2009 · Week 9
Pittsburgh Steelers at Denver Broncos
Nov 9, 2009 · Invesco Field at Mile High · outdoors · grass
Recap
Pittsburgh Steelers beat Denver Broncos 28–10. ScoutIndex had favored Steelers (55%) going in. Steelers improve to 6-2; Broncos fall to 6-2. Ben Roethlisberger led the way with 233 passing yards and 3 TDs. Steelers out-gained the opponent 406–248 in total yards. Broncos turned it over 3 times to Steelers's 1.
Team stats
| PIT | DEN | |
|---|---|---|
| 21 | First downs | 12 |
| 406 | Total yards | 248 |
| 233 | Passing yards | 221 |
| 173 | Rushing yards | 27 |
| 21/29 | Comp / Att | 23/38 |
| 1 | Turnovers | 3 |
| 3 | Sacks taken | 2 |
Scoring & key plays
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Box score
PIT
Passing
| Player | C/A | Yds | TD | INT |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ben Roethlisberger | 21/29 | 233 | 3 | 1 |
Rushing
| Player | Car | Yds | TD |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ben Roethlisberger | 2 | -3 | 0 |
| Rashard Mendenhall | 22 | 155 | 0 |
| Mike Wallace | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| Mewelde Moore | 4 | 18 | 0 |
Receiving
| Player | Rec | Tgt | Yds | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rashard Mendenhall | 1 | 1 | 9 | 0 |
| Santonio Holmes | 6 | 6 | 93 | 0 |
| Mike Wallace | 4 | 8 | 69 | 1 |
| Hines Ward | 7 | 9 | 44 | 2 |
| Heath Miller | 3 | 4 | 18 | 0 |
| Limas Sweed | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
DEN
Passing
| Player | C/A | Yds | TD | INT |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kyle Orton | 23/38 | 221 | 0 | 3 |
Rushing
| Player | Car | Yds | TD |
|---|---|---|---|
| Correll Buckhalter | 9 | 24 | 0 |
| Knowshon Moreno | 5 | 3 | 0 |
Receiving
| Player | Rec | Tgt | Yds | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brandon Marshall | 11 | 15 | 112 | 0 |
| Eddie Royal | 5 | 10 | 74 | 0 |
| Correll Buckhalter | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0 |
| Daniel Graham | 1 | 3 | 18 | 0 |
| Jabar Gaffney | 2 | 3 | 6 | 0 |
| Brandon Stokley | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 |
| Tony Scheffler | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| Knowshon Moreno | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |