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REGULAR SEASON GAME #13 Pittsburgh Steelers (7-5) at Buffalo Bills (6-6) DATE: Sunday, Dec. 11, 2016 | KICKOFF: 1 p.m. ET SITE: New Era Field (71,870) • Orchard Park, N.Y. PLAYING SURFACE: A-Turf Titan TV COVERAGE: CBS (locally KDKA-TV, channel 2) ANNOUNCERS: Jim Nantz (play-by-play) Phil Simms (analyst) | Tracy Wolfson (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) A LOOK AT THE COACHES Pittsburgh Steelers Head Coach Mike Tomlin Overall regular-season record: 99-57 (.635)/10th season Regular-season record with Pittsburgh: 99-57 (.635)/10th season PlayoRecord/Years: 6-5 (.545)/six years Buffalo Bills Head Coach Rex Ryan Overall regular-season record: 60-64 (.484)/8th season Regular-season record with Bualo: 14-14 (.500)/2nd season PlayoRecord/Years: 4-2 (.667)/two 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 COMMUNICATIONS Burt Lauten - Director of Communications Dominick Rinelli - Public Relations/Media Manager Ryan Scarpino - Public Relations Assistant www.steelers.com PITTSBURGH STEELERS 3400 South Water Street • Pittsburgh, PA 15203 412-432-7820 • Fax: 412-432-7878 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 (7-5) 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 1 p.m. (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 (7-5) at BUFFALO BILLS (6-6) Sunday, Dec. 11, 2016 • 1 p.m. (ET) • New Era Field • Orchard Park, N.Y.

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REGULAR SEASON GAME #13Pittsburgh Steelers (7-5)

atBuff alo Bills (6-6)

DATE: Sunday, Dec. 11, 2016 | KICKOFF: 1 p.m. ETSITE: New Era Field (71,870) • Orchard Park, N.Y.

PLAYING SURFACE: A-Turf TitanTV COVERAGE: CBS (locally KDKA-TV, channel 2)

ANNOUNCERS: Jim Nantz (play-by-play)Phil Simms (analyst) | Tracy Wolfson (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)

A LOOK AT THE COACHESPittsburgh Steelers Head Coach Mike Tomlin

Overall regular-season record: 99-57 (.635)/10th seasonRegular-season record with Pittsburgh: 99-57 (.635)/10th season

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

Buff alo Bills Head Coach Rex RyanOverall regular-season record: 60-64 (.484)/8th season

Regular-season record with Buff alo: 14-14 (.500)/2nd seasonPlayoff Record/Years: 4-2 (.667)/two 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 STEELERS COMMUNICATIONSBurt Lauten - Director of CommunicationsDominick Rinelli - Public Relations/Media ManagerRyan Scarpino - Public Relations Assistant

www.steelers.com

PITTSBURGH STEELERS3400 South Water Street • Pittsburgh, PA 15203412-432-7820 • Fax: 412-432-7878

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 (7-5)

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 1 p.m. (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 (7-5)at

BUFFALO BILLS (6-6)Sunday, Dec. 11, 2016 • 1 p.m. (ET) • New Era Field • Orchard Park, N.Y.

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MEDIA NOTES— WEEKLY PRESS CONFERENCE —

Steelers’ Head Coach Mike Tomlin will conduct a press conference on Tuesday, Dec. 6, at Noon (LIVE on ROOT Sports) in the Steelers’ press conference room at the UPMC Rooney Sports Complex.

— OFFICIAL STEELERS WEBSITE —Media and fans can read about the latest Steelers news on the offi cialSteelers website. The site, www.steelers.com, features breaking news statistics, player biographies and much more.

— MEDIA-ONLY SECTION OF www.steelers.com —The Steelers Media Relations Department off ers a “Media-Only” section on steelers.com. To sign up for this service, go to http://www.steelers.com/mediarelations/ and register as a new user below the left hand navigation bar. Then follow the instructions on the Media Relations page and once your registration is approved, you will receive an email and can access all information. If you have any questions or problems, please email [email protected].

— NFLCOMMUNICATIONS.COM —Journalists worldwide have access to the dedicated media websitefeaturing news from the NFL and its teams. Daily releases, statistics,domestic and international NFL updates and other information about the NFL are available.

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)

THIS WEEK’S SCHEDULE (Subject to change)

TUESDAY, DEC. 6• Coach Tomlin Press

Conference: Noon Live on ROOT Sports

WEDNESDAY, DEC. 7• Practice 1:15 - 3:15 p.m.

• Player availability open locker room 9:30 - 10 a.m.

• Post-practice player availability 3:15 - 3:45 p.m.

• Coach Tomlin available upon request after practice

THURSDAY, DEC. 8• Practice 1 - 3 p.m.

• Player availability open locker room 12:30 - 12:45 p.m.

• Post-practice player availability 3 - 3:30 p.m.

• Coach Tomlin available upon request after practice

• Coordinators available after practice

FRIDAY, DEC. 9• Practice 10:45 a.m. - 12:30

p.m.

• Player availability open locker room 12:30 - 1:15 p.m.

• Coach Tomlin available upon request after practice

SATURDAY, DEC. 10• No media availability

SUNDAY, DEC. 111 p.m. (ET)Road Game

at Buffalo Bills(New Era Field)

CBS(locally KDKA-TV,

Channel 2)

MONDAY, DEC. 12• TBD

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

Foster

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FROM LAST WEEK’S GAME VS. NEW YORK GIANTS THE STEELERS

• Pittsburgh improved to 7-5 overall, 4-2 at home and to 2-2 vs. NFC teams in 2016.• Pittsburgh earned its fourth win at Heinz Field in 2016, extending the team’s streak of at least four regular-season home wins to 17 seasons, dating back to 2000.• The Steelers are now 30-44-3 in regular-season history against the Giants (14-22-3 at home) and 1-1 at Heinz Field.• The Steelers have won two consecutive regular-season games against the Giants (Nov. 4, 2012 at New York, 24-20).• Pittsburgh improved to 5-9 in regular-season games against New York in the month of December (3-1 at home in the month).• The Steelers are now 25-6-1 at Heinz Field against NFC teams since the stadium opened in 2001.• The Steelers have won each of their last previous seven regular-season home games in the month of December, dating back to Dec. 15, 2013.• Pittsburgh improved to 30-9 in regular-season home games in the month of December at Heinz Field since the stadium opened in 2001.• The Steelers were credited with a safety in the fi rst quarter – the team’s fi rst safety recorded since Oct. 26, 2014 vs. Indianapolis. • Held New York scoreless in the fi rst half to mark the defense’s third fi rst half shutout of 2016 and the 17th of Mike Tomlin era. • Held New York scoreless in the fi rst quarter to mark the defense’s fourth fi rst quarter shutout of 2016.

HEAD COACH MIKE TOMLIN• Is now 99-57 during the regular season in his Steelers’ tenure since 2007 (57-21 at home).• Improved to 2-1 as the Steelers’ head coach in regular-season games vs. New York (1-1 at home).• Is now 26-14 in regular-season games vs. NFC teams (15-5 at home).• Improved to 26-13 in regular-season games during the month of December (18-6 at home during the month).• Is now 76-14 when the Steelers hold a lead at halftime.

QB BEN ROETHLISBERGER• Completed 24-of-36 passes for 289 yards with two touchdowns and one interception for a passer rating of 98.0• Improved to 120-60 as a starter during the regular season (68-22 at home).• Increased his Steelers franchise record for the most wins as a starting quarterback to 120 (Terry Bradshaw, 107).• Is now 3-1 against New York in the regular season as a starter (1-1 at home).• Improved to 32-15 in his regular-season career against NFC teams (18-5 at home).• Eclipsed 3,000 passing yards on the season to mark his 11th consecutive 3,000-yard campaign, dating back to 2006.• Has connected with WR Antonio Brown on 49 touchdown passes – tying as the most QB-WR touchdown strikes in Steelers history (Terry Bradshaw-Lynn Swann: 49).• Has thrown at least one touchdown pass in 43 consecutive home games in which he has played – the third-longest streak in NFL history and the longest active (Tom Brady: 47, Drew Brees: 60).

FROM LAST WEEK’S GAME VS. NEW YORK GIANTS QB BEN ROETHLISBERGER (Cont’d)

• Threw his 25th touchdown pass of the season on his second scoring toss to mark his sixth season with at least 25 touchdown passes.• Reached 200 passing yards in the fi rst half (204) to mark his second opening half of a game in 2016 with at least 200 yards (18th of his NFL career).• Threw for 104 yards in the fi rst quarter to mark his third opening quarter of a game with at least 100 yards in 2016 (31st of his NFL career).

WR ANTONIO BROWN• Tied for the team high with six receptions for 54 yards, one of those being a 22-yard touchdown.• Extended his consecutive regular-season games started streak to 48 – the third-longest active consecutive games started streak among NFL wide receivers. • Has registered at least one reception in 101 consecutive games in which he has played, including the postseason – dating back to October 3, 2010.• Has registered at least one reception in 96 consecutive regular-season games – dating back to October 3, 2010. • Recorded 88 catches through the fi rst 12 games of a season, the fourth-most in Steelers history through the fi rst 12 games of a season.• Eclipsed 1,000 receiving yards in 2016 (1,052) to mark the fi fth 1,000-yard season of his NFL career and fourth consecutive.• Is the second player in Steelers history (Hines Ward, 2001-04) to register four straight 1,000-receiving yard campaigns.• Broke a tie with Lynn Swann (53) for sole possession of the fi fth-most total touchdowns in Steelers history, now with 54.• Hauled in his 11th touchdown reception of the season to tie for 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.

