2012 · Week 1
Pittsburgh Steelers at Denver Broncos
Sep 9, 2012 · Invesco Field at Mile High · outdoors · grass
Recap
Denver Broncos defeated Pittsburgh Steelers 31–19. The result matched ScoutIndex's lean toward Broncos (53%). Broncos improve to 1-0; Steelers fall to 0-1. Peyton Manning paced the offense with 253 passing yards and 2 TDs; 3 rushing yards.
Team stats
| PIT | DEN | |
|---|---|---|
| 17 | First downs | 19 |
| 320 | Total yards | 347 |
| 245 | Passing yards | 253 |
| 75 | Rushing yards | 94 |
| 22/40 | Comp / Att | 19/26 |
| 1 | Turnovers | 1 |
| 5 | Sacks taken | 2 |
Scoring & key plays
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Box score
PIT
Passing
| Player | C/A | Yds | TD | INT |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ben Roethlisberger | 22/40 | 245 | 2 | 1 |
Rushing
| Player | Car | Yds | TD |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ben Roethlisberger | 2 | 4 | 0 |
| Antonio Brown | 1 | 4 | 0 |
| Jonathan Dwyer | 9 | 43 | 0 |
| Isaac Redman | 11 | 20 | 0 |
| Chris Rainey | 2 | 5 | 0 |
| Baron Batch | 1 | -1 | 0 |
Receiving
| Player | Rec | Tgt | Yds | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Antonio Brown | 4 | 8 | 74 | 0 |
| Emmanuel Sanders | 4 | 8 | 55 | 0 |
| Heath Miller | 4 | 7 | 50 | 1 |
| Jonathan Dwyer | 2 | 4 | 11 | 0 |
| Mike Wallace | 4 | 6 | 37 | 1 |
| Isaac Redman | 2 | 2 | 7 | 0 |
| Will Johnson | 1 | 1 | 12 | 0 |
| Chris Rainey | 1 | 1 | -1 | 0 |
| Jerricho Cotchery | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
DEN
Passing
| Player | C/A | Yds | TD | INT |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Peyton Manning | 19/26 | 253 | 2 | 0 |
Rushing
| Player | Car | Yds | TD |
|---|---|---|---|
| Peyton Manning | 4 | 3 | 0 |
| Willis McGahee | 16 | 64 | 0 |
| Lance Ball | 2 | 14 | 0 |
| Knowshon Moreno | 5 | 13 | 1 |
Receiving
| Player | Rec | Tgt | Yds | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Demaryius Thomas | 5 | 7 | 110 | 1 |
| Willis McGahee | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Eric Decker | 5 | 7 | 54 | 0 |
| Jacob Tamme | 5 | 5 | 43 | 1 |
| Brandon Stokley | 2 | 3 | 26 | 0 |
| Matt Willis | 1 | 1 | 14 | 0 |
| Joel Dreessen | 1 | 2 | 6 | 0 |