wide Receivers); Mike Munchak (Offensive Line); Jerry Olsavsky (Inside

Linebackers); Joey Porter (Outside Linebackers); James Saxon (Running Backs); Shaun Sarrett (Offensive Asst.); Steve

Meyer (Coaching Asst.); Daniel Martin Rooney (Coaching Asst.); Garrett Giemont (Conditioning Coordinator); Marcel

Pastoor (Conditioning Asst.)

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3 Landry Jones QB 6-4 225 04/04/89 27 4 Oklahoma Artesia, NM D4b '13 7/17 Ben Roethlisberger QB 6-5 240 03/02/82 34 13 Miami (OH) Cory Rawson, OH D1 '04 12/1218 Zach Mettenberger QB 6-5 224 07/16/91 25 3 LSU Watkinsville, GA W '16 (SD) 0/0

26 Le'Veon Bell RB 6-1 225 02/18/92 24 4 Michigan State Reynoldsburg, OH D2 '13 10/10

33 Fitzgerald Toussaint RB 5-9 204 05/04/90 26 3 Michigan Youngstown, OH FA '15 13/0

34 DeAngelo Williams RB 5-9 207 04/25/83 33 11 Memphis Wynne, AR FA '15 7/3

38 Daryl Richardson RB 5-11 196 04/12/90 26 3 Abilene Christian Jacksonville, FL FA '16 3/0

45 Roosevelt Nix FB 5-11 248 03/30/92 24 2 Kent State Reynoldsburg, OH FA '15 7/2

14 Sammie Coates WR 6-1 212 03/31/93 23 2 Auburn Leroy, AL D3 '15 13/4

15 Demarcus Ayers WR 5-9 190 07/04/94 22 R Houston Lancaster, TX D7a '16 0/0

17 Eli Rogers WR 5-10 187 12/23/92 23 2 Louisville Miami, FL UDFA '15 10/6

83 Cobi Hamilton WR 6-2 201 11/13/90 26 1 Arkansas Texarkana, TX FA '16 8/6

84 Antonio Brown WR 5-10 181 07/10/88 28 7 Central Michigan Miami, FL D6b '10 13/1388 Darrius Heyward-Bey WR 6-2 210 02/26/87 29 8 Maryland Silver Spring, MD UFA '14 (IND) 8/0

81 Jesse James TE 6-7 261 06/04/94 22 2 Penn State Glassport, PA D5 '15 13/1282 David Johnson TE 6-2 260 08/26/87 29 8 Arkansas State Pine Bluff, AR FA '16 13/385 Xavier Grimble TE 6-4 261 09/22/92 24 1 USC Las Vegas, NV FA '15 10/289 Ladarius Green TE 6-6 240 05/29/90 26 5 Louisiana-Lafayette Pensacola, FL UFA '16 (SD) 5/1

53 Maurkice Pouncey C 6-4 304 07/24/89 27 7 Florida Lakeland, FL D1 '10 13/13

66 David DeCastro G 6-5 316 01/11/90 26 5 Stanford Bellevue, WA D1 '12 13/1367 B.J. Finney C/G 6-4 318 10/26/91 25 1 Kansas State Wichita, KS UDFA '15 10/2

69 Brian Mihalik OT 6-9 302 08/21/92 24 1 Boston College Avon Lake, OH FA '16 0/0

73 Ramon Foster G 6-5 328 01/07/86 30 8 Tennessee Henning, TN UDFA '09 11/11

74 Chris Hubbard C/G 6-4 295 04/23/91 25 3 UAB Columbus, GA UDFA '13 12/4

77 Marcus Gilbert OT 6-6 330 02/15/88 28 6 Florida Fort Lauderdale, FL D2 '11 10/10

78 Alejandro Villanueva OT 6-9 320 09/22/88 28 2 Army Meridian, MS FA '14 13/13

79 Javon Hargrave DT 6-2 305 02/07/93 23 R South Carolina State Salisbury, NC D3 '16 12/10

90 Ricardo Mathews DE 6-3 300 07/30/87 29 7 Cincinnati Jacksonville, FL UFA '16 (SD) 13/3

91 Stephon Tuitt DE 6-6 303 05/23/93 23 3 Notre Dame Miami, FL D2 '14 13/13

93 Daniel McCullers DT 6-7 352 08/11/92 24 3 Tennessee Raleigh, NC D6b '14 13/1

96 L.T. Walton DE 6-5 305 03/31/92 24 2 Central Michigan Clinton Township, MI D6a '15 7/1

44 Tyler Matakevich LB 6-1 235 12/22/92 23 R Temple Stratford, CT D7b '16 13/048 Bud Dupree LB 6-4 269 02/12/93 23 2 Kentucky Macon, GA D1 '15 4/1

50 Ryan Shazier LB 6-1 230 09/06/92 24 3 Ohio State Fort Lauderdale, FL D1 '14 10/9

54 L.J. Fort LB 6-0 232 01/03/90 26 2 Northern Iowa Granite City, IL FA '15 11/0

55 Arthur Moats LB 6-0 246 03/14/88 28 7 James Madison Portsmouth, VA UFA '14 (BUF) 13/5

56 Anthony Chickillo LB 6-3 255 12/10/92 24 2 Miami (FL) Tampa, FL D6b '15 13/7

92 James Harrison LB 6-0 242 05/04/78 38 14 Kent State Akron, OH FA '14 13/5

94 Lawrence Timmons LB 6-1 234 05/14/86 30 10 Florida State Florence, SC D1 '07 13/13

95 Jarvis Jones LB 6-3 248 10/13/89 27 4 Georgia Lumpkin, GA D1 '13 13/898 Vince Williams LB 6-1 233 12/27/89 26 4 Florida State Davenport, FL D6b '13 13/4

21 Robert Golden S 5-11 202 09/13/90 26 5 Arizona Fresno, CA UDFA '12 11/722 William Gay CB 5-10 187 01/01/85 31 10 Louisville Tallahassee, FL FA '13 13/923 Mike Mitchell S 6-1 221 06/10/87 29 8 Ohio Fort Thomas, KY UFA '14 (CAR) 13/1324 Justin Gilbert CB 6-0 202 11/07/91 25 3 Oklahoma State The Woodlands, TX T '16 (CLE) 10/0

25 Artie Burns CB 6-0 197 05/01/95 21 R Miami (FL) Miami, FL D1 '16 13/6

28 Sean Davis S 6-1 202 10/23/93 23 R Maryland Washington, DC D2 '16 13/6

29 Shamarko Thomas S 5-9 205 02/23/91 25 4 Syracuse Virginia Beach, VA D4a '13 8/031 Ross Cockrell CB 6-0 191 08/06/91 25 3 Duke Waxhaw, NC FA '15 13/1337 Jordan Dangerfield S 5-11 199 12/25/90 25 1 Towson Elmont, NY FA '15 10/2

4 Jordan Berry P 6-5 195 03/18/91 25 2 Eastern Kentucky Melbourne, Victoria, Australia FA '15 13/09 Chris Boswell K 6-2 185 03/16/91 25 2 Rice Fort Worth, TX FA '15 12/060 Greg Warren LS 6-3 252 10/18/81 35 12 North Carolina Goldsboro, NC UDFA '05 13/0

PRACTICE SQUAD (8)

16 Marcus Tucker WR 5-10 190 06/25/96 20 R Northern Michigan Flint, MI FA '16 0/0

20 Brandon Dixon CB 5-11 203 04/26/90 26 2 Northwest Missouri State Pompano Beach, FL FA '16 0/0

39 Dreamius Smith RB 5-11 225 09/08/92 24 1 West Virginia Wichita, KS FA '16 0/0

42 Jacob Hagen S 6-3 205 03/16/92 24 1 Liberty Orange Park, FL FA '16 0/0

62 Johnny Maxey DT 6-5 283 10/19/93 23 R Mars Hill Columbia, SC UDFA '16 0/0

71 Matt Feiler OL 6-6 330 07/07/92 24 1 Bloomsburg (PA) Strasburg, PA FA '16 1/0

76 Keavon Milton OL 6-4 320 06/23/90 26 2 Louisiana-Monroe Canton, TX FA '16 0/0

99 Caushaud Lyons DE 6-5 284 01/03/93 23 1 Tusculum Atlanta, GA W '15 (TB) 0/0

RESERVE/INJURED LIST (11)

Kevin Anderson LB 6-4 244 07/25/92 24 R Stanford Palo Alto, CA UDFA '16 0/0

Senquez Golson CB 5-9 176 07/07/93 23 2 Mississippi Pascagoula, MS D2 '15 0/0

Jerald Hawkins OT 6-6 305 10/16/93 23 R LSU Baldwin, LA D4 '16 0/0

Ryan Harris OT 6-5 302 03/11/85 31 9 Notre Dame Minneapolis, MN UFA '16 (DEN) 4/0Cameron Heyward DE 6-5 295 05/06/89 27 6 Ohio State Pittsburgh, PA D1 '11 7/7Steven Johnson LB 6-1 237 03/28/88 28 5 Kansas Media, PA UFA '16 (TEN) 6/0

Cole Manhart G 6-4 298 09/25/92 24 1 Nebraska-Kearney Highlands Ranch, CO FA '16 0/0

Canaan Severin WR 6-2 205 03/16/93 23 R Virginia Marlborough, MA UDFA '16 0/0

Valerian Ume-Ezeoke C 6-3 295 02/14/93 23 1 New Mexico State Garland, TX FA '16 0/0

Cody Wallace C/G 6-4 296 11/26/84 32 7 Texas A&M Cuero, TX FA '13 0/0

Markus Wheaton WR 5-11 189 02/07/91 25 4 Oregon State Chandler, AZ D3 '13 3/2

RESERVE/SUSPENDED BY COMMISSIONER (1)

Martavis Bryant WR 6-4 211 12/20/91 25 3 Clemson Calhoun Falls, SC D4 '14 0/0

PRACTICE SQUAD RESERVE/SUSPENDED BY COMMISSIONER (1)

Karlos Williams RB 6-2 230 05/04/93 23 2 Florida State Davenport, FL FA '16 0/0

Head Coach: Mike TomlinAssistant Coaches:

SPECIALISTS (3)

John Mitchell (Asst. Head Coach/Defensive Line); Todd Haley (Offensive Coordinator); Keith Butler (Defensive

Coordinator); Danny Smith (Special Teams Coordinator); James Daniel (Tight Ends); Randy Fichtner (Quarterbacks);

Carnell Lake (Defensive Backs); Richard Mann (Wide Receivers); Mike Munchak (Offensive Line); Jerry Olsavsky

(Inside Linebackers); Joey Porter (Outside Linebackers); James Saxon (Running Backs); Shaun Sarrett (Offensive

Asst.); Steve Meyer (Coaching Asst.); Daniel Martin Rooney (Coaching Asst.); Garrett Giemont (Conditioning

Coordinator); Marcel Pastoor (Conditioning Asst.)