RB Le’VEON BELL• Totaled game highs in rushing yards (118) and yards from scrimmage (182: 118 rushing / 64 receiving).• Surpassed Rashard Mendenhall (3,549) for ninth on the Steelers’ all-time rushing yardage list, now with 3,594.• Posted the 12th 100-yard rushing game of his NFL career.• Eclipsed 100 rushing yards in three consecutive games for the fi rst time in his NFL career.• Recorded his third consecutive 100-yard rushing game to mark the longest streak in his NFL career.• Is the fi rst Steeler with a three-game 100-yard rushing streak since the 2006-07 seasons (Willie Parker, four games, Dec. 31, 2006-Sept. 23, 2007).• Has posted at least 100 yards from scrimmage in 29 career regular-season games.• Has posted at least 100 yards from scrimmage in four consecutive games and in eight of his nine games played in 2016.• Registered at least 150 yards from scrimmage for the 10th time in his NFL career during the regular-season.• Surpassed Dick Hoak (5,417) for the 10th-most yards from scrimmage in Steelers history, with 5,484.• Notched 60 receptions in 2016 on his third catch to mark the second 60-catch season of his NFL career (2014: 83).

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FROM LAST WEEK’S GAME VS. NEW YORK GIANTS TE LADARIUS GREEN

• Recorded the fi rst 100-yard game of his NFL career, fi nishing with single-game career highs in receptions (6) and receiving yards (110).• Scored his fi rst touchdown as a Steeler on a 20-yard pass in the third quarter.

G DAVID DeCASTRO• Extended his consecutive regular-season games started streak to 52 – the fourth-longest active consecutive games started streak among NFL guards.

K RANDY BULLOCK• Made his Steelers debut and converted three fi eld goal attempts (44, 34 and 38 yards) and one extra point try, improving to 28-of-37 on fi eld goal tries within 40-49 yards and 26-of-28 on fi eld goal attempts within 30-39 yards in his NFL career.

FROM LAST WEEK’S GAME VS. NEW YORK GIANTS CB WILLIAM GAY

• Extended his consecutive regular season games played streak to 156 – the longest active consecutive games played streak among NFL defensive players.

S MIKE MITCHELL• Extended his consecutive regular season games started streak to 58 – the fi fth-longest active consecutive games played streak among NFL safeties.

S SEAN DAVIS• Tied for the team lead with seven tackles and recorded the fi rst interception of his NFL career, picking off New York QB Eli Manning in the fourth quarter.

CB ARTIE BURNS• Tied for the team lead with seven tackles.

LB JAMES HARRISON• Credited with a sack of New York QB Eli Manning in the third quarter, increasing his Steelers sack total to 79.5 – the most by a Steeler since the statistic became offi cial in 1982.• Has recorded a sack in three consecutive games for the fi fth time in his NFL career (Sept. 29-Oct. 19, 2008, Nov. 3-Nov. 16, 2008, Sept. 27-Nov. 11, 2009 and Nov. 18-Dec. 2, 2012).• Increased his 2016 sack total to 5.0 – the ninth season of his NFL career with at least 5.0 quarterback takedowns.

LB LAWRENCE TIMMONS• Extended his streak of consecutive regular-season games started to 97 – the longest active streak among current Steelers – and the longest active streak among NFL linebackers.• Extended his consecutive regular season games played streak to 116 – the longest active consecutive games played streak among NFL linebackers.• Tied for the team lead with seven tackles.

DE RICARDO MATHEWS• Credited with a sack of New York QB Eli Manning in the fourth quarter, his fi rst sack as a Steeler and the fi fth of his NFL career.

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STEELERS-BILLS HISTORY Series History: Series began in 1970 Overall Regular Season: Steelers lead, 13-8 At Pittsburgh: Steelers lead, 8-1 At Buff alo: Bills lead, 7-5 Neutral Sites: N/A Streak: Steelers won previous fi ve meetings Last Regular-Season Meeting: Nov. 10, 2013, in Pittsburgh Pittsburgh 23, Buff alo 10 Postseason Series: Steelers lead, 2-1 Last Postseason Meeting: Jan. 6, 1996, in Pittsburgh Pittsburgh 40, Buff alo 21 - AFC Divisional

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

This week’s game will mark the 22nd regular-season meetingbetween Pittsburgh and Buff alo, with the Steelers holding afi ve-game advantage in the series (13-8)...Sunday’s game will be the 13th time the two teams will meet in Buff alo where the Steelers have won each of the previous three meetings...the two teams have met three times in the month of December (Steelers lead, 2-1).

THE LAST TIME VS. BUFFALOPittsburgh 23, Buff alo 10

Nov. 10, 2013Heinz Field (80,991)

PITTSBURGH – The Steelers used a balanced attack on off ense and a stingy defense to beat the Buff alo Bills, 23-10, at Heinz Field. On Pittsburgh’s fi rst drive of the game, S Jairus Byrd picked off QB Ben Roethlisberger and returned it to the Steelers’ 36-yard line. K Dan Carpenter made a 20-yard fi eld goal to give Buff alo a 3-0 lead. But it would be the last points Buff alo would score until late in the fourth quarter. On the Bills’ next 10 possessions, Pittsburgh either forced Buffalo to punt or caused a turnover. Midway through the second quarter, K Shaun Suisham tied the game, 3-3, with a 36-yard fi eld goal. And after the two-minute warning, Roethlisberger connected with WR Jerricho Cotchery on a fi ve-yard touchdown to extend the lead, 10-3. Late in the third quarter, WR Antonio Brown returned a punt 24 yards, and on the next play, Roethlisberger and Brown connected on a 40-yard pass. Six plays later, RB Le’Veon Bell scored on a four-yard run to extend Pittsburgh’s lead, 17-3. S Ryan Clark intercepted QB E.J. Manuel midway through the fourth quarter. Three plays later, Suisham made a 37-yarder to increase the Steelers’ lead, 20-3. Suisham also added a 23-yarder late in the fourth quarter to give Pittsburgh a 23-3 lead. Pittsburgh’s defense allowed a season-low 227 total net yards and tied a season high with three sacks.

GAME SUMMARY

Bills (3-7) 3 0 0 7 10STEELERS (3-6) 0 10 7 6 23

TEAM Q TIME PLAY DRIVE SCORE BUF 1 6:16 Carpenter 20-yd. FG 9-28; 3:59 0-3PIT 2 8:47 Suisham 36-yd. FG 13-58; 6:46 3-3PIT 2 1:55 Cotchery 5-yd. pass from Roethlisberger (Suisham kick) 9-86; 4:48 10-3PIT 3 3:02 Bell 4-yd. run (Suisham kick) 6-58; 3:03 17-3PIT 4 8:00 Suisham 37-yd. FG 4-(-5); 1:31 20-3PIT 4 4:34 Suisham 23-yd. FG 4-6; 1:36 23-3BUF 4 0:03 Gragg 2-yd. pass from Manuel (Carpenter kick) 15-80; 4:31 23-10

2016 TEAM STATS Steelers Category Bills 24.2 ..................................... Points Scored Per Game ...............................25.4 19.7 .....................................Points Allowed Per Game ..............................22.8 20.2 ....................................... First Downs Per Game .................................20.1 366.8 ......................................Total Yards Per Game ...............................343.4 102.3 ...................................Rushing Yards Per Game ............................161.9 264.6 ................................... Passing Yards Per Game .............................181.5 26 .....................................................Sacks By ..............................................33 9 ................................................. Interceptions By ...........................................8 30:11 ....................................Avg. Time of Possession .............................29:20 35 .................................................. Touchdowns ............................................37 8 ............................................. Rushing Touchdowns .....................................23 26 ........................................... Passing Touchdowns ..................................... 11 1 ...........................................Touchdowns on Returns ....................................3 15-19 ............................................. Field Goals ........................................15-19 44.6 ............................................... Punting Avg. .........................................42.1 9.8 ..............................................Punt Return Avg. ..................................... 11.1 22.2 .......................................... Kickoff Return Avg.....................................21.6

2016 AFC NORTH STANDINGS

2016 AFC North Standings W L T Pct. Pts. Opp.Baltimore 7 5 0 .583 256 207Pittsburgh 7 5 0 .583 290 236Cincinnati 4 7 1 .375 245 259 Cleveland 0 12 0 .000 197 352This Week in the AFC North:Sunday, Dec. 11:Pittsburgh (7-5) at Buff alo (6-6), 1 p.m. (CBS, locally KDKA-TV)Cincinnati (4-7-1) at Cleveland (0-12), 1 p.m.

Monday, Dec. 12:Baltimore (7-5) at New England (10-2), 8:30 p.m.

TEAM STATISTICS Bills Steelers1st Downs 16 (4-9-3) 19 (8-9-2)

3rd Downs 3-14 (21%) 8-17 (47%)

4th Downs 1-1 (100%) 0-0 (0%)

Total Net Yards 227 300

Plays-Avg. 64-3.5 67-4.5

Rushing Yards 95 136

Rush Att.-Avg. 22-4.3 33-4.1

Passing Yards 132 164

Att.-Comp.-Int. 39-22-1 30-18-1

Sacks By 4-40 3-23

Punts-Avg. 9-36.9 5-39.0

Penalties 4-30 6-42

Fumbles-Lost 1-0 1-0

Time of Poss. 24:44 35:16

INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS

RUSHING: Buf. – Jackson 12-55; Spiller 8-23; Manuel 2-17. Pit. – Bell 22-57, 1 TD; Dwyer 6-38; Sanders 1-25; F. Jones 4-16.

PASSING: Buf. – Manuel 39-22-1, 155, 1 TD. Pit. – Roethlis-berger 30-18-1, 204, 1 TD.

RECEIVING: Buf. – Gragg 4-25, 1 TD; Johnson 3-48; Chandler 3-21; Spiller 3-11; Jackson 3-7; Easley 2-13; Goodwin 2-9; Hogan 1-16; Gra-ham 1-5. Pit. – A. Brown 6-104; Sanders 4-13; Bell 3-39; Cotch-ery 2-31, 1 TD; Palmer 1-8; Mill-er 1-6; Dwyer 1-3.

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STEELERS-BILLS CONNECTIONS

Steelers in Bold; Bills in Bold ItalicFormer Steelers/Bills

Steelers STC Danny Smith held the same position on the Bills coaching staff for three seasons (2001-03).

Steelers RB coach James Saxon also served as the Bills RB coach for one season (2000).

Pittsburgh LB Arthur Moats played for Buff alo prior to coming to Pittsburgh (2010-13).

Bills DT Corbin Bryant played for the Steelers for one season (2011).

Bills GM Doug Whaley worked for the Steelers as a pro personnel asst. (1995) and as a pro scouting coordinator (1999-2009) before going to Buff alo.

Buff alo player personnel advisor Kelvin Fisher was a college scout for the Steelers from 2000-12.

Area Connections Steelers WRs Antonio Brown and Eli Rogers, along with

CB Artie Burns and DE Stephon Tuitt are all from Miami, Fla., where Bills G John Miller is also from.

Pittsburgh LB Anthony Chickillo, Buffalo DE Leger Douzable and Buff alo LS Garrison Sanborn are all from Tampa Bay, Fla.

Bills RB LeSean McCoy is a native of Harrisburg, Pa. and played collegiately at the University of Pittsburgh (2007-08).

Bills STC Danny Crossman was a three-year letterman at the University of Pittsburgh.

Buff alo defensive asst. D’Anton Lynn played at Penn State for four years.

NFL Connections Steelers RB DeAngelo Williams played in Carolina while

Bills STC Danny Crossman was on staff (2006-09). Steelers Conditioning Coordinator Garrett Giemont and

Bills OL coach Aaron Kromer worked together in Oakland for two seasons (2001-02).

Steelers HC Mike Tomlin also worked with Kromer for one year in Tampa Bay (2005).

Pittsburgh WR Darrius Heyward-Bey and S Mike Mitchell played in Oakland while Buff alo WR coach Sanjay Lal was on staff for the Raiders (2009-11).

Steelers OC Todd Haley coached alongside Bills QB coach David Lee (2004-06) and Buff alo OC/RB coach Anthony Lynn (2005-06) in Dallas.

Steelers RB coach James Saxon also coached with Lee in Miami while Bills K Dan Carpenter was a player (2008-10).

Pittsburgh STC Danny Smith was on staff in Washington while Buffalo LB Lorenzo Alexander was a Redskin (2007-12).

Heyward-Bey (2013) and Pittsburgh DE Ricardon Mathews (2012-13) both played in Indianapolis with Buff alo S Sergio Brown.

Saxon was a coach for Minnesota while Bills FB Jerome Felton was a Viking from 2012-13. Bills WR Percy Harvin also played in Minnesota while Saxon was on staff (2011-12).

Steelers LB James Harrison and Bills WR Brandon Tate played together in Cincinnati for one season (2013).

PIT-BUF SERIES HIGHS

Passing YardsSteelers Bubby Brister 330 9/25/1988Bills Jim Kelly 363 9/8/1991

Rushing YardsSteelers Rashard Mendenhall 151 11/28/2010Bills O.J. Simpson 227 9/28/1975

Receiving YardsSteelers Weegie Thompson 118 9/25/1988Bills Eric Moulds 122 10/10/1999 Haven Moses 122 10/11/1970

STEELERS-BILLS CONNECTIONS

Steelers in Bold; Bills in Bold ItalicCollege Connections

Steelers S Shamarko Thomas was a player at Syracuse while Bills DL coach Jason Rebrovich and asst. QB coach Jason Vrable were on staff (2009-12).

Steelers OT Markus Gilbert and C Maurkice Pouncey played at Florida with Bills WR Percy Harvin for two years (2007-08).

Gilbert and Pouncey also shared a locker room with Buff alo RB Mike Gillislee (2009) and LB Brandon Spikes (2007-09).

Steelers LB Anthony Chickillo was a teammate of Bills T Seantrel Henderson at Miami (Fla.) from 2011-13.

Steelers LB Lawrence Timmons and Bills LS Garrison Sanborn played collegiately at Florida State together for three seasons (2004-06).

Pittsburgh LB Ryan Shazier was an Ohio State Buckeye with Buff alo DT Adolphus Washington (2012-13) and QB Cardale Jones (2013).

Steelers RB Le’Veon Bell played at Michigan State with Bills DE Jerel Worthy for two years (2010-11).

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WHAT TO LOOK FOR

FROM THE STEELERS• With a win over Buff alo, the Steelers would improve to 441-282-2 during the regular season since 1970.• The Steelers look to improve to 14-8 all-time against the Bills in regular-season history and to 6-7 in road games at Buff alo.• Pittsburgh is aiming for their sixth straight win against Buff alo in the regular season.• With a win, Pittsburgh would improve to 3-1 against Buff alo in the month of December.• With a win, the Steelers will have won each of their last three regular-season road games.• With a win, the Steelers would fi nish with a 2-2 record against the AFC East in 2016.

FROM HEAD COACH MIKE TOMLIN• A win would improve Tomlin to 100-57 during the regular season (43-36 on the road) and have him join Chuck Noll (193) and Bill Cowher (149) as the third head coach in team history with at least 100 wins in the regular season.• Looks to improve to 4-0 against the Bills as the Steelers’ head coach since 2007 in the regular-season and to 2-0 on the road at Buff alo.• With a win, would improve to 27-13 in the month of December and to 9-7 on the road during the month.

FROM THE STEELERS OFFENSE

QB BEN ROETHLISBERGER• With a win, would improve to 121-60 as a starter during the regular season and to 53-38 on the road.• With a win, would improve to 4-0 vs. Buff alo in the regular season and to 2-0 on the road at the Bills.• 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 46 completions from surpassing Vinny Testaverde (3,787) for 10th-most in NFL history.• Needs 205 passing yards to surpass Vinny Testaverde (46,234) for 10th-most in NFL history.

RB Le’VEON BELL• Aims for his fourth consecutive 100-yard rushing game on Sunday, and his fi fth in a row with 100 yards from scrimmage.• Will move into a tie with Rocky Bleier (23) for the 10th-most rushing touchdowns in team history with his next rushing score, and is two rushing touchdowns from matching Willie Parker (24) for ninth.• Is 51 scrimmage yards from moving into ninth in team history (Lynn Swann: 5,534).• Will record his second 1,000-rushing yard season with 183 rushing yards (2014: 1,361).• Needs 272 rushing yards to surpass Rocky Bleier (3,865) for the eight-most in Steelers history.

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

WR ANTONIO BROWN• Needs two catches to mark his fourth straight season with at least 90 receptions.• 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 100 receptions in 2016, will extend his franchise record of consecutive seasons with at least 100 catches to four.• 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. He is the fi rst Steelers rookie with an interception since 2006

(Anthony Smith, Dec. 17 at Carolina).

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.

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.

1,318RB Le’Veon Bell ranks second in the NFL with 1,318 yards from scrimmage since returning to the fi eld in Week Four.

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: 7-5 0-0At Home: 4-2 0-0On the Road: 3-3 0-0Neutral: 0-0 0-0

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

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

On Turf: 1-0 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: 1-3 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 99 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 122-34 8* 3 Green Bay 102-53-1 8* 1 Pittsburgh 99-57 6* 2 Indianapolis 98-58 7 1 Denver 93-63 5* 1 Dallas 90-66 3 0 Baltimore 89-67 6 1 New Orleans 89-67 4 1 *Made the playoff s in 2015

Tomlin’s .635 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.) 233 115 0 .670 Bruce Arians (Ari 2013-pres.) 39 20 1 .658 Mike McCarthy (GB 2006-pres.) 110 61 1 .642 Mike Tomlin (Pit 2007-pres.) 99 57 0 .635 Chuck Pagano (Ind 2012-pres.) 47 29 0 .618 John Harbaugh (Bal 2008-pres.) 84 56 0 .600

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 68 10 0 .872 Green Bay 60 17 1 .779 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 29 28 0 .500 Cleveland Browns 13 44 0 .228

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 19 0 .321

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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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)

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.

