2003 · Week 16
Los Angeles Chargers at Pittsburgh Steelers
Dec 21, 2003 · Heinz Field · outdoors · dessograss
Recap
Pittsburgh Steelers beat Los Angeles Chargers 40–24. ScoutIndex had favored Steelers (70%) going in. Steelers improve to 6-9; Chargers fall to 3-12. Jerome Bettis led the way with 115 rushing yards and 1 rushing TD; 1 catch for 16 yards. Chargers turned it over 2 times to Steelers's 0.
Team stats
| LAC | PIT | |
|---|---|---|
| 20 | First downs | 20 |
| 356 | Total yards | 350 |
| 240 | Passing yards | 169 |
| 116 | Rushing yards | 181 |
| 21/36 | Comp / Att | 12/19 |
| 2 | Turnovers | 0 |
| 2 | Sacks taken | 2 |
Scoring & key plays
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Box score
LAC
Passing
| Player | C/A | Yds | TD | INT |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Drew Brees | 16/26 | 198 | 1 | 2 |
| Doug Flutie | 5/10 | 42 | 0 | 0 |
Rushing
| Player | Car | Yds | TD |
|---|---|---|---|
| Drew Brees | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| LaDainian Tomlinson | 22 | 91 | 2 |
| Doug Flutie | 3 | 23 | 0 |
| Leon Johnson | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Receiving
| Player | Rec | Tgt | Yds | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LaDainian Tomlinson | 6 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
PIT
Passing
| Player | C/A | Yds | TD | INT |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tommy Maddox | 11/18 | 160 | 3 | 0 |
| Antwaan Randle El | 1/1 | 9 | 0 | 0 |
Rushing
| Player | Car | Yds | TD |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tommy Maddox | 1 | -1 | 0 |
| Jerome Bettis | 32 | 115 | 1 |
| Hines Ward | 3 | 32 | 0 |
| Amos Zereoue | 6 | 29 | 0 |
| Antwaan Randle El | 1 | 6 | 0 |
Receiving
| Player | Rec | Tgt | Yds | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jerome Bettis | 1 | 0 | 16 | 0 |
| Hines Ward | 6 | 0 | 94 | 1 |
| Amos Zereoue | 2 | 0 | 9 | 0 |