OFFENSIVE LINEMEN (8)

DEFENSIVE LINEMEN (5)

LINEBACKERS (10)

DEFENSIVE BACKS (9)

Experience Includes 2016 SeasonNumber of Players on Active Roster: 53

DEFENSE (24)

WIDE RECEIVERS (6)

TIGHT ENDS (4)

PITTSBURGH STEELERS 2016 POSITIONAL ROSTER

QUARTERBACKS (3)

RUNNING BACKS (5)

OFFENSE (26)

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14th YEAR (1)

92 James Harrison LB 6-0 242 05/04/78 38 14 Kent State Akron, OH FA '14 13/4

13th YEAR (1)

7 Ben Roethlisberger QB 6-5 240 03/02/82 34 13 Miami (OH) Cory Rawson, OH D1 '04 12/12

12th YEAR (1)

60 Greg Warren LS 6-3 252 10/18/81 35 12 North Carolina Goldsboro, NC UDFA '05 13/0

11th YEAR (1)

34 DeAngelo Williams RB 5-9 207 04/25/83 33 11 Memphis Wynne, AR FA '15 7/3

10th YEAR (2)

22 William Gay CB 5-10 187 01/01/85 31 10 Louisville Tallahassee, FL FA '13 13/9

94 Lawrence Timmons LB 6-1 234 05/14/86 30 10 Florida State Florence, SC D1 '07 13/13

8th YEAR (4)

23 Mike Mitchell S 6-1 221 06/10/87 29 8 Ohio Fort Thomas, KY UFA '14 (CAR) 13/13

73 Ramon Foster G 6-5 328 01/07/86 30 8 Tennessee Henning, TN UDFA '09 11/11

82 David Johnson TE 6-2 260 08/26/87 29 8 Arkansas State Pine Bluff, AR FA '16 13/3

88 Darrius Heyward-Bey WR 6-2 210 02/26/87 29 8 Maryland Silver Spring, MD UFA '14 (IND) 9/0

7th YEAR (4)

53 Maurkice Pouncey C 6-4 304 07/24/89 27 7 Florida Lakeland, FL D1 '10 13/13

55 Arthur Moats LB 6-0 246 03/14/88 28 7 James Madison Portsmouth, VA UFA '14 (BUF) 13/5

84 Antonio Brown WR 5-10 181 07/10/88 28 7 Central Michigan Miami, FL D6b '10 13/13

90 Ricardo Mathews DE 6-3 300 07/30/87 29 7 Cincinnati Jacksonville, FL UFA '16 (SD) 13/3

6th YEAR (1)

77 Marcus Gilbert OT 6-6 330 02/15/88 28 6 Florida Fort Lauderdale, FL D2 '11 10/10

5th YEAR (3)

21 Robert Golden S 5-11 202 09/13/90 26 5 Arizona Fresno, CA UDFA '12 11/7

66 David DeCastro G 6-5 316 01/11/90 26 5 Stanford Bellevue, WA D1 '12 13/13

89 Ladarius Green TE 6-6 240 05/29/90 26 5 Louisiana-Lafayette Pensacola, FL UFA '16 (SD) 5/1

4th YEAR (5)

3 Landry Jones QB 6-4 225 04/04/89 27 4 Oklahoma Artesia, NM D4b '13 7/1

26 Le'Veon Bell RB 6-1 225 02/18/92 24 4 Michigan State Reynoldsburg, OH D2 '13 10/10

29 Shamarko Thomas S 5-9 205 02/23/91 25 4 Syracuse Virginia Beach, VA D4a '13 8/0

95 Jarvis Jones LB 6-3 248 10/13/89 27 4 Georgia Lumpkin, GA D1 '13 13/8

98 Vince Williams LB 6-1 233 12/27/89 26 4 Florida State Davenport, FL D6b '13 13/4

3rd YEAR (9)

18 Zach Mettenberger QB 6-5 224 07/16/91 25 3 LSU Watkinsville, GA W '16 (SD) 0/0

24 Justin Gilbert CB 6-0 202 11/07/91 25 3 Oklahoma State The Woodlands, TX T '16 (CLE) 10/0

31 Ross Cockrell CB 6-0 191 08/06/91 25 3 Duke Waxhaw, NC FA '15 13/13

33 Fitzgerald Toussaint RB 5-9 204 05/04/90 26 3 Michigan Youngstown, OH FA '15 13/0

38 Daryl Richardson RB 5-11 196 04/12/90 26 3 Abilene Christian Jacksonville, FL FA '16 3/0

50 Ryan Shazier LB 6-1 230 09/06/92 24 3 Ohio State Fort Lauderdale, FL D1 '14 10/9

74 Chris Hubbard C/G 6-4 295 04/23/91 25 3 UAB Columbus, GA UDFA '13 12/4

91 Stephon Tuitt DE 6-6 303 05/23/93 23 3 Notre Dame Miami, FL D2 '14 13/13

93 Daniel McCullers DT 6-7 352 08/11/92 24 3 Tennessee Raleigh, NC D6b '14 13/1

2nd YEAR (11)

4 Jordan Berry P 6-5 195 03/18/91 25 2 Eastern Kentucky Melbourne, Victoria, Australia FA '15 13/0

9 Chris Boswell K 6-2 185 03/16/91 25 2 Rice Fort Worth, TX FA '15 12/0

14 Sammie Coates WR 6-1 212 03/31/93 23 2 Auburn Leroy, AL D3 '15 13/4

17 Eli Rogers WR 5-10 187 12/23/92 23 2 Louisville Miami, FL UDFA '15 10/6

45 Roosevelt Nix FB 5-11 248 03/30/92 24 2 Kent State Reynoldsburg, OH FA '15 7/2

48 Bud Dupree LB 6-4 269 02/12/93 23 2 Kentucky Macon, GA D1 '15 4/1

54 L.J. Fort LB 6-0 232 01/03/90 26 2 Northern Iowa Granite City, IL FA '15 11/0

56 Anthony Chickillo LB 6-3 255 12/10/92 24 2 Miami (FL) Tampa, FL D6b '15 13/7

78 Alejandro Villanueva OT 6-9 320 09/22/88 28 2 Army Meridian, MS FA '14 13/13

81 Jesse James TE 6-7 261 06/04/94 22 2 Penn State Glassport, PA D5 '15 13/12

96 L.T. Walton DE 6-5 305 03/31/92 24 2 Central Michigan Clinton Township, MI D6a '15 7/1

1st YEAR (5)

37 Jordan Dangerfield S 5-11 199 12/25/90 25 1 Towson Elmont, NY FA '15 10/2

67 B.J. Finney C/G 6-4 318 10/26/91 25 1 Kansas State Wichita, KS UDFA '15 10/2

69 Brian Mihalik OT 6-9 302 08/21/92 24 1 Boston College Avon Lake, OH FA '16 0/0

83 Cobi Hamilton WR 6-2 201 11/13/90 26 1 Arkansas Texarkana, TX FA '16 8/6

85 Xavier Grimble TE 6-4 261 09/22/92 24 1 USC Las Vegas, NV FA '15 10/2

ROOKIES (5)

15 Demarcus Ayers WR 5-9 190 07/04/94 22 R Houston Lancaster, TX D7a '16 0/0

25 Artie Burns CB 6-0 197 05/01/95 21 R Miami (FL) Miami, FL D1 '16 13/6

28 Sean Davis S 6-1 202 10/23/93 23 R Maryland Washington, DC D2 '16 13/6

44 Tyler Matakevich LB 6-1 235 12/22/92 23 R Temple Stratford, CT D7b '16 13/0

79 Javon Hargrave DT 6-2 305 02/07/93 23 R South Carolina State Salisbury, NC D3 '16 12/10

PRACTICE SQUAD (8)

16 Marcus Tucker WR 5-10 190 06/25/96 20 R Northern Michigan Flint, MI FA '16 0/0

20 Brandon Dixon CB 5-11 203 04/26/90 26 2 Northwest Missouri State Pompano Beach, FL FA '16 0/0

39 Dreamius Smith RB 5-11 225 09/08/92 24 1 West Virginia Wichita, KS FA '16 0/0

42 Jacob Hagen S 6-3 205 03/16/92 24 1 Liberty Orange Park, FL FA '16 0/0

62 Johnny Maxey DT 6-5 283 10/19/93 23 R Mars Hill Columbia, SC UDFA '16 0/0

71 Matt Feiler OL 6-6 330 07/07/92 24 1 Bloomsburg (PA) Strasburg, PA FA '16 1/0

76 Keavon Milton OL 6-4 320 06/23/90 26 2 Louisiana-Monroe Canton, TX FA '16 0/0

99 Caushaud Lyons DE 6-5 284 01/03/93 23 1 Tusculum Atlanta, GA W '15 (TB) 0/0

RESERVE/INJURED LIST (11)