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 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 105-21 .833 Baltimore Ravens 93-34 .732 Pittsburgh Steelers 91-34-1 .726 Green Bay Packers 90-35-1 .718 Seattle Seahawks 90-36 .714

The Steelers have the third 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 80-14 .851 Indianapolis Colts 67-27 .713 Baltimore Ravens 68-28 .708 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 237-142-1 (.625) record. The Steelers are one of four teams (New England: 256 , Green Bay: 241 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 256-124 .674 Green Bay Packers 241-138-1 .636 Pittsburgh Steelers 237-142-1 .625 Denver Broncos 232-148 .611 Indianapolis Colts 223-157 .587

ACTIVE NON-LOSING SEASONS The Steelers have fi nished with an 8-8 (.500) mark or better in each of the previous 12 seasons, dating back to 2004. Pittsburgh’s 12-season streak of a .500 winning mark or better is the second-longest active in the NFL, and is one shy of 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 12 2004-15 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 22-8 .733 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 13, Roethlisberger has completed 266-of-409 passes for 3,034 yards and 25 touchdowns with eight interceptions for a passer rating of 99.4. 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 13:• 3-Touchdown Games: 6 (2nd)• Touchdowns Per Attempt Percent: 6.1 (T-4th)• Passing Touchdowns: 25 (T-4th)• 300-Yard Games: 4 (T-6th)• Pass Plays of 25-Plus Yards: 25 (7th)• Quarterback Rating: 99.4 (9th)

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

BEN FINDING THE END ZONE QB Ben Roethlisberger has thrown a touchdown on 6.1 percent of his tosses in 2016 - tied as the fourth best rate of touchdown passes per attempt through Week 13:

NFL PASSING TOUCHDOWN PERCENT LEADERS - 2016 Rk. PLAYER, TEAM ATT TDS TD % 1. Marcus Mariota, TEN 378 25 6.6 2. Matt Ryan, ATL 414 27 6.5 3. Tom Brady, NE 302 19 6.3 T4. Ben Roethlisberger, PIT 409 25 6.1 Aaron Rodgers, GB 479 29 6.1

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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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

STARTING IN STYLE In his career, QB Ben Roethlisberger owns a 120-60 (.667) 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 179 52 0 .775 2. Russell Wilson, SEA 54 21 1 .717 3. Ben Roethlisberger, PIT 120 60 0 .667 4. Aaron Rodgers, GB 86 45 0 .656 5. Andy Dalton, CIN 54 33 2 .618 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

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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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-2nd), 46,029 passing yards (4th), 3,742 completions (4th), 297 passing touchdowns (5th) and a 94.3 passer rating (7th):

NFL ACTIVE PASSING YARDS PER ATTEMPT LEADERS Rk. PLAYER CMP-ATT YARDS YDS/ATT. 1. Russell Wilson 1,387-2,139 17,116 8.00 T2. Ben Roethlisberger 3,742-5,832 46,029 7.89 Tony Romo 2,826-4,331 34,154 7.89 4. Aaron Rodgers 2,942-4,426 35,682 7.88 5. Philip Rivers 3,728-5,764 44,800 7.77

NFL ACTIVE PASSING YARDAGE LEADERS Rk. PLAYER GP CMP-ATT YARDS 1. Drew Brees 229 5,722-8,585 64,816 2. Tom Brady 233 5,161-8,094 60,498 3. Eli Manning 197 3,980-6,679 47,284 4. Ben Roethlisberger 182 3,742-5,832 46,029 5. Philip Rivers 176 3,728-5,764 44,800

NFL ACTIVE PASSING TOUCHDOWN LEADERS Rk. PLAYER GP TDS 1. Drew Brees 229 458 2. Tom Brady 233 447 3. Eli Manning 197 316 4. Philip Rivers 176 306 5. Ben Roethlisberger 182 297

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 46,029 passing yards, 297 passing touchdowns and 3,742 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 3,742-5,832 46,029 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 182 297 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 182 3,742 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.

120-60Roethlisberger’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. ......................................................... .667 .............. 1st

Career Completions ....................................................... 3,742 .............. 1st

Career Attempts ............................................................. 5,832 .............. 1st

Career Passing Yards .................................................. 46,029 .............. 1st

Career Completion Pct..................................................... 64.2 .............. 1st

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

Career QB Rating ............................................................ 94.3 .............. 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. * ......................................... 91.2 .............. 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). ....................................... .120 .............. 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) ...................................... 1,213 .............. 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 88

receptions for 1,052 yards and 11 touchdown catches through the team’s fi rst 12 games of the 2016 season. Below is a look at where Brown ranks in the NFL through Week 13:• Touchdown Catches: 11 (1st)• Receptions: 88 (T-1st)• Mutli-Touchdown Catch Games: 3 (T-1st)• 10-Reception Games: 2 (T-2nd)• 100-Yard Receiving Games: 4 (T-2nd)• Receiving Yards: 1,052 (4th)

NFL TOUCHDOWN RECEPTION LEADERS: 2016 Rk. PLAYER, TEAM REC. YARDS TDs 1. Antonio Brown, PIT 88 1,052 11 T2. Mike Evans, TB 76 1,058 10 Jordy Nelson, GB 69 872 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 614 receptions and 8,145 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 98 614 2. Brandon Marshall, MIA-CHI-NYJ 103 608 3. Larry Fitzgerald, ARI 106 583

ACTIVE NFL RECEIVING YARDS LEADERS: 2010-CURRENT Rk. PLAYER, TEAM REC. YARDS 1. Antonio Brown, PIT 614 8,145 2. Brandon Marshall, MIA-CHI-NYJ 608 7,965 3. Julio Jones, ATL 763 7,454

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 23 128

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, 2010-16 614 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 8,145

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 / 8,145 8,264

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:

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

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 1,665 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 1,665 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 T3. Chris Hogan, NE 27-484 17.9 Kenny Stills, MIA 28-501 17.9 T5. Julio Jones, ATL 72-1,253 17.4 Marvin Jones, Jr., DET 42-730 17.4

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 (32), receiving yards (268) 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.

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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 three games, becoming the fi rst Steeler with a such a streak since the 2006-07 seasons. He has eclipsed 100 scrimmage yards in four consecutive games and in eight of his nine games played in 2016. Below is a look at where Bell ranks in the NFL through Week 13:• Scrimmage Yards Per Game: 146.4 (1st)• Rushing Yards Per Game: 90.8 (2nd)• Receptions by a Running Back: 63 (2nd)• Receiving Yards by a Running Back: 501 (2nd)• Scrimmage Yards: 1,318 (5th)• Rushing Average: 4.54 (9th)• Rushing Yards: 817 (10th)

NFL SCRIMMAGE YARDS PER GAME LEADERS: 2016 Rk. PLAYER, TEAM SCRMG. YDS (RUSH / REC) AVG,/GAME 1. Le’Veon Bell, PIT 1,318 (817 / 501) 146.4 2. David Johnson, ARI 1,709 (1,005 / 704) 142.4 3. Ezekiel Elliott, DAL 1,607 (1,285 / 322) 133.9 4. Melvin Gordon, SD 1,411 (992 / 419) 117.6 5. DeMarco Murray, TEN 1,352 (1,043 / 309) 112.7

Bell set a Steelers 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 124.6 yards from scrimmage per game:

NFL SRIMMAGE YARDS PER GAME LEADERS:2013 - CURRENT

Rk. PLAYER GAMES-YARDS YARDS/GM 1. Le’Veon Bell, PIT 44-5,484 124.6 2. Julio Jones, ATL 48-5,305 110.5 3. LeSean McCoy, PHI-BUF 55-5,992 108.9 4. DeMarco Murray, DAL-PHI-TEN 57-6,108 107.2 5. Matt Forte, CHI-NYJ 57-6,106 107.1

Since entering the NFL in 2013, Bell has recorded 29 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 35 2. Matt Forte, CHI-NYJ 32 3. DeMarco Murray, DAL-PHI-TEN 31 4. Le’Veon Bell, PIT 29 5. Antonio Brown, PIT 27

BELL AMONG STEELERS BEST IN FOUR RB Le’Veon Bell has produced 3,594 rushing yards and 5,484 yards from scrimmage since entering the NFL in 2013. His 5,484 yards from scrimmage are the second-most by a Steeler in their fi rst four years with the team, while his 3,594 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 5,484 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 3,594 5. Rashard Mendenhall, 2008-11 3,367

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).

OVER 200 TIMES FOUR RB Le’veon Bell eclipsed 200 yards from scrimmage for the fourth time in his NFL regular-season career with a 201 yard day at Cleveland in Week 11. His four 200-yard games are the most in Steelers history, as he broke a tie with Willie Parker (three), and the most in the NFL since he entered the League in 2013.

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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 3. Eric Dickerson, L.A. Rams 491

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

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

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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BELL ON THE TOP 10 RB Le’Veon Bell has made his mark on the Steelers’ top 10 rushing yards and yards from scrimmage charts lists within his fi rst four seasons with the team. His 3,594 rushing yards rank ninth-most in franchise history, while his 5,484 are good for 10th:

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 3,594 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. Lynn Swann, 1974-82 5,534 10. Le’Veon Bell, 2013-current 5,484

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 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 2,880-12,710 74 3. DeAngelo Williams 1,707-8,029 60 4. LeSean McCoy 1,838-8,636 56 5. Chris Johnson 2,118-9,537 55

NFL ACTIVE RUSHING YARDS LEADERS Rk. PLAYER ATT-YARDS 1. Frank Gore 2,880-12,710 2. Adrian Peterson 2,412-11,725 3. Chris Johnson 2,118-9,537 4. Matt Forte 2,246-9,386 5. LeSean McCoy 1,838-8,636 6. DeAngelo Williams 1,707-8,029

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.

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 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).

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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 39 tackles (30 solo) to go along with six passes defensed, one interception and a a tackle for a loss through Week 13. 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 56 tackles, including 34 solo stops, along with fi ve passes defensed, three forced fumbles, a fumble recovery, fi ve tackles for losses, four quarterback hits, an interception and 1.5 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.

MITCHELL IN THE BACKFIELD S Mike Mitchell leads the Pittsburgh secondary with 57 combined tackles in 2016 (39 solo) and has added eight pass break-ups and a quarterback hit through the fi rst 12 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 57th consecutive regular-season at India-napolis in Week 12 - the fi fth-longest active consecutive games

GAY’S MILESTONE AT 156 CB William Gay extended his consecutive regular-season games played streak to 156 in Week 13 vs. New York - 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).

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TIMMONS’ TIME IN 2016 LB Lawrence Timmons leads the Steelers’ defense in 2016 with 89 total tackles (60 solo) through the team’s fi rst 12 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.

WILLIAMS LEADS 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.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.

96Timmons, who has missed only two games his entire career,

started his team-leading 96th consecutive regular-season game in Week 13 vs. New York.

106-AND-107Since the start of the 2010 season, Timmons has started (106) and played in (107) 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).

BOS-DOES-WELL K Chris Boswell has converted 12 of his 16 fi eld goal attempts in 2016 - including six of seven attempts from 40-49 yards. Since joining the Steelers in 2015, Boswell is 41-of-48 overall on fi eld goal attempts (84.4%), including 15-of-19 (78.9%) be-tween 40-49 yards. His 85.4 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. 41-48 85.4 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 12 games, Berry has pinned opponents inside their 20-yard line on 20 of his 54 punts.

BURNS ON THE CORNER CB Artie Burns made his fi rst career start in Week Nine at Baltimore and hauled in the fi rst interception of his NFL career. He became the fi rst rookie in Steelers history since 2006 (Anthony Smith) to record an interception. 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.

BULLOCK IS PERFECT IN DEBUT K Randy Bullock made his Steelers debut in Week 13 vs. New York, one day after signing with the team, and converted three fi eld attempts (44, 34 and 38 yards) and one extra point try, improving to 28-of-37 on fi eld goal tries within 40-49 yards and 26-of-28 on fi eld goal attempts within 30-39 yards in his NFL career.

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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 theendof 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-yardtouchdownpasstoRBRashadJenningstocuttheleadto14-7.OnPittsburgh’sensuingpossession,Roethlisbergerthrewa20-yardtouchdowntoTE Ladarius Green togivetheSteelersa21-7lead. Earlyinthefourthquarter,ManningwasinterceptedbyS Sean Davisintheredzone.Bullockmadea38-yardfieldgoallateinthefourthquartertomakeit24-7. Manning’s one-yard touchdown pass toWRSterlingShepardgavetheGiantstheirfinalpointsofthegame.

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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PITTSBURGH STEELERS / WEEK 13 / THROUGH SUNDAY, DECEMBER 4, 2016 WON 7, LOST 5 * RUSHING No. Yds Avg Long TD 09/12 W 38-16 at Washington 79,124 Bell 180 817 4.5 44 3 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 10 38 3.8 16 0 10/09 W 31-13 New York Jets 66,385 Roethlisberger 8 22 2.8 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 288 1227 4.3 60t 8 12/04 W 24-14 New York Giants 65,825 OPPONENTS 264 1104 4.2 62t 10 12/11 at Buffalo * RECEIVING No. Yds Avg Long TD 12/18 at Cincinnati Brown 88 1052 12.0 51 11 12/25 Baltimore Bell 63 501 8.0 23 1 01/01 Cleveland James 32 268 8.4 24 3 Pitt. Opp. Rogers 30 354 11.8 32 2 TOTAL FIRST DOWNS 242 231 Coates 20 425 21.3 72t 2 Rushing 62 62 D. Williams 15 91 6.1 20 1 Passing 162 142 Green 11 207 18.8 37 1 Penalty 18 27 Hamilton 11 138 12.5 39 1 3rd Down: Made/Att 66/154 62/161 Grimble 10 98 9.8 20t 1 3rd Down Pct. 42.9 38.5 Heyward-Bey 5 68 13.6 31t 2 4th Down: Made/Att 6/13 10/19 D. Johnson 5 53 10.6 26 0 4th Down Pct. 46.2 52.6 Wheaton 4 51 12.8 30t 1 POSSESSION AVG. 30:11 29:49 Toussaint 1 9 9.0 9 0 TOTAL NET YARDS 4402 4180 TEAM 295 3315 11.2 72t 26 Avg. Per Game 366.8 348.3 OPPONENTS 291 3262 11.2 95t 15 Total Plays 763 744 * INTERCEPTIONS No. Yds Avg Long TD Avg. Per Play 5.8 5.6 Burns 2 9 4.5 9 0 NET YARDS RUSHING 1227 1104 Timmons 1 58 58.0 58 0 Avg. Per Game 102.3 92.0 Mitchell 1 26 26.0 26 0 Total Rushes 288 264 J. Jones 1 20 20.0 20 0 NET YARDS PASSING 3175 3076 Davis 1 0 0.0 0 0 Avg. Per Game 264.6 256.3 Gay 1 0 0.0 0 0 Sacked/Yards Lost 16/140 26/186 Harrison 1 0 0.0 0 0 Gross Yards 3315 3262 Shazier 1 0 0.0 0 0 Att./Completions 459/295 454/291 TEAM 9 113 12.6 58 0 Completion Pct. 64.3 64.1 OPPONENTS 9 52 5.8 26 0 Had Intercepted 9 9 * PUNTING No. Yds Avg Net TB In Lg B PUNTS/AVERAGE 55/44.6 54/43.1 Berry 54 2454 45.4 39.9 2 20 63 1 NET PUNTING AVG. 55/39.9 54/38.4 TEAM 55 2454 44.6 39.9 2 20 63 1 PENALTIES/YARDS 87/831 82/656 OPPONENTS 54 2329 43.1 38.4 6 17 58 0 FUMBLES/BALL LOST 14/3 15/7 * PUNT RETURNS Ret FC Yds Avg Long TD TOUCHDOWNS 35 26 Brown 10 13 107 10.7 33 0 Rushing 8 10 Rogers 4 3 30 7.5 15 0 Passing 26 15 TEAM 14 16 137 9.8 33 0 Returns 1 1 OPPONENTS 22 14 218 9.9 39 0 * SCORE BY PERIODS Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 OT PTS * KICKOFF RETURNS No. Yds Avg Long TD TEAM 78 74 43 95 0 290 Toussaint 8 179 22.4 33 0 OPPONENTS 42 56 63 75 0 236 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 Brown 11 0 11 0 0 66 Brown 1 23 23.0 23 0 Boswell 0 0 0 0 26/26 12/16 0 62 TEAM 17 377 22.2 33 0 Bell 4 3 1 0 0 26 OPPONENTS 18 424 23.6 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 4/ 5 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 6/ 7 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 Bullock: ()()()()()()()()()()()(44G,34G,38G) Grimble 1 0 1 0 0 6 OPP: (31G,40G,34G)(25G,33G,21G)(29G,38G)(49N) Hamilton 1 0 1 0 0 6 (35G,48G)(30G,23G,30G,24B,50N)()(49G,42G)(37G, Hargrave 1 0 0 1 0 6 53G,46G)(24G)(52N)() Roethlisberger 1 1 0 0 0 6 D. Johnson 0 0 0 0 0 2 TEAM 35 8 26 1 27/27 15/19 1 290 OPPONENTS 26 10 15 1 21/23 19/23 0 236 2-Pt Conv: Bell, D. Johnson, Wheaton, TM 3-8, OPP 1-3 SACKS: Harrison 5, Moats 3.5, Heyward 3, Tuitt 3, Chickillo 2.5, Hargrave 2, V. Williams 2, Shazier 1.5, Timmons 1.5, Gay 1, Mathews 1, TM 26, 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 409 266 3034 65.0 7.42 25 6.1 8 2.0 72t 16/ 140 99.4 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 459 295 3315 64.3 7.22 26 5.7 9 2.0 72t 16/ 140 96.4 OPPONENTS 454 291 3262 64.1 7.19 15 3.3 9 2.0 95t 26/ 186 88.2

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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 29 89 1.5/12 7 1/58 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0Mitchell 39 18 57 0/0 1 1/26 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0Shazier 34 22 56 1.5/16 4 1/0 5 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0Cockrell 37 7 44 0/0 1 0/0 11 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0Burns 36 7 43 0/0 0 2/9 9 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0Davis 32 9 41 0/0 0 1/0 3 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 26 9 35 3.0/26 12 0/0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0Gay 30 9 33 1/10 0 1/0 6 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0Harrison 25 7 32 5/39 8 1/0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0Golden 18 12 30 0/0 0 0/0 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 0Chickillo 19 5 24 2.5/22 6 0/0 0 2 0 1 3 4 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 4 10 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 2 2 0 0 0Matakevich 6 2 8 0/0 0 0/0 0 0 0 5 2 7 0 0 0McCullers 4 4 8 0/0 1 0/0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1Dupree 4 0 4 0/0 1 0/0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0Fort 2 0 2 0/0 1 0/0 0 0 0 1 1 2 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 0Walton 0 0 0 0/0 1 0/0 1 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 2 1 3 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 480 190 670 26/186 65 9/113 61 11 6 33 19 52 1 1 1OPPONENTS 475 210 685 16/142 42 9/52 64 8 3 27 10 37 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) 2 Randy Bullock (5-9, 206, 5) 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)

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

26 Bell, Le'Veon RB 6-1 225 02/18/92 24 4 Michigan State Reynoldsburg, OH D2 '13 9/9

4 Berry, Jordan P 6-5 195 03/18/91 25 2 Eastern Kentucky Melbourne, Victoria, Australia FA '15 12/0

9 Boswell, Chris K 6-2 185 03/16/91 25 2 Rice Fort Worth, TX FA '15 11/0

84 Brown, Antonio WR 5-10 181 07/10/88 28 7 Central Michigan Miami, FL D6b '10 12/12

2 Bullock, Randy K 5-9 206 12/16/89 26 5 Texas A&M Klein, TX FA '16 2/0

25 Burns, Artie CB 6-0 197 05/01/95 21 R Miami (FL) Miami, FL D1 '16 12/5

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

14 Coates, Sammie WR 6-1 212 03/31/93 23 2 Auburn Leroy, AL D3 '15 12/4

31 Cockrell, Ross CB 6-0 191 08/06/91 25 3 Duke Waxhaw, NC FA '15 12/12

37 Dangerfield, Jordan S 5-11 199 12/25/90 25 1 Towson Elmont, NY FA '15 9/2

28 Davis, Sean S 6-1 202 10/23/93 23 R Maryland Washington, DC D2 '16 12/5

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

48 Dupree, Bud LB 6-4 269 02/12/93 23 2 Kentucky Macon, GA D1 '15 3/0

67 Finney, B.J. C/G 6-4 318 10/26/91 25 1 Kansas State Wichita, KS UDFA '15 9/1

54 Fort, L.J. LB 6-0 232 01/03/90 26 2 Northern Iowa Granite City, IL FA '15 10/0

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 12/9

24 Gilbert, Justin CB 6-0 202 11/07/91 25 3 Oklahoma State The Woodlands, TX T '16 (CLE) 9/0

77 Gilbert, Marcus OT 6-6 330 02/15/88 28 6 Florida Fort Lauderdale, FL D2 '11 9/9

21 Golden, Robert S 5-11 202 09/13/90 26 5 Arizona Fresno, CA UDFA '12 10/7

89 Green, Ladarius TE 6-6 240 05/29/90 26 5 Louisiana-Lafayette Pensacola, FL UFA '16 (SD) 4/0

85 Grimble, Xavier TE 6-4 261 09/22/92 24 1 USC Las Vegas, NV FA '15 9/2

83 Hamilton, Cobi WR 6-2 201 11/13/90 26 1 Arkansas Texarkana, TX FA '16 7/5

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 12/4

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 11/4

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

82 Johnson, David TE 6-2 260 08/26/87 29 8 Arkansas State Pine Bluff, AR FA '16 12/3

95 Jones, Jarvis LB 6-3 248 10/13/89 27 4 Georgia Lumpkin, GA D1 '13 12/8

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 12/0

90 Mathews, Ricardo DE 6-3 300 07/30/87 29 7 Cincinnati Jacksonville, FL UFA '16 (SD) 12/3

93 McCullers, Daniel DT 6-7 352 08/11/92 24 3 Tennessee Raleigh, NC D6b '14 12/0

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) 12/12

55 Moats, Arthur LB 6-0 246 03/14/88 28 7 James Madison Portsmouth, VA UFA '14 (BUF) 12/5

45 Nix, Roosevelt FB 5-11 248 03/30/92 24 2 Kent State Reynoldsburg, OH FA '15 6/2

53 Pouncey, Maurkice C 6-4 304 07/24/89 27 7 Florida Lakeland, FL D1 '10 12/12

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 11/11

17 Rogers, Eli WR 5-10 187 12/23/92 23 2 Louisville Miami, FL UDFA '15 9/5

50 Shazier, Ryan LB 6-1 230 09/06/92 24 3 Ohio State Fort Lauderdale, FL D1 '14 9/8

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 12/12

33 Toussaint, Fitzgerald RB 5-9 204 05/04/90 26 3 Michigan Youngstown, OH FA '15 12/0

91 Tuitt, Stephon DE 6-6 303 05/23/93 23 3 Notre Dame Miami, FL D2 '14 12/12

78 Villanueva, Alejandro OT 6-9 320 09/22/88 28 2 Army Meridian, MS FA '14 12/12

96 Walton, L.T. DE 6-5 305 03/31/92 24 2 Central Michigan Clinton Township, MI D6a '15 6/0

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

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 12/4

PRACTICE SQUAD (10)

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

40 Brown-Dukes, Brandon RB 5-8 200 04/29/92 24 R Mercyhurst Orlando, FL FA '16 0/0

41 Feeney, Travis LB 6-4 226 11/18/92 24 R Washington Richmond, CA D6 '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 24 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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2 Randy Bullock K 5-9 206 12/16/89 26 5 Texas A&M Klein, TX FA '16 2/0

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 12/0

7 Ben Roethlisberger QB 6-5 240 03/02/82 34 13 Miami (OH) Cory Rawson, OH D1 '04 11/11

9 Chris Boswell K 6-2 185 03/16/91 25 2 Rice Fort Worth, TX FA '15 11/0

14 Sammie Coates WR 6-1 212 03/31/93 23 2 Auburn Leroy, AL D3 '15 12/4

17 Eli Rogers WR 5-10 187 12/23/92 23 2 Louisville Miami, FL UDFA '15 9/5

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 10/7

22 William Gay CB 5-10 187 01/01/85 31 10 Louisville Tallahassee, FL FA '13 12/9

23 Mike Mitchell S 6-1 221 06/10/87 29 8 Ohio Fort Thomas, KY UFA '14 (CAR) 12/12

24 Justin Gilbert CB 6-0 202 11/07/91 25 3 Oklahoma State The Woodlands, TX T '16 (CLE) 9/0

25 Artie Burns CB 6-0 197 05/01/95 21 R Miami (FL) Miami, FL D1 '16 12/5

26 Le'Veon Bell RB 6-1 225 02/18/92 24 4 Michigan State Reynoldsburg, OH D2 '13 9/9

28 Sean Davis S 6-1 202 10/23/93 23 R Maryland Washington, DC D2 '16 12/5

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 12/12

33 Fitzgerald Toussaint RB 5-9 204 05/04/90 26 3 Michigan Youngstown, OH FA '15 12/0

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 9/2

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 12/0

45 Roosevelt Nix FB 5-11 248 03/30/92 24 2 Kent State Reynoldsburg, OH FA '15 6/2

48 Bud Dupree LB 6-4 269 02/12/93 23 2 Kentucky Macon, GA D1 '15 3/0

50 Ryan Shazier LB 6-1 230 09/06/92 24 3 Ohio State Fort Lauderdale, FL D1 '14 9/8

53 Maurkice Pouncey C 6-4 304 07/24/89 27 7 Florida Lakeland, FL D1 '10 12/12

54 L.J. Fort LB 6-0 232 01/03/90 26 2 Northern Iowa Granite City, IL FA '15 10/0

55 Arthur Moats LB 6-0 246 03/14/88 28 7 James Madison Portsmouth, VA UFA '14 (BUF) 12/5

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

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

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

67 B.J. Finney C/G 6-4 318 10/26/91 25 1 Kansas State Wichita, KS UDFA '15 9/1

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 11/4

77 Marcus Gilbert OT 6-6 330 02/15/88 28 6 Florida Fort Lauderdale, FL D2 '11 9/9

78 Alejandro Villanueva OT 6-9 320 09/22/88 28 2 Army Meridian, MS FA '14 12/12

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 12/12

82 David Johnson TE 6-2 260 08/26/87 29 8 Arkansas State Pine Bluff, AR FA '16 12/3

83 Cobi Hamilton WR 6-2 201 11/13/90 26 1 Arkansas Texarkana, TX FA '16 7/5

84 Antonio Brown WR 5-10 181 07/10/88 28 7 Central Michigan Miami, FL D6b '10 12/12

85 Xavier Grimble TE 6-4 261 09/22/92 24 1 USC Las Vegas, NV FA '15 9/2

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) 4/0

90 Ricardo Mathews DE 6-3 300 07/30/87 29 7 Cincinnati Jacksonville, FL UFA '16 (SD) 12/3

91 Stephon Tuitt DE 6-6 303 05/23/93 23 3 Notre Dame Miami, FL D2 '14 12/12

92 James Harrison LB 6-0 242 05/04/78 38 14 Kent State Akron, OH FA '14 12/4

93 Daniel McCullers DT 6-7 352 08/11/92 24 3 Tennessee Raleigh, NC D6b '14 12/0

94 Lawrence Timmons LB 6-1 234 05/14/86 30 10 Florida State Florence, SC D1 '07 12/12

95 Jarvis Jones LB 6-3 248 10/13/89 27 4 Georgia Lumpkin, GA D1 '13 12/8

96 L.T. Walton DE 6-5 305 03/31/92 24 2 Central Michigan Clinton Township, MI D6a '15 6/0

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

PRACTICE SQUAD (10)

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

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

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

40 Brandon Brown-Dukes RB 5-8 200 04/29/92 24 R Mercyhurst Orlando, FL FA '16 0/0

41 Travis Feeney LB 6-4 226 11/18/92 24 R Washington Richmond, CA D6 '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 24 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 11/1118 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 9/9

