Steelers vs. Bengals: Stats That Stood Out
During Sunday’s game against the Bengals, several Steelers hit career milestones. Here are those numbers:
10,000
With 94 yards rushing and 38 yards receiving, DeAngelo Williams surpassed 10,000 yards from scrimmage in his career.
13
Williams is the 13th active NFL player to surpass 10,000 yards from scrimmage.
3
James Harrison is responsible for a Steelers takeaway in 3 straight regular season games dating back to Week 17 against Cleveland.
11
Ben Roethlisberger is the 11th QB in NFL history with 300 or more career touchdown passes.
3
The number of touchdown passes to tight ends in 2015:
- 1/3/2016 – 2 yard pass to Heath Miller
- 11/8/2015 – 4 yard pass to Jesse James
- 9/20/2015 – 2 yard pass to Heath Miller
2
The number of touchdown passes to tight ends in 2016: the shortest of those two passes, a 9 yard pass to to Jesse James, exceeds the combined yards from all 3 touchdown passes to the position in 2015.
Also note: Xavier Grimble‘s score was from 20 yards out.
1
Robert Golden had his first career fumble recovery in Sunday’s game
1
While DeAngelo Williams had his first career touchdown reception as a Steeler; also his first touchdown reception since a 72 yard score on December 15th, 2013.
0
This marks the first time since October 20th, 2013 that none of Big Ben’s touchdown passes went to a wide receiver.
0-for-3
The Bengals were held for a field goal in all 3 of their trips into the redzone. (That’s a 0% efficiency rating for them, and 100% for the Steelers defense!)
2
A.J. Green was limited to 2 catches for 38 yards against the Steelers: he previously averaged 8.3 receptions and 120.0 receiving yards over the last 6 games.