Kevin Anderson LB 6-4 244 07/25/92 24 R Stanford Palo Alto, CA UDFA '16 0/0

Senquez Golson CB 5-9 176 07/07/93 23 2 Mississippi Pascagoula, MS D2 '15 0/0

Jerald Hawkins OT 6-6 305 10/16/93 23 R LSU Baldwin, LA D4 '16 0/0

Ryan Harris OT 6-5 302 03/11/85 31 9 Notre Dame Minneapolis, MN UFA '16 (DEN) 4/0

Cameron Heyward DE 6-5 295 05/06/89 27 6 Ohio State Pittsburgh, PA D1 '11 7/7

Steven Johnson LB 6-1 237 03/28/88 28 5 Kansas Media, PA UFA '16 (TEN) 6/0

Cole Manhart G 6-4 298 09/25/92 24 1 Nebraska-Kearney Highlands Ranch, CO FA '16 0/0

Canaan Severin WR 6-2 205 03/16/93 23 R Virginia Marlborough, MA UDFA '16 0/0

Valerian Ume-Ezeoke C 6-3 295 02/14/93 23 1 New Mexico State Garland, TX FA '16 0/0

Cody Wallace C/G 6-4 296 11/26/84 32 7 Texas A&M Cuero, TX FA '13 0/0

Markus Wheaton WR 5-11 189 02/07/91 25 4 Oregon State Chandler, AZ D3 '13 3/2

RESERVE/SUSPENDED BY COMMISSIONER (1)

Martavis Bryant WR 6-4 211 12/20/91 25 3 Clemson Calhoun Falls, SC D4 '14 0/0

PRACTICE SQUAD RESERVE/SUSPENDED BY COMMISSIONER (1)

Karlos Williams RB 6-2 230 05/04/93 23 2 Florida State Davenport, FL FA '16 0/0

Head Coach: Mike Tomlin

Assistant Coaches:

PITTSBURGH STEELERS 2016 ROSTER BY EXPERIENCE

John Mitchell (Asst. Head Coach/Defensive Line); Todd Haley (Offensive Coordinator); Keith Butler (Defensive

Coordinator); Danny Smith (Special Teams Coordinator); James Daniel (Tight Ends); Randy Fichtner (Quarterbacks);

Carnell Lake (Defensive Backs); Richard Mann (Wide Receivers); Mike Munchak (Offensive Line); Jerry Olsavsky (Inside

Linebackers); Joey Porter (Outside Linebackers); James Saxon (Running Backs); Shaun Sarrett (Offensive Asst.); Steve

Meyer (Coaching Asst.); Daniel Martin Rooney (Coaching Asst.); Garrett Giemont (Conditioning Coordinator); Marcel

Pastoor (Conditioning Asst.)

Experience Includes 2016 Season

Number of Players on Active Roster: 53

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2016 ROSTER MOVES Date Pos. Name Transaction 1/19/16 C/G Chris Hubbard Signed One-Year Extension 1/19/16 FB Roosevelt Nix Signed One-Year Extension 1/19/16 S Jordan Dangerfield Signed Reserve/Future Contract 1/19/16 OT Matt Feiler Signed Reserve/Future Contract 1/19/16 C/G B.J. Finney Signed Reserve/Future Contract 1/19/16 CB Isaiah Frey Signed Reserve/Future Contract 1/19/16 TE Xavier Grimble Signed Reserve/Future Contract 1/19/16 DE Caushaud Lyons Signed Reserve/Future Contract 1/19/16 RB Rajion Neal Signed Reserve/Future Contract 1/19/16 WR Shakim Phillips Signed Reserve/Future Contract 1/19/16 RB Abou Toure Signed Reserve/Future Contract 1/19/16 S Ray Vinopal Signed Reserve/Future Contract 1/20/16 S Jacob Hagen Signed Reserve/Future Contract 1/20/16 OT Brian Mihalik Signed Reserve/Future Contract 1/20/16 K Ty Long Signed Reserve/Future Contract 1/20/16 RB Daryl Richardson Signed Reserve/Future Contract 1/22/16 CB Ross Cockrell Signed One-Year Extension 1/22/16 QB Dustin Vaughan Signed Reserve/Future Contract 2/2/16 WR Levi Norwood Signed Reserve/Future Contract 2/4/16 WR Issac Blakeney Signed Reserve/Future Contract 2/4/16 CB Montell Garner Signed Reserve/Future Contract 2/4/16 WR Tobais Palmer Signed Reserve/Future Contract 2/4/16 CB Al-Hajj Shabazz Signed Reserve/Future Contract 2/9/16 G Cole Manhart Signed Contract 2/16/16 LS Matt Dooley Signed Contract 2/16/16 DT Lavon Hooks Signed Contract 2/16/16 TE Rob Blanchflower Released 2/16/16 OT Kelvin Palmer Released 2/16/16 OT Mitchell Van Dyk Released 2/19/16 TE Heath Miller Retired 2/22/16 DT Roy Philon Signed Contract 3/1/16 G Micah Hatchie Released 3/7/16 S Robert Golden Re-signed (Three-Year Contract) 3/7/16 WR Darrius Heyward-Bey Re-signed (Three-Year Contract) 3/8/16 CB William Gay Re-signed (Three-Year Contract) 3/9/16 G Ramon Foster Re-signed (Three-Year Contract) 3/10/16 TE Ladarius Green Signed Four-Year Contract (UFA, SD) 3/14/16 WR Martavis Bryant Reserve/Suspended By Commissioner 3/15/16 OT Ryan Harris Signed Two-Year Contract (UFA, DEN) 3/25/16 LB Steven Johnson Signed One-Year Contract (UFA, TEN) 3/31/16 DE Ricardo Mathews Signed One-Year Contract (UFA, SD) 4/15/16 CB Cortez Allen Released 4/28/16 CB Artie Burns Drafted 4/29/16 S Sean Davis Drafted 4/29/16 DT Javon Hargrave Drafted 4/30/16 OT Jerald Hawkins Drafted 4/30/16 LB Travis Feeney Drafted 4/30/16 WR Demarcus Ayers Drafted 4/30/16 LB Tyler Matakevich Drafted 4/30/16 DL Johnny Maxey Agreed To Terms (RFA) 4/30/16 LB Tyriq McCord Agreed To Terms (RFA) 4/30/16 P Will Monday Agreed To Terms (RFA) 4/30/16 DL Giorgio Newberry Agreed To Terms (RFA) 4/30/16 RB Christian Powell Agreed To Terms (RFA) 4/30/16 TE David Reeves Agreed To Terms (RFA) 4/30/16 TE Jay Rome Agreed To Terms (RFA) 4/30/16 OL Quinton Schooley Agreed To Terms (RFA) 4/30/16 WR Canaan Severin Agreed To Terms (RFA) 4/30/16 DL Devaunte Sigler Agreed To Terms (RFA) 5/2/16 QB Bruce Gradkowski Re-signed (One-Year Contract) 5/5/16 OT Mike Adams Released (Failed Physical) 5/5/16 K Ty Long Released 5/5/16 RB Abou Toure Released 5/5/16 WR Demarcus Ayers Signed Rookie Contract (Four-Years) 5/5/16 LB Tyler Matakevich Signed Rookie Contract (Four-Years) 5/6/16 LB Travis Feeney Signed Rookie Contract (Four-Years) 5/9/16 RB Christian Powell Released 5/9/16 RB Rajion Neal Released 5/9/16 WR Tobais Palmer Released 5/9/16 CB Isaiah Frey Released 5/9/16 RB Brandon Brown-Dukes Signed Contract (RFA) 5/9/16 RB Cameron Stingily Signed Contract 5/9/16 WR Marcus Tucker Signed Contract (RFA) 5/9/16 CB Donald Washington Signed Contract