33 Fitzgerald Toussaint RB 5-9 204 05/04/90 26 3 Michigan Youngstown, OH FA '15 12/0

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 6/2

14 Sammie Coates WR 6-1 212 03/31/93 23 2 Auburn Leroy, AL D3 '15 12/4

17 Eli Rogers WR 5-10 187 12/23/92 23 2 Louisville Miami, FL UDFA '15 9/5

83 Cobi Hamilton WR 6-2 201 11/13/90 26 1 Arkansas Texarkana, TX FA '16 7/5

84 Antonio Brown WR 5-10 181 07/10/88 28 7 Central Michigan Miami, FL D6b '10 12/1288 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 12/1282 David Johnson TE 6-2 260 08/26/87 29 8 Arkansas State Pine Bluff, AR FA '16 12/385 Xavier Grimble TE 6-4 261 09/22/92 24 1 USC Las Vegas, NV FA '15 9/289 Ladarius Green TE 6-6 240 05/29/90 26 5 Louisiana-Lafayette Pensacola, FL UFA '16 (SD) 4/0

53 Maurkice Pouncey C 6-4 304 07/24/89 27 7 Florida Lakeland, FL D1 '10 12/12

66 David DeCastro G 6-5 316 01/11/90 26 5 Stanford Bellevue, WA D1 '12 12/1267 B.J. Finney C/G 6-4 318 10/26/91 25 1 Kansas State Wichita, KS UDFA '15 9/1

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 11/4

77 Marcus Gilbert OT 6-6 330 02/15/88 28 6 Florida Fort Lauderdale, FL D2 '11 9/9

78 Alejandro Villanueva OT 6-9 320 09/22/88 28 2 Army Meridian, MS FA '14 12/12

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) 12/3

91 Stephon Tuitt DE 6-6 303 05/23/93 23 3 Notre Dame Miami, FL D2 '14 12/12

93 Daniel McCullers DT 6-7 352 08/11/92 24 3 Tennessee Raleigh, NC D6b '14 12/0

96 L.T. Walton DE 6-5 305 03/31/92 24 2 Central Michigan Clinton Township, MI D6a '15 6/0

44 Tyler Matakevich LB 6-1 235 12/22/92 23 R Temple Stratford, CT D7b '16 12/048 Bud Dupree LB 6-4 269 02/12/93 23 2 Kentucky Macon, GA D1 '15 3/0

50 Ryan Shazier LB 6-1 230 09/06/92 24 3 Ohio State Fort Lauderdale, FL D1 '14 9/8

54 L.J. Fort LB 6-0 232 01/03/90 26 2 Northern Iowa Granite City, IL FA '15 10/0

55 Arthur Moats LB 6-0 246 03/14/88 28 7 James Madison Portsmouth, VA UFA '14 (BUF) 12/5

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

92 James Harrison LB 6-0 242 05/04/78 38 14 Kent State Akron, OH FA '14 12/4

94 Lawrence Timmons LB 6-1 234 05/14/86 30 10 Florida State Florence, SC D1 '07 12/12

95 Jarvis Jones LB 6-3 248 10/13/89 27 4 Georgia Lumpkin, GA D1 '13 12/898 Vince Williams LB 6-1 233 12/27/89 26 4 Florida State Davenport, FL D6b '13 12/4

21 Robert Golden S 5-11 202 09/13/90 26 5 Arizona Fresno, CA UDFA '12 10/722 William Gay CB 5-10 187 01/01/85 31 10 Louisville Tallahassee, FL FA '13 12/923 Mike Mitchell S 6-1 221 06/10/87 29 8 Ohio Fort Thomas, KY UFA '14 (CAR) 12/1224 Justin Gilbert CB 6-0 202 11/07/91 25 3 Oklahoma State The Woodlands, TX T '16 (CLE) 9/0

25 Artie Burns CB 6-0 197 05/01/95 21 R Miami (FL) Miami, FL D1 '16 12/5

28 Sean Davis S 6-1 202 10/23/93 23 R Maryland Washington, DC D2 '16 12/5

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 12/1237 Jordan Dangerfield S 5-11 199 12/25/90 25 1 Towson Elmont, NY FA '15 9/2

2 Randy Bullock K 5-9 206 12/16/89 26 5 Texas A&M Klein, TX FA '16 2/04 Jordan Berry P 6-5 195 03/18/91 25 2 Eastern Kentucky Melbourne, Victoria, Australia FA '15 12/09 Chris Boswell K 6-2 185 03/16/91 25 2 Rice Fort Worth, TX FA '15 11/060 Greg Warren LS 6-3 252 10/18/81 35 12 North Carolina Goldsboro, NC UDFA '05 12/0

PRACTICE SQUAD (10)

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

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

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

40 Brandon Brown-Dukes RB 5-8 200 04/29/92 24 R Mercyhurst Orlando, FL FA '16 0/0

41 Travis Feeney LB 6-4 226 11/18/92 24 R Washington Richmond, CA D6 '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 24 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:

SPECIALISTS (4)

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 (5)

TIGHT ENDS (4)

PITTSBURGH STEELERS 2016 POSITIONAL ROSTER

QUARTERBACKS (3)

RUNNING BACKS (5)

OFFENSE (25)

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

14th YEAR (1)

92 James Harrison LB 6-0 242 05/04/78 38 14 Kent State Akron, OH FA '14 12/4

13th YEAR (1)

7 Ben Roethlisberger QB 6-5 240 03/02/82 34 13 Miami (OH) Cory Rawson, OH D1 '04 11/11

12th YEAR (1)

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

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 12/9

94 Lawrence Timmons LB 6-1 234 05/14/86 30 10 Florida State Florence, SC D1 '07 12/12

8th YEAR (4)

23 Mike Mitchell S 6-1 221 06/10/87 29 8 Ohio Fort Thomas, KY UFA '14 (CAR) 12/12

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 12/3

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 12/12

55 Arthur Moats LB 6-0 246 03/14/88 28 7 James Madison Portsmouth, VA UFA '14 (BUF) 12/5

84 Antonio Brown WR 5-10 181 07/10/88 28 7 Central Michigan Miami, FL D6b '10 12/12

90 Ricardo Mathews DE 6-3 300 07/30/87 29 7 Cincinnati Jacksonville, FL UFA '16 (SD) 12/3

6th YEAR (1)

77 Marcus Gilbert OT 6-6 330 02/15/88 28 6 Florida Fort Lauderdale, FL D2 '11 9/9

5th YEAR (4)

2 Randy Bullock K 5-9 206 12/16/89 26 5 Texas A&M Klein, TX FA '16 2/0

21 Robert Golden S 5-11 202 09/13/90 26 5 Arizona Fresno, CA UDFA '12 10/7

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

89 Ladarius Green TE 6-6 240 05/29/90 26 5 Louisiana-Lafayette Pensacola, FL UFA '16 (SD) 4/0

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 9/9

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 12/8

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

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) 9/0

31 Ross Cockrell CB 6-0 191 08/06/91 25 3 Duke Waxhaw, NC FA '15 12/12

33 Fitzgerald Toussaint RB 5-9 204 05/04/90 26 3 Michigan Youngstown, OH FA '15 12/0

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 9/8

74 Chris Hubbard C/G 6-4 295 04/23/91 25 3 UAB Columbus, GA UDFA '13 11/4

91 Stephon Tuitt DE 6-6 303 05/23/93 23 3 Notre Dame Miami, FL D2 '14 12/12

93 Daniel McCullers DT 6-7 352 08/11/92 24 3 Tennessee Raleigh, NC D6b '14 12/0

2nd YEAR (11)

4 Jordan Berry P 6-5 195 03/18/91 25 2 Eastern Kentucky Melbourne, Victoria, Australia FA '15 12/0

9 Chris Boswell K 6-2 185 03/16/91 25 2 Rice Fort Worth, TX FA '15 11/0

14 Sammie Coates WR 6-1 212 03/31/93 23 2 Auburn Leroy, AL D3 '15 12/4

17 Eli Rogers WR 5-10 187 12/23/92 23 2 Louisville Miami, FL UDFA '15 9/5

45 Roosevelt Nix FB 5-11 248 03/30/92 24 2 Kent State Reynoldsburg, OH FA '15 6/2

48 Bud Dupree LB 6-4 269 02/12/93 23 2 Kentucky Macon, GA D1 '15 3/0

54 L.J. Fort LB 6-0 232 01/03/90 26 2 Northern Iowa Granite City, IL FA '15 10/0

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

78 Alejandro Villanueva OT 6-9 320 09/22/88 28 2 Army Meridian, MS FA '14 12/12

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

96 L.T. Walton DE 6-5 305 03/31/92 24 2 Central Michigan Clinton Township, MI D6a '15 6/0

1st YEAR (5)

37 Jordan Dangerfield S 5-11 199 12/25/90 25 1 Towson Elmont, NY FA '15 9/2

67 B.J. Finney C/G 6-4 318 10/26/91 25 1 Kansas State Wichita, KS UDFA '15 9/1

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 7/5

85 Xavier Grimble TE 6-4 261 09/22/92 24 1 USC Las Vegas, NV FA '15 9/2

ROOKIES (4)

