Stats that stood out in the Steelers 39-38 win over the Ravens

by Joe Kuzma (joe_kuzma) on December 11, 2017

With a 39-38 victory over the Baltimore Ravens on Sunday night, the Pittsburgh Steelers improved to 11-2 on the season. Here are some stats which stood out from that contest.

114

Mike Tomlin earned his 114th regular-season win as an NFL head coach last night – all with the Steelers – tied as the 3rd-most wins by an NFL head coach in their first 11 seasons.

Don Shula 117
Joe Gibbs 115
Mike Tomlin 114
Tony Dungy 114
Mike McCarthy 114
George Seifert 114

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198

Sunday was Ben Roethlisberger‘s 198th NFL regular-season game, all with the Steelers, breaking a tie with Gary Anderson for sole possession for the 5th-most games played in team history:

Mike Webster 220
Hines Ward 217
Donnie Shell 201
Mel Blount 200
Ben Roethlisberger 198

43

Ben Roethlisberger recorded the 43rd game-winning drive (victories in which he rallied the team from a 4th quarter deficit or tie) in his NFL career last night (39 reg/4 postseason).

His 4th such drive of 2017:

11/12/17 @ IND
11/26/17 v GB
12/4/17 @ CIN
12/10/17 v BAL

23

The Steelers have earned the division title for the 23rd time since the 1970 AFL-NFL merger – the most division crowns by an NFL team since 1970.

They also clinched the 2017 AFC North title to mark the team’s 23rd division title, eighth since 2002 and the third in the last four years (2014, 2016 and 2017).

1 and 1

Roosevelt Nix‘s catch was his first career touchdown in the NFL – a one-yard pass from QB Ben Roethlisberger.

62

Pittsburgh is 62-2-1 when entering halftime with a lead of six points or more in regular-season home games at Heinz Field since the stadium opened in 2001.

28

The Steelers led the Ravens 7-0 at the end of the first quarter.

Pittsburgh owns a 28-3 record in games at Heinz Field when leading after the first quarter by seven points or more since the stadium opened in 2001.

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4

Chris Boswell made his fourth game-winning field goal in 2017.

Here are his field goals made with the game clock reading 1:00 or less at the end of the play:

11/12/17 at IND*
11/26/17 vs GB*
12/4/17 at CIN*
12/10/17 vs BAL

* Clock at 0:00 after kick

32

Chris Boswell’s 32 field goals in 2017 are the third-most by a #Steelers kicker in a single-season in team history:

1. Norm Johnson, 1995 34
2. Gary Anderson, 1985 33
3. Chris Boswell, 2017 32
4. Shaun Suisham, 2013 30
5. Kris Brown, 2001 30

It’s also Boswell’s single-season high for his career.

82

Boswell has passed Kris Brown (82) for the sixth-most field goals made in team history.

Gary Anderson (1982-94) 309
Jeff Reed (2002-10) 204
Roy Gerela (1971-78) 146
Shaun Suisham (2010-15) 124
Norm Johnson (1995-98) 105
Chris Boswell (2015-2017) 82

5

Boswell now has five field goals of at least 50 yards in his NFL career, all at Heinz Field.

53 yards, Nov. 26, 2017 vs. GB
52 yards, Dec. 10, 2017 vs. BAL
51 yards, Dec. 16, 2015 vs. IND
51 yards, Oct. 18, 2015 vs. ARI
50 yards, Nov. 16, 2017 vs. TEN

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1,600

Bell has reached 1,600 scrimmage yards in 2017 to mark the 3rd such season of his NFL career. He also joins Antonio Brown (2014-15) as the only players in team history to record consecutive seasons w/ at least 1,600 scrimmage yards

60

With 31 yards on the #Steelers opening drive, RB Le’Veon Bell (@L_Bell26) set an NFL record for the most scrimmage yards in a player’s 1st 60 regular-season games