Date Pos. Name Transaction 5/16/16 TE David Johnson Signed One-Year Contact 5/16/16 TE David Reeves Released 5/20/16 S Sean Davis Signed Rookie Contract (Four-Years) 6/2/16 OT Jerald Hawkins Signed Rookie Contract (Four-Years) 6/7/16 TE Paul Lang Signed Contract 6/7/16 LB Kevin Anderson Signed Contract 6/7/16 LB Tyriq McCord Waived/Injured 6/7/16 TE Jay Rome Waived/Injured 6/8/16 LB Mike Reilly Signed Contract 6/8/16 LB Kevin Anderson Waived/Injured 6/8/16 CB Artie Burns Signed Rookie Contract (Four-Years) 6/10/16 DT Javon Hargrave Signed Rookie Contract (Four-Years) 6/24/16 K Shaun Suisham Released (Failed Physical) 6/24/16 RB Brandon Johnson Signed Contract (RFA) 7/21/16 TE Matt Spaeth Released (Failed Physical) 7/21/16 TE Mandel Dixon Signed Contract (RFA) 7/28/16 TE Ladarius Green Active/PUP List 7/28/16 WR Shakim Phillips Active/PUP List 7/28/16 DT Devaunte Sigler Non-Football Injury List (NFI) 8/1/16 RB Brandon Johnson Waived/Injured 8/1/16 OL Quinton Schooley Waived/Injured 8/1/16 RB Christian Powell Signed Contract 8/1/16 C Valerian Ume-Ezeoke Signed Contract 8/3/16 TE Mandel Dixon Waived/Injured 8/3/16 WR Shakim Phillips Waived/Injured 8/3/16 TE Jake Phillips Signed Contract 8/3/16 CB Kevin White Signed Contract 8/3/16 DT Devaunte Sigler Activated (NFI) 8/5/16 WR Canaan Severin Waived/Injured 8/5/16 TE Jake Phillips Released 8/5/16 WR Cobi Hamilton Signed Contract 8/5/16 TE Michael Cooper Signed Contract 8/14/16 OT Brian Mihalik Waived/Injured 8/14/16 DT Roy Philon Waived/Injured 8/14/16 S Ross Ventrone Reserve/Injured List 8/14/16 OT Wade Hansen Signed Contract 8/14/16 CB Julian Whigham Signed Contract 8/14/16 DT Khaynin Mosley-Smith Signed Contract 8/15/16 LS Jermauria Rasco Signed Contract 8/15/16 LS Matt Dooley Released 8/20/16 RB Christian Powell Released 8/20/16 C Valerian Ume-Ezeoke Waived/Injured 8/20/16 QB Bryn Renner Signed Contract 8/20/16 G Antoine Everett Signed Contract 8/22/16 G Cole Manhart Waived/Injured 8/22/16 G Shahbaz Ahmed Signed Contract 8/23/16 LB Vince Williams Signed New Contract (Three-Years) 8/28/16 OT Jerald Hawkins Reserve/Injured List 8/28/16 QB Dustin Vaughan Waived/Injured 8/26/16 LB Jordan Zumwalt Released 8/26/16 LB Mike Reilly Released 8/26/16 WR Issac Blakeney Released 8/26/16 WR Levi Norwood Released 8/26/16 TE Michael Cooper Released 8/26/16 DE Giorgio Newberry Released 8/26/16 DT Khaynin Mosley-Smith Released 8/26/16 CB Julian Whigham Released 8/26/16 P Will Monday Released 8/30/16 TE Ladarius Green Reserve/PUP List 8/30/16 DT Devaunte Sigler Released 8/30/16 S Jacob Hagen Released 8/30/16 CB Kevin White Released 8/31/16 QB Zach Mettenberger Claimed off Waivers (from San Diego) 8/31/16 QB Bruce Gradkowski Reserve/Injured List 9/3/16 RB Le’Veon Bell Reserve/Suspended By Commissioner 9/3/16 CB Justin Gilbert Traded (with Cleveland for 2018 6th Rd) 9/3/16 TE Paul Lang Waived/Injured 9/3/16 WR Demarcus Ayers Released 9/3/16 WR Cobi Hamilton Released 9/3/16 WR Marcus Tucker Released 9/3/16 RB Brandon Brown-Dukes Released 9/3/16 RB Cameron Stingily Released 9/3/16 G Shahbaz Ahmed Released 9/3/16 G Antoine Everett Released

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2016 ROSTER MOVES Date Pos. Name Transaction 9/3/16 OT Matt Feiler Released 9/3/16 OT Wade Hansen Released 9/3/16 CB Montell Garner Released 9/3/16 CB Doran Grant Released 9/3/16 CB Al-Hajj Shabazz Released 9/3/16 CB Donald Washington Released 9/3/16 DT Lavon Hooks Released 9/3/16 DE Caushaud Lyons Released 9/3/16 DE Johnny Maxey Released 9/3/16 LB Travis Feeney Released 9/3/16 LB Steven Johnson Released 9/3/16 LB Jermauria Rasco Released 9/3/16 QB Bryn Renner Released 9/3/16 S Ray Vinopal Released 9/4/16 LB Bud Dupree Reserve/Injured List 9/4/16 LB Steven Johnson Signed Contract 9/4/16 RB Brandon Brown-Dukes Signed to Practice Squad 9/4/16 RB Cameron Stingily Signed to Practice Squad 9/4/16 WR Demarcus Ayers Signed to Practice Squad 9/4/16 WR Cobi Hamilton Signed to Practice Squad 9/4/16 TE RaShaun Allen Signed to Practice Squad 9/4/16 OT Matt Feiler Signed to Practice Squad 9/4/16 DE Caushaud Lyons Signed to Practice Squad 9/4/16 DT Johnny Maxey Signed to Practice Squad 9/4/16 CB Al-Hajj Shabazz Signed to Practice Squad 9/4/16 LB Travis Feeney Signed to Practice Squad 9/7/16 RB Cameron Stingily Released from Practice Squad 9/7/16 RB David Cobb Signed to Practice Squad 9/8/16 G David DeCastro Signed New Six-Year Contract 9/16/16 RB Brandon Brown-Dukes Released from Practice Squad 9/16/16 S Jacob Hagen Signed to Practice Squad 9/20/16 S Jacob Hagen Released from Practice Squad 9/20/16 RB Brandon Brown-Dukes Signed to Practice Squad 9/26/16 RB Brandon Brown-Dukes Released from Practice Squad 9/27/16 S Jacob Haden Signed to Practice Squad 9/29/16 RB Daryl Richardson Released 9/29/16 RB Le’Veon Bell Activated off of Reserve/Suspended By Commissioner 10/3/16 S Jacob Hagen Released from Practice Squad 10/3/16 RB Daryl Richardson Signed to Practice Squad 10/8/16 CB Senquez Golson Reserve/Injured List 10/8/16 OT Ryan Harris Reserve/Injured List 10/8/16 OL Matt Feiler Promoted to Active Roster 10/8/16 CB Al-Hajj Shabazz Promoted to Active Roster 10/11/16 RB David Cobb Released from Practice Squad 10/11/16 S Jacob Hagen Signed to Practice Squad 10/11/16 OT Austin Shepherd Signed to Practice Squad 10/12/16 RB Karlos Williams Signed to Practice Squad 10/15/16 CB Al-Hajj Shabazz Released 10/15/16 WR Cobi Hamilton Promoted to Active Roster 10/18/16 OL Matt Feiler Released 10/18/16 OT Brian Mihalik Signed to Active Roster from Lions’ Practice Squad 10/18/16 CB Al-Hajj Shabazz Signed to Practice Squad 10/19/16 OT Austin Shepherd Released from Practice Squad 10/19/16 OL Matt Feiler Signed to Practice Squad 10/25/16 OL Keavon Milton Signed to Practice Squad 10/25/16 TE RaShaun Allen Released from Practice Squad 11/5/16 C/G Cody Wallace Reserve/Injured List 11/5/16 CB Al-Hajj Shabazz Promoted to Active Roster 11/12/16 LB L.J. Fort Released 11/12/16 TE Ladarius Green Activated from Reserve/PUP List 11/15/16 LB Steven Johnson Reserve/Injured List 11/15/16 LB L.J. Fort Signed to Active Roster 11/19/16 DE Cameron Heyward Reserve/Injured List 11/19/16 WR Markus Wheaton Reserve/Injured List 11/19/16 LB Bud Dupree Activated from Reserve/Injured List 11/19/16 RB Daryl Richardson Promoted to Active Roster 11/21/16 RB Brandon Brown-Dukes Signed to Practice Squad 11/23/16 RB Karlos Williams Practice Squad Reserve/Suspended By Commissioner 11/28/16 RB Dreamius Smith Signed to Practice Squad 12/3/16 K Randy Bullock Signed to Active Roster 12/3/16 CB Al-Hajj Shabazz Released

Date Pos. Name Transaction 12/7/16 CB Brandon Dixon Signed to Practice Squad 12/7/16 RB Brandon Brown-Dukes Released from Practice Squad 12/8/16 LB Travis Feeney Signed by Saints’ to Active Roster 12/12/16 K Randy Bullock Released 12/12/16 WR Demarcus Ayers Promoted to Active Roster

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HOW THE 2016 STEELERS WERE BUILT

Year-Record (Finish) Draft Choices (24) Free Agents (16) Undrafted Free Agents (6) Unrestricted Free Agents (5) Waivers (1) Trades (1)

2004: 15-1 (1st AFC North) QB Ben Roethlisberger (#1) 2005: 11-5 (2nd AFC North) LS Greg Warren UDFA 2007: 10-6 (1st AFC North) LB Lawrence Timmons (#1) 2009: 9-7 (3rd AFC North) G Ramon Foster UDFA 2010: 12-4 (T-1st AFC North) C Maurkice Pouncey (#1) WR Antonio Brown (#6b)

2011: 12-4 (T-1st AFC North) OT Marcus Gilbert (#2) 2012: 8-8 (3rd AFC North) G David DeCastro (#1) S Robert Golden UDFA 2013: 8-8 (2nd AFC North) LB Jarvis Jones (#1) CB William Gay FA RB Le’Veon Bell (#2) C/G Chris Hubbard UDF S Shamarko Thomas (#4a) QB Landry Jones (#4b) LB Vince Williams (#6b) 2014: 11-5 (1st AFC North) LB Ryan Shazier (#1) OT Alejandro Villanueva FA DE Stephon Tuitt (#2) S Mike Mitchell UFA (CAR) DT Daniel McCullers (#6b) WR Darrius Heyward-Bey UFA (IND) LB Arthur Moats UFA (BUF) LB James Harrison FA 2015: 10-6 (2nd AFC North) LB Bud Dupree (#1) RB DeAngelo Williams FA WR Sammie Coates (#3) WR Eli Rogers UDFA TE Jesse James (#5) P Jordan Berry FA DE L.T. Walton (#6a) CB Ross Cockrell FA LB Anthony Chickillo (#6b) RB Fitzgerald Toussaint FA K Chris Boswell FA S Jordan Dangerfield FA C/G B.J. Finney UDFA TE Xavier Grimble FA LB L.J. Fort FA FB Roosevelt Nix FA 2016: 8-5 (1st AFC North) CB Artie Burns (#1) CB Justin Gilbert T (CLE) S Sean Davis (#2) TE Ladarius Green UFA (SD) DT Javon Hargrave (#3) DE Ricardo Mathews UFA (SD) WR Demarcus Ayers (#7a) RB Daryl Richardson FA LB Tyler Matakevich (#7b) TE David Johnson FA

QB Zach Mettenberger W (SD) WR Cobi Hamilton FA

OT Brian Mihalik FA

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2016 STARTING LINEUPS

OFFENSE

Opponent WR LT LG C RG RT TE WR QB RB FB Preseason Detroit (8/12) Coates Villanueva Foster Wallace DeCastro Gilbert James Heyward-Bey Jones Toussaint D. Johnson (TE) Philadelphia (8/18) Coates Villanueva Foster Pouncey DeCastro Harris James Heyward-Bey Jones Toussaint Rogers (WR) at New Orleans (8/26) Brown Villanueva Foster Pouncey DeCastro Gilbert James Grimble (TE) Roethlisberger Bell D. Johnson (TE) at Carolina (9/1) Heyward-Bey Villanueva Hubbard Finney Feiler Harris James Grimble (TE) Jones Toussaint D. Johnson (TE)

Opponent WR LT LG C RG RT TE WR QB RB FB Regular Season at Washington (9/12) Brown Villanueva Foster Pouncey DeCastro Gilbert James Coates Roethlisberger D. Williams Rogers (WR) Cincinnati (9/18) Brown Villanueva Foster Pouncey DeCastro Gilbert James Coates Roethlisberger D. Williams Rogers (WR)

at Philadelphia (9/25) Brown Villanueva Foster Pouncey DeCastro Gilbert James Wheaton Roethlisberger D. Williams Grimble (TE) Kansas City (10/2) Brown Villanueva Finney Pouncey DeCastro Gilbert James Coates Roethlisberger Bell Johnson (TE) N.Y. Jets (10/9) Brown Villanueva Foster Pouncey DeCastro Hubbard James Coates Roethlisberger Bell Wheaton (WR) at Miami (10/16) Brown Villanueva Foster Pouncey DeCastro Hubbard James Rogers Roethlisberger Bell Hamilton (WR) New England (10/23) Brown Villanueva Foster Pouncey DeCastro Hubbard James Hamilton L. Jones Bell Nix

at Baltimore (11/6) Brown Villanueva Foster Pouncey DeCastro Gilbert James Grimble (TE) Roethlisberger Bell Johnson (TE)

Dallas (11/13) Brown Villanueva Foster Pouncey DeCastro Gilbert James Hamilton Roethlisberger Bell Rogers (WR) at Cleveland (11/20) Brown Villanueva Foster Pouncey DeCastro Gilbert James Hubbard (TE) Roethlisberger Bell Nix

at Indianapolis (11/24) Brown Villanueva Foster Pouncey DeCastro Gilbert James Hamilton Roethlisberger Bell Rogers (WR)

N.Y. Giants (12/4) Brown Villanueva Foster Pouncey DeCastro Gilbert James Hamilton Roethlisberger Bell Johnson (TE)

at Buffalo (12/11) Brown Villanueva Finney Pouncey DeCastro Gilbert Green Hamilton Roethlisberger Bell Rogers (WR)

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2016 STARTING LINEUPS

DEFENSE

Opponent LE NT RE LOLB LILB RILB ROLB LCB RCB SS FS

Preseason Detroit (8/12) Heyward Davis (DB) Tuitt Moats Shazier Timmons Harrison Gay Cockrell Golden Mitchell

Philadelphia (8/18) Heyward Davis (DB) Tuitt Moats Shazier Timmons Harrison Gay Cockrell Golden Mitchell at New Orleans (8/26) Heyward Davis (NB) Tuitt Moats Shazier Timmons J. Jones Gay Cockrell Golden Mitchell at Carolina (9/1) Mathews Hargrave Walton Moats Chickillo V. Williams Fort Burns Grant Davis Dangerfield Opponent LE NT RE LOLB LILB RILB ROLB LCB RCB SS FS

Regular Season at Washington (9/12) Heyward Davis (DB) Tuitt Moats Shazier Timmons J. Jones Gay Cockrell Golden Mitchell Cincinnati (9/18) Heyward Hargrave Tuitt Moats Shazier Timmons J. Jones Gay Cockrell Golden Mitchell at Philadelphia (9/25) Heyward Hargrave Tuitt Moats Shazier Timmons J. Jones Gay Cockrell Golden Mitchell Kansas City (10/2) Heyward Hargrave Tuitt Moats V. Williams Timmons J. Jones Gay Cockrell Dangerfield Mitchell N.Y. Jets (10/9) Heyward Davis (DB) Tuitt Moats V. Williams Timmons Harrison Gay Cockrell Dangerfield Mitchell at Miami (10/16) Mathews Hargrave Tuitt Chickillo V. Williams Timmons J. Jones Gay Cockrell Golden Mitchell New England (10/23) Mathews Hargrave Tuitt Chickillo V. Williams Timmons J. Jones Gay Cockrell Golden Mitchell at Baltimore (11/6) Heyward Hargrave Tuitt Chickillo Shazier Timmons J. Jones Burns Cockrell Golden Mitchell Dallas (11/13) Heyward Hargrave Tuitt Chickillo Shazier Timmons J. Jones Burns Cockrell Golden Mitchell at Cleveland (11/20) Mathews Hargrave Tuitt Chickillo Shazier Timmons Harrison Burns Cockrell Davis Mitchell at Indianapolis (11/24) Burns (CB) Hargrave Tuitt Chickillo Shazier Timmons Harrison Gay Cockrell Davis Mitchell N.Y. Giants (12/4) Burns (CB) Hargrave Tuitt Chickillo Shazier Timmons Harrison Gay Cockrell Davis Mitchell at Buffalo (12/11) Dupree Tuitt Walton Timmons Shazier McCullers Harrison Burns Cockrell Davis Mitchell

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2016 PLAYER PARTICIPATION Games 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 Sep Sep Sep Oct Oct Oct Oct Nov Nov Nov Nov Dec Dec 12 18 25 2 9 16 23 6 13 20 24 4 11 @ @ @ @ @ @ @ 2016 Injury 2016 WAS CIN PHI KC NYJ MIA NE BAL DAL CLE IND NYG BUF Career Consec. Games Games/ G/S G/S Missed Starts Names Allen, RaShaun PS PS PS PS PS PS PS - - - - - - 1/0 0/0 0 0/0 Anderson, Kevin IR IR IR IR IR IR IR IR IR IR IR IR IR 0/0 0/0 13 0/0 Ayers, Demarcus PS PS PS PS PS PS PS PS PS PS PS PS PS 0/0 0/0 0 0/0 Bell, Le'Veon SUS SUS SUS RB RB RB RB RB RB RB RB RB RB 45/45 10/10 0 10/10 Berry, Jordan P P P P P P P P P P P P P 29/0 29/0 0 13/0 Boswell, Chris P P P P P P P P P P P SI P 24/0 1/0 1 12/0 Brown, Antonio WR WR WR WR WR WR WR WR WR WR WR WR WR 99/70 66/49 0 13/13 Bullock, Randy P - - - - - - - - - - P DNP 45/0 0/0 0 2/0 Brown-Dukes, Brandon PS - PS - - - - - - - PS PS - 0/0 0/0 0 0/0 Burns, Artie P P P P P P P LCB LCB LCB CB CB LCB 13/6 13/6 0 13/6 Bryant, Martavis SUS SUS SUS SUS SUS SUS SUS SUS SUS SUS SUS SUS SUS 21/8 11/0 0 0/0 Chickillo, Anthony P P P P P LOLB LOLB LOLB LOLB LOLB LOLB LOLB P 20/7 14/0 0 13/7 Coates, Sammie WR WR P WR WR P P P P P P P P 19/4 13/0 0 13/4 Cobb, David PS PS PS PS PS - - - - - - - - 7/1 7/1 0 0/0 Cockrell, Ross RCB RCB RCB RCB RCB RCB RCB RCB RCB RCB RCB RCB RCB 35/20 28/13 0 13/13 Dangerfield, Jordan P P P SS SS P P P SI SI P DNP P 10/2 0/0 2 10/2 Davis, Sean DB P P P DB P P P P SS SS SS SS 13/6 13/4 0 13/6 DeCastro, David RG RG RG RG RG RG RG RG RG RG RG RG RG 64/63 53/53 0 13/13 Dixon, Brandon - - - - - - - - - - - - PS 14/0 0/0 0 0/0 Dupree, Bud IR IR IR IR IR IR IR IR IR P P P LDE 20/6 4/1 9 4/1 Feeney, Travis PS PS PS PS PS PS PS PS PS PS PS PS - 0/0 0/0 0 0/0 Feiler, Matt PS PS PS PS DNP P PS PS PS PS PS PS PS 1/0 1/0 0 1/0 Finney, B.J. P DNP P LG P P P P P DNP P DNP LG 10/2 1/1 0 10/2 Fort, L.J. P P P P P P P SI - P P P P 28/2 4/0 0 11/0 Foster, Ramon LG LG LG SI LG LG LG LG LG LG LG LG SI 113/97 0/0 2 11/11 Gay, William LCB LCB LCB LCB LCB LCB LCB P P P LCB LCB P 157/101 157/0 0 13/9 Gilbert, Justin DNP P P P SI P P SI P P P P P 33/3 4/0 1 10/0 Gilbert, Marcus RT RT RT RT SI SI SI RT RT RT RT RT RT 73/72 6/6 3 10/10 Golden, Robert SS SS SS SI SI SS SS SS SS P P P P 74/10 8/0 2 11/7 Golson, Senquez SI SI SI SI IR IR IR IR IR IR IR IR IR 0/0 0/0 13 0/0 Gradkowski, Bruce IR IR IR IR - - - - - - - - - 37/20 0/0 4 0/0 Green, Ladarius PUP PUP PUP PUP PUP PUP PUP PUP P P P P TE 52/27 5/1 8 5/1 Grimble, Xavier P P TE P P P P TE P SI SI SI P 10/2 1/0 4 10/2 Hagen, Jacob - PS - PS - PS PS PS PS PS PS PS PS 0/0 0/0 0 0/0 Hamilton, Cobi PS PS PS PS PS WR WR P WR P WR WR WR 8/6 8/3 0 8/6 Hargrave, Javon P NT NT NT P NT NT NT NT NT NT NT SI 12/10 0/0 1 12/10 Harris, Ryan P P P P IR IR IR IR IR IR IR IR IR 114/70 0/0 9 4/0 Harrison, James P P P P ROLBP P P P ROLBROLBROLBROLB 185/115 19/4 0 13/5 Hawkins, Jerald IR IR IR IR IR IR IR IR IR IR IR IR IR 0/0 0/0 13 0/0 Heyward, Cameron LDE LDE LDE LDE LDE SI SI LDE LDE IR IR IR IR 87/52 0/0 6 7/7 Heyward-Bey, Darrius P P P P P P P P SI SI SI SI SI 112/69 0/0 5 8/0 Hubbard, Chris P P SI P RT RT RT P P TE P P P 22/4 13/0 0 13/4 James, Jesse TE TE TE TE TE TE TE TE TE TE TE TE P 21/14 21/0 0 13/12 Johnson, David P P P TE P P P TE P P P TE P 95/36 32/0 0 13/3 Johnson, Steven SI SI SI P P P P P P IR IR IR IR 63/7 0/0 4 6/0 Jones, Jarvis ROLB ROLB ROLB ROLBP ROLB ROLB ROLB ROLB P P P P 49/34 23/0 0 13/8

Bold denotes starter and position P — Played DNP — Did Not Play SI — Sunday Inactive PS — Practice Squad PUP — Reserve/PUP List SUS — Reserve/Suspended IR — Reserve/Injured List DFR — Reserve/Injured; Designated For Return

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2016 PLAYER PARTICIPATION Games 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 Sep Sep Sep Oct Oct Oct Oct Nov Nov Nov Nov Dec Dec 12 18 25 2 9 16 23 6 13 20 24 4 11 @ @ @ @ @ @ @ 2016 Injury 2016 WAS CIN PHI KC NYJ MIA NE BAL DAL CLE IND NYG Buf Career Consec. Games Games/ G/S G/S Missed Starts Names Jones, Landry DNP DNP DNP P P P QB DNP P DNP P P DNP 14/3 0/0 0 7/1 Lyons, Caushaud PS PS PS PS PS PS PS PS PS PS PS PS PS 0/0 0/0 0 0/0 Manhart, Cole IR IR IR IR IR IR IR IR IR IR IR IR IR 0/0 0/0 13 0/0 Matakevich, Tyler P P P P P P P P P P P P P 13/0 13/0 0 13/0 Mathews, Ricardo P P P P P LDE LDE P P LDE P P P 93/18 38/0 0 13/3 Maxey, Johnny PS PS PS PS PS PS PS PS PS PS PS PS PS 0/0 0/0 0 0/0 McCullers, Daniel P P P P P P P P P P P P RILB 25/1 18/1 0 13/1 Mettenberger, Zach SI SI SI DNP DNP SI DNP SI SI SI SI SI SI 14/10 0/0 0 0/0 Mihalik, Brian - - - - - - DNP SI SI SI SI SI DNP 0/0 0/0 0 0/0 Milton, Keavon - - - - - - - PS PS PS PS PS PS 9/0 0/0 0 0/0 Mitchell, Mike FS FS FS FS FS FS FS FS FS FS FS FS FS 121/68 60/59 0 13/13 Moats, Arthur LOLBLOLBLOLBLOLB LOLB P P P P P P P P 104/45 61/0 0 13/5 Nix, Roosevelt SI SI SI SI SI P FB SI P FB P P P 22/5 5/0 5 7/2 Pouncey, Maurkice C C C C C C C C C C C C C 75/75 13/13 0 13/13 Richardson, Daryl P P P - PS PS PS PS PS DNP SI SI SI 27/3 0/0 0 3/0 Roethlisberger, Ben QB QB QB QB QB QB SI QB QB QB QB QB QB 183/181 6/6 1 12/12 Rogers, Eli WR WR P SI SI WR DNP P WR P WR P WR 10/6 6/1 2 10/6 Severin, Canaan IR IR IR IR IR IR IR IR IR IR IR IR IR 0/0 0/0 13 0/0 Shabazz, Al-Hajj PS PS PS PS P - PS P P P P - - 5/0 0/0 0 5/0 Shazier, Ryan LILB LILB LILB SI SI SI P LILB LILB LILB LILB LILB LILB 31/26 10/6 3 10/9 Shepherd, Austin - - - - - PS - - - - - - - 14/0 12/0 0 0/0 Smith, Dreamius - - - - - - - - - - - PS PS 2/0 2/0 0 0/0 Thomas, Shamarko P P P P P SI SI P P SI SI P SI 48/2 0/0 4 8/0 Timmons, Lawrence RILB RILB RILB RILB RILB RILB RILB RILB RILB RILB RILB RILB LOLB 155/123 116/98 0 13/13 Toussaint, Fitzgerald P P P P P P P P P P P P P 22/0 18/0 0 13/0 Tucker, Marcus - - - - - - - - PS PS PS PS PS 0/0 0/0 0 0/0 Tuitt, Stephon RDE RDE RDE RDE RDE RDE RDE RDE RDE RDE RDE RDE NT 43/31 21/21 0 13/13 Ume-Ezeoke, Valerian IR IR IR IR IR IR IR IR IR IR IR IR IR 0/0 0/0 13 0/0 Villanueva, Alejandro LT LT LT LT LT LT LT LT LT LT LT LT LT 29/23 29/23 0 13/13 Wallace, Cody SI SI SI SI SI SI SI IR IR IR IR IR IR 49/22 0/0 13 0/0 Walton, L.T. SI SI SI P DNP P P SI SI P P P RDE 13/1 4/1 0 7/1 Warren, Greg P P P P P P P P P P P P P 178/0 109/0 0 13/0 Wheaton, Markus SI SI WR P WR SI SI SI SI IR IR IR IR 48/21 0/0 10 3/2 Williams, DeAngelo RB RB RB P P P SI P SI SI SI SI SI 139/94 0/0 6 7/3 Williams, Karlos - - - - - PS PS PS PS PS PS SUS SUS 11/3 3/1 0 0/0 Williams, Vince P P P LILB LILB LILB LILB P P P P P P 60/17 60/0 0 13/4

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2016 INDIVIDUAL HIGHS

OPPONENTS STEELERS RUSHING

at MIA (10/16) Jay Ajayi 25 Rushes 38 Le’Veon Bell at BUF (12/11) at MIA (10/16) Jay Ajayi 204 Yards 236 Le’Veon Bell at BUF (12/11) at MIA (10/16) Jay Ajayi 62 Long 60 Darrius Heyward-Bey at MIA (10/16) at MIA (10/16) Jay Ajayi 2 TDs 3 Le’Veon Bell at BUF (12/11) NE (10/23) LeGarrette Blount 2 DAL (11/13) Ezekiel Elliott 2 RECEIVING NYG (12/4) Odell Beckham Jr. 10 Receptions 14 Antonio Brown DAL (11/13) at PHI (9/25) Darren Sproles 128 Yards 154 Antonio Brown DAL (11/13) at BAL (11/6) Mike Wallace 95 Long 53 Sammie Coates CIN (9/18) CIN (9/18) Giovani Bernard 1 TDs 3 Antonio Brown at IND (11/24) at PHI (9/25) Darren Sproles 1 at PHI (9/25) Jordan Matthews 1 KC (10/2) Travis Kelce 1 KC (10/2) Tyreek Hill 1 NYJ (10/9) Brandon Marshall 1 NE (10/23) Rob Gronkowski 1 NE (10/23) James White 1 at BAL (11/6) Mike Wallace 1 DAL (11/13) Dez Bryant 1 DAL (11/13) Ezekiel Elliott 1 at CLE (11/20) Gary Barnidge 1 at IND (11/24) Donte Moncrief 1 NYG (12/4) Rashad Jennings 1 NYG (12/4) Sterling Shepard 1 at BUF (12/11) Sammy Watkins 1 at BUF (12/11) Charles Clay 1 PASSING CIN (9/18) Andy Dalton 54 Attempts 47 Ben Roethlisberger NYJ (10/9) 47 Landry Jones NE (10/23) CIN (9/18) Andy Dalton 31 Completions 37 Ben Roethlisberger DAL (11/13) CIN (9/18) Andy Dalton 366 Yards 380 Ben Roethlisberger NYJ (10/9) at BAL (11/6) Joe Flacco 95 Long 72 Ben Roethlisberger NYJ (10/9) at PHI (9/25) Carson Wentz 2 TDs 5 Ben Roethlisberger KC (10/2) KC (10/2) Alex Smith 2 NE (10/23) Tom Brady 2 NYG (12/4) Eli Manning 2 at BUF (12/11) Tyrod Taylor 2 at WAS (9/12) Kirk Cousins 2 INTs 3 Ben Roethlisberger at BUF (12/11) DAL (11/13) Dak Prescott 2 NYG (12/4) Eli Manning 2 PUNT RETURNS at BAL (11/6) Devin Hester 3 Returns 4 Antonio Brown at BUF (12/11) at CLE (11/20) Duke Johnson Jr. 3 DAL (11/13) Lucky Whitehead 44 Yards 51 Antonio Brown NYJ (10/9) DAL (11/13) Lucky Whitehead 39 Long 33 Antonio Brown NYJ (10/9) 0 TDs 0 KICKOFF RETURNS KC (10/2) Knile Davis 3 Returns 2 Sammie Coates at PHI (9/25) at BUF (12/11) Brandon Tate 3 2 Justin Gilbert at MIA (10/16) 2 Fitzgerald Toussaint NE (10/23) 2 Fitzgerald Toussaint DAL (11/13) 2 Fitzgerald Toussaint at BUF (12/11) KC (10/2) Tyreek Hill 54 Yards 50 Fitzgerald Toussaint DAL (11/13) at IND (11/24) Jordan Todman 43 Long 33 Fitzgerald Toussaint DAL (11/13) 0 TDs 0 PUNTS CIN (9/18) Kevin Huber 9 Punts 10 Jordan Berry at BAL (11/6) at BAL (11/6) Sam Koch 9 CIN (9/18) Kevin Huber 407 Yards 431 Jordan Berry at BAL (11/6) DAL (11/13) Chris Jones 48.3 Avg. 55.0 Jordan Berry at PHI (9/25) at IND (11/24) Pat McAfee 46.0 Net 49.7 Jordan Berry at PHI (9/25) KC (10/2) Dustin Colquitt 58 Long 63 Jordan Berry at PHI (9/25) at BAL (11/6) Sam Koch 5 In 20 5 Jordan Berry CIN (9/18) NYJ (10/9) Lachlan Edwards 2 Touchbacks 1 Jordan Berry CIN (9/18) NE (10/23) Ryan Allen 2 1 Jordan Berry at IND (11/24) 1 Jordan Berry at BUF (12/11)