25 Artie Burns CB 6-0 197 05/01/95 21 R Miami (FL) Miami, FL D1 '16 12/5

28 Sean Davis S 6-1 202 10/23/93 23 R Maryland Washington, DC D2 '16 12/5

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

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

PRACTICE SQUAD (10)

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

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

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

40 Brandon Brown-Dukes RB 5-8 200 04/29/92 24 R Mercyhurst Orlando, FL FA '16 0/0

41 Travis Feeney LB 6-4 226 11/18/92 24 R Washington Richmond, CA D6 '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 24 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 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

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HOW THE 2016 STEELERS WERE BUILT

Year-Record (Finish) Draft Choices (23) Free Agents (17) 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: 7-5 (T-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) LB Tyler Matakevich (#7b) TE David Johnson FA

QB Zach Mettenberger W (SD) WR Cobi Hamilton FA

OT Brian Mihalik FA RB Daryl Richardson FA K Randy Bullock 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)

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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

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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 12 18 25 2 9 16 23 6 13 20 24 4 @ @ @ @ @ @ 2016 Injury 2016 WAS CIN PHI KC NYJ MIA NE BAL DAL CLE IND NYG 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 0/0 0/0 12 0/0 Ayers, Demarcus 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 44/44 9/9 0 9/9 Berry, Jordan P P P P P P P P P P P P 28/0 28/0 0 12/0 Boswell, Chris P P P P P P P P P P P SI 23/0 0/0 1 11/0 Brown, Antonio WR WR WR WR WR WR WR WR WR WR WR WR 98/69 65/48 0 12/12 Bullock, Randy P - - - - - - - - - - P 45/0 1/0 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 12/5 12/5 0 12/5 Bryant, Martavis 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 19/7 13/7 0 12/7 Coates, Sammie WR WR P WR WR P P P P P P P 18/4 12/0 0 12/4 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 34/19 27/12 0 12/12 Dangerfield, Jordan P P P SS SS P P P SI SI P DNP 9/2 0/0 2 9/2 Davis, Sean DB P P P DB P P P P SS SS SS 12/5 12/3 0 12/5 DeCastro, David RG RG RG RG RG RG RG RG RG RG RG RG 63/62 52/52 0 12/12 Dupree, Bud IR IR IR IR IR IR IR IR IR P P P 19/5 3/0 9 3/0 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 1/0 1/0 0 1/0 Finney, B.J. P DNP P LG P P P P P DNP P DNP 9/1 0/0 0 9/1 Fort, L.J. P P P P P P P SI - P P P 27/2 3/0 0 10/0 Foster, Ramon LG LG LG SI LG LG LG LG LG LG LG LG 113/97 8/8 1 11/11 Gay, William LCB LCB LCB LCB LCB LCB LCB P P P LCB LCB 156/101 156/2 0 12/9 Gilbert, Justin DNP P P P SI P P SI P P P P 32/3 4/0 1 9/0 Gilbert, Marcus RT RT RT RT SI SI SI RT RT RT RT RT 72/71 5/5 3 9/9 Golden, Robert SS SS SS SI SI SS SS SS SS P P P 73/10 7/0 2 10/7 Golson, Senquez SI SI SI SI IR IR IR IR IR IR IR IR 0/0 0/0 12 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 51/26 4/0 8 4/0 Grimble, Xavier P P TE P P P P TE P SI SI SI 9/2 0/0 4 9/2 Hagen, Jacob - 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 7/5 7/2 0 7/5 Hargrave, Javon P NT NT NT P NT NT NT NT NT NT NT 12/10 12/7 0 12/10 Harris, Ryan P P P P IR IR IR IR IR IR IR IR 114/70 0/0 8 4/0 Harrison, James P P P P ROLBP P P P ROLBROLBROLB 184/114 18/3 0 12/4 Hawkins, Jerald IR IR IR IR IR IR IR IR IR IR IR IR 0/0 0/0 12 0/0 Heyward, Cameron LDE LDE LDE LDE LDE SI SI LDE LDE IR IR IR 87/52 0/0 5 7/7 Heyward-Bey, Darrius P P P P P P P P SI SI SI SI 112/69 0/0 4 8/0 Hubbard, Chris P P SI P RT RT RT P P TE P P 21/4 12/0 0 12/4 James, Jesse TE TE TE TE TE TE TE TE TE TE TE TE 20/14 20/12 0 12/12 Johnson, David P P P TE P P P TE P P P TE 94/36 31/1 0 12/3 Johnson, Steven SI SI SI P P P P P P IR IR IR 63/7 0/0 3 6/0 Jones, Jarvis ROLB ROLB ROLB ROLBP ROLB ROLB ROLB ROLB P P P 48/34 22/0 0 12/8

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 12 18 25 2 9 16 23 6 13 20 24 4 @ @ @ @ @ @ 2016 Injury 2016 WAS CIN PHI KC NYJ MIA NE BAL DAL CLE IND NYG 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 14/3 2/0 0 7/1 Lyons, Caushaud 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 0/0 0/0 12 0/0 Matakevich, Tyler P P P P P P P P P P P P 12/0 12/0 0 12/0 Mathews, Ricardo P P P P P LDE LDE P P LDE P P 92/18 37/0 0 12/3 Maxey, Johnny 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 24/0 17/0 0 12/0 Mettenberger, Zach SI SI SI DNP DNP SI DNP SI SI SI SI SI 14/10 0/0 0 0/0 Mihalik, Brian - - - - - - DNP SI SI SI SI SI 0/0 0/0 0 0/0 Milton, Keavon - - - - - - - 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 120/67 59/58 0 12/12 Moats, Arthur LOLBLOLBLOLBLOLB LOLB P P P P P P P 103/45 60/0 0 12/5 Nix, Roosevelt SI SI SI SI SI P FB SI P FB P P 21/5 4/0 5 6/2 Pouncey, Maurkice C C C C C C C C C C C C 74/74 12/12 0 12/12 Richardson, Daryl P P P - PS PS PS PS PS DNP SI SI 27/3 0/0 0 3/0 Roethlisberger, Ben QB QB QB QB QB QB SI QB QB QB QB QB 182/180 5/5 1 11/11 Rogers, Eli WR WR P SI SI WR DNP P WR P WR P 9/5 5/0 2 9/5 Severin, Canaan IR IR IR IR IR IR IR IR IR IR IR IR 0/0 0/0 12 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 30/25 6/5 3 9/8 Shepherd, Austin - - - - - PS - - - - - - 14/0 12/0 0 0/0 Thomas, Shamarko P P P P P SI SI P P SI SI P 48/2 1/0 4 8/0 Timmons, Lawrence RILB RILB RILB RILB RILB RILB RILB RILB RILB RILB RILB RILB 154/122 115/97 0 12/12 Toussaint, Fitzgerald P P P P P P P P P P P P 21/0 17/0 0 12/0 Tucker, Marcus - - - - - - - - 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 42/30 20/20 0 12/12 Ume-Ezeoke, Valerian IR IR IR IR IR IR IR IR IR IR IR IR 0/0 0/0 12 0/0 Villanueva, Alejandro LT LT LT LT LT LT LT LT LT LT LT LT 28/22 28/22 0 12/12 Wallace, Cody SI SI SI SI SI SI SI IR IR IR IR IR 49/22 0/0 12 0/0 Walton, L.T. SI SI SI P DNP P P SI SI P P P 12/0 3/0 0 6/0 Warren, Greg P P P P P P P P P P P P 177/0 108/0 0 12/0 Wheaton, Markus SI SI WR P WR SI SI SI SI IR IR IR 48/21 0/0 9 3/2 Williams, DeAngelo RB RB RB P P P SI P SI SI SI SI 139/94 0/0 5 7/3 Williams, Karlos - - - - - PS PS PS PS PS PS SUS 11/3 3/1 0 0/0 Williams, Vince P P P LILB LILB LILB LILB P P P P P 59/17 59/0 0 12/4

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 INDIVIDUAL HIGHS

OPPONENTS STEELERS RUSHING

at MIA (10/16) Jay Ajayi 25 Rushes 32 DeAngelo Williams CIN (9/18) at MIA (10/16) Jay Ajayi 204 Yards 146 Le’Veon Bell at CLE (11/20) at MIA (10/16) Jay Ajayi 62 Long 60 Darrius Heyward-Bey at MIA (10/16) at MIA (10/16) Jay Ajayi 2 TDs 2 DeAngelo Williams at WAS (9/12) 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 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 WAS (9/12) Kirk Cousins 2 INTs 2 Ben Roethlisberger CIN (9/18) DAL (11/13) Dak Prescott 2 2 Ben Roethlisberger at MIA (10/16) NYG (12/4) Eli Manning 2 PUNT RETURNS at BAL (11/6) Devin Hester 3 Returns 3 Eli Rogers CIN (9/18) at CLE (11/20) Duke Johnson Jr. 3 3 Antonio Brown at BAL (11/6) 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) 2 Justin Gilbert at MIA (10/16) 2 Fitzgerald Toussaint NE (10/23) 2 Fitzgerald Toussaint DAL (11/13) 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)

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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 WAS (9/12) Bashaud Breeland 26 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 TOTAL 137 34 14 3 1 55 1 6 3 9 0 11 290 35.0%

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 TOTAL 136 25 19 3 1 54 0 8 6 9 1 9 236 32.4%

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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

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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

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THIRD/FOURTH DOWN CONVERSIONS

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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% STEELERS 66 154 43% 6 13 46% OPPONENTS 62 161 39% 9 18 50%