2008 · Week 1
Houston Texans at Pittsburgh Steelers
Sep 7, 2008 · Heinz Field · outdoors · dessograss
Recap
Pittsburgh Steelers blew out Houston Texans 38–17. ScoutIndex had favored Steelers (63%) going in. Steelers improve to 1-0; Texans fall to 0-1. Willie Parker paced the offense with 138 rushing yards and 3 rushing TDs. Texans turned it over 2 times to Steelers's 0.
Team stats
| HOU | PIT | |
|---|---|---|
| 18 | First downs | 19 |
| 277 | Total yards | 320 |
| 202 | Passing yards | 137 |
| 75 | Rushing yards | 183 |
| 25/33 | Comp / Att | 13/18 |
| 2 | Turnovers | 0 |
| 5 | Sacks taken | 2 |
Scoring & key plays
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Box score
HOU
Passing
| Player | C/A | Yds | TD | INT |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Matt Schaub | 25/33 | 202 | 1 | 2 |
Rushing
| Player | Car | Yds | TD |
|---|---|---|---|
| Matt Schaub | 2 | 4 | 1 |
| Steve Slaton | 13 | 43 | 0 |
| Ahman Green | 5 | 28 | 0 |
Receiving
| Player | Rec | Tgt | Yds | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Steve Slaton | 3 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| Ahman Green | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
PIT
Passing
| Player | C/A | Yds | TD | INT |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ben Roethlisberger | 13/14 | 137 | 2 | 0 |
| Byron Leftwich | 0/4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Rushing
| Player | Car | Yds | TD |
|---|---|---|---|
| Willie Parker | 25 | 138 | 3 |
| Ben Roethlisberger | 2 | 17 | 0 |
| Rashard Mendenhall | 10 | 28 | 0 |
| Byron Leftwich | 2 | 0 | 0 |