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INTERCEPTIONS at WAS (9/12) Bashaud Breeland 1 Interceptions 1 Ryan Shazier at WAS (9/12) CIN (9/18) Adam Jones 1 1 James Harrison at WAS (9/12) CIN (9/18) Dre Kirkpatrick 1 1 Jarvis Jones KC (10/2) at PHI (9/25) Rodney McLeod 1 1 Artie Burns at BAL (11/6) at MIA (10/16) Reshad Jones 1 1 Artie Burns at CLE (11/20) at MIA (10/16) Isa Abdul-Quddus 1 1 Mike Mitchell at IND (11/24) NE (10/23) Malcom Butler 1 1 William Gay at IND (11/24) at BAL (11/6) Timmy Jernigan 1 1 Lawrence Timmons NYG (12/4) NYG (12/4) Eli Apple 1 1 Sean Davis NYG (12/4) at BUF (12/11) Stephon Gilmore 1 1 Artie Burns at BUF (12/11) at BUF (12/11) Lorenzo Alexander 1 at BUF (12/11) Zach Brown 1 at BUF (12/11) Stephon Gilmore 31 Long Return 58 Lawrence Timmons NYG (12/4) 0 TDs 0

TACKLES at WAS (9/12) Mason Foster 14 Total 15 Vince Williams KC (10/2) DAL (11/13) Byron Jones 11 Solo 13 Vince Williams KC (10/2) at WAS (9/12) Will Compton 8 Assisted 6 Ryan Shazier CIN (9/18) at PHI (9/25) Fletcher Cox 2.0 Sacks 3.0 Cameron Heyward KC (10/2) NYG (12/4) Oliver Vernon 2.0

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2016 DRIVE ENGINEERING

Steelers

REGULAR SEASON No. Missed Blkd Blkd Scoring 1st STEELERS Drives TD FG FG FG Punt Punt Downs Fum. Int. Safety Time Pts Effic. Drive Sept. 12 at WAS 10 5 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 1 38 60.0% Punt Sept. 18 CIN 14 3 1 0 0 8 0 0 0 2 0 0 24 28.6% Punt Sept. 25 at PHI 11 0 1 0 1 3 0 2 1 1 0 2 3 0.91% BLK FG Oct. 2 KC 13 6 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 2 43 46.2% Punt Oct. 9 NYJ 11 4 1 0 0 3 0 1 1 0 0 1 31 45.5% TD Oct. 16 at MIA 11 2 0 0 0 5 0 1 0 2 0 1 15 18.2% Punt Oct. 23 NE 12 1 2 2 0 4 0 1 0 1 0 0 16 25.0% Punt Nov. 6 at BAL 15 2 0 0 0 10 1 1 0 1 0 1 14 13.3% Punt Nov. 13 DAL 12 4 2 1 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 30 50.0% TD Nov. 20 at CLE 7 1 3 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 24 57.1% FG Nov. 24 at IND 9 4 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 28 44.4% FG Dec. 4 NYG 12 2 3 0 0 4 0 0 1 1 0 1 24 41.7% Punt Dec. 11 at BUF 11 3 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 3 0 1 27 45.5% INT TOTAL 148 37 16 3 1 57 1 6 3 12 0 12 317 35.8%

Opponents

REGULAR SEASON No. Missed Blkd Blkd Scoring 1st OPPONENTS Drives TD FG FG FG Punt Punt Downs Fum. Int. Safety Time Pts Effic. Drive Sept. 12 at WAS 10 1 3 0 0 1 0 2 0 2 0 1 16 40.0% Punt Sept. 18 CIN 15 1 3 0 0 9 0 0 2 0 0 0 16 26.7% Punt Sept. 25 at PHI 10 4 2 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 34 60.0% FG Oct. 2 KC 12 2 0 1 0 6 0 1 1 1 0 0 14 16.7% Punt Oct. 9 NYJ 11 1 2 0 0 6 0 1 0 0 0 1 13 27.3% FG Oct. 16 at MIA 11 3 3 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 30 54.5% FG Oct. 23 NE 12 4 0 0 0 5 0 0 1 0 0 2 27 33.3% FUM Nov. 6 at BAL 14 1 2 0 0 9 0 0 0 1 0 1 21 21.4% Punt Nov. 13 DAL 11 4 3 0 0 3 0 0 1 0 0 0 35 63.6% FUM Nov. 20 at CLE 8 1 1 0 0 3 0 0 1 1 0 1 9 25.0% INT Nov. 24 at IND 9 1 0 1 0 2 0 2 0 2 0 1 7 11.1% Punt Dec. 4 NYG 12 2 0 0 0 4 0 2 0 2 1 1 14 16.7% Punt Dec. 11 at BUF 11 3 0 0 0 6 0 0 0 1 0 1 20 27.3% Punt TOTAL 147 28 19 3 1 60 0 8 6 10 1 10 256 32.0%

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2016 STEELERS SCORING DRIVES

REGULAR SEASON Drive Score Time

Opponent Obtained Scoring Play Plays Yards Time Pit-Opp Qtr Remain Washington Kickoff Brown 29-yd. pass from Roethlisberger 11 75 5:58 7-6 2 10:10 Washington Downs Rogers 3-yd. pass from Roethlisberger 14 67 5:52 14-6 2 0:27 Washington Kickoff Boswell 46-yd. FG 8 47 3:42 17-6 3 11:18 Washington Interception Brown 26-yd. pass from Roethlisberger 5 75 2:04 24-6 3 7:01 Washington Kickoff Williams 15-yd. run 13 73 7:13 31-16 4 5:48 Washington Downs Williams 6-yd. run 6 45 2:23 38-16 4 1:54 Cincinnati Punt Grimble 20-yd. pass from Roethlisberger 5 66 1:43 7-0 1 3:46 Cincinnati Punt Boswell 49-yd. FG 4 6 0:55 10-3 2 4:10 Cincinnati Punt James 9-yd. pass from Roethlisberger 7 91 3:20 17-6 3 6:16 Cincinnati Punt Williams 4-yd. pass from Roethlisberger 12 68 6:54 24-9 4 6:48 Philadelphia Kickoff Boswell 40-yd. FG 8 61 4:24 3-10 2 7:40 Kansas City Fumble Heyward-Bey 31-yd. pass from Roethlisberger 3 32 1:23 8-0 1 7:27 Kansas City Interception Brown 4-yd. pass from Roethlisberger 1 4 0:04 15-0 1 5:10 Kansas City Punt Brown 38-yd. pass from Roethlisberger 2 40 0:47 22-0 1 1:20 Kansas City Punt James 9-yd. pass from Roethlisberger 10 80 3:44 29-0 2 0:44 Kansas City Kickoff Wheaton 30-yd. pass from Roethlisberger 6 75 3:41 36-0 3 11:19 Kansas City Kickoff Williams 2-yd. run 8 75 3:49 43-7 4 7:22 N.Y. Jets Kickoff Coates 72-yd. pass from Roethlisberger 3 75 1:29 7-3 1 10:16 N.Y. Jets Kickoff James 1-yd. pass from Roethlisberger 11 75 1:25 14-13 2 0:41 N.Y. Jets Punt Boswell 47-yd. FG 4 2 0:58 17-13 3 10:23 N.Y. Jets Punt Brown 5-yd. pass from Roethlisberger 9 80 4:12 24-13 4 14:55 N.Y. Jets Punt Coates 5-yd. pass from Roethlisberger 12 79 5:43 31-13 4 1:46 Miami Kickoff Heyward-Bey 60-yd. run 6 75 2:55 8-3 1 5:39 Miami Punt Hamilton 23-yd. pass from Roethlisberger 10 97 3:18 15-23 4 1:02 New England Kickoff Heyward-Bey 14-yd. pass from Jones 5 71 1:56 7-14 2 9:02 New England Punt Boswell 32-yd. FG 10 66 1:45 10-14 2 0:02 New England Punt Boswell 46-yd. FG 9 48 4:49 13-14 3 8:44 New England Kickoff Boswell 44-yd. FG 12 42 6:35 16-20 4 14:44 Baltimore Kickoff Brown 23-yd. pass from Roethlisberger 9 75 4:58 7-21 4 8:38 Baltimore Punt Roethlisberger 4-yd. run 7 65 1:20 14-21 4 0:48 Dallas Fumble Bell 2-yd. pass form Roethlisberger 8 38 3:51 6-0 1 9:54 Dallas Kickoff Rogers 3-yd. pass from Roethlisberger 8 75 4:04 13-3 1 1:13 Dallas Kickoff Boswell 39-yd. FG 10 54 6:21 15-13 2 4:43 Dallas Kickoff Boswell 25-yd. FG 7 68 1:50 18-13 3 13:10 Dallas Punt Bell 1-yd. run 6 46 3:05 24-23 4 7:51 Dallas Kickoff Brown 15-yd. pass from Roethlisberger 5 75 1:13 30-29 4 0:42 Cleveland Interception Boswell 32-yd. FG 16 82 9:18 3-0 1 2:28 Cleveland Punt Boswell 33-yd. FG 16 68 9:28 6-0 2 4:43 Cleveland Punt Bell 1-yd. run 11 59 1:51 14-0 2 0:00 Cleveland Kickoff Boswell 22-yd. FG 15 71 8:02 17-3 3 0:03 Cleveland Fumble Hargrave fumble recovery in end zone 24-9 4 3:36 Indianapolis Punt Bell 5-yd. run 7 52 4:19 7-0 1 9:10 Indianapolis Missed FG Brown 25-yd. pass from Roethlisberger 7 58 3:02 14-0 1 1:06 Indianapolis Kickoff Brown 33-yd. pass from Roethlisberger 7 75 4:02 21-7 2 9:00 Indianapolis Interception Brown 22-yd. pass from Roethlisberger 6 64 2:21 28-7 4 5:30 N.Y. Giants Penalty Penalty enforced in end zone for safety 2-0 1 3:04 N.Y. Giants Kickoff Bullock 44-yd. FG 7 38 3:00 5-0 1 0:04 N.Y. Giants Interception Brown 22-yd. pass from Roethlisberger 3 40 1:11 11-0 2 7:10 N.Y. Giants Punt Bullock 34-yd. FG 15 64 5:52 14-0 2 0:24 N.Y. Giants Kickoff Green 22-yd. pass from Roethlisberger 7 88 3:21 21-7 3 3:09 N.Y. Giants Downs Bullock 38-yd. FG 11 48 5:17 24-7 4 1:39 Buffalo Punt Bell 3-yd. run 8 71 3:06 7-0 1 6:00 Buffalo Punt Bell 7-yd. run 10 61 5:14 14-0 2 12:00 Buffalo Punt Bell 5-yd. run 10 82 6:33 21-7 3 5:28 Buffalo Interception Boswell 37-yd. FG 6 29 3:34 24-7 4 9:57 Buffalo Kickoff Boswell 39-yd. FG 9 54 3:49 27-13 4 3:38

