Pittsburgh 14, Cleveland 3
When: 8:20 PM ET, Thursday, December 8, 2011
Where: Heinz Field, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Temperature:
31°
Head Official:
Ed Hochuli
Attendance:
60754
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Ben Roethlisberger fought off an ankle injury to pass for 280 yards and a pair of touchdowns as the Pittsburgh Steelers topped the visiting Cleveland Browns 14-3 on Thursday.
Antonio Brown and Jerricho Cotchery each caught a touchdown pass and Rashard Mendenhall rushed for 76 yards for the Steelers (10-3), who moved ahead of the Baltimore Ravens (9-3) in the AFC North and the New England Patriots (9-3) and Houston Texans (9-3) for first place in the conference.
Roethlisberger went to the locker room on a cart in the second quarter after suffering the injury but X-rays came back negative. He opted to have the ankle re-taped and came back out to start the third quarter with a noticeable limp.
Clinging to a 7-3 lead and struggling to move the ball for much of the second half, Roethlisberger and Brown combined for the play of the game with 2:52 left to seal the victory. Roethlisberger found Brown on the right side with a short back-shoulder fade.
Brown beat his first defender and made three more miss as he took it inside and back to the sideline before racing to the end zone for a 79-yard score.
That came two plays after the Browns nearly took the lead, but Colt McCoy was intercepted by William Gay in the end zone.
The Steelers’ defense forced a pair of interceptions and has allowed a total of one touchdown in the past three games.
Peyton Hillis was held to 25 yards on 10 carries for Cleveland (4-9).
Top Game Performances
Receiving
| Cleveland |
|
Pittsburgh |
|
Evan Moore
| Player |
Antonio Brown
|
|
4 |
Receptions |
5 |
|
55 |
Yards |
151 |
|
13.8 |
Avg Yards |
30.2 |
|
0 |
Touchdowns |
1 |
|
33 |
Long |
79 |
Team Stats Summary
| |
Yards |
Scoring |
Defense |
| Team |
Tot |
Rus |
Pas |
TD |
FG |
INT |
Sck |
FF |
| Cleveland
|
304 |
98 |
206 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
2.0 |
2 |
| Pittsburgh
|
416 |
147 |
269 |
2 |
0 |
2 |
3.0 |
1 |
Upcoming Games
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Pittsburgh will play their next game on the road against San Francisco.
The Steelers have a W/L % of .000 after a win and .000 after a loss.
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Cleveland will play their next game on the road against Arizona.
The Browns have a W/L % of .000 after a win and .000 after a loss.
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