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2016 OPPONENTS SCORING DRIVES

REGULAR SEASON

Drive Score Time

Opponent Obtained Scoring Play Plays Yards Time Pit-Opp Qtr Remain Washington Punt Hopkins 31-yd. FG 9 54 3:24 0-3 1 5:56 Washington Interception Hopkins 40-yd. FG 5 14 2:38 0-6 1 1:08 Washington Kickoff Hopkins 34-yd. FG 9 52 5:00 24-9 3 2:01 Washington Punt Thompson 1-yd. run 7 77 2:18 24-16 4 13:01 Cincinnati Kickoff Nugent 25-yd. FG 8 68 3:23 7-3 1 0:23 Cincinnati Interception Nugent 33-yd. FG 8 53 0:48 10-6 2 0:00 Cincinnati Kickoff Nugent 21-yd. FG 10 72 4:06 17-9 3 2:10 Cincinnati Kickoff Bernard 25-yd. pass from Dalton 8 75 3:23 24-16 4 3:25 Philadelphia BLK FG Sturgis 29-yd. FG 7 63 3:20 0-3 1 5:29 Philadelphia Punt Matthews 12-yd. pass from Wentz 12 82 6:06 0-10 2 12:04 Philadelphia Kickoff Sturgis 38-yd. FG 10 58 5:15 3-13 2 2:25 Philadelphia Kickoff Sproles 73-yd. pass from Wentz 3 75 2:06 3-20 3 12:54 Philadelphia Downs Smallwood 1-yd. run 7 67 4:58 3-27 3 5:45 Philadelphia Fumble Barner 8-yd. run 3 41 1:24 3-34 3 1:52 Kansas City Punt Hill 10-yd. pass from Smith 7 47 2:17 36-7 4 11:11 Kansas City Punt Kelce 3-yd. pass from Smith 7 62 3:41 43-14 4 0:04 N.Y. Jets Kickoff Folk 35-yd. FG 8 58 3:15 0-3 1 11:45 N.Y. Jets Punt Folk 48-yd. FG 9 59 4:40 7-6 2 11:07 N.Y. Jets Downs Marshall 15-yd. pass from Fitzpatrick 7 69 3:48 7-13 2 2:06 Miami Punt Franks 30-yd. FG 9 53 3:39 0-3 1 8:34 Miami Punt Franks 23-yd. FG 12 85 7:08 8-6 2 8:18 Miami Interception Franks 30-yd. FG 4 1 2:43 8-9 2 5:23 Miami Punt Williams 1-yd. run 9 71 2:26 8-16 2 0:21 Miami Interception Ajayi 1-yd. run 6 52 3:31 8-23 3 1:39 Miami Kickoff Ajayi 62-yd. run 1 62 0:12 15-30 4 0:50 New England Interception White 19-yd. pass from Brady 13 80 7:23 0-7 1 2:55 New England Punt Blount 3-yd. run 11 84 4:46 0-14 2 10:58 New England Kickoff Gronkowski 36-yd. pass from Brady 5 75 2:25 13-20 3 6:19 New England Kickoff Blount 5-yd. run 6 75 3:00 16-27 4 11:44 Baltimore Punt Wallace 95-yd. pass from Flacco 2 96 0:43 0-7 1 1:07 Baltimore Punt Tucker 49-yd. FG 9 43 1:41 0-10 2 0:03 Baltimore Interception Tucker 42-yd. FG 4 8 1:30 0-13 3 4:50 Baltimore Blocked Punt Moore 14-yd. return - - - 0-21 4 13:36 Dallas Kickoff Bailey 37-yd. FG 10 42 4:37 6-3 1 5:17 Dallas Kickoff Elliott 83-yd. pass from Prescott 2 75 1:01 12-10 1 0:12 Dallas Punt Bailey 53-yd. FG 6 25 3:24 12-13 2 11:04 Dallas Kickoff Bailey 46-yd. FG 14 46 7:35 18-16 3 5:35 Dallas Punt Bryant 50-yd. pass from Prescott 3 49 1:48 18-23 3 1:35 Dallas Kickoff Elliott 14-yd. run 10 75 5:56 24-29 4 1:55 Dallas Kickoff Elliott 32-yd. run 5 75 0:33 30-35 4 0:09 Cleveland Punt Parkey 24-yd. FG 11 48 5:00 14-3 3 8:05 Cleveland Kickoff Barnidge 14-yd. pass from McCown 11 75 5:18 17-9 4 9:45 Indianapolis Kickoff Moncrief 5-yd. pass from Tolzien 6 47 3:04 14-7 2 13:02 N.Y. Giants Fumble Jennings 13-yd. pass from Manning 2 17 0:42 14-7 3 6:30 N.Y. Giants Kickoff Shepard 1-yd. pass from Manning 5 52 1:13 24-14 4 0:26 Buffalo Interception Watkins 8-yd. pass from Taylor 3 7 1:27 14-7 2 7:07 Buffalo Kickoff Clay 40-yd. pass from Taylor 5 82 2:30 24-13 4 7:27 Buffalo Kickoff McCoy 3-yd. run 8 75 2:13 27-20 4 1:25

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THIRD/FOURTH DOWN CONVERSIONS

REGULAR SEASON

THIRD DOWN FOURTH DOWN Date Opponent Made Att. Pct. Made Att. Pct. 9/12/16 STEELERS 9 14 64% 2 2 100% at Washington 3 10 30% 0 2 0% 9/18/16 STEELERS 7 17 41% 0 1 0% Cincinnati 4 16 25% 1 1 100% 9/25/16 STEELERS 4 11 36% 0 2 0% at Philadelphia 4 10 40% 0 0 0% 10/2/16 STEELERS 6 11 55% 0 0 0% Kansas City 8 17 47% 2 3 67% 10/9/16 STEELERS 5 10 50% 0 1 0% N.Y. Jets 2 11 18% 0 1 0% 10/16/16 STEELERS 3 11 27% 0 1 0% at Miami 7 14 50% 0 0 0% 10/23/16 STEELERS 5 16 31% 1 2 50% New England 7 12 58% 0 0 0% 11/6/16 STEELERS 4 16 25% 1 2 50% at Baltimore 4 17 58% 0 0 0% 11/13/16 STEELERS 4 10 40% 0 0 0% Dallas 7 13 54% 0 0 0% 11/20/16 STEELERS 5 12 42% 1 1 100% at Cleveland 4 15 27% 5 5 100% 11/24/16 STEELERS 7 11 64% 0 0 0% at Indianapolis 8 15 53% 2 4 50% 12/4/16 STEELERS 7 15 47% 1 1 100% N.Y. Giants 4 11 36% 0 3 0% 12/11/16 STEELERS 6 14 473% 1 1 100% at Buffalo 3 9 33% 0 0 0% STEELERS 72 168 43% 7 14 50% OPPONENTS 65 170 38% 9